Today Today

Today Im feeling a lot better i awoke with a normal lip - no swelling at all. I was told that i have angioedema. Of course i googled it and it said something along the lines of sporatic sweeling throughout the body. This usually means that something is wrong with your body. Duh. So i had some blood work ran and should have the results back tomorrow when i go back to the dr.
Anywho, Is there a full moon tonight? Really, seriously people in my office and surrounding areas are crazy today! Before 7 am there were a few choice words between employees that i would have rather not have heard. People are somewhat lazy also. "Could you just run to walmart real quick and buy a cheap DVD player?" "When you get back I have some things that need to be faxed." UGH! As if I didnt have enough to do...these beckonings werent even from my higer up...O well im pretty much at the bottom of the totem pole around here...I guess I have no choice!
Needless to say Im ready to go home and relax.

I can see the light!

Welp the good news is im feeling alot better, the bad news is im probably gonna be heading out to the dr. here in a few minutes when they open. I ruled my sickness to be a sinus infection, however, before and after i have been expereincing some strange sweelings throughout my body; my fingers, feet, my lower part of my bottom, as well as my tongue and now for the second time my lip. This is just crazy to me! I dont know what can explain it but its pretty embarrasing today to walk around with a fat lip! People probably think im loony tunes! In the meantime i will sit here and plan out a few things for the week. Im somewhat inexperienced in the kitchen until recently. My boyfriend has even bragged on me that Im a great cook and it seems to come easy to me. He must really be sucking up! j/k! I want to try a couple of things this week if i can find the time between regular cooking, cleaning, and rummaging through our junk for the yard sale!
Heres a few things i wanna try:
1. Ranger cookies- Devin got them at Kroger one time (totally an impulse buy) he was delighted so i found the recipe and got the ingredients and have been promising to make them.
2. Coconut Cream Pie- My moms birthday is tommorow and i would really like to make something special for her.
3. Peanut Butter Pie- Devin and I went to Tumbleweed and saw it on the menu. It made me want some real bad!!!

Also I thik i forgot to mention my freezer ideas! I have seen on many other blogs about people freezing food and dinners ahead of time, and since I work during the day and come home to 2 starving people, this could be a lucrative idea! So last week I spent two days cooking and baking and came out with:
2 lasagnas
2 pot pies
4 lbs. hamburger browned (for hamburger helper or pasta bake, or homemade pizza or tacos)
4 lbs. cooked chicken cut up into cubes (for alfredo, tacos, chicken salad, or casseroles)
Breakfast burritos (Devin likes these and finally got to try one on Saturday- he approved)
French toast- Aaden gets up really early on some weekends and instead of cereal all the time its easy to re heat french toast, which happens to be a fav. for him!

I wish I could have made more, but time was not on my side- plus the sickly feeling came on the next day.

Yucky day

I am ill today and have been for the past 3 days. I can almost rule out strep throat, due to my tonsils being removed some time ago. Im curious still b/c my throat has been burning, raw! Nothing seems to soothe it, including salt water. Ive had a fever until it finally broke last nite leaving me in a soaked bed. Ew!

Overally im feeling much better and am able to work so im thankful for that! To continue my efforts in progressing thru this yuckiness I am going to write about my hunny and why I love him so!
1. He cooks for me (all of us really) when I am sick! (althoug I dont dare let him do the dishes)
2. He can fix anything! Having a mechanic background is a blessing! Cars, tv stuff, little cheap knick knack toys that arent even worth it too!
3. If I really wanna watch something on tv it doesnt take much convincing him.
4. He is an awesome daddy!
5. He pumps my gas, even when its raining!
6. Hes always up for doing anything; road trips, fishing, etc.
7. He can dance!
8. he listens when i tell him that he doesnt match!
9. he tells me i look good.
10. he always says thank you for cooking for him, whether its a sandwich or whatever!
11.

Daybook

Daybook Entry
Outside my window... Hmm, Im at work holed up in an office without a window :( At home I would probably be lurking out at my growing garden!
I am thinking... That I had an awesome weekend with my family!
I am thankful for... Being so blessed with a great family, this job, friends, food- Everything!
From the kitchen...I really need to start menu planning, tonight will probably be chicken alfredo.
I am wearing... green shirt and black dress pants. I really need to update my wardrobe....yard sales?
I am creating...lots of new ideas for projects on my new sewing machine!
I am going...home today to finish hanging my new curtains!
I am reading...Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper.
I am hoping...That Aaden feels better today he has been coughing and complaining of a stomach ache!
I am hearing...The Director of Manufacturing across the hall talking, and the technical manager whistling profusely! erg!
Around the house...Bare windows, Crumbs on the floor, towels in the bathroom. Freshly made beds (a new rule in our house,) folded laundry waiting to be put away, and 2 giant boxes full of stuff for my yard sale.
One of my favorite things...Going home to a clean house and it staying that way for at least 8 hours!
A few plans for the rest of the week...Today and tomorrow, cleaning preparing for the rest of week (meals, laundry, bills), Wednesday and Thursday- playing with Aaden, grocery, Friday-who knows, Saturday-wedding, Sunday-Who knows!
I am sharing...My thoughts like this for the first time!

Road Trip!

Go ahead call me lazy. I'm really trying to make a good habit of blogging more often, I promise.
This weekend was awesome! Tractor Pull! Holiday World! Fathers Day!

Friday night we decided to go to the county fair. It was nice out and the boy really wanted to ride the rides. I think when it was done we had rode everything twice. We really wanted to watch the tractor pull, but Aaden was really wanting to ride so I took him up there once again. We came back down and of course he found "Uncle Hank," who isn't his uncle, or even related, but still the same he took Aaden up the hill and spent who knows how much on those piddly games that we agreed not to waste our money on. At the end of the night he came back down tired and arms full of stuffed animals!

We had been planning for a while to go to Holiday World, I checked the website and we got some coupons for $5 off. It was very hot and sunny out, but luckily they provided unlimited drinks for free, as well as free sunscreen. Their water park was quite impressive, and we also spent most of our time there. We ended up leaving the park at 7:30 that night and made the hour and half drive back to home sweet home. This morning on the news I learned that about 40 people were rushed to the hospital with breathing difficulties and skin irritation. The officials at holiday world stated that a pump had faulted, resulting in a release of chlorine and other chemicals around 6:30pm I began to panic that maybe we had been affected by this. We had none of the symptoms, however we were in that specific pool around that time. I figure that we had just gotten out when this occured. Shew!

Fathers day was spent at home, I was cleaning and preparing to put up my new curtains. Devin and Aaden were working on the digital antennae. We rode to town to make a few stops at Lowe's, Walmart, and the Flea Market. It was a wonderful weekend!

SHOO! It has certainly been awhile! I have been stressed and having family goings-on. BUT Im back! Got a full weekend ahead and I hope that it doesnt prohibit me from writing on Monday.
Saturday we are planning to rise at the crack of down, get loaded up, and make our way to HOLIDAY WORLD!!! Im really excited, I havent been there since I was a kid and from what I remember it seemed to be a rather family-oriented, clean, safe park to visit.
Since I will not be at work tomorrow(Ill be shopping and then dropping) Im gonna do my flashback Friday today!

FLASH BACK FRIDAY (on Thursday)

Who's the Boss!

I used to love this show. I probably didnt realize how funny it was at the time, but after watching it on Nick at Nite recently, I realized that it had some pretty good humor, as well as innuendo. Im probably not the only one that wished and hoped for Tony and Angela would end up together!

FBF Blast From the Past!

Flash Back Friday - YES, I know its Thursday

But on Friday, I probably wont be anywhere near a computer for most of the day, since I will be visiting the zoo on a field trip with Aaden.

What is Flash Back Friday? Oh, thats right I just made it up. tee hee. Often people think back to their past and have a memory of something that warms their heart. After a long and stressful week its nice to think back on something that once gave you a lot of smiles.

Mama's Family

I can remember seeing this as a kid, mostly syndicated I presume. The show featured Thelma (Mama), Vinton, Naomi, Buzz & Sonja (only the first few seasons) Iola, Bubba(the latter episodes) and occasionally Eunice, Ed, Aunt Fran, and Ellen.

Mama was always knockin her family, because, well they werent the brightest bunch. In the end they always came together and showd each other love. Heres a link for more on Mama's Family.http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama

Another blast from the past (okay chill out Im only 23 people.)

That's right, Clear Pepsi, actually I see that its called Crystal Pepsi, but I remeber is as Clear Pepsi, whatever. It tastes just like the regular stuff, but only its clear! How exciting! No, not really just another ploy to get people to buy Pepsi. I think this one was geared towards the younger generations, because of course I thought Clear Pepsi was the poo.

WFMW Yard Sales!

YARD SALES!
They totally rock, in fact my friend got 90% of her daughters newborn and infant clothes at yeard sales. An entire wardrobe for next to nothing compared to most stores. Not only were they cheap, but in good condition! No stains or rips. A lot of the clothes were even name brand, which is always a plus!

Last Saturday Aaden and I stopped at one that had a whole bunch of VHS movies. People are obviously moving into the DVD and even the BLU RAY stage. We still have the VHS/DVD combo unit and the boy loves to watch classic Disney movies at night before bed. Recently weve been telling him about the Wizard of Oz. He really wanted to see it. We searched everywhere for it. While vacationing in Gatlinburg we found it on VHS for $12, which was comparatively cheap according to lots of people, we also learned that they always went fast! So while digging and searching at the yard sale I ran across not only the Wizard of Oz, but also another classic, Mary Poppins! Both at a nifty price of $1 each! I couldnt believe it! I was rather proud of my bargain!

Puppy!

We decided to go to the flea market on Sunday, as opposed to lounging all day being lazy. The boy got his share of junk toys from both me and Devin, hes rotton I tell ya. Then we began to ponder upon a hermit crab booth. YUCK! They smelled really bad. At the point of " Can I hold one?" I immediately grabbed the hand sanitizer and gripped it ever so tightly in my hand, ready at any moment to douse the poor kid! After back and forth decisions on the $18 hermit crab, with complete set up kit. We decided no. (whew!) On down I saw the most beautiful lil creature ever! A puppy! Not just any puppy a blue heeler/beagle mix! He was precious! He barked "take me home."
Mind you, Devin and I have discussed holding off on a puppy until Aaden would be old enough to care for it on its own. Aaden began to beg, so I figured nows my chance! Hes perfect! So, I begged too! Devin looked at me with surprise, he knew I wanted to wait to get a puppy! I couldnt resist, neither could he so $65 later we were the proud owners of a precious lil cutie!
Naming the poor thing didnt take as long as I had expected. I really wanted Aaden to name him because it was really his dog. Can you imagine the kinds of names a 4 yr old might come up with? So I thought I could suggest a few to get the ball rolling! I suggested Jack and Evan. We agreed on Evan for a about 5 minutes. Aaden had a brilliant idea, HUNTER! I was surprised at his fabulous naming skills! So here he is our new puppy Hunter!

I love my life!

So in lieu of all this rainy weather(thats coming to an end) its time to clear my head of things that Im just not proud of. I try to make an effort to be a good person. My beliefs and values may not be the same as yours, but I'd like to think that if you are striving to be a better you, then that deserves some sort of good karma?!?! I try to do these things often, not as often as I would like:

1. Wake up and say Good Morning- This may put you in a good mood, and if not maybe the other person. (I am not a morning person-at all)

2. Pray daily. Its important to me to pray when im feeling gracious and blessed, and not so much when Im in need of something.

3. Do my best at work. Fridays are notorious for slacker days! Truth is Im very thankful for my job and lucky to have it in todays world.

4. Last, but not least, I try and be there 150% for my family. I would like to be able to do more for them. Be there for them.

So lately Ive asked a few people that I know what there standing is in there life. Are they happy? What would they change? My own thoughts on this are as follows:

1. I can honestly say I love my life.

2. If one day what Im doing does not make me happy, I will change it.

3. In relationships if one is happy and the other is not, then something is probably wrong. Or so it seems.

4. Is it wrong for one to be happy and the other so-so?

Even when some days are tough, I still go home every night to the people I love. I am finally happy where I am. I would hate to think of changing or being somewhere else. I love my life!!!

Rainy Day

Rainy days can have their perks:
1. Lay around and watch old movies all day (weekends)
2. You dont have to water your garden!
3. The sound of the rain makes you wanna take a nap!
4. Thunderstorms are exciting!

Today is one of those rainy days, minus all the perks...however, I wont be watering my garden! Last nights events sparked an awful ugly feeling in me. It happens occasionally. Every has days when they get down, but dont worry about me the yuckies are on their way out the door, because I am already feeling much better! Monday night was awesome I really enjoy Monday nights alone with Aaden. This is not to say that I dont enjoy other nights, but Mondays seem to be our special nights when we can do our own thing and bond or whatever. Spending time with him on Monday really made me feel great! Then came Tuesday. Im sure girlfriends and even steparents feel this way often, im also sure that this is a normal feeling. I really hate to get personal, but it helps to write and get it all out. First let me interest you in my opinions and beliefs on the current situation I am in.
1. My boyfriend has a son. I am totally fine with that- I wouldnt change it for anything.
2. I love this little boy, however I have no interest in replacing his mother, he already has a good mom. Also I do not believe "taking over" is what steparents/girlfriends should ever do to a child.
3. I feel it is important to establish a relationship with him. I mean we all live together part time anyways. This also implies letting him know what your role in his life is (i.e. No I dont want youre dad to be my dad too.)
4. Discipline. This seems to be a biggy. I let him know what is acceptable. When he does well I praise him, when he does not, he gets punished.

With the above being said, there is defintely a lot of gray areas in these types of relationships. I have often times felt like an "outsider" Im not implying that I am jealous or any of that. I somewhat understand the parent-child bond, I say somewhat because I do not have any biological children of my own at this time. I would never want to interfere with any parent and child. Their history and relationship has existed longer than mine with either of them.
Basically what im yapping about is that my feelings sometimes get hurt when Im left out. I know this is not done intentionally. I often wish roles were reversed so that my feelings could be felt by them. Its hard and takes a lot of work.
The bottom line is, I may get my feelings hurt, but I may never know the other side of the story, how the boy really feels. I will continue doing what I have been because I feel that I am doing the right thing and thats the way I would want to be treated. I love that little boy!

Just when I thought it couldnt get any better!

So my 23rd Birthday was the bestest everrrr! After dinner last night we went home, I knew relaxing was out of the question because I had a huge mound of laundry waiting for me. I could not pass up the beautiful 90 degree weather so the boy and I decided to break the SLIP AND SLIDE!!! Devin had to go to a meeting so it was just me and Aaden. He had a blast! The slip and slide was easy to set up, but let me tell you the box made it appear much bigger! Overall it didnt matter, Aaden had a wonderful time. Just as I began to ponder the idea of taking a slide (or a slip, that has happened to me before) it started to get chilly. Aaden was freezing so I took him in for a rinse in the shower. After that he begged, i mean asked to watch his newest fav "icarly" So it was off to laundry and dishes (how'd we get some many dirty dishes, we ate out???) Later everything was cleaned and ready for the next day I decided it was time for me to relax on the couch. Aaden was seriously the sweetest kiddo. He layed with me tugging my hair, He asked if he could sleep with me that night, He told me Happy Birthday, we talked about me chaperoning his field trip, he asked for a baby sister (again). A wonderful evening and perfect ending to my 23rd birthday! Then the next thing you know DADDY!!! Yep, thats right, Daddy's home, Im history! He's definitely Daddy's Boy!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Woo Hoo! Its my birthday...Big 23, although someone wanted to guess and did so before asking (how rude!) He guessed 28 and then "29 again" UGH!! Do I look that old? I think not!
No one can rain on my parade! Tonight Devin is taking me to dinner and I also get to pick out my sewing machine!!! I really hope sewing is going to be a neato hobby for me...I really hate the thought of buying a sewing machine and never using it!
Aside from being my birthday I had the greatest birthday party EVER on Saturday! Seriously of all the birthdays Ive ever had (and i will now rant on how i didnt get a sweet 16, 18th, or 21st birthday bash) THIS ONE TOOK THE CAKE! We had a DJ and Karaoke (yes, I entertained with my caterwalling!) My boyfriend is the greatest...he even sang happy birthday to me! (even tho today is my real birthday, and i had to remind him this morning!) People came that I really enjoy hanging out with...and even a few that i didnt know, like the highschoolers that tried to crash it but i made it be known that it was my party and thats why they were there;) All the kiddos that came were entertained by a large inflatable bouncie thing! It worked wonders!!! I crashed in my own bed (woohoo) a little after 2 am...The party went on without me...but i know they were all down there thinking of me!