Carry Conceal Now No Permit Needed

Well well well we now have a new law passed here in Kentucky that will be going into effect in July of this year, it is that if you are legally allowed to posses a handgun and you are 21 or older you can now carry a handgun concealed without having to purchase a concealed weapons permit or take the few hours class on gun safety.  I personally feel that this is a good law because you don't have to take a gun safety class before you purchase the handgun so why should you have to pay the state to take a class to be able to carry a gun in which you were already cleared to own.  Criminals are already carrying concealed handguns and they are not legally even allowed to own a handgun so why should I as a law abiding citizen have to pay to carry my handgun concealed.  When you purchase a handgun they have to call and see if you are legally allowed to even own a handgun before they will even allow you to take the handgun home so right there tells the state who all has handguns.  Some people are against this new law because they believe that it will increase handgun violence but, I really don't see that happening because most law abiding citizens have currently been able to carry their handguns just as long as they are visible.  The only difference now is that you don't know who is carrying a handgun and who isn't.  Another tidbit of news that is another law coming up that the governor of Kentucky will be signing is that people who have chronic pain will be able to legally use marijuana for the pain instead of having to pump their bodies full of poisons that are in the pills that they prescribe for them to take.  I am fully sure that pharmaceutical companies are not really thrilled with this law but, I feel that it is a safer because it is a plant that grows from the earth and not something that has been manufactured in a lab using God only knows what chemicals.  I believe that God put all medicines that we need on this earth and if we just learn about them then we can use them instead of the junk that we commonly use and then I believe that people would be a lot healthier and live longer like they once used to.  I know call me crazy but, really I don't care what people think of me because I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions.  On another note, on Sunday my husband slipped and fell in our bathroom because someone had spilled body wash in the middle of the floor.  Oh course when everyone was asked about it no one apparently did it so yeah just great we have once again been attacked by Mr. Nobody.  Well anyway after a quick trip to the emergency room and after having an e-ray the doctor determined that he had just a bad sprain and put him in a removable splint and gave him 2 days off from work.  He did not want to be off from work and so on Monday he went into work and they of course sent him home and told him to come back on Wednesday.  Most people would be oh that is awesome you get to spend 2 extra days at home with your husband.  Okay this would be a good thing if my husband was the time of person that could just sit down and relax like he does on the weekends but, oh no that is so not my husband.  On days that he is actually supposed to be working and he can't it drives him crazy and in turn he rides my very last nerve.  Now don't get me wrong I fully love spending time with my husband and he loves spending time with me  but, he has (I'm not sure what you would call it) this thing that when he is supposed to be working he has to be active and doing something.  Now me on the other hand I have different little projects at home that I am slowly getting done.  I do them slowly  because if I over-exert myself I will end up in total pain and needing to spend a few days in bed trying to recuperate.  I do not want to do that so whenever possible I try to take my time.  For instance yesterday I was able to finish the painting of the family tree on the wall in my living room, now all I have to do is to go through pictures and place them in frames and then decide where on the tree I want to hang them.  I was going to do this yesterday but, my husband had other plans.  He decided that he wanted to go buy a riding mower and I had to accompany him on this little quest which took about 3 hours at least and by the time we got home I sat down and folded 3 loads of laundry, ate take out pizza and watched a little television before going to sleep so that way I could wake up this morning a start all over.  My mornings are usually fairly routine, they consist of me getting up, go to the bathroom, wake up the kids for school and the guys for work, fix coffee, fix lunches, pour coffee, take meds, get kids off to school and then the guys off to work and then I sit down and enjoy my coffee while writing my blog.  After my blog I check emails and social media then I begin my housework.  Well today with my husband being home he has other plans, he has decided that bright and early we need to take a trip to Walmart which is about a 15 minute drive from our house.  So I have told him that as soon as I get dressed I will get myself and Bastian ready to go.  Yes I have to get my little fur baby dressed to go because for one it is cold outside and for two you don't go to town naked do you, at least I hope not.  So with that being said I am going to close this for now.  Wish me luck to survive this day.  Peace and Love my friends and family.

Stand Your Ground Law (Pros and Cons)

Okay people lets discuss the pros and cons of the Stand your Ground Law.  Last night I watched a documentary on BET about the Stand your Ground Law.  I felt that this documentary was extremely bias due to the fact that it was shown on a African American television network.  Apparently a majority of the African American community feels that the Stand your Ground Law is a legal OK for white people to shoot and kill other races.  They attempt to show the cases where white people have shot African Americans and the Stand your Ground Law has protected them from charges.  The only thing is that one of the cases that they have tried to site is the Zimmerman case in Florida.  The problem with their theory on this case is that Zimmerman was the shooter and he is not white he is of the Hispanic race.  Yes Zimmerman went free and no I do not agree with the fact that he went free because if he would have stayed in his car like the 911 operator had told him to do then he wouldn't have felt "threatened" for his life.  I feel personally that there are pros and cons with this law as with really any law that is passed.  Anyone with a lawyer worth their salt will be able to find a loop hole in any law and the person guilty or not will walk free.  That is just one of the downfalls that there is with our justice system.  I do believe that in cases where there is real evidence that a person is in real danger such as the other person is bigger than them and if the other person has a weapon.  Elderly people I believe can benefit from this law because in the day and age that we live in elderly people are taken care of and respected like they once were in generations long ago.  So many elderly people are being attacked, raped and robbed and our generation now days just turns a blind eye to this.  So yes in these cases do I believe that they should have the right to own a firearm and they should by all means blow away anyone who tries to hurt them in anyway.  Now I do not feel that this should give them a licence to act as though they are built proof and Billy Bad ass.  This is what I am talking about with the good and bad with any law.  I really do not feel that the Stand your Ground Law is a free pass for white people to shoot other races and I do not feel that people should hide behind this law to have an excuse to kill another human being.  There is a case going on right now in Florida and I am seeing both sides to the story but, I do not feel as though the man had a need to shoot and kill the other man for a few reasons. One: he had been acting like a Billy bad ass and a trouble maker in the past at the same convenient store, Two: the man was walking away from him.  Now do I feel that he had a right to defend himself, by all means yes because the man came out of the store and pushed him down on the ground.  As a grown man he should have know better than to put his hands on another person.  He shoved the man extremely hard as can be seen in the video because the guy feel backwards pretty hard.  If the white guy had a problem with the black guy parking in a handicap spot his reaction should have been to either go inside and tell the cashier and let them handle it or call the police and let them handle it.  He should have never approached the vehicle and tried to take matters into his own hands.  His actions set him up as being a hothead and caused the black man to want to retaliate.  Yes I know that the black man was very wrong for parking in a handicap shot without having any papers to do so.  I am handicap and it is extremely aggravating to have someone who doesn't have a paper to park in a handicap shot just because it is more convenient for them, they clearly do not realize just how important it is for us fellow handicap individuals to be able to park in those so few precious spots, but it is not my job to police the area and call "citizens arrest" like Barney Fife, that is clearly the men and women in blue's job.  Now a place where I feel the Stand your Ground Law does come in as a good law is when someone breaks into your home you have a right to defend yourself with deadly force if necessary.  The reason I feel like you should be able to use deadly force to protect your home is because no one should have the right to come into your home uninvited and try to steal from you or inflect harm on your or your family.  Your home is sacred and it is your place of refuge and no one has the right to invade your private space.  A lot of people are against people owing guns but, I am going to leave this right here, I am a legal American citizen and you better believe that I am going to own and carry a gun for my protection and safety.  That is in the constitution and it is my God given right to do so.  As people say this is America where we have the freedom to believe how we choose to believe and it is your right if you are a legal American citizen to choose whether or not you believe in God and whether or not you choose to have a firearm but, when the time comes that someone breaks into your home and threatens you with bodily harm I guarantee that you will call the police (who carry guns) and you will pray that they show up before the person hurts you or your family.  Now if you chose to have your own firearm then you could have protected yourself if need be.  Since I feel that it is your right to choose not to have a firearm, I respect that then you should also in the same respect the choice that I have made to have a firearm.  Also people lets get off of all of this racial kick that all of America is on and quit twisting and turning everything that is done into a race war.  People need to quit looking at the color of a person skin and judging them on the past or stereotyping them.  Everyone is their own individual person and as such should be treated that way.  I am considered white because of my skin color and because of that why would anyone stereotype me as being a skin head or KKK member, just as if your skin color is Black that doesn't mean that you are an NAACP card carrying street thug.  I think that is just dumb.  My family is a smorgasbord of different races.  For instances my God parents are black, one aunt is German and their kids are part German, one aunt is Hispanic and their kids are part Hispanic, I have part Hispanic grandchildren, my grandfather's side of the family is direct descendent to the Queen of England, my brother-in-law is Hispanic, my ex-son-in-law is Hispanic.  So yeah my family is a mix of a lot of different races and ethnic backgrounds.  I do not have racist bone in my body.  I can pretty much be friends of any race, size color, ethnic background, sexual orientation or religion.  As long as you are not trying to push me into your mold or way of thinking then we can be friends, but the minute you start pushing me that is when we will have problems.  I respect you and I deserve the same type of respect back.  My philosophy is really simple, you do you and I'll do me.  If more people could except that then the world would be a much better place and everyone could finally be at peace.  I am heartbroken over the fact that so many people especially young people are taking their own lives or are attempting to because people even grown adults are trying to push their thoughts and beliefs on them and bullying them to the point that they are so miserable that they feel the only way to make it stop is to kill themselves.  I by no means agree with the various sexual orientations, I am a one man and one woman that's it believer, but if you choose to not agree with that than it's okay we can choose to agree to disagree and we can still be friends.  I will not try and point out how I feel that you are wrong and I expect for you to show me the same respect and leave it alone.  My husband on the other hand is the complete opposite he has a hard time with other genders and with some races depending on how they act.  I can see why he believes the way he does but, that still doesn't mean that I agree with him.  Does this mean I love him any less, no we have just agreed to disagree on this point and we don't dwell on it.  I hope that this has helped someone be able to have an aha moment and really think about their way of believing.  Just remember, You do you and I'll do me and we will all be happier in the end.  Peace and Love my friends and family.

Rain Rain Go Away

Well today it is raining yet again and I am not happy about it.  I know that when the crops and gardens get planted and the rain is needed to be able for things to grow but, right now all it is causing is a big muddy mess and I don't like it.  I feel like the weather should stick to the rules that I learned when I was growing up and that is December thru February is the wintery cold months and them March comes along and it is supposed to be windy.  Because March winds bring April showers, April showers bring May flowers and May flowers bring June bugs.  I learned this when I was younger and that is the way that I feel the weather should be and it should act accordingly.  Although with all of the global warming and crap going on it is no wonder that the weather is all screwed up.  I try to teach my kids the little sayings that I learned as a kid like, red skies at night sailors delight, red skies in the morning sailors take warning.  I have also tried to teach all of my kids that they should make memories whenever possible because those are the things that you have to hold onto the rest of your life, especially when the people that you love are gone from your life either by death or they have moved on.  For me it is sad when people move on not by death but because they have decided that they no longer want to be a part of your life.  For me it is upsetting because I invest so much of my life to them and in them that I feel I should have more respect then what they give me.  I meant I do know that 7 of the kids had a mother but their mother was never there for them and when she disappointed them I was the one that was there to pick up the pieces and do things with them and take them places and things like that but, 4 of them who's mother passed away due to an overdose they act as though she was a saint which is crazy because like my mother always said "just because a person dies it doesn't change the kind of person that they really was".  I understand mourning the passing of a parent even though the parent wasn't really a good part of your life because my biological dad passed away and it was upsetting for me.  He was never a part of my life and one minute he claimed me and the next he didn't claim me.  I thank my cousin because she sent me his obituary but, when I read it they had but down my 2 half sisters and of course the grand kids and such but they listed some guy and said that he was like a son to him.  It was kind of like a slap in the face because it made me feel like wow he and that part of the family would claim someone who isn't really blood but, they are still sweeping me under the carpet.  I still like the fact that my cousin sent it to me because it allowed me to see a picture of him for the first time because I had always wondered what he looked like and that gave me that opportunity.  I am even being shunned by 2 of my children that I actually gave birth to and I honestly cannot tell you why they don't want me to be a part of their lives.  All of this does weigh heavy on my mind sometimes but, I try not to dwell on it because when I do it puts me in a depressive state that I really don't want to be in.  I try to focus on the fact that I am raising 2 kids that do love me and I love them with all my heart and they are special to me.  Yes there are times when I would like to smack them sillier than they already are and yes we all get on each others nerves sometimes but we are a family and there are times when you don't always see eye to eye but I am trying to instill in the that family doesn't always get along but you always stick together and have each others backs.  We are always trying to make good memories that way they will have something to look back on when we pass on.  I drug my feet and pitched a fit because my husband wanted to get life insurance for us and I didn't want to think about it because to be perfectly honest I don't want to think about dying.  My grandmother passed away at age 65 and then my mother passed away at age 65 and for me that is a big fear for me. I don't want to die at age 65 I want to be able to live a long life and be able to see all of my kids grow and fall in love and get married and have kids of their own.  So when my husband said that we needed to get life insurance it really scared me because all I could thing of was that he was expecting that I was going to die.  He didn't feel this way he just wanted to get it while we are young enough for it not to be as expensive.  I understand this but this ugly fear creeps up in the back of my mind and I have to constantly fight it off.  I have not really sat down and told anyone about my fears.  I keep a lot to myself because I don't really have anyone to talk to since my mother passed away, she was not only my mother she was my best friend.  We had a very open and honest relationship and I could tell her anything and she was not judgmental and that was really an awesome quality that I have inherited from her and I am very thankful for that.  On to today's agenda the kids are going to see their new doctor today and then I have some laundry to do and I have to go to the grocery store again so that way I can get food for the weekend because we are hoping with the weather permitting we are having my little sis and her girls and my aunt and uncle over for lunch and to see our new place.  I am excited about this because I really do love this part of my family.  No they are not blood but, they have been a part of my life for so long they are my family.  Well I better close for now and get busy.  Love and Peace to all.

Changing my name to Bill

Okay so I have given this a lot of thought and I am going to be changing my name to Bill because every payday he seems to be the one who gets a majority of the money that my husband makes.  I mean for real I could think of really awesome ways to spend the money my husband makes.  So if my name was Bill I would be making bank.  Everyone would be giving me money and I could spend my time shopping for the things that would make me smile.  It's just a thought so let me know what you think.  Today is pay day and that means that I  have to put my Bill paying hat on and run crazy paying this ominous Bill person that everyone gives their money to.  Also today I have to take the kids to the doctor because my daughter needs to get a referral to see a specialist concerning her tonsils.  I have been meaning to finish up the wall in the living room and as of yet I still have not done it.  I am the worse at procrastinating and for some reason I have been dragging my feet at finishing this project.  I am really good at starting projects but really bad at sometimes finishing them.  I am trying really hard to get out of this habit.  My mom was the same way and I am afraid that I may have inherited this from her.  I don't want my kids to get this from me so I am trying to break this habit with me.  For instance I have been trying really hard to write on my blog daily, sometimes on the weekends I find it difficult because those are the days when my husband is home from work and with all the chaos at the house on the weekends sometimes I find it hard to write.  Another thing is that I have downloaded the app on my phone that I had years ago when I was writing a book.  Well I am going to make myself finish it because I do not want to leave it hanging anymore.  These fur babies are so absolutely spoiled rotten.  Yesterday I bought Harley a non-rawhide bone to chew on, I didn't think that Bastian would like it or it would be too big for him but, boy was I wrong.  They take turns chewing on it, so today I need to go back to the store and buy Bastian his own.  Also I went to the thrift store and I bought Bastian 3 shirts and a jacket for $4.  He can wear newborn clothes and he doesn't care a bit to wear them.  I just love it when my fur babies like wearing clothes I mean for real do you go around naked??  On another note I have done a lot of thinking about this wall that President Trump wants to build and I really am for it because different countries have walls up to keep Americans out so if it is okay for them and they are not racist then how come when we want to build one that we are being racist?  Well I feel that is having a double standard.  Just like why is it okay there is a channel on television called BET (black entertainment television) and that's okay but if there was a WET (white entertainment television) everyone would lose their minds.  Also their is the NAACP and they also have scholarships that only black people are eligible for and they also have all black collages.  I am by no means racist because I don't look at the color of peoples skin and judge them, actually I don't judge anyone because that is not my job, I'm not God.  I have a rainbow of colors and races in my family like Mexican, black, white, German, English, Irish and too many more to name.  My mother raised me to believe that all people are equal and should be treated as such.  I feel that is why I have such a big problem with the segregation that is still happening in special circumstances.  I feel that if it isn't right for one race to have things for only their race then it shouldn't happen with any race.  But then that is just my opinion.  Also I most generally agree with things that the President is trying to accomplish with our country but, when the government shut down for all those days and the working people were feeling the affects of it, that is when I had a big problem with it.  I felt as though if anyone needed to work without pay it should have been those in government, the ones that were causing the shut down, the ones that were dragging their feet and not being able to come up with a compromise. Unfortunately it was the working people and elderly that it was directly affecting and for that I feel that was a wrong way to handle it.  Then again that is just my opinion and like I used to say when I was a clown, opinions are like noses everyone has one unless you are a clown then you have 2.  Yeah I think I am funny but, my husband thinks I'm cheesy.  I have a twitter account with the name @collegemom1973 I also have a Tik Tok account come follow me at @collegemom1973 Instagram at collegmom1973 Snapchat collegemom73 and You Tube at Rebecca Kelley.  So if you are not following me on any of these social media apps and you have these apps please come on over and follow me.  Well I have a lot to do and a short time to do it. Peace and Love.

A Never Ending Overflow of Laundry

Okay so yesterday I had what looked like 2 baskets of laundry to fold and put away.  Well that was a big joke because after I folded the first basket with no problem I started on the other basket and it smelled musty which is definatly not how you want your clothes to smell.  What happened was the second basket happened to be in my daughter's room from when we first moved in to our new house, well it was the basket of clothes that we had washed and dried and they didn't get all the way dry.  That meant for me that I had to rewash everything that was stuffed down in that basket and it turns out that my husband had stuffed 3 loads of laundry into that basket, plus I had to wash 2 other loads that was my blankets and sheets because of the accident that Bastian and I had.  So today I am folding the 3 loads of laundry.  I honestly hate doing laundry because it for real feels like it is never ending.  The start of today was crazy because my alarm didn't go off and we work up 30 minutes late so we had to rush around to get ready because I had to take them to work today because today is the day that I keep the van to pay bills and run errands.  The kids missed the bus because of me getting them up late but, that is okay because they were sick when they got up and they either have strep throat or a virus because they both have sore throats.  As soon as my hubby gets off work we will be taking them to urgent treatment because I have to switch their insurance to down here and then make them an appointment to see their pediatritian here.  For one because my daughter's tonsils are swelled up larger than normal and my son is battling a sore throat.  At 11:30 AM I have to take lunch to my hubby and older son and then when they get off work at 3:30.  I just got a phone call that the trash ran at 5 AM so we put out our trash for nothing but, next week instead of putting out 5 bags they are doing a double pickup of 10 bags next Wednesday.  Yep today has been a very eventful morning.  I did get to sit down and enjoy my cup of coffee and watch The Voice while I am writing this blog.  Yesterday I checked on some things to be able to advertise for some companies on my blog.  They would give me products to test and then write reviews for.  I am excited to do this because that would meant that my blog would be able to reach more people and then some of the things that I write about would be able to help others feel so not alone.  I want to help people know that they are not the only ones that are going through things in their life.  I am a member of a coumunity on Facebook so that way I can stay connected to others that have fibromyalga.  It feels good to be able to read their stories because even some of the little things that they are going through helps me to feel that I am not crazy or losing my mind.  I was dianosed with Epstien Barr Virus when I was 16 years old.  I had had my tonsils and adnoids taken out and I had Mono all at the same time.  I was in the hospital for about a week and then I was out of school for a semester and had to have a home bound teacher come to the house so that way I wouldn't get behind on my school work.  This was during my Junior year of high school.  The only thing that it really affected was that I was taking nursing at the Vocational school and I had to drop out of that so I wasn't able to go the full 2 years to be able to get my CNA liacence.  Before I got as sick as I am I was taking online courses to be able to get my Batchulers degree in Criminal Justice.  I was majoring in Crimminal Justice and minoring in Psycholagy.  I only had less than 1 year left but I had to drop out because I was not able keep up with my work.  Well I have way to much to do and a short time to accomplish it. So I will close for now. Peace and Love to everyone.

Family Tree

Well yesterday was a productive day because I was able to put everything away that was in our bedroom.  I think that I really overdid it yesterday because I was so super sore and fatigued due to my fibromyalgia.  Living with this illness is extremely hard, people don't really understand it or realize everything that a person living with this illness goes through.  You look like a normal person but inside you feel as though you are literally falling apart mentally, emotionally and physically.  Fibromyalgia effects so many aspects of you life and once you realize the effects you can began to deal with it.  Sometimes you just want to lay in the bed and cover up and block out the whole world but, being a mother and wife I do not have that option.  There are days like today that I have to literally force myself to do everything that needs to be done.  Today I am doing laundry, I really hate to do laundry but, someone has to do it lol.  Today I had to strip our bed and wash the sheet and blanket because me and Bastian had an accident last night.  I have a bladder incontinence problem and I have to wear adult pull ups due to this condition.  Also Bastian has a bladder incontinence problem and at night he has to wear diapers.  Well apparently we had drank a little to much fluids and we leaked on the sheet and blanket.  For me this is just something that I have to live with on a daily basis and when something like this happens you just have to get up and shake it off and roll on with your life.  I used to be really embarrassed about this condition but, lately I have become a person who feels that I just have to roll with the punches.  My day starts at 5:30 AM and that is hard sometimes, there are days when I just want to shut off the alarm and roll over and go back to sleep but, that is not an option because the kids have to go to school and my hubby and older son have to go to work and I have to fix their lunch and sometime breakfast.  I get up at 5:30 AM and go to the bathroom, wake up the kids, make coffee, fix lunches and get everyone out the door on time.  After everyone is out the door I sit down and enjoy my cup of coffee (sometimes by then I am on my second cup) and I watch whatever program that I have recorded the night before. After my short break I do whatever else needs to be done, laundry, sweeping floors, mopping floors, vacuuming rugs etc.  I always make sure that my family has a hot meal waiting on them when they all get home.  I write a blog, I have a You Tube channel, I have a Tik Tok account, Snap Chat, Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest.  Every month I throw an online party and this month I am hosting an online Tupperware party.  If anyone is interested in ordering on my party just click the link below and you can order on my party.  Every month when I have an online party I will post the link on her so everyone can be a part of the fun.  Today I am going to fold and put away 3 loads of laundry and then work on the family tree painting that is in the living room and then I am going to go online and edit some pictures so I can send them over to the photo lab so I can have them printed out and put them in frames and hang them on the family tree.  My son got me a digital camera and I am going to take some pictures of the family that is in my house and hang them on the family tree.  The theme of my living room is Western/Indian style.  I have crocheted a dream catcher for every room in the house because I love them and I wanted everyone to have something special that I made just for them.  I am in the middle making a carrying purse for Bastian because I have to take him everywhere I go do to his medical issues and holding him in my arms constantly hurts me and is uncomfortable for him too.  Also the weather is cold and he shivers a lot so I am making him a sweater to wear when we go out.  We are getting a swinging gate for the living room because when we go anywhere we don't want Harley to be in the living room, we shut all the doors so he has accesse to the kitchen and hallway.  If he does okay with that then I won't have to put him in a kennel when I go out.  I personally would rather allow him to roam around but if he starts tearing up things then I will have to put in in a kennel to where he doesn't mess anything up.  People have told me that they wouldn't have puppy because they chew everything up but, I believe that if they are properly trained then they are really awesome babies.  We raised a fur baby who we got at 6 months old and we had him until he passed away at the age of 13.  Well the time has come that I must close this blog for today.  Peace and Love to everyone.

Tupperware online party link:  you have until 3/18/19 to place your order:

https://www.tupperware.com/?party=5c7dad09afc0a1bd09437bb6

Still remodeling lol

Well to start with I am so super excited because my husband bought me a laptop so I am able to write my blog a whole lot easier because writing on my phone was possible but, I was harder. I have a harder time writing on the weekends because everyone is home and I try to spend as much time with my husband because he works 50-60 hours a week so the weekends are really the only time we really get to spend any time together.  I also don't really do any tik tok or really any social media on the weekends because we try to devote our weekends to family.  I know some people would not agree with this decision but, for us it is what works for us.  Every month I also try to do an online party like Tupperware, Avon, Mary Kay etc. so if anyone is interested in being invited to an online party then by all means please comment or message me with your email address and I will be more than happy to send you and invitation link.  I am also going to start working on adding some content to my YouTube channel.  I would absolutely love to get big and blow up on social media.  Now that I have a laptop doing social media will be a whole lot easier. We now have to fur babies.  Harley is a bull dog Labrador mix called a bulldog. He was born in December and he is 3 months old.  He is a bundle of energy and he is really smart and goofy.  We also have Sebastian who we call Bastian for short.  He is Yorkshire Terrier and he is 5 years old.  He has cataracts on both eyes and he can only see shadows and every night he takes a pill for his toroid which makes him drowsy and he has to wear a diaper because he has accidents in his sleep.  He goes everywhere I go and I carry him around in a purse pouch that I crocheted just for him, I put a diaper on him whenever we go out for just in case accidents.  As far as the remodeling of the house we have done so much work but, it seems like we has bits and pieces of things left to do.  Sometimes it feels overwhelming but, I know that there is nothing that we cannot do with this home.  I like the fact that the landlord has giving us full freedom to do whatever we want to the house.  For me it makes it feel more like our own home.  Everyone seems really please with living here.  The only downfall is that there is an apartment right above our house and the guy that lives there can be somewhat noisy at times and it sounds like he is wearing boots and stomping all though his apartment and then at times it sounds like he is dragging or rolling things across the floor.  I know that he is just moving in and that it is going to be somewhat noisy at times because you have to move stuff around to get it where you want it.  Our only problem is that he will move things after 9PM.  Well that is defiantly not the right hour to be moving things around especially when you know that the people below you have to get up early the next day.  We have the living room almost completely done the only thing left to do is to get the ceiling fan on Wednesday and install it and finish painting the family tree on the wall and put up pictures.  I eventually want to fix up the fireplace because I am doing a faux fireplace because we are not going to actually be using it and it will only be there for decoration.  Then there is the kitchen, I need to finish installing the tile, redo the cabinet door handles, add the hooks and decor on the inside of one of the doors for my measuring cups and measuring spoons and hang the coat knobs by the back door and put up the hooks for the dog leashes.  The hallway has been painted but it does need some touch ups so we are going to need to get another thing of paint for it.  Our bedroom is basically done all we have to do is put everything away and I have to glue the carpet down by the door.  The bathroom needs paint, a sheet of drywall replaced and a couple of holes fixed, I am going to install a shower into the tub and hang a shower curtain and rod.  I also have pictures to hang around that I have purchased and also colored.  Kia-Leigh's room has some holes I need to patch and we already have the paint to paint her room and bathroom.  Now her bathroom is going to be the most challenging because I have to replace the pipes for the sink, patch holes in the walls, replace the toilet seat, put down tile, and scrub the bathtub that is gross and smells bad.  We have a shower curtain rod and shower curtain that I have to install also.  The boys are going to be fixing up the basement and then they are moving down their and then I can have my craft room.  For my craft room I am going to have to take up the old carpet and replace it with new carpet, patch some holes and then paint.  As for the basement they are going to seal any places that need it, remove the board that is up and replace it with a door, they bought black paint for the wall so that way it all the nastiness will be covered up.  Then they are going to turn the big room into their living room/game room.  They will each have their own room and then we will be using one of the rooms for storage of all of our various holiday decorations.  On today's to do list is put away all the stuff in my room, do some laundry, fix dinner and then try to work on the family tree painting.  Sometimes it is hard for me to get some things accomplished because I suffer from fibromyalga and the pain from it makes it hard for me to get up and be motivated but, once I get up and going I can usually accomplish quite a bit of stuff.  Well I had better get off of here and get started.  I also bought an exercise DVD called the sit down workout and I am going to be videoing me doing the workouts and upload it to YouTube so I might be an encouragement for others.  Well bye for today and Peace and Love to all.