Found My Brother

I was floored when I put in my last name Lewallen into Face Book and my step mother's name popped up. So I sent a friend request to see how she and Jeremy were doing. So we talked for a couple of days and when I woke up Saturday morning he had sent me a friend request. So we talked a little bit Saturday afternoon thru IM. It was good to talk to him and Clydette. He works for Gaston County Police Dept. It is really weird having a brother and have never once talked to him. Shame on me:(. So hopefully now we can stay in touch. He graduated from UNC Wilmington in May 2008.

Not Much Going On

Well as everyone knows we took our vacation week to redo our one and only bathroom. Needless to say it is still a work in progress. I just want to say that I know a professional didn't do the work and I am sure if they did it would be perfect. But let me tell you my husband did an awesome job on the repairs. He worked all week and it looks amazing and he got all of that rotten wood from the leak out. I just can't get over how he knows what to do on things like that. He is a jack of all trades and he is mastering them all. LOL I love that he wants to jump on projects like that well I don't do to much but sit and watch and be his goofer. That is fine. I am always asking you need something what can I do. Stop talking I know that is what is saying in his mind. I just don't want to even imagine how much money we saved by doing the work ourselves. BIG MONEY!!! I am sure if we had it to spend we would have loved to hire someone to come in to do it but we are penny pincher's when it comes to stuff like that and we love to try to do things like that ourselves. So now I am thinking of painting the walls a different color to much beige I do believe. If I could get my lazy butt up and finish it I would be much much happier. But anyway. Will post pics when I am done hopefully it will be this year. LOL

So mom has rented her house and the people are moving in Sept 1st. It is gonna be really weird riding by the house I grew up in seeing other people live there. Amy or Heather why didn't you move back here????? The people seem really nice and very friendly. I am sure they will take good care of the house they better anyway. I still remember when Jason got a saw for Christmas one year and sawed on the corner of the wall going upstairs. He was ready to do some building or destruction one. LOL I am at work now worrying about the company and where it is headed. Our service has gone down in the one area that actually makes up money and keeps us afloat Residential. NOT GOOD. But I am here for as long as I can be.

Mom has a birthday coming up soon and it is hard to believe in 30 days I will be 40!!!! Don't feel it for sure. Jasmine starts back to school Tuesday, Aug. 25. WOW she will be in the 10th grade where has time gone??? 3 more years of high school and then off to college. I am not ready for this yet can't she go back to Sherwood. She has grown into a wonderful and beautiful lady and I am very proud of her. I took her school shopping a couple of weeks ago and bought her some clothes and I need to take her back this weekend too. She never ask for anything so when she does I know she really wants it or needs it. I love that about her she is an only child(who lives with us) but you would never know it she is down to earth and not at all ungrateful. She may be a little spoiled but you would still never know that either. I sure wish Heather and Amy lived near us so she would have her aunts around she loves them and misses them. I wish I had Matthew around I am sure he would keep me active and keep me on my toes. I love watching the videos and seeing pics they post he is growing up so fast. I look at his baby pics and now don't even look like the same person. Well I am gone back to work and try to keep my eyes open.

I would like to say that I am thankful for my family and feel blessed everyday to have such a wonderful husband and children. I don't see the other 3 that much but I do love them and care about them a lot. Without Jesus Christ our house wouldn't be a home and our hearts would be empty. I may not go to church like I should but I do follow the commandments and will always put Christ first in my life. Because without him I and we are nothing. :)!!!! Love each of you.

Crazy Weekend

This is how my weekend went. Work all day Friday then get off work and mom calls wanting my help over at grandmas to help load up somethings on the truck. So go do that go shopping for Jasmine a dress for Sandie's wedding and then to shop for her a gift. Got all that done then go over to moms to help her set up for her yard sale. Get home at 11:15 talk to Donnovan for a little bit then off to bed at midnight. Get up the next morning at 5:45 to go help mom with the yard sale and get through with that at 1pm rush home to get ready to have Jasmine at the church at 2 for the wedding she was suppose to help with the register. Didn't happen we got there are 2:40. Oh well I told mom I needed to leave at 11 so I could go get ready and do Jasmine's hair too. Wedding was a hoot and Sandie and Jason was so sweet together and happy. Everything was beautiful. I loved the colors she had. Food was awesome Greg did a great job of course. There were some mishaps but we had a great time. So then we went to visit mom before she left to go back to Virginia. Went to p/u Jasmine from a play she went to see and then home to get into the bed at 10:30. I was so tired I slept till 9:30 the next morning and wouldn't have woke up then but mom came down before she left. So we had a great day Sunday rested and relaxed and visited Louise and just didn't do anything much. Great Day with my family except me and Jasmine got into a BIG argument about driving. I hope now she understands where I am coming from. She apologized later on and said she did understand. So I wonder how many more we will have??? Well this week should be smooth Jasmine is leaving Friday to go with my aunts to the my moms for a 10 days of fun and sun. Kids have it made!!!!

Happy and Sad Day

Well Jasmine went to get her permit this morning. I am glad she got it but sad because that means she is one more step to growing up. This time next year she will have her license and a job and she will be a jr at school after that. Where has time gone??? It seems just the other day I was walking her into

Sherwood and now she is at Ashbrook in 3 years she will be graduating and then off to college. My baby is growing up and this is sad. She has been such a blessing to me .

Virginia Beach

Well this past weekend we went to mom's house to check it out and see the beach. Her condo is really nice I love the layout. It doesn't seem like home but she is still working on it. I guess home will always be at Churchill Drive. It felt weird walking into it the first time and she said this is home. I loved the view. We took Lady our older Chi with us and she was so funny. I have never ever seen her act so happy and full of life. As soon as we got back home Sunday she went back into her shell. Poor dog. So this is how the weekend panned out. CRAZY CRAZY is all I can say. So I don't get into the bed until 12am Thursday nite and then have to get up at 6:30 to be at work by 8am cause my coworker is having to work on the truck Friday. So work all day till 4:30 get off fly home get everything ready and packed and wait on Donnovan to get home at 7pm. We load the car he takes a shower and we finally get to leave at 8:30. So then we have to stop and get dinner so we are out of Charlotte at 9pm. I drive all nite we finally get to moms at around 3:15am get unpacked and stay up till 4am. Go to bed then I am up at 7:30 up and ready to go well I am the only one up and ready to go. So finally everyone starts waking up and we get ready and go to the beach around 11:30. It is hot as you know what heat index is 106. But the kids had fun and the wind was blowing a bit so it wasn't totally unbearable. Of course we had to pack the kitchen with us to take. LOL (you know mom) The boys stayed in the ocean from 12pm till 5pm and played non stop. They came up and ate a sandwich and went back they were wore out by the time we left and that nite they didn't feel like doing anything but sleeping and resting. But no we didn't let them we took them back down to the boardwalk and they road a couple of rides and then back to the house. I think we wore mom and Don out after we left they had to take a nap. So we slept really good Saturday nite after we got back. DaShun got sick in the middle of the nite from all the heat and excitement and lack of sleep. So we left at 3pm to come back home Sunday and feel out. We took the kids home Monday morning and stopped by Waffle House and had breakfast. Jasmine started drivers ed Monday and per her instructor she did great and can get her permit Friday. YEAH YEAH!!!!! So this was our trip the next time I am going to go for a long weekend while Donnovan is on a long trip. I will miss having him go with me but we can't do those trips like that is was to stressful and tiring. Until next time peace love and happiness always!!!!

This Week and Weekend

Well Donnovan asked me the other day why do I not post on here anymore and to be honest just don't think about it. So to make him happy I am posting. Well not much going on my way and the family but work and this and that. We are driving to mom's this weekend to spend a couple of days. We aren't going to be able to leave till Donnovan gets home from work Friday night so hopefully that will be early. That is if he can keep his partner out of the rest areas. He has medical problems that for some reason no one can fix. Another story for another day. Trust me when I say I never thought Donnovan didn't have patience but riding with him I know he does he just DOESN'T practice it with me. LOL
Well the kids are doing fine Shea graduated this year from Shelby High went to that on June 9th. She is going to Gardner Web to study nursing. DJ is playing football this summer and went to a training camp he is #5 next year don't know about his grades it is best I don't ask. So he will be a 11th grader next year. Jasmine will be a 10th grader next year. She made all A's of course and a GPA 4.75/4.00. Totally proud of her. DaShun will be in the 8th grade next year. I don't really know how he does in school every time you ask he don't know. So I stopped asking. But everyone passed!!!! WHOOHOO
Mom seems excited about us coming up it is just such a long driver for 1 1/2 but oh well I am going anyway since Donnovan didn't have to take that other trip. Give the kids something to do anyway. We are waiting to hear from Jasmine's school about her driving so she can go get her permit. It is taking entirely to long.
Well we have another dog not by my choice at all. I was happy feeding him and him living at Shea's. So now all my pretty green grass that I have never never had at the area where my gate is all gone:(. So we have got to do something cause I can't go sit outside without him barking like crazy. NERVE RACKING!!!!!! But all in all he is a sweet dog and just wants some attention but I don't have time for it I have 4 of my own that don't require a lot just to sit on my lap that is what I like. I had some plans for my little lawn area but I don't see how that is possible now so back to the drawing board.
It is strange not having hardly any family around now. I seen Betty and Brenda the other day for about 30 mins and grandma moved up with Linda. All you hear from mom is I am going to the beach she is turning into a beach bum. LOL At least she is happy that is what counts she has earned it both her and Don. I like the beach but I don't think I would like living so close to one cause I wouldn't never get anything done and Donnovan would probably divorce me cause I would be there instead of working. Our life is great I love everyday of it I have a wonderful family and am so thankful for each of them. I love road trips and so do they so we are a perfect match. If I say go they say when don't even really care where just when how long we staying. So if they do good this mini trip we are playing our vacation first week of August. So July is gonna drag by.
This is long I know sorry but have a lot to say. So I am gone for now hope this finds everyone ,the total of 3 that reads it, in good health.

The Weekend

Well this past weekend was Easter and we didn't do anything much but go to my parents to have lunch then went to visit Donnovan's mom. We had the kids but they are to old to Easter egg hunt with anymore. Donnovan worked out in the yard all day Saturday sowing new grass. I am keeping my fingers cross that my flower bed lives and his grass grows. Do far my flowers have made it a week. YEAH!!! I don't have a green thumb at all. We are taking our house remodeling one week and one month at a time. We are working on the yard right now and then we are starting on painting the house and replacing gutters. I am so excited Donnovan is gonna pour me a concrete pad over next to my fence so I can put chairs and a table out there. I can't wait I love to sit outside. I think that is gonna to excite me more than new grass. LOL I have already staked claims on my moms outside table and chairs and her swing if she is gonna sell it or store it. I don't know if she will have room where she is going for that or not hopefully she will cause that would be nice to go out there and sit. The rest of this month and next month is gonna be crazy. A lot of stuff going on.

Well Jasmine starts drivers ed tomorrow. I am so excited for her. I have been taking her driving at the cemetery. At least I know she can't hurt anything or anyone there. LOL!!! But she is growing so fast where does time go. Today is my nephews birthday he is 1 year old. I wish I was there to celebrate this day with him. He is so so cute.

We added a new member to our family last week her name is Lady. She is a 9yr old Chi and she is so sweet and loving. I am so glad we got her. She has potty trained and playful. I am a member of this group called Chi Meetup Group and a lady was giving her away she had her since she was 6 weeks old. She has an bigger dog and he was getting to frisky with her and they were afraid she was gonna get hurt. No one wanted her too that was sad :( but I did of course. I will post a pic. Well I am gone back to work now hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!

Parents Moving....

Well mom called me today at 12:30 stating they are moving to Norfolk. I guess I was sort of surprised when I heard her those words. Oh well I am sad to see them go but they are only 6 hours away not like Heather 30 plus hours away. I am going to miss them like crazy and I guess just knowing they are right up the road from me. I took that for granted now it is gone. I haven't really seen mom a lot over the past few months with her school and working schedule. I am happy for them they like the ocean now they are right beside it and of course now I have a vacation spot!!!!

Type 2 Diabetes

I knew it was coming since I was told about 5 years ago I have PCOS. That is a part of PCOS is being insulin resistant and diabetes. So it wasn't a real shell shocker today when my doctor told me that and put me on medication. But with diet and exercise I can go off the meds once I have it under control. I have been sort of trying to put it out of my mind but couldn't anymore so I went on to the doctor. I worry about Jasmine too so I am calling to make her an appointment to be checked as well. So my journey has started today with changing my eating habits and exercise. To me it is a blessing so I can live longer and see my kids grow up and have kids. (later on way down the road) Going to get rx filled and start them today too. I worry about something happening to me and leaving my family. I don't how Jasmine would take it if anything ever happened to me so I have her to think about. Donnovan would miss me who else would pick on him like I do and give me a hard time about things. Only me in my special way. Well I just wanted to share and am looking forward to my new life.

Oh yeah by the way Donnovan is going to the dr too and see about his blood pressure and cholesterol. We both need to start living right and do what is right for our bodies.

So that is all for today since I haven't posted in a few weeks thought it was about time I did.

Updates

It has been a while since I did my last post so here it goes. Donnovan's grandmother passed away on Valentine's Day so we have been spending more time with his mom. Which I have enjoyed a lot. She seems to be in better spirits when she has company around her. We took her to the race trax this past weekend she had a great time. Not much else going on just the norm I guess work and home life cleaning and cooking and such. We have had some awesome weather for the past few days and the weekend was amazing. Oh yea Shea turned 18 March 4th. We took her out to eat and of all places for her to choose Denny's go figure that. Ever place we went to was packed of course it being a Saturday night. But I thought it was really good. Just don't ever get a Cherry Cherry Limeade. NASTY Yuck!!!
So we have the kids this weekend. I have got to go pick up a few more things to eat on but other than that I am done grocery shopping. Well me and Donnovan are going on the Atkins diet starting Monday so I will need to pick up a few things for us to eat on. I am excited to see if Donnovan will stick to it he should he loves to eat meat and that is what Atkins is all about me on the other hand no a real meat eater. So I eat a lot of chicken. Red meat I can do without. So I will keep my blog updated on our progress.
I don't ever get to see my mom she works and goes to school and her hours are crazy. She told me she has applied for a job out in Salt Lake City. I will be sad if she leaves but I know she needs to work and that will make her happy being out there with Heather, Amy, and Matthew. Our family used to be close but we aren't anymore and haven't been for a while now. It used to bother me a lot since I don't have anything to do with "father's" side of the family. But oh well life goes on and change is always going to happen whether it is good or bad. I wish them luck on their new journey.

Just A Note

Ok those weekend was a relaxing one. Friday night Donnovan had to work and Jasmine went to a teen club called Positive Vibe with her friend Kelly. So I had the evening to myself so what to do. So what did I do go and clean up my car. Ran it thru the wash and cleaned the inside up really good. So that was my evening but my car looked great. So Jasmine didn't have a good time she said it was lame. So she is going to try another little teen club in Gastonia. (Maybe) Got to check it out first I liked the Positive Vibe the owners are parents of 2 girls Jazz goes to school with and come out and meet you and let you go in and take a look around if you want. Very nice people. So anyway after I got her I went home and went to bed.

I made the mistake of asking Jasmine to go with me to Lowes to look at some bathroom fixtures we are getting ready to undertake a bathroom remodeling project for this I wish I had my brother-in-law Josh here to help. He did a great job on their house. We are splitting our 1 bathroom into 2 bathrooms. It can be done but of course I will have to put with Donnovan's 500 million reason why he can't. (Don Jr.) Then of course Jasmine had to go to Kmart, Payless Shoes, and Target. Not in my plan at all I hate to shop. We didn't even make it to Lowes we went when Donnovan got home. But we have some pretty good ideas well I do anyway. I will post pics when he starts.

Well nothing big this weekend I learned from a lady I worked with at WM that so called holidays like Valentines is just another day to go spend money u don't have. I agree. Donnovan bought me some roses a few years ago and spent 80.00 and they died 2 days later that was a waste. Now don't get me wrong I love flowers but it don't have to be roses Walmart sells a bunch of flowers cheap and they smell and last long. It was a sweet thought. We are double dating with DJ and his girlfriend this weekend on Valentine's Day. Should be fun I am going to take him to Walmart to get her a card, candy, and flowers. I want this to be special for him because he acts totally different around a good different. Want to keep her around. LOL

Well I will go for now until then keep safe and keep love in your heart.

My Rant About THE NEWS MEDIA

Ok I am so sick of the news media when it comes to weather reports!!! We had a little snow flurry (and when I say little I mean little) last night and you would think it looked like this(Kentucky pics). What is the deal?? Jasmine's school was delayed 2 hours for what I don't know Mecklenburg County closed for the day. I don't know what in the world they would do if we had weather like they did up North. Donnovan sent me pics on several trips and it was really bad looking. The media down here wouldn't know how to act. They were on this am for their normal 5-7am news slot and then Good Morning America comes on at 7. Can you say that they delayed GMA from coming on so they could continue to cover the "Winter Storm" this morning. GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE. Ok that is my rant for today.

My Weekend

It was a relaxing weekend to say the least. No stress that is what I like. We had all the kids this weekend and we got to meet DJ's girlfriend she was really nice and cute. So we just all hung out at the house and we watched the Superbowl Sunday. Okay once I write that down it sounds really boring. So maybe the next time they come up I will take them somewhere just to get them out of the house. Jasmine's bday this year is on a Saturday so I don't know what she has in mind to do but all she keeps talking about is a party. Don't think so not this year. I told her for her 16th bday she can have a party it will take me a year to save for it. hahaha She will be 15 WOW she has only 3 more years to go to be 18 where has time gone???? Shea the oldest will be 18 March 4. DaShun just turned 13 and DJ will be 16 June 30. It won't be long it will be just me and Donnovan at home the rate this keeps up. Then I will sad missing the house full of kids playing and talking. I may say I won't miss it now but I will be then.

Ok well I was looking thru pics on Donnovan's phone yesterday and seen some pics of Matthew and he was so cute and cuddly looking. I miss me a lot and wish I could see him more. I have his baby pic on my table and it funny to see how much he has grown and changed just over the past 9 months. They just grow so fast and change so much you stop and wonder where time goes.

I do have 1 pic to add today on what I did on Sunday beside watch football. It was nail trimming day for my dogs and the 2 female dogs are sweet and will let you cut their nails. The boy dog Max, of course it had to be a male, gives me a fit every time so this is what I have to do to him to get his nails clipped. Isn't that a shame that you have to muzzle a 3 1/2 pd dog just to do something so simple and clip nails. It is either that or get bit or take him and spend 10 bucks and that isn't happening.

My Friday

So I am sitting at work right now wishing it was 2:30 so my weekend could go ahead and begin. The kids are coming over this weekend so we will be taking a trip to Shelby today or tonite rather. So Mr. DJ informed us that is now has a girlfriend that he has been seeing or talking to now for the past 2 months. She is a junior and has a car. Yeah right that is what I said the trouble now begins. So he said he has a date tonite and will be over maybe Saturday. Was wondering when all this was going to start but he is growing up I just hope that he is being responsible. That is all I am going to say on that note.
So Jasmine got her report card yesterday and of course all straight A's and I might say very high averages too. She is smart as a whip. Shea also sent me a message and she got all A's and B's on her report card too. Way to go girls!!! Haven't heard from the boys so don't know if that is bad sign or not. We will see.
Donnovan just sent me pics of the conditions he is having to drive in and it isn't good at all. But I guess what worries me the most is that he is taking pictures while he is driving. That doesn't seem to safe to me. But as he always says to me "Angela you drive for a privilege I drive for a profession" and the other one is " I can handle this I have driven more miles backward than u have forward". So why bother saying anything. I still worry can't help it. I feel so bad for the people who live up in Kentucky not knowing when they are going to have power. I guess I am thankful I live like 2 mins from my parents and they have a generator. Yes I can still go running home to mommy.
So it is Super Bowl Sunday and we have plans to stay at home and watch the game in pjs and on my couch. Of course my 3 dogs will be sitting on my lap or laying on my legs under a blanket sleeping. I have 3 Chi that are spoiled beyond belief who get on my nerves but I love them anyway. That is another story for another day about me and my 3 dogs. Well I am gone back to work now and try to get thru these next 3 hours.

I SEE SUNSHINE

Well this week and just about all last weekend was very icky outside. Major overcast and just nasty outside no sunshine. So today is Thursday and I am looking out my office window and the sun just a shining. AWESOME!!! I think there is just one thing that could be better than that and that is some snow. I would love to have a really good snow that would last all weekend and then go away on Monday when it is time to go to work. Can't miss any work or Jasmine's school work. I feel so sorry for Donnovan he is having to drive thru Kentucky, Indiana, and then Chitown. He had some really bad weather. It was really icy roads the snow I don't worry as much but when you have ice. Well I pray for his safe trip today and tomorrow and will be glad when this nasty weather up there is gone so I don't have to worry so much.