children and work

Well the daycare called me yesterday morning and told me my son had a rash on his face, so I go pick him up and take him to the dr, right. Well, the dr comes back to tell us he has strep throat, I thought well isnt this nice. Then today he wakes up from a nap and throws up. My weekend has just started!!! My daughter is cutting several of her teeth, but she is actually taking it pretty good and isnt to fussy or nething. My son keeps asking me everday if its time for school and to play soccer. We finally got him enrolled in both, I am just as excited as he is. Its his first year in both, I can't wait for her to get big and be able to play sports and go to school.

With the end of the month here work has been crazy, it has been crunch time for us to collect every bit of money we can before we have close the month out. We have bee running and calling our butts off to make money so we can get good bonuses. We all need them!!! We did get a lot of people that did not want to pay us, I just don't understand why people do not care about their bills, it makes me wonder if they have any ambition in life at all. Thank god for the ones that do pay us, we always do real good at the end of the month. So glad it is the weekend though. Now I get a little break from school before it starts up again, spending more time with my family is always good!!!

Ready for the Weekend

The inticipation of this weekend could not of come sooner. I was so ready for this week to be over, I need a break. Although I think I am getting a break and if its not work, work, its school work. It will all benefit me in the long run. I just need to keep reminding myself of all the benefits my family and I will reap with me going back to school full time and working full time. This week has pretty fair overall, my daughter is 9mnths this month and she is already trying to walk. She will take 4 steps and then try to walk by curling her toes under and loses her balance and falls. She is so cute and she gets so excited when she trys to walk, we get excited as well. I am signning my 4 year old up for soccer tomorrow, he will be so excited and I am so excited. Hopefully he will learn that minding is a key part of life. Since he likes to think he runs things and eveything goes his way. We are trying to break him of that, but he is just so stubburn!!! I have been so tired lately, work has been crazy, school has been flowing so fast, and trying to spend time with my family this week and last since I feel like I just do not spend the adequate time with them I need to because I am so busy. I did put my school work off this week a little bit to spend time with them and do family things. I am getting so tired, I just do not have the energy like I used to this sux. Goodnight World!!!

City Repairs

If you have ever been to Miami, Ok in the past couple of years and drive down our streets a lot, you would have noticed a pot hole or two. After all the wear and tear of the wheather on our streets, it has left them distroyed and broken in many places. I live here in Miami, so I drive these streets 24/7 and I am always hitting a pot hole somewhere. I try to be causious so I do not tear my car up, but I end up hitting a pot hole somewhere. We actually had a sink whole as wide as a car not to far from my home not too long ago. They just filled it and went on. Nothing has really been done to fix these problems until now. The city Council is proposing a vote to raise taxes to repair our streets.

If passed this sales tax will:

• raise an estimated $12 million which will allow us to repair or rebuild up to 60% of our streets
• cost an estimated 20 cents per day for the average family
• ensure that visitors who use our infrastructure share the cost
• end after 15 years. (Miami City Council pg.20)

The votes are to be held on July 27th. Now I am not real sure what sounds like a better Idea, vote and get my taxes raised again for a much needed project to protect our vehicles while driving down our roadways or not vote and nothing be done? It really pushes my bottons though, when I read the Miami news paper. If you have drove down Steve Owens Blvd. lately you will have noticed all the sidewalk construction going on. I was reading The Miami News-Record on Friday and there was an article stating that the city actually recieved grants to pay for those repairs to help keep a safer track for walking pedestrians Well, they couldn't just get a grant to help pay for our streets? I just baught new tires on my car at the beginning of July and I already had a flat on one of them, rediculous!!! The city also promises us some things.

If passed we the City Council promise:

• work will be performed according to Public Roan Plan
• work will be completed in 3 years
• Significant work will be done in EVERY ward
• ROADS WILL BE MAINTAINED PROPERLY. Additional funds totaling $500,000 annually will be set aside for maintenance. (Miami City Council pg.20)

This all sounds great and what not but like they should have been prepared and saving for stuff like this, I suppose it was no concern of theirs until now when it has progressed so bad that its tearing up its occupants vehicles. And if they are saying it will be 3yrs before things are doen once past then our streets must be pretty bad!!! I was also reading another article out of the Green Country Weekly that was titled, Myaamia Tribal Road Update, so it caught my eye. I began reading it and it states, ". . ., A 1.3 mile section of 65 rd is located within the Miami Tribe jurisdiction that houses the new Myaamia Community Center of the Miami Tribe.. . .The project of the new road falls under the Miami Tribal Roads Administration Program and has been achieved through federal funds allocated to the Tribe under the Indian Reservation Roads Program. . . .".(Smith pg.13) It also went on to say that is cost 1.6million.

Now that brings me to another issue I have; if half of this town is made on indian land due to the fact we have so many casinos in our town, owned by different Indian tribes, then why can't we get grants that fix our roads in this same situation? The Tribes around here are well off to where it wouldnt hurt them to help fix our streets tha way when travelors come in town to go to their casino and spend their money, they wont have to fall in a pot hole and tear their car up!!! It just erks me that they find every way to fix other things, yet the only solution to fixing our streets is to raise our city taxes. I think this will cause a lot of people to leave the city of Miami to go shopping elsewhere. So I am kind of up and down at this point on wether to vote yes or no about raising city taxes or not!!!

Ready for this weekend!!!

Im so excited, its the freakin weekend, and it's by birthday!!! Well I am very happy that this week is over, and my birthday isnt until Tuesday but I am celebrating this weekend. My aunts birthday is tomorrow, but we are going out tonight to play bingo and have some drinks. Then tomorrow we are going to get our birthday free plays around town since there are so many damn casinos. I used to work at Buffalo Run and right before I quit, they stopped giving their employess raises and will not let anyone get any over time, and barely lets them get their full 80hrs in a pay period. They said it was due to the fact they were not busy enough so therefore they were not taking in as much money as when they first opened. Now aint this something, that casino makes plenty of money for their employees to at least get raises, which they are due. I worked for them for 3 years and all of a sudden before I left, they came to us with this. I am glad I quit because I was due for another raise and if I'm going to work my but off for them, and not get a raise, which they promised when I started, then screw it. I went out and got a new job and make jus as much money without tips, lol. I do like the enjoyment of the casino though. Some people take gambling way too far. I witnessed alot of people spending all their time and money in the casino and then get mad because they lost, like they expect to win every time. People have to understand they are betting with real money, thats why it's called gambling, you are gambling your money to win money. It doesnt say anywhere you are garanteed to win. I hardly ever win when I play at the casino but I also do not spend more then I am willing to lose or can afford to lose. Don't get me wrong, I have lost plenty of money in the casino so I know how it feels when you spend a lot, but I only got mad at myself for like 2 seconds and then got over it and went on. I am surprised the casino population that is rapidly growing hasn't put towns in an economic crisis. People go bankrupt and lose everything messing with these casinos, and they just keep puting them in. I believe there are 5 in the Miami, area, 2 in Seneca, and one in Wyandotte and one off of HWY 44 going towards Baxter Springs, KS. I do not think we need all these casinos personally, a couple would have been ok for this area. Yet the Indians keep trying to out do the other Indian tribe. When is it going to be enough? They are fun though, if you are a responsible gambler!!!