Hello ladies.....my drama...very long=)

what is going on with everyone. I have been offline for awhile but I see that I did not miss much=) We have been having some major money issues so obviously the first thing to go was the internet....but we are back afloat for at least a month anyways=) So what has been going on in everyones lives lately???

well lets see.....I had my brother and his family here with us for  a month...that made 7 kids under one roof along with 4 adults. It was an interesting month. My brother, his wife and I had not been speaking for almost a year. We had some crazy drama a few months back and talked it out but then did not speak again for a couple of months till he called and asked if they could come and stay awhile b/c they were homeless...so I agreed. I am very glad they came and stayed, I had not seen my nephews for almost a year (they did not even know who I was..they are 2 and 1) so I got a chance to get to know them and that was nice. My brothers wife and I did not really know each other since they got married after I moved 3 hours away and we have had nothing but constant drama between each other since...so I got to know her and I actually like her. We had a nice (but very stressful) time to get to know each other and it was very healing for all of us. I enjoyed them for the most part. The biggest stress was that we have VERY different parenting styles and it was hard for us all to get in the groove of what each other was doing. They are also VERY laid back as far as supervision for their kids and housekeeping. My husband is extremely OCD and can not stand to have one thing out of place so that kinda sucked too...They left about 2 weeks ago and I miss them in one sense but am glad to have my house back as well=)

Josh (the hubby) and I were not speaking for most of their visit and then some so that added some tense moments as well. We are having MAJOR life issues right now. Mainly b/c he is only working part time and I am not happy about that and I am not going to let him rest until he does more to help out around here financially. I have been trying to go back to school AGAIN for almost 2 years now and the thing that keeps holding me up is his work (or lack thereof) issues. We had a big blow out a couple of weeks ago and he has been picking up hours at work and has had a much better disposition since then as well, so we will see what happens with that......

Oh yea and our next big adventure in the last couple of weeks has been dealing with childrens services......Our girls cheerl for the grade school football team and one night after practice we were laying around watching tv and the police showed up in the driveway stating that a mom had called 911 and reported child abuse (note this was over 2 hours after my husband and the kids had left practice) she stated that my 4 year old was sporting a black eye and that my husband took her to our van, punched her in the face, slammed her into the side of our van and called her a "dirty whore".  The officer came into the house and examined all my kids and took statements from all of us. He took his flashlight and looked my 4 year old completely over (what he could see with her shorts and tank top on) told us that our kids looked healthy and happy and not the least bit abused and said that he would have to file a report with CPS and that he would include all the notes from his investigation. So the next day CPS calls ( I have never know CPS to call and tell you that they are on their way over) , comes to the house...did the same thing as the officer and interviewed all of us....checked the kids for marks, ect. He stated that all was well and that the case would be closed in one week (should be tommorow) as long as he got no new complaints. I am just dumbfounded that someone would go to the extreme to make something up like this about us. The caseworker even asked me who I pissed off at cheer that would make up something like this. I knew that the whole thing was a lie the minute the officer ran it down to me but just to be thourough (sp?) I asked my 11 year old who was with my husband and my daughter the whole time what happened without telling him what was going on and he confirmed it. He said that Ray was bein real bad and daddy took her to the van for  a time out. he swatted her butt once and then made her sit in the van while he stood outside and smoked and then they went back to practice. it makes me so mad that someone would do this to anyone.......If I seen a parent doing something like this to their child I would never wait over 2 hours to call the police...I would do it right that second as I was intervening and try to talk to the parent...but I guess that is just me. After all the dealing I had with CPS when I was a kid...the last thing I ever want to do is deal with them in my current life. but I am glad we had nothing to hide and that the caseworker was so down to earth.He commented on the fact that my house was immaculate(compliments of the hubbys OCD=), that my kids didnt even have a scratch on any of them(an odd moment when you have 4 very rowdy kids) and the fact that we were totally open with him.  Like I said I just cant imagine why someone would do something like that.....I dont even know any of the other cheer moms....I am friendly but not trying to get inside the "inner circle" ya know??? So I am just waiting on the paperwork in the mail closing the case but still have to go to cheer and wonder which mom made the call. and I think that it is something that has been discussed among the moms which irritates me to NO end. I mentioned something about it to one of the girls coaches and she gave me a look like she already knew. If any of those women would look beyond my hubbys tattoos and gruff appearance they would see that he is a bomb dad and would never EVER do that to any of his children......I am just so thankful that when CPS shows up I dont have to coach my kids and make threats about what will happen if they tell this or that....I spent entirely too much time on the kid side of that.

So yeah sorry so long but I really havent talked to anyone about this and I just needed to vent and felt that I should share.

so anyone else got anything new and crazy going on in their lives??????