Past Week

Last weekend was great!! Trey got to spend Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday out in the yard. Bridget and I worked out in the yard all weekend. She got sunburned but I didn't. She sat out before we started raking leaves and picking up trash that had blown around and into our neighbor's yard. We also cleaned a little patch of the neighbor's yard that was right on the other side of our fence. Our fence isn't that tall.

In the neighbors yard there are grape vines that grow on two old tree trunks in between two tall trees. That is where most of the garbage blew. There were also leaves piled up under the tree and on the base of the grape vines. When Bridget and I stared picking up large lims, sticks and logs, we realizes that there was more trash and debris under the leaves. We found TONS of wood that had rusted nails in them. We also found pretty much a gate with nails sticking out. The people that lived in our house before us had a dog and we found a few balls and a Frisbee. The Frisbee didn't have any damage but sun damage. We also found a fisher price skillet and a foam airplane. I am so glad to get that all out of there because if one of us stepped on one of those board it would not be a fun day. We didn't ask to do it we just did it but he saw us do it and he didn't say anything. I was just hoping he would be happy. I would if someone cleaned up my yard. We have a gate on the side fence that opens to his yard where the grapes are. We are the ones that have to look at it. He is about an acre away from our house. He can't see that. We also did some work on our yard. We kept some of the stick from his yard. He did say that was ok. We use the sticks for starter wood in the winter. We are going to collect them throughout the summer so we will have enough this winter. We bought the starter stick but it is just as easy starting it with twigs. We went out in the winter when the snow would melt a little and get stick to keep some for the next fire we started.

Trey got to play outside for a while but he kept running to the little creek/ stream we have on the side of our yard. Duck and geese go there along with the neighbors pond. Brad was giving the duck stail bread, while trey wanted to see the water and walk around by himself. He didn't like the fact that he can't play in the water because he LOVES water. I want to find a YMCA around here and get him swimming lessons. I wanted to do it in Lafayette but we were planning on moving and I couldn't make the whole class. I want to get him into something when he gets a little older. I think I want to get him singing lessons, because he likes to try to sing/ mumble with songs already. He loves to watch music videos on yahoo all the time. His two favorite songs are, first Chicken Fried, then Online. I have sowed him all kinds of music. He will dance to anything but he will only try to sing with certain songs like Chicken Fried. He is a character, I am telling you what. I thing he might sing before he talks. lol... Anyway, we ended up having to put him in the gate.

The same day I met some of the neighborhood kids. Some of the younger ones a couple houses down. I was wearing a cowgirl had while I was working and I was taking bags of leave out to the trash and a little girl stops in my driveway and looks at me and says "Your wearing a cowboy hat." I looked at her and smiled and said" no, it's a cowGIRL hat because I am a girl." She was quiet for a second and said "ya." Kids always play in our driveway our on the sidewalk in front of our house. Kids are so funny. The little girl kept talking and then asked where my backyard was and I told her that we had a big dog and she couldn't go back there. Her eyes got big and she took a big step back. That was when a 14 year old came out and was yelling at them. There are a few kids I would like to talk to because the think that the neighbor's house it a campground. There were two kids that actually said that. Then the next day there were two kids around 14 started walking over there and saw Bridget and I raking and stuff. They look at me for a few minutes while I stared them down and they turned around. They obviously know better. They also had been chasing deer the day before and that is where Brad hunts. That kind of stuff pisses me off and they will know it this summer. Let me tell you. People also have done donuts in the coda sac. Which is where we live. There are kids down here and MY son will be playing down here.

Brad and I started the training class through Yoh last Thursday. Which lasts until the next Friday. Brad and I were doing great in the class on Monday. On our written test Brad and I both got 100% on the first two. The third one I got a 90% and Brad got 100%. I missed two questions and when she showed me which ones I felt like an idiot. I knew them but I had shaded in the wrong box, yes I mean box, not circle. On Tuesday Brad and I both got an 88% on our test. The funny thing is when we went through them I got one right that everyone miss because it was a trick question. I read through the others and knew those answers too after she said them it hits you what the answer is. Thursday Brad got 100% and I got 98%. Then today on our final test which is to build a circuit board I got 100% on surface mounting and 96% through-hole mounting and 96% overall. Brad wont let me post what his score is because he is a baby. Just because it is a little lower than mine. He passed just to tell everyone. We don't have to go in tomorrow because we got our test board on today. Now we go to Yoh and sign a one year contract and set up our direct deposit.

We start on Monday. Yay!! I am so excited!! I am so sick an tired of not having a job. Plus I won't be doing the same thing everyday. I also won't have customers to come up to me and piss me off. I get to sit and do whatever I need to do. It all depends on what they need built. Like I said before it is fun and it is like having art class all day!! We will be working from 6am to 2:30 pm Monday through Friday. I like having set schedules. You can plan things better.

I feel really bad for Trey because for the past week he hasn't slept the same. He has been getting up more but I think that is because he hasn't been taking naps. That may sound funny but when he is over tired during the day he doesn't sleep well during the night. He has been confused about Bridget getting him up in the morning instead of mom or dad. He is so excited when we get home though. He slept good last night and today so hopefully he will sleep well tonight. I am going to bed now because I worked all day and have been up since 5:30am.