UhOhhh I was tagged

Rules: Tag 5 people.

10 years ago: Hmmmm I was a nanny in Denver at the time waiting for a missionary I didn't end up marrying.
5 years ago: We were living in California and had our first baby 7months ago
5 months ago: Same thing I'm doing now pretty much..lol

5 things on my list of things to do tomorrow:
1. Get the kids off to school
2. Go to pump class at Body Plex
3. Clean the dining room
4. Make a crock pot dinner for when I'm gone in the evening
5. Do 4 out of the house piano lessons

5 bad habits:
1. Not putting things away
2. picking at my face (zits, lips, whatever)
3. Spending too much time on the computer
4. forgetting to take my contacts out
5. not cleaning like I should

5 places I've lived: Safford,Az Denver,CO, Tempe Az, Santa Maria, CA, Woodstock, Ga (I can go onnnnnn....)

5 things people don't know about me:
1. I have an unusually large tongue
2. I LOVE Desperate Housewives and Greys Anatomy
3. I was a wrestlerette, flag girl and drum major in HS
4. I have 10 siblings.
5. We've been trying to have another baby since Feb 2007

I'm sending this tag out to everyone that reads this (all 2 of you!)

I am grateful for.. Sunday

My friend called me tonight and it was just what I needed.. so today I am grateful for my good friend Alicia. We became close friends back in California when we were both in the same ward in Santa Maria. She helped me through the toughest times in my life and I don't think I would have held myself together without her. She was the first person I called when I found out my dad was sick.. and when he died, she called me often while I was in Az. When I found out I was moving away to GA, she again was the first person I called and she was there for me helping out right until the moment we said goodbye and drove away.

I've been gone for 2yrs now and even though we don't talk like we used to, I still think of her as one of my closest friends. Very few people have stayed in touch with me and have impacted my life like she has (and I have to shout out to my friend Melissa B. in CA because I feel the same way about her too!!! I love you!)

Anyways Alicia.. if you ever read this, thank you for thinking of me tonight and calling and shooting the breeze with me! I miss that and you!

I'm Grateful for.. Wednesday and other stuff

So I'll start off with what I'm thankful for today... would you believe it's my thumbs?!?!? When I was living in California, the first ward we were in (the now non-existant Santa Maria 4th ward), a lovely old lady, Sister Yost, stood and bore her testimony one Sunday. She was a funny gal-- always said the most random things. Well one thing that will NEVER leave my mind is how she said she was grateful for her thumbs. Now mind you, we were all shocked at this and tried SO hard not to bust out laughing and it was the brunt of our jokes for quite awhile but she was right. She said without thumbs, she wouldn't be able to button her sweater. I have to agree. That would be a very difficult task for one who has buttons on their sweaters! And think of all the things we take for granted because we have the use of our thumbs. Try picking up a cup.. or putting on earrings.. or playing the piano or even opening the microwave door. Not such an easy task to do without the use of the thumb correct? Man what about hammering something? Dangerous! And changing the channels on the remote. Oiy! Anyways ya'll get my point. Thumbs-- they make be the ugliest digit but the most used!

Now onto real life stuff. We tried Reese out with Karate tonight. He loved it. The only problem I'm facing is that the class that he should be joining meets on Monday at 4:15-5:15 but I have piano lessons at that exact time and Jon will be working so there's no way I can get him there:( So the guy put him in the next level class which is kids that have been doing it for awhile. That makes me nervous with him being brand new at this. I just hope he catches on and the other kids are patient with him.

Jon is out of town for a few days in Florida (HI DADDY). Lucky him! It's only til Friday night so no biggie. I will take these few evenings alone to finish up a baby shower gift that I'm working on. And I get to sprawl out of our super comfy bed BY MYSELF!!! But he will be missed for sure! It was so cute when Jon was telling Rielly he was leaving...

Jon "Rielly I'm going bye bye for a few days"

Rielly "Uh Oh that is bad.. I have a bad feeling about that"

Never once has she said anything like that. Makes you wonder if she's serious or what show she saw that one recently:) But as we kept talking to her, she realized it was okay that he was leaving and that she got chocolate on her shirt. You know.. real conversations and 3yr olds can only last so long.

Til next time!

I'm grateful... Tuesday

I have extremely greasy hair... like if I go 2 days without washing it, my hair looks like I have a hair full of gel and it feels just wrong! So today I am grateful for... SHAMPOO!! Can you imagine having to wash your hair with a bar of soap? Or laundry soap? I guess if that's all there was, we'd deal- thus my thankfulness that it was invented in so many smells and brands and for so many hair types.

So wash my friends... wash your hair and give thanks!!!!!

Parents Prayer

A Parent's Prayer

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my sanity to keep.
For if some peace I do not find,
I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind.

I pray I find a little quiet,
Far from the daily family riot.
May I lie back and not have to think
About what they're stuffing down the sink,

Or who they're with, or where they're at
And what they're doing to the cat.
I pray for time all to myself
(did something just fall off a shelf?)

To cuddle in my nice, soft bed
(Oh no, another goldfish--dead!)
Some silent moments for goodness sake
(Did I just hear a window break?)

And that I need not cook or clean
(well heck, I've got the right to dream)
Yes now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my wits about me keep,

But as I look around I know,
I must have lost them long ago!

Author Unknown

I am grateful-- Tuesday

Today I'm grateful for text messaging. Such a simple thing but it keeps me in contact with so many people! And I'm getting good and fast at it! Without texting, I'd never get to just check in and say hi to the lovely Sarah in Utah or check on Kristas baby... or find out about updates with family members in Az or even "talk" to my girls here in Ga! (you'd be amazed at some of the crazy stuff that goes through the mobile lines..)

Sure I can pick up the phone and call but those that know me KNOW I won't do that. So text messaging-- here's to you and your unlimitedness!
If you text, send me a message and we'll because TFF (texting friends forever..lol).

PS-- sorry I won't be able to do this daily:(

I am GRATEFUL Monday

I figured lately I need to start focusing on things that I have an am grateful for rather than stuff I don't have or things that get me down. So here begins my grateful posts.

Today I am grateful for:

.........the internet. Petty I'm sure to post about this but it's true. The internet has so much bad but in my life, it has brought so much good. I find so much support on the net... I have made so many friends through various support forums. I stay in touch with family and friends through email and blogging and even facebook and myspace. Heck I met my husband and best friend on the net! So I guess you can say the internet has changed and bettered my life. I'm sure I can get so much stuff done if I didn't have it... but we won't go there:)

If it wasn't for the internet, I would be clueless about current events, what's going on with the weird rash one of my kids have, which hollywood star is cheating on who, what can I buy and sell on ebay, etc. So really we ALL should be grateful for the internet!! All hail CYBERSPACE!