ICK! YUCK! YUCK!

Today, I was starving on my way to work so I decided to get some food from the Smith's deli. They have yummy pasta salads so I went with the Greek pasta salad. I don't know if you've ever tried it but they have olives in it and it is usually really tastey! But today I found a weird black thing in it (it's a good thing I inspect my food before I put it in my mouth) because there was an EARWIG in it! It was completely intact instead of missing body parts so I know it wasn't ground up in my salad but EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Why me? All I can say is: LOOK BEFORE YOU EAT!

It's a good life!

Things have been going real well lately! Although, we have been working A LOT this summer. 2 Months ago Harley became obsessed with buying a Harley (even though his brother crashed one late last year) and it has been making me absolutely nuts! Finally, 3 weeks ago, he found a great bike on KSL and made an offer to buy it for less than the owner asked. The owner, Skip, called Harley back and told him that he wanted Harley to have the bike because he sounded like he would be a very caring owner for the bike. (It sounds like I'm talking about an animal instead of a Harley) So Harley asked me if we should buy it. I said,"for $5500 that is a steal!! Let's do it!" So he went and picked up the bike and we have been in love with it ever since. We rode the motorcycle to dinner last week and it was actually kind of romantic. ;) Since it is so slow at the airport, they have cut our hours to 3 days a week, so I have had Wednesdays off. That is the day that I take the kids back to their dad's house. So it has been good for all of us to be able to say goodbye properly when I drop them off - instead of having to say goodbye quickly on my way to work at 2 every Wednesday. Harley usually watches them until 6 pm and drops them off - which is fine but i enjoy doing the duty myself. It has made a difference to the kids and myself. I try to take them swimming at Grandma Jackie's at least once a week - and they have been loving it! Unfortunately, school starts in 3 weeks and we haven't even left the city for a vacation yet this summer so I am in the works of planning a vacation for all of us! It;s not like I don't have the $$ - I just haven't had enough time for a vacation - so it is time to MAKE time! Well, it's time for me to go to work again. All is well and I love my life! I will post again soon! Thanks to those who read this!

We Lost Our Rose.

On December 2nd 2008, our sweet Rose passed away. Her first son, Lee, was in surgery from crashing on his motorcycle and her other son, Harley, my hubby, was in California for work. I got a call from Highland Care Center telling me that Rose was not doing well at all and may be leaving us today. So I called a babysitter for my kids and cruised as fast as I could down to the center. When I saw her, she was becoming unconscious but she still squeezed my hand to tell me she understood that I was there. I have never seen another person meet their maker but I could tell that Rose was on her way so I asked the doctors to give her some morphine so she could at least be comfortable for the process. I called Harley and he got on the first plane home and I called Lee's girlfriend and left her a message to call me asap. Within 20 minutes of my arrival, she was gone. I got there just in time to make sure she did not leave this world without knowing how loved she was. Even if she was incoherent during the last 10 minutes of her life - I still talked to her and kissed her and held her hand. She was so brave. I told her it was time for her to reunite with Jerry again (her sweet husband) and then she was gone. I sat on her bed with her and cried. I prayed that Jerry would be there to meet her and that she would be in peace now from her stroke. It was a peaceful experience to be there for her - in place of my husband because I loved her just the same. I still think about her everyday and pray that she is happy in heaven. And to this day - if you knew Rose and how much her boys loved her and did not want to let her go - I have a feeling that she chose that day to leave her body because she knew her boys would not be able to prevent it. Harley believes this too. I think Lee still may have a problem with me for being there instead of him. But everything is fine now. I know she is up there dancing with her sweet husband again, and I believe they are now watching over us together. I love and miss you, Rose.