What are you Thankful for?

I told y'all I would get behind on this!

Are you really surprised!? LOL.

Today I am thankful that baby sister

is doing well and had a good check-up today.

And that my Sisser is ok except for

some high blood pressure. Hopefully

her body will regulate that soon and 

she can get back to normal.

I am thankful that I have such sweet

babies in my family. :) 

Spending time with Boog and The Princess

today was fun. I love them LOTS and LOTS!

Sweet baby sister, {O}.

What are you Thankful for?  

Six Word Saturday

Watching Boog and

The Princess play.

Mommy had to take baby sister to 

the doctor for a check-up, so Mimi and Aunt Bit-Bit 

are watching these two for a few hours.

They also spent the night last night while Mommy 

went to the ER. Her BP was really high, but

it is under control now, Thank God! 

What is your Six Word Saturday?

Tell Cate at Show My Face! 

RTT: P-O-R-T-one-C-O

Tuesday?

Doesn't feel like Tuesday.

Stacy is the "temporary" host of Random Tuesday Thoughts. She's been holding down the fort for Keely for a bajillion Tuesdays now.

To participate, head on over to her blog, Stacy Uncorked. Be sure to leave her a comment, because who doesn't like some comment love!?

• I just gave the kitten a bath. He was surprisingly ok. Of course he kept trying to latch on to the edge of the sink, but he was relatively good. 
• He's currently purring away on my chest. He's still a little damp, but I guess he loves me anyway. :P
• This morning whilst I was doing the morning rituals on the toilet...*ahem*, he tried to use my knee as a ladder and scratched the top of my thigh all the way down to my ankle. It hurts.
• It's thundering outside. Hopefully we'll get some rain.
• Jeremy and I went yard-saling Saturday morning. We got some great deals. Including a new desk for the spare bedroom. It's huge! I will have to post a pic of it when I get all of my scrapbooking supplies organized and put away. It is currently covered in papers that I am trying to separate.
• Got this cute Holly Hobbie doll for 50-cents.

• We also went to a Vineyard near where we live and sampled their Muscadine wine. It smelled heavenly in there. I bought a candle so our apt could smell similar. 
• Yesterday, I drove to my sister's house--an hour away, to babysit the kids while she went to her doctor's appointment. Then, I rode with her to take The Princess to an impromptu doctor's appt. Poor baby has bronchitis. :(
• Boog knows his ENTIRE alphabet. We looked at a magazine in the doctor's office and he spelled out the title P-O-R-T-one-C-O. LOL. Portico, but he said the I was a one. It did look like a one! He's so smart. :P
• Since I was gone all day yesterday, I didn't get to clean the house and do laundry like I usually do on Mondays. So, I'm way behind. Gotta go switch out the laundry. 

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

RTT

Randomness...GO! 

Keely still doesn't want to take over her Random Throne, so Stacy is still holding down the fort for her. Be sure to check out her blog, leave a comment, and link up to RTT. Grab a picket sign too. We have to make this Random Rebellion look official, you know! 

• Seeing as I spent most of last week sick, I don't have a whole lot of randomness to go around. 
• I finished re-reading the first 3 books of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Now I have to read the 4th before I can get the new one. 
• I had Anita Shreve's, Light on Snow on my to-read list because goodreads.com recommended it to me. It was not what I expected, but still a good quick-read. I read it in just a few hours. 
• J and I finally saw The Deathly Hallows Part II on Friday! It was AWESOME! I cried, as predicted. I really can't believe it's over. J.K. Rowling needs to get busy with a new series or something. 
• The movie theater gave us 3D glasses that look like Harry Potter's glasses. They're so cute. 
• The Princess' birthday party was Saturday. I felt awful, but we still went. I had a pretty good time just sitting there talking to Jaybee. My camera wouldn't work right, so I didn't get any pictures. :( It's really depressing because y'all know how much I love to take pics. But I'll borrow one from Amanda, so you can see how cute The Princess and Boog are. :)

• The Princess' cake was purple and pink. Not a great combination in my opinion.

• It dyed her face purple!! Luckily, it did come off eventually.
• While we were in the mall Friday, we shopped around for a little while. It was so hot in there! We spent a lot of time in Spencer's just because it was cooler in there. We didn't even buy anything!
• I got The Princess some really pretty flower earrings for her birthday. Currently she is wearing a pair of mine. :P 
• Why is it when you sleep too much, you get a headache?
• I know y'all have seen Old Navy's polo/khaki sale commercial... what's up with that? Seriously, who wears a sweater over their shoulders in elementary school?? 
•  I have Google+...anyone else? Look me up.
• J and I were standing outside the front door watching the rain last night and lightning struck a tree behind the apartment buildings across from us. Scared me to death; Sabrina and  I bolted inside.

This is all the random I can think of today. I promise, next week's will be a lot more interesting. And hopefully, I'll be posting the Giveaway tomorrow. We'll see. :) Be sure to link up here or over with Stacy! 

RTT: The ants get out their little ant cellphones and call up their ant buddies...

"Hey! Come check out this smorgasbord in this kid's room!"

It's Tuesday! And that means it's time to be random and not sound like a crazed lunatic! Keely has been on hiatus for twelve, thirteen, fourteen weeks FOREVER! And since it doesn't look like she's going to be the Queen of Random ever again, we must press on! Because that's what we are forced to do our fearless leader would want us to do!

If you're going to participate in this week's RTT, be sure to link up on this post or over with Stacy; She is carrying the RTT torch and keeping the Random alive! {with wine!}

• I can never think of random things at random. I have to do them in chronological order or I get confused. Is that random or what??
• Yesterday, when Mama and I got to Nana's house, the nurse was already there. Behind her car was a giant tree branch that had fallen from the neighbor's tree. Miraculously, it missed her car by less than two feet! This is the branch: {Mama and I moved it to the curb.}

• Apparently, my Anniversary is Wednesday. Did you know? I didn't. Facebook felt the need to remind me that Jeremy won't be here for our 3rd anniversary.
  

• Oh, and that I should message him. Really? How romantic. 
• I finished reading the book that Chantal was nice enough to let me win in her giveaway. :) If you haven't heard of Alice Bliss, you need to read it. It's really sad, but it's really a great book.
• Speaking of books. Do y'all have a goodreads.com account?? If you do, add me! I'd love to know what you're reading! 
• I bought Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the Wii! Awesome sauce!!
• J had bought 007 for the Wii because it came with a gold controller that I needed to play my Zelda game. I tried using it and it was pretty complicated to play with that style, so I tried to take it back. Even though it had only been 4 days, I had the receipt and the game itself wasn't open, GameStop wouldn't take the game and controller back. The guy said that he could give me $5 for the game and $3 for the controller even though they were both brand-new. {And originally the set was $49.99!} How ridiculous is that?? I just kept the game and controller. Stupid GameStop.
• I promised a pic of my new "do". This is not the greatest pic...sorry.
  

• Have you heard of regretsy?? That website is hilarious! I stayed on there for hours last Thursday! 
• I have exciting news about J, but he told me I'm not allowed to tell anyone yet. *sigh*
• I spent the weekend at my sister's and Mama's. I left Friday afternoon and stayed Friday night and Saturday night with Amanda. And Sunday night with Mama.
• Saturday: Amanda, Tim, the babies and I went to Old Navy to check out their $2 tank-top deal. {We were, of course, too late for the sale. It was, after all, 3 pm.} A woman almost ran over us while we were walking across the parking lot!
• Friday and Saturday night, we played Trivial Pursuit. I love that game! I'm pretty good at it and won once!
• Here's The Princess giving herself kisses in the mirror at the park Saturday.
  

• Sunday, it was too hot to function, so I just chilled at Mama's house. 
• Facebook is still reminding me that my anniversary is Wednesday. And Facebook is also trying to tell me that Shakira and Avril Lavigne are related to my post... Um, no they're not.

 

• Mama and I drove to Trussville to have lunch with Miranda yesterday and when we got to where she works, I noticed a "katy-did" on the windshield. It had ridden all the way from Mama's house. When we left to go back to Mama's, the "katy-did" was still on the car. I checked before I left Mama's to make sure it wasn't still on there and I didn't see it. But when I started down the road, it was still there!! It made it all the way home with me!

 

• I steam-cleaned the carpet in the living room Tuesday and trapped Sabrina in the kitchen. She didn't like it too much, so she escaped. 

• This is the second version of this post since Blogger ate the first. I'm slightly upset, peeved, mad, livid! This post only feels mediocre at best...
• J has some pretty exciting news but he won't let me share it yet... *sigh*.
• The whole post title has to do with a conversation I had with Amanda yesterday. Apparently Boog had crushed some crackers all over the floor in his room and the ants had found it. She said that the ants were little "scout ants" and they found the crackers and pulled out their little ant cellphones and called in their ant buddies. {Holy run-on sentence Batman!}
• I told y'all I would post a pic of our bed after I rearranged the bedroom. I completely forgot about it until now, so here ya go:

• Mama and I stopped at Dairy Queen after leaving Nana's yesterday. We had some yummy ice cream in waffle cones. It was very messy!

• I sent J a message on Facebook to tell him about our anniversary, but it seems it didn't help. I told you Facebook, there's no romance in a message. Mmmk? 

That's all the random I can muster this week. Be sure to leave your link at the bottom of this post! I can't wait to read all the randomness! Have a great RTT! 

Six Word Saturday

Both babies staying 

over this weekend!

The Princess...

 

making her way around the table. :P

 

If you want to participate in Six Word Saturday,

check out Cate's blog, Show My Face .

 

RTT: A Tomato!!!! A what?? A TORNADO!!

It's time for Random Tuesday Thoughts, which used to be hosted

by Keely at The Un Mom, but she is currently on hiatus. Therefore, I

have decided to host Random Tuesday Thoughts as well as her blogging 

buddies Julie, Ane,Stacy, Cass and Raven .

If you want to participate, just link up with Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post.

Be sure to use your RTT's URL and not your entire blog's URL.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me! :) 

So, I haven't been blogging in awhile. I apologize for that. I just haven't

been in the mood lately. Especially after Jeremy left Saturday the 8th.

I lazed around the entire weekend and went to Nana's

with Mama Monday. Tuesday I did laundry all day and packed to 

go to Amanda's (my sister). Wednesday I left home and 

headed to Springville with Sabrina. {She was really depressed-looking

because Daddy was gone to AT. ): }

When we got there, we got settled in. Then my sister wanted to 

go get groceries and snacks for our trip. When we were done, we 

drove to get J so I could see him before we left for Mississippi.

Unfortunately, he didn't tell me that he was all the way in Tarrant. We drove

way out of the way to get there. And then Amanda got mad because J

was still sick. {Not my fault, I thought he was better.}

Anywho... J and I spent the night at Mama's since Amanda moved

her guest bed over there. J had a co-worker {i.e. another soldier} pick

him up from Mama's, so I didn't have to drive him at 6:30. {ridiculous!}

After I had a shower, I went over to Amanda's to help her get the 

babies ready and the car packed. We didn't leave until almost 1:30.

Then, we stopped in Trussville to get something to eat since

Boog hadn't had anything for breakfast. We all ate, and I fed The Princess.

Then we finally got on the road to Mississippi. {FYI, we were

going to MS to see Amanda's high school friend, who we'll call "the friend". 

She had asked Amanda to come spend the weekend with her, but Amanda

didn't want to drive all the way to MS by herself with two babies, so when she asked

me, I said I would go.}

We drove forever to get there. Had to stop three times for dirty 

diapers and bottles. {Because I'm sure you want the details...} 

The first time we stopped,

was because we thought The Princess had a dirty diaper, but alas,

it was Boog. {Still not potty-trained.} Then we had to stop to make

a bottle for The Princess. Not too long after that, we had to stop

to change her diaper. Finally, like literally 6 hours later, we 

made it to Clinton, MS. {This chick lives in the boonies.}

When we get there, we start bringing all of our stuff in and the friend

shows us where we're supposed to sleep. She has a fold-out

toddler couch for The Princess to sleep on.

Like this, but with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it...

For Boog, she has a crib mattress on the floor. For Amanda,

she has a twin-size bunk bed mattress on the floor. {Did I mention

Amanda is pregnant??} And for me, she has a twin-size bunk bed in another

room. Ok... That night, we move all the beds into her boys' bedroom {They 

slept with her.} so we can watch TV to go to sleep. The babies refuse to go to

sleep. We all swap beds a few times before we end up getting 3 hours of 

sleep. It was horrible. It was really hot in the bedroom and there was

absolutely NO noise. We all sleep with fans, so not having a fan

or air-conditioner noise was torture. 

When we woke up Friday morning, there were tornado watches for most

of the state. We got up, showered and dressed quickly and headed out to 

the Science Museum in Jackson. {We didn't want to stay at

the friend's home since she lives in a trailer.} On the way, we 

stopped at Wally World to pick up a few pillows {She only provided 2 pillows

for the 4 of us...}, a bottle brush and some dish liquid {She doesn't use it

at all? Ok.} Before we could check out, the friend comes rushing in with

her two boys {She went to pick up the 8 year old from school} and 

told us the tornado was 10-20 minutes away. Something like that. I 

rushed through the check-out line to buy my pillows, contact-solution

{I forgot my glasses at Mama's house!!! Panic! I only had the one pair

of contact lenses and I never sleep in them. But was forced to since

I didn't have a lot of contact solution.} and hair clips. Amanda didn't 

even get to buy the things she needed.

We rushed {and what I really

mean is, we broke a few laws getting to the Science Museum. The friend

drove like a maniac and it was already raining. It was really hard to follow

her.} to the museum and I jumped out and grabbed the babies and 

the friend let her two boys out on the sidewalk with me. I carried

both babies {it was raining.} while the boys walked in front of me to the

overhang in front of the building. We waited about 5-8 minutes before

Amanda and her friend got up there. When they did, we all were 

directed to the bottom floor to wait out the tornado warning. {Plus side- we 

didn't have to pay to get in. Score!} We waited

in the caterpillar exhibit for around 30 minutes with about 100+ school-aged

kids jumping, screaming and playing around us. Surprisingly, The Princess and

Boog were really well-behaved!

After the warnings were over, we got up and checked out the exhibit and 

the rest of the museum. It was pretty boring since it was for school-aged kids.

Boog got in trouble a few times for running out of our sight. Amanda and I 

took turns carrying The Princess and the diaper bag since she hadn't

bought a stroller for her. {We have since found one.}

Wish we had had it while we were at the museum. This little Princess

weighs a lot! LOL.

After the museum, we headed back to the friend's home in Clinton. 

On the way there, we passed over the tornado's path of destruction.

I snapped a few pics, so we would have proof of our "near-death experience".

Pretty impressive, but the guy who was dumb brave enough to record

the actual tornado got much better footage:

And when I get on YouTube to find the video that my sister saw, I find that

there is more than one video... more than one idiot, brave person out trying to 

record a tornado... If you watch this video, you will see the Chik-fil-A next to the Wally

World that we were at 20 minutes before the tornado hit, less than a block away. 

Pretty scary. Thank God, we "got out of dodge"...*snicker snicker*

Anywho... We stopped by a grocery store and bought some real food to

make for dinner and finally got a bottle brush at a Dollar General. That night,

the friend borrowed a box fan from her mother-in-law and we finally got some

sleep. After the friend and Amanda took the kids to the park, {while I stayed behind

with the sleeping Princess, to wash our clothes and pack up our stuff}, Amanda

came back to pick me and The Princess up so we could get something to

eat with the friend before we left town. 

We finally headed out of town after 3:30 {I think} and we made it to Chunky, MS,

{No, I'm not making that up..it's an actual town.} when the tire started making

a funny noise. I asked Amanda if it was the road, she said she thought it was.

When we went over a smooth bridge, the tire was still making the noise, so she slowed

down and it got worse. We pulled off at the exit for Chunky, MS and I got out to

check out the tire. Sure enough, the tire was split.

 

Amanda called her insurance agent and they sent someone out to put the

spare tire on. We waited over an hour for the guy to get there. While we were

waiting, at least 7 people stopped to offer assistance, including a sheriff. 

Thank you citizens of Chunky! We both joked that we were moving there

since the people were so nice. ☺ 

 The Princess "driving" while we wait.

To keep him from sitting in the car, I made up a game for Boog.

We threw rocks at this sign. It was a lot of fun! No really! When we left, he cried,

"I can't throw my rocks!". Poor little guy. :( 

When the tire was finally fixed, we followed the guy to the Wally World in

Meridian, so Amanda could get some cash to buy a new tire. It was of

course, Saturday night and everywhere else had already closed for the night, 

so we had no choice but to use the guy-who-fixed-the-tire's friend. 

We followed him into the middle of nowhere and I stayed in the car with the

babies while Amanda helped the man unload the luggage to get to the

bad tire in the trunk. They replaced the tire in less than 10 minutes and we 

were on our way. 

We didn't get home until after 11pm. We were so exhausted. We

unpacked the car and got the babies ready for bed. Amanda, Tim and Boog

crashed and I rocked The Princess to sleep and then laid her in her crib. Then, I headed 

for bed myself. Despite being in a familiar place, I didn't sleep well. Over-exhaustion

probably. After going to the park Sunday, I left and went to meet up with J

in Trussville. Of course the check-engine light came on while we were down

there, so J got under the hood to find out what was wrong. He couldn't find the 

problem, so he sent me on my way and he headed back to his unit.

I got home and Sabrina and I settled in to watch some movies before bed. 

The next day, Monday, J got to come home after half a day. We took the car 

to get the codes read and to pick up supplies to do an oil change. Turns out,

I didn't tighten the gas cap all the way the last time I filled up, so there was

an engine emissions read-out. Oops...my bad! 

After getting the car checked out, we went to the mall and had some Chik-fil-A

and watched a movie, Arthur. It was really funny and I definitely recommend it! 

Tuesday, we just "chillaxed" at home since J had to go back to work Wednesday

morning at the crack of dawn. 

Sabrina and I just chilled at home the rest of the week until J came home a day

early on Friday. :) We had a Harry Potter marathon Saturday and then again

Sunday night. Most of Sunday we cleaned. I'm not really sure what

he did, but I cleaned out the spare bedroom and washed clothes. LOL.

Yesterday he went back to his regular job and I washed clothes and cleaned the

living room. Today I haven't done ANYTHING but blog and watch Ugly Betty. 

I'm not feeling real productive. 

I did call to reschedule my doctor appointment

to check on my thyroid. Hopefully my levels haven't changed, so I won't

have to have another prescription. I don't feel like the one I'm on is

helping me at all though. I still feel like a zombie most of the time.

And did I mention I make lizards look soft and silky?? Seriously,

I'm flakier than a high school cheerleader... haha. Just kidding. 

If anyone has an recommendations on how to treat my scalp

and forehead, that would be awesome.

I hope this is random enough for everyone! Maybe now I can get back into the swing

of blogging everyday more frequently. :)

BTW, the title of this post is from a book I read when I was much

younger. But, I can't remember the title. :(

I hope everyone had a very blessed Easter and a great weekend!

Keep on being random!

Don't forget to link up with Mr. Linky!

Happy Birthday to my Mama!

Happy Birthday Mama!

I love you with all of my ♥!

I hope you have an awesome day,

because you totally deserve it!

Mama on the riverboat taxi in OK. 2009

You are a great Mama

and an awesome Mimi!

Boog and The Princess love you

and I'm sure one day, the little

Oaks "acorns" will love you even more!

{Because you'll love them more! wink-wink!}

Mimi holding The Princess with Boog 7/28/10

Thanks for taking care of me during

Jeremy's deployment. I wouldn't have made it

without you!

Mama and I in OK just before J deployed. 10/4/09

Here are a few poems for you Mama:

Walking Sunshine Dear Mother I love you and want you to know,
I think of you often wherever I go.
You lift me up; you're like walking sunshine;
I am lucky to have a great mother like mine.

Your endless affection makes you special and rare;
I'm always amazed by how much you care.
What you've given to me I can never repay,
Thank you, Mom, on your 29th birthday. [ wink wink ] By Joanna Fuchs

Mama in the 80's/90's.

 A Mother Like I Want to Be Each year I’m extra happy on your birthday;
Your day reminds me of God’s gift to me--
A mom who gave her all to raise me right,
A mother like the one I want to be. By Joanna Fuchs I love you Mama!

Mama and I in the snow. January 2011

{I look like a bug in this last picture. lol} 

Mil-Spouse Friday Fill-In

I'm a little late with my Mil-Spouse Friday Fill-In,

which is hosted by Wifey at http://wifeofasailor.com/.

I went shopping with my Sister, Mama and the babies. 

We had a good time, but I'm worn out from

carrying The Princess. She's an armful!

1. Do you or your {spouse} ever wish your {spouse} was in a different branch of the military? submitted by The Turner Family

I sometimes wish he were regular Army, and I think he does too. But he mainly wishes he had joined the Air Force. 

2. What duty station(s) are on your “No Way, [Heck] No, Not Going, Have Fun Unaccompanied” list and why? submitted by Every Branch
I married my Hubby for better or worse, so where he goes, I go. Plus there's not much risk of us being moved in the ARNG.

3. If you could be one age forever, what age would you choose and why? submitted by Three Krakens
I liked being 23. I'd like to go back two years and just stay 23. Please? 

4. If you were a breakfast cereal, which one would you be? submitted by the C.W.
Honey Bunches of Oats for the both of us and Fruity Pebbles just by myself. LOL. When I was a baby, my Mama always put my hair on top of my head and my Great-Aunt always called me Pebbles. :P

5. What is your morning beverage of choice and why?  submitted by NH Girl Displaced
Water or Juice if I just want something to drink. Milk if I'm having cereal.

Boog

Saturday while I kept Boog and The Princess,

I took Boog out to jump on the trampoline 

while his Sissy napped. 

I took a few shots of him in action:

 I love this little man! :)