simeology, i am doing it, my simeology

momoramaok, carolyn, you asked for it:

Grandma and Grandpa swartwood, who are friends with, but not really related to anyone. except in our hearts.

there are two dan and carolyn families.

1..dan, carolyn, amy nicole(teen, i think), scott watson, joel david, baby girl(hit the enter key instead of the shift key while trying to name her), and adopted Ramin.

2...Dan, carolyn, lost amy scott and lissa carolyn, but grandma adopted them back, plus dallin oaks miller born to carolyn.

Cap'n davey pirate who married grandma milller, adn besides the adoptions of lissa carolyn, mellissa, amy nicole, and scott watson, who are all adults, has had kids with cap'n davey, namely, baby boy (see above--did it again), blackbeard jose, and chieko okazaki pirate.

Braden and kerry have jenna, Neal maxwell, who are adults and married, elena cristina, jennifer(adopted), and elise Ellis.

David and Christy Groesbeck have ryan and kevin and megan, and leo who was adopted,(adults and married), alex kevo, and rachael patti.

the next generation:

kevin married melissa, and have Shumana and Olaf Nillsen

ryan married lissa carolyn, and have alexsander ryan, ivan ryanovich, borscht ryanovich (was having trouble thinking of russian names at the time...ryan(the real one) is not too happy having a son named "beet soup"), adopted black trina, and has stephan ryanovich.

Amy nicole married leo groesbeck, currently childless

Scott watson, married Megan groesbeck

Dallin Oaks miller married jenna ellis, and have adopted shelby, and had sheri dew and bethany rachel.

these guys all live in ohioville, and the description reads:

this is the good neighborhood. live here. pretty much inbred.

how true, how true.

carpal tunnel syndrome

momoramaSo, since i never do anything, one would wonder why i am developing cpt....could it be......THE SIMS??? why yes. which is why i now play with a brace on my arm. can't quit, ya know

BOM

momoramaWell, we finally finished the BOM last week, and am praying for Moroni's promise to be fulfilled for Kevin. Any prayers you want to add are cool. It has definitely been an influence in our life, more than i thought. And we did it in 90 days!! WooHoo!!! Now, we are continuing, but at a much slower pace. will post soon on sim imbredness. love to the fam.

mom

Sappy thanksgiving

momoramaSince everyone is liking to rant these days, i just thought i'd throw out , as opposed to up, that i am sitting here alone at thanksgiving eating oatmeal. oh, i stopped throwing UP about 18 hours ago, but don't want to spread the nasties. So, IF there is anyone who felt bad about not coming here for thanksgiving, don't. ya don't wanna be here.

simptoms of my illness

yes, that's right...i have nothing to blog unless everyone wants to hear about the Sims. Hey, that elixir of life is worth every penny! Amy and Scott are all grown up now, probably married, and pregnant. And yet, thru the elixir, dan and carolyn and i are still spring chickens.

blogs are nowhere sim-ilar to sims
sims are sim-ply fascinating
i sim-cerely am wasting alot of time

Christy, Christy, and Grandma Miller Pirate

almost a family again

momorama So, i had apparently saved too late in the game to rescue amy and others. so i tried to have dan adopt some new kids, but they said, no way, you've had kids taken away from you. so , since i was living in the house, i adopted a baby, who turned out to be the baby, Lissa Carolyn who had just been taken away. then i adopted a child--It was Amy Nicole. Then i adopted another child--it was Scott Watson. In the meantime, carolyn gave birth, so we had 2 babies and 2 children, and RARARAHHH birthday parties. now i just need to adopt a child again, and i will hopefully get joel david. but this is really hard work. i can't remember that i was so frustrated all the time when i had real kids. some, yes. but thisis insane.

Gone again...

well, i lost all the miller kids about 3 more times..or is it 4. i swore off sims2, but now i have a plan....

Scott is gone and it's all my fault!!!!

So, i dragged out sims2 the other day. i decided to play the millers. Carolyn was pregnant. i got numerous messages about the poor school performance of scott and amy, but they had red fun, and i couldn't get them to do their homework. tantrum city!!! i moved them into a nice new house with room for everyone. the next day after carolyn had the baby, everyone went to school but scott who was hanging out on the computer. Now, if i was a real mom, or a good mom like carolyn, i would have scooped that bad boy up and driven him to school. but you can't do that on sims. so the social worker came and took him (and he with a smile on his face and a thought balloon:newfamily!!) and then she came and took the baby!!!!!!!so much for carolyn's platinum rating. i had to make them over. and build the house over. and try to get the kids to study. rah. i was so upset, i couldn't read scriptures. and i woke up thinking about them. boo hoo. sorry dan and carolyn.

I wish....

-that Braden will get the job he wants
-that I would stop hurting
-that my grandchildren had an easier life
-that I had lots of money
-that I could speak 5-6 languages fluently. Currently the list includes Mandarin, Hebrew, Arabic, German, and French...maybe Japanese. Oh, and I would magically be refluent in Spanish
-that Kerry would magically be graduated and find a great part time job that she could continue even when she has kids
-that all my children had strong testimonies
-that all my kids lived close-by
-that I would be a fabulous grandma who is involved in my grandchildren's lives, and that they thought I was cool, unlike their parents:o)
-that David wasn't so stressed, and also was happy
-that I was useful
-that I had tons of energy
-that Kevin was happy
-that Kevin was graduated
-that I wouldn't worry so much
-that RCI had places for our whole family to go, be next to each other, had 3 bedrooms, and was a lot of fun and not humid
-that telemarketers had other employment, and would stop calling me. How many times can you say, "would you please take me off your list.....click"
-that i could fly
-and teleport
-that our country wouldn't keep trying to be #1 in the world, and instead took care of its own
-that the 2nd coming would be soon, and our whole family would be in the celestial kingdom
-that 6 hours of sleep was enough
-that I never have another headache
-that everybody was kind
-that I had a maid who would clean my house daily
-oh, don't forget the cook
-and the personal trainer
-and the masseuse
-I wish everyone could be the weight they want...automatically!!
-and that we were all happy with our bodies
-or that nobody would judge us by our bodies
-that candy was healthy
-or that vegetables tasted good..really good
-that prejudice would disappear

I love my family....mom

ramblings

momoramaok, so i sleep, just not until 2 or 3 in the morning. raaaaahhh. i really enjoyed general conference. my body hated it though. all that sitting. ok, so i laid through the 2 sunday ones. but, still. i have been frantically genealoging trying to find james macinerney in ireland. no go so far. i am excited to do grandma's work ( i.e.my mom) on saturday in columbus. just wish kevin could come with us. i am going to try to get her sealed to her parents, if i can get to the family history center and find someone who knows how to do it. We finally started alma in our readings.

love you all,
mom

headaches

Personally, I am against them. So, although i have read your blogs, or people who pretend to have blogs without ever publishing to them, i have otherwise spent much of the time in bed due to intractable headaches. that means, nothing works to get rid of them. except priesthood blessings, which gave me one day, yesterday, happy and unheadachey.

BTW, if you don't want me to call you, i won't. note to ryan. it was fun that scott was waiting for me to call. makes me feel good.

we have a name of someone who does drywall work. maybe reducing the basement mold will help with the headaches.

i am preparing a christmas surprise for my siblings and dad. it will be pretty cool if i can pull it off.

hurricane

so, i've been watching the news out of rita, and thinking about mark and karene and family. i hope that they weather (!) it okay, since they are staying put. i know that you all got the forward from dad. hurricane party indeed.

i am apparently suffering from PTSD. hope the link works. anyway, what happened is it started raining about 10:30 last night. while i was watching the news, they talked about how the storm was mainly for geauga and lake counties. oh, a little bit in elyria.........then the power went out. i couldn't sleep. lots of lightening and thunder. i kept checking the basement, and wandering around the house. whoa. kev came and slept in our room. guess he gets freaked out by lightning. i never knew that.

love, mom

sims

momoramaso now the sims (original--2 is too much work...i mean i want to be the god and all, but EVERY decision??) and am again hooked. hours go by and i have to get dressed before kevin comes home, not to mention david if i missed kevin's arrival in dressage. the latest quest was to create braden and have him find and marry kerry. of course this meant that i had to kill off marco fiance and 4 of the 6 children. then, because i didn't mourn, they'd follow kerry around as ghosts and scare people. so i had to get back in as kerry and mourn everyone for 3 days.

the first braden i made and had a job in the medical field, etc., i found out did not have blonde hair....it was GREY!!!! i kept looking at him and saying, hmmmm. so i evicted him, and created braden john who has blonde hair but opaque round glasses. that is the one thing about sims 2--you can get them to look how you want. he wears a baseball uniform, due to all those baseball pictures at the wedding reception. he met kerry much more easily, and now they are finally married, have the 2 previous girls, and a new baby boy named sam nephi. then it was 11:30 and i had to go to bed. and so far, no more haunting.

well, i guess you can tell what i've been doing.

love all my fam....read this and receive said lovage.
mom

naet

momoramatrying again.. naet

naet

momoramanaet

naet

momoramanaet

naet

momorama

illness.

momoramaso sorry to hear that several of my kids are feeling ill. maybe they should also try naet. well let's see if i managed a link this time.

ramble, ramble, ramble...

momoramaso, it it very interesting that someone blogged on groesbeck cousins. of course, it IS a spammer. I have been looking up wow, i think i just learned how to insert a link!! anyway, it sounds like a bunch of snake oil, but mark g. actually knows someone whose kids were essentially cured by this. he is trying it sept 21 and beyond, and sent me the book. if it works, it would be marvelous. wish i got answers to prayers easier, to know what i should do. i have often thought that there is more pollution around us than we are aware of, and it makes sense that we would develop allergies to this stuff. And i have thought about acupuncture and eastern medicine to try for this fibro stuff. So here is a blending of all that plus western medicine and acupressure....wouldn't it be nice to get rid of the fibro, or reduce its impact on my so-called life?????

On another note, it would sure be nice while we are struggling so financially, that those who owed us money would begin to start paying some installments.

on another note, death to people who never ever blog. or at least go giant times between. now i know that you are going to say that the pot is calling the kettle black, but that was only because of the stress and time constraints while getting kerry ready to be married/sealed. i sure like to know what is going on with my kidlets.

So sorry to Ryan for having his identity stolen. all of us should be aware. Esp Kerry, since ksu's computers have been compromised.

Hey, i finally woke up without a headache. hoorah!!

Hope everyone is following the prophet and reading the bom by the end of the year. you wouldn't believe the discussions we've had, and how much kevin adds to the conversations. good for seminary as well, since they are studying the bom this year. and also that he has learned so much from sis. quist.

i need to start my yoga and water exercise again. it is so hard to get started when you've lost the habit.

i love all my fam.
mom

talent show

momoramawell, i wish i had chosen something easier than a monologue. although i could say it with success at home, it was not so good at the show. i kept having to look at my note cards which is not very professional. yes, i know i'm not a professional, but i wanted to ACT professional. people said it was good, but you know mormons would say it anyway.

so my teacher development class got short shrift to the monologue. why is it that the men always look hostile and bored and never participate unless you call on them. good thing i had a couple of plants in the audience...not really, but there are some who will always speak up, and it sure makes a teacher's life more happy.

i love my family.
mom

dreams

momoramaSee my latest weird dream under comments on kerry's dream.

Nada Importa

momorama Since I check everyone else's blog daily, guess i'll write about our unexciting life. It is labor day weekend...guess we'll....CLEAN. i would like to get the cars back into the garage, although it seems like an impossible task. I need to get a lesson together for teacher development on the 10th, and am trying (!) to get a monologue for our talent show on the 9th. trying to be supportive. but all the monologues i checked out from the library seem to be about lesbians and coming out, or shooting your husband, or other inappropriate topics. so that is not going well. maybe i'll speak about the poem "the crocodile and the dentist".

momorama

okay, it's now august 27th. Guess i should blog. Kerry and Braden's sealing was beautiful. Kerry looked GORGEOUS!! lots of pictures that i haven't seen yet. we did not get to do my mom's work because i was dead when i got to dc. so i guess we will coordinate to meet in columbus.

the drive home was ok. i was sick, and slept a good part of the way. but i got to sleep at home easily anyway, so that was a blessing. we didn't get home til 11:30pm.

the next day was the reception. thank you for friends and family who set up and decorated. i couldn't move, and was so blessed to have the help.

the ring ceremony went very well i thought. dan did an excellent job talking about why we need to be sealed in the temple. it was also his chance to say to the miller's why he was sealed also. i hope it soothed hard feelings.

the reception was nice, but not alot of ward members showed up. of course, we had torrential rain--3 1/2" in 30 minutes. some ward members had tornado warnings that told them to stay home. I would choose a different caterer, though...the food was cold, and not very good, in my opinion. I thought the cake was beautiful, though, and we ate it for a week, so i should know. Kerry and Braden got nice gifts, and an outpouring of generosity.

Dan and Carolyn left early to get joel to bed. they found 4-7 inches of water in the basement. the very helpful sump pump alarms were squealing nicely--too bad nobody was home to hear them.

There was sewage in the end of the basement with food storage...nice. the rest was water. we were not alone, 27 houses in our development had carpeting out on trashday. we had probably 12-15 feet of tree lawn covered with damaged goods. My worst experience though, is my photo albums. I lost a good deal of pictures, and that is heartbreaking. i try to take them out of the albums and the color comes off the print.

Ryan is very upset...his waterbed and his precious desk that grandma helped him buy were severely damaged. also a great deal of books and clothing were on the floor. Kerry lost a great deal also, with me doing many loads of laundry so she wouldn't lose those also.

the company the insurance sent out worked for 2 hours then told us we should do it ourselves. cheaper, ya know, but we were so devastated and weary. The church had 4-5 guys here that helped haul out carpet and schtuff. But i am sure that the actual cleanup will take months. David said that he feels like our home has been violated..guess that sums it up. I can hardly make myself go downstairs because it is so emotionally overwhelming. and working on the pictures! Oh, i can only do a little at a time before i again get overemotional. I want to move. i am serious. violation and betrayal of my home. i hate being here now. So, that's why i haven't posted, besides wedding mania and stress from that. I never made it to seattle--too much to do here. and we still have a garage full of wet stuff.

PRAYERS ARE APPRECIATED.

i love my fam.
mom

momorama

momoramawell, hi, everyones!!!!!! i so enjoy reading everyone else's blog, that i thought i ought to post. Kevin is at scout camp this week after youthconference last week and williamsburg the week before. he's tired of being sociable.

i am taking the day off. David and Ryan are at work, then going out to scout camp. Ryan and i have been playing this card game, Durak, or something spelled differently that sounds like that. I am very bad at it, so Ryan is very happy. He says he can never get anyone to play this game. Probably because it is confusing.

Kerry is getting some relief in the wedding dress department. I think it should all be settled soon. We still have to lock up the caterer. (in JAIL)jk

My allergy testing showed that I am EXTREMELY allergic to candida and dust mites. A week later, the candida shots look pink for the first time, vs. red. I can still see them, the 2 dust mites, and the first and only allergy shot. I talked to the allergy nurse and she said go ahead with the newly formulated medication, so i get to shoot myself today.

Headaches seem better since i bought new pillows and put dust mite covers on them. Nothing like sleeping with your head in a bunch of dust mites and their feces when you are highly allergic to them. I am thinking also of getting a HEPA filter for the bedroom.

Dan has addicted me to textwist...thanks. but i am enjoying it as a stress reliever.

I love my family.
mom

STRESS

momoramathis keeps rearing its ugly head. There is a shower for kerry on the 23rd, we need to get her registered, AFTER she sees what she has from grandma G. we got a free desk, baskets, stepstool, surge protectors, small cabinet (like for the tv to be on) from circuit city's lets just give it away liquidation. these currently reside in the garage. whose? ours, kerry doesn't have a garage, silly. we are looking for a queen bedroom mattress or maybe set used. everybody go to bkellis.com to see whassup

momorama

momoramaSo, this wedding stuff is HARD! We went out shopping, found about 3 that had sleeves. or even shoulders!! We've been looking online...found some. Waiting for the virginia and maine groesbecks to come and see if they have anything for us. Today we have an appointment for cake and food with the same person who did dan and carolyn's cake. she's cheap and she's good. Planned to do a proxy sealing in the seattle temple to give the feeling for braden's sibs who most likely won't be able to get here. there will be a seattle open house the week following the wedding. not sure the day or time or whether or not dad and i can go. i'd like to, because i'd probably see the california relatives.dunno.

I love my fam

exercise

momoramaso, for some unknown reason, i hate to exercise. but i started back at lifeworks yesterday with 10 minutes at 2mph on the treadmill, followed by almost 30 minutes in the warm water pool exercising. Today i go for an exclusive machine tour, and then they develop a program for me.

father's day

momoramaSo, happy Father's day to all fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, etc.

I had to talk today. boy, i'll tell you, i'd rather speak any other day than father's or mother's day. Yuck. people said i did well, but they're probably just being nice. i talked about grandpa, grandpa G, dad, and dan. complimetary to all.

We gave dad a kite, 3 pteranodons that hook together. First, they got their tails all wrapped up and around each other. then we took the tails off. they crashed. then he just flew one. the tree ate it. kite-eating trees!!!

we also got him an atlas, but haven't given it to him yet. he's still counting money at church.

Ryan gave him a weed free side yard. a lot of work, but wow, he done good.

ciao, baby

keep 'em guessing

momoramacheck breeops today.

momorama

momorama dude, i'm tired. we went on a hen party to see overpriced Crocker park. not only overpriced but definitely for gen Xers. sorry to all GenXers. I gardened on memorial day and set up the outlines of a patio to come in the back. i did this by using landscape black stuff that will kill anything under it so that next year or the year after we can do a brick pattern and not have to kill ourselves removing grass. i put the hammock there, moved our vegetable garden in pots to where there will eventually be a veg garden ( in front of the lilacs, and east of the walkway). dad will be putting in a brick walkway like the front. eventually. we moved the picnic table perpendicular to the house on the black stuff, and the grill is there also. the little tykes picnic table, after cleaning will appear out there also. the edge farthest from the house is in a half octagon, like the front porch will eventually be also. allegedly that's a this year project....we'll see. the other little tykes stuff will probably be somewhere (garage sales). now all we need are some grandchildren to play with it. hint, hint. i hope this is enough to pay the fine, although i don't understand why my fine is so much higher than kerry's, when her's is older. i love my family. ciao

Springtime

momoramaWe spent all day yesterday planting and weeding. Still not done, but looking good. This is try#3 for the hedge--spent more, hope this time it works. Got my "cosmos" for the front garden. Planted, tomatoes, zuchini, cauliflower, acorn squash, and sweet bell peppers. It's because i'm such a vegetable fan---NOT. but i love my husband. Maybe i 'll post pictures when it is done, if ever. Ryan is on another attempt to see what will grow in his under the tree garden. Good thing he's persistent.

star wars

momoramawell, todayis the day for revenge of the sith. with ryan here, it's hard to forget. we were supposed to go with quists as a dual family event, but i am not sure if that is going to work out, since it HAS to be today, david and i have something going until 530, and brother quist teaches tonight. we'll see. i love my family

everyone but dan and carolyn is home

momoramaso, it's monday, i have to do fhe lesson. raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa might get a new faucet for the kitchen today. maybe tomorrow. the tv and dvd/vcr are on constantly, that's my only complaint...well maybe not my only. please pray for kevo to graduate from 11th grade...we'll catch 12th next year, i hope. love you'uns

same old, same old

momorama So, i woke up to 41 degrees this morning, probably because i made the switch from furnace to airconditioner. Kev's teachers emailed me back, hence the title. development garage sale is today and tomorrow, with a preview last night. Kev bought stuff, but we came away with a little tykes wagon that someone was just THROWING OUT. get my grandchildren up here!! still had 2 streets to go..i guess i could do it today. yesterday, we walked...well I didn't, i got pushed in the wheelchair. Boo for bad sidewalks. i heard almonds reduce high cholesterol, so i'm chomping on those and cashews for breakfast. i love my family

da-di-da-di-da

momoramaWell, kevin is finally back in school. i hope he makes up all he missed and doesn't just ignore it. i had a good mother's day, with calls from all my children, except kevin, who brought me a spring bouquet of tulips and daffodils and a nice card. i even got a call from braden to wish me a happy mother's day. whoo, baby, the points are going up!!!jk i might make it to the store today. my sims2 neighborhood is going well. everyone is there...maybe i'll create my parents!!! then my mom could still be alive!baaaaaaaaaaaa

momorama

momorama Thanks to dan for his comments--for some reason, the comp won't put me back on his site to comment my thanks there. 'Tis a wonderful day for mother's day--70's, sunshine, geranium from church that will die.....
I LOVE MY KIDS--ALL OF THEM...AND THAT MEANS IN-LAWS TOO!!!!!

outing

momorama Yeah, so i DID go to sam's. shopped for 2 hours. i'm paying for it today. my feet still hurt, and my wallet (well, plastic) is lighter by over $600. I need a Dan in my life

tmi

momorama Yes, yes,i admitted it was tmi, but kerry was bugging me to post and that is my sad but true life. Same goal, again. maybe i could make it to borders or sam's....but kevin has been sick for a while with sore throat. maybe i should stay home and be mother. Nah, he does his own thing. we'll see. traveling may be a bit too much for the shingles

momorama

momorama So, today is wednesday. a new without a trace and csi:ny are on tonight...hot dog. I'm going to shower, and maybe do my ceu's for midwifery + maybe read my scriptures. wow, what a full day. THERE, kerry, i posted!!

momorama

momoramaso, the shingles still smell ferociously. my big goal for the day is to wear my underwear around my waist. i've already caught myself numerous times pulling to my hips. i know, i know, tmi

momorama

momoramawait, wait, i think i got it

Breeops

Breeops
so is anyone going to continue using this blog?? will it be a miller/groesbeck blog or do i just stop looking here?? please leave comments and opinions

medicine

so, i asked my doctor for some strong medicine that was non-narcotic. she gave me ultram with the warning that it would fell an ox. prescription says 1/2 to 2 tabs. i guess i am stronger than an ox, cause 1 didn't work (1/2, then 1/2 soon after.) Want to try 2 today, but i have to drive somewhere at 4, and just in case Babe is stronger than I, will try the experiment tomorrow.

Breeops

Breeops

I love Kerry

Queen mother

i am the mother of those that would rule the world, plus one sane daughter