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learning ?!?!?

2010-06-29T09:24:00.000-05:00

I am still learning and figuring out the blogging world. Please be patience with me :-)

I heart faces-Week 26-Pets

2010-06-29T09:13:00.000-05:00

This is our Dixie Doo. She loves everyone and everything ! Her favorite activities include running, playing in the water, and chewing on everything. This picture was taken last 4th of July, she had been playing in the water all day and finally laid down under the driver seat of the boat for a nap. As soon as I grabbed my camera to take a picture of my sweet sleeping baby she woke up and this is the picture that I got, lol. I have loved looking at http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ for a while now but never had the courage to enter anything into any of the challenges, but we all have to start some time so this is my first entry. Wish me luck !!

I don't feel any different

2010-06-29T09:12:00.001-05:00

I do not feel any different but the 8 times that I took that silly little test the lines were saying the same thing. Could I really be pregnant ??? Are those test really that accurate ??? So I waited to really tell anyone and get my hopes up until my first doctor's appointment.

And well .... it turns out that I REALLY AM PREGNANT !! The nurses kept laughing and telling me that if I took that many test and they all said the same thing that I was with out a doubt pregnant. But I did not feel any different? I did not have morning sickness. I was not about to cry at everything. I felt the same as I always did. That was until I saw you, you were not any bigger then a pea but when I heard your little heart beating and I saw you everything was different. I felt different, not with morning sickness or anything, but with a different outlook on everything. I was going to be a mom. I was going to be responsible for this little person inside me and even through there was a lot of fear there was more pure happiness. I could not stop smiling and I called your dad right away to tell him the news and show him the pictures. I met him out at work to bring him some lunch and when I showed him you, he could not stop smiling !!

That says what ????

2010-06-29T09:12:00.000-05:00

On March the 12th of 2010 ( our 6 year wedding anniversary) I found out that I was pregnant will you. I was in total shock but at the same time I could not stop smiling.

Under Construction.

2010-01-07T11:45:00.002-06:00

Please excuse the mess while I am doing a new layout and blog ...

Warm Feet .....Warm Heart !

2009-10-26T20:33:00.006-05:00

I came across this site hannahssocks.org the other day and I thought that I would share it with everyone.

On a chilly Thanksgiving Day in 2004, 4-year-old Hannah Turner was helping serve dinner to the needy. In the middle of the hustle and bustle of doing her part to fill plates, she tugged on her mother Doris' sweater.

"Mommy, won't his feet be cold?"

Hannah had focused on a man in line wearing shoes that had split open to reveal he had no socks on, and her small face reflected concern.

Doris tried to reassure her: "His shoes will keep his toes warm." She didn't know how they could help with all staff focused on the meal, and she didn't want her daughter carrying a burden.

Hannah — too smart, too big of heart — was unconvinced.

"Mommy, he can have my socks," she said.

That next day, Doris took Hannah to purchase and distribute socks to local shelters. They were able to collect and donate over 100 pairs around Toledo. Over two more years, and with amazing support from friends and family, they distributed nearly 10,000 total pairs of socks to partner shelters.

I think that this is a really amazing story. It shows you that no matter what your age is and no matter how big the gesture is you can make a difference. With some thing as small as socks this little girl is able to help others. I do not know about you but putting on a nice clean pair of warm socks makes a huge difference to me .

Since starting this program they have teamed up with Clorox to make sure that have EVERYONE has a warm pair of socks to wear.

Please be sure to visit this site.

If you are able to donate please do so and if not then spread the word to others. You never know who might get inspired by this little girl's story.

Thinnerware

2009-10-24T22:26:00.004-05:00

I was reading my bhg magazine and came across a article for thinnerware. Some of you may of heard about this already but I haven't. As much as I wish and pray that I was one of those people that could eat anything and get away with it, as luck would turn out I am not ! I have to watch everything that I eat and work out like crazy just to maintain an over weight status. I get so sick of counting calories and SO sick of having to measure food in order to count calories. I plan on ordering some of this dinner ware and seeing how much easier it makes my life. If anyone has some already please leave me a comment or send an email and let me know how you like it.

Here is the website http://www.thinnerware.com/plates.html for anyone who is insteaded. Also You can vist this website http://www.sosweetgiveaways.com/ to enter for a chance to win a set of these fablous dishes.

I got an iphone !!!!

2009-06-18T18:10:00.005-05:00

ok I have to say that I was one of those people that did not see what was so great about the iphone. I thought yeah it looks cool but I do not want to spend that kind of money on a phone.

WELL .... We have been with alltel for about 5 years now and well they were great at first but then we moved and well where we live we have NO service. We got sick of never having any service any where and still paying $200 a month, FOR WHAT ????

Finally my husband got sick of it and went the other day and switched over to at&t. He called me and told me what he was doing and said ok well just get me any kind of phone it is not really a big deal. I do not want to spend a lot of money. Well he came back with a new iphone for me and him and well I have to say that I LOVE IT !!!!! I have no idea why I did not get one of these things along time ago. It is so useful and convenient.

I am one of those crazy people that has a purse full of EVERYTHING. I always have my phone, a camera, a planner, my ipod, and a thousand more things. Needless to say my purse weighs 20 pounds. But now I can do all of that on this one little thing !!!! yes as you can tell I am very happy with my new phone ....... I have such a great husband, lol !!!!

Does anyone really get 8 hours of sleep a night ???

2009-06-16T05:29:00.002-05:00

I can not stand it when I am all nice and sleepy and then I go lay down and I am wide awake !!!! As much as I would love to be one of those people that can sleep 8 hours (as it is recommended by doctors) I am just not!!!!!!! I am doing good to get a soiled 4 hours of sleep. I usually wake up about 6 times a night ... why ? if anything makes a noise I am up ! I am a light sleeper were as my husband is not a light sleeper, he would not hear it if a train came through the house. As long as you do not take his covers off and turn on the light then he will sleep through anything else ..... MAN, that must be nice !!!!!!!!!!! For me to sleep like that I have to be heavily medicated.

Awwwww

2009-06-14T19:47:00.001-05:00

Coconut Oil

2009-06-10T20:40:00.002-05:00

While I was looking at this site a while back I saw this http://www.uniquelyplaced.com/2009/04/coconut-oil-my-new-beauty-love.html ..... at first I was very nervous about trying this but thought " what is there to lose, if I do not like it then I really have not wasted anything. " Well I have been using coconut oil for a little over a month now and I LOVE it. I have really dry skin and it works wonders for me ! And I also use it on my face .... and no it does not break me out or feel oily, it has actually cleared my face up. I do not like wearing foundation because it feels so heavy and like I have tons of makeup on. I like to just use a little bit of power but with dry skin some times just using power it would make my skin even more dry. well now I use the coconut oil and then brush a little power on and it looks great. no more dry flaky patches !!! This is great for people who have REALLY dry skin !!!!

St. Louis

2009-06-08T10:13:00.007-05:00

I had a great time in St. Louis. The drive up there how ever is a different story. It rained almost the whole drive and I am not talking about just a little here and there I am talking about I can not see the car in front of me... it was not fun. But the closer we got to st. Louis the rain went away and the sun come out to play :-) !!!!

This is a picture from our room.
The Arch was huge !!!!

we went to the top of the arch and it was an interesting ride to the top. We had to sit in these little pod looking things and at that point was very happy that I am not a very tall person. If you were taller then I would say 5'6 then you had to bend over the whole 4 minute ride up there. 4 minutes is not bad but there are 5 to a pod so it could get a little uncomfortable but we were very lucky and everyone in our little pod was very nice.

The next day we walked around St. Louis some and then we went to the Anthony Rapp book signing. I did not even know that he had a book out and was not going to buy it but then he starting talking about what it was about and well it sounded really good to me so I had to buy a copy. I have not started reading it yet but will let everyone know what I think about it when I finish it.He was a really funny down to earth guy. I was not a huge fan before but after meeting him I would say that I am huge fan of his now.

RENT was great both nights. I got to meet some of the cast the first night but the second night some little girl passed out when Anothy came out so no one else came out that night. But that is ok. I am not really big on having to get their autographs I went to watch the show that is what I did. The last day before coming home we ate at St.Louis bread company, then went to Borders books and then whole foods. I wish El Dorado had atleast one of these things. All would be wonderful but I would take just one. It is so sad how far you have to drive to get to stores like this :-( ....... but any way we had a great time in St. Louis !!!

Here are a few picutes. They are not good and most are snapped with little cam but it gives you an idea.

I miss this place.

2009-06-08T10:10:00.001-05:00

WOW it has been a long time since I have been here !!!!!!

Day off and Dixie !!

2008-11-07T11:58:00.003-06:00

Me and tony finally had day off together :-) so we took dixie to the river, since we finally got the boat back. I did not take many pictures and they are not that great, because wet dog, nice camera..... ummmm yeah I did not want to take too many chances.

I just love her eyes here !!! she can not hardly wait for you to throw it, LOL !!!

Halloween

2008-11-07T11:41:00.003-06:00

Well I hope that every one had a great Halloween ? We did not do much on this end. I dressed up for work and that was about it. we both were not feeling real great and we both had to work the next day so it was really just another night for us.

We did dress up for work. YES, we are the village people ! I know it is silly but isn't that what Halloween is all about.

Then we had a pumpkin carving contest. These are not the best pictures because I waited to long to take them.. my pumpkin was already soft :-( ... YUCK !!!!
But it gives you an idea of what it kind of looked like.

2008-10-18T18:43:00.003-05:00

well I will try to post more about changes, updates, and so on later this week right now I am off to eat some deer meat !

Memphis

2008-10-18T18:06:00.005-05:00

So I went to Memphis with a friend a few weeks ago to see Avenue Q. The play was a lot of fun but I do not EVER see my self moving to Memphis. It was good to see it but just not really my kind of place. We only got to check out downtown so I will go back to check out mid town and see what I think about that but so far I am not impressed. But here are a few pictures from Memphis.

Baby Shower

2008-10-18T17:54:00.003-05:00

Ok so I threw a baby shower for my cousin the other weekend and it went really well. I did not get to really take any photos because I was too busy but here are a few that I thought that I would share.

Thankful

2008-09-24T19:07:00.005-05:00

MY BROTHER IS HOME !!!! well he is in Fort Bragg, NC :-( but at least he is in the states and I hope that I get to see him soon. I am very thankful because I had my husband and my brother go over seas and they both came back just fine !!!!!!!!!!!

?? Life ??

2008-08-30T16:49:00.004-05:00

So if everything is already written out then why it is so hard to decide what you want out of life ? I have been in a real funk lately and been thinking A LOT about what I want to do with life and guess what I HAVE NO IDEA !!! All I know is that when I am looking back at my life I do not want to look back and my story be... she was born in El Dorado, She was raised in El Dorado and she died in El Dorado, oh yeah and maybe once a year she got to go to Hot Springs or Shreveport. I want more ! Any time I say some thing about how I am feeling everyone always thinks I am talking about My husband and that is not the case. He is the only happiness that I have in my life and the one thing that I would not change for anything. I love him very much and can not imagine my life with out him. We have been together for almost eight years and we still give each other goose bumps. He is not prefect but neither am I and I like it that way. He understand me for the most part and even when he doesn't he still loves me. I just can not help but wonder about life and about what I am supposed to do with life. I guess I am just bored with life right now and need to make some decisions about where to go and what to do next but I am probably one of the most indecisive people that you will ever meet. Does anyone else feel the same ?

Little Rock Zoo

2008-07-24T15:38:00.004-05:00

Me and my brother went to the Little Rock zoo on sunday. I had never been and it had been a long time since he had. We had a lot of fun but OMG it was soooo hot. If you notice the last picture it is a mist system, they had them every where around the zoo because of the heat. Well here are just a few pictures of that day. I want to go again but it will have to be after it cools down some :-)

2008-07-23T19:42:00.003-05:00

There are many more updates that I will try to post some time this week.

Birthday

2008-07-23T19:34:00.007-05:00

I had a really good birthday. I got a lot of really awesome gifts but of course you know me... I got tired of downloading them so you only get a few pics. The coolest things were my new LENS !!!! and my brother got me a external hard drive ... and yes that is a my little pony bag and a Hannah Montana card. My brother thought that I would think that it was funny and I did !

Mom

2008-07-23T19:19:00.005-05:00

As many of you already know my mom passed away July 08, 2008 at 4:07 pm. It was and still is a hard time for me and my family and we appreciate all the cards, flowers, prayers, and
everything else that some many of you have done for us.

These are just a FEW of the beautiful flowers that people have sent.

Camping

2008-07-21T16:19:00.012-05:00

Here are a few pics from the camping trip. I had to leave earlier so I did not get many this year.

Car

2008-07-21T15:55:00.010-05:00

Well it has been a long month and it all seemed to start with me totaling out my car.

This is my old car

This is the wreck. (looks better in the picture then it did in real life)

This is the rental ... that I hated !!!
And this is the new car. Yes it is the same kind ... I like honda's.

Thanks to all.

2008-07-09T22:25:00.004-05:00

I would like to thank everyone for the support that they have shown me and my family in this time of need. There are so many times that you feel alone when some thing bad happens but I truly have to say that I really appreciate all the prayers and support from everyone. Thank you and God bless you all !!

Just Maybe !!

2008-03-16T20:17:00.003-05:00

I read this the other day on My space and just really liked it so I thought that I would share with everyone !!!!!

Maybe
Maybe...We were supposed to meet the wrong people
before meeting the Right one so that, when we finally
meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful
for that gift.

Maybe ..When the door of happiness closes, another
opens; but, often Times, we look so long at the closed
door that we don't even see the new one which has been
opened for us.

Maybe . . . It is true that we don't know what we have
until we lose it, But it is also true that we don't
know what we have been missing until It arrives.

Maybe . . . The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of Everything; they just make the most
of everything that comes along their way.

Maybe . . . The brightest future will always be based
on a forgotten Past; after all, you can't go on
successfully in life until you let go of your past
mistakes, failures and heartaches.

Maybe . . . There are moments in life when you miss
someone -- a parent, A spouse, a sibling, a friend, a
child -- sooo much that you just want to pick them
from your dreams and hug them for real, so that
you appreciate them more when they are around you.

Maybe . . . The best kind of friend is the kind you
can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word,
and then walk away feeling like it was the best
conversation you've ever had.

Maybe . . You should always try to put yourself in
others' shoes. If you feel that something could hurt
you, it probably will hurt the other person, too.

Maybe . . You should do something nice for someone
every single day, even if it is simply to leave them
alone.

Maybe . . Giving someone all your love is never an
assurance that they Will love you back. Don 't expect
love in return; just wait for it to grow in their
heart; but, if it doesn't, be content that it grew in
yours.

Maybe . . . You shouldn't go for looks; they can
deceive; don't go for Wealth; even that fades away. Go
for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only
a smile to Make a dark day seem bright. Find the one
that makes your heart smile.

Maybe . . You should hope for enough happiness to make
you sweet, enough Trials to make you strong, enough
sorrow to keep you human, and enough Hope to make you
happy.

Ready to play in the snow !!

2008-03-16T19:20:00.004-05:00

She could not move but she was warm, LOL !!!!
She really did not know what to think about it, or well maybe it was me with the camera in her face. You decide ....

SNOW

2008-03-16T19:08:00.002-05:00

Well leave it to Arkansas to have 80 degree weather one day and then snow the next. But oh well it was fun !!

Cold again and in the need of a change !!!

2008-03-04T14:34:00.003-06:00

Man I am ready for a change.
I am tired to being sick
I am tired of being tried
I am tired of working all the time
I am tired of this town
I am tired of paying bills
I NEED A VACATION !!!!!

I know this is just how life is but man I am ready to have a little fun or something !!!

Spring Time !!

2008-03-03T11:09:00.005-06:00

The beauty of spring time !

The ugly of spring time !!!!

Feeling better

2008-02-25T16:12:00.002-06:00

I am finally feeling better !!!! It is about time !!!!!!!!!
I am very lucky that I have people in my life that understood the fact that I had to basically shut my life down for a week. My hat goes off to the people that have that mess and still function. I felt like I was dying the first two days. EVERYTHING HURT !!!!!!

Thank you to everyone that called, sent me messages, emails, and all the prayers. I really appreciate it !!

New Addition !!

2008-02-25T16:02:00.004-06:00

With me being sick with the flu and everything that is going on with my family my husband has been trying to be the one that keeps me together, and he is doing a great job. He wanted to surprise me with a new addition but with me getting sick it kind of ruined his plans, but I still got the new addition and I love him. Meet MILO !!!

FLU :-(

2008-02-21T14:04:00.002-06:00

I have never had the flu and this year I GOT THE FLU. Now I know why it is such a big deal because I feel like I am dying !!!

THANK GOODNESS FOR MEDICINE !

Ice Races

2008-02-15T17:17:00.002-06:00

The ice races that we went to were SOOOOO fun... I will post pictures later !

Valentines

2008-02-15T16:28:00.003-06:00

Hope that everyone had a wonderful valentines day !! We do not normally do anything for valentines day because it just seems so commercial but this year we decided to go out of town. We went to Shreveport wed night. There was some miss communication in who was getting the hotel so we get down there and we did not have a room. This is really not that big of a deal but I hate going from hotel to hotel trying to find something. Well we did not have to. We called Harrah's casino but they were booked up but the lady on the phone was nice enough to transfer us over to boomtown casino because she knew that they had some rooms left. We got there and it was really nice and a really good price. We got a room with a king size bed and a hot tub in it for less then we have ever paid at a days inn or anything else. Well after we got all checked in we decided to go over to the casino part to see what it was like since I have never been ! It was alot of fun. But I am not one that could ever get hooked on it. We said that we were going to spend twenty dollars and even the idea of loosing that killed my soul but oh well. Well Tony got ten and I got ten, well Tony spent his ten and I was on my last two dollars and I won 40...and I was done for the night, LOL !! I got my forty and went back to the hotel room.

Mailbox

2008-02-15T16:15:00.004-06:00

Do you remember building valentines mail boxes for school ?? Well they are trying several new things at work for moral and motivation and well they want us to get in the spirit so they had a mail box decoration contest. And believe it or not I won, LOL !! I know that it is silly but at the same time it is kind of fun. So leave me a comment and let me know why you think about my mailbox.

It's here !!!

2008-02-15T12:57:00.003-06:00

I am so excited.... my camera is finally here !!!! Now i just have to learn how to use the thing :-)

Finally

2008-02-10T13:53:00.000-06:00

I am sooo excited. I finally got to talk to my brother. He has been trying to call me for over a week and we kept missing each other and finally I got to talk with him for over an hour. When I was young I never thought that me and my brother would be close but the older we get the closer we get. So needless to say I miss him like crazy !!!!!!

Soldier

2008-02-04T17:54:00.000-06:00

I read this message on my brothers facebook and I am happy that there are so many out there that are still thinking about our soldiers. If there is anyone out there interested in sending a soldier some thing then go to www.anysoldier.com. As you can read they love getting all kinds of different things !!

God answers prayers. So, a few weeks ago I was really down b/c of the lack of morale in my unit. Things seemed to stress me out a lot easier and I was worried because I hadn't heard from people back home in a while. I kept trying to come up with something to make everything a little easier on everyone, but honestly I came home exhausted most days with nothing to show for my work. Then, one day I decided I would take a chance and sign everyone up on AnySoldier.com to see if we'd get any kind of response. What I didn't anticipate was that we would have a total flood of letters and packages over the past couple of days. People, young and old...couples and single moms...veterans and school children...these people sent letters from all over the country; PA, NC, NY, CA, MD, NJ, TX, and even AR. This was such an answer to prayers...just to know people back home care so much that they wouldn't mind taking a a little time out of their day to write to complete strangers. Most people just wanted us to know that they were praying for us and almost everyone told us how proud they really were of people who served overseas because they volunteered. A 10 year old boy that's never even met a single one of us wrote that he wanted to grow up to be a solider just like us. Doesn't that just break your heart? Grandmothers asked what kind of cookies we liked, couples sent pictures from their most recent vacations and everyone was super excited when we got boxes and boxes of junk food to make us fat. It was just so great to see that life still continues outside of the little bubble that is my trailer in Baghdad. No matter what I've been going through recently, whether personally or work related...God always provides. Today I was reminded of how often I doubt and lack faith when things are difficult...and once again, God presented me with a moment of humility. I just thought that was cool and I wanted to share it with you guys! Hopefully things are going well with everyone back home and thank you so much for all of your support!

2008-02-04T16:06:00.001-06:00

Ok so my dish washer is kind of installed... Tony still has to fixed the cabinets and run power to it, but it is half way there !!! Now I just wonder how long my kitchen is going to be in such a mess !!!!!

Phone

2008-02-04T08:44:00.000-06:00

Well I was talking to my husband about how my phone did not ring all day yesterday and how that was weird . well I looked at my phone and some how my ringer was turned off and my brother called. He is in Iraq right now and I have not gotten to talk with him very much and I missed his call !!!! I hate my stupid phone !!!!!!!!

Date night !!

2008-02-03T14:35:00.000-06:00

Well last night me and tony got to go out on a date. We went to Mels ( Thanks Erika ) to eat and well we eat together several times a week there is just some thing about getting dressed up and having your husband take you out to dinner, open all the doors for you that just makes it kind of special. We do not get to see each other very much because of our crazy hours that we work and usually when we do see each other it is for maybe an hour here and there and we are usually talking about grown up stuff .... ( Bills, work...., yucky stuff like that). Anyway it was nice to have a date night and just have fun together !! WE NEED MORE OF THEM .. I am sure that most married people say the same thing.

Playing

2008-02-03T14:18:00.001-06:00

Ok so I am off today and I need to be painting the bathroom, doing some laundry, and all around CLEANING. And well I find my self not doing a darn thing but playing on the internet. Darn that internet, it is not helping with my procrastination problem at all :-) ..

Update on life !

2007-11-27T16:59:00.001-06:00

I know that it has been a while since I have updated this thing but well there just does not seem like there is enough time in the day or night but I guess I should get used to that because it is not going to slow down anytime soon. I am still working at Murphy, just going one day at a time ! I can not think to far a head or I will get sad.... I feel bad for saying that because I honestly do not have that bad of a job and I know that there are several people out there wishing that they had my job. But well it just does not fit my type of personality. I am still in school and I am sooo ready to be done with it. I feel like that I am never going to be done. I am sure that if would be different if I really knew what I wanted to go to school for and well the truth is that I have no idea. I just want to do some thing that is going to make me happy that way at the end of the day I do not feel completely drained. Does a job exist like that ?? I am still trying to unpack my house to make it feel like home but it is becoming a very slow process but I am sure that it will get done one day.

I got to see my brother last week which was really great but he left Monday for Iraq and I already miss him. We got to spend some time together and we even went camping while he was in. I really enjoyed that. It was my brother, his girlfriend, my meme, and my papaw and of course my husband. It had been a LONG time since we have all been able to get together as a family. The last day that he was down went kind of bad because my mom had to be taking to ICU. She had surgery Thursday morning and Friday morning her lungs filled up with fluid and she had to be in ICU for 7 days. It was really weird because me and my mom do not really get a long but when some things happens it makes you see how much you really care. Just some times the feeling does not go both ways. :-( But everyone has there own demons and at the end of the day all I can do is try to get rid of many of mine as possible. ( As you can tell I am trying to be on a positive kick ) Well anyway the past three weeks have been very crazy and I am really for things to slow down but now it is Christmas and final time so back to being busy. well speaking of busy I have to g to class for now ...

Enjoy and I will try to post some more later !!