…Blessings…

It’s been 3yrs now since we bought our ’99 Mitsubishi – Diamante. I honestly didn’t think it would last this long with us, but it did and it’s slowly breaking down! Lol.. Since we’ve bought it I swear we’ve gone through so many TIRES!!! But we’ve been riding on our spare tire maybe for almost 2mnths. We or I was too lazy to go and fix it until yesterday. I told my Husband “Umm… I think the spare tire is balding and it looks like it’s about to pop”. So we were like okay were gonna go and get a new tire for the back only cause we didn’t have that much money on us but only enough for one new tire due to we both don’t work, and we’re limited on how much we could be spending on anything. But back to the story we drove to our storage unit and got our tire out that popped 2mnths ago, which explained why the spare was on and we took it with us to the tire shop to get it fixed and have them place it back on the car for us so we didn’t have to do it at home.

We arrived to the tire shop at 6:03pm my Husband got out and rolled our tire over to the mechanic but he was busy speaking with another couple. After that couple left he and asked him how much for a replacement tire, He said $30 so we had him replace the tire and when he came to remove the spare off he looked at our spare and was SHOCKED that it was BALDED real BAD to the point that metal part was sticking out! LMBO... As he was removing the spare off to put on the new tire we just bought he stares at our front tire and says “That tire is balding you’ll need to put a new tire on that front tire or maybe put a new one on in 2wks” I say to him “Okay we’ll come back to do that tire maybe next week cause we only have enough to do just the one.” For some reason he gets up and walks around our car looks at all of our tires and says the other two tires on the left side are okay you’ll probably have to change them out in a few months.

He then looks at us as he’s screwing our tire we bought on and says “You know what I am not gonna let you guys leave here with that front tire like that. It’s not safe and if it pops while you guys are on the road it would cause a real bad car accident.” He then removes the tire and goes put’s on a new tire on it and says it’s FREE. And as he was picking up our spare from the floor that he removed earlier (keep in mind our spare was bald so bad to the point the metals were sticking out a little) and says “Hold on let me take the tire off because it might blow up, and you guys just take the rim until you guys have enough to put a new tire on the spare tire rim.” He takes our spare tire to the back to remove the tire off the rim, but when he came back he came with a new tire on the SPARE!!! And says “I just went ahead and put a tire on for you guys just in case you need your spare.” And once again he says “It’s FREE.”

I just looked at him I felt like CRYING!!! I couldn’t stop saying THANK YOU to him and how much he helped us with giving us two FREE tires. He was the kindest person I’ve ever met, never in my life did I ever expect a complete stranger to be so kind and giving. He was supposed to close his shop at 6pm and we arrived at 6:03pm, he could’ve easily said I’m closed but he didn’t and took us still.

This was truly a BLESSING!!!

…Change…

My Husband and I have talked over and over about moving. This was a subject that always came up here and there and then pushed to the side. But we’ve decided that we want to move out of Utah. We plan to move to Nevada. About two months ago half of my babysitters have moved out to Henderson, Nevada and now my aunt and all her kids just moved out there to Henderson, Nevada two weeks ago. And now my sister is planning on moving out there before the end of the year so “Why Not Do It??? Everyone’s Doing It Right???” LMBO… Well Henderson, Nevada here we COME!!! Lol… We plan to move out there maybe in a month or two or maybe in weeks. But I think a CHANGE is what we need!!! Plus my Husbands 1^st cousin Mike will be helping us out on fixing our credit and helping us out especially on buying our 1^st house since he is a Realtor.

Since we’ve decided to move out of Utah you of course have to have a job first before you can just get up and move. Lol… My Husband applied to about maybe 25-30 jobs out in Nevada and as of yesterday he received a lot of call backs and wanted to interview with him as of yesterday. But he had to explain to them that we live in Utah still but we are planning on moving out there by next month, they all understood and schedule his interviews for next week starting Tuesday, Aug. 16^th. He’ll be flying out to Nevada Tuesday morning and stay with his cousin Mike and go to his interviews out there. If he does get the jobs out there he’ll stay out there for the 1^st two or three weeks and work while I stay back in Utah with our kids, So he could work and save up for us to get our own place out there, Once he gets our own place then we’ll all head to Nevada with all our stuff in a U-Haul!!! Lol..

My Husband is so excited for this move and so are we. We can’t wait for this CHANGE and can’t wait to see how it turns out. I am so THANKFUL for my sister Irene who we are staying with right now. Cause if it weren’t for her I don’t know where I would be right now or I wouldn’t be able to be save right now. She is like my oldest Sister and my 2^nd Mom at the same time!!!  Ii LOVE HER and can’t imagine life without her. So I guess this post will TO BE CONTINUED…. Once we get out to NevadaJ

“CHANGE = HENDERSON, NEVADA”

(HERE WE COME)

…LOL…

...WiNNER...

On Wednesday, Auguest 10^th I was sitting downstairs and talking with my sister Irene, My Husband comes running down the stairs with the laptop in one hand and his cell in the other talking to someone. He hands over the laptop to me and says “I’m the WINNER for the J-Boog tickets for the concert on Aug. 19^th”. I was just sitting there like WHATEVER LIAR!!! Lol.. He yells to me listen to me I’m online there getting ready to have me on radio online to announce that I won!!! (While he ran back upstairs with his phone). As I was sitting there with the laptop all I can hear is a guy and lady talking and saying we have the winner of our J-Boog concert tickets they asked him for his name and surely it’s my HUSBAND YELLING MY NAME IS LEE!!! LEE OTUKOLO!!! LMBO… I was like hell yeah cause we wanted to go but we didn’t want to spend any money on getting tickets cause they were pretty pricey!!!! Ahahahaha……

So

THANK YOU

RITALOVE AND THE BROTHERS

On WWW.UTAHFM.ORG

For our two free J-Boog Concert Tickets on August 19th at the Complex!!!

:)

…I Still Can’t Believe It…

Well it’s been about a month now since my Hubby was let go from his job Dannon (the yogurt company). It’s been a subject or something that I try not to talk about to anyone, Because I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! It all happened around the end of June going into July. I felt like he was let go for the dumbest reason, well to me it was dumb but to the company it was a Safety Violation. I clearly remember the day it happened he came straight home from work as usual after a day of hard work, He came and woke me up with a facial expression that looked like (don’t get mad at me) and said to me “They pulled me and Osi (another co-worker of his) into the office around 2am and they were asking us questions about an incident that happened a month ago that involved me and him.” As my Hubby was telling me his story I just sat there and kept saying in my head “please don’t say you go fired”, As he went on with his story and explained how a month ago at work they were getting slammed to the point that they were behind on loading and other stuff,  and when he was trying to put a pallet full of yogurt on a high shelf (I’m guessing) it wouldn’t stay still because there was a loose pallet at the top of the shelf which was making it impossible to place the pallet of yogurt on top without it falling or tipping, He said at the time he wasn’t thinking of safety but was thinking if he doesn’t hurry up and fix the pallet at the top they will be behind even more and busy then they were already. So he said he was lifted up on a forklift by a co-worker, and he had loosened the pallet that was stuck at the top and then placed the new pallet of yogurt on top and then continued on with the rest of their work for that day.

Well maybe about 3wks after the incident my Husband injured his back at work and was put on light duty with a restriction of no heavy lifting over 10lbs by his Doctor. And HONESTLY I felt like ever since they put him on light duty Dannon was out to get him, to top it off Dannon was in the process of laying off a few employees as well. But I felt like ever since his back injury they were trying to find something to let him go or to get him in trouble with. Well 2wks had passed since his injury and then that’s when they were called into the office by the supervisors and plant manager. When they left the office he said Dannon said they’ll call him if they want him to come in tomorrow to work, So the next day came and it was getting closer to 6pm which is the time he starts work, Then maybe around 4:30pm he received a call from Dannon saying for him to come in by 5pm. I dropped him off to work not thinking anything negative because since he worked at Dannon he had NEVER EVER GOT IN TROUBLE FOR ANYTHING (Not even a warning). But I think an hour passed since I dropped him off to work he showed back up at home and said with a smile “I got fired, for Zero Tolerance Violation Rule”. At first I was just sitting there not wanting to believe it and as minutes went by then hours I finally realized he is DONE he is no longer working for Dannon.

Well it has been a month now since he lost his job. My Husband has been applying for jobs since a week ago. Lol… I know, you think since we both don’t work he would hurry up and get another job but no he just applied for Unemployment and is just chillaxing with us and spending quality time with us and helping with the kids around the house. I know since he lost his job it’s been a big hot mess with our bills and thank goodness we paid a few of our bills ahead of time and a month ahead or I would be going crazy. Lmbo… Well since then a few things have been working and going great for us. Dannons UNION is fighting his case and is trying to get his job back for him and trust me we keep up to date with Steve Wolfe who is helping my Husband and calls us almost every day to let us know where everything stands right now. My Mother In-law Linda Otukolo is another big help to us. If you know me I am the type of person who does NOT want any kind of help from anyone and I try to do everything on my own unless it comes down to it and I really need the help.

We’re still waiting on the Union to see what Dannon has to say,

But other than that we are just enjoying life as it comes!!!

…Family Functions…

The past few weeks my Husband’s Family have been really busy with:

“Birthdays, Church Talks, Family Reunions and Baptisms”

A few weeks ago we had gone to help out his cousin Letizia Wolfgram and her little family with their family church program, and by of course what their family is known for doing singing as a choir. Lol… But must I say there family program was so spiritual and they all did so well including the kids.

Then later that week my Husbands little sister Seni threw her son Siupeli Otukolo Lapota’s 1^stBirthday “Jungle Bash” in Oakland, California on Saturday, July 30th. It really sucked because I wished my whole little family could’ve gone but we weren’t able to be a part of Siupeli special day but my Husband and my 2^ndyoungest Asaeli were able to go and represent for us. But we did see a lot of pictures from our families that were able to go and it looked like everyone had a blast.

Then that following week Fri, Sat and Sun (Aug.5^th-7^th) was my Husbands “Mataele Family Reunion”. And my kids had so much fun these 3days cause they were able to just run around at the parks and then at the dances as well. Lol… And to top it off we did a Flash Mob Dance to Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling". My kids were so excited to perform and to be a part of the flash mob. Lol..

And during that weekend on Saturday, Aug. 6^th my Husbands older brother son Jay was getting baptized, it was blessing to witness another young child to be able to receive the Holy Ghost and also see their big smile after getting baptized. And also to see all the little kids surrounding his baptism smiling and saying "I can’t wait to get baptized". After he was baptized his grandma Connie gave a talk, I loved her talk and especially how she used items to explain to Jay how they were used to help him in through daily trails. I wasn’t able to witness Jay get confirmed cause of course my kids were being rowdy and I of course had to take them out cause to me if I hear kids are making noise in the background and running around which my kids were doing. Lol.. During a baptism or blessing or anything I feel like I can't feel the whole Spiritual feeling. Lol... So yeah I took them out and gave them a few love smacks here and there! LMBO... But after Jay's baptism his parents made lunch bags for everyone and you know the usual Polynesian thing everyone takes 2-4bags per ONE person! LMBO… But it was a GREAT IDEA because everyone was in a rush to go to the Family Reunion that was going on during Jay’s Baptism. And after seeing Tisha and Dianna make lunch bags for their son's Baptism I think I am just gonna have to make lunch bags for my sons baptism next year too. Lol.. It seems simple and the fastest way to get everyone out of the chapel! Ahahaha……

The following day on Sunday, Aug. 7^th the last day of my Husband’s Family Reunion they ended it with a Fireside that was held in Provo, UT. It was a great turn out and loved there talks well a few because I didn't understand a few. Lol... But afterwards a few of us headed on over to Reno Mahe’s house had some cocoa and bread and enjoyed a few laughs with one another and the guys played a few cards games while the kids just ran around being psycho like always or OK maybe just MY KIDS!!! LOL… But that was about it what we did the last few weeks with my Husband’s Family.

“What a BUSY, BUSY, BUSY LAST 2Wks FOR MY HUSBANDS FAMILY”

…Back to School…

A few weeks ago we moved to my sisters which meant a new School for my kids, they now attend Stansbury Elementary and it had to be a year-round school. I hate year-round schools because there always taking random breaks and then they usually have a short summer break depending on what Track your put on. My oldest Tevita started 2^nd grade on July 11^th and he wasn’t really excited to go back to school, but he was excited to try out his new school. Which I thought was weird because usually kids don’t like to go to new schools because they don’t really know anyone or hate the fact of having to make new friends. But anyways a week later my 2^nd oldest Damian started Kindergarten. He is my anxious and can’t sit still child, he couldn’t stop talking about how he can’t wait to start school ever since we registered him. Well since he started Kindergarten I honestly thought “Here we go I’m going to hear a lot of bad things from his teacher about him or he’s going to come home with a note saying he was being rude or hit another student!” Lol.. But since he’s been in school he is doing a great job with homework and listening in class so far. Lol…

Well my boys LOVE that they go to the same school and get to see each other only after school. Lol… My oldest loves to rush over to his little brothers class and get him, because since he’s in Kindergarten his teacher stays with all the students until their parents or a sibling picks them up. Sometimes when I go to get my 2^nd oldest his teacher like “Oh, His older brother took him already!” Hoii…. He totally likes the idea that he has a little brother to look for after school or who knows to punk around. Lol… We bought our boys new bikes 2wks ago so they could ride their bikes to and from school so it could save us on gas. They look forward to riding their bikes to school every morning. And it’s kind of good thing too since my son in Kindergarten is in half-day Kindergarten. It sucks because they do have full-day Kindergarten but it’s only offered to the students that need a little more help. But it’s totally fine because he likes going to school no matter if it’s full-day or half-day.

But my kids will be going off track starting this Friday and will be off for a whole MONTH!!!! (Just Shoot Me Already) LMBO… I’m not sure what I want to do with my kids while there off since this is there first time in year-round school, but one thing I’m for sure on is there going out to Nevada to stay with my aunt out there to keep them occupied while I REST. LMBO…  I wished I took pictures but I didn’t have a camera on hand and the camera on my phone is broken, So once I get a new camera or my replacement phone I’ll take a picture of them and pretend it was there 1^st day of school picture and post it!!! Lol…

...Annoyed/Annoying...

A few weeks ago I felt like I was just so ANNOYED of anyone and anything, which was super ANNOYING to my Hubby cause I was just a Biznatch to him and a witch to my kids!!! LMBO… But yeah, I’m not sure if it’s because there just always annoying to me or If it’s because I haven’t had my menstrual period for the last three months now, which is EXTRA ANNOYING because I’m not sure if I want to be Prego again so soon!!! But yeah that’s all I have for this post cause I really need to stop being ANNOYED/ANNOYING!!!!! LoL… ;P

...Once Again NEGLECTED…

Once again I've neglected my blog for about a good 3-4months!!! Lol..

But I'm back and hopefully here to stay and update my crazy life to those who like to hear me complain, nag, cherish and love my little Family!!! LMBO...


And I need to UPDATE my PROFILE TOO!!!