Just A Quick Word

Just wanted to let you all know that we are back safely. It was a long trip, but we had a lot of fun. We drove down to Birmingham, AL for graduation last week. We visited with family and friends and then just me, M, and our kids took a short detour to Hot Springs, AR. It was so much fun. I took tons of pictures (of course) and I hope to get those up soon.

Talk with you all later!

Wonderfully Grateful

I have been tagged by Dana to let you all know what I am wonderfully grateful for.

This is how it came about...

So here you all go. I am going to give you the short and sweet version of it all!

1. I am wonderfully grateful for my husband M. Without him, I would not be the wife in a loving, devoted, and faithful marriage. Without him, I would not be a mommy to three of the most beautiful, precious angels that God has created and given life to.

2. I am wonderfully grateful for my own mommy and daddy. They have taught me how to love my children unconditionally. They have taught me about marriage (they have been married for 31 years!), about patience, and about never giving up when the world gets tough. These are such valuable lessons, I hope my children take the same from them.

3. I am wonderfully grateful to my oldest son. He constantly keeps the surprises coming... and the WTF reaction I have when I come home from work.

4. Yet, he still amazes me at the compassion that he has. I know very few people who are as caring, nurturing, and loving as my "mouse."

5. I am wonderfully grateful for my 7 year old daughter. Because of her, I realize what I pain in the ass that I was. And I guess I still am. I expect things to go my way when and how I want them to. Pay backs are a bitch... I am hear to tell you from experience!

6. I am wonderfully grateful for my sassy daughter whom I have taught to stand up for herself and what she believes in. I will never be sorry that I am raising a self sufficient little girl because all too soon she will be a kick ass young lady!

7. I am wonderfully grateful that my precious baby boy still likes to sleep (2 2-hour naps a day!). These are the moments that I go around and collect my sanity!

8. I am wonderfully grateful that small wonders amaze my little man.

9. I am wonderfully grateful for this kid! Without him I would be lost, I would not be complete. He is my heart!! My love, my life!

10. I am wonderfully grateful for the closeness and protection that my children feel for each other. I hope they continue to hang onto and treasure each other because they are all they have. They have no other brothers or sisters... yet!!

I AM WONDERFULLY GRATEFUL TO BE ME!!

Change... It Does Me Good

I decided to change my hair back to dark, with a million white-blonde hair lights in it. WOW!! I am so impressed. It looks awesome. I got a new cut too, and I LOVE IT!!!! Thanks Cathy... you are the best.

I will post pictures, hopefully tonight. But don't count on it.

Not Just This Time... All The Time

*Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.

*Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.

*Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.

*Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream truck and I will buy you one if he comes by.

*Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you are concerned.

*Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.

*Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

*Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you.

*Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.

*Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

*Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV shows.

*Just for this evening when I run my finger through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.

*And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask Him for nothing, except one more day.............


*I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore.

Wax Is NOT Your Friend

This is not my story....

I do not know who the original author is... but it was too good not to share!!


All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal - The epilady, scissors, razors, Nair And now...the wax.

My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, and play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet." So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom.

It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!)

So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax," yeah...right!)

I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works! OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire.

With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my *hoo-hoo* and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself....RRRRIIIPPP!!!!

I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!....OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP!!! Another deep breath and RRIIPP!! Everything is swirly and spotted. I think I may pass out...must stay conscious...Do I hear crashing drums???

Breathe, breathe...OK, back to normal.

I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX???

Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair, the hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. CRAP! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair.

Then I make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down. DANG!!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. *Hoo-Hoo*?? sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut!

I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop. My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!!!

I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right??? WRONG!!!!!!!

I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit. Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax.

So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!!

God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!! I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter - "So, my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!"

There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking cheeks or who-ha?"

She's laughing out loud by now...I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right!! I should be the joke of someone else's night.

While we go through various solutions , I resort to scraping the wax off with a razor. Nothing feels better then to have your girlie goodies covered in hot wax, glued shut, stuck to the tub in super hot water and then dry-shaving the sticky wax off!!

By now the brain is not working, dignity has taken a major hike and I'm pretty sure I'm going to need Post-Traumatic Stress counseling for this event.

My friend is still talking with me when I finally see my saving grace.... the lotion they give you to remove the excess wax. What do I really have to lose at this point? I rub some on and OH MY GOD!!!!!!! The scream probably woke the kids and scared the dickens out of my friend. It's sooo painful, but I really don't care. IT WORKS!! It works!! I get a hearty congratulation from my friend and she hangs up.

I successfully remove the remainder of the wax and then notice to my grief and despair.... THE HAIR IS STILL THERE.......ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!!!

So I recklessly shave it off. Heck, I'm numb by now. Nothing hurts. I could have amputated my own leg at this point.

Next week I'm going to try hair color......

A Little on The Stuck Up Side

Yep, that would be me. There are just some people out there that will never be good enough. Does that make sense? They will just always be a never good enough wife, a deadbeat mother, nothing to look at asshole! Yep, I am talking to one person in particular. She is a no good, lying piece of shit. She deserves everything she got, is getting, and is going to get. She has lost and she will NEVER be able to get any of it back. Everyone HATES you!

Okay, I know that was really immature, but it needed to be said. I'm sure see "found" me on blogger, but you know what? We don't make a big deal about it because we have nothing to hide. I love writing about our wonderful life, and I love bragging with pictures of us because this is the way that it is and will always be. This is a FAMILY in which you will not be a part of.

Dammit, I so need to get off this subject.

I really blogging because my natural curiosity has led me to chat it up with some pretty interesting people! I love that! It's amazing that you can have a "friendship" with your blogging buddies and feel like you really know them to some degree. It's just awesome. What would be even greater is to get to meet up sometime. Anyone live in the Philadelphia area because I'm going to be there for a week in the summer? Anyone is the Oklahoma City area? Dallas? San Antonio?

Speaking of San Antonio... we are taking the kiddos there in a couple of weeks. It has been so long since I have been there. We are going to SeaWorld, The Riverwalk, the Alamo, and anywhere else that looks interesting. We are also taking them to The Precious Moments museum. If you have never been there, it is highly recommended that you go. I love it there... everything is so peaceful and serene.

Anyone have any other suggestions for family getaways this summer?

Tag...

I've decided to take this from Dena's Blog...

Here's how to play:-
-I'll write 10 (hopefully) interesting facts about me and/or habits of mine.
- I'll tag 10 people.
- If you've been tagged, you do your own list and tag 10 more people. ("No tag backs.")

1. I am Mommy to a 10 year old boy, a 7 year old girl, and a 16 month old boy.

2. My husband and I are totally addicted to Martini & Rossi Asti.

3. My husband and I want more children. I don't want any more girls. M wants twin girls.

4. My parents are still happily married after 31 years of marriage... I can only hope that mine marriage will always be as wonderful as it is now.

5. I am starting on my Master's Degree in the Fall. I will continue until I have completed my Doctorate.

6. I changed my major from Pre-Medicine to Finance with only 2 sememsters to go before graduating with a degree in pre-med. I changed because I got pissed off about chemistry. I retook the course to bring my B up to an A, but instead my grade dropped from a B to an F!! Because of that, I got burned out on medicine. But if I had continued, I would never have met M and be his wife or the mommy of three beautiful children!

7. I spend more time surfing the net and reading blogs than I do working. I actually only spend about 2 hours a day working... BUT all of my work gets completed without issue.

8. I really want to lose about 60 pounds before the end of the year.

9. If I lose 40 pounds by October, I am treating myself to a "movie star" smile.

10. There is nothing in my life that I regret.

So, I'm not tagging anyone specifically. If you want to participate, participate... just leave a comment tht you did. And just say I tagged ya!

Back By Popular Demand

Yep, I am back. I had a really good time last week, and mets a few great ladies that I will continue to keep in touch with.

Julia - she is the BEST! She's from Massachusetts and I absolutely adore her. We have so much in common and we hit it off immediately. It's like we've been friends forever.

Katherine is the best driver arounder/direction follower ever! If we wanted to go somewhere, Katherine got us there. She's smart and classy and just totally awesome! She's from Dallas, so she's only a little over an hour from me.

Reshma - Where to begin with Reshma? If you want to have the hardest laugh of your life, Reshma would be your girl!! OMG... she is totally hilareous! She is in the Dallas area too.

I really miss the girls!! We all had so much fun. I wish Julia lived closer, but I have every intention of meeting up with her again in the near future. Katherine and Reshma are not far from me, so I am going to call them up in a couple of weeks and see if they want to meet up at The Cheesecake Factory.

Mother's day was great!! I love the gifts and the cards from the kids. They are the best! On Saturday, we all spent the day together. The kids swam in the pool while M and I worked on the yard and building my flower beds. H came to help us out. He dug up bushes and trees that we are going to plant elsewhere. I cannot wait until my flowers are really blooming. They are going to be gorgeous. On Sunday, I picked our special place to be the OKC Zoo. It was so much fun. We were there all day. My feet and legs were aching, but it was worth it. I didn't realize that D would like it as much as he did. He really enjoyed watching the animals.

I'll post some pictures as soon as I get them off my camera.

How was your Mother's Day?

Hello from the North

Just wanted to drop a line and let you all know that I am still TDY. Due in late tomorrow evening. Will be back at work on Monday. I'll check back then. Have a wonderful weekend and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you deserving, dedicated, and loving mommies!

What Happened?

I prepared this big, huge blog with a thousand pictures of my beautiful family... and POOF! It has vanished without a trace. Hmmm...


Oh well, no sense in obsessing about it. Instead I think I will obsess about myself today. I am totally and completely changing. I don't know what is going on or what even brought this on. It's not for the worse, and I am so thankful for that. I guess it's just that time to follow a different path again. This new way has changed our home too. We are all in sync with each other and getting along and the kids are doing awesome! I love my life... love, love, love it! I love everything about it and everyone in it! Times change, people change, but how I do wish that this phase would never end... my children never grow up, my job is great, my husband and I closer than ever. God, I love that man!


Maybe I can get my pics on here again... let me try...

Yeah!!! It worked... for now!

D posing in his shades. He loves sunglasses. He wears them all of the time.

H and Mommy hanging out in the living room.

Trying to get all of us. This one definitely shows our true colors... not perfect, but close to each other and always having fun... a TRUE family!!

Me and My Love

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