A few fries short of a Happy Meal

My new name evidently....I was asked today why I was so down by not one but three people. My reply "just overworked." I don't want to complain about the endless days that I put in at work or at home. I feel like my to do list is a endless pit. I really don't want to complain or gripe on here because that just makes me feel worse like I can't handle what has been dealt to me. My true problem is that I am a perfectionist and every "t" has to be crossed and "i" dotted. I can't handle doing something knowing that I won't be able to do it with 100% effort. This is both a flaw and attribute to my character. I guess the reason for my depressed state of mind results from unhappiness in certain areas of my life that I can not change. I feel trapped in some ways in the situation I am in. I am stuck at my job carrying all the responsibilities that I assume out of necessity. I have to coach to make end meet. I do the extra duties of team leader not for a monetary reason (since I get nothing for it) but out of obligation to my boss. I mentor, teach, counsel, mother, comfort, listen, encourage, motivate, tutor, and translate because that is my job as a teacher. Then when I get home I have to have enough energy for my two rambuctious toddlers who want mommy to play with them all evening. So between cooking dinner, cleaning up, laundry, catching up on daily duties, helping Hubby with school work and playing with my kids I'm supposed to teach my own kids their ABCs, numbers, colors, shapes, and how to use the potty.

I am ready for a change. I know I will get some relief when Hubby graduates. However he informed me the other day that unless he gets a really good paying job I will still have to work. Hopefully it will only be part time. But I have a feeling that won't happen. I think I will have to do the same thing again next year. If I do I will grin and bear it. But believe I am ready to hand over the torch,which isn't burning very bright whenever he is ready :)

The most I can wish for in life is that things will be better tomorrow.

Ice-T(oddlers)....

I was sitting her reading my sister's blog when I glance up and look into the kitchen. The following is what I witnessed. A crime in progress....

Since Bubby is too short to reach the ice cream he brought in an accomplice that he planned on hoisting to reach the loot.

Busted!!!!!!!

Happy Turkey Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was my family's year for Thanksgiving. So we headed to Oklahoma to visit my family in the city and the country. We headed out on Tuesday after I got off work and stopped off in Dallas at my aunt's. Then headed the rest of the way on wednesday. It is always fun to see family. We only see them about twice a year.

We ate a great turkey dinner at my aunt's and uncle's. They started hosting T-giving dinner about 3 years ago. Then we all spend the night and play games. I need to be thankful that my family gets together each year. We don't really have any issues arise like most families. Every one is pleasant to each other. What more can you ask for?!?!?!?!?

Hope everyone had a great turkey day!!!!! We did.

Cien

This is my 100th post. I have enjoyed blogging the past year and half. I feel like I have come a long way as a blogger. I know that my blog has become the rants, raves, daily happenings, pics of kids, and updates on weight control. Most of my posts are about my kiddos to keep our families in the loop with what is going on with the kids. Thank you to all my faithful (and few)readers. You

I am so excited to announce in this momentous post some great news. We have been waiting for this to happen for some time now. It has been a goal of hubs' and mine for 3 years now. We have worked so hard, sacrificing time with each other, time with the kids, vacations, saturday morning breakfasts, church on wednesdays, and many more sacrifices. But just last night I was able to see the "light at the end of the tunnel" as I watched with a joyful heart, Hubs fill out his application for graduation paperwork. It was a sweet moment for me just telling it makes me want to cry. I am so proud of him for all his hard work and dedication to getting his degree. He will take 18 hours next semester and graduate in May. I am going to have a huge party for him!!! We have one more semester of switching kids/car in parking lots, shuttling kids to grandmas for saturday tournaments, late nights doing homework after the family goes to bed, sunday afternoon study groups, and my dining table being used as the dumping ground for school books.

He is an inspiration to all men out there. I don't know of many men that can do what he has done the past few years.

Roller Bady

When I was a little girl, my mom would put rollers in my hair at night and I would sleep in them all night. The next morning my hair would be full of curls. I came across my rollers the other night and thought I would roll Buggers' hair. Surprisingly she kept them in all night. Her hair did curl some. She has baby curls already so it just enhanced them. I caught these pics of her right after I put them in.


I love her expression in the mirror in the last picture. Such a great face!!!!

Cuties!!!

Where the Wild things are....

I took last Friday off since it was the last day before basketball officially starts. Plus I needed a mental health day so I can make it til thanksgiving break. We took the kids down to the zoo. We had so much fun. The kids were great. They loved watching the monkeys jump around and the bear pace around. It was cute to hear Bubby call the animals by their names and sometimes even make their sound. Buggers was so cute waving to all the animals. She became really fascinated with a duck that was in the orangatan (I just butchered that spelling). She called all the big cats "kitty cats". After the zoo we went on the herman park train that takes you around herman park. They really enjoyed waving to all the people and people watching. It was a great day with the fam. I wish I could do it more often. Maybe next year my working arrangements can change and I can make that wish come true.
Anyway enjoy the pics!!!

Happy Halloweeen

Last night was a blast with the kids. I rushed home after practice to get an early start before Hubs had to go to school. Bubby was asleep when I got home so I got Buggers ready. She went as a strawberry fairy. I was able to get some great pics of her in the yard before we went trick or treating.




Hubs got Bubby dressed while he was still asleep. Then we got the wagons ready to take them up and down the street. Bubby was not happy at all to wake up as you can see.

But he perked up as we went along. He liked getting the candy. When we got back we checked the mail and saw that the kids got a Halloween card from their Aunt in Utah. Bubby like the confetti that she always puts in her cards. He dumped it all out on the driveway and Buggers had a fun time picking them up.




We sat out on the driveway with two other neighbors and handed out candy to all the kids. Bubby was funny because anytime kids would head our way he would scream, "Mommy they're coming...they're coming" He liked seeing all the big kids. Buggers even walked down the driveway with one family. I guess she wanted to hit the streets again for some more candy since she ate a ton of hers.



I love this picture. That is how the spent most of the time waiting for trick or treaters. They were so cute!!!


***Note-I know these pics are crazy big but blogger's "insert picture" was not working so I went through photobucket.

9 in 9

Well I got on the scale the other morning to discover that I have lost 9 pounds since school started 9 weeks ago. When I started Biggest Loser at school last year in January, I was 26 pounds heavier than I am now. I think I am almost 50 down from July 2006 when I started doing Nutrisystem. It is hard to believe. My 14 jeans are getting lose and I may need to get a new pair of 12s!!! That will be exciting. When we got married 6 years ago, I was wearing 10s. If I can get back to that size...that would be huge!! I was my skinniest at our wedding. But I did it the unhealthy way...starving myself. It seems when I don't try and lose weight it falls off. I will have to stick with that way of thinking to drop 10 more pounds. It is funny with all the weight I have lost I still have my muffin top. I don't think it will go away. That's ok...it gives me a daily reminder what my body went through to bring my two babies into this world. For all the mothers out there you need to check out Shapeofamother.com to see that it is ok to have a muffin top!!!

I'll keep you posted...especially if I fit into those 12s!!!!

We've got a mission

Bubby had his birthday party today with all his little friends. He had a great time and got lots of great toys.

H is for....

Halloween, Haunted House, Hay ride, Hula Hoops and Humps!!!!!
We went to a Halloween Party tonight at some people from church's house. The kids went on a hay ride, went into a haunted house, chased cats, saw a horse, watched kids bob for apples, and play...play...play. I was going to dress the kids up in their costumes but decided against it at the last minute. I knew they were going to play hard and didn't want to mess up their costumes before Wednesday. So about an hour before we left for the party I made all four of our costumes. Now granted it did not take any Martha Stewart expertise. But it was super cute and was a hit at the party. No other family dressed up alike.


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Bubby turns 3

We had such a wonderful day today for Bubby's birthday. I took today off so I could spend the day with him. We had "pannicakes" for breakfast. Then headed to get Bubby's haircut. Then off to Chick for playtime and lunch. He had so much fun playing with the other kids. When we got home I let him help with me with the cupcakes. He was so excited when I put the candles on the cupcakes. He said "hirthday..hirthday." I let him play outside for most of the afternoon. Then my sister's and their families came over. It was a great day...the weather was beautiful. I'm so glad I took the day off to be with Bubby.

Thank you to my family who came and celebrated with us tonight. He had so much fun. He was asleep 5 minutes after you walked out the door. It is still hard to believe he is already 3 years old. Boy they grow up fast. :(

SuperMan

After looking at several different stores, I decided that Bubby is going to be Superman for Halloween.


But you know the real superman of the house doesn't have a costume in his size.

Tomorrow we celebrate our 6th anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have been married for 6 years already. Seems just like yesterday I was "taking the plunge". Now here we are 6 years later (actually 11 years if you count all the years we dated), 2 kids, house, jobs, and great little life. I am thankful everyday for him and all he does for our family.

"Fall"ing in Love with my Bady

I went outside with Buggers/Bady last weekend. I got some cute pics of her on the bench and in the grass amongst the leaves. She wore her new autumn dress. It was such a beautiful autumn day. Have I mentioned that I love this time of year!!!!

Lifestyles of the Not so Rich and Famous

Man have we been busy. But aren't most families. Life just doesn't slow down and take a break. Well life may not but our family did for once. This weekend we took off for our annual trip to the Winnie Rice Festival. We met up with some friends and dropped the kids off at Gammaw's and PeePaw's. We had a great time. We ate...ate...and ate. My favorite was the boudain balls and Hubs fav was the rice balls. The Hooders love love love pistolets. They were really good too. I don't think any of us ate anything we did not like. We stayed and watched a really good band then headed home. It was so hot out there. So excuse the pics we were all drenched in sweat.


We got new furniture courtesy of Phan Furniture Co. We love the new look in the living room. We feel so grown up now. The lovely blue sofa and and loveseat is now with another family. Most of you know that our house is the boneyard of my family's hand me down furnishings. I cannot and will not complain especially when we get really nice leather furniture.


The kids have been great. We are planning Bubby's 3rd birthday. It is so hard to believe that he is turning 3 in two weeks. He is going to have a Little Einsteins aka Rocket party. I ordered his invitations off Ebay. They are going to be so cute. We went down to a local Party warehouse today to get his partyware. But Little Einsteins has not come out with their party supplies yet. So we went generic with red plates and ballon napkins. I'm going to print some rocket images and use them to decorate. Plus I am going to have the lady who is doing the cake put a big rocket on it. Buggers is doing great. She is such a sweetheart. I got her costume today. She is going to be a Strawberry Fairy. I have made their costumes in Halloween's past. But I decided to be easy on myself and buy them. I saw a Buzz Lightyear today at Target that I may get for Bubby. I really want to let him pick his out. So I may take his this week and let him pick one out.




Hope everyone has a great week. Take in the outside this week. The leaves are changing and falling. The air is starting to smell crisp. And soon it will be sweater weather. My favorite!!!!!!

It Takes Two

It took a few trys



but finally a picture of both kids together.


PS The dress that Buggers is wearing was my sister's dress. It is about 34 years old. My sister wore it when she was 2 and so did her two daughters. My sister and two neices have had their picture taken wearing it at the same age. It was really special letting Buggers wear it today.

What do you think?

Should I update my do for the new season?????

Free "Fall"ing

I love love love the fall. It is my favorite season. It is full of color, surprising weather and wonderful memories. Hubs and I met and started dating in the fall 11 years ago. We got married in the fall 6 years ago. And Bubby was born in the fall almost 3 years ago. The fall reminds me of football games, school starting, family gatherings, halloween, volleyball season, and cool weather. I love decorating my house for fall too. Probably as much if not more than when I decorate for Christmas. I picked up some new decorations this year at some really great prices. I picked up most of it at Garden Ridge and Hobby Lobby but I did get one piece at the resale shop I like to go to on Sunday afternoons.












Happy Autumn Y'all!!!