Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Funny Ad
This is a link to a hilarious ad on Craigslist. http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/1257065913.html
Ryan's Singing Debut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJQkZzNzvs This is a link to a video of Ryan. Shelby recorded it using Bill's cell phone so it's shaky and blurry but it's classic Ryan. He's singing his favorite song "Never Let Go" by Matt Redman. Be sure to watch to the very end....the kid cracks me up!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Fuller's Follies Update Summer 2009
Nothing new and amazing to write about - I just hadn't blogged in awhile so I figured I better post a Fuller family update. We are all doing well, praise God.
Zack finally left his job at Hertz. He worked hard there but they really don't value their employees. That job served its purpose but I'm glad he's out of there. He is now working next door to the Hertz office for Redding Distributing. He works at night loading the trucks for their shipments to stores. He got a decent pay increase from switching jobs and he will get health insurance after 90 days on the job (which should be soon). It's hard work and tough hours but he's already earned a bonus for working hard. He and Brittni spend as much time together as they can. He has a motorcycle which scares his mother to death but you know how boys are. He lives in an apartment here in Redding with a friend that he has known since childhood. His friend is getting married soon so he'll have to drum up a new roommate eventually.
Josh turned 18 in December and lives with his girlfriend Amanda in Shasta Lake City (just a few minutes away from Redding). He is currently looking for work and is finishing up his senior year of high school this summer. He enrolled in Shasta Adult School and just has a few credits left to complete his high school equivalency. He broke his collarbone in January while riding his longboard. He had to miss almost all of the snowboard season because of it. He has his first car - a zippy little Acura Integra. He recently travelled back to Pittsburgh with his dad (Bill Hartman) to attend the wedding of a cousin. He was able to meet family that he had never met and get to know family that he hadn't seen since he was too small to remember. They had a nice trip.
Shelby completed the 5th grade and is now a middle schooler. How did that happen? She is still a very social character and like her Papa, knows everyone everywhere we go. Even if she doesn't know them, she will be their best friend before long! She is a very loyal friend and sometimes gets hurt when friends are more fickle. But she's learned some excellent life lessons and is always willing to forgive. She is certainly growing up to be a lovely young lady - that is if we can keep the attitude in check! She just got back from church camp with 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Feels weird to send her off with boys that have peach fuzz!
Ryan is getting to be such a young man rather than a little boy. He will enter the first grade in the fall. He's a little worried about that because, "first grade is hard." He's a bright boy and we reassure him that he will be just fine as a big first grader. He is enjoying his summer and pretty much plays until he collapses on the couch. He still needs a nap now and then (so do I) but he sure does resist them (I don't). He has learned to swim this summer which is a great accomplishment.
Bill is in "a season of change." He finally had enough of things that were going on at work and quit his job. He is currently spoiling us rotten. The kids get to spend the summer hanging out with Dad and I get to come home after work to a clean house and hot dinner. Wow, I could definitely get used to this. We're committed to things staying this way until school starts and then re-evaluate. That way the kids don't have to spend 40+ hours a week in daycare. One of the benefits of this change is that it's caused us to take a good look at our budget. It's so easy over the years to commit to $9.99 here and $19.95 there that you don't realize how all those things add up to a significant spending habit!
A few weeks ago our dog Roxie (8 year old Mini Dachshund) had to be put to sleep. We are now completely "petless." She woke up one morning with her back legs paralyzed. We spent the next week pouring money into vet bills to no avail. She got to the point where she couldn't go potty any more and we decided that it would be best to end her suffering. It sure didn't help to see her wag her tail when we took her to the vet that last time. :-(
I am doing well. I like my job as the Education Coordinator at the hospital. I still work a couple of nights a month as nursing supervisor so I can keep up on my clinical skills. The new job keeps me very busy. It's been nice having nights, weekends and holidays off for the first time in a decade. It is hard to get used to working 5 days a week though. I have been having a problem with my eye for a couple of years but it's been getting really bad over the last few months. It's called corneal erosion and is very painful. When I have a recurrence I become basically useless. I can't keep my eyes open because of the pain and the light sensitivity. I recently saw a specialist who gave me some options for further treatment so now I just have to see what insurance will cover and what I want done. Hopefully I'll get that taken care of before the next recurrence.
Zack finally left his job at Hertz. He worked hard there but they really don't value their employees. That job served its purpose but I'm glad he's out of there. He is now working next door to the Hertz office for Redding Distributing. He works at night loading the trucks for their shipments to stores. He got a decent pay increase from switching jobs and he will get health insurance after 90 days on the job (which should be soon). It's hard work and tough hours but he's already earned a bonus for working hard. He and Brittni spend as much time together as they can. He has a motorcycle which scares his mother to death but you know how boys are. He lives in an apartment here in Redding with a friend that he has known since childhood. His friend is getting married soon so he'll have to drum up a new roommate eventually.
Josh turned 18 in December and lives with his girlfriend Amanda in Shasta Lake City (just a few minutes away from Redding). He is currently looking for work and is finishing up his senior year of high school this summer. He enrolled in Shasta Adult School and just has a few credits left to complete his high school equivalency. He broke his collarbone in January while riding his longboard. He had to miss almost all of the snowboard season because of it. He has his first car - a zippy little Acura Integra. He recently travelled back to Pittsburgh with his dad (Bill Hartman) to attend the wedding of a cousin. He was able to meet family that he had never met and get to know family that he hadn't seen since he was too small to remember. They had a nice trip.
Shelby completed the 5th grade and is now a middle schooler. How did that happen? She is still a very social character and like her Papa, knows everyone everywhere we go. Even if she doesn't know them, she will be their best friend before long! She is a very loyal friend and sometimes gets hurt when friends are more fickle. But she's learned some excellent life lessons and is always willing to forgive. She is certainly growing up to be a lovely young lady - that is if we can keep the attitude in check! She just got back from church camp with 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Feels weird to send her off with boys that have peach fuzz!
Ryan is getting to be such a young man rather than a little boy. He will enter the first grade in the fall. He's a little worried about that because, "first grade is hard." He's a bright boy and we reassure him that he will be just fine as a big first grader. He is enjoying his summer and pretty much plays until he collapses on the couch. He still needs a nap now and then (so do I) but he sure does resist them (I don't). He has learned to swim this summer which is a great accomplishment.
Bill is in "a season of change." He finally had enough of things that were going on at work and quit his job. He is currently spoiling us rotten. The kids get to spend the summer hanging out with Dad and I get to come home after work to a clean house and hot dinner. Wow, I could definitely get used to this. We're committed to things staying this way until school starts and then re-evaluate. That way the kids don't have to spend 40+ hours a week in daycare. One of the benefits of this change is that it's caused us to take a good look at our budget. It's so easy over the years to commit to $9.99 here and $19.95 there that you don't realize how all those things add up to a significant spending habit!
A few weeks ago our dog Roxie (8 year old Mini Dachshund) had to be put to sleep. We are now completely "petless." She woke up one morning with her back legs paralyzed. We spent the next week pouring money into vet bills to no avail. She got to the point where she couldn't go potty any more and we decided that it would be best to end her suffering. It sure didn't help to see her wag her tail when we took her to the vet that last time. :-(
I am doing well. I like my job as the Education Coordinator at the hospital. I still work a couple of nights a month as nursing supervisor so I can keep up on my clinical skills. The new job keeps me very busy. It's been nice having nights, weekends and holidays off for the first time in a decade. It is hard to get used to working 5 days a week though. I have been having a problem with my eye for a couple of years but it's been getting really bad over the last few months. It's called corneal erosion and is very painful. When I have a recurrence I become basically useless. I can't keep my eyes open because of the pain and the light sensitivity. I recently saw a specialist who gave me some options for further treatment so now I just have to see what insurance will cover and what I want done. Hopefully I'll get that taken care of before the next recurrence.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Kindergarten's End
Ryan graduated from Kindergarten this month. All the children were adorable. They sang for us and told us all about themselves. They demonstrated their French skills and they even did a song using the sign language alphabet. My favorite part is always the part when your child comes and finds you in the audience and gives you a flower. :-) The first words out of his mouth the next morning were, "I'm a first grader!"
The kids had to wear what they would normally wear for chapel day which would be a button up shirt and slacks. Ryan insisted on wearing a tie so we got him a new shirt and tie for the occasion.
More Milestones
Shelby turned 11 in May. How does it go so fast? Believe it or not all the girls in the photo are the same age - check out the size difference! In fact, the tallest girl was only 10. Shelby wanted a Hawaiian party so we had hats and leis and coconut cups. We made our own little pizzas which of course included ham and pineapple. There was a pineapple pinata and games and LOTS of noise. Shelby even found a blow up palm tree that was quite the challenge to keep inflated. The party was designed as a sleepover but only one of the girls was actually able to spend the night. I was grateful for that since Bill ended up being sick and the girls were NOISY. Oh, I guess I said that before - but they were! They sure had fun though.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Eaglecam
One of my favorite websites lately is the EagleCam in Redding. We have two eagles that have a nest right next to the freeway which leads into downtown Redding. Construction on that freeway caused Caltrans to place a cone in the nest last year hoping to force the eagles to nest somewhere else. The eagles, however, liked their home and were not deterred. So the cone was removed and a webcam was set up to monitor the eagles. They are so content in their home that they have hatched 3 eggs. The eaglets hatched on March 17, 19 and 22. You can peek at the birds at this website: http://www.turtlebay.org/caltranseaglecam.php
Every morning I log onto my computer and Ryan and Shelby and I watch the eaglets have their breakfast. I'm hooked. I check on them at least once during the day while I'm working and at least once in the evening. You can't zoom in or anything so the eaglets just look like gray moving blobs at this point but I still enjoy watching them. And if you happen to catch "shift change" between the two parents it's just amazing to see them take off from the nest. Truly majestic.
The parents names are Patriot and Liberty. The babies are Freedom, Spirit and Hope. The funny thing is that one of the eaglets from the last time this pair had babies is named Freedom also. So Spirit can tell other eagles "This is my brother Freedom and this is my other brother Freedom."
Every morning I log onto my computer and Ryan and Shelby and I watch the eaglets have their breakfast. I'm hooked. I check on them at least once during the day while I'm working and at least once in the evening. You can't zoom in or anything so the eaglets just look like gray moving blobs at this point but I still enjoy watching them. And if you happen to catch "shift change" between the two parents it's just amazing to see them take off from the nest. Truly majestic.
The parents names are Patriot and Liberty. The babies are Freedom, Spirit and Hope. The funny thing is that one of the eaglets from the last time this pair had babies is named Freedom also. So Spirit can tell other eagles "This is my brother Freedom and this is my other brother Freedom."
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Biggest Loser
Today I joined a group of ladies for a local Biggest Loser contest. We each paid $50 into a pot and weighed in. We will weigh in once a week for 8 weeks. At the end of the 8 weeks we'll all get together for a final weigh-in and the person who lost the biggest percentage of weight will be the winner. I am hoping (and praying) that this will be the motivation I need to kick myself back into the routine eating right and exercising. I will keep you all posted as to my progress. Weigh-in days are Wednesdays. I'm going to try to remember to take a before and after photo and if I am brave I will post them at the end of the 8 weeks. :)
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