life in the burg

wow did i really do it

2008-11-16T19:23:00.000-08:00

I officially changed my name, only because i got married though. I am now Mrs. Erin Neiswonger-Ritenour. Wow thats a mouth full. The wedding i think went well all, and all. my brother came and brought me some things from my child hood so like a sobbing baby I sat in front all my guests and opened his presents. If i must say i looked fablous in my wedding dress.

wedding preps

2008-09-01T13:04:00.000-07:00

this is a picture of my engagement ring for those of you who have not had a chance to see it it does more justice upon my hand but figured id show you what i could.

i take every Thursday and Monday as time gets closer to it to plan my wedding. its getting frustrating trying to find Halloween stuff thank fully now lots of places are putting stuff out now wasn't so easy when i made the invitations. hence the reason for handmade invitations. you would be shocked at how many people get married on Halloween when i was calling around for halls to get married in five of the ten i called had weddings already for that day never new that the most morbid holiday was the one people wanted to get married on or maybe they just have the love for Halloween that me and Robert do.

Kimmy is doing good other than having a very nasty burn upon her shoulder i was trying to get her over her fear of sparklers and well i messed up she dropped it on her self and got a very nasty burn were treating it and i hope it does not scar her. she seems to be acting okay but it still bothers me.

Amanda started first grade and is doing very well her teacher is Mrs Cusic and she has 2 other teachers in her room. i don't like the schools here wish we were in buffalo for schooling but i love living in West Virginia the schools here at least for elementary are kind like very big rooms divided by dividers into four or five classrooms no privacy in the classes a all you hear everything that is going on in the next room kinda sucks if you think about it but that's the way they do them and they don't believe on making bigger schools when they have to many student they just put trailers behind the schools and call them class rooms how ghetto is that makes me really miss the schools in buffalo like they say tho buffalo is the best place to get an education but the worst place to get a job

me and Robert are looking forward to see all of you who read this come October those of you that are not planning on attending i understand it is a distance to travel so I'm not pressing the issue as of now only 23 have RSVP 'ed I'm not sure what that means but it looks like a very small wedding more beer for me lol j/k i sent out 115 invitations not including me wedding party and i have of 115 23 people attending wow thought there might be a little bit more than that but it will be a joyous day for us so I'm not stressing

any who I'm gonna get off this computer and go do a activity with Amanda while Kimmy is napping have to talk to you all some other time to fill you in upon my life

bye bye kc

2008-07-25T12:29:00.000-07:00

kc was clamied so we are now down to one dog avalance just letting you know

along came kc

2008-07-14T22:06:00.000-07:00

two days ago we had a pouring down rain i was standing outside me friends heather's and along came k.c. she is a Jack Russel terrier very small dog she was wet cold untagged and no collar she came over to me and started to lick me i immediately fell in love i tried to find where she might have come from she was very skinny and very dirty i finally said shes going home with me we brought her home to see how Abby would get along with her they got along great i gave her a bath food and water and let the dogs play I'm keeping my eyes out to see if anyone puts an add out saying that shes being missed if nothing comes up after thirty days i can legally say she is mine the kids love both dogs Amanda get along better with the small one were Kimmy love the big one kinda funny Abby is well trained and not hyper where as k. c. is hyper when she wants to be
i know everyone thinks that I'm taking on to much with two dogs two kids but i need something to fill me time when I'm not planning my wedding and the kids are sleeping. they keep me company when I'm all alone anyways ill write more later

dog

2008-07-06T20:16:00.000-07:00

i had to put runt down she decided that biting Amanda was okay and i couldn't have a dog that decided to bite hard enough that my child needed stitches was not a safe dog to have. even tho this was a hard decision and i miss her i know it had to be done i didn't want her biting again. we waited a week and hen went to the human society to see what they had available i missed the companionship and the woman gave me a dog she thought would do nicely in my house well it didn't he was seven years old with BAD separation anxiety i took the dog back after two days of having him and told them the situation she had one more dog for me a her house and this is how we now come to have Abby she is a two year old well trained fixed American bull dog she is all white with brindle ears and she loves children so we shall see how this goes shes getting used to us as we are her ill let you know how everything is going with her more

on another note terrible twos has struck early Kimmy is a hand full she is driving me nuts i cant keep up with her the fits the getting into everything its driving me nuts Amanda keeps telling me cause of how bad Kimmy is Right now she never wants kids i laugh she is to young to even think about that

life is busy trying to plan a wedding i find that anymore we are broke never knew how expensive weddings were and to top it off were trying to do it on our own and no ask for help but its coming down to almost impossible any way guess ill write later

birthday to remember

2008-06-25T01:45:00.000-07:00

Last Friday was my birthday, and Robert promised me a birthday to remember, 15 of us went out to the Long horn for dinner for those of you that don't know what long horn is it like a out back but very expensive any way we have our appetizers and dinner and out comes the birthday cake with them singing happy birthday to me and my friend Ashley(we share a birthday) were all eating cake when i notice Robert standing behind me i look at him and wonder what the heck are you standing behind me for he looks at me and i could tell he was nervous and he says "we have been together for almost tree years now i know we have had our ups and downs but would you please do me the honor of marring me" and hands me a gorgeous ring. i didn't know what to say i was holding back the tears as i said yes i will he gives me a kiss and puts it on my finger let me tell you it was a birthday to remember!!!!!! by the way for those of you that do read this our wedding will be October 31 2008

hectic week

2008-06-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

life is hectic when trying to put together a weddng . i should have enough money the begining of the month to rent the hall and get my invitaions im hopeing. last night i bought my wedding dress and i must say it is stunning now i have to buy a couple other things to go with it so i shall see what happens. did you know when trying on dresses in formal wear you have to add two sizes to your body thats crazy.

on another note tomarrow is my birthday ive been told by Robert its gonna be a night to remember we shall see i mean its only like im getting another year older and closer to my dimise but he must have something up his sleave

im working with amanda all summer on reading writing and math so during the summer she doesnt forget all she learned in school i want her to do welll when it comes to first grade so im hopeing im am doing the write thing

2008-06-17T17:14:00.001-07:00

dont feel like typing but heres some new pics

gotta love martinsburg hospitials

2008-06-10T06:40:00.000-07:00

Last night was a fun night. I was rescue squadded to the hospital with a 103.6 fever, get the the hospital and they put me in the waiting room for 3 hours with the ambulance crew, then finally put me in a wheel chair, and i sit there for yet another hour. Finally get to the back covered in sweat and shaking cause i think its cold. They run there battery of tests to come back with the diagnoses, strep throat. Just my luck . cant kiss the kids i should not even be near them but that's a little hard since Robert and my room mate work and I'm the one home alone with both kids cant ask Robert to call off work he did that yesterday ill keep you all that read this with how I'm doing but the kids just woke up and i have to go deal with them.

sounds like a repeat

2008-06-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

So i guess its kinda hard to say this since i don't know if any one even reads this but here i go i quit my job. lol i know it sounds like a repeat of my brothers blog a couple days ago. my boss decided that if i didn't work five days a week open to close i didn't deserve a raise now that was not my problem my problem is this i have worked there for 3 years almost another girl who has only worked there for a year makes more money than i do she sets her own schedule and doesn't have kids at home to worry about with summer coming up i was unwilling to spend my summer breaking my back for this man and not seeing my kids i have missed out on Kimmy's and Amanda's life so much cause last year i was putting so many hours in. plus with Robert trying to get management i could not screw up him schedule so basically i was going to be working only to pay a baby sitter and well I'm not willing to do that i figured when he realizes he cant do that to some one since i have put my blood sweat and tears into that place and made his business rise he will see that he does need me cause i don't know of any one who will put up with the crap i had t put up with for the chump change that i was getting.

so this summer im putting my focus in on the kids going to play at the park going swimming and doing things with my girls im not letting this get the best of me my kids come first from now on and i see the errors of my ways

long week

2008-05-24T20:21:00.000-07:00

its been a long week but we have all survived Amanda survived with a horrible sun burn shes never had one before now and she learning real quick it hurts Kimmy is afraid of water is its not her bath tub so i have a long summer getting her used to it Amanda is a fish in water now I'm trying to teach her to swim i will write more just right now I'm tired and am going to bed

i hate dentists

2008-05-16T13:26:00.000-07:00

so this morning at bright and early 7:45 in the morning I'm running to my dentist to get this figgen tooth pulled walk in they hook me up to a bunch of machinery. ( I'm allergic to Novocaine so the have to completely put me out) needless to say this was not a fun experience. They look at me and say um your blood pressure is high and I'm talking 140/100 so they decide lets give her some laughing gas. here i am laughing at the doctor as he walks in and asks" how you feeling today" i look at him and say um my blood pressure is up cause I'm stressed and I'm laughing at you like an uncontrollable nut. i wake up about an hour later with a string of drool running down my face and don't even care that i look like a psychotic lunatic. Robert gets me home and puts me to bed like the sweet heart he is. i wake up a few hours later and i guess i don't have the best patient attitude look at Robert and hand him the bloody gauze from my mouth and demand another clean piece and demand a pain pill and lay back down and go back to sleep like the drooling baby that the pain pills have made me become. i have this big gaping whole in my mouth. and my sweet heart has done the caring for me and the kids and is telling me as i write this i need to get back in bed.
Kimmy had a doctors appointment today she had a follow up on her ears and very bad diaper rash. the doctor looked at her ear and for the first time in a month can actually see the eardrum and everything looks great. How ever the diaper rash is more than that. because of the antibiotics she has a yeast infection so here we go again with more medications. needless to say i have a 17month old who's not very happy with us medication after medication.
well i better get back to bed before Robert starts trying to be doctor.

aghhhhhhh

2008-05-15T17:09:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow being the 16'th I'm going to have a tooth pulled I'm not sure how i feel about this my mouth hurts with it in so i guess take it out. On top of all of this my boss had scheduled me to work tomorrow lol i told him um i don't think this is going to be possible my job is to answer phones and take food orders with gauze in my mouth and pain killers on board i think my boss is nuts. yet i told this man 4 weeks ago i was having this tooth pulled but he didn't expect to fire my counterpart last week.
on another note two kids for sale any one want one lol just kidding Amanda is being problematic at school she has decided spitting is a good thing so she spits at the other kids i have a fear of being called into the principals office those little chairs in elementary schools i might get stuck that low to the ground lol i have been trying to work with Amanda and her outrageous behaviors but am unsure how to go about it from here. I've taken away privileges such as television and video games. I have even gone back to one of my mothers old tricks i made her write " i will not spit " over and over till her hand felt like it was going to fall off but to no avail i am of unsure how to proceed if anyone has suggestions let me know.
Kimmy's learning new words and i think Amanda has been a bad influence as to the words Kimmy has started to use. Kimmy says butt hole and butt head frequently but her favorite word is ut ohhh she says it hourly. i think i am gonna have to start a swear jar Robert has a hard time watching his mouth and certain words Kimmy picks up on very easily.

life is fun

2008-05-15T08:37:00.000-07:00

With two kids life is constantly busy they keep me going 24-7 Kimmy at the present is dealing with an ear infection. Keeping up with a running 17 month old is tiring. Amanda we hope is graduating with the rest of her kindergarten class this year. its interesting what comes out of 6 year old mouths. Just yesterday i wasn't feeling good and i was lets put it nicely getting sick and Amanda looked at me and said " are you pregnant again sheesh how many times does the stork need to visit your belly" i laughed at her and for those wondering NO I'm not pregnant . Not even sure how to answer my 6 year old with that like i said kids keep you busy.