Merry Christmas Eve everybody!!
Today was a pretty chill day around here, which is exactly how we like our holidays.
D's dad came with gifts for the kids. So did his grandma, aunt, and Tristen...
December 24, 2015
December 22, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 22: A Couple Last Minute Gifts!}
I know I said I was totally done shopping already, but when I went to finish up the Christmas Eve Boxes I noticed that I had four extra peppermint spoons. I could have kept them, and let them go bad in my cupboard. But I chose to gift them. And the only way to do that, was to make them into hot chocolate kits...
December 21, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 21: Christmas Eve Boxes!}
I found this idea on Pinterest a couple years ago and it has become one of my favorites! I've added a little something every year. It has become a fun way for us to have family time on Christmas Eve. The boxes are from Hobby Lobby again this year. Most everything inside the box is from Target though. ...
December 20, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 20: Christmas Survey!}
A Christmas survey! I encourage you all to fill it out and either post it to your blogs and let me know you did so I can read yours, or answer the questions in the comments!
1. Do you know what you want for Christmas already?
-Share with us 5 things from your list.
1. Fitbit
2. Treadmill
3. Slimmer waistline
4. New Purse (cause one can never have too many)
5. Uninterrupted sleep (because...
December 19, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 19: Christmas With Siblings!}
For the last several years now my three siblings and I have gotten together around Christmas to exchange gifts and just spend some time together. With all of us being grown and having lives of our own we don't see each other near as much as we used to....
December 18, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 18: An Amazing Aunt I am!}
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As I've said before, my favorite part of Christmas is giving gifts to the people in my life. This includes, my niece (Soapie) and nephew (Monkey). This year we might have gone a little crazy with my nephew though. To be fair, he is my favorite nephew ;...
December 17, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 17: Stocking Stuffers!}
I don't know about you guys, but stockings are my favorite thing to buy for! The big gifts are fun, and I love watching the kids open them. But there's something so fun about the stockings. When I was a kid we would send my little sister in to our parents room to wake them up (cause dad couldn't yell at the baby lol) and he would tell us to go get our stockings. We'd bring them back to my room to...
December 16, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 16: Oh Christmas Tree}
Is my tree a beauty?! Of course I would think that though right?
I'm sure you all remember from last year but I in case you're new to the blog...I got it from my grandma. She used to have it standing (fully decorated) in the large storage building they own. She basically centered a Christmas party...
December 15, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 15: Christmas Decorations!}
Who doesn't love Christmas decorations? I certainly know I do! Which is why I tend to put them out right before thanksgiving and leave them until New Years. Except last year. Last year I had everything put away Christmas day. But I don't think that will be the case this year. We shall see....
December 13, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 13: Counting Down!}
You know what the most annoying thing about having kids at Christmas time is?
How many more days til Christmas? Is Santa coming tonight? How many sleeps til he comes? Is he coming tomorrow? How many days does that mean? Is he coming this week...
December 12, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 12: Santa Claus is Coming to Town!}
This has been a topic of conversation for the girls in my mommy group on Facebook. So I thought I'd ask you all the question also. Let you weigh in.
Do your kids still believe in Santa?
The short answer for me is No and Yes.
I have three kids. Of course the two teenagers know the truth. Gaige just sort of stopped believing a couple years ago. I'm not sure what made him stop believing, but he did....
December 11, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 11: What's Under the Tree?}
I saw this on facebook the other day and thought it fit this post. We are spoiling our kids this year. And I'm not ashamed of that. D works hard and a lot to be able to afford what we are able to give them. My Christmases as a child were always big. We didn't have this much stuff, but we had plenty...
December 10, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 10: Christmas Cookies!}
I am not going to lie folks, I can not make a Christmas cookie to save my life. Not a good one anyway. Sure we go ahead and do the sugar cookies, mainly because Owen loves to do them. But I have just never been able to figure out how to make them stay soft. They usually cool down and end up crumby and hard :(.
But I did find a recipe on Facebook this year that I'm going to try out...
December 9, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 9: My Christmas Wish List!}
Instead of writing down a bunch of materialistic stuff I want for Christmas (which I already received), I remembered a funny thing I read a few years ago. So that is what I leave you with...
December 8, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 8: Winter Items You Can't Live Without!}
I can honestly say that I am not one of those girls that has to have a certain kind of anything to be happy. I'm pretty laid back when it comes to creature comforts.
However there are a select few items I don't think I will ever make it through another winter without...
December 7, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 7: Favorite Home Made Gifts!}
I think home made gifts are probably my favorite gifts to give and to receive. It shows that someone took the time and energy to think of something they think you would love and they created it for you.
Being a mom, I get home made gifts all the time. My boys especially have always loved to make things for me. Be it a drawing they did while bored at the table or something they made at school. It's...
December 6, 2015
{ #blogmas Day 6: Opening Gifts!}
I am such a horrible blogger! I thought I had a post for the 6th but I didn't. Then when I realized it, I forgot to write one. Blah. But I am back and I'm ready to Christmas blog! So here we go!
For as long as I was growing up, we always did Christmas the same way. My grandparents would usually have a small Christmas with us on Christmas Eve, then they would take us to our parents house and we would...
December 5, 2015
{ #Blogmas Day 5: Christmas Food!}
What's better than presents on Christmas? Food!!
We are not super traditional when it comes to what goes on the table on Christmas. When I was little my grandma would make a turkey and all kinds of goodies because she would host a party on Christmas Day. But as the four of us (my brothers, sister, and myself) got older, the turkey was slowly given up for soup. Usually potato soup. Or cabbage. I like...
December 4, 2015
{ #Blogmas Day 4: Christmas Music!}
I love Christmas music! I'm not really a fan of the traditional songs. They're OK, but I like the ones you can get down to in your car lol. So here we go...
December 3, 2015
{ #Blogmas Day 3: Favorite Christmas Movies!}
I think I've mentioned this a time or two before, but I love Christmas movies. Like I could watch them year round. In fact, Hallmark Channel is my favorite channel because it plays them all the time. In fact, because I already posted about my all time favorite Christmas movies last year (or maybe the year before?), I thought I'd stick to my favorite Hallmark Channel movies.
So here we go...
December 2, 2015
{ #Blogmas Day 2: What Christmas Means to You}
Christmas means family to me. It's all about family. It has always been a time for all of us to get together.
My family in Arkansas would make the eight hour trip to stay with my moms dad.
A few days prior to Christmas Eve we would all gather at my grandparents house (the four us already lived...
December 1, 2015
{ #Blogmas Day 1: Favorite Holiday Tradition}
When I was a kid our traditions were few. Most of them included the four of us begging our grandparents to not make us stay with our parents that night and our parents getting pissed that we didn't want to stay with them. Not the best of traditions right?
I don't have that problem with my kids. We...
November 30, 2015
{Blogmas 2015}
I've gone back and forth on if I want to do this this year. I started last year and then...I didn't finish obviously. I enjoy Christmas though. And although I know I talk about my grandpa quite a bit, and how I know he would want me to continue doing things that make me happy, he wouldn't want me to...
November 25, 2015
{It's OK to Grieve}
I'm having a rough time right now. That's why I haven't really been posting that much. Not that I don't have anything to be happy about. If you follow me on any social media then you know I'm not all depressing posts (not all the time anyway). But for the last month I've just been very emotional and frankly, sad. That's the best way to put it. I'm sad...
November 23, 2015
{First Snow of the Season!}
Eep! Everyone is losing their minds over this snow today. The forecast has said snow was in our future for at least a week. Frankly, I'm shocked it actually showed up. Last year every time they predicted snow, we'd end up with rain. Blah...
November 18, 2015
{My Kids a Genius!!}
OK OK! I know he's not really a genius. Well, he might be. D did test at a genius level and actually went to a gifted school when he was a kid for a little while. My brother is also a genius. But to my knowledge, Owen is not a genius. I'm pretty sure every mother thinks their kid is one though...
November 13, 2015
{ThanksGiving is Coming!}
For the better part of my life I've had pretty much the same routine when it comes to the Thanksgiving holiday.
My grandma woke up at three o' clock in the morning to put the massive turkey in the oven. She would start any other food that might have needed a while to cook, and began prepping others that would just take a little while. We got up around eight o'clock and started getting ready. She'd...
November 11, 2015
{Blogging Slacker}
Ugh. I know I've been late with the last few blogs. I'm really trying to do this on a schedule so I have a little more content. It's kind of working..right?
Since I don't have anything exciting happening right now I thought I'd just ramble a little while I'm waiting for time to walk up to the door to get Owen...
November 10, 2015
{Happy Wife...}
I know we have all heard the saying Happy Wife Happy Life..my husband clearly has.
We have had the same model phones for about 3 years now. I think I've had mine maybe a year longer than him though. We switched from AT&T to Verizon and the Galaxy S3 was free at the time. When we went in a year later to upgrade, because that's what the sales guy said we could do, they said we couldn't upgrade...
November 6, 2015
{If I Won a Million Dollars!}
What wouldn't I do if I won a million dollars is probably a better question.
So lets go down the list shall we? For starters though, if I were to ever win a substantial amount of money, enough that we would never have to worry about money again, I wouldn't tell anyone. And I mean no one. OK, well maybe I'd tell my siblings. But that's it. I don't need the crazies crawling out of the woodwork trying...
November 4, 2015
{My First J.O.B}
Everyone has their first job story. Mine is pretty boring...probably just like yours. But unlike most, mine revolves around a guy..or actually a couple guys. I was 18, what do you want from me...
November 2, 2015
{Happy Halloween!}
We had such a low key day today. Which is just how I like a holiday. Low key. Easy. No drama.
The first thing we did when we got up was head to D's grandmas house. The kids hadn't been over there since before Owens birthday so it was time. We sat there and visited for about two hours. It was nice. Until his aunt (she lives there also) mentioned that my grandpa had died..she asked me actually. She...
October 30, 2015
{Pumpkin Carving And Costume Parade!}
It's almost Halloween!!
This is literally the only holiday I can get D to participate in without pulling teeth. He is such a pain in the ass sometimes lol.
This year we actually carved pumpkins, in the past we just sort of forgot about it. This year, however, Owen was pretty vocal about his need to have a jack-o-lantern on the front porch. We waited until yesterday to do it because we didn't see...
October 29, 2015
{Just Rambling In the Car}
I'm just sitting here in front of the school waiting for the kids to come out and I thought I'd take a minute and blog.
I am kind of ready for Halloween to be over now. I am not looking forward to another Thanksgiving or Christmas without my grandpa but I am finding my holiday spirit again and I want to put up my tree and start decorating lol.
Owens Halloween parade at school is tomorrow (so be...
October 25, 2015
{2nd Grade is Awesome!}
Owen has been talking about his open house for two weeks. I love going to stuff like this! I love seeing his classroom and walking around to see what he's doing all day. I love watching him interact with the other kids a little bit and hear about how much he's growing. It's probably one of my favorite parts of him being in school.
So naturally tonight he was so ready to show me around.&...
October 23, 2015
{Things I Do at Midnight}
I should be sleeping right now. But I'm not. D and I just took back a movie to the video store. Dark Places..have you heard of it? Neither had we. But we figured that any movie with Charlize Theron in it couldn't be a bad decision. We were right. It was a good movie. Certainly not what I was expecting from a straight to DVD. I was pleasantly surprised. ...
October 19, 2015
{Dating Disaster!}
Although I'm happily married now, that was not always the case. I was once a single girl out there in the world. I didn't have kids but I also didn't have a life lol. I was meeting guys on the internet and usually making poor decisions because of them. There were more than a few that turned out to be...horrendous...
October 16, 2015
{Mom Tag Questions!}
I know I do a lot of tags! I loved doing these on Myspace though (remember that dinosaur?) and when I find one I haven't done, it's like I just can't help but copy and paste! I saw JesssFam do this one and I've never seen it before! So woohoo! I think you guys should do it too and then tag me either on Twitter or Facebook to let me know you did it so I can read your answers too!
1. Are you a SAHM...
October 14, 2015
{An Uneventful Weekend, Just how I like them!}
This long weekend has been quite enjoyable!
The kids got off early on Friday for school improvement/teacher planning day. My grandma came and took the kids and I to lunch at Culver's. She was going on a week long trip with my grandpas brothers and their wives. So I guess she wanted to see the kids...
October 12, 2015
{Thank You for 50 Years of Service!}
Had my grandpa lived to see 2015, his shop, Myers Zephyr Service, would have been 50 years old on the second of October. Had he lived to see 2015, he would have seen over 100 people congregating at this small home away from home shop on the third of October to celebrate his service. Had he been here...
October 9, 2015
{Owens 8th Birthday!}
Who's idea was it to have a party outside in October? Ugh. OK...it was me. I'm the idiot that planned that. We suffered but we got through it and everyone had a good time!
We decided to have his party at the zoo this year instead of at the house. Mainly because I didn't want to clean the entire damn house...and of course there was always the fact that our house is under construction and it looks...
October 7, 2015
{Shania Twain Concert!}
If you've been following me on any of my social media then you probably already know that my mom scored tickets for the Shania Twain concert when she came to town Tuesday. My mom, sister, sister-in-law, and I all went and it was a good time! For not having toured in about 10 years she sure does know how to put on a show. I do have remind myself though that going to her concert and going to a Backstreet...
October 5, 2015
{ABCs of Me!!}
A- Age: 32
B- Biggest Fear: Something happening to one of my kids..or my dogs.
C- Current Time: 7:20p
D- Drink you last had: Water
E- Easiest Person To Talk to: My little sister.
F- Favorite Song: I don't know what it's called but its about winning the lotto and buying a boat lol.
G- Ghosts, are they real: Yes.
H- Hometown: A small town in farm country IL that you've never heard of.
I- In love with:...
October 2, 2015
{Christmas Shopping!}
I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm almost done Christmas shopping for Dawn. I know. I could get her so much more lol. But for the most part, she could be done and have plenty of nice new things to enjoy...
September 30, 2015
{First Teenager Party}
Dawn got invited to a girls birthday party today. This is the first
time since grade school that she was invited to anything. Well, anything
she bothered to tell us about. Usually she RSVP's yes to something and
then doesn't tell us until the day before the party and expects to get
to go (this has happened twice). I think that's why girls stopped
inviting her to things. She thought that just...
September 28, 2015
{I Love Fall #Tag }
1.) Bath & Body Works or Yankee Candles? Is this a serious question? BBW of course! But I'm not a real big candle person. I prefer the wallflowers.
2.) Favorite Fall Accessory? My backstreet boys hoodie lol. So fashion forward!
3.) Uggs or Moccasins? Neither. I wear my tennis shoes all year long...
September 25, 2015
{Weight Watchers: Starting Over}
In the last year I have basically completely given up on any kind of weight loss. I don't think I cared too much about anything but my grief. And although my grief is still there and I am still working my way through the grieving process, I realized after stepping on the scale the other day (which has been sitting in the corner of my bathroom with dead batteries for far longer than it should have),...
September 23, 2015
{My Paranormal Experiences}
adjective
1. of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.
...
September 21, 2015
{Parades & Tears}
My sister convinced me that going to the parade a town over for their festival is something I needed to do. So Saturday we got up early and headed over to meet her, my nephew, my brother, and my niece. It was an OK time. Basically the same floats we saw in the parade last weekend here lol. ...
September 14, 2015
{It's Festival Time!}
Fall is finally arriving in Illinois and I've been waiting all summer long! Bring on the hoodies (which I'm currently wearing right now) and slipper socks. Pick up your Pumpkin Spice drink from StarBucks if that's your thing (it is not mine) and curl up with a cozy blanket. Lets not forget the planning for Halloween starts now too! I love Halloween. It's the only holiday D actually wants to participate...
September 4, 2015
{10 "How" Questions #YoutubeTag }
I have pretty much nothing happening in my bubble right now. The kids are good. The husband is annoying, but good. I'm good. So I didn't know what to do for today's post. I'm attempting to stay on a Mon/Wed/Fri upload schedule. So I figured I'd do a little youtube tag :). I've never seen this one before. So it should be fun, but short..most likely. I don't know. Could be 10 pages long ;)...
September 2, 2015
{Dawns Thoughts on Our Trip}
For vacation me, Gaige and Owen all went on vacation to Champaign, IL. There we went to Jurassic Quest. They didn't have much to do. But on the way back home all of us stopped at a museum and zoo.
The zoo was my favorite part since they had a whole bunch of animals that aren't at the zoo we normally...
August 31, 2015
{So Good to be #backtoschool !!}
I can't believe we are already through the first full week of school. And no one is dead! So lets do a run down of why I'm thankful I don't have to deal with children during the day for 40 (or something like that) whole weeks...
August 26, 2015
{Road Trip Recap}
Since I wrote already about the Jurassic Quest BS and the stumbled upon Mahomet Park, it's time to recap the actual road trip and hotel! Woohoo!
To be honest, this was a fairly pleasant trip.
I started my day at 7:30am and did not stop moving until we picked up the kids at 3:00pm. I did all the packing for everyone after I dropped Owen at school. We took only two bags because we were...
August 24, 2015
{Museum of the Grand Prairie- Mahomet IL}
After the epic failure that was the Jurassic Quest event, D and I went on a hunt to find something else to take up some more of our day. We remembered seeing something about a park when we were going into Champaign so we headed back to that.
We drove around the park for a little while, saw a sign for a museum, of course we headed right for that. We are both fans of museums. The first trip we ever...
August 22, 2015
{Jurrasic Quest What a SCAM!}
In all the years I've been traveling to random events, both before and after I had kids, I don't think I've ever felt as completely ripped off as I do right now. Or as D said, I better check my wallet cause I just got robbed.
We got to the Fluid Event Center in Champaign IL at about 8:30am this morning for Jurassic Quest. The doors didn't open until 9am but people were already filling the parking...
August 20, 2015
{Going on a Road Trip!}
I can't believe it's the night before and I'm just now getting around doing any kind of post about it. What is happening to me? I'll tell you what's happening, school. We're taking our trip later than we did last year, going after school starts instead of right after the fourth of July. But we had some unforeseen complications this year (*cough*mystupidankle*cough*) and we just couldn't afford a big...
August 19, 2015
{First Day of School!}
Oh there it is, that sigh of relief that everything went smoothly this morning. No blood was drawn while waking up Owen (though I'm pretty sure he would have cut me if he had the chance) and the older two got up and dressed on their own. In fact, I heard Dawn roaming around at 630 when my alarm went off.
Of course there are pictures ;) Not too many though because none of them want to take pictures...
August 10, 2015
{I Started a Trend!}
Is it a trend if just one other person does it? Lets go with yes, since I'd hate for it to be more than one other person.
My grandma called me the other day and said "Well I broke my ankle today." My first thought was "Oh sure you did!" The woman loves to yank my chain.
She said "No I really did." What?!
She goes on to tell me that she was calking the outside of the her garage door (a chore my...
August 7, 2015
{Upstairs Revamp- Decorating a Teen Girls Room}
I have been trying to envision what Dawns room was going to look like with walls for about..ooh..three years now? That's not how long it's been under construction, that's just how long we've been talking about turning their separated rooms into two actual rooms. It's not easy for me to see what D is talking about when he's been telling me what his plans are. Maybe because he doesn't always share his...
August 6, 2015
{Upstairs Revamp- Part 5}
For almost 10 years we have had the same huge TV. An RCA 52" box TV. It was massive but it worked and we got it cheap. D bought it when we lived in the first trailer I believe. It has been moved four times since then. From one trailer to the next, to this house where it was in our living room and then we finally pushed it up the stairs to give it to the kids.
Well the other day I blew a fuse in the...
August 5, 2015
{50 Questions You've Never Been Asked}
I just googled this "youtube tag questions" and this popped up. I don't know if it's actually from youtube or if Kat Bouska made them up. But here they are in all their nosy glory! I love doing surveys! Feel free to answer the questions yourself and send me the link so I can read your answers too!
1. What’s your favorite candle scent? I don't really like candles too much. I have 2 dogs, a cat, and...
July 31, 2015
{ #weightwatchers Fail!}
I am the worst at sticking to things. The worst. I know why its so hard for me but what I don't know is how I let myself get back here. It's almost 2yrs since I started this journey and if I would have just stuck with it in the first place I would be at my goal or close to it by now. What's wrong with me??
I have been tracking. I track every day. My chooses are just...awful. I'm really not trying...
July 29, 2015
{Cavity Free!}
Owen had to have a dental check up this year for school, so I made his appointment at Just Kidz Dentistry.
We went there for all three kids last time and it was a truly enjoyable experience. They worked with Owen and tried to make it as pleasant an experience for him as possible. Of course he had to have laughing gas (twice) and he had to strapped down (which sounds worse than it is) but they got...
July 28, 2015
{Mom to the Rescue!}
Well that was a pain in the ass to say the least.
When I got my new laptop I decided to let the kids have my old one. I figured it'd be a good source of storage for all my pictures (other than the new computer and the portable hard drive) and music. But then the bad thing happened.
Someone went to coolmath (do not look that site up!) and got a shit ton of viruses from it. I don't know how....
July 27, 2015
{Breastfeeding & My Great Grandmother}
I had some struggles nursing Owen. He refused to open his mouth wide enough, once he got on there he was golden but getting him on was a bit of a bitch.
...
July 24, 2015
{Upstairs Revamp Part 4}
Who would have thought I'd be blogging about this again so soon. It seems like months between house update posts. Usually because it is. But now that we finally have some extra money (well, not so much extra..its just not going to child support anymore) we can get down to business. It seems like every time we start something though something always comes up and we have to put everything on hold for...
July 22, 2015
{Back to School Shopping!}
It is finally that time of year folks! The time of year that most (if not all) parents rejoice at the mere mention of. Yes, it's back to school time!
I for one am extremely excited about the coming event and can not wait to get this year under way. I'm taking the organized approach this year and making sure everyone is on track and where they should be right off the bat. Registration isn't until...
July 15, 2015
{Hot Chocolate in July}
Owen said "Mommy I want Olaf in my hot chocolate".
So that's what he got. Even though it looks nothing like Olaf lol. He was happy with it.
Side Note: What is going on with this damn rain? I'm getting really tired of it....
July 13, 2015
{Upstairs Revamp Part 3}
It feels like forever since I wrote about any remodeling we've done to this house. Honestly except for the bathroom (which still isn't finished a year later) we haven't had the money to do anything around here. Child support is over now though, so we are free and we can finally get this place the way it should have been!
Ever since we moved in I've thought it was silly that we only technically...
July 10, 2015
{School Supplies Already?!}
I was at Walmart today (a rarity these days since I prefer Target) and noticed they are putting out school supplies already. Can this be happening already? It's just now July. The kids didn't get out of school until the first week of June and they'll go back around the middle-end of August. It feels like summer goes by so fast these days. Maybe it always did and I'm just really noticing it now that...
July 9, 2015
{Final Doctor Visit #brokenankle }
Woo hoo I am medically cleared to return my life!! Because I've been patiently waiting to get that news and all. I have not already returned to said life.
You all know I'm lying through my teeth. I've been pretty much full throttle since I was able to walk without my crutches. But its nice to know that the doctor says I'm good.
In fact, he said that I was a fast healer and that he's surprised I'm...
July 8, 2015
{Weight Watchers Update}
Lord all mighty this is not easy. I'm failing so hard at this I can't stand it. My body hates me and it's obvious.
I have gained weight since my last update. I can see it in my face and I can tell it from pictures.
...
July 6, 2015
{Relaxing Sunday for Mom and Dad}
It has been a while since D and I got to spend some time alone. After the fireworks last on Saturday (since it's 3am on Monday morning right now), my grandma came to pick up Gaige and ended up taking all three with her. I don't know how that happened. I kept telling Owen that I really wanted to go on the bike with daddy and that he could spend some time at grandma's house. He finally caved. It's hard...
July 4, 2015
{Name Changes}
I was always under the impression that when I had babies, they would all be with the same man and we'd all have the same last name, and we'd be one happy family. I was clearly mistaken in my future lol.
Gaige has his sperm donors last name. Against my better judgement of course. I let him talk me into it. "He's the only boy" He said. "I'm the only one to carry on the last name." He said. Right. His...
July 1, 2015
{I have no Content}
When there is absolutely nothing going on in my life worth writing about my blog gets very very quiet. So quiet I can almost hear the crickets start chirping. But I vowed I would never be like some of those more popular blogs out there, reviewing items or getting paid to let others post on my site. I don't want that. Although I would love new readers, I don't want them bad enough to start selling...
June 28, 2015
{I am a Pack Rat}
I blame this on my grandpa. I think you have seen me mention going shopping at the big garage. Well, it was a Morton building full of stuff. Cars, a fire truck, furniture, you name it, he probably had it in there. I don't think anyone ever had to buy beds or furniture. In fact, other people would store their stuff up there too. It was insane trying to find anything up there. What's even crazier is...
June 25, 2015
{#weightwatchers Update}
I know that I've been MIA with the weight watchers stuff, but I'm still tracking and still holding myself accountable.
I did really good on my trip to Ark. I managed to not over eat or eat a ton of junk, even though that's what my grandma packed for snacks. I also over estimated the amount of points...
June 22, 2015
{To Arkansas & Back in 24hrs!}
Let me start off by saying that I will never do that again. This was quite possibly the dumbest thing I've done in a long time. Probably since I OK'd Cassie coming to live with us that last time (yeah...it was that stupid). But aside from being a stupid thing to do, and utterly exhausting, it was not a horrible trip.
Our planning began on Sunday last week. My aunt and uncle from Ark came...
June 15, 2015
{Kicking It Into Gear}
I am so far behind where I was this time last year. In fact, I'm about 8lb from where I started. I am so disappointed in myself. I can't blame anyone but me. I quit weight watchers thinking I could do it on my own. Which I'm sure had I stuck with it at least a year, I probably could have eventually. But I fell back into old habits. Then I got depressed..and depression does not lend a helpful hand...
June 5, 2015
{Vacation Planning}
Sometimes being a mom in the summer time sucks. Other times it's really fun. But most of the time, it sucks lol. The best part of my past couple summers have been the trips we've taken. I went on vacations every single summer with my grandparents. It didn't usually matter where we were going, we just wanted to get out of town. Sometimes in the motorhome and sometimes in a van. Either way, it was always...
June 3, 2015
{Retail Therapy!}
Dawn and I decided today was a good day to have ourselves a little shopping spree. She had birthday money to spend and I needed more bulbs for my wallflowers. Not to mention its the 3rd of the month. Its been six months now. I couldn't let myself dip into the sadness. I do that enough as it is. I needed...
May 28, 2015
{ #ThrowBackThursday Vacation Edition}
I love looking through old pictures! I love remembering all the things that went on when I was a kid (most of them anyway). It's nice to know that even though some of the people in the pictures are gone, I've still got them in my memories. Which isn't as good, but it's better than nothing. So this Throw Back Thursday I went through some vacation pictures and found some I'd like to share with...
May 27, 2015
{Update on the Broken Ankle}
It has been a long road since March. I've been in pain, scared, cut open, gotten hardware, and been immobile. I've come to appreciate being able to do anything for myself. Not to mention get out of the house whenever I want. But we are finally coming to an end of the journey to recovery.
I have another week in the boot officially, but as yesterday I'm only wearing it when I leave the house. Not quite...
May 25, 2015
{Go to BED!!}
Gaige and Owen are awful about bed times. They are constantly up and down the stairs. Every single night at bed time it's a fight.
Gaige is going to the bathroom. Then he comes back down for a "quick drink" which means he'll be back down soon to pee again. Or he's hungry. "I didn't eat dinner!"...
May 23, 2015
{Ramblings}
D left me for the Springfield Mile early this morning. Well, not exactly early lol, he didn't walk out the door until almost 10am because he was waiting for his dad to be ready. But still, he's gone. I'm super bummed I couldn't go. The mile was one of the first road trips we ever went on. I loved...
May 14, 2015
{I am Getting Older}
Ain't that the truth ladies?? I'll take a year older any day over being growing another human. Ugh.
That's exactly what happened yesterday too, I got a year older. So sad.
The day went fairly smooth. I wasn't planning on anything big. I don't celebrate my birthday like that anymore. Plus, this...
May 9, 2015
{May #BirchBox Unboxing!}
I can't even handle how excited I am for this box! I've been thinking about trying out BB for a while but subscribed to Ipsy instead. After this box though, I might switch! We'll see how next month goes ;). This month and next month are gifts from my sister for my birthday this week! She did good ;)
Don't...
May 8, 2015
{Im Free!!!}
Good lord I hope I never have to go through something like that again. The worst part was not being able to get done what I knew needed done at home. I hated it! Ugh.
Yesterday I had my cast taken off. It was an interesting experience. Not painful, just interesting. We brought Owen with us cause my appointment was right around the time he would need to he picked up. He was pretty excited he was...
May 4, 2015
{TMI #YoutubeTag | 50 Questions About Me}
I love answering survey questions. I don't know why. I just always have. So here is one of them! You should fill it out and let me know you did so I can read your answers!
1. What are you wearing? A ninja turtle t-shirt and underwear. It's 5:30am people. I'm still sitting in bed lol.
2. Ever been in love? I got married three years ago..so I'm gonna go with yes to this one.
3. Ever had a terrible...
May 1, 2015
April 28, 2015
{Full House is Coming Back?!}
As a child brought up in the 90's Full House was one of my favorite shows! I didn't relate to any of them for the most part, but I enjoyed watching the show. Michelle and Stephanie's one liners were hilarious to me. In fact, I often caught myself saying How rude! and You got it dude! and...
April 24, 2015
{It's the Land of No More Sleep}
Also known as I have insomnia but it's brought on by the fact that I have a huge pink cast on my leg. Blah.
I haven't been sleeping hardly at all these days, not at night anyway. I used to get up when D got back from dropping off Owen so that he could have the bed. More lately, I'd say probably the last couple weeks, I've been staying up all night and sleeping until my alarm goes off to tell me someone...
April 19, 2015
{ #weightwatchers Update}
Since I broke my ankle I have not been weighing in. I just kept telling myself there was no point since it would be off anyway. There's no way I would like the number on a scale having 2-3 extra lb on my leg. So my weight tracker got lonely. And my weight watchers app reminded me of this pretty much daily. I just didn't feel comfortable weighing in though.
I have been tracking my points though....
April 17, 2015
{And That's How We Got Engaged}
I was just sitting here at 12:30am watching reruns of Sex and the City on demand (thank you D for the new laptop, my old one would have blown up by now with as much TV as I watch on this thing), the episode where Aiden proposed to Carrie. I couldn't help but think back to the time when we got engaged.
Some of you know the story of how we ended up getting married. If you don't I'll sum it up for you....
April 14, 2015
{ #AprilIpsyBag Unboxing!}
I'm back with another ipsy bag unboxing! I know I skipped last month. Don't hate me :). I'm back with this month though and this is a good one to get back in it!
This months bag is pretty cute. Something I'll most likely find a use for and shove it in my purse to organize some more. Lord knows a...
April 11, 2015
{Adventures in Broken Ankleville}
Can we just take a minute to talk about the weather we've been having lately? I've got the windows open and the back door too. I'm of course also sitting here with a blanket over me lol. But damn if it's not nice having the windows open and getting a little fresh air in here today. Especially with all...
April 6, 2015
{6 Things I Love About a SAHM}
I know I tend to complain a lot about my world. It gets frustrating sometimes, I think any parent working or stay at home can relate to that right? If it's not one thing it's another is what my grandma always says. But there are some good things about it too. And on days that I'm finding it really hard not to pack a bag and high tail it out of here, I need a post like this to remember why I chose...
April 2, 2015
{That Time I Went Crazy on Bed Rest}
Yeah. That's happening right now.
I literally fell asleep in the 15min D was gone getting us lunch (me a salad from Wally World and him a burger from Hardees). Like I was out. I'm a napper. I love to nap. What mom doesn't? But this is getting a little out of hand. The problem is that there's nothing stopping me from napping.
Today I woke up at 7am and stayed awake until almost noon. But I didn't...
March 29, 2015
{ #SurveySunday Lets Talk About Food!}
1. How do you feel about golden oreos? I'm not a fan.
2. What is your favorite dessert topping? Depends on the desert to be honest. But I like cool whip on almost everything ;)
3. What is your favorite flavor/brand of bubble gum? I chew the Trident gum in cinnamon or I get the strawberry. ...
{ #weightwatchers Check In}
Ugh. Since I can't weigh in for obvious reasons I am not going to post weekly with an update until I can. But I am still on top of my points and I'm still tracking. Probably more closely now that I cant scarf down a cheese burger and then go work it off at the gym the next day. ...
March 27, 2015
{Surgery Update!}
Thought I'd go ahead and attempt to get all this down before I forget everything completely and have to rely on D to give me the facts lol. The whole operation took about 30min I guess. It wasn't as horrible as I expected, though I don't ever want to go through it again. I may never set foot up those stairs again. Ugh...
March 25, 2015
{Surgery Date & Feeling Like a Burden}
Went to the appointment with my surgeon today. They took off that awful splint the ER put on my leg and gave me a new one. Which I did not want lol. I wanted them to be like "You're going for surgery today." But no. At least this one doesn't go half way up my thigh. Like what is the point of that? *Sigh*...
March 23, 2015
{ #YouTubeTag Questions No One Asks}
I googled youtube tag questions and this one popped up. But after reading some of the questions..I've answered them before lol. But this is a different tag so I shall answer them again! Feel free to copy and paste them into your blog and answer them too! Don't forget to come back and tell me you did so I can read your answers. :)
1. Do you go by a nickname? I have had several in the last 32yrs....
March 20, 2015
{Life On Crutches}
Oh ladies ladies ladies (and possibly some guys). I feel like I'm being held captive in my own home at this point. It has been a long time since I couldn't just power through something to get stuff done around here. In fact, the last time was when I had that kidney infection. I am not one of those...
March 18, 2015
{An IEP Meeting & an ER Visit}
I am so tore up today people. It's just not even funny. As if having all the kids taking turns being sick, along with D, wasn't bad enough now this happens. Ugh. When will I learn that all this crap comes in threes and I should be more careful after telling people that I don't get sick. Smart Kristin. Real smart. Naturally some crazy stuff is gonna happen to you after saying something like that...
March 17, 2015
{ #weightwatchers Weigh In Week 9}
Oh man. I'm up again people. Up. As in I gained. I gained 3lb. Which baffles me a little bit. I mean I knew I was off track quite a bit but I didn't think I was that of track. Apparently I was though or I'd be down.
I also decided to switch up my weigh in days. I'm noticing that weighing in on Friday is giving me license to do as I please points wise on Saturday and Sunday and that's not good....
March 15, 2015
{An Upswing Please Let it Last!}
I hope I'm not jinxing myself by telling you all this but Dawn has recently been behaving more normal than I have ever seen her. I'm not sure if its that she has finally learned that when you're not constantly getting in trouble you're allowed to do things you want to or that she got the message when I told her she was having no privileges until she stopped behaving like a spoiled brat. Whatever...
March 9, 2015
{4 Books You Should Pick Up!}
If you know me at all you know that I'm a huge bookworm. From the time I learned to read, you could always catch me with a book in my hands. I was even one of those girls that would be sitting there reading while out to dinner with my grandparents. Yep. That was long before we kids had IPhones and tablets on them at all times. And I've come across some books over the last few years that I recommend...
March 6, 2015
March 5, 2015
{I Want a Love Like Dan and Roseanne}
Do you ever watch a show and think this is so us when watching the characters on screen relationship? This happened to D and I the other day while watching old episodes of Roseanne, episodes I have seen a million times by the way. When all the sudden he says I think we took our relationship...
March 1, 2015
{Replacing Old Habits}
I saw on Instagram today that someone had started the year by giving up one thing every month. I decided to try this out. But instead of just giving up the item, I am going to replace it with a good habit.
So for March I am going to attempt to cut out soda and replace it with water. I am getting tired of soda anyway to be honest. But I get headaches if I don't have it. I also get cranky. Which tells...
February 27, 2015
{Sister Time}
I cherish the times I get to spend with my little sister. Mainly because we are both moms and have lives and don't get much time to get together. So when we can make that time, its good :).
Today we went to the mall, Target, Ulta, and Farm & Fleet. The usual stops.
We met at Ross and walked around there. Purchased nothing because I couldn't find a wallet :(. I need a new one. OK. Need is...