AKA

Also known as

i am known as lots o things

most good some bad.....

if asked my friends and loved one to describe me in 1 word

you would mostly likely hear:

honest

blunt

opinionated

yup, that's me

i have only recently begun to learn when to keep my mouth shut

it was a hard lesson

people don't always want to hear what I have to say

BUT

if you ask

i will tell

I am

Veracious

WAY outside the box here!

i don't do artsy

i don't do circles over the eye

everything about this page is not me!

notice all the A's are orange

sweet!

Who am I really?

i am a bunch of things. anyone who knows me, knows that. i chose just 5 for this layout. some good, some bad. this was the first challenge from the beyond appearances clan

http://beyond-appearances.blogspot.com/

they are similar to the effers, but are only on dare 7,

so i *may* have a chance to catch up!

I used

american crafts paper

doodlebug stickers

heidi swapp jewels

and my black zig marker

that's it!

lots of things out of comfort zone on here:

my handwriting

outlining my letter stickers

cutting those darn flowers by hand

making the pic just a little slanted

(so hard for me!)

Jonathan

My bubba

My buddy

My future NFL quarterback

My firstborn

This boy is awesome. He's going through a difficult phase right now.

I think it's that I'm about to be 8,

I'm going from being "little" kid, to being a BIG kid,

and I'm going to test my limits phase.

And, oh Boy, is he ever!

Even with his limit testing.

He is awesome.

He is polite

kind

sweet

thoughtful

smart

considerate

He is a

child of God

snuggler

brother

son

nephew

cousin

A die hard lover of football

He knows more trivia at 7 and 11 months

then most grown men!

Wanna know who won the first superbowl?

Ask him!

Who won the second?

Yup, he knows that one too!

He knows who the Bills played in each of their Superbowl losses

AND

what the score was!

He can name at least one player(past or present)

From every time in the NFL

He's amazing.

He's also book smart, this little guy has a thirst of knowledge that

only a 2nd grader can have.

He asks questions that I have never even thought about.

His grades are beyond worthy of bragging

Art 98%

Character Education 100%

Computer 92%

Health 100%

Language Arts 99%

Math 93%

Music 100%

PE 100%

Science 100%

Social Studies 99%

Spelling 99%

World Cultures 100%

I love this child more then I can even express in words.

He was totally worth the wait, worth the infertility work, worth the throwing up 6 times a day for 6 months, worth the 3 hospital stays,worth the pre-term labor scare,

worth the 16 hours of non-medicated pain.

I want to keep him with me always.

I dread the day he goes to Middle School

then High school

I get nausous thinking about college

And marriage?

What if he doesn't marry the right girl?

As he grows he makes me have more respect for my parents and grandparents.

I thought my children growing up would be easier,

but it's not

It's harder

Because

everyday

he

is one day

closer

to leaving me.

I'm a bad mom

Yup, that's me. Bad Mom Angel(or BMA as I'd now like to be called). Last night was halloween. I didn't take pictures. Didn't even think about it. And now, thinking back on it I'm not really sorry I didn't. I mean how many halloweens do I need pictures of? I don't "believe" in halloween I only let the kids "celebrate" it b/c it's all around them, and quite frankly I don't care either way. I even got comments at work from my DM and RM b/c I didn't decorate the store for halloween. I told them, " I don't do halloween". They both looked at me like I'd grown a 2nd head. I mean really, it has to be one of the dumbest holidays. It means NOTHING. We "celebrate" NOTHING. Expensive costumes, cakie makeup, and enough candy to rot your teeth out. As a mother who currently does not have dental insurance for her kiddos. I hate this "holiday". However, today I went to Hobby Lobby and they had all their Christmas stuff out! Now that's a holiday I can get into! It totally put me in the mood(down Jason, the mood for Christmas!) I can't wait to decorate the tree, to hear carols walking through Target, to see the children's faces light up as gifts "appear" under the tree.
Yeah, I'm a Christmas girl :)

Kopy Kat

I saw this on Amber Nicole's blog and thought it had some neat questions, so I copy and pasted:

1. Paper or Plastic? Paper if it's Target, plastic everywhere else.
2. Favorite Song right now? I don't know. I've been looking for a new one. Chasing Cars is getting old, I'm thinking HURT by Christina
3. If you could have ONE thing in your "heaven", what would that thing be? (anything) Is this my real heaven or a heaven on earth? Real Heaven would be a relationship with my Lord(duh, that's why I'm there!) Heaven on earth....My mom being sober....
4. Name one person (not friend or family) that has changed your life Amber Nicole, I don't know her. I've never even talked to her. Only today(after she posted AWESOME pics of her boy)was I able to even leave a comment. She is so talented. She is open and honest on her blog(something I aspire to). I feel more creative after reading her blog, she's that one that snapped me out of scrappin' birthdays and C-mas and got me scrappin about feelings, and moments. I am thankful for that.
5. Why do you think we get "chills" when we aren't cold?
No clue..I think I'll write to GA and ask them to address this on a future episode!

I am tagging Sister, Lou, Ten, Nuna, Tara, Ms. Tyne, and anyone else that reads my blog! Go now! Do it!

hmmmmmm

I think I'm tired of blogging. I don't get a lot of feedback. That bugs me. I can track from where the blog is read. I don't know people there. Why don't they say "hi", let me know they were here. And since I don't know who is reading, I don't feel comfortable being 100% "me". We'll see. Maybe it's just a phase.

Football and cheer leading is over. WOO-HOO! It was fun, and we all loved it, but we are so happy it's over. At the awards ceremony Savannah got the an award for most Christ-like from her coach. She was very excited about that. Poor Jonathan and Elize, their parents were their coaches so of course they couldn't get the award. They did great too though. I think I'm going o to sign Jonathan up for upward basketball. Jason isn't going to coach though! It'll be nice to just drop him at practice and go to the games without any of the extra stuff.

I gave Oli is book. My first scrapbook for hire. It wasn't done, but a lot of pages were in it. I think close to 40, and I still have at least 30 more to get done. It's so hard only being able to work on it on the weekends.

I recently figured out why I dislike working. It's not the job, or the people, it's the politics. I hate when people who have never done my job, never been in my store think that they know how to do my job. Um, HELLO! No you don't. It's hard not to kill the messenger. It's so dumb. Let me be, but they can't. They feel they have to harp about a missing fax cover sheet, when they got the rest of the stupid frickin' fax! Anyway....

I'm worried about Melibelle, if you're reading this please e-mail me, text me, call me, snail mail me, or contact me by any other means.

We are gonna do it, it's going to work

It'll be slow.

We have lots of planning.

I know we can do it.

We are both smart independent, hard-working women.

I'm thinking 1-2 years.

Hopefully less.

I want it to be right.

Be ready.

I want to say, be perfect

But I won't

It'll be just the way it's supposed to be

I hope

I'm so tired. I know you hear that all the time. It's true. Now it's a part of daily life. Oh well, listen to it or stop reading!

I sold my treadmill. I don't know that I would even call it "mine". I never even plugged it it. So I sold it to my collections girl at work. Hopefully she gets more use out of it than me.

Christmas is less than 2 months away. I'm stressed about this. Normally I'm done by now. I haven't even started, I don't even have any ideas. The kids are getting MP3 players, that's about all I know. I'd love to get them new bedroom furniture. That's like 2G's though, so it's not happening. I think I might start buying them pieces 1 at a time.

I'm almost done with Oli's book. I won't have it all done in time to give it to his wife, which bums me out. I can only work on it in my free time, and Lord knows I don't have much of that. It's wonderful though. I'm so pleased with how it has turned out. I hope they love it.

My DM makes such a deal out of when I need time off. I called today to see if I could take 90 minutes off for Jonathan's fall party, and he made me feel like he was doing me a favor by letting me go. I hate that feeling.

I'm still coming to grips with the fact that I'll neve be a SAHM again. It's rough, it's like part of me is dying. I'm going to work the rest of life. People do it everyday, I know. It's not what I want for me, for my family. I feel like I'm going to be stuck at my job forever. I will never make the money I make there anyway else. So I have to stay. BTW, thanks for attending my pity party......

Party Pooped

I'm exhausted. I want to go to bed. I still have to scrap. The party went great. The girls loved the castle bounce house. It was a great feeling not to have to entertain 20 kids. They went out side, they ate cake and ice cream, we opened gifts, they went home. Clean up was not as easy, but hey what do expect after having 30+ people running around your house?

I'm off to the table......

Party Prep

We are preparing for the "double birthday" which is what the girls' have dubbed the party tomorrow. The house is clean, the yard is pooper scooped, most of the gifts are bought. Thankfully Staci is making the cakes, have I mention how THANKFUL I am that Staci is making the cakes! We will be having all sorts of yummy munchies as well. I still have to clean my room and put away some laundry, and make the goody bags. I hope I have enough. Elize said some kids from her class are coming but they did not RSVP. I hate rude people.

I can't wait until tomorrow. The girls don't know it yet, but we are going to have a bounce house! Yup, a GAINT pink castle will fill our yard tomorrow afternoon. Isn't that so cool? I can't wait to see their expression. They are going to be so excited.

For those of you coming, I can't wait to see you tomorrow.
If you are not coming, you better live far away!

I love this man!

I mean I REALLY love this man! 10 years.....it seems like forever ago, yet yesterday. I don't really remember not being with him. Everything before him is pretty much a blur. How did I live 18 years without him? He came into my life at the most perfect time. and he is perfect for me. He puts up with so much crap from me. If I have a bad day or if I'm mad, he gets the brunt of it and never complains. He just listens and lets me vent on him. I love that. He not only makes me feel beautiful, he convinces me that I am. He doesn't waiver about it, he makes me believe it too. When I'm down he picks me up, when I'm high he lifts me higher.

He works hard for our family.

He is a great father.

He is my world.

I love you.

My gift......

He gave me 20 long stem roses with a card that made me cry(of course!) and a picture of my D80 that he swears he's going to get me no matter how much I protest.

Another reason I love him......

Exactly 5 years ago today, I was in labor....

With this beautiful girl.....

She is 5 years old today. I can't believe my "baby" is 5. In some ways it seems like she's younger, and in some ways so much older. For those of you that know Savannah she is a wonderful, exciting, girl. She is full of life and fun. I am so blessed to have her in my life, and thankful for all that she has given me and has taught and continues to teach me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAVANNAH!

I'm home

We are back! I'm happy yet sad. It was great to come home to a bunch of hugs and kisses, but dang, did we HAVE to come home????? I wish I could fill you in a our exciting weekend, but the truth is it wasn't exciting, and that was exactly how I wanted! On Friday we checked into our cabin, got in the hot tub, went to dinner, got in the hot tub, went to bed.

On Saturday pretty much the same thing except we went and got massages.

It was great to have NO time line, no where to be, and no one to entertain.

This was out cabin, it was called the Linderhof, which for those of you that have never been stationed in Germany is one of King Ludwigs Castles.

It was perfect.

I'm going to try and convince the lifesavers to have a weekend there!

This is my hunny in the hot tub, we spent a lot of time in there!

I mean really it's on back porch, we didn't want it to go to waste:)

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Today I had to come back home to real life:( And to make real life worse I bought a coffee pot. I officially feel old. I only drink coffee from Starbucks, I have never made it at home before. Now I think I'm to a point where I have to. I have made a command decision to get up everyday at 6:30. I can only do this with help from my good friends, Black and Decker, and Folgers. When I got home I had to go grocery shopping and while out I bought me this: It has a timer so I won't actually have to get up and make coffee, it'll start perculating on it's own at 6:20. Sweet.

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When I got home and checked my cluster map, there was a whole bunch of new hits in places where I don't think I know people. Which I know is not uncommon in the blog world, but it still trips me out. I wish they would comment, then I think of all the people I blog stalk and don't comment so, I guess we are even.

Thank you to my sister and kiddos who not only had cake and presents waiting for me when I got home, but had also cleaned the whole house and done laundry! YOU ROCK!

Thank you to my lovely friend Melibelle for the fabulous Those Were The Days kit she got me for my birthday. I love it!!! MWAH!

This was by far my best birthday in recent history, a special thanks to all.

I love each and everyone of you.

My birthday at work!

I totally got the birthday hook up at work! Kim got me the purse, bodywash, and lotion. Drea decorated my area and got me the HUGE balloon, and Thomas got me Greay's Anatomy Season 2 and Orange Daisys(not pictured).

Less than 48 hours from now.....

I'll be snug as a bug in a rug in a cabin in the woods with my one and only.

I can't wait.

Seriously, I'm like a kid waiting for my birthday party.

Today I called and scheduled us Swedish massages too.

That is our only plan for the weekend. Other than that we are free to lounge and do(or not do)whatever we want. What a wonderful feeling.

I can't get a good shot of Jason's new do, so I'll update later. I'm getting my hair done tomorrow too! My stylist is giving me a FREE cut and color to be her guinea pig. Hey, it's only hair, I'm up for anything!!!

Amanda got her kids back today! Well, we still have them. She's coming to get them this weekend. Please continue to pray for her and for the kids. It's going to to be an adjustment for her after being childless for 6 months.

I got a call tonight saying that I should be getting a goodie in the mail......I l LOVE, LOVE, LOVE goodies in the mail! She totally knows this too! MWAH! Love ya!

A new do' for my favorite dude

Last night Jason got his haircut then I put highlights in it. It's looks so freakin' cute! I Love it. I'm totally diggin' my post Army guy. Here is a before pic, I'll post an after tonight.

OH, and........2 days until my birthday and my weekend away with the hubby!!

We interupt the countdown to my birthday for this brief message.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NUNA! She's the BIG 3-0,

and looking better than ever:)

~Countdown to my Birthday~

Yesterday I got my first birthday gift! Be Delicious by DKNY. It smells awesome! I tried to take picture of the bottle, which by the way looks like a little apple! It has a chrome topper though and you could see me taking the picture in the picture! Make Sense? Anyway, Thank you so much my dear friend for the fabulous smelling perfume! I LOVE IT!

You've gotta friend in me!

A good friend: one that will ride a freaky space ship ride at the science center with your hubby when you are too scared to. Thanks for being a good friend!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTYNE!!!

I love you!

YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY!!!

How could you NOT love her? She's gorgeous, inside and out. She's smart, helpful, kind, considerate, and I'm blessed to call her my NIEICE.

Happy Birthday Baby!

Who lives in New Mexico, Asia, and Georgia???

So I but I blog tracker on here so I could see who's reading my blog. Some of these places I just don't know who it is?? I know Kansas is family, Texas is the lifesavers, Pa is Jason's mom, whoever is in NY is also Jason's family. NC is Deanna. I'm pretty sure FL is Selena, TN is of course Ms. Tyne. I think OKC is someone who swears not to like me, so I wonder why she reads my blog....IL/Mo is of course Tara-mesue:) Germany is Sarah.

New Mexico, Georgia and Asia are kicking my butt though. Who are you and how'd you end up on my blog. I don't mind, I'm just curious....

I took a nap

It was like a blessing and a curse. I was so tired on Sunday afternoon I could hardly keep my eyes open, so I napped. Since I did, the laundry didn't get done, the Sunday house cleaning didn't get done. I of course feel guilty about this. I feel like my house is a pit. I have not done a very good job of teaching my children to clean. It's my fault. I'm a freak. I'd rather do it myself and have it done my way, then be patient and let them do it. So they haven't done it, and now when I try to get them to, they do a sucky job at it. So I try to do it all myself. I felt like a loser last week,. I only worked 50 hours but still couldn't get my sh*t together. I'm sinking, I'm tired of everything and everyone. I want a break. Amanda has court tomorrow. I pray she gets her kids back. I love them, I truly do. My "good deed" is over running my life though. It's keeping Misty from moving on to bigger and better things for her and her girls, b/c she's home caring for A and C. No one in this house can move forward until they go back to their mom. I'm not going to be able to quit my job anytime soon. Jason isn't happy at work again. We all know what happened last time he wasn't happy. I don't want a replay. We are working on a plan for him to go back to school. He almost has an AA, so he'd only to need to go back for 2ish years. He wants to coach football. He's thinking of getting a physical ed teaching degree and going from there. I just want him to be happy. I'm so sick of him being unhappy. I don't understand how people are not happy and are not thankful. I go through my spurts of "unhappy" (like right now!), but they are short lived. I don't stay in a funk for more than a few hours. It's not me. I don't know how I got like this. Everyone get funky and stay funky for days, weeks, and sometimes even months. Not me. I'm a freak(again!) . I'm a positive person that always see the upside and doesn't dwell on the crappy. I have a very hard time understanding those who dwell on the crappy and don't try to change, or at least live with it and make the best of it. Lead or get out of the way. That's my motto. No one is going to change your life but you. So start living, or start dying, but either way stop your complaining!

Jonathan got a hair cut!

Before:

After:

He's now the coolest 7 year old at HSA. He rocks!

If you don't like it

I don't care,

don't leave a comment on it though.

I don't need more negitivity in my life.

I'm the luckiest girl in the world

Today while getting out of the shower I realized I'm the luckiest girl in the world. What makes me so lucky you ask? Wealth? Health? Diamonds? Pearls? Nope.

I can be nekked(that's naked to non-Hallock/Duke's) anywhere in my house. I don't have to worry about the wrong people seeing me. Or double check that my booti-ous maximous isn't hanging out of my towel. If a child leaves the bathroom door open while I shower and I don't realize, OH WELL! I don't have to take all my clothes into the bathroom with me and get dressed in there. It's great. What is my secret you ask? Well let me tell you ....

I'm related to everyone I live with! Woo-hoo! It doesn't matter if any of the them see me nekked. I'm married to Jason, Misty is my sister, I gave birth to Jonathan and Savannah. Elize, Ashyra, Anthony, and Carolyn could care less. Misty and Jason do not have this freedom, they must always be aware of their surroundings. Not me!

Now don't get me wrong. I do not walk around the house nekked. This glorious freedom only comes into play on days(like today) when we were all getting ready at one time. I was in the shower, Misty was doing her hair and Jason was in the bedroom. I was able to get out of the shower, dry off, go to my bedroom, put on my "unmentionables" and walk back through the bathroom and into my closet to pick out clothes with out having to worry about who saw me.

And that my friends is why I'm so stinkin' lucky!

TGIF

I'm so ready for Friday, for the weekend. I wish I had more of a weekend. I don't think I ever will. I'd have to make $17 an hour 40 hours a week, to make what I make now. I don't see that happening. All week I've had allergy issues. My eyes hurt like crazy, my nose is red and raw. It's not pretty. I have so much to do. Tomorrow is of course work, then I'm going to Jonathan's school to watch him give a presentation on the timeline of his life. On Saturday we have a game(with pictures at 8!), Savannah was invited to watch her "boyfriend"(MOM! He's not my boyfriend!) in a fashion show at Dillard's, then off to Starbucks to have a secret santa meeting with the lifesavers. After that Jason leaves to go help with the haunted house, and I will work on Oli's book some more. Sunday is church, then sunday school(I teach this week), more scrappin while house cleaning, then Awannas. Notice there's no sleep scheduled in there? Ya, that's my life.

Jason and I found the place we are going for our anniversary! It's a cabin in the woods, located in Glen Rose Texas. Get this, it's called The Linderhoff. Yup, just like the castle in Germany. We are both getting off at 3 on the 13th to hit the road. We should be back Sunday evening. It's going to be great. We have never been away from the kids for more than a few hours. It's going to be scary in that aspect. We deserve it though. We sailed through the first 8 years of our marriage. the last 2 years have been tough though. Not bad tough, just trying tough. I feel like we've been in a marriage test. In 2005 I couldn't wait for '06. 2006, wasn't much better. I pray that 2007 be our best year yet.

Feeling Accomplished

I have every single piece of laundry done! The last load is in the dryer. Oh what a sweet feeling. I also scrapbooked this weekend. I did 7 pages in Oli's book. He came over today after to church to look at it, and loved it. That made me feel great. Did anyone see the HL ad? Almost everything SB is 50% off! Paper, stamps, stickers, rub-ons, it's insane. I'm going to have to hold myself back. BG for 50% off...I'm not going to think about that now.

The answer in NO! I know you are thinking it, I will tomorrow I promise.

Check out this site:
www.memory-works.com
it's a home based SB biz(like CM), but it has Basic Grey, American Crafts, Fancy Pants, and lots of other cool companies. I'm thinking about signing up. Let me know what ya'll think.

and since it's been awhile........
ANGEL............................OUT!

Lookie What I Got!

One of my customers came in today and was talking about how she had hoped to make more $$ at her yard sale and how she didn't even get rid of her "big" items. I asked what "big" items she had, and she said this:


I asked her how much she wanted for it, and we struck a deal! For the same about as 1 months dues at the Y I can have a treadmill at home! It's not the newest model, but it was cheap and it works! It's in the living room, so hopefully it will get used....

Jason and I have narrowed our search. I think we are going to get this:

Acording to my grampy "dont pay extra for 10mp becasue unless you are shooting posters for Sorts Ill." But dang, 10 MP? How awesome would that be?? Jason hasn't ever spent this kind of money on me and I'm going to enjoy it. I mean really it's taken me 10 years to get this!

JONATHAN MADE A TOUCHDOWN TODAY!
His first ever! He kicked butt, I screamed SO loud! I'm so proud of him:) HE hasn't even cared that his team lost the last 3 weeks. He's just all about the game!!!

23 minutes...

UNTIL GA STARTS!!!! WHOO-HOO!

AGH!

I've started this post 3 times. Everything sounds dumb. Not a lot to say, yet so much to say. Nothing important idle chit-chat for the most part. I have busy month ahead. I'm going to be working on Oli's SB for his wife. Then is the concert, my birthday, and we are going out of town that weekend for our anniversary. Then the girl's huge b-day party. I'm tired just thinking about it. I need a day off. A whole day with nothing to do but clean my house. It's sad when I want to stay home and clean my house. When I LONG to stay home and clean my house. I have not given up on my goal to stay home again.

My favorites are in bold......

I believe -
. . that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I believe -
. . . that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I believe -
. . . that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I believe -
. . . that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I believe -
. . . that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I believe -
. . that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I believe -
. . . that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I believe -
. . . that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I believe -
. . . that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I believe -
. . . that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I believe -
. . . That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I believe -
. . . that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I believe -
. . . that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I believe -
. . . that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

I believe -
. . that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I believe -
. . . that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I believe -
. . . that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I believe -
. . . that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I believe -
. . . that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I believe -
. . . that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I believe -
. . . two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I believe -
. . . that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

I believe -
. . . that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.

I believe -
. . . that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I believe -
. . . that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

My Future NCAA Cheerleader!

My future NCAA Quarterback

Busy is my middle name

Wheew! So yesterday at work we had a woman from a fraud ring come in. After many phone calls and faxes between my DM and I, I called the police. Enter, Officer McDreamy.... The woman tried to claim that it wasn't her account, then it was she just opened it yesterday, but she had a statement for over a month's worth of transactions. Basically it's fraud ring, we already had one of them come to our store, that's what sent up the red flag. They have also tried to get loans from other stores in our region. So the officer tried to find something to take her in on, but b/c she hadn't actually gotten the loan yet, so it wasn't actually fraud yet. Apparently attempted fraud isn't a crime. Anyway, this is where it gets interesting...... I asked the officer three times before he left, if he needed any of my info. He said he'd take my business card and that would be enough. ok, fine. Well at about 10 last night he calls me on my cell phone! He was totally flirting with me. It was so weird. Finally I get off the phone with him, and he calls again today! Now I'm getting freaked out. I didn't answer it when he called today. He left a message saying he had a few more questions. LOL! He is handsome, but um, hello, I'm married. I told him that 3 times! It's nice to know I've still got it though:)

Today was the kiddos second game. I took video this time. As soon as I find it on the puter I'll upload it so ya'll can see it. Also, sister got a super cool hip new do today. I'll let her post pics, but she looks awesome! Tonight, I'm scrappin'. I don't care what deeds go undone. It's all about me and some BG paper!

$84.47

That's how much I will save each month if I cancel Netflix and our YMCA membership. It's a tough choice. Although I'm not sure why. I never go workout or watch movies. I keep thinking, but what if I want to later? Will later ever come? Probably not while we have 6 kids and I work 53 hours a week. So I think I'm going to do it. I want to be a SAHM again by June, if that's going to happen I need to do this now.

Oh, Misty....Katina....(said in a high sing songy voice)

Oh girls! Check these out! I admit, I'm drooling. It makes me hate my white one. I'm just glad there is not an orange one, so the temptation is not that great.

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That's how many posts I have! I have had 32 hits today. 70% of them new people. So I ask, who reads this? I know the lifesavers do, Tara, and Tyne too. But who else? I know ya'll can't come here 30 times a day! Sometimes I forget who reads, or who knows about my blog. Sometimes I want to post more in depth stuff, or be just plain raunchy. I don't. Cause I don't know who's reading. I don't want to offend, or cause trouble. It'd be nice to have have a place where no one judged me though, maybe then poor lou would get a break from listening to my woes. HOC LOC WE LOCK, here I come. Thanks for listening babe:)

Great Weekend:)

Although the weekends are never long enough, this one was still great! Friday, Misty took C and A to spend the weekend with their momma. So we only had 3 kids! WOW! Talk about a breeze. Saturday was the kids first game which went awesome(see pics below). Then, I was able to get off work by 3 to hang out with the family. We went to Target where I found this:

It was on sale for only 18.99 that's right all of season 1 for 19 bucks! I'm so stoked. I've never liked a show enough to buy the whole season before. This is a first, a show of true love! I can't wait to watch it(again!). I want season 2 for my b-day. Hint, hint, hint! Then we went to Hobby Lobby cause my 40% off coupon was burning a whole in my pocket~! Guess what I found there?

This:

No, you're not seeing things, It's the brand spanking new BG paper collection called Gypsy! This stuff was just released so I never imagined I'd find it at HL! Plus, I got to use a 40% off coupon. I walked outta there with it for only 11 bucks. That's right folks.

11 bucks!

Well, all this excitement got me in the SBing mood, so I decided to tackle this:

Yup, that's the H%#l hole formally known as my scrapbook area! It looks like I let a bomb go off there. So I spent hours cleaning this place, putting embellies back where they go, scraps of paper away, and general sb organizing.

So, now it looks like this:

Too bad, I'm to tired to scrap now! Oh well, at least it's clean so hopefully I can just sit down and create this week. Wheew! I'm pooped. I'm off to watch hubby #2 beat his brother at football!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?????

That's right, today was our first game. It went better than I expected. I was a little concerned, but everyone seemed to do fine. Jonathan's team even lost, and he was ok with it. FYI- Jonathan is a VERY sore loser! The girls cheered their little buns off. They were very timid at first, by the end of the game they were louder. By season's I think they will be blowing us out! I love the Upward philosophy of sports. The kids have a devotional during practice, and the game. It's meant to be fun, but not a the world revolves around the ball(or pom-poms).

Coach Misty, Coach Jason, Elize, Savannah, and Jonathan

Deep thoughts by Jonathan Hallock.....

Go red, go gold, let's win today!

TD! We wanna touchdown!

Life goes on.....

My old Bible study group leader called and wants me to make an SB for his wife for their anniversary. How cool is that? They spent a couple weeks in Jerusalem this summer! I'm so going to love scrapping those photos! I will actually get to see where Jesus walked. See it, in pictures, with my own eyes. I can't wait to get my hands on those photos......

Amanda is taking the kids this weekend, YES! It'll be a nice little break:) Let's pray she doesn't mess it up!

This weekend is Jonathan's first flag football game, and Elize and Savannah's first game to cheer at. The scrapbooker in me is SO excited, the mom is me is worried. Can Jonathan run the plays? Will Savannah remember her chants? Only time will tell.....

Jason got another signed agreement today! Yipee!

I had a crappy day at work. My CS messed up on something, that sent a customer into a tizzy, cussing and screaming. Of course I always have to take care of the messes, that's the crappy part about being a manager:(

MISTY: Pick Lalo! Choose him, Pick him, Date him! He's the one I've been rooting for, give an Argentinian a chance!!!

Last but definatly not least:

You know who you are: I love you, it sucks, they are in the wrong, but it'll be okay. I promise, and if it isn't, I'll beat them up for you:)

I'm nerd, but I love these things!

Thanks Lan! BTW, I'm looking over your cubicle at you!

10 REALLY RANDOM THINGS ABOUT ME
1. I sleep with a pillow over my head
2. I have no desire to play an instrument
3. I wear my heart on my sleeve
4. I hate mornings
5. I've lost my scrappin' Mojo
6. I'd love to get a cute orange bra and panty set
7. I hate my bathing suit
8. I'm petrified of being a bad parent
9. I expect a lot of myself and others
10. I often have to bite my tongue

9 WAYS TO WIN MY HEART --
1. Make me laugh.
2. Tell me I'm pretty( yes, i'm shallow!)
3. spoon me
4. Love my family
5. drink starbucks with me
6. write me love notes
7. call me for no reason
8. father my children
9. be faithful

8 THINGS I CARRY/WEAR EVERYDAY(when i go out)
1. my wedding rings
2. Purse
3. wallet
4. keys
5. shoes
6. chapstick
7. receipts
8. phone

7 THINGS THAT ANNOY ME
1. liars
2. people who need reminded to pay their bills
3. lack of respect for others
4. people who are unwilling to try new things
5. when i don't get my 1/2 price burger night disc. at sonic on tuesdays
6. my hair
7. skinny girls who think they're fat

6 PLACES I'VE VISITED
1. Czch(sp?)
2. astria
3. poland
4. the azores
5. italy
6. germany

5 THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. go on a cruise
2. Play with my grandchildren
3. make a positive impact on my children's lives
4. Go to the superbowl
5. SLEEP, all night, with no kids in my bed

4 THINGS I'M AFRAID OF
1. not raising my children properly
2. dying
3. failure
4. the rapture, what if i don't go?

3 THINGS I DO EVERYDAY
1. work(okay, i get sundays off!)
2. blog stalk
3. wish i didn't have to get up

2 THINGS I'M TRYING NOT TO DO NOW
1. listin to jay leno
2. be freaked out that i haven't made all my sentance begin with a capitol letter, i really want to go back and change it, but i'm to tired

1 PERSON I WANT TO SEE NOW
1. my granny

Update!

Amanda did not receive monitored return of the children. However, she did get supervised visits. I think this is truly the perfect solution. I wasn't ready for them to go back yet, but I didn't really want to think there was not a light at the end of the tunnel either. This way she can come get them on the weekends, take them back to Killeen and ease back into parenthood. It will also give us a break. She has another court date on Oct. 4th, if all goes well with the visits, she will get them back full time then. Thank you all for you thoughts, and prayers. You guys rock!!

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.