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Happy New Year

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Happy New Year now I am in 2019. So crazy! I am hoping for good things this year.

We are going to start the process of adopting this January. I have to say I am nervous. I have always wanted a child but the more I think the more nervous I get. But I think it will be a great experience and plus we will have a child.

I entered my first contest for writing. It was for a Sci-fi story. I had 23 pages and a little over twelve thousands words. I completed in less than a month. It was so crazy! April really helped me out on the grammar and she proof read it a lot for me. With her help I was able to complete it on time. I will continue to do that and we are going to do a fundraiser later this year. Just keep plugging along on that. April liked the story so much she has encouraged me to make that story into a book. Yeah I can see that.

After we took Tex to see my Aunt’s dogs. Well he took revenge on us because he hated being there. He ate one of my slippers, peed in the house and caused mayhem all day. The day after that he was back to himself. It’s funny how animals can get back at us even though he was being a demon that day.


Merry Christmas

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Christmas actually was fun this year! I was dreading Christmas this year and probably every year. I was happy how it went and I think it is because the kids are older. Bree got a lot of adult presents this year. It was funny how excited she was to get such presents. We got her a sewing kit and funny later my mom told me she got her a sewing machine so it was fitting.

I made beard hats for everyone, just for fun! It was really long process to get them all done on time and I even was doing them in the last minutes before we left to go to my parent’s house but I made it.

The pics turned out great!

We all look so silly and I love it! I made them all packer colors expect Andy as he likes the Bangles.

Christmas Day Jeff made chicken dumpling soup and my parents and Adam came over for some time. Mom, Adam and I played games while Jeff and dad visited. It was a great time. Adam stayed the night.

We watched Die Hard. Have to every year. We think it’s a badass Christmas movie. Then Adam and I watched the new Halloween together. Something funny on Wednesday I woke up super early and went to Walmart at six a.m. Best after Christmas sales. It was crazy Walmart opened up at six and it was packed! I was surprised but I got some good deals and things for Christmas next year.

Later on Wednesday we all went to my Aunt Kathy’s house. Jeff made chili and it was yummy like always. We brought Tex and it wasn’t a good time. Tex peed in their house and I felt really bad about it even though they said it happens and weren’t mad. But I still felt bad that it happened.

My Aunt has a black lab who didn’t like Tex too much. Which she said was strange he was acting that way because her dog is a submissive to other dogs. I could tell Tex didn’t want to be there as he kept hiding underneath my chair. We stayed for a couple of hours and was relieved to leave. Usually visiting isn’t bad but with Tex, I kept worrying about him going potty in their house and how much he didn’t like being there. On the way home he was so tired!

This next picture is so funny! Every time I look at it, I can’t stop laughing. It’s like he is trying to tell me to leave him alone so he can sleep. ROFL!

All in all it was a good Christmas fun. Tomorrow Adam goes back home but first we all are having breakfast together.

Happy Thanksgiving

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Yesterday was Thanksgiving and it was good. I think every year Thanksgiving is getting smaller and smaller.

I remember Thanksgiving as a kid and it was a ton of people. We also use to play family football together but that hasn’t happened in years. Now everyone is older and grown up.  Also most of the women would get out ads from the paper to look at deals for today Black Friday. Now no one does that anymore together.

I was a little sad that we couldn’t play poker this year because we had to get home to Tex. Next year we can stay to play.

It’s always good to see the family even though not that many show up now.

Happy Halloween!

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Whoooo! You know what that means?! A whole month of scary movies!

The rating I set is 5 out of 5. Of course 1 being terrible and 5 being amazing.

The Shining  (Netflix) 5/5 I saw that Netflix finally had this available. So of course I started October with a classic. Still scary!

Pizza (Netflix) 3/5 This is a foreign movie from India. The acting is actually pretty good. It’s worth a watch with the subtitles. The premise of this movie is Kunal is a pizza delivery man. He finds out his wife is pregnant. That’s important has to do a lot with pregnant women. His wife is also obsessed with scary. She tells him everyone has a moment. Well, Kunal finds his moment when he delivers pizza to a house and gets trapped in it. It’s not the scariest movie but has good jump scares. The twist is good.

House of Bones (Amazon Prime) 3/5 This movie is about a TV show that is about ghost hunters. (I don’t know why but I like those movies.) It’s not the most amazing movie. The reasoning for the rating. This movie wasn’t terrible and kept my interest. The acting isn’t the greatest but not the worst I have seen.

Villmark Asylum (Amazon Prime) 2/5  This movie is from Norway. Ever watch a movie and get that feeling you watch it already? Yeah I had a feeling I saw this movie already. Anyway it wasn’t that good so that is probably why I didn’t remember watching it, towards the end. I thought it was going to be a lot scarier as the acting is good in this movie. This movie is about a team that goes in an Asylum to prepare it for demolition. The caretaker is creepy, of course. The team finds a person that shouldn’t be there and in the background you see things move. You can tell this movie had money. Unfortunately it doesn’t hit the scary for me. I think the problem with this movie is they were trying too hard. Anyway I would skip this movie in the future. Now if I can remember watching it. Lol!

I had a bloody good time at House Harker (Amazon Prime) 4/5 This is a horror comedy. The acting was good and it was cheesy at the same time. I got some good laughs out of this movie. It’s a family of siblings and a best friend that are about to lose their childhood house. They live in a small town and known to be weirdos and losers. Their family ancestors are vampire killers and they have a vampire skull. When the siblings accidentally bring back a vampire, all hell breaks loose.

Crush the skull (Amazon Prime) 2/5 I thought about giving this movie a one but it made me laugh so two. This is NOT a horror comedy but it’s so bad that it was funny. A group of thieves brother, sister, husband and another guy go and try to rob this house only to get stuck in it with psychos. The beginning of the movie didn’t make sense till end which felt like they had to somehow tie in it. It was horrible tie in.

Stephanie (Netflix) 5/5 Wow this movie was great! I totally didn’t see the twist in this one. It had some jump scares in it and it’s worth the watch. This is about a little girl Stephanie is left alone in a house and her dead brother’s body in his room. You don’t see anything but you can hear a monster come into the house and out. You don’t know where the little girl’s parents are. So you follow her around for some time till her parents return.

The Haunting of Hill house TV show (Netflix) 5/5 This is the scariest thing I have seen in the longest time! Episode 5 I thought was the scariest out of the whole show. I like all the movies so I had to watch the show. This took me a while to watch because it scared me so badly! A must see!

Rocky Horror Picture Show 4/5 I used to watch this with my mom when I was younger. Seeing it as an adult is SO much different. I still love the music from the movie. However I think I am good for ever really watching it again. I know it’s a cult classic but I didn’t really realize how sexual it is. Not that is a bad thing but…not really a Halloween movie to watch.

Terrifier (Netflix) 1/5 This was the stupidest gory movie. It’s about a silent clown that kills people on Halloween. It wasn’t even fun gory it was just the sake for gory. Didn’t tell why he killed. No character building. Just death, gore and tons of blood.

Ghoul (Netflix) 4/5  This is a mini series from from Indiana but on Netflix it’s dubbed in English. This is a mini series of three episodes. It doesn’t get good till about half through the second episode. This takes place in the future at a military prison, integration facility. Someone releases a ghoul which brings out each person’s dark secrets. It has some pretty good jump scares and the ghoul is scary enough. The ending is good as well.

 

Independence Day

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Today is America’s birthday! America is 242 years old. Happy birthday USA!

Today I see my cousin Alice and her family for lunch. I think it will be fun! We will be celebrating America’s bday on July 7th with family. I don’t know if we will see fireworks or not. Either way it still be a fun day.

Father’s Day

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Yesterday was Father’s Day and we had a good time. We had both dad’s at our house like every year now.  We are task with Father’s day and that is fine by us. Jeff made an awesome spread! He made beer brats, bbq chicken which was my favorite, pickle salad also very yummy, beans which was a hit and dessert. It was a fruit dessert with jello and I hate jello. So Ken and Elena brought me some yummy bakery cookies.

We had a good visit. We got Ken $20 gift certificate to DQ. Like I have stated before been working on dolls for my dad and Adam helped me design his. Here they are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought of DAD  which is D for dad, A for Adam and D for Danielle. Clever I think!

I also wrote my dad a letter that I will share. He was surprised and love it.

 

Dad,

I wanted to write this instead of saying. This way I can get out all I want to say to you.

I want to thank you for all things you have taught me in my life. As I get older I have noticed things about others that now I am glad you taught me.

Thank you for making me do things when I was younger even though at the time I didn’t want to do them. Even when I complained about doing those things.

Thank you for making me do and fold laundry. Even though I still do not fold pants the greatest. Ask Jeff. Ha!

Thank you for letting me help you paint. Yes I was really messy at doing it when I was younger which created some great memories! I have gotten a lot better at it even though I still make a little mess painting. However I do like painting just not prep work but then again who does?

Thank you for making me clean gutters and doing yard work such as mowing the lawn. I dislike mowing the lawn but at least I can do it. I have to say I am good at it.

Thank you for making me use tools. Yes I still say do you need the star or the flat head screwdriver? However at least I know what a screwdriver is. I know how to hang up pictures and use tools in general. I wouldn’t say I know what every tool does but I am not afraid of them and want to learn when Jeff and I do projects. Jeff and I have encountered people who don’t know what screwdriver is or any other tools. Makes me think I am glad my dad taught me about them and made me use them when I was younger.

Thank you for teaching me how to drive! That was a hard task for me. I remember my driving instructor thought I needed more lessons. But you helped me prove him wrong. You are right I drive like you and I have to say I think we drive great.

Thank you for teaching me how to change a tire. I still know how! Even though those lug nuts are hard to get off. Teaching me about a car in general has helped. I admit I don’t know a lot about cars but I get the concepts of them.

You are a great dad! You have taught me a lot more than this. I wanted to point out the things you taught me in my life that has helped me. There will never be enough words to say how much I love and appreciate you!

Mother’s Day

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Mother’s day was fun and strange at the same time.

We ended up at Chrissy’s house. My brother in law cannot cook chicken yet he wants to cook chicken for every family gathering. I was having a hard time eating the one piece that I had. It was a bloody chicken. Ew! Good thing there was other stuff to eat. I found out Chrissy was in a commercial! As soon as I can find it I will put it in here. It’s a funny commercial about windows.

It was a very nice day for Mother’s day it was sunny and hot, we all got to sit outside. I got sunburn all over but it was still a good time. So we are chatting and Kim gets up and says “Time to go. So I can go home sit on my couch and watch Netflix.” Isn’t that a strange thing to say to leave?! I would never say anything like that but that is Kim. She wasn’t even there for two hours and she had to leave. That was the strange.

I am glad we got to have Mother’s day at someone house because no way we were going to a restaurant and you know why.

Happy birthday!

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On March 31st we celebrated Scotty and Koko’s birthday. Scotty turned 10 and Koko turned 12.

Since we are unsure when Scotty’s birthday day is exactly we celebrate them on the same day. We do know what year he was born so we can keep track. So why not have their birthday on the same day? They got doggy ice cream for their birthday. Here is cute pics of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Easter!

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Today is Easter!

This is a different Easter. Usually we go to my parents house to celebrate and be together but no parents this time. They are in Florida with my sister and her family having a great time. So this year it’s just Jeff and I and I am fine with that. I think we are going to watch Coco. I really want to see that.

I made tiny chicks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am making more for my sister in law for a present. These are fun and easy to make.

 

Happy New Year!

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It’s another year and I made it! I am still here. Yay!

This year I am continuing to lose more weight. I hope one day I will be like I am good but for now more losing.

On January first we went to my sister’s house. We laughed about how Corey wasn’t coming to this party either. Jeff said something funny. He said “Kim posted something super funny on FB. She said said maybe to the party.” Lol oh Jeff!

The party was for the other side of the family. My mom’s side who we don’t see all that often. There is a reason for that. My aunt Terry was in town she now lives in Texas. That is the reason why we went even though I really didn’t want too. The reason we don’t see that side is because they are not fun to be around. They are judgy but they are strange. They give me a strange feeling.

At the party I felt super awkward! First my Aunt Terry who haven’t seen in years, sort of judged me. She asked where I worked. Yup that look I love so much came into play. Of course being sarcastic. I hurried and used my super power of changing the subject to her and kept her talking about herself.  All their kids came and I haven’t seen them since they were little kids. Now they are all grown up and one of them is engaged. When they all started to come in they weren’t very nice. They acted like the rest of us didn’t exist. They all gathered at a table and talked with each other. That to me is snobbish. And my mom wonders why I don’t like her side of the family. Also my aunts and uncles only some of them talked to us. I should say me because Jeff and Andy were gabbing about computers the whole time. Even when I wanted to leave Jeff wanted to stay and talk to Andy. Even though for a week he has been complaining about going to this party. I couldn’t wait to leave, I kept checking my watch. I said we are staying for two hours so we stayed for two hours.

Great start to the New Year, not.