The Big Stinker

OK!OK! I know some women don't care to just let one rip anywhere, anytime in front of anyone BUT (Big BUT) I am not one of those!

I can remember the very first time I farted (ok who came up with that word) in front of my now husband.  We were wrestling around and he was tickling me. There were a few other people sitting just steps away. Mid tickle, a short but lout fart managed to escape. I came to a frozen halt, staring at CAB (My honey)! He realized in about a millisecond what had just happened. He then immediately took blame for the short, loud fart. YEP! He pretended like it was him. With the others just a couple steps away, I was dying inside of embarrassment! But he took all the heat! One of the many reasons I love that man!

Still to this day, unless I absolutely have no choice, I still do not fart in front of this man. I just don't. This man has watched me birth 3 children. They will outfart each other. I am just sitting over here saying 'Moms don't fart!'  (The kids believed me for awhile!!)

I have one friend that don't give one little poop (pun intended) about letting one rip in front of her man.  ANother girl told me that she goes #2 with the door open!! WHAT!!!!!???? I would never!

So what do you think? Is it ok to let one rip? Or do you like to pretend us women don't fart!!?

The 7 Dreadful Reasons I Loathe the GROCERY

I am going to let you in on a little tidbit about myself. (OK! OK! Really it's HUGE for me!) My closests friends know and my family knows. My little ducks definitely know.....

I absolutely DESPISE, DISLIKE, LOATHE, DETEST going to the grocery store. I would rather cut off my big toe every week then endure another isle blocking, pajamma wearing, cart hogging shopper! Ok! So it sounds like I really dislike it, right?  Well yes, it is eactly what it sounds like! Please keep in mind that I am very grateful that I havethe means to weekly grocery shop. These things just annoy the crap out of me.

Read on for the top reasons I'd rather cut off my big toe!

This may come off a little negative, however, I am super sure a lot of you will be able to relate!

1. The Isle HOG.  We have all encountered this person. They have 3-4 feet of space but choose to stand directly in the middle of the isle with their cart parked crooked, therefore not allowing any shopper in wither direction any space to pass. I SCOOT OVER PLEASE! If you have to take your time in front of the pickles, that is ok. Just make room for us to be able to get our pickles also!

2. The MMM HMM person.  This person could be the Isle Hog or any of the others listed or even a regular shopper just as myself. You need to get past this person and you politely say "Excuse Me" and their response is a smart aleck, might as well roll their eyes "MMM, HMM".  SERIOUSLY! A simple "Excuse Me" in return will suffice. No eye rolling. MMM,HMM's needed!

3. The Slow Slug.  Every week when you go to the grocery, you have a list, whether mentally or literally. Most of us buy the same 20 items each week and the additions we need for this weeks menu. Basically, you know what you are getting and you know where everything is because you come every single week. I prefer to ZIP IN AND ZIP OUT.  I know what I need and I know where it is.  MOVE OUT OF THE WAY PEOPLE!

4.  The Robber.  I blame this one on the store and not the shopper. Remember when you could take in $20-$30 bucks and stock up nicely??? Yes, pick your brain, it has been awhile. Now $100 and my  cart isn't even full.** I have this expectation, $100=Overflowing cart. I try hard to change this expectaion but it is hard. Hard earned money that is!  This does make me mad. 

5.  Empty Shelf?  To me, This is a big NO NO. The sale you are advertising that started  20 minutes ago is already sold out? NO WAY. You can not convince me that you opened at 6am and are sold out by 6:20am.  This is just mind trick. I would rather something NOT be on sale, then the store pretend they are having an awesome sale.

6.  Customer Service. My husband prefers to have deli sliced turkey from the actual store deli. Every single time, I will be ignored. I know they see me. I saw them glance. This is your job.  Take a little pride in your job and offer great customer service.  Your customers will greatly appreciate it.

Worst offender
7. The SPACE INVADER. This has to be the worst offense. We all know that most of the stores now drive you towards USCAN services. I prefer them..  I have a cart full and a lane to accomodate my cart full. I scan some, bag some then scan again. This takes time. Do NOT walk up and stand right next to the register while I am still mid transaction. If you can read my screen or see what type of coupons I have, then you are way too close. How can I punch in my pin number if you are literally standing over my shoulder. THIS IS SO RUDE. Stay back. This is so disrespectful and my #1 violation.  (Secret. This causes me want to go super slowwww and take my sweet ** time. Yes it is immature.)  I post about this on my personal facebook often. Maybe I can educate someone on the matter. It really it truly rude to not wait your turn. This is a kindergarten rule.

Share your horror stories below or ways to make the grocery more pleasurable!

This is by far my least favorite chore. I usually want to order pizza after grocery shopping. Who wants to cook after all that mental anguish that just took place!

I am also a 6am shopper. I have learned after a gazillion trips, that the earlier the better!

My TOP STUPID THINGS THIS WEEK

Yes these are my top 10 stupid things on my mind this week..Keeping that in mind these are things that may have already happpened (not this week) But they are very much on my mind this week!

10.  NORTH WEST  WTF! WTH! OMG! What have these parents done to this child. I personally despise Kanye West and I have no real opinion on Kim K...However, they are adding feul to my dislike fire by naming there baby something so ignorant. I think NORI is cute..BUT this child will be made fun of all of their life...
                         While reading up on STUPID ASS baby names I found another that is equally as ignorant as NORTH WEST!    ROB MORROW after a drunken conversation stuck with the drunken name for their baby girl Tu. Yes that's right Tu! As in Tu Morrow. Again, WTF!
   So I guess today's Poll is Which is the Stupidest baby name of them all?
       A. North West
       B. Tu Morrow
       C. Both equally as Stupid!

9.  Twitter. I am 35 years old. I am the generation that didn't get the technolgy until after high school!  MYSPACE was awesome followed up by a much better and fantastic FACEBOOK! Then some person decided to throw in Twitter and Hashtags  (oh YES that is a baby's name also! click here) I can't completely figure Twitter and the Hashtags out. I try. Ive tried several times. I just don't know how it works..I ask my 16 year old for help and all I get is an EYEROLL!!

8.  SHARKNADO! Enough said! ( I am sure I will still watch)

7.  THE stupid HOT that it is. It is so stinking hot. I can't even go outside at night without breaking out in an overall sweat. Places will sweat where I didn't even know I can sweat!  I don't want winter by any mneans but I would like to be able to breathe when I walk out side! Bye Bye Humidity!

6. They put the Boston Bomber on the cover of Rolling Stone..Yea Ya I know everyone has an opinion on this...Here is MINE.   They are selling out to SELL OUT of magazine. DON"T BUY IT. People will and that is why they did it. I WON"T BE SUPPORTING their Sell Out SELL OUT!

5.  Why do I care about Justin Biebers 16th tattoo in 3 years?

4. Honey BOO BOO's scratch and sniff..I came home and my daughter says here pick a number. I pick 6. She then advises me to scratch and sniff! Since she is my sweet daughter I played along thinking it was gonna be some old school strawberry shortcake stuff or anything related..NO INSTEAD IT WAS A SCRATCH AND SNIFF OF HONEY BOO BOO AND HER POO FOR A PROMO FOR THE SEASON PREMIER.
YUCK YUCK YUCK!  I so hope your daughter didn't trick you!

3, 2 and 1. 
We are just gonna sum up these last 3 with my number one so I can write about it all as I have the past few days (click here to see my other one and here)  
I am so angry with some of our fellow Americans.
I am so tired of hearing of Zimmerman and how he is GUILTY when infact he was proven NOT GUILTY.
I wish people would let the Martin family be. Let them grieve, wallow, deal with the verdict and last but not least heal.


What about you...what is on your STUPID list this week! I love to hear it! DON'T FORGET TO ANSWER THE BABY NAME POLL!!


Want to know why I am so upset with our Americans who are acting crazy about the verdict. See yesterdays post right here and here!

We did our own Harlem Shake

WE COULDN'T RESIST!

It's been around for awhile now but The 4th of July was the first time that all of our friends were really together! We were all hanging out..Killing daylight and drinking some beer. Out of nowhere our friedn "E" comes out of the garage wearing a motorcross helmet and some big ol hunting boots shouting "Lets make a Harlem Shake Video!" So that's what we did.

We made 2...the first one was cut a little short on the first part so they decided we had to fix it! I personally like the 1st better but they are both Fabulous!.
*Note
I am bouncing around with a metal chair, my daughter is on a pogo stick and my son is shaking his piece of chicken he happened to eating!
Check it out...each time you watch it you will see something different!My favorite part in the 2nd video is a girl "T" in the bottom left corner dancing like no one is watching!


Check them out BELOW!

1st TAKE

2ND TAKE


HOPE I MADE YA SMILE!

The Lake~A great way to forget about the bills!!

We are campers. We love to go to the lake. If I had it my way we would have a house down there and go every single weekend. (maybe one day). I sometimes dream of living there but there are very few places to get a job, besides the local diner that employees probably 10 people total.

When I head to the lake I know that for 3-5 days I will have NO problems. It is a great way to forget everything for a couple of days. I absolutely take advantage of this. I don't worry about a single thing.

My favorite part of the lake is this:
                    I generally will always wake up before everyone else. I like to quietly sneak out of the tent and sit by the fire (that I usually have to cheat to light) and just listen to the morning sounds. The early birds, the early birds going out on their boats and making slow waves hit. There are sounds of other campers waking up for the morning and starting breakfasts   There is ALWAYS a family of ducks. Ducks are pretty amazing. The babies really count on their mothers.  It is very relaxing and my brain can actually relax. This is by far what I look forward to when going camping.

I highly recommend taking a camping trip with your family. It is a great way to bond. There are several things to do. We don't have a boat and it is sooo much to rent one. We do not lack things to do.
We stay at the campground beach a lot. There is a park there and a volleyball net. We go hiking and FISHING and we even have found a local waterfall that we now go enjoy. They have movie night on Saturdays. There is a big white wood board and they use old style projectors. You bring blankets and snacks and have a good ol time!

It is an all around cheap family trip also. The food is probably the most expensive but you can coupon your way there!! 

The time is here and I am ready to pack up and go..!


Here are a few pictures of us at the lake!

Heading to the beach for the day!

Having a coke in the camper (LOVE THE CAMPER! MY DAD TREATED ME AND MY SIS TO THIS! THANKS DAD!!!!)

Sand Castle Competition!

Dead Beat DadISM

UGH! ONE WORD...That sums up what word I WANT to express how I really feel about Dead Beat Dads.
(Yes I know their are Dead Beat Moms also, But today I will focus on these MEN. Well they are not REAL men but we will call them that for now.

I can't fathom how so many of these men can just drop their kids. Or get a woman pregnant to never speak to her again. Or tell a child they are coming and never show (this is the worst).

Since the day I became pregnant I was a mother. My husband was a father. It did not start when my child was born. It did not start on my child's first birthday. Us being parents started the very day I put urine on a stick and saw 2 lines.

You have to be a pretty big piece of poop to NOT want to see your child. Think of all the sweet moments that are missed. The cuddly, precious smiles. Yes I know there are poopy diapers and spit up along the way but those moments are easily forgotten when you hear a "Ma-Ma".

How can any man not stake claim on their child?
How can not support your child with Love unconditionally?
How can you do this to your child's mother?
 She was good enough for you to lay up with. I DON"T CARE anything about the relationship with the mother. If she has YOUR child you respect her and get along with her for your child. SUCK IT UP.  GET ALONG. SHOW LOVE and try, try, try to give your child a great life.
The statistics are true. Sadly, they are. Girls without fathers will seek that love from the WRONG MEN.
Boys without fathers will rebel and go down the wrong road. (I know that this doesn't always happen, but in most cases.)

When my kids tell me stories, I can usually automatically figure out that the child they are telling the story about doesn't have a father at home.

MEN. C'MON

MAN UP!

Be a father that your son can be proud of. You should see the way MY SON looks at HIS FATHER. His father teaches him daily. My 8 year old son will hold the door for any woman. Because his dad has taught him. He can build ramps for his hot wheels...because his dad taught him.

DON'T Be A DEAD BEAT.
You are a statistic if you are a Dead Beat.

MAN UP

The Tooth Fairy Skipped Our House

As  a parent, I don't have many regrets. I try my very best each day and if I make mistakes well then I know not to do it again. Parenting is a big whopping life lesson that we try to score 100%. We all know that isn't going to happen. It isn't rational.  I can count on one hand (maybe two) things I wish I had done differently or things I could change. I can count on my fingers and toes all the silly mishaps that I can't take back but that my children will one day laugh at.

I have decided to share one of those with you today! I have 3 kids. I call them my Chilly's. (short for children!)  My oldest K lost her first tooth when she was 7.  The Tooth Fairy skipped our house! WHAT!??? I felt like the worst parent in the whole entire world.  The night before we tucked K in and went over what might happen with the tooth fairy and how much money would she leave. She was so super excited. While waiting for K to fall asleep I must have fallen out myself. I woke up the next morning to K shaking me awake so very upset that her tooth was still there and that she had no money. MY HEART FELL as low as it possibly could. How could I do this to my sweet baby girl who believes so very much in Fairies and Princesses and the whole shebang.

I covered it up with a story that once happened to "my friend". I explained that sometimes so many children can lose their teeth all in one day and the Tooth Fairy can get too busy just like us humans. I calmed her down and she patiently waited to go to sleep that night. She had a lot of "what if" questions.
 I set an alarm on my phone and my alarm clock. I wasn't breaking her heart again!

K woke to a letter from the Tooth Fairy. It was a very pretty, colorful letter with glitter that explained what happened and that she was so super sorry. The Tooth Fairy also asked K to forgive her for hurting her feelings, which K did. ( A sneaky lesson!)  The Tooth Fairy left EXTRA money just this once and explained that she wouldn't get extra next time, that she would get the same as the other kids from here on out. (That is how I made myself feel better! A couple extra bucks!)

So parents, the next time you forget or you think you have scarred your chilly's over something like this. ...Remember this article and that WE ALL DO IT! We make silly errors that will one day make GREAT stories!

Has the Tooth Fairy ever skipped your house!? Please tell ME I am not the only one!!!!!

If you really knew me

if you really knew me
           You would know that I am Super messy although I try not to be. I have a clean, organized view of how I want things to be but can never, ever seem to get things in any kind of order. 
            You would also know that my brain also feels SUPER cluttered. My thoughts are often jumbled up and I am sure that is why I am SUPER messy.

if you really knew me 
        You would know that my idea of a perfect off day is laying up on the couch watching TV and doing nothing else. Tuning out the world is a great way to let your brain have an off day!
         You would also know that I fell SUPER guilty when I do this. I feel like I need to be up cleaning the house or playing with the kids. I don't know why I beat myself up with the guilt but I do.

if you really knew me 
        You would know that i have know idea what to do with my life. I have no idea. I am 34 years old and I try to picture what I should be doing. I DO NOT KNOW!. I work job to job but that is exactly what they are...JUST A JOB. I want to find something that I WANT TO DO. Something I will love. I just don't know what that is. I have spent numerous hours trying to figure this out.

if you really knew me
            I think laundry is the worst chore in the whole world. Housework sucks all around but the laundry is the absolute worst of them all.


IF YOU REALLY KNOW ME THEN YOU KNOW THAT
MY CHILDREN AND MY HUBBY ARE MY WORLD. I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THEM. I WOULD SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR THEM AND WOULD DIE FOR THEM.
ONE OF THOSE
YOU MESS WITH THEM YOU MESS WITH ME KIND OF THINGS!!!

stay tuned for more 
        if you really knew me








Then you would know that I love my children more than anything else in the world. I would die for them or make any sacrifice necessary.

Dreams

I have very vivid dreams. I wake up and can normally remember my whole dream. I think it's amazing how your subconscious can store things for later and then treat you or haunt you with crazy visions!

I can remember being 11 years old and having a dream about my dad and my best friend dying. (They are both still alive) I was at their funeral and sobbing loudly. I woke up and I was really crying. This is probably when my infatuation with dreams began. How can I cry in my dream and really being crying!??

I have also had the same dream a gazillion times. Each time I am in a jungle/safari like setting and I am trying to climb rope steps up a gigantic hill. I am scared and freaking out the whole time. I have no idea why I have this dream. I am scared of heights in real life but I don't think these two things are related.  This dream is also very colorful. All the colors are extra bold and detailed. Weird right!?

I came across this article that I wanted to share.

It is the 10 MOST AMAZING FACTS ABOUT DREAMS!  If you are a dream lover like me you will appreciate it. My 2 favorite facts are #8 and # 3.
#3 talks about our soul leaving our body and #8 is about how our real life is incorporated into our dreams! You will see why these 2 are my favorite.

Which ones can you relate to? Click the link below to read all 10! Let me know what you think!
10 MOST AMAZING FACTS ABOUT DREAMS

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30 THINGS Post 8 Pet PEEVES

Kelly at A Mother’s Design shared 30 things my kids should know about me (from Baby Making Machine’s blog – love her she has some great ideas and crafts).Here is the list...Jump In on the LINK to Share. I personally at Just A Deal Jess plan to highlight and update as I go. I may go out of order but I am really excited to be participating in this!!!

This has been a Fantastic learning expericence about myself. I highly reccommend trying it yourself. You can view the whole list by Clicking HERE!!

POST 8
Pet Peeves

Here are a few of my Pet Peeves
My #1 Pet Peeve by far is
People who are late. UGH! This one gets me on an angry roll. If you have to be at at 2PM then be here at 1:59!!!  You know all week long that the event starts at 2PM.  There is no reason you should be late. The late people are always the same. You are always waiting on the same people. Like they are extra SPECIAL and you SHOULD wait on them.  Now don't get me wrong. We all run late and things sometimes happen to make you late. I am talking about the disrespectful people that you can count on to be late at any type of event you invite them to. I have a family of 5 to prepare. We may run around the house like chickens with our heads cut off and I may be stressed the heck out while getting everyone together, however, you can COUNT ON ME TO BE ON TIME! P.S. If I am not on time I will have the courtesy to call you and tell you! The normal Later ones don't have that courtesy. Now on to the NEXT! I told you I could roll on this one!!


My #2 is definitely people who do NOT take a little pride in what they do...YES we ALL HAVE to work. Most of us don't want to and most of us don't like our jobs....BUT if you have to do it you must do it right. TAKE A LITTLE PRIDE and do it good. If you are a server, be the server your customer wants. (this pays off)...If you work at McDonalds, Be nice and courteous, if you work at Walmart and we need help then help with a smile. Whatever it is, Be Proud of the JOB you do!

#3 How about parents that leave their kids trailing behind them..Too many times I have seen grown ups walk through a door and their little kids are scrambling to make it in behind them before the door shuts...or walking down a street and their kids are behind them. Someone could snatch them up and they would never know. WATCH YOUR KIDS PEOPLE!

I am sure there are more but these are the top 3 that I CAN think of!!!

What are your pet peeves?

Want to view Post 7 to see My most embarrassing moments?  Click HERE
See the Full list and start your own 30 Things by CLICKING HERE!!

30 Things Post 7 Favorite things about ParentHood

Kelly at A Mother’s Design shared 30 things my kids should know about me (from Baby Making Machine’s blog – love her she has some great ideas and crafts).Here is the list...Jump In on the LINK to Share. I personally at Just A Deal Jess plan to highlight and update as I go. I may go out of order but I am really excited to be participating in this!!!

This has been a Fantastic learning expericence about myself. I highly reccommend trying it yourself. You can view the whole list by Clicking HERE!!

View Yesterdays by Clicking HERE!


Post 7
Describe your favorite and least favorite thing about Parenthood.(#24)

This one is easy. Of course the list of Favorites could go ON AND ON AND ON but I promise I will keep it brief!!!

MY LEAST FAVORITE THING. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING. NOTICE I AM IN CAPS! BECAUSE IT IS CAPS LOCK WORTHY. THIS IS THE ADVICE I GIVE TO PARENT'S TO BE.THE ABSOLUTE ONE AND ONLY BAD THING ABOUT BEING A PARENT...(DRUM ROLL PLEASE).......

VOMIT.....NEED I REALLY SAY MORE. IT STINKS AND IS GROSS AND IT STINKS AND IS GROSS. YUCK, YUCK, YUCK! THE SMELL GETS STUCK IN MY NOSE FOR WEEKS AND WHY CAN'T THEY JUST MAKE IT TO THE TOILET AND IF THEY DO MAKE IT WHY CAN'T THEY MAKE IT IN THE TOILET.

(HOPE I DIDN'T RUIN YOUR BREAKFAST)

NOW ON TO THE 
FAVORITE

LIKE I SAID THIS LIST COULD GO ON AND ON. BUT HERE GOES FOR THE FAVORITE.
I LIKE WHEN I JUST LOOK AT MY KIDDO'S AND THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING GOES THROUGH MY BLOOD AND I THINK 'MAN I LOVE THEM'. THEY DO SOMETHING TO MAKE ME CRACK UP AND THE SAME FEELING GOES THROUGH ME, 'MAN I LOVE THEM' IT IS AN OVERWHELMING HIGH THAT HAS TO BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANY DRUG OUT THERE!  I LIKE WHEN I SEE MY CHILDREN WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THEIR FATHER SO INTENTLY WHEN HE IS SPEAKING TO THEM. IT IS PURE ADMIRATION. AGAIN, I GET THE FEELING, 'MAN I LOVE THEM'

THE FEELING IS REALLY NOT EXPLAINABLE. I CAN TRY TO PUT IT INTO WORDS ALL DAY LONG BUT YOU WILL NOT GET WHAT I AM REALLY TRYING TO GET ACROSS.

THAT FEELING, THAT HIGH, THAT BLOOD FLOWING THING THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN...THAT IS MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING A PARENT.

I BELIEVE IT CAN BE SUMMED UP INTO ONE WORD....
LOVE!
Not explainable .

You should try the list. I have learned so much about myself. my brain has been reeling and reveling in information that has been stored and put away for years. I have relearned so much about me.! See the Full list by clicking  HERE!!!

30THINGS POST 6 MOST EMBARRASING

Kelly at A Mother’s Design shared 30 things my kids should know about me (from Baby Making Machine’s blog – love her she has some great ideas and crafts).Here is the list...Jump In on the LINK to Share. I personally at Just A Deal Jess plan to highlight and update as I go. I may go out of order but I am really excited to be participating in this!!!

This has been a Fantastic learning expericence about myself. I highly reccommend trying it yourself. You can view the whole list by Clicking HERE!!

View yesterdays by clicking HERE

Post 6
 MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ( I SKIPPED AROUND A LITTLE, THIS IS #10 ON THE LIST)

FUNNY. THIS LIST COULD BE SHORT OR LONG. 
THERE ARE 2 EMBARRASSING MOMENTS THAT STICK WAY OUT IN MY BRAIN THAT I THINK ABOUT HERE AND THERE. THEY ARE SILLY BUT THEY WERE HUMILIATING. ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME!

THE FIRST ONE I WAS IN THE 5TH GRADE. SINCE JESSICA WAS SUCH A POPULAR NAME, I HAD 5 JESSICA'S IN MY CLASS.  ONE MORNING, WHILE GETTING DRESSED IN THE DARK, I WORE 2 DIFFERENT SHOES TO SCHOOL! THE SHOES WERE SIMILAR. THEY WERE THE PLAIN  KEDS STYLE.  THEY CAME IN DIFFERENT COLORS. SO THEY WERE PLAIN WHITE, OR PLAIN RED ETC. WELL ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING I WORE A WHITE ONE AND A GRAY ONE WITH TIC TAC TOE SYMBOLS. I CALLED MY MOM AND SHE DUTIFULLY BROUGHT THE RIGHT SHOE UP TO ME ( I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE MADE A DECISION ON WHICH ONE TO BRING!)  THE SCHOOLS SECRETARY COMES INTO MY CLASSROOM AND YELLS OUT WHILE LAUGHING
"ONE OF YOUR JESSICA'S HAS ON 2 DIFFERENT SHOES. HERE IS HER OTHER ONE!"
SO OF COURSE I HAD TO GET UP IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS AND SHOW MY SILLY MISTAKE. AND OF COURSE I WAS THE JOKE FOR AWHILE. LIKE I SAID SILLY BUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME!

THE 2ND EMBARRASSING MOMENT COMES WHEN I WAS JUST A YOUNG ADULT. 19 IN FACT!  THERE WAS A LEATHER COAT THAT I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANTED! SO I SAVED. I SAVED ALL OF MY CHANGE. I SAVED FOR A WHILE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I HAD $119.00 IN CHANGE! (JUST ENOUGH!!)
SO I DECIDED I WOULD TAKE IT TO KROGER AND CASH IT IN AT THE COINSTAR!
I WALKED IN WITH A PLASTIC JAR OF CHANGE AND A 1 YEAR OLD ON MY HIP. (MISTAKE).
WHILE TRYING TO PUT MY KID IN THE CART I DROPPED THE PLASTIC JAR OF CHANGE.
IT WAS SO LOUD. IT WENT EVERYWHERE. YOU COULD SEE CHANGE JUST ROLLING, ROLLING AND ROLLING. THE SOUND. IT WAS SO SUPER LOUD THAT EVERYONE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY WAS SWEATING AND HOT AND I HAD TO BE BEET RED. A KRGOER EMPLOYEE CAME OVER WITH A BROOM AND DUSTPAN TO HELP SWEEP UP MY $119 DOLLARS IN COINS. WE RECOVERED MOST OF IT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I NOW ROLL MY COINS ( WHICH SAVES MONEY ANYWAY, MISTAKE 2)

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT...2 OF MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS

IT COULD BE WORSE! FOR SURE!!

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For a little inspiration i want to share something I have been working on!
30 THINGS<---click there. It is unrelated just a little something ex

30 Things Your Kids Should Know Post 3 Describe your relationship with your spouse

I am participating in 30 Things Your Kids should know about Me. I first learned about this from Kelly at A Mother's Design. It is a FUN list of Q & A and really gets you thinking. You can view the Full list of questions by Clicking HERE!!

Post 3
Describe your relationship with your spouse

I Love this one. I could go on and on. As many of you know I recently dabbled on this a bit when I wrote about my Marriage Secrets. Needless to say I am excited to dabble a tad more!

I met my husband Charlie while working at Applebees. I was a waitress and he was a cook. He also proposed at that same location  about a year and a half after we met! That was sweet.
We get along very well. There is only a years difference in our age.

I also remember the very day that I knew JUST how much I loved him. Unfortunately it wasn't a lovey dovey moment. It was a scary moment. A co worker came in work to tell me he had been electrocuted working his at his new job. He was OK. But I freaked. Inside and out. I knew at that moment I couldn't live without him. I knew I loved him. I had since the beginning. But at that moment there was just a more magnified feeling. I thanked God over and over for not letting anything happen to him.

We have 3 children. 15, 10 and 8. We parent well together and back each other up We have a very nice, non argumentative relationship.  We do not call each other names. We are super affectionate. We have a Super King bed but take up about a twin size portion of the bed. We kiss before we leave each other and always say I Love You. I will not in any way pretend that we are Perfect but We are pretty close. In my eyes anyway. It's as close to perfection as I would like and he makes me very happy.

He will NEVER EVER let anyone talk bad about his wife or children.
He would die for me. I know this. And that is more than anyone could ask for.

I consider myself very LUCKY. I found him. He found me. There are so many people still looking for that special someone.!!!

Do you wanna join in on this??? It makes you think and kind of makes you learn about yourself. You can view the whole list and LINK UP by Clicking HERE!!

3 FEARS 30 Things My Kids should know about Me

I AM COMPLETING A LIST CALLED 30 THINGS MY KIDS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME. PLEASE CLICK THE LINK TO VIEW THE FULL LIST

THIS IS NUMBER 2 ON THE 30 THINGS MY KIDS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME LIST

3 LEGITIMATE FEARS and WHY

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS HEIGHTS. I AM SCARED OF HEIGHTS. I am not just talking about standing on top of a tower scared! 
The most fearful is probably bleachers. I can only go up to about the 4th bench on bleachers. My husband and kids laugh at me but my husband will hold my hand the whole way. The little kids get aggravated because they always wanna sit at the top. They are old enough now where I will just send them on up. 
This fear also kicks in going up flights of stairs. Especially if they are the outside type. I can't get on top of a roof and being at the lake on some type of cliff will get me also! I do not know where this fear came from. I have always had it. I get a pit hole in my stomach and just know better.

My 2nd fear is leaving or losing my kids. I know this may sometimes be irrational. I can't worry about what "MIGHT" happen. But I do truly worry about my kids being left without me. It is to the extent that I leave notebooks with up to date notes in it just in case. I just want them to know I love them and all the little things I notices just in case it was to happen. Bad things happen to people everyday. Everyone thinks it happens to everyone else but that just isn't the case. SO while this may be a little irrational it is a fear that is stuck with me.

My 3rd Fear is being attacked by a dog. I am allergic to most animals, therefore I didn't grow up with pets. I do not LOVE dogs or cats or birds or any other cuddly creature. I don't hate them I just don't have any type of affection towards them at all. Dogs seem to know this. 10 of us can walk in a room and the dog will automatically sick me out. I am scared of dogs I see on the street or even in backyards. They are all barky and I don't know how to handle them. I am scared they are going to start chasing me and get me. Bite me!  I know not to run but of course that is the first instinct that kicks in. I just hope it doesn't come down to the dog chasing me.

What are your fears?

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30 Things~20 Random Facts

I am personally completing the List30 Things My Kids Should Know About ME!  <----Click Here to see the full list and LINK UP!

I am starting at the beginning!

20 Random Facts About Me

1. I Love My Husband. I am Lucky to have found him
2. My hair is my natural color. I haven't put any dye, highlights or any type of color product on it in about 6 years. It has grown out and been restored.
3. I need a hair color change!!!
4. I love having a blog. 
5. I love to read! I wish I had more time to do so.
6. I am secretly obsessed with Cosmopolitan
7. I am good at CornHole. No one ever wants me to be on their team but then they quickly realized they judged me because I am a girl and I just whooped their butts!
8. I LOVE being married and being a mom.
9. I LOVE BINGO! I like to be King of the Mountain. If you go to Bingo you know what that means,
10. I sneak out early on Saturday mornings before everyone is awake and I go to yard sales!
11. While I am out I go have breakfast by myself! Usually biscuits and gravy from Dairy Queen!
12. I Love to secretly watch my kids play Just Dance! It's the funniest thing in the world to watch them try to be coordinated and then actually accomplish it!
13. I am a guilty red light singer/dancer!
14. My internal alarm clock wakes me in the 6 am hour everyday and then I can't fall back to sleep
15. I am addicted to coffee and I drink way more Starbucks than I really should.
16. I like to make collages with cut outs of magazines. I like to do this as much now as I did when I was 14!
17. I HAVE to have the TV on to fall asleep. This is the only way I can keep my mind from wandering.
18. I secretly eat Reese Cups behind the bathroom door so that I don't have to share!!
19. I love the whole vampire/werewolf thing. I can't get enough of it!!
20. One of my favorite places to be is on my front porch. I could sit there for hours.

Want to join or share yours..You can LINK UP by Clicking HERE!!! Or you can just view all of the topics HERE

30 Things my Kids should Know about Me

I Am so Excited that I fell Upon this. It is a list to share with your children. The goal is to answer every question on the list, one a day, for your children. You can also Link up so that is can me shared!

Kelly at A Mother’s Design shared 30 things my kids should know about me (from Baby Making Machine’s blog – love her she has some great ideas and crafts).Here is the list...Jump In on the LINK to Share. I personally at Just A Deal Jess plan to highlight and update as I go. I may go out of order but I am really excited to be participating in this!!!

THE LIST:

1. List 20 random facts about yourself. CHECK
2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.CHECK
3. Describe your relationship with your spouse. CHECK
4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could. CHECK
5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now? CHECK
6. If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for?
7. What is your dream job, and why?
8. What are 5 passions you have?
9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.
10. Describe your most embarrassing moment. CHECK
11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have. CHECK
12. Describe a typical day in your current life.
13. What’s the hardest part of growing up?
14. Describe 5 and weaknesses strengths you have.
15. Describe when you knew your spouse was the one or how I fell in love.
16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?
17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?
18. What do you think your spouse loves most about you?
19. How did you feel the moment you became a parent?
20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.
21. Describe your relationship with your parents.
22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?
23. What’s your favorite holiday and why?
24. What’s your favorite and least favorite thing about parenthood? CHECK
25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?
26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?
27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?
28. What’s your favorite quality in your spouse?
29. What are your hopes and dreams for your prosperity?
30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

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Marriage Secrets

I was inspired by reading another's post about marriage.  It really got me thinking about mine and I want to share some of my thoughts. You can read the post that inspired me by clicking Here on 3 Sons Have I This coincidentally comes after a recent post that I listed on Facebook 3 days ago.

The post talks about me having a wonderful conversation with a lady when I described to her that I have been with my hubby for more than 15 years and our marriage is great.
Later that night I was thinking about how proud I was to talk about it. I am proud that we are where we are in our marriage and that was what inspired me to write the post on Facebook.

Here are a couple of things that we do to ensure a Happy & Healthy marriage.

1. We never ever ever call each other any names (maybe he has behind my back!!) We are respectful in that way. If he calls me a B or I call him an A hole then that gives everyone else permission also. I don't think he is an A Hole and I hope he doesn't ever think I am a B!

2. We don't argue. Well not regularly. I would be lying if I said that we NEVER argued. But overall, we don't argue We have had one argument that I can account for in the past 7 or 8 months (maybe longer). It was about Spaghetti Sauce. YES SPAGHETTI SAUCE!!  Now anyone who is married or in a relationship. knows that our argument wasn't over the Spaghetti Sauce!  So we argued. We didn't call each other names. I cried. He slammed a door. Then, WE FIXED IT. Neither one of us WON. We just fixed it. We both will always apologize. With a KISS and we will literally Squash it. Of course we talk about it and figure out what is really going on! But it is Squashed. We also make sure that these irregular arguments are not in front of the kids I am sure they know something is going on. They see me cry But overall we keep it away.

3. We cuddle. We touch, kiss, hold hands and say I Love you. These things are important. Sex is an always but outside of that we keep it intimate. If we are laying in bed going to sleep we are touching, feet are touching, or our legs are wrapped like a pretzel. If we are riding in the car, he will reach over and grab my hand. He still holds every single door and he calls me "MY LOVE" Example, "After you My LOVE".

4. We never, ever leave the house without Kissing goodbye and saying I LOVE YOU. Even if we are in one of those irregular arguments he will not hang up on me, he will say I LOVE YOU (in his I am mad voice) and then hang up. He might not wait for me to say it back but he still says it. That counts.

I love him. I consider myself LUCKY every single day. I am lucky to have found someone so great and find someone who loves me so much. I can honestly say he would do anything for me. He says that and means it with every inch of his soul.

I once heard..through some sort of counselor a great piece of advice on Marriage:
If each person spends each day trying to make their significant other Happy then the marriage will survive. It is not about making me happy It is about making my husband happy And for my husband it is about making me happy. If we live by that then we will last!

What about you? What is your secret? What are some of the things you do to keep things going great?

THE MOM SCREAM

I look forward to my kids being off of school for Winter break. I am so happy when it gets here because it is an actual break for myself. (YEAH RIGHT!)
What I mean is....I Love not having to rush the nightly routine, homework, dinner, bath and playtime all before bedtime. There are just not enough hours in the day. The evenings can be hectic and you throw a couple of sports in there...well then it just turns crazy.  So I enjoy the crazy break.

That is until...DUM DUM DUM (you must sing that)

7 or 8 days in. They can't quit fighting. Over EVERYTHING. Stay our of my room. You are ugly, NO YOU ARE. I am SO BORED. I'm Telling. I'm Hungry. I AM TELLING. MOM!!!! HE DID IT, NO SHE DID IT!
ARGHHH>...that list goes on and on and on.
I don't really understand why they are arguing.
At this point I could throw a piece of paper on the floor and they would fight about who's it is or who wants it first.
I just want to scream. YEP. That made me feel better.
I screamed. Loudly. They just looked at me like I was crazy but it shut them up for 6 whole minutes!

I love my children dearly. 15, 10 and 8 and a mix of gender..I get a little bit of everything. I am so grateful for the time I get with them. I really am. Truly I do wish winter break was a little longer.

But truth is:

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SCREAM!!!!!!

THAT'S ALL!

AND AS I AM FINISHING THIS UP, I CAN HEAR MY 10 AND 8 YEAR OLD GIGGLING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GIGGLING ABOUT BUT NOW I FEEL A SLIGHT PANG OF OH NO.....MOM GUILT...I WANT TO SCREAM ONE SECOND AND HUG EM TIGHT THE NEXT.

ONE OF MY LAST MINUTE SECRETS. LOVE TO HEAR THEM GIGGLE WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW YOU ARE LISTENING!

NOW THAT'S ALL!