To My Honey!

13 years ago today, I married the love of my life. I truly believe that God sent him to me and that we were meant to be together. He is the best husband, father and friend anyone could ask for. He is so caring and kind, unselfish and just a plain nice guy. He puts up with me and that's enough in itself! Happy Anniversary Honey! I look forward to a trillion more!

25 Random Things About Me

Okay, so I got tagged on Facebook a week ago about this and it has taken me a complete week to actually decide 25 random things about myself (my husband says there are many more)! This would have been posted earlier, but I have been at criminal jury duty all day; YUCK! I guess they don't want the wife of a corrections officer! Anyway, without any further waiting. . . . . .

Random things

I always put my left sock, left shoe then right sock, right shoe on; can’t do it any other way!
I put jelly on my potato salad and rice and gravy (thanks for that quirky habit Dad!)
I CANNOT STAND the sound of Styrofoam or feet! I will vomit!
I am afraid of drowning (and I can swim)!
I get up all hours of the night and go check on my sleeping children.
I love me some Rick Springfield, Lionel Richie and Zac Efron (not in any particular order).
As a child, I ate pure butter, out of the tub or straight from the stick; Mom always knew whose finger marks were in the butter!
I am smack dab in the middle of the birth order of my family; I lived a little while with Tracy and Lester and a little while with Michael and Stephen.
When I met my husband, I knew I would marry him. (He says it was all a bet!-I won)
I used to write with my left hand and my 2nd grade teacher made me switch. Why? I have no idea.
I had a blood clotting disorder while pregnant with Emily and had to take Heparin shots in my stomach twice a day throughout my pregnancy and 6 weeks after. Worth every needle!
I am always worrying about something; even it it’s not important (I think it runs in my family)!
Sometimes I think my sister and I have ESP. We know what the other is thinking and can finish each others sentences. (Comes in very handy at times)
With me, you get what you see; I am sometimes, unfortunately, too honest.
I always wish I had taken dance or gymnastics as a child; I am very spastic to this day.
I never really liked animals and now have 2 dogs and 2 cats that I couldn’t imagine NOT having.
I never really thought I’d get married or have kids; well, you all know how that turned out! (Glad I was wrong).
I went to LSU and after two years begged my Dad to come home; he told me no-“finish what you start”-he was right-don’t tell him.
I wish I could be more organized; I dream of it; think of all the ways I can accomplish it; map it out; read about it; plan it . . . never do it.
I guess it would only be fitting to next say that I have a problem with procrastination.
I love to read; used to read book after book; don’t have time now, but one day will catch up with a good book.
When I read, it makes me VERY sleepy (which I guess is why I never finish a book anymore) and I get VERY sleepy in the car.
I cannot go to bed at night until the kitchen is clean and the dishwasher is turned on-my kids could be hanging from the ceiling fans, but my kitchen is clean!
My parents are the greatest people on Earth; I only hope one day my children can say the same about me and Chad!
This has made me realize just how weird I really am!!!!!

LOST AND NOT FOUND!!!

Well, I have no pictures because I cannot find my camera! We had a busy weekend. They seem to go by so fast. Even when we have a long weekend, it ends much to quickly. Today, my mind is set on just making it through the day! I was awoken at 2:45 a.m. with a stuffy nose (I cannot sleep with a stuffy nose!) and went searching for my Afrin (I know-not good for you). Finally, back to bed and saw flickers of light and rumblings of thunder. For the record, Katelyn is DEATHLY afraid of bad weather! Before I could get to her, she was over to our side of the house! So, again, we try to drift off to sleep and Chad's alarm goes off (3:45 a.m.). By this time it is really storming and Emily has made her way over. So, bed full, Chad buzzing around, 4 AM!!!! I am not an early morning person. After tossing and turning for another hour; I fell asleep at 5 a.m.; only for my alarm to go off at 5:15!!! So, I am very tired and looking forward to hitting that pillow tonight! Until then, I will make the most of this day I have been given and pray for large doses of patience at 3 p.m. when I pick up two VERY tired little girls.

Been to the 80's and back!

Well, we went to Baton Rouge this weekend for my brother's 40th birthday party. It was a surprise AND an 80's theme!!! I cannot even begin to explain how much fun was had by all! It's funny how after traveling down there on Friday afternoon and then "transforming" to our 80's selves, we started actually going back and thinking we were 16 again!!! It was awesome. Great to have my entire family there; great to see all the costumes everyone wore; great to see the HUGE smile on my parents' faces because all of their children were in one place having the time of their lives; great to know that I will have these wonderful memories of fun and love. Happy 40th Birthday Let; glad you had one so we could live it up!

I want to pout!

Yes, today is a day of pouting. Don't know why (well, there is a list of things), but just a crummy day (and it's only 9:00AM). It will get better. KK had 2 1/2 hours worth of homework last night. . . Chad got up at 4AM to go to work and I couldn't drift back to sleep. . .we were later than usual for school and work. . . I have state surveyors at my work so everyone is DOWN MY THROAT. . . I have a list of things to do before Friday. . . .I could keep going. But, I think back to what I told KK yesterday when she was in tears about her homework.....at least we are healthy, happy, have a roof over our heads and love each other. We are very fortunate and if all we have to deal with are the little things, then we should be thankful. I told her this morning how crummy I was feeling and then thought of what I had told her yesterday and it's like a light bulb came on in both our heads! I realized that I must practice what I preach. . . and she realized that my own words had come back to bite me in the rear!!!! Of course, Em sat in the back with the peaceful little smile on her face thinking "thank goodness none of this concerns me"! Gotta love life when you put it in perspective.

I am gonna do better!

Alright, I am going to do better. That is all I am going to say about posting. Obviously the holidays have been a whirlwind of fun and very busy. I took the week off between Christmas and New Year and man we had a blast. Some days we didn't even get out of our pajamas! And we went to Baton Rouge to visit my brother, his awesome wife, and their two kids. My kids were thrilled and Chad and I had a blast too. It is all fun there and no sleep. Great memories and lots of fun! Here is a picture of my girlies-they are Chad and my whole world. I thank God every day for giving us these children to raise and love. This is a picture of us at the LSU game in October-definitely shows how silly they are and unbelievably cute!!! I guess you see Fudgie always makes it in the picture somehow!

Where Have I Been?

I realized today that I haven't written on here since November! Well then, I guess it goes without saying that I have been extremely busy and going non-stop (like the rest of the world!). We have been getting ready for Christmas with plays, recitals, slumber parties, school parties, lights and fireworks in Natchitoches. You name it, we've done it. And now it is almost Christmas Day! I am very thankful for the many blessings Chad and I have and want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. Take the time to be with family and actually ENJOY your time together. So often we get together, thinking where do we have to go next? Sit back, relax, take in the sights and smells. You will not have another Christmas 2008!