SOMETHINGS IN HERE

SOMETHINGS IN HERE, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Opening a gift from Nick.

MIKE AND AMANDA

MIKE AND AMANDA, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

EATING TOGETHER

EATING TOGETHER, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

CHRISTMAS MORNING

CHRISTMAS MORNING, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

WHAT DID YOU GET?

WHAT DID YOU GET?, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

BRIAN

BRIAN, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Brian playing dress-up with Mandy's wigs. Can't leave this guy alone for a minute, what until you see him in purple!

WRESTLING WITH MIKE

WRESTLING WITH MIKE, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

I CAN FIX IT!!

I CAN FIX IT!!, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Helping daddy with a leak.

BROTHERS

BROTHERS, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Mike, 24
Nick 20
Dylan 17 months.

STAYING WARM

STAYING WARM, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Michigan weather!! Mike is use to California living, but baby brother is willing to cuddle with him.

NICK AND DYLAN

NICK AND DYLAN, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Hmmm, wonder what they are looking at?

OKAY, I'M BACK...

Sorry about that, some IV medications were due on one of my patient's.

Hmmm, where was I, oh yeah. Not seeing Dylan today and to top that off he dumps Mandy for the day. Didn't bother to take her to her basketball games or go see them and then tomorrow or today I mean she has 2 more games...and he expected her to stay the night AGAIN at Kelsey's (not that she's complaining) he would pick her up for church and then get her to her game. I told her she didn't have to go to church since she has to be at Vandercook Lake High School by 11:30am and that I would see her at her game at noon after I took a couple hour nap (yes, I'm even skipping church today).

I have worked 3 days this week plus 4 hours on Tuesday, and I came in early on Friday and worked 14 1/2 hours!! I get Sunday off and then work 2 more...but then I have 7 days off and I'm not picking up!!

I don't know when I'm going to bake for the holidays...plus a passing dish for Debbie's funeral...sheesh!!

I have to at least have an apple crisp ready for Wednesday...

Well I have a feeding tube beeping at me so I'll go for the night...Deb

HERE I AM AGAIN!

Uhhhh, yeah it's 4:30am and I'm working once again. I actually got in a pretty good nap before coming in. Though I had to fix myself dinner AGAIN, so I cheated and went to sub-way, what the hell...

I got to see Dylan for about 5 minutes on Saturday morning when I got home from work, James got in the shower with him, and I was to tired to wait up for him to get done...so I crashed. When I got up around 4pm he had left to go to a funeral up in Frankenmuth and didn't bother to make an effort to come home so I could see Dylan. He knows that pisses me off but as usual he doesn't seem to care about making me happy.

Oops gotta go to work....be right back!

"AND SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS"

Well, it's been a while since I posted, at least one without a picture. I'm at work right now, for some reason, a weak moment of insanity I agreed to come in at 5pm. It's now 4am and 7:30 seems a long ways away yet!

Mike comes home from California on Wed. morn. Nick will be finishing up finals at college this next week, but poor Mandy has to go to school until the 22nd!! She won't get as much time with Mike...She was hoping to spend some time with Mike this next summer out in California. She said something at the dinner table, I'm saying maybe and James is saying no....funny but I thought she was my daughter but whenever I make a decision about her on my own (which I should be able to do) he gets pissed off. Like the fact I allowed her to wear a little make-up for her dance....

Mandy had her Christmas dance last night, I meant to call her at 8:30pm to see if she had fun...but work got in my way and the next time I looked at my watch it was 11:30 and I decided that was a little late to be ringing the phone. Not that James would have answered anyways so I didn't have to worry about waking him or Dylan...but maybe she was asleep...hmmmmm

She also has 2 basketball games today, but I'll miss both of them because I have to work again tonight. Then Sunday she'll have 2 more and those I'll attend, even though I had planned on baking all my Christmas goodies...oh well I'll find the time somewhere.

Dylan is an absolute doll, very busy. When I'm home I hardly ever get a break...I'm lucky to use the fitness center and that is my only break. So I usually stay over there for 1 to 1 1/2 hours because once I'm home it's, go, go, go!!!! I'm picking up one of his messes and he's starting another one in the next room...grrrr.

But it's worse when I have to pick up after James, the mess he leaves me is downright RUDE, I have come home from working 12 hours and have spent the morning cleaning up the house because he leaves it trashed from the night before. And he's usually walking out the door just about as I'm walking in after working all night, so to top it off he doesn't have a thing to say to me, but then again why should that surprise me...

But anyways Dylan will be 17 months old soon, he's got a beautiful smile and still has his mom's blue eyes, and blond hair. He hates being dressed, prefers running around naked...loves his bath/shower with his dad every morning and is a picky eater! Though I have found he loves potato chips and mm's! Oh and he loves Christmas lights and decorations, I drove to Brooklyn the other night to watch my son play basketball for the church league and Dylan was in the back seat oooohing at all the lights...it was so cute. It's fun seeing Christmas through his eyes...

Well I think that's all I have to say for now, I could go on a rampage about husbands...but I won't tonight.

Back to work for now....Deb

IN LOVING MEMORY

IN LOVING MEMORY, originally uploaded by beautiful brat.

Debbie (Mommers) Dallas, my sister-in-law lost her 5 year battle with breast cancer on November 29th 2005.

Words are hard right now... she loved, she laughed, she cared.

I know she hoped and prayed against all hope to win this battle, to carry on, to see her kids grown, to see her family come back together as one.

Tears come at the funniest times, you think you're in check then something she did to touch your heart floods your thoughts and the tears come.

I lost a sister-in-law, a sister, a friend on Tuesday night. She told me all I wanted to know about her brother since I can't get nothing out of him.

Dylan lost a loving aunt, but we will keep her memory alive for him as he grows, and show him how much she loved him with pictures.

James lost his favorite sister, the one who could easily take him on and do him in.

Nick will always remember the jet ski incident, I think he still has problems with his hearing.

Mandy will hopefully always remember her hugs...and the time she sided with her on wearing make-up.

You will be missed...