Not A True Win

Ashley and Caleb had court today and after all was said and done, Ashley was thrilled. The judge awarded her visitation. Sunday nights and mornings Monday through Thursday. I bring her the kids or she picks them up in the morning and she has to bring them back here by 2pm each day.

I know she is thrilled with this set up… but this is not really a win. Caleb still has full custody of them.

I wouldn’t have been even close to happy with this arrangement. A night without my children would be a failure to me as a mother. And that wouldn’t ever be acceptable.

And I think she made a fatal mistake in front of Caleb’s lawyer too when she refused to give over any of the children’s things… meaning clothing, formula, diapers and so on. ..too Caleb as well. It will be used against her as she refuses to give her children what they need in order to have a petty fight with their father. And the judge will hold that against her when it comes to deciding who has the children’s best interests at heart.

Oh and the lawyer says since she won’t contribute (50%) to what the kids need he will be advising Caleb to sue her for childsupport…Plus she sold the TV that was in question so I am sure Caleb won’t be willing to drop the battery charges now either.

This is not a true win. At least not to me.

They go back mid-June to court… maybe she will see reason by then.

Bumbo, the best baby invention around!

So I have noticed that this chair was around since my son was about 2-3 yrs old. Of course by that time he was too old for it, and he was really not the kind of baby who’d be needing it. With Victoria it never dawned on me to get her one, as she wasn’t overly demand about sitting up straight either. But Adrian, he prefers to sit up, so he can look around. And he gets very vocal about it too, lol

So I bought one and I have to say that this little chair is GENIUS!!! I love the material it’s made out of, strong and sturdy and yet squishy and soft for the babies body and skin. The design is so simple and is built with such common sense and yet no one before this creation had anything even remotely close to this.

I am so thrilled with it! It was worth every penny of the 40$ price tag. It’s not often I find a product to rave about, but this one is very deserving!

Plenty of Drama to go Around

Well the weekend was nice, but mother’s day didn’t really go as planned. Caleb dropped off the kids so Ashley could see them and that is where the planned part stops and the chaos ensued. Caleb and Ashley have no love loss nor do they have any nice words left for each other.

After being here visiting with the kids for about 2 hours, Ashley got upset about a pack of cigarettes she believed to be in the side pocket of the diaper bag. So she called up Caleb asking where it was, and that quickly turned into demanding he buy her another one which then turned into a typical fight between them.

Being angry Ashley then lead him to believe she was taking the kids. He tried to call me, but I was in the kitchen cutting up watermelon for Tori and Andrew. Since I didn’t hear my phone… Ashley took it and answered it. She then said, “She doesn’t want to talk to you!” and hung up on him. Dani brought me the phone so I called him, but it was too late. He was worried she was trying to pull something, so, the next thing you know Caleb is here and is picking up the kids.

Well before Caleb got here Ashley thought this was the funniest ever. She was thrilled to pieces that she was making him angry. But once he got her she realized it backfired because now her visit would be over with. So she shoved past Caleb… doing what I always have told the kids NOT TO DO… she pushed him… placed her hands on him… and not in self defense. And then stormed out, while they each called the other not very nice things.

Needlessly that’s not how I envisioned the day going. And I wasn’t really surprised when a police officer showed up at my door, about 30 minutes later, looking for Ashley either. Long story short… Ashley was arrested for domestic battery and ended up having to stay the night in jail. All for a shove that she never should have made.

So yeah… as I have said… there is never a dull moment around here.

Emotions Are High

I am working very hard lately to maintain my cool. But with all the family drama and stress… my meds aren’t working as well as they should or could. As I am sitting here today, resting and relaxing, I find myself feeling out of control inside. I want to crawl into a corner and cry. My mind is racing and my emotions are on a wild ride.

I hate feeling like this.

Facebook Drama

I HATE FB Drama!!! I cannot stand those who go on their walls and bitch and complain about all the problems they have because of someone else. They call that person names. Bring all of their dirty laundry out for the world to read, comment on and join in on the mob mentality of trashing and attacking each other. It’s disgusting.

I personally DO NOT post , hardly ever, about how bad something or someone is in my life on FB. I try to be positive in my life… even on the largest social network where there is drama lovers waiting to give attention at every turn. Plus I really am not interested in having the whole world see all of our family and friend stuff online. I think it is in poor taste and poor class to rant, rave, and trash someone online. So I try to not do it. I am human and have succumbed to it occasionally, but it is very rare!!

Now I am all for having a place to vent. I have my blog. And many may say that this is the same thing. But I do not think so. I do not have 200-500 friends on here watching what I say, waiting to comment. Doing it on here I am not advertising that I am flipping out on someone. And I try very very hard to play my own devil’s advocate and try to see both sides of the problem.  Which those who do this on facebook do not… and in my opinion it is really only about one thing only… getting attention. They want the FB world to feel bad for them…and to comment about how horrible that situation must be.. boo hoo poor you!

And I dislike it even more when they rants they make on FB are lies. Because they are usually bitching about the other person lying to them… hypocrites. And yeah… if you stretch the truth while bitching about another person lying..or saying their character is bad.. then you are no better than they are.

Go look in the mirror and whine or get a dog if you want attention that badly.. UGH! I have started removing friends off my FB that only do this sort of thing. I don’t need that in my life, and in my face all of the time. Life throws me enough challenges and curve balls. I do not need someone elses downer drama to read too.

Dear Ashley,

Since I am doing my best not to cuss at you, scream at you, or beat you up for being so stubborn, ignorant and stupid. I will post a letter to you here instead!

So lets begin with why WE have turned our backs on you. I hate to tell you, and your ego this…but it isn’t the other way around, as you’d love the facebook world to think! We shut you out, for now… not forever… for an assortment of reasons. Most of which aren’t really all that important to me… no the big one…the worst one that I cannot tolerate was; You chose a man, who admitted to me… WITH YOU STANDING RIGHT THERE.. not once… not twice… but THREE times… that he does drugs daily, over your children, their safety and their RIGHT to be in a safe enviorment. Which in case you were unsure… Drugs are not safe. And being around them is not safe for your children!

You chose this man, this type of person, over your kids!!! AND you KEEP choosing him… over and over and over. Caleb has said to you that all of this would stop right now if you would just remove this man from AROUND THE KIDS. He didn’t even say out of your life, although I am sure that would make him more at ease. No he just asked that this man NOT be around the children. And you told him to … “Fuck off.” “That’s never going to happen.” “He’s going to be in their lives forever.” and so on. And Yes I know this for a fact because I was standing there listening to your responses!! You’ve also said the same things to me on more than one occassion.

You have been asked what is more important.. that man or your children? You have yet to answer that question directly. You talk around it. And when you do answer after being pressed to give an answer… you say, “My Life.” and you said to me and to Caleb on at least 4 occasions total that I know of… (and I am quoting here folks) “I won’t stop living my life for anything and if that costs me my children, so be it!”

Let me try for the 100th time to explain something to you, since your ignorance has apparently locked away your logic and your intelligence.. Man does drugs daily + Children live in same home as man doing drugs = Children are around drugs. Did I dumb that down enough for you to comprehend it through your stubbornness and your ignorance?? Because I’m not sure how much simpler I can make it to grasp.

Your behavior has so drastically changed that I am starting to wonder if you aren’t also taking some sort of drugs. I have never seen you behave so shamefully in your entire life!!

Keeping this man in your life, considering his lifestyle and YOU joining into that lifestyle is inappropriate and dangerous for your children to be around. I just do not understand how you, with a clear mind, couldn’t see that.

We love you deeply. And do not understand why you are acting like this. But in the same breath I can’t support you in this situation.. therefore we have chose to keep our distance. I am so disappointed in you. I expected better of you!!

Love, Me

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