New to this

I haven't done many blogs so I am trying to figure it all out. Some people have said just use like I would a diary talking about my every day life. I just don't know if my life is all that interesting now that I am notable to get out in the world like I did a few years ago, but here goes.

I am 51 and a mother of 6, 4 are mine biologically and 2 are children of my heart. I have 10 grandchildren and a wonderful hubby who works very long hours in the heat during the summer and the cold during the winter. I am now disabled because I refused to go to the doctor when I had problems with my asthma because I kept telling myself I would be fine, well that didn't work out for me so now I am on oxygen full time now and I am limited to the time I can spend away from home because my insurance will only cover 4 portable tanks a month and will not help me get a portable concentrator. I am not trying to throw  pity party, far from it, I have worked my entire life, you could call me a Jackie of all trades, lol. I have applied for disability and have been denied, even consulted with 3 attorneys and they all told me, even the person at the Social Security administration said this, divorce my hubby, sell our property, car, and anything else of value and file for welfare based SSI, Supplemental Security Income. Well, that's just committing fraud in my book and that is what I told each one who told me that. Something just isn't right when a person works their entire life and doesn't qualify for what they have paid for.

I have worked many jobs as I stated earlier, I started work at 13 working in a little deli and I was hooked, lol. I loved making that $1.35 and hour. Can you imagine that low of an hourly rate for minimum wage? My favorite of all the jobs I have worked is waitressing. Servers now days still make what I made waiting tables 25 years ago which is about $2.50 an hour unless you're lucky enough to belong to a union, so I understand what it means to get T.I.P.S ( to insure proper service), but some people do not realize just how hard and exhausting this line of work can be. So just remember this, if you have a good server tip them well for most of them are like I was, working to support their families,  tips are what pay the bills, buy the groceries and provide other things needed for their kids.

I know, I know, I seem to be rambling, I do apologize but there is just so much to tell that it's hard for me not to. I am not a highly educated person, I didn't go to college, I did go to a trade school though, Western Trucking and learned to drive and run a trucking business......loved it for a while when I drove locally, was home every night, every weekend with my kids and made excellent money but then came the long haul, hated it with a passion. Never home for more than a day or two after being gone for 6 weeks or longer, the company didn't care that I had kids and had to hire a Nanny to take care of them, I was making nothing to put back for savings for the kids. So guess what I decided to do? I went back to waiting tables, made more money than  long haul and got rid of the Nanny who back then cost me $800 a month board.

So, I guess I will call it quits on this blog, and I hope I haven't bored you to tears, believe me my life has it's moments, wonderful memories and some sad ones as well, but I wouldn't change a thing.

Here are few pictures of my wonderful family.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.