I know that there is still a month until Valentine's, but I'm excited about my new "project," if you will.
I spend extra time at Morghan's school when I get off of work early. So I thought that instead of my usual hanging out with kids playing I could get them in on a project! My thought is to make Valentine's card for the children at St Jude's. I'm going to get all the kiddos at her school(that can participate) to help put together these cards for those who will be in the hospital.
If you work with children (teacher, day care, etc) and would like to participate that would be awesome. Even if you just know a group of adults that would like to join in! If you do want to participate please make sure that...
* Cards are a Valentine theme.
* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)
* Try to make cards that can be used for any gender or age.
* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.)
*You can sign your name and where you are from.
I plan to mail the cards on February 5th.
E-mail me at ames0486@yahoo.com if you would like to participate and I can give you my mailing address to send the cards.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Giving Back
So far 2010 has been some smooth sailing.
I kept my resolutions simple, and manageable. (Most of them!)
1.) Volunteer/Give Back
2.) Pray more often
3.) Actually go on our belated honeymoon (5 years later)
4.) The cliche lose weight.
5.) Getting Pregnant with our 2nd/Last baby
4 & 5 don't really go hand in hand. None the less...
Volunteer/Give Back:
To start with I became a foster mom... (*wait for it*)...for dogs! There are times when the shelter is just too full and they don't have any room. So my foster dog was Schooner. He's a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, and the sweetest boy ever. He weighs in at a whopping 95 pounds of love. 12 days in to this new year and I couldn't send him back to the shelter. He had been in 4 other foster homes and I didn't want to put him through it anymore, so today we adopted him. I'm thrilled to add a needy pet in to our family. Being that Schooner was the name the shelter gave him, we decided to ditch it. He didn't listen to it or anything that sounded remotely like it. His new name is Jagermeister. Jager for short. He has the BEST personality. What makes me laugh the most is that he thinks he is too good for dog treats or bones. Give him a ball or rope and he could not possibly be any happier. I can't wait till summer to take him to the beach and watch how much fun he has! :) I plan to volunteer at the shelter in the spring.
Another way I would like to give back is by doing a monthly contribution to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital. The place that "won't turn you away because of your inability to pay." Being a mom, I can't not even begin to think of what parents go through when the doctor tells you there is something wrong with your child. I'm thankful everyday that Morghan has not had to experience the things those children have. We don't make that much money, but what we can afford, we intend to contribute.
Honeymoon:
After much debate between a winter or summer "honeymoon," we made the decision to go on a cruise. Our ship sails on May 30th and we could not possibly be any more excited about this! Morghan gets to stay with her Granna and PawPaw while Chase and I finally have a much needed vacation all to ourselves.
I kept my resolutions simple, and manageable. (Most of them!)
1.) Volunteer/Give Back
2.) Pray more often
3.) Actually go on our belated honeymoon (5 years later)
4.) The cliche lose weight.
5.) Getting Pregnant with our 2nd/Last baby
4 & 5 don't really go hand in hand. None the less...
Volunteer/Give Back:
To start with I became a foster mom... (*wait for it*)...for dogs! There are times when the shelter is just too full and they don't have any room. So my foster dog was Schooner. He's a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, and the sweetest boy ever. He weighs in at a whopping 95 pounds of love. 12 days in to this new year and I couldn't send him back to the shelter. He had been in 4 other foster homes and I didn't want to put him through it anymore, so today we adopted him. I'm thrilled to add a needy pet in to our family. Being that Schooner was the name the shelter gave him, we decided to ditch it. He didn't listen to it or anything that sounded remotely like it. His new name is Jagermeister. Jager for short. He has the BEST personality. What makes me laugh the most is that he thinks he is too good for dog treats or bones. Give him a ball or rope and he could not possibly be any happier. I can't wait till summer to take him to the beach and watch how much fun he has! :) I plan to volunteer at the shelter in the spring.
Another way I would like to give back is by doing a monthly contribution to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital. The place that "won't turn you away because of your inability to pay." Being a mom, I can't not even begin to think of what parents go through when the doctor tells you there is something wrong with your child. I'm thankful everyday that Morghan has not had to experience the things those children have. We don't make that much money, but what we can afford, we intend to contribute.
Honeymoon:
After much debate between a winter or summer "honeymoon," we made the decision to go on a cruise. Our ship sails on May 30th and we could not possibly be any more excited about this! Morghan gets to stay with her Granna and PawPaw while Chase and I finally have a much needed vacation all to ourselves.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
An Icy Nightmare
Just like anywhere else in the country right now, we are having a freak cold front that has kept the temp. down in the 20's-30's. Yesterday we breached freezing for 2 hours (yay!).
There is no running water in the house and hasn't been since yesterday morning. The only exception being that you CAN in fact flush the toilet and water dribbles out of the bathroom faucet.
Dishes are beginning to pile up, never mind the never ending laundry that is now at a complete standstill. I joked to Chase about using the bottled water, and gallons from our Hurricane Evac kit. Truth is, there's not enough to wash and rinse the dishes. I have no clue what I'm supposed to do with all of our work clothes that need to be washed!
To top things off our heater is on the fritz. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Friday morning the thermostat couldn't even register the temp in the house it was so cold. The thermostat registers from 55-95, so you can imagine it was pretty damn cold in this house!
I'm really hoping I can figure something out, because this weather is getting ridiculous.
There is no running water in the house and hasn't been since yesterday morning. The only exception being that you CAN in fact flush the toilet and water dribbles out of the bathroom faucet.
Dishes are beginning to pile up, never mind the never ending laundry that is now at a complete standstill. I joked to Chase about using the bottled water, and gallons from our Hurricane Evac kit. Truth is, there's not enough to wash and rinse the dishes. I have no clue what I'm supposed to do with all of our work clothes that need to be washed!
To top things off our heater is on the fritz. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Friday morning the thermostat couldn't even register the temp in the house it was so cold. The thermostat registers from 55-95, so you can imagine it was pretty damn cold in this house!
I'm really hoping I can figure something out, because this weather is getting ridiculous.
Friday, January 8, 2010
W.A.H.M.
Working
At
Home
Mom
That's what I want to do. I've been at my current job for 2 years now. While I enjoy what I do, I'm finding it hard to keep going. Scheduling is getting tight, thus I am losing hours slowly yet surely. I truly miss the 40+ hour work weeks. Right now I hold at around 12-18 hours a week, and I have to fight for it. Yes it has become that awful. When you consider that my paychecks cover the cost of day care in addition to play money, it hits a little hard.
I would truly love the ability to work from home, on my own time. I've thought about picking my camera back up, even though its not a very popular season with all the cold weather. I've spent the past week searching the internet for a reliable, legitimate job to do from home. I've yet to have anything surface that even remotely intrigues me.
I wish I could do something along the lines of photography and graphic design since I enjoy those the most.
Only time will tell.
At
Home
Mom
That's what I want to do. I've been at my current job for 2 years now. While I enjoy what I do, I'm finding it hard to keep going. Scheduling is getting tight, thus I am losing hours slowly yet surely. I truly miss the 40+ hour work weeks. Right now I hold at around 12-18 hours a week, and I have to fight for it. Yes it has become that awful. When you consider that my paychecks cover the cost of day care in addition to play money, it hits a little hard.
I would truly love the ability to work from home, on my own time. I've thought about picking my camera back up, even though its not a very popular season with all the cold weather. I've spent the past week searching the internet for a reliable, legitimate job to do from home. I've yet to have anything surface that even remotely intrigues me.
I wish I could do something along the lines of photography and graphic design since I enjoy those the most.
Only time will tell.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Hello 2010
So far 2010 has started off GREAT!
I'm so optimisitic right now and it just got better today financially!
I'm in such a great mood today it amazing!
Not even the grouch from the restaurant can bring me down.
Basically this is how it went down...
Morghan slept in till 11am having not gone to bed until 2am courtesy of the New Year.
We got up and made it to IHOP around 12ish. There was a bit of a wait and then suddenly 4 groups were called back at once and we were all sat at 4 tables in a row. Our sever drops off our drinks and gets ready to take our order with the scrooge next to use starts complaining about how they should have their order taken first because (and I quote) "We should have our orders taken first seeing as we were waiting up front long before they walked through the door." ARE YOU SERIOUS!? First of all, the server just got 4 tables at one time and has no way of knowing who crossed the threshold first. Secondly, its a new year and you wanna start of like a grump?
Chase and I kept laughing it off. At one point it was over heard that their little boy is 4 years old and they were trying to get him to say the months of the year, days of the week, and counting. This kid clearly didn't want to participate and wasn't doing so great.
Morghan can hear them.
Morghan begins singing a song with the months of the year.
Morghan tells us her birthday.
Morghan names the days of the week.
Morghan begins counting to 10 in Spanish.
I am trying so hard not to laugh as I see the mom give ugly glares in our direction.
All of breakfast/lunch Chase and I were not once disturbed by her ugly attitude towards everyone, including the server. We felt bad for our server and constantly kept happy conversations with her. So in starting of the new year we tipped more than enough both our table and the Grinch next to us. I had a pretty good feeling the poor server wasn't going to get much as demanding and grouchy as that lady was.
Some people may say I'm mean, rude, immature.
I wasn't going to let that lady ruin my day.
I was going to play it up and have fun with it.
Bring it on 2010! I'm ready and willing!
I'm so optimisitic right now and it just got better today financially!
I'm in such a great mood today it amazing!
Not even the grouch from the restaurant can bring me down.
Basically this is how it went down...
Morghan slept in till 11am having not gone to bed until 2am courtesy of the New Year.
We got up and made it to IHOP around 12ish. There was a bit of a wait and then suddenly 4 groups were called back at once and we were all sat at 4 tables in a row. Our sever drops off our drinks and gets ready to take our order with the scrooge next to use starts complaining about how they should have their order taken first because (and I quote) "We should have our orders taken first seeing as we were waiting up front long before they walked through the door." ARE YOU SERIOUS!? First of all, the server just got 4 tables at one time and has no way of knowing who crossed the threshold first. Secondly, its a new year and you wanna start of like a grump?
Chase and I kept laughing it off. At one point it was over heard that their little boy is 4 years old and they were trying to get him to say the months of the year, days of the week, and counting. This kid clearly didn't want to participate and wasn't doing so great.
Morghan can hear them.
Morghan begins singing a song with the months of the year.
Morghan tells us her birthday.
Morghan names the days of the week.
Morghan begins counting to 10 in Spanish.
I am trying so hard not to laugh as I see the mom give ugly glares in our direction.
All of breakfast/lunch Chase and I were not once disturbed by her ugly attitude towards everyone, including the server. We felt bad for our server and constantly kept happy conversations with her. So in starting of the new year we tipped more than enough both our table and the Grinch next to us. I had a pretty good feeling the poor server wasn't going to get much as demanding and grouchy as that lady was.
Some people may say I'm mean, rude, immature.
I wasn't going to let that lady ruin my day.
I was going to play it up and have fun with it.
Bring it on 2010! I'm ready and willing!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
So Long 2009
February - I finally had sinus surgery after batteling a 8 month infection.
March - Chase left for Yuma, AZ for 6 weeks.
June - Morghan and I flew to Texas for 2 weeks to spend time with family.
July - Chase raced home on a plane a day early after being in Utah for a week to be home for July 4th. We had a great time at the beach with friends and Chase ended up fracturing my hand by slamming the truck door on it. 
We spent the last week in July going to DisneyWorld for the first time. We had a blast, although next time Chase and I would like to go by ourselves to some other parks.
September - Chase again left via airplane, only this time he left the country for Norway. It was a tough trip since I couldn't just pick up the phone and call whenever I wanted. I had to wait, and I hated it.
Morghan turned 3. I never cried till the day she turned 3. It was then I realized how much she had truly grown, and the she was no longer a baby, or even a little girl by her standards. We are always being corrected that she is in fact, a big girl.
October - After a follow up with an ENT we learned that Morghan was going to need her tonsils and adenoid removed. I battled with myself for a few weeks before deciding to go through with th procedure.
She was a witch for halloween had accumulated quite a bit of candy that night!
November - Marine Corp Ball was fantastic. Everything was so much fun and I'm glad we had some great people to hang out with. By the way, if you are ever downtown on River St. and happen in to Wet Willies, be careful what you drink!
Surgery for Morghan came and went and she is back to the sassy girl I love. Times were trying in the few weeks she couldn't be back at school making me realize that I honestly don't think I could ever go back to being a stay at home mom. I love her to death, but I was so stir crazy!
December - Ventured out to Texas for my Father-in-laws wedding to the new lady. Its great to see him so happy. It snowed the morning after we got there so that was amazing. Morghan was timid at first but after it stopped snowing she was ready to go!
Christmas was perfect. We were worried for a while because 2 of the presents that I ordered were cancelled and I was never notified and did not find out until I talked to 3 different people in customer service 3 days before Christmas. We ran out on Christmas Eve and grabbed her a couple replacement toys. Though I'm disappointed they arent what I wanted Morghan actually was super thrilled about them!
March - Chase left for Yuma, AZ for 6 weeks.
June - Morghan and I flew to Texas for 2 weeks to spend time with family.
July - Chase raced home on a plane a day early after being in Utah for a week to be home for July 4th. We had a great time at the beach with friends and Chase ended up fracturing my hand by slamming the truck door on it. We spent the last week in July going to DisneyWorld for the first time. We had a blast, although next time Chase and I would like to go by ourselves to some other parks.
September - Chase again left via airplane, only this time he left the country for Norway. It was a tough trip since I couldn't just pick up the phone and call whenever I wanted. I had to wait, and I hated it.
Morghan turned 3. I never cried till the day she turned 3. It was then I realized how much she had truly grown, and the she was no longer a baby, or even a little girl by her standards. We are always being corrected that she is in fact, a big girl.
October - After a follow up with an ENT we learned that Morghan was going to need her tonsils and adenoid removed. I battled with myself for a few weeks before deciding to go through with th procedure.
She was a witch for halloween had accumulated quite a bit of candy that night!
November - Marine Corp Ball was fantastic. Everything was so much fun and I'm glad we had some great people to hang out with. By the way, if you are ever downtown on River St. and happen in to Wet Willies, be careful what you drink!
Surgery for Morghan came and went and she is back to the sassy girl I love. Times were trying in the few weeks she couldn't be back at school making me realize that I honestly don't think I could ever go back to being a stay at home mom. I love her to death, but I was so stir crazy!
December - Ventured out to Texas for my Father-in-laws wedding to the new lady. Its great to see him so happy. It snowed the morning after we got there so that was amazing. Morghan was timid at first but after it stopped snowing she was ready to go!
Christmas was perfect. We were worried for a while because 2 of the presents that I ordered were cancelled and I was never notified and did not find out until I talked to 3 different people in customer service 3 days before Christmas. We ran out on Christmas Eve and grabbed her a couple replacement toys. Though I'm disappointed they arent what I wanted Morghan actually was super thrilled about them!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Gum, Scissors, and A Prayer
Gum
How my child ended up with gum in here hair I still can not figure out. I don't even buy gum, so at best I figure it was in some candy she got from school that I overlooked. This led to a drastic haircut of about 5 inches. It took 3 years to grow her hair out and on Christmas Eve I had to cut it off. Unfortunately the picture on the right was taken when she woke up one morning.
Scissors
Now I keep all my hair cutting items in a drawer in the closet. Morghan knows this and for 2 years has NEVER touched it. Today in the 5 seconds that it took for Chase to come in the office so I could show him something on the computer... she got the scissors. Lesson she learned this day was to not run with scissors. We suddenly heard her screaming and she came in to the office holding her leg screaming. We quickly wondered if she was being a bit over dramatic (as she often is) so Daddy scooped her up to find out what happened. The next few words sent me flying out of the room on a hunt. "The scissors did it." SCISSORS!? I could not figure out where she got scissors. I could only think of paper cutting type and all those were on top of the fridge. When I spotted the closet and drawer I knew what I was looking for and found them just under the edge of the couch. Quick as I could, I got her pants down and sure enough there was a deep gash in her thigh! I felt horrible for her. I was freaking out, and after all was said and done she has a lone stitch on her leg.
A Prayer
We were on our way home from somewhere ( I can't even remember where now) and on the last road before our neighborhood. Suddenly the lady in front of me is breaking and I was late noticing. To make things worse, we are at a crazy intersection and the road I'm on is only 2 lanes. Instantly I hit the brakes and turn slightly right off the road to avoid hitting her throwing me onto the cross road. (When you are going just under 60mph stopping doesn't come quickly!) Unfortunately she is also turning right at this intersection, and somehow I turn again to avoid her. It is a miracle no one was killed or even injured in all this. I managed to pull onto a third road (that runs parallel to the one I was one to begin with.. I told you it was a crazy intersection) and come to a stop. I could not even catch my breath really, or perhaps I simply stopped breathing. A few moments later the lady I almost rear ended, and then t-boned pulls up next to me to see if I am in fact alright. We speak for a few moments and she drives away. I go in to tears because I'm not the only one in the car. My husband and daughter are there and I endangered them all because I wasn't giving the road 100% attention. We were only a half mile from home but Chase drove. I was shaking and crying the whole way home .That night I said a new prayer.
Most of my prayers are asking for God to do things such as watching over friends and family, keeping everyone safe asking for the strength to get through tough times, etc. It has been a long time since I said a prayer and thanked God for all the He has given to me. That night I prayed a lot. I needed Him to know that I was truly thankful for everything in my life and that by taking things for granted it could have cost lives.
How my child ended up with gum in here hair I still can not figure out. I don't even buy gum, so at best I figure it was in some candy she got from school that I overlooked. This led to a drastic haircut of about 5 inches. It took 3 years to grow her hair out and on Christmas Eve I had to cut it off. Unfortunately the picture on the right was taken when she woke up one morning.
Scissors
Now I keep all my hair cutting items in a drawer in the closet. Morghan knows this and for 2 years has NEVER touched it. Today in the 5 seconds that it took for Chase to come in the office so I could show him something on the computer... she got the scissors. Lesson she learned this day was to not run with scissors. We suddenly heard her screaming and she came in to the office holding her leg screaming. We quickly wondered if she was being a bit over dramatic (as she often is) so Daddy scooped her up to find out what happened. The next few words sent me flying out of the room on a hunt. "The scissors did it." SCISSORS!? I could not figure out where she got scissors. I could only think of paper cutting type and all those were on top of the fridge. When I spotted the closet and drawer I knew what I was looking for and found them just under the edge of the couch. Quick as I could, I got her pants down and sure enough there was a deep gash in her thigh! I felt horrible for her. I was freaking out, and after all was said and done she has a lone stitch on her leg.
A Prayer
We were on our way home from somewhere ( I can't even remember where now) and on the last road before our neighborhood. Suddenly the lady in front of me is breaking and I was late noticing. To make things worse, we are at a crazy intersection and the road I'm on is only 2 lanes. Instantly I hit the brakes and turn slightly right off the road to avoid hitting her throwing me onto the cross road. (When you are going just under 60mph stopping doesn't come quickly!) Unfortunately she is also turning right at this intersection, and somehow I turn again to avoid her. It is a miracle no one was killed or even injured in all this. I managed to pull onto a third road (that runs parallel to the one I was one to begin with.. I told you it was a crazy intersection) and come to a stop. I could not even catch my breath really, or perhaps I simply stopped breathing. A few moments later the lady I almost rear ended, and then t-boned pulls up next to me to see if I am in fact alright. We speak for a few moments and she drives away. I go in to tears because I'm not the only one in the car. My husband and daughter are there and I endangered them all because I wasn't giving the road 100% attention. We were only a half mile from home but Chase drove. I was shaking and crying the whole way home .That night I said a new prayer.
Most of my prayers are asking for God to do things such as watching over friends and family, keeping everyone safe asking for the strength to get through tough times, etc. It has been a long time since I said a prayer and thanked God for all the He has given to me. That night I prayed a lot. I needed Him to know that I was truly thankful for everything in my life and that by taking things for granted it could have cost lives.
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