lemons

On Sunday afternoon my husband and I were sitting on the couch relaxing while the kiddos napped. And low and behold our door bell rang (which hardly ever happens unless its a landscape guy or Jehovah witness). I answered the door fully prepared to be annoyed that I was forced to get my lazy buns off the couch. But when I opened the door it was our neighbor! He's an older gentleman that lives two doors down. He is always waving at us and hurling a howdy our way while on walks. Nice guy. So he hands over a grocery bag filled with lemons! Apparently they have four trees in their backyard and he thought we would like some. AND WE DO! I am going to make some lovely things with these lemons (tonight I am trying a baked lemon chicken recipe with brown rice!)

Anywho, these lemons are beautiful and I was super stoked that he thought of us.
You know what they say... When life gives you lemons, MAKE LEMONADE!!!

So that was my first order of business! :) Next order of business... FINDING OUT LOVELY NEIGHBORS NAME!!!

spring fling!

Well, Spring is here! And I decided that it was time to fling some hair. Here in Cali it has been in the high 70's and 80's (and this weather begs for a new hair cut if you ask me!) So I made the appointment and had my hair cut short again! (short for me, that is.) My husband begged me not to do it. And I actually felt a little bad having it cut against his wishes so to speak. He loves when my hair is long. BUT I simply don't have the time to blow dry and style all that hair. And when you wear your hair in a pony tail everyday you start to feel blah... like it's time for some mom jeans! ugh! So clearly I was saving our marriage by stopping the blahdum (and yes that is a word... google it! okay maybe not!) Anywho, I'm happy with it. And J has even come around and admitted that he likes it too. Yay! :)

Happy 101!!!

A few days ago I received the Happy 101 Award from Christine over at A Leap of Faith http://cecoakley.blogspot.com (for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make the web address a working link)!!!


So, here are the rules as I understand them to the Happy 101 Award:


1.)When you have received this award you must thank the person that awarded you this in the new post.
THANK YOU CHRISTINE!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! ... I think I forgot to say thanks! :)


2.) Name the 10 things that make you happy


3.) Pass this award onto 10 other bloggers and inform the winners

I guess I better lay it on ya'll!

#1. MY GIRLS! I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY GIRLS!!!


#2.MY HUSBAND! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT MAN!!!




#3. Slim, our newest addition!
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#4. FAMILY!


#5. The color Green!


#6. EATING!!! A girls gotta eat... right?


#7. Friends... TRUE friends!


#8. California!!!


#9. Coffee!


#10. Goofing off with my girls!


And now I will pass this award onto 10 blogs I follow! (I apologize for not being able to make these links work!)
1. Kate over at Sometimes Life is Messy http://my-mess-my-life.blogspot.com/
2. The Mrs. over at Trying Our Best http://tryingourbest.blogspot.com/
3. JG over at Me and My SoldierMan http://meandmysoldierman.blogspot.com/
4. Callie over at Through Clouded Glass http://throughcloudedglass.blogspot.com/
5. Leanne over at 'Our Letters to You' - Military Blog on MilitaryAvenue.com
6. Becca over at Lovely Yellow Ribbons http://shaywilliams.blogspot.com/
7. Riding the roller Coaster http://militaryspouserollercoasterride.blogspot.com/
8. K over at A Bee & His Honey http://abeeandhishoney.blogspot.com/
9. Sam over at Sandwich365 http://sandwich365.blogspot.com/
10. Daniella over at A Grateful People http://chuckandjoshiella.blogspot.com/

Thanks again Christine! This was fun! :)

busy bees

First and for most I apologize for my lengthy absence. I am out of town at the moment. My Grandpa has started his chemo and radiation and my mom just had cervical surgery. So, I have had my hands extra full these days. Just trying to make things a little easier on my Dad and Grandma for a week, helping out where I can. I will be heading home on Friday or Saturday. And that first night I get to sleep in my own bed will be glorious! I just had a moment while Monkey and my Mom were napping, so I thought I would let everyone know that I have not dropped off the face of the planet, just trying to keep my head above water these days. Until I'm home again...

Today is a better day!

Today has been a MUCH better day. The weather is beautiful and the girls are a tiny bit better. Still too sick to take to the park and infect the whole community. BUT we did play outside at home. Which was nice. The girls acted like they had forgotten what sunshine looked like! And I think it was good for mommy too. I feel a million times better and all it took was opening that garage door and pulling out some toys. Who would have thought. :) Now they are napping and I am enjoying the peace a quite. It's funny how much you can enjoy life when you let that stinking attitude go for a minute!
I hope everyone is having a great day. Now I'm going to go bake some cookies and cook a shepherd's pie for one of my friend's who just had a c-section. Thanks for the encouragement ladies!

Manic Monday

I think the Bangles said it best, "It's just another manic Monday / I wish it was Sunday / 'Cause that's my funday!" Okay, I know that was totally cheesy. But it's the first thing that poped into my head. And isn't that what they say, something about going with your first instinct or trusting your gut. Who knows! :) Today has been busy and we are all still sick. So it's made all the tasks a bit, well, awful! I plan on crawling into bed and waking up in Australia. Because it's been a Terrible, Horrible, no good, very bad day! Until a better day y'all! :0)

Thankful Thursday

Many might think after reading this that I'm crazy. Perhaps some of you will say, "that girl is certifiably nuts." And you'll probably all be right. :)
But here goes anyway, I hope none of you ban together to have me committed!
Today I am thankful for PTSD. I know what you're thinking. HOW ON EARTH could anyone be thankful for PTSD? But I am, at least today I am. So hear me out...

I am thankful that PTSD has taught me patience.
I am thankful that PTSD has not defeated my marriage.
I am thankful that PTSD has reminded me WHAT I have to fight for.
I am thankful that PTSD has taught me what is WORTH fighting for.
I am thankful that PTSD has shown me WHO I am fighting for.
I am thankful that PTSD has given me a new appreciation for good days.
I am thankful that PTSD has given me perspective on the bad days.
I am thankful that PTSD is NOT stronger than my God and
I am thankful that PTSD will not win this battle.


Today I choose to be thankful.

perturbed?

This weekend was my favorite uncle's 50Th birthday party. My parents drove down for it so we had a FULL house with my in-laws, parents, and grandparents... plus our own family of four. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm big on family, which is probably a good things since I have such a big one! (my mom has 18 brothers and sisters! I kid you not, it's a long story that I will have to tell you all soon.)
Anywho ( I refuse to believe spell check when it tells me that 'anywho' is not a word!) ... while at the party my mom took a ton of pictures. So before they left this morning I asked if I could download her pics to my computer. As I was scrolling through them, I came upon this beauty:



REALLY?!?!?! Is this what I look like when there isn't a mirror present? Could I be any more perturbed in this shot? And what's worse is that my future holds some serious wrinkles if I keep making that face! I consider myself a pretty pleasant person and if people don't like me I wonder "WHY?" Well, now I know. I must have made this face when they first met me! :) Oh well, tomorrow is a new day and I plan on eliminating the furrowed brow!

Thankful Thursday... belated

Well, it technically is now Friday. But I was up late visiting and laughing with the in laws so I kinda lost track of time. Well, I actually totally love track of time. The hubby and I always have the girls in bed by 8 and are lucky to make it till 9 ourselves. My routine is all outta whack. Which brings me to my thankfulness.
Today I am thankful for my in-laws. They are wonderful and I couldn't have asked for two people to care for me as much as they do. (Well besides my own parents that is!) This whole week my mother in-law has been waking up with Monkey in the night. Which normally isn't a big deal. Maybe once a night Monkey will fuss and as long as I gently lay her back down she conks right back out. But for some godforsaken reason the past two weeks she has been fussing about 4-6 times a night. I'm thinking teeth are the culprit... or maybe a growing spurt, I don't know for sure, but I do know it was causing some restless nights. And since my mother in-law has been here she has taken over the night duty. She even made me turn off the monitor! Needless to say I AM THANKFUL! Considering we have the new puppy and I have to let him out to pee every so often, if I as doing that and consoling monkey well lets just say I'd be cranky! (Which reminds me that I am also very thankful for our new puppy!)
Anyhow this thankful lady needs some shut eye. Good night y'all!

Wondering Wednesday

Before I had kids I would always see other people's children and say the dreaded, "My kid will never act like that!" ... Well, today I wonder how I could have been SO judgemental and ignorant!?!?!?!
On a run of the mill trip to Sam's Cl*b today I had an epiphany. People look at my children and their behavior and say that exact same thought that use to run through my mind. Ugh! Monkey was screaming due to the seat restraints, and by screaming I mean SCREAMING. And Big sissy was trying to eat every sample in the store! While simotaniously climbing up boxes to, "take a rest." Did I say ugh yet?
Needless to say, today I was humbled. And embaressed. But that's life right?

love love love

Today something amazing happened. It was as if my husband was a new man since his promotion yesterday. Maybe he was on a promo high, but I wont question it, I'll just enjoy it. Today my hubby said we could get a puppy! And like any right minded woman I struck while the iron was hot. And that means there is a new addition to our home. I think we are naming him Slim... that's what my daughter REALLY wants to call him, so I suppose we'll roll with it. (It's better than her first suggestion, Pinkie Pie! GAG!) This is our new bundle of joy giving me puppy breath kisses (I apologize for the quality of the picture, I took it with my phone in some pretty bad lighting.)


He is a rat terrier and he is perfect... until he pees on the carpet! :)

oh happy day.

Yesterday was a happy day in our home. :) My hubby pinned on Staff Sergeant (E-6 in the Marine Corps)!

(I actually pinned him on!) YAY!
His parents were able to be here and we were all very proud of him! I was struggeling with weither or not to post pictures on here with my kiddos faces. But I guess I finally decided that I just couldn't keep them all to myself anymore! Here we all are with the new and sexy Staff Sergeant!

OH HAPPY DAY! <3