another day, another dollar

So....I just spent the morning with a client and her mother who made me want to quit my job immediately and never work in social services again. I help take this girl and her mother to her psychiatrist appointment(the girls) because mom does not have a driver's license. This girl in in 7th grade and has a terrible home life. For those of you in Kville a few years ago, you may remember hearing about the 5th grader who punched her principal in the eye..same girl. Anyways, they finish with their doctor's appointment and the mom asks me if i can take them to get the prescription filled and to a doctor's office because the girl does not want to go back to school because she did not finish her homework for that class. I tell her i cannot because i have another appointment and only have time to take them back to school and home. The girl starts throwing a huge fit in my car, screaming at the top of her lungs that she's not going back to school. I told the mom that I think she needs to go back to school but that it is her decision because she is THE MOTHER!!!!!! so we sit in the parking lot for about 15 minutes while the girl is screaming at her mom to call "f***ing chris and david" and the mom screaming back that they won't be "f***ing home". The girl screams at her mom to take her home and they will find someone to take her back to school after this class is over. Mom says things like " you will just bitch about being at home" while daughter responds (at the top of her lungs mind you), "that she will not bitch". So, what does mom decide to do? Have me take them both home and then take the girl back to school "after she gets something from home" which will conviently take enough time to miss her class. But whatever, she is the mother...Then after getting to her house, the girl throws a huge fit and refuses to go back to school. SO mom lets her stay at home...In defense of myself, i did, very loudly and firmly, tell the girl that she WILL NOT talk to her mother like that in my car and that she needs to stop being so disrespectful. I'm angry with the mother for not being a mother and letting her daughter act/talk/live like that and angry at the system for doing nothing about their long history of harmful behaviors. Surely there are good parents out there...right?

Christmas time!

I am now back in the 'ville after a good weekend at home in KC. After eating much turkey and letting the enzymes work their magic, I got to enjoy spending time with my mom pilfering through our basement, in search of Christmas items to be passed on to me. After battling cobwebs, ancient Christmas decorations, and my mom, for ornaments i wanted but she was not ready to relinquish, I made it out of there with 3 binfuls of Christmas items, along with some larger yard items.
I love Christmas time. I love decorating my house while listening to Bing Crosby sing Christams carols. I love thinking about what presents i am going to buy others. I love setting up my little nativity scene and moving the baby jesus all around the barn.:) I Love looking at Christmas lights hung up around the town. I love dressing up for Christmas parties. I love the Christmas spirit. I love Santa Claus, even though SOMEONE is anti-Santa...
As I begin to put up my Christmas decorations, I just wanted to share my joy of the upcoming Christmas holidays! Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and survived the family time!:)

Thanks.....giving

With thanksgiving fast approaching, I felt this would be an appropriate time to give thanks for some of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me.
I am thankful for..
*A family to spend the holidays with
*Friends who stick by me, even when i forget to call:)
* A job that allows me to pay my bills and meet my needs but also stretches me financially
* A church that models community
* CSI
* the public library
*The joy of seeing friends get married and having children
*a best friend who's always there, even if we have to play phone tag for a month
*having friends who live in Hawaii
*buying a house
*a boy who drives 3 hours to see me just because he knows i've had a hard week
*friends who drive a school bus for their company vehicle
* a God who loves me and finds joy in me, even though i don't deserve it

These are just a few of the blessings i am thankful for! Let's hear everyone else's list of things they are thankful for! this is a good activity to get everyone used to blogging! But more importantly allows us all to share in the joys of one another! Happy Thanksgiving all!!!

The origin

I must give credit where credit is due. My dear, sweet Dan is actually the brains behind Samscove. Last year for my birthday he created an actual website for me called Sam's cove. He labored long and hard over this, many hours while I was soaking up the rays in Hawaii. He created everything himself, drawing from my interests and personality. I told him that because this blog was free, it would save money to use this, since the site he created cost money to keep up yearly. So, i have included a link on here to the original samscove for all to see his brilliance:)http://infinittech.com/samscove Check it out! the pics on there are really from my Hawaii trip!

Joining the Madness

I have decided to join the madness that is blogging. As many of you know, I enjoy keeping in touch with old friends (even though I have been bad about it recently) and hearing what is going on in everyone's life. I thought this would be a good way to keep in touch, give updates, and share life with others who live so far away. So I'm going to give this a try and hope that everyone can enjoy it!