A prayer answered................

I am thrilled to tell you that my 13 year old grand daughter, Amber, is living with me at the present time. I have been given temporary and emergency guardianship of her while her mother is incarcerated in a county jail. We will hear tomorrow for how long this guardianship will last. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the judge will demand that she take some parenting classes and anger management classes as well! And until those classes are completed satisfactorily, that Amber remain in my guardianship or that of her daddy's!

We went to visit her daddy this afternoon and stayed for dinner. Then Amber talked them into letting us bring her newest brother, Zaidyn who is almost 2 months old, home with us for the night. It really didn't take much talking on her part. They haven't had a full nights sleep since he was born back in September, so this could really be a welcome relief for them! And I know that I can do it for one night anyway. I don't have to work tomorrow, so it won't be too hard and I suspect that they will be here fairly early in the morning (probably around 9 at the latest) to pick him up. I don't think they will be able to stand not having him much later than that. In fact, I suspect that they will come as soon as all the other kids get on the school bus and are headed to school!

Bumpa called tonight and still no deer for any one up there. Makes me wonder what the big attraction is to going deer hunting in the U.P. if the majority of the deer are down this way and are corn fed and taste much better than the ones from the U.P. anyway! Perhaps it's just a 'MAN' thing!

OMG!

Amber told the police her mom smokes pot and all shit has hit the fan! I am fearful for Amber even though when I speak with her she says she is fine. I have my doubts! She told me they are going to be moving back to a city that is only about 40miles from us and live with her mom's mom again. Then she told me they aren't. Now she tells me her mom wants to move out of state. I don't think she can legally do that without Amber's dads (my son) approval. Wish lawyers didn't cost so much! "Dad" will never give permission for that..........not in a thousand years! Yet, I don't believe he has the room for her in his home either. He and his fiance are living in a small 3 bedroom apartment with 5 children, ages 2 months to 12 years. The bedrooms are small and I'm not sure that is the best place for her either. She is always welcome to come and live with us, but that probably won't happen either. I think legally if her mom moves out of state, custody would be given to her father....not her grandmother!

Sometimes situations suck!

Just popping in...............

........to let everyone know I am fine. I am working 3 full days a week now and am busy with family obligations.

The header on this blog shows my second oldest grand daughter, Amber. She is going through some tough times in her mother's home. For those of you who believe in prayer, I would appreciate all the prayers you can manage for her. I can't explain more than that right now. Hopefully, in the near future she will be living with us or her daddy.

Thanks in advance for those prayers!

I'm fine...........

just taking a break from blogging, but wanted to leave a notice so any regular readers don't worry about where I have gone. I will get back to blogging eventually, just don't know when.

MY TIME

Okay, it's Wednesday, Sept. 17TH. Summer is gone, over, and I missed most of it with working and being busy with extended family obligations. It's a new month and I am declaring it 'My Time'!

I'm gonna make time for ME! To read, relax and just do some of the things that I want to do. I will have to relearn the word "NO" in order to accomplish this, but I'm sure I can do it. After all, it used to be a word I used every day when my children were little. In fact, they probably grew up thinking their nickname was "no"!

Today I will vacuum and dust and make supper and clean up afterwards and the rest of the day I am going to do anything I want or nothing at all. It's the new me.......I think I will enjoy it! And tomorrow will be more of the same. And Friday.........
well, Friday I am filling in for one of the gals at work. Guess I'll learn that "NO" word beginning next week!

Not enough hours in a day.........
to get everything done! I've been working extra hours at work, filling in for the gal that got married and thinks she needed a honeymoon. Imagine that!!! Trying to keep up with all the normal housework and meeting extended family obligations has not afforded me much time to do anything else or anything for myself. I was barely able to fit in a haircut a week or so ago!

Hub's 90 year old grandma has been in the hospital since sometime last month and was not expected to make it. She has since been moved to a nursing home temporarily so she can get some physical rehab to regain some strength before she returns to her home to live out what ever time she has left. Of course, the entire family is being asked to make adjustments in their daily life's in order to accommodate and have a family member with her at all times. This will prove to be a difficult feat to manage. Those of us who have always been there to help, will continue to do so, but those who haven't taken the time to even stop in for a short visit the last few years will be absent as usual, putting the responsibilities on the rest of us!

And if that isn't enough, hub's uncle who has been in the Veterans Hospital in Ann Arbor is coming home today. He's been there since May 12Th. I went to his apartment last night and cleaned it once again, so he would have a clean environment to come home too. They actually wanted me to go to Battle Creek and pick him up today at 3 PM, but I told a little white lie and said I wouldn't be out of work in time to get him. Truth be told, I didn't have to work today, but didn't feel I could go and help him into my car, fold up his wheelchair and walker and put them in my car without hurting my own back. But I think I've really done enough!

Lots going on! Working way too many hours for my liking. Hubby is back to work days, have been busy with follow up doctor appointments and so far all has checked out fine.

His 90 year old grandmother is in the hospital with congestive heart failure, diabetes, and gallstones. Not doing so well and not expected to last very long. They are thinking of sending her home with round the clock care provided by us the family and hospice. Taking it day by day. One of her sons is in the Veterans Hospital in Ann Arbor with congestive heart failure and throat cancer. Busy, crazy, hectic time and future daughter-in-law is having irregular cells on cervix and must go in every two weeks to be checked. Baby is due October 20th.

I will try and write more later when I have more time! It is late here.......11:41 PM and I must get to bed as tomorrow I have my mammogram early in the morning!