I really can't believe how time seems to fly past.
On Monday January 5th was C's 11th birthday. He is such a sweet boy. He LOVES video games and would spend all day playing if I let him. He got his own puppy last summer, and he is being very good in taking care of her. When I get chance in the week we walk around the hills here, very nice and very good exercise for all. Poor boy is still having a hard time in school with being bullied but he keeps going and trys his best to study and keep up!!
Today January 9th is M's 17th birthday. Now that is hard to accept, that my oldest is now 17. I still remember when we bought his first pair of shoes, he was just 10 months old, but walking!! I felt so sad that my baby was becoming independent. Now here he is a young man, head and shoulders taller than me but still needing a helping hand and guidance every now and then. He is very talented, he plays piano, has taught himself guitar and is starting to do magic as an act for childrens parties etc! I feel very blessed with my kids, all four of them are special in their own ways.
Friday, 9 January 2009
Monday, 5 January 2009
New Year!!
So we are finally in 2009!! 2008 was not a good year and ended on a very sour note.
Hubby got out of hospital the end of November. He has kidney failure and heart problems. The biggest problem is his kidneys. I am still trying to figure out what he can and can't eat, low protein, no salt, limited potassium. Very difficult because I am not just cooking for him but for a family of 6!! Still I am looking and trying different things. Christmas and New Years was a challenge but we managed.
Our biggest problem is MIL. She is batty!! We have had no end of fights. When hubby came out of hospital he told her that there was no way he could work the fields.
instead of her taking this and seeing that her only son, is really sick, she turned it on herself. According to her she is the one who is sick, she should have all the sympathy and we are here to serve her. Of course I got the blame, hubby is sick because of me!! So for three weeks she kept attacking me. Every time she saw me she would shout and scream at me. My youngest got really sick one evening. Hubby and I had to race out to the emergency room because she was coughing so much that she was turning blue. I showed my 16 year old what was for dinner, MIL sat at the table complaining that her dinner wasn't served when it should be!! I gave up. My six year old couldn't speak because of the cough, my oldest was doing his best to get dinner and she couldn't even offer to help!! From that point on I basically stopped talking to her. She kept demanding money from me, I told her that I don't have money, that hubby has the money!! So she flew at me, came at me with her walking stick. So we have to move...again. But it will have to be to public housing, not the best but better than being with an abusive old woman. We have asked that she be taken into care but unless she agrees or hurts somebody the city welfare won't or can't do anything!! I am so shocked by this, this woman has problems that need attention but unless she agrees she won't be taken care of.
Anyway today is my youngest sons birthday, he is 11 years old. I'm happy and sad at the same time, birthdays come round to fast for my liking!!! I'm making a chocolate cake for him and a birthday dinner of fried pork chops, his favorite!!!
Hubby got out of hospital the end of November. He has kidney failure and heart problems. The biggest problem is his kidneys. I am still trying to figure out what he can and can't eat, low protein, no salt, limited potassium. Very difficult because I am not just cooking for him but for a family of 6!! Still I am looking and trying different things. Christmas and New Years was a challenge but we managed.
Our biggest problem is MIL. She is batty!! We have had no end of fights. When hubby came out of hospital he told her that there was no way he could work the fields.
instead of her taking this and seeing that her only son, is really sick, she turned it on herself. According to her she is the one who is sick, she should have all the sympathy and we are here to serve her. Of course I got the blame, hubby is sick because of me!! So for three weeks she kept attacking me. Every time she saw me she would shout and scream at me. My youngest got really sick one evening. Hubby and I had to race out to the emergency room because she was coughing so much that she was turning blue. I showed my 16 year old what was for dinner, MIL sat at the table complaining that her dinner wasn't served when it should be!! I gave up. My six year old couldn't speak because of the cough, my oldest was doing his best to get dinner and she couldn't even offer to help!! From that point on I basically stopped talking to her. She kept demanding money from me, I told her that I don't have money, that hubby has the money!! So she flew at me, came at me with her walking stick. So we have to move...again. But it will have to be to public housing, not the best but better than being with an abusive old woman. We have asked that she be taken into care but unless she agrees or hurts somebody the city welfare won't or can't do anything!! I am so shocked by this, this woman has problems that need attention but unless she agrees she won't be taken care of.
Anyway today is my youngest sons birthday, he is 11 years old. I'm happy and sad at the same time, birthdays come round to fast for my liking!!! I'm making a chocolate cake for him and a birthday dinner of fried pork chops, his favorite!!!
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