Today's the day

I want to ask for your prayers and thoughts today. Amanda(Carolyn and Anthony's mother) goes back to court today. She could win back custody of her children. This has been our ultimate goal of course. It is a bittersweet moment though. We have put a lot of work into getting them back on track develpmentaly. I am concerned that Amanda will not maintain this. Please pray for her, for the judge making the decision, and the situation as a whole.

Another Set of Questions

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?
In my kitchen, picking up after dinner
2. Who are you in love with?
my husband
3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?
Probably, lol
4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
Yep.
5. When is the last time you went to the mall?
last Christmas
6. Are you wearing socks right now?
Nope.
7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?
Yep.
8. When was the last time you drove out of town?
no clue
9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
Nope.
10. Are you hot?
yup
11. What was the last thing you had to drink?
pepsi
12. What are you wearing right now?
pj bottoma and a T
13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?
car wash, baby
14. Last food that you ate?
#1 CB -p and t
15. Where were you last week at this time?
in bed
16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Yep.
17. When is the last time you ran?
no clue
18. What's the last sporting event you watched?
college football
19. What is your favorite animal?
any animal i don't own
20. Your dream vacation?
anywhere but here
21. Last person's house you were in?
Besides mine? Katina's i think
22. Worst injury you've ever had?
broken leg
23. Have you been in love?
Yep.
24. Do you miss anyone right now?
yup
25. Last play you saw?
some cheerleader play in dallas
26. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
i wake up
27. What are your plans for tonight?
sleep
28. Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment?
melissa
29. Next trip you are going to take?
hopefully a weekend away for our anniversary
30. Ever go to camp?
yup
31. Were you an honor roll student in school?
Lol..believe it or not, yes
32. What do you want to know about the future?
nothing
33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?
Not right now
34. Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit?
yep.
35. Where is your best friend?
laying in my bed
36. How is your best friend?
he's got an upset tummy
37. Do you have a tan?
all day,everyday
38. What are you listening to right now?
ESPN
39. Do you collect anything?
scrap supplies
40. Who is the biggest gossiper you know?
hmmm, i don't know
41. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?
in feb, got a speeding ticket
42. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?
yeah...?
43. What does your last text message say?
K
44. Do you like hot sauce?
nope
45. Last time you took a shower?
This morning!
46. Do you need to do laundry?
there are 9 people in this house, we always need to do luandry!
47. What is your heritage?
i come from good people
No 48?
49. Are you rich?
Rich is a relative term.
50. What were you doing at 12AM last night?
sleeping, i have job you know

Tonight is the night!

All the weak turn off your TV. As for me I will be watching Nip/Tuck. Not a show I will admit to watching to strangers, but one of my faves nontheless!

Strange Isn't It?

I've known about Dad for a few days, but I haven't spoken to him. Today I decide to post, and he calls. That's so weird. He infers he isn't drinking. I didn't press the issue, and he didn't come out and actually say, I have not drank. I geuss all I can do is take his word for it and trust him.

My Broken Heart....

I did this page in honor of my dad, who at the time had been sober for over 2 years. This was meant to be the right side of a 2 page LO. The second page was going to be the words to the song that is playing right now. I love this song. It reminds me of both my parents, and it reminds me of the reasons that I don't drink very often, and I never drink in front of my children. Anyway, I don't know first hand, but it looks like my dad is no longer on the wagon. It makes me sad, angry, disappointed, mostly though I'm just tired. Tired of him not acting his age, tired of him not being a "real" dad, tired of him thinking he's 20 instead of 50. I don't understand it at all. I will agree it's a sickness, but I believe it's a sickness started by weakness. To weak to deal what's going on in their lives. I have had some pretty crappy couple of years, never have I thought " A drink will be make me feel better" or " A drink will make all of this go away". Never ever did that cross my mind. Maybe it's b/c I have lived through this with my parents, maybe it's b/c it's just not me. Either way, it brings me to my favorite part of the song:

.....If I've learned one thing from him
It's my kids will never have to say....

Walk a little straighter Daddy, you're leading me.


So now the question is this: How do I finish this LO? What do I do for page 2?






Speaking of Dads and Daughters...Check out this pic. It's Savannah "Sugglebugging" with Jason. I'm so thankful that Savannah will never post a blog like this about her Daddy. Thank you Jason. I love you.

So geuss what I did with my "special" money Jason gave me? You got it, I bought bras. It's not like I didn't need them, I did. I just hate buying them. The good ones are so $$$$. Thankfully I found a buy one get one free bargin. So, I am now the proud owner of 2 new bras. You'll have to let me know if I look perkier!

Love

It's simple, I love Veronica Mars. I finished season 2 tonight. Most of my questions were answered, and like any good finale, a whole new set of questions were raised. I can not wait until the CW begins and I can start watching this show again.

This and That

Lots to tell, and I made a list so I wouldn't forget!

***Carolyn took her first steps! YEA! She not walking, but she is standing alone and taking steps here and there. This is huge.

***Anthony was re-tested at speech this week and he is within normal range. Before he was way below normal. If you talk to him you can tell he's speaking much better than when he first got here.

***This is the Heidi Swap set at Costco. It's a little different from the one on Melibelle's blog. Nuna went and got it for us today. It has so much stuff in it. It's so cool. I think I'm going to use it to make a book for one of Jason's co-workers that just had a baby girl.

***Jason's job ROCKS! It has so many awesome perks. On Oct. 7th we are going to see the Beach Boys at Billy Bob's, and get this...

the company Christmas party is going to be in a suite at a MAVS game!!!

Isn't that the coolest??? So much better than the bingo hall and pot luck like the Army parties.

***Today was Savananh's first day of school. She was very excited, and happy to see her old teachers. This pic is so her. She has so much 'tude sometimes I want to throttle her, other times she is so sweet.

***We decided to stay in our house another year. Jason didn't want to renew the lease, but we didn't have much choice. All these people, all this chaos, I'm in no mood to move ourselves. Plus, the next time we move, I want it to be into our own home. We are not ready to buy a house right now. The upside? We get another summer at the Summer Creek Ranch Pool.

***I get a 2 day weekend! I love it when we have holidays. I actually get 2 days off. I can't wait until I make DM. Then I'll get weekends off, and a payraise. That'll be sweet.

I love this song!

All day I have been thinking about adding this song to my blog. Tonight I come home and my sister has it on her MySpace! I hate what the song is about, just b/c it's every woman's worst nightmare. He sings it so well though, that you almost feel bad for him! Now that's a talented man.

When I'm away from the puter I can think of a billion things I want to blog about. I sit my bottom here in this chair and it all escapes me. Gone, out of my mind. I know there was stuff to share, but I can't for the life of me think of it! AGH!

First Day of School!

Finally school has begun! Everyone was ready. I'm not sure who was more excited, us or the kids. It's adds extra stuff to our day, but it is oh so worth it!

I can't believe I have a 2nd grader!

Notice Anything Different?

I have been playing with my template. I'm LOVING the changes. The bright colors are totally my personality. I still have to figure out how to get rid of that white stripe. I like the change of moving all the info to the left. It's something different. I feel like a true blogger now!

Do you know what this is????

It's the courthouse where Jason and I got married! I was looking up some info online and this just happened to be on one of the websites that came up. How cool is that? I haven't thought about that place in years.

So, guess what else? Jason got his first placement today! YIPEE! I'm so stinkin' proud of him. Industry standard is 1 in 8 in 90 days. Jason got 1 in 5 in 43 days:) He rocks! Not to mention the 1,100 commission that comes with it. Keep'em coming baby.

Hair

Okay, looks like Blogger is working again!
Tonight Elize and I went and had our girls night
and got our hair done! We are SO hot now!

Here is Elize before......

















Elize After! Isn't she so Pretty!
















My hair! I love it! It has light and dark
blonde hi-lites. At first I was freaked out,
but I love it now. She even gave me thsi cute
choppy cut to go with it!
















Who's a Hottie? I AM!!

Blog Issues

Not going to do a huge post b/c I don't know if anyone can see this. I got my hair done and it looks AWESOME! I'm so pleased!

Today is the Day!

Tonight I am getting my hair done! I can't wait!

Another Late Night Post!

I have a good reason tonight:

After work I went to hang with lou. Darius got hurt at football practice. At first we didn't know exactly what happened, Welton just went to meet the ambulance on it's way to the hospital. All we knew was he broke his leg, and they thought maybe he might have hurt his knee too.

After a few hours we found out that he broke his femur(sp?) on the growth plate. Thank God he was so tall already! Last I knew, there was no damage to his knee. Wheew! I brought Lil Wel home with me while Lou and Wel went back up to the hospital. Darius was going into surgery about 9:30.

Please keep Darius, Welton, and Katina in you thoughts and prayers. It's a scary time for all of them. Darius has been looking forward to football season for months, he is going to be devastated that he can't play.

I'm sure Lou will update everyone over the next couple of days.

Now, just because my sister made of me......

ANGEL......OUT!!!

Tuesday Tidbits

I know, it's late! It's still Tuesday though. I'm still good for my post a day goal.

***** To ensure I received VM Season 2 from netflix I deleted my whole Q, but those discs! I'll put it all back later, but I wanted to make sure I didn't get something else.

*****I made a hair appt. for Thursday. I will be getting a cut and highlights, I so need this pick me up.

*****I went and got my eyebrows waxed today while on break at work. While I was gone another store manager called for me. My assistant told him, " She went to get her bush waxed". He about died laughing! Poor Kim, she had NO idea why. Yes, I did go get my BUSHY eyebrows waxed! Note to self.....Teach Kim More American Lingo........

*****I'm working on making some blog changes. Let me know if you like!

Angel..........Out!

Post a Day

My goal is this week is to post once a day. Will it work? I don't know? I'm going to try.

Do you know what tomorrow is?

THE DAY VERONICA MARS SEASON 2 COMES OUT ON DVD

I LOVE this show! I enjoy watching it with every ounce of my being. Veronica is the coolest outcast ever. She doesn't care what people say, or think. This season she gets back in with the "in crowd", but she's so not one of them. Could Logan Eckles be any cuter? I mean really, he's wearing an orange shirt...a man after my own heart. I have this on my Q with netflix, but it says "short wait". If they do not mail it to me tomorrow I'm afraid I might have to go buy it myself. How dare they make me wait one moment longer? I've been waiting since May as it is!

This mag ROCKS. It is full of quizzes and questions to ask your friends and loved ones. The quiz I gave the kids last week came from here. Lou brought it out on Saturday and we had SO much fun answering the questions. There are some really thought provoking ones in there too. BTW, I will be making a circle journal for all my friends with some of the questions for my friends. You do not have to do a circle journal, but I do want you to do a page in mine. If you live far away, I will mail it to you, and you can mail it back. If you do not scrapbook(you know who you are!), you can just use a pen to write in your answers. I really want a comprehensive book of my friends. All of them!

That's all Folks!

Beautiful

I am so incredibly blessed with wonderful, thoughtful, insightful, wise, and beautiful friends. God was truly looking over me when he brought these women into my life. Last night was our Girl's Night Out(GNO). I have to admit GNO of yesteryear are gone. No longer is it bars, dancing, drinking and behaving badly. We are grown ups now, we can be young, have fun, and drink margaritas and still still be ladies! Last night we spent about 5 hours sitting at On the Border. It was great. Lou brought her new quizzes and questions book(which btw I had to run out and buy today!) and we sat around, ate, drank, and just asked each other the questions from this book. I have known all of these ladies quite awhile and I still learned some new and interesting stuff. It was great just BEING TOGETHER. We didn't do anything special, but be with each other and that was enough. We totally busted on our server who was AWFUL. By awful I mean, I had to go to the bar 4 times to get lou's coke refills b/c the woman never came to our table. After OTB we went to Friday's to see Sister, and get a little dessert. I got home at 1:30 and crashed hard.

So, here's the to beautiful women in my life. You are so SO special to me. I cannot even put into words the effect your presence has on me. Although, I know that coming from me it may not be the same as coming from others in your life: YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, INSIDE AND OUT.

This is all of us at Fridays at the end of the night. Don't ask me why we didn't take this pic at OTB when the lip gloss was fresh b/c I have NO clue!

This is my girl Lou. I know! She's gorgeous! I love her so much. Never have 2 people spent so much time on the phone during company time as her and I. She is almost always my first call when something happens, good or bad. Mwah!

Nuna...I'm so lucky to be be related to this girl! She is my tree hugging, garden growing, organic friend. I am constantly amazed by her desire for all things natural(except light!) She is so freakin' cute it's not funny. This girl is incapable of taking bad photo, she looks fab in every photo I have of her. HUGS!

Melibelle~This girl is one of my many gifts that came to me directly from God. When we met we just {clicked}. We were both at crappy points in our lives, and God put us together to help get each other through it, and we did! Last night was the first time that I had actually *seen* her in almost a year. We had many a phone, text, and IM conversions in the past year though. I'm going to be a copy-cat and get my hair done JUST like hers. I love it. Smooches!

Last, but not least, my Baby Sister! She is my best friend, my 2nd biggest pain in the butt, and she is beautiful. I am feircely protective of her. Probably too much, but hey that's what big sisters do! I am so thankful for the 2 neices she gave me. I love those little girls with every ounce of my being. Misty and I can just sit, and talk, and sit and talk, and sit and talk. Even better we can sit and not talk, and still know what the other is saying. XOXOXOXO

Saturday

Alright, ya'll are cordially invited to Girl's Night Out

When: Tomorrow
Where: On the Border at 1-20 and Bryant Irvin
What Time: 7 p.m.
Why: Do we have to have a reason??

I know me, meli, and lou are in. Staci, Nuna, Ms. Tyne, Tara, Stella, Claudia what's your status???

We might have to drop by Friday's and show Sister some love too. Darn workaholic!!

See you tomorrow!

Kid Quiz

1. What is the funniest thing I do?
Jonathan: um, hmmm, I don't know
Savannah:You, um, play with me
Elize: uh, I don't know
2. What's my favorite TV show?
Jonathan: Jimmy Nutron
Savannah:um, hmm, weather
Elize: Friends
3. How tall am I?
Joanthan: 4 feet 3 inches
Savannah:um, I don't know, 3 feet 5 inches??
Elize: Let's go with 5 feet 6 inches
4. What's my favorite thing to do?
Jonathan: Play football and basketball
Savannah: Get on the computer
Elize: Play on the computer
5. What makes me sad?
Jonathan: When I do stuff I'm not supposed to
Savannah:Um, When daddy doesn't love you
Elize: When we do bad stuff
6. What makes me laugh?
Jonathan:I have no idea!
Savannah:Um, when you paly with me
Elize: Whats makes you laugh is when the babies do something funny
7. How much time do I spend on the phone?
Jonathan: About 25 minutes
Savananh:Alot
Elize: Let's see...35 minutes
8. Am I a better driver than Dad(Uncle Jason)?
Jonathan: Yes
Savannah:yes
Elize: YAH!
9. What do I do when you're at school each day?
Jonathan: You either go to work or that's it
Savannah:You go to work
Elize: You or go to work or you're off of work
10. What should I be famous for?
Jonathan: Winning the superbowl
Savannah:I don't know
Elize: Being the best Cash Store....something????

Frustrated

I'm moving to England!

A recent study conducted in the UK found that men who were hungry (as in craving food) found heavier women more attractive than thin ones.

As we grow up......

We learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will.
You will have your heart broken,probably more than once, and it's harder every time.
You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend.
You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because,
Every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

I love this pic of Ashyra and her Uncle Daddy

This weekend is going to be busy! 3 of the 4 kiddos start school on Monday and we have to finish up school shopping, clothing shopping, and grooming issues. Thankfully Jonathan and Elize are going to wear uniforms so all I have to do is buy the polos from the school and make sure they have khaki bottoms. Anthony is going to need some new clothes, and we still have to get his supplies. Elize is going to get her hair straightened, and both the boys will get hair cuts. I also have to break out the jumbo desk calendar again. Between 3 school schedules, therapy appts for Carolyn, cheerleading practices, football practices, 3 full time jobs, we are going to have a heck of a busy fall. I guess it's good thing I thrive on chaos, let's hope Jason and Misty do too!

#1, #1, #1, #1, #1, #1, #1

Guess who's store is #1 in the Region????

That's right....MINE!

Store numbers came out on Monday, and we did great. Kim and I both could not wait until the district and regional managers did their numbers to see which store was going to be on top. I'm so excited! We totally kicked hiney last month. As a reward the RM and AM will take Kim and I to lunch while the DM works the store. I'm going to eat so slow!

Soooooooo....

2 fish had to go to the fish "doctor" today. Uncle Daddy will bring them home after work.......

Floating.....

Tonight after C.E.C. Jason brought home 4 gold fish for the kids. Sweet thought, but not well planned. The man does not read any directions, and knows a whole lotta nothing about fish. Yea, you see where this is going......

About 1 1/2 hours later we have 3 floating fish and 1 who looks like it's spazing out.

Crap! So I call Wal-mart at 10:30 to see if they sell gold fish. Praise God they do!

We get there and are chit-chatting with the fish guy, turns out you have to buy special stuff to make tap water OK for fish. We had no such stuff. Also, Jason did not rinse the rocks, nor did he let the water get room temperature.

So 4 more fish later we are home, let's pray they make it through the night.....and that the kids don't notice the size and color change.

The Waiting Game

Here are a few things I am waiting for......

Veronica Mars Season 2 to come out on DVD(August 21!)

Life Group to begin again( I need that mid-week fellowship)

A chance to sleep until 10 or after( I don't see this happening anytime soon!)

Jason to get his first placement

SCHOOL TO START!!!

My taste buds to decide they don't like Alfredo(that stuff is SO bad for you, but tastes SO good!)

Nick Lachey to tell me I am the woman of his dreams......LOL!

A chance to scrapbook with the LifeSavers, I need a retreat!

Amanda to get her kids back

My life to return to "normal", whatever normal is.......

Wishy-Washy

Yup, that's me. Not a phrase that would normally describe me. I'm usually pretty straightforward. This new job thing has me all confused! I tried to give Roy my 2 week notice on Friday, and I cried. Yes, I cried. I guess my emotions just got the best of me. So he told me to take until Monday. Today I told him I was going to leave, now I'm 2nd guessing AGAIN! I hate working on Saturday. I also hate the thought of being on commission. Also, I know I'm a shu-in for the next DM position that opens up. Can I hang on that long? Do I really want to drive 30 minutes 1 way, to have a Saturday off? Right now I'm 5 minutes from home, Jonathan's school, and Savannah's school. AGH! What's a girl to do?? I think I'm going to stay. If I can. Roy put out 2 offers today. I have to wait and see if they pass the credit and background check. I'm so confused. I want to be a SAHM again and not have to worry about any of this.

Another Quiz

ARE YOU:
1. A Cuddler?: sometimes
2. A morning person?: NO!
3. Are you a perfectionist?: About some things
4. An only child?: Nope
5. Catholic?: nope
6. In your pajamas?: nope
7. Currently suffering from a broken heart? yes, but not b/c of Jason
8. Okay styling other people's hair?: nope
9. Left handed?: Nope
10. Addicted to MySpace?: Not at all
11. Shy around the opposite gender?: nope

DO YOU:
12. Bite your nails?: sometimes
13. Get paranoid at times?: About certain things
14. Currently regret something that you have said?: yes
15. Curse frequently when you get mad?: no
16. Enjoy country music?: sometimes
17. Enjoy jazz music?: not really
18. Enjoy smoothies?: Sometimes
19. Enjoy talking on the phone?: not as much as i used to
20. Have a lot to learn?: More then you'd think
21. Have a pet?: yes
22. Have a tendency to fall for the "wrong" person?: nope
23. Have all your grandparents?: No
24. Have at least one sibling?: Yes, 3 actually
25. Have been told that you are smart?: Yes
26. Have a broken bone?: Not currently
27. Have Caller I.D. on your phone?: yes

LAST PERSON WHO
1. Slept in your bed besides you?: Savannah and Jonathan, every night!
2. Saw you cry?: Roy and Kim
3. Went to the movies with you?: Jason
4. You went to the mall with?: Who has time or money to go to the mall?
5. You went to dinner with?:Jason and the kids(yes all 6!)
6. You talked to on the phone?: Justyne
7. Said 'I love you' to you and really mean it?: Jason
8. Broke your heart?: Misty
9. Made you laugh?: Savannah


DO YOU PREFER. .
10. Flowers or candy?: Flowers.
11. Sunrise or sunset?: Sunset, I hate mornings
12. M&Ms or Skittles?: Skittles
13. Staying up late or waking up early?: Staying up late

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY !!
1. Do you like anyone?: lots of people
2. Do they know it?: I would hope so

DO YOU PREFER...
1. Sun or moon?: sun
2. Winter or Fall?: Fall
3. Left or right?: right
4. 10 acquaintances or having two best friends?: 2 best friends.
5. Sun or rain?: Rain
6. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream?: Vanilla.
7. Vodka or Jack?: vodka

IN THE LAST MONTH, HAVE YOU?
1. Had a b/f or g/f?: I have lots of girlfriends
2. Bought something you didn't need?: yes
4. Sang in front of people: I'm constantly singing in front of people
5. Been kissed: by my kids, neices, nephew and hubby
6. Been hugged: Yup
7. Felt stupid: of course
8. Missed someone: a little
9. Got drunk: Nope
10. Got high: Nope
11. Danced Crazy: lol I wish
12. Gotten your hair cut: it needs it
13. Cried: yes
14. Lied: probably

He's a cool rider......

The Pink Ladies pledge is to act cool, look cool and to be cool...'till death do us part THINK PINK!

So last night at Wal-mart I was diggin' through the 2 for $11.00 movie bin, and guess what I found?

GREASE 2

Can I even begin to explain how much I love this movie? I love this movie more than any other movie out there! It's cheesey, it has bad costumes, and way to many sexual innuendoes! I have gotten Elize to love it, and my hope is Savannah will too. It is one of my favorite memories of my youth.


I should hear something tomorrow about my new job. They have called 2x this week to verify my employment. I did my drug screen on Monday, and I don't have any worries about that. I'm still a little afraid of taking the new job and having both Jason and I on commission. We'll see what happens hopefully I will leave the Cash Store on good terms so if something happens I can go back.

I'm tired, I'm gonna lay down with Sister and watch Wimbledon. G'night!

Breaking Point

I have put up with so much! Been there when times got rough, and I mean really rough! Supported with out question. What do I get?? Not the same that is for sure. Is it hard right now? Heck ya it is. Will it get better? Of course! Does that mean someone has the right to be mean and ugly? NO! I'm so tired of the negativity. I can't hang with it. It's not me. I'm the positive queen. The girl who always sees the flip side, the happy side, the light at the end of the tunnel. I try and make the best of every situation. When life gives me lemons, I make the best darn lemonade. I can't handle all this negativity, I'm about at my breaking point.

This should make you a smile

Little bit of this...Little bit of that!

I'm so ready for my Saturdays to be mine again! I keep thinking, in 3 more weeks no more Saturdays! Oh I can't wait! I'm still a little freaked out about the new job, but I think I'll be ok. Worst case senerio, I hold on for 6 months, then transfer out of that dept. OH YEA! Guess what? I can wear jeans to work! Hallelujah! It's business causal, so jeans with a nice top is OK! SWEET! I have never given a notice. Anyone know what I should say, how I should say it? I know they are going to be upset.

I have to run, I gotta get ready for work!

I haven't been out that late on Thursday in years!!

The birthday girl! Isn't she lovely???
Me, Nuna, and Sitster at The Bronx Zoo


Misty singing something about being a pimp... Thank God Sonic has a 24 hour drive thru!

Happy Birthday Little Sister!!!

I got it!

Not that there was much doubt, but I got it! They offered me the job. I called back to accept, but the HR lady was gone for the day. I'm petrified of being on commission, but at least I have 3 months at a good salary to get into the groove of my job. It's further from home then I work now, but NO SATURDAYS!! Agh, the sweet sounds of the weekend. Just in time for football season. So if anyone is looking to purchase or refinance a home, I'm your girl!

Leaving....

I'm leaving now for my interveiw, pray I make the choice.

Carolyn's Big Weekend!

I'm ready! What are we doing?
Oooohhh, That's cold! What's going on?


Holy Moly, What happend??? Why does it have to hurt so much to be beautiful????
I'm so pretty..........

Scrap Goodies and Starbucks.....

I got some scrap goodies in the mail yesterday. I was so stinking excited! The new distress ink is too cool. It's bright blue and orange. Broken China and Spiced Marmalade to be exact, I also got some Hiedi Swapp and doodlebug silk flowers, as well as some doodlebug buttons. Yipee! To make it even better, tonight after work, I'm hooking up with Lou and Nuna for some starbucks. Could this week get any better??

L.O.V.E. this girl!

I have always been an A.S fan, I love almost all her songs, her funky style and her coolness under pressure involving her big sis. I always thought she was pretty in her own quirky way too. Tonight, I saw she released the video for her new song invisible, so I checked it out. WHOA! When she started singing I almost did not recognize her!! She looks awesome, beyond awesome. She is so much more pretty than Jess. I'm not sure if she's still denying the nose job or not, I don't really care. Either way she looks wonderful. Check it out at the bottom of the blog.

Nothing makes a day better.....

Then coming home to pretty girls in your e-mail box! These lovely ladies belong to to my good friend Tara. When I first met them Julie was only 1 1/2! Yes, it was a long time ago! Almost 6 years! My how time flies! Love you guys:)

Monday=Blah!

I needed to be at work at 8 a.m. I have so much stuff to get done since they took away my collections guy. I hate doing collections. Not so much the collecting part, but the tedious paperwork that goes with it. We had 21 returned checks on Friday. I didn't get a chance to start any of them. We'll probably have the same amount today. Can we say overwhelmed? I need to do all that in addition to my normal managerial duties. Oh joy. I reset my weight loss counter. I'm starting over from today. I haven't been keeping track of points very well. One good thing about my collections guy being gone is I won't eat out as much. He was always running to get food and getting me some too. Now I'll be to busy to eat since I'll be doing his job and mine! I better go, since I didn't make it there by 8, I need to be there by 9! Have a great day folks.

Mindless blabbing.....

Not a lot going on here at the Hallock house. I think I am going to look for a new job. I am feeling super under appreciated in my current position. I wish I could stop working. I can't wait for Jason to start rolling at his new job. This working woman crap is not what I signed up for! I want to be home, I want to drive carpool, I want to be room mom, I want all the goods and bads that go with being a stay at home mom. I love it. I miss it. Can you tell I'm not into women's lib? LOL! Jason and I found a house we would love to buy. Buy it needs a lot of work. It's in the same neighborhood we are in now, just a few streets over. 4-2.5-2, with a formal living and dining, family room and game room. It's a foreclosed so it's going for super cheap. BUT, it needs carpet, and sink, from what we can tell from looking through the windows. The good Lord, only know what else! The asking price is pretty cheap though, so if we could add the money to our loan for the other stuff we might be okay. Jason and I are so NOT handy. It would be a learning experience, no doubt. Anthony got a hair cut today. He was in desperate need! He was looking scraggly. Some friends from our life group took A and C for 3 hours today so the Hallock family and the Duke family could have some alone time. It was great. We didn't do anything special, just lunch then to Barnes and Noble. The kids loved it though. They deserve it. I guess that is all for now. My nothing turned out to be quite a bit. I'm hoping to scrapbook a little tonight. I'm working on a page that is is VERY special to me. I can't wait to finish it so I can post it. First, I have to clean though! I'm off. Happy Saturday Folks!

Happy Birthday Baby!

My hubby is turning 31 today! WoW! We were such babies when we first met. It's hard to believe that he was 20 when we started dating, and now we are celebrating 31......

Happy Birthday Hunny!

To all men

"Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved."

Here's to you Katina, Justyne, Diana, Staci, Melibelle, Misty, Claudia and all my other scrapper friends!

World’s Greatest Scrapper

You may not see her layouts
In any of the magazines
Although she scraps her babies and teens
And some kids in between.
She takes photos daily
And is the best recorder of life by far
With some of her best action shots
Taken from her moving car.
She rarely has time for photo shoots
But she snaps each special event
To record her family’s history
She lists as her main intent.
Her days are filled with carpools
Driving kids here and there
She is a dedicated mother
And takes her camera everywhere.
Her photos are a reflection
Of her life each day
And on her pages she records
Her memories in a positive way.
She doesn’t scrap for editors
Or for products to display
She scraps life as it is
She scraps the everyday.
But when she brings her albums out
A hush over the room will fall
For everyone in the familyloves
Mom’s albums best of all!

Thena Smith

Friends...

I am so totally blessed with friends. I have so many close friends. Ladies who I can call anytime and say darn near anything. I feel sad when I hear people say, I only have 1 best friend, or I don't trust people so I'm not close to anyone..... It almost breaks my heart!

All love all my girlfriends equally. They all meet my emotional needs. I know exactly which one to call, e-mail, IM, or text message when I have problems, questions, concerns or just need to vent. I know I've been VERY needy the past 18 months, I am so thankful that they are still answering my calls!

I don't even think she knew....

Yesterday Lou and boys came over to hang out and swim. We went to our community pool which is super cool. We went down the slides, played in the baby pool under the water falls and mushrooms, it was great. Lou was looking HOT! I don't even think she knows how hot she looks, she has lost almost 25 pounds in the last 3 months, and she is smokin'. About 10:30 Jason decides he wants a starbucks, so we hop in the Kia and head out. Lou decides she doesn't want anything, so only Jason and I order. We get up to the window, we are BSing with the baristas, and one of the guys notice that there are 2 drinks and pastries and 3 people in the car. So he ask who isn't getting one, and why. She says she doesn't want one, he says it's on him what does she want.... He was totally flirting with her and she had NO clue! He even gave her a free brownie! I'm telling you she is lookin' good! All hail the hottie Katina!

For the Love of Watermelons!

Random Thoughts.....

No real stories or news from the Hallock clan today. Other clans have news, but I have to wait for them to announce it.........

My DM hinted today at a promotion. I could be reading to much into it, or I could be right. As far as I know there is not a position vacating, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. I'm thinking of trying my hand at banking. This job has given me great skills to work in a bank. Chase is building a new bank on the corner by our house in the fall, I'm thinking of checking it out. Even better would be if Jason starts high rolling at this new job. Then I could just be a stay at home mom again. Wouldn't that be the bees knees???

In August I will begin teaching 5th and 6th grade Sunday school with my super, great pal Lana. I haven't worked with the youth since Germany. I am very excited to be able to work with this impressionable age. It's a time when they really begin to understand Christ and what he means in their lives.

The kiddos(all 6) are doing well, let' s do a run down:

Elize: Recently got a hair cut and is looking mighty cute. Jumped into the pool at the deep end tonight and had a little scare. Actually, from what I hear the lifeguard may have been more scared....

Jonathan: Is hooked on his new math game. He is such a math buff! He loves, money, numbers, counting, addition, subtraction, all of it. I sometimes wonder if he were to count sheep if he would do it by 2's........

Savannah: Ball of Fire. No other words for her. She truly believes she is 14. She has the attitude a pre-teen. Heaven help me now. It might help if she were ugly, but she's not. I have been getting stopped since she was an infant with people telling me how beautiful she is, and it hasn't let up as she's gotten older. I often hear," you should but her in modeling". Um, NO! Her diva attitude is big enough.

Anthony: He started attending bi-weely speech therapy. He goes Mon and Wed for 30 minutes. Thankfully he loves it. He never wants to leave. He goes to the ENT and Audiologist the first week in August. He still has his rough patches, but for the most part has improved 100% since he's been with us.

Carolyn: I'm not sure if she's lazy or delayed. Maybe a little bit of both. She is 15 months old and still not walking. She is just now trying to stand up alone. With the exception of Cliff, she is a man hater. Whenever Jason evens looks at her she screams. It's kind of a good thing, it's taken that "maybe we should have another baby" thought out of his mind. Keep on screaming Carolyn!

Ashyra: My sweet precious spaz, of Ashyra. She's all over the place. Climbing, crawling, walking, stumbling, and doin' it all over again. Tonight she was all over Misty like white on rice. Not lovin' on her, but crawling on her! Mount Mommy was going to be conquered! She 's has this smile that lights up a room. You can't help but smile back at her. Besides, who doesn't love a one year old who's already wiping her own mouth!!

Isn't he hairy and handsome??

This is Jason, the love of my life, the man of dreams, the father of my children, the provider of my family(and a couple others right now!), he is wonderful. He is patient, kind, giving, hardworking, and loyal.

Today is his first day on his new job. He is 50/50, part scared, part excited. There is no turning back now. Pray for a great day, and a wonderful experience.

This says it all....

Oh yes, I rock!

Rainy Day Fun

It's amazing that this is fourth of July, but it is. Hopefully the sun will come back out and we can BBQ and party tonight!
Happy 4th Ya'll!

Presto! Chango!

Elize was in desperate need of a new do. Her hair was crazy dry, it was getting harder and harder to care for. What's a mom to do? Cut it! Oh my, she looks so cute now!

Not a lot goin' on.....

Not much to blog about. I scrapped a little with my girl Nuna last night. We went on a 2 hour wild goose chase for embossing powder. I went to Hobby Lobby for the first time in a long time, and WOW, they had some neat new stuff. I can't imagine what it would be like at ReCollections! Today we went to a church fellowship at another members house. It was so fun. All the kids were jumping off the diving board, even Anthony! It's amazing how arm floaties give you confidence. I have to work tomorrow, but after work Lou is comimg over to scrap. YEA! 2 scrap dates in 3 days, I'm pretty pumped about that.

So I'm totally copying, my girl Cynthia here.......