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The King FamilyHappiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family.
September 14 Here we go again...So here we are a month later. We bought a 92 Ford Taurus, and it just crapped out on me in the last several weeks. So I threatened the car that I'd trade her in on a new car, and I guess she didn't believe me, because she left me stranded 2 days in a row. So guess what?!! I TRADED HER IN!! And now I own a car that looks like a brand new car, but it's not! She is a 1996 Buick Riviera with a supercharger. She's fast, clean, has a/c, and is all leather on the inside. She is sleek and just flat out PRETTY! Anyways, it's a great car and I'm thrilled to have her. Its sad though, it's my first car from a dealership and I'm almost 33 years old! Oh well, the "wait'" was worth it, lol.
 My new job at Kohls is going great. We have 2 weeks left to get the store ready to open. I don't know how we're going to be ready, but I guess we'll have to be. I still have a ton to do yet, and have done A LOT! I look around the store and realize how much I have done, but how much still needs to be done. I'm glad we have a good store manager that knows I really can't "do it all". I have had a little help, but 2-3 people in each department would be even better, lol. As most of you know, I'm the Visual Merchandising Supervisor at the new store opening up in Norman, OK. Basically I'm in charge of all displays in the store. Display fixtures, displays, mannequins, graphics of every kind throughout the store, signs on the windows, decorations for all holidays, and any new merchandise sets that need to be done throughout the year. Its way more than that, but that's the jist of it. I get to work Monday through Friday, daytime hours, no weekends.....and the pay is nice too.
Dusty is doing OK. He likes school, but he's having a hard time with the homework thing again. So we have a lot to work on with that. And Randy is still working hard 6 days a week. He likes my new car too, but I think he likes it more than he wants to admit. He's outside hooking up my stereo system in it now. It didn't have a stereo when I got it, so we had to fix that. I need my tunes when I get off work! It's the only thing it really needed though, other than my own little touches. I got a steering wheel cover, an air freshener thingy, and a duster for the inside. We do live in the country after all.
OK, OK, enough about the car. If you want to see it here is a pic, but there is more in the album I added. Oh yea, I chopped my hair!
Hugs from us all!!
August 14 Heyyyyy ya'll!!!! Wow! So much has happened! Let's see, I don't have a lot of time, so I'll make this short and sweet. Randy's still working, he's doing ok. Dustin starts Junior High this Thursday, so it's been pretty scary for him this past week. He's nervous, but somewhat excited too.
We also have a car now, thank goodness. So I went out and looked for a job. First thing I applied for was a management position with Kohls, and I got it! I started this past Friday. It's so exciting! We're opening a brand new store in Norman, so I get to be a part of that. It'll be my second store opening. This is also a concept store, like the last store I worked in. But instead of an unsteady company, it's a fast growing company. The others in the management team are all just awesome people. I can really see this store making its mark! We're doing a job fair right now, and we should be in the store by late next week to start putting fixtures, mannequins, and graphics up. Then we start throwing freight and getting everything stocked! My position is Visual Supervisor/Specialist. Just like my old job, but sooooo much easier! And more pay!! We also had channel 5 news come in and do a story on Kohls while we were at the job fair on Saturday, so I was on the news too, lol.
 Let's see....OH! I quit smoking on August 2, and I'm really doing good! Not one cig since then! Heck, I smell them and I think they stink! Randy smokes in my car and I get in afterwards and have to spray Febreze! UGH!!! So 2 weeks so far! Yayyyyy me!!
That's it for now. I have to go get ready for work! Hugs to you all!
Hope July 21 We're still here!I know, I haven't written for awhile again. Lot's of stuff going on. My brother and his wife moved to their own place and they seem to be pretty happy there. That's a great thing!
Randy finally got me a car so I could go back to work. I decided not to go back to Sears though. I sent my resume to a great company, so we'll see what happens. I had my interview this past Friday, and it looks good. I'll say a few prayers.
We went through a lot to find a car, but I think we got a decent one. It's nothing fancy, but for right now it'll work. It's a 92 Ford Taurus. I like it. Dustin and I can get out more during the week and spend time together. Something we like to do is go to the library and the museum together. And of course he likes to shop with me for cool stuff. He's totally into this dragon stuff, so he likes to go to different stores with me to see if they have anything he can get for his room.
Buddy is doing a lot better too. He was a major pain in the butt when we got him, but he seems to have calmed down a bit. We're leaving him alone longer and longer here at home, that way when I go back to work, he'll be OK by himself. He just adores us and we adore him. He is definitely a one-of-a-kind dog though.
Dustin will be starting Junior High this next month. He is soooo nervous. But I think after homeschooling this past year, he'll be OK. He has definitely matured a lot too.
Anyways, that's about it for now. If I think of anything, I'll add it later on. I need to go finish getting stuff ready to go to Jen's for supper. We're watching that new movie tonight, "Premonition", I hope it's good.
TTYL!!!! June 23 Dustin is 12 now!! Wow, where did the time go? It doesn't seem like 12 years has gone by. Dustin has gone from little chubby, dimple cheeked, cherub to a very pre-teen boy. It makes me sad in some ways. Hoping I didn't miss something somewhere along the line.
 Anyways....(sniff sniff sniff..) He has his party today. How many kids do you know that get to set fireworks off on his birthday? I know I never got to. He had a neat cake, with a '57 Chevy on it. I made him a honey ham dinner, which he loved. He got a cool knights shield from his grandparents, Randy's folks. And from his other Grandparents (my folks) he got a cool art set with a dragon theme, and my Mom made him a dragon statue out of clay. Its very cool! He spent all his cash on a couple water guns....super soakers. (He and Britt have been wet almost every day now since he bought them, lol!!!) And with a gift card he got a bunch of fireworks, lol. He also now has 2 new fishing poles, and his Dad is going to finish fixing his go cart/buggy. I'll be uploading the photos in a day or so. I need to alter a couple and re-size them. My memory card went out, so I could only take a few. My brother, Mike, took a few too.
We're planning to have a HUGE 4th of July party/BBQ/Pool party. Between us, Jen & Robert, my brother and Jen's Dad, plus whoever else comes.....we'll probably have enough fireworks to set off & last all night long, lol.
Well, that's about it for now. I'll add what I can later on. I'm beat and ready for bed. Here is a photo for now. I'll add the rest later on. HUGS!!!!! June 04 Oops! Sorry!!OK, I know, I know.....where have we been?!!! Well, we have had a lot going on the past several weeks. First off, homeschool for the most part is done for the summer! YAYYYY!!! So now we have to find things for Dustin to do.
Then I took on babysitting for a neighbor to earn a little extra money for Dustin's birthday. I am watching 2 boys on Mondays and Tuesdays. They are a big handful, but it's OK. It just means no sleeping in on those days now. And the days go by fast, although at times not fast enough!
Also my brother and his wife are now staying with us for a bit. They moved here from Houston and left a lot of really bad things behind. It's not easy to live with family, but at least I know they are better off here. They seem to really like it here. Although my brother is having a hard time finding a job. And of course they have the same problem we do: one car. They brought their dog with them too. A Pug named Pugzlee. He doesn't care too much for Buddy, so we made them keep him in their room or outside. This is Buddy's house, so we refuse to lock Buddy up.
Randy, Dusty and I are doing OK. I have lost a bit of weight since Mike and Deb moved in, but I'm trying to put it back on. I can't spare a whole lot of weight. And of course my Fibro has been acting up too. More aches than usual. I'm also planning to go in for my surgery in a few months.
Randy's doing good too. He mowed the entire 3 acres yesterday with Mike doing our backyard. So he was pretty wiped out last night. He working still and the truck is finally starting to drive better.
Dustin has really matured in the past few months. But he has also started acting like a teen. Scary!!! If some of y'all saw him right now, you'd be in shock! He has facial hair growing in!!! Arghhhhh!! I AM NOT READY for this!! I want my little boy back!!!!!
 Well, I can't leave these boys along too long, so I'll close for now. Feel free to email us anytime! I'll be adding photos in the next week or so. I really hope I am keeping this site alive for a reason. I haven't had but one person even tell me they have seen it. Just remember that my email addy is still the same except for the @ part. It's now @gmail , so if you email me, its the same beginning as the msn one.
Alright, keep in touch!! Ciao!!! May 06 Another Update Here we are again....finally. Not a whole lot to write about before, so I just added photos. A tiny bit of news now though.
Jen and I took Dustin and Brittanie to the Rose Rock Festival here in Noble. Noble is a tiny town between here and Norman. Population 5000. The rose Rock is a rock that was formed over many many years. Its formed from the red sand/clay here and it forms in the shape of a rose. We actually have some on the property! The kids like to go dig them up when they have nothing else to do. (photo of a rose rock below) www.roserockmuseum.com
Anyways, we took the kids to the parade at 10am, then to the carnival and then on to the car show. The car show was almost dead when we got there. We were out almost all day, but it was fun. It was overcast, but a bit cool too. I took my camera and got a ton of pictures, some of which are in the album. Dusty was able to ride rides that Britt couldn't, because of his size. Most of the kids he was in school with couldn't go on because of their size. He said some of the kids thought he was cool because he got to go on them, even though they were a bit jealous. I thought it was funny. I guess he'll let it go to his head for a bit. As long as he doesn't get too big headed about it, it's OK. It made him feel good.
Randy and Robert both had to work, but we hope they get to go with us next year. Sorry, no pics of me yet. I'm trying, but there's never a good time to get anyone to get pics of me, oh well. Maybe sometime this week I can get Jen to take a couple. (From a far distance!)
It's so amazing....we moved here and have done so much more in 10 months than we did in the entire 4 years Jen and Robert were here and we were in Phoenix. Carnivals, parades, festivals, fairs, zoos, and a circus.....just amazing! The kids are getting to go to the Little River Zoo on Tuesday of this week. So long as it doesn't rain. And then the Cowboy Museum next weekend for a Chuck Wagon gathering and festival. The on the 18th, were going to see the Jet Cars race at the drag strip down the road. Have I mentioned that we LOVE it here???!!!
Dustin has put on some more weight and grown another inch. So now he is 5' 5" and weighs 146lbs. He wears a men's 34 x 32 in pants and is almost in a size 10 in men's shoes!!!! :-O And he's not even 12 yet!!!!!
OK, that's about it for now. I need to go to bed. Hope to hear from yall soon!! And remember: Our new email has changed, so if you need the new email addy, let me know! Just give me a ring!
Hugs to you all from the 4 of us!
(photos have been added to our albums and a new album has been added) April 19 .....And we're backOk, looks like we're back online. Not a lot has happened since we lost the net. Same old stuff, different day. I'm selling my patterns on Ebay, along with whatever else I feel like selling.
I have added more photos and an album. Medieval fair photos, a couple new ones of Buddy, Easter, and I plan to get more on there of me at some point. I know, I know...but I'M the only one that TAKES the pictures, lol.
Maybe I'll have more to tell you soon.
Laters!
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