Its certainly been a while..

Wow, no posts in 2014 at all. I cannot believe I missed a whole year! Its been a BIG year..

We moved, to Hamilton--Country family, stuck in the City! I miss it, a lot!! We moved here October 2013, because of a relationship.. and, also because of lack of employment in Dunnville.
I am working Full time at a Pork plant, in Burlington. I have been there nearly 8 months and I actually enjoy it...most days!
Eve is unmedicated for her ADHD, and doing wonderfully! She is self coping, her medication made her very upset, seemed depressed even.. it was not right for her, or our family! :) Somedays are harder than others with her being unmedicated, however, all days are better than medicated days, she can be herself.

Ethan is doing great in school, he is reading very well,  Gr 1 was sorta a write off, he didnt learn, or do much, but Gr.2 he took off and started doing fantastic, Gr3 is going just as well! :)

Ryder--hes an interesting child.. school isnt going well, yet. hopefully soon! haha
Hes very loud, obnoxious,  cute tho! Id attach new pics if I could, but this computer is lacking pictures right now (its not even mine) Ill figure out how to do it from my phone soon!

I am single, as always.  story of my life!

How can I make this sound exactly how I mean it??

I am jealous of my ex-husband..
Hes an every other weekend parent of our children,
He can avoid most school problems, most attitude problems, most fights, the child that needs medication to make it through the day without losing it on sometime.. the boy that went from sweet little ethan, to awful, screaming child, anyways..and their dad gets a few good days with the kids, then can send them away, for me to deal with the fights again.. I know that I DO get good days too, but, I get so many fight filled and crappy days as well. :(

He skipped a weekend because him and his girlfriend just had a baby.. so I am dealing with child overload.. I need some ME time, away from all the crazyness. :/

Anyone else ever get jealous of the every other weekend parent?! :/
I swear I love my children, I just, wish I didnt have all the bad stuff, all the time.

About the Boyfriend..

Jay and I broke up,he moved out a month ago..

We are still friends.. sorta.. 

Ones that  sometimes text, and dont have time to see eachother..

Or, something like that.


Dear Self, welcome back to single life, again.  youre used to this.
~Shannon

Random update about how I am not really giving an update.

I am actually getting blog views almost daily?!
I either have someone creepin my stuff, that dislikes me.. OR, people actually like reading my randomness.

Lots of Changes happening in our lives.. postive ones. :)
Maybe even an extra blog to capture all the moments. We will see.

We added some new family members, I'll post pics of them them soon!

Wanna hear my latest brags?!
*Christmas gift for my kiddos.. OLD Nintendo. I'm excited!
*Winter tires, and rims--200.00 total. Tires not ON the rims yet, but, its coming! ;) lol
*My boyfriend is awesome.
That is all. ;)

Its just a teaser blog post... Im honestly just unsure about what I should/shouldnt post yet.. haha

and, then there was a man...

So, I guess I should make it blog official, because its already Facebook official..
I have a boyfriend :)
His name is Jason, hes 36, has 3 children, his are Ella 3,Breanne 5,Robert 7 (mine are 4,6,8!)
Hes great to me, and the kids (and to my car! hahaha) We met at the beginning of the Summer... and we hung out alot in the summer time, he got to know my kids, and my family in that time too. Pretty sure they all like him... anyways, we just recently became a couple... ;)
I met him through a mutual friend.. Brian (and his wife Cheyanna!) Thanks guys!
Jason also met some of my family one day when we decided to go Mudding... haha it was quite fun, even tho I broke a flip flop, and lost the other in the mud. :) My Cousin and Uncle came to tow us out and we got back to my house just in time for the kids to come off the bus!

A car named Christine

Who would name their car Christine?? 
Wasn't Christine a possessed evil car? 

Of course it was, and so is Kira.. which, is now being called Christine instead...


anything that COULD go wrong with this car.. DID!

I got "Kira"in July, after wrecking my old car "Bertha" in June.. My parents bought it for me, as I had NO money for a car. she started out as a $1000 car, which I now owe my parents the money for... I was in love with the car, it was prettier than Bertha, and red. much better colour! Since July, this car has proven that I named it wrong, so I decided to change its name! its now going to be known as Christine from here on out.. sorry for the confusion! ;)

It all started September 26th.. 
Status from that night "that was possibly the worst night of my life... car wouldnt start.. some guys tried to fix it for me, then my battery post fell off.. *prob why that post has been having issues.. freaking broken!* then, I gave a girl i went to school with and some stranger?! my bank card to go buy me a new battery.. lol They came back with the battery, the guys fixed my car.. I had Pazzos deliver the pizza I had just ordered to "the red car infront of the vic with the hood up" :( Sooo done with today. lol"

Cost of that night..157.00,  *actual cost of battery, 117.00* the rest was pizza.

Then, October 4th, I went to my sisters to make some Jello shooters... dont hate, we were prepping to celebrate her birthday.. and, my car would not start when I tried to leave.. I ended up getting my cousin to drive me back to my parents..

Status for that night
My car must have been feeling old.. shes gotten herself a new battery & a new starter in the last ten days...
cost of that repair..  New Starter..320.00

Total so far..117+320=437.00

During this time,Christine has ALSO needed a flex pipe done, but, I put it off, as she still ran, wasnt too quiet, and, I wasnt *killing her* *so, I thought anyways!* I called around, got an estimate of 230.00, I didnt fix it though.

Last night, while headed to New York, for a COURT ORDERED pick up of Ryder.. I was idling behind a school bus
and suddenly I heard a noise, it was sorta loud, I looked around.. nothing?
The bus then pulled away, I stepped on the gas... and said you have got to be fucking kidding me? that is NOT my car.. sure enough, it was! :(
I then drove a bit longer, still in shock that my car sounded like it belonged in a demo derby..
Once I got to Port Colbourne, I got thinking that the border would probably NOT even let me over sounding like that.. so I called my mom, texted Damian, and everyone else to complain about my car..
Damian was pissed off.. but, agreed to meet me in Fort Erie, and, we did..
I came home, mirrors vibrating as I drove, she sounds awful..... LOL

I agreed to meet him Thurs to pick Ryder up from him in Fort Erie to make up for the missed NY trip, 
I am glad that altho he was pissed off at me, that he was understanding, and worked with me!

I wish Christine would.. :/

 I will post A car named Christine when I get around to having her fixed :( It'll be soon. Unfortunately!


****UPDATE--Muffler work, (it was catyletic converter, not flex pipe!  240.00, Jay fixed it for me.!)

Someone met his Teacher...

Ryder went to meet his teacher yesterday, her name is Mrs Moyer, he thought she was great! :)

Needless to say, someone is a bit excited about next week..
Its not met ;)
I expect to be an emotional mess on Tuesday. No texts please. hahah!

Eve and Ethan started back on Tuesday, Ethan says he doesnt like going, and Eve says Grade 3 is alot harder than Gr 2 was. :)

Court is over!

Late update but....

Court went well!
Ryder won! :)
How do I figure? Well, the way that his Dad wanted it, Ryder would have ONLY been in Canada for Weekends, which means, he would have only seen his brother and sister every other weekend, which equals 4 days a month!
No idea how anyone ever thought that would have been at all fair to any of the children.

Anyways, Court order is that Damian and I have JOINT Custody, with me having final say in all education situations. While Ryder is in every other day school like he is now.. he is in class Tues, Thurs, every other Friday, so on his weeks without Friday class, he goes to his Dads from Thurs night-Monday night.. and the other weeks hes away Fri night-Mon night.

Damian wont actually have any less time with Ryder until he is in School Monday-Friday. Once that happens, Damian will have him weekends.

Holidays we will adjust accordingly, we tend to get along fine with adjusting that ourselves anyways. :)


Congratulations Ryder!

When you have to fight for your child...

Ryders Dad and I are currently going to court for Custody of Ryder.
School time is here, and his Dad wants him in school there, and obviously, I want him in school here...
Its been ridiculously stressful, I feel sick waiting for it all to end, yet, scared for it to end incase I dont win :(
One of us will win, Ryder will not, which is sad to me :(

And, Damian is a good father, so I'm not bashing him, but, I want Ryder here with me, and in school with his brother and sister, they can support him in school, and help it be a comfortable transition for him..
Please keep us---especially Ryder, in your thoughts right now.

We go back Aug 16th for a temporary order, or something?! I dont quite get it all..

This sure made me realize how much more I appreciate my children, and I keep thinking.. daily, about how with 50/50 custody, I am actually missing half of his life! I hadnt ever thought of it like that before, and, his Dad deserves that time with him, so, I need to suck it up and get over it, but, its still upsetting.

It made me think about shitty parents tho.. the ones who are more worried about dating, and drinking, than getting their kids in their lives more, and honestly, maybe your kids are better off without you if your priorities are that fucked, just sayin..

Meet Kira!

So, I posted that I was getting a new car... never posted her tho! :P Fail, I know!
Her name is Kira, after the awesome Country Artist Kira Isabella. she sings the song "Real Good Radio" which was Berthas (old car) theme song, so this way, I can tie both cars together.. lol

So far, shes been.. okay to me. haha Wheel bearing, and a power window scare, that was fixed at a local garage by them punching my door panel! LOL