Always Worth It!

What a slogan! Is it really? Of all the things beer is associated with, I wonder if someone in jail for drunk driving would agree? Or someone who has lost their family. Lost a scholarship? A job? It is not just someone's opinion, or a cute little saying. It is the actual marketing strategy for selling beer! By saying "worth it" it is implying loss. Loss of the money to purchase it? Loss of your inhibitions? Loss of the things mentioned above? In my husbands case - Loss of potential kidney stones? His Urologist says drinking a beer a day prevents those and other problems. ONE a day, mind you. I guess it's just crazy to me to think that someone had to think it was a good idea, then someone had to approve it and have it stamped on those labels and shipped; all the while thinking if people hear that it is Always worth it, they will buy it. Ugh. I would bet that even someone who is known for drinking a case a day even would say it is certainly not ALWAYS worth it!
Speaking of my cousins mom's friends boyfriend's daughter... just kidding but seriously my ex-husband's cousin is currently being charged with murder. You guessed it :Drunk Driving. Nice boy. He does come across as a little spoiled and self centered but has always been polite to me and let's not have someone judge how we acted in our early 20's. I will say that!
He was no criminal. He isnt a theif, liar, rapist or even a hurtful person. He is a son, and a loving older brother. A college student who loves the nightlife! I would say that right about now, as he is waiting to hear his fate that will change the coarse of his life in a very bad way (not to mention to wear the name of Killer but to live with the fact that someone lost their life on account of this one stupid decision), he would very much agree that it is not ALWAYS worth it!
I found this when my daughter (6 years old) mentioned she thought her dad (we're divorced) was drinking beer IN THE CAR! She described it as a brown glass bottle with a blue sideways oval and white letters. I think we can rule out root beer now. Epecially when she said I could smell it. That is another new story altogether.
When they say divorce is harder than death, i can understand the idea of dealing with the unfaithfulness or the rejection, failure. Now I see that if you have children, your marrital failure affects them in the worst way. I am envious of people who can remain civil and enjoy the kids growing up still getting to share those moments although seperately. It is just so hard to do when the ex cannot quit drinking, girling around, and showing off how cool he is to his 6 year old; not to mention promising her he would never spank her and threatening me and my husband (who does parent her and provide for her unlike the I'll give a hundred every few months no good Fun -Dad) when we do punish her how we see fit. I will have to do a whole seperate post on The Lessors. After all they deserve it!

BooMamas Tour of Homes

It's the most wonderful time of the year! And we are ready! The only thing missing is the wreath on the front door. Maybe I am too picky but I just can't find THE ONE. I still have a little time left so we'll see. But today is the day for the BooMamas Tour of Homes. They are not waiting on me to find a wreath :) This is an annual post she does on her blog where people showcase their Christmas decorations. Let's begin...

First I will say that we were pretty simple this year. We have Sara Faith and Savannah's on the left and Mom and Dad on the right. We had a fireplace growing up so I never really asked about it but my husband didn't. So when Savannah asked how he would get in with the screen right there, My husband just said you know he can get in anywhere. Savannah said "Magic!" Michael said his parents just told him they would leave the door unlocked!I think the tree looks a little smaller in this picture but we raelly enjoyed decorating it with company over. No eggnog this year though:) I confess a few of the boxes under the tree are empty. I spray painted and decorated them. I hate how empty it looks under the tree after Christmas morning. The sign says, "This house believes in Santa."
Simple, again in the dining room. I hope you enjoyed our decorations!Go on over to Boomamas and take a look at all those amazing homes. Hopefully mine will be that detailed one day ;)

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Mom! Gross what is this? She yells loudly while someone is putting one in her buggy.

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I got a new phone! Look at the amazing pic quality. Although I took it sideways. I still have to figure out how to rotate it before sending;) Im sooo excited. I had been looking for the perfect one since my blackberry pearl died on me this summer. I had a Razr since 2005. When it was time to upgrade I didn't because I loved my phone so much... Then it completely died on me. wiped out everything! No numbers, lost pics, except for the ones I had just figured out how to email to myself. So I decided to try something totally new. Who wanted to spend money on something they had 1 day ago, right! Hence I detest buying tires. What's exciting about that??? It's expensive and I already had tires. Anyways I digress. I got the red pearl and liked it for 30 minutes. It would occasionally go to an SOS mode and unless I was staring at the phone, I had no idea that the phone had shut itself off. Power off and back on. Then there was the idea thatI HAVE to purchase a media plan for like $30 more for the phone to even text or browse ringtones to buy...something the razr already did without that plan. So me, the cheapo, was like oh no! I just wont text. Um...miserable! Well in the end like I said it completely shut down on me as well and since media didn't work.. that's right, all pictures numbers ect lost, gone, never seen again. And it just so happens that I did not have my regular camera the day it snowed in AL Jan 19.(Sooo rare that I even remember it) so you guessed it the first pics of Savannah in the snow for the first time with our new snowdog puppy...gone! ughh! But my friend who was over later on that day actually got a few that I didn't know about and a couple months ago I saw them on her facebook and yay! So I bought a $20 Nokia refurb that I have been using until now. Waiting patiently and browsing phone after phone for this.My hub is totally jealous and wants one too! Now I have a nokia, and the z9 and the replacement (never been used) blackberry. I should start a cell phone equipment company. hmmm.

Friends Come and Go!

Actually they don't. Not real friends. I think you always retain a bond and there is no go. I mean a meaningful true friendship is based on love and commonalities. That just doesn't go away. I have a small number of friends that I have known forever and still keep in touch with. But they are the ones I want to keep up with. When I see who they have become as adults and look at their families it's like looking at extended family that I just don't get to see enough. Barbra is 6 hours older than me. We have known each other since we were 8. We did not start out as best friends. In fact there were some rocky times back in the day. She used to be my step-sister for a time but we like to just say sisters. No 'ex' in there! She hunts, hates purses, loves to be barefoot at all times (even at her graduation) and she is so strong on the outside but easily hurt. She has loyalty that is oddly placed at times but genuin. I get her. She gets me. Her inlaws ignore who she is and get her frilly purses with her name monogramed on them, and really girly things that she will never use. (Sometimes I do benefit from her givaways though so no complaining here:) But seriously I love this girl! When I am hurting she will be there. She is not my best friend. My husband is. He is who I can confide in and be totally vulnerable with. But she GETS me.

This all came about as I was posting this picture of my husband, and his two best friends from childhood (since childhood rather) David and Joel. There are a couple more guys in their 'group' of comrades but these three go back the longest. Pre-school!!!! They know more about his past than I ever will..or should! After months of being to busy to catch up (or in Iraq, for that matter) they still just click right back where they left off. They are the family that is better than family. They have grown together, apparently (I found out this weekend) been in lots of trouble together, talked about goals, realized dreams, lost friends, and everything that makes them as close as they are. My husband would not want me writing about him or his friends but I am so taken aback by this. I have never seen men with these relationships, I guess or maybe I just have an inside advantage view now. We were leaving for church this morning as Joel and Therese were packing to leave for Memphis. Joel tells Michael (Pirt) he has a really nice house and he is proud of him for doing Lord's supper at church, Pirt says, "I love you man. Drive safely." "I love you, too Pirt." This girl is tearing up. Therese and I exchange an understanding glance. Last night David came by to see Joel before he headed to Memphis, Waco then Cali. They played Playstation 3 and then we all played Wii. David kept "soaking in" Pirt with the baby. He says he couldn't have pictured the way everything turned out. Pirt is married, with a step-daughter and a new baby. Joel is married, just eturned from Iraq, on his way to CA, and just found out he has a baby on the way. David just got engaged to (haha)Joel's step-sister. He doesn't know what he thinks about that yet. He shrugged and said, "Well, you are always hangingout at my parents on holidays anyways."

I would say their friendship is solid, unconditional, and still young. Apparently they have worked out a plan for Sara Faith to marry their son (Joel just knows it is a boy) then they will all be real family ;) But I can't help but wonder if that would possiby ever make the friendship contrived???

After Three Days Fish and Company Start to Smell!

I'm still here just been soo busy! We had company staying with us from last Monday until this morning. Wow! Joel is Michael's very best friend since pre-school ( I'll post about that later) and his wife Therese (pronounced Ter-ez from New Orleans) were staying with us before moving to CA. Joel just returned from Iraq. He is in the marines and has been back for about 2 months. They were stationed in NC. Actually Therese came and stayed with us for a weekend in September also. Well he was just stationed in California and has to be there by the end of December. They decided to visit family and friends for 1week each along the way, sort of :) First stop was Albany, GA to visit Joel's Dad. Then to Dothan, AL to visit Therese's dad Then here to Montgomery (Joel's brother lives here too and her college friends). Now they should be settling in Memphis at Therese's Mom's Whom Joel has never met. And the last stop will be to Waco, TX to visit Joel's Mom. Well I suppose that would be the next-to-last and the last would be there new home. Which btw the military apparently has a strange habbit of transferring people to bases where there is a long waiting list and the poor folks moving don't have a place to move to until they get there. They were literally freaking out because there were no available apartments in town or even within an hours distance. I believe they contacted a realtor by now though. They desperately need something fast especially since they just found out they are pregnant!

It was great having them here. They were lovely houseguests and Michael enjoyed seeing his friend. Maybe it was the PS3 he brought ;) But it was nice to be back to normal today.

Benefit of the Doubt

Saturday night Savannah's bestest little friend, Lakyn spent the night and went to church with us Sunday. Now we just adore this child! She is sweet and very mature (she loves to clean!) and a is always a pleasure to have around. We have been good friends with her parents for a few years now. Her father actually works with my husband. Well Sat night we made a quick stop at Target to get a highchair. We thought we could maybe avoid getting one and just forever use the Bumbo but Sara Faith is not containable in that anymore. It served us well for months but it was time to move foward. We are in the baby section and the girls start getting excited about some Christmas outfits they have found. It was some little baby onsies and shirts and bloomers that said "Baby's First Christas" and "Santa's little Helper" etc. I say "No, we are getting a high chair and milk and leaving. That is all!" Well the next morning during worship I reach into the diaper bag to get a bib and look what I find. These bloomers!!! I immediately look at my husband and ask if he put them in there. He quickly shakes his head no. Well I didnt do it. Then we both give each other the look of hope/disbelief..you don't think..? noooo. Of coarse not. But how?" So we are already planning to make a trip back o Target to right the wrong and I just know that neither one of these girls would do that..but how? Well after church as I am walking through the parking lot, I get motion over to Bethany's van. She has a baby boy Sara Faith's age and also a little girl who is about 3 now. She say, "Did you get those bloomers I put in your diaper bag?" Ha! Geez I had all but convicted them for a petty crime. We all just laughed and laughed. Not Savannah. She was just mad that we even thought it. Apparently Anna Claire had them when she was little and they had thought to give them to Sara Faith. How sweet. They are adorable and I am so glad I get to keep them :) Oh and here is Savannah Monday after I cut her hair. " No! No! Don't do it. I will hate it!" 30MINUTES LATER... "Oh, I just love this!

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I was clearing out old pictures from my cell phone and this was one. Savannah this summer at VBS at First Baptist Church downtown. She had a blast and I had a couple hours for myself and a newborn this summer. She spent one week in Disney World with her Grandmother Aunt and cousin but other than that she was scheduled for a new VBS every week. She probably went to almost every VBS in Montgomery! Ha!

Tradition

The things in my life that are tradition were just randomly started and somehow became tradition. A-Day game at Alabama. We cant miss it. It would break tradition. How we spend Sunday after church, holiday plans...etc. I have to decide what things are tradition vs which things are just quirky comforts that I can't let go of. Like what hotel we stay at ( Thanksgiving trip to the beach we have always stayed at the Holiday Inn Destin with ocean view 9th floor. Our trip is ruined if it is not available), drinking fountain diet coke everytime we go to any restaraunt, or taking this particular picture at this particular spot every year on this date. It may not technically be a tradition but I am going to do it! Like this picture we have taken every year at this spot the 4th of July. But this year was the baby's first year obviously so she is automatically included in the 'tradition'. Thanksgiving is in 2weeks and we have a "tradition" of going to Ft Walton the weekend after and meeting my mother and father-in-law for Beach Santa with the girls. It is the worst setup ever. The background decorations that is. All you can mostly see anyways is the throne for Santa. In one picture there is a rather large woman's backside in the background. Ha! But we do it every year, no matter what. It starts with a trip to Dilliard's to pick out an outfit and shoes for Savannah and then to do pictures, fuss over them and then to get lunch. Last year the iron bowl (BIG DEAL around here!) was that same Saturday and Sam and my husband went back to the condo to watch it while we got lunch. It fell on the same day this year to so I said it looks like you guys will be leaving us again. My husband calls to tell me he has been offered a ticket to this years Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa! yay! Oh wait....the tradition! Ruined. Im sad... but what can I say? My point of view. Traveling the long drive by myself with 2kids, one of which is 6 months/ Who will Sam watch the game with?/ He will miss Sara Faith's first time meeting Santa/ IT'S TRADITION!!!!

His point of view. AL is undefeated for the first time in ? years (he could tell you)/ It is at home in Tusc./ Auburn sucks this year and AL has not beat them in 6years. / sitting at the mall miserable knowing he could have been at the game. /There will be next year. /This was HER tradition

(...oooh:(....)

I will not fuss about it. He should go. I know that. But it is tradition and now he has missed a year. Does this set the precidence to miss again. Or to miss something else. Should it be as important to him? it will still be a lot of fun and maybe it was always about Savannah (and now Sara Faith) myself and Dea. Honestly Sam was probably miserable hanging around the mall and he would roll his eyes at me if he knew I was even thinking about not wanting Michael to go to that game.

Oh, Geez!

My husband and I have really been watching our language lately. I used to have a better handle on this and can't quite point out when it slipped away from me. My new phrase "Oh, Geez!" is the brainchild of my 6year old. Sometimes she says sheez though. so I started saying it. hehe. Well apparently I say it a lot. I wonder too if it started as someone trying to quit saying the lord's name in vain and maybe they had started to say oh, Jesus! but caught themselves at Oh, geez! I am starting to annoy myself! You should have heard me during the Alabama/LSU overtime!!!! I had to grab a pillow and just bury my face. hahaha. Any ideas on a new word?

Speaking of Jesus, this was a fabulous weekend for my church. We finally had our first service in the new building.


We had been meeting at Faulkner University rotunda for the past two years after our old building was sold and waiting for the new construction to be finished. There is much to be said for cushioned seats in worship and not having to make everthing portable and not meeting at other buildings for functions, etc.... I cannot wait for Wednesday!

Food for thought (as in milk and raw eggs.)

Just a quick note Crazy neighbor Mrs. 'G' was caught yesterday morning lowering a bucket over my fence down to Maya. I banged on the window and said "That's not necessary!" She says "Oh That's not necessary?" she went back inside and i got my stepstool (It is a tall privacy fence, not that it helps) and saw the bucket was still there...full of mik and raw egg yoke!!!! I have decided she is officially certifiable. Any suggestions on how to handle this one? I have been told to file a police report and I think maybe I should but keeping in mind that this is someone I live right next door to and am not wanting to cause an akward scene. Ha. That actually sounds funny, I guess she already did that. hmmm

Also I am thinking about driving the Expedition around all day today to help warm up South Dakota residents from the blizzards. hmmmm

Rebecca

I don't know why but I really found this interesting so I google presidential pets..there were some weird ones!

I hate (love) Wal-mart!

The lines make me nautious thinking about them and going from the milk all the way over to pick out a book is quite a hike. Parking a mile away (usually with a baby) is enough to send me to Publix. Oh but the prices and the one-stop shop...I try to avoid it at all costs but when you have to get groceries and socks and a car cleaning kit that's the best idea. Yesterday my husband wasn't feeling well so he didnt want to be gone too long but wanted to go pick out his own socks and since he wanted to see the new church building (move-in date is next Sunday!!!!!) and it is on the way to wal-mart -- there we went. Standing in the 30 minute line we brushed up on our celebrity news (poor Jennifer Hudson) and housekeeping and tabloids of coarse! Well the Globe had a headline that actually caught me off guard and I laughed out loud! I dont remember the exact wording but it basically said Ted Kennedy offered $25million for a cure. Hmmm. What boneheads. Do people believe this mag or do they know it is full of the same substance as Sara Faith's diaper? I hope it is the latter. Of coarse I believe in the power of prayer and I am no Dr. but if all it took were some rich person to offer a measley (in the scheme of financing research) $25mil then I it would have happened long ago. Money cannot buy everthing but how they want to fuel that it does. The author Im sure is voting for Barack. He has the most aggressive and fastest growing brain cancer with a a prognosis of 2 years max and a survivor rate of 0! The idea of him buying his health is insultingto him and anyone who has the GBM tumor ( or any malignant disease for that matter) or anyone who has lost someone they loved from it. Like my fam did. My step-dad died 9/29/05 from the same tumor but that is not why I was so taken aback by this comment though. It may be why it jumped off the page at me whenever i see a pic of the senator now though. This is my Mom with him probably 10 years ago. I am praying for the senator and his family and can only imagine what they were thinking writing something so rediculous and insensitive - oh wait, it's Hollywood. No one is safe there.

She's back! And I made her cry?

The ever good-intentioned neighbor thought of Maya while she was at Petco. Awe! Deep sarcasm. I do not understand her. OK This morning I was unloading groceries and Sara Faith from the car after dropping off Savannah at school. I could hear the loud pitched voice belonging to one Mrs. G apparently yacking away at Maya about something. Blah blah blah I just rolled my eyes. I went outside and brought Maya in to eat breakfast when I saw a figure walking up my driveway towards the gate. hmm. I met her as she rounded the corner. "Can I help you Mrs. G?" Caught offguard and throwing her hands behind her back, she says, "Oh no, um is it alright if I go play with Maya for a minute?" and then this happened
LISA She is in the house eating right now.
MRS G She is ?
LISA Yes.
MRS G Maya?
LISA Yes.
MRS G. Maya the dog?
LISA The only Maya I know.
MRS G. OK well (slowly revealing a dog collar) I was at the store and I thought Maya could use this if she were maybe outgrowing hers.
LISA huh???? she actually has a collar that fits her just fine. Pirt can fit his whole hand under the, stop- pause-thinking, my dogs collar is just fine! G I take good care of my dog, you know and Im about tired of you undermining us with your non-sense!
MRS G. (tearing up) Oh no I dont mean it like that it's just, I know you have a new baby and all and well a dog is a big responsibility (I can already feel my neck getting hot..anyone been there?) anyways just think of me like an aunt!
LISA First of all that is how it is coming across. Second, my availability to this dog is none of your concern, and third, I have an aunt and she has yet to tell me I have outgrown anything and has already bought me a replacement. You are the nosy neighbor.

She left (without her collar She handed it to me when I was at the huh?? part.)

Well it ended. It ended. Maybe that will be the last of that crap but I have a feeling she'll think we've given her the wrong dog food and be back for more.

Fall Fun

We have been busy little bees around my house! So many things going on at my house and I have been doing a bad job of writing about it. It mostly involes getting ready for fall, and attending (and hosting) some events. As of right now the baby is a little stuffy so she is not sleeping well which means I am up at 12:21 writing this! Forgive me if I fall asleep writing it and do not make sense. Fall Festival at school is where I think I left off. They had all the big blow-up Jumping activities and games. It actually was a lot of fun. I had been dreading it because I had the baby with me and I just knew it would be hot but the weather was nice. I had duty at the jousting booth and here is a picture of Savannah putting a good whooping on this little boy. Yes I know she was much bigger than him but he made such a stink having to go against a girl that it was too funny. All the kids were hilarious and Sara Faith just slept the entire time in her stroller except right at the end when she wanted to be held. I abliged of coarse :) I had done so well avoiding the bake sale booth. I had visions of me and a rolling cart full of cakes and brownies and cupcakes and homemade pies trying to manage my 1st grader and the stroller back to the car so I thought it best to just stay away but then they announced 1/2 off and I was a gonner! But I didnt too as bad as I had imagined, especially since by the end the pickings where slim. We actually ended up going home with a just plate full of brownies - only $3! The next weekend was the annual halloween pumkin carving that a couple from church do every year. This was our first time going actually and Im glad we did. I think michael enjoyed it the most! The pumkins were awesome and soo creative! There was even one with the Alabama 'A' on it. Roll Tide! Ours was simple and ghostly :) Here is a pic of Savannah with it. I think she really liked that cat though! We will definitely be going again! I decorated a little for fall so far and love the results.

We had a new house project 2 Saturdays ago. On a whim I wanted to add a wood railing to the front porch. Michael and a friend built it (I did help sand :) and i painted it. Finding the exact color paint as the existing facia boards was difficult but I finally did at Home Depot. We were done building by Sat afternoon and painting by Sunday night! i LOVE IT!!! Next we will do a matching hand railing down the adjasent steps. Our front porch steps are 80 years old and very spaced apart so it is only a matter of time before I get sued by the mailman!!!
The highlight of the last two weeks was having some friends over for the Alabama/Tennessee game. Michael cooked on the grill and I thought it was a lot of fun. My sister and cousin came and a few couples from church. We have other couples we hang out with but this was the first time this particular group had ever been over here. No particular reason why that is but it was good to do something different. Pirt (the planner) was freaking out the whole week prior worrying that everything was just perfect. Oh and the Trunk or Treat at church Sunday night was just precious! Savannah was "Vannah Montana"! Yes those are black lace gloves with the fingertips cut out she is wearing. She wanted to add her own personal touch. :) Sweet little Sara Faith was a pink poodle I thought it was a lamb originally but my sister pointed out the difference. Hahaha! We do not go door-to-door anymore. Previous years we used to just go to my parents and families but really I just dont like the idea of trick-or-treating anymore. It doesnt make much sense these days. And somewhere there is always a fall festival or zoo-boo going on:)

Super Tuesday

This is a blog I had posted on my myspace a while back and obviously am an insomniac tonight and thought it was cute and I would post it here.



Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Savannah voted!!!
Savannah's kgarten class voted yesterday. she knew all the candidates and has been excited all week for "Super Tuesday!" She could not decide who to vote for. John McCain looked too old and she couldn't say Mitt Romney. She stressed between "Michael Hug-a-bee", Obama (B-A-M-A roll tide in her head) and Hillary. she finally voted for "Hilally Kinton" because she was a girl and well she liked her red dress. Savannah didnt want to hug any bees but she did feel a little bad about not voting for the roll tide O B-A-M-A!


Monday, October 06, 2008
Savannah Says Current mood: amused
she came home from her Grandparents singing, "Oh, Suzanna, don't you cry for me! I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee!!!!! "Grande taught me that."so now it's Oh Savannah, clean your room for me! If you dont put those clothes up, I'll put you over my knee!!!!!! (Michael of coarse)
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Love Thy Neighbor

"Love thy neighbor." These are the words I said to myself while looking out the window at my neighbor (who has absolutely no concept of boundaries) slipping my dog a buscuit through the fence. Let me start by saying I think she means well. Who would get aggravated about one dog buscuit? no one. What frustrates me is her inability to let me parent my own child and dog. Yes, and my D.O.G. The first day I met her she says, "So this is Alabama, aren't you supposed to invite me to your church?" I responded that she didn't need an invite; in Alabama she is welcome to go to any church she likes. That was definitely weird. Since then she has made several comments about using a tin bowl for the dog water outside. "It's not big enough." Keep in mind my dog is NOT an outside dog. She is inside most of the day with me and only goes outside if the weather is really nice or I leave the house. That way she is not cooped up in her crate. So I get home one day to find a large square tuberware bowl full of water inside the fence. Her house is on the opposite side of my house from the gate door so she walked around my house and into my backyard. So I wait a day and then return her tuberware to her porch knawed and chewed up beyond recognition. Only she and I knew what it used to be. With a half smile, I walked back home:) So that should be the end, right? Nope! Let's see... "Lisa, I brought a doodie bag over. Can I pick up Maya's droppings so she doesnt have to live with them in the yard?" This is not NY or a public park and we have a pooper scooper (a rather large one) if it stinks we will do it- WE will. Maya loves people! She loves being on the front porch to watch walkers and cars going by. She is not even a whole year yet so her puppiness wants to run with joggers and chase squirrels and such so we link her collar to a red cable wire around the brick column or the light post beside my car and everyone is happy....everyone but Mrs. G! How many times have I heard bantering outside the door asking the dog, "Oh you poor thing! You must be so lonely.. blah blah blah." Finally I said "Let her be!" I dont talk to my elders this way (no she is not elderly but older than me, probably my mother's age 50). Now Savannah loves Mrs. G! Which is great because she is a very nice and animated lady. Great with children and apparently dogs ;) She lets Savannah read to her while she does her gardening and with the new baby and required 20 minute reading each night for 1st grade it nice to have a break sometimes. However when she comes home with a checklist in a Pink folder of all the things she will do to improve her conduct at school ( she was receiving B's for a couple weeks straight ). Whoa Lady! I was so proud of myself because I did not march right over there and tell her the process of having children if she wanted to parent so bad. Did I ever mention how blount I am? I mentioned I do think she has good intentions which is what has stopped me from being my usual blount self and the need for for civil surroundings at my home. The episode that initiated this particular blog occured yesterday. Around 11AM while I was shop vacuuming I heard my doorbell. I then heard Mrs. G' speaking very loudly apparently to a neighbor or possibly Maya, who knows? I ignored it. Any moms of babies know that housework is sometimes hard to do so when you have the chance you have to do it right then and I just figured the worst that could happen was Maya would have fresh water. Little did I know that when I finished I would find a note on my door saying that Maya had somehow escaped and Mrs. G was going to take her on a walk around the neighborhood..huh????? How did this seem like a reasonable thing to do to this educated (I assume- she is a nurse and actually used to work for Fannie Flagg while she wrote Fried Green Tomotoes!) lady? Again I said nothing but for some reason I can only attribute to shock, I actually said, "Thank you." Well I (and she) walked around back to see how she may have possibly gotten out, to no avail. I went back inside and retrieved a bowl of can dogfood because I knew she could not resist that! Sure enough, she jumped right through the part of the chain fence that meets with the wooden fence. An opening my husband had suggested and I said with complete confidence was entirely too small to fathom her making it through there. We laughed and as she finished her bowl I brought her inside with me and decided to leave the plugging of that whole up to my husband. Until this morning when I returned from the gym to find my nosy, rude, boundary-less, good intentioned neighbor had already decided to fix it by pulling our iron clothes hanging rod (as old as our house is 1920's) into the spot and fasting a closet organizer shelf onto the fence to block the opening. All this I am thinking about as I dream of telling her what she can do with that dog buscuit.

Sara Faith's Nursery

Sara Faith's Nursery:

Entering her little room.

We still haven't taken down her hospital ribbon:)

I love the picture above her crib. I need to either have it enlarged a bit or find avery big matted frame. It has to "fit" her though so that process has been longer than usual.Im March for Savannah's 6th bday, we got her a really nice big girl bedroom suite and used her old furniture for the nursery, so she will be able to use it for quite a few years. (Her first hand-me-down!)This was an original light fixture in this house which documents say was built sometime before 1932. My neighbor says he has a panoramic view of our street from 1928 and our house is there so we just know this light has come a long way and works great!And she is what completes this nursery!There are things that will be changed and added because it will never be totally finished until she is done using it!

thank you for visiting Sara faith's nursery!!!!

Just Another Manic Monday...

What a day! And nothing much happened but we all agree (even Savannah) that we are more exhausted than normal for a Monday night. I did get a little christmas shopping done and convinced Savannah to give away pretty much all her toys in order to make room for the new toys. It actually turned into her wanting to set up her own charity/mission website =). That is a different task a different day! As she says, she is so "emotionable"!

One thing I am excited about is finding a globe that when you point the pen on it, it tells you country, state, province, etc. I saw one a few years ago from Leap Frog but she was too young and now I had no luck with them. But today I found one made by Bratz...even better!!!

One More..

I forgot to add this..... we laughed and laughed! Yes, we were very bored!


"so my cousin taught me how to eTrade and yes it was easy... but now with the bailout and all Im looking for someone to teach me to trade it ALL back. Im quite worried that i have lost my trust fund... Can you help?"

Catching Up

We had a good weekend, although pirt worked everyday and it was basically uneventful. Friday night we dropped Savannah off with her Dad and then went home and just watched TV. Sat I took the baby to my dad's and she was introduced to the horses for the first time. It was sweet. I love seeing her try new things. That is my sister, Shirley helping her pet Buddy. The horse only co-operated for a minute so I didn't catch a picture with her face reaction, but she loved it! We have a big dog, maya and Sara faith is used to her so she wasn't scared at all.

Savannah rides some; more at her MiMi's than at my dad's but she absolutely loves it. Her 6th bday party was a cowgirl party at my dad's. it was just perfect. We will have to be creative to top it for her 7th ;)Sat night we, of coarse, watched football. Alabama was not playing but we watched Florida cream LSU. We were actually pulling for LSU because they are undefeated so if AL beats them it would mean more and if they lost to them it wouldnt look SO bad:) Pirt made ribs. He is trying to perfect them. They were good but he was not totally happy:) Maybe next time.

Sara faith was very good in church Sunday. She sat with my mom (Nana). Savannah always sat with her. It was her favorite thing about going to church when she was smaller. Since Nana has been having some health issues she hasnt always been able to come so it has been nice for Sara Faith to get the same opportunity to bond with her. We brought her "bumbo seat" to sit in. they like for the little babies to have them because it makes it easier for them to be included in the activities. How cute is this? We just bought the tray that goes with it so that should make it even better. There is another baby right now using one too. We are meeting at a University building in town right now, as we have sold the old church building and are waiting on the new one to be completed. i believe the move in date will be the beginning of Nov. I cannot wait! I know that doesnt matter in the scheme of things but it will be so nice to have pews again and really be in OUR church home again! It is mazing what we take for granted but it does make a difference especially when you have a screaming baby and no nursery to take her to. We lost quite a few members when we were at the old building for different reasons but I know one was that the location had become undesireable so I am also looking foward to the church growing again.

Savannah comes home this afternoon. I am excited to hear about her weekend. I enjoy her weekends with her father because there is a bit of a break and I know she has a good time but I do miss her. Her dad took her to the fair so it was nice not to have to go this year. I do actually enjoy it a lot...they have made it so expensive though. blah blah blah! I could ramble all day but I have to go finish some errands before I go get Savannah. Pirt usually does all that with me on Sundays but he has to work today. I still dont understand why they couldnt wait till tomorrow. It seems that ever since he got the company truck (hallelujah!) they have really pushed him more. It will be two weeks with no off day:( He doesnt mind though so I guess I will deal with it.

the Specifics.

These first blogs are short. I am either tired, or busy and in a hurry, or (less likely) I have not found a tangent to run off on.
I went to the cardiologist today. I did the treadmill stress test and I dont think I passed to well. He said there were some changes during the test that he wants to look at and gave me some meds for heartburn/ind because that could be the reason for the pain in my chest. "You are waaay too young to be having tests like these done!" I cannot say how many times I hear that everytime I go. Im sure it is nothing but the only other thing is to do the stress test with an IV and to monitor the blood flow from my heart. Sigh...it better be indegestion or something. I may have become somewhat of a hypocondriac after having the post partum heart problems. I think it may be a slight case of post partum depression. I get so consumed with what-ifs and I worry about EVERYTHING. I am happy (and have no reason not to be) and there are no thoughts of hurting myself or anyone else, just sometimes I cant find my way out of this slump. And the idea that somehow death is all around and imminent. I think maybe the realization that I am not as invinsible as I thought I was in my teens and early twenties. These complications just kinda brought it to life and in my face. Dea says I am spending too much time alone. she is probably right. Besides the gym and the occasional volunteering at school, it is just the baby and I.

Deborah (Mother-in-law Jr---no time to explain) came and watched Sara Faith while I went. I think she was less than happy with Grandma as she said she cried the whole time. She did the same thing a couple weeks ago with my mom. Savannah never did that. She did not care one bit who had her, as long as she was entertained. Correction unless Nana was around, she absolutely pitched a fit to be with her! And still at church never fails for her to ask to sit by Nana and go home with her...everytime:)

The fair is in town this week. I have not even thought about taking Savannah yet. Pirt (my husband, aka Michael:) ) does not want to go. Maybe this weekend. Time to wake up Sara Faith and pick up Savannah from school. Yay!

Light Start

Lets make the first about politics! Great idea Lisa! These commercials have always made me laugh. Havent we come along too far to still be persuaded by the kissing babies routine? I love the one of the judge from Lauderdale County reading the bible with amazing grace being sung in the background. Does she play it in the courtroom? I especially love Bobby Brights where he is in the old part of town hovered around an old beat-up pickup talking to an elderly person, a soldier and a cripple pretending not to notice the camera. Mine would be me at a local minority school reading the ugly duckling or helping unload the goodwill truck myself. Mine would be good!