Uncertainty

As I posted before Its been several weeks of on again off again on the house. I've been following the plight of Jade and you can read it for yourself here, here,
here,here, here and there. I can see that I've only begun the roller coaster ride that is closing on a home. I won't go into all that has happened thus far but I will say that right now it looks as if we have a deal. We are waiting for the appraiser to do his thing and pray that the house appraises for at least what the builder is asking. If the answer to that is yes then we should have the majority of the hurdles behind us. Though as I said after reading about Jades ride I'm certainly not holding my breath.
Jade I hope your ride is now over and you are on your way to moving into your new lovely home. I've been rooting for you!

Mother and son day!

Brandon had a 1/2 day at school today so when I picked him up we had a date for lunch at Applebees, just the two of us. We even shared a chimicheesecake, MMMMMM that was good. We did our shopping for the Christmas shoe box collection for a child in some country far away, honestly I'm not sure where. Brandon had a wonderful time finding toys and some personal care items for a child that may never have had any toys. He put a lot of thought into each item and I'm sure any child would be happy to receive these items. I love it when I get to spend some one on one time with him and with any of the kids it just makes it seem so special to me and I hope to them as well. We went to the Haircuttery so Brandon could get a haircut. It was way over due but the planets must have been aligned perfectly because Brandon exclaimed, "It is best haircut ever!" Wow my work is done today! I made my boy happy all the way around and with little effort!



At least that is how Brandon put it today! He was determined to get a haircut just like his classmate Austin! He says we did it!

Tagged again!

I have to agree with Diva Drip this meme is thought provoking. I get so caught up in the day to day business of life that I don't often think about any of these topics even casually. I truly had to spend some time thinking on each one before I was able to put 7 items down for each.
Here is the meme and though you may think you got out of being tagged this time you haven't you are officially tagged simply by the virtue of being here and reading this entry! Yes that means you! No more lurking, you are being called out! Do your blogging duty, resistance is futile!

7 Meme

7 things I can do:
1. Raise 4 relatively sane, stable children thus far without major incidence.
2. The daily responsibilities of Nickie involving trach and g-button care.
Both physically and mentally be the one constant care giver for her for the
last 15 years and the many more to come, God willing.
3. Be optimistic most of the time even when life keeps throwing lemons at me.
4. I'm a great listener.
5. I fight for what I believe is right.
6. Love with all my heart and soul.
7. Get loud when I'm angry

7 things I can't/won't do:
1. Pull off being a blonde.
2. Play the guitar.
3. Be in an 80's hair band!
4. Go to a high school reunion.
5. Have any regrets.
6. Do a handstand.
7. Type 100 wpm

7 things I have in my life now that I am incredibly grateful for:
1. Bob
2. Shaun
3. Jackie
4. Nickie
5. Brandon
6. Mom
7. my home

7 things I hope to do before I die.
1. Travel the US
2. Visit Greece
3. Visit France.
4. Visit Australia
5. Worry less about money.
6. Purchase a shit load of land for Bob, his dream is to own many, many acres.
7. Own an RV and have the time to use it regularly.

7 bloggers I'd like to infect with this meme... As I stated above if you are reading this you are tagged but more specifically....
1. Lorianne
2. Magazine Man
3. Murray
4. Sleeping Mommy
5. Shane, even though I'm doubtful he even comes here nor is willing to do this.
6. Ali
7. Frances

Update MM's post on this meme!