Making a Change

I've always had problems with migraines & over the past few years they've gotten worse. With the anti-depressant I'm on I can't take anything other than over the counter migraine medicine. If I don't take that at the first sign of one it doesn't work. So while I was at the dr. this past Saturday(sick with upper respitory stuff) I talked to him about any new meds being out that I could take for my migraine. This led to us talking about why I was on an anti-depressant. He mentioned to me that I should try to get off of it, especially with me having migraines so I can take migraine medicine. I've wanted to for a while but honestly I've always been a little nervous. This time I'm not so much, I really feel like I'll be ok without it. I was put on the medication because of post-partum, well it's been almost 5 yrs. ago so I should be ok.

A Pic Post

I realize I'm lousy about posting pics & to be quite honest I love looking at bloggers pics more than reading the post. So I really should do a better job, and I know I've said it 1000 times I'm going to start posting more & posting more pics and then never do. Honestly I just never think about taking my camera everywhere we go & then when I do think about the camera the dang battery is dead. SOOOO again I'm going to try to get better

My lil booger bear is out of town until tomorrow, momma's really missin' him too. I talked to him this morning & said "are you ready to come home"? his reply, "nope!! no siree"!! He must've forgot all about his Batman & Robin game. I'm so thankful he enjoys going to his nana & pawpaw's, it's such a great bonding time for them & he's making so many memories. But also mommy & daddy get a break & a chance to hang out.

So enough rambling here are some pics, hope you enjoy!!!!



Christmas '08

Jette & Brayden sportin their Handy Manny jammies
Max & Brayden @ the park

Better Luck Next Time.....Or At Least I Hope

I'm sure the title of this post explains enough, well that is if you read the previous post. But I didn't pass my insurance test, I missed it by 5 questions. I was told it was a very difficult test & man was it!!! I knew the material & the questions were easy to read but the possible answers were HARD. It was a multiple choice test & alot of the answers were similiar. I went through the test once then went back through it a second time so it's not like I hurried through it. The fail rate is very high & my boss said it well "it's a very humbling test". I get to reschedule tomorrow so the plan is to try again next week. I'll know what to expect so hopefully my nerves won't be as bad. They do tell you what areas you didn't do good in so I can study those areas for next time.

Tomorrow's The BIG Day

Shawnn & I are headed after work to Springdale for the night. I have to be @ Pearson Vue by 7:30 am to get ready to take my insurance test. I'm so ready for this to be over with. Test make me nervous & this one is really taking a toll on me. So many people don't pass & well if I don't pass I'll be compeletly humilated. I mean I've worked in insurance for 3 yrs. (gosh is that even possible, I'm getting so old) so I should know this stuff. I'm feeling very confident right now & hope my confidence doesn't leave me once I start the test. I have 3.5 hours to take it so I'll have plenty of time.

I have to admit that I wasn't really looking forward to this whole idea of me getting my license but now I'm pretty stoked about it. It's something I'll always have & can do something with. I mean lets face it, we have to have insurance, no way of getting around it. Well some people do I guess.

I've studied my hinny off for it too. Pretty much any free moment that I've had has been spent with my nose in that book. I wish they would tell you what you scored but they don't unless you fail. I'll be back tomorrow sometime with my results. If you think about it or if you're even awake at 7:30, please say a lil prayer that I keep my confidence & I do well.

A Lil Bit Of This, A Lil Bit Of That

It has really felt like Spring this week & I have to say I'm lovin' it. We bought some patio furniture last weekend & I've been able to enjoy it allot this week. Starting March 8th we'll have longer days thanks to Daylight Savings, WooHoo!! We had some thunderstorms last night, so relaxing. We had all our windows open & the back door so we just hung out on the couch listening to the storm & trying to watch American Idol but because of the storms our tv kept going out.

I go next Wednesday to take my insurance license test. I had a dream about it last night, it was crazy. I'm just ready for it to be over with I've been thinking about it allot this week. I haven't been in school for nine years so test taking & studying are a little unfamiliar for me.

I'm so happy it's Friday, at the beginning of the week I wasn't in a good mood. I hate it when I get like that. It' s like every little thing makes me mad. We've got lots planned for the weekend. Tonight we're taking Brayden bowling, that'll be fun to watch. He's absolutely hilarious these days. Last night we were eating dinner & he said "momma this piece of meat is a lil strong, do you think it's fat?" What he meant was this piece of meat is tough. I can't believe how grown up he is, but no matter how grown up he gets, he'll always be my baby. Any of you ever read that book,Love You Forever? If you haven't you definitely should. I have a baby shower tomorrow afternoon for a friend who's having her 2nd baby & she's having a baby boy. They've asked you bring your favorite book instead of a card so guess what book I'll be bringing?! Back to my point here! Tomorrow I have a baby shower to attend & we're going to start on our computer/treadmill room. After much discussion on paint color we've(well more like I've) decided to just paint it a taupey color. This way it'll be a neutral color & will go with everything. Then Sunday we're taking Brayden to meet my mom, he's decided he wants to go stay with my parents for the next week. So We've got a busy weekend ahead of us.

Sorry for my rambling on this post. Hopefully I didn't bore you to pieces or make no sense 8)

Just a Few Things I'm Ready For....

I'm ready to start wearing these



Daylight Savings starts March 8th. Oh how I love me some longer days.




Sitting on my patio enjoying some of these





Hanging out with friends more often. Seems like everyone gets so busy during the Fall & Winter so it's nice to be able to catch up in the Summer.



I've really grown to appreciate all the seasons but Winter is my least favorite of all. So needless to say I'm really looking forward to Spring

GroundHog's Day

I hear the groundhog saw his shadow, seriously does he ever not see his shadow?! The weather Saturday was fantastic. My parents came in on Friday night so we loaded up Brayden's bicycle & headed to the park Saturday morning. We walked the trails at Ben Geren & played at the playground then went to Carol Ann. That must've been the place to be, it was packed. It was so refreshing to be outside, especially after all this cold, yucky weather we've had. I usually stay cooped up in the Winter, not a big fan of being cold. After we played & walked at Carol Ann we headed home to tear up our gardens. What an accomplishment that was. I'm just glad my dad was here to help out. Not tht Shawnn & I couldn't have done it but it sure went by alot faster with 3 of us working. Brayden had fun digging in the dirt for worms. One of them got loose in the living room, I swear the thing was as big as a baby snake. It was disgusting, Brayden wouldn't pick it up & I couldn't well more like wouldn't either. So I called pawpaw to the rescue. My mom's birthday was Wednesday, so I made lasagna for dinner that night. Then we all just hung out watching t.v. & talking. It was another very relaxing weekend. I'm kinda starting to become a big fan of those :)

Yesterday we had plans to go to a Super Bowl party but I just wasn't in the mood to be around people. Anyone ever get like that?! I knew I wouldn't be any fun, I didn't want to 'small talk' with anyone, I just wanted to be alone. We already had plans for Brayden to be gone for the night, and that doesn't happen much. So I told Shawnn I wanted to stay at home. He went to a buddies house & I stayed home, ALL BY MYSELF!!!! It was wonderful, I did miss my boys after a while. Even though I laid around it was still hard to wake up this morning.

Work has been hectic today, it's been one problem after another. Like the saying goes "When it rains, it pours". We hardly ever have people come into the office but today has been a steady stream of people. Looks like we're going to have a busy week. At least it'll go by fast.

Shawnn did wonderful on his diet last week. Me on the other hand had a hard time staying focused. I did lose so that's the important thing. I've refocused(is that even a word?!?haha) & I'm ready to go this week.

Hope everyone had a great weekend & your week is off to a good start.

P.S. Notice I'm posting more?!?! YaY for me. I promise to try harder with pics. I went off without my camera this weekend.

Arkansas Weather Stinks!!

I'm so disappointed in our weather today. I know I sound like a crazy woman because it sounds like I wanted ice. It's not that I want ice, I wanted to be able to stay home today. There's just something about knowing you have to go to work & wake up and find out you don't because of the weather!! HA HA!! So all day I've been keeping an eye on weather.com, channel 5 weather, & channel 40's weather. All that keeps happening is the ice and temp. dropping gets pushed back till later, such a disappointment. Brayden's daycare was closed so he's spending the day at the golf store with daddy, I can only imagine the fun they're having ;)


Shawnn & I are on day 2 of the diet. I lost 2 lbs. & well Shawnn lost 10!!!! I know that sounds unbelievable & unhealthy, but it's true I saw the scale myself. He's a big guy so it is possible & he'll probably be down 20 lbs. by mid next week. We figured it up, we're thinking percentage wise we lost about the same. As long as I lose 2 a day, I'll be a happy camper. This diet we're doing is.....well it stinks!! but it works & by next week we'll be in diet mode & everything will be a piece of cake. Gotta get ready for Summertime, gosh I can't wait for some summertime!!!

Hope everyone is home all cozyed up & eating lots of comfort foods.

Nice Weekend

We had one of those weekends where we stayed in our jammies all weekend. Saturday morning we did get out for breakfast & go to Wal-Mart but other than that we stayed in the house, it was wonderful. Saturday afternoon Shawnn & Brayden watched Transformers while I laid in bed watching Lifetime movies & playing Sudokou, that's my kind of afternoon. On Sunday we cooked breakfast & then just had a lazy day.


Shawnn & I started back on our diets today. I'm looking forward to feeling better but they're predicting an ice storm for the 1st part of the week & all I keep thinking about is how I need comfort food not diet food, ha!! Speaking of weather, I'm SOOOOO ready for warm weather!!!


Laurie is demending I start putting more pics up of Brayden so I'll leave you with one my mom sent me of her Christmas present Brayden picked out for her.

In Case You Were Depressed Monday......

It was the most depressing day of 2009. You can go here to read all about why. I forgot all about this until I read it somewhere else, so of course I had to find out the date. Anytime you need useless information, I'm your girl. HA!

Please Pray

Please pray for Sweet Harper & Sweet Brayden. Their mommy's have waited so long for them. I cannot even imagine what they are going through right now.

Santa Came To Town

St. Nick stopped by Brayden's school this morning to get their requests & take pics. Brayden called me this afternoon to let me know he wasn't scared & what his list of goodies were......2 different Transformers & a pair of RED boots!!! WHAT?!?! I'm so confused as to where that one came from but whatever, right?! So looks like momma will be shopping for some red boots tomorrow night, anyone know where I might find some?!? My bestie Renee & I are going tomorrow to finish(well I'm finishing she's starting) shopping.

Brayden is at such a fun age for Christmas, he's totally into the whole Santa thing & all about shaking the presents under the tree. They've been learning Christmas songs at school & it's so cute to hear him sing his own version.

Some Christmas Talk

I had planned on doing Boomama's Tour of Homes but since I was sick I didn't get any pics taken. It took me all weekend to get back to normal. I seriously was starting to wonder if I would ever be back to feeling well. I'm so very thankful it didn't take Brayden as long to bounce back.

I keep getting all these emails about how to beat holiday stress, usually I'm all about trying not to stress but this year I haven't stressed & it's GREAT. There's not anything different this year then any other year. Every other year I've always been so worried that Brayden didn't have enough presents but at the same time I've always wanted to raise him knowing that's not what Christmas is about. So this year I didn't buy him stuff just so he would have lots of presents to open. I bought him toys he wanted but not all of them of course. I didn't buy him any clothes,seriously what 4 year old boy wants to open clothes?!

I had started this blog earlier this morning & since have gone home for lunch. While there I grabbed my camera because I had taken a couple of pics of our tree so I thought I would give a sneak peek.




Our tree isn't as big as I would like it but we tried a real tree out this year. I really like the look of a real tree but don't like that we have to put the lights on, I feel like it doesn't have enough.

Ok So Maybe I Was Wrong

So Wednesday evening I started feeling a little sickly. I tried to push it away thinking maybe I was just tired from not getting much sleep the night before. Well that wasn't the case, Shawnn & I both were home yesterday sick. Guess Brayden had a bug after all. I still think it's a little ironic that 2 days after school starts giving him milk he ends up sick. We went ahead & told them no more milk just to be on the safe side. I was pretty bummed out because we had plans with Shawnn's family to go to Creekmore to ride the train & look at the Christmas lights, then go to The Night of Giving at our mall to finish up Christmas shopping. This is the 5th year they done this and this is the 2nd time I've TRIED going. The first year I planned on going I had a migraine then this year I had a stomach bug, guess I won't plan on going anymore, ha. I think we're going to survive but I have a feeling it's still going to take a couple of days to be 100%. My plan for the weekend is to try santizing our house with Christmas coming up in 13 days(can you believe it?!?) we need to be well plus we'll have company starting next weekend.

I'll Never Look At Mac N Cheese The Same

In the summer of 06 Brayden started getting sick on the weekends. I'm talking SICK, so sick we dreaded the weekends. It would start Sat. night after we put him to bed & last until Monday mid day. We couldn't figure it out, we would take him to his dr. who thought he had roto-virus. About a month after going through this every weekend, we were exhausted, stressed, & worried. So I took him to the ER on Saturday night, they couldn't figure anything out either, no fever, they took a bowel sample, nothing. Finally my mommy instincts kicked in & I took him off milk, and no more sickness. I took him back to his dr. because daycare needed a note from the dr. to take him off milk. I told her what we had done & she agreed it was probably the milk. So fast forward till Monday. Shawnn took Brayden to school Monday & they asked if they could start giving him milk again. They've accidently gave it to him a few times, Shawnn told them yeah to go ahead. We sometimes give him milk but only a little. Well yesterday we got home & he had diahrea 5 or 6 times before bed. I kept thinking what is wrong with him, then the light bulb went off.....MILK!!!! About 10:45 last night we hear something, to me it sounded like someone was breaking in, totally freaked me out, then we heard it again, it was Brayden getting sick. I walked into his room turned on the light & apparently said "OH MY GOSH, SHAWNN" he had thrown up all over his bed,& his room. Shawnn had to come step in because I couldn't handle it. So at 11 last night we were giving baths, & cleaning a bedroom, not really what I like to call fun, ha. I felt so bad for Brayden, he wanted to go back to bed but we couldn't let him. So I put him in the recliner & that lasted 10 minutes before he was on the couch with me. He's home today recooperating. SO moral of the story NO MORE MILK FOR BRAYDEN.

Santa's Lil Helpers

I'm so getting this for Brayden for next Christmas. I wish I would've heard about it sooner, he's at a great age this year.

Christmas Is Just Right Around The Corner

I can't believe we're already putting Christmas decorations up again. I still remember putting all my decorations up last year, crazy!! We decided this year to get a real tree, and I'm so excited about it, not sure why but I am. Good thing for Shawnn simple things excite me,ha!! I think I've decided to go with my black & white again this year, because we're getting a whitish green tree, so I think we'll be able to see the ornaments better. Shawnn and I were invited to an Ugly Christmas Sweater party next weekend, how fun. Hope everyone's having a great Thursday!!! Tomorrow's Friday, YaY!!!

Tour Of Homes

Since I have a house this year for Christmas, I thought I would particpate in Boomama's Christmas Tour of Homes. Can't wait to see everyone's home.

What Is Wrong With People?!?!

I just read this on MSN. I mean seriously what goes through peoples heads??

Bedroom Furniture

Shawnn & I are finally getting bedroom furniture!! I'm so excited about this, our dressers we have are hand-me-downs & don't match at all. I told Shawnn WAY before we even started house hunting our bedroom was on the top of my priority list. We really wanted to get a king size bed but the mattresses we picked out were $800 not even including the bedroom set itself. So we decided we would keep our queen size, seeing as how it's not that old & just get a nice bedroom suite. I've already been looking online & have found a few that I really like. So hear they are!!