i totally cried.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
AMAZING!
i totally cried.
Monday, November 18, 2013
johnny cash
Oh facebook.
Everyone and their brother is doing these "7 random facts" lists on facebook and it's really interesting. I've "liked" a few and they've given me numbers and I still have yet to respond, via facebook, to them. So I'm going to do these "7 things" on my blog. I've had two people say I have 7 and 8.. so I'll do 15.
1. I have two major regrets in my life. Although they would've changed my life 100% I would to this day go back and change the two decisions and choices I made.
2. I lied to anyone and everyone who would listen up until 2nd grade. I told people I had a twin sister, Sarah, whom died at birth. My mom had to sit me down and explain that lying is wrong and told me the story about the boy who cried wolf. I didn't understand it.. Ironically enough my parents were planning on naming me Sarah up until I was born. Creepy! I stopped telling that lie the day we moved away from Grove City.
3. I think Johnny Cash could have been my soul mate.
4. I have five friends who I don't think my life would operate without. Three who have been my besties for almost two decades. I wouldn't be who I am without them.
5. I have always been thankful that I am an only child. I never wanted a sibling. Now I wouldn't mind having an older brother.
6. I never wanted kids. Thought they were adorable but I never wanted the responsibility of caring for someone else. When I got pregnant I thought my life was over- little did I know it was just the beginning.
7. I wish I would have pursued a career in photography. I love to be behind the camera and my dream job would be out West capturing the beauty that those states hold. Working for National Geographic or something similar would be amazing.
8. I could eat spaghetti every day. Cold, warm... it doesn't matter. Anything with pasta and some red sauce is a favorite.
9. I enjoy getting dressed up in girly dresses and do my hair. I don't think I could live without fingernail polish and my curling iron.
10. I miss my grandpa more than words can describe. I'd do anything to see him again.
11. I think the word Love is bogus.
12. My sophomore year in High School I rode around town and sang Hot Rod Lincoln and Beer Run. I thought I was amazing that I could recite both songs without any music. I still can :)
13. I vow never to push my kids to be someone they don't want to be.
14. I REALLY want to try to be sober, 100% sober for an entire year. See what difference it makes in my life. But I am not really willing to start anytime soon. I like wine and whiskey too much as of now.
15. I have never watched as much tv as I do now that I'm a stay a homer. I watch a lot of junk tv. Tv shows that are slightly embarrassing and I only share that love with one other person and we keep it a secret.... Shhhhhhhhh.
Everyone and their brother is doing these "7 random facts" lists on facebook and it's really interesting. I've "liked" a few and they've given me numbers and I still have yet to respond, via facebook, to them. So I'm going to do these "7 things" on my blog. I've had two people say I have 7 and 8.. so I'll do 15.
1. I have two major regrets in my life. Although they would've changed my life 100% I would to this day go back and change the two decisions and choices I made.
2. I lied to anyone and everyone who would listen up until 2nd grade. I told people I had a twin sister, Sarah, whom died at birth. My mom had to sit me down and explain that lying is wrong and told me the story about the boy who cried wolf. I didn't understand it.. Ironically enough my parents were planning on naming me Sarah up until I was born. Creepy! I stopped telling that lie the day we moved away from Grove City.
3. I think Johnny Cash could have been my soul mate.
4. I have five friends who I don't think my life would operate without. Three who have been my besties for almost two decades. I wouldn't be who I am without them.
5. I have always been thankful that I am an only child. I never wanted a sibling. Now I wouldn't mind having an older brother.
6. I never wanted kids. Thought they were adorable but I never wanted the responsibility of caring for someone else. When I got pregnant I thought my life was over- little did I know it was just the beginning.
7. I wish I would have pursued a career in photography. I love to be behind the camera and my dream job would be out West capturing the beauty that those states hold. Working for National Geographic or something similar would be amazing.
8. I could eat spaghetti every day. Cold, warm... it doesn't matter. Anything with pasta and some red sauce is a favorite.
9. I enjoy getting dressed up in girly dresses and do my hair. I don't think I could live without fingernail polish and my curling iron.
10. I miss my grandpa more than words can describe. I'd do anything to see him again.
11. I think the word Love is bogus.
12. My sophomore year in High School I rode around town and sang Hot Rod Lincoln and Beer Run. I thought I was amazing that I could recite both songs without any music. I still can :)
13. I vow never to push my kids to be someone they don't want to be.
14. I REALLY want to try to be sober, 100% sober for an entire year. See what difference it makes in my life. But I am not really willing to start anytime soon. I like wine and whiskey too much as of now.
15. I have never watched as much tv as I do now that I'm a stay a homer. I watch a lot of junk tv. Tv shows that are slightly embarrassing and I only share that love with one other person and we keep it a secret.... Shhhhhhhhh.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
dreaming west.
doesn't matter if it's winter or sweet summertime... i'm loving west even more these days.
wyoming (devils tower), in february.
bozeman (fairy lake), in july
i'm in love with the raw beauty that the mountains and wooded areas create. there are a few blemishes in these photos but i couldn't start to "edit" them. too beautiful. snow, sun... i'll take it.
dramatic
WARNING: what you are about to read is entirely dramatic. proceed with caution.
what you are about to read is a version of my own personal hell. i know there are far more problems and i am a healthy gal, but this... well this was pretty much one of the worst times of my life. again, proceed with caution :)
yesterday was a day just like any day. i woke up, got dressed, made some not-so-great-tasting banana, chocolate chip and oatmeal muffins..... (they were TOO healthy), got the boys ready, got dressed and BAM!
my eyesight went blurry, i felt as though my eyes crossed, my balance went haywire and the slight feeling of this nasty headache arose. by this time i know what is coming. it's a migraine. i do have a prescription for these terrible things but when you haven't got one in almost two years you seem to misplace your medication. i finished about my duties to make it to the chiropractor which i know would help and grabbed a few alieve's. i just about got done with everything i needed to do to get me out of the house when it became too powerful. so there it was. me, my two kids and this nasty migraine which knocks me off of my feet.
gavin was too sweet and helped me get jude ready to go, he opened the doors and gave maddy her food. once he got settled into the car he told me how sorry he was that this was happening to me. WHAT A SWEET CHILD. we got ourselves into the car and headed to grandmas. now, normally i would of bunkered down in my own house, but i was determined to get to the chiro and to my moms house (surprise, surprise that she didn't have her phone charged) so i could drop off my kids. well, that car ride, the you know, seven or so blocks to drive was too much. i immediately got out and threw up all over the side of her garage. because if you have a migraine you usually get this horrible nausea that accompanies it. i ran into her house, and continued my vomiting for the next 30 minutes. by the way i found my prescription- didn't mention that.
so my sweet mom took my kids, fed them and got them ready for naptime and quiet time while i took a 5 hour nap at 10 in the morning. bless her heart! i am pretty lucky this one came while my mom was home on mea.
imagine your worst hangover. the kind that the entire day after you can't hold down any food and can only lay in one position. that is what this nausea feels like. it's like one wrong move can send you screaming to the bathroom. and the headache- well, i've actually considered slamming my head into a brick wall- i'm pretty sure the pain is less than what a migraine feels like. now, i'm sure many other migraine sufferers might not have it this bad, but wow.... it's awful. our neighbor, jeromy, has them too so i get TONS of sympathy out of him and we compare stories--- it's actually quite pathetic. but normally i don't get much compassion from dan. actually if dan were home he would've probably left me at home with the kids and said to "man up" - whatever that should mean for a woman. to be honest i never gave it out either. how bad can a headache be?
i remember this girl rachel at juut used to get migraines all the time and she would walk around the salon with sunglasses on and crouch on her knees, begging to go home. i used to despise this. when you work in the salon business if your client, who was supposed to get a facial before the haircut you were giving her, and doesn't get that facial from the person they desire.... they are crabby. or they might cancel all-together- which puts you out of that client and a big gap in your day. but now i feel for her. the fact that sometimes she would have to service people while she was going through this is disgusting.
thankfully (if the past should repeat itself), i am good for another migraine for at least another year. crossing my fingers this is correct. i was so terrible yesterday... i actually swatted jude's head when he tried to grab for my glasses and i yelled at the boys far too much. i even missed my chiro appointment and didn't call and cancel because i was bobbing in the loo. we canceled the trip to the apple orchard and my house is a mess. i have a lot of making up to do today..... and yet, here i am, on the computer. uploading photos and writing on a blog i haven't had time for since the beginning of september.
good luck to any other migraine sufferer out there. i suggest you make it into see your local doctor, get a prescription and put it somewhere you know where it's at. as for me, currently, i am still battling a pretty severe headache. today though, it is not a migraine- i am helping it with alieve and mountain dew. a combination that never disappoints.
what you are about to read is a version of my own personal hell. i know there are far more problems and i am a healthy gal, but this... well this was pretty much one of the worst times of my life. again, proceed with caution :)
yesterday was a day just like any day. i woke up, got dressed, made some not-so-great-tasting banana, chocolate chip and oatmeal muffins..... (they were TOO healthy), got the boys ready, got dressed and BAM!
my eyesight went blurry, i felt as though my eyes crossed, my balance went haywire and the slight feeling of this nasty headache arose. by this time i know what is coming. it's a migraine. i do have a prescription for these terrible things but when you haven't got one in almost two years you seem to misplace your medication. i finished about my duties to make it to the chiropractor which i know would help and grabbed a few alieve's. i just about got done with everything i needed to do to get me out of the house when it became too powerful. so there it was. me, my two kids and this nasty migraine which knocks me off of my feet.
gavin was too sweet and helped me get jude ready to go, he opened the doors and gave maddy her food. once he got settled into the car he told me how sorry he was that this was happening to me. WHAT A SWEET CHILD. we got ourselves into the car and headed to grandmas. now, normally i would of bunkered down in my own house, but i was determined to get to the chiro and to my moms house (surprise, surprise that she didn't have her phone charged) so i could drop off my kids. well, that car ride, the you know, seven or so blocks to drive was too much. i immediately got out and threw up all over the side of her garage. because if you have a migraine you usually get this horrible nausea that accompanies it. i ran into her house, and continued my vomiting for the next 30 minutes. by the way i found my prescription- didn't mention that.
so my sweet mom took my kids, fed them and got them ready for naptime and quiet time while i took a 5 hour nap at 10 in the morning. bless her heart! i am pretty lucky this one came while my mom was home on mea.
imagine your worst hangover. the kind that the entire day after you can't hold down any food and can only lay in one position. that is what this nausea feels like. it's like one wrong move can send you screaming to the bathroom. and the headache- well, i've actually considered slamming my head into a brick wall- i'm pretty sure the pain is less than what a migraine feels like. now, i'm sure many other migraine sufferers might not have it this bad, but wow.... it's awful. our neighbor, jeromy, has them too so i get TONS of sympathy out of him and we compare stories--- it's actually quite pathetic. but normally i don't get much compassion from dan. actually if dan were home he would've probably left me at home with the kids and said to "man up" - whatever that should mean for a woman. to be honest i never gave it out either. how bad can a headache be?
i remember this girl rachel at juut used to get migraines all the time and she would walk around the salon with sunglasses on and crouch on her knees, begging to go home. i used to despise this. when you work in the salon business if your client, who was supposed to get a facial before the haircut you were giving her, and doesn't get that facial from the person they desire.... they are crabby. or they might cancel all-together- which puts you out of that client and a big gap in your day. but now i feel for her. the fact that sometimes she would have to service people while she was going through this is disgusting.
thankfully (if the past should repeat itself), i am good for another migraine for at least another year. crossing my fingers this is correct. i was so terrible yesterday... i actually swatted jude's head when he tried to grab for my glasses and i yelled at the boys far too much. i even missed my chiro appointment and didn't call and cancel because i was bobbing in the loo. we canceled the trip to the apple orchard and my house is a mess. i have a lot of making up to do today..... and yet, here i am, on the computer. uploading photos and writing on a blog i haven't had time for since the beginning of september.
good luck to any other migraine sufferer out there. i suggest you make it into see your local doctor, get a prescription and put it somewhere you know where it's at. as for me, currently, i am still battling a pretty severe headache. today though, it is not a migraine- i am helping it with alieve and mountain dew. a combination that never disappoints.
a little fall photo action
just a few of our quick photo sessions we have outside.... 
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| OBSESSED with these photos in the tall grasses |
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| what a hunny |
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| the very same day she broke her ankle. |
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| check that booty and that adorable little pumpkin |
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| AHHHH my heart explodes :) |
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
wheres fall?
So I'm a little behind in posting about summer, and to be honest it's such a long post that I'm going to skip over it until my big "wrap up the year" post that I have in mind... There's so much to write about and normally, if I'm on the computer it's for a mere ten minutes before one of my little munchkins needs me. I have pictures to upload and stories to tell... bare with me.
Anyways, where is fall? I really mean it when I say I am sick of this heat... no, not the heat, the humidity. I can't wait for that to be long gone. I am all about the heat. I could live in 100+ heat, as long as there is 0% humidity. I hate feeling like I'm suffocating when I'm outside, and that my friends, is what I feel like when I'm out of the air conditioning. I long for those early fall mornings where it's nice and crisp out and I can sit outside with my cup of coffee on the deck before the littles wake up. So far that hasn't happened once. Probably due to the fact that I'm still in "summer time" where I have no desire to go to bed at night and am up until at least 11pm every night. I know it's ridiculous... "why don't you go to bed earlier?"...... Well usually I am reading an amazing book or sitting outside enjoying the beautiful night coolness.
I also can't wait for running tights and long sleeved shirt runs. I am a "man sweater" (in my own words). When I exercise I sweat uncontrollably. Not really in my armpits but in my legs and chest. It's honestly disgusting to run the lake and feel like you might have pee'd your pants or look like I just dumped an entire bottle of water over my chest. Ask Stacey, she's seen me at my absolute worst. So fall runs will hopefully rid me of that problem.
Did you run that half marathon yet, Sam? I remember you posting about it awhile back.
-No, no I didn't. I am 100% proud of Stacey and her sister for completing that hot and humid run! I chose not to do it. At last minute (two weeks before) I decided to switch my half marathon to the Monster Dash at the end of October. I had to pay a small fee to switch it but I am so glad I did it. I don't know that my body was ready for 13.1 miles. I had far too many "off weeks" where I was on vacation or didn't want to run in the humidity, plus I still haven't surpassed the 9 mile hump that I've been stuck on for the entire summer. My times seem pretty steady. I keep a 9:30-10:13 pace, I just need to keep going on the distance. Wish me luck. I know that this Monster Dash will be here before I know it. Dan and I plan on making a small weekend out of it and staying in the cities for a night out after my completion. You are welcomed to come cheer me on :)
Gavin has head back to school and he is loving every second. It's amazing how the structure in the morning has helped with his attitude problem. We seem to have less temper tantrums since he's been back at preschool. Jude seems to like that Gavin's gone in the morning, too. He loves to play with big bros toys and have full range of our (little) home.
I can't wait for pumpkin patches, apple orchards and visits up north to see my mom in her new home. Oh did I mention she moved?
Anyways, where is fall? I really mean it when I say I am sick of this heat... no, not the heat, the humidity. I can't wait for that to be long gone. I am all about the heat. I could live in 100+ heat, as long as there is 0% humidity. I hate feeling like I'm suffocating when I'm outside, and that my friends, is what I feel like when I'm out of the air conditioning. I long for those early fall mornings where it's nice and crisp out and I can sit outside with my cup of coffee on the deck before the littles wake up. So far that hasn't happened once. Probably due to the fact that I'm still in "summer time" where I have no desire to go to bed at night and am up until at least 11pm every night. I know it's ridiculous... "why don't you go to bed earlier?"...... Well usually I am reading an amazing book or sitting outside enjoying the beautiful night coolness.
I also can't wait for running tights and long sleeved shirt runs. I am a "man sweater" (in my own words). When I exercise I sweat uncontrollably. Not really in my armpits but in my legs and chest. It's honestly disgusting to run the lake and feel like you might have pee'd your pants or look like I just dumped an entire bottle of water over my chest. Ask Stacey, she's seen me at my absolute worst. So fall runs will hopefully rid me of that problem.
Did you run that half marathon yet, Sam? I remember you posting about it awhile back.
-No, no I didn't. I am 100% proud of Stacey and her sister for completing that hot and humid run! I chose not to do it. At last minute (two weeks before) I decided to switch my half marathon to the Monster Dash at the end of October. I had to pay a small fee to switch it but I am so glad I did it. I don't know that my body was ready for 13.1 miles. I had far too many "off weeks" where I was on vacation or didn't want to run in the humidity, plus I still haven't surpassed the 9 mile hump that I've been stuck on for the entire summer. My times seem pretty steady. I keep a 9:30-10:13 pace, I just need to keep going on the distance. Wish me luck. I know that this Monster Dash will be here before I know it. Dan and I plan on making a small weekend out of it and staying in the cities for a night out after my completion. You are welcomed to come cheer me on :)
Gavin has head back to school and he is loving every second. It's amazing how the structure in the morning has helped with his attitude problem. We seem to have less temper tantrums since he's been back at preschool. Jude seems to like that Gavin's gone in the morning, too. He loves to play with big bros toys and have full range of our (little) home.
I can't wait for pumpkin patches, apple orchards and visits up north to see my mom in her new home. Oh did I mention she moved?
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