Top Ten Things I'd Like To Be!

Hi guys! Sorry it has been sooooo long since I last posted! It has been crazy around here. For starters, Mark and I have been working on Jackson's elementary school yearbook. I am happy to say that after all of our hard work, it is finally finished!!!! WoooooHooooo!!!!!!! I love it and hope that everyone else is equally happy with what we did! We certainly put a lot of work into it! We get to pick them up on May 11th, so I am looking forward to showing them off! :)
Okay, second, as you all know, we are leaving for Arizona this Saturday! WoooHooo, again! But that hasn't been a picnic, either! :) There has been so much work to do to get ready. And......I have been sick off and on for the last two months! I just got sick again yesterday with a horrible head cold and I am a little worried about flying! Please say a prayer that everything will go well. This is our first vacation in years and it would really suck if I remain sick! Not to gross anyone out, but I puked earlier today! I think I had a slight fever, but I feel a bit better right now! :) I am trying to remain positive, but man, I feel like I am in a batting cage and the balls keep coming! LOL!!!!! :) Just pray, pray, pray!!! Thanks! As some of you know, also, on one of our last vacations, we got in a major car wreck! A lady pulled out in front of us and Mark had to be life-flighted to a hospital. So.........again, just keep us in your prayers! :)
We are looking forward to our vacation!!!! We have lots of things planned to keep us busy! Mark talked to his parents the other day and they are totally excited!!!! That makes us feel good!!!! Plus, as you all know, I love pictures! I can't wait to go to the Grand Canyon! I want to get LOTS of pics, of course, but I especially want a sunset picture there! That would be so cool!!!! So, I will have fun taking all of my pictures, you know! :) Mark already bought an extra memory card 'cause he knows I will take soooo many! So, all of you scrappin' sisters, be prepared to look at all my pics and the school yearbook at the next meeting!!! ROFL!!!! :)
Okay, here are my top ten things I would like to be in life:

1)photojournalist - pictures and writing!!!!! :) My two favorite things!!!!!
2)lawyer - it would be fun trying to win! :)
3)teacher - I think I would have been good at this! (My sister is a teacher and my brother says he would have liked it, too). It must run in the family!
4)therapist - this one is right up there w/photojournalist. I think I would really like this!
5)actress - famous and make lots of money!!!!! :) Plus, probably marry a hot actor like Brad Pitt!!!! :)
6)talk-show host - not an actor, but get to meet them all!!!! :)
7)chef - just would be cool, I think! :)
8)writer - I have always wanted to write a book! Hey, maybe there is still time! :)
9)singer - a famous one, of course! Platinum albums and all!!! :)
10)accomplished photographer - such as, have my own studio!!!! This is probably the one I would truly want most of all! :)

So......just wanted to make my list before I left for vacation!!!! I hope everyone has a great week! I will miss you guys! I check my blogs every day! What on earth am I gonna do?! :) I will truly miss checking it every day! Good luck starting your anatomy class, Miranda! And I hope Steph is feeling better or, at least, finding out what is wrong! Keep me posted! I will be praying and thinking of you all! Take care, Amy and Carrie and Carleta!!!! And, Heath, if you read this, I love ya!!!! :)
Talk with everyone when I get back!!!!
Have a good week!

Will it ever end??!!

Yes, I am about to complain!!!! :) I can't help it!!! My cycle is all off (check Emjaye's blog and the comments I left)! LOL!!! :) I had my cycle stopped for my vacation! Otherwise, I would have been right on my period during my first vacation in seven years!!!!! Wasn't happening!!! No way!!!!!! So........my dr. okayed it for me to stop my cycle for my vacation! Well, lucky me, I am having "horrible" side effects!!!! The worst being the "hot flashes!" If this is any indication of what menopause will be........well, then........I don't want that, either!!! LOL!!! I was at Jack's school yesterday and at two separate intervals, I started sweating like a DOG!!!! Each time, there was another woman there, and I asked each of them (each time) if she was hot! Each woman, at each time, said they were not and, in fact, they wouldn't mind a sweater!!!! And there I am, sweating like a DOG!!! You could see the sweat dripping down my face!!! EMBARASSING!!!!!!!!!!! :))) The only thing I can connect it to is stoppping my cycle! I have also been moody and emotional. I watched some show and cried like a baby! ROFL!!! It wasn't something I would have normally cried about! And, poor Mark, I have been irritable! He is hanging in there, as am I!!! He knows that I can't help it!!! I have good days and bad ones! The good ones are good, but the bad ones........watch out! :) Seriously, tho, I am hoping that my hormones level out a bit. We will see!!! So......please pray for us! At least, we are aware of what is going on, and we can more often than not, laugh about it!!!! I thought it would be great having no cycle! Boy, was I wrong! I still don't like periods and all, but, I must admit, I will be grateful when mine returns! :) I just have to ask before I sign off! Were periods part of the punishment for Eve for eating the apple and disobeying God?! Or, did the human body sort of evolve over time and it sort of happened?! Does anyone know the answer to this question?! :) I know childbirth suffering was put on Eve, but, seriously, how did the "period" come to be?! LOL!!!!
Aren't you guys so glad you read my blog?????!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!! Sorry, guys!!!!! I am a mess right now! I'll be better soon!!!!! :)

My Crazy Weekend!

Hey guys! I tried to explain in my previous blog why I am feeling so crazed right now! :) I tried to keep it short b/c, believe me, it could have went on and on and on...........! LOL! I did, however, forget to tell one important part of the story and........I think you will like it! Too funny and only happens to me! :)
So, my brother calls me on Saturday and asks me if I will come to Chillicothe and pick him up (for my aunt's surprise party). He had told my mom that he might come (if he can borrow Stacey, his girlfriend's, car). So........my mom isn't sure if he is coming for sure or not. And.......he told her he definately couldn't get Gracie that day b/c Cortney had plans. Well, that was all a big, giant fib!!!! :) It was a good fib, though, b/c he DID get Gracie and he wanted to surprise my mom by just showing up w/her! This is where I come in! Stacey needed her car for work (she had to be at work by 3:00 and the party started at 1:00). So..........Heath using her car and being back in time wasn't an option. So.........he asks me to come and pick him up in Chillicothe and then stop by South Bloomfield and we'd get Gracie and then, voila, go to the party (two surprises in one)! One for my aunt and one for my mom!!! It was such a sweet thing for Heath to do!!! Here is the funny part!!! I leave by about 10:00 to get him. I did bring my cell phone, but it was in my purse and I was jamming to some "loud" music! Hey, it is a long drive down to Chillicothe! :) Right about the time I am just getting in to the town, I decide to check my messages! Duh!!! Why didn't I do this like waaaaay earlier??!! (I guess it was early in the morning and I had a lot on my mind and I was just enjoying the view and the music)! :) Well, you guessed it - there were two messages from my brother! I call him back and he said that Cortney had called and thought he was going to pick up Gracie by like 11:30. I was just getting in to Chillicothe, so that was not gonna happen! Oops! I guess that Cortney had somewhere she needed to be, so Heath had to leave and go get Gracie or he would miss her (b/c Cortney had to leave). I totally understand!!! It was all just a crazy morning!!! I had no idea it mattered that day what time we got Gracie or I would have left earlier. For my part, I was tired and got a late start, but I didn't know Gracie needed picked up at a certain time! LOL! So, when I call Heath he says that he is almost in Ashville! He had taken Stacey's car to get Gracie and was just gonna come back to Chillicothe! If he did that, we would end up being very late to Colleen's surprise party! So..........what to do??!! What to do??!! :) Poor Stacey! Heath calls Stacey on her cell and wakes her up! She works the 2nd shift and gets to bed late and, therefore, sleeps in! Heath asks her if she will ride w/me to Circleville and meet him at the BP on the corner of 104/22. This way Heath and Gracie can trade cars w/Stacey! So..........that is what we did! :) I brought Stacey w/me and when we got to the BP, she took her car home, and Heath and Gracie came w/me! Whooooooooooooo!!!! Crazy!!!!! I felt so bad for Stacey, but she was so sweet about the whole thing! For my part, I waited in my car (at their apartment) when he first called her. I didn't want her to feel any pressure - like she had to do it! So, I waited! But, it all worked out in the end! On my way to the Circleville BP, I kept getting phone calls about the party! It was too funny! :) I did learn my lesson, however, to always have my cell phone in a place where I can hear it! Or, I guess, I could put it on vibrate!!!!! LOLOLOL!!!!!! That just didn't sound right!!!!!!! LOL! :) Seriously, tho, I will make sure I hear it next time!!! :)
This story is also funny b/c my mom kept saying on Sunday morning that I could go rest or get some cleaning done!!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She had no idea I was going to be in Chillicothe w/a whole new set of problems!!!! LOL! In the end, she WAS really surprised and extremely grateful!!!! It was all worth it in the end!!!!! :)
So.........that is my crazy weekend story!!!! And, if that isn't enough, I had my period stopped so I wouldn't be on it during vacation! Long story short, it isn't fun at all!!! I thought I would like it, but I don't! It is making my hormones go crazy!!!! And I still have cramps and back pain! It sucks!!!!! I can't believe I am going to say this, but..........I would rather have periods!!!!! LOL!!!! This just doesn't feel right!!!! So........once again, please pray for me and my family!!!! I want this vacation to be so fun b/c we haven't had one in so long!!! I don't want to be some crazy lady from this medication! :))
Oh, and btw, the yearbook is coming along nicely!!! I am soooo proud of it!!!!! I can't wait to show everyone!!!! :))
GoodNight Everyone!!!!!

Oh, What A Week It Has Been!

Hello there, fellow bloggers!!! :) Long time, no hear from me! LOL! :) It has been a long and crazy week! So much has been going on - where do I start??!! :) I guess I will start at the beginning (wherever that may be)! LOL!
First off, on Sunday (last week), we threw my aunt (my dad's sister) a surprise party! My aunt's daughter, Michelle, passed away two yrs. ago this past January 29th! Michelle had five children, three of which were young (around Jackson's age). Michelle's brother, Ronnie, took the three youngest children to live w/him the past two years! Bless his heart!!! Truly!!!! There was NO WAY my aunt could have taken them, the last two years, due to her grief! She was barely hanging on herself! Long story short, Ronnie just had a slight breakdown himself! He needed a break from the kids after two long years. The three grandchildren moved in w/my aunt! She is happy to have them, but it is a lot of extra work and money!! My aunt and her husband, Jimmy, live in a small house and they are all doing the best they can! It is a change for everyone and the kids still terribly miss their mom!!! You can imagine! They are two girls (Taylor, age 12 and Jenny, age 10) and one boy (RJ, age 9). On top of all of this, Michelle's oldest child, Amber, age 16, has been living w/my aunt as well!!! So..........although my aunt is thrilled to have them, it is just sooooo much work (my aunt is in her 50's and is tired after working all day, and then, coming home to kids). And it costs a lot of money for "4" children!!!!! So.........the surprise party was so cool b/c we all brought things like toilet paper, shampoo, toothpaste, laundry detergent, cups, plates, etc. People even brought money and gift certificates, too! It was a great success and she was sooooo surprised!!! :)) Please keep this family in your prayers!!!! Thanks!!!! Oh, also, back to me, (hee hee) - my aunt had called me the Friday before her surprise party and had me keep the kids overnight!!! I was happy to do it, but had so much work to do for the party (which, of course, she had no idea about)! I am telling you, this past week has been soooo long, I can't even remember everything!!!!! :)
On Monday and Tuesday, I babysat. Doesn't sound hard, and it's not, just more work and entertaining to do. Mark and I are also working on Jackson's school yearbook. This has really been awesome and we are a good team working together, but it is soooo much work putting it all together. We still have so much more to do! And........I will be showing it off once it is all done (the yearbooks will be passed out on May 16th), so be ready for me to show you!!!!! :)
Jacob had a dentist appt. on Wednesday. Jackson had a dermatologist appt. on Thursday and also an eye appt. on Friday!!!! It never stops!!! The dermatology appt. was difficult b/c it was it second one (he had it done once last month and the biopsy came back as atypical). I have come to find out that that simply means "odd," but it is scary when talking about your child (scary for anyone, but especially your child)! They had to give him a shot in his chin (and it hurts) and remove more of the mole (go deeper and wider) and, also, biopsy it again. We should get these results back in about a week or so. Please be praying for this as well!!!! Thanks!!!! :) Jackson did very well. They had me give him some children's pain reliever and he said that did help. I think it made him drowsy and that helped! Either way, he did soooo good and I am soooooo proud of him!!!!
Then, yesterday, we had to go to my other aunt's birthday party for her grandbaby (my other cousin's little girl). It was at the Grove City roller rink. It was fun, but noisy, and I, of course, had a migraine!! :) Figures!!!! :)
Today, we worked on the yearbook some more. So...........I feel like I am, either not home, or working on the yearbook if I am home. We need to have the proofsheets ready by this Friday. Man, I am feeling the stress!!!!!!!! :) Just pray, pray, pray!!! We are leaving for Arizona in three weeks and I am looking forward to that, but it is also stressful in its own way! I am trying to only think positive about it, but every now and then, stressful thoughts come creeping in! I guess that is normal!
So........that is my week in a nutshell. There is way more to tell, but it would be waaaaay toooooo looooong! I hope my fellow bloggers are all doing well. I know you all have your stresses going on in your own areas. This is a big month for Miranda. She has finals and starting a new class and it also being the 1st anniversary of her dad!!!! I am thinking of your family and praying for you all!!!!! Miss Carrie has a wedding coming up and, I know from experience, that a bride can feel like she just might have a permanent breakdown! I know it will all come together and be beautiful!!! I can't wait to see pictures, Carrie!!!! :) I know that Steph's friend's family was in a car accident! How are they all doing??!!
So, we are all under stress in some way or another!!!! Which reminds me of a saying I think I posted once before: "be kinder than necessary b/c everyone is in their own pain!" I don't know if I quoted it exact, but close enough! I am thinking of each and every one of you!!!! Hang in there!
One more quote and I gotta run: "When God closes a door, he always opens a window." Sometimes it is harder to find that window than others, but, I believe, it is there! You will find it! Just hang on!!!!!
Love ya'll!!!!!! :)

Top Ten Game Shows!

This is gonna be short and sweet! I know - a first for me!!!!!!! :)) You have to see it to believe it! :)) LOL!
My favorite game shows of all time:

1)Lingo - It's not just letters, it's lingo!
2)Family Feud - Survey Says!
3)Match Game
4)Wheel of Fortune
5)The Price is Right - Come on down!
6)I've Got a Secret
7)To Tell the Truth
8)Pyramid
9)1 vs. 100 (Bob Saget is a good host)!

Those are my top nine - there are lots more game shows that I have enjoyed, but not enough to be on the top ten! These nine I truly watch and would still watch. I don't feel as faithful to any others, so didn't think it would be fair to list them! :) I think Wheel of Fortune and Lingo are my two favorite at this point in time!
Isn't TV great??!! You gotta love it!!! It gets your mind a goin'!!!!!! :)