My Birthday

Is tomorrow. I think that counts for a Whoo. Syd and Bec got back from Grand Bethel about noon. We didn't really expect them til about 3, but I guess Renee had an overnight shift tonight at work and needed to get SOME sleep, so they booked it home and then she turned back around to go to Stockton to grab some sleep. I took my camera with me EVERYWHERE today, and took NO pictures whatsoever. We started this morning by going to Hometown Buffet for breakfast, had a coupon for 2 free kids, so used that, then coming home spotted a garage sale. Well, they had a bucket of toys at said moving sale, so I offered 5 dollars for the bucket of toys, I mean, it's noon on SUNDAY, well, she didn't want to take 5 dollars, said she could get more on Craig's List for them. I asked Shabree if they were intact (I mean, I was taken aback, the woman was, how shall we say, RUDE!) She said she'd take 10 dollars for them, but not the bucket, she needed it for moving (ok, WHATEVER... heck though, the bucket was worth 4 or 5 bucks by itself, I'm sure.) So I said ok on 10 dollars, we bagged it all quickly since the girls had JUST gotten home and went home. There were actually quite a few GOOD toys in there, and indeed, were intact. We got a couple of Little People toys including a race track and a Noah's Ark (oh man, that Noah's Ark is CUTE!!!) So we're getting quite a good little collection of Little People toys that go together. There were even toys for Alex in there, though Sammi always bogarts the baby toys, little stinker.
For dinner, we had a bit of a buffet at Safeway. Safeway has the BEST lemon chicken, and I wanted Chinese food pretty badly, so that's where we went. We also got some sushi, macaroni salad, and Becca didn't want Chinese, so she got a sandwich... like I said, a buffet. LOL. We brought Syd's present to me with us, but I never got a chance to open it. Lord, Bec and Shabree cannot get along if their lives depended on it. Bec treats her like a little kid, and Shabree resents the hell out of it, can you blame her? But they both can't talk nicely to each other... really, Becca doesn't speak nicely to anyone, she uses the same rude tone with everyone, including her dad and I. It gets rather irritating much of the time, and I TRY to be patient, but it's not easy.
Shabree... is having emotional issues lately. I'm really worried about her and Sydni, because Shabree has been talking about some things that are bothering her, and it's almost all sexual, though she doesn't even know what it MEANS... she just knows it's "Bad" and it really, really has her messed up, to the point where she can't think about anything else. She can't "get it out of my head" as she says. Syd has REALLY been acting out shoplifting from the store, taking money from Jerry's wallet to spend on the ice cream truck. We had to ask Syd about some of the stuff that was bothering Shabree, because it happened while Syd was around (with Syd's former friend Kristin, who does not come around, whom NO ONE wants to come around. I mean, she hasn't been around in MONTHS, so this stuff with Shabree, some of what's bothering her happened a year ago, maybe more). I told Shabree that I don't know how to help her, I've done what I could, and she can't seem to get over it, and I'm taking her to see a psychologist. She was bothered at first by the idea, but has warmed up to it. I just don't know what is UP with these girls. As far as I know, they haven't been harmed in any physical or sexual way, but they are both having anger issues, and some emotional issues, and I'm just at my wit's end with Syd's stealing. She told us that "it's a habit" to steal. I told her that if it was a habit, she'd darn well better BREAK that habit. I was SO mad. We still have to take her and the shoplifted candy back to the store. We... who am I kidding? I am SO leaving that one up to Jerry. UGH. It's almost depressing, the entire situation. Makes my stomach ache.

With that, I think I'll switch topics, but this blog is about what's going on in our family, better or worse... this is definitely the worse stuff.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow for my birthday. I wanted to go swimming, but Tuesday may actually be a better day to go, I don't know. Becca has school tomorrow, so we couldn't go until one or so, and the pool closes at 5 or 6 to the general public... 5. So yea, she's out after tomorrow, would probably be better to go on Tuesday when we can go when they open, and stay til they close. I'd LIKE to get my money's worth, though it's going to be 3 dollars even for Sammi, and she's TERRIFIED of the water!!! Sigh. Yea, would rather not take her, but no one to leave her with.

Jerry's birthday is in a week, I am wanting to buy him a bike so we can go bike riding as a family. They're pretty cheap at Walmart. I can also check the thrift stores, but I'd like him to have a new one. Shabree is going to use her birthday money to get a bike, Sammi probably will too. Every time we go NEAR the bikes, she starts whining "bike, bike!" She WANTS a bike really bad. And she has Shabree's old bike, but it's wobbly, and tips over way too easily, but she rides it pretty well all the same. Anyway, she wants a new bike BAD. So we'll use any and all birthday money towards getting her a new bike, which is only 39.50 at Walmart anyway. Plus a new helmet, which will probably be another 17, or 20 if I get the knee/elbow pads. We got a bike trailer for my bike using Alex's birthday money, which she loves riding in, but I know she still wants her own bike. Funny thing is, Alex doesn't like riding in the trailer, she squirms out of it. So even though it was HER money that bought it, she doesn't like it (for now... she will later though.) But at least I can take the two of them to the park and not have to drive. It makes me nervous though with the wider wheel base, but it was worth getting all the same. I may even go do some shopping using it, we'll see. I'd like to be able to save gas, it's stayed pretty stable lately, but even 2.89 a gallon is plenty not to be trying to save money on gas wherever possible.

Well, I don't really have any "new" pictures... can't find the ones Becca took going to Grand Bethel, not that she took that many to begin with, but I'll try to upload them once I find them, and hopefully some from my birthday tomorrow. I need to bake a cake, and I will probably want pics from that!