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Andrea

There is a reason for everything, no matter how painful....

About Me

Jersey Girl, born and raised, re-located to New York since 1997...Oh how I miss the ocean! I am the Mom of 7 beautiful kids, one of whom resides in Heaven ..My oldest is 18 and my youngest is 3. I am married for the second time. I am a healthcare worker, supervising a group home for individuals suffering from mental retardation. My family and I live on an Indian Reservation in Western New York, it is nice and open, quiet most of the time, lots of open spaces...background-image:url('http://i5.photobucket.com/alb ums/y154/cairinne/flowerandheart.jpg ');

My Interests

Other than my kids.....Sci-Fi, horses, my dogs, travel (someday).....

I'd like to meet:

~* I know for sure now, Bindi Sue Irwin, how brave and wise she is for such a little person. Another hero in my heart~* I made this layout with help from pYzam , Look at these other Layouts!

Music:

80's Hair bands! Def Leppard ROCKS!!!! And I like alot of today's new stuff, yes my teens have influenced me horribly. Love Green Day and Nickleback.

Movies:

Sci-Fi, drama, suspense, sometimes horror....pretty easy to please here.

Television:

Every Night is Sci-Fi Friday, unless Survivior is on or Grey's Anatomy.

Books:

I don't get much chance to read much lately, too busy with life. But I have found some web based fan written stories that I am addicted to.......Sci-Fi of course!

Heroes:

First and most important, my Mom. She is my number 1 hero. When I look back at her life, and realize the life she could have ended up with, her and my Dad had soo much against them and they made it and are still happily married. And then add on top of that all the shit I put them through, horrible first marriage, having to rescue me from NC and bring me and 2 kids back home, putting up with me and putting us up in their home for soooo long. Another marriage, better this time but still not without it's problems, adding 5, yes 5 more children in a very short time frame, having to bury one of them, and through it all my Mom and Dad have always been there for me. My Dad has always been my hero, he was just the best Dad and has been an awesome Grandfather to my kids, even stepping in for my older one as *Dad* for special occassions when their piece of shit father wasn't around.Secondly my children are my hero's, more so the 4 older ones. My youngest 2 are my miracles, they are more special than words can describe, handpicked by their Angel sister. But the 4 older ones who lived through the death of their sister, and now almost 6 years later are approaching *normal* again, they are truely hero's on my heart.

My Blog

update, mindless bloginess

JEff and I just celebrated our 9th anniversary!  Funny how times seems like yesterday and forever at the same time. Sadly we were camping with work so we were not together that day, but my boss i...
Posted by Andrea on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:13:00 PST

RIP Chee and Leonard

What a day today is.......3 years ago today, so hard to believe it has been 3 years already......my Grandma died. She fought long with Alzheimers, very long and it was a peaceful release when she left...
Posted by Andrea on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:44:00 PST

A very emotional weekend.........

About 2 weeks ago our bird died.......this was our 3rd bird, this one lasted 6 years, I wasn't entirely suprised, had been waiting for it to happen actually, but of course the end always comes suddenl...
Posted by Andrea on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:34:00 PST

It's a VERY bad day...........

Our Jack Russel Biggie got hit by a car today and killed..........I am soo sad, my daughter Brandi is going to be devastated, he was her pup...........stupid dog next door got loose and was tangled in...
Posted by Andrea on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:04:00 PST

No comments........

Nobody comments me...boohoooo.......my teen points this out to me, like i hadn't noticed that others find mty life as boring as I do...............boohooo....pity party for my lack of comments...........
Posted by Andrea on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:58:00 PST

Happy Easter.....almost......

It was quite the event here, not only my own 6 kids, but my parents brought up one of my nieces, my oldest daughters boyfriend flew in from South Carolina, and we have taken in another teen girl who i...
Posted by Andrea on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:57:00 PST

I SURVIVED!!!!

Well I made it!  I am still alive and my gals have been re-located to higher ground so they will be safe in case of flooding!  But no longer can they be used as flotation devices, got to hav...
Posted by Andrea on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:09:00 PST

Starting to Freak out now

My surgery is less than a week away, and I am starting to freak out big time now.  To make things even better we have all sorts of crazy illnesses going on at work and I am terrified of getting o...
Posted by Andrea on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:16:00 PST

The Joys of Drugs........

Yeah don't get too excited, talking actual prescribed medication, not the really fun stuff you get on the corner!  Saw my Dr on Monday for a 6 month check up (actually it is closer to a year, but...
Posted by Andrea on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:41:00 PST

TGIF !!! yes I know it is Saturday........but.....

it is my FRIDAY!!!!! WooHooo! I do have to do some work related shopping, probably tomorrow, as a matter of fact I left work early tonight to do that....but.......well heck I am too tired to go off sh...
Posted by Andrea on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 05:59:00 PST