LOVE TRIANGLE

ok so i went to READ to Makenna's class today
and the teacher tells me she is involved in a LOVE TRIANGLE


WHATTT???
How did that HAPPEN

apparently she has two boys in class fighting over her
and it was a big enough issue that the teacher brought
it up today -- OMGOSH -- She is 6 -- what the heck
i didn't start liking boys until i was much older .... um...
like 12 or 13

anyway - she has been informed that she is not ALLOWED
to have a boyfriend - she is only 6
but somehow i think that makes her only like them MORE
i could see that little twinkle in her eye

REBELLION

Pray for us --

SUPER BUSY

Super Busy at work
stepping in for a teacher
that had a family emergency
and can i just say that reading
another teachers lesson plans is
like trying to read CHINESE

lots of cutting to do for school tomorrow
JUNGLE/RAINFOREST WEEK and I have
some FUN STUFF UP MY SLEEVE for the
students -- :D :D

Wednesday March 21

Took a little drive out to Brenham
took some pics in the BLUEBONNETS
:D :D
got home and put the kids to bed long
after BEDTIME but we had FUN :D
;) :D

SPRING BREAK -- thus far

Friday - 3-9-07 Ran errands ALL DAY and looked for a bathing suit (to no avail) that night we hung out at KandD's with Melissa and her kids then Noah and Makenna decided they wanted to sleepover too :D
Saturday 3-10 We had two back to back birthday parties one was a friend of Noah's (PUMP it UP) and the other a friend of Makenna's (Chuck E Cheese) that night at had the ONLINE CROP at TSR www.scrap-room.com
Sunday 3-11 Ken took us all out to Double Dave's and we hung out at Melissa's house :D
Monday and Tuesday the kids and I tackled some things around the house (it RAINED)
Wednesday 3-14 Heath and I took the kids to CHUCK E CHEESE it was RAINING with SEVERE T-STORMS -- that night Melissa and kids came to sleep over
Thursday - Hung out with Melissa and kids
Friday 3-16 HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE with Molly and kids - SUPER FUN - pictures to come -- this was the first time i have taken the kids so they were so excited - they loved it all - especially the dinosaurs :D
Saturday / Sunday - My Brothers are coming for a visit (Johnny and Jeremy) :D

IT's ME ... IT'S ME

remember the Spartan skit from SNL
that was all I could think about when I decided to
come forth with my BIG NEWS .... :D

I just became the newest addition to the MOD SQUAD at TSR www.scrap-room.com
I am SOOOO FREAKIN EXCITED -- I feel in love with this site as soon as I joined and
I am THRILLED to be apart of the TEAM -- Thanks :D :D :D

SPRING BREAK PLANS

to do's for SPRING BREAK:

SCRAPBOOK -- EVERY SINGLE DAY - at least a little ;)

Family Day at the BEACH

Have NEPHEW over to spend the night

YARD work with my buddy MOLLY

PICNIC at the Park

LIST STUFF ON EBAY

maybe MOVIE and MUSEUM with Molly

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other not so HUGE things but equally important
plan a menu so we don't eat out
get groceries
bills
planner
check on bluebonnets

tomorrow I am going to purchase a swimsuit -- YUCK --
Lord HELP me find one that looks DECENT


ok so that is it -- i feel like that is a good mix of FUN with a DASH of PROGRESS ??? don't you

in other news

I am gearing up for Spring Break
I can't decide if I want to do a SPRING CLEANING
or if I want to RELAX and SCRAP????

WHAT DO YOU THINK???

NEWS.....

Ok so about my secret news
I am hoping to know something before the weekend
but I will FOR SURE be posting by MONDAY --
I AM SO FREAKIN EXCITED

Birthdays = Memories

Today my son would have been 11
wow that is a big number - never fails to sneak up and surprise me
with a massive dose of RAW EMOTION
even after all these years -

Tried to stay busy today - got caught in I-10 traffic
started to panic - really wanted to get through ONE
birthday without tears and focus on the good memories
I feel like I am doing "better" compared to birthdays in the
past - no UGLY crying yet - (patting myself on the back)
but several moments with tears welling up

Just Praising God for holding my hand (sometimes even
dragging me ;) - through the really rough spots in my life
I find that sometimes I want to camp there - in my sorrow
- but HE doesn't let me - HE continually shows me that
there is still plenty of LIFE to LIVE

so with tear filled eyes toward heaven --
HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY AASIN
Mommy LOVES You

RODEO -

Tonight we took the kids to the RODEO -
this was the FIRST time the kids have gone -
the Houston Rodeo is a HUGE thing for Texans
(and others as well) we had the pleasure of seeing
Clay Walker tonight in concert

and I must admit I really had my heart set on
seeing Rascal Flatts (and the kids wanted to see
Hannah Montana and the Cheetah Girls) but I
had a great time (so did they) -- Mr. Walker put on a GREAT
show

other things to remember about tonight include
fishing for prizes
pink cowgirl hat
wooden toad
pickles ;)
funnel cake
dippin dots
nachos

here is to FUN Family MEMORIES :D

3/2/07 YESTERDAY

ok I have a secret ;)
I can't tell this secret
for several more days
keeping it under wraps
is gonna be HARD
but i can say I am THRILLED
- TICKLED PINK even

can't wait to share ;)

2-24-07 Saturday

took the kids to see Bridge to Terabithia at the dinner and a movie joint
we had been there before but had only gotten popcorn - we ate this time
and though it was pricey $$$ it was GOOD - i was pretty impressed

as for the movie - we loved it - I read it to the kids last summer and it
was VERY SIMILAR to the book - they LOVED it :D

Fun times

love having hubby home for some VACATION time :D

BABIES???

While Makenna was on the potty last night she suddenly yells out -- "Mommy, if I push really hard will a BABY come out?" --

now let me explain - Makenna is only 6 and she and Noah were both delivered by c-section - so all I have told her was that the DOCTOR takes the BABY out of the MOMMY's TUMMY -- Their TV shows are pretty restricted and I am fairly certain they don't teach this in school - so my question is - HOW IN THE HECK did she find out the baby has to be PUSHED out -- and were does she think it comes out at????

I am guessing now is the time to start discussing the subject a little further with her --

Hair DO

took some time for me today and got my hair done
LOVE it - Tasha did a FAB job -- Love HER - :D
Miss my friend Ashlee -but I am so glad I found
someone here to do my hair for me :D :D :D
will post some pics soon

Who has the most ROMANTIC husband ever

well, as of today - I do
will post more later ;)

Mission Accomplished

or at least the main mission for today
ALL TAXES ARE DONE - had to finish
the OK one since we lived there some too
this year -- stinks that i couldn't e-file that
along with my federal - something to do with
partial year residency - I think it is that they
just want to keep my $$ a few days longer :D

this is actually the latest I have EVER filed
I am normally one of those obnoxious Feb 1 filers ;)

Post

also about Noah's conversation with Heath at lunch yesterday

Post

reminder to self -need to blog about Makenna's purchases this weekend :D

another day at home

ok this makes 3 days off from work

and while i am getting a few extra

things done - I SO need to get out

of the house for a bit -

The kids are doing much better

both have some congestion now

(not sure where that came from)

but they are still taking their meds

like little troopers --

Makenna was really missing school

today :( I assured her she will be going

back on Monday. Noah hasn't really said

much about it though he did declare the

following last night

"I don't need to go back to Public School.

You should just Homeschool me - All the

kids keep making me SICK"

it was quite funny - he is the type that

would be cool just hangin out with his

Momma all day - I am sure that philosophy

will be long gone in no time (he almost 8) but

I will hold on to it for as long as I can ;)

sharing another layout

this one is of my cutie pie nephew

(he is 2 now )

SICKY ICKIES

So - Guess what -- WE are all sick --
STREP THROAT is in the house again

really how many times can one family
get this ????

Heath and I were both able to get shots
yesterday so today I feel like a brand new
person -- ALMOST HUMAN ;)
and the kids are on the liquid - so far
they aren't really whinning about taking it
but they will be on it for 10 days so ask me
about this later

Sharing another layout - hope you like it :D

Sharing a layout

Not much going on here --

had a little stomach bug

or bad mexican food

(not sure which)

but thought it would be

a great time to share some

of my art/layouts with you

:D :D :D

My kids think .....

My kids think I am the QUEEN of Super Mario Brothers (nintendo ds) -- and though I can't take all the credit (it is my nephew Cristion's game) but in a few hours (broken up into 3 days) I made it to level 8 tonight and they were estatic (sp?) -- thrilled -- AMAZED even --

If I had only known my nintendo skills would have won them over, i would have busted them out LONG ago

So today's advice -- have fun - go play with your kids - who knows what you will do today to astonish them ;)

Daily Grind

Mondays are always CATCH UP days for me -- my day to clean - do laundry - Pay Bills - and, well, catch up on any paperwork / mail that has piled up --

Today is no different in that aspect - I have a huge amount of laundry to do -- :D :D :D boy I just LOOVE laundry (that was sarcasm for those who don't know me very well)

I am also wanting to do the Snapshots album over at TSR -- (see "kits" on side bar) but i feel i am already behind. ???? who knows ???

Today i got out a Prayer Journal from last year -- it was so incredible to see how far God has brought our little family -- and though things are not perfect I know that He will perfect the work that He has started

Church was interesting yesterday -- we are doing a series on Desperate Households and yesterdays sermon was "Desperate in the Bedroom" it was full of LOTS of great especially for those who were raised with the SEX is NAUGHTY/DIRTY/SINFUL philosophy --

Artic Blast

(look VERY closely or you will miss the tiny icicles that have formed on the tree branches)

that is what the news is calling our cold weather a little over dramatic if you ask me - but SCHOOL was CLOSED today so that means the kids and I get to hang out - TOTALLY FUN - and they played barbies/GI joes for almost 2 hours without a FIGHT - can we say MIRACLE (noah would NEVER admit to playing barbies with his sister so he always uses his
GI Joe doll - i mean ACTION FIGURE)

so here is to enjoying the
ARTIC BLAST
(raising my mug of hot chocolate) :D

They say it's your

They say it's your Birthday
dunna dunna dunna dunna
Well it's my Birthday too, Yeah (not really)
dunna dunna dunna dunna

ok so I wasn't blessed in the singing
department but that doesn't mean
I love you any less ;)

Happy Birthday Babe -- Love you
more and more each year - You're
the BESTEST BESTEST Husband
in the whole wide world (trust me
-we girls - compare) YOU WIN
HANDS DOWN -- :D :D :D

LIVE in the words of MLKjr.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thought this quote was great for my Ali Edwards challenge - to LIVE - that is my word -- powerful words spoke by a POWERFUL (but humble) man :D

Visions of Cheeseburgers

Visions of Cheeseburgers
that is what his sign read

and though we couldn't
give him one hundred bucks
we could run through the drive
at whataburger and get him a combo
meal

and don't get me wrong - i am not
saying this to boast - because we
really didn't do anything that special
but what i realized is that God helped
me out of my slump - He helped me
to focus on someone ELSE - and really
haven't we all wanted a burger so bad
we could taste it (at one time or another)

So I am so thankful that we happened
upon this man at the right time -I am
happy that we felt God leading us and
we acted on it (sometimes I don't) I am
happy to say that I saw the JOY in his
eyes when my husband handed him the
bag and drink (as the stop light was green)
and said GOD BLESS YOU -- maybe that
small act planted a seed :D :D

Memory

the past few days have been tough - I don't see how a TV show can stir up so many memories and emotions

Thursday - I remembered feeding my son, Aasin, for the last time - A memory that must have been trapped like an air bubble - well
below the surface of my brain - and for some reason yesterday it ascended to the top - and while one minute I was excited that i could
remember his tiny face - his lips and his nose so vividly - the next minute I was left with the - all to familiar - lump in my throat - a feeling of trying to catch my breath - and a piercing ache in my heart -

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wrote the above yesterday - tough day - really tough -- Those of you who have lost loved ones know how these feelings sort of creep up on you - you do your best to think of the happy times and remember them when everything was "smooth sailing" but for some reason this memory resurfaced - most would probably wonder why this would be so upsetting but nursing my son in the moving car that day over 10 years ago would become my biggest regret - a moment that would change me forever -

and though i felt better once my words were typed I saved the above portion as a draft not knowing if i would share it or not - but today i realized that YES I would post it - I want to remember this - this MEMORY - of my son - sometimes I feel like I can't hear his little chuckle anymore - I can't visualize his smile- but thursday for a few seconds I felt as though I was watching a recording of him - of a precise moment that we shared on the last day of his short life - So maybe this post will help me hang on to this memory --

ONE little Word Challenge

I am participating in Ali Edwards' One little word Challenge

My word for this year is LIVE -This year I want to REALLY LIVE for Christ and for my FAMILY and even for ME some too!

I am going to try to focus on all of my BLESSINGS -and I am going to LIVE everyday without regret or worry - or the "what if's" the "shoulda's" and even the "if only's" - This year I want to get closer to the person GOD has planned - for me to be -- this year I am going to LIVE

here is a quote I borrowed from Steph's blog -you can see her lovely art work here

http://homegrownhospitality.typepad.com/homegrown_hospitality/2007/01/a_good_way_to_s.html
"Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievement of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you. "

Christian B. Larson

It is a NEW YEAR

well as you can see I took a break from blogging over the holidays - it was great to just relax (after the CrAzYneSS of Christmas GIFT making of course) but today I stepped back into the real world - the kids had to go back to school :( and I had to go back to work :( :( I really enjoyed being home - I think heath enjoyed the benefits of that as well -

I can't believe it is 2007 - where has the time gone -- I AM GETTING OLDER -- CraPola -- I have so got to get in better shape -- the past few years I have packed on the pounds -- and I am not talking 10, 15, or even 20 -- this is SERIOUS -- very unhealthy -- so of course i - like everyone else made a commitment (i refuse to call it a resolution - i just hate those - i can never keep them) to get healthy -- but wait i am jumping ahead of myself

FIRST COMMITMENT
1. read my bible DAILY (i will do great with this and then somewhere in the busy ness of life i put it on the back burner)

2. work out 5 days per week -- I would like to make this everyday but really who are we kidding here - and eat better - (i kind of lumped these two together)

3. Be a Better WIFE -- work on my nagging -- seriously sometimes i can't stand to hear MYSELF

4. Be a Better MOTHER -- do more things with the kids that THEY want to do - not just the things that i am WILLING to do -- play with them without being asked to - spent one on one time with each child daily

5. Be more ORGANIZED -- don't laugh - but i used to feel like a PRO in this area but for the past 2 years I have really fell off the wagon -- COME ON SHAWNNA GET IT TOGETHER :D

ok -- so those are my commitments/goals -- but they are NOT - i repeat - NOT - frEaKin ReSoLutionS :D