Never mind....

Now the forecast is for Tuesday to be 103 degrees....

It's Fixin To Get Down Right Balmy!

On Tuesday it's supposed to be only 98 degrees! We best break out the heavy jackets and long sleeve shirts because I don't think it's been below 100 degrees in the last 3 or 4 weeks at least. I know we've been over 110 at least once and near 110 quite a bit. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I love summer, I love a nice hot day over the cold days of winter but we could do with a 20 degree drop so we could actually go out and enjoy the days of summer while we have some left.

And now it's summer break...

Well, life got busy and I didn't have time to update in the last few weeks. The boys are still progressing in swim lessons, Zachary is still playing t-ball and his team is doing well and Zachary is now done with kindergarten! In just a couple months we'll have a 1st grader and a preK-er and I'll have 2 whole free hours to myself! Whatever will I do with myself :)

We have no real plans for the summer. Zachary is reading easy books now so we are going to make sure he continues to read. I'll get him signed up at the library reading program and we'll look into a couple of the book store's reading programs. The boys are also in swim lessons through June and I'll try to get them in for July and August as well but we'll just see how it goes.

In the very near future we have Zachary's birthday party on Saturday at Tiger Safari!

My Facebook Status Today... The Day the Government Really Failed

"Our government needs more middle class moms who can fully provide for a family of 4+ on under $50k a year (pre tax), own a home, a car and not be in debt up to their eyeballs; so say credit score of 770+ cause I can guarantee not one of the people in our government right now would qualify! If they can't live my life & balance my budget there is no way in hell they can balance the national budget."


For future reference today would be the day the government shut down because Senate, Congress, President, whoever...couldn't get their acts together to come to an agreement and put a budget together. So service members are not being paid, they are still fighting, their families are still sacrificing and I would hope the utility companies and creditors are compassionate to their plight. Hundreds of thousands of workers are furloughed and not being paid, they will get paid eventually, when these overpaid asses in the Senate, Congress or whatever stop falling over their narcissistic selves and put someone else first and come to an agreement. Oh they'll still take their fully paid spring break of course, and yes they are still being paid their full pay. Gas prices keep rising. The economy keeps slipping. But the rich asses on the hill don't care, they don't care because it really doesn't affect them. It never has. But all the while, taxes are still being taken out of every American's paycheck a lot of it being sent overseas for God knows what...can we please keep it here and fix this country first? Take a look at that line item in the not yet passed budget and see how many billions they are wanting to send out of this country....how much good could we do right here, or save right here? Let's fix US...U.S. 1st.

We're Staying in Oklahoma

Jerry didn't get the transfer to Denver so we'll be staying in Oklahoma...forever it seems....

I'm a huge believer in everything happens for a reason and truth be told I really didn't think this was all going to work out anyway. I am disappointed because I really, really wanted it but I'm not surprised. I would have been shocked had Jerry gotten the transfer actually.

I'm more upset with the way his boss has been treating him and that he has to continue to work for the man. He does nothing less then embezzlement on a daily basis. They are going to promote Jerry to a salaried position so he won't get about $15,000 in overtime each year now and the raise won't cover that plus he'll have more area to cover, more hours to work and less help...and well, still have to put up with this same supervisor who doesn't do his job, takes credit for things he doesn't come close to participating in completing/assisting in, blames his subordinates for his mistakes and wouldn't even help Jerry prepare for the interview in Denver; the other 2 guys interviewing for the position had supervisors who helped them prepare.

I'm not really disappointed to be staying in Oklahoma, I'm comfortable here. The money will go further here. But now we'll just wait and see why it worked out this way.

Some Pictures :)

Since it's been a while I decided I would post some pictures from the past few weeks and also mention that we went to the OKC Zoo's return of the Elephants grand opening. It was FREEZING the evening we went! But the new exhibit is nice, they have a huge area for the elephants, they must be enjoying it, it's the biggest in the country. I do like it when they make the exhibits more like the natural habitat for the animals which is what they did for the elephants and other asia animals that I'm guessing they will move over to the area when the exhibit is finished. A couple of years ago it is what they did with the Oklahoma Trails area, which is still one of my favorite area's of the zoo. But on to the pictures:

Jerry studying

New OKC Zoo Elephant Exhibit

Kaleb and Zachary on the tram at the OKC Zoo

Chimps near the Elephants at the OKC Zoo

Kaleb and Jerry during one of the snow days in Feburary

Kaleb and Zachary deciding it's too cold to go out in the snow

Zachary and Kaleb playing in the snow in the back yard

Still Waiting...

No call on Wednesday.

No call on Thursday.

No call on Friday.

So we get to wait the weekend.

Jerry has the Oklahoma City interview on Wednesday.

We're hoping we get a phone call and find out a yeah or nay about Denver before that.