Six Word Saturday!

I'll be twenty-six

on Monday!

J said we could do whatever

I wanted to do for my birthday weekend since

he has to work on my birthday, Monday.

So, we went camping last night

in the Talladega National Forest and we nearly

froze to death. It was at least 32°F and even

though we had three blankets, I was still too cold to

sleep. Not to mention the dogs that were barking

all night. {We think some people were coon hunting}

And Jeremy either has a cold or some allergies

b/c he was all stuffed up last night and was snoring 

SO loud! 

Check out Cate's blog, Show My Face to

participate in Six Word Saturday!

We still had a lot of fun. :)

Six Word Saturday

Can't believe how 

cool today is!

I'm ready for some Auburn football!

It's only 67°F today! 

And the sun is shining and the sky is clear. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

It's October!!

Link up with Cate at Show My Face 

and join in on this super-easy meme. :)

RTT: Finally some perfect reading weather!

Stacy is still keeping the Random alive over at Stacy Uncorked,
be sure to check out her blog and link up to Random Tuesday Thoughts!

• I'm having a hard time thinking of random things because of this rainy, cold day. It feels great outside, so I shut off the air and opened up the living room windows. 'Bina and I are cuddling on the couch while I blog and play Sims on FB.
• I just got stuck playing Sims on FB for 35 minutes... Sorry 'bout that. 
• I finally finished Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. I know the sidebar still says I'm reading it, but it won't let me change it to nothing. I don't have anything to read until I go to the library later this afternoon.
• I can't believe the way it ended!! She just left you hanging. My sister has the last book to the series, since I bought it for her birthday. But, I doubt my library has it. They don't have a lot of books at all. There are lots of shelves that are only half full. It is disappointing really. But, I guess it is a fairly new library. 
• I had someone suggest a book to me today, so I think I'll look for it along with a few others that weren't in last time I went.
• Did I mention lately that I'm ready for fall??
• Jeremy and I rearranged the living room Saturday. Now the tv is in front of the windows with the couch facing it. But the couch isn't against the wall anymore, which I love. Now, we just have to wait til we have enough money to buy a longer cable cord to put the tv against the wall that the couch used to be against. I don't like the tv in front of the windows since we leave the blinds open most of the time. It's going to make the tv a lot dustier, I think.
• And we also need to hang something on the blank wall where the couch used to be. It's too white.
• We had a great time in Florida visiting with J's family the weekend before last. I wish we could go back. I miss them already.
• J's brother, Chris and his wife, Kelly, went to the Auburn game Saturday (War Eagle!). She didn't reapply her sunscreen and now she's burnt really bad. Even her hands and fingers got burned, so they are swollen. Bless her heart.
• J went to the storage unit Saturday and I asked him if he would bring back the fall stuff, but he said no. So, unfortunately, I still haven't started decorating. I guess I'll give it another week or so.
• Thanks for everyone commenting on my 6WS. I did sleep soundly Saturday night...well, not really since I couldn't go to sleep until 5am, Sunday morning. I stayed up reading since I couldn't sleep. J had made some coffee and I had a large cup of it. It kept me up and so did the prospect of having nightmares again.
• Did everyone see Oregon's new uniforms on Saturday?? They are awesome! I am distracted by their shoes, but I still want a pair. LOL. J and I watched the game since they were playing LSU and we wanted to see how well the #3 and #4 teams are playing this year. Pretty well. They are evenly matched. Although, LSU did win. 
• Auburn has been bumped out of the national polls, but that won't stop me from loving them!! War Eagle!!
• I think I'll take a break from the computer and watch UP! for the ump-teenth time. :P 

RTT: I love the smell of suntan lotion in the morning...

 It's all coconut-y and sweet-smelling. It reminds me of beach trips with my family when I was little. {I still hate summer... it's too hot!}


It's Tuesday, let's be random...

 Keely is still on her hiatus, for the eleventh week in a row. I wish I had her job. 
Stacy at Stacy Uncorked is keeping the RTT spirit alive {with wine!}, check out her blog and link up or you can link up here. :)

• J and I have been spending a lot of time at the pool gettin' our tan on. I have a pretty good one going on, on my shoulders and back. Hopefully I'll get it evened out. I have a farmer's tan on my right arm. Looks ridiculous.
• It's HAWT outside. I melt as soon as I walk outside and my skin feels like the desert.
• Talladega is under a state of emergency. They have no water pressure. J told me that yesterday, so I don't really know what's going on.
• The Army finally paid us. Just when we though we were going to have to sell off some organs to pay the bills.
• We saw X-Men First Class Sunday night; it was awesome! Now we finally know why Professor Xavier is in a wheelchair.
• I'm still reading My Booky Wook. It's taking me forever. I don't know why. I guess I'm just not in a reading mood lately.
• J and I spent the weekend at Mama's house. He worked on the lawn mower, weed-eated and cleaned up the shop. Saturday we took all the junk from the shop to the dump. 
• Not sayin' I went through the dump bins or anything, but I found a brand-new pack of styrofoam balls! {They were just laying there!}
• J leaves for WLC in two weeks. He'll be gone for almost half a month. He's going to miss our 3rd anniversary on June 29th. :( I'm really going to miss him. But 2 1/2 weeks is nothing compared to a year. 
• Sabrina is lazy...but I'm sure y'all know that by now.
• I feel bad about not blogging as much lately. But we did just get back the laptop last week. I'm going to get back in the swing of things soon.
• Kirkland's was having a sale for Memorial Day weekend; we bought this. I love it! I can't wait to hang it above the couch. 
• Gas is finally below $3.50 a gallon.
• My brother finally came over to the apartment to hang out with us. I made breakfast for dinner. 
• Went to renew my tag last Tuesday. It was $90.17! Good grief. It was the first time I had ever bought a tag in another county. 
• My shoulder is killing me. 
• I wish I could be in the pool right now. 
• We've decided to move our "date night" to Tuesdays since it's cheaper to watch a movie on Tuesdays. 
• Gotta go to the bank, so I'm wrapping up the random here. 

 Hope y'all are having a great week so far. Go forth and be random!

RTT: I thought it was Monday...

I forgot that we had a three-day weekend! I didn't know that it was Tuesday until I saw Stacy's post on Facebook. *sigh* That's what I get for not having a job. LOL. I don't keep up with the days as well. 

I'm beginning to think Keely is never coming back. This is week TEN of her hiatus. That new job must really be keeping her busy. All those pirate parties and what-not. {Not that I'm jealous or anything.} If you want to participate in RTT, be sure to link up your post here or at Stacy's blog. She's been carrying the load, since Keely's disappearance. 

• Wednesday I painted. It was fun, but it didn't turn out so great. :( I painted a smaller pic and it was really cute, so I'm going to try to duplicate it later and maybe do a giveaway??
• Wednesday night, J and I watched Gnomio and Juliet. It was SO CUTE! I loved it. I can't wait to buy it on DVD. We ate some yummy Chinese food for dinner. 
• Did I tell you that I ran into the dishwasher and bruised my leg last Monday? Yeah... and Wednesday I dropped the sewing machine on my wrist while I was hemming the sleeves on J's work uniform. Then Thursday, I caught the oven on fire. 
• I was making that yummy banana bread again and I filled the pans too full and they overflowed into the bottom of the oven. Some of the batter got on the heating element and caught on fire. J was home, thankfully, and he helped put it out. The bread went into the trash. What a waste. :(
• Friday I woke up a little after 7 and could barely move. My back hurt so bad! I took a shower and walked outside with Sabrina and then I sat on the couch til J got home. I was in tears. He took me to the doctor and they x-rayed my back, but didn't see anything wrong with my spine. The doctor said he could see that I had a muscle that was spazzing though. He prescribed me some muscle relaxers (that don't last very long.) and arthritis medicine. Weird...
• Friday I watched Remember Me... who thought up that movie? It is so sad and depressing! Robert Pattinson is such a hottie.
• Saturday our neighbors were having a yard sale with their friends so we took some of our junk down there to sell with them. We made like $7 and I spent $5 on a really cute wall hanging. I'll have to post a picture of it when we get the laptop back. (It's on its way.)
• We got burnt at the yard sale. My chest and the back of my neck hurt so much. 
• We also went swimming Saturday, so that added to our sunburns. And we went to the mall so J could get some new swim trunks. While we were there we saw a movie.
• Hangover 2 was AWESOME! Lots of nudity but it was hilarious. (The couple in front of us, had their little boy with them! He couldn't have been any older than 10!)
• I also got a new phone; Motorola Atrix. I love it. It's awesome!! I keep running the battery down because I play with it so much. lol.
• Sunday,  because my back was still killing me and we were so burnt, we stayed in most of the day. We didn't want to be in the sun because it hurt so badly. We played games on the Wii; Life, Clue and Mousetrap. Jeremy beat me at all but Mousetrap. 
• After the sun went down, we got in the pool and it felt great! Just warm enough and felt great to our burns.
• Yesterday we went shopping for a headboard, but couldn't find one. We ended up buying an Otterbox case for my phone and a phone cover for J's phone. Didn't even find a headboard in our price range. *sigh* I guess we'll just have to keep pulling our pillows out from behind the bed. 
• We rented The Mechanic with Jason Statham. (He's in the movie, we didn't rent the movie with him. I wish he came with the movie though.) I told J that Jason is so hot. I said, "He's as hot as you are." J said, "He's as hot as me, or hotter than me." I said, "If I didn't think you were hotter than Jason Statham, I wouldn't have married you. I would have married Jason Statham." LOL. J thought it was funny, but I was serious...
• I took time out to thank my Soldier for his service to our country in honor of Memorial Day. Did you thank a soldier yesterday? What did you do for Memorial Day?

Be sure to link up to this post with your own Random Tuesday Thoughts. :) I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!

RTT: {Something clever here...}

It's Tuesday...and that means it's ok to be random.

So let's get to it.

RTT is originally hosted by Keely at The Un Mom. She is still

on her hiatus, so I've volunteered to host temporarily, along

with Julie, Ane, Stacy, Cass, and Raven.

{Not sure if anyone knows that though...since no one linked up last week.}

• Pineapple sandwiches for dinner are only acceptable when the Hubby is not home...
• I really miss J. He's out helping with the National Guard to recover people who are still missing from last week's tornado outbreak in Alabama.
• We have over 315 channels (thank you Josh Turner...) and there's never anything worth watching.
• Why is it, that no matter what time it is, all of the movie channels are in the middle of a movie? It's annoying when you go to watch a movie at 7 and there's no movies starting then.
• Sabrina got frisky last night and wanted to play ball at 2330.
•  I wanted to keep the babies over the weekend, so I picked them up Saturday around noon and brought them home with me. We went to the park and Target and when we got back home, they took a nap. I guess it was too late, because that night, The Princess would NOT go to sleep. She finally wiggled and cried herself to sleep around 0130. Ridiculous. Then Boog woke me up at 0630 and his crying woke her up. So I took them home Sunday morning.
• I was supposed to have a doctor's appt today to check my thyroid, but unfortunately, our insurance ran out and I never got a chance to renew it. 
• When I got online to fill out the paperwork to renew our insurance, I couldn't log onto anything. Apparently, J has to do it, since he has all the passwords. *sigh*
• J and I saw Fast  Five Friday night and it was AWESOME! 
• I'm currently watching The Fast and the Furious...love this movie. Love Vin Diesel. :)
• It's raining.
• I'm praying for all the victims of  the tornadoes and the storms last week. The rain can't be helping matters any.
• Osama Bin Laden was killed by US action Sunday. I only have one thing to say about that:

17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.

Proverbs 24:17-18

• I figure it's finally May, so that means spring is over. I put up all my spring decorations with the Easter stuff. So what do I decorate with for Summer?? I really liked my spring decorations. >.<
• Did I mention I miss my Hubby? :(

That's it for my Randomness. Be sure to link up and check out everyone else's link-ups too! {If anyone links up that is...}

** UPDATE: Apparently, none of you fine folks have ever heard of a pineapple sandwich...maybe it's a southern 'thang'? So, I'm gonna help you make one.

So, you take your two slices of bread {wheat, white, whatever...} and you slather some mayonnaise on it. Or miracle whip...whatever. I actually prefer miracle whip because it's kinda sweet. Then you top it with a piece of American cheese on one side and two slices of pineapple on the other. I put mayo on both pieces of bread. You might want to dab your pineapple slices with a paper towel if they're particularly juicy. Otherwise you're going to have pineapple-flavored mayonnaise running down your arms... But really, that's part of the experience. Srsly, try this at home! I'm going to go have one right now. :)**

Praying

Praying for all the lives lost caused by the tornadoes yesterday.

I watched the news all day, from 6:30am and up until

11pm last night. The destruction I saw broke my heart.

Photo from Tuscaloosa News

I worried for my family and friends and the people

I don't even know.

So many people's lives were destroyed.

Photo from Times Daily

Homes were demolished and lives were lost.

Pratt City, AL

There are still people missing.

Please pray for the families affected

by these storms that tore through not only AL
but also Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Virginia
and Kentucky.

Tornado in Tuscaloosa, AL

Wordless Wednesday

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!

Six Word Saturday

Here comes the 

sun...& it's alright...

I know that's not technically how the song goes,

but it works ok for now. (And technically the "&" 

symbol is not a word. lol)

The sun has come back out! For the last week or

so, it has been cold and rainy here. But 

today, the sun came out! I'm so glad! 

And J got half the day off today

and he's completely off work tomorrow!

I can't wait to spend the entire day with him.

I'll probably get on his nerves a lot, but

that's to be expected. LOL.

While you're singing The Beatles' song, "Here Comes the Sun",

head on over to Show My Face and let Cate know I sent ya!

Link up and join in every Saturday to let the world know

what's going on in six words!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Six Word Saturday

Can't believe how

much we accomplished!

We're done unpacking! Well, pretty much anyway.

And it's only been four days since we moved in!

AND, we have house-guests! Jeremy's Mom and Dad are

staying with us this weekend.

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday like we 

are! It's so beautiful here and it's finally warm

again. Last night was 34°F and today it's 72°F!
Have a great 6WS and a great weekend altogether!

Don't forget to visit Cate at Show My Face,
link up and join in on Six Word Saturday!