5/30/2008 (I can't think of a title!)

The Ross Family has been busy, busy, busy. There's been then good, the bad and the down right UGLY but nothing that has kept us down or anything that has had us backed up in a corner.

Summer has been slowly trying to sneak it's way into the Valley and it had one successful weekend. It reached about 106! Then the next week it was in the upper 60's/lower 70's. How's that for a temp change?!?! With the tease of beach weather, we went out over Memorial Day Weekend and grabbed a beach umbrella and a cooler. This way we can spend more than an hour at our favorite beach.

Gas prices are officially out of control. Well, I guess that they have been for a while, but I think that it's really caught up with me. We are now at about $4.15 for regular. Ryan's car is suppose to take mid-grade, but he's even been hesitant to put that in since it's close to $4.30 a gallon. $40 bucks gets me just to 1/4 a tank, so I have been trying to ride my bike to work. I've only been able to get on it once or twice a week. I'm still trying to get out of the house early enough to ride to work.

More fun headed our way... We will be moving AGAIN. We have to move to another apartment/house that is in the zone of a decent school. It's so weird out here in Los Angeles... in one city there could be 12 schools! We found a great little house that we are going to see on Saturday. 4 bedrooms! Woo hoo! I know that where ever we go the place has to have 3 bedrooms. Tyler and Aislynn don't do too well together at night in one room and I need my sanity back.

So, I'll be posting lots of pictures (or a link to where you can view the pictures) this weekend. The kids are just growing, growing, growing! Aislynn is already TALL! =)

Bad mom...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_hi_te/internet_suicide

My heart goes out to the family that lost their little girl. What the hell was this woman thinking doing such a thing to a 13 year old girl? I'm sure that everyone remembers their early teen years as being awkward; I know that I sure do. I hated everything about myself and when it came to boys, it was even worse. For this MOTHER to feel that she needed to play a part in this is just sick.

I hope that I can raise my children to be confident enough to stand their ground when people get nasty. Who would have thought that a parent would have to worry about another ADULT harassing their children.