Stolen Idea

I have a friend in whom I read her blogs faithfully (http://www.dearjenn.blogs.com/ ). She does something that I think is the most interesting thing. She has what she calls wordless Wednesday. It is simple. A post for Wednesday that is a picture. A simple picture. So beginning next week. I will start posting Wordless Wednesdays. You wont know my reasoning behind the post, only I will. :o) I hope you enjoy it! Thanks Jen for the idea!

The latest on School

I went to take the Accuplacer test this morning. I didnt even try on the math section. Wasnt even worth the embarrassment of trying! So I need to take one class before the prereq math class. I tested into the prereq english and will test into the prereq reading class. I say will because I was 2 points off on the reading so the advisor told me to just retest since it was only 2 points, it was easy to do. I did my orientation online... the only thing left is registering in April and then going in May!
Oh and just in case I hadnt mentioned it yet. If anyone knows anything about me, my "dream job" is to be a flight nurse. You know a nurse on a helicopter?! Well.... I am doing it... After all these years of saying it I am making my dream start to come true!!

The middle finger

How does one teach a child to not point with her middle finger?! As far back as I can remember with her she has never pointed to anything with the pointer finger. Its always been the middle finger! "Look mom I like her shirt (with the middle finger!)"
That is so embarrassing!! Whats worse is when she points at a plane in the sky!! Then the finger goes up... instead of sideways!!

Can you believe?

Well I have made my mind up. I am gonna start school! I am doing all the research needed to get done everything that needs to be done so I can register! I will keep you posted on my latest bout of spontaneity!

Pictures

My husband and I took the girls for pictures this afternoon. They were both over due to have their yearly photos done. So we go to this place called Portrait Innovations that we absolutely love taking them too. Not only are the portraits affordable, the photographers are great when working with children.
Hannah is a ham. We think she is gonna be a model, cause she loves getting pictures taken. It was quite funny to see some of her own poses! Then there was Payton. Ugh.... this girl hates pictures! Didnt matter who it was or what prop they tried to use, she cried. She always cries for pictures.
The funniest part of the day came when a girl came into the room to help the other photographer. She sat on the ground and did a quick choochie choochie coo... Payton looked at her and busted out in tears! SO the girl got up and ran out of the room rather quickly. The photographer started laughing and just yelled out "Thanks Katie!"
It was funny.... but that is my child! Guess she does take after mom.... I gotta know you first! LOL

Advice from a 4 year old

One thing about 4 year olds is that they have their own world they live in. They do things on their time and do things how they think they should be done. Take for example potty trainging a girl. You spend all this time teaching her that wiping needs to be done or she will get raw.
My 4 year old likes to call any piece of down yonder, her butt. And until she gets a little older I wont correct because it is one of those things... ya know?
Anyway, she still comes to us because she is raw from not wiping. We have to review wiping practices with her, wash her up, put desitin and then she is as good as new.
I just had a hysterectomy and the doctors also fixed something called a cystocele. Trying to explain to Hannah why mommy wasnt coming home from the hospital was something. I opted to just tell her that I had a belly ache and the doctors were going to fix me up and make it go away.
I came home from the hospital to lay around and do nothing. Hannah quickly picked up that something besides my tummy hurt. So to make it easier on her, I just said "Honey, mommys butt hurts." She looked at me will such seriousness and said "Well you should probably wipe it better and it wont!"
I tell you what.... this girl provides me hours of entertainment!

My Love Story

In honor of my husband and Valentines day I wanted to post my love story and encourage you to post your story about your mate, kid, friend, whoever your valentine is this year.I was in a marriage. I just moved back to Albuquerque with the intention of divorcing my then spouse. I took the first job that offered, at AOL. It was one of my first days of training class and I was standing outside with my friend Kelly when this guy started approaching her in this big 'ol bright yellow jacket. They spoke briefly about his Porsche, his boat, all his goodies that he had. He told his story and she told hers to catch each other up and he walked away. I remember thinking, wow that was so nice of you to introduce me to your friend, and who cares what this guy has! Anyway, I wasnt really into looking for anything because of the marriage I was ending. But I kept noticing him. I kept running into him, and I still didnt know his name. Kelly was out of work for awhile because of a medical problem she was having. I was having some trouble with a computer on the floor, saw this guy again, and said "Excuse me, Kelly's friend" he said, "yeah" I said "what do I do with this computer, it keeps freezing for no reason". He said "you do this and my name is Woody". He was holding the power button down... and I thought you punk. Not cool. He asked where Kelly was and showed some concern when I told him what happened. And again, he went on his way.We kept running into each other and I would see him in the smoking section and we would get to talking. Talking turned into hanging out just as friends. We quickly became such good friends. He would come over to my parents house, talk with them, and invite me to throw darts, shoot pool, hang with his friends, watch movies with him. Things like that. We both werent looking for anything. It was like my parents had a new friend around too. I never saw my dad talk to anyone the way he spoke to Woody.Time came where we thought we would try it as girlfriend/boyfriend and it still remained the same. The only difference was that I would spend all my time at his house. I had a key. I would come and go as I pleased. It was like I went there one day and we never seperated.About a year and some odd months into knowing him and dating him, he took me to dinner. I remember he was all dressed up and I thought I was so underdressed. I didnt think anything of it, he took me to dinner alot. I thought it was a bit peculiar when he ordered a second glass of wine. I went with it though and ordered me another glass. He brought up the subject of marriage, and that wasnt uncommon, we talked about it before. So we started talking about when he was going to propose. It was October, so I started rambling. Dont propose for Christmas, cause that wouldnt be fun. Dont propose for my birthday, cause that really isnt a birthday gift. Dont propose on Valentines Day cause that is obvious. And he reaches into his pocket and says "well actually", and as he gets down on his knee to propose, in the backround is some old lady saying rather loudly, "chivalry is not dead". She busted out with a camera and was taking pictures even! And so the plans began for our wedding and our lives together.Just over 7 years together, I still believe we are as happy now as we were back then. We are still great friends. We dont struggle like some of our friends do. We do have the occasional stupid fight. But I do believe with everything I am, that I have found my true love..... my life long parter... my very best friend.... and my soul mate. I am glad I had a few wrong ones in my life, before I find the right one.Happy Valentines Day Babe... I love you! I always will... you are still my everything!

First Post

I will make this short... I will bring my blog over this way instead of housing it at its current location. But I will start from scratch here.... with the exception of my valentine message to my spouse.
Have a great day and happy reading!