Another 6 months and another birthday.

Wow. Its been almost 6 months since i last posted. i didn't mean to go that long. lol anyways. i'm setting here watching pooh bears christmas with patience. she calls pooh "her pooh" and tigger "my tigger". She so into it. She loves her pooh bear. Christmas is to much more special for us this year. with santa coming and all. :) We are still in the same place next to raynor. its ok for now. but i found a bigger place in polo and i've been told we can rent it. for only 30 more dollars a month then we pay now. and it has a washer and dryer hook up in the basement. it will be nice to get our washer and dryer from tn and maybe our bed too!
Work is well work. i'm afraid i may be in trouble cause i missed today cause of a ice storm. But thats just my luck again..

On a sadder note in September we lost my father in law Hob in a freak car accident. he was on his way home late at night and hit a ditch. it broke his neck instantly. We as a family decided to put Zach with Lisa until he turns 18 in a year. Its so sad. Patience lost both of her grandparents now. i'm just glad we got to see him Labor day weekend when we came down. Man, it just makes me so sad...

well i am going to go. I'll write back again later.. or maybe lol.

jen

hum lets see

i have so much to write i am not sure where to begin. well i guess i'll start with saying life is strange sometimes. where you are isn't always where you imagined yourself to be. here i am 600 miles from my home town and I'm making it. I've made friends and i'm pretty happy. i've got a great husband whom i would be lost without and a little girl whom the sun and moon sets around. I've got it pretty good. and yet there are those days where i want to go somewhere else or maybe just want to go home. its always there, the constant thought of my family and how much i miss them. and how my heart aches when i think of my niece that doesn't even know me. i always imagined my little niece playing with my little girl and growing up together. but that cannot be with me up here. And my parents, grant ya that we haven't always seen eye to eye but they are still my parents and i love them. i miss my dad so much. he was the one i always called if i needed a running buddy or someone to have my back if Greg wasn't available. but now i find myself lost sometimes. (pause for a min) I fell my emotions trying to take over. I'm tired and I've had a head ache most of the day.
Speaking of my day, i got a new job today. not a Donaldson like i had planed but at Etnyre where Greg works. The Donaldson job offered was a temp to hire position and I'm tired of being a temp. I want vacation and benefits and if they are not willing to compromise and give me full time i will go to the company that will. Plus Etnyre has offered me over a dollar more an hour. can't beat that. And 1st shift. Donaldson was on 2nd shift.
Anyways, Life has changed as i said in my last post. Everything we own from the house is still in Tennessee in storage. And we are paying for it every month. Which completely sucks because we need stuff and we are having to make due until we have the money to get it all. We are sleeping on an air mattress and have been since we had our falling out with Greg's family. Which was horrible btw! With the new job i'll be able to make us more comfortable in our life. and maybe even be able to save some money. *that would be nice*
We don't have a lot of family around now a days. Just his sister and grandmother every once and a while. His sister Lisa moved to Wisconsin on the weekdays and comes home now and again and his grandmother is planning on moving to Texas in Sept. So like i said friends are all we got. Greg's made a friend or 2 here but not like he had back home. Me on the other hand have made more friends then ever. One, I've become close to Sandy. Shes great. She has her flaws but who doesn't. I worked with her until today at Do It best. And I'm gonna miss her terribly! but we will keep in touch we still live close to each other.
Oh on another note. I got an email from a long lost friend. Courtenay Brooke Robertson. from Brentwood High and Middle. She was like the best friend i ever had back then and I've looked for her online unsuccessfully. but now we can reconnect. thats so cool.
ok now I'm really sleepy. thats enough for now. i'll post more before i have to go to work wed. ttfn, jen

life and what it has become

things have changed a lot since i last posted. we are still in IL living on our own now. We are no longer in contact with his parents. Due to his step mom being crazy. anyways, I'm working at do it best right now but I'm starting a new job on Monday at Donaldson. Greg is working at Ednyer in Oregon and he's supervisor. Patience is grown a lot. she's 2 now and she is so smart. she counts and talks so well. she's so cute and pretty too. she love playing with dora and dolls. her soft blond curls of hair is so pretty.. well I'm tired and i have to get up early. I'll write later. jen