A good thing...I think

Chrissy called yesterday to let me know that her application for being placed in a half-way house has been accepted. This means she will be transferred back to Denver, then back to Pueblo to the half-way house. Now I'm not really sure what this ultimately means for her. I don't know how it works once she gets there, whether it will be a "house" or another facility where she checks in and out every day. I don't know if she will get help finding a job, or even what will be expected of her. She is very excited and will be eligible for parole in July, 2009.

Personally, I have mixed feelings...and isn't that a horrible thing to say. I am afraid that if she gets to this half-way house, unless it's very structured and she has a tight rein put on her and she is guided through what she has to do, that she may slip back to her old ways. It's horrible to feel this way, not giving her the benefit of the doubt, but I also know that if things get too hard or too confusing, she takes the easy way. My only blessings are that 1) Dan (aka jerk-off) is in jail and probably will be for oh...say...104 years; 2) Chrissy doesn't want to go back to jail; and 3) she has been going to church and become involved with a prayer group that has seemed to help her emotionally. I know that many who read this will scoff at the church part, but Chrissy has always had lots of questions about God and the bible and now is in a position to have all her questions answered and has discovered, for herself at least, that having faith does keep you going. Maybe God does have a plan for her after all.

Well, tomorrow morning I go to the DMV and renew my license. I went yesterday morning to the Office of Vital Statistics and got my "official" birth certificate, I have my social security card, my tax information, my proof of residency...and a note from my mother...and BOY that one was tough! My only concern is not passing the eye exam, since I'm blind as a bat for reading anything without my glasses. I'm ok for distance, but who knows!

Well, I'm off to do some laundry, water the lawn, do the dishes, take the trash out, pick up the weeds I pulled this morning while picking roses, and if time allows, I may clean the laundry room!

Love to all...me

Too hot for me!!

What a weekend! Jim and family arrived Thursday evening and after pizza and drinks we all jumped into the hot tub and relaxed...as much as you can relax with two little boys with more energy than anyone should be allowed to have! Friday was an early day for me so I tip-toed around sleeping bodies so I could leave for work without waking anyone. After a day spent shopping where LeAna bought a really cool lap top computer (which I really want one of) Jim and family took off for Hood River to drive Jean's car to La Grande, while Jean took her RV up. What a good brother!

Saturday was a scorcher at 102 degrees. Too hot to do anything I wanted to do which was stain the gazebo. So I decided to do pretty much nothing...except go to the baby shower for the daughter of a friend of mine. I was late much of the day since I didn't crawl out of bed until 10:00 which is really odd for me, then I slept in my chair till I was almost late for the shower, then when I got home I slept again. Talk about lazy! I put up a little kiddy pool for Bella to enjoy (yeah right...she thought I was going to drown her) and lay in the hammock for a while.

Today started out hot as well. by noon we hit the high 90's then the thunder rolled in and the temp dropped to the 80's, then the lightening started and the rain hit. Lucky me...I don't have to water the lawn.

So all in all it was a good weekend. Tomorrow we begin again. I need to go make Linda's smoothie and get it into the freezer. Linda is my friend from work...we go back many many years. She had cancer, went into remission, but after 7 years, it came back. Now she is doing the chemo pills and it makes her feel pretty crappy so I make her a fruit smoothie every day with fresh fruit, vanilla yogurt, fruit juice, protein powder and nutritional yeast. She likes it, says it gives her a little energy, so I make one for her every day. Makes me feel like I'm doing something, even if it's really nothing.

Anyway, it's off to finish the laundry and gear up for another week. I have to get my driver's licence renewed this week...and of course that's going to be a huge pain in the butt because I have to have a copy of my birth certificate (which I don't have) my social security card, proof of citizenship, proof of address, I have to answer some medical questions and take an eye exam. After doing all that, I STILL have to pay $39 for the stupid license and have my picture taken again...and you know how much I HATE cameras. Sucks to get old!

Sweet dreams...love me