Pictures

In the Van, ready to go!

In the Parking lot, before entering school. No, i didn't let her keep the silly baby bottle sucker thing! LOL!

And, Finally, Makenneh, all settled in, cutting away at paper!

Today, she had an accident at school! Ironically, I had forgotten to pack a change of clothes yesterday and she was fine. I remembered the change of clothes today and low and behold, she needed them! Hmmm..i wonder if i should pack a change tomorrow? LOL.

On the home front....we applied at another community today, in Clio, my hometown. It will cost 26.00 more a month here, but really, the homes are nicer as is the community (including a heated pool) and it's a better overall area than the other community. So, like my Aunt Bev reminded me, something better is out there for us and that's why; the other place didn't go through, bc it would have kept us from the something better. I hope this home we fell in love with today was the something better. It is absolutely huge. We both were thinking how we would ever fill it. We have very little furniture and this place is full of rooms..family room, living room, dining room, huge kitchen, huge bedrooms, two bathrooms. The kitchen, dining and family room is sunken..you go down two small steps into them. There is a fireplace, garden tub in the master bedroom! Just georgeous. The downside is this place doesn't provide washer/dryer in rentals, so we will have to take our old, barely working ones. But, oh well!

I also was talking to my Mother in law today about the reasons they denied us at the other park and she said that they aren't supposed to hold non-violent crimes against an applicant, only violent/sex crimes. She works as a leasing consultant for an apt complex and is going to ask her boss who has done this work for over 20 yrs to see what she says. But, if that's the case, im gonna let them have it and we are contacting a lawyer. It's not money at all that I want. It is the principle that they are doing something they aren't supposed to and hopefully someone else will benefit from it.

Ya know, ppl cry about recidivism rates, but it's no wonder it's so high. They lock ppl up (I agree with that part, you do the crime, pay the time), set them free with a bus pass and a few bucks and that's the end of the story. Nobody goes in to see what these ppl face in the real world. Jeremy is a productive part of society, as much as the next person. If you met him, you wouldn't know that he was a heathon child. He has grown up a lot since he was 17 yrs old. The same and you and I have. Think about it...do you still do some of the stupid stuff you did at 17? 18? 21, even? Probably not! He works, he takes care of his family, he laughs, he cries (whines even sometimes..lol), he is smart, loves to learn and he is far from the idiot he was a decade ago. Yet, we/he still pay for that stupid part of his life. I really feel the urge to do something big to make a difference. Lobby for some changes in policies regarding this type of thing. For instance, non-violent crimes/petty crimes should not be left on a person's record for life. There should be a statute of limitations on it or something. People change and if we want these ppl to change for the good, we have to give them every opportunity to do so. Instead, we leave them to the bad neighborhoods to live, where crime is high, economy is bad, depression seeps everywhere and hope doesn't exist. Then, we expect them to make something of themselves. Everyone changes. The preacher could become a drug dealer in the course of a decade. The druggy could become a lawyer.

Ok, im off my vent and heading to bed!!!!