Making Plans

So summer's on the way and a cousin is getting married! Great excuse for vacation time!! One of my favorite things about my family is that we always go on vacations. Minnesota area better watch out, cuz the Moon's are on the way!! hehe Don't really care what we do, anything when we're all together makes it fun. We're just cool like that.

New Chairs

Well. In our what-we-call-the-living-room we had this blue couch that we lived, breathed and slept on for years. I came home one day from my class and my mother had gotten this big truck and was taking it out of the house. I personally didn't really care but was surprised because my mom is a MAJOR pack rat. I asked my dad about it and he said that he told she had to get rid of something if she wanted to bring something else in. Today she brought home some UGLY green floral chairs. The cushions on them are pretty comfy, not gunna lie, but still. They are so big and ugly. They don't match anything in our house and we don't have room to put them anywhere. She says they remind her of some chairs she used to sit it when she was a kid. We think they look like they came from a nursing home. We'll see where this all goes....my dad is trying to be civilized about it but he really hates them. Ehh...

Little Brother....ISSUES!

So my older brother is in the army and he came home from Iraq for hopefully the last time, but he's being moved to fort hood, so he was able to visit home this past week before he went over there. We were hanging out talking in my room which usually turns into talking about our family. Our sixth grade brother is, I hate to admit it, a geek. He goes to this private school that we've pretty much all gone to at some point in our lives. I am the second to have graduated from there. (It's kindergarten through 12th-and SUPER SMALL-my graduating class was 20) He has always been picked on since he went there, which he started going in first grade. All the kids have always picked on him. He's tall and lanky kinda, not very good at sports, wears glasses, and isn't very coordinated or confident. I was catching my older brother (age 21) up on the issues this younger brother has.

He's had self confidence issues since I can remember. He used to always talk about killing himself and our family and blowing up the school. =[ not cool. He's very emotional, but more closet emotional. He seems to always be depressed...and it doesn't help that his "friends" are always making fun of him. Teachers don't do anything. Makes me mad, especially because we have talked to them about it. It's a small school, how hard to could it be to keep an eye on that? They keep track of everybody else's just fine. Anywho that's another blog altogether. smh...

We think he should go see a psychiatrist or counselor or SOMEBODY. But we were discussing things we can do to help him with his self confidence. He takes everything too much to heart. We want to make him not care so much. My brother suggested that since, he's not home or any older brother for that matter, that I should do the deeds he suggests. My 24 year old brother helped this brother to not care so much and get confidence by making him hit on older girls. I know. I laughed at first too. But I am a woman. Of course I don't completely understand this. He explained to me by doing this our lil bro will experience both rejection and success. Older girls will think it's cute that this little boy is asking for their numbers and whatnot. He will begin to not care so much about the kids his age because he'll understand that there's more out there. Apparently the guy who has the most girls following him has the most power. I'm the closest to a an older brother he will have at home because I'm kind of a tomboy, and I'll tell him straight up what's what. He listens to me.

Also, we were thinking that maybe I can convince mom to let him go to a public school for at least one year. He'll learn that there are others like him. He's not alone in his awkwardness. Sure he'll get picked on but he won't be the only one. I think it'll be good for him. Maybe he'll also learn how to stand up for himself too. I want to help him so bad but there's only so much I can do. He needs a man to man him up. I am a woman. I don't understand everything he's going through because like I said I'M NOT A MAN!

Strange.

Well today was interesting...I haven't really spent that much time with my sisters lately and I really want to but I have a paper due and I need to work on it. My younger 14 year old sister really wanted some starbucks (WHICH I DO NOT LIKE AND AM AGAINST IT) but she had a giftcard so ehh...may as well right? Well I don't know what my dad was on or what my sister did but he was not in a good mood (how unusual right? i'm being sarcastic) and so she was scared to go, I said for her to just get her butt outside and I'll take the heat.As I walked out the door after her, I told our parents where I was going and that she was going with me-they didn't say anything. So we went (plan was to pick up my friend from work and then go to starbucks) and on the way home again, I felt my phone vibrate but I didn't look at it because we were talking and I was driving. We get home and my dad gives me a dirty look when I walk in. He was mad at my sister still and even more now. I was confused and went up to my room. Finally read the text message-it was from my dad- "your coming straight home right? No starbucks." oops... that explained a lot. Don't really know why he was all mad at her though...or why he was so opposed to us going to starbucks. But ehh, what can I do? He gets his little mad periods every now and then.

More examples to come.

Introduction to mi familia.

well..this is us. All nine. Ages range from 8 to 26. eesh we're getting old...

We are a bunch of weirdos, not gunna lie. Chaotic, loud, crazy, strange, smart, different, and fun are some adjectives for us. There's no twins, none adopted..same mom and dad who are still together now 25 years. NO WE ARE NOT MORMAN! We're Catholic and Catholics love sex to put it simply. But gross..I don't wanna think about my parents. Well this was your introduction to my family..hope you enjoy this blog!