What?

It's hard to believe that just a few days ago it was short sleeve weather.







Because, you know what?



It's 29 degrees and SNOWING here today!

Photogenic Picture

Okay, I took Princess outside and took some pictures and as predicted, I can't decide. So here's 3 of my favorites:













And I want to add these because I loved them, even though they wouldn't be for the contest:

So PLEASE give me your opinions. Love the pics, hate the pics, any ADVICE or IDEAS would be sooooo GREAT!!
This is her first pageant and I really want her to do well, and I have NO IDEA what I'm doing, lol.
Thanks!

I'm getting a New Cell Phone!

I've been using Hubby's old phone.

I hate it.

Hubby wanted me to keep a phone that had beep-beep (direct connect; we have Nextel phones)

So last night, Hubby called to order me the i880, but they wouldn't give him the discount or something.

So he told me I could get the phone I wanted that didn't have beep-beep. It's a Samsung M510. It's PINK, so it's so me and It's soooo cute, plus it's was on special, so it was FREE!

It should be here Tuesday. I'm so excited, cuz here's the phone I was toting:

Upcoming Easter Pageant

Princess is going to be in a Easter Pageant on March 15th. I went and bought her a dress at Dillard's on Friday night. I didn't get to try it on her at the store because LittleMan had to potty. So I got it home and tried it on her Saturday, just to find out that it was too small.

=(

So, I went back to Dillard's today and picked out a new one, because they didn't have her size in the other. And this time I tried it on her before I paid.

=)

She's gonna be sooooo cute!

Now I just have to get her outside and take some headshots for the Photogenic part of the pageant. We're gonna try that tomorrow. I'll add pictures, because I know I'm gonna need help deciding which to use. I'm wanting to get the pictures taken soon, because I have to turn it in by March 5th. I want plenty of time to decide!

A Good Day

Today has turned out to be a pretty darn good day ... so far. =)

Today is my Papaw's birthday! He is now 68 years old, but he doesn't look it at all! He lives about 200 miles away from me or I would go takes pictures =)

Me & the kids went to the thrift store & got me some goodies this morning.

LittleMan lost his FIRST TOOTH! He pulled it all by himself!

LittleMan rocked it at his T-Ball Draft!
Princess was kind of upset that she didn't have cleats or a glove & then that she couldn't go on the field with LittleMan. But she had fun running around the place.

LittleMan is going to stay the night at his bff's house tonight, so that makes him happy too!

Yep ... a pretty good day. I hope the rest of the day goes as well!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Yo I be GOOD, lol

159 words

Speedtest

I got this idea from Andrea's Blog.

Lunar Eclipse

Did anyone else see the lunar eclipse last night? It was happening here at my house between 9:01 and 9:51 pm.

It was the first time I've got to see one. I woke Hubby up and made him come outside and see it with me. It was his first time to see one too.

We snuggled for a few minutes, it was romantic even though it wasn't a big deal. It's just amazing, that after being together for almost 10 years now, we still have "firsts".

Thursday Thirteen

13 Things I could do today if it wasn't raining:

1. Take Princess out to play on the swing set

2. Practice T-Ball with LittleMan

3. Clean up the yard .... yeah right =)

4. Wash my car

5. Not be so Sluggish & Sleepy

6. Get outta my pjs

7. Let the dog in ... he's already all wet, I don't want wet smelly dog in the house

8. Go to the store ... I hate driving in the rain

9. Get more housework done ... did I mention the rain makes me lazy?

10. go out and play with my kitties

11. let the kids ride their bikes

12. vacuum out my car

13. okay I've run outta ideas =)

Happy Rainy Thursday!

Longing for warmer weather....

With all the warm days lately, I stopped picking through Princess' summer boxes and finally unloaded them all. Oh, all the cute things she will wear this year!

Some in thanks to my SIL D, who passes her girls' (ages 7 & 5) clothes to us, my SIL B who passes her daughter's (age 4) clothes too, and of course my love of thrift stores.

I couldn't resist taking some pictures of my sweet Princess with the outifits on.

O Summer, hurry up, will ya?




BTW, I can't believe I haven't even posted this before, But Congrats to my SIL B who is expecting her second baby in August. She finds out what she's having March 4th.
Who knows, she may get all the goodies sent back her way, with all my additions!

Weekend Update

Me & Hubby decided that with our income tax, I would get $1000 to do whatever I wanted, some for the kids and $1200 for him to get a custom saddle built.

Friday, as I was headed to the mall to go shopping with my remaining $700, he called me and told me that he had taken his truck to be serviced and had his brakes checked. {He had a hunch a while that they needed fixed}

Anyway, there was a shit load of problems with his brake system and I had to go home to let him know exactly how much money was in the bank, etc.

Long story short, he spent every $$ of our regular money {including our money to spent at the rodeo in a couple weeks} and took all mine!!!! I understand that he doesn't need to be driving his truck if the brakes are messed up, but listen to the best part....

He kept his $1200!! He said it's because that guy has already started on his saddle. But when I asked him if he knew for sure, he said no. I asked him to call him, he called me back and said he couldn't get ahold of him but left a msg. And as of today, Monday, he still hasn't returned Hubby's call.

U know, he "knew" something was UP with his brakes, but he convienently had his saddle started before having the brakes checked ??? What the hell?

We have since spent some of his, he needed horse feed and other stuff, but for the most part, he is still going to get his $1200 saddle.

It's just not fair.

I know life is not fair.

But still.

Do you feel my pain??

So he got his truck fixed and he's all happy now.

Anyway......

Saturday, I took LittleMan and signed him up for his second year of TBall. All he did was complain that I didn't let him play football last August. So this August I guess he's playing football. His draft is next Saturday. Then the kids had 2 birthday parties to go to. Princess didn't go to the 1st one, and I made Hubby take LittleMan to it by himself. Me & Princess went to WalMart for her to spend her Valentine's $$ from the grandparents. She bought a Diego movie.
My BFF came over later and got both the kids to take them to the 2nd party.

Sunday, we had severe thunderstorms again. So I spent the entire day in the house cleaning. Before the storms hit, the kids were going places with Hubby. The news says Prattville got tore up pretty badly. Last night at 930pm, Hubby's boss called to tell him that he would be on storm duty at 5am this morning. So he will probably be gone til Tuesday night or longer.

And Tuesday is my Daddy's birthday. It's gonna be a rough day. Even though he's been gone for over 2 years, it's not gotten any easier.

This morning around 3am, LittleMan woke me up. He was throwing up in his bed. [my poor baby] and has since been throwing up about every hour. So of course, he missed school. He is just laying here on the loveseat sleeping with a garbage can next to him in the floor. =(

I had to call A. and tell her not to bring Baby Boy over cuz LittleMan is contagious. So I won't have Baby Boy until Thursday..... I hope it doesn't affect my pay.

Hope everyone else had a better weekend then I did.

Valentine's Day

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's holiday yesterday. And for those of you who will be celebrating this weekend, Have Fun!

I had previously posted that I didn't have any plans. Well, me & my BFF went shopping ALL DAY! It was soooo fun & great to be with her!

Hubby called while we were shopping, wanting to get a babysitter to go out to eat. It shocked me, because I figured he would want to stay home since he had worked all day and he's usually stressed at the end of the week. {Thursday is the end of the work week for him}

So SIL "R" kept the kids and we went out to LongHorn. There was a 60-75 minute wait. After waiting about 10 minutes, some of our friends (actually cousins) showed up. They had called in earlier to get on the list. {They never let us do that when we try, and especially on V-Day: had me confused.}

So they were only there about 5 minutes before they were called in. =(

But after about 5-10 minutes, they sent for us to sit with them. =)

We had never been out to eat with them, and it had been a while since we've even seen them, so it was a great time!

We picked the kids up around 930pm and headed home.

It was a Great Day!!

King of Hearts

As most of you know, LittleMan was running for King of Hearts and last night was the ceremony.

Well....

He didn't win. But he wasn't too bummed.

He was excited about getting a new trophy.

We took him out to eat at Applebee's because he's always complaining that when we go to Applebee's, we never take him with us.

So we took him, My little Prince of Hearts
and my Princess

And of course, as usual, we couldn't get Andy to be in our family picture.

One day he will regret that.

My hair is back in the picture, because I kept Baby Boy, I didn't have time to fix my hair all pretty. But at least I got a shower, and got makeup on! So I didn't embarrass & scar LittleMan in front of his peers, lol.

Looking for a Sale?

If you're looking to buy clothes for you little one (or big one), you need to go to your local Old Navy, or oldnavy.com quick! I, for one, get totally excited when there's a sale, lol!!

They are having a 40% off sale. I went to my local store last night and saved over $60!
Look at all I got for only $90.07 (and that includes tax):

I then went on their online store and bought Princess a pair of shorts & a pair of capris for only $23.30 including tax & shipping. (They have $5 shipping!!)

Where do you like to shop & who has the best sales?? I'd love to have more places to shop!!!!

MishMash

LittleMan:

Turned in the $$ for King of Hearts this morning.
Keep your fingers crossed for him.
Although, I did most of the work!
We will find out tomorrow night at 6pm who won.
Either way, we're not running next year.
He's getting a hair cut tonight.
So he doesn't have the shaggies in his pictures.

He is doing so amazing at his reading.
He needs help with the big words, and the blends
[sp- fr- wh- you get the picture]
But he is so SMART!!!
I'm so proud =)

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Princess:

Bought Princess a new Royal potty this weekend.
{The one that plays music when shes does her thang}
She is sooooooooooo NOT interested.
Still doing the do in her pants.

And I realized she has a pet peeve, so to say....
her toes
let me elaborate

Whenever she gets up in the morning,
or when we get home from somewhere,
she immediately takes her socks off.
No matter how cold it is, [they are]

NOTHING I have done has kept her from doing it.

Then last night, as I was getting her bath ready...
she wouldn't let me take her shirt off
or her hair down
until

she got all the sock fuss out of between her toes.

Who knew my baby girl would have a toe fetish?

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So, Valentine's Day is this week.
Anyone have any special plans.
Cause I know I don't.
=(
Why can't he be more romantic like

when we were dating?
???????????????????

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Baby Boy has been pretty fussy today.

Don't know what his problem is.

I think it's cuz his mama changed his formula ..

..again.

Stressful day.

Mixed Drinks

With the weekend coming up & Valentine's Day too, here's some of my favorite mixed alcoholic drinks:

Watermelon Margarita
Ingredients:

16 oz. seeded & blended watermelon

1/2 Lime

6 oz. Tequila

3 oz. Triple Sec

1 Tbsp. sugar

Mixing instructions:
Cut up watermelon, removing seeds. Liquify in blender until you have about 16 oz. Add remaining ingredients, top with ice and blend until smooth. Taste and add sugar if watermelon is not sweet enough. This works well with sugar on the rim of the glass.
{If you go to LongHorn, you can get this drink with watermelon flavored sugar on the glass rim!}

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Hurricane
Ingredients:

1 oz. Vodka

1 oz. Gin

1 oz. light rum

1/2 oz. 151 proof Rum (optional)

1 oz. Amaretto

1 oz. Triple Sec

Grapefruit juice

Pineapple juice

Grenadine

Mixing instructions:
Pour gin, rum(s), amaretto, and triple sec into a tall hurricane-style glass with ice. Add equal amounts of grapefruit juice and pineapple juice until almost full. Top with grenadine to taste.

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Buttery Nipple

(shot)

Ingredients:

1/2 shot Butterscotch schnapps

1/2 shot Bailey's irish cream

Mixing instructions:
The Butterscotch Schnapps makes up the bottom layer. The top layer of Baileys should be added using a spoon. This is a layered shot. Delicious!!

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Sex on the Beach

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. peach schnapps

1 1/2 oz. Vodka

2 oz. cranberry juice

2 oz. orange juice

2 oz. pineapple juice

Mixing Instructions:

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass filled with ice.

Catch Up

Friday I went with R, my SIL to the movie theater. We watched National Treasure 2. I really didn't want to go, I was sick & I was tired and it was the 9pm show. Plus, I never seen National Treasure 1. But since I never get to go hardly anywhere without the kids, and I rarely get to spend time with R, I went anyway.

It was a good movie. I really enjoyed it. But it just wasn't my kind of movie. I still don't plan on watching part 1.

Early this morning, we had severe storms roll through Bama. They cancelled school today for our area. It didn't get too bad at our house, but it was scary watching the news. Hubby had already left for work before it started up here. So having him gone was probably the main reason it got scary for me.

LittleMan is enjoying his day off. He's already woke Baby Boy up twice and I've wanted to lock him in his room. I personally think they should have just started school late ......

Tomorrow I have an appointment at my dentist for a cleaning. And I can't find anyone to keep Princess, so I guess she's gonna have to go with me. I hope she behaves while we're there.

And I have Baby Boy again Friday. This is my first week keeping him more than 3 days, so my pay increases too. YAY!

Hubby & LittleMan will be camping/horse riding this weekend, so what are me & Princess doing ??? You guessed it .... Thrift Store!

How is your week going?

Book Meme

I've been tagged by DixieChick for a book meme, so here goes:

The rules are: take the book closest to you right now, turn to page 123 find the fifth sentence and then write the next 3 full sentences in your post.


The door would slam when I walked through it.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" he asked, standing before my desk. There were two large storage boxes on the floor next to him.

Excerpt from "The Street Lawyer" by the awesome John Grisham.


Now ..... I tag

Andrea, Yankee Belle, and Random Mommy

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things that hang on our walls:

1. This hangs in our living room:

2. This family portrait from summer 2007 hangs in our living room too:

3. This hangs above our bed:

4. This hangs in our master suite; my SMIL made it for us as a wedding present:

5. This is a big brother, little sister collage:

6. LittleMan made me this at daycare when he was 2 years old:

7. I bought this not long after LittleMan was born:

8. My Granny made this for me when I was a little girl, now it hangs in Princess' room:

9. I made this to hold Princess' hairbows:

10. This is a picture of my Daddy. One of these pictures hang above both of my kid's beds:

11. LittleMan's first year of T-Ball:

12. This clock was my great uncle's, until he died. It doesn't work, but it will hang:

13. And this is a picture of my parents not long after they found out they were expecting me!

Yummy Chicken Casserole

I am the pickiest eater in the world that I know of, and I know some picky people.
My kids are pretty picky too, although they eat some things I wouldn't touch ... some things I can't even bring myself to cook for them. {That's what Daddy & the Grandparents are for!}

[I don't eat fish, any seafood, or deer. And not too many fruits or vegetables either, yes I know what you're thinking]

So, I thought I would share this recipe, that the whole family not only enjoys, but devours and we never have any left. I can't remember where I found this recipe, or I would give due credit.

Yummy Chicken Casserole

1 pound chicken, cubed & boiled until done

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup milk

1 can of crescent rolls

salt

pepper

garlic salt

• Take the cooked chicken and toss with salts & pepper to season. Open crescent rolls and separate.
• Add some chicken to a crescent roll and roll it up. Laying it in a greased rectangular baking dish, seam side down.
• Repeat with all other crescent rolls.
• After you have all the rolls down, take your cream of chicken soup, add the milk and mix. Pour over the top of the chicken crescent rolls.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
• Enjoy!

King of Hearts

LittleMan came home yesterday with a permission slip to participate in the King/Queen of Hearts.
It is to raise money for the school. There will be one King and one Queen per grade level. All others who raise at least $25 will be the Prince/Princess of Hearts and gets a trophy.

One King per grade level, which means LittleMan has approximately a 1 in 130 chance of winning. You are to ask family & friends for donations. So ..... Basically whoever turns in the most money wins. They cannot do a bake sale anymore because of the Child Nutrition Act. So, of course, it's laid pretty much on the parents, at LittleMan's age.

Normally I wouldn't even think about it, but for some reason LittleMan is interested. He used the word, "Awesome!" [which he of course picked up from me =) ].

Keep your fingers crossed for him, He may be the next Kindergarten King of Hearts!

Wordless Wednesday ~ Funny Pic

New Look & Tuesday Blues

I've been trying to find a look for my blog that I love don't hate like enough to stick with for a while.
We'll see how long this one lasts!

Well I've been sick for the past 3 days. Nothing serious, but definitely feeling like I wish I'd stayed in bed under the weather. And to make things better (ha!) I've babysat the past two days. A baby that is sick himself.

He has been unbelievably fussy today and I am sooooo ready to go hide from everyone back to bed! And I still have almost 2 hours left of watching him.

He is finally sleeping, after feeding him every hour for half the day. I don't know where he fit all that milk!

Anyway, he gave me enough time to freshen up the blog & that's more than I expected today!

Grumpy Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Bribery

Have you ever bribed your kids?

As you must know by now, I love to shop at thrift stores. I usually do it on Thursdays or Fridays, whenever Hubby is at work/busy and LittleMan is at school.

Princess gets tired, I suppose, because she is always asking to go home. So, how do I get her to keep the peace until I'm done shopping? A new {used} purse of her choice [as long as it only costs 99 cents =D ] if she'll let me shop til I drop.

Hey.

It works.

I've been High Five'd

High-five I got from Andrea
It's an Archive meme Hoopla
Here are the rules:
Go back through your archives and post the links to your five favorite blog posts that you have written. But there is a catch:
Link 1 must be about family.
Link 2 must be about friends.
Link 3 must be about yourself.
Link 4 must be about something you love.
Link 5 can be anything you choose.
Post your five links and then tag five other people. At least TWO of the people you tag must be newer acquaintances so that you get to know each other better. Readers - don’t forget to read the archive posts and leave comments!

{Ok, since I'm fairly new to blogging, this is gonna be a bit harder, and I probably haven't wrote enough to cover all these categories, but I'm gonna try my best!}

About Family: This post has pictures of my babies this past Christmas holiday. It made me realize I need to blog about them more, rather than just taking pictures ... but I'm learning =)

About Friends: Sadly, this is about the best I can do on the friends category

About Myself: Here is 13 of my favorites

Something I Love: I'm gonna suppose that you can't use people here, and leave you this post about music.

Anything I Choose: This is awesome!


And now I am going to high-five: Dixie Chick, Random Mommy, Yankee Belle, Blue Momma, and MamaGeek,

Update

Princess is feeling lots better. She threw a fit to eat. She asked for chick-chick. That's either chicken biscuit from Jack's, or chicken nuggets from Wendy's/McDonald's. Since it was 9am, she got the biscuit. And she ate most of the chicken part.
I know now to keep her away from spicy foods. I will keep extras of her favorite foods for when I cook spicy stuff from now on. The kid could live on chicken nuggets & hot dogs. =)

I took a quiz:

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Calling All Mommies

It's 6:15 A.M. and I've been up with Princess for almost an hour, throwing up again. I think I was wrong about her having a stomach virus [it's been less than a week since the last time].... I started putting everything together and visited with WedMD and I think it is Indigestion/Heartburn/Reflux.

I hadn't thought about this in forever but ... Once, when she was a year old, we ended up in the ER because of her terrible stomach pains. I mean she was screaming as loud as I've ever heard her scream, she was rolled up in a ball & her tummy was hard as a rock. They gave her some medicine to mix with Mylanta. She has severe indigestion, because someone had let her try some deer sausage.

Now, sitting here this morning, I remembered that one episode of "stomach virus" or so we thought, the night before she had eaten meatballs in spaghetti sauce. Last weekend when she was up sick, she had eaten some jalapeno cheese dip & chips, and last night we had pizza.

I think I made her sick! Do you know how terrible I feel right now?!?

So I need your help.

Any Moms out there that has any experience with this, please email me and let me know anything & everything you can think of!

I can read the internet all day long, but you know other people with experiences helps so much more!

I have severe GERD, [I was diagnosed with it one week after my congestive heart failure], and I know it hurts, [I thought I was having heart trouble] but vomiting was never a symptom with me. Does that mean hers is more severe than mine?

Please Please Any help you can give I would greatly appreciate it!!

My email address is sweet.heart7@yahoo.com

Thanks Mommies.

The week that changed my life forever

February 19. In less than a month will be my Dad's birthday [who has passed away]. With it being so close, I feel I need to share a piece of my past. I don't believe that I have finished dealing with his death yet, so maybe this will help ... to get it down, seems so ... I don't know, real? final? something.


My husband's cell phone woke me up on the morning of August 10, 2005 around 4am. I was very pregnant, due in just days, so the interruption in sleep was annoying. Andy answered it and long story short, we found out my Dad had been hit the night before in a hit & run accident and died. Most of my family lives about 200 miles away, so there was no visiting with my Mom, who took it the worst, of course; and I knew there would be no way I could travel to be at his funeral. I never had a chance to say good bye.

There is a lot about that day I don't remember, mainly because I think I just thought a lot. I know that I had awesome support from my family [both mine & Hubby's side] We had a houseful all day. And someone was constantly calling us.
I still remember not being able to show emotion in front of anyone. I don't know why, but it was a weird feeling. I was able to let little pieces out with Andy, but not much more.

Andy took me to the hospital maternity ward that night. Just to check and make sure Baby Princess wasn't stressed. Thankfully, she was fine. The next day I had a routine OB visit. My Dr. decided with the circumstances and my due date, it would be best if I was admitted that night.

I didn't sleep that night at the hospital. I was already having light sporadic contractions, but that wasn't it. Every time I closed my eyes, I seen Daddy there. I wasn't ready to face him. I think maybe I was mad at him. I had just talked to him on the phone that morning that he died and he told me, he would be here for me, when I brought his first grand-daughter into the world.

Let's speed things up .... the next morning they induced me and at 343pm on August 12th 2005, there was my Princess. Only 13 minutes of pushing. Beautiful, Healthy, with long toes! The nurses commented about this future little ballerina.

By that night, I wasn't feeling right and I knew it. My back hurt, my ribs & chest hurt, I was in a cold sweat .... the nurses told me it was gas and not to drink any more carbonated drinks. It didn't work, but I thought it might have something to do with the fact that my epidural had wore off 45 minutes before Princess was born.

After we got home from the hospital, there was an instance that I couldn't breathe right. I thought it was my milk coming in. Later that night, I was up feeding Princess. After I got her back down, I couldn't lay down. It hurt so bad. A few hours pass and I am having to bend over to breathe. This new day that was beginning was August 17.

My Mom & Granny were still at my house, helping me adjust to having 2 kids and just being there for me because of my Dad. So my Granny rushes me to the ER. Everyone panics and thinks I'm in labor [that is to show that I have not lost 1 pound since giving birth almost 5 days ago]

Another long story short and countless wrong conclusions, I was in Congestive Heart Failure. They injected me with Lasix and within a couple hours, they had almost 6 liters of fluid that had been inside my body. I had been drowning from the inside.

The condition that caused this is called Dilated Cardiomyopathy. And the cause? Being pregnant didn't agree with my body. They said it started with my first, LittleMan, but being pregnant a second time was too much for my heart.

In 2 days time, I went from weighing 163 pounds to weighing 138 pounds.

I was put on 5 meds, 2 just for my heart. And a low-sodium & low-fluid diet. That diet alone made my life hell for the following few months. [By the end of 7 weeks, I was down to 127 pounds] But then the news that ... if I ever got pregnant again, I wouldn't live to deliver the baby.

After that lots of things happen, my body changed, I had tubal ligation surgery, I went though panic attacks & depression. But most of all, I thrived. I lived. I grew.





That was over 2 years ago. And it still feels like yesterday. I'm still on the meds, but I took myself off the diet once my Ejection Fraction had went back as close to normal as it could get. I still watch my weight though, just to make sure I'm not holding too much fluid.




My Dad would have been turning 47 year old this year.

Kid Names & Myspace Crap

(Editted to take names back out. Hubby freaked when he found out I shared. Sorry!)

When I first started blogging, I was unsure of if I wanted to share the names of my kids on here or not. Some of the blogs I read do share, some do not. I have been blogging for about 2 months, and I feel it's okay to share now ...
So introducing ......

My son LittleMan:


and my daughter Princess:



On a different note.
Myspace has become too much!

I had deleted my profile after having someone start some crap with me/my hubby.

I decided to go ahead and start a new one because it's the main way I stay in contact with my 3 sisters (who live in CA) and 1 of my sister-in-laws who lives in FL. Needless to say, we don't see each other often, so Myspace can be great for that.

Well I didn't add all my old contacts because at first I wasn't planning on using the same as I did before. I didn't add my school or my town I lived in so that "that girl" wouldn't find me.

After a while, I slowly started adding friends and friends started requesting me again. Well, then yesterday I get an email from one of my friends (who is 20 years old, by the way), who I haven't seen much at all in the past year and I don't talk to much. Of course she supposed that I was mad at her, etc etc etc.

Now telling her I wasn't mad, just wasn't enough. Why? Because I didn't request her friendship months ago & something about some headline I had on there once. For people that are totally wrapped up in Myspace, I can understand why she might think that, but come on. I'm not gonna lie about something like that.

If you're not on someone's top list, you MUST be mad at them. If you don't forward their chain letters, you MUST be mad at them. If you don't make other people your priority, you MUST be mad at them.

I just have to say that I am a 27 year old WOMAN and Myspace WAS so fun .... in the beginning. Now? It's just a means of conversation.

If your not on my top friend list, or even on my friend list at all, does that mean I secretly despise you and never want to talk to you? NO that's just silly.

WHY does everyone make Myspace/Facebook/whatever out to be this big deal? This is probably why it isn't fun anymore.

So just to clarify ... I am not mad at anyone other than TOM. Why did he have to go and start some online community that was gonna make people question their ideas of what it means to be a good friend, or even good human being? I, for one, do not care about Top Friends. I have my beautiful kids & my sexy hubby and the rest of my family, telling me that I'm their number one, what more do I need? NOTHING.

So if you want to add me as a friend on this SUPER IMPORTANT MYSPACE, then click here. And leave the drama at home =)
{{Just make sure you email me first and tell me who you are, otherwise I might think you are some stalker person, lol.}}

100 Things (Part 2)

26. I love the idea of being organized, but can never stay that way.

27. I have an addiction to Meat Lover's Pizza from Papa John's Pizza

28. I love going to thrift stores & yard sales

29. Pink is my favorite color

30. I don't eat deer, fish or any other seafood.

31. I love to swim. In a pool only. I'm weird about lakes & the ocean.

32. I am starting a binder with my favorite recipes in it.

33. I am German, and 2 different types of Indian, but I am mostly Italian. Which explains my big nose, my hot head and my great love of food. =)

34. I love Butter Cream scented candles!

35. I like to play scrabble.

36. I used to work at Dairy Queen.

37. I am terrible at hitting in softball. But I'm pretty good at catching. =)

38. I like musicals (like Sound of Music), but I didn't like the new Hairspray movie.

39. I have hazel eyes, that change slightly depending on what color I am wearing.

40. My favorite flowers are calla lillies.

41. I am jealous of my husband's freedom... he comes & goes as he wishes, without having to worry about the kids.

42. I have moved houses more times in my life than I can even count.

43. I have low patience, most of the time.

44. I'm really good at math.

45. I would LOVE to remodel my kitchen.

46. I am a big procrastinator.

47. I used to write poetry.

48. I miss Super Nintendo. My mom still has one. I tried to get her to give it to me. No luck.

49. I hate to exercize, but need to start.

50. Before I had kids, I was a wonderful 104 pounds. That was a LONG time ago.

Tagged by Random Mommy

Why do you blog? Well, there are a few different reasons, but I guess the main reason is so I have something to do that is Mine. You know, I clean all day, I cook, I do home volunteer stuff for Little Man's kindergarten, I do all this stuff for others. I blog because I enjoy it and it's MINE.

What was the first blog you ever read? The Incoherent Ramblings of a Stay at Home Mom

What was the first blog that had you hooked? Catwoman, I got sucked in!

Which blogger friend would you most like to meet in real person? Dixie Chick, even though she would probably make me watch American Idol with her, lol

Which blog do you admire the most, why? Random Mommy, she tells it like it is.

How different are you in real life than in your blog? I'm alot more boring than I put on

How many blogs do you keep up with on a daily basis? Around 20, more on a weekly basis

Link to your 123rd post. Or your 3rd, if you don't have 123. Here is my 3rd, boy was I in a crabby mood that day! And it, OF COURSE, has happen countless times since then.

My camera decided to cooperate finally ....

I've been trying to upload pictures all year {lol}
[I had the usb cable in the wrong port]

Little Man had a birthday on January 2nd; we never did have him a birthday party last weekend, due to SNOW, but here's a picture of Little Man with the birthday cake I made him:

Yes I used Smarties candy to write his name!

Now for some pictures of our grand snowfall this past weekend:
We live at the bottom of Cheaha Mountain, which is the highest point in Alabama.
So, this is our ride up the moutain:


This is me & Little Man at the top of the mt.


I took this picture on our way to our cabin, which is on a different mountain:


Here's the kids at the cabin (it was Kenzie's first time to see snow!):


It's called the Bus Stop & Rib Shack because it is an old school bus with a cabin built into it:


The View up there & the Creek:




Well that was our Snow Day!

[[As you know, Princess was sick yesterday. So, I wanted to add that she is fine today and back to her normal princess state!!]]

Until next time ......

Princess is sick

She has that stinkin' stomach virus that Little Man had a couple weeks back.

She's been up almost every hour on the hour since 2am this morning.

I don't know how she got it unless it happen at Wally World.

My poor baby =(

Please keep her in your prayers!

Thanks!

Looking forward to SNOW

We're suppose to get 3-6 inches tonight / in the morning.

Little Man is already planning on a snowball fight with Daddy.

Princess probably won't know what to think about it.

It's been too long since we've had a good Snow!

Sharing my [our] Yumminess News

Little Man got his 2nd 9 weeks report card today. [He was suppose to get it last Thursday, but had the stomach virus].
Anyway, they rate on a 1, 2 & 3 scale. 1 meaning above grade level, 2 meaning at grade level and 3 meaning under grade level.
He had all 1s & 2s.
Our rule [which was actually started by my SIL for her daughter] is that: a good report card means Little Man gets to pick a place for us to go out to eat. So tonight, we went out to eat at Outback Steakhouse.

D.ELICIOUS

Plus .. Outback leftovers for lunch tomorrow!

WOOHOO . lol

A little Update

I thought I'd update everyone. Since my last blog, I started babysitting (app. 3 days a week) my cousin's 2 month old baby "Baby Boy" I watched him M, T & W. No time to blog those days, cuz he isn't picked up until 6pm.

Wednesday afternoon, Little Man comes home from school with a tummy ache. I go through his backpack like usual, and find a note from his teacher. 4 children checked out today with .... the stomach virus. Of course Little Man, not wanting to be left out (lol), came down with it about an hour later. I felt so bad for him! Poor little guy was so sick! So I didn't sleep hardly at all Wednesday night, rushing to his side everytime he got sick. So, he was out of school yesterday. And he still wasn't eating as of last night, so I made the decision to keep him out today too.

Well.... he is better today. {Thank God of course!} But doesn't understand why I won't let him outside to ride his bike, or go horse riding with his Daddy. He actually told me that he was mad at me because I wouldn't let him do anything. =( Ah, the joys of Motherhood.

Tonight my MIL will be coming with her bunch to stay for the weekend. So blogging will be out of the question until at least Sunday evening, if then. But I will get to go to the Thrift store. We always go when she visits. I LOVE me some thift store shopping! Yep that's right!

Plus my MIL seems to LOVE to clean {lol} [or at least it seems that way] so I don't have to clean up after everyone by myself. That's a big Plus +++++

So not much else to blog about, except I found boxes full of horse magazines from the 80's in my attic [from previous owner] which I plan to sell on ebay, if I ever get my courage up to do so. I'm so afraid that I'm gonna get screwed some how. Lose money or come in contact with some weird/stalker person. Keep your fingers crossed for me, k?

Little Man's 6th birthday was on the 2nd and I'm thinking about giving him a small party on the 19th. Some of the family has already given him money, but I think he deserves a party this year. Since his birthday is so close to Christmas, we didn't give him a party last year. But I feel like he shouldn't miss out just because his birthday falls on the day it does...

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

I've been bad

I know! I'm really behind on my blogging!
After Christmas, that Friday we left for Louisiana to visit with my hubby's brother's family. We were there until New Years Day.
It took a couple days for us to get back in the swing of things and have some clean clothes too!
Then my uncle came to visit on the 2nd {WHICH IS MY LITTLE MAN'S BIRTHDAY, BTW!!! HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY LITTLE MAN!} and he is still here visiting until tonight.
So even though the holidays are over, we are still pretty busy!
I promise to get back in the swing of things ASAP!!!
Hope everyone had a terrific New Years!!!!

Breakfast Pizza

Breakfast Pizza

Ingredients:
Pillsbury pizza crust
cooked peppered gravy
scrambled eggs
cooked bacon
cooked sausage
mozzarella cheese

After cooking gravy, eggs, bacon and sausage all separately, unroll pizza crust on large baking sheet.
Layer:
gravy, eggs, sausage bacon, then cheese.

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 17 minutes.