A weekend in review

We had a blast at the concert in the park...it was such a nice night, and of course the singers were beyond great...the first one on the stage was a lady, and I just can't recall her name, Mulholand or something, we were not all that impressed...the second was amazing...STEVE HOLY!!!!!! He was so fun, he cracked us all up with his silly stories and all his great songs, he left the stage after singing I've got a brand new girlfriend...it was soooo much fun, I will post clips and pics in a bit. the last was the headline, JOSH TURNER!!!!!!! I so love his voice, something about the deepness of it is amazing, it sort of makes a girl melt lol...when he sang Long Black Train the crowd went nuts, its one of our favorite songs, so damn amazing...It was a wonderful family night, and the people around us were great!!!!!!!!

We took Ashley to her Orientation, got her all ready for Junior High (7th grade), it was pretty hard on me...my baby is growing up so fast. We took her shopping at Kohls for some clothes, this month is hard on us so we didn't get much, but man were there some great deals. We got her 5 shirts and this adorable coat that fits at the waist all for 57 bucks...wooohooo. She had jeans that we just got her at the end of the school year 2 1/2 months ago so new ones will wait till we can swing it...we got her all her paper, pens, binder, backpack and so on that she will need as well, in all we spent 130 on the clothes, supplies and some shoes...it then cost us 50 for school...PE clothes and a stupid "required" schedule...we still have to pay her lab fees and get her PE sweats...ughhh and they do school pics the 2nd week of school...when it rains it pours I guess. She got all accelerated classes, so I know she will be challanged a little...she has never had anything but A's up till now, but she often got bored at school because she knew it all lol...but this is a higher learning level so I hope it works for her, if not she has tons of new books to take with her to read on down time lol...

This month has been hard so far...with Ashleys birthday last month we all spent a little much, so this month we have no extra funds, not even for starbucks :o( ...as it is we are going to be cutting it close with gas, but like always we will find a way to make it happen...just strains a persons emotions to the limit at times...blah I hate the summer...damn electric bill :o(

Next month my mom is going to be having surgery on her knee and will be out of work for 4-6 weeks...so that means she will not be getting her normal pay check...so as hard as we have it right now, next month is gonna suck lol...but it won't really matter, we just want her to be ok, she has been in pain for years with her knees...on one knee she had 13 surgeries and the other 3...she had a bad water skiing accident like 30 years ago...but technology has gotten so much better, so we are hopefull they can fix it right this time.

Ken and I are doing good, there has been some tension...he has alot on his mind with work and stretching our money as best he can...and well me, my depression is hitting me so hard right now...there are some days when I shut down completely...but I am pretty good at hidding it...always have been...but I am working on it. But I can say this for the tension between Ken and I...it sucks...I feel like we both play act some days, pretending to be happy, even when we aren't...but the days he snaps at me, or talks to me like I am a retard are the days I have to really really try and remember that life sucks for us right now, and it will get better lol...damn I do love my dork :o)

Well the heat has sort of lifted...mid 90's for a few days, but they are expecting the 100's to hit us again...ugh I want to go to the Ocean...ygh I need money so I can go lol...well I am sorry for ranting...babbling...and sounding all depressing...life really is ok, just needed to get it off my chest...

Zippity Doo Dah...Zippity Aye...my oh my what a wonderful day...PLEANTY of SUNSHINE headed my way...Zippity doo dah, Zippity aye!!!!! lol night all