Thankful Thursdays

Well, it's once again thankful thursday and so i am going to tell you what i am thankful for this week. There is alot to be thankful for with just getting past christmas and heading into a new year. 1. My faith in the lord 2. My husband and my kids 3. Having a home 4. Being able to be with family for christmas I am thankful for everything and everyone who is in my life because without that i would not be the person i am today.

Whatever Whenever Wednesday

Well, it's wednesday and we survived christmas. I am glad it's over because preparing for christmas can be quite stressful and having family here can make it even more stressful with the yearly family drama. My folks have been up here since saturday and last night there was alot of family drama but oh well its done and over with. I love my folks but they can really stress me out from time to time. Do you ever go through that? Anyway, the kids had a great christmas, they got alot of stuff from santa and of course had us all up at 6 am to play with their presents so we were all quite exhausted by the time bedtime hit last night. I can't believe the year is almost over it went by quickly and this has been a pretty big year for us with john getting out of the army and moving and starting all over again.

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Sunday Social

This weekend's questions are about favorite things. 1. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? my favorite has to be chocolate chip cookie dough 2. What is your favorite smell? i absolutely love the smell of apple cinnamon 3. What is your favorite TV commercial? hmm that would be the geico commercials love the geco 4. What is your favorite day of the week? fridays cause i love to relax on the weekend 5. What is your favorite way to waste time? blogging and netflix 6. What is your favorite article of clothing? walmart jeans they are so comfy ok so those are my questions and answers feel free to join along and here are the questions for next week. Next week's questions 1. What is the best New Years Eve you've ever had? 2. Are you doing anything for NYE this year and if so what? 3. Name a book we should all read come January? 4. What are your new years resolutions?

Saturdays Top 5 Laughs

Well, its saturday and way too early to be up but that is ok because i have alot to get done today which is why this post is earlier than i normally would. Today is saturdays top 5 laughs. There are alot of things my family does and says to make me laugh but these are the top 5 laughs they have given me lately. 1. Thomas woke up this morning with his stuff animal and said ok snowboy this is a suicide mission lol!!! He's all big into the army and all the stuff that goes along with it. 2. Rachael our 5yr old, growls at her brothers and tells them to get out of her room. 3. My husband is sleeping on a mattress with our boys and rolls off on the floor making a really loud thud which i couldn't help but laugh my butt off. 4. Taylor and Thomas were making a comedy hour website. Their videos are hilarious 5. I burned the biscuits yep. Those are the funny moments in my house at the moments what were the top five funny moments at your house?

Family Time

Well, it's friday evening and the family is gathered in the living room cuddling on the couch under blankets and watching a movie. I love having family time and snuggling with the kids. To me family time is the most important thing a family can do especially when your kids are little. I want my kids to grow up and look back knowing we spent alot of quality time with them. Most kids these days don't get that, most kids these days have ipads, ipods, phones and game systems and you never see them. When i was growing up we didnt have that, i would stay outside and play from morning til night. My kids don't have all those things not that i don't wish i could get it for them but i want them to appreciate all the family time together doing things we did when i was growing up. It's important to spend time with the kids because one day you will turn around and they will be all grown up.

Five Question Friday

Good morning and happy friday!!! Well, it's december 21st and we are still alive so i guess the mayans were wrong about the world ending. That is rediculous i can't believe people were really making a big deal about that. I mean seems like everything out there we all seem to fall for. Anyway, today is five question friday where i am going to ask and answer five random questions and feel free to answer these questions yourself just so we can kind of get to know each other better. 1. Where are you from? I am from guntown mississippi 2. What is the name of your blog? Welcome to my crazy life 3. Do you have any hobbies? My hobby is digital scrapbooking and blogging its so relaxing. 4. Do you have children? If so names and ages? Taylor (10), wayne 9, thomas 7 and rachael 5 5. What are your plans for christmas? spending it with family Ok those are my 5 questions and answers, i would love to see you comment with answers to my questions just a fun way for us to get to know each other. Got the husband out of the house i guess i should get off here and clean up before the family invades tomorrow.

Christmas

ok this is from my other blog but i just wanted to share with you what christmas means to me.Well, we are only 5 days away from christmas and I thought i would share with you what christmas means to me. To alot of people christmas means getting presents and good food but that's not what its about. Yes its nice to give and get but christmas is more than that. Christmas is the time we celebrate the birth of jesus christ the son of god and that's the most amazing thing in the world (now just to be clear if you are offended by this then please leave my blog i wont change my ways to please a few). How neat would it have been that night in the manger to watch the birth of a baby boy who would go on to die on the cross for all of us. I get chills when i think about it. That is what christmas means to me and that is what i tell my kids. Please let us remember the reason for the season. You can get all the gifts in the world but that is not what christmas means to me. My daughter told me one day that she wanted to get a birthday cake and say happy birthday jesus and that just melted my heart more than anything that she understands. It's nice to have food and spend time together as a family but i want peoople to remember the reason for the season and that is what christmas means to me.

Thursday Mommy Brain Mixer

Good thursday morning!!! Been a long week and i am definitely ready for the weekend. Today is thursday mommy brain mixer in which i just say what is on my mind pretty much. Right now just still trying to wake up so you better buckle in because when i have not had my morning caffeine you never know what you are going to get. This weekend is the weekend before christmas and I still have alot of stuff to get done. Like i said in an earlier post I am the last minute crazy lady in the store on christmas eve before it closes getting everything done that's just me i guess. I have had some whiny kids this morning which should make for an interesting weekend, i hope they are planning to straighten up before our relatives get here tomorrow and saturday. Speaking of relatives i love having them don't get me wrong but after a couple of days with them i begin to feel like i need to pull my hair out lol!!! My mother likes to make her comments and criticizms and it just drives me nuts then my father in law comes up and takes my husband off to the side and says things to him that he could do to improve and it just gets rediculous. Bored yet or ready to run screaming lol!!! Yeah well i told you with me not having caffeine you never know what to expect ha-ha!!! Anyway, i do love our families but gee wiz only so much crap a person can deal with at a time right!!! Do you have any holiday plans? I would love to hear about it.

Whatever, Whenever Wednesday

Well, it's wednesday and the week is half over. The week seems like it's going by pretty fast and before we know it the weekend will be over. This weekend is the weekend before christmas so many people will be traveling for the holiday so will make for a busy weekend of travelers which makes me really glad i won't be flying or on the road. My folks will be coming up this weekend to spend christmas with us which will be nice and the kids are really excited about it. Now I love having my parents here don't get me wrong but my mother can really drive a person to pull their hair out at times. She comments and criticizes and can make you crazy but i do love her. Right now just getting the kids ready for the bus, then i am going back to sleep for a while. My husband has been keeping me up at night the last few nights and i just need to get more sleep. I have to give him credit though he gets on the couch so i can get a good night of sleep which is quite thoughtful of him so i can't really complain. Since the parents are invading this weekend, today i got to get all my laundry done and the house clean. Still trying to figure out what i am going to fix to eat while they are down so i am going through a few food blogs.

Lets Remember our Deployed Troops This Holdiay Season

Ok this is a post that is very near and dear to my heart and i wanted to share this with you. My husband served 13yrs in the united states army and recently got out back in february. We went through 4 long grueling deployments and he missed out on most birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, etc. This year i am lucky enough and more importantly grateful to have him home with us for the holiday season which is something most military families aren't so lucky to get. When you are married to a servicemember or related to one you know they have alot of tdy's or field time or deployments so you are lucky to get to spend a holiday or birthday with that person. This holiday season lets keep the servicemembers who are not home with their loved ones in our thoughts and prayers along with their families because the families sacrifice alot too and without them our military wouldn't be able to do their jobs. Some are away at basic training or at school or just deployed it doesn't matter they are all heroes in my eyes and i thank all of those who are or have served. I can't imagine how hard it must be for these men and women to be away from their families especially at christmas time. My husband used to tell me you got it easier because you have the kids and our family but i don't have anyone and i am pretty sure that is true. So when you open up presents on christmas day or sit down to eat christmas dinner please say a prayer for those who have an empty seat at their table. It's because of them that we have the freedom to celebrate the holiday season.

Confessions of a Crazy Lady

Good Morning, hope all is well this morning. Let me say 6 comes way too early and I am now up getting the kids dressed and ready for the bus. Once I get them off to school i plan to lay down for a while until it's time to get my husband off to work and my youngest wakes up. This cold weather makes me not wanna get out bed in the morning and by the time christmas arrives it's only going to get colder which should be quite interesting since we are not used to it getting so cold. Speaking of christmas it's only a week away and I still have yet to finish my christmas shopping. Yeah that is right I am going to be one of those last minute people in the store as i am pretty much every year. I keep telling myself i am going to get ahead of it but that usually never happens. Anywhoo, I refer to myself as the crazy lady because with 4 kids, a husband and a dog sometimes i just feel like i wanna pull every strand of hair out of my head. You can see me and the family coming up the road or walking around a store and we look like the brady bunch minus 2 kids and we are either pulling along a child, chasing after a child or lord knows what else. I do have to say though for pretty much my kids are well behaved. When I say that i don't mean they are perfect little angels because they do have the invisible horns lol but when we are out they do what they are told and they stay together. Some people i just want to punch in the nose because they always say oh my kid never misbehaves they are little angels YEAH RIGHT!!! Seriously, who wants a kid that is perfect its perfectly normal for kids to misbehave once in a while as long as they know right from wrong that is all that matters. Ok i am seriously rambling this morning, must be the cold weather cause i am freaking cold lol!!! I hope my husband doesn't take forever and two years getting out the door this morning. I love him to death but he is slow as a snail you just want to push him to get him moving sometimes.

Inspire Me Monday

: Today is inspire me monday and trying to think of what really inspires me and I would have to say that my children are my inspirations. When i look at my kids i am inspired to do so many things but my kids inspire me to be a much better person in all. I am who i am because of them and i do what i have to do to make sure they are taken care of and so they know that I love them. I never knew how much i could love anyone or anything until my kids were born when i look at them I just feel like i can do anything so that is why i say they inspire me.

Sick hubby equals big pain in my ass...

Ok i love my husband to death he is a really good man with a great sense of humor and well to me he has good looks to go with the package too but lordy mercy when he gets sick he becomes a royal pain in the ass.  I love him to death i really do but having to deal with 4 grumpy and whiny kids on a daily basis is enough for one person but when he gets sick he gets whiny, grumpy and very intolerable all in one and that drives me nuts.  Anyway, he has been sick with a cold for the past few days and all he has done was whine, try to pick a fight with me and lord knows what else.  By the time this weekend was over he was sleeping on the couch because i had just had enough.  Now my husband rarely gets sick but when he does he goes all the way.  I don't mean to complain about him but there is only so much crap in a day i can put up with especially with this cold and rainy weather and christmas is coming up.  I notice lately with people the closer the holidays are the grumpier people get but that is besides the point.  I think the next time I get sick i am going to give him a little taste of his own medicine so he can see what he puts me through but god help me if i get sick according to him the world is going to come to an end must be a man thing.  I do love him though he has such good qualities about him except for when it comes to being sick.  

What is this world coming to.???

Well, it's monday and once again we have managed to get through yet another weekend.  It was a pretty good weekend even though it was cold and rainy but guess that's what we get during the winter time right.  I am still in shock over the horrible shooting at the elementary school in connecticut last week. Those children were so young and unable to defend themselves and it breaks my heart because my son thomas is that age.  I worry about my kids going to school and it's sad because kids are supposed to feel safe when they are at school but sadly these days are not like they were when I was growing up.  I can remember going to school and walking to school and back home but these days you are afraid for your kids to even walk out into their own yard fearing what someone is going to do.  I mean really what is this world coming to when crazy people go into schools and start shooting innocent children and you have sex offenders killing kids its just making me sick to my stomach.   I want this world to be a better place for my kids to live in