Christmas is past us...

It was wonderful. We had such a good time and ate lots of good food!! The kids got so many goodies, they are having a blast playing with all their stuff!!! We did some family pic at Jo's house this year...check out my Facebook for ours. Let's see what all did the kids get?? Kaelyn got a foot spa, Orbies, a new bike from the grandparents and new clothes. Emma got an Easy Bake Oven, a new MP3 player from the grandparents and other goodies and clothes. Attie got an Angry Birds game, Hello Kitty stuff and other goodies and clothes. They got quite a haul this year, the little punks!!! We even braved the day after sales in a few places...that was ok, I guess. We are looking forward to a quiet day at home tomorrow and then Wednesday I'll have to break down and do a little grocery shopping...but tomorrow is just chilling at the house.

November already!!!

Squee!!!! It's November!!!! That means Thanksgiving is just around the corner...the first of my 2 favorite holidays!!!! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas!!! Halloween was fun, the girls got a lot of candy and had a blast. Kaelyn was a goth chic, Emma was a vampire and Attie was a leopard. Chris and I are looking forward to the Alabama/LSU game tonight. We may travel to a friend's house to watch it, not sure yet. Roll Tide!!! Okay, got that out of my system. I guess it's time to put out my Christmas wish list...see if I get lucky this year...lol. What does Stacey want for Christmas??? Well, let's see...Tutti Frutti Jelly Bellys are always good. Money for scrapkits is always good. Old wooden picture frames of any size...if you wanna get rid of em...call me!!! Ceramic tiles you're not gonna use, I can re purpose those too!!! If anyone has a white Christmas tree they wanna get rid of...I'd love one!! I guess that's it...just stuff to turn into crafts and Jelly Belly Beans...lol!!!

Where are we now?

In the same place we've been for nigh on 8 months. lol We are still hanging tight...the only thing that's changed is Chris and I got Jesus. Which admitedly makes things much better. Chris is still putting in for every job opening he can find and going to school. I'm still maintaining my sketchy sanity and wrangling the kids. I feel kinda funky this evening...so forgive the weird speech/type...whatever. I've been getting these horrible headaches in the evenings...and signs point to it being my blood sugar that's causing it...lovely. The kids allergies are in full swing...which makes my house cough/sneeze central. I love that there are tons of over the counter allergy meds now...but unfortunately none of them seem to work on my kids. Go figure...Chris's kids have super allergies...who would have thought. I am completely blonde now...and have discovered that blondes do not have more fun....I want a refund!!!! We're going to streak my hair with a darker color later on...but mom's not feeling well...so that is not a priority. What else is happening...oh, we did the Susan Moore Band Alumni thing last month...it was a blast!!! I had such a good time and Chris was as giddy as Chris ever gets over it. We've got the AFSP walk coming up in November, something we always do. I've got the kids Halloween costumes done already...yay!!!! A vampire, a kitty and a goth chic. What an eclectic mix for this year!!! Well, that's all the boredom I think I can come up with to report for now...more later....maybe next time it will all be super good news!!!

An Ordinary World

But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find and as I try to make my way to the ordinary world I will learn to survive That's what I'm listening to right now, and it's pretty spot on. I'm forgetting yesterday and moving on in search of a better world for myself. I'm reading in the Message and things are being revealed to me like they never have before. It doesn't matter what I look like, it matters what I act like. Actions speak, and I want my actions to speak for good. I feel more peace now than I have in a long time. I think maybe I've had a couple of good days, too. hehe Now to just work on the living a good life thing....

Maybe bloggin will make it better

I am having a sucky time. I feel bad, I'm in a bad mood. It's like my hormones have gone whacky. I am sleepy all the time. And right now, I have a tooth ache. So there, top that. I did read a little of the Bardic Pirate's blog...and well, I think my chi is bad. I need some relaxation in the form of security. Ah, to feel secure again...that would be nice. But as of right now...we are still on stand by....it's like life has been put on hold and we are waiting for permission to live again. Then again, maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way. Maybe life, with all of it's recent suckiness, is continuing on and I am the one stuck in the bubble of my own choosing. Oh, wise Bardic Pirate...what say you? Do your spirits give you advice on such things? Alas, your last entry was some of what I needed to hear. I've been stuck in this bubble and if your views are correct...I put myself there. Now I have to get myself out. That is where it all falls down of course, because right now I'm not sure where to go. It comes back to security. I have none right now. I feel like I'm on shifting sand...I want to be standing on solid ground. I just don't know how to get there from here...yet. Maybe it will become clearer to me in time. I'll let ya know one way or the other, tho...

The regularly scheduled update

Howdy folks. Again, nothing doing here. We are still in the same holding pattern that we have been in for years now. Just waiting. Chris has a job, just not much of one. I have started my own little business doing photo editing, but it's hard to get the word out. I've done some commercial work for Chris's boss and I'm working on some more. But it's not enough to live on. The kiddies are enjoying summer. We took off this past week and went to the Tennessee Aquarium. We had a ton of fun...in fact, I don't think I've uploaded pics of it yet. Shame on me!!! I did go out today and take pics of the kids, I was only a month or two overdue. Attie was the one who had the goofy looking faces today...so unusual for her. Kaelyn looks way to grown up in her's of course. Emma was nice and smiled alot for me. Other than that, nothing much has been going on. If you would, snag my banner below and direct people to either my DA page HERE or to my FB page HERE. I will love you forever for it!!

Boredom

Bordom makes you update your blog. lol Nothing going on. I'm just sitting here listening to Jars of Clay and waiting on it to be time for me to leave for the doctor. I've got an hour and a half to go. I wish I had been able to sleep later than 5, that would have been nice. I was gonna spend this summer sleeping in...hahaha. I have absolutely nothing interesting to tell, nothing has happened. Chris is back in school for the summer. The kids are enjoying being out of school. I got the house redone...it looks nice. Chris has a job now, but he's yet to get paid. I'm about to scream at all the crap we are being forced to put up with. It's unreal. But there's nothing else, so I have to believe that this is where we are supposed to be. What else is there to do? Anyway, that's an update on the whole boring situation. More next month...maybe better news...