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Adventures in Vacationing

Summer is slowly slipping away and Fall is coming into town. Since its getting to be Fall, that means its Apple Festival time in Ellijay! So what does that mean boys and girls? It means Katie and her family are going to be gone next weekend. We are even taking Grayson along for the ride as well. We plan on visiting the Apple Festival and then going to an orchard where we can pick our own apples and so Grayson can visit the petting zoo there. Also, we are going to take the little guy to the pumpkin patch since I think he will love it. Grayson is getting independent and walking all on his own so well that I can just picture him waddling from pumpkin to pumpkin. My family is all about getting our vacation on as long as its in the form of a cabin or beach house. We once played around with the idea of renting an RV with 5th wheel insurance so we could travel around the USA and sight see and such. The only downside is the idea of eight people crammed into a tiny RV. No thanks. We have a big house and still feel confined so the idea of all of us in an RV scares the living heck out of me! So hopefully this time next week I will be relaxing in a cabin up in Blue Ridge having fun with my family!

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Fuzzy Wuzzy Brain

As I mentioned before, I have been sick lately and it has taken its toll on my body. I slept most of the day away and am busy preparing for tonight’s political science test. See, I feel so awful, I thought yesterday was Thursday instead of Wednesday! I don’t know where my brain is getting to these days. A downside of me being sick is its hard for me to concentrate long enough to write up the articles I need to. I don’t have enough brain capacity to even write an article on acne treatments that really work. Doesn’t that tell you how crappy I feel? I think its time to go back to the doctor!

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He can walk!

It’s official, my little man is officially walking. Life as we know it is about to drastically change because the days of sitting him in the floor and having him entertained in one area is completely over. Now he wants to get up and walk around which means he is getting into anything and everything. The hubby has already had to rubber band our two cabinet doors so he can’t open them up. He loves to open our cabinet doors and look in the cabinet and then close the door. He repeats this act over and over until he drives you crazy, lol. I cannot express the joy I had when I saw him walk from the living room and all the way up the hall and back down to our room. He only made one stop to get his balance while holding onto the door knob. My baby is growing up so fast!

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Security is a must

My grandfather’s health has been deteriorating lately and he has a bad case of Alzheimer’s disease. Around Christmas, he would remember almost all of us without any hesitations but after the first of the year, he hasn’t been remembering anyone lately. Right before Jonathan and I got married, he got really bad. He didn’t remember his own wife. He told my step-grandmother, Alice, that he didn’t know who she was but she better get out of his house and tell Ann to come to him. Ann, my Nana, has been dead for quite some time. I know it hurt Alice’s feeling but honestly, I could care less. Alice was a predator when my Nana died and has done everything in her power to put a wedge between my grandpa and my family. I personally don’t care how my grandpa is since we don’t have a relationship at all but I still don’t want someone targeting him. That’s still my grandpa, ya know? Even though he did something horrible and unforgivable to me, I still wouldn’t wish Alzheimer’s on him!

I visited my dad yesterday for Grayson’s party and my uncle Kenny was there as well. When we arrived, my uncle and his family decided to leave but not before I heard him and my dad talking in a loud whisper. Evidently my grandfather is getting even worse and now they are wanting to put a security system in as well as a video recorder and voice recorder. Evidently, Alice purposely leaves the doors unlocked and encourages my grandpa to run away. My grandpa, dad, and other uncle all live on 150 acres of land so you can imagine what would happen if my grandpa got lost on our land. Also, there is a busy highway near the farm as well. I really believe Alice is waiting for him to pass away so she can take over the land and give it to her family. Ever since the conversation I overheard between my dad and uncle, I’ve been researching security systems and reading consumer reports.

I want a system that is reliable and will alert us if he tries to leave the house. We also prefer a security system with hidden cameras and a voice recorder. We’d like to know exactly what she is saying and doing to him. They also think she is over-medicating him but that is almost impossible to prove that she was doing that on purpose. We’re in a no win situation. Since I can’t help with what she is doing, I’ve been busy researching security systems online. I honestly don’t care who the system is through even though I’ve mainly been checking out Home Security Team and also been piddling with the site http://www.broadviewsecurity.com/. Hopefully if I can gather some research, I can hand it over to my dad and uncles so they can make the decision. I don’t want to be in on the decision but I will do whatever I can to provide them with adequate information since I am a lot more tech savvy than any of them. I just want the situation to work itself out. I just don’t want to see my dad and uncles hurting because of how someone is treating their dad.

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Financial Woes

Coming from a household of seven and sometimes eight, you can imagine how hard it can be to feed, clothe, and house all of us. Our bills have recently become outrageous and like most people, we’ve been living outside of our means. We haven’t meant to but money is a lot tighter since my step-dad lost his job almost a year ago. He has vigilantly looking ever since and has put in an endless amount of applications with no call backs which makes my heart go out to him. One of the things we’ve done to cut back on our monthly expenses is reducing our cable package down back to basic plus HBO. We were going to go back to basic but it equaled the same amount with HBO since our DVR was included in that package. We also looked for cheap car insurance since our current auto insurance was getting to be ridiculous to pay. Thankfully we found a great deal through Progressive and have enjoyed paying almost $100 cheaper with our new plan! We also have been eating more cost effective meals, too. Hopefully, we will find even more ways to save money!

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Adulthood

Gone are the days where I could sleep until noon and then veg out all day. Gone are the days where I could eat when I wanted and what I wanted and not have to worry about gaining a pound. Gone are the days I could stay up all night looking up whatever I wanted on the internet such as term life insurance quote. Adulthood took a lot away from me but it also has given me a lot more. I would not trade my life for anything in the world. I have an amazing family with an even more amazing mom. I swear, my mom, husband, and sister are all considered my best friends. They are three people I can count on for anything. As I mentioned, I have a husband who I know wants to give me the world and if he could, he would. I know we have our ups and downs but what marriage doesn’t? With my amazing marriage came an even more amazing son. I love him to pieces and know that God must have smiled down on me for putting such a precious child in my life. I know I am destined for great things with such a positive support group behind me. I also have had a much better relationship with my father lately which I am thankful for. I truly love my dad and have enjoyed seeing him interact with Grayson. I just know if I keep pushing on, life can only get better from here!