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Apr. 12th, 2008 @ 05:12 pm My dear friend was murdered last night. :((((
Current Mood: crushed




Greg (one of my best friends husband) was murdered last night in East Charlotte at the shop he owned and ran. Greg's Automotive on Albermarle Road.

As of right now all they know is a car drove up, three shots rang out and he was dead.


Here is the news exert:


Auto repair shop owner shot and killed 11:54 AM

11:53 AM EDT on Saturday, April 12, 2008

By WCNC Staff
E-mail Us: 6NEWS@WCNC.com

A Charlotte business owner is gunned down and killed, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are looking for the shooter. Witnesses tell police, a car pulled up to an auto repair shop, shots were fired from the car, and then the car sped off. Officers say 35-year-old Gregorio Hernandez was found dead when they arrived on the scene. Hernandez was the owner of "Greg"s Automotive" on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte.

Officers from the Hickory Grove division received the call that someone was shot shortly after 8 p.m. Friday.

Donny Griffin, a friend of the victim, arrived at the scene just after the shooting. Griffin says, "he was a good person, he could give his shirt off his back. He would help, he would give the last dollar in his pocket."

Police have no suspects or a motive in the case. They're asking for anyone with information about this shooting to call crimestoppers at 704-334-1600. And just a reminder you can leave your tips anonymously.

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This is a long shot but if ANYONE knows ANYTHING please call!


Marla and all their four children (2 of which are merely 18 months old.. their twins) were on spring break in Disney World. Greg usually joined them after a few days or went before and came back a little early.. anyway unimportant what is.. was Greg was not like most people. He struggled his ass off in life to begin with he was so broke he barely had more than a single outfit, came to the US busted his ass and did EVERYTHING by the book. He never so much as broke the speed limit I kid you not! He worked hard and saved money so much one by one he brought his ENTIRE family here LEGALLY boarded them, fed them, got them jobs and places of their own. He helped numerous families through donation, just being there, and through hard work. He literally would give you the shirt off his back if it meant it would really help.

I'm totally distraught. I do not understand why good people are taken from us while others who do not deserve to breathe still do.

He is leaving behind a beautiful family but I can say for him. He loved Marla like she was the queen that she is. So much love, he was her rock when she needed it. In the past five years she has lost her brother to suicide, her daughter at 1 day old to a horrible disease (trisomy 18) and now her husband to a horrid murder.

This is when I agree and believe life just is not fair. Not a bit.

A time in my life when I was having treatment for cancer this man stood up and helped my family by giving the boys things to do that got them away from "the illness". We were the only of their friends there for every holiday dinner , outing, special occasion. We were not just friends but one of the family . He knew just how to lift your spirits and make you smile.. or build your confidence up so you got off your ass and DID.

I'm completely in shock and perplexed at the fact anyone would want to harm such a man. A MAN not a boy like many 35 year olds still walking around this earth.

I wish I had more answers. I wish this didnt hurt so much. I wish Marla strength to go on for their children.

Today is a really sad day.

So much for the amazing time we had last night at BTBAM , that memory will forever be walking in the door to "Gregs was shot up, its all over the news, I hope it wasn't Greg" to... "It was Greg, Marla is flying in from Disney"..

I'm so sad.

R.I.P. Gregorio Hernandez you were an amazing man and I wish time didnt get in the way and I came out to say hi more often. Another lesson of "don't wait until it's too late" I'm sorry.




I love you and as you did for me I'll watch over your family and try to make Marla smile 1/16th as much as you did when you were with us.

Soar.
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Apr. 8th, 2008 @ 08:34 pm Boo to business.
Current Mood: let down

SO much for only one job helping. It just means he's gone all that time with ONE job now. 7am-10pm coming home sore, irritated, and trying to be in a good mood is not a good combo. With the kids on spring break and not always here I was hoping to get some more one on one time before treatment started.

Night two in a row I'm about to start snacking on a great home made meal.. and he'll eat a cold dish or half heated and try to apologize for being late.

:(
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Apr. 2nd, 2008 @ 02:54 pm Ghost like
Current Mood: gloomy

Today I want to disappear. Not forever, not for even a great length of time. A small step , a peep, a whisper.. a fly on the wall for a bit. I want to escape this impending doom. Tired of getting ask "Why do you look so glum".. can I say my heart is hurting and have you understand? All the scars that are supposed to be healed have been cracking lately. All the past put to the past now is haunting me in my sleep. Sleep something I didn't have before when I fell ill with treatment and now I can't stay awake. Let me fade to a white mist for a single night so I don't have to have the glare of "awe youre sick i'll make you better" from the person I have come to love more than I thought could be possible. I want to take back letting him know what is about to happen and just smile and talk and cuddle and kiss.. and concert hop. I want to hold my children and not think how soon I wont be able to lift them for X amount of time.

I want all of this in my head to stop. All the tears to stop welling.

Silence for a whole day
Holding for half
and the other a smile a smile so big it hurts my face.

I

Am

falling.
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Mar. 31st, 2008 @ 02:02 am (no subject)
Current Mood: determined

So much has gone on since I've updated. I'm sorry for the lack of updates, that is just shitty as I know I love active journals but sometimes.. just sometimes you can't help it.

St Pattys day was so much fun. Took the family downtown to the parade and took lots of photos.





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Jackson started to roll over and is such a darn joy.

Joe and I had a falling out one night but of course that was settled the next day. Child Support was trying to make me take him for Child Support though he already pays for everything. I refused to file. That is there for problems between couples or if you aren't together or if the dad is a loser plain and simple.. NOT for someone active and in love with his child. I have it with my old er sons as their dad is a deadbeat loser who rarely pays anything and has not seen his one son but two times in his WHOLE life. The eldest has only seen him twice since he was like three. He's twelve this week..... ANYWAY that was a whole stressor and now that is settled.

Now on to the indifferent news. Joes main job (not his business) laid him off this past week. His last day is Tuesday and while this breaks open his time to be full time at his own business and get that fully off the ground... it leaves us on edge. He makes really good money with his other job he was just laid off at.. We have a mass amount of bills, I mean rent alone is a 1000 not to mention car payments. FIVE kids... life.. and me. Boils down to I have to put my opening my studio on hold yet again. My health is bad again. I feel defeated but not all the way. I still have my camera and a hell of an opinion and vigor for life like no other. But I feel defeated.

Most don't know as this journal is pretty new I'm a cancer survivor not once, but twice. I lost an ovary in the battle and wear the scars. I also have a rare tumor in my leg/foot you could not know looking at me until I'm on my feet a while and then my foot will swell like i've broken/sprained it. Noticed my pants are not fitting right and my back was killing me but just out of the blue constantly. Upon investigation I have a large bump on my lower back. Took my son to get his shots went to stand to get him out of the stroller my back popped or something my legs tingled then went numb and I fell. HARD on my knees. Scary stuff. Scary stuff.

I'm scheduled to see the leading doctor in the United States on AVM's/Internal Hemangeomas again, by some miracle he resides here in NC. They believe the tumor has wrapped around my lower spine. It's inoperable in my leg... but my back they can't leave it. This doc has tried for the past 10 long damn years to cut my leg off. I dont' want him to win. It's affecting my heart slightly but I'm about to go back through all those painful things with five kids. Before I had just had brandon he is now 9 years old! I would do radiation every few years and the downtime I'd be OK this last downtime I had chemo for what we thought was unrelated things.

Scary scary. Ugh. That is why I have been scarce I"m sort of tired of talking about illness and have been so happy to have my son and family and new life. One with minimal pain. The pain is about to start again with the pain pills and muscle relaxers and me being a zombie. I feel so freaking defeated....

They have told me having Jackson did this. The hormones when released (estrogen) in a huge amount after delivery activate the AVM/hemangeoma growth and here we are.

I'm so sad, but my man has told me we'd get through this together and we'd be just fine.

I'm so scared. There is absolutely no answer other then getting 100% better and QUICK.

:( no fn pity party here though. That is what got me through chemo. I refused to have people feel sorry for me. I went to concerts, I delved into my art, I wrote, I cuddled with all my friends whlie watching movies and they let me cry. I only had three I'd even let see me while I was sick. I cocooned to get better and came back out of that a beautiful butterfly.

I'm starting to spin the silk, slowly. I'll be updating frequently as I'll be attached to this to socialize in anyway with any of my friends. HEre comes the pain

I'm ready and it better watch out, it's up for quite a battle.

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Mar. 11th, 2008 @ 01:46 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: cheerful

From last night @ Groundzero in Spartanburg SC.. ugh what a shitty venue!

It was completely nice to get a text from Joe for me to be ready we were going to actually get some time together.. granted it was almost work related and a long drive but whatever. We talked.. so much that we barely realized the drive was so long. We stuffed our faces and laughed. We danced to music... we saw old friends... it was so nice to do this. So much I barely even took that many photos and just enjoyed the night.


Joe and Shannon of The Black Dahlia Murder


Me with Shannon of The Black Dahlia Murder.


This is a hoot. We had no idea emotron was on the bill. Seriously I was walking around and kept saying holy crap that is kyle (dude that is emotron) and I kept thinking he lives in Ga wtf would he be doing here.. he wasn't listed. I tried to text our mutual friend to then text him (he got a new number) and instead he sort of walked up to me and just started talking and I went "KYLE!???!?" he hopped on me, it was great. I missed many of his shows due to being a new mom. but woot.. still didn't get to stay for his set but got to catch up. I love me some Kyle!!!


BDM was sick! Crowd pretty much blew and only a few hardcore dancers. Didn't take many shots it was at groundzero and their lighting, sound, and pretty much eveyrthing about that club sucks but it was still nice to get out with the man and catch some good tunes.

We missed Animosity and pretty much every other band. Drove two hours for BDMs set and then headed on back to the abode. Good stuff though.

Tonight is TTEOTD I might hit it up but new vocalist and not a lot of time.. doubtful.

and of course a post coital shot :P




<3
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Mar. 6th, 2008 @ 03:09 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: weird

Last night was dreary and today was odd. I don't like having strange people in my house fixing things. You know the nightmare stories fake handy mans rape and kill. Not a clue why I relate that in my mind. Jackson was OK around him, shocking he's at that phase of being afraid of strangers. It was odd the man walked in said hi .. started to whistle and whistled the entire 2.5 hours he was here. 2.5 hours people! Wouldn't your lips be numb by then. Call me crazy [we know I am a bit ;)] but the whole time I kept thinking I'm going to be an A&E story, the whistling killer stikes again! Told you I'm crazy :P

Pretty bummed Joe and I had a big show last night to do and we couldn't make it. Work work and no play.. though the show would have been work. It was All That Remains, Chimaira, Light This City. Joe has known that Chi guys for a long time and ATR used to be on his top list of good shows to see. I believe he's going to do some cases for them and has already done cases for Light This City. I was more concerned with adding them again to my arsenal of live photography. Instead we are pretty dead set on our upcoming schedule and the big dogs I'm anxiously awaiting to add to my portfolio is The Black Dalia Murder. They have been on the road with my good friend The Red Chord and I've been told are hella nice guys. Should be interesting. Also, really cannot wait for BTBAM (between the buried and me) their album colors is seriously one of the only albums I listen to at that moment. Joe has done cases for them before and is going to be working on some more in the next few weeks. Getting guestlist for them is like pulling teeth but this time I'm getting a photopass too, I am STOKED they like really obscure photography so I know I can be myself and not have to get the stupid "typical" live shot like some bands must have... w00t!! I have a varied schedule of events to cover in the coming months.

( the list )

Should be fun!

Now on to some boring photos of course.

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until next time....
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Mar. 5th, 2008 @ 08:26 pm Hanging on.
Being Supportive is very hard sometime. I miss him terribly we have barely seen each other for more than five minutes it seems in weeks. Granted we did one night we went out to dinner with friends. I'm so worn out from all the kids and trying to get stuff done. Financials on the business plan have become bothersome and some not breaking even while others are flourishing. I feel boring and spastic and random. I'm free flowing in my writing and I can say every neuron must be firing because i have 80000 ideas all different coming to the forefront all at once. Maybe it's a panic attack maybe it's anxiety.. isn't that the same thing?

i;m too busy to think sometimes, right now.. the landlord will be here at 10am to fix a lot of things that have seemed to just go "poof" this week .. *rolls eyes* my god!!

sorry I've been sparce.. i'll keep up better as I can <3
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Feb. 16th, 2008 @ 08:02 pm Sometimes he is too great :)
Current Mood: sick

So.. I have about the best boyfriend on the planet..

For Valentine's day he gave me a dozen roses, a thing of chocolates AND said tomorrow we'll pick up your other gift. Work was hectic he had just worked 48 hours straight minus coming home to take a shower and kiss me goodbye...

Today he bought me a brand new cell phone. Oh how I love him!

He got me this


and got himself a voyager. I didn't need a voyager as mine is going to be ALL for business just what paperwork needs to be done with him but I'll be near a computer unlike him in the shop.

We geeked it out and curled up in bed as I just felt ghastly for some reason I'm hot , dizzy, stomach ache etc. guess it's girly time again but this is bad I feel slightly like I have the flu. He took today off to have date day. Back on thought, we geeked it out laid Jackson down for a nap laid in bed together and played with our new phones.. and eventually fell asleep in one anothers arms.

I love that man so much sometimes it hurts.

<3

Great great vday :)
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Feb. 11th, 2008 @ 07:25 pm Holy crap...
Current Mood: frustrated

I swear to god I'm going to explode... after I cry and scream a little of course.....

Hate this damn business plan even with this new software I want to rip my hair out. This is so stressful and the kids just won't give me a moment to focus.

*pops*

.. and yeah that is me screaming in my icon :P
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Feb. 11th, 2008 @ 11:37 am Hah.
Current Mood: loved

"I suffer from M.A.D.D. - Mommy Attention Deficit Disorder."
While cruising craigslist I found this quote on a site. Good stuff, I think it's my new motto. Well, I almost feel elated , relieved, and defeated all in one. Finally and I mean FINALLY after a month of research and work on his business plan we've decided to do what every stupid American does... we're buying the software to help us do a business plan. Has a lot of capped answers but also it will just help speed up the process. Only having a few hours here or there to work on it, just was getting us no where. We are going to Virginia right after V-day and he's meeting with this big dog to see if the guy would want him to work out of his shop , sort of like a secret backer just to have it be all Joe's but also have some security in the beginning years. Granted the beginning years already established were almost a colossal waste of time, though he did attain several great contacts and vendors.. still that guy John really fucked him over. Sad, he was like a mentor to Joe.

Valentine's Day is upon us and I'm pretty stoked. Went and bought Joe exactly what he has been asking for even before Christmas. Least one of the presents. I have a few little corny ones to get still. I always have to have stuff equal up to the number 16. It's our thing. A long long long time ago when we were dating the first time ;) we were lying in bed and something happened I sort of pouted and he asked me why.. I wanted a kiss, not a peck before bed but a KISS. He kissed me so sweetly, it was raining, it was just one of those hugely romantic moments us gals dream of. A lot more led up to that kiss as well, we'd been having problems.. drama mongers or shall we say (stupid bitches!!)..*cough* gals.. So he kissed me and when done he said 16.. "What?" 16 seconds. I said, yeah 16 seconds for life. We went to sleep. After that it sort of became a joke I punked him out on timing our kiss and then it escalated from there. Now 16 is our way of saying "I love you". In a cute playful way. I love it. For Xmas or his birthday I will get him 16 presents. If not 16 presents I'll make sure it adds up to 16 as in 10 candles in the box then six other little things. If I dont do 16 that way I find something that has to do with numbers on it and find a way to do it that way. Fun stuff.

I'm planning on some heart shaped candles and some candlelight romance. He on the other hand is going to be going nuts as Vday is his deadline for a huge shipment of cases I think he's only half way done. I don't think I'll be seeing him again tonight BUT the good thing is yesterday he made a point to take -off- he only did emails from home and we spent a nice day together doing the business plan, figuring it time to get the software and watching some tv while curling up on the couch. Even our sex life came back onto the forefront with a bang! Seriously being drained from work and five kids can hurt some peoples sex life I'm sure, guess we are lucky it doesn't affect ours TOO much :) Not always but 90% of the time we're great.

Sometimes I'm so happy I could probably explode from the scream inside my lungs and heart trying to get out.. but sometimes, just sometimes it's unheard because the other gal in me is laying silent trying to enjoy this ride and not make too many noises and get caught and fall right off.

They say the best and right way to intimacy is to let go of fear. I have fear of letting go of fear but I do it in small ways. While my path has been hard to finally be in love, real love,the kind you know you are going to grow old with someone love.. I'd not have it change a bit.

I love my wookie and he loves me. Things are good.
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Feb. 8th, 2008 @ 04:57 pm Awesome news!
Current Mood: ecstatic

Well all the worrying has been put to rest. Jackson (our three and a half month old) is perfect. Sure, no one is perfect but in medical ranks he is. We had his eyes specially tested a bit ago he wasn't following objects when passed in his face and he was not really responding to loud noises or hell any noises for that fact. Well today was the last of all the tests, his hearing and not just hearing but they did his brain-stem as well, he passed with great scores. Perfect in fact, his hearing is great.. his brain is functioning properly, and his eyes and eye nerves are perfect. We could not be happier!!! Lord, that has made my day.

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I can't help but smile when I look at him. Took this shot a few hours ago before we left for the docs.

Yesterday was nice with the shopping but I'm not sure if I mentioned I got my hair cut.. pretty short but I love it. Spikes everywhere. Tonight we are off to eat some Chili's and then paint the town red when all the kids go to their respective places.. like grandmoms. A night to relax.. and do more of the business plan when we get home but I'm quite excited. I've missed Joe a lot with the working and now we can catch up a little and then do some work.
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Friend of a friends band is playing tonight in downtown Charlotte and we were invited for the show. Course we got guest listed so it's on the house and I'll take my camera and grab a few shots. Always fun to just mess around when not getting paid for shots, I tend to be MORE creative because if I want to give it to them I will.. and if not no big thing.. no money or stress nor time restraints are on it...

See if we can fit that in for an hour or two!..then do more work on the business plan.

Hope you all have a great weekend!
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Feb. 7th, 2008 @ 05:37 pm new shoes, blues.
Current Mood: okay

Finally a day to just .. SHOP. Not something that happens a lot around here lately. All money is tied up in bills/kids/the business. We never have a moment to breathe or what have you. My mom has been in a bad way lately. She had a stroke last year and could not work since, yesterday she received her FIRST social security check. A full year of us supporting her. She had no savings. To the point I gave her my house, long story it's not the best and would take too much to repair, she has a chance of the VA helping her repair it and we're investing in buying a new house very soon. She also has my one car as she can never afford to buy one again herself. So in doing all that.. I've been sort of "stuck". With her check she got a pretty OK lump sum and wanted to take me out to a nice lunch and get me something.

Well I really feel good about these ( Brand new kicks )

I've been eying that style for a bit but I've never been able to justify spending $60 on shoes right now with all the kids and a new baby. Maybe I am just *gasp* CHEAP. I have a lot of shoes but most of them are just "finds/sales". Rarely do I buy flat out. They are like running shoes but dressy enough to wear with other stuff to, and durable and best yet they fit my feet. I have a horrible time with shoes as I have a tumor in one of my feet. It goes on blood flow and anything snug on it KILLS. You would never know looking at me but it really makes my shoe selection limited.. least now it does.

So YAY to new shoes. Joe is at work again tonight. He goes to work during the day for his job he's been at for a few years now .. and the shipment of the material came in this afternoon so he's doing a good 8 hours after work at the new shop to get on them. I miss him already, is that selfish? The past two nights he's got home at around 9pm.. and then sat down stuffed his face for like five minutes with whatever I made for dinner.. I get him an ice cream or something for desert and then until 12:30am he is doing quotes, returning emails, ordering materials and doing work. I sit in the room near this computer station watching tv and once in a while he'll say something to me. Otherwise.. not much. Now I KNOW this is for the greater good, and going to be for our benefit, ANDDDD not just that I am very supportive.. but sitting there I just want to run up and kiss him curl up in his arms, laugh, and be free of worry. Like the stress we are under, I want it to just go *poof*. Wishful thinking I know and I don't want anything to come of this in the negative way. Like bickering or complaining or any of that. We have done great so far on balancing our time but this is really going to test our relationship and just our patience. I'm sort of bummed... texted him "I miss you already" and he said the same.

*sigh*

Hope this pans out for him. I'm really routing for him. I might get a job at his place in a few weeks officially... and be the first official CC office manager. That might be something to help him do less work and have us have more time for one another. We'll see!

I'm going to go wash the new outfit I got today, finally. I've needed some new things I've lost a lot of weight since being pregnant (lost over 60 pounds while pregnant).. and get to making dinner.
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Feb. 2nd, 2008 @ 11:12 pm A walk in the clouds.
Current Mood: calm



Photos from today. We took the baby to the park and hung out, went shopping, hit up starbucks, picked up stuff to make a nice dinner. Talked over our week of concerts, ones I'm working, hoping to work .. and one attending just because our friend is coming in from out of town (Wilmington). I've been very complacent it's hard to really put my finger on it. We are so lucky, I am so happy but yet I'm spinning. It really is due to the fact we are possibly moving. Want to know yes or freaking no to the move... and great our garbage disposal just died. FTW! American Beauty is on, time to go watch a great movie.

Welcome to new friends!

More photos ( behind the cut )
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Feb. 1st, 2008 @ 10:39 pm I felt special for a whole moment
Current Mood: good

There are a few great concerts coming this way this week, thank goodness. We have sitters and it's go time. I can't wait to get into the photo pit again, feel that energy... have that fun and best yet... get paid for it!

Those new to my journal, I have my own style of grammar and punctuation I apologize ahead of time. You'd never think I was also a published journalist! Anyway, it was strange tonight I was at the grocery store getting the baby some formula and I got recognized from Myspace, not just that not even MY myspace.

Asked the cashier what show he had just hit, and he looked at me confused and kept saying how familiar I looked. He then was like "how did you know I was at a show". Sort of just led my eyes to his armband he was still sporting and he giggled. He told me the bands and I started to talk about some of the band members and he was kind of surprised I knew who they were. Look I'm in my late 20's I'm not 90 damnit! Then I started to talk about being a concert photographer and he loudly exclaimed THAT IS WHERE I KNOW YOU FROM.. OMG you know The Red Chord.. your .. your.. your name starts with a D right? Guy K. (lead singer of The Red Chord) has you in his photographs on his private page![can see it here if signed into myspace. It's labeled Looking homeless as hell with Ms Dianna, photograph afficionado.] I giggled a whole lot and said, why yes.. yes he does. They are good friends of mine and the guys. It was weird but cool to get noticed like that. I'm lucky everytime I walk into the venues here they know my name, ask me how the babies are, where the man is if not with me and the like. Big and small venues.. it feels great.

Deep down I wonder if I'll ever establish myself like this in Va . If it will happen and if we will move. Nerve wracking. I have a lot to talk on about that, but right now I'm going to curl up with the man and if I'm lucky.. I'll get.. well lucky ;0
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Jan. 31st, 2008 @ 11:20 pm (no subject)
Ever just want to strangle someone one second .. and the next want to just kiss their face so hard it leaves little marks?

I think this is what women call PMS.. but as I'm not blessed with that womanly stuff on a regular basis I'm sort of new to this, gah!
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Jan. 30th, 2008 @ 12:57 pm I love you.
Current Mood: loved

Apparently we're meant to have a biiggggg baby. He's weighing in at 16.61 pounds and is in the 95% range.. meaning only 5% of all other babies weight more than him at this age. I find that really outstanding. I see so many FAT and I mean FAT babies, can barely fit into the car seats kind of babies floating around here so it was strange for me to hear. He does eat a whole hell of a lot and already is on rice cereal ,3 tsp so that equals 1tbs in each 8 oz of formula, twice a day. Big baby but he is happy and that makes us all happy.

Last night Joe sent me a text that was so sweet and while not shocking to most to hear "i love you" it makes me just float around the house, seriously.

Today is going to be a lot of cleaning, tonight is family night where we all get together including my mom and such and make a big meal. Catch up on the week, talk and play games with the kids after dinner granted they are not grounded from pulling a clip or something in school that day. I love these nights, but the bad part is I have to cook it this week. Cooking for SO many people at once is expensive and time consuming, but I do love to cook. Thinking of making peanut butter cookies for the snack. We'll see :)

On a sour note my best friend Jenn's guy was in a major car accident the other night. Broke his jaw, all his ribs, they had to do surgery to remove his spleen.. and three surgeries since to stop major internal bleeding. He was a code blue this morning and while they did finally revive him his bp is thready and the outcome looks bleak. He is the first guy I've really seen her like in the right way, take it slow with, and he seems like a genuine guy. They live very far away from one another so it's really rough. Hope he pulls through. Today is the anniversary of her brother dying so it's already a bittersweet deay.
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Jan. 30th, 2008 @ 02:07 am Photography- Painting.
Current Mood: honored
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An artist decided to do a rendering of a photograph I've sort of become known for .. of one Mr. Brandon Boyd.

Here it is: cool, huh? I really love it :)

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Jan. 28th, 2008 @ 07:21 pm (no subject)
In the process of writing two business plans. They are long and tedious and it's months and months of research. Anyone else ever put one together? How about.. TWO at the same time? Joe is taking over his business himself after being screwed by his backer. It's scary out on his own with a big family like we have but it's productive.. scary sure but I'm SO incredibly proud of him. I've got around to getting my last semester of college set up (in the works) and with that I have been talking with a friend on going halfers on the rent of a studio in Dilworth (uppity art place in NC.. second to NODA).. it will be relatively cheap and we agreed to use each others equipment and I'll be able to get a possible business loan for more... that is in the works but will be quite some time before we do all that.

Depending we are going to Va first week in Feb to see if we are going to move there. It's a possibility the business will flourish better there and with bills being cheaper in that area it would make sense. It's in a place that is like in a time warp. It's truly country in all forms and just a whole different way of living. I liked it when I got to visit a few months back. Not sure about the transition though. It's a half hour to drive into the heart of the city there.. it's about 2 hours before you hit civilization :P I'd have many beautiful country scapes to shoot but lord.. five kids back in the boonies bored and out of our minds. LOL we'll see.

It's a lot on our plate but going well. Jackson is HUGE he just turned 3 months old and doesn't fit into any of his clothes anymore. he is already in 9 month clothing. He's starting to teeth it seems with him grabbing his mouth and the amount of drool and this week he started getting rice cereal in his bottle to help him stop eating every hour.

Joe and I have been doing well and making and effort to have date nights and spend some time together (scheduled) as trying to get a business up and running that was already very large to begin with is even more of a headache. Eventually it won't be so time constrained and we'll have some time to breathe. Lets hope!

Pics?

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Jackson

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the boys
jackson is on the right with big brother brandon on the left,

jacks first look at snow!
it was jacks first look at snow

:p

One of my fave views <3
My boys.

My sillies on NYE with their friend Aiden
funnybunch


xmas town usa with my honey :)

All the kids (minus the baby)



yep. that is my update.

now what is with this download and back up bs? :/
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Nov. 28th, 2007 @ 05:31 pm ??
why does it keep saying i have 20 new replies.. then 40 then 10 and I have like.. 1? is this an ongoing issue? i'm so out of the loop!
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Nov. 25th, 2007 @ 09:20 pm Lots of photos. Trip to va, bday, holidays etc.
Last weekend was a sad and different weekend. Went to Virginia and met all of Joe's family. They were really nice and friendly, wish we could had them finally meet Jackson on a different note. Joe's dad passed away and with that all his family were finally in one place for the first time in twenty years. He's one of 8!



( a lot more photos and rest of story. :)  )
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