Well, I did it. I told Mom that she had to move her stuff out of the other trailer. I felt bad about it, I mean we did tell her she could stay there as long as she needed to. It just sucks that she already moved all her stuff in. I mean, the whole place is decorated and everything, even though there wasn't any water, electricity, septic, etc. And now she's told me she doesn't know if she'll be able to get her stuff packed before they leave for Michigan (on July 2nd). So, joy of joys, I'll most likely be the lucky gal that gets to pack up all her stuff and store it in the shed, then pack up and move my own stuff. We can't wait until she gets back at the end of July to start moving. No way. The kids start school August 6, and we want to be over there and as settled as possible before then.

There were no hard feelings, though, which is good. Well, I shouldn't say that, she may be pissed as hell at me but she hasn't said so. Ha! Seriously, I didn't bring up any of her actions or anything, I just told her that because of the financial situation and the shop potentially closing and all that, we needed to move over there and we needed to do it soon. She said she understood, we have to think about what is best for our family and not really worry about her. I still have that damn guilt complex that makes me feel bad about it. I try to talk myself out of it though. :)

I'll scan in the floorplans and all as soon as I get around to it. They're nothing professional, just a little piece I did on graph paper, just for reference. We're really lucky that Darrell knows how to do all this building stuff, we could never afford to hire all this stuff out.

We took the kids and went fishing last night up at Danny's pond. I took a book so I could read, but instead I spent the entire time keeping Shelby from falling in the water. She kept throwing all the rocks she could find in the water, which we all know is not good for catching fish. Heh. Mackenzie caught a bunch though, probably a good 7 or 8. They were all small brim, and some of them were no bigger than the ones in Darrell's fish tank. Heh. She had a good time though. She and Hunter learned how to bait their own hooks and cast out the line themselves. We've always done that for them before. The only thing they wouldn't do is actually take the fish off the hook. Heh.

After we got home, we watched 50 First Dates. It was really good. I figured it would be, I like both Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. And Rob Schneider was hilarious in it.

Wow, I just realized that the 4th of July is next weekend. I don't know what we're going to do. Last year, Mom was just starting to date Richard and they came down and we grilled out. Amy came down too, and that's the night she went home and got all sad cause she was all alone and called Danny. I've seen her once since then. Wow. I don't want to buy any fireworks, they're just a waste of money really. I don't know of any displays around here, there aren't any that I know of. They never put on anything like that. I wish the city would do a display up at the park or something. The kids love to watch fireworks. We'll think of something to do I guess.

I realized today that the kids have 6 weeks until they go back to school. Half of their summer break has already went by! They have the whole month of July, the rest of this month and the first week in August. Crazy. I went through clothes yesterday and dug out several pairs of shorts, two pants and some capris that Mackenzie can finally wear. They were given to me a long time ago, they're all 7s and 8s. So that sets her up for the warm part of the school year anyway, at least in pants. She needs some shirts, new underwear and socks, and new shoes. I saw some really cute shirts at Wal-Mart last night that will be perfect for school. They are just plain short sleeve shirts, some are solid colors, some are stripes, and some have writing on the front. They are all $5 each. I'm going to get her several of those, and then a few others of some other type. I'm gonna go this weekend or next and go ahead and put them some clothes on layaway. Hunter has three pairs of shorts that are nice looking, the rest are definitely not school clothes. So he needs a few more pair of shorts, shirts, socks, underwear, and shoes. And he has no pants for the winter. He's grown so much over the past year, we no longer have a stockpile of stuff to reuse the next season. He's like a baby, he outgrows each size in one season that I can't reuse his clothes. And what he could possibly wear the next year, he ruins - either by getting holes all in it or staining it beyond repair. He's definitely rough on clothes.