this is why

what is wrong with some people?! so last night tony is at the mariners game with my brother ben and I get a phone call from him. turns out, tony just got a phone call from his cousin in new mexico who told tony that his little brother was dead. Oh my god! I ask tony if it happened in prison he says yes (his brother was dumn and got his ass put in a colorado prison for the second time- this time for 40+ years) but that is beside the point. So tony calls his older brother (jr) to get details. Fabian (his cousin) heard from tony's dad that brandon (the convict) had been ordered by some rival gang to kill someone and he doesn't know if brandon was s et-up or what but he was the one that got killed (or something close to this story). Jr was telling tony that his dad didn't want to tell them because of jr's wedding in a couple weeks etc... tony assumed it was because he wouldn't be able to pay to get brandon's remains etc... when tony got home he called the prison but since it was the middle of the night they had no information and told him to call back in the morning. we thought it was a little fishy when we looked up on the inmate locator and there was no mention of being deceased and when he talked to the sargent on duty they seemed confused and asked if he was killed at this prison or did we have the wrong priosn. maybe we thought they just couldn't get into details. so tony called back first thing this morning and talked to brandon's case worker- he is a live and well in his pod. WTF?!! What is wrong with his dad? why is he saying tHis stuff when it isn't true- we know he likes attention etc. but give me a break! he put his family through HELL. especailly since we just lost my dear grandfather this week. if anyone is confused why we still don't have contact with these people. this is why!

Obituaries | Civic leader Fredric Danz dies at 91 | Seattle Times Newspaper

Obituaries | Civic leader Fredric Danz dies at 91 | Seattle Times Newspaper

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crackbook

Well, now I am going to have to be cryptic in my facebook posts, keep it strictly G or PG and not mention anything I don't my kids friends' to know.
The reason being: Trystan is now on facebook too. He has been bugging me for at least 2 years now, he is finally 12 (even though the rules say 13), AND I am having a harder time justifying why not to have one. He definately won't be on myspace as it is not invite only exclusively- He is a good kid and promises to not add any friends without permission- easy to see as we all know, and on top of it I have his password. I let him see PG-13 and R movies (depending) even though it is recommended to wait until 17 etc..
what is the difference really? I trust him, I will "big brother" him.
let's see how it goes........................

conflicted

I was on a high from a great weekend of birthday celebartions for the twins. I can't believe how big they are. I am so proud of them and glad they are happy. Once we got home I hopped on facebook (after putting together endless gifts...........) just to check in and am now heartbroken. My friend delivered her twins on Wednesday. One of them died during childbirth. I can not imagine the grief they must be feeling. It will never be the same with one of their children missing. They have a precious baby boy but will always miss his brother. it must be so hard to celebrate his life when his brother is gone............

"My Family" by Trystan Sanchez

This is a poem Trystan wrote for school. I wanted to share it here.

My Family

By: Trystan Sanchez

My sister.

Just like a tiger, will eat anything in front of her.

My Brother.

Like a monkey, very curious about what he sees and what he does.

Me.

Like an apple picker, very picky about what I get.

My mom.

Just like my cat, won't stop talking.

My dad.

Just like a gorilla, leads our family to where we go.

the biggest dance of all

Ok. so I am a gigantic loser.
I decided to create my own tournament dance of sorts. But instead of girls like kjram, I used guys!
here it is
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=321705

It is probably a huge waste of time since I already know who would win in mine- and I separated my top 4 into the 4 brackets of course :P

I'm most curious to see who other people pick...........

hours in the day...

Now in no way am I complaining, I like that it works this way. I'm just trying to figure out why there seem to be so many more hours in the day while one is in Hawaii (or some place similar). Beach time is sooooooooooo much slower. You can wake up, eat breakfast, spend "hours" at the beach, come up to the house, watch the kids swim, play ball. In your mind you think it must be lunch time at least, if not later- and it is only 9:30 am. FANTASTIC! There just seems to be more time in the day. How can that be wrong? :)