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and you are trying to get ready for Disney. Take a step back, take a few deep breaths and then tackle things one at a time. I understand about the bills and no raises. Prices have gone up, up, up and yet our salaries have stayed the same. When we decided to go to Disney this year, I made up a budget and was very determined to stick with it. I also thought of all the things I could do to get extra $$. Well, it hasn't worked. Things keep coming up that takes from the Disney account, things we just can't control. I get very frustrated at times. So, I keep cutting back, without trying to be too obvious and when I get to a frustrated point, I take the dog for a walk or something. The financial situation is really getting to a lot of us. You aren't alone, we are all here with you. :hug:


No, I haven't started to get ready for Disney yet. I know I need to, but the only thing I've done for that is make a packing list and a list of things we need to buy before we leave. Yes prices have gone up and they just keep going up, it's outrageous. Everybody's saying that things will start to go down after the election, but I really don't think that's going to happen. I wish it would. I'm trying to quit smoking. My husband quit Monday, but he's using those mints. I had a very bad experience with cough drops when I was little so I don't eat mints or cough drops anymore. I'm thinking about getting the patch, hopefully that will help me :). That will save us (not smoking) over 600 a year. Some of the things I'm stressing about is stupid stuff, but I can't help it. Ya know? lol. Things will start to look up after things start to slow down here. Thanks for being there. :hug:
 
Ethan got a package in the mail today from someone in TX. I wanted to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!! I took pics of it, but they're on my desktop, I will post them after the kids go to bed. It is awesome. Ethan really liked it. :)

The teacher said he had a great day at school today. He screamed this morning when he got on the bus. The bus driver called me when they got to school and said that as soon as she pulled out of the driveway he stopped crying and started asking all kinds of questions. He told me that he wanted to start going all day to school. We'll see how this works out first. :):)

Things have somewhat started looking up since the other day. Hopefully things will start getting even better. Unfortunately I have to go shopping tomorrow. Ethan needs diapers, Jeremiah needs pull-ups, he sill sleeps in one at night, because he hasn't quite learned how to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom. The kids went to bed early last night and they're going to bed early tonight as well. I have a headache, and I need some sleep. I haven't been sleeping good the last couple of nights. Anyway, just wanted to give an update. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers I greatly appreciate all of them. I will post pics later on tonight after the kids lay down.
 
More pics to share. And I got a call today from the MAW. She was a very nice lady that I talked to. She was telling me that the MAW is doing a thing at Coldstone (it's an icecream place here). I don't know if there's any, anywhere else. Anyway, she was telling me about it, and it's next Thursday 9/25 from 5-8 and it's for all wish kids. They will be getting free ice cream, and to be able to tell their stories. We are going to go. There's a coldstone right down the street from my house. I think the kids will enjoy it.

They boys with Ethan on his first day of school.
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The boys again,
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They were sqishing Ethan lol
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I guess they got tired of looking at me lol
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They boys again
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Ethan's bookbag
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Bookbag again
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Ethan doing something lol
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Ethan playing with mac from cars
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Playing before he leaves for school
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The wonderful present from the lady in TX (I don't want to put her name here just in case she doesn't want it here)
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I think it's awesome, Ethan really loved it
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That is so cool, he won't lose his crayons now and he'll have something to do on the plane
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That's all the pics for now. I'm going to try to get a pic of Ethan's morning bus and afternoon bus tomorrow to put on here. I'm going to talk to the bus drivers as well to see if I could get a pic of them to put in his scrapbook, that I'm slowly making. I've almost got his surgery scrapbook finished, just have to put a few last pics in there and then I'll be done with it until his next surgery. Anyway, just thought I would share these pics with you and this wonderful gift that Ethan was given today. :goodvibes :cool1: :thumbsup2 :hippie: :banana: :cloud9: :love: :santa: :3dglasses
 
Such cute pictures. You will love that crayon rollup. It will be perfect for the plane. I want you to know that I am so touched by your little family. I know you have struggles but you are such a dedicated mom. You are all in my prayers. I will especially pray for you to have help to quit smoking. That will be such a good thing for you, your husband, your boys and your budget but it is really hard to do! Be strong, you can do it! Don't let minor setbacks get you down. Remember you have the strength of the wish trippers on your side.:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

:love:
Denise
 

Thanks for the hugs and thoughts. I appreciate them. It went okay, he screamed his heart out, and of course after he left the driveway I went to the bathroom and cried my eyes out. Still a little upset right now about it, but I'll eventually be okay. He'll only be gone 4 1/2 hours.



Thanks. They usually get along pretty good. Ethan and Jeremiah get along great when nobody else is around. It really all depends on what day it is on how good they get along. :goodvibes :banana:

Aww, I am sure that broke your heart, but glad to hear his day went great and he stopped crying as soon as they pulled away:hug:

Ethan got a package in the mail today from someone in TX. I wanted to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!! I took pics of it, but they're on my desktop, I will post them after the kids go to bed. It is awesome. Ethan really liked it. :)

The teacher said he had a great day at school today. He screamed this morning when he got on the bus. The bus driver called me when they got to school and said that as soon as she pulled out of the driveway he stopped crying and started asking all kinds of questions. He told me that he wanted to start going all day to school. We'll see how this works out first. :):)

Things have somewhat started looking up since the other day. Hopefully things will start getting even better. Unfortunately I have to go shopping tomorrow. Ethan needs diapers, Jeremiah needs pull-ups, he sill sleeps in one at night, because he hasn't quite learned how to get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom. The kids went to bed early last night and they're going to bed early tonight as well. I have a headache, and I need some sleep. I haven't been sleeping good the last couple of nights. Anyway, just wanted to give an update. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers I greatly appreciate all of them. I will post pics later on tonight after the kids lay down.

Glad things are turning around:goodvibes

I love the crayon holder.....That is so cute:goodvibes

Great pics of all the boys of course:)
 
Such cute pictures. You will love that crayon rollup. It will be perfect for the plane. I want you to know that I am so touched by your little family. I know you have struggles but you are such a dedicated mom. You are all in my prayers. I will especially pray for you to have help to quit smoking. That will be such a good thing for you, your husband, your boys and your budget but it is really hard to do! Be strong, you can do it! Don't let minor setbacks get you down. Remember you have the strength of the wish trippers on your side.:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

:love:
Denise

Thanks. The boys loved it last night, they colored the floor lol. Thank you for the prayers I really appreciate that. Today is going to be a better day I can already fell it. Thank you for everything. :goodvibes :goodvibes

Aww, I am sure that broke your heart, but glad to hear his day went great and he stopped crying as soon as they pulled away:hug:



Glad things are turning around:goodvibes

I love the crayon holder.....That is so cute:goodvibes

Great pics of all the boys of course:)

It did break my heart, but I was very glad to hear that he got better after he left. :thumbsup2 Today is going to be a better day than yesterday. I have some things to do after I drop Jeremiah off at school to keep me busy. Thank you everybody for the thoughts and prayers and hugs. I promise the next time I write it'll be good news. :goodvibes :goodvibes
 
Those are such good pictures, I'm glad his day at school turned out to be a great one.

becca
 
Those are such good pictures, I'm glad his day at school turned out to be a great one.

becca


Thanks. Me too. He cried a little bit this morning, but the bus driver said something about playing ball on the bus, and he stopped crying. :) He's going to make it. He told me yesterday he wanted to go all day. :( We'll see.
 
Hey everybody. How's everybody's weekend going so far? Well, mine was going great until about 4 this afternoon. We were in a car accident. Some girl ran a red light and I t-boned her. I think my car is totaled, I hope it is, I know that sounds bad, but I'd rather them total it than have to pay thousands of dollars to fix it. I know I won't be paying for it the insurance company will, but still it's the point. I know have to call my insurance company to get a rental car until something is done about my car, but I can't drive. The cops still have my liscenes (no I can't spell it lol). Ethan and I were taken in the ambulance to the hospital. They did 5 x-rays on me, to make sure nothing was broken, and they did a cat scan on Ethan. We're both fine, but very very sore. The dr gave me some pain killers and ibuprofen and told me to take it easy for the next couple of days and I'll be very sore. They gave Ethan some tylenol with codein. LOL no I can't spell tonight, oh wait I can't spell any other night lol. Keep us in your prayers please for this is yet another obsticle that we have to overcome. We're watching the GA game right now. I'm about to try to get some sleep. My back and shoulder are very sore.

Ethan is doing very good in school, he reallys likes it. He told me Friday that he wanted to start going all week like his brother and cousins. So, I emailed his teacher and she said that she would have to talk with the other committee members and we'd go from there. I told her that it would be after next week just because he goes Tuesday to get his leg braces and Wednesday to see the ortho dr again. Well, hopefully this will happen as long as I get a rental car. Jason can't really afford to take too many days off. He did say he was going to take Monday off however.
 
I am so sorry that you had a wreck-how very scary! I am so happy to hear that everybody is okay. You and your family have been in my prayers.

Carol
 
How scary! I'm glad you and Ethan are all right! :hug: You are going through some hard times right now! Hopefully your trip will give you the break you need and deserve!
 
Oh wow, I am so sorry about the accident, but glad you and ethan are okay :goodvibes

Hope you both are feeling better soon:)
 
So, so sorry about the wreck. Those things just turn your already complicated life right upside down. Hope you get a quick resolution. We will continue to keep you in our prayers!

Denise
 
I'm very sorry y'all were in that wreck. I hope they total your car too 'cause I know that would be a huge stressor off your back in more than one way. As always I am praying for y'all. :hug: :hug: :hug:
 
sorry to hear about your wreck. glad y'all are o.k. though. hope the soreness heals soon

becca
 
I am so sorry that you had a wreck-how very scary! I am so happy to hear that everybody is okay. You and your family have been in my prayers.

Carol

Yes it was very scary. I'm just very glad that everybody walked away from it not too badly hurt. Jeremiah's still a little shaken by it, Ethan's got a bruise on his leg from his seat beld from the car seat, but other than that the boys are good. I'm in a lot of pain, but I'm hanging in there.

How scary! I'm glad you and Ethan are all right! :hug: You are going through some hard times right now! Hopefully your trip will give you the break you need and deserve!

I hope the trip gives us a break as well. There's a lot more to the story, but I will write that in just a minute along with some pics from the accident. Thanks.

Oh wow, I am so sorry about the accident, but glad you and ethan are okay :goodvibes

Hope you both are feeling better soon:)

Thanks, I really appreciate it. Thanks me too.

So, so sorry about the wreck. Those things just turn your already complicated life right upside down. Hope you get a quick resolution. We will continue to keep you in our prayers!

Denise

Yes they do and things have turned even more upside down about the wreck. I just hope that they get things figured out very quickly. It's awful. Thanks for the prayers. We greatly appreciate them.

I'm very sorry y'all were in that wreck. I hope they total your car too 'cause I know that would be a huge stressor off your back in more than one way. As always I am praying for y'all. :hug: :hug: :hug:

I hope they total it too, I don't want it anymore knowing that the airbags didn't deploy. That's what's really got me freaked out. They said they should've came out beacuse it was a front end collision. Hopefully they get it all worked out quickly. I'm not really a patient type anymore.

Oh no! I'm so glad y'all are okay!:hug:

Thanks me too.

sorry to hear about your wreck. glad y'all are o.k. though. hope the soreness heals soon

becca

Thanks me too.

Hope you are feeling okay this morning.

I am feeling a little bit better, but not much. I've got to go back to the ER tomorrow. My knee is swollen. So hopefully they can get that figured out as well.
 
Well I heard from our insurance company this morning. Come to find out we don't have rental on our insurance so our insurance company isn't giving us a rental car. Well, then I talked to the 18 (yes she is 18) year old that ran the red light, I talked to her insurance company and the lady was very nice (no I wasn't rude), and she told me that she was going to take my statement and the insured's statement and she'd have me in a rental car by this afternoon. Well 3:00 rolls around and she calls back and was like, we are at fault for the accident she fully admits to running the red light, BUT, I can't put you in a rental car until I speak with the others that were involved because we've only got $25,000 to work with, and they're claiming that 4 vehicles were involved, which everybody that was there only saw 3. I think it's ridiculous. The rest of us shouldn't have to suffer. If the party that ran the red light wants their car fixed they shouldn't take away from us, they should have to pay for that out of their own pocket. So now I'm waiting to get the accident report and waiting for the insurance people to get the estimates done on our car, so I can get the body shop to do their own estimate. We looked at the car and took pics of it Sunday, and there's more internal damage than outside damage. So we're thinking that they're going to total our car. I really hope they do, just for the fact that the air bags didn't deploy, what happens if I'm in a more serious accident and I need those airbags and they still don't deploy. The wrecker guy said they should've deployed because it was a front end collision. Who really knows. I have pics of the car, but I'll get to those in just a minute. And we're also looking into a lawyer so if any of you know of a good one, please feel free to share that info with me I would greatly appreciate it. And just continue to pray for us, I have to go back to the ER tomorrow, my knee is swollen and it hurts pretty bad. Now on to the other matter at hand. More about the car accident. She was doing at least 50MPH while running the red light and when I hit her she flipped 3 times that I know of, and then I think Jason said she flipped 2 more times and then landed on her tires in someone's driveway. I'm very thankful to those people that pulled over on the side of the road and got out of their cars and stopped what they were doing to pray for us and the other people that were involved. I honestly think if it wasn't for those prayers said and God watching over us, then someone would've died yesterday or gotten seriously injured. I'm very thankful that we walked away from that accident. It was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!! When we went to Wal-Mart yesterday to get the kids their new car seats, we drove by the scene and I was like there's my plate that had the kids names on it, and my husband was like do you want it? I said no, and started to cry. I told him yesterday that I didn't want to EVER go that way again or EVER EVER see that red light again for a LONG time. I honestly didn't want to drive today either or tomorrow. I'm a little freaked out by all of this. I know I sound like a baby, but this was my FIRST accident in my own car and my poor kids were in the car with us. So, I'm a littled freaked.

As some of you know, there's a wedding coming up that we were supposed to go to, and yes we were supposed to drive up there. Well, because of this accident we more than likely won't be going because we don't have a CAR to get us up there. Well, my husband talked to the party that we're supposed to go stay with and they were like just get a rental car and don't spoil the fun. EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!! We were just in an accident and HELLO don't have a reliable car and can't AFFORD a rental car and don't have a credit card to get ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry but this really IRRITATED ME to no end. :mad: :mad: Well, I called the party and told them about what the insurance people said and they said the same thing to me, and I was like get over yourself, we can't AFFORD a rental car. I didn't ask for this 18 year old to run the red light. OOOOO I'm so MAD right now I could spit fire and nails. :mad: :mad: Anyway, enough with that.

Ethan is doing pretty good, he's got a bruise on the inside of his leg from his carseat seat belt. Jeremiah's still a little shaken up about it, but continues to tell everybody that we crashed. Jason's leg is pretty sore. Me, I'm very very sore. My back is still bothering me, my shoulder still hurts a little bit, and now my knee. Driving makes it worse, but I can't just sit around I have things to do I am a mother and my husband works. I think tomorrow I'm going to call a couple rental car compaines to see what they have to say about a rental car and if they bill 3rd party, and IF IF (keep your fingers crossed) they do that, then I will call my husband and let him know and hopefully get a rental car. I only want a rental car because my husband's car is broken, one of his cylinder's is misfiring and literally SUCKING all of our gas. He filled up yesterday and just the little driving we did today which wasn't far, we only had a quarter of a tank. I just don't want to run the risk of A. running out of gas with my kids in the car and B. the car breaking down with my kids in the car. I can't fix it, I can't afford it. It's just been an awful weekend, and I don't see it getting any better. Hopefully it will get better. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day than today.

I'm waiting on the pics to download to photobucket so I can show you our car. Well, I'll post them tomorrow they're taking forever. Have a good night everybody. Thanks again for all the thoughts and prayers I really appreciate them. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
 
I am so sorry all this has happened. I will pray for you and the families of all involved.

I completely get what you are saying about not wanting to go that way or see that area again, I am the same way and avoid where my son and husband were hit a year ago. It was horrific and I still get sick thinking about it, all because someone was too busy talking on their cell phone! HANG UP THE PHONE! Sorry, I really had to say that!
 












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