Who Am I?

Ok, here goes. I'm not one for going to chat rooms or IMing very much, so I hope I can do this. I'm not sure how to do alot on the computer either. I kinda know how to copy and paste, that's because Dody has shown me several times! Dody? She's my third child. Well, maybe I should start from the beginning...not THE beginning like on The Goonies when Chunk is told to "Spill his guts" but just a brief overview. I was born in Broken Bow, Nebraska on my oldest sister's third birthday, and I'm the third of five children (kids are goats you know), and I have one brother and he's the youngest. I was 13 when my Mom wanted to move back to Idaho to be by her parents, go figure. That was in June of 1976. I graduated from Parma High in 1981, met my husband, Cleve, in January of 1982 and married him April 25, 1982, had my first baby, Amber January 25, 1983, second, Jared November 1983, third, Dody March 10,1986, and fourth, Tori June6, 1989. Three girls and one boy. Jared came 10 weeks early (actually a couple years early!). He's okay, at least that's what we like to think. (Just kidding with ya Jared) He does have cerebral palsy from being so early but he's okay. Now flash forward a few years. I'm a cashier at WinCo Foods in Nampa, been there for 12 years, and enjoy it. I think I'm a people watcher, and that's one reason why I like my job. They can be funny at times. It's the money they pay me that keeps me coming back week after week though.

Cleve and I have had our share of ups and downs, probably more downs than ups, but we manage. Right now, we have Dody, her husband Cody and 3 year old daughter, Jasmine with us, AND Tori her boyfriend Ken and soon to be baby (due May 12) with us also. Our little house is pretty much overcrowded, but we manage. Always looking on the bright side, eventually they WILL move out.

It seems that I always have some kind of issue going on. This past month it's been my nose. Yep that's right, my nose. It all started while Amber and Jaime went to San
Antonio, TX for an awards thing from Bank of America where Jaime was getting an award for his great job he does at the bank. Cleve and I went over to their house to babysit Ashlynn 6, and Gabrielle (Gabbo) 2, while they were on vacation. I got a little sore in my nose, but it went away, then the next week, I got one again, only this time both sides just on the inside, well, by the time my two days off were up, my nose was pretty red on the outside, I really didn't want to go to work with a rudolph nose, but calling in sick for a red nose just didn't seem right, so I went. Well, everyone couldn't help but notice it, and then even though I was putting triple antibiotic on it and peroxide, it got worse, and bigger. The thought of donning reindeer antlers was a real idea, or putting very blue eyeshadow on, arching my eyebrows and wearing red lipstick, but I did neither. Finally, and on a Sunday, I woke up with my left eye area real puffy, I knew my home remedies were not working, so on my lunch break I went to the expres care and got an antibiotic. If the Dr. had asked my why I was there, I might have socked him a good one, but he didn't. I did ask him if it was from chronic nose picking, but he said no, just a bacterial infection in the skin. At least everyone could tell by looking at me that I don't brown nose!!! Maggie at work said "yeah but what have you been doing?" No comment. I took my last antibiotic pill this morning, so hopefully it doesn't come back. Amber took pictures of my nose when it was at it's fullest. If she sends them to me I'll put them on here.

I think Tori's baby has dropped. She sees her Dr tomorrow, then we will know more, I don't think she will make it to May 12. Ultrasounds show a girl. She has the name Yesinia picked out but not the spelling yet.

I guess that's all I'll post for my first one. So how did I do?