My husband works as a hydro-vac swamper and with this job comes really good times and really hard times. This year was his first year of truly working as a full time swamper. He had done it prior but always seemed to find something that worked a bit better and he didn't have to be outdoors all the time. So this year during the winter he was making good money, and like many families prior to this we have always lived paycheck to paycheck with no savings. He had finally found a good job and was making decent cash, that we were actually considering things like family trips and having a savings account. Well then spring break up came which was only suppose to last 2-3 weeks Max. That was mid April, by Mid May he still hadn't worked a single day and things were starting to get dicey, so he applied to another company whom said o yes we have tonnes of work coming up. Turns out they were just as slow, now we are into mid June and my husband hasn't work a consecutive week yet. So needless to say despite all my best efforts on friday, our power was disconnected. Lucky that we had been paid and got it paid right away and now we are good again. I have never been so far behind in my entire life that, I am not going to start researching how to money save even more then what we are.
Anyways back to my weekend. So Saturday was cleaning day and if your like me you dread this day always, I cleaned and made my daughter a new Gymkhana shirt, you will see it later and how it went cause, so far I can do it up on her neck but not over her belly ( opps) I am a self taught sewer (thanks to Youtube) so I learn as I go and every-time I am unsure of a stitch or what it is asking I head over and look for a video to describe how to do it. At about noon we found out that right across the raod from us at the Co-Op gas station they were doing a little car show. There were bouncy castles, face painting and giveaways. We ran over to that and spent a good few hours there. I then decided that I would take my so in the store for a FurReal Milk shake, well that was a bad idea. I forgot that my husband did not link the savings account to my debit card, I frantically called him at work and he was on standby so he called the bank to get it to work. Still nothing 20 minutes later and half a milk shake drank, I came home and told them at the store I just had to get my other card. That card I needed was in my wallet, which was in the van, that my husband had at work. To top it all off my phone was dead so I couldn't even call my husband. I sent him a message on Facebook. It basically said, when you get home you will have to call around and find the kids as I am going to be arrested for stealing, His message back was LOL !!!! LOL are you kidding me I am in tears here, this is not an LOL moment. A few minutes later he messaged me back and said I called the store and will stop and pay on my way by after work. Whew, Thank god I was so mortified, that I was irrationally thinking I was going to jail!!! When my husband finally got home and Saturday it was so late that we didn't do anything at all. We watched a movie as he still laughed at me about my over exaggeration for the whole situation
Sunday, was Father's day and our 6 year anniversary ( even thought there were times I didn't think we would make it, I still love that big mammoth). Well we spent the entire day with my daughter at Gymkhana and let me say that I am one proud mama at this point. I am going to figure out how to post two video's one of her very first Gymkhana and one of yesterday and the transformation is truly AMAZING!! Nick didn't complain so much about being there this time and Ryland has found a love for helping set up an run the flag event (it could be because he gets something free from the canteen afterwards) After Gymkhana we came right home, dropped the dog off and made our way back to Wal-Mart for something for supper. As we went in we went the wrong direction first, which you would think after 9 years of knowing DO NOT GO BY THE TOYS!! I solomly wandered by the toys. Now I swore I would not get my kids a fidget spinner, I think they are great for there original intended use. As a toy not so much, well guess what this no good for nothing mother did!!! gave in and bought each child a fidget spinner, One which lights up. I feel like yupp now my kids know that I am yet again a push over and if they complain and moan long enough Mom will soon give in. I try, I really do try my hardest to be there friend as well as mom. I am failing horribly. Well we got our anniversary supper Wal-Mart had on a pretty sweet deal on steaks. Two huge stakes for $16.00, We also had corn on the cob and baked potato's. My kids because this Mom, didn't want to deal with the I don't like that speech gave in last night and they got McDonald's.
Here I thought finally it is 10 at night I am putting my kids to bed, maybe me and my husband can have some alone time.... NOPE A has now came into my room a total of 10 times, and yes I counted. Let me remind you that she is 9, she knows better and does not need to act like a 2 year old, Mom can I just sleep on my brother's floor I am scared. Scared of what? The Dark.... ARE YOU EVER LOVING KIDDING ME!!!! It's Alberta, its 10 at night ... ITS STILL DAYLIGHT!!!! GO TO BED!! Just as that "quiet time" fun begins again, the door creeks open, A-Mom I still cant sleep. By this time I am fuming. FINE A whatever go do whatever you need to do to go to sleep. I don't care at this point go watch T.V. Mom and Dad are tired as it is now 11:30!!! by now all "quiet time" fun and mood has been lost 😒. Nick heads downstairs for a drink and low and behold, A has gone into R's room and woke him up because she was afraid to be alone downstairs, and they are both watching T.V. They were both told that Daddy needed to leave for work at 6 and they would be getting up with him.
This morning I had two of the most hateful children to ship off to school, and as they climbed on the bus and I waved good-bye all I could think was, Sorry teachers, but you need at least one more bad day before schools out. So now I have got you all caught up to my Monday. I will post tonight what my day was like.
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The Crazy, giving in , push over, Poor .... MAMA Blogger Sue
This is the last Gymkhana
Her very first gymkhana
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