this weekend I am traveling to Utah all by myself.
I feel like I should be writing this post in CAPS because I am that EXCITED!
I have dreamed about going for the past few nights and I cant wait.
NOT that I wouldn't love to take all my kiddos....because I would. I do it often and its a blast.
But, I have to say...it will be strange, nice, weird, super fun....to have a morning to sleep in or not!
I am slightly nervous for my lovie...NOT that he can't handle it...because he can.
But...you know how it goes! Just me not being there to be the mom is gonna be different.
Well, Utah in 2 days!
yippee..
ps special thanks to Nic for finding me a super cheap ticket to get there.
and to Mimi for taking the spot of the mom while my lovie is at work!
couldn't do it without cha!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
monsoon
We have had some of the most amazing Monsoon's this year. I have never in my life seen some of the electric storms like we have had over the past month. It's so cool to watch.
this particular day the thunder and lightening were especially close and extremely loud. I walked outside thinking it had past and before I could grab my teeth and get back inside, I watch a flash and a 1/2 second later felt the boom. It scared me and Memphis something good.
sorry you missed it!
this particular day the thunder and lightening were especially close and extremely loud. I walked outside thinking it had past and before I could grab my teeth and get back inside, I watch a flash and a 1/2 second later felt the boom. It scared me and Memphis something good.
sorry you missed it!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
kip & nap
I think this is one of the funniest pictures I have seen in a while. Espeically if you know these two boys.
It reminded me of something that
Napoleon and Kip
would of done.
So funny!
Doesn't that guy in the back look slightly mischievous?
in the cutest way?
Thursday, August 19, 2010
strike a pose
We were doing a bit of school shopping and
walked out of the Nike store.
I turned around to see Mr. Creams in the display window
and then of course Mr. Cedar had to join in.
I told them to freeze so I could get a photo.
What cuties!
We are Here! We are Here!
People, we are in a fight for our lives and our beliefs.
Well, for those who believe the way I do.
I am so concerned with not being heard. Even though we are the majority vote on numerous items that I have been following lately. I sometimes feel like the whos, in Horton hears a Who. The people on that speck of dirt are screaming to be heard and only Horton can hear them. Then comes that big bad purple kangaroo and says "it doesn't matter, it's not the way it's suppose to be", even though everyone else knows it's right.
I have been keeping my ears peeled lately in regards to the PROP 8 deal in California, the SB 1070 here in AZ, the mosque situation in NYC and the Health Bill for the Country. And, all the other things that are being supported by the majority but for some reason or another get over turned because one person says 'it just wouldn't be right". I don't pretend to be so versed in Politics, I just know what I believe and what I see and hear around me. And to me...it's crazy!
IT infuriates me that most of AZ support having our borders protected, actually most the country support having our borders protected, YET....it's shot down! Or it's put on hold so that some aren't offended.
I am offended and the side I am on is the majority...so why isn't it being heard?
I am in the mind set that if I get pulled over in a car and have done something illegal...you better believe I will get a ticket or possibly sent to jail. Why is it that when you cross a border and it's considered illegal and but if you DON"T get caught it's all GOOD.
I have lived over the southern border and know that if you want to work you carry your documentation or your kicked out! I know that! We had frequent visits from the Mexican/American Consulate to verify all paperwork. I also know that I have been stopped, over charged, questioned for no reason, stole from because the color of my skin. I know some of you that read this might roll your eyes at that last sentence....but it's very true and my friend that were local would admit that. I know it's not right, but it happens...therefore you either deal with it or you move. So, we dealt with it by having our work visa and having our US passports and paying taxes every paycheck and having insurance on our cars in the US and in Mexico. And we dealt with it by paying all 300+ employees the right way through their banking systems and filing with their tax people and paying their "surprise" fees that were different every time you turn around. We were legit and then after 6 years STILL got forced out. And when I mean forced out....I am talking about by 70+ men and woman with guns strapped to them and them holding my husband and close friends behind doors for 48 hrs without a call to see if all was well....even with the right documentation.
That is a long story for another day!
But the point is....I don't like the way I was treated, I don't want that to happen to anyone here in the states. But you gotta be legal!
So maybe we make it easier to become a citizen of the US. I have a friend that applied 2 times to become a citizen. My friend is highly educated and has highly educated parents. When she finally got her answer it was thought that she was only coming here to become a prostitute. So, now she lives here illegally. Maybe, we make it less of a pain to do it the right way. I am not against people coming here to find a new life! I wouldn't be here if that was the case. My ancestors all came across the waters to America.
But we Can't over look something that's illegal, just because we might offend. Believe me when I say that I am NOT encompassing all that live south of the border to be crooks, dishonest or an any way doing anything bad or illegal. I have numerous friends that are WONDERFUL people that still live there and I miss them daily. I just can't agree with someone using anothers SSN to cross the border just because.
With Prop 8...again the majority voted and won. NOW...someone has been offended and again it's in the air. Why is the majority of the people not being taken serious? Someone close to me said "why shouldn't they have a right to be married it's like holding a library card". I say "WHAT the H?"
It goes way beyond the right of a person.
Let's say it is their right for conversation purposes...what happens to my rights then? You may ask how my rights would be violated?
HEAR ME OUT:
Their right to be married as a gay person and live that type of perversion, which I believe it is, is going to say that it's accepted and it's normal.
Then, It's going to say that it's normal & okay and so now we can teach it in school to my children.
It's going to say that its accepted and normal and therefore sin it accepted and normal.
I teach my children what I believe is right. I just DO NOT want my children to be forced into having to learn about it from someone other than me and my husband.
I just don't buy it!
They can be gay, but I can't Pray? Hmmm! interesting.
I have a family member that is gay and I can promise you that this lifestyle has only brought heartache, pain and sickness. I love him and know that he loves us. I feel so sorry for him because he will never understand true happiness. The happiness that comes with having a family of his own.
It's not normal and them having that right is offending me.
But...offending the majority is what is happening lately. The people that are overturning all the majority votes aren't wanting to offend the minority. It's crazy. It's like the people have spoken but there is nobody listening. OR, "they" listen for a bit to make us happy and then pull the rug out from underneath us to make whom ever didn't vote that way feel all warm and cozy.
I heard, on the radio, some man saying to another that all of these people that are fighting the prop 8 and the mosque being built and the immigration issue...they are all doing this out of Fear. This man tried to make it seem like it's a phobia type thing or a bad thing.
I say....I am doing this out of FEAR.
I fear for my Freedoms, my children, my safety.
Is that a problem?
Why is us being fearful for our American way of life that is dwindling from underneath us a bad thing?
I have heard of this "being" that tells one person all that they want to hear and more. He promises them the moon and the stars. And then turns around and stabs them in the back to save face with another.
Sound Familiar to anyone that knows the story of, dare I say.... Satan?
did I go a little far there?
I guess it might be time to offend in order to defend!
what do you think?
Well, for those who believe the way I do.
I am so concerned with not being heard. Even though we are the majority vote on numerous items that I have been following lately. I sometimes feel like the whos, in Horton hears a Who. The people on that speck of dirt are screaming to be heard and only Horton can hear them. Then comes that big bad purple kangaroo and says "it doesn't matter, it's not the way it's suppose to be", even though everyone else knows it's right.
I have been keeping my ears peeled lately in regards to the PROP 8 deal in California, the SB 1070 here in AZ, the mosque situation in NYC and the Health Bill for the Country. And, all the other things that are being supported by the majority but for some reason or another get over turned because one person says 'it just wouldn't be right". I don't pretend to be so versed in Politics, I just know what I believe and what I see and hear around me. And to me...it's crazy!
IT infuriates me that most of AZ support having our borders protected, actually most the country support having our borders protected, YET....it's shot down! Or it's put on hold so that some aren't offended.
I am offended and the side I am on is the majority...so why isn't it being heard?
I am in the mind set that if I get pulled over in a car and have done something illegal...you better believe I will get a ticket or possibly sent to jail. Why is it that when you cross a border and it's considered illegal and but if you DON"T get caught it's all GOOD.
I have lived over the southern border and know that if you want to work you carry your documentation or your kicked out! I know that! We had frequent visits from the Mexican/American Consulate to verify all paperwork. I also know that I have been stopped, over charged, questioned for no reason, stole from because the color of my skin. I know some of you that read this might roll your eyes at that last sentence....but it's very true and my friend that were local would admit that. I know it's not right, but it happens...therefore you either deal with it or you move. So, we dealt with it by having our work visa and having our US passports and paying taxes every paycheck and having insurance on our cars in the US and in Mexico. And we dealt with it by paying all 300+ employees the right way through their banking systems and filing with their tax people and paying their "surprise" fees that were different every time you turn around. We were legit and then after 6 years STILL got forced out. And when I mean forced out....I am talking about by 70+ men and woman with guns strapped to them and them holding my husband and close friends behind doors for 48 hrs without a call to see if all was well....even with the right documentation.
That is a long story for another day!
But the point is....I don't like the way I was treated, I don't want that to happen to anyone here in the states. But you gotta be legal!
So maybe we make it easier to become a citizen of the US. I have a friend that applied 2 times to become a citizen. My friend is highly educated and has highly educated parents. When she finally got her answer it was thought that she was only coming here to become a prostitute. So, now she lives here illegally. Maybe, we make it less of a pain to do it the right way. I am not against people coming here to find a new life! I wouldn't be here if that was the case. My ancestors all came across the waters to America.
But we Can't over look something that's illegal, just because we might offend. Believe me when I say that I am NOT encompassing all that live south of the border to be crooks, dishonest or an any way doing anything bad or illegal. I have numerous friends that are WONDERFUL people that still live there and I miss them daily. I just can't agree with someone using anothers SSN to cross the border just because.
With Prop 8...again the majority voted and won. NOW...someone has been offended and again it's in the air. Why is the majority of the people not being taken serious? Someone close to me said "why shouldn't they have a right to be married it's like holding a library card". I say "WHAT the H?"
It goes way beyond the right of a person.
Let's say it is their right for conversation purposes...what happens to my rights then? You may ask how my rights would be violated?
HEAR ME OUT:
Their right to be married as a gay person and live that type of perversion, which I believe it is, is going to say that it's accepted and it's normal.
Then, It's going to say that it's normal & okay and so now we can teach it in school to my children.
It's going to say that its accepted and normal and therefore sin it accepted and normal.
I teach my children what I believe is right. I just DO NOT want my children to be forced into having to learn about it from someone other than me and my husband.
I just don't buy it!
They can be gay, but I can't Pray? Hmmm! interesting.
I have a family member that is gay and I can promise you that this lifestyle has only brought heartache, pain and sickness. I love him and know that he loves us. I feel so sorry for him because he will never understand true happiness. The happiness that comes with having a family of his own.
It's not normal and them having that right is offending me.
But...offending the majority is what is happening lately. The people that are overturning all the majority votes aren't wanting to offend the minority. It's crazy. It's like the people have spoken but there is nobody listening. OR, "they" listen for a bit to make us happy and then pull the rug out from underneath us to make whom ever didn't vote that way feel all warm and cozy.
I heard, on the radio, some man saying to another that all of these people that are fighting the prop 8 and the mosque being built and the immigration issue...they are all doing this out of Fear. This man tried to make it seem like it's a phobia type thing or a bad thing.
I say....I am doing this out of FEAR.
I fear for my Freedoms, my children, my safety.
Is that a problem?
Why is us being fearful for our American way of life that is dwindling from underneath us a bad thing?
I have heard of this "being" that tells one person all that they want to hear and more. He promises them the moon and the stars. And then turns around and stabs them in the back to save face with another.
Sound Familiar to anyone that knows the story of, dare I say.... Satan?
did I go a little far there?
I guess it might be time to offend in order to defend!
what do you think?
Sunday, August 15, 2010
butt on fire
Last night at 12:10am I was sound asleep minding my own business when I was jumped out of bed surprised when the bottom of my back and top of my bottom felt like it was being lit on fire. It woke me up and sent me running to the bathroom, but not before 3 more fires were lit on my bottom and 1 more on my ring finger.
I woke Lukey up and he instantly started looking for whatever it was. We were both so tired and were in a half glazed over state from being so suddenly woke up.
If felt like a dream or Nightmare.
I couldn't believe it...I had been stung by a scorpion.
NOT the Scorpion KING, Mr. Dwayne Johnson...but an actually little devilish scorpion.
Which I still haven't found.
Today my mouth, jaw, lips and throat have been numb. My ring finger is still numb from the tip to the knuckle on my hand. My neck is stiff. I got the chills and my bottom dollar is sore and burns. Honestly like someone blew out a match and stuck it right to my back side.
YES, it hurts like a mug.
MR. Dwayne Johnson....
I'd rather be bitten by you....on the finger, of course!
I woke Lukey up and he instantly started looking for whatever it was. We were both so tired and were in a half glazed over state from being so suddenly woke up.
If felt like a dream or Nightmare.
I couldn't believe it...I had been stung by a scorpion.
NOT the Scorpion KING, Mr. Dwayne Johnson...but an actually little devilish scorpion.
Today my mouth, jaw, lips and throat have been numb. My ring finger is still numb from the tip to the knuckle on my hand. My neck is stiff. I got the chills and my bottom dollar is sore and burns. Honestly like someone blew out a match and stuck it right to my back side.
YES, it hurts like a mug.
MR. Dwayne Johnson....
I'd rather be bitten by you....on the finger, of course!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
bug off
Today I was reminded of a time, not so long ago, that I stood out on my back porch in Blue Ridge Ga. I was standing with my girls just painting and visiting with them and must of been talking to much...when a bug or fly flew right in my mouth and down my throat. I couldn't believe it. I gasp coughing, trying to get it to come back out and be free, back the fresh air that it knew and loved so much. But to no avail, I had just swallowed a fly, I dont' know why I swallowed the fly...perhaps I'll die. OKAY, i got carried away just now.
Today as I was preparing my lunch, which just happened to be a salad with yummy "green goddess" dressing, which has lots of black little seasonings in it. I noticed a little gnat flying around my bowl. I shooed it away and it came right back. I swatted at it and, I think, but am not sure, that it fell outside my bowl. I could be wrong, and probably am, but I am gonna think that I didn't eat it today....which I am sure I did.
What is it with me and eating bugs? especially after seeing this photo...SICK!
PS I love celery but the smell stays on your hands FOREVER! oooh oowheey, what's up with that?
What is it with me and eating bugs? especially after seeing this photo...SICK!
PS I love celery but the smell stays on your hands FOREVER! oooh oowheey, what's up with that?
Thursday, August 5, 2010
San Diego Trip
OH.. San Diego...I LOVE YOU!
Last weekend we made a fast, exciting, wonderful...did I mention Fast? trip to the Juan Deigo. It was such a good time.
The weather was amazing....mid 60's all day long.
That is the weather I was born to live in.
LOVED IT!
We got into town mid morning on Friday....
12pm...Hit Pacific Beach for a few hours. Froze in the water. Once you lost all feeling in your legs and hips...the water was Perfecto. We made sand castles, buried Shelb's in the sand, collected seaweed, watched the surfers and enjoyed watching lil' Guy & Muscles & Cedar on the beach for the first time.
5pm....Hit a San Diego Padres game with the kids. What a blast. The kids had a great time, even though the game was pretty long. I had to take all the ninos to the top of the stadium for a "stretch your bones" walk at the top of the 4th inning. The mom and daughter sitting next to us had season tickets and got loads of free things...so they shared their SD tattoos with all the kids.
Saturday morn:
9am...of course...B-fast at KONOS on the Pacific Beach boardwalk. We don't go to San Diego without treating ourselves to a plate of kono's pancakes, eggs and taters.
11am...Hit Sea World with the other million people that were there. It was packed, but still such a good time. We watched the fireworks at 9:30pm while sharing a bag of cotton candy. We stayed till they closed and then drove as far as our eyelids would allow. Finally at 1am we found the nearest hotel and then Sunday morn, we headed out again.
See...I said fast and I meant it!
To fast....I need to go back....yesterday.
Last weekend we made a fast, exciting, wonderful...did I mention Fast? trip to the Juan Deigo. It was such a good time.
The weather was amazing....mid 60's all day long.
That is the weather I was born to live in.
LOVED IT!
We got into town mid morning on Friday....
12pm...Hit Pacific Beach for a few hours. Froze in the water. Once you lost all feeling in your legs and hips...the water was Perfecto. We made sand castles, buried Shelb's in the sand, collected seaweed, watched the surfers and enjoyed watching lil' Guy & Muscles & Cedar on the beach for the first time.
5pm....Hit a San Diego Padres game with the kids. What a blast. The kids had a great time, even though the game was pretty long. I had to take all the ninos to the top of the stadium for a "stretch your bones" walk at the top of the 4th inning. The mom and daughter sitting next to us had season tickets and got loads of free things...so they shared their SD tattoos with all the kids.
Saturday morn:
9am...of course...B-fast at KONOS on the Pacific Beach boardwalk. We don't go to San Diego without treating ourselves to a plate of kono's pancakes, eggs and taters.
To fast....I need to go back....yesterday.
Monday, August 2, 2010
A year later!
My baby turned 1 year old, just last week.
It's a great feeling and also...so emotional for me. I feel like that time in my life as come and I am trying hard to embrace it with open arms. It's the time in my life that I am no longer baring children...but now I am raising them. I know I have 4 other little babies to raise...but there was always that next baby to go through the pregnancy stage and the nursing stage and the diaper stage. We are past a few of those and moving on to others very quickly.
It's pretty exciting!
Yes.....it's true My little baby is growing up.
Mr. Lil Guy on his 1st birthday:
has Walked for the past 2 months
Has 7 teeth and 2 on their way
Tries to jump
Loves Loves Loves to dance, and it's so funny.
Has the best facial expressions
Doesn't like shoes on his feet
Loves to feed himself everything
Loves Peaches, noodles, sweet peas, grapes, crackers, tortillas and whatever is put in front of him.
loves to use crayons in the bath.
Loves to climb up the stairs
Loves to show off his mad running skills when being chased by Creed
Is disgustingly LOVED by his family
Oh mr. Lil Guy
Happy 1st birthday.
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