yuck

thats me... snotty... some would say in every sense of the word :)

I've been sick since last Thursday but I'm toughing it out. We went to the hoedown last night at the burnetts... really glad I went! I miss everyone so much. I joked with Matthew on the way home about next time we go to church someone's going to think we're new! lol... there were a lot of new faces at the event.

tonight we're just visiting with family. I'm not much into the whole door to door trick or treating stuff.

well better go... gotta get ready.

nothing

not a whole lot happening today... I'm still feeling pretty icky. Matthew is home from work but has crashed... Jessica is watching Darcy while I cook soup.

Last night Matt and I went to our old house to do a little straighten up and get a few more things we left. We have a showing tomorrow and one again on Tuesday. We have our computer but its not hooked up yet... they didn't bring the desk/table. Maybe we'll get it up tomorrow... who knows!

whatcha think??

okay... so I'm starting to wonder if I just look for things to complain about concerning my MIL or do I really have good reason.

I'm annoyed b/c she just ordered pizza without asking anyone what they wanted on it... she ordered one large pepperoni and one large bacon with bell peppers... hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

am i being silly?

10 Random things about ME!

Okay... this is for you Jamie

1. I'm 26 yrs old and have 4 kids... one I had at age 15!

2. I like to eat a raw egg and soy sauce over rice.

3. I've only read 4 entire books... Where the Heart Is, Ethan Frome, The Bell Jar and some story about Tammy Trent (if you count Dr. Seuss I could count more)

4. I've eaten lunch with the Allison and Earnhart families at Talladega.

5. I peed in the snow once (I also peed behind a tree in Joe Tucker park at 9 months pregnant with Darcy)

6. I've had the same phone # since I was in the 4th grade.

7. Believe it or Not... I was in both the Chess Club and Scholars Bowl in Highschool.... I really wanted to be in Student Councel but they'd never let me in.

8. I was voted Class Clown my Senior year.

9. I slept with my parents until I was 12 yrs old.

10. I get spooked easily.

Halloween

Jessica is dressing up as a young japanesse girl... she has a komono (sp) and Darcy is going to be a catapillar... i'll post pics.

I'm sick today :( I need some pitty! My ears and throat hurt.

Matthew gets home at 3 today :)

BTW... we found Darcy some shoes yesterday... for all you moms out there... forget Stride Rite... Hibbetts was lots cheaper!!!!!!!! She hated the woman messing with her feet... but we finally got them on her and she wore them out of the store... but still didn't like em.

I love the telephone!

We have our phone back!!! Same number!!! It was officially working last night around 5:30pm!!!! I'm so stinkin happy to have it back. Now I've gotta get my computer over here... poor hubby's been so tired he hasn't felt like doing anything when he comes home. Maybe he'll feel like it tonight.

well i've gotta go back downstairs and straighten up before Darcy wakes up. I'm supposed to go to Old Navy today with my sister after school. We're looking for a halloween costum for Darcy and some more long sleeve shirts for Jessica.

I'm here I'm here... back off

I'm waiting for the bellsouth guy to put in our phone line... he's supposed to be here between 12 and 5 today!!!! YIPPEE! We'll probably get our computer tonight... I haven't been able to use the one upstairs a lot... We could have already have brought ours here but I was waiting so I could get the junk off of AOL that i've saved but after today i'll not have a phone line at the old house to dial up from... oh well. I'm looking forward to catching up on everyone's blog... its been a while since I've read anyone's! I just come up quick enough to read my email and reply.

Yesterday Darcy and I had lunch with Mrs. B, amy, mrs. b's mom and sister at the Olive Garden... afterwards Darcy and I headed over to the mall to buy some much needed winter stuff for her and Jessica. Poor Jessica.... she's growing so fast... all of her long sleeve stuff from last year looks like belly shirts!

Darcy wore shoes for the first time yesterday... she refused to walk or stand up! but she looked so precious... she had on blue jeans and mary janes... the shoes were actually some of jessica's old ones... sorry...no pics... i gotta find my camera.

Whats everyone doing for Halloween???? We're going to the burnetts for a hoe down :) Looking forward to going... haven't seen cori in YEARS!!!! jk! The only one that has a costum is jessica... couldn't find one for Darcy yesterday... maybe i'll look again another day.

Oh... btw... darcy says HEY! to everyone!!!!! she's also walking (well when she's not wearing shoes anyway)

i'm alive and well

sorry for the silence

we moved in last saturday night and sunday... i haven't gotten my computer set up yet... but hope to do so soon... our phone will be transferred on Oct 26th between 12 and 5pm. Matt is still working 7 days a week!!!!

So far things here are fine... no stress. Jessica is thrilled about her new room... its a 14 x 14!!!!!! darcy has adjusted fine as well.

We've had some showings at the house (with stuff everywhere b/c of the move) but no offers yet. But I am not worried... i know God is in control.

I haven't been online since last saturday!!!!!!! WHOA! I've gotta go home and get my notebook that has all my computer junk in it (email address, websites, passwords all that junk) so I can function.

I've not felt so good this week but its nothing to be concerned with... just really tired (and climbing stairs doesn't help). I've had tummy aches some (more like gas pains lol) and headaches. I went to the doctor (alone) on monday and heard both heartbeats... one was 147 and the other was 151. I have only gained 4lbs!!!! Doctor seemed fine with the weight. I have my ultrasound on Nov 15th... we're going to find out their sexes but haven't decided if we're going to tell anyone else.

Tonight I'm supposed to go with my parents and jessica to the UAB/Southern Miss football game... my cousin is a dancer for Southern Miss... we're hoping to see her. Matt's going chill out tonight... i'm arranging for his parents to keep darcy so he can relax... he hasn't had any alone time in MONTHS!!! Poor Guy!

I can't think of anything else to mention... My cell phone barely picks up downstairs but you can still call me if you wanna. We have a land line downstairs (the brocks number) but the line is messed up and you can't hear clearly.

Oh... What did you think about Amazing Race???? I was very disappointed in the other teams compassion for the Florida team as they went to the race track... mainly the louisanna team... and i was glad to see them go!!! Now the only team left that I dislike is the New Jersey team... hope they go next... after them it will be hard to wish the next team off. Well... wait... i don't like the desperate housewives either... the old sisters... yeah... they get on my nerves too.

Football Saturday

I've been watching the Alabama/Ole Miss game... Florida is up next against LSU... should be an interesting game.

We're all set to move into the basement... i just don't have any help. Matthew should be home around 3:15... he's debating whether or not to take off tomorrow. I haven't really packed much b/c I never know if we're 'really' moving or not. Alot of our stuff is already over there. I don't think it will take much. I do think that we're going to have to put more stuff in storage than we had originally planned. We have A LOT of closet space here... we have none over there. Jessica and Darcy both have closets in there room but Matthew and I will not have a place to hang our clothes... we're going to have to invest in one of those closets on wheels. It will do the job. We did move our dresser over there last night... i should have been over there today putting our clothes up... most of our clothes have also been over there for some time now. We did unpack all of our -MATTS- books last night and our DVD's. Its going to be a slow process with Matt working all these crazy hours.

We had a showing yesterday... first one in almost 2 weeks... i was getting nervous but my realtor assured me that its okay... that we just started off with a big bang and thought that was normal so when it slacked off we thought the worst. Anyways... so the house is clean!! Jessica went to the beach with my mom and sister this weekend... it was very last minute. And Darcy is asleep... so i'm all alone.

I'm making MEXICAN SOUP FOR SUPPER!!!!!!!! Yummy!

well... better go... have a good weekend everyone :)

Oh what a day!

FROM HELL!!!! Nah... maybe i'm overreacting a little bit :) I woke up in the middle of the night with a migraine but didn't feel like getting up to take something for it. This morning when I woke up I got really icky feeling and ended up laying back down. I managed to crawl out of bed around 10am.

I've been trying to figure out all this insurance junk... its reenrollment time and we realized after having Darcy that we needed to invest in some good insurance. Some of that junk just doesn't make sense!!!!! The whole time I was trying to read through all the junk Darcy was screaming her head off! I had her in the play pen b/c i couldn't keep up with her and read the info at the same time. I finally had to leave the room.

I stepped down from Celebrate Recovery today. I felt really horrible about it b/c i felt like I was letting a lot of people down... and a very good friend. But she seemed to understand and that made it easier. I will continue to pray for 'my girls' daily and I'll go when i can but I know with all thats going on right now it would be hard for me to be there (both physically and mentally) every Thursday night. God is really moving there... please pray that God would send more leaders and mentors to CR. The time that I've spent there has really opened my eyes to a lot of things I might have brushed off without having been a part of it. Addiction is real and its more than drugs and alcohol... and for a lot of folks its not a choice anymore. I thank God for allowing me to be a part of such a wonderful program. I've learned a lot from my girls.

Okay... okay... i gotta stop or i'll burst into tears again.

wanna hear something funny... when i think about pickles... my mouth starts to water! REALLY!

tonight we're going to be packing up and moving stuff over to the brocks. pray things go smoothly.

whew

last night Jessica had a football game down around Prattville... my dad and i went together... we had a nice little chat on the way down... and back. They lost... 32-0 yikes!!!

i haven't taken a headache pill since yesterday morning... I had a headache last night but wanted to wait it out. I'd rather not take medicine if i don't have too.

Today has been okay... really tired... more so than usual. I've tried to straighten up some but a lot still needs to be done. I tried to figure out a place to have Darcy's b'day party. I've looked into Chuck E Cheeses, Pump it Up and My Gym... by far Chuck E Cheeses is the least expensive... but still costing $90! Pump it Up - $225 and My Gym - $240... maybe when she gets older I'll do one of the other two... but it looks like we're going with Chuck E Cheeses... unless you have any other ideas. Our house is out of the question... we're hoping to move into the Brock's this weekend... not sure how smoothly that will go. I def. don't plan on being here Nov. 16th.

Amazing Race was great last night! I can't wait till next weeks episode... poor weaver family.

Doritos... yummy

thats what i'm eating right now!! just finished a pickle.

The prescription the doctor called in is propoxyphene... so far it has helped. I took one just before dinner b/c i had a little headache... the bottle says don't wait until its too bad... so i didn't and it really helped.

i'm kinda bored... i think i'll go to bed. i just wrote the longest email ever to Denise but jessica was on the phone and I couldn't send it so i minimized the screen... well matthew deleted it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG! I was really mad but held it in. so Denise... you're not getting a email... it was a really long one too!!!!! I'll make it up to you :)

night night for now!

Weekend Recap

Lets see...

Friday... Heather and Michael arrived in town early friday morning (4am)! Me and the girls went over to the brocks sometime after lunch to visit. We all (me, heather, michael, matthew and amy) had decided to see a movie at the cheap theater. So I went home to wait on Matthew and get ready but I started to get a headache. After matthew got home we had some time to kill before the movies... during that time my headache grew into a migrane. We ended up backing out of the movies... a little while later they called and asked if we minded if they brought one back over here... i thought it was a great idea! So we ended watching... um... mind hunters??? It was good. Michael and Heather ended up sleeping in Jessica's room.

Jessica had a slumber party Friday night followed by an ice skating party saturday morning.

Saturday... we slept in late... well heather, darcy and myself did... michael had actually woken up several hours earlier and walked home... silly kid. Saturday was a lazy day.

Saturday night... We had dinner (at 4:30pm) with the Brock family at the Crackerbarral.... then we went on our ghost hunt. We first attempted to find the cave behind the amen corner but b/c everything was so grown up we turned back. Then we headed towards the campus of Montevallo... we roamed around for a little while but found nothing. After Montevallo we went to Brierfield... nothing there either except a bunch of campers. we were going to call Jayson and Cori but it was kinda late and we didn't want to wake up the whole house. We ended up back at our house to watch some movie 'based on a true story'... it was about ghost hunters that were investigating a hunted house. Kinda cool actually.

Sunday morning... Matthew took off work!!!!!!!!! We slept in! The girls had stayed Saturday night with my parents. I cooked chicken casserole for lunch and Michael and Heather came over. Matt's great aunt Helen came up for a little while so we had to make an appearance at the brock house. That night Heather and Michael hung out with Mitchell and Jenn... Matt and I rented ANOTHER movie... fever pitch... cute movie!!!!!

Today is Monday... Heather and Michael are on their way home :( They came by for a little while to say good bye. I miss em already! He's going into another training session around the 17th (????) and will be on lock down for 24 days... poor heather. Maybe she'll come back down... but i doubt it.

Oh BTW I called my doctor's office this morning... they phoned in a prescription for me for my headaches... i'll pick it up after i get jessica. hope it works!

who ya gonna call??? GHOSTBUSTERS!

its hard to come up with witty little titles for my blog entry.... does anyone else have this problem???

Well, Heather and Michael are in town... yippee!! We're supposed to go ghost hunting tomorrow night but i'm thinking about chickening out... i mean what IF we really did see a ghost??? what would happen??? How would we react? it would scar me for life!!!!! I just don't think i'm ready for that. Last night before I went to bed I was reading some ghost stories online... true ones from all over alabama. I found some pretty funky ones. When I went to bed I couldn't sleep!! then I started seeing things... or so I thought... one site I was reading on said that sometimes you see things b/c you want to see things... I guess after reading all that junk I was thinking I was seeing things... I was so stuck to matthew last night... i'm sure he was thinking... okay honey.. i like to cuddle but this is overboard. LOL! I kept waking up and would freak out. I prayed like a zillion times. Ya know i just don't think I wanna open myself up to things like 'that'... when I was in MC's we had a class on spiritual warfare... it was spooky.

We're supposed to go to Bryce Mental Hospital in Tuscaloosa.

whats your thoughts on ghost?

Blah

That's what I've been feeling like lately. I seem to keep a headache... yes i've taken something for it... yes i've called the doctor... its normal. They said if it got unbearable then to come in on friday for some real drugs. Sometimes I wake up with headaches (i did this morning)... sometimes they just pop up... sometimes they fade away but show up again later! I'm not used to having headaches... up until recently I could count the number of times i've taken something for a headache this year. I'm trying not to be a complainer... I'm having a pitty party for myself. I used to have a break on the weekends... but with Matthew working SEVEN DAYS A WEEK I'm so stinkin tired! He's really good at coming home and taking over.

I finally went to the grocery store yesterday!!!!!!! We have food in the house again! I had been putting it off b/c I wasn't sure how much longer we'd be here... and there for a while we were eating at the Brock's house every night. We ate there last night... afterwards we were able to get some more stuff done downstairs. Its been slow moving over there... only b/c his dad has been over here painting, staining and doing yard work. I'm truely grateful for all he's done but of course i'd like to have my cake and eat it too... meaning have both houses ready!

i had a blueberry bagel with creme cheese for breakfast... yummy!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing Race

did you watch it????? Man I was so hoping to see the obnoxious family leave last night. I was hopeful all the way till they reached the platform... I kept thinking "maybe the mom will fall!"... i know i know... thats bad. But can you imagine what's going to happen with they do get eliminated.... its gonna be a stinkin jerry springer episode!

Although the dad from the other team did make me mad. He really needed to own up to his mistakes... it was soo his fault. But in the end he gave his spill about teaching his son not to blame others... whatever!

I love the weavers! Who do you want to be voted off next????? who do you think will actually be the ones to go????

Traitor

Well I got called a traitor b/c I had updated my xanga but not my blog. I guess I've lost my zeal b/c now I never know who's reading this thing. I wish it could go back to the way it was... when I could vent and not worry about who's snooping around on my blog!

I've been caught up in the xanga world... reading everyone's junk. Some people really never change. I'm really glad I'm not caught up in the stuff anymore. Master's Commission is so over rated! It didn't always be that way. Its just gotten worse with the larger groups. Yeah i know... if it were smaller then they couldn't do all those drama's and assemblies... well i think they need to focus more on making an impact on their students and not on how many services they can do in one week. I'm sure I'm going to offend some people by saying that but its the truth in most cases.

What's your opinion on Master's? Some of you may have not of been in the program but you can see the results... both negative and positive. And those of you that has gone through it... what are your thoughts? Don't get me wrong... I'm glad I went through it... I just wish things would have been different.... some things are my fault and some aren't.

Jessica, Grandmaw and Darcy... Grandmaw's 83? b'day 

SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT

But sorry... its all top secret! hahahahaha

had some drama yesterday.... go figure. i'd blog about it but its (SHE) isn't worth my time!