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You had to know a complaint/vent was coming…

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The baptism was beautiful and wonderful and everything that I expected, but I can’t hold this in anymore.

My inlaws and my brother were the rudest ever! Gino’s parents held it together through the baptism, and honestly I think my MIL felt the spirit, because it was hard not to. We had such an amazing turn out of supporter that they had to hold the talks before the baptism in the chapel…. I was told that never happens. My brother laughed through the baptism. I have no respect for that boy. He made me so mad.

I had a talk with Gino parents who seemed so concerned and full of questions before they came here that it would be really cool of them to stay the entire 3 hours of church so they could get some answers AND so they could support their son. This was going to be Gino’s 1st real time (we don’t count the first time he went to church) of staying all day, for all the classes. If anything it was mainly for Gino. It would be nice to have his father there for him, supporting him, even if he didn’t agree with our religion. I’m not asking the man to get dunked right there. I was just asking him to be a dad for once.

So, first off, they showed up 30 minutes late to church, with my son. They missed the confirmation, and walked in during the passing of the sacrament…. I cringed. The Sacrament meeting was amazing. My friend who sang at Gino’s baptism got up and sang His Hands in front of the church. The church choir got up to sing and the talks had me bawling in the mother’s room. This girl gave a talk that gave me chills. She just talked about life experiences of her’s and how the Holy Spirit has touched her life. One thing she said was how you don’t have to be LDS to know the phrase Listen to your heart. That’s the Holy Spirit. Listening to your heart is listening to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. She talked of how she had a miscarriage and how the comforting of the Holy Spirit got her through that time, and strengthened her marriage in a completely different way…. much like my situation with Mya.

So, nothing was said during Sacrament that would have people running for the hills. Yet, when it was over Gino’s dad rudely wanted nothing more to do with it. Yet, they can call and run their mouth with a bunch of questions. I could feel the contention in them and it made the trip difficult. After church Gino’s dad wouldn’t even look me in the eyes. I just found his actions so selfish and sad. The people in my ward tried so hard with my in-laws. I couldn’t be more thankful for them. Everyone was so nice and accepting.

Gino and I were walking to Gospel Principles and he said, “Amanda, this is why we didn’t invite them to this in the first place. I knew they would act like this, and all that matters is that we’re here doing what we’re supposed to be doing.”

I know that not everyone on this earth believes in the Mormon church. I’m not asking for everyone to believe in it, and I especially wasn’t asking my in-laws to believe in it. But what harm is there in giving it a chance? What harm is there in listening to a couple of hours of words of God that can actually inspire you? Why are you so quick to judge something you know nothing about? When you don’t even go to church, don’t pick up a bible…. you think your way is so much better than ours? So much that when you are offered a FREE Book of Mormon by your own daughter in law just so you could possibly learn what your son is doing with his life (since you seemed so concerned and full of questions just a week ago) you say NO. Your so quick to hate, and that makes me so sad for you.

I tried to keep these feelings to myself. It’s hard though. I needed to talk about it. I have no idea if they read my blog, and if they do then maybe they were meant to read how I felt about how they acted.

Next Sunday is the Primary Program. The primary will take over Sacrament and sing songs and give talks. Jayden will even get up to say something. I can’t wait. Sadly, Gino got scheduled to work and will be missing it 🙁 They better get his work situation fixed soon!

We Figured It Out

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All because of one of Ella’s medical bills. I swear OHSU creates a million different accounts and one of them was mailed to our old address. Therefore, it never got paid. Then it got turned over to Oregon Department of Revenue and we got a letter from them regarding the hospital bill. Norm offered to pay Ella’s medical bills, as that’s why there’s a trust. The trust is for college, a down payment on a home or medical bills. Per Norm, I wrote all of Ella’s medical bills out of his checking account, which I am an authorized signer for.

Norm’s bank has nothing better to do than watch his accounts. They saw a check to Department of Oregon Revenue and called in the authorities. They lady who’s investigating me told my grandma on the phone today that I wrote Oregon taxes out of his account. Guess what State of Oregon, I have backup that it wasn’t for fricking taxes. It was for a medical bill! I can’t wait to throw it in their stupid faces.

UGH.

I think I should sue his bank for harassment. I’m happy that Norm will be taking his stuff out of that bank, however, this just shows me that crap that comes along with Norm. I’ll still be there for him and I’ll do his accounts receivable, but I don’t think I want to have to worry about every thing I do. I’m going to have to turn the bills over to Norm and hope that my Grandma can help him with them.

Blah!

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I’m a little less irritated today, but still pretty pissed. I didn’t go to church this morning, and not because of all this drama going on, but because it’s just too hard without Gino. He has to work today. I’m supposed to go on a picnic with some friends from church, so I’ll probably still do that…… just to get out of this house and get all of this crap off my mind.

It’s hurtful that I would be accused of something so shallow when I love Norm and have ALWAYS looked for his best interest. I’m the one that’s told him I don’t want a penny from his will. The only thing I’ve ever wanted is for an education, which has been promised to me since I was a little girl. I don’t want anything other than that…. and I’ve made sure that he and everyone else knows that. I don’t care about his money. I have him here so that he can be around the wonderful medical that Medford has to offer, and a beautiful place with low elevation so he can breathe. The funny thing is he’s not captured here, he’s only waiting for a major surgery, then he’s going home. Home to a place where not one soul will take care of him. He’ll end up in a care center and it will be a sad, sad thing. Here at least he’s in a beautiful retirement community, I take him out to eat, my Grandma takes him to her home to watch movies. There’s so much we do with and for him. Yet, we’re accused of wrong doing from people who don’t even care about him?!?!!? Money does disgusting things to people. Beyond my comprehension.

Talk about DRAMA!

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Boy, I can’t catch a break lately. My Grandma called me today to tell me that I am being investigated by the State of Oregon for elderly whatever. You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!! There’s a lot of greedy, money hungry assholes in this world, and unfortunately Norm (my Grandpa that I do books for) is surrounded by them. She is just as pissed off as me right now

A social worker showed up to his room and told him that it’s a secret and he has to keep it, because they’re going to come to my house and seize all of his books. He gets reports of EVERYTHING I do. He is not in any way in the dark, but unfortunately, his executor (who we will be getting rid of) likes to play games because we took his name off of the signature card at the bank. Norm told that social worker absolutely not, that is my family who takes care of me and everything that she does I have approved.

I’m so mad. Why in the hell do I have to be the one to be picked on, when I’m the one that’s here with the man taking care of him. I feel bad because my Grandma has been the one that has been attacked and accused, when she’s always only cared and taken care of him. Now it’s me. What’s sad is that it’s like his current executor is trying to make Norm have no say ~ why so he can just take over things and have a field day with his money????

Okay, so I know this was so personal and all that, but I’m pissed and I needed to write about it. This makes me just want to hand over all of his books right over to the vultures, but it’s not in his best interest. I guess I just take a deep breath, suck it up and deal with it. I’m glad that they could at least see that he’s not in any way senile, or not with it. He knows what’s going on, and I know that’s upsetting to him for people to assume that he doesn’t.

You know what’s sad? His current executor is LDS ~ probably the most un-LDS person in this world…. he’s a disgrace to my religion.

The Joys of Ashland

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Ashland is like it’s own little world. You have a little bit of everyone and everything there. They have the strangest laws you could think of and one thing that blows me away is girls can be topless. I always heard about this, but never really thought it was true.

My cousins Ryli & Irie are here visiting and Gino made a comment that he hoped that the girls didn’t have to see anything too weird while we were in Ashland. We never really do, besides the occasional 4 year old w/dreads, or the 2 year old w/dreads in the making. Well, today blew me away. We were about to pull into our parking spot and this girl actually was riding on her bike TOPLESS! I about died. Ryli & Irie both saw it and we just sat there in complete shock. Gino missed out on it, because he was already in his parking spot and luckily he had Jayden in his car ~ that would’ve been a horrible thing if Jayden saw her, and I bet secretly Gino’s a little bummed he missed out on it. LOL

White Noise

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When the first White Noise movie came out I watched it with my brother. We were scared to death! That is one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen. The idea of the whole thing scares me. I don’t like thinking that spirits can try to communicate with us through air ways, while it’s kinda neat, it’s scary.

Yesterday I was on the phone w/Dell for HOURS and while I was in my room I heard some talking. It sounded like people talking on a walkie talkie. At first I thought ~ is there cops or something in my house? So I walk out of my room and hear that it’s coming from Jayden’s room. I walk in and it stops. I looked around and couldn’t find anything that this noise could come from.

Last night I get in bed and I’m laying there when all of a sudden I hear it again. My heart dropped and I said, “Gino, it’s happening!” I had told him about it earlier. He gets up and goes into Jayden’s room to find that it’s coming through his TV. He said it sounded like Spanish and he turned off his TV.

First off, I didn’t know Jayden’s TV was even on. It was just a black screen, so that makes no sense to me. Secondly, that scared the CRAP OUT OF ME! Gino got back in bed and said, “Amanda, don’t even think about it. It’s not what you think.”

Hmmm…. it’s not? How does he know. He came up with the conclusion that Jayden just has this amazing TV (thanks, Disney!) that can pick up conversations maybe on a CB radio. Then he decided that maybe it’s the Mexicans making their drug deals. Okay, so he watched Bank Job last night, and I’m thinking he got that idea from that movie. I’m still stuck on my original idea.

Is Gino’s Spanish speaking, Mexican ancestors trying to get through to him?? I’m a little scared here. I’m tempted to go upstairs and turn on the TV and see if anything happens, but I’m too chicken. White Noise scared me to death, I bet I’d actually die of a heart attack if that really happened to me.

Unhappy

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I’m not happy. Today I’m not happy AT ALL! I got my hair done yesterday and this is something that I’d been waiting to do for a while. Unfortunately it turned out NOTHING like I expected and have to decide whether I call the girl who did it and have her fix it, or do I go to another salon? I’m so upset over this.

I don’t let people do my hair ~ I have 1 girl, in Sac and she does a PERFECT job, and it’s really hard to let anybody else touch my hair. Every time I get my hair done else where it’s a disaster (Ksee if you’re reading this I loved the job you did). My hair looks yellow w/roots ~ Ewwww. I just want to cry.

Then, to top things off, I have SO much work to do and now my computer decides that it can’t communicate with my printer. WTF?!?!?!? I feel like jumping up and down and cussing and throwing things. This day is so stupid.

Just Rude!

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I think it’s only right that if you’re in someone’s home and they’re watching something that they watch everyday that you leave the TV alone. My whole morning was ruined and I’m going to rant about it right now.

I watch Regis & Kelly in the mornings and I absolutely love them. I then follow that by The View. It’s how my morning starts and I feel like my day is scattered if it isn’t started this way. Yes, I know, I’m odd.

Unfortunately, there are people in this world that think it’s okay to just turn the channel. Not only do they change the channel, but they change it to something that I DESPISE. Sportscenter. I love sports, but Gino overdid the whole Sportscenter thing, and it’s a rule that it isn’t allowed to be on in the mornings. So, this wonderful visitor at my house had the audacity to turn what I was watching to Sportscenter. I was furious. Fuming inside with hate, and hate is bad. Very bad. Yet, I took a deep breath and said, “I was watching that, and besides Sportscenter isn’t allowed on in the mornings in my home.” I was ignored.

I then went upstairs and started working – and I watched Kelly & Regis & The View in my room/office.

I think it was rude. I’m not happy about it. Okay, I feel better now that it’s aired on my blog for the whole world to see. Not that the whole world comes here to read, and hopefully my father-in-law doesn’t, because I guess that wouldn’t be a good thing. We’d have World War IV in the family and I guess that would suck…. or would it? Evil grin placed here.

Okay… I’m done. Thanks for listening.