My mail is not being forwarded yet...I sent the form in like two weeks ago and then I find out that the mail that I should be getting is going to my brothers new house. I'm sure it will work itself out sooner or later.

I have spent the better part of the last two days going through all my photos and sorting them by year then by month and finally they are pretty much done. About eight years ago I had taken all my photos out of the mix matched albums with the intent to sort though them then and put them in matching albums. Well I got all the pictures out but never got around to putting them back in anything.
Now after I have them all sorted out I am realizing that I have even more pictures on the computer and disks and even 12 undeveloped rolls of film. Oh boy, I am really in trouble there. Who knows what I will find on those. They could date back to high school even. Maybe I can do one or two rolls a week and see what I find. Should be fun. Or maybe I can just get a disk for all of them and only print the ones I need to...hmmm...I still need to find the right albums at any rate.
It's Labor Day weekend and I kinda feel like I am abusing it. Like I should not be taken off work. But in reality I don't work on Mondays anyway which means I won't get paid for this wonderful holiday either. Bummer. Either way I have nothing planned at all. How about you?

I finished the back yard too. I am so proud of myself. now Chase can play on the "playground". All thats left is one side of the house and the long driveway on up to the mailbox. Maybe on Friday or over the weekend I can get it finished. Not today though. I'm showered and smell like roses sprinkled with ...gas. Lol!
I'm so glad that grass does not grow very fast down here. Wait, what's that you say? It needs to be mowed every two weeks until October. Your kidding, right? OMG I'm gonna need the riding lawn mower, DADDY!

I am sweaty. I just mowed the front lawn. With a push mower. I don't know if I stink yet because when I put gas in the mower about half-way through the front yard, I didn't put the spout on correctly and gas spilled all over my hand and shoe. Good thing I quit smoking two years ago. Must drink water and put a mole skin on busted blister which I got when I used Jarrett's sneakers to mow the front lawn.
p.s. I borrowed the mower from Dad so I could start with the back yard so Chase could play on the "playground". But now I think I might die if I attempt to go back out there in the blazing heat of south Florida.
p.s.s. Yuck! I just picked up my arms of the desk and there is a puddle of sweat. Maybe I should wipe the desk down now. Naw, maybe a little later. It's Ricky's desk anyway. He should wipe his own desk. And he should take out the garbage. And maybe he can mow the lawn.

OK I think I've rambled enough. Sorry about pouring gas on your shoe Jarrett. And for making them all grassy and dirty. And no, Ricky you don't have to mow the lawn. And yes I will wipe off your desk. I'm feeling a little better now. Maybe I will try to restart the mower. Did I tell you that I mowed the front lawn today...

Finally settled in the new place. The boys have started school and so far they are doing OK. They have complained but I think it may be just nerves. They are happy that the bus picks them up at our mailbox rather than down the street.
School started one day late this year due to hurricane Faye and I think that is a good thing. The first week is always exhausting for the kids. As for the storm, we just had a lot of rain and it was windy enough to bend the flag pole over. Other than missing a day of work (and pay) and school, it was pretty uneventful.
Chase loves the new house. He can ride his three wheel bike through the whole place and not bump into too much. He has a room full of his toys and a t.v. for his game cube. He likes to play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. He likes the playstation too but the boys have limited him to only playing Jak and Daxter cause he has scratched or broken most of their other games. Yes, we do educational stuff too, but don't tell him that.
I am still hoping I have done the right thing by moving. The driving is taking some getting used to. And I'm hoping the bills will even out. Another thing is getting used to the spiders that have found their way into the house somehow. Huge spiders.
Speaking of bugs I can't get rid of, Rick is now really off limits for all of us. On Monday I needed to take Ricky to get some school clothes and thought that Rick could watch Chase for me while we went to the mall. He was calling every ten minutes. I answered the first couple of times then I stopped cause he was really being a pain in the ass. Wanting me to come pick up Chase stating that I was just using him. Whatever! Anyway, when we went there he was upset that I didn't want to stop and talk to him. Again, he wouldn't get out of the car so I started to pull out of the driveway with him halfway in the car. He got pissed and slammed the door so hard that it broke and now the door does not open and shut correctly. You have to yank on it. So, He's been calling and calling and finally on Thursday I told him that I am not bringing the baby over told him to stop calling me. He had his step-dad call my work asking if I want the door fixed. I told him no. He does not know that we moved and will be quite surprised to find that out, which if I know him like I do, it will be soon cause he will try to send Pappy over to find out about the door or something. I'm not even going to answer his calls anymore. I promise!

So I may be moving shortly. My brother and his family had moved out of his house a little prematurly and now his house is sitting empty for a few months. He let me know that I can live there for about nine months but then I will have to move.
I'm a little nervous about my brother (Kevin) being my landlord but I can't pass up this opportunity. Both the boys want to move to the new house. It's a four bedroom two bath with a garage so they would each have their own room. It's like two and a half times as big as my apartment now. I am ready to do it but as always I am not confident enough in myself to know that this is a good idea. I am really worried that the kids will do something to the house that I can't fix or something like that.
Also, both of the boys will have to start in new schools with out knowing anyone. Ricky is trying to think of a way to go to Naples High but I just don't see that happening. He will have to come to terms with it. Although the house is in Naples it is on the oppisite side of town and neither of the boys would know anyone at the schools besides their cousins.
It's also an hour drive from where I work and where all the classes are for this court thing with Ricky. Which means I will be spending alot on gas.

I can't understand how moving to a huge, beautiful, less than five year old house can cause me so much stress! I wish I knew! This month is going to be rough, I know.