My favorite pics from yesterday...

I LOVE my new camera!!

Olivia Grace

Harri at the antique store

Savannah Grace

Katie Elizabeth

Harrison and his Mim

We had a great day!!

Waiting...

The Woods are in Kansas! Just not at my house...yet! They will be in an hour though. Whoo-hoo!

So excited!

Amy and her family will be here in 6 days!! I'm so stinkin' excited I can hardly stand it. I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas. I'm so ready for a break from work and everything else and just spend time hanging with my friend and her family. We will celebrate her birthday while she's here, I have a cool surprise planned for that! We will also go to the zoo and the drive in. She's going to make Jonathan a skateboard cake while she's here. I think most of you became a fan of her FB page, and know what awesome cakes she makes. When we were in Alabama last summer she made a cake for Savannah, and now it's Jonathan turn. He is so excited!

Here lately I have been in a great mood! I'm working out, the sun has been out, and I have in general been feeling great. I finished week 5 of my Couch to 5k program and ran 18 minutes yesterday!! What a step up from when I could barley run 90 seconds!! I was supposed to run 20 minutes, but whoever thought going from a 8 minutes run to a 20 minute run was a good idea was crazy!! I went 13 minutes than had to walk for a couple of minutes, then finished strong. Tomorrow is week 6! I can't wait to get started!!! Jen and I are doing our 5k in just over a month. So excited and scared at the same time. I've never committed myself to anything like that before. I can't wait. I don't care what my time is, I just want to finish!!

What a week!

This week was a little bit on the CRAZY side. Last week we had 2 of our agents quit, so this we was super busy making sure someone was covering our leads. Not to mention we had 5 contracts come in! Two of them ending up not coming to terms and one of them I negotiated myself! Start to finish :O) YaY me! By mid week we had a replacement for 1 of the girls, and we have another agent starting class on Monday. I hope with these people we will be able to get to our goal of 25 million, b/c if we do I get a company car! Whoo-hoo Me!

The big kids are still doing swim lessons on Tuesday and Thursday. So those days are crazy, not to mention Jason also has class on Thursday, and I keep E and A those nights. I feel like I'm constantly running. No rest for the weary, right? I need to get up and do my running in the mornings. Doing it at night seems to disrupt my sleep patterns.

Yesterday the car started acting up and by last night it wouldn't start at all. This morning Jason and Grampy took it to Sears and sure enough it was the starter. He also said their is a belt going bad, but that's a problem for another day!

In good news, Jason did his FASFA stuff and we qualify for max pell grant next year which means less loans!! Yeah! We will need it since VA decided we have to pay back the $3,000 advance out of pocket. Initially they had said they would take it off the back end of the benefits. Somebody somewhere decided that wasn't good enough and they thought they should take it back in increments of $750 per month! WTH? We only get $1,000 per month in benefits! Jason told them flat out if they did that he would have to quit school and he would call his congressman(I still think he should do this). So they "worked" with him(aren't they gracious?) and they are going to take $250 a month from our benefits until it's paid off. What a crock. It can never be smooth with the government.

Speaking of, we are still waiting on our taxes. damn injured spouse form. We have no idea what they are paying to DFAS, if they are going to pay them off, or what. Hopefully it will come soon. My dryer is about to die!!

I'm becoming very...Eh, about my blog. I'm not going to delete it or anything crazy like that. I just feel I don't have much to say anymore. My life is so mundane that who wants to hear about it. And, I'm so personal, and don't want just anyone reading it, so I don't advertise. So, what's the point? I'm fairly honest and straightforward on here and I just don't like everybody in my business. I'm going to "revise" my FB friend list too. I deny ALOT of people, but some I accept then block them from my news feed b/c I really don't care. I'm not trying to be mean, but just b/c we were friends in HS or grade school does not mean I want you in my business now. I have over 100 friends on FB and only interact with 20-25 at the very most. Some people I have approved, and they've never even said anything to me! Losers! They only want to be nosey. There just are not that many people I care about or mean enough to me to be involved in my life now. I'm past the "I'm everyone's friend" stage and have moved on to having my own "circle of trust". More than likely I will never see most of those people, so they are getting the boot! In case you are worried, don't be. If you read this blog your safe on FB!

Couch to 5k

I LOVE this program! I really like to run, but it's been years(a lot of years) since I have been able to do it with ease and distance. When I was trying to find something to get me back in the swing of things I found this program. It seemed almost to good to be true. Couch to 5k in 9 weeks?? Are they serious? Don't they know how out of shape I am?? I am now a believer. I ran 5 minutes straight tonight, and while I was ready to stop when my time was up, I'm sure I could have keep going if I had to. Actually I know I could have if I had to. Over on the right is a countdown to my first 5k. My friend Jen and I are doing it together and I'm stoked!! A 5k! That might as well be a million miles to me. It's going to take training and dedication but I know I can do it. I want this to be 'my thing'. I can't wait to say, "I'm a runner' or 'Ya, I like to run' or 'Oh, I can't, I'm doing a 5k this weekend'!! Hehehehe, good night all~!

If you don't have anything nice to blog about don't blog at all.

The Dark Ages

It's that time again. The time of year I hate. I really used to love Spring. Now I dread it. The months of February-April are my own personal Dark ages. Every year I say they won't be, but they are. I can't help it. I try to not to think about it. Yet years later,here I am thinking about it. Thinking about the days. Counting the days. I'm sick, like nauseous, when I think about making it through these months. This year is really dragging me down. I think it's because there is no sun. Grey everyday. It makes me so tired, I only want to sleep. I want the damn sun! I NEED the damn sun! What's in the forecast? More fucking snow! It's not helping my disposition at all. Jason is on me all the time about being 'to quite'. Can you imagine? Angel Hallock, to quite. The weird part is I'm not thinking about anything. I'm quite with no thoughts. Nothing running through my head except for, "When can I sleep next?" No deep thoughts, no planning for the future, or thoughts of the past. Nothing. Just sleep, I only want to sleep. I felt great for the few hours yesterday the sun was out. No sun today :O( C'mon May hurry up and get here!!

I'm a Crank Ass!

We have a seller that has finally gotten under my skin. He's been nothing but a rude, unhappy, ungrateful, asshole since we put his house under contract. Yesterday he spent 30 minutes cussing at me and telling me what a horrible job Josh has done as his realtor. Today, he started in again bitching about everything. He's a loser who's pissed off at the whole world and I'm so thankful his house closes tomorrow. Im' taking a half day and I know that shit is going to hit the fan about 7 times before all is said and done. I don't care. 99% of the time I love my job, but some times I just don't get paid enough to deal with sellers shit.

I can't believe I'm even thinking about it!!!

For for the past few weeks I have been working out with Tiffany, Josh's wife. There is a woman's ministry workout class on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. It's hard, it kicks my ass. Last October Tiffany did a 26.2 mile marathon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. Today she called me and told me she wants me to do it with her this year! What?? I'm up to 90 seconds running non stop, that's a LONG way from 26.2 miles! Even if I walked some, hell, even if I walked it all, that's an insane amount of miles!! What's even more insane is that I'm thinking about it!! I'm actually thinking about it and even a little excited about it! I love to run, I'm loving the the Couch to 5k program. Twenty-six miles though??? I just don't know. I'm scared, excited, intimidated....

My God....

is awesome and amazing. It's VERY easy to forget this. I'm thankful to be blessed with wonderful believer friends. Friends who know what an awesome God I serve. This is very important to me. I know we are to love all, but I have always found it difficult to relate to non-believers. I can't fathom not believing. To some extent I have a blind faith. I'm not overly educated in all things Christian. I know the basics, I have been to many bible studies, and had the pleasure of being able to speak with many people more knowledgeable than myself. However, if some Darwin lover hijacked me and wanted to have a pissing content, I'd lose. All the semantics don't matter to me. I KNOW Jesus died for my sins, I KNOW that he was the son of God, I KNOW this because I have faith, because I believe in my God. I believe that my God loves me, cares for me and always has my best interest at heart. I have been given terrible, horrible, awful trials, and my God saw me through. My God never gave me more than I could handle. He molded me, and taught me, and used me(yes me!) for HIS glory! It wasn't, and never is, about me, or you, it's about Him. How are you going to use this day, this situation, this conversation, this life to glorify Him??

We've never been a "Keeping up with the Jones" kind of family. It's so overrated and totally not who we are. We live a pretty simple life. We buy what we need, when we need it or when it needs replaced. We just got our first game system last year, and it was a PS2 hand-me-down from my brother! Crazy right?

My point:

Last night Jason decided that he wanted to buy a new TV. A thought totally unfathomable to me since our 19 inch TV Jason bought in Korea in 1994 still worked JUST FINE! Was it big? Nope. Fancy? Nope. Did I care? Nope. I had NO desire to go buy a new TV just b/c our TV was old. I was content. Bills paid, money in savings, happy Angel.

However, we all know how men are when they get that bug! He flitted all around, looked on-line, looked on ebay and came to the conclusion that what he wanted was cheapest at Wal-mart(Isn't it always??) So I told him to GO! It was worth the cost of the TV to get him settled and out of my hair.

So, now we are the proud owner of a 32 inch HDTV. It's huge! I can't imagine anything bigger, I'd need theater seats! It's nice to watch DVD's again though. We snuggled up and watched a little 'The Unit' last night.

If he's happy I'm happy...even if we didn't need it!!

Truckin' Along

I seem to have this hump I can't get over, I can do 3 workouts a week. Fitting in that 4th is where I run into a brick wall...It's hard. I have done my 3 for this week. I think I'm going to suck it up and buy the Biggest Loser for working out at home. The Wii Fit Plus game is eh, So far. Maybe it's me, maybe it's the game. I'm going to keep working with it, but I want more results. I'm also starting this tomorrow. I really want to run. I do alternating walk/run on the treadmill at the gym, but I need a PLAN. This is my plan. If I can be running 3 miles by mid-march, I will be stoked!!

I ate out. It's an evil addictive habit. Once you start it's hard to stop. I'm going to start tomorrow again and try to do it again for the rest of the month. It's SO hard for me to make the right food choices while eating out. They say,"oh, just eat a salad". NOBODY wants to eat a salad!!. I truly believe that. And if you do it's covered in shredded cheddar and full fat ranch. Salads are not good. At least not compared to a bacon cheese burger and some fries. Which is way I have a hard time eating out. I'd rather not eat out, than eat an $8 salad. Just me.

I hope all of you are doing well on your resolutions, goals, or whatever it is you are working on this year. I'd love to hear about it on your BLOGS!

Hallock Family Updates

Jason-He's getting ready to go back to school next. He's SOOOO ready. I was concerned about him taking 20 hours, but he seems to be organized and prepared and most importantly pumped up. If only it were over already...I'm read for the increased pay and decreased VA BS :O)

Me-Work is finally picking up again. Praise God. As you can tell by my daily FB activity during work hours, I haven't been busy. Once we get into the swing of things again. I will hardly have time to get on FB. I didn't workout 4 days last week, only 2. I decided to keep track of which weeks I did the 4 workouts, then at the end of the year add up how many I succeeded and how many I didn't. It seems like a much better way to do a resolution then to do it until I fail, and never do it again. I have lost 4 lbs since January 1. It's the 12th and I still haven't eaten out! Wow! Now that is a feat for me :O) It hasn't been hard really, and today was the first day I wanted to stop and grab something.

Jonathan- Can we say emotional pre-teen? AGH! He has so much attitude and mouthiness lately. He's still doing well in school, so far. I'm scared of when that will stop, or become more difficult for him.

Savannah- Her attitude is improving daily. Sometimes I still have to inhale/exhale deeply before responding, but it's getting better. She has decided she wants to do competive swimming. I spoke to the swim team coach and enrolled her in lessons so she can improve her technique before the summer season starts. She is pretty stoked!

Harrison- He's a BRAT! Where did my perfect baby go? He was sucked into the terrible 2's!! Why? Why did that happen to my sweet baby boy? He's getting fun though. He has about a 7 word vocabulary. He can be really fun, when he's not throwing himself down on the ground, or screaming b/c you are changing his clothes...LOL!

It was nice for one year...

Last year I wrote this post regarding News Years. Blah. I am weak. That 63 lbs did not stay off. Thankfully it didn't ALL come back on, but about half of it did. Agh! So that means this year I have weight loss on the agenda. Sucks. It's not really a new years resolution b/c I've been working on it for a couple of months now. I want to keep it up in the New Year, so it's going on the list. One thing I have learned is 'out of sight, out of mind' when it comes to stuff like this. So I'm posting it everywhere! By my desk, on my mirror in my bathroom, on my mirror in my bedroom, one my desktop, my blog. There will be no forgetting!! This is pic of me from last Christmas, I'm printing it and putting it everywhere. It's my inspiration.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Friends!
I hope that your day was as wonderful mine.
This year was great Christmas. The lids got spoiled, I got spoiled, even Jason got spoiled.
It's always nice when that happens.

Savannah helping Harrison unpack his stocking

His favorite was this little peppermint straw from his stocking. He carried it around for an hour!

Jonathan checking ut his WWE puzzle

Me sportin' Savannah's new shades

Jason and his new coat

Lordy, she's excited about that hair dryer!

He doesn't look to excited about his Froggie dishware...

This is a horrible picture of me! BUT, It shows how excited I am about my ipod. Jason did really good this year. He got me new sneakers, the orange ipod, orange ear buds, an itunes GC, and an ipod armband holer thnigy, a cd, perfume, face wash, and then little goodies in my stocking :O)

I'm pretty stoked, I can't wait to hop on the treadmill :O)

Jason has been wanting this book for 6 months, at least!!

Jonathan helping Harrison open a gift

New Glasses :O)

Who needs to play with the toy when I can climb on the toy!!

Seriously Mom, you want me to get down??

Where is Harrison?

There he is!!

Pretty much the same as last night.

Checking out the craziness

Harrison dancing while Savannah sang

Beat those drums!

My guitar Hero!

Cause you belong with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Harri in his new jacket from Grammie

Harri in a Santa hat :)

Did you notice what his shirt says??

I have to brag on my brother. He is a spoiled little turd most of the time. However he really surprised me this Christmas. Since he turned 16 in May he has been working part time for my Grampy. This Christmas he bought a gift card for the whole family for $100..with his own money!! I was shocked! My lil bro his growing up, and thinking of others. I'm so proud!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Remember this post?

That was way back when the colored ipods first came out! I was happy they didn't have an orange one b/c my white one was only 6 months old. Then they came out with an orange one, but I still didn't need it b/c I had a white one. For Christmas jason got me an orange ipod though! Amost other things, but I'm most excited about the ipod!!

Christmas Eve Jammies

Miss Me?

I've been busy! We have had Ashrya's C-mas concert, Elize's C-mas concert, the KW C-mas party. I feel like we are doing something all the time! I can't believe it's only 3 days until Christmas!! WoW, times flies!

Harrison is going to be fun this year. Not as much fun as he'll be next year, but funner last year!

I finished up my shopping tonight. Jason was one only one I had left and I stopped at the mall and Target, and now I'm DONE! Whoo-hoo! It was tough at the beginning, but thanks to the VA overpayment we are going to have a good Christmas. Which I am very thankful for, b/c last year sucked! The kids didn't feel it, but we did. money was so tight, it was depressing. I hate Christmas like that.

I'm super excited that I get C-mas Eve and Day off with PAY! Whoo-hoo! I'd be hating life if I didn't since those 2 days and NYE all fall on the same pay period.

Guess that's it for now I have a couple of posts floating in my head I'd like to get out, but I don't have the time right now. Maybe tomorrow at work :O)

Don't get lazy and not leave comments. I'll stop blogging again. You know who you are!

Christmas Cookie Extravaganza!

The kids had so much fun at Aunt Misty's!! They made aprons, popcorn garland, and of course, Sugar cookies! They are so yummy. She used the Quackenbush Secret Family Recipe!

Our sweet Elizabeth! She stayed with Misty Friday night and us Saturday night. She is such a good girl. Sweet, funny, polite, she has it all!

It hasn't seemed like his birthday b/c he's been gone all day, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Jonathan!
He is 11 today!
WOW!

He went to the game today with his dad and pop-pop, They had a great time!

So excited!

Right Misty is on her way back from Salina with our niece Elzabeth. She is our littlest sisters oldest child. She is the only reason I don't kill Chris. She is his daughter from his first marriage. And she is a DOLL! Our whole family loves her so much, to bad her dad is such a smuck!

She is staying with Misty tonight at her 1st annual sleepover Christmas cookie and sleepover extravaganza! Misty is going to have about 9 kids at her place baking, cooking, crafting and gnerally driving her crazy! She loves it! She has been looking forward to this weekend for a couple months now.

I will post some pics of their creations later this weekend.

HUGS!

Holiday Party!

Last night of the girls I work with had a holiday party! Great fun was had, much alcohol was consumed, and yummy food was eaten! Tracy made homemade Italian nachos. OMG! SO GOOD! As most of you know I only drink about 2x a year, so last night I got in my 2nd time before 2009 ended!! Thankfully, I wasn't sick to day AT ALL! A little puny when I woke up(or should I say was woken up!)

Jason and I when we dropped the kiddos with my sister.

Tracy, Michele, Me, and Josh
Our team rocks, I love my job!

Me and Tracy

The 3 amegios as Josh has begun calling us

As with any good party, there was drama. Not at the party, but there will be some this week at work. There is another girl on our Team(not the new girl, another one) that wasn't invited. It was Tracy's party, and Tracy doesn't care for her. Well, she found out about the party through some other people at the party who also work in our office. Now Josh is worried about her feelings being hurt and has given me damage control duty. AGH! What a crappy job, especially since I don't really care for her either!

No, Seriously!

Crazy MIL sent ANOTHER friend request to the EX. Um, she denied the first one, TAKE A HINT NUT JOB!

Seriously??

It's amazing to me sometimes just how crazy and desperate Jason's mother is. After Jason's ex spoke to his aunt over the weekend, the aunt obliviously spoke to Jason's mother. How do I know you ask? Tonight Karen sent the ex a friend request on Facebook! Yes, you read right. The woman sent a friend request to her son's ex finance of 14 years! Let's say it together now...Psycho!

Maxine sent me a message telling me about the request, and letting me know she would be denying it. She knows through my status updates how Karen uses our friends to try and gain info about us. So she knew it wasn't a request for her but merely a way to reach Jason. Karen is blocked from searching both our Facebooks, and I even have Jason's privacy level set to that only friends of friends can search him. Not even the general public can find him :O) So she's kind of double blocked!

I think I sleep better at night knowing she is in turmoil over her choices. 'cause you know what? We sleep like a baby :O)

I'm like a teeny bopper!

TAYLOR TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW!!

I'M SO FRICKING EXCITED! I'M LIKE A 12 YEAR OLD WAITING FOR THE JONAS BROTHERS! I HAVE SAVED SO I CAN BUY THE BEST TICKETS AVAILABLE. EVER SINCE I FOUND OUT SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE IN OUR TOWN(NO TRAVELING) I'VE BEEN COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS! I KNOW SOME THINK HE MUSIC IS VERY "TEENAGE GIRL" DUH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE IS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I USED TO BE. THERE ARE A FEW OF HER SONGS THAT I REALLY CONNECT WITH. OTHERS ARE JUST FUN TO SING ALONG TO. COUPLE THAT WITH THE FACT THAT SHE IS GENUINELY A NICE GIRL, HOW CAN YOU CAN YOU NOT LOVE HER? OH YEA, DID I MENTION SHE IS DATING A SUPER HOTTIE?

2 in 2 days? Wow

I miss blogging. It used to be very therapeutic for me. I would vent and feel better, I need to get back to that.

Below is a voicemail message from Jason's mother. It just reinforces why she is not a part of our life. She made her choice and the message below leads us to believe that she is not happy with it. Some people think we are mean or wrong for keeping her out, but I promise if you knew the whole story...well, let's just say she has made her bed.... I really did used to feel bad for her, I tried many times to push Jason into a relationship with her. He was right about her all along. We are all better off with out her!


His whole family is so incredibility selfish. It makes me sick! His "favorite" aunt and uncle. LOVE him when we are in NY, but RARELY call or communicate with us when we are not there. Anyway, this aunt(his mother's sister) is friends with his ex-finance. Well, apparently his uncle is pretty sick. We had NO idea, b/c they never called to tell us. So, in a Facebook lexulous game the ex fiancee tells Jason that she spoke with Terry and Tim is really sick, and Terry would like Jason to call her. WTF??? Um, no. You call us, when something happens in your life. Not send a message through an ex. I found it so tacky! She didn't even think to let us know until Maxine mentioned she had spoken to Jason on FB. She could call us. Maybe it's an east coast thing. I really don't know, it seems so bizarre. It's not like she couldn't call his g-ma to get his number. Why send a message that way?? Agh!

The Blog Title Goes Here

This is our newest family member. His name is "Big Mike". After Micheal Oher from the Baltimore Ravens, and the movie The Blindside. It was Jonathan's choice. Everyone else wanted Slink or Slinky. He's sooooo tiny! He's doing so well with the pitty training do far. Knock on wood, Praise the Lord!

He fits on the palm of my hand!

I think Harrison enjoyed Thanksgiving. He received lots of attention and love from all our visitors. Below is my favorite picture of the day. He is SO excited to be attacking my PartyLite. Turd Head!

Start saving money! I'm having a PartyLite show in January. I WILL be hitting ALL of you up for an order!! You can order online and they will ship it to you!! Unless you want to drive in for the weekend and attend :O)

Once a week...

Who would have thought I'd become a "lazy" blogger?? I have though :O(

Week one I lost 2.4 lbs, yay me. Tomorrow is my next weigh in...we shall see how that goes. I worked out 3 mornings this week. The 2 I didn't go was b/c H was up in the middle of the night the night before and I couldn't make myself get up at 5:30 after being up with him for an hour. Harrison is allergic to whole milk. It cam on pretty quick. He's been on it for about 2 weeks now and all the sudden he started throwing up when he drank it. Ewww.. So for now he's back on formula for another month. Then we will try to re-introduce it again. If he's still throwing it up then we will see about soy or lactaid. Other than that he's doing great! He's saying 5-6 words at a time, clapping, pointing, and my favorite hugging...with the back pat and all! I can't wait until the kisses start!

So glad this a 3 day work week!! Not sure what my paycheck will look like. I think I'll get paid for Thanksgiving, not sure about the day after though. Pretty much the only sucky part about my job.

Yesterday we took the kids to see The Blindside. it was soooooo good. So inspiring. Even better to know it's based on a true story. I want to see New Moon still, just not sure when I'm gonna fit it in!!

hmmmmm

not so much going on. i didn't work out fri, sat or today, which means i'm going to be hating life tomorrow. and i'll lucky if i kept off the 2.4 lbs i lost earlier in the week. i suppose we'll see and it will a lesson learned.

misty took savannah and got her hair cut tonight. i love it :O) i'm not a fan of long hair and was ready for savannah to get a cut. she looks so spunky and adorable!

the sale of taylor swifts concert tickets were moved back 2 weeks. totally sucks!

harrison is walking all the time now. he's still very wobbly, he walks like frankenstein!!

my sister is pregnant...AGAIN! i would say i'm disappointted, but that word is not strong enough. 3 babies(3 C-SECTIONS!) in 3 years. probably less than 3 years b/c i doubt her body will be strong enough to carry this baby to term. she's so white trash, she walking around smoking yesterday. i shouldn't be surprised, she smoked with the other 2. i just want to punch her lights out.

i'm also sick to death of my mothers drinking. it's bad, so bad. i don't remember the last time I saw her sober. if she doesn't crack a beer until 2 in the afternoon she thinks she's made some magnificent feat. Elizabeth's party was at 3 pm yesterday afternoon, she was already crocked off her ass. if i wasn't so infuriated, i'd think it was sad.

my resolution for 2010 is to grow my hair. i'm going to get it trimmed the end of Dec. after that it's quarterly trims, but no cut. i'd like to get it past my shoulders, it hasn't been longer than that in my adult life. it'll be something new.

Proud

I'm pretty proud of myself. I have worked out for 3 days in row. I went at 5:45 Monday and Yesterday. I knew I won't feel like getting up this morning after getting my teeth pulled yesterday, but I did go tonight :O) and in 9 hours I'll be back! I have also been watching what I eat and counting calories. Fun? Not really, but it makes me very aware of what I'm putting into my body. I have lost 2.4 in 2 days, now that's the kind of results I need. I will be very honest and say I'm very disappointted in my self for gaining all this weight back after I swore I would not. 40 lbs in a year! It's sooo easy to put on. I honestly don't remember the last 25, just one day..POOF..they were there. So I have 40 lbs to lose to be back to wear I was at Thanksgiving last year. My short time goal is 25 lbs by Jan. 1. I loved that last year I didn't have a weight loss resolution and I'd like it to be that way again this year. I actually have already chosen my resolution for 2010 and it isn't at all weight related :O) Yay me!

Another Day, Another Blog

Tomorrow is supposed to be 78 degrees. Can you believe that? 78 degrees in November. Wow. We are taking advantage of this by going to the zoo. Shoosh, don't tell the kiddos! It's a surprise!!

I am all stuffed up. I feel fine, I just have this crazy stuffed nose. Now it's tender from all the wiping. It sucks when that happens.

What else?

I feel like I don't have anything to blog about b/c ya'll already know everything from FB. I'm thinking about deleting my Myspace. I only keep it because I can track Jason's mothers visits. It's fun to watch her grasp at the little info she gets from there about us. I of course only put on there what I want her to know. She sent a FB request a few weeks ago when I forgot to re-block after looking her up. Did she think I would really accept? She sent and a b-day card for Savannah, but not Harrison....and she wonders why we don't associate with her...

I know, I missed yesterday..

THIS WAS THE BLOG I WROTE YESTERDAY, BUT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO FINISH AND POST B/C WE HAD A GAS LINK IN OUR HOUSE AND HAD TO GO STAY THE NIGHT AT MY GRAMMIE'S HOUSE...

I was hanging out with the sister, then went bed as soon as Jason got home. I have been off my thyroid meds for about 4-6 weeks and it started catching up with me. I won't do that again!! It will take me a couple weeks to get back to normal. I'm hoping once I do I can talk myself into working out in the mornings. I only have 2-3 hours a night with the kiddos, and I don't want to spend that working out. That pretty much means I need to work out in the morning. Have I mentioned that I AM NOT a morning person!! If I can make it a habit though....

Work has been crazy stressful. Psycho sellers! They will be the death of me by months end! Thank God December is a slow month! We will all need that break. We are slotted to have our biggest month ever! Hopefully I bonus will be tied in there somewhere too. A girl has to buy Christmas gifts ya know....

Last week we had our family pictures done. They suck. I look like a whale, Harrison was sick and you can tell he'd cranky. The only downfall I've found to 3 children is it's damn near impossible to get a great shot of them all.

I'm Ready!

I'm sooo ready for Christmas! I can't wait. I would put up the tree yesterday if Jason would have let me. I have a majority of the kids shopping done already. We have been contemplating what to get them as their big gift and I think we have finally decided...NOTHING! They have been really bratty lately. I don't feel they deserve a computer, ipod, Wii, or rock band(these are the items we tossed around).

All they do is fight. I just want to smack the tard out of them most of the time. I think we are going to have a things they "need" C-mas instead of just giving them what they want. Having said that, I'm still so ready for Christmas! I'm in the mood all the time. I want to listen to the music, wrap the gifts. It seriously is the most wonderful time of the year!!

Reminder

There are a few blogs I want to write, so I don't I'm going to keep my list here. My GOAL is to blog everyday this week. Monday-Friday. It's a lofty goal I know. So here are my 5 topics for this week, in no particular order.

Harrison is ONE
My boring life
Christmas
Work
I don't know yet

I STRONGLY encourage all of you to participate in the same challenge. Especially Justyne who hasn't updated since AUGUST!

I feel like I should blog more...

must of the time I'm just to damn tired. Work has been busy. The $8,000 tax credit has buyers coming out of the woodwork. My day just flies my most of the time. Then it's home to cook, clean, workout, take the kids somewhere...it's never ending. I'm SO looking forward to the winter. We don't go out in the winter, it's too cold.

Jason is sick. He has pretty much all the flu symptoms. This morning he was snuggling up to me shivering talking about how cold he was. Except that he was roasting! I was sweating just laying next to him. He went to class b/c he had a Chem test, but came home and went to bed, where he has been pretty much all day since then. Jonathan and Savannah have been feeling puny off and on for the last week too. Thankfully H and I are still on the up and up.

I'm in love

If I would have known how awesome #3 would be I would have had him long ago. I adore this child. I'm in love with him. He makes my world go 'round. I think I was too young to enjoy J and S to the fullest extent when they were this age. Harrison(AKA Harri-my-son) is my pride and joy. The sun rises and sets on him. He is so sweet, so fun, and so mine!

Houston we have a problem....

Today, on the eve of my 31st birthday. I weigh 4 lbs more than I did this time last year. Not bad, some might say. Except that last year I was 35 weeks pregnant! AGH! I have gained about 25 lbs since I had Harrison :O( I swore it wouldn't came back on. Thankfully, not all of it has, but more than I want has. I have to be so diligent. I have to watch what I eat. I can't drink Pepsi :O(

I still have time to get to where I was when I brought in 2010, and that's still my plan.

You want an update? You can't handle an update!!

Oh how time flies when your having fun. Life is busy, crazy, and pretty wonderful. Jason passed his Chemistry test. What a relief. He said he even understood most of it. If he can pull a C in lecture and an A in lab(which he loves), all will be well at semesters end. This is pretty much the only class he has/is dreading during this whole college ordeal. He can't wait to take A and P next semester. Since he has already taken most of his Gen Eds, he will start his interesting class sooner and is pretty stoked!

We finally got our VA money. Sort of! Thanks to a heads up e-mail from my DF Tara, I found out they(being VA) decided to cut emergency checks for people who have not received benefits because of the processing delay. I had everything ready and knew exactly where to go Friday morning. Wouldn't you know, they wanted more! Go figure! We had to wait a little while longer while they verified his info, but we were in and out in an hour and a half. Which is super quick for gov't work!!

We paid October and Novembers rent, paid our regular bills and still had some left over. Let's say it together...Woo-sah... Jason bought me a new laptop since Harrison destroyed my other one, we bought a futon and high top table for the family room, and then a bunch of little stuff we needed and some we didn't :O)

Like these lovely candle holders below. I'm normally a PartyLite whore and will not use any other candle product, HOWEVER these puppies could not be passed up! Everyone needs orange globe votive holders! Plus, They were only a buck fifty. Yes, $1.50! I went to a breast cancer charity sale and everything was super cheap! The candle holders included. They still have the stickers from TJ Maxx on the bottom and they were 4.99, 6.99, and 7.99 new! And I got them for a buck fifity!

I will TRY and post pics of the family room tomorrow. It needs a little TLC before it can have it's photo op!! Tomorrow is grocery day, laundry day AND I'm making a cake and birthday dinner for my neice, so we'll see how it goes!

I suppose I should update...

So much to update. I can't even imagine where to start.

I'm watching GA right now. It's not near as good as I hoped or anticipated. That sucks.

We are in the new house. It's so much bigger than the other. I can't hear the kids at all when they are at the back of the house. It's grans :O)

I'm jumping the weight loss wagon again :O( I swore I wouldn't gain the weight back after Harrison, but I have. Not all of it. 25 pounds. My goal is to get it off by the end of the year. I want to start 2010 the same weight I started 2009. Going to start hitting up the gym, and eating better. I have already cut down on the cocaine..I mean Pepsi! Lol. Pespi is so my drug of choice!

More later...

Hurt

My sister announced today on myspace that she is bi sexual. I expressed that I thought it was a cowardly way to tell me. That I was hurt by her not telling me in person. That I thought she should have given more thought to her girls before doing this. Guess what? I am the bad guy.

Her friends are bashing me left and right for not supporting her. Saying I am really pissed b/c she is bi. Saying I don't know what unconditional love is. And you know what hurts the most? Misty is letting them. After all the times I have stood up for her, she is letting them beat me down like I have down something wrong by having my feelings hurt.

I didn't say one word either way about the bi thing. I said I was hurt by finding out that way. That she should be with a girl for more than a week before telling her daughter. I am not a "Yes Man", nor will I ever be. Just b/c I don't jump for joy and say, You go Girl, all the sudden I don't love her? B/c I think of the other elements of this announcement I don't know what unconditional love is?

I am the ONLY person in my sister's life who has loved her unconditionally. The only one, and she knows it. She claims to love me like no other, but couldn't tell me this? Why? If she has truly thought this through and is comfortable with her decision then sitting me down and telling me like an adult shouldn't have been that hard.

I find it irresponsible that she would wait months before introducing her boyfriend to her children, but a week after meeting this girl she feels comfortable describing "bi-sexual" to her 10 year old? But see I can't say this to her b/c then I'm not being supportive(according to her "friends") see I am not allowed to have my own opinion. I'm just supposed to be that "Yes Man" again.

I just don't understand why I am not allowed to be hurt? Since when does someone hurting YOUR feelings make YOU the bad guy? I guess since today....

Tara inspired me!

I feel like I don't have much to blog about, but I know that's really not true. So I shall start my rambling...

The first game of football hasn't started yet and I'm already burnt out! The first game is Saturday the 12th and the last isn't until Halloween!! AGH! We only have 3 home games which stinks. I choose the shirts this year, so they are cuter and more cost effective than last years :O)

Savannah starts gymnastics on the 15th. She will go Tuesday and Thursday during the time Jonathan is at football practice which is sweet. She is pretty excited. She hasn't done anything extra since Jonathan played Flag football in 1st grade and she was a cheerleader. I have been lazy about her reading so I need to be more diligent about that. She was in the top of her class last year and I don't want her to slip.

Big H is doing awesome. He standing for long periods of time, but he's showing no interest is taking steps. He's eating almost all table food. Fruits, grilled chz, cereal, pancakes..I still try to give him baby food, sometimes he eats it, sometimes he doesn't. It just depends on his mood. Grammie said he is really good for her during the day. He LOVES her. The other day he was standing at the front door and when he saw her car pull out he became visibly excited. Another time I asked him if he was ready to stay with GG and he turned his head towards her, so he knows who she is. I think that is so awesome.

Jason is getting into the school thing. He is really liking his Chem Lab, but the Chem class is still taking all of his focus to keep up. Soc, Comp II, and Med Term are nothing. He's having a hard time adjusting to being a "kept man". I come home from work and I hear...Harrison was crazy today...It makes me laugh. HELLO, I've been doing that for 10 years, I don't feel bad about your 10 days!

Work is good. I got my bonus. I didn't get to spoil myself like I had hoped. Bills, and family needs came first. Oh well, such is life. I really enjoy my job, sometimes I get frustrated with one of my bosses, but I just sweep it under the rug. I know it's her personality and in general we get along well. Josh is always telling me he gets tons of compliments about me from other agents, clients, title companies, appraisers, home inspectors. All of our vendors adore me. The other day I heard him tell one, in a joking manner, that he was no longer passing along compliments to me b/c I was starting to get a big head. Ha! Starting? I was born with a big head!!!

An Investment in Me

Sometimes I forget that I have to take care of myself. I invest lots of time and effort into the children, Jason, work, football, and a million other things. Except myself. I have decided I need to stop doing that. It makes for a cranky momma. I have a BAD habit of passing up what I NEED so I can get the children something that they WANT. That's ludicrous. I have never been a high maintenance girl, but I still like pretty things every so often :O)

Yesterday I went to Target and spent a whopping 16.82 on myself. Gasp, you say! I know right..even when I'm spending money on myself I'm still a cheap ass and shop the clearance rack first :) For, this 16 bucks I was able to get a new skirt, shirt, tank, and a 4 color eyeshadow. Not bad eh? I also cut and colored my hair this weekend too. The cut was just a "clean up" cut, nothing major. The color was to a dark brown to color the gray. Apparently, I'm the ONLY one who wasn't bothered by my gray hair! LOL!

I was able to close the 2nd short sale on Friday. Whoo-hoo! So I decided that part of my hard earned bonus money will go towards ME! I'm going to get my eyebrows waxed and maybe even invest in a new set of acrylic nails. I HAVE to start walking. I have gained so much weight since I had Harrison. Well, actually in the last 4 months. Going back to work, and stopping the nursing took a toll on my eating healthy/walking regiman I had going on. So I have a small goal to reach by my birthday. I swore to myself I wouldn't let the weight come back on, so I need to be diligant!

Go, Go, Go

That's all we do! It's like a non-stop merry go round. Work, school, football, and now we are going to add dance and girl scouts. I got shirts ordered for football, and of course signed up to help lead a GS troop. Jason swears I'm a professional volunteer! I want to be involved in my kiddos activities. My parents never were and I hated that. So I try to do as much as I can for their class, sports, ect. It was easier when I didn't work, but I'm not going to stop b/c I'm working. I have a flexible job, who is awesome. Plus, I told Jason that he will be more involved too. There is never enough Dad's involved in their child's education. He can read to the class just like I can.

Jonathan is a little less excited about his braces now that he's had them a week or so. He looks so stinking cute though! It's been quite an adjustment on his diet. What he can and can't eat, HOW he eats. He's never had to cut his food into such small pieces before!

Savannah went to the DDS today and had 3 teeth pulled, 1 capped, and a cleaning. It was a lot, but it needed to be done before the dental insurance ran out. She was bleeding pretty good at first, but it seems to have stopped for the most part.

Jason is getting into the swing of school. Chemistry is going to give him a run for his money. His adviser is stupid and told to take Chem before Algebra. Um, anyone know what you use to do the formulas? Oh, yea...ALGEBRA! Stupid woman. I know he'll do well, but he's a little freaked out right now. His other 3 classes are cake though, which is great.

Grammie keeps H while Jason is in school. You can't imagine how happy that makes me! I love my grammie so much and I want my kiddos to have that same relationship/love too. Plus, he gets to be with family and I save $500 a month in daycare!

I am half way to my bonus! I have to make sure another short sale closes tomorrow, then it's all mine. Well, not mine. Lord knows I could never spend that much money on myself no matter how hard I try. It would be nice though :O)

Blogging is so on the back burner right now. Not on purpose, more out of convenience. Everyone who reads my blog is also my facebook friend, therefore you know about anything I would normally blog about moments after it happens. I will try to be better, I really will, but no promises. Especially now that school has started. Between work, the kids school stuff, Jason's school schedule, football, and trying to keep the house running smoothly, I'm not sure how I'll be able to maintain a healthy blogging schedule too!

Oh where is my Angel? Oh where is my Angel? Oh where, oh where, oh where is my Angel?

Busy! That's where! I have been meaning to blog and I just can't seem to gather my thoughts enough to actually get out a post! Jonathan started football so we are at the field 3 nights a week from 6-8 and in 3 weeks we will have games on Sundays. I was voted(in my absence)to be team mom again. I have been handing out fundraiser cards and prepping for t-shirt orders and spirit stick making. Good Times :O)

Jason's job made it official. He will not be staying on at WTI :O( That sucks ultimate butt, and is a total downer. We should be okay though. It will be tough for a little bit, but we only have one major "bill" that will not be taken care of and well, quite frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!

My boss told me on Wednesday that when we meet our 2010 goal, I GET A COMPANY CAR! Whoo-hoo for me :O) Hurry up 2010~ I am still loving my job. I learn so much everyday and I am starting to become good friends with one of the buyers agents. Friends...in Kansas..well I won't think about it now... Hehehe :O) It would be nice to have girlfriends again.

I posted all the Alabama pictures on FB, it's quicker to upload them there. I also posted the newest pics of the kids. Some of them turned out super cute! I'd love to see/hear/read your comments about them.

On Monday Jonathan gets his teeth cleaned and his impressions done for his braces. Then he gets the braces on August 18th. Agh! He needs them, but I'm so not looking forward to writing that 650 check for the down payment. It's seriously going to make me cry. Then it's ONLY 100 for 24 months.

School starts on the 17th for the kids and the 20th for Jason. They are all very excited. I am too. It means more money in our pocket b/c we won't be paying daycare! I'm not sure what we are going to do with H and his sitter. I will only need her part-time, but I don't know if she will want to take that pay cut. I hope so, b/c I don't know who else could keep him for us, plus we love her!