Parvo Ice Cream Anyone?

No State Fair for us last night. I hadn't been feeling that great and didn't want to do all that walking around. The kids didn't mind or even remember. Corbin got to go visit his grandma while Jacob, Layla and I went out for dinner.

So we are eating at a buffet and Jacob asks me to get him some ice cream. I asked what kind, well he wanted to it to be a surprise... and that it was!

 

gross. I think the ice cream machine may have had Parvo.

On our way back home Layla entertained us. She loves to dance.

Wait til the beat changes at 0:13..

She cracks me up! Love her. :)

Yesterday was my nephews birthday and today is his party so we'll be going to an indoor/outdoor fun park thingy place. Whatever it's really called it'll be fun for the kids!

How'd You Get So Fat?!

Before everyone starts hating me, let it be known I do NOT try to be skinny or lose weight. I hate being so skinny.. and I also know that some people are overweight and it is hard to lose weight for them.

I am underweight and have tried for years to change that. The only time I could was during pregnancy and right after. I also know there are lots of people who want to lose weight, obviously, but I would NEVER tell anyone (especially not a complete stranger) how huge and disgusting they are... 

Some people obviously think if it's the other way around then it's acceptable to make comments about how skinny/underweight someone is. I have had multiple people over the years say things to me that just baffle me and clearly are not compliments. Some examples..

Wow, you are just wasting away aren't you?

OMG, look how skinny you are, do you eat?

You are all skin and bones.

You need some meat on you.

        You are anorexic. (do people not know anorexia isn't a body type?)

My 10 year old is bigger than you.

What are you, like a size negative 0?

Do you need me to get you some food?

I have even had someone ask me if my boyfriend actually likes girls this skinny.. wow..

Would it be okay if I can back with...

Wow you've just blown up haven't you?

OMG, you are obese!

Look how huge you are, how much do you eat?

You are bigger than my whole family put together.

You should really lay off all those sweets.

Do you need me to get you on a weight loss plan?

I have never said any of these things because for 1..  I am not rude and for 2... that is never okay to say to anyone!!

What I really should have came back with was the truth of how and why I am underweight and watched as they all realized how completely ignorant they are. 

Luckily I work from home and don't have to deal with this a lot anymore and I'm sure it'd be worse now that I weigh less than I have since I was a kid.

Do you think its okay to comment if a person is skinny? I do not mean the comments that are really compliments, such as.. OMG you are so skinny I hate you.. and so on.. but commenting on how disgustingly skinny someone is? I have never understood what goes through peoples minds as they say these things and I doubt I ever will.

I was just thinking of all this because I have a meeting in 2 weeks that I have to go into the office for. I am dreading it and hoping its cold enough that day to wear a hoodie.

Love Love Love Love Crazy Love

The Love Story... Its a long one..

We went to elementary school together and I knew who he was because his little brother was in my class.. Jacob had no idea I existed though.. : (

Fast Forward 2 years
We go to the same school again (middle school), he’s 2 years ahead of me but we ride the same bus. Out of all my years in school if I could go back it’d be to the 6th grade and that bus. Seriously. 
So now Jacob knows who I am and he even likes me! One day he decides I’m his “girlfriend” (I guess that’s how it happened, not sure how that really works when you’re 12) I’m kind of a big deal. He draws me pictures and gives me stuffed animals, all that cute 12yr old stuff. 
I have no idea really how long this girlfriend situation went on for but he made sure to remind me of how it ended. Apparently he came over one day with his friend and this friend found a note in my room that was to me or from me, I’m not sure now, but it was about the love business involving me and another little boy. Oops. 
We didn’t talk or see each other anymore after that. It was the summer before he left for high school. I moved away, we went to different high schools...
Fast Forward almost 9 years. Yes, 9!!  
So 9 years later and along comes MySpace…  I’m 8 months pregnant,  in a bad relationship, I’m a SAHS (stay at home sleeper -  I don’t cook or clean *remember that’s the mans job* and no kids yet..  You get it), & I’m in the process of selling my house (with the guy I was with) and buying the house I grew up in from my mom… trying to prepare my escape. 
I had thought about Jacob over the years. He was a really sweet boy and I felt bad for what happened when we were younger.
One day, out of nowhere I get a message on MySpace from a Jacob, no last name on it, I knew exactly who it was. He had been stalking my page, he wrote me to congratulate me on the baby I was due to have 2 weeks later. That 1 little message turned into hundreds (thousands?!) 
Fast Forward 7 months  
I had my son, left the guy I was in a relationship with.. It had been 7 months and the messages from Jacob kept coming.. I thought about him constantly and I needed to see him! We knew each other so long ago and had filled in each other on a lot that had happened since then.
We finally made plans to meet up.  It was exciting and scary, yeah we had been talking for a long time but hadn’t seen each other in almost 9 years! We met at my friends house. I had obviously seen new pictures of him but I still expected the boyfriend I had when I was 12 to walk in.. I was a nervous wreck, thank god I was the one already there and sitting down. 
He comes in and he’s TALL. Over a foot taller than me. I couldn’t tell that from the pictures! Then he starts talking and holy lord, deep voice, he’s a MAN! (with a baby face) I’m not joking, I was in shock, I was really expecting the little boy I used to know to be there. 
We mostly just sat there staring at each other without talking. (I found out later he’s a monk) We saw each other almost every day after that and we still talked every day when we didn’t.
That was the end of his life as he knew it and I bet you he regrets ever is so thankful for sending me that 1st little message for the rest of his life!



Some pictures of us over the past 4 years. While making this I realized I don't have any of us after December 2011. What the.. I'll have to fix that!   The song is Yesterday by Atmosphere. He had it on his myspace and I listened to it over and over not knowing he did too because of me. Love it. :)


P.S. He isn’t really a monk but even he says that he should have been. He doesn’t talk a lot unless it’s needed and goes long periods of time just being silent.   P.P.S. I never did get the video to work that I mentioned yesterday. Boo.    

 

A Love Story?!

Well... I had a post planned for today but that didn't go as planned. So tomorrow will be "Our Love Story" or whatever you want to call it. We have known each other since we were 12 & 14 years old. Way too long if you ask me. ;)

Okay now. I was going to leave you with a video that probably should have never been taken but I'm having some technical difficulties.. maybe its a sign. haha We'll see if I get it fixed by tomorrow.

So, ll I got.. one of our first pictures taken together.

 Such a baby face..

 

Tastes Like Chicken

Sunday night came way too fast. I wanted to spend this weekend doing absolutely nothing and that's pretty much what happened. We only left the house once the whole weekend to go visit the Mamaw & Papaw for a little bit Saturday.

We eat out way too much and Ive been trying to think of things to make that my whole family will like/can eat.. that's hard! I tried to make a list this weekend and it went a little something like this... 

 

Scallion Chicken Pillows

 Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne

Chicken Salad Pillows

 Chicken Alfredo Pillows

 Parmesan Baked Chicken

 Umm.. Yeah. Not gonna work. Is it okay to even eat that much chicken in a week?! I'm gonna have to spread those out some and add non-chicken meals.. Taco Scoops, Spaghetti, Shepherds Pie & some eating out I'm sure, Jacob wont want to cook every night and that's not my job. :)

My weekend of doing nothing was great! 

 Cant believe he really let me take his picture!                           And Smiled! (No pants and all!)

"Say Cheese " means close your eyes & show your teeth! :) 

                                                        Poor baby got her cast off but now shes a cone head :(

Busy Making Time

So I didn't post yesterday because I was taking this lovely lady's advice! She was right on about making time, I know I need to make time more often for the things I say I don't have time for. I tend to go overboard, its all or nothing.. So, I made time alright, used up my sleep time for it and was late waking up for work. I'm really not so sure that was the point. I did feel better afterwards though. I even cleaned my house which is unheard of! (Isn't that the mans job?!)

Next weekend we are taking the kids to the state fair for their first time! I cant wait to eat all of the food!!! Black Shelton, Sunny Sweeney and Caroline Kole will be there.. We wont be going to the concert though, the kids wouldn't handle that business well. We can still walk by and pretend, right?!

I don't know if everyone knows what happened here last year at the Sugarland concert, I for sure never want to be up front at a concert! There were high winds, a thunderstorm coming and the stage collapsed just before Sugarland was about to perform. In the end, 7 people died and around 50 were injured.  

 So sad for all of them that were hurt and the ones that lost their life. I don't even want to imagine what it was like for them, trying to run away from it as it fell. oh god

No more sad news!

 I hope you all are having a great weekend. I plan to be doing a whole lot of nothing and enjoying every minute of it!!

Long... Long Day

Its only Wednesday?! Longest week of my life.

Today has been extremely long and trying for me so I thought I'd do a post of all my babies.. you know, in case I give them away tomorrow or something.

 We'll start with these two horribly rotten kids, that never go away. They act like I'm supposed to make them food and play with them or something.. Really, you are 4 & 2 and cant even make a sandwich?! You'd think someone would have had enough sense to teach them that in utero! It just disgusts me, kids these days..

Moving on...

This an aggressive chunk of puppy meat. If this picture were taken a second later you'd see him viciously attacking (or teething on, same thing!) my innocent 2 year old who was only trying to squeeze him hard enough to release his bowels.. I just cannot see why a puppy would have any problem with this sort of help!

 

Any takers for this.. thing.. right here?! That pretty little couch she's laying on, well it's not too pretty now! She thought it was okay to just get an urinary tract infection (that's her excuse anyway) and then sleep on MY couch. Not her bed oh no she couldn't do that, and PISS... yes, piss! All over every single pillow and... cushion.

The pillows came first, okay big deal, I can get new pillows. But now I have to get a whole new couch and someone's getting a new, well slightly used, dog!

 

He's a monster! He has a good 20lbs on me and thinks he's a lap dog. I could die but nooo he doesn't even care! 

And yeah, I'm a pale white girl. Who are you!?

Last but certainly not the least ugh..

 

Cute, right? Yeah I thought so too until she decided to break her leg and rack up a lot of $$$. (or did that horrible 2 year old have something to do with it.. either way..) She only did it so she could stay, instead of going to a new family weeks ago. The pain had to be worth it, I know!