Bad evening just got worse

Ok so I had a totally awesome day until like 4 then I came home and we left again. Well I took my computer with me like always when Dad drives and stupid me opens an e-mail that leaves my computer as "geek squad" put it DOA or Dead on arrival. Then come to find out the work issues I have been having are getting worse. To damn many women working toghether that like to talk shit about one another, but this time they did the wrong thing they let one of my nieces hear it and there is no way in hell I will allow anyone to talk shit about me in front of kids much less kids that belong to my Family. I don't think so. They have another thing coming if they think I am intimidated by them just wait till I get back to work on Friday. They want to talk shit, well shit is going to being flying around the room because it is going to hit the fan. Anyways I am now on my dinosaur computer which I should probably stop calling it names before it stops working. So I am now sitting here fighting with Liberty and Baby who like to steal my mouse which would be perfectly fine if it was not attached to the computer. Hahaha. Anyways I am going to drink my drink and go to bed. Hopefully waking up to a peaceful morning. Which I will be at BC by 8 AM actually ealier. LOL. Heres to a great day with tons of laughter, and good friends that know how to have a good time. Drink. Haha. Ok off to bed with me before I say anything else stupid. hahaha.

Crazy day

the day started out that Dad called me from the road telling me he had picked up some rocks for me. Then I get the phone call where Dad told me that my Uncle Ernie had slipped into a coma and there was not understanding why as of yet. So it had already started bad and so later on I went to school we finished some bags and I went to class. But the big thing is I got home to a totally dark house walk in and sat down to eat and got a call from my Dad that Uncle Ernie has woken up and is talking. Awesome. He is not totally out of the woods but he is awake. Yah

Sleep what a wonderful thing it is

So last night I did something I have not been able to do in for ever. I was asleep by 9:45 and you know I was up by 6:00 this morning feeling great. As my eyes start to droop while I was writing that last sentence. Hahaha. Anyways, I did miss a very important IM but I slept. I am now at the task of writing my report. Yeah I know it should have been done days ago but I was trying to get better info and the people never came through. Watch it is due on the 20th they are going to email me back on the 21st. Haha. Thats my luck. Thats ok it will be a very good report if I say so myself. Haha. Another total shock is Dad is normally in my room by 6 wakeing me up and I have not seen hide nor hair of him this morning. His door is not even open. Wow start off of a really weird day. Spooky. Well we worked on the float yesterday I had a blast. We listened and sung to music while making palm trees and windmills and a theatre covered with cans. Look out BC homecoming here comes the Geology Club.

Volkslauf 2008 (Actual Day)

Ok so after talking all that shit on her last night. It ended up being a good day. Dad, Mom, Grandma, Brandy, Val, Aunt Rita, Uncle Luis, and all the kids came out. Alex ran the 10K with me. Alex was freezing and so was I but that poor baby was shaking like a earthquake. Anyways. We finished have plenty of bumps and bruises and Dad stayed there the whole time. Thinking we had drowned in one of the mud pits it was taking us so long.

Volkslauf 2008

Ok so once again I am doing the Volkslauf tomorrow and all I wanted was for me to be able to do it and my dad and family to be there but ofcourse guess what? Dad is like always making every excuse he can possibly think of not to go. So more than likely just like every other time I want him to do something with me or to watch me do something that is not going to further my career or start me a new one. He will do one of two things: He will bitch and gripe and finally go or he won't go at all. Both leaving me disappointed just like last year.

1st week back at work and Geolgoy stuff

Well I got hired on at the school .I am very happy considering all 10 kids go there. Its awesome.

Here is one of my biggest bags.

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Well here is one of the little bags I have done for Geology Club.

Here is the other side

Craziness, Cowboys, Yankees and school

Ok so yestr day was a good day. Cowboys and Yankees both won. How bout that. And Yankees won today too. Got asked a very important question today. Not to be married so don't think that but I am going to have to keep it to myself for now. Although I wish I could scream it out to the world. Oh and I am going to beat my kitty she won't quit biting me. Little shit. But she is just so damn cute.
I am having a blast at the school and am so excited about the Geology Club. It's just been cool

Club Meeting

Ok so all my life I have stuck around people older than me. One because I was annoyed by people my age and two I wanted to learn. Well I believe that is why I really did not have many friends growing up but wow last night was awesome. Intellectual conversation between not only one person my age but 5. Talk about being stoked. So with all of that I have to say I was amazed at the conversations we had. It went from jokes to serious in depth conversations about geology philosophy to going out and New Kids on The Block. Hahaha. Loved it.

Well I am off the crutches

I had to do it. I said to hell with the crutches. I could not do anything with them. Yes I am in more pain but I had to do it at some point and time. It is still considered a pain in my ass I guess espeically when I go to sit down and am unable to. Hahaha. Family still thinks its funny the names hop-a-long and the lone ranger have both been thrown out a couple of times. But I don 't care I will be getting back on a horse just as soon as I can. I will not let one little fall scare me from the whole adventure. I still have not got to fulfill the dream of riding throught the wind on a horse. So I guess I will have to learn on Jake since my class is over. Althought I did tell the professor he owes me three rides on horses since that is how many days I lost. Hahhahahaha. Well Lady Liberty has turned out to be a pretty cool little kitty. She is a fiesty little shit. So I will say good night now and finish watching Coyote Ugly then go to bed. See ya all later.

Well lets see heres so news...

On the 14th of July. Valeries Birthday, I ended up being thrown from a horse. I was trying to ride Raz and next thing I know as soon as I am on she starts going nuts. I went up and down and up and down and then went all the way down. I now have a fractured hip and fractured tail bone. Makes for a crazy day. I now am on crutches and it sucks.

Dad and I on Maggie and lets not forget Lady Liberty

Well lets just say here is Dad at B.C. on a horse. His first time in a college class and he behaved himself. Such a proud daughter. Hahahaha.

And here I am on Maggie. She is such a good horse. And no she was not pooping. Her tail just happen to be up. Hahaha. Anyways the class is fun we are having a blast. Dad is doing great. He is not having me by his side every second like I thought he would. I love riding the horses. As of the first week of class I have ridden Rowdy, Maggie, Amos and Pepper. Rowdy is my favorite followed by Maggie. Amos and Pepper did not behave for me. Hahahaha. They did not want to go. I hope to do some galloping tomorrow. I would like to be able to faster on the horses.





As for other life. I am so glad I had nothing to do with the GBA-Pony tournament. All the GBA teams are out. I feel for the kids but HAHAHAHAHA to a certain coach that said he was going to bring the flag back home to GBA. People were talking hell a shit about the grounds and how things were being ran. I told Pony that GBA was not ready for a tournament. But oh well they did not listen.

We are all having a blast this summer having a pool for the first time. Aniyah is kicking ass learning to swim that girl has no fear at all. Ave on the other hand has her days. I am loving it. I of course totally burn but that is never going to change.

Oh and by the way I have a new kitty that has totally pissed mom off. Her name is LIBERTY or LADY LIBERTY as I call her. She was under the house for like three days wining and crying and we finally found her. So now we have a black kitten that is so so so so so sos so so so so so sos so so so so so cute.
She is a cutey but hard to get a pic of because of the all blackness. But she has beautiful blue eyes. She got her name because we found her on the fourth of July. Isn't she cute?

Tomorrow's Class

Well Tomorrow I start a class in horsemanship, that I thought Dad was going to be taking with me but it looks like he will be chickening out on it. I figured he would but oh well I know he is not comfortable with it. Hahaha. He says he does not want to be my third wheel in case I find me a cowboy there. Hahaha. Well we will see what happens

Look Me and Willy

So I got a picture of Willy and I. He is so dang CUTE!!! I am about to start a journey that I really don't know how will turn out. I am going to take a class with my Dad. Its just a Horsemanship class but any class with my Dad we will see what happens there. There was something else I wanted to say but can not remember what so I will say later.

Baby Willy

Baby Willy was born today at 4:17 pm after causing his momma (Jen) to be at the hospital for a good 36 hours. He weighed 7lbs 9 ozs. and was 19 and 1/2 hours. He is a cute little shark that will grow to become a great white shark like his daddy. Here is Proud Momma Jen after she got done cussing out the doctors, I am sure. Well We Also got a pool its beautiful while crystal clear. Refreshing on a hot summer day. But Hell on my face and shoulders. Damn it we need that ozone layer back working the way it supose to protect us. The kids have a blast each time they get in it although today was a no swim day because someone decided to have an accident in the pool yesterday. Damn it Barb. I might have to kick that little ones ass. All of this is summer fun .I also think I am going to be taking a horsemanship class with my dad of all people and for him to be going to any college class is a miricle. We will see if it happens. Hahaha.

More Summer Fun

Well today we had our Baseball end of season party. It was hosted at one of the boys houses because he had a pool. Eventhough the little shits of the team were spraying me and splashing me and trying to drown me. It was a blast. I am sun burned but it was a blast. To bad I did not get a pic of me in my floaties but i was in the pool. It was fun. The kids had a blast and eventhough it was fathers day. The dads had fun too. No guys got in the pool though it was a bunch of kids like 20 and moms and an aunt. Hahaha. Well I was going to add pictures of fathers day night before but my hooker for a sister but she did not bring the camera. The pics are so cute though. So good night.

Fun of the day

So today was so much fun. I got to start the journey of riding Jake. Then I pulled out the slip n slide that I had never used. It was fun. And you should have seen the blast that the kids had. Well tomorrow I have to drive to Patterson for a delivery. Looking forward to the drive. Also Can't wait for Jen to have the baby.

1st attempt on Jake

Ok so this morning I saddled Jake up and was going to attempt to ride him. The first thing I did was get him saddled. Then I lead him around for a few minutes. Then came the test that Dad wanted to put the baby on him. She rode side saddled (both legs on one side) for quick removal if needed. Jake did great so did Aniyah. Then came Alexs' turn went around no problems. Then came scaredy girls turn But Avery went no problem our scared one was Joe. Then it was my turn. I walked him over to where the stairs were and as soon as I started to put my weight on him I could tell that the saddle was not tight enough but I was half way up. Well during this time Dad had the lead rope and was holding him. I was on but could feel the looseness of the saddle so I went ahead and got off. I was going to retighten and get back on but scardy cat dad said no more for right now. Jake had hit the stairs with his hoof and it spooked him a little. Note to self: Have stairs removed quickly. When he hit the stairs he reared up a bit. But it was exilerating to be up on him finally. I hope to try again later on today. The issue for him to get over is to trust me and I also need to fully trust him. Which would be much easier if Dad was not right there because he will never fully trust him until I ride him. See he bucked a guy and landed on top of him but the guy had hit him hard with the spurs and was using a whip. I won't do that. I don't like whips. Anyways it was a fun start for the morning. Now I am off to watch the Yankee game.

Events of this week.

Well heres the story.
I became President of Greenfield Baseball Association (GBA) when our president resigned. It was a huge load dropped in my lap. I tried to do as much as I possibly could to control the situation at GBA. Well on Sunday after I had attended the President meeting for Pony Baseball. I later that day decided that I needed to resign myself from GBA due to the fact that it had become a hardship on my family. With the events that have happened within the last month I felt that it is something I had to do.
On Saturday while at GBA I was verbally attacked by between 20-30 people all screaming and cussing at me. It involved my family and not being able to change things within the 21 days I was President. So I have resigned and hope to do some damage control this week from shit talkers with loose lips.
I am looking forward to having a lot more time and just enjoying the game. Only worry: People start talking shit to me and I might just have to beat someone down. So Long story short. I am no longer associated with GBA other than the kids playing there. I am looking forward to other things that are in my futher.
Kylie

Well meet the new President of Greenfield Baseball Association

Not by choice but by chance I am now the President. It's a lot more responsibility and it has already started to be a headache. I hate to see the old President go. I am very sad about that. On a happier note we did win the game on Saturday 14-4 so We are now in 1st place. YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I must say I love it. Hahahaha. Ok well I must go to bed now. I am tired and Duke has winded down and is laying calmly by me. So good night to whom ever might be reading this. I will post more when I have more to say. Ta Ta For Now.

Duke and the going ons of the last couple of weeks

Well I got a new puppy. He is a German Shepard. He is about 4-6 weeks old. We were told he was 8 weeks old but when we took him to the vet they said no way. He was a little sick for a while but is doing great now. Here he is:

Isn't he a cutey.

Well we are now 10-1 in baseball. We play the the only team that we have not beat tomorrow and we are looking forward to it. I am also looking forward to yelling at a lot of people tomorrow afternoon. Hope to get a lot of things solved by that. Well B.C. is almost over and then we have until the end of the month at CSUB. I can't wait for it to be done. I am picking up my physical on Monday so I can take in my stuff to start subsituting. I am looking forward to that. I want to be in a classroom so badly. Plus I could use the money of course.

We had Jen's Baby shower and Relay for Life all on the same day. They both went ok. Spring training is going good. Although I need to be able to run more. I hate that I can not run for long. I need to figure out how to make it better. I am hoping to be able to ride Jake this weekend. I have had my worry to much father stopping me. Well I better finish cleaning up my room. Little Mr. Duke has not been behaving all the way. He is not totally potty trained yet. So you can make you assumption of why I am making sure there is nothing on the floor. Silly dog.

REALIZATION --I want a tattoo but no kids for me.

So I have come to two realizations today:
1) I have come to realize that the thought that I would someday have kids has faded away. I used to FEEL like it was going to happen and that feeling is no longer there. Its kinda like it just floated away. I am going to be 30 in 8 short months and with the limitations I have put on myself of not having a kid until I finish college, Start my carrer, and get married which I also don't see happening anytime soon is nearly impossible.
2) I want a tattoo either in the middle of my lower back or belly somewhere by my hip bone. Im not sure what I want maybe a butterfly. I'm not exactly sure. Maybe something field related. Hell I don't know.
It's just strange how these things came to me today of all days. So I am now tattoo shopping...
SO IF ANYONE HAS ONE WHERE I WANT ONE LET ME KNOW IF IT HURTS..... especially on the lower back cause I am thinking I want it there
Two words that fit me for the day are flustered and flabbergasted.... Oh wait a third word Tired... Going to be its late....... THIS IS WHAT I WANT

Im in class....

So I am sitting waiting for class to start. I still have about 15 minutes. But I am actually in class before it starts. I have been debating on what to do about a lot of stuff. And I think I am actually figuring somethings out. I had an awesome weekend. We kicked butt in our game yesterday. Yah!!!!! I am sitting in a classroom with 2 couches in it and I totally want to just go lay on them and go to sleep.....WAKE UP KYLIE!!!!!! Ok so I guess I better go class is going to start....

Well I just locked Dad's keys in the truck

Well after Alex won the game we went to the snack bar and dad locked the blue bag in the truck because my purse was in there. So the damn keys were in the truck and AAA could not unlock it luckily one of the boys on the teams grandpa is a lock smith. Damn it yeah for that grandpa....

Beer Taste Test

So I am trying the purly scientific way of finding out which if any beer I like best. I am going to test three different kinds
Hypothesis: One of the three types of beer will be better than the others.
Supplies needed: Beer (in this case: Coors Light, Heineken, and Budweiser)
Test: Try each of the beers
Method: Drink Up!!!
RESULTS:
Heineken: uuuuh I don't know so much about that
Budweiser: Most defiantly not thank god for Dr. Pepper
I don't really know if I want to finish this experiment. Give me a shot of Captain.
Coors Light: is going to have to wait for another night
Experiment put on hold because the want to barf after the Budweiser That shits nasty!!!
These things must be an aquired taste!!!!
Ok Captain &B DR. P here I come

So I went on another totally freaking awesome field trip today.....

These are the Mohave Chubs (2 in.)







Here I am in the lava tube....


MORE PICS TO COME TOMORROW BUT ITS 1:03 in the morning.....


Yeah. It was such a blast we collected Olivine Crystals, Halite, Bombs, Bombs with Olivine crystals and Obsidian in it. It was really Cool!!!! I sunk in the salt brine gooshiness. Ripped my pants while climbing in a totally awesome Lava Tube. Ripped my pants again while sliding down on my butt from the Cinder Cone where we were collectting the bombs. Got totally sunburned even after applying sun block (go Figure) hahaha. We lost people we found them again. It was all great fun. Although I must say ADULTS really need to go back to the day of Kindergarten when they tell you to listen to the teacher and follow the directions. Hahaha. The person that that was for totally knows who it was for. Hahaha. Oh I can't forget the Chubby fish that were not chubby but can only be found on Zzyxz Rd. They are called the Mohave Tui Chubs though for reals..... I have finally been to the infamous Route 66!!!!! I must say today was much too much fun with a lot of awesome learning and collecting going on.....

Thank God its Friday

This week has been hella crazy too much school work. Work at home... Baseball Shit..... Thank God its Friday. School week is over.. Saturday going on a field trip I have been waiting to go on for a year. Got out voted last year hahaha. It should be great.... My back still hurts but with meds its all good. But only sometimes... YEAH FOR THE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only thing I am sad about is that I will be missing a huge game for Alex

I cut my hair

Well I cut my hair. It is about 5 inches shorter. Its weird brushing it. I am so used to it being long. Hahaha. Well I got a lot of homework done tonight. Plus our Yankees are undefited so eventhough people like to cause shit over there we are still doing just fine.....

Spring Training and Easter

Well things have changed and yet stayed the same. I went to Spring Training today and set a new record for myself. Last year right before Volksaluf I ran/walked the mile in 20 minutes today I ran/walked it in 15 min. 20 sec. I did not realize the accomplishment until Natalie told me about it. So I guess what I am doing is working some. I just need to step it up a bit and lay off the soda again. Damn it how did that stuff get in the house again.

Ok my excersice ball is hell to blow up even with an airpump. Ok it's done. and I have now done 25 pushups on it. Anyways we had fun with Easter yesterday. But I can't wait for Jen to have Willy. After Vals episode on New Years she won't drink. So I had no girls to drink with me yesterday so I did not drink. I got some pics that I need to figure out how to fix stupid things are sideways. School starts back up tomorrow. So that should be exciting. I have three new classes that I can not wait to get to. I hope there are some cute guys in them. Oh shit thats right this goes out on my facebook. Oh well, I'm tired now so I am going to go to sleep and will add pics later.
Kylie

My New House/ My Apartment

Heres Sassy and Jake being watched by Aniyah, Dad, and Pheonix

This is the house. We are getting moved in but it is a slow process. I love the place. As you can see there are horses and everything.








This is the front of the house. Isn't it pretty.....



This is Sassy and Jake. Or should I say Sassys' ass and Jake. Hahaha.






My desk and steps to the house. Yes I have already fallen down them. And I hadn't had anything to drink other than Dr. Pepper. Hahaha....







Here is the junk in my living room of my apt. Its starting to look better.
































This is the Garage and big ass driveway that all three trucks can fit into. My Papa built this garage. See why I love this place so much.



The kids basketball court they love this. The little girl next door has a tether ball which is even better





This is our gate into the pasture. The horses are running free here.

Moving

So I have have been able to come back to this house for 27 years. And after this month that will never happen again. I am moving but there is one good thing about it. We are moving to my grandparents old house. This may be a little hard considering Papa passed away and we no longer speak to Grandma. But anyways. I am getting a room that is like a little apartment seperated from the family. But still within the same property... There will also be horses that I can ride at my leisure. I have not gotten to ride a horse since I was 10. I will be loading pictures of new and old house later. A little busy packing and trying to do homework and attend class.

Oh Today Today Today

It started out ok woke up did what I had to and went to school .Ok here is where I got it hectic. I went to school with a thousand things on my mind I had draft to think about. Assignments to think about and a play to do today. So needless to say I have been swapped today and going nuts. Then of all things My Phone Got Stole. I have no idea where it went. So how was your day. My was freakin nutty. It did end up going ok. My play went off good. Draft went off with out a hitch. I must say I am glad its over and am very tired. So good night all. Ok heres what else happened I left my purse at Papa O's.....

You will never believe what I just did

So I was walking to lunch at CSUB with Amelia and Kati and I see a rock wall up ahead. Yep you guessed it. I climbed the rock wall. It was so much fun. Amelia took pictures. So they are soon to come. Wow I want to do it again.

Ok so I said there would be pictures and since Amelia had a memory card I now have them. Yah

Ok New Happy Day

Morning has already started it is now 6:35 and I have been up for an hour. Right now I am trying to untangle my Angel neckalace and have great difficulty with it. But that is not going to get me down. I am going throught the day with happiness. I have a lot of work to do, but when I get a task in front of me. I will do the work to the best of my knowledge.

So Many Things To DO

So many things to do, so little time to do it in. Going nuts with time restrictions. Work, School, GBA.....AAAWWWWWWWWWWW..... Oh and by the way my stomach is killing me......ouch......

Relay for life.

So is anyone doing the relay for life? I would like to join a team or start up one of my own. I am still finding out information about it. But if you know let me know. Thanks......

So Excited

I got my new lap top and its so pretty its matallic looking red with a web cam and vista. Not exactly sure on how to use the vista all the way yet and it did not come with many instructions but what can I say.

School, Work, More School, Home work, Music, Theatre, PE, Physical Science, History

All of this and more. As of today I will not have my laptop for appox. 2 weeks. Talk about torture. WHY ME? hahahaha. Well I survived my very first midterm at Cal State today. It was in PE. Yeah you think it was easy WRONG.... I also played a line of music in front of everyone today. Scary... But I did it. It was awesome when I did not screw up... hahaha. So I am stuck with my dinosaur desktop but I still have a smile on my face. My laptop has screwed up so many times they are probably going to give me credit for a new one. Yah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So its Super Bowl Sunday

So its Super Bowl Sunday and I would rather be anywhere but here. I am trying to do homework and all I hear is Kylie Kylie Kylie. And I won't even eat anything they are bbqing. I have a headache and I want to hurt someone...... Of course Mom just barged in is that ALL the pork chops your making for me and you. Oh shit its raining got to put the grill to the back yard. Ok Grills safe. So I need to do my homework now hopefully people will shut up with my name.

Night out with the girls

Five Girls going out painting the town red. This was our second stop. The night started out great and ended up awesome.
Me, Nina, and Crystal at the Road House Grill
Me and Jenny in the back seat of the car.
Veronica and I. I don't look to buzzed do I
Yeah I had had a few. I was chair dancing to music from the 80's and 90's. It was awesome

Here some pics

So my blog was getting boring so while I sit here watching the Garth Brooks Concert that I wish I would have won tickets to I will post so pics. This should give you a few laughs....

These would be Aniyahs moods and other personalities.... It says. Aniyah happy, Aniyah got spanked (on the hand for pulling down Ky-Kys' sweats), Aniyah mad, Aniyah sticking out her tounge at Kylie, an Aniyah the rat(which is what mom always calls her)... Kinda funny...

Ok heres the cutey pa tuty. Look at the cheeks. Just remember looks can be decieving....

Don't trust her I am sure she is up to something. ISN'T she adorable though.....

Heres Alex kickin it at the Condors Game. The leg that would be Dad of course.

And here would be the Condors on the Ice.... They won....

Something scary for you. This is me at 17 before I was taken to the church across the street for a makeover that they had for the girls in the school. Damn I wish I was that skinny again......

And of course here is me now in my messy ass room with my pic of my girls on my mirror and my kiddos. Yes thats Alexs' big head it was part of his astronaught picture that got ripped. hahahaha

So BC is about to start

Well its Sunday and school starts back on Tuesday but with the addition of two more classes. So a total of 5 classes now. Theatre , Music, and PE for the Young Child. AT BC on the other hand the hard classes Physical Science and History. Should be fun. So I should be having fun this semester/quarter. Im going to be so confused.

Few Days has past

So a few days have past and I am really liking my classes. I have theatre and music for the young child. And PEAK and Physical Science. Physical Science I have not started in but Im sure it will be fine. I like the classes which is good. I do have a two hour break but at least I have a girl in three of my classes that I talk to all that time. As soon as I load some pics on here I will post some. My posts are getting very boring I know.......

First Day of School Jitters

You know its funny. I can remember every since I was little girl. The day before school started I could not go to sleep untill extremely late and then the next morning it feels like I have to pee and my stomach hurts. I know everything will be fine but it never fails. So I am off to my first day at the UNIVERSITY. Wonder how it will be. Im sure it will be fine as long as I can find out where my first classs is going to be. Hahaha.

New Years from Me

Ok so that post the kids helped with. This is the one from two ten in the mourning. A few people have already puked but I am still up and fine. I kept up with the best of them. Haha. They did not think I could hang. I did get dizzy but was able to stand up and take care of the ones that were puking. Ok well I have a yucky taste in my mouth so I am going to go to bed now. It is late and I am sleeping in the livingroom with 8 kids. I am sure the kids will be up early. Night to all. Hope you have a happy new year.