Sorry Randi, I couldn't resist!

If the other blonde moments Randi has are "Brilliant" then this my friends is True Genius! I came across these pictures the other day and could not stop laughing. The thing on her head is a tutu. This was one of the decorations I had for Jadelyn's nursery. The theme was sun, moon, and stars. So my "Brilliant" idea was to take this old tutu of mine (yes, I wore this at one point!) spray it with silver glitter spray and hang it from the ceiling as a cloud. And ya'll thought I couldn't be crafty! These photos are absolutely priceless to me now and I can't even glance at them without cracking up! Thanks for making my day Randi! I love ya babe and hope you can forgive me!

Case Lot Sales Rock!

Today we went to the case lot extravaganza (I love that word) at the base in Little Rock. I got 12 boxes of hamburger helper for $6, 24 pack of gatorade bottles for $1, 36 lunchables for $20, 12 boxes of pop tarts for $8, 36 rolls of charmin for $7, 8 cups of soup at hand for $8, and much much more! I just love buying in bulk! My pantry is stuffed and I have no idea what I am going to do with all this, but it sure was fun! Looks like it's pop tarts for breakfast and hamburger helper for dinner for the rest of the year! Yay Me!

If only I could turn back time

The birth of Adalyn and all this talk of babies has made my mind wander back in time. Honestly, I try not to let myself remember when I had 2 little babies. Quite frankly these years were not the best of times for Tony and I. We still had many years before we were able to see the light. I find myself with tears in my eyes and a heart full of regret when I think back. It weighs heavy on both of our hearts that we were unfortunately unable to break clear of our addictions and be there both physically and mentally for the girls. I have kept all of their baby photos stored away on purpose. I do not have any pictures dating back farther than 3 1/2 years displayed anywhere in my home. Finally, Today I got out the box of photos and laughed and cried. I feel some what better now after facing it. I am truly blessed to have Randi and Ashley in my life today. I have been blocking this part of my past for awhile now, and it has made me unable to relate with them in their recent experiences. I finally feel like I have the courage to face facts and here are some of the pictures I found today that I didn't even remember. the first one is of me the day I had Madelyn, I'm looking pretty rough, the second is Madelyn at one day old, the third is Jadelyn about 6 months, the forth is when we brought Maddy home from the hospital and Jadelyn was already torturing her, the last is Madelyn at 6 months.

My Little Real Esate Agent

Jadelyn came in a couple of days ago with the next door neighbor kids. They asked me for the phone number of my landlord because their cousins that are living with them were looking for a place to move. I gave the number to them and thought nothing of it. Later on we get a knock at the door, it's the cousins from Florida. They speak little English and we are having a hard time understanding what they want. We then hear Jadelyn saying to some of them, "It's got 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, the yard is big but not good for swimming pools and my dad hates to mow it because of the hills, but it is bigger than your yard now." This is when we realized something just wasn't right. Jadelyn had overheard Tony and I talking about a house for sale in Spring Valley. We had looked at pictures of it on the internet. From this she concluded that we were moving. So, now we had the cousins wanting to come in and look around our house because she had informed them that we were moving real soon. I guess since she knew that they were looking for a place close to their other family members, she would pitch our house to them. We had the hardest time getting them to understand what had happened and that , no, we are not moving anytime soon.. I still do not think they completely understand. I do know one thing: Jadelyn's no-nonsense, strictly business, bossy, attitude and her tell all mouth sure do make for a good little real estate agent! Too bad I can't get her to work on commission!

It exploded!

I was at home stressing over school yesterday, when the mailman brought me a package. I love packages! It was a do it yourself bouncy ball kit from Randi. The note inside said, "take a break from studying, make a bouncy ball." It made my day! I immediately opened it and read the directions. I proceeded to make my bouncy ball as directed. It was in it's final stage when catastrophe struck. The mold had popped and my bouncy exploded! The goo gel substance was expanded all in the water I had it in. Tony died laughing and I was just disgusted. I began to realize that I possibly had put too much stuff in the mold. Damn, I thought, I can't even make a bouncy ball designed for ages 8+, no wonder I'm having such a hard time in college!

Overwhelmed

In one of my earlier posts I said, "If I'm LYON, I'm dying." Well I feel it for sure now! I knew this would be hard, but I was just not prepared for this amount of workload. I just drank a cup of coffee. It's almost 7 pm and I'm drinking coffee! I don't even really like coffee, but I have to do something to keep me awake. I just have too much to do to be sleepy, and I know blogging is not one of them! I thought it might make me feel a little better to vent. I have school 5 days a week all day long, soccer practice from 5:30-7:30 on Tuesdays, meeting on Wednesdays and Fridays, Soccer practice again on Saturdays and Sundays, and somewhere in that schedule I have to work in house cleaning, grocery shopping, homework, sleepovers, driving to Newark weekly to get Tony's check, dentist and other appointments, and sometimes I have time to sleep 5 hours a night! I know I am whining and complaining but at least it makes me feel better! I don't know what is wrong with me. I should just be grateful for this opportunity, but some days it's hard! I never knew how much my husband helps me out. He takes care of all the extra activities and lets me focus on school. I know he is not going to be home for a LONG time, and I think that is adding to my anxiety. Well, I actually do feel better now after bloggin' and bitchin"! I am sure this too will pass and eventually I will just get used to it, but for now I Need More Coffee!

Labor Day Extravaganza!

I had an eventful weekend. Saturday I went to hang with my peoples in Jonesboro. I had a blast just hanging around with Randi and Travis(even though we totally gave Travis a hard time all day). We went and visited Ashley, Chandler, and Adalyn. I got my picture taken with the big stork and I got to hold the adorable baby Adalyn! Sunday my family went to Wild River Country for the day and had a blast. It was sooo much more fun this time! The weather was awesome and there wasn't hardly anyone there. No lines to wait in! We even lucked out and were able to buy season passes for next year for the same price as getting in for one day. So, we will be back! Then Monday I got some awesome coupons to Chuck E. Cheese so we had to go. This family LOVES that place. Tony hit the jackpot and got like 300 ticket off one game! Then we did Putt n Putt and had snow cones before we headed back home. Our Extravaganza was awesome and amazingly went off with out a hitch. Now I just gotta get back to Jonesboro again soon before Adalyn gets big on me and I've just gotta imaginary hula hoop!