how has your day been?

Mine has been absolutely lovely....

16 years ago at 9:16 this morning - I gave birth to a 18 inch 6 lb baby boy - with brown hair....It was excruciatingly painful and like nothing i had ever felt because my first baby girl was like the easiest birth everrrr!

Austin has been my greatest joy and my biggest pain in th ass....lol...

I however am not prepared for him to grow up....

He has facial hair - muscles and a girlfriend....

I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS...

He is my baby - my little man - I am so not ready for him to be 16 years old...

We started the day by letting everyone sleep until they woke up - which means everyone slept till after noon....lol...

His friends Corey and Matt spent the night - they spent like all night long playing video games and then slept on th floor.....

Normally I would get up and make whatever he wanted for breakfast - but he didnt ask for anything - so we all just laid around and did nothing all stinking day long....it was great -

For dinner he chose Kyoto's Japanese Steakhouse - or whatever its called - they do hibachi grill...

We all went - Wayne, me, Austin, Courtney, Nanny, Papa, Kadie and her boyfriend Adam, Austin, his friend Matt from elementary school and his cousin Kale....

I took some pictures - everone had fun...food was good.....I am still teary eyed....lol.......

He is just growing up so fast! I keep saying I cant wait for them to all be gone? and then i rethink that - what the hell will I do when they are all gone???

This last picture to the right? This is the photo session he grudgingly let me do this past summer :)

He looks all grown up....whatever will i do.....

green olives? and pickle juice? what is the blog you speak of?

It is has been awhile!

That restaurant that was on the horizon? We did it - we sold it - I am now sitting back on my couch - wondering what i am going to do with the next month of my life...lol...

Just so you are aware - the selling of the restaurants? that is pretty standard and a really good business if you are one of the ones receiving that end paycheck...lol..alas i am not on the receiving end of that paycheck....lol....but it is an amazing paycheck while it lasts

Basically we build it - we open it - we train everyone - and we have a broker that finds someone to buy it after we have it up and running and making money - lots of hard work for about 3 - 6 months depending on how long it takes to find a buyer....

There was however an issue with this restaurant on my part - every other place we have sold? When the new owners came in? I stuck around long enough to get everyone trained and acclimated and then I scooted on out the door - later gater - see ya on the flip side -

This particular restaurant - not sure why - but it had a piece of my heart - I was involved in this one from beginning to end - my brother was too busy with his construction company to have time to be a part of it and my niece has a full time job that requires most of her time - so everything pretty much fell to me - and I of course already had the title of General Manager which made me at large and in charge but every single decision in this place was on me - from employees hiring and firing to which type of caramel was ordered for ice cream sundaes and back up to running the line in the kitchen when necessary and ordering all the toys candy and gourmet jams and jellies for the general store....HUGE responsibility and I freaking love every minute of it....

When word came down of new owners only 6 weeks after we opened? I was a little sad - by the time they took over on Halloween day 10 weeks after we opened.... I was a basketcase....lol....I stuck around until Thanksgiving giving advice - teaching someone how to order from the food distributor and the infamous Blue Bell ice cream - what sells and what doesn't sells in the store....and then the meltdowns started....lol...I was standing in the store one day thinking about the fact that we needed to do a toy and candy order and deciding what to order and realized - "crap - it ain't my decision anymore" and started crying - there were about 12 more of those episodes over the next month before i left at thanksgiving....

The next venture is pretty much what i have been waiting for forever - my own restaurant - I am throwing around names and the one that keeps sticking in my head is "Sissy's" - Chris called me Sissy - Rory calls me Sis sometimes Sissy - I called them Bub and Bubba - so unless i have this huge revelation in the next couple months....Sissy's it is.....

I have several surrounding towns I am looking at - just not sure yet about demographics but will decide soon.....

I do believe i am going to pick up the rest of my "30 days of Kelly" again after I post this....since you know i have some free time and all.....lol

So I wish

I could say there are so many things distracting me and so much drama that its hard to keep my head above water and that is why i havent made a post since April - but alas - that is not the case.....

Fact is?

I just havent done it.....

Whats going on 'round here?

1. Everyone is out of school for the summer - gag


2. Wayne is working even more hours - gag


3. I still have no job - but there is a new restaurant on the horizon...


4. I have been hearing Rock Band drums vocals and guitars for the last two hours - thus the reason i am hiding in my bedroom....


5. Had some yummy sushi the other day with my buddy Elly....


6. Since Dec 26? I have read 121 books on my Kindle.


7. Roxy (our second pomeranian) went into heat - got knocked up (by Alex *studly dog*) and had 3 puppies.


8. We named them Merle (Haggard), Loretta (Lynn), & Patsy (Cline)....


9. I have decided we are never having puppies again....


10. Wayne & the kids decided we need at least one more litter...


11. All the puppies went to good homes...and I have visitation rights with two of them and pictures of the 3rd :)

See? Exciting times at the pickle jar...NOT......

Austin is going to summer school which severely upsets my summer sleeping in schedule....

He has a girlfriend who lives 26 miles away which interrupts my *no shoes no bra no real clothes* schedule...since most of the time i have to do the pickup or dropoff - sometimes both....

Back to reality....blahhhhhh - catch ya in a bit....

it really is time for me to update

update soon? maybe so....lol...I have seriously been neglecting my blog....

no money?

I didnt fully understand why all the drama and stress lately - and then i saw a post by a military family and good friend about the fact that they were only getting 1/2 checks....

So I started researching.....

This post is not going to make me popular with very many people but i dont care - its my blog - i have never made a secret of the fact that I do not believe in abortion. period.

Republicans? please dont give in - hold your ground....but continue to pay our military please - the ones that work so hard for these freedoms of choice that we all enjoy...

Democrats - please dont try to disquise abortion funding with cancer screenings....Abortion should NOT be an option in Planned Parenthood and you cannot lump abortion in with Womens Healthcare. Low Income families do need low cost and free healthcare options - abortion should not be one of those options. Adoption counseling should be the choice .

I completely agree yes your body is your own and you should have the ability to make choices regarding your body. You should not have the option of murder.

Along with the right to have those choices regarding your body comes responsibility and a whole new set of choices...

The choice to NOT HAVE unprotected sex.

The choice to let another family claim that precious precious baby that you dont want and give that baby the life you cant or wont.

The choice to be responsible for ONE time in your life and do what is right for everyone involved instead of selfishly taking a life because you were not responsible enough to protect yourself.

Justin Moore - If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away (studio)

So this song makes me cry and its that kind of day - but you know - hey - life goes on......

I PROMISE to make a REAL POST SOON!

where are we again?

So Libya -
So as not to offend anyone

(eye roll)

I will only say that I do not agree...
I believe it is only a matter of time before "Odumbass" sends in ground troops...
It makes me sick to my stomach....
I wanna throw up when i think....
about all our babies over there risking their lives
for somethat that could have been avoided...
And then I realized that one of my best friends has a son in the Navy..
I am sure he will be sent out soon....
and another best friend - has a daughter...
in Motor T who apparently is switching to Marine Air Support group when she gets to her next post -just about time for deployment....
it just makes me cry -
I have known Larry since he was 8 - i cant imagine him fighting in a war
I have known Jen since she was 7...all i can picture is prom dresses and high heels...
not guns and grenades....

I would be so extremely proud of any of my children who decided to serve in the military -
but i would cry
I would definitely cry...
and tell them no....
even tho it wouldnt do me any good...

I have so much respect for the soldiers defending us and the families supporting them...
You do best what some of us could not even imagine....

Say a prayer for a soldier today...
Say a prayer for their families today....
Say a prayer for our nation today....

And while you are at it? Thank them too...for all they do for us....

by the way? my daddy says - we should gather up all their military and let Obama be in charge of them :)