Only real men wear pink.....thats what I told him anyway!

Michingan unemployment at 12.9%? This woman?....Standing strong!

Low and behold this mama found a job. I guess you all were right when you said,"you'll always be able to find a job" So I got another contract just in the knick of time. I will be returning to the same NICU that I worked at last summer. I have an 8wk contract set up and will be siging up PRN staff after that! IT couldnt be more perfect.
Over memorial day I was in the U.P. with the boys and Deb. I went to a freinds wedding where Kyan was my date. Mick stayed in A2 to continue study for the BAR. We looked fashionly aswome I have to say, me in my hot pink dress rockin some heels and him in his matching pin stripped suit with pink shirt and tie. Oh and did he rock out his mohawk that night!!! I will post pics soon. We met up with Grandpa Brian and Auntie Wind AKA Anniwin LOL at the Deyounge Family Zoo and had a great time seeing all the animals. Im still not sure how that man was able to start a zoo, literally on his front porch. HHMMMMMM? Nolan really liked the reptile room, I think we were in there for a good hour. It really stunk so I kept trying to get him to come out, only to return a min later to stop him from whailing. Two words to sum up that child...Independent and Determined. His on going theme...."Self". Yes that boys must do everything him "Self". The boys ended up staying up north with Deb so she could hit up a wedding tonight. My parents will be taking the boys over this weekend. A shout out to both our parents, you guys all rock!! Thanks to you all for taking such good care of the little men so we can continue our hecktic lives!!!! XOXOX The boys have been away from me since tuesday aftenoon and mick since last friday! Mick is a bit affended that the kids are having a blast with the grandparents and not too concened with talking to him in more than 30sec blocks. All Nolan usually whips out is a "Ba Bye, Love you!" Im sure the reunion with the Ky and the Pie will be more than exciting for them on Sunday afternoon when they get back. I know Daddy is excited to see them, oh wait He bought tickets to the Stanly Cup series tomorrow knowing that the boys were comeing home....hhhhmmmmm? Hey Hey Hockey Town!! GO WINGS!!! I will be crossing my fingers for Grandma Debbie as she makes the 7hr trip back down with them in her back seat!!! Good Luck Deb, youll need it!
Well this is my last night at HFHS, I have one week off and then will be starting back up on June 8th. Unfortuanalty I will have to commute for 8wks, GR is 2 hours form A2. UHG!! Oh well, its a job! I will just be living at a cheep hotel a couple nights a week. UHG!
OH.... I CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT MENTION THIS! WE FOUND A HOUSE.....THAT WE BOTH LIKED!!!! Its beautiful, build in 2006, walk out ranch, maple floors, cherry cabinets, cathedral cielings 3bd 2.5bath just to name a few and.... I LOVE IT! Im trying not to get too attatched until its in our possession (ok, too late, I know) Anyway I love the room it has to offer 1875 finish sqarefeet and the walk out level has an additional 1875 with like 10ft cielings for a grand total of 3750 sq feet!!! This house is perfect because the walkout isnt yet finished so it will give Mick something to do, we all know how he loves endless projects when it comes to the house! LOL I will post picks once this baby is ours. Hope you all are enjoying the begining of your summers! I already know its going to cruise by for us. June Already????

Where we are at.

We are all moved out of the house and into our sublet. Well, all but the patio set and grill, which the renters have agreed to have us pick it up later. Who would have know all our stuff wouldn't have fit into the storage unit? I guess we will need to take more than one trip to Grand Rapids when it comes time for the big move. Currently we are in the rental the whole famdamily including the mother in law. Have I mentioned this woman is wonderful? Well she is, and thank goodness we have had her over the past few weeks. The kids are doing great with grandma with the exception on Pie not allowing her to do ANYTHING! "Mama do it" "Daddy do it" If we aren't there he of course lets her help with anything, thank goodness. Mr. P is still practicing mastering the art of potty training, today as I cleaned Kyans fish's water Mr. P must have gotten excited by the running water. Yeah he peed all over my foot! Ugh as if dirty fish water wasn't enough! Hopefully over the next month or two we will be diaper free. Kyan just completed a 2 week course of abx for an ear infection. We took him back to the ENT after his right ear was draining puss. Turns out the right ear was infected, hence the 2 week course of abx and the left tube, is falling out. Falling out?! Great! Glad it cost over 4k to have the stupid thing put in just to have it fall out 2 months later! Geeze, I wonder if I find it once it falls out if I can return it for a refund? Well at least the tube in the right ear did its job buy draining the fluid and not storing it in the inner ear making the kid def again! Kyan is getting ready to finish up his last days of preschool. Now that we are in Ann Arbor it is so nice driving him to school, its only 2min away!!! The location of the elementary school to our new house is a huge factor in the hunt. We still haven't found that perfect house yet. Partly because my husband and I don't agree on ANYthing! I'm sure we will someday, just hope that day is sometime in June or July of this year! Mick started his BAR review today, so he will continue to be busy with boring law stuff for the next 2 months (oh' I think that will be true for him for the rest of his working days) He takes the exam on july 31st. I on the other hand only have a few working days left. My contract ends on the 31st and I was told there will be no extension offer. Because the economy, there is no agency help needed UGH! I just hope I can get a job somewhere! Wish me luck in my search, I only have 2 weeks to find something.

A Monday for Moments

I had a moment at Micks graduation. As I watched him walk over the stage, all I could think about was the times over the past three years when I could have been more supportive.
I had a moment when Nolan had enough of sitting through the ceremony and decided to chuck his blowpop over the balcony hitting a woman 2 stories below.
I had a moment when I was told I will no longer have a job, one I was expected to have until our move in August to Grand Rapids. Besides the crappy housing market, the crappy economy finally hit home. How does somebody in my field have to worry about a job?
I had a moment when I took one final walk through the house we called home for the past three years. Nolan's first room, Kyan's stars on his ceiling, the family room downstairs Mick spent countless hours refinishing making it as perfect as possible. I didn't cry, but had a moment.
I had a moment when I walked in the door after not seeing the boys in what felt like forever. With the move and working I was only seeing them for what seemed like minutes each day. I have never seen Nolan's eyes bigger than they were that morning. As he did a big dance from half way down the stairs when he first saw me, he took my cheeks in his hands and said,"Mommy.....my friend!" and pulled me in for a kiss on the lips. What a moment!
I had a moment when I woke up to a flooded bathroom in the house we are subleasing. I had an even bigger moment when I walked down stairs to find the kitchen underneath the bathroom flooded along with falling drywall...OH WHAT A MOMENT!
I had a moment when I thought about how lucky I am to have Deb as a mother in law.
I had a moment tonight when Mick gave me a wonderful kiss goodbye before I left for work.

He DID IT! I couldn't be smiling any bigger!