I have a neck ache
My butt is asleep
All I do is sit here and look for a house in Tyler Texas.
All I really do is look at the same houses that I saw yesterday (and the day before and the day before... etc x infinity) lol
So instead I am going to tell you what I love...
I love my fabric softner and I highly recommend it. If you want to know what I use, you will have to do something crazy like...leave a freakin comment!....so that I know there are actual people reading this...
oh I'm sorry, did that sound harsh?
I love hazelnuts.
Bet you weren't expecting that one! You can buy them chopped now (b/c it was so hard to chop them up in the past) and I toast them and put them on everything! Or I buy them whole and just grate them into sauces. I use them now instead of pecans etc... ssooooo delicious! fun.
I love sweating.
When I am at the pool. Getting all hot and sweaty (in the 2.5 seconds after I get there) and waiting for the break time at the pool, then sliding into the cool fresh water. delightful.
I love pigtails.
If I could I would put Emy's hair in pigtails everyday. Unfortunately, she thinks that her hair looks better down (uncombed, and roughly tucked behind her ears) so she is forever pulling out her pigtails and just going with the look. precious.
I love cool mornings.
Today, an unusually cool (only 63 degrees) morning made me want to jump up and down in my driveway. What I really did, was drag the trash cans to the curb in my pyjamas WITHOUT SWEATING which never happens in Mississippi in the middle of July. pure joy.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Should and Should Nots
What I should be doing:
Find a house to move into in Tyler Texas (in 16 days)
Pack up house in Brandon MS (what... I have packed 5 boxes already!)
Keep house clean, just in case contract falls through
Pray that our nazi, I mean inspector, gives our buyers a good report (he just "failed" a house in my neighborhood last Friday)
Scope out the job market in Tyler Texas (I really think at this point I could be a realtor, I already know everything about every house possible)
Become fluent in Spanish (in like 16 days) Seriously, I applied for a cheer coach position at a high school and they called today and offered me a teaching position, a SPANISH teaching position, in a HIGH school, in TEXAS, where actual Mexicans live. I was like "No, I applied for the cheer coach position" hello, where is the correlation? Just because I minored in Spanish in college (who doesn't) and taught ELEMENTARY Spanish last year (IN MISSISSIPPI...not too many Mexican here) does this somehow qualify me to teach? wow. that is all I can say.
What I should NOT be doing:
Sitting by the pool for 5 hours
Taking the kids out to lunch because I am too lazy to make something
Surfing other blogs so i am "up" on all my friends (I really know very few of them) lives
Talking on the phone to friends
Keep up with reading the 4 books that I am currently reading (that calls for a post in itself, I am very excited about each book. Perhaps when I am procrastinating later tonight I will make that entry)
Dream about living in a foreign country
Eating cereal for dinner, for the 3rd night in a row...
Find a house to move into in Tyler Texas (in 16 days)
Pack up house in Brandon MS (what... I have packed 5 boxes already!)
Keep house clean, just in case contract falls through
Pray that our nazi, I mean inspector, gives our buyers a good report (he just "failed" a house in my neighborhood last Friday)
Scope out the job market in Tyler Texas (I really think at this point I could be a realtor, I already know everything about every house possible)
Become fluent in Spanish (in like 16 days) Seriously, I applied for a cheer coach position at a high school and they called today and offered me a teaching position, a SPANISH teaching position, in a HIGH school, in TEXAS, where actual Mexicans live. I was like "No, I applied for the cheer coach position" hello, where is the correlation? Just because I minored in Spanish in college (who doesn't) and taught ELEMENTARY Spanish last year (IN MISSISSIPPI...not too many Mexican here
What I should NOT be doing:
Sitting by the pool for 5 hours
Taking the kids out to lunch because I am too lazy to make something
Surfing other blogs so i am "up" on all my friends (I really know very few of them) lives
Talking on the phone to friends
Keep up with reading the 4 books that I am currently reading (that calls for a post in itself, I am very excited about each book. Perhaps when I am procrastinating later tonight I will make that entry)
Dream about living in a foreign country
Eating cereal for dinner, for the 3rd night in a row...
Sunday, July 13, 2008
My passport story
Well, just when you think you have everything worked out...
I finally went downtown to get my passport processed, and after a 20 minute drive and a short wait there I was.
All of my paperwork completed and the cutest picture of myself to go on the passport.
Actually I took 2 different pictures down, and I was asking the lady there to help me decide which one to use.
They were both very good pictures I had cropped out of family pictures.
I mean, you need a good picture, it is a 10 year commitment!
So imagine my surprise when I get there and she says
"all photos have to have a white background"
that's right people, I should have actually read all the paperwork.
So...what to do??? Go home and get a new photo?? Drive all that way for a good photo?
The vain part is screaming YES
The reasonable part is whispering, no it is okay, just have her take one right here right now and be done with it.
That sounded good, until I caught a look of myself in the mirror.
Did I mention that I had just come from the gym?
With a NIKE hat on my head and
NO MAKEUP and
a (sweaty) grey t-shirt on????
Passport lady is like "do you have a brush?"
As if I carry one around just in case I need to have a passport photo taken (even though I had 2 lovely sets in my purse, one with a gray-ish background ((come on that is close enough)) and one with a purple background)
So she is clearly startled by my choice to have my picture taken.
Well, I can't take a passport photo with my hat on (sort of terrorist-ish) so I take it off and "fluff" my hair and then pull it back into a pony-tail (my daily summer do) and pull some out to make like I have bangs (at least some hair) and then even before I can put on lipstick, she takes the picture.
There you go.
My 10 year passport with the world's ugliest photo!!!
love it.
I finally went downtown to get my passport processed, and after a 20 minute drive and a short wait there I was.
All of my paperwork completed and the cutest picture of myself to go on the passport.
Actually I took 2 different pictures down, and I was asking the lady there to help me decide which one to use.
They were both very good pictures I had cropped out of family pictures.
I mean, you need a good picture, it is a 10 year commitment!
So imagine my surprise when I get there and she says
"all photos have to have a white background"
that's right people, I should have actually read all the paperwork.
So...what to do??? Go home and get a new photo?? Drive all that way for a good photo?
The vain part is screaming YES
The reasonable part is whispering, no it is okay, just have her take one right here right now and be done with it.
That sounded good, until I caught a look of myself in the mirror.
Did I mention that I had just come from the gym?
With a NIKE hat on my head and
NO MAKEUP and
a (sweaty) grey t-shirt on????
Passport lady is like "do you have a brush?"
As if I carry one around just in case I need to have a passport photo taken (even though I had 2 lovely sets in my purse, one with a gray-ish background ((come on that is close enough)) and one with a purple background)
So she is clearly startled by my choice to have my picture taken.
Well, I can't take a passport photo with my hat on (sort of terrorist-ish) so I take it off and "fluff" my hair and then pull it back into a pony-tail (my daily summer do) and pull some out to make like I have bangs (at least some hair) and then even before I can put on lipstick, she takes the picture.
There you go.
My 10 year passport with the world's ugliest photo!!!
love it.
Roxanne
Rock Band!
Corey and Kennedy were in Tyler for soccer camp last week, and then they left already this morning for Ole Miss soccer camp! I had enough time to wash all their clothes and have one delicious dinner and a fun night (!) and then off to camp again...
The most fun was hearing Corey sing Roxanne....priceless!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
update:Emy
Last night I told you about how we prayed throughout our house...
Well, this morning when she was in her bathroom washing her hands, I heard her talking.
Not just talking
She was praying that someone would "love our bathroom, and be happy to have our house so we can get a house in Texas Tyler" (that is how she says where we are moving).
How much cuter can you get?
Well, this morning when she was in her bathroom washing her hands, I heard her talking.
Not just talking
She was praying that someone would "love our bathroom, and be happy to have our house so we can get a house in Texas Tyler" (that is how she says where we are moving).
How much cuter can you get?
Emerson and I
I really cannot believe how old Emy is getting. She actually acts older than she is (maybe a 3rd child thing) but she is so fun to be around! Last night we had to go out to dinner (someone wanted to show our house at 7:45!) and with just she and I (no chaos from older siblings) I really enjoyed being with her! Also she has lost 3 teeth already! She turned 5 in January, and none of my kids lost their teeth that early.
Before we left the house, she and I went room by room to pray over our house. We walked into each room and said our prayers, and she was stinkin adorable! She would always start "Dear Lord, our Lord..." and at least 2 different times throughout the prayer she would say "and I love you so much Jesus". Sometimes we held hands, and sometimes we had our hands in the air, and sometimes we put our hands on a piece of furniture. She is precious.
Before we left the house, she and I went room by room to pray over our house. We walked into each room and said our prayers, and she was stinkin adorable! She would always start "Dear Lord, our Lord..." and at least 2 different times throughout the prayer she would say "and I love you so much Jesus". Sometimes we held hands, and sometimes we had our hands in the air, and sometimes we put our hands on a piece of furniture. She is precious.
Monday, July 07, 2008
It is hard...
Some of you will be surprised to see me write that I am sad to move from here. After my 5 years of Mississippi bashing (sorry people, but really it was all true) I will still be sad to move. One of the only reasons I can truly come to understand is that this is the place we have lived the longest!!! It may actually tie with living in WL (1992-1997), but that was a lOOOOng time and 2 children ago.
Today I read the roster of Kennedy's soccer team (here in MS) and I actually cried. Even though she has already made her team in Texas, I am still sad.
I guess it is just a part of moving, but one that I really didn't expect to feel leaving here.
Today I read the roster of Kennedy's soccer team (here in MS) and I actually cried. Even though she has already made her team in Texas, I am still sad.
I guess it is just a part of moving, but one that I really didn't expect to feel leaving here.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
only in Mississippi
Well, last night we officially became "rednecks"!
We went alligator spotting at 10:30pm. 6 adults and 9 kids on a pontoon boat in the Reservoir!
It was sort of fun, sort of scary and VERY buggy!!! It is LOUD at night on the water. All the frogs, birds, insects, alligators eating small children...lol
A fun night though, and I will miss the people we were with. They have said "We all decided, you are not moving, Corey can commute"
It's a thought...
We went alligator spotting at 10:30pm. 6 adults and 9 kids on a pontoon boat in the Reservoir!
It was sort of fun, sort of scary and VERY buggy!!! It is LOUD at night on the water. All the frogs, birds, insects, alligators eating small children...lol
A fun night though, and I will miss the people we were with. They have said "We all decided, you are not moving, Corey can commute"
It's a thought...
Monday, June 23, 2008
she's growing up
So, my firstborn child is already 12.
That sounds young, yet old at the same time.
For her birthday she scored $140.00 in cash. Today she wanted to go shopping. She wanted to go shopping at Abercrombie. So we went there and she laid down $112.00 for new clothes. She spent $50.00 alone on 1 pair of jeans!!! I don't even spend $50.00 on jeans. (in fact I just bought a pair from The Gap for $13.99, cute boot cut ones)
So anyway, she is growing up.
But then we leave Abercrombie, and she wants to go and buy a Webkinz. She is still my baby.
That sounds young, yet old at the same time.
For her birthday she scored $140.00 in cash. Today she wanted to go shopping. She wanted to go shopping at Abercrombie. So we went there and she laid down $112.00 for new clothes. She spent $50.00 alone on 1 pair of jeans!!! I don't even spend $50.00 on jeans. (in fact I just bought a pair from The Gap for $13.99, cute boot cut ones)
So anyway, she is growing up.
But then we leave Abercrombie, and she wants to go and buy a Webkinz. She is still my baby.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Preacher Boy
Friday, June 13, 2008
Hungry???
Yesterday Kennedy and Emerson and I went blueberry picking!
We had a great time picking, even though it was 100 degrees out, Emerson kept saying (whining) "Can we be done farming, it is too hot to be farmers". If she only knew. We spent exactly 45 minutes "farming". hilarious.Anyway, what do you do with a gallon bucket of delicious blueberries??? Bake!
This morning we had whole wheat blueberry pancakes topped with banana chunks and toasted chopped hazelnuts, with just a drzzle of maple syrup! Wash that down with milk (good for your bones) and coffee (good for being happy) and what else can you ask for??
Kennedy has baked 2 Country Blueberry Pies (those pictures will come next) and we are making a Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake for a dinner party tonight.
In addition to all of that for today, I have frozen blueberries in 3 cup measurements, for use in the future.
What a bargain, kid labor and $9.00...works for me!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Zucchini Yeast Rolls
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Good to be home
It is so good coming home.
It is fun to be away and be with family and friends, but there is that "homebody" inside that relies on the daily schedule that home brings. I am glad to be home. For whatever little time we have left here, in this home.
It is interesting how a home can turn into "not a home" in a matter of 4 days.
Without the presence of kids (ie: clutter) and meals (ie: yummy smells) and only a dog and a husband/father, the home became a house. Just a structure to withhold the elements. It seemed to "stink" of nothing! The bedrooms were immaculate and the game room spic and span. The flowers I lovingly cut and placed into the vases in the kitchen and bathroom, were wilting and dying all over the place!
It is fun to be away and be with family and friends, but there is that "homebody" inside that relies on the daily schedule that home brings. I am glad to be home. For whatever little time we have left here, in this home.
It is interesting how a home can turn into "not a home" in a matter of 4 days.
Without the presence of kids (ie: clutter) and meals (ie: yummy smells) and only a dog and a husband/father, the home became a house. Just a structure to withhold the elements. It seemed to "stink" of nothing! The bedrooms were immaculate and the game room spic and span. The flowers I lovingly cut and placed into the vases in the kitchen and bathroom, were wilting and dying all over the place!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
music
If anyone can tell me who the artist is singing on the "my photographer" link, I will love you forever! When you get to the website, you have to click on enter website, and then the music just plays. I always open the website and then minimize it so that I can listen to the music, it is so real.
Loving Sonic drinks (half price from 2-4, so you can get the gi-normous size!), what a fun treat to get me through the hot Mississippi days.
Next week's schedule is tough:
I have C's parents coming into town, my sister and her 3 boys are coming also. My daughter's BIGGEST soccer tourney in her 11 yr old life starts next Friday.
Let's just focus on Friday.
It is my 16th wedding anniversary
It is Kennedy's 12th birthday
AND I am catering a wedding at 7:30 pm for 200 people.
I will post some pictures of the delicious foods we will be preparing (I am forcing my sister to help me)
Loving Sonic drinks (half price from 2-4, so you can get the gi-normous size!), what a fun treat to get me through the hot Mississippi days.
Next week's schedule is tough:
I have C's parents coming into town, my sister and her 3 boys are coming also. My daughter's BIGGEST soccer tourney in her 11 yr old life starts next Friday.
Let's just focus on Friday.
It is my 16th wedding anniversary
It is Kennedy's 12th birthday
AND I am catering a wedding at 7:30 pm for 200 people.
I will post some pictures of the delicious foods we will be preparing (I am forcing my sister to help me)
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