I don't have really have any "topics" to talk about per say, but do have a lot of pictures on my phone/camera. My posts may be random picture dumps for a while lol.
Maddy stayed home from school today. It was totally unintentional, but I'm really glad we got to spend the day together. Small mom confession...I have my alarm set for 6:45 a.m. for the weekdays. Since I seem to have gotten stuck in a habit of going to bed anywhere between 1 and 2 a.m. during the week, it's very rare I actually get up at that time. Usually I snooze until time to get Maddy up. This morning...I remember snoozing one time and then when I woke up and saw how light it was outside I knew I had really overslept. I woke up at 8:11 a.m. I knew there was no way I would be ready to walk out the door by 8:30 a.m. Maddy's daycare has a policy that if they aren't there by 9 a.m. then you have to wait until 2:30 p.m. before dropping them off but you have to let them know you are coming. I figured it'd be 9:30 before I could get there and I'm on overtime this week so it just worked out better that she stay home. When I told her she was staying home her eyes lit up and she said, "YAY!!!! That's what I wanted to do." She grabbed her drawing board as we call it and sat right beside my desk and drew this. She said, "Look mommy, I drew Hello Kitty" When I looked down I was shocked because it really does look like Hello Kitty lol.
If you've read my blog for any length of time you know I coupon...that's how I afford groceries for us. There are lots of good benefits from couponing one being you get to get a lot of goodies that you might not could otherwise afford. One of my deals were the Softpretzel brand of frozen pretzel's. I don't like pretzels without nacho cheese sauce. I didn't have any so I decided to try Pace picante sauce...it was pretty amazing. I don't know why but I was also shocked to see there was only 1 fat gram per pretzel. I didn't put the salt on it so it was a pretty healthy little snack.
These are Maddy's new shoes. Funny story kinda. First of all I had to bring a shoe box to her school last week so they could make a Valentine's box this week. I don't buy many shoes and when I do, I usually throw the box away. I was just going to go to payless and grab a cheap pair of shoes for Maddy so I could get the box. I was going to be proactive and buy a half size bigger so she would have something when her foot grew. I decided to have her try it on and realized her foot had already grown. She's been wearing a size 8.5 and I have no idea how long she has needed a 9. Oops! I grabbed a black pair of flats that she uses for dance and church. Sunday morning we were getting ready for church and I could only find one of her shoes. Mind you it was the only pair she could wear. I searched high and low and everywhere in between and the shoe just was not here...anywhere. So we headed to Wal-Mart and I got her these heart shoes that light up and then another black pair like I had bought at Payless. I think the devil just sits and waits for Sunday morning to roll around because every morning is a battle to get to church. I usually struggle to find my keys and almost had to say no church because I just couldn't find them...but I eventually did. If it's not shoes or keys it's no make up...it;s always something.
This past Saturday me and Maddy had a movie date. It finally snowed here so I threw on Maddy's snowsuit and didn't even bother fixing her hair. The past two times I've told her it might snow she got so excited and wanted to build a snow kitty. When I woke up and saw how hard it was snowing I ran to get her and we hurried to get outside. She remembers us watching Lady and the Tramp one afternoon while we ate popcorn and then we fell asleep. She is always asking now to watch Lady and the Tramp and eat popcorn and tells me if I'm tired I can lay on her couch and love on her. Saturday night we actually watched Despicable Me instead. She did pretty good...she watched most of it but towards the end she got up and played.
I see these advertise all the time on TV but never cared to try them because I really don't like sausage. They were on sale two weeks ago so I bought them. They were normally $6.99 at Publix, but they were doing a B1G1 and on top of that I had a coupon. I only bought one because it was the cheapest price. They actually were pretty good. I wouldn't pay full price for them, but if they go back on sale I would buy again. I do recommend not freezing them though.
Maddy's school has come up with a creative way to raise money for iPads and other education electronics. The director will cook every once in a while. They recently held another dinner and I must say she is a WONDERFUL cook! This time was spaghetti, rolls, and salad. I'm really not a big spaghetti fan..I like it baked with lots of cheese. I was reluctant to try hers but was pleasantly surprised. The rolls..they were amazing too. When we got home we went straight to the table to dig in....Maddy really enjoyed it lol. FYI...I really do fix her hair...this is how she comes home everyday...she plays super hard and of coarse during nap time it gets all messed up.
Maddy received her first award on my oldest niece's birthday. She doesn't know what this is just yet, but it's something I will treasure forever. She is in dance year round at her school and she just progressed to the next level. It will be interesting to see how long she will keep dance up. I don't think it's something she will do once she is out of daycare, but she may surprise me.
This was roughly two Sunday's ago...we were getting ready for church and once I got her PJ's off she ran to her couch laughing saying No, I'm cold let's snuggle. I wish I had written down exactly what she said because it was super cute. I wanted nothing more than to lay back down under the nice warm covers and go back to sleep but I'm always so thankful to go to church.
She wears her glasses upside down because when she tries to put them on the right way herself, they fall down...this way they don't fall down...smart girl she is lol. She was all about her chocolate in that moment...right now chocolate is not candy...it's chocolate lol.
I need to go workout now before I fall asleep...actually that's why I'm staying up so late is because after I work out I'm pretty pumped. I hope you all have a great end of the week!!!
I decided to take a break from all the cleaning on Sunday and go enjoy the pretty day. I grabbed my phone and earbuds and got to swinging on Maddy's playground. Swinging is so soothing. I mean I know it's a real form of therapy from working with a former student, but I forgot how good it felt to swing. The swing soothed me and the music lifted my spirits. By the time I was done I was so pumped! Pandora has become my new best friend. I wish cars would come with pandora loaded in them, but without the jacked up prices lol. I have all kinds of pandora stations and I love to shuffle through them. Here is a glimpse of what I listened to.
You can't really dance a lot on a swing, but I danced as much as I could. I plan to do this a LOT more often lol
If you're on Pinterest I'm sure you've run into the "20 questions to ask your kids each year" thing. I had one pinned, however, I couldn't find the questions so I just searched for one until I did. I asked Maddy this past Sunday as we played outside. These were ALL unprompted, but I did have to help her understand what some of the words were, such as sports and holiday:
1. What is your favorite color? Purple, blue, and orange 2. What is your favorite toy? choo choo train (she doesn't even have one lol) 3. What is your favorite fruit? "nanas" bananas 4. What is your favorite TV show? Mickey Mouse and Doc McStuffins 5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Pizza and pineapple 6. What is your favorite outfit? shoes 7. What is your favorite game? Red Rover Red Rover 8. What is your favorite snack? Pizza 9. What is your favorite animal? Giraffe 10. What is your favorite song? ABC's 11. What is your favorite book? ABC book 12. Who is your best friend? Ella and Courtney 13. What is your favorite sport? Football 14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Swing 15. What is your favorite drink? Chocolate milk and water 16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween 17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? Horse (she never takes her horse...she usually takes baby) 18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? waffles and pancakes (she has a waffle most mornings and she won't eat pancakes) 19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? cake 20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Mommy....can we say melt my heart?!?!
I hope to remember to ask her these questions each year...technically it should be February 3 each year, but I kinda like doing it around her birthday...we will see. She actually asked me to teach her a sport a while back. I refuse to say on here until I can actually play that sport with her because unfortunately there are people who like to "creep" on my blog for all the wrong reasons and I refuse to just hand out information :x (my lips are sealed lol)
Today was a lot more eventful than just laying with mommy while she works. Today I actually got to go somewhere!!! I was so excited I about jumped clear off the porch. Once I saw where we were going I wanted to go right back home. Apparently humans like to hurt us dogs with these needle things. Anyways, mommy was so nervous (whatever that means) that I would be hospitalized by next month. I tried to show the doctor how active I have been lately and it paid off. After they took my blood the doctor said he could tell I was feeling MUCH better than I was! I think he was a little amazed at how much better I was doing. Mommy had to open her mouth and tell him I was starting to itch again, which concerned him. I am now back on two pills instead of one...can we say yuck?! He told mommy that they would try doing a pulse dose where I will take it for seven days straight and then just on Saturday and Sunday after that and it would possibly be for life. He brought in a piece of paper and started talking to mommy. He said my BUN was 43.7, which was DOWN from what it was the last time we were in there. Last time it was around 60 something. My creatinine was at 2.5 which is also down from last time and cut in half. The doctor told me I did really good and my mommy just loved on me a lot. The doctor also told mommy she had been doing good as well...as if SHE is the one who has to give up all the good stuff...pssh! I have to go back next month for another check and if I'm still feeling okay then they will leave me alone for 3-6 months. Mommy said she wanted to say a few things so here she is...
God is so good!!! He cares about what we care about because He loves US!!! I have spent many nights praying over Manny and of coarse crying my eyes out begging him not to die anytime soon. I also chose to tell him just about everyday that he was going to be okay...that was my grandmother's advice. I have thanked God for this wonderful news. The vet said he hasn't "cured" him but that he's just helped his quality of life and helped maintain it for a longer period than it would have been. I was so impressed with him because he was able to notice in his own words that Manny had a little more "pep in his step" I can't remember his exact weight but it was 27.8 or somewhere around there. The most he has ever weighed is in the 28 range so he is practically where he started. I plan to continue to pour prayer over him. I know at some point all living things pass away, but I want at least 4-5 more years although he was only given up to 3 years. God can do the impossible. His vet seemed surprised that his numbers came down because he expected him to be in the hospital next month according to his rising numbers. Now then I ask...what is impossible for God? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!
I've had so much running through my brain, but nothing to really make a post out of. I finally decided I better just write them down before my head explodes lol.
As I work I watch a lot of movies/shows on Netflix...it gets me through the day lol. Last week I decided to try a movie called Battlefield America. It had me captured from the start. It's a dance movie and ever since I've seen that I have wanted to do nothing but dance! I then proceeded to watch Footloose, the newer one, and I was surprised it wasn't as much of a dancing movie, but def makes ya want to cut a jig :) Dancing is one of my many passions I have. I actually wanted to be a backup dancer when I was in middle school. I still would LOVE to go on tour with someone and just dance my heart out. I express myself through music. I express it by playing piano and flute, through singing my heart out in the car (even if I can't sing I still belt out and pretend I can), and dance. Something about music that just allows me to be me. In fact I am trying something this year. As of this week I am posting a song a day from youtube on my facebook. I haven't declared on facebook what I am doing because there's really no need...I know what I am doing and it allows me to silently share how I'm feeling or a problem I'm going through. The catch for me is I have to hear that song in that day. I know....I'm weird.
The past three weeks have been interesting weather wise. I'm fixing to show my true weather geekiness lol. The first week we had potential for an inch of snow, the next week was an ice storm, and this week tornadoes. Reed Timmer is where I got word first that we would have a significant tornado outbreak yesterday and today. I decided to look his information out online and was amazed at what I found. His birthday is a day before mine AND he was only born 3 years before me....I think we were meant to be friends lol. Anyways so I started pulling up my weather apps and constantly sent updates via pictures...I'm sure I get quite annoying anytime we have abnormal weather :)
This was last Friday (January 25)...it's not everyday you look at the weather and see ice hanging lol. We were originally supposed to get snow, but it turned to sleet.
We only got ice on my car and Maddy's slide outside...it was really just a nothing event
Yes, I had high hopes of actually getting something, but unfortunately we got nothing!
My pictures got out of order so this isn't the picture that's supposed to be next. This was on Monday I do believe. It's the SPC for Tuesday.
Clearly this was Tuesday (January 29) We ended up being included in the slight risk for Tuesday, but we didn't get anything.
We were supposed to get this Wednesday
There were so many tornado warnings in a line Tuesday night. This was Missouri or Mississippi or Louisiana?
The overall picture. I kept trying to predict when it would hit here.
This was taken from someone else in our town. This is what the storm looked like as it came over Chattanooga. We didn't have any tornadoes here today. Actually the storm kinda broke up and weakened here. I was up all night last night. I tried going to sleep but once I laid down Manny was just going crazy. He was so ancy and kept sitting on me...on my head rather, or he would climb all over me to sit on the arm of the couch. Yeah, I'm sleeping on the couch still lol. Anytime I got up he would run to Maddy's door. It worried me so I went to check on Maddy and she was a-ok. I knew the storms were getting closer, but they were still 6 hours away. I attempted to lay down again, but then I was scared I wouldn't hear my alarm or the weather radio, so I wouldn't let myself go to sleep. Manny was still going crazy by this point so I got up and took him out and then decided to be productive and work out. I worked out until 1 a.m. and then tried sleeping again. It took me a minute to unwind but I finally drifted off to sleep around 2 a.m. only to be woke up around 5 a.m. to my weather radio blaring in my room. It scared me so bad cause it seriously is beyond loud and I was disoriented and was thinking to myself OMG OMG how long has that been going off, is it a tornado, did it wake Maddy up lol...yeah...I couldn't get to it fast enough. It was just a darn tornado watch! I fell back asleep for an hour and then snoozed and ended up making myself late to work. Yeah, it wasn't a great morning lol.
Maddy had to bring a picture of her dog to school today for show and tell. I'm so glad we have a dog! I chose to send this picture of our sweet Manny...he's not a dog...he's a part of the family!
It made me so sad because my mom found a Mrs. Manny. This dog looks JUST like Manny to a tee, but she is pregnant. She is currently in Bradley County, TN at an animal control place and will die tomorrow if she is not put up for adoption. Honestly, if she wasn't pregnant I would have gotten her right then and there. She is only 3 years old.
This girl has a serious electronic obsession! I am very much so limiting her use with this and the tv. She only gets to play it in the car through the week, but I give her more time on the weekend. Since I started doing this I have noticed a change in her behavior. It was getting ugly throughout the week so mommy put her foot down! I know...she looks kinda sad in this pic. She was very intent on what she was doing on top of fixing to fall asleep. Ever since I took her passy away she still moves her mouth as if she has one in there...she was doing the whole moving her mouth like passy was there thing when I took this. This was on Tuesday. I got tickled at my thoughts because once we got out of the car she was talking about the rain and I told her it was going to rain on Wednesday...the look on her face was like her mind was blown and I might have put on twitter that she thought I was a genius for knowing it was going to rain tomorrow lol.
I got a video of Maddy playing castle. It is honestly so cute!! This year I have started keeping her home more often instead of taking her to school because I get a lot more time that way. I can be done with work by 6:00 p.m. instead of 10:00 p.m. and only getting maybe an hour with her and that's spent feeding her and giving her a bath on bath night. Anyways, this was last Friday when there was ice. When I keep her home she will bring her toys right beside my desk and play while I work. Why send her to daycare when she does this you may ask? Well, she only does this for so long before she's begging me to play with her lol. This year so far she has stayed home at least once a week, minus this week.
This same day I took a long lunch to watch our first Disney movie...Lady and the Tramp. We turned out all the lights and cuddled up. I fell asleep and I woke up to see her eyes open at one point and so I watch the tv only to look back at her a minute later to her sound asleep.
It was really cute too because she fell asleep during the love scene of them eating spaghetti...the music is soothing I will have to say :)
I have quite a few pictures left to share...I think I will save them for another post so this doesn't get ridiculously long! I hope you all are having a GREAT week!!!
I already wrote about the first Disney movie Maddy sat down and watched. I am such a Disney fan that I want to document these events as they happen. I liked Lady and the Tramp as a kid, but it wasn't one of those movies that I got excited about. My favorite Disney movie growing up was The Little Mermaid. After watching The Lady and the Tramp recently I find myself wondering why in the world I wasn't more into this movie as a kid. It has become one of my favorites now. I've been wanting to build a Disney DVD collection, but they are quite expensive. I went to McKay's Used bookstore in hopes of finding the Lady and the Tramp for a reasonable price. They had the second one, but not the first. I started to settle on The Fox and the Hound even though as a kid I bawled my eyes out. It was a decent amount, but in my mind I just couldn't "settle" on the movie when I could go to amazon and get a movie brand new for the same price I was paying for a "used" one. I decided to put it back and got Despicable Me and Stuart Little. Heads up that Stuart Little has three cuss words in it that I didn't remember being there. I let Maddy watch and when I heard the first one I thought I was hearing things, but then the second one came out and I was like are you kidding me?! I will be taking that movie back because I disagree with the cussing. I thought I could go through ebates.com and get 25% off my order, but movies did not qualify for the promo. I finally tried Amazon.com and found the Blu-Ray/DVD combo for $22. I got free two day shipping because I'm an Amazon prime member. Honestly, you couldn't find that price anywhere else...not for new. I am so excited to have purchased our first Disney movie as a family. Yes, I asked Maddy if she wanted that movie and she did :) We also got her a Mickey Mouse movie at Mckay's and some books...one book being The Lady and the Tramp. We clearly have a soft spot in our hearts for dogs :)
Dom da da dom....Maddy is wearing "big girl pants" now lol. I am completely amazed! Her teacher talked to me on Thursday (January 17) about trying "big girl pants" at school. I will say I was a bit nervous for that step because heaven forbid she have an accident and her teachers have to clean it up...it would completely ruin the progress she has made. I told her morning teacher that I would like to wait until this week to try. Friday night after we got home from the store I put Maddy in her big girl pants. I really expected a big mess from accidents, but I was pleasantly surprised. From 6:30-11:00 p.m. she had no accidents and told me each time she needed to go to the bathroom. I figured Saturday we would definitely have accidents because it would be a longer period of time and she wouldn't want to stop playing. Once again I was wrong. We went all day and even rode around in the car quite a bit and not one time did she have an accident. I know accidents come with potty training. I don't have a problem if she does have an accident, I'm just amazed that she didn't have any and this was one of the first times we have tried big girl pants. She went to church from 8:15 until 11:45 a.m. with no accidents and then came home to play. She had one accident Sunday afternoon, but it was under completely different circumstances. The good thing about her accident is it gave her a chance to see that mommy won't get upset with her if it happens. To celebrate the start of wearing big girl pants we went to Target to buy a couple of packs plus the plastic undercover pants. She chose to get just plain colorful Hanes and a pack of Minnie Mouse and friends. Just in case anybody is wondering, the plastic underpants don't work lol. I decided to let her try wearing big girl pants to bed and she called for me telling me she had used the bathroom. Poor thing was upset and told me she tried to get to the bathroom. I can remember that feeling as a little girl, except I did get in trouble by my dad. Something I tell her when something gets spilled or dropped or in this case didn't get to the bathroom in time, "That's ok, accidents happen sometimes." Once I told her that she had a smile on her face. I know it won't be much longer and we will be completely diaper free. She has always done things on her own time. Her birth was done on her own time lol. There were no signs that I would be going into labor a week before I did. My last doctor's appointment I believe I was a half inch dilated and low and behold I went into labor that night!
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