This One Is For My Mom and Dad

So my mom and dad went to see my brother and his family in Minnesota. They drove....which sounds like a long way from Idaho.....and it is. The drive, described by my mom, sounds beautiful, with lots of historical sites along the way. I think it would be a fun trip anyway.....driving a cute little BMW convertable......looking cool.

So the wild and crazy grandparents went knee boarding. I was shocked to see pictures of them on my sister in laws blog! But I was so pleased to see them having fun and enjoying themselves! Well deserved!

Computer Nightmares

So how many times can someone's children destroy the hard drive of one computer.....or completely mess up ones settings? In this house it is an infinite ordeal......seriously! SO a few months ago my hard drive crashes.....and not a little, the entire thing. So I fix it.....no I am far from a PC smarty pants.....just a nerdy mom. LOL I stick in some disk praying that it fixes it not wanting to go and buy a new PC for my animals to destroy.....anyhow....it worked. Things were fine until a week ago when they down load one hideous virus after the next.....so I do the whole disk thing again. Then yesterday I have to download all these fixlet things because of something else that is wrong......to then get on this morning and have things not work again and have to restore my settings just to log on to my blog. I thought the schools were teaching the kids more about computers these days? Just kidding....but seriously I wonder about what my children are thinking.

Fun Swimming On a Hot Idaho Day

My little Princess and her Birthday cake! Now I just need to find the picture with her in the sambrarro at dinner. She was a little embarrassed! But it was her choice to go for fried ice cream!

So my little Nat turned a whopping 10 years old, can you believe it? She didn't want to have a birthday party with all of her little friends.....too much girl drama......Go figure? So she wanted to go swimming as a family instead. Since work has been crazy we decided to stay close and we headed down to Down-at-a- Hotsprings.

We had a lot of fun. The three younger kids went down the water slides a million times. I don't think I could have gone up the stairs that many times. Sam, well, she read and hung out in the shade. SHe was afraid she might get some sun on her skin. She doesn't want skin cancer. All in all it was a fabulous day! Wish more of them could be this relaxing! Good Pick Nat....Happy Birthday!

Does This Look Safe?

So I was wondering if this looked safe to anyone? What is it that runs through kids heads as they are attempting fun and new games? So we had the lawn mowed and one of the tramps was left on the hill in the back and the kids are playing??? Mountain climber? They did this both last night and are doing it as we speak. I know.....I am the mom who has seen this attempt at a broken appendage......or stitches....and what do I do? Take a picture of course. I have thought back to my attempt at jumping off the barn roof when I was little......you know....to fly. Or driving the motorcycle into the side of the house.....the little 80 with training wheels. Was I as crazy as these kids? Do I stifle them enough that I don't allow them to be that crazy? We've had one broken bone in our house......besides my foot this year....but that is another story. ;-) Angelo broke his arm just before kindergarten when he tripped over a branch while we were camping.......after all I had told him hanging on a limb over the river was dangerous.....who would have known? I have tried so hard to let kids be monkeys when I have seen these attempts....some days it is hard to look the other direction.

A little about my book?

So I have had this idea for ever....just never had sat down and put it on paper....or should I say screen?

Anyhow, my manuscript is a story about a young girl who sets out on an amazing adventure by herself. Abandoned...or so she thinks...by her father when she was little and then recently, and mysteriously, abandoned by her mom she sets out to find her grandma whom she thought was dead...but turns out she isn't. She is living in the old family home on a small island off the Upper Pennisula of Michigan. She discovers a gift that was bestowed upon her at birth, one that has been handed down through the centuries by her ancestors....though she secretly wonders if it wasn't a gift...rather a curse. She meets this gorgeous young man who is there to protect her. This young man's family had been bound to hers through time as their protectors. She also finds out that there is another family that has followed hers through out time in order to take control of the gift that she is responsible for.

SO let me know if anyone reads this and wants to know more. I write BIG well.....little not so well. My agent and I are working on that. :-)

Well, my kids think I am a giant nerd! I suppose blogging isn't for old people like me! I suppose I need a life. Have one.....Love it.....Think I will talk about it! Or Blog about it!

My second book is done! And I was contacted by my first publisher today! I am so excited, can't hardly stand it! I think I will just play it cool and hold tight for a week or so.

So do people actually read blogs? Just curious. Or is this a sort of public diary.....writing private things down in hopes someone will sneak a peak? Maybe that is a question like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? The world may never know!

MY Family Rocks!

What's Politically Correct Anyhow?

Raising kids isn't easy, even when you have some of the best kids there are. Not saying that I am not overly biased. I am and I will be the first to admitt it, but they really are some of the most well rounded level headed kids I have met. I wasn't, well, to a certain extent I was, but I was mostly a wild teen. Thank goodness for small favors, I don't know what I ever did to let God know that I was sorry for that and not cursing me with a wild one. (KNOCK ON WOOD! I am certain I could still be challenged by my children but at this point I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.)

I admit as far as a parent my husband and I are a bit over protective. But rightfully so, todays world is filled with weirdo's and my kids are pretty beautiful. My oldest daughter met a boy......which is normal. SHe has met lots of boys.....but this one doesn't live around here. Not that I am not concerned with the kids around here, but I know them.....and if I don't I call their parents. Which is what I did with this boy. Funny.....the look of horror on my daughters face when she learned of my actions. It was funny. The mom of this boy was wonderful! I think if she lived around here we would totally be friends. She appreciated the fact that I cared......why was it that my daughter didn't? I think deep down she did....or if she didn't one day she will......is being politically correct always important? Hell NO! Not when it comes to your kids.....and if that means calling someone halfway across the country and finding out that they are good people, and maybe making a friend in the process.......GOOD FOR YOU!!