A day in my life.......

Things they are a changing

2011-03-28T13:24:00.000-07:00

So tomorrow I start my new job and so as the day passes I am getting a little bit anxious with the unknown that lies ahead. Although it is a job that I have been doing for some time, it requires training so that I can learn how they do things. Joe has been doing great with the P90x and well as far as I go not so much. I determined after much pain that with my fibromyalgia, I just can not do P90x right now. So while Joe does that I am taking the 30 day challenge on the Wii Active. My first day was yesterday and I can say I am feeling it today. Not near the amount of soreness and pain as with the P90x but my goal is to get to the point where I can try it again.

1st day of my slimmer future....

2011-03-25T18:05:00.000-07:00

Joe and I completed our first day of P90x yesterday, and I'm hurting sooooo much today. I can not decide if it is good pain or bad pain. I know that the pain has to be there but I am still not thrilled about it. I keep telling myself that Rome wasn't built in a day and I didn't get this way in a day. After photos were taken, and measurements were written down we started working out. I am glad that Joe and I are doing this together and look forward to what our skinny bodies will look like in 90 days!!!

Ignorance

2011-03-23T20:18:00.000-07:00

While watching television tonight with the hubby we saw a commercial for a nose spray that our daughter has been using off and on for over 6 months now and come to find out its not even FDA approved for use in kids her age. I immediately got on the phone (mind you it was 10:30p.m) and kindly asked him if there were any concerns that we needed to have now knowing that she shouldn't be using it. His response "you think this is an emergency", you are darn freaking right I think that this is an emergency. You hand out medicine samples to parents with kids who are already having trouble breathing when they are not approved. What sort of idiot does that?????? One of the nose sprays isn't approved for children under 12, she was 4 when he gave it to us. The other is for 6 years and older. He is handing this stuff out like its candy left over from Halloween. He said he does this all the time and that the reason that it isn't approved by the FDA is because they haven't done a study on them yet, so let's use MY DAUGHTER!!!!! If you can not tell I am beyond upset and can not believe the nerve of this doctor. My response to him as calmly and patiently as I could without my voice cracking from being so upset was that I would contact her pediatrician and if there were any indications or the slightest possibility of something that was or could be wrong I would be contacting my attorney. Since I could not do any of this at 10:30 at night, I printed off the complaint form for the state medical board and will be taking care of this in the coming days. I am not just some southern hillbilly mother, no sir, I am a mother who he should not have messed with. He was and still is in the wrong and will not get away with handling my daughter in such a way. NO ONE will use my daughter as a guinea pig, NO ONE!!!!!!!

Surprise Surprise

2011-03-20T07:07:00.000-07:00

So after having Sammy out and about for two days in a row she started running a fever yesterday of 103.0 for no apparent reason. This is not the first rather it is happening more and more. We do not know what is causing these fevers but are going to have a heart to heart with her pediatrician at Sammy's well visit in a couple of weeks. So here is a picture from yesterday of my little one not feeling the greatest.

Yesterday was also supposed to be what news anchors were calling a "supermoon" and although we were unable to see it as it was rising we were able to see it later on in the evening and it was not what I had expected but still marvelous!

So Joe and I are off today to do some errands and go to lowes to start planning our garden and what else we want to do in the backyard. Hope you all have a great day!!!!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

2011-03-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

Look, the sun is out!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! We haven't had the best of weather here lately and Sammy has been getting a little stir crazy, so thankfully she was able to go out today. Joe got home today from school at a nice time so he and Sammy had some quality time together. Here are some pictures of our St. Patricks Day fun.

Hope everyone has a terrific St. Patricks day and feels the luck of the irish, or well drinks enough not to care!!!!

For those who don't know.....

2011-03-16T10:59:00.001-07:00

I have not ever had a relationship with my in-laws that you would call positive. I don't believe in my heart that I ever did anything to deserve to be treated the way I have and continue to be treated by them. I have been called every name in the book by my father in-law while my mother in-law just stands there. I have only tried to be nice to my sisters in-law and have had everything thrown back in my face. I have opened up my home to one of my sister in-laws and even allowed her and her fiancee to stay with us while they were trying to figure out what their future held. I came very close to loosing my family because of my generosity and enough is enough. I deleted my facebook account so that I would no longer have to subject myself to their continued hatred toward me.

I will post on here weekly or perhaps even more during the summer with updates on my family and pictures of what we have been up too. I do not want to loose contact with any of my friends from facebook and would love to hear from everyone on here.

Joe and I are also going to be doing the P90x program (not sure of an actual start date yet), but I will let everyone know of how we are doing and what our progress is on that. I am looking forward to not only feeling better about myself and the way I look but also looking forward to not getting winded from playing with Sammy and having to take breaks.

What I have been working on while it snows!

2011-01-13T19:08:00.001-08:00

Here is a picture of a scarf that I made for my daughter. The yarn that I used worked very nice in my loom and I didn't have any issues with it, and really it only took two days, with interruptions of course.

This one is a picture of a scarf that I made for myself although I do wish it was a tad bit longer, I now know how much yarn it will take for an adult scarf and the next one shall be longer.

Because I did not know how this was going to work or if my hands would allow me to do it with my carpal tunnel I didn't buy a whole bunch of yarn. However, it doesn't seem to bother it all that much unless I do it continuously for hours on in, so I just pace myself. So this evening I went to the store and purchased 4 more rolls of yarn and hope to start working on some more tomorrow! I am also going to try and start working on my scrapbooking again but I have to get some pictures printed before I can start doing that, so I might do that tomorrow also, we shall see.

I am still struggling getting myself into a workout routin and so my weight loss goals are also at a bit of a stand still at the moment. But I decided to set a goal for myself next week to workout 3 times, and to only have 1 soda per day! I want to loose 30-40 pounds and it is rough to do that with my fibromyalgia when it is this cold, it just makes me miserable! So keep thinking good thoughts and hopefully with those thoughts being sent my way I can achieve my goal!

Where in the world did my motivation go?

2011-01-11T17:28:00.000-08:00

Well here in Tennessee it seems like we have just been hit really hard this year for snow. And for those who don't know I was born and raised in California, where if we wanted snow we went and saw it and then came home where it was usually in the 60's. Since I was raised in sunny califonia I never learned how to drive in the snow, and since being in Tennessee I have driven in the snow a whole wopping 2 times, becasue I am just petrified of it. One of those times was today when I decided to go down and pick up the mail, welllllll, I got stuck in my driveway. I had to call my husband and father to come and get me out! My electricity bill was also through the roof for December and so I decided to turn my thermostat down and now my husband feels the need to walk around with a beenie on his head all day! I only turned it down to 65, for pete sake.

So anyway, long story short I have not been as motivated as I would like to be since the new year started, but I hope that that is all going to change! Tomorrow I plan on getting my house all cleaned up, and then I will post pictures of the scarves that I have made so far. Perhaps I will even get some more sewing done tomorrow and be able to finish up on Sammy's PJ's that I have been working on since Fall.

Goodbye 2010

2010-12-31T09:50:00.001-08:00

Wishing everyone a happy and very safe and prosperous new year!!!! See you next year!

2011 Outlook

2010-12-31T06:31:00.000-08:00

Sagittarius Outlook for 2011
.Sagittarius
11/22 – 12/21
Year 2011 Career
After delays, frustrations and disappointments in your career arena, the optimistic part of your nature refused to give up on the silver lining. Your deepest intuition insisted that better days had to lie ahead. Well, good news Sag: those better days are finally on the immediate horizon. All of your battles, trials and tribulations to get your work out into the public sphere haven't been in vain. You can and will make a name for yourself and the chances of you doing it over the course of 2011 are very strong indeed.

You've got the super powers of six planets in the fellow fire sign of Aries bringing amazing new energy to your sector of creativity and self-expression by the beginning of May. With such a dynamic display of planetary promise fueling your artistic talents, how can you possibly miss your mark? Work will definitely feel more like play, but by the amount of cash rolling in, you'll have no choice but to take even what feels like the most frivolous of your new projects seriously. Yes, it's a totally new approach to work, but doesn't it feel amazing to create rather than just produce? You're an artist -- not a factory.

Your work life becomes extremely accelerated during your heavy Mars period in April when Mars enters your work sector and then again in November and December when Mars energizes your career sector. In any event, compared to 2010, this year will have very few if any lulls. Prepare for non-stop activity, newness and thrills (and yes, we are still talking about work -- fancy that!)

Here's Hoping!!!

wow 2010

2010-12-30T06:04:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't been on this crazy thing in soooo long. It has been a whirlwind this year and my goal for 2011 is to post at least once a week on either what craft I have been working on with pictures of course, or just what has been going on with the Kendall family. As for 2010, we started the year out with Joe's sister and husband moving in with us for what we thought was going to be very temporary and instead ended up being 8 months. We also had to file chapter 7 bankruptcy this year as I know a lot of other families have had to deal with, due to the place in which our economy is. Joe and I are planning on 2011 being the year we get back on our feet. I am going to try and save enough money to attend cosmetology school in either 2011 or 2012 depending on just how next year goes. Joe is still working for the fire department and continues to enjoy going to work. He also begins EMT school in January and should be able to pick up some part time work after completion of that school in April. As for me well massage therapy has not panned out as much as I would have hoped it would have. Which I guess is one of the reasons that I decided to go to cosmetology school. Everyone has to get their hair cut, right? So to 2010 I say, goodbye, thanks for coming, but you can't stay! See you all in 2011!

Finally

2009-01-19T03:57:00.000-08:00

I have been saying for days now that if it is going to be this cold outside well there needs to be snow. Well, guess what? ITS SNOWING!!!!!!!

Plenty on the agenda today, of course Sammy has tumbling this morning, and then just weekly errands to get done in Johnson City.

Joe's at work today so he won't get to partake in any afternoon snow play but perhaps tomorrow.

I better get in the shower before Sammy wakes up or I will have company and then things just will take longer this morning.

Happy Snow Day!

yeah yeah yeah

2009-01-16T03:44:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know that its been like a week since my last post, SORRY! Lets see Joe's birthday was a good day and a great meal. He is currently recuperating from an injury that he received on the job 3 days ago. By injury I mean he had to go to a fire and when the water hit the ground it began to freeze and he slipped on the ice a couple of times. The first time it was okay he landed flat on his back and was fine because of all of the padding but the second time he did it, he said it was like a bad ballet move and he has strained his calf muscle. So I have had him on limited duty and we have been icing it and wrapped it. I think he will be back to normal after the first of the week as long as he doesn't go and step on any more ice without skates!

I finally got the call about the job that I was hoping to get at a brand new day spa opening up in my area. Sooooo YAY for me! This place is absolutely stunning it reminds me of something that you would see on top of a mountain in Colorado. I am very excited. I have to go up there today to sign all of my paperwork and get my uniform and so hopefully I will be starting up there relatively soon.

Sammy is good other then aggravating her mommy and daddy with potty training. I swear I think that I am going to have the first 5 year old who still wouldn't be potty trained. I just don't know what else to do. I guess there is only so much I can do and then it is up to her. We did have a very good day the other day. Sammy has learned to ride her bike that we bought her over a year ago. She just got on it a couple of days ago and said "look mommy" and she sure enough was riding it like a pro. Joe and I bundled her up and took her down to the school the other night to actually give her a place to ride her bike. We are very proud of her. I am hoping that is how the potty training will go. One day she will just wake and say "look mommy".

Not to much is on the agenda for today. I have a dermatologist appt. this morning so that hopefully I can finally stop looking like a teenager with my face. After that I might go and run some errands around town since I won't have Sammy with me, she will be at her Nanni's staying warm. Later this afternoon I have to go up to work and then that will pretty much sum up the day.

Not much is on the agenda for the weekend. It is supposed to be very cold and possibly snowy so I am fairly certain it will be a stay in the house by the fire place in our comfy clothes kind of weekend. (Although I have to go into work on Sat. for a couple of hours) At least Joe and Sammy will be warm.

That's all for me for today. Happy thoughts everyone. Stay WARM!!!

Happies

2009-01-08T05:36:00.000-08:00

So first things first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUBBY!

Well this week has been a very busy one, Monday Sammy had tumbling and dance (which we are probably not going to be taking her back to, since shes not learning anything and they are nickle and diming us like crazy). Tuesday was filled with errand running and hanging out with the family, I just wish that the weather could have been nicer. Joe and my father had gift cards from Christmas that were burning holes in their pockets so we got that taken care of and then we went to look at fifth wheels since my parents have decided that the travel trailer that they have just isn't what they really want, so they are looking to upgrade and the Joe and I may purchase (if the money is there) the travel trailer from them for the trade in value of it. So then we all went out to dinner and is was nice to just get out and about and have a good time. Work has been stressing me out and so I had a margarita to help calm my nerves though it didn't really help. Yesterday was filled with work, Joe and I both worked so Sammy went to my parents house and played with all of her toys after her nap. After I got home I just ate dinner at their house which was nice not to have to worry about coming home and figuring out what to make Sammy and I.

Since today is my hubby's birthday its up to him (sort of) what we do today. I have to go into town today to look for possibly another birthday present for him and a purse for myself, and then come home to make his cake. So if the weather turns out to be nice today I would like to be able to take Sammy out and let her run around a bit since lately we've been cooped up in the house like caged animals.

Have a happy day!

Beginnings

2009-01-05T04:12:00.000-08:00

This weekend didn't turn out to be too exciting. Saturday I ended up having to work so Joe and Sammy stayed in and played, while on Sunday Joe had to work. So he and I have been like ships passing in the night lately so hopefully sometime this week we will have a chance to all be home at the same time.

Today's title comes with hope for today's job interview. If I were to get this job I think it would change things a lot for my career. The weather is going to make today somewhat miserable since I have so much to try and accomplish. Sammy has tumbling and then I have some errands to do before my interview, and then she has dance tonight. So we have a very full day ahead of us.

I have decided also that I am not going to be so hard on myself this year as I have in the past, or at least I am going to TRY! In the past I work and work till I make sure that it is all done before the next day, whereas from here on out I am going to try and just take things easy and if it doesn't get done today well there is tomorrow.

So with that said I am signing off for today and will let everyone know about the interview hopefully tomorrow. Happy Day

Informed

2009-01-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

Okay so this is a new year and so I promise that I will do my best to keep all better informed of what is happening in the lives of us. New years turned out to be dark since we were all asleep. What party pooper's we are, right? Joe had to work yesterday so he didn't feel like only getting 5 hours of sleep and well I just get depressed when I watch the ball drop myself, so I opted to go to sleep as well. Maybe next year. I am expecting a phone call today about a possible job and well I am doing a very poor job about being patient about it. Sammy seems to be possibly cutting her 2 year molars, so that makes things quite difficult at times. Temper Temper Temper, I just don't know who she would get that from.

Its pretty cold here today so I think that we will just stay in for the most part and maybe do some cleaning. I am supposed to have a massage client this afternoon, and then afterward we are going to go over to my folks house and have supper and watch a movie. I haven't been sleeping well lately and have been having some troubles with my asthma so if it doesn't get better here soon I may have to go to the doctor and have some tests done (not looking forward to that).

Well y'all Happy Friday and Happy 2009!

Oh the days

2008-06-25T05:21:00.000-07:00

So yesterday allowed me to get a lot accomplished, including studying for my exam. We are currently trying to potty train our little monkey, however, things havent been going as smoothly as we would like. So I worked with her on that some yesterday. After we finished dinner last night, we all got ready to take a drive into town and get some errands done. On our way home we stopped by the school that we walk at and although Joe was tired he ran around the playground with Sammy while I got some walking in. I am so proud Joe has been doing really good this past week on his diet and so far has lost 4 pounds and I 2 pounds. So we are totally motivated to keep going. It will be the weeks where we loose nothing that will be hard to overcome.

I have finally made a decision as to where I will open my shop up.....My house! This was not an easy decision to make at all, but with pros and cons on both sides this was the situation that wasn't going to cost an exuberant amount of money and had no monthly overhead cost, except for the supplies that I use. So wish me luck. Now all I have to do is take and pass my exam and I will be on my way.

Today we are hoping to get some things done around the house and just have a family day.

Have a good one Y'all

Time Management

2008-06-24T04:16:00.001-07:00

Good Morning All,

Today doesn't have us doing to much. Joe will probably go out and help my dad on the fences for the sheep. We have only had them for a couple of weeks and already it is time to move them to another field. I will more than likely studying during nap time and then we will go down for some more park time now that we have the beginnings of our own family park. Below are some pictures of just that.

I have been struggling lately with my lack of time. It seems like there is so much going on right now and I keep saying that if I could just add on 4 more hours at them end of the day I would be doing so much better. unfortunately that is not how the world works. I will be glad when I have taken my test and begin working and making some money that will hopefully allow us to get some things paid off and do some more short little family trips. I haven't worked on Sammy's scrapbook album in over a year and a half. I haven't even started our family album, or our Disneyworld album. Plus I need to finish Joe's firefighter album. I just need more time in the day. If you know me though i have the personality that feels like they have to get everything done NOW.

I better get going and make breakfast for my family before the troops start rallying against me. Have a good day Y'all.

This week

2008-03-17T16:19:00.000-07:00

Today started the week sort of hectic, which I guess I ought to be used to. Our county pager went off at 7:45am this morning because there was a vehicle accident just down the road. So I woke Gina up and told her she needed to watch Sammy to find out when I got there that the car had gone end over end and she was in need to be taken to the hospital. After I got home about an hour later, Joe came home from work shortly after I got home from the wreck. We all got showered and ate breakfast and headed off for the day as we had lots of errands to get accomplished.

We went to Barnes and Noble and got a book about Disneyworld. We were able to go out to a nice meal and talk about things that needed some attention. After that was finished we hopped our way to go see the Easter Bunny at the mall. That experience went over like a lead balloon. She was fine with the Easter Bunny as long as he/she (as I don't know what exactly the Easter Bunny is other than a Bunny) did not come close to Sammy. As soon as I put Sammy on the Easter Bunny's lap she was screaming and freaking out so bad she was shaking. So I hope that is not a prelude as to what we can expect with the characters at Disneyworld.

After putting our daughter through trials and tribulations of seeing a life size bunny and then expecting her to sit on the bunny's lap so I could get a cute picture....we took her to Toys R' Us. We were able to get the Stroller attachment that I have been looking for along with the movie "A Bugs Life", and a giraffe. She was much better when we started on our way back to Greeneville. We had to go by Wal-Mart for a couple of things, including some pants for Gina because she got the job we had been waiting patiently to hear about.

Once we got home Joe and Gina went outside to play some catch and then of course Sammy wanted to go down and play with her Daddy and the soccer ball, so I have included some very cute pictures of that.

Soooooo all in all it was a nice day. Also here are a couple from the Aquarium that we went to on Friday that I promised.

Past week

2008-03-16T05:27:00.000-07:00

This past week was beyond crazy. Joe came home early on Thursday which was nice and then Friday we all went to Gatlinburg to the aquarium. Sammy had an absolute blast. I am so glad that this month is almost over simply for the fact that means I am that much closer to graduation. Hopefully things will continue to go well. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I will post pictures with tomorrows post. Happy Sunday!

Goals

2008-03-10T07:44:00.000-07:00

Today I am setting a goal of getting caught up on all of the laundry and house cleaning and getting ahead for next week. Joe is at work today so it is just us girls at the house today. I started my morning with taking our trash to the "Trash" and washing bed sheets. I have to drive into town this afternoon to get a few odds and ends from the grocery, and drop a couple of things off to Joe at work. I swear I feel like I have lost my mind lately I just feel like I can't remember anything anymore. If I don't write it down on a list, its not going to happen. Well that's all for today for us. For everyone else, HAPPY MONDAY!

This past week.....

2008-03-09T14:57:00.001-07:00

I wanted to just stop and reflect on everything from this past week...with school and our new roomie (who we are enjoying very much having here), and just the day to day stuff that seems to consume every moment in my life. Yesterday we had Sammy's 2ND Birthday Party and enjoyed that she could actually open her presents and be excited about what was under the paper or in the bag. To see her light up like she did just touched my heart in that special way only your child can do. So here are some pictures from yesterday's happenings.

School last week wasn't too bad except for the plain fact that we are having some difficulties trying to get people to come in for a massage at an extremely discounted rate, so that we can get our clinical hours in to graduate. I am beginning to get extremely irritated at the fact that our main instructor can't seem to pin anything down to a date. The night class that is still in there was supposed to graduate a week ago and they still don't know when exactly they will be done. All I know is that my rear end is out of there May 11Th come heck or high water and on its way down to DISNEYWORLD. Fingers crossed that our class will not have as many problems with school ending and graduation.

Busy morning

2008-03-05T03:32:00.000-08:00

Today we have to go and get tires put on joes truck and then take Gina around to get a bunch of applications. She is doing really well so far and is adjusting great. She has talked to her parents and everything seems to be okay. I have a big test that I need to study for today also so Im keeping todays post short.

Hope everyone has a terrific day!

Oh the days

2008-03-04T03:27:00.000-08:00

So this weekend we drove to Nashville to pick up Joe's sister who is now living with us. Things in California had just gotten to the point where she needed to leave. So it is nice to have another set of hands around, but it is another person that we are now responsible for. I guess everything has its pros and cons...but I know that this will all be fine and will work out for her and us in the end. We took her down into town yesterday so that she could register to vote and get her bank account set up and then once she gets her voters registration card in the mail we can go down and get her drivers license and health insurance after that. Oh the process. Our little one is still going down to my mom and dads when both of us have to work which is the case today, but Gina (Joe's sister) is going to apply online for a bunch of jobs and I'm confident that she will have an interview by the end of the week. Fingers Crossed everyone! Sam is already attached which is good because with her being so little it could go either way, wither really like her or really not like her. So that turned out for the best. I tried to take some pictures of Gina coming in at the airport, but apparently my little camera is broken. I will try to post some pictures this week. TRY!!!! This is kind of a crazy week for me, I have a big test for school on Thursday, which I have just begun studying for. Then grocery shopping and paying bills Friday, Sam's Birthday Party on Saturday and then driving up to Johnson City to go to Sam's Club and do some more big shopping.

To everyone, have a happy and safe day!

69 Days in counting!!!!!

2008-03-01T17:25:00.000-08:00

That is till our vacation, which right now I really need. i am hoping that I am not slammed with clinic on Tuesday and hopefully someone will be able to give me a massage. I have a test in school coming up that I just feel like I am not going to be prepared for at all. We have been very busy here at the house and for some of you, you know why, and for others well you will find out soon enough. *No I'm not pregnant* It just seems lately that it is one thing after another, and I am looking forward to the day where we can just sit at home and not have to worry about studying, or going somewhere, we can just be a family. Oh how those were the days. I am sitting here tonight reflecting on how my daughter is about to turn 2 tomorrow. I can not believe how fast she has turned into a little person with the cutest personality. So as I continue to remember here are some pictures so that you to can remember.......

Just another day

2008-02-28T03:46:00.000-08:00

Today is a school day and although I have a busy morning I dont know what my clinic will hold for me. Today may turn out to be a very slow day. Joe is home today and will get to do craft things with sammy and hopefully figure out the whole magnet issue I have been having so that they can go play-fishing. There is still snow on the ground in some places and on the porches, but I don't know if we got anymore last night.

Tonight we are going to have a nice sit down quite meal and have some serious discussion, because Joe's sister may be moving out here on Friday (yes tomorrow). If you know about his family than you can understand why so incredibly fast.

Hope all is well with everyone....

Till next time.

ITS SNOWING!!!

2008-02-27T14:03:00.000-08:00

So this morning started out quite eventful. Before Joe left for work he came in to give me a kiss goodbye and told me that it was snowing pretty hard. I got up to find that there was already an inch on the ground. I said my good byes and told him to drive very careful. He slid getting out of our driveway and drove in 4-wheel drive going 10 miles an hour all the way to the highway at which point he only had like 10 minutes to get to work (he would be late). Sammy and I lay back down after all of the commotion and try to go back to bed since it was so cold only to be woken up from Joe to tell me that he had been in an accident. Apparently, he was going around a curve (10 miles an hour) and started to slide and went up on a curb so much so and at just the right angle that it blew his tire and dented the wheel. So he is fine and we think that his truck is okay but we have to buy a new wheel and tire which will be a total of like 250.00

So now that you all know that we had ALOT of snow.....here are some pics of Sammy playing in on the back porch in her snow suit (thank you Leslie).

We are expected to get even more snow tonight so we will see. Part of me is hoping for school to be cancelled for the snow tomorrow and part of me is just ready to get it over with.

Let's all hope that tomorrow will be a day not filled with the drama of vehicle incidents but with of happiness and smooth riding!

Till next time I bid you farewell.....

weather related

2008-02-17T06:05:00.000-08:00

Today Joe allowed me some extra sleep time by getting up with Sammy, which was very much needed. We are expecting quite a bit of weather this afternoon and into tonight so I am hoping that after breakfast (joe is making) that we can go into town and get done what we need to do before the weather starts up again. Last night joe and I went down and got in the spa and started talking about the last time we did something for us and we think that it was in Feb 2004 when we stayed in Gatlinburg at a cabin. So we have decided that it is about time for some us time. We are only staying over night in pigeon forge but we need some quality us time. Without having to think about all the extra stuff to bring with us when we go somewhere with sammy. I have to admit Im a bit nervous because it will be the first time overnight without sammy, but she will be with my parents so I know I have nothing to worry about. Afterall, they did raise me and look how I turned out. I was hoping that we could take sammy to the park today but due to the weather it looks like it is going to be another day inside.

Have a great day everyone!

About time.....

2008-02-15T17:25:00.001-08:00

I have finally decided that I am tired of being tired and that part of me feeling this way may be my baby weight that Im still carrying around. I have 20 pounds to loose and I am going to attempt to do this prior to us going on our vacation in May. Not to mention, Im going into a field of business where there is a lot of money spent on how you look and feeling good about yourself. I want to feel sexy again. I want to look the way I did the last time Joe came home from Iraq.

I need motivation from my friends to keep me going!!!!! HELP!!!!!

I will give weekly updates to everyone. Admitting to how things go or don't. Thinking positive though is going to be what gets me through this. I want to look good for my anniversary/graduation/1st family trip. Afterall Sammy is going to be 2 next month. I don't want to get pregnant with the second baby without getting rid of my extra weight from baby 1. I see everyday women that seem to have had a baby yesterday and are smaller than I am and that well frankily depresses me, eventhough Im happy for them, I am terribly upset with myslef. So help me out Y'all.

Have a good!

Here they are

2007-09-17T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here are the pictures that I have been promising.....

As you can see with a little persuasion anything is possible!

This weekend has been another very short and yet long weekend. not much got done around the house, because I was so busy dealing with our cable company. Trying to deal with people that just don't care is almost impossible sometimes, but it worked out in the end and all is well.

I have a big test tomorrow that I am not prepared for, at least that's how I feel. I am putting it in God's hands and trust that it will be fine. Joe has work tomorrow and Sammy's grandparents are taking her to Dollywood so she ought to have a fine day. I hope to put some pictures on that subject in a few days. Joe had a softball game tonight with the department and they won which was very exciting. It was a loud but very fun time. I will post again tomorrow and let you all know how I did on my test.

The weather has been fantastic and you can feel that fall is definitely in the air. I hope that everyone is able to enjoy weather like I have and that you all had a wonderful and fun weekend. Positive thoughts for the week ahead.
Each day is a new day!

Time Flies

2007-09-13T17:38:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that it has been yet another week that has gone by without a post. I'm sorry about that but it just seems that time seems to slip by unannounced now a days.

This week has been busy and eventful. Joe was off all week so was able to get some things accomplished around the house. We have half a roof on our carport now, though we had hope it would be complete the weather just didn't seem to want to cooperate. We also got all of the post holes dug and filled with concrete for our back deck..I will try and post a couple pictures of that funny situation tomorrow!

I had school this week and realized how much studying I have to do this weekend. I have been bickering back and forth with our cable company , but I think that it has been figured out now and that things will be okay. We also decided to go with satellite instead of having to deal with the cable company.....LONG STORY! A friend of mine at school mentioned a park that is not too far that perhaps I might talk Joe into going to this weekend, weather permitting. Otherwise maybe we will stop there before we head up to Virginia.

With the passing of yet another September 11th, it made me go back and think about how far or how not so far this country has come after that terrible day. it also gave me a chance to step back and remember of everything that Joe went through and how one day changed so many lives including ours. I only hope that Samantha will ever have to deal with anything so terrible.

A whole week

2007-09-07T15:12:00.000-07:00

It is sad that I haven't had a chance before now to sit down and write about what has been going one with us. This week has been very long but exciting. Sammy turned 18 months this week, my baby is growing up. She also experienced play dough for the first time ever. Except for the time her daddy made it into a hot dog she didn't try to eat it which was good.

Joe has been at pump school this week learning how to use a type of fire truck that pumps water. I am pretty sure thats all it does but it must be complicated because he has come home tired every night and talks about all of these difficult equations that he has to know. He is off for the next week so I am hoping to get holes dug and concrete poured for my deck and the carport finished. Keep your fingers and toes crossed. I will post pictures as things start getting finished. I can not wait to have those two projects done. It will be so nice to have some place to park my car so that it is not boiling hot in the middle of the day; and it will be nice to have a back deck to sit out on and eat or just relax. Oh it will be nice.

I gave a massage to a friend of mine today who had a headache when she came over and after the massage it was gone, so I felt like I really helped her and that made me feel really good.

For those of you who know that I have been contemplating on opening up my own spa, I have decided to not do it for at least a year possibly longer until we see how things go and how fast my clientel builds. I will open my own spa it just wont be tomorrow. And although I am a bit sad I feel relieved not to have to worry about that on top of everything else right now.

Signing off for now!

Change

2007-08-31T18:27:00.000-07:00

All of the trees on the property are starting to turn to autumn colors and it made me start to think about change. Change can sometime be quite scary and other times quite exciting. When Joe went form the Marine Corps to just going to school, it was terribly scary, but then when he went from school to the Fire Department it was exciting. I am personally going through a change with going to school. Although I have been in school for many years it seems, I have just been taking class after class to work towards a degree. But this just feels different, and its exciting. Come next summer I will be working in the field that I love and enjoy. Samantha changes on a daily basis and that too is exciting.

I made our reservations for Virginia today. My parents and the three of us are going to travel up there and go to a pumpkin patch that has a bunch of different activities, and just get away and relax. While we are up there we might go to the zoo or do something else but really this will just give us all a chance to get away from the day to day hussel and bussel of life itself. I am looking very forward to it.

I know that some of you are curious to know how I did on my two big tests. I did a lot better than I could have even hoped for. I was very proud of myself, and felt like all of the time that I had spent studying went toward something. So I am going to just keep up the hard work and hope that this streak continues.

I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and I will post again on Monday! Ta-Ta

Another Long Day

2007-08-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

Today was just packed with things to do in it. We had to go and resign for our health benefits for another year with the city. We were trying to get our homeowners insurance changed because we were going to get this unbelievable rate, yeah well guess how that turned out. So now we have to go and undo all of that from today. I had to go and see about WIC for Sammy and Joe has reached that point where he makes to much, which is good but still a change for us, not having that cushion. I had to study for my exams that I have tomorrow, which I didn't even get to until about 6:00 tonight. I think that I am as prepared as I can be without knowing what to expect. I have posted the pictures that I promised last night. I am signing off for tonight as I am exhausted and have a long day ahead of me. Hope all is well!

Busy Busy

2007-08-28T18:26:00.001-07:00

So this weekend was just absolutly maddening and I didn't get a chance to write, Sorry!

Quick Recap:
Friday was payday so we did all of oru errands and went grocery shopping and what not. Saturday, Joey worked and so it gave Sammy and I some quality time, and I tried to squeeze in a little studying. Sunday, I cleaned the house up and did the majority of the laundry along with trying to get the rest of my homework accomplished.

I had school today and we worked on our chair massage routines for about 3 hours and then went on to Body Work. We learned how to work the legs with a scoop, lift, twist method; quite interesting. After lunch I had Anatomy and Physiology for 3 hours and a quick overview of what we can expect on Thursday (TEST!!!). I had a test today in my Basics and Bodywork class, and did pretty well. I am pretty satisfied as to how things are going in school. This picture is of Jennifer prior to me beginning her chair massage.

Doesn't she look comfy?

Joe is working tonight and I guess has some sort of nightime drill that they are doing. We have a busy day tomorrow, we have to go to the health department and then we also have to go and sign up for our health benefits with Joe's work. YAY! Somewhere in all of that I am going to study for my two tests that I have on Thursday. Sammy was with her nanni and her papa today and they took her to the creek and played in the water and threw some rocks so I will try and get a couple of pictures to post on here tomorrow evening.

I am starting my diet tomorrow, becaus eI am fed up completely with myself and I am just tried of being tired and just all around disgusted. Any and all encouragement will be greatly appreciated. I will post on a weekly basis as to how much weight I have lost and hopefully not gained. I am determined to be at my goal weight for graduation. We will see how things go. Wish me luck, I have a feeling I am going to need it!

Have a good night all!

With age comes wisdom

2007-08-25T18:41:00.000-07:00

Joe worked today so it gave Sammy and I a chance to hang out and play. We had a really good day, we colored and played in her tube, and made a fort, and read books and just had an all around great mommy and me day. She is getting really good at doing somersaults by herself, when she has the courage to go through with it! I wasn't able to get to much studying done, but I got a bit done so I think that it will all work out in the end. Joe is off for the next two days so I should be able to get more done then.

Towards the end of the day though - I started thinking, and we all know how well that works out for me. Joe and I love having my parents so close to us. However with Joe working every two days and then currently with me in school but eventually I will be working, its hard to get out and help out on the farm like we would like to be able to do. Not to mention it is hard to take Sammy for a walk because we certainly can't do it on our road with the traffic. Me father is the person that does most of the farm handling with the occasional help of Joe, but with the plate in his neck, I worry about how much longer he will be able do the things that he does now. All of things paired together made me start to think about how much nicer it would be for all of us to downsize our property amount, build the houses that we want and not take what we will settle for, and be able to have the time to travel and do things as a family. Really enjoy the time that we have with one another instead of working our tails off all the time. I started talking to my mom about this tonight and we were on the same page so that made me feel really good.

My mom sent me a link to house that is really only like 10 minutes away from where we currently live but it was completely different. The property would be far easier to take care of and it had a stream on it and it was almost 10 acres so though we would take a steep cut in land, we would still have plenty.

So after thinking about all of this it made me think about how much more I know now then even a year ago. Having a child changes your mentality completely. Its not about what Joe and I can together or what project we want to take on next, rather it is what are we going to do with Sammy now. Lets take Sammy here or lets do this with Sammy.

I am going to school to get the education that I need to be able to make really good money so that we will have the availability to give our kids anything and go places and enjoy life. With as fast as Sammy is growing up I just don't want to miss a second of anything in her life, and if I am constantly go, go, going I will miss out on things. I want her to experience all of things that I haven't and have always wanted to. I guess that's where tonight's title comes from. With age comes wisdom.
Good Night Y'all

Surprise, Surprise

2007-08-24T18:25:00.000-07:00

We have been waiting for Joe's check to start being automatically deposited into our account for close to 4 months now and every payday would roll around and we would have to go pick his check up and be told that they hoped to have it working the next time. Well today his check really was automatically deposited, YAY!.

The day was filled with errands and grocery shopping. Joe and my father worked on the carport a bit more this morning and got 4 more trusses put up. Maybe by the end of next week it will have a roof on it, weather permitting and all.

I have to take my van in to be fixed, yet another problem. Fortunately the van is under warranty and we don't have to pay for any of this. Never the less though, the entire time we had the Neon, we didn't have a flat tire or one problem with it. With the van, its been nothing but problem after problem. We are only using this van as a temporary vehicle though to get us through the next 2 years and then will upgrade it to something with more features, like rear heat and air. Sammy really could have used that today - the air not the heat!

Not much is planned for the weekend, Joe works and I have a lot of studying to do for next weeks classes. I have a test on Tuesday in Massage Therapy Practices and Principles, and then I have a test on Thursday in Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Anatomy and Physiology. Next week will be hectic I am sure.

That's all for now - Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Another Day Closer

2007-08-23T17:19:00.000-07:00

Today I had school and Joe was off so he got to spend the day with Sammy which always leaves for open conversation. At school we palpated one another to find the different areas of the scapula, and the trapezius. After we palpated and found the different parts we then proceeded to paint one another's scapula and the parts of it. So that made for a very interesting morning. After we broke for lunch I had Anatomy and Physiology, and learned all of the different parts and pieces to the cell. All in all today wasn't too bad.

However, on my way home I had called my grandparents to see when they were going to need to have their lawn mowed. We have an ongoing agreement that they will pay us a little something to come over and do their yard work, and it covers the money that Joe uses while at work for his meals. Works out great, or at least I thought. Apparently, Joe and I are just SOOOO Busy that they didn't want to burden us with having to come over and take care of it so they did it themselves. Well it does burden us but we will get through it and say la vie. It was just another stone thrown in the continuation of the family feud.

When I did get home I was pleasantly met with trusses on my carport, which made me feel better. This is what it looks like so far....

I am very excited to see the finished product, it will be soooo nice.

Sammy has been dealing with some hair issues, she has a lot of natural curl and volume to it that when she wakes up in the morning her hair looks like she has just gone through a wind tunnel...

I guess all girls have their moments though!

Have a good one!

A Long Day

2007-08-22T15:48:00.000-07:00

Joe worked today so it gave Sammy and I a chance to sleep in. Once we got up and going though we were moving. I got everything in order that I needed to do out in town and had my list ready, I got Sammy in the car and then put everything else we would need in the car as well. Once we got on the road we got stuck behind an out of towner who was just out for a drive, which normally doesn't bother me, but I had a lot to do and still wanted to be home to do some studying. So he finally pulled over and let us go by, which I commened him for. The we went to Walmart - filled up the van, got a quick bite to eat, and then to Staples. When I went to pick up Sammy she was soaking wet. Of course when we left the house however I grabbed the little diaper bag which doesn't have a change of clothes in it. So I stripped her down and put another diaper on her and she went into Staples half naked. I got the worst looks from some people and you could tell that those who were giving the looks didn't have any kids because they were all primped and pretty and not stressed out in the slightest. We stopped to say hello to Joe at the fire station that he was working at and then continued on with our afternoon. Here are a couple of pitures of the fire that Joe went to on the 19th of August, he is in the bottom right of the picture (greeneville fire t-shirt scratching his head)under the recovery tent.

* Sammy has gotten clingy since I have been going to school, which I love at times but after not being able to do anything last night because she didn't want me to put her down, that left a lot to do today.

I am feeling comfortable so far with how school is going although I am scared on the chemistry part of it that we are working on but I have faith that it will be okay. I am excited to see what we do next. I can now give a 25 minute chair massage, and with a little practice should be pretty good at it. I gave one to Joe last night and I was proud of him because he only complained 1 or 2 times.

I think that things have some what quieted down for the evening, but I still have a lot to do before I can call it a night. I have school tomorrow so it will probably be after I put Sammy down for the night tomorrow before I can post again.