Rewind 365

Found a new meme that looks like fun, but I probably won't remember to do it each week. It happens on Thursdays over at Cammo Style Love, hosted by Rheanna.

Rules are as follows:

Create a post with a picture, memory or even an old blog post from one year ago and make sure you include the Rewind 365 button so more people will join in the meme each week!

Tweet about your blog post.

Link your post on the linky at Cammo Style Love.

 

One year ago today, was Valentine's Day 2012 and I was:

expecting to spend Valentine's Day alone, but my awesome sister and her babies came to see me in Anniston so I wouldn't be all by my lonesome! :)

Boog played Mario while Boo-Boo napped and Boopsie played in the floor.

She was so little then!

(J was in Savannah for some kind of Army thing, so we had celebrated V-Day the weekend before with a trip to Maggie Valley, NC.)

 

So that's what  I was doing a year ago. Pretty boring. LOL. I only have a pic of Boog playing Mario:

 

 He was three!

 

Birthday Loot

I can't believe I'm 27.

So last Wednesday I turned 27 and I thought I would be alone on my b'day until Jeremy got off work. I had originally made plans with my Bestie, Jaybee, but her little boy got sick and she had to cancel.

 I woke up Wednesday at the usual time that J gets up to go to work and tried several times to get him up. Finally I told him, "Fine! You're gonna be late for work!" and went back to bed. I couldn't sleep because the sun was coming up and he was snoring and hogging the bed, so I went to the sunroom to sleep on the couch. Not too long after that, J came in there to tell me happy birthday and to bother me. LOL. He told me he had taken the day off to do whatever I wanted to do, which turned into mainly doing what he needed to do. *sigh*
  We took showers and got dressed to go out for breakfast. After breakfast at Chick-fil-A. {I didn't actually eat the brownie. I got it free through a promotion unlocked through Foursquare. Free brownie with purchase of combo!}

After breakfast, we went to the nail place and I got a mani and pedi.

Sabrina and Toby checking out my toes.

After we got back to the house and let the girls out one last time, we headed to B'ham to turn in some equipment to J's unit. It took forever to get there and we were there a couple of hours while Gina tried to help J find a replacement Kevlar, 3-piece sleep system, and Gortex poncho. (Anyone have an extra lying around????) He has to turn in all of this stuff because he is going active duty! Agh! I'm so excited and I know he is too.

When we left the unit, we went to Bessemer to the Army/Naval supply store to see if they might have the items he was missing. They had the Kevlar and the sleep system but they wanted to much for the sleep system for which they had taken out one of the pieces and was selling it separately for a much higher price than what it is worth used. The Kevlar was also the wrong size and they wanted too much for it too.

When we left Bessemer, we stopped in Fultondale for some McD's which wasn't that great. We went back by the house and let the girls out again before we headed out to get something to eat for dinner. I can't remember now if we shopped anywhere between the house and eating dinner, but we might have. lol. We ate at Chili's and I'm sad to say that the food wasn't that great (except for the southwestern eggrolls, because they are never bad! Yum!) and J got pissed b/c they didn't have Jack Daniel's for the drink I ordered. I had to order instead, a Malibull *Malibu and Redbull* for which they charged us for an entire can of Redbull but only gave me about 1/3 of a can. At least it was good!

J demanded they bring us the rest of the can and they did, but he poured it out in the parking lot b/c he wasn't sure if they had done something to it since we had complained. People do that you know!

 

In the parking lot, J let me open my birthday present from him. I didn't know it, but we had been riding around with it in the car all day! He even wrapped it himself! I think he did a pretty good job at it too. He got me a Dr. Shcoll's vibrating/heating seat thingy, but unfortunately, it doesn't fit my chair and it is really uncomfortable to sit on for any amount of time.

When we left Chili's we went to the movie stop store and bought a bunch of movies that we have been wanting. It was really cheap and surprisingly, they have a large selection of current movies!

Then, we realized our movie was about to start and we were already running late! We went to the dollar theater just down the street and watched Ice Age 4. It was really funny and I'm glad we got there in time to see most of it! Plus, it was only $3 for the both of us!

 

Here is what I got from my Family for my birthday:

From Sister:

From Boo-Boo, Boog, and Boopsie/Mommy:

From Bubba:

*Vermont Bear*

From Mama:

Wax Warmer! It is so pretty, but doesn't currently have a bulb. Boo!She also got me a package of tiny vials filled with glitter and a package of pretty beads! :)

♥ Thanks Family! I love my gifts! ♥

RTT: School, Birthday, Family, etc.

I should be doing my Psychology notes since I have an exam that opens tomorrow and closes Thursday, but I really need a break. I thought I might try to do a little catching up on Facebook, but no one was posting anything exciting so I'm just gonna blog. :)
 

Finally finished my math assignment today, thanks to my sister.

Finished history study guide and quiz. Made 100%!

Finished English discussion after reading two poems. (supposed to read like 10? Didn't feel like it.)

Saturday J dropped me off at Jo-Ann's Fabrics to do a crafting event with Jaybee and Shelby. We made Fairies (Tinkerbell). Glitter EVERYWHERE!!!

• Sunday we went to church and afterwards ate at Cracker Barrel. I love looking around in the store while we wait for our table to be ready. Look at this cute owl I "need!"

Light-up Owl Lamp

• We went to church Sunday evening too, but didn't like the guest speaker as much as we like the Pastor. :/
• Yesterday my Mom, Sister, nephew and two nieces came to see me and spend some time with me for my birthday. :) Super-sweet! They may have wrecked my living room but I love them anyway!
• I made a Turkey breast (cooked in the crockpot), candied Yams, green beans and stuffing last night for dinner. It was so yummy! I enjoyed a leftover turkey with cranberry sauce sandwich for lunch today. Mmmm!
• I announced yesterday to my sister and Mom that Jeremy is going active duty! Surprisingly, they both seemed to handle it well. I did not expect that, especially after the reaction Jeremy recieved from his parents--namely his Dad.
• I am excited that J is going active. I can't wait to see where this new path God has placed before us will lead. :)
• Went outside to walk the pups earlier today and smelled gas really strongly. I walked around to the front of the building and J's car was leaking gas. I called him and asked him what to do and he said to look under the hood and find what was leaking and somehow stop it. I did...turns out he had cut the hose and left it hanging...DUH! I just rubber-banded it to the brake fluid container so that it wasn't pulling anymore gasoline out of the tank. I'm a regular Mrs. Fix-it! Haha!

I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! Tomorrow is my Birthday!!! WOOT! I can't believe I'm going to be 27! I will try to post Thursday with my spoils! I already have my gifts from Mom and Sister. Wait til you see what the kiddos made me. :)

 

Head on over to Stacy Uncorked for more randomness! ♥

 

RTT: For the love of the couch!

This post is gonna mostly be about a couch... More specifically, our first couch. This couch:

Here it is in Elijah's Barrel, next to the ottomon that I later bought.

Still in the Thrift Shop, Elijah's Barrel-March 2009.

We lived in our first apartment in Pell City, AL for 5 months without a couch. 

I loved the little thrift shop in downtown Pell City and visited it often,

especially after work. I found our couch for a steal- $250.

Mom came over with the truck and helped us move it the short mile to our apartment.

Here's Jeremy and our precious nephew, Boog (at 9 months old :).

Bit-Bit...that flash is bright!

Here's the couch on moving day in August 2009.

  

From there, the couch and the rest of our stuff, went into storage 

for almost two years while J was deployed and after while he was looking

for a job. Then we moved to Anniston. Here's Bina snoozing on the couch. :)

Then Tobias joined our family and he loves to lounge on the couch too! Here is with

his Daddy and Bina.

 Later, Boo-Boo joined the family and got to enjoy the couch too!

 And then Boopsie came along and snuggled up to the couch

Then we moved to Madison and our living room is huge,

but our couch was the only thing to sit on.

Reba joined our family and she got to enjoy the

couch for a couple of days before we decided she was too 

hyper to be on it...but I captured her enjoyment. :) 

 And Boopsie came to stay with us for 5 days and she enjoyed

the couch some more.

Now it's time to say goodbye to our lovely couch. :( 

We've bought new furniture and even though we want to hold

onto the first piece of furniture we bought together, we don't

have enough room for it. 

Our couch has seen many family moments, held many a babe

and puppy and been the perfect place to hang out or take a nap.

I'm really going to miss it. :(

For more random stuff that doesn't involve my couch, visit Stacy at Stacy Uncorked and link up to Random Tuesday Thoughts! :) Have a great Tuesday! 

Bubbles!

Amanda had a dentist appointment yesterday, so Mama and I watched the kids. Boog helped me clean out the toybox while Mimi put Boo-Boo down for a nap. While we were going through the toys, I found a boat that looked like it blew bubbles. The batteries appeared to be dead, so I set it aside until we finished. 
When I took it apart and added new batteries, it started whirring, so I asked Mama if she had bubbles. Boog says, "Mimi, do you got any bubbles? Go get some bubbles. We need dem." Mimi did not have any, so I "made" some with dish liquid. While I was standing at the sink mixing the liquid with water, Boog says, "Look Bit-Bit, you do have bubbles! Wots of bubbles!" and he pointed at the sink where the dishes were soaking in soap water. LOL.

 "Dat's a wot of bubbles!"

"Cheese!"

 I told Mama that her coffee table was going to be super-clean!

 "Take my pikchure, Bit-Bit!"

 "Can you take a pikchure of my hann?"

 It was a lot of fun. :) I love my Boog!

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!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Boog!

Aunt Bit-Bit and Uncle J love you soooo much! 

You are such a big boy and we are so proud of you!

I can't believe you're three already!

You learned this the day of your party. Now you're a pro!

 It seems like just yesterday we were 

meeting you for the first time!

Boog in the NICU the day he was born.

10 days old, 8/31/08.

And then before we knew it, you were a 

chubby one-year-old!

Eating birthday cake at his first party.

  And you really knew how to ham it up for the camera!

8 Days before his first birthday. :)

A little over a week after your first birthday, you had

to say good-bye to Uncle Jeremy, your favorite nap buddy.

Boog and Jeremy at the airport

But, you made sure Uncle J chased you all over 

the airport before he left...

Run Boog, Run!

 And you gave him a good squeeze before

he boarded the plane. 

You give such good hugs! "MmmmMMM!", you say.

And Uncle J loved on you so much, everyone probably 

thought you were his baby instead of his nephew!

We call that Pappy,"The Big Ugly".

The way Uncle J loves you, makes me love him even more. :)

You grew up way too fast while Uncle J was gone,

January 2010

March 2010

May 2010, You learned to be brave!

June 2010

Carrying a sleeping Boog around Wally World 

is no easy feat, but I didn't mind. :)

 Then, just before your second birthday, you became a big brother! 

Meeting The Princess for the first time. 7/28/10

 

 I'm proud to say, you handled being a big brother pretty well, 

considering she's a girl and all...

October 2010

Almost a month after Sissy was born, you turned 2!

"OOooo Wow! Bumbob", says Boog!

 And Uncle J came home in September!

You were so shy. But it had been a year.

You give kisses across the room! 

November 2010

 And you and Uncle J are good friends again. 

January 2010

 You're wearing sunglasses and looking so cool!

First really long road trip, April 2010.

 And now, in the blink of an eye, you're a big boy...

But you're still silly! ♥ 8/20/11

 Three years old!! And so smart! 

At his birthday party 8/20/11

You know how to count to 10 and have known since you were two.

 You can name all the colors and animals when we look at books.

I think you're tired of taking pics in this one.

 You know lots of shapes including: circle, square, rectangle,

triangle, heart and sometimes pentagon and octagon.

"Bujjj Lightyur"

You sit still when someone reads to you. 

You help clean up your room 

and are pretty good about helping out.

You give the best hugs and kisses.

And you have the greatest smile in the world!  

Cheee! 8/20/11

Happy Birthday Little Man! 

Don't change anything! 

I ♥ you!