PRIDE AND JOY

This is my pride and joy ! My sons Jeremy and Lucas .

Going Crazy!

I thought my son would soon be over the two year old additude . Boy, was I wrong! It seems , the closer he gets to three ,( he will be three on March 12 ) the worse he is getting! If he gets mad for any reason , he now puts his hand down his throat and trys to make himself throw up !This is making me crazy !

Okay , what would SuperNanny do ? I have been trying the " notty wall " and it does seem to be working a little . But when will it stop ! I have tried just about everything ! Any ideas out there ? I really don't want his little brother to pick up this bad habit !

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Valentines Day has came and gone . I hate that Hoilday . Why , you may ask , well growing up , I was like Charlie Brown . The Valentine Box seemed to always be empty . I would sit in classes at school , waiting for a candy Gram or flowers to come my way . But they never did . It seemed like everyone else would get numberous ones but never did one come my way .
Thus , the same as a grown up at work . Flowers would come for all the other women , but not me . I never understood way. I am not an " Ugly Betty ". It took years ( 32) before all would change .

I had gave up on love and thought I would be alone forever . Then the first part of July , 2002, in walked the cutest guy , with the most beautiful blue-green eyes I had ever seen. The Pastor of the church I was attending came in for a hair cut ,from me . He had brought his friend in from Florida . He was in trying out for music minister at our church and the Pastor wanted us to meet . I never believed in love at first sight but guess what..... it happened !!
He left the next week . I did not know if he would be back . But, he came back and took the job as a music minister . We became good friends and went out all the time ( we took my friends with us )

I was very scared of getting hurt , because I had been very hurt in the past . So , I played hard to get for a while . Then I opened my eyes and saw he really loved me !
Long story short .. we married on Dec, 14 2002 .

Valentines Day finally was good to me . This year was the best so far and it has not stopped ! The week-end before , we had a banquet at church . I won for best dressed ! Then he gave me flowers , candy , a bear , perfume , and a card on Valentines Day . Last week he took me to a Resort in Tucson and then bought me a new wedding band ! And then got up in front of the church and told everyone how we met and how much he loves me!!!

Love is real . For those feeling like it is not , don't give up , your day will come too!

THE JEEP STORY

Well, to update ya'll on the story of the Jeep. Our friend in Florida called the trucking company that was hauling our Jeep , Told them about the truck driver wanting us to meet him in NM and pick up the Jeep at a truck stop and all Hell broke loose . The company and the dealership we bought it from said "NO WAY" . The truck driver was to deliver it at the dealership in AZ and to deliver it that night !

You see , the truck driver had already spend a week in TX , saying his truck was broke down . Okay , so you are thinking it was some Joe with a little moving company . Wrong! This was the Chrysler truck company that delivers Chrysler vehicles! He then , did not want to go through the weigh station , so he then took the back roads to the town to be delivered at . I 'm thinking he had picked up something or someone from Mexico and did not want to get caught .

Anyway , he finally made it in to town around 8:00 P.M. that night . Our Jeep was fine . But he did not want to take it down from the truck . He was a real jerk ! He did take it down after my husband signed papers . But the scary thing , he wanted a copy of my husbands license . I hope he does not try to find our house and do something !

After all that , I love our Jeep !!! And lesson learned , we will by from Tucson next time not Florida !

ROAD TRIP

We bought my husband's company jeep three weeks ago , from his friend back in Florida . They had it delivered to us here in Arizona. Well, it still has not made it here . The truck it is on broke down in Texas just as the snow storms where coming in. We waited. Well, the truck finally got fixed yesterday. The guy is on hour from El Paso, TX. Now he called and said his truck weights to much to come into Arizona. Now we have to load up our van and go to Lordsburg, NM. ( an hour and half away ). Not bad if we did not have to take the kids. And if it was not raining!

I think my husband's friend should give us the $800 dollars back , that we gave him to send the Jeep! I am soooooo mad!!!!!!!!

THE STORM

Some Pictures of the snow storm this week-end , here in Arizona . It is still 27degrees here today !!

DID HELL FREEZE OVER?

Well, they always said ,"The day it really snows in Southern Arizona , will be the day Hell freezes over ." Guess what ...... It snowed here and is still snowing. Last measurement was 9 inches . The snow is still coming down pretty hard . The town is shut down . Even Wal-mart is closed . We are snowed in here at my parents house . There was no way we where going to try to go up the mountains . Thank God, my husband has 3 1/2 weeks of vacation . He was able to take today off and maybe tomorrow, if needed.

I have missed the snow . So, this is really exciting!!!!

WHAT ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE ??????

I can remember when stores cared about the customers. It seems now days they don't give a crap! I and my husband have been victims of this nasty treatment latey .

This past Saturday I had to go shopping at WAL-MART . I needed water for the baby's formula . Well, I had my two year old with me , he was very ready to go when it came time to check out . I got to the front lanes ,only to find , four checkers ( on a Sat. ) After waiting in line for 30 min. , it was finally me turn to get checked out . I put all of my stuff on the line . Only to find , my water had a leak in the gallon. Great!!!!! I showed the checker . Her responds was " What do you want me to do about it ?" "Well , can you find someone to go get me another ?"
(Mind you , there was a checker next to my line , doing nothing !!! And a CSM ( manager) standing around talking about last nights party and who slept with who ! ) She told me no and to go get it myself . There was no way I was going to leave my son .
Now I once worked for WAL-MART and this attitude would never have flown !
I did not appeceate her nor the CSM . My two year old sure did not need to hear the talk of parting and sex!

Next victim..... My husband had to buy a company car . It had to be 4x4, so we decided on a jeep. We go down to price them , very pricey in this small town. So, we bought from our friend in Fl. It is being sent here. However, the dealership would not allow it to come there because they did not get the sale.
We would have taking it there for services and planned on buying from them next time ( he has to replace it in three years). The lost a continuing customer.

There is no need for people to be so rude! I am getting sick of it ! I now hate to go shopping!

MY DOG ATE IT !!!!!

To update ya'll on the package . The lady called us back and wants us to mail it all to her . Fed X is sending us a label for the package. The problem is my dog ate the box. So now I have to find something to mail this stuff in .Great!!!!!! Oh Well , It is the right thing to do :)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Today around 4 , I saw my neighbor out in my back yard . So, I opened the door to see what was going on. She was walking home and saw my Westie eating a package left on my porch. She was kind enough to try and get it away from Kenzie and clean the yard. She gave me the package , I thanked her and came in. Moments later , my husband came home. I showed him the package . We saw it was not ours , but the lady that lived here before us. Well, we then saw the dog eating something in the yard again went out to find bubble bath from "Bath And beauty" So, We brought it all in , to find it belonged to the package.

We called the number on the invoice . It no longer exits. So, we called the lady that sent it . No answer . So, we left a message . We will see what happens.

Now the sad thing about all of this ,is the people have the same last name . You would think family would know if one moved away. I think it is very sad , that this lady sent a very pricey gift , to a person no where to be found. So, do we box it all up and mail it back to her ? What would you do?

HAPPY 2007

Here we are a another new year and time for resolutions. This year I would like to be a better person. Trying to become less jaded from people of the past.

I would like to be a better Mom . Spend more time with my kids .They grow up soooo fast ! The house work can wait a while . Reading , playing, and holding them comes first .

I would like to be a better Wife . Do less nagging and show more love and appreciation to have my make-up on and be out of PJs when my husband comes home. Helping him not to have wondering eyes ! I had to kiss too many frogs to find my Prince ..... I don't want to lose him .

I would like to be a better daughter . Let my parents know how much I love them and everything they do and have done for me. It is my turn to take care of them now , since their golden years are upon them and social security does not give them nearly enough to live on .

I think I would be a happier person and make others happier too , if I can achieve this .

Happy New Year to all and may God Bless you this year !

A SUCKY THING

Today I logged on to classmates and thought it would be cool to try an email some old friends. Guess what...... They won't send you e-mails unless you pay ( and through the nose I might add ). Not only that , Your friends can not read your e-mail you send unless they too pay . How crappy is this !!!! I think it should be free !!! I know people need to make money but come on . Friendship is a priceless thing . And we should be able to reconnect without all the hassle !

CLASSMATES.COM YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Winnie the Pooh Disney Christmas wallpaper.

Christmas Winnie the Pooh Disney Christmas wallpaper.

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IF We Make Through Dec.

I can not believe Christmas is once again upon us. I am sooooo ready for this year to done and over with.This has been a trying one!! I have counted 11 deaths of people I have known. My husband and I have been to the Dr. More times then I can count! He lost his job last spring. The in-laws are just getting worse and worse!!!!

Now there have been some very good things happen too. We moved on and my husband found the best job as a Planner for a major company , all the results from the Dr have been good. And I gave birth to our second son. We helped start a new church in our town with my husband as the music minister .

But all in all I pray that 2007 will be a better year for all !

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Happy New Year !

AWESOME CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Christmas time is once again upon us. There are all kinds of programs to go see but I have found a wonderful one, I love. That would be the Trans-Siberian Orchestra . They do a rock -opera Christmas program that is heart warming! I saw them four years ago in St. Petersburg ,FL ( where the band is from) and WOW! I would go see them every year if I could. A two year old and a three month old tie me down right now, so I was unable to go this year. But next year if I can find a babysitter....... I will be there. If you can not make it ..... You should buy one of their CD's!

MYSTERY OF THE OPEN GATE

It seems like every morning our front gate and back gate would be standing open . This was very odd. You see we locked them before going to bed. We leave in a very quite neighborhood . So how could this be happening ? This kept going on for weeks ..... And then the backdoor would be open . ( Yes, we locked that too) Do we have a ghost? We had a man come to fix it and found nothing wrong. Very odd. All I kept thinking of was all those scary movies with these things going on.

Finally , the door stopped coming open . But the gates kept on opening up. So, I decided to close them and sit and wait , to see what was going on. I waited and waited. Finally...... The gates opened up and low and behold............. Two big dogs where in my yard playing with my little Westie. I watched to see how they got in. I could not believe my eyes. One of the dogs pushed the handle up and opened it !!!!

The mystery finally solved. So we put a chain on the gates and the dogs can not open them up anymore! As for the door .... That is still an unsolved mystery.

UPDATE....................

Sept. 8 at 2:50 p.m., I delivered my second son ( Jeremy Hollis). He weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and 19 and a half inches. He is very cute!!!! I will send pictures to family and friends soon. The c-section was very easy this time and the recovery is going well. My 2 year old is having some jealousy issues . Which I hope will be over soon! We even bought him a present from his new brother ( a sing a long Elmo) but he is still not real sure of this new child in his life.

HOW MANY TIMES

I will be 37 weeks pregnant tomorrow. The Dr. Wants to do the c-section on the 19th. Yea, you may say, today I went in for my NST ( non-stress test), I was having contractions. The nurse checked me and I was dilated to a 3 and cervix is thinning. We all thought the Dr. Would do the c-section . WRONG!!!!! He sent me home. Can you believe that said to stay on bedrest and drink lots of water. ( I have been doing this ) Come back if pain gets bad or water breaks , other then that , he plans on waiting for the 19th. This is making me and my husband very mad and scared! I feel like I will be pregnant FOREVER!

Oh, yeah , I had a sonogram yesterday. The baby is fine, weighs 6 pounds 14 ounces. But my fluid is 3percent higher then it should be. The baby will be 8 pounds or more when born if we wait! Reminder..... I am only 5 feet tall !!!!!!!!!

FEELING ALL FLARED UP!

19 days to go and the Dr. Plans on doing a c-section. I don't think I will make it that long. I have already been in labor and had them stop it twice , in the last two weeks. I am on strict bedrest. I feel like I am on house arrest! My in-laws are making me crazy! ( That is a whole different story ) And my husband is talking stupid . Wanting to go back into ministry full time in the near future .
He has a great job now , making great money, with awesome benefits,and doing a lot of ministry work volunteering . Bang my head on the wall!!!!! So , how is your day going?!

Good Reason

" Children are our purpose in life. Remember someone once took care of us when we were small ; now it is our turn to take care of one so small "