My First Private Blog!!!!

I changed my blog to private...and then I blog about nothing!! I had so much to vent about when my blog was public..but now I have calmed down and I am going to be the bigger person! Literally! Ha!

I've been upset with a "soon to be" ex-sister-in-law and an ex-husband... for completely different reasons. Bottom line is..with the SIL, I am going to have to learn that my brother is a grown man and he has to handle things the way he needs to handle things. I get so frustrated because I don't want to see him make the same mistakes that I made. He is such a good Daddy and has such a good heart. I just don't want him to let her take advantage of him. I guess it's the big sister coming out of me!

With my ex-husband, we have completely different views on discipline. Maybe if we were still married, there would be some happy medium...but it's not! He wants to run things like a military, and I'll admit I'm a little more layed back. With my kids going back and forth so much, I really do like to spend my time enjoying them and not so much on discplining them on every little single thing! So...we had a pretty heated argument this weekend and I'm still mad as all get out. I'm sure I'll get over it...but right now, I just want to be mad.

Not much else has been going on! The kids have finally gotten well! I was sick Monday night with a stomach virus and woke up Tuesday like a new person! I hope everyone is staying well! Remember Lysol is your friend! LOL I sprayed it everywhere when my kids were sick, and I believe it helped me! Hopefully, my next blog will be a little more interesting! Hope everyone has a great night! I'm heading home to makeup homemade soup for supper!! Yummy!!

Private Blog

I have decided to join everyone and make my blog private. Some things I want to discuss with my fellow bloggers, that I feel like I can't because I do not know who is reading my blog. My ex-husband even made the comment to me one time that I needed to watch what I put on my blog because you never know who is reading it, and admitted to reading my blog himself. In the past, I didn't worry about what I wrote but recently there have been things that I wanted to blog about, but didn't because I didn't know who may be reading it. So...send me your emails if you are interested in continuing to read my boring 'ol blog. However, if it's private, it may get a little bit more interesting! HA! Just kidding!

Just a little blog...

Well...I can't believe I haven't blogged anything in over a month! I lost my camera battery charger and haven't taken any pictures in forever....so I didn't have any cute pictures to blog about. I have found my charger...in my pocketbook of all places...and need to get busy taking pictures and blogging! BTW...my pocketbook is not that junky, I just grab my wallet or checkbook out and keep on going!

Last week, I actually took a week off from work. My first whole week since I started here 7 years ago! Alyssa was diagnosed with the swine flu and I spent the whole week at home with her, Camryn and Logan. Camryn and Logan tested negative but Camryn had started running fever and Logan had starting coughing, so in order not to further spread any germs, we spent a week at home. My Mama was amazing! She brought us lunch, rented the kids movies, brought them new books and coloring books, brought us milkshakes, brought us their prescriptions and all the ingredients to make homemade chocolate chip cookies!! My husband spent 3 nights at his sister's (he did drop off groceries every night) and the boy's spent 4 nights at their Mom's. Fortunately, I never caught it! I am now a big believer in Lysol because I sprayed it EVERYWHERE! Everyone is well and returned to school Monday...Thank Goodness!!! You know it's bad when your kids start asking can they go back to school! We were getting on each other's nerves.

So that I don't get another message in ALL CAPS, I will try to make sure I get back on track with my blogging! Hope everyone is having a great week!

Going to try it again...

Maybe I ate way too much at lunch...maybe my jeans are getting toooo tight...maybe I'm just having a yuck day...but I need to LOSE weight...again! I just went back and looked at my past blogs. I had made it to 13 weeks and my last post was a gain of 6 little stupid ounces. The week before, I had a total weight loss of 17.4 lbs!!! Now...guess what...I have gained every single, stinking pound back! I told myself that I wasn't going to do it and I did it. I gave in to food...again!

I have been really stressed this summer. To be honest, bills are just about to get the best of me!!! My husband and I have separate checking account and separate bills....and I am about to go crazy. Our fertilizer season has slowed down tremendously, and I don't know if I have mentioned, but I took a second job at my in-laws local grocery store. I only work on the days my kids are at their Dad's, and I do love being in the public, seeing old familiar faces. So, anyways, I thought this would give me some "me" money. But, it ends up going to another bill or gas or groceries...but not "me". So, I got tired of stressing over money and stressing over food...so I dropped the diet! One less thing to stress over, right?!?!

So...now what...the bills are a little better, and I'm not quite as stressed over them as I was..so, do I dare start another diet, or way of life or whatever you call it...hahaha. Am I going to be able to do it, am I going to be able to stick to it?? I won't know until I try...so now, what should be my first day, tomorrow or Monday. I'm thinking it might as well be tomorrow...wish me luck again!! If you have ANY suggestions, criticism, advice...give it to me!!!

Jamie's Blog

Hey Everyone!! Jamie asked me to send out a message to let everyone that she is still blogging. For some reason, it is showing that her last blog was 2 weeks ago! Not sure why it's not updating her blog status! If anyone has any tips, let her know! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Fun Day with the kids....

On Monday, my Mama had a doctor's appointment in Greenville, so I decided to take the day off and spend with my kids! CJ was working and the boys were at the beach. So, after breakfast, we headed to Roanoke Rapids. We stopped by JCPenney's to return a skirt, and the kids picked out a new book bag for school. We then headed to Rack Room Shoes to pick out school shoes. After all of the fun in the shoe store, we went to Little Caesar's to pick up a couple of pizzas and headed to the park. The kids had a great time even though it was super hot! We decided that it was so hot that we needed a frosty! So, we made a quick stop at Wendy's and then headed home. It was nice to come home to the AC!!! Camryn, Logan and Alyssa at The Roanoke River Canal.

Alyssa

Camryn

Logan (come on Mama...let's go!!!)

Happy 13th Birthday Nathan!!!

Well.....it's official we have ANOTHER teenager in the house!!! Today, my step-son, Nathan is 13!!! CJ took the day off of work to spend with Nathan, and they are heading to the golf course in a little bit! Tomorrow, CJ, Aaron, Nathan and I are heading to the beach to see CJ's Mama! It's going to be just a quick overnight, trip but that's okay with me! What better way to celebrate your birthday then to be at the beach!!

Happy 13th Birthday Nathan!!! We love you!!!