The Fair!

We had a blast.
The kids had a great time. They didn't last long b/c we got there later than we would have liked and they were tired.
They rode some rides. There was a lot for the boys. Darcy rode everything she could. She loved it!
Thanks Papa D and CC for our first trip to the fair!

more pics

the newlyweds



Jeremiah

Darcy and Jacob (jacob didn't make it all the way through this ride... he wouldn't stay seated)

Oh what fun!

Daddy and Jacob


Mommy and Daddy


Matt (jessica's bf) and Me!


Jessica and Stephanie

Cruisin!

Jeremiah scared me to death when he tried to stand up during the ride!

rides, rides and more rides!

Darcy loved this run away train ride... I thought she'd be scared but she wasn't!
(we don't know the other little girl)

Mommy and Jacob... by this point we couldn't get Jeremiah to put his ball down to ride anything!

LIke a kid again!

The little ones didn't last long and rather than making Jessica leave I stayed with her while Matthew and his parents took the little ones home. They were tired. After they left I hung out with Jessica and her friends. We actually had fun. I rode all the rides with them. It was fun.

Here's Jessica with her BF Matt


On the swings

This was actually taken DURING the ride.
Me & Stephanie... jessica's friend.
If it weren't for me she would have had to ride along!

I would have rode this with them but they didn't wait on me!

Waiting on Jessica

Some afternoons we wait on Jessica to get out of volleyball... it keeps me from loading and unloading 2x.
We sings songs, act silly and dance.... whatever keeps them occupied!

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Backyard fun

Good Times

Jacob



Jeremiah... he's still holding onto his roll from dinner!

Frisbie fun

Jeremiah cutting the grass with his pants falling off!

My babies!

Jacob, Jeremiah and Darcy

Good Ole Fashion FUN

I'm really excited... like a big ole kid excited! We're going to the County Fair! We're waiting on Matthew's folks to get here. We're taking our wagon. We also bought leashes for the boys... like Darcy's monkey backback but theirs are puppies. I'll take lots of pictures!

BTW... I just called to check on Chanaan and he's 100% better! Nobody knows what happened to him but he's back to himself today! Thanks for praying!

Update and more prayers needed

I went... I did okay. I bombed on the math part. I have to take the LOWEST math available! LOL Math 090. Which I okay with b/c math has always been my hardest subject but now that I'm older and wiser I feel like I can actually learn it. I scored in the 80's on my reading and writing... very impressed with myself. I'll start in January. I'm still waiting to hear about the financial aid.

Thanks for the prayers but now I need more prayers... not for me but for a little boy in Darcy's class.

His name is Chanaan (pronounced Canaan). He's actually Darcy's "boyfriend" and his family is pretty close with ours. His grandfather is our Pastor. Anyways... Yesterday he was running a really high fever... 105. They took him to Children's. His white blood cells (?) count was in the 1700's and they did all sorts of test but they can't find whats causing it. They let him go around midnight and told him to follow up with his pediatrician. This morning the pediatrician sent him back to Children's b/c he's gotten worse. He's on IV's b/c he's dehydrated. Please pray for this little boy. His parents are Todd and Christa (she's my 31 purse lady). I'll update when I know something different.

Pray for me

In just a minute I will be leaving my house and heading to Jeff State. I have to take a placement test today to see where I need to begin. I'm very nervous... I graduated highschool in 97 and haven't done anything since then as far as education. I'll meet with an advisor after my test. Pray pray and don't stop praying!!!!

random things

I just watched the 102 minutes that was about 9/11. I was glued to the TV and I held my breath most of the time. It was hard to watch and hard to hear others as they were going through it live.

I'm still working out at the gym. I started on 9/4. I'm very proud of myself for sticking with it. Tomorrow is my weight in. Nothing special its just that I started weighting myself on Friday mornings and I'm trying to be consistent. Its just me and the scales.

Matthew's still working weird hours. I try not to complain b/c I know this overtime money will come in handy... esp since christmas is sooooo close! Darcy's b'day is in November too.

Tonight I'm getting my hair cut... first time in several months! I forgot that tonight was Survivor but I'm going to TVO it. I watched several episodes of Jon & Kate plus 8 last night... speaking of those guys... they're going to be at the Southern Women Show... I'm hoping to go but I'm not sure who I can drag off with me. My mom hates that sort of stuff. I aslo love going to the Christmas Village. Oh I love this time of year!!!!

We're taking the kids to the fair Saturday night... I'm looking forward to a funnel cake! LOL I remember going to the fair as a child. I also remember witnessing someone being stabbed within just a few feet from me. I wasn't sure what was going on at that time but quickly realized. I think I was anywhere between 8 and 10. My Aunt Bev and Uncle took me that year. It was my last year to ever go.

***maybe i should clear this fair business up***
the fair I went to as a kid was downtown... in the bad section. the one i'm taking my kids too is the county fair... good ole country folk!

Still kicking

I'm here... still here. I've been busy... but not really busy. Matthew was off this weekend but I can't remember what we did... I think we just relaxed!

Saturday morning I had a Mary Kay meeting and Saturday afternoon I watched Florida beat Tennessee. Saturday night we went to our friends house to play cards. Mr B came and hung out with the little ones. They made mini cupcakes... thousands of them! Okay so not thousands but definitely at least a hundred! More than we need! LOL

Sunday we went to church and I took a long nap that afternoon and woke up in time to head back to church.

After church we stayed up and watched the Nanny Diaries... cute movie.

I'm hoping to go Friday to Jeff State to take the placement test... i'm a little nervous but I can do it!!!

Saturday night we're taking the kids to the county fair.

I'n still going to the gym every morning.

Fire alarm is going off... Matthew is burning supper... gotta run!

I WAS DRUNK!

Not really but thats what I felt like this morning. Let me explain... I was dreaming this morning and in my dream the room started spinning. I woke up and I was laying there and the room was spinning!! I laid there for a minute and then I knew I had to get up. I got up and it was still spinning. I managed to get down stairs. I walked into the wall one time. I kept thinking it was ease up but it wouldn't. I can only describe it as feeling like I was drunk. Or like on a boat or something. I wasn't naeseous at all. I just felt wobbly. It was really weird. I actually called someone to pick up the girls b/c I knew I couldn't drive that way. It lasted for about an hour. I called a few people to ask them what was going on and I kept getting told it might be my inner ear. So I finally went to the doctor.... thanks to my FIL who came to watch the boys.

By the time I'd gotten to the doctor I wasn't feeling it anymore. I wasn't feeling myself but I wasn't spinning anymore. My blood pressure was up... mine is normally around 110/68 or so but today it was 143/74. He said that could just be b/c I was freaked out about the spinning junk. He checked my ears and nothing. He did several neurology test but said it wasn't that either. He said it might be _____ (i can't remember what he called it) but he said he wasn't really even comfortable saying it was it.

I mentioned to him that I had recently started working out but he said he didn't think that had anything to do with it either. I also mentioned my past heart issues. He said it wasn't that either but he was real interested in my heart issues. I told him my diagnosis and he was familiar with that. He said he was going into cardiology but went through a divorce and stopped. I told him I'd seen 2 different specialist and both said they'd do something about it but they never did. He ended up making me go up the stairs and then listened to my heart and he heard the skipped beat. He also did and EKG and it came back with some abnormalites too. He had me sign over my release papers for the heart doctors to send my stuff. He's going to check into it and find something for me. I was very excited about this b/c like I said... the other doctors kept telling me what they were going to do but everytime I'd follow up with them they'd just put it off.

No I didn't get the answer for what was wrong this morning but I'm pleased about the heart part. He did give me something to take if I were to have my dizzy spell again.

Needless to say with all that drama I didn't make it to the gym this morning and I was very disappointed. BUT.. Matthew came home early so I was able to go this afternoon. I set a new record for myself. I walked 3 miles in 1 hour. I was really proud of myself. I watched Ellen and Extra to get myself through it!

I did weight myself this afternoon... I normally weight on Friday MORNINGS. According to the scales I've only lost half a pound but I'm not sure thats right since it wasn't my usual weight in time.

nuttin

thats what i got to say... nuttin.
i'm bored... but not really bored. tired... definitely tired. i'm going to a purse party tonight at my moms. wonder if i can hit anyone up to buy some marykay :) you have to do that sort of stuff tackfully... since it aint my party ya know.

matthew worked 80 hours last week and this week he's not too far under that. pray for him. i believe after this job is finished... any day now... he'll be running small jobs. big step. pray for him though.

things are good here. i feel like we're all going in different directions.

there's some things going on in our lives that i'm not comfortable giving the details here but i'm thankful that God is in control. he provides all our needs... and sometimes he uses other people to do his work. i'm thankful for those people allowing God to use them.

kids are fine. growing. fighting. crying. learning to share. jessica is fine too. she really seems to be liking her new school and we know we made the right decision... its confirmed over and over again.

thanks for all the support you guys have shown me with my newest adventure. you guys are the best!

I'm NOT

going crazy

leaving on a jet plane

2 lbs lighter... well i might be

the winner of the publisher clearing house (although my dad is a sucker for that)

going to represent aliens for a experiment

pregnant

I have enrolled in Jeff State Community College and my plans are to enroll into their nursing school. I'm a little nervous about this new chapter in my life but I know I can do it. I don't have a lot of support from my folks but a lot of other people have given me words of encouragment. I know its going to be tough... tough on my kids and my hubby but its worth it. We're going to be making sacrifices now so that later we can live a little easier. 2 incomes is always better than one. I've always been interested in nursing but didn't have a lot of faith in myself. I've done a lot of things lately that I never would have thought I could do.... going to the gym for 2 weeks straight is one of them! LOL

I've been accepted. I'm waiting to hear back from their financial office to see exactly how much they're going to help me out. I have to go and take their placement test soon. I will start in January. Wish me luck! Its going to take me longer than what the course is set up to be but thats okay. I have to pace myself so I don't get overwhelmed or burnt out. I plan on taking classes at the Jeff State Clanton campus. I'll do night and weekend classes.

Matthew and I would love to have more kids. Its something we both feel strongly about but when you start thinking of all the things babies/toddlers/teenages need we know that we cannot provide all that is needed. Maybe after nursing school... who knows. By then my boys will be ready to start kindergarten and I may have outgrown my need to have 7 children (seven seriously) but we'll see.

Thanks for playing along with my silly game. It was fun to read everyone's answers.

well....

Anyone else wanna get in on the guessing game????

Its official

I'm......

fill in the blank!

lets have some fun here ladies and gentlemen!

Frustrating!

I am so disappointed with my cell phone. Well its actually Matthew's. I may have blogged about my last ordeal with getting the insurance to cover it. I bought it at a Planet Cellular... have been in the business I should have known NOT to buy it there. You need to go to the Authorized store. The guy totally mislead me with the insurance policy. The first time I had his phone replaced it took several days to get this 'worked' out. Today I called and it turns out that my deductable went from $35 to $50! And his insurance will be canceled now. You can only have the phone replaced 2x. THEY NEVER TOLD US THAT BEFORE! I had no idea the deductable was going to go up and was actually told that there was NO LIMIT on how many times I could get the phone replaced! But I'm screwed and nobody can help me. No matter how long I scream this time around its done. I'm very displeased and will probably be shopping around for a new service soon. So who do you have and why do you like em?

Coach Nicole

My daughters Volleyball coach had a death in her family so she asked me to help her husband coach at the girls tournament yesterday. I was thrilled at first but then on the way to the tournament I got nervous... really nervous. But I called Super Coach Jamie and she calmed my nerves.

The girls played really well. They won their first 2 games (first they've won all season!). Then against Jen's team they won 1 and lost 1. They were actually 1st in their pool. Due to a slight miscalculation the girls played a game too early. They were suppose to advance to the semifinals but someone figured the points wrong and we played the round before that and lost. But didn't lose bad. We left after that. Now I wish we would have stayed.... Jessica was voted All Tournament and got a trophy.

All Tournament = all the coaches get to list up to 10 players they think played well throughout the tournament. She was voted one of those!!! She doesn't know she was voted All Tournament yet... she spent the night with a friend afterwards.

The girls were really excited about how well they did yesterday. I don't know how much 'coaching' I did but I encouraged a lot. I can't wait to tell our real Coach how well they did.


PS. The littles ones are all sicky... green snot and all!

Weight In

I weighted myself last Friday... I weighted 211lbs. Monday I weighted myself against my better judgement and I was 214... ready to cry! I haven't been on the scales since Monday... until this morning! I weighted 209lbs! So did I loose 2lbs or 5lbs? Either way I'm still happy!

Go Me! and then some

Today is my ONE WEEK anniversary. I've gone to the gym everyday since last Thursday... except Tuesday. BUT I went TWICE on Monday once in the morning and once that evening.... so does that makeup for missing Tuesday? I'm very proud of myself. Tomorrow is my one week weight in. I'm hoping to have lost 2lbs but I'm a little nervous.

My hubby has been working LOOOONG hours for days now. Last night he didn't get off until 11:30pm. And had to be back at work at 6am. I'm ready to have my hubby home. Its tough having to do it all by yourself. Did I mention that Monday night I took ALL THE KIDS to the gym with me since hubby was at work? GO ME!

The girls are still loving their new school. Darcy has stayed a few times in aftercare and hasn't cried! The boys miss her. When we drop her off in the mornings they say "bye Arcy!" all the way home. And when she gets in the car in the afternoons they're very excited!

Well I'd better go check on the little ones. Thanks for all the feedback yesterday!!!!

Fired Up!

So it doesn't take much to get me fired up but one quick way is to say something about my kids! I just got back from the gym and I was a 'little' annoyed by the conversation I had with the daycare woman. I consider you guys my sounding board and I expect and appreciate your thoughts on the situation.

So where's what happened basically. I went to pick the boys up and the older lady (my first time to meet her) asked me if I taught my kids to say yes m'am and no m'am. I answered her with a 'yea' and she proceeded to tell me that those were the magic words in there and they couldn't get my boys to say yes m'am or no m'am. Quickly I get on the defense b/c I thinking who the heck is she and what are her intentions? I told her that I am just happy my boys speak to me and that I try and teach all my kids yes m'am and no m'am but I don't push it with them. Then she ask me how many kids I have. I answered FOUR. I then told her that my boys have a language delay and they have theraphy twice a month and I'm just happy they're talking more and I don't care if they say yes m'am or no m'am! She said "oh, I didn't know that" which I'm thinking what does that matter! You're the GYM DAYCARE WORKER!!!! This isn't preschool and what are her intentions by asking me if i TEACH my kids to say yes m'am and no m'am! THE MAGIC WORDS ARE PLEASE AND THANK YOU! AND MY KIDS SAY THOSE!!!!!! Yes m'am and no m'am is a southern thing!! and its none of her business!!!!!! okay so can you tell she ticked me off?? LOL

What are your thoughts? Am I being silly to let this bother me?

Yoga

Whoa... whodathunk!

I've watched a few videos... but never been to a real class.

It was different!

Different good.

No emptying my thoughts or thinking about my past lives.

She actually had praise and worship music playing with no words. It was nice. The lights were dim and we did some crazy stretches.

I must say I want to be a warrior but I can't do a warrior 3. I'm not a very good boat either. There were several things that I really liked b/c I could feel the relief in my back. But man, was it a workout!

Whoever had me thinking that it was simple should be shot!

Okay so nobody told me is was simple I just assumed! LOL I broke out into a sweat!

I had to keep reminded myself to breath!

Jessica had a hard time keeping her balance but I think she'll go back with me. She needs too b/c she's not very limber and I don't want her to pull a muscle playing sports. Plus its good mommy and daughter time. There was ONE young guy in there... maybe I can convince Matthew to go with us... the instructor did say I should bring him.

do you think he'll come? LOL not a chance!

BLAH

My head hurts.

The kids dumped then smashed frosted mini wheats in the floor while I was working.

Hubby worked 12 hours on Sat... He just called to tell me that he didn't know when he was leaving today.

Did I mention my head hurts?

I'm supposed to go to Yoga at 6:30... I might skip.

Chicken BBQ pizza sounds good tonight... LOL You think I'm kidding but I'm not!

****EDIT****
I ordered pizza in tonight. I got cheesesticks (2 for me) and a pep & mushroom pizza (2 slices for me). I know it wasn't the best thing in the world but it sure was effortless! LOL I could have ate more but I knew I needed to limit myself. I still have a headache and was considering skipping yoga tonight but Jessica came in the door pumped about going so I don't want to let her down. WE'RE GOING!

I want my own!

The other night while laying in bed Matthew and I were talking about having another baby. Darcy was in between us listening to every word. Here's a part of the conversation...

Darcy: I want a baby.
Matthew: What if mommy has a baby?
Darcy: I want a baby too!
Me: Well Darcy you can't have a baby yet.
Darcy: Why not?
Matthew: B/c you have to be married.
Me: But I can have a baby and it can be your baby brother or sister.
Darcy: But I want my OWN baby. You can have a baby and daddy can have a baby and I can have my own baby!!

We tried to explain to her the best we could but I think she was still upset that she couldn't have her OWN baby.


Oh and to add to Staci's list of things that can be heard in our house... today I told Jeremiah to take the tampon out of his mouth! LOL it wasn't used!! sickos

OMG!

Let me tell you how I feel today....

S

O

R

E

My tummy muscles hurt as I tried to get out of bed.

My legs burned going down the stairs.

My armpit muscles (whatever those are called) burned as I tightened the lid on the sippy cups.

My ribs hurt when I coughed.

My thighes shook when I sat down to pee.

Man I feel GREAT! LOL

I know whatever I did is working and I'm going to keep on pushing myself!

Laying it all out there

I went to the gym again this morning. I got there before my class so I walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes and did a mile and a half. Afterwards, I went to the toning class. I was already nice and sweaty before I walked in the class. I wasn't sure what sort of things we were going to be doing. I was told to get some small weights, heavy weights, body bar, excersize ball and a mat. I should have ran quickly for the door! LOL Nah, it wasn't that bad. I had never used an excersize ball before. The entire time I was scared to death that I was going to fall off of it! But I managed to stay on. I made it through the class. I may not have done everything but I tried to hang with em. I had to stop a few times and regroup and wipe the sweat off my face! I learned my strengths and weaknesses. I have NO stomach muscles! But I could stick with the arm excersizes. I am sore and tired!

~~~~ heard loud boom then screams... tried to RUN up stairs... my legs feel like noodles!!! everyone is okay... Jacob pulled the mattress off the bed ~~~~

After class I asked the teacher what was a good amount of weight I could loss a week. She said 2lbs. I weighted in this morning at 211!!!! She measured my body fat and I'm at 40.2%!! I've got to do something... my hubby didn't fall in love with a fat chick!

EDIT
that would be 34lbs lost by Christmas... thats my goal! It would put me at 177lbs. But I'd like to get down to around 145ish. that would be 66lbs needed to loose. I CAN DO IT!

I QUIT!

I've quit my pizza job. I loved it but it just wasn't worth it. I got paid MW and missed lots of nights with my family. I'm hoping that I can spend maybe 2 nights away from home a week working My Mary Kay business.

soooo who wants to have me over for a night of pampering????? c'mon pretty lady... you know I'm talking to you!

I did it

I did it

I did it

I did it

Hooray!

I went to the gym this morning and worked out!!!

I got the kids up... feed them breakfast... got them dressed... dropped off two at school and headed down to the gym!

My boys did well in the nursery. There were several other littles ones to play with.

I did the water aerobics class.

I was the youngest one in the class but I didn't mind.

It was great and I could feel it working!

My legs are a little sore now but I can't wait to go back!

Hold me to it!

I signed up at the gym today. Here's what I've got highlighted... aka the classes I'm going to attempt.

Mon AM: Hi/Low Abs (in the pool)
Mon PM: Yoga

Tues AM: Aqua Cardio & Tone (pool)
Tues PM: undecided... between Water Aerobics or Intervals

Wed AM: Basic Toning

Thurs AM: H20 Walk & Sculpt (pool)
Thurs PM: Undecided... between Cardio or Yoga

Fri AM: Toning

Sat AM: They have random classes I could do at 8:30... a nice way to get my Saturday's off and going!

I'm hoping to go every morning during the week. It will give my boys 2 hours in the morning to play with other kids. And I've been told theres lots of em!

Proud Mama Moment #568390

I watched Jessica's team play yesterday. They lost but that doesn't really matter... I mean it does b/c I want them to win but they have come such a long way. Jessica has really come a long way. She was one of the smallest girls on the team at KCS and her serves weren't always good. BUT this year she's not the smallest... she's shot up! Her serves are almost always good. She actually starts off serving. She's the setter... and a good one at that! I'm very proud of her. I know she wants to be a part of a winning team and one day they'll be a winning team. She made some really good plays yesterday that made everyone excited. I'm glad she's playing volleyball.

On a side note... the coach aka my bff asked me to help them warm up. I had to toss the ball to them while they bounced it back to me... whew! And after the game she told me that there's an adult league that plays in the spring and she's going to sign us both up! LOL I told her I didn't play VB in highschool that I only pretend I can play! I know what to do but I can't actually do it myself! I've tried - and Jessica has laughed her butt off at me! Can't ya just see me out there playing VB! HA!

Pet Peeve #542

I HATE... HATE... HATE...

hate it when I call for Customer Service and get someone who doesn't speak or understand ENGLISH!

Its like adding salt to a wound.

We're Home

Hubby and I went away for the weekend... we got back last night. We are tired! We had a great time! I'll post more later!