TIME FOR AN UPDATE!

We have baby back in our physical custody. The older two are with us until Monday morning when the foster family gets back to town. We got them last night and today had to make a dr's appointment because they were brought over with pink eye. And we weren't told about it which means that they don't know about it which probably means that the whole house over there is going to get it. Someone is coming over each day to inspect the house. We are all hoping that they will decide to let the girls stay with us because the girls have already told us that they don't want to go back. We are managing just fine with all of them here.
I have made a schedule and have been sticking to it. We made sure that we had everything here that they would need and that their beds were made and that the house was clean.
When our skill builder came over today she said that she was amazed. It was alot cleaner than she thought that it would be. She thought that there would be toys all over the house and there were only 3 out. The girls listened very well.
The middle one went with hubby over to his dad's house for a bit today and the oldest went out to lunch with me. We are making sure that they each get individual time with us.
If it is nice tomorrow we are going to go down and feed the geese and ducks that are on the river.
The foster family is tired of having them, yes I know that sounds bad, but when the girls were dropped off they were told that it would only be for a month. They have told us this is one of the longet months that they have ever had. They will happily keep them as long as needed but they want us to get them back very soon. They have already talked to our case worker and told her that they feel that we are ready to have all of the girls back but apparently so far the caseworker hasn't been listening. But that is for tomorrow's post.
I hope that everyone who reads this has a great day. I know mine has been.


Since this all has happended, the middle one has turned 2 and the baby is now almost 7 months old.

"When it rains, it pours"

Well, like they say, "When it rains, it pours."
We paid the phone bill out of the bank account and checked it 4 hours later only to find out that it had been completly emptied. Apparently a collection agency got ahold of our banking information and drained our account. Thankfully we get paid on Friday. The only thing that we really had to pay for was my avon order and meat. We are going to the courthouse on Tuesday to get it straightend out. And if that wasn't enough, we got the paperwork for child support that we have to fill out and turn back in. So now the credit people still want another $400 on top of the $500 that they took. And we are going to start paying child support. I am hoping that my therapist clears me to go get a job because we could really use it right about now. Also come to find out they have to deliver the papers to garnish our wages and account before they can take anything out. AND they can't leave you with nothing. So according to the law we can go to the courthouse on Tuesday and because legally they stole it, the judge can throw it out and we could end up getting all of our money back and not having to pay them anything. I don't see that happening but we are hoping to get some of the money back. We have no problem paying them their money, but I told them that we wouldn't give them anything until they sent us an itemized list of what we owe and to who. They still haven't done that and it was at least 9 months ago. I called them a couple months after they were suppossed to send the list and they said that they had no record of our account and that we didn't owe them anything. ARGH! Stupid agency people!
And if that wasn't bad enough, we won't be getting the girls back until April at least. We are having some Multiple Diciplinary Team Meeting April 2nd. We were given a list of everything that we need to get done for the meeting so we are going to be going to the meeting and when they mention that we need to do "A" we can hand them paperwork saying that we have already done that.
But that is my vent for now, who knows, I may rant some more later lol.
Mommy
P.S. Hope everyone had a great Valentines day!

I'm Back!

Well I have been away for a while so I thought that I would come and post again. The girls are going to Utah this weekend and so they are going to be having fun with that. J keeps telling me that Utah has lots of toys for them to play with. K has decided that we are no longer nursing becuase it is more work than the bottle. I don't mind all that much because I made it 4 months with nursing her which is better than I had done in the past. L is loving it over at our friend's house right now because she has 2 boys to play with and a cat.
The girls got me a box of chocolates and a balloon for Valentine's Day. J and L ran around the room bopping each other on the head saying "Love You" with each bop. We don't see them until next week.
Tomorrow we have a meeting with our case worker to find out what we need to get done before our meeting that hopefully lets us get the girls back.
But as I have just been informed by the person in the doorway, I need to go to bed because that meeting is at 9am.
Mommy

The Mom Song

Boy, if you are a Mommy, I dare you to watch this and say that you haven't said any of these to your kids lol.

Visitation

Yea! We get visitation tomorrow! I know that it is only an hour but it could be worse and we could have no visitation. We get to see them tomorrow afternoon for an hour. I can't wait to see them! When they go to family for a visit it isn't that bad because I know that I can call and check on them. I think that the worst part of this is that we can't call and talk to them. We are waiting to hear back from our lawyer about getting more visitation. We are also wondering how long this is going to take. We are going to talk to our lawyer about me getting a job so that we can get our debt payed down and make it easier to move into a better place. I think that part of the reason that they took the girls is that they aren't happy that we are living in a trailer. I also am going to be seeing a therapist starting tomorrow night. We have been using the time without the girls to clean the house, put locks on the interior doors, and teach me how to clean. There was an agency that came in and wanted to help me clean but all they did was clean. Don't get me wrong I didn't mind, but no one taught me how to clean. That is my main problem. But that is for another post.

Mommy

Peace and Quiet, Well, sort of

It has been unusually quiet around here lately. The girls have been gone since Friday the 25th. Tom and I have been using the time to get the house under control and a bit more child proofed. We are also making sure that all of the repairs that can be made to the house are getting done. I am also working with one of the agencies and they are going to be helping us get stuff in order and give the DFS people good news for us. Even though I know that the girls aren't here I can still hear them. I can't hear them talking but I can hear their voices. Thank God for picture phones because whenever I need to I can look at their pictures. I won't be happy until they are home safe and sound.

Mommy

Welcome!

As you can probably tell by my title, I am a Mommy. I am also needing a place to vent and my hubby suggested that I vent by blogging. Hence the name Vents of a Mommy. Hope you enjoy your stay here!

Mommy