Sooo funny – wait a minute do I look like this?

One of my friends just e-mailed me various pictures of Barbies from all different areas of Charlotte.  So I had to post the Concord Barbie… It is too funny!

‘ Concord Barbie‘
This pale model comes dressed in her own Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, a NASCAR t-shirt and tweety bird tattoo on her shoulder. She has a six-pack of Bud light and a Hank Williams Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5 feet and kick mullet-haired Ken’s butt when she is drunk. Purchase her pickup truck separately and get a confederate flag bumper sticker absolutely free.

 

 

Holy Crappy!

Ha!  How do you like that title?  Jeff went fishing with our friend Lenny this past weekend and they caught so many crappie fish.  They threw some back but brought home 24!  So they split them and now we have 12 fish to eat!  I love fish fry’s!  I am so glad they were on a catching streak because the last several times, they have caught nada.  I wish I would have taken a picture to show you guys.  Oooh he got so sun burnt too.  I always fuss at him about wearing sunscreen and taking a hat with him.  I need to buy him one to stick in his tackle box so he has no excuse. 

Last week Cabarrus County was giving away free mulch in honor of Earth day, so Jeff went and got a huge load of it.  It stinks let me tell ya.  I thought the smell was going away but nope not so much.  Saturday evening the windows were down and I was ready to take a bite of my juicy steak.  Steak and cow pasture smell do not mix.  Gag me with a spoon.  The weather is nice right now for the most part.  Not hot enough for the AC yet… still getting cool at night.  I am dreading the humidity this summer.  Ella’s hair is starting to frizz.  Mine was like that when I was younger but not so much anymore.  I don’t want to get her hair cut but the back of her neck gets really hot so I may have to.  Saturday we went to Extreme play with Stephanie and Camden.  Ella had a great time.  She was very cautious at first but then she got used to it.  At least the young kids section.  She went on one of the smaller bounce houses (in the big kids section) and I talked her in to going down one of the slides… well she went flying down and landed on her bottom on the foam pads that are on the floor and she said “I am going to bust my head open”, so after that she just walked on them and bounced a little (on the bigger ones) but she loved the kid section.  She was hopping up and down like a kangaroo.  Very cute!  Again I wish I would have taken my camera.  

I am playing Bunco on Thursday with my mommies group.  I hope I win some money this time.  The very first time I went I walked away with $19, so I was thinking… hmmm not bad for a first timer.  But it is all about luck and since then I have not had any!  I’ll post back and let you know if my luck has changed.  Until next time…

Gas = $cha ching

I just heard that gas may go up to $5 a gallon by this summer.  Unbelievable!  Good thing we only have one beach trip planned… so anyway here are a few gas cartoons to give you a chuckle.

 

 

 

 

Our weekend…

So, how was yall’s weekend?  We had a nice weekend, busy busy as usual.  Friday afternoon I pick Ella up from daycare and tell her that we are going to go out to dinner tonight… I asked her where she would like to go, and she replies “to the Owl Store”!  Okay so let me explain what the “Owl Store” is… a while back I was going to play Bunco and Jeff decided that he wanted to go out to dinner with some friends and take Ella along.  Where did they choose to go?  Hooters!  With my 3 year old daughter.  Ella was just in awe of all of the Owl’s every where and the crayons and the balloon that they give her that says “I heart Hooters”, so that’s her favorite restaurant now.  How can I decline going there when my daughter wants to go?  Jeff says it’s 2 against 1.  Oh and for the record, I don’t even think the food is that good. 

Saturday morning we did the usual dance class.  The recital is getting closer and closer.  Come to find out it is on Father’s day.  I didn’t even realize that.  So that should be a nice little treat for Jeff.  I hope that Gerry (Father in law) is able to come down from New Mexico to watch it.  He’s not sure though, because he is already coming for a week at Ella’s birthday and then again when the drag strip opens.   Shortly after dance we went to a birthday party.  They had a petting zoo there so the kids really enjoyed that.  They also had a trampoline.  Ella was pretty nervous about getting on it.  She and her friend were taking turns jumping, it was really cute and now she says she wants one.  The birthday boy ran up to her and gave her a huge hug when we first got there.  It was adorable.  I love to see little pint size kids hugging each other. 

So shortly after that we went out to my Mom’s house.  She was having a cookout for her husband’s sister who was turning 49.  There were a lot of people there and a ton of kids running around.  Luckily there was a little boy close to Ella’s age so she had a good time running around with him.  She had to do her usual as soon as we got there, go give the horses some treats.  My mom had a ton of food out when we got there.  A huge sushi platter, some jalapeno poppers, stuffed mushrooms, chips, meatballs, and I brought a fruit platter and some fruit dip.  I ate so much that I wasn’t even able to eat that much dinner by the time it was done.  All the kids decided they were going to get in the pool, even some that didn’t have swimsuits just got in with their clothes on.  It was obvious that the water was cold and it was pretty funny to watch them as they tried to stay in but just kept shivering.  We ended up leaving pretty late, I thought Ella would fall asleep on the way home for sure but she just kept talking the whole way home.  I was a little glad for that because I figured I would get to sleep in a little longer on Sunday and yay I did!

Sunday – went to Target, the grocery store, Kohl’s and did a ton of laundry.  What fun huh?  I made some awesome chicken fajitas and some tasty peanut butter cookies.  Next weekend we don’t have anything planned so far… and let me tell you I am looking forward to it!

Precious

So almost every night after I tuck Ella into bed, I hear her start singing to herself.  It is really cute, but last night she was singing extra loud so I stopped what I was doing to pay attention to what she was singing.  So I go stand in the stairwell and then go upstairs moving closer to her bedroom and this is what she was singing:  Let the gates open wide, Jesus is in sight.  I’m gonna sing, I’m gonna shout, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.  Every time she said the last verse she got louder and louder.  So after she stopped I went into her room and she was holding a cross.  The night before we went to Hobby Lobby with my in-laws and you know how they have those foam toy like things?  Well anyway she wanted a foam cross… so she was holding it and this is how our conversation went:

Ella:  Mom, did Jesus die on the cross?

Me:  Yes, baby he did.

Ella:  But why?  Did he get stabbed and whipped?

Me:  Well he died for everyone’s sins and yes he did get hurt.

Ella:  Did the soldiers hurt him?  What about Goliath? 

Me:  I’m not sure, we will need to read some more of your bible stories.

Ella:  Well where is he now?

Me:  He is in heaven.

Ella:  Will you go to Heaven?

Me:  Yes, one day.

Ella:  Well I don’t want you to go to heaven because I love you and if you go up in the clouds you might fall down (and at this point she reaches up and is hugging me around my neck)

Is that not the most precious thing you have ever heard?  She is such a sweet little girl.  I felt like crying.  I really need to start taking her to church.  She learns quite a bit at daycare and I am thankful for that but I know she is confused about stuff she hears and at the same time I don’t want to scare her so I am not sure what to say to some of her questions.  I am def. going to take her to Vacation bible school this summer.  I know she will enjoy that.  Well I just had to share that. 

TGIF

Yes, thank goodness it is Friday.  Work has been dragging this week.  So I took Ella to the classes at Romp n roll this week.  She had a great time.  I had planned on booking her party to the theme of the princess class but once we walked in and she saw all of the gym toys (that are so colorful) she was very interested in them… so I think it would be best to go with the normal party that they have.  They have a ton of slides and tunnels, and a moon-bounce, a disco ball for the kids to dance and they have a bubble machine.  Their are two instructors assigned to the party and they take care of everything from serving the food to cleaning up and playing withe the kids.  The only thing I need to worry about is bringing food and treat bags.  The kids will also get a pass to come back and try a free class. 

Ella really enjoyed both classes and is excited to go back.  I have included a pic of her at the Princess class and also one at the Art class.

We are going to a birthday party tomorrow at a Pottery place.  Ella and I have never been to one of those before so it should be fun.  We have another birthday party to go to next weekend.  They are have a mobile petting zoo at that party.  We were supposed to go to the park next Saturday after dance.  We were going to meet some other mom’s from my mom’s group.  Some of them are professional photographers and they were going to give us all some tips on how to take better pictures.  So I was really looking forward to that, but I am sure Ella would rather go to a party, eat cake and see animals!    Well I am going to go for now.  I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thankful

 

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.  There is no better time than right now to be happy.  We should remember every day to be thankful for what we have. I have so much to be thankful for.

 

God:  God is so good to me.  He has blessed me with so much.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

 

My daughter:  I love her so much that I truly think my heart could just burst sometimes.  She is my pride and joy.

 

My Husband:  I love him so much.  It is incredible to have such a connection with someone.  He is my best friend and without him I would be lost. 

 

Our house:  It may not be my dream home, but it is our house and I am very thankful to have a roof over my head. 

 

My job:  I know I complain about it all the time, but I do enjoy it (most of the time) and I am thankful to be able to work.

 

My Family:  There are so many people that I do not get to see often enough.  I am very thankful for all of them.  I am especially thankful for my Nannie.  I truly wish I would have kept in better touch with her when I lived in California, but since I have moved back she has become  one of my best friends and we talk all the time.  I love our phone calls.  I am also very thankful for my extended family, my in-laws are great.  They are so good to us.

 

 

My animals:  Even though one is a gimp retard sometimes… just kidding, I seriously have the best dog ever.  She is so sweet and so good with Ella.  Meowbert (Toasty) as Ella would say, is not so bad either!

 

 

 

Nice weekend

How was everyone’s weekend? We had a nice weekend. I finished shopping for the majority of Ella’s summer clothes. That was fun! Gotta love cute little girl’s outfits. I also made some hairbows to match them.

Saturday morning I took Ella to dance, Saturday night I went to Hobby Lobby, Sam’s club, and Kohl’s by myself. It was nice getting out and looking around. Today Ella and I went to Target. I swear I think it was my fate to hit something on the way there and back. On the way there a huge bird, I am talking the size of a full grown eagle flew in front of my car. Then a boston terrier jumped out in front of me. On the way back there were three goats on the road. Thank god nothing happened while I had Ella in the car. She would have really been scared.

Oh and about my car, I am loving my new car. I just recently traded in my silver 06 Nissan Altima and got an 08 White honda civic. I wanted a smaller, compact car that would be a little better on gas. I love it. I just got gas for the second time and on my first tank I drove right at 400 miles. I think that is pretty good, I think… it sounds good anyway.

So for the rest of today we are just being lazy, cleaning the house, doing laundry. Jeff got up early and went fishing, so he is taking a nap right now. Ella is playing with her dress up dresses and is walking around right now playing Cinderella. I was really hoping to get some flowers and plant them today… but I checked the city’s website and we are still under level 3 water restrictions, so until I can water what I am buying I guess there is no point.

Notice the little bit of belly sticking out…

Here we go…

Okay so I am new to this blog thing so it may appear that I do not know what I am doing… which is probably true about 50% of the time!  Anyway I am excited to begin this and I really hope that I don’t begin slacking on it.  We will see how it goes. 

So April is going to be a busy month.  We have a ton going on.  Birthday’s, parties, classes.  Ella is going to some classes at a new place opening in Harrisburg called Romp n Roll.  We are trying out a “Princess” class and a “Me and Mommy” art class.   I am excited to see how they go.  Based on the description of the Princess class, it sounds like it would be the perfect place to have a birthday party.  So I spoke with the owner about it and she said she would be happy to have a party like that.  So if all goes well at the class, more than likely we will have Ella’s 4th birthday party there.  I’m sure the fact that I am planning her birthday party about 5 months in advance may seem a little crazy… but hey… at least that gives me plenty of time to think about party favors and food etc.  I think we will have the princess party with her friends and then have a huge cookout/birthday party for the family. 

I cannot believe my baby is going to be 4 years old.  It honestly breaks my heart to see how fast she is growing up.  It is so exciting to see her grow and learn but at the same time, I yearn to hold her in my arms for hours and sing to her and kiss her all day long.  Awww that is one thing that I could go on and on about.  tear….