A New Year!

Jeremy and I have been together for 18 years now!

Have they been easy years???  No... not even a little bit! lol  However, we've come through it and we're doing really well now; considering... :D

 

So, here I am, on January 1st... weigh about 160lbs... give or take a couple pounds.

I haven't gone to Cajun Fitness while the children have the time off from school.  Hopefully, I'll get back on track Monday.  I say hopefully because... right before Christmas, Jeremy's Cougar broke down :(  His transmission went out totally.  He knew it was coming.  He towed it in with Kevin's (our neighbor) help.

Jason, Tori, and their kids came over on Christmas Eve.  Jeremy cooked a turkey.

That evening, we drove to Lake Charles in my Honda Odyssey to go to Jeremy's Uncle Anthony's house.  We hadn't gone in years... maybe 6 years?  IDK.  But, everyone was so happy to see us!  They couldn't believe how big the kids were; especially Calista... since she's the one they were used to seeing all the time :)  Calista got to meet Jeremy's artist cousins: Eric and Jamie.  One teaches art at college and one teaches art at the elementary school.
We had a really good time.  Jeremy went begrudgingly; but, he was glad to have gone at the end of the day :)  Sometimes, he does need to listen to what I suggest! lol  It's true, though! :)
Cheryl bought the girls some birthstone jewelry and bought Halo Legos for Wyatt.

My family (Cherie, Richard {her fiance}, her girls, and Aimee) came over on Christmas Day.

They stayed until Sunday.

In that time, we were invited to go to Tasha's to have one more get-together before Jason and Tori head back to Arkansas.  And they were fine with my family joining us :)

My family left Sunday evening.

Jeremy took my van to work Monday.

On the way home, after work (worked until 7:30pm), the oil light came on.  He ended up stopping twice to pour a total of 3 quarts of oil in the van in Opelousas.  He parked on the carport, came in, told me about it, I go out there to see, and there's tons of oil on the cement :(  So, now, we were down to just the motorcycle (Ninja)!  Ugh!
He was able to order a gasket from a parts store and it came in the next day.  He put it in.  He drove the van to work today; so far so good!
Who know how long before he gets the Cougar back... he took out a $1500 loan to pay for it :-/

Summer Plans

Started Monday, I have the kids and myself, riding our bicycles... at least once to the end of the street and back.  I've been going 3 times which equals 3 miles.  Calista joined me Monday and Tuesday but went back home after the 2nd time yesterday.  Ursula & Wyatt just go once and come back home.

Then, they have to read an hour a day!  I really needed to implement that a LONG time ago :( 

My dad texted me last night and will probably come this weekend because there's a dance thing going on in Baton Rouge over the weekend.

Allison Offshore, where Jeremy is currently working, is very slow :(  They laid 8 guys off a couple weeks ago and at least one other guy quit soon after.  Jeremy has 2 weeks of vacation... so, we will go up to Arkansas to visit Jason at the end of this month... not for 2 weeks though!  LOL  He told the guys at Allison that if work didn't pick up by the time he came back from vacation, he was leaving too.  A superintendent at IPS, where he worked twice before, called him.  Said, I heard you were looking for another job?  :)  They pay $30/hr.  Jeremy will probably go there... even though it's an hour more a day that he's driving... but, I don't think he cares too much about that since he loves riding his motorcycle.

Vacation... well, we have 3 Pitbulls.  Titan is 18 mths old, Zelda is 8 mths old, and Veya is 2 yrs old.  What I had suggested, and Jeremy liked, was that we bring Titan with us to Arkansas... only because if we need to get our neighbors to make sure our dogs are ok (they have an automatic feeder - just need to make sure they have water), Titan could knock them down (only because he's excited; not because of meanness).  The females will be happy to have others here and I don't think they'll do any harm... just can't run around Zelda because she likes to grab shoelaces...

My only Great-Nephew, Elijah, will be turning one this month!  I wish we lived closer!  The last time I saw him was his birth and few days afterwards :((

Oh, of course, all the kids passed... Calista's going to 9th, Ursula's going to 6th, and Wyatt's going to 3rd.