Hope you’re having a good day!

Here it is.

Anyway Drew called yesterday from out of town with MaMere and PaPere S. He talked my ear off…I think he misses me! He told me they’d been golfing, that he got new church shoes, he got a game boy and some games, he colored eggs, hunted eggs, that he drove a golf cart and ran into a trash can, and lots more…I can’t even remember everything! Sounded like he was having a real great time!

It’s weird though being minus 1 kid. When I’m leaving to go somewhere, I’m subconciously thinking, “I’m missing something.” Or we’ll see somebody we know and they see us with Alex and they’re like, “You’re missing somebody, aren’t ya?” And we have to explain!

Every January the red light comes on to tell us that we need to replace our water filter. Well…I was bad this year and didn’t get around to buying another one until yesterday! So I get down on my knees as the filter is down near the floor and the instructions say to turn the knob clockwise 1/4. SOUNDS SOOOO EASSSSSY! But it’s NOT! In fact I’ve tried it multiple times and usually I can get it with lots of elbow grease and adrenaline! But this time, I somehow managed to POP the cover off leaving the filter still connected!! ARHGHGHGHGH! So now I’ve been trying to get the filter to turn and it seems impossible! And I just hate when things are unfinished, unresolved, etc! But I guess I’ll see if Rob can get it out!

Anyway…do you ever go shopping and then feel really guilty afterwards? That’s me right now! And I wasn’t even shopping for me! I shopped for my boys as usual! got some really CUTE stuff from Carter’s outlet! Love that place…a little tooooo much!

So far today is productive. Took Easter pics of Alex, finally. He woke up cranky, but I’m hoping they look ok. Haven’t downloaded them yet. Dropped him off at school. Took stuff back at 2 different stores and got groceries, etc. at Walmart! Came home put groceries away and put new shower curtain up! Now I gotta go get Rob for lunch!

Cya

G’night!

What did I do?

–worked on blog site.
–complete overhaul and cleaning of Drew’s room and closet!
–took 8 bags of stuff to Goodwill.
–threw away 4 bags of trash.
–washed 3 loads of clothes.
–ate at Loco’s with Rob.

Ugggg…doesn’t sound like that much, but I feel good to have that done! Have another list of things to do tomorrow!

I’m just hanging out waiting for the AC people to come and see why our AC is icing over where the filter is. They said they’d be here at 9, so I figured that I could take Baby T after they leave. They’re not here yet and he’s still sleeping. I thought I’d let him go to school a little while to try and get back into the swing of things. I’ve got some errands to run. I just hope the AC people get here soon…I hate having to wait….

You can see my new site here. I’m playing around with it and trying to see if I like it better!

My “You know you’re a Mom when…”

~~You have empty sippy cups rolling around in the back floor board of your SUV or Van.
~~ You go to work with bodily fluids on your shirt!
~~ Bodily fluid no longer gross you out!
~~ You step on a toy in the middle of the night and have to hobble back to bed.
~~ You shop more in the kids/baby section that in the Women’s section.
~~ You feel like a broken record, “Stop, stop, stop, don’t do that, don’t do that, don’t do that, be quiet, be quiet, be quiet, etc!” LOL
~~ You are no longer bothered by “Why?…why?…why?…”
~~You get used to cleaning bugers off the wall (but still don’t understand “WHY?” they are there).

Feel free to comment and help me add to the list!

Today I started taking pictures of stuff… I decided to post them. I’ll post more as I take more.

My fridge

My desk

BTW, have you ever tried to teach someone to blow a bubble? Oh, it’s not easy!

So now I’m packing for Drew as he’s going out of town for spring break. I’m also working getting this house clean! It’s just amazing how quickly a house can get messy. I’ve got a long list of cleaning, organizing, and stuff to do next week! So we’ll see!

Gonna go clean some more!

Tomorrow we’re headed to Warm Springs, Ga for a field trip! I’ll let you know how that goes.

I still want to do the Picture Meme, but it’s looking like I won’t be doing it since I’ve had just 1 request! LOL…Anyway…Hope YOU have a great Hump Day tomorrow!

Got this from Chana…

1. What time did you wake up this morning? 5:45

2. Diamonds or pearls?Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?The Polar Express

4. What is your favorite TV show?Wow! Lots…The Apprentice (maybe)

5. What did you have for breakfast?Diet Coke and a Strawberry Poptart

6. Peach yogurt or granola?Granola

7. What is your favorite cuisine?Mexican

8. What foods do you dislike? Brussell sprouts

9. What is your favorite crisp flavor? Fritos

10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?CD’s I make myself

11. What kind of car do you drive? Ford Explorer

12. Favorite sandwich?Grilled chicken

13. What characteristics do you despise? Dishonesty

14. Favorite items of clothing? anything comfortable

15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?Australia

16. What color is your bathroom?Purple and forest green

17. Favorite brand of clothing?Old Navy

18. Where would you retire to?Oregon

19. Favorite time of the day?evening

20. What was your most memorable birthday? Uhhh…21st maybe

21. Where were you born?Fort Worth, TX

22. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball

23. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? ???

24. What book are you reading now? none right now

25. What fabric detergent do you use?Soemthing in an orange box – can’t remember the name

26. Coke or Pepsi?Coke

27. Are you a morning person or a night owl?Night owl, but I do get up pretty early for work

28. What is your shoe size?8

29. Do you have any pets?Dog & fish

30. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with your friends?3 more working days till spring break!!

31. What did you want to be when you were little?doctor

32. What are you doing today? working, house work, cook dinner, mess around on computer…the normal!

Here’s the original post:
PICTURE MEME
Leave a comment and include 3 things that you would like me to take pictures of from my life. Whatever you want! Messy or not! This will give me something to do in my “free time” or “I don’t feel like doing house work time”….LOL

I’m begging you…LMAO!!!

Busy Saturday

Today we went to A-Day and the AU baseball game. We’re going to eat at Moe’s for lunch and China Palace for dinner. I’m tired, but it was a fun day. I’ll start posting stuff for “Picture MeMe” as soon as I get 5 COMMENTS!! I like the way Brandi put it, “If you lurk, please delurk and give your input!”
Cya

I got this idea from Rachael.

Leave a comment and include 3 things that you would like me to take pictures of from my life. Whatever you want! Messy or not! This will give me something to do in my “free time” or “I don’t feel like doing house work time”….LOL

Anyway, I’d like to get some cute spring clothes, but I need to hold off…

It’s so cold right now!! I wish the weather would just decide to be SPRING and stay in the 70’s for a few weeks! That would be so nice.

What to write about? I’ve been in a really bad mood lately, but that seems to be a reoccurring problem lately! Oh well! Anyway…

My class was talking about the last day of school being 39 days away. They asked if I was sad to see them go and I said YES!!! I don’t want them to leave me! This is the first time I’ve really felt that way about a class. I mean, even the bad kids, you just have to love! They just make me laugh. they said that I should move up to 6th grade with them. I was like, “NO! Then I’d have a bunch of other 6th graders that I wouldn’t know!” …… Good answer! LOL

So…anyway…I gotta go put Drew to bed and I may be back later!

Why do you read MY blog?

What if anything do we have in common?

Please let me know!

Why do you read MY blog?

What if anything do we have in common?

Please let me know!

(_)Snuck out of the house
(X)Gotten lost in your city

(X)Saw a shooting star
(X)been to any other countries besides the united states
(_)had a serious surgery
(X)gone out in public wearing your pajamas
(_)kissed a stranger
(X)hugged a stranger (every week at church–they like to hug there)
(_)been in a fist fight
(_)been arrested
(_)done drugs
(X)had alcohol
(_)laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose
(_)pushed all the buttons on an elevator
(X)made out in an elevator

(_)swore at your parents 
(X)kicked a guy where it hurts
(X)been in love
(X)been to a casino
(_)been skydiving
(X)broken a bone
(_)been high
(_)skinny-dipped
(X)skipped school
(_)flashed someone
(_)saw a therapist
(X)done the splits
(X)played spin the bottle
(X)gotten stitches
(X)drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour
(X)bitten someone

(_)been to niagara falls
(X)gotten the chicken pox
(X)kissed a member of the opposite sex
(_)kissed a member of the same sex

(_)crashed into a friends car
(_)been to japan
(X)ridden in a taxi
(X)Been dumped
(_)shoplifted

(_)been fired
(_)had a crush on someone of the same sex  

(X)had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
(_)stole something from your job
(_)gone on a blind date
(X)had a crush on a teacher
(_)celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(X)been to Europe
(_)slept with a co-worker
(X)been married
(_)gotten divorced
(X)had children
(_)saw someone die
(_)been to africa
(X)driven over 400 miles in one day  

(X)been to mexico
(X)been on a plane
(_)thrown up in a bar
(_)purposely set a part of myself on fire
(_)eaten sushi
(_)been snowboarding
(X)met someone in person from the internet (My husband)

(_)been moshing at a rock show
(_)been to a motor cross show  

(_)lost a child
(X)gone to college
(X)graduated college
(_)done hard drugs
(_)tried killing yourself
(X)taken painkillers (only 4 medical reasons)

(X)love someone
(_)been in love with two people at the same time
(X)miss someone right now

More later…

He said, “Why can’t I go to bed with no shirt on? Daddy does it.”

Kids are funny!

Later

I’m off to bed…later!

I just can’t believe it’s been a year already…

I’m off to bed now…

9 Layers

LAYER ONE:
~ Name: LRStan
~ Birth date: September 30
~ Birthplace: Richland Hills, TX
~ Current Location: Auburn, AL
~ Eye Color: hazel
~ Hair Color: Red with natural blonde highlights
~ Height: 5′ 5″
~ Righty or Lefty: righty
~ Zodiac Sign: Libra

LAYER TWO:
~ Your heritage: english/irish
~ The shoes you wore today: Clarks
~ Your weakness: chocolate
~ Your fears: roaches, death, car wrecks
~ Your perfect pizza: sausage
~ Goal you’d like to achieve: losing weight someday

LAYER THREE:
~ Your most overused phrase on AIM: LOL
~ Your first waking thoughts: What day is it?
~ Your best physical feature: eyes
~ Your most missed memory: My granddad

LAYER FOUR:
~ Pepsi or Coke: Coke
~ McDonald’s or Burger King: Micky-Deez
~ Single or group dates: Dating? What’s that?
~ Adidas or Nike: Nike
~ Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: who cares
~ Chocolate or vanilla: chocolate
~ Cappuccino or coffee: yuck

LAYER FIVE:
~ Smoke: YUCK!!
~ Cuss: not usuallly
~ Sing: to my boys
~ Take a shower everyday: yes
~ Do you think you’ve been in love: yes
~ Want to go to college: did that
~ Liked high school: loved it
~ Want to get married: already
~ Believe in yourself: sometimes
~ Get motion sickness: no
~ Think you’re attractive: not until I lose weight
~ Think you’re a health freak: unfortunately NOT
~ Get along with your parent(s): yes
~ Like thunderstorms: sometimes
~ Play an instrument: used to play flute

LAYER SIX:
In the past month…
~ Drank alcohol: no
~ Smoked: heck NO
~ Done a drug: no
~ Made Out: yes
~ Gone on a date: married
~ Gone to the mall?: yes
~ Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: no
~ Eaten sushi: no
~ Been on stage: no
~ Been dumped: no
~ Gone skating: no
~ Made homemade cookies: no
~ Gone skinny dipping: no
~ Dyed your hair: no
~ Stolen Anything: no

LAYER SEVEN:
Ever…
~ Played a game that required removal of clothing: yes
~ If so, was it mixed company: yes
~ Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: yes
~ Been caught “doing something”: yes
~ Been called a tease: yes
~ Gotten beaten up: no
~ Shoplifted: no
~ Changed who you were to fit in: sometimes

LAYER EIGHT:
~ Age you hope to be married: already are
~ Numbers and Names of Children: 2 – Drew & Alex (I don’t use real names)
~ Describe your Dream Wedding: mine
~ How do you want to die: sleeping
~ Where you want to go to college: already been
~ What do you want to be when you grow up: a good person
~ What country would you most like to visit: Australia, Spain, Ireland, England

LAYER NINE:
~ Number of drugs taken illegally: none
~ Number of people I could trust with my life: 3
~ Number of CDs that I own: 600 or so?
~ Number of piercings: 5 (all my ears)
~ Number of tattoos: 0
~ Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: 10
~ Number of scars on my body: 4 or 5
~ Number of things in my past that I regret: none

THANKS! to all that donated to Drew’s READ-A-THON! He turns his money in tomorrow and he raised $230.50 for his school!! AWESOME! Hopefully they’ll put it to good use!

I guess that’s all for now…

I found this article…
5 Ways to Avoid Feeling the “Burned Out Blues”
By Nicole Bandes

It doesn’t matter if you are a corporate executive, employee, a work-at-home mom or a stay-at-home mom because we all have times in our lives when we just feel physically “burned out.” Some of us feel that way so often that we begin to think it is normal.

The good news: it isn’t. Not only is it not normal, but it can be successfully handled. Here are some suggestions on how to beat the “burned out blues.”

1. Get adequate sleep
Determine how much sleep your body really needs by giving yourself 15 extra minutes of sleep each night until you don’t feel as groggy during the day. Once you have determined the amount you need, stick to it.

Go to bed and get up at the same time, even on the weekends. When you get adequate sleep, you don’t constantly feel fatigued.

2. Exercise
Think you don’t have time to exercise? You don’t have time not to. Challenge yourself to walk at least 30 minutes, four out of seven days, for two weeks. At the end of those two weeks, you’ll be getting more accomplished than when you didn’t exercise.

Exercise makes you feel more alert and alive, allowing you to get more done in less time. So go ahead, exercise! Time isn’t an excuse anymore.

3. Eat less processed carbohydrates
When you eat enough protein throughout the day, starting with breakfast, your blood sugar doesn’t spike and dip like it does when you eat mostly breads, rice and carbohydrate junk food. Without the blood sugar ups and downs, you won’t get as fatigued during the day.

Protein should accompany every meal. If you need a great afternoon pick-me-up, try an apple with peanut butter.

4. No more caffeine!
I can’t stress this enough; consuming caffeine leads to a vicious cycle. You drink it to get more energy, and it gets the energy by putting a strain on your adrenal glands. You feel tired because your adrenals are worn out, so you drink more caffeine.

5. Support your adrenals
Your adrenal glands support your stress responses. When you experience stress, whether physical or emotional, your adrenal glands produce hormones to combat the changes your body experiences during these times of stress.

When you’re under stress for extended periods of time, your adrenals can’t continue to produce the hormones at the same pace and begin to shut down, thus causing more physical “burn out.”

There are many good herbal sources for the adrenals. Find a company that promotes the quality of their products and produces formulations focusing on adrenal support.

You don’t have to constantly feel fatigued. You can feel more alive and refreshed when you wake up, and more energized throughout the day. Make a few simple lifestyle changes and you will become a much happier, more productive person.

________________

Ok, so which of these do I do?
1. Get adequate sleep = most of the time
–I usually don’t have a problem with this.
2. Exercise = no
–well I know I need to exercise and I’m not going to make excuses! Maybe someday I can get into a regular routine.
3. Eat less processed carbohydrates = no
–well I’ve done the South Beach, but it’s hard to stay on! I love my carbs!
4. No more caffeine! = not always
–well I do Diet Caffeine Free coke most of the time
5. Support your adrenals = no
–I’m not into herbs.

Later

Wow! Next Monday is my baby’s 1st birthday, so I’ve been thinking back to what was going on this time last year. I just can’t beleive it’s been a year! It seems like yesterday I was sitting in this very chair feeding my little one! Geez!

My students took the Alabama Direct Writing Assessment today! Not sure how they did, since it’s my first year teaching 5th grade, but hopefully they did well.

Nick (my bil) moved out today. So I’ve got to get Alex’s room cleaned up, where he had been sleeping. And at some point I’ve got to clean the carpets. Ick!

Not much else to say now….. Later!