Tuesday Ten

Here is my Tuesday Ten! I so love these!

1. What was/is your favorite live action (meaning not animated) kids movie?

Labyrinth....you know the one with David Bowie and all of the Jim Henson puppets?? I LOVE that movie!

2. What is a bad habit you have? Are you working on breaking it?I bite my nails and tear apart my cuticles....my fingers are constantly sore and I have no idea how to break the habit! Suck.

3. Describe your father in 3 words.
grumpy, weathered, hero

4. Which character in the Breakfast Club were you most like in the ’80s?
I was kind a combo of all of them....I was not really an outcast, jock, or a princess...I was definitely not a nerd or a rebel. I was a little of all of them! I was a class clown and didn't really fit into any one particular click. I hung out with everyone really.

5. Name 5 songs you know ALL the lyrics to.
Lucky-Seven Mary Three

Mrs. Robinson-Lemonheads

Small Town Kid-Eli Young Band

Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground-Willie Nelson

Crash-DMB

6. Do you make pancakes from scratch or a box mix?
Mix...its soo much easier!

7. What was your worst job ever? Why?
My small stint as a sales associate at Dillards....I used to take naps in the dressing room because I was sooo hungover! My roommate worked downstairs and we would find ANY reason to "visit" each others department! There was a sale quota, which I NEVER met, and if you didn't meet it you were fired....I never met mine. Not even close. And I had to wear hose every day to work. Bleh.

8. What was your favorite class in high school?photojournalism.....I loved to be in the darkroom. Many a conversations happened in the darkroom! 

9. Favorite summer guilty pleasure?
Beers at the pool/lake. Its my favorite. Having a beer in the middle of the day while the kids entertain themselves is priceless!

10. Please share your best money saving tip!
I only WISH I could save money. Thrifty isn't even in my vocabulary! 

She found it....

.....her laugh. Aubry finally cracked up!  I love little baby laughs and this morning she let loose! And I love it!! She has been grinning and it was just a matter of time before she just let a giggle out...and boy did she ever! I think it is my favorite milestone....when babies laugh!

My mind is racing about the 4th. I don't have any plans....its my favorite holiday and I just can't see us sitting here doing nothing all weekend! We could go to Lubbock, Monahans, or Little Elm....oh what to do.  I guess plans will be made at the last minute like we always do! 

Tuesday Ten

Don't expect this EVER....2 posts in one day!!

1. If you could trade lives with another blogger for a day, who would it be and why?Pioneer Woman...for obvious reasons.

2. Do you prefer receiving handmade or store bought gifts? Be honest!
I love to get store bought gifts....especially from people who REALLY know me and REALLY know what I like! :)

3. Would you rather camp or stay in a hotel?
HOTEL...I hate to camp. I like to shower too much and my kids are at the age that camping...in a tent...would not be fun! Now when they get older then of course...just not now.

4. What’s your favorite comfort food?
My mom's steak fingers, macaroni and tomatoes, cheese salad and gravy.

5. You’re having a really bad day at work. How do you unwind when you come home?
I never get to "leave" work...but after a long day I like to unwind with a beer or glass of wine and a much needed cigarette.

6. What’s your favorite chore? (Or, the chore you hate the least)
Vacuuming...because by the time I do it I have been looking at the damn dust bunnies long enough to make me crazy and it feels good to FINALLY get rid of them!

7. What got you interested in blogging?
I wanted to document our lives so that my kids can look back some day and know what we did and just how I felt about our life!

8. Are you currently reading a book? What is it?
Haha...."My life outside the ring" by Hulk Hogan.  I have wanted to read this for so ling and finally broke down and am reading it.  It was part of growing up to enjoy watching wrestling and I still watch it from time to time...but Hulk Hogan was an icon during my childhood.

9. Do you have a favorite artist?
No.

10. Have you ever met someone famous?
Nope....unfortunately NEVER. 

A fantastic website!

About a month ago I started Matt and I on a "health kick" I guess you could call it! We decided to turn over a new leaf....instead of dieting we decided to eat healthy. I think when you label it a diet it takes on a new meaning...when I hear diet I think of "restrictions" and if you know me very well....I don't like to be told what I can and cant have! haha! So in my search to eat healthy I happened on this site. I LOVE it! I go to it and bookmark recipes so when I make my grocery list I can refer back to the recipes! EVERYTHING I have made so far has been fantastic!! I love love this site....and I can definitely tell a difference in how I feel...and my appetite has changed as well. I leave every meal feeling satisfied with not much snacking in between! So NOW...I have no excuses not to loose all this weight that I have been carrying around with me for the past 8 years.  I never officially lost it when I had Ty....because why should I? I was going to have more babies and wasn't going to go on the weight roller coaster I so dreaded. I have been fat and happy and maintained the weight I have been with all 3 pregnancies.  I have not gained weight each time I have, instead, lost weight with each pregnancy! Thank goodness! ha! So now that I am officially done having kids I am ready to focus on loosing the weight! I'm ready!

So now that I have the eating thing down I have to start a workout regimen. 

I am having a hard time finding the time to do it....Early in the morning doesn't work for me because I am the one that puts the baby to bed. And sometimes that bedtime is at midnight and sometimes it is 9:30 (trust me I am working on getting her on a schedule but it just isn't working out for me!) and with getting up once sometimes 2 times a night....I am sooo exhausted in the mornings I can just barely peel myself out of bed some mornings! Night time doesn't do it for me either because, again, I am exhausted from the day and taking care of 3 kids I don't want to even think about working out! Mid day is out because I don't want to workout in the 100 degree heat.  So there....there are my excuses! I guess I'm going to have to suck it up and do it! I know! I now! Once I get going it will be so much easier and i will have so much more energy....I guess I will just have to muster some of that energy from the depths of my toenails....some how and just do it! Crap.

Just a list.

I have not blogged in a while about anything in particular but still have a lot on my mind so my only resolution is a list.....


1. I sure am saving lots of money on makeup this summer.


2.  My sweet baby is getting sooo big soooo fast. And I don't just mean big I mean BIG! She is the size of a 6 month old.


3.  Courtney came for almost a whole week and I'm soooo glad she did because I really needed it! We had too much fun and my liver is crying...really, i can hear it.


4.  My next purchases are as follows:

• dining room table
• bed for Raegan
• Bumbo seat for Aubry

5.  Summer is flying by so fast!


6.  I need a tan for a wedding on my birthday so I bought a FANTASTIC swimsuit to tan in and am ready! I just dont have the patience to sit out in the sun!


7.  I need to work in the flower beds in front of our house.


8.  I have been eating soo good for the past month and now need to add a workout regimen to it to get skinny. I'm finally ready!


9.  It seems like everyone I know is having a baby lately! Its nuts! At least a dozen of my friends on facebook are pregnant or just had a baby! But whats funny is they are mostly my same age and it is their first baby....and I just had my third! I feel like I am going at it much too fast....in more ways than one! haha!