Do you have a New Years resolution ?

Here we are getting ready to start a brand new year and I am wondering how many people are making resolutions and what those resolutions are . Did you know that 95% of the people that make a new years resolution end up breaking them by the end of January ? They sure do ! It makes me wonder why year after year , people keep making those resolutions when they know they won't be kept .

My thing is that I can't sit and think about things or I will never get it accomplished . If there is something I am wanting to do I try to ease myself into it . For instance , in the spring I told myself that I was going to quit smoking and that was that ! But I didn't ease myself into it , I kept thinking " I have to quit , I have to quit" and I ended up smoking more than double my usual amount , so now I have cut down more than ever before and my key is that I don't think about it . Instead I think about the taste of a cigarette or the smell it leaves on my clothes . I don't smoke in the house either , that would kill me because , believe it or not , I can't stand the smell of cigarettes . The kids are always telling me I need to quit and that bothers me so I am really getting it accomplished this time . I smoke the short cigarettes and I can't smoke a full one anymore , which is a huge accomplishment for me . I also want to loose weight but I am not going to drill it into my brain or do the "don't eat that it has x amount of carbs or x grams of fat " chant or I will go the opposite way , instead I will find more time to go walking and buy healthier foods .

So , have you made a New Years resolution and if so , what is it and have you been successful with previous resolutions ? My curious little mind just wants to know . :) If I was going to make a resolution this year , it would be that I would be a better person to any and all . I am not a bad person , mind you , but every single one of us can use some improving . Have a good day !

Happy New Years !!!

so on with life we go ...

I still haven't found my cluster that came off of my wedding band but I went the next day and ordered another ring set . My old ring is 1 and a 1/2 ct diamond cluster and I have always thought that was a bit much but it is what Mr. Breazy wanted me to wear so this time I bought something much smaller but to me it is just as pretty . It is three rings combined with a small cluster on one and then one that has diamonds in the band that wraps around the cluster , then a tiny plain band that sits with them . I will have my new ring in about three weeks because they sent it off for sizing and to sauter all three together . Other than that life is going great !

I got all of my christmas decorations taken down and put away today . This is the first time I have had a spare day to take everything down and then I had to rearrange the furniture in living room . My christmas tree is huge and I always have to rearrange the furniture because I want the tree in front of our big front window . Normally I take all of my christmas decorations down the day after christmas but this year I have had way too much to do . Anywyays , all is well here in my corner of the woods , how is it where you are ?

OMG!!!!! This isn't happening ...

I seem to have had a big , black cloud of bad luck hanging over my head the past two weeks and after this weekend I thought " ok , maybe it is gone now since nothing has happened in a day or two" . Oh how wrong I was ! Mr. Breazy and I went this evening with some friends of ours and then we picked the kids up from my moms house . When we got home I was fluttering around the house doing what moms normally do like hanging clean laundry , cleaning the bathroom counters and etc.. well Mr . Breazy and I ended up bumping in to each other as I was straightening our room up when I just happened to look down at my left hand , actually I was looking at my ring finger where my wedding ring normally sits all pretty and whole . All of the sudden I scream "oh God no" ! Mr. Breazy is like what and I showed him my ring and I told him to please tell me my whole cluster isn't missing . All he said was " calm down and we will look for it okay " . I was freaking out ! We have turned our house upside down and put it back together looking for the cluster but it is no where to be found as of yet .

I can't believe this has happened and I am really hoping that I lost the cluster here at home because if not then somebody is going to be really happy because they will have a 1ct. diamond cluster in their hands . I am so pissed about this . Three years ago we decided that we wanted new wedding bands because both of ours was old and scratched . Two years ago we surprised each other at christmas with a new wedding band and from day one I told Mr. Breazy that my ring was too big . I was afraid I would bump it on something and mess it up or rip my finger off . Now I don't have to worry about it because it is gone . I still have the band that the cluster was attached to but the rest is gone . If I can't find my cluster then I am going to inquire the cost of having another put on the band , if not then I will have a new set . I hate this but in the end I have to just laugh it off or else I would sit down and cry because this ring means alot to me . Anyways, y'all cross your fingers for me that I find my cluster and if you see me out and about send me a smile or two ! :) :)

whew.. we survived it ...

Even though Christmas is my favorite time of year , I have to say that I am glad to see that it is over with this year . It seems as if December just passed right by me while I wasn't looking . I am glad to have this week to get some much needed R&R . I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed their time with the family . Anyways , it is almost time to get back to the everyday grind of things . My kids are out of school until January 3 so we still have a bit to go before we are back to normal . I have a couple of free days this week and I think I will walk around all day in my pj's with my hair standing on end . Anyways, today is not one of my free days so I better get busy ! Y'all have a good day !

thank you's and a shitty week ..

Hey all ! I have some time on my hands this morning and I wanted to let you all know that I really appreiciate all of your kind words , thoughts and poems . This has not been my week and believe me I won't be forgetting it anytime soon . Here is how things have went down for my family this week :

Monday : my grandmother passed away , I am sad but at the same time I know she is no longer suffering which does help a bunch .
The starter on my hubbys work van went out and he is in the middle of three huge jobs and is just now finding time to replace the starter .

Tuesday : my son and daughter woke up with this horrid stomach virus that Geektress had over the weekend . My son stayed in bed all day yesterday and just got out of bed around 10:30 this morning . My hubby called around noon and he had the virus . I had to leave my aunts early because I ended up with the virus . Every one in my family was in bed by 6 last night .

Wednesday : we all woke up feeling better today except for being sore all over . We had no water this morning . Thinking that our water had frozen but the water company called and they are fixing a leak and we won't have water for over half the day . My hubby is replacing the starter on his van so everything is coming together . We are just trying to laugh it all off and keep good spirits about it all .

We are almost ready for Christmas and I do agree with Goody , I am ready for this holiday to be over and done . Anyways, I wanted to say thank you to all who has left a comment or sent me an email reguarding my grandmothers death , it really means alot to me to know that I have such wonderful people who do care . Y'all have a good day !

sadness and warm wishes ..

I wanted to do this post , even though it is a bit early , because I don't know if I will be online between now and friday . My grandmother passed away around 10am this morning and I will be spending the next few days with my family . If I do have time to get back online before friday then I will just do another christmas post . Anyways , I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas ! All of you are special to me in a different way and I hope only the warmest of wishes for you and your families this Christmas day . I will want to hear all about and if you are able I would like to see some pics posted of all of the gifts you get . Until next time ...

Merry Christmas & God Bless !
Breazy

all I want is to catch some z's ...

Hey all ! Sorry I haven't been around this weekend but it has been a busy one . My daughter , Geektress , has been spewing the contents of her stomach since about 4am this morning , my 10 yr old daughter has a slight fever , sore throat and cough and thank God my son seems to be in good health for now . I am so tired that I could sleep out in the yard, without a blanket , if everyone would just leave me alone . I am sooooo glad that the kids are on christmas break for the next two weeks . I am going to sleep , sleep , sleep and then I am going to sleep some more ! hehe . I always forget how hectic this time of year until it is upon us again but I do love this season .

Brian & Lime , the both of you should be recieving a christmas card from me anytime , if you haven't already recieved it . I have recieved both of yours and I want to thank you both again !

I am sure that you all remember me talking about my grandmother back in September . We didn't think she was going to live but she pulled through and has been doing okay until about a week and a half ago and she couldn't breathe so they had to call 911 and have her taken to the hospital . She has pneumonia and she got out of the hospital on friday and they have more or less sent her home to die . The doctors said she would not fully recover from this sickness . I hope all of you understand what I mean when I say this but , for her sake , I wish she would go ahead and pass because then she wouldn't be suffering as she is now . Each breath for her is a struggle and there is nothing any of us can do to help her . If you are a person who prays , please keep her in your prayers and if you are not a person who prays then please keep her in your thoughts . Anyways , I need to get off of here and empty the dryer , since it is buzzing , only to fill it again . Y'all have a good evening and a good start to the week !

There's a new kid in town ..

As most of you know , or those who have paid attention to my posts .. hehe , I have a 13 year old daughter that is a straight A student , plays the fiddle and loves to laugh . I have decided to let her have a blog of her own , under my supervision of course . I made this decision after much thought . Most of that thought was thinking that it works with Brian's daughter so I decided to let her go for it . Please go over and leave her a comment because she thinks that no one will read what she has to say . You can find her here or you can click on "Thought's From A Blonde" in my sidebar . My daughter will be going by the name "Geektress" which was given to her by my bestus friend El Capitan . Thanks all !

YAY! I have time to post ...

After Friday , my schedule will be pretty much open for the next two weeks because the kids will be on Christmas Vacation . Today I have tried to get around to everyones blogs that I haven't been able to read lately or that I have read and didn't have time to comment on . I kinda took today for a "nothing" day and I did ,well , nothing . I did talk on the phone to one of my best friends that moved to another county three years ago and we lost touch . I saw her mother at the grocery store two days before Thanksgiving and she gave me B's home # . So I called her and we talked for three and a half hours today . We plan to get together over the school break .

I need to go back to the doctor because I haven't been feeling well lately and I have tried to ignore it and I think exhaustion is part of my problem . The last time my schedule got real busy and I pretty much didn't take good care of myself was this past summer and boy did I pay dearly for it . I started getting sick at the end of May and I just passed it off as a summer cold at first . Then my ears , throat , sinus's and everything in between started hurting . I would go two days with a low grade fever but still I done nothing about it because , according to myself , I didn't have time to go to the doctor . Finally after almost five weeks of this pain I awoke one morning when I swallowed because it felt like someone had taken rough sand paper up and down my throat . I got out of bed and called the doctor . I went in later that morning for my appointment and I was real surprised at the diagnosis I got . I had the following , strepthroat , sinus infection , allergies , bronchitis , both ears were infected and I was suffering from exhaustion . The doctor put me on 800mg's of Zythromicin , some kind of cough syrup that had Percocet in it and a decongestant . He told me to go to bed and not get up for anything other than a bathroom break for three days . It took about three weeks to get completely better .

I really learned a lesson there because even though being sick was bad , working all of that infection out of me was a bitch and something I don't want to ever repeat . So it is off to the doctor for me because I am almost sure that I have a sinus infection starting and I am positive that both of my ears are infected again . My ears haven't been the same since this summer anyways but now they are hurting and any kind of noise is making them worse .

I hope everyone is getting most of their christmas shopping done and I hope they are doing that safely . Y'all have a good night !

whew ! I am glad that is done ..

Even though it is late by one night , here is the promised report on the Christmas play that I was in .

The play was scheduled for 7:00pm last night but the cast had to be there by 5:30 to run through our lines and songs one more time . Three others and I are the only ones that had to sing a solo , I however was the only one who had to do my solo a capella . I wasn't worried about my lines , those I had down to a tee but I was very nervous over singing a solo and doing it a capella . I was really nervous as the church pews started filling up with folks and then I got more nervous when my brother , his wife , my father-in-law, my step-mother-in-law , my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law walked in . We were not expecting them to come but come they did . It came time to start the show and everyone done so great then came my time to sing What Child Is This . I was really nervous as I sat there with the mic raised to my mouth and then I started singing . I think the only thing that got me through it was a lady that I attend church with was sitting on the second pew in front of where I was on the stage and she started praising God . That gave me courage to go on because if it was moving to her then maybe it wasn't that bad . After wards everyone was so surprised to learn that I could sing and they all told me what a wonderful job I had done . I still wonder if they could hear my heart beating through my voice because if hearts had wings , mine would have surely flown right out of my chest .

During service this morning I had about 13 requests to sing that song again . Some of those requests came from people who had been at the play and the others came from people who had heard from the people at the play that I could sing . I was not as nervous this morning as I sang because I knew everybody there . Anyways , the whole play went better than any of us had planned and I am glad that it is over and I don't have to face that type of nervousness again . I hope everyone has had a good weekend . We are expecting a bit of snow here and I am hoping that we get it plus some ..hehe . I can't help it but I love snow ! Y'all have a good evening and I will talk to you tomorrow !

it can't be saturday already ...

Hey all ! I returned from my little trip to the mountains yesterday afternoon , however I can't say that I was refreshed more like exhausted . We left early thursday morning headed toward the mountains . We couldn't check in to our room until around 4pm so we stopped to have a nice long breakfast then we shopped . I thought my feet were going to fall off . I am not big in the shopping department . Sometimes I like to shop but most times I go in , get what I need or find what I am looking for then I am outta there . Finally we get to check into our room and after we took our luggage in we just sat and chatted for about an hour then we hit the hot tub . The hot tub was outside and it was 50 something degrees out there but the hot tub was set on 104. It was awesome to sit in that hot bubbly water while the cold wind blew around us and cold , cold rain would sprinkle down on us every once in a while . After the hot tub we went back up to take our showers and go have dinner . My head had started hurting earlier in the day and I was trying to just ignore it and pray that it would pass . It didn't pass . We went to Red Lobster and I couldn't eat because my head was hurting so bad that I was feeling real queasy in my stomach and it hurt to open my eyes . I had already taken two sinus headache pills then I took to advils and over dinner my friend says that she thinks a massage might help , so she massages my neck and shoulders in the restaurant . The massage worked wonders , I could feel the headache leaving me . After about an hour my headache was gone . Yesterday morning I had planned on sleeping late but the couple in the room beside us had better ideas . Who wants to play Brian McKnight and Luther Vandrose at 8 in the morning so they can score ? The people beside us did . We finally had to call the front desk and ask them to turn the music down and by that time I was fully awake .

Wow ! It really is saturday isn't it ? Tonight is our Christmas play at church and I am so nervous . I do not look forward to singing in front of all of those people . I know all of my lines and my movements but that singing part has me all in a tizzy ! If you are a person who prays then please pray that I will not mess up while singing . If you are not a person who prays then please cross your fingers and send up good thoughts for me . I will do another post in the next day or two to let you know how the play goes . I hope all of you have a wonderful day ! :)

are we there yet ?

As soon as I drop the kids at school tomorrow morning I will be picking two other ladies up and we are headed to the mountains for a one night womens retreat . I can't wait ! I am soooooo ready to go , especially after the last two weeks that I have had .

Today was one of those "I should have stayed in bed days" . I got up , showered , made breakfast and took the kids to school and all through this I was in a very good mood . My son's second grade class was scheduled to sing some christmas carols at 9:30am at McGee Tyson Airport so around 8:50 I jump in the Venture to head that way . I get two miles from home and all of the sudden every thing in the van goes crazy . The next thing I know my van has died and will not start again . I was lucky that I was close to a subdivision so that I could coast in to the entrance and call my hubby. The problem was some wires rubbing something-or-other and they burnt in two. Anyways , my hubby took me back home so I could get the car and then I headed out to the airport to watch my son sing . After this the day just got worse and I am not even going to talk about what all happened for fear of getting mad and down all over again . Let's just say that I hope I don't have any repeats of today for a while .

Y'all have fun and have a Happy HNT while I am gone , I can't wait to look at all the HNT pics when I get back ! Be safe , stay warm and I luv y'all ! :)

busy , busy , busy .....

Good Tuesday to ya ! I can't wait til sunday evening . When it gets here I am going to arrange myself on the couch in the slouchiest , laziest position possible . I will be wearing the most comfortable pajamas that I can find , no make up and I want my hair to stand in all directions as if a brush hasn't touched it in days . Wow that is gonna be awesome ! I have been so busy and you know how tired and exhausted you feel on friday after a long , hard work week , well that is how I am feeling on this cold tuesday morning .

Thursday after I drop the kids at school I have to pick up my cousin and another a close friend and we are headed for Pigeon Forge for a one night womens retreat . Hot tub here I come ! We had talked about doing some shopping but the heck with that , I am finding the hot tub , stripping down to my skin and I am not leaving the warmth until my skin has shriveled so much that I look like a raisin ! The funny thing about this retreat is that we already have a snow advisory for thursday on us now . Pigeon Forge is in the mountains so we might get snowed in . YAY! I wouldn't mind at all if we did . That would just mean a few more hours rest for my tired body .

I haven't had a week like this one in quiet sometime . I don't even have time to fit a fart in between appointments , preparing for the upcoming christmas play and all the other lovely tasks I have going . Anyways , I better get out of here , I have to pick my cousin up in a few minutes and take him to the airport because he has to go back to Iraq today . Y'all have a good day and be safe !!!

my weekend was .....

Wow what a weekend I have had ! You know , it is amazing at the joy a child , or in this case children , can bring to your heart .

I have had a weekend full of family , friends and fellowship . Friday night we fired up the grill and invited my bro-in-law , sis-in-law , their two boys , my hubby's dad and stepmom over for dinner . You see , my hubby's brother just got out of the Marine Corps and moved back to East Tennessee . They got back early Thursday morning and we have been so busy that we haven't had time to visit with them so we dropped everything friday night and enjoyed some time with them .

On Saturday morning we met others members at our church at 10am, boarded the church bus and headed for Greenville , South Carolina to deliver Christmas gifts to a childrens home that our church sponsors . My hubby nor I had ever been to a childrens home before and it was a completely different experience than I thought it would be . I have always thought that the kids in these homes were always sad because they had no parents or their parents mistreated or whatever reason had put them there . When we got there the directors of the home brought the kids in the kitchen to meet us because we bought pizza for them . At first I didn't go through the tables meeting and talking with the kids because I was afraid I would wrap my arms around the first one I came to and I wouldn't let go or that I would burst into tears and make a child feel bad or make an fool of myself . There were 37 kids in all , both boys and girls , ranging from ages 4 to 18 . Alot of them were siblings . We got to tour the whole home from top to bottom . It is like dorm rooms and they were really nice . The directors that are over the home now are remolding or have remodeled alot already . I was surprised at how nice it was because it was nothing like I had visualized in my mind .

After the tour we went to the family room to talk and play with the kids . I found out that most of the kids there actually had parents in the area that couldn't take care of them financialy or their grandparents couldn't take care of them for health reasons. A few of them had been left on the doorstep of the home never to know their biological parents . Some of them spend the summer with their parents because there is more work to be found in the summer therefore more money .

I started going over and chatting with some of the kids and it didn't take me long to realize that these kids were not sad at all , they were happy to be there at the home . They even called the directors mama and daddy . Some of them liked to touch your arm while they were talking or they would rub their hand on your back while you were chatting with them just for the contact , however this was more so with the younger ones . There was one little boy who was 7 , his name was Timothy and he and I made friends fast . He had beautiful , shiny hazel eyes and a beautiful smile . Timothy liked to hold your hand and hug you when he talked to you . The one thought that kept going through my mind was thank God there is a place like this for children who are discarded as if they were garbage or their parents couldn't provide for them . It was an experience that I will never forget , nor will I forget any of their faces .

I left that home counting my blessings starting off with the fact that we are financially and mentally stable enough to care for our three children . If you ever need a humbling experience go to the local childrens home in your area and spend a couple of hours with them , I bet you a hundred bucks that when you leave you will already be thinking about the next time you can visit again . From now on I will be going on the trips with the church when they go visiting the childrens homes that we sponsor because it was a huge blessing to me . I honestly tried to prepare myself for that trip because I figured that I would come home and be depressed for the next few days, instead I walked away with a little bounce in my steps and my heart tons lighter .

We are only five days away from our Christmas play at church and each day I get more nervous . I am playing Mary in the play and I have to sing a solo "What Child Is This " . I haven't sang solo in church in 18 years . The director of our play and her assistant doesn't want me to sing in church other than in the choir until after the play because no one but the cast of the play has heard me sing and they want to surprise all of our members . I told them tonight at practice that they sure knew how to put some pressure on a girl ! I can see myself off key or forgetting my words . Did I mention that I am singing this a capella ? Yeah , now you know what I mean by pressure and nervousness .

This week is going to be a really busy week for me so I want you all to know that I am not ignoring you by not reading your blogs , I am just going to be really busy especially since we are on crunch time with the play . Anyways , I will read and comment when I have the time this week and I will try to post as much as possible . Y'all have a wonderful week and remember what I said about visiting the local childrens home in your area , you will get a blessing if you do !

my little moment of excitement to share ..

Some of you know that my husband bought me a banjo a few weeks ago . The banjo is very new and odd to me since I have only played the piano , clarinet and flute but I have always been fascinated with the banjo and I am very determined to learn it . I have been told that I better think about my decision to play one since they are one of the hardest instruments to learn . I will be starting lessons after Christmas and New Years is over but in the meantime my daughters friend plays the banjo and he is really good at it for a 13 year old . He has came over a couple of times to show me some small things to get started with such as, familiarizing myself with the rolls with my right hand , those are actually hard to get used to but I practiced and practiced and viola , I got them down .

Now for my moment of excitement , we will call the banjo playing friend "D" . D came home with my daughter from school yesterday and he taught me how to play Cripple Creek . OMG !!! I am so excited ! I actually learned a song already ! I can't believe it . I am not up to the normal speed yet but I do have the notes and rolls down . It is amazing to me that I learned it that quick . I don't think this banjo playing is going to be as hard as I first thought , or maybe that is just my determination shining through and I refuse to let it be as hard as I originally thought , either way I am estatic right now ! Anyways , that is my little moment of excitement , I know it might not be much to anybody else but it is alot to me and I thought I would share it with all of you ! Happy Hump Day ! :)

Btw... the pic of that banjo is more fancy than the one my hubby bought me !

The perfect Christmas tree

Do you worry over whether your Christmas tree is perfectly decorated ? Always looking at it and changing the ornaments ? Believe it or not , I am not that way . Yes I know I that I obsess over everything else but when it comes to our Christmas tree , I am different . Let me try and give you a visual of our tree . We have an artificial douglas fir , 7 ft tall and just huge . I use multicolored lights , always , I like the white lights but not in my house . As far as ornaments go we have multicolored , foil wrapped , miniature gifts , lots of things the kids have made over the years , I use the plastic balls that look like glass , if you knock them off they don't break . I have small red bows , ornaments with the kids pictures on them , and for the top I have an angel and a multicolored star . This year my son wanted to put on the multicolored star because he has really been interested in the star of Bethlehem .

I have all kinds of knick knacks to sit around on shelves and such , a snowman that is holding a sign that says " Days til Christmas" , his numbers are like dice with the numbers written on them . I have a small blue sled that hangs on the door knob . I never put garland on my tree , instead we decorate the windows and door ways with it . Normally we put up blue ice cycle lights out side but this year I don't think we will do that .

All of these things make up the perfect Christmas decor for me and mine . I know some people who have nothing but glass ornaments and every thing has to be precisely in place or they start freaking out . I like to let my kids decorate the tree with me so when we are done I can stand back and look at the tree through their eyes , if that makes sense . I love the mood everyone gets in while we are drinking hot chocolate and decorating the house . I told Mr. Breazy last night that I thought our tree looked better than any of them ever had .

So , that is the perfect tree to me , what is your idea of the perfect tree ?

The holidays..

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving ! We had 23 guests and everything ran smooth and normal. Almost all of the food was consumed which is a good thing for me because I didn't have alot to put away in the fridge . After everyone left my house was still in one piece and unbelievably , still clean and that is a first . The weather turned out sunny and not warm but not cold either .

I didn't go shopping on Friday either . I usually don't because of the crowds around here . They hit the places about 5 am and it stays packed until noon or longer and you usually can't get what you are going for anyways. For some odd reason this year everyone that advertised those great "the day after Thanksgivings sales" didn't stock up much on their advertised products . For instance , Wal-Mart was supposed to have their Gameboy SP on sale for $48.88 which is regularly $79.98 but they only stocked three of them for the hordes of shoppers yesterday and my friend told me one woman bought all of them . The mall here was so packed all day long yesterday that you couldn't fit a fart between the cars in the parking lot so we decided to do our shopping later on since I already have a few things. We normally get all of our shopping done in two trips . Mr. Breazy and I will find a baby sitter , leave around noon and head out for shopping . We will come home around ten that night with the majority of our shopping done .

My style of shopping is a bit different than most . I go with a few things in mind and I don't browse alot because I don't like walking aimlessly around a department store . I get what I am going for and leave . hehe Anyways, I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are ready for the Christmas season !

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I would like to wish each and every one of you a Happy Thanksgiving ! All of you mean alot to me and are a big part of my daily life . I am always anxious to read new posts to find out how your day is going , what jokes you have found ,the next chapter of your book , a new poem you have posted , the newest interactive story . You all mean so much to me . Some of you I am just getting to know and others have already found a place in my heart . I don't think blogging would be so addictive if I didn't have so many wonderful blogs to read ! I feel so honored to have such wonderful friends around me here in blogland . I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Be safe and eat plenty !

Breazy :)

whew .. I have been busy ...

Hey all ! Wow I haven't had time to post , read other blogs or anything today until now . I have been finishing up on my Thanksgiving shopping and also my usual grocery list . Mr. Breazy took me to lunch today and we have been at one place or another all morning . I am getting excited now ! Chesney , my 13 yr old , will return from her Beta Convention in Nashville tomorrow around noon and I can't wait , I have missed her so much . Anyways , I have to head back out to Wal-mart for a $20 gift card for a child we sponsor who is in a childrens home in North Carolina but I thought that I would at least post a little something . Y'all have a good day !

I've been tagged ..

Yep I have been tagged by Kaliblue . So here goes ..

Rules are as follows : Remove the blog at #1 from the following list and bump everyone up one place; then add your blog to the #5 spot.

1. Mamalicious
2. Here's Your Sign
3. MamaKBear's World
4. Kaliblue
5. Breazy

Next select 5 friends to piss off :
1. Thomcat
2. Snavy
3. Lime
4. Blither
5. Ariella

What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was taking care of my two girls . One being almost 4yrs old and the other being 3 and 1/2 months.

What were you doing 1 year ago ?
I was trying to adjust to the extra work load from my husbands increase in business.

5 snacks you enjoy :
1. pepsi
2. spinach dip
3. chex bold party mix
4. carrots dipped in ranch
5. spicy fried mushrooms

5 songs to which you know all the lyrics :
1. My Immortal by Evanescence
2. Skin by Rascal Flatts
3. Celebrity by Brad Paisley
4. That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Bring Me Down by Miranda Lambert

5 things you would do if you were a millionare :
1. Donate to St. Judes and my church
2. Make sure my family had money
3. Make sure my friends had money
4. Take a long tropical vacation
5. Pay for one hell of a bloggers meeting

5 bad habits :
1. smoking
2. cleaning too much
3. seperating myself from others (family and friends) so that I can be alone
4. driving way too fast
5. speaking before I think

5 things you like doing :
1. driving fast
2. reading
3. traveling
4. blogging
5. chatting

5 things you would never wear again :
1. bell bottoms
2. a thong
3. halter tops
4. fake earrings
5. maternity clothes

5 favorite toys :
1. my husband
2. our stratos bass boat
3. computer
4. karaoke machine
5. ps2

Have fun participating all !

getting there ...

I am so excited about Thanksgiving . As I have said before , I will be cooking for 20-25 people and I can't wait ! This may sound crazy but the past few years really hasn't felt like Thanksgiving because it has been unusually warm or cold with the sun shining brightly . To me Thanksgiving day is supposed to be cold and dreay if I am lucky ,rainy and windy all day . Up until about four years ago that is how our Thanksgiving day weather was and it just seems more cozy for every one to be indoors enjoying each others company over a nice huge meal.

Our meteorologists are saying that it will start clouding up on Tuesday and getting colder and on Thursday it will be a dreary , rainy day with a chance of snow showers. I am so ready for it!! Bring it on because I am ready for some family time people !!! My mom has been away living with my grandmother for two years now and it just hasn't felt like the holidays but now she has just moved back home and I am so ready for that family feeling from my childhood.

We are hoping to get a surprise on Thanksgiving . My husbands younger brother just got out of the Marine Corps and we are hoping that they are just not telling us that they are coming home . We want them to join us for Thanksgiving as well . We have not got to see them on Thanksgiving since they were married almost 5 years ago. Anyways , my excitement is building and I am ready for the days to fly until Thursday! I hope all of you have good plans with your family for this holiday !

busy , busy , busy ....

Hey all! I thought I better post something on here while I am taking a break . Jodes I am ok , thank you for asking . I am sick of traveling on Thanksgiving so I decided to invite everyone to our house this year . My husband is about to kill me because I keep asking them to help me clean , he says that if we clean much more the floor and walls will be worn through from cleaning . hehe oops !

It is also this time of year that I make my kids go through all of their belongings to pick the things they want and the things they never touch so that we can get some of the things out to have room for the new stuff on Christmas .

On Thanksgiving night , after everyone goes home , Mr. Breazy , the kids and I will then decorate the house for Christmas . The first thing we do is put the tree up and decorate it . We always have so much fun , but in order to do this my furninture has to be re-arranged so that I have nothing in front of the huge window in the living room where our tree goes each year.

I have been cleaning out everything since yesterday , and yes my cleaning obsession is on a high right now . If it were for just cleaning for our guests then that wouldn't be a problem because my house stays pretty much spotless all the time , but I always like to go through everything that we have so that we can get rid of things we don't use , don't need , can't wear or whatever be the case .

Anyways, I read Jodes comment asking if I am ok and I thought that I would post to let you all know what I am up to . I do all of this now so that I am not overwhelmed with it all next week while trying to cook . I will be making pies on Tuesday and Wednesday night . My mom and I usually make pies and we give extras to family and friends . Last year I didn't make pies so this year I am going to make up for it . So , y'all have a good day and if I don't talk to you before then Happy Thanksgiving !

an anwered prayer & more praying ...

If you read my earlier post then you know that my papaw had his leg amputated today . The doctors didn't think he would make it through the surgery because of his weak heart but my mom called me around 4:30 or 5:00pm and told me he pulled through . YAY! The doctors say he should be home in four or five days .

I also talked about the weather in my earlier post . About storms that are supposed to move through tonight . This afternoon they told us that the storms should weaken before reaching us then around 7:50pm I was listening to the radio in the van on my way to pick my daughter up and they said to batten down the hatches because the storm is strengthening and they expect it to be worse than they first thought . Keep Bsoholic in your thoughts and or prayers because he is located in Nashville and they are getting hammered right now . We are talking tornadoes , hail , winds and torrential rains . Just say a little prayer for his safety and that of his family . Follow my link to Bs's blog and read his post , lets all band together and do as he says ... hehe.

I am so happy and I wanted to spread the good news about my papaw but I need to go and make sure all the kids get their baths taken and all that . I am trying to get them in bed before the storms hit because they are all terrified of storms . Bsoholic , you be safe buddy . Have a good night all and thank you for your thoughts and prayers for my papaw! :)

unpredictable ..

This is the 6 day forecast for East Tennessee . You never really know what you are going to wake up to around here . One day it will be hot and the next it is cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey . For instance the last few days have been in the upper 60's to lower 70's for a high and in the 50's for lows . Today is supposed to be partly cloudy with a 30% chance of rain . We have a cold front moving through and they are expecting some severe storms to start here tonight and stick around until tomorrow night . No wonder everybody is walking around all stuffed up and their allergies bothering them . Our bodies can't adjust to all the changes in the weather because they happen so quickly . And yes I am just rambling if you were wondering . I am staying close to home today for two reasons . One being that my son went back to school after having the stomach flu yesterday and two because my papaw is having surgery today . They are amputating his right leg from the knee down .

The doctors have been trying to do this surgery since last monday (11-7-05) but couldn't because of the fluid in or around my papaws lungs . The reason they are amputating is because he had a sore to come up on his foot that , even with special home care, has got worse and worse . They discovered during a regular doctors visit a couple of weeks ago that the affected area had gangrene in it . I might need to mention that my papaw is a severe diabetic and therefore it is hard for any type of injury etc.. to heal . There is a very slim chance that he will survive the surgery because not even 50% of his heart is working properly .

They are supposed to take him into surgery at 10am this morning and I can't go over there because I am afraid that I will pass the stomach flu to him and I don't want to make things worse for him . Mr. Breazy and I did go visit him on saturday . We stayed and chatted with him for quiet some time and it was really hard to leave because I knew that it could be the last time that I might see him alive . Anyways , I am at home trying to keep myself busy so that I don't worry myself silly . So far that is the extent of my day and I am hoping to recieve a phone call with good news on my papaw later . Hope y'all have a good day and thanks for listening to me go on and on . As you can tell I am a bit nervous and off my rocker so to speak .

it's monday .... already ?

I am not doing much today other than taking care of my sick little son . He has caught the stomach flu that the rest of us passed around in the past two weeks . Today was his yearly well check visit with his pediatrician and she wrote him out of school for the rest of the day because he was not feeling well at all. So we are watching Lazy Town on Nickelodeon and snuggling on the couch under a warm blanket . It is a dark , dreary , rainy day here and perfect for snuggling .

Where does time go ? My kids are growing so fast . It seems like it has been a long time since my son and I have had a day to just sit and snuggle and enjoy one anothers company . The girls are always snuggling on the couch with me but my son doesn't snuggle unless he is in the mood or sick . I love watching my kids grow and become their own person but at the same time I know that they will not be up for snuggling and hanging out with mom and dad much longer . I want to see my kids make their own life but at the same time I miss the days when they were just babies and I could rock and sing to them . Time seems to speed up every year that goes by . Anyways . how is your day ?

boycotting the Shell station ..

There is a Shell station about three miles from where I live that is owned and operated by an Iranian . I do not go into to this store because the gentlemen that owns it is very rude . Today my hubby stopped to some supplies and the secretary gave him this memo to pass on to everyone . Even though only one of you live close to me , I thought this was an interesting story therefore brings forth the reason I am posting it . The memo reads ...
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The Shell station at the corner of William Blount Drive and Highway 411.

One day last week the Iranian owner refused an American soldier service.
When the soldier placed his items on the counter at the register the Iranian told him " we do not serve American soldiers here ". Several people were standing in line behind the soldier and heard the encounter therefore they placed their items on the counter and walked out .

This Iranian that refused the American soldier service is also the man that was almost beat to death when he was broadcasting the tragedy of 9/11 and laughing about it . A customer didn't like it that he was laughing at our tragedy and he let the Iranian know it .

How is this guy still in business in East Tennessee with us good ole' Patriotic rednecks living here ? I don't use this store anyway , just thought some of you would like to know what we have in our back yard .

Thanks for your time if you do not agree just disreguard . It's my personal opinion and everyone has one .

Proud Mom of Operation Iraqi Freedom Soldier ,
Teressa
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All of Maryville is boycotting this man in hopes of puttin him out of business .

Have a good weekend ! :)

not so Happy HNT .....sorry !

I am sorry but I do not have a HNT pic to post . For some reason blogger is being an ass and won't load the pic I want . Anyways , I am not really in the mood for it or anything else for that matter . Let me explain ..

Today around 6pm our neighbor brought over a business letter from a loan company that had my hubby's name on it and our mail lady had accidentally put it in his box . This puzzled us because first off , we haven't applied for anything lately and second , we have never heard of this loan company . My husband brings the letter in and opens it . I am doing some spreadsheets on the computer and waiting for him to tell me what it is all about . I look up and he is pale and not speaking . I asked him what it was and he told me it was a denial letter for a loan . Okay but remember , we haven't applied for anything . The letter stated that the reason for denial was bankruptcy , foreclosure and repossession . WHAT ?????? We haven't filed bankruptcy and we own nothing that can be foreclosed on and we pay for everything we have , no late payments so how can we have a repossession ?

No wonder my hubby was pale . My mind was still moving quickly when my hubby looks up and says " you don't get it do you " and I said "hush , I am thinking of who to call to get this straightened out " . We know a couple that has been known to use other peoples credit without asking . This couple is related to my hubby and they are in the middle of a huge bankruptcy and after several phone calls , to close relatives , we found out that the mortgage company just foreclosed on their $350,000 home . OMG !!!! Please tell me they didn't do what we think they did !
This couple has already lost their first home which was worth about the same amount as this one . They are in real estate and the home that they are currently living in was one they built that wouldn't sell . When I say they are in a huge bankruptcy I am not joking , they are in debt almost a million bucks .

It was so late in the evening that the loan company wasn't opened so we have to wait until tomorrow to find out what we need to do to get this straightened out . First we have to find out if this is a mistake on the loan company's part or if my hubby's relatives have actually used our credit to purchase a few things . Please don't think that I am jumping the gun here because this couple has been known to use other peoples credit and they are both very computer intelligent . Getting someones social security # is childs play to them . I am very nervous and I doubt I will sleep at all tonight . The really scary thing about this whole ordeal is that we have always rented a home and we finally decided a couple of months ago to take the plunge and buy . About a week ago we found a house that fits our needs and budget also it is in the same school district as we live in now . We haven't filled out an application for a mortgage on the home yet because the homeowners are in Mexico on vacation and the agent can't show us the house until they return . So , y'all cross your fingers for us that the credit thing is all a big mistake on the loan companys part .

Happy HNT !! Have a good day !

What a difference a day makes ..

Yesterday was a not so good day for me because I didn't feel so well but today seems to be much better . I got some sleep last night and it worked wonders for me . I have got alot done already this morning as I have been doing laundry and some of my accounting that I have put off for a few days . The Gateway repairman is coming by today or tomorrow to replace my dvd/cd drive ...YAY!

I heard on the radio this morning that if you live in the state of Tennessee and you have been worrying about the cost of gas or oil to heat your home this winter , you should worry no more . All of the fuel providers for home heating have been ordered to creat a plan that will allow their clients a 12 month payment plan also a new law has been passed that your fuel provider cannot cut off your gas/oil over the weekend or if the temperature falls below 32 degrees F. I thought the new plan and law is a wonderful idea because the cost of gas to heat your home has increased 50% more than last year and if you have oil your cost increased 30 to 50% more than last year .

Early Saturday morning there was a house fire in Roane County Tennessee that claimed the lives of six . Two of those being adults , the other four were children , two of which were there for a sleepover . No reason has been discovered as to why the fire occurred . The fire investigators and firemen did find that there were no smoke detectors in the home . The couple who lived there had two young sons , which parished in the fire , one age 9 the other age 5 . The other two children are believed to be close to the same ages . This story struck me as odd . I mean I don't know how everyone else is but we have smoke detectors all over the house and the batteries are checked in them each month when our electric bill comes . The fire department is currently doing an investigation on the ash and rubble that was left but so far they aren't telling the media their findings .

So , how is your day going so far ?

one of those days

Blech! I have had one of those days where you just want to crawl back in bed and try again in the morning . I tried to go back to bed after dropping the kids at school but everybody and their neighbor decided to call me this morning so that idea got thrown out real quick. My mom called and that doesn't bother me because I don't get to talk to her as much as I would like and I miss her . So I have basically been part of the furniture today .

The weather here in beautiful East Tennessee is wild . It was 75 today ! 75...in November ...what the....? Our meteorologists are saying that when we have warm weather this late in the year we normally have a very cold winter with several small snows . I will believe it when I see it . All I have to say to that is bring it on ! I could use several small snows .

We are getting Chesney , my 13yr old, ready to go to Convention with the BETA club . They are going to Nashville for four days and will return on November 23rd . She is so excited about going .

Not much else happening in my neck of the woods , how about yours?

Happy ramblings..

I can't remember if I talked about this or not but a couple of months ago my 10 yr old had been reaching for something on my desk and accidentally bumped the eject button on the cd/dvd tray . When the tray opened she panicked and closed it with her hand . I didn't find this out until the next day . My husband was home with the kids when this incident took place (go figure) . Over the past two months I have talked to people and messed around with it trying to see if I could figure out the problem . Sometimes I will be on the computer and you can hear the drive start , the green light comes on and that is it , keep in mind there is no cd in it when it does this . Today I finally bought a printer , copier , scanner and when I got home I realized that I couldn't install it because of the tray being messed up so I finally took the time to call Gateway .

The Gateway rep was awesome and she walked me through step by step how to take the bay apart and check the hook ups to the drive . While talking to her my cordless phone went dead because evidentally my daughter has been on the phone all day . I get our regular phone get it hooked up and call back . I was lucky the second time as well because I talked to another great rep. Finally after taking the bay apart four times we discovered that the drive itself is bad so they have ordered the parts , called a repairman and by the end of this week I should be good to go . Don't you love reliable warranties ? I am really enjoying the fact that this service is costing me nothing due to my warranty . I have had this computer for only three months and I never dreamed that I would have to use the warranty because I am really strict about my new computer , I mean there are two other comps in the house , ya know ! Anyways , that is how my weekend is going , how is your weekend going ?

joke time...

Thank God it is Friday ! I don't have anything exciting going on in my corner of the world so I thought I would bring you a couple of jokes .Enjoy !
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Plastic Surgery Miracles

Three Texas plastic surgeons were playing golf together and discussing surgeries they had performed.
One of them said, "I'm the best plastic surgeon in Texas. A concert pianist lost 7 fingers in an accident, I reattached them, and 8 months later he performed a private concert for the Queen of England."

One of the others said. "That's nothing. A young man lost both arms and legs in an accident, I reattached them, and 2 years later he won a gold medal in 5 field events in the Olympics."

The third surgeon said, "You guys are amateurs. Several years ago a cowboy who was high on cocaine and alcohol rode a horse head-on into a train traveling 80 miles an hour. All I had left to work with was the horse's ass and a cowboy hat.
Now he's President of the United States."

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Daughter's Prayer

A family was having some people to dinner. At the table, the mother turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, "Dear, would you like to say the blessing?"
"I wouldn't know what to say," replied the little girl, shyly.
"Just say what you hear Mommy say, sweetie," the woman said.
Her daughter took a deep breath, bowed her head, and solemnly said,
"Dear Lord, why the hell did I invite all these people to dinner!?!"

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Glad to be drunk

A completely inebriated man was stumbling down the street with one foot on the curb and one foot in the gutter. A cop pulled up and said, "I've got to take you in, pal. You're obviously drunk."Our wasted friend asked, "Officer, are ya absolutely sure I'm drunk?""Yeah, buddy, I'm sure," said the copper. "Let's go."Breathing a sigh of relief, the wino said, "Thank goodness, I thought I was crippled."

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A Really Bad Day

There was this guy at a bar, just looking at his drink. He stays like that for half of an hour.Then, this big trouble-making truck driver steps next to him, takes the drink from the guy, and just drinks it all down. The poor man starts crying. The truck driver says, "Come on man, I was just joking. Here, I'll buy you another drink. I just can't stand to see a man cry.""No, it's not that. This day is the worst of my life. First, I fall asleep, and I go late to my office. My boss, outrageous, fires me. When I leave the building, to my car, I found out it was stolen. The police said that they can do nothing. I get a cab to return home, and when I leave it, I remember I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab driver just drives away.""I go home, and when I get there, I find my wife in bed with the gardener. I leave home, and come to this bar. And just when I was thinking about putting an end to my life, you show up and drink my poison."

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Have a good weekend ! :)

Happy HNT !!

I was flipping through some old photos the other night and I found the picture that I posted below. I wasn't sure about posting it until I let a friend have a peak and he said for me to go for it . This picture was taken in Panama City , Florida and I was with a friend , which is in the actual pic but I don't think she would appreciate being shown on the net . Iwas much younger than I am now . This is actually a post card that was taken by a photographer who was walking the beach looking for two girls to photograph. My friends mother had to sign for this and we were paid a small amount for doing this . Anyways , that is my HNT photo! Enjoy!
















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HAPPY HNT !!!

Oh what a night ....

I had a horrible night . I decided to go to bed early , this was my first mistake . In the first two hours of sleep I was woke up three times . One of those three times was my son who had a bad dream so he got in bed with me and my hubby went to my sons bed . Bethany , my 10yr old, has a Bratz doll alarm clock that will wake the dead when it alarms and it just so happened that it alarmed at 4:30 this morning . Then my hubby came and got back in bed with our son and I at 5 something . My alarm was set for 6 and I finally said what the hell and got up . I told Bethany , once I finally got her awake , that if her clock ever goes off before mine again , it will be history . I was ready to bash that thing at 4:30 this morning but didn't because she loves the annoying thing. After all of our kids were up and getting ready my hubby says to me " you are pmsing aren't you" my reply was "HELL NO!!!!" . My problem is being woke up a thousand times in one damn night . I can't help the fact that I am a light sleeper and he could be picked up by a tornado and carried a hundred miles and it still wouldn't wake him up. He offered to take the kids to school and I was in full agreement with that because I had one thing on my mind and that was my bed . After my hubby leaves I go back bed and wouldn't ya know , I couldn't go back to sleep . So I am moving very slowly today , I have a small throbbing headache that is almost gone and I am getting closer to my normal self by the hour . Tonight I am staying up until 2 am and there won't be a sound , I will be able to get 4 hrs of peaceful sleep !

So , how is your day going?

Yep , another quiz !

I don't know if I will have anything to post today or if I will even have time. My 10 yr old daughter is home sick with a fever . So I stole this idea off of Thomcat .
Take my Quiz! and then Check out the Scoreboard!

Halloween.

Happy Halloween ! I have spent the weekend watching the scary shows and movies that were on tv because that is about all I have been able to do . Chesney ,my 13yr old, came home from school thursday not feeling well and she woke up friday morning barfing . Wouldn't ya know that by saturday night she was feeling better and I was praying to the porcelain god . BLECH!!!! By late yesterday evening I was starting to feel human again and this morning I am feeling fine , thank goodness. After church last night my two other kids went to a Halloween party /sleep over that was hosted by one of the mothers that helped with our retreat a couple weeks ago . I am excited about taking the kids trick or treating tonight . Normally our last stop of the night is at my father-in-laws house in Townsend . It is really creepy up there because he lives in the woods and the kids love going there because my in laws always plan a little something special for them . Tonight my hubby and I will be driving a witch and a firefighter around . I wish all of you a safe and Happy Halloween !

Before I go I have one question. Who forgot to set their clocks back saturday night? hehe

don't worry .. hell hasn't frozen over yet ..

Tennessee Vols got beat again . By one damn point ! Why don't they pull their heads out of their asses and play some fricking ball ? Oh well maybe sometime this year they will grab a win , yeah right only if hell freezes over !

more about me..

I have saw this on several blogs already and I don't really have anything that I want to post today so I thought I would just go over to Jodes blog and steal this . It is supposed to be 26 questions that no one would ever think to ask :

1. When you look in the mirror , what's the first thing you look at ? my eyes

2. How much cash do you have on you ? about $25

3. What's a word that rhymes with "TEST" ? lest

4. Favorite flower ? iris

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone ? my mom

6. What is your main ring tone on your phone ? it is a quick , loud ring that kind of sounds like an old phone

7. What shirt are you wearing ? a striped v-neck

8. Do you "label" yourself ? no

9. Name the brand of shoes you are currently wearing ? leather American Eagle slip on raisors

10. Bright or dark room ? dark

11. What do think about the person who took this survey before you ? she's sweet

12. Ever "spilled the beans" ? a time or two but it was to keep someone out of deeper trouble than they were already in

13. What were you doing at midnight last night ? failing miserably at sleeping

14. What did your last text message you recieved on your cell phone say ? luv u 2

15. Do you ever click on "pop-ups" or "banners" ? I just close them out

16. What is a saying that you say alot ? hot damn

17. Who told you they loved you last ? Chesney , my 13 year old daughter

18. Last furry thing you touched ? I plead the 5th (blushing) just kidding ! actually that would be my hot pink, furry house slippers that has a smiliey face on each one

19. How many drugs have you done in the past three days ? well I don't do drugs but I did take some prescription Percocet a couple nights ago for pain

20. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed ? we don't have enough time to count ( LOL)

21. Favorite age you have been so far ? now, which is 30 . I believe you are only as old as you want to be and I rarely take my days for granted because we are not promised another

22. Your worst enemy ? I am not naming any names but I met her in the trivia chat room and we didn't mix at all (no it is no one that visits my blog)

23. What is your current desktop picture ? trees and a road in fall

24. What was the last thing you said to someone ? get up

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to change a major regret ? I would change the regret

26. Do you love/like someone ? yes , lots of folks actually

Happy Friday all ! Have a good weekend ! :)

Happy Halloween HNT!

Since I don't have a scanner , a digital camera and I haven't had any film put on a cd I decided to post a halloweenish type pic so I could say Happy Halloween HNT!

Happy Hump Day & Weirdo Wednesday News

Happy Hump Day all! Wow , we are half way through the week . It will be Monday again before we know it.

Every morning as I am taking my kids to school I listen to our local country station(107.7 WIVK) because they have the best morning show(Andy & Allison) . On Wednesday they find weird news stories and tell us about them and this morning the highlight of the show was a first birthday party for a child in Connecticut that turned bad. During the party a neighbor shows up and complains about the noise and all hell breaks loose , knives are pulled and several are stabbed . What the ..... ? I wanted to call my mom and ask if any of our relatives had moved to Connecticut any time lately! Their new motto is "we put the CUT in Connecticut" ! I really do have family members like these . Just yesterday my husband was reading the arrests in our paper , two of my cousins were arrested for fighting each other and another cousin was arrested for forgery. That is just an ordinary day in their lives and before you can ask , NO I am nothing like them . I have never been arrested for anything and the only time I was in trouble with the police was on a road trip and they pulled me over in Virginia for doing 96 in a 65. That one sure hurt my wallet ! The funny thing about it was , I had my brother-in-law the Marine with me , he was the reason I was in Virginia. The only other time I was in trouble was in Texas . My mother-in-law and I were on our way back from my bro-in-laws and I was driving my 2002 Monte Carlo SS when a state trooper decided to harass me a bit . He followed me for over thirty minutes and then hit the lights , I immediately pulled over and he came sliding in behind me sideways with his spotlight on me . I was not a happy camper! The reason he used for pulling me over was that the light above my license plate was out and he wrote me a ticket for that for $200 then he wouldn't except my proof of insurance . He wrote me a $385 ticket for that . I went straight to the first Wal-Mart off the interstate to purchase the small bulb to go above my license plate and when I got out of my car and walked around the back , guess what I found ? My frickin light was working fine !! I bought a two pack of them anyway and called my insurance company when I got home so they could fax all of my info to Texas and I had them fax the reciept for the bulbs as well . I didn't pay a dime of those of tickets .

Anyways , that is enough of my rambling , how is your day going ?

heat & other things...

If you read my post yesterday you will know that the thermastat in my minivan went out yesterday morning and I froze my back regions off while transporting my children to school . Today I opened the garage door and pulled out the Buick Park Avenue that we have and oh it was so good to have heat . It was colder this morning than it was yesterday . We are getting a bit of rain and wind here and there was no way I was going to drive the van without heat.

We are gearing up and getting ready for Halloween around here and some friends and I got together and planned a sleep over party for all the kids in the church on Sunday night because our county schools are out on Monday . None of the kids have any idea about this party and they are going to love it . My kids wanted me to do a huge Halloween party here at my house but I decided we would just do a fun fright night this Friday with just our kids. I am not trying to be mean by not inviting anyone but I feel like the surprise sleep over will be enough. Besides all that , I have promised myself that I am sleeping late on Saturday , which means maybe 8 am if I can sleep that long .

This is my favorite time of year and I have to admit that I like all the cold , blustery days that we have in fall and winter . What is going to really mess with me is when time changes this coming Saturday night , I am just thankful that we gain an hour instead of loose one . I have already started on my christmas shopping and I am hoping to be mostly done by Thanksgiving except for maybe some smaller things for our kids. I am thinking about buying my husband another acoustic guitar for christmas . He use to play alot when we first met 15 years ago and we just bought my 10 yr old one and he plays it a bit so I think I will get him one for christmas. I am still shopping around for a banjo to purchase , I am not in a hurry because the man that I want to take lessons from is booked solid for now.

Anyways , that is all that is going on in my neck of the woods for now . I think I am going to go back to bed for an hour or so and try to get some peaceful sleep that I didn't seem to get last night . How is your day going ? Good I hope ! :)

It's Monday ......... already?

Wow time flies when you are busy .. er.. um having fun . Where did the weekend go? I am not doing much today except trying to keep myself talked out of going back to bed. It is cold , rainy and dreary here and to me that spells G-O B-A-C-K T-O B-E-D ! LOL! I started my van up a few minutes early so it would be warm when we left and to my surprise the thermostat in my van is going out so the only time I have heat is if I am driving down a road without stops . This morning I froze my arse off because both the elementary and middle schools that my kids attend are both only a mile away in different directions , which means lots of stop and gos in the mornings. We do have the heat on in the house but I haven't been able to get warm all day and if I grab a blanket then I will be snoring in no time! Anyways, I am not doing much today except a small bit of laundry so I will be in and out here in the blog world . If you see me on yahoo , give me a yell ! Have a good day! :)

Complete the sentence..

I got this from Lime , she wanted a few of us to play along and I decided I would do it since I have nothing else to post today!


1. My uncle once: rode me on the back of his motorcycle

2. Never again in my life: will I ever ride The Superman at Six Flags Over Texas!

3. When I was five: cold weather had no effect on me

4. High school was : sometimes good and sometimes not so good

5. I will never forget: my husbands soft kisses

6. I once met: Kip Winger , the lead singer of the band Winger

7. There's this girl I know who: can make me laugh with just a look

8. Once at a bar : we threw a bachlorette party for a friend

9. By noon I am usually : wondering where the day has gone

10. Last night I : slept by myself , YAY!

11. If I had only : not worried about getting it dirty , I would still have my 02 Monte Carlo SS

12. Next time I go to church : I hope God makes me shout like He did last sunday

13. What worries me most : is my kids dying

14. When I turn my head right, I see: my bookshelves

15. When I turn my head left , I see: the kitchen

16. You know I am lying when: just trust me , you will know

17. You know what I miss most about the eighties: there really was no style , everybody looked goofy

18. If I was character written by Shakespear I would be: I don't know

19. By this time next year : I hope we are finished building our house

20. A better name for me would be: I will let y'all choose that one ..lol just go easy on me .

21. I have a hard time understanding : war

22. If I ever go back to school I will : take it a bit more seriously

23. You know I like you if : I keep showing up

24. If I won an award , the first person I would thank would be: God

25. Darwin , Mozart , Slim Pickens & Geraldine Ferarro are: known for something .. er.. I don't know

26. Take my advice , never: try to tell a thirteen year old they are wrong because they know everything .. hehe

27. My ideal breakfast is: someone else making it !

28. A song I love but do not have is : I Can Only Imagine by Michael Smith

29. If you visit my hometown , I suggest : you look me up so I can show you around

30. Why won't anyone : claim the messes they make

31. If you spend the night at my house , Do : understand that it will be different than any other night in your life

32. I'd stop my wedding for : a look at Matthew McConnaughey

33. The world could do without : mean people

34. I'd rather lick the belly of a cockroach than : eat green peas

35. My favorite blonde is : My 13 yr old daughter , Chesney

36. Paper clips are more useful than : staples because I am always needing to take the staples out

37. San Diego means: I dunno

38. And by the way : I am not going to tag anyone so it is a free for all if you want to do it !

Mountain top experience..

I have really debated about doing this post . If you read my previous post then you know what I am talking about . As I have said before I am a christian and I am not the type to force my beliefs on anyone but there are some things in my life that I don't talk about on here because I don't want anyone to back away from me because they are afraid I am going to "start on them about God" . You can call me a bible thumper , Jesus freak or anything of that nature and I will have to tell you that yes I am! I hope that I don't offend anyone by doing this post but several people were really curious about the experience I had this weekend that I mentioned in my previous post so I am going to post about it on here. Here goes...

I left Wednesday night after church headed towards a cabin in the mountains that the youth in our church rented for our fall retreat . We were scheduled to have nine adults , all of which had children there , to teach , cook , clean or what ever was needed . Wednesday night was just for the workers and their children so that we could get everything unpacked and settled before the rest of the kids arrived the next day. I have never been on one of these retreats much less worked one . We had 20 kids in all ranging between the ages of 10 months old to 16 years old . The whole time we were there all of the kids were very well behaved and we had a wonderful time . All of the lessons were really good and on Thursday night we had an 18 year old preacher up to preach a message to the kids . On Friday night we took them to the Passion Play then on Saturday they went to Tuchaleechee Caverns and then we had another preacher up that night . On Friday after one of the lessons was taught there were three children who got saved and then on Saturday after another lesson there were two more kids saved.

I really loved being there and getting to know everyone better outside of church . It was hard work preparing three meals and three snacks a day for 20 kids but we had a huge kitchen and it was all well worth it to me . I didn't mind any of the cleaning that we had to do or anything else. I knew that I had been blessed while there at the cabin but I didn't realize how much until we came back in time for service on Sunday morning . Before I get into this let me explain something . I sit in church and I get so excited that I can only cry and it has begun to feel like a dam that is backing up lately so I asked my pastor to pray for God to make me shout or something because I had to get this out of me and I didn't know how . That was on Wednesday night when I asked the first time and then I asked again on Thursday when the pastor and his wife came up to the cabin for a visit . I am a very emotional person anyway and I cry whether I am happy , sad or sometimes just because I feel I need to but when I cry in church it is a completely different kind of happy .

I woke up Sunday morning in a grumpy kind of mood . I snapped at my husband two times before we were completely loaded and ready to head down off the mountain and then later I apologized . I was shaky and a bit jumpy because I felt something different in me and I didn't know what it was and I couldn't begin to start guessing . By the time we pulled in the church parking lot I was already happy and crying with the weird feeling still with me . All of the kids and adults who worked the retreat were supposed to get up in the choir box and sing a couple of songs and then one by one we had to tell what we had got out of the retreat. I was the 27th person to speak and when they handed the microphone to me I looked out at the crowd and said "first of all I want to thank God for saving me " , after saying that I couldn't say anything for crying . All the while I can feel something building in me and finally I look up and say " I am sorry but my cup runneth over" that is the last thing that I remember saying until I heard someone shout and it took about two seconds for me to realize that it was me shouting . By the time I figured out that it was me, another shout tore out of my throat . I can't explain that feeling . It was like I was watching from outside my body but at the same time I was feeling it . I have never felt anything that felt so spirirtually fulfilling . I am still floating around on cloud nine . I can't believe that God chose to shout little ole me ! Even though I had been praying for it and I had asked my Pastor to pray for it , I was still surprised and overwhelmed about it all . I am craving that feeling again and I hope that I shout again soon . I wished that each and every person I come in contact with could know that feeling that I had while shouting and then afterwards . It was like in that moment I had an intimate moment with God . That is the only way I can explain it . If any of you have ever experience anything like this please let me know . I would love to hear about it . Since Sunday morning , I have noticed that my thoughts are different , I am watching what I say and how I say it , I am more positive than before and I have been in my bible searching for more inspirational scripture than before . I am calling this my mountain top experience because something happened to me on that mountain that has completely changed me and I am loving it . Btw.. the theme of our retreat was " I Go To The Rock" !

I hope I didn't offend any of you for posting this but if I did I can't apologize for it. The only thing that I can apologize for is that you have never had an experience that made you feel like I am feeling right now . I sit here with tears running down my face just telling you all about it . I have chill bumps all over my body and I feel spiritually satisfied for the first time . WOW! I hope you all have a good night and a good day ! Happy HNT to those of you who are posting and thank you so much for reading this . I have wanted to tell everybody that I know whether I know them in person or online . Thank you again ! :)