Our Actions and Our words are so important...

I don't know a lot of religious music. I do know some from my upbringing in the Catholic Church and School.

Recently I have been wanting to listen to inspirational music.  I read somewhere that songs are very powerful suggestions to your mind. 

I can believe that because a sad song makes me feel sad and a happy song makes me feel happy!

I have decided I don't want to listen to anything that might make me feel sad, bad, or mad (hey that rhymed!).

So I have started playing inspirational songs while I'm at home or in the car. I listen to religious radio or talk radio simply because I think there is a better chance of receiving a positive message.

I don't necessarily enjoy this music more right in the moment but I think it may have or create a better end product for me.

I also think about how if music sends me a negative message or feeling the messages that it is sending to my children and the things I want them to feel.

So to get to my point.  I don't know a lot of religious songs.  One I do know and have always liked goes as follows: (as best my memory serves)

Hail Mary, full of grace,
Blessed are you among women, and
Blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mother, quiet light, morning star
so strong and bright,
gentle mother peaceful dove
teach us wisdom; teach us love.

You were chosen by the Father:
You were chosen for the Son,
You were chosen from all women
and for woman shining one.

Holy Mother, quiet light, morning star
so strong and bright,
gentle mother peaceful dove
teach us wisdom; teach us love.

Blessed are you among women
Blessed in turn all women too
Blessed they with peaceful spirits
Blessed they with gentle hearts.

Gentle woman, quiet light, morning star
so strong and bright,
gentle mother peaceful dove
teach us wisdom; teach us love.

You were chosen by the Father:
You were chosen for the Son,
You were chosen from all women
and for woman shining one.

Gentle woman, quiet light, morning star
so strong and bright
gentle mother peaceful dove
teach us wisdom; teach us love

I think that's about right.

I like the tune of this song and who better for me to sing about than the best mother ever! Right?

Today I was cleaning the kitchen and Aiden my two year old son sang along with me.  He had remembered all the words from me singing it the past few days.

I have had a chuckle a time or two hearing him do this same thing with some rap songs.  Now thinking a little more clearly as the responsible mother I hope to be. Which message would I rather him repeat?  What do I want him to remember as an adult.

The answer is easy.

No more Lil Wayne in this house! :-/

I learned that Children learn what they hear and see. They repeat it. This is to be taken seriously!

He learned this from me too! HA HA!

Christmas is the bomb!

Its 2:30 in the morning.

I'm awake because I just arrived home from Christmas shopping for the boys.  Its the first big Christmas Ive ever really had as a mother. Its an amazing feeling to give to my children.

I tried to think about who they are with the gifts we purchased. I tried to think about what they could learn with the gifts chosen.I also thought a lot about how much fun they are going to have and how I cant wait to see the looks on their sweet faces!

I am so blessed with my sweet boys.

I am so blessed to be able to give them a Christmas with gifts, love, and family.  Hopefully they will have a lifetime full of warm memories of time well spent with mom and dad.

How I love these little deers!



Its an awesome experience to finally be the ones (The Hubs and I) making the Christmas happen.

Teaching our children about giving, family, fun, and the deeper meaning of Jesus's birth and what that means to us.

I have a new found spirit in Christmas this year and I am so excited!

Yay for Christmas and all that it brings!

I wish everyone a good one!

They actually liked him!

Yesterday Aiden, Parker, and myself ventured to the mall.

The main reason for the outing was to get my butt moving.  I have been staying cooped up in this house all week while Scott is at work.

If I'm not careful I fall into a Jammie routine.

That's just a routine of never getting out of them!

I have been rolling out of bed making breakfast for the kids. Then I eat whatever is left or something quick. Same deal with lunch.

By the time nap comes around I get on the computer for a bit then the boys are up.

Throw in a story or two maybe some coloring before I know it its 4:00. Time for clean up and getting dinner ready.

With the house all clean and the smell of something yummy cooking I eagerly await Scott's arrival.

Then I realize I look like I just got out of bed.

I feel yuck.

I'm sure my husband who wouldn't dare say so, thinks yuck to himself as well.

I am going to try to get cleaned up and out more often so that I feel better!

This first outing to the mall was great! Tiring, but still great.

The boys were as good as could be expected and we had minimal breakdowns.

Much to my surprise they loved Santa!

I didn't think we would even try it but as we walked by the big guy they acted excited to see him, so we gave it a go!

The picture turned out pretty cute! 

I learned not to decide who my children like. They can figure that out for themselves!

Give Thanks for Frands!

*Desirae*Jessica*Kayla*

I'm am eternally thankful for my Chicas!

My second family.

True love is felt with friendship.

Your family loves you no matter what because you're family.

Friends make a choice to continue speaking to you despite all your flaws ( I have many!).  They don't have to see you. They want to.

I have some pretty amazing ladies in my life that I call friend.

I know Ill miss someone.  I also don't have pictures available of all of my girls but you all know who you are!

*Kayla. Kayla. Kayla*

You know me. I know you.

All the good. All the bad.

The kind of friend you are:

I believe that if I turned into a ware wolf at night you would be the first person I would tell.  I know that you wouldn't judge me. I know that you would help me conceal the truth at all cost.  I know that you would tell me if I looked super ugly as a ware wolf. The only problem I could see it causing is you deciding to become one with me. We gots ta stick together!

You also have a hot cousin who looks like a sexy ware wolf. ha ha.
I love you.

You are one of the strongest people I have or ever will meet in my life.

You make me laugh and you know my heart.

You rock.

*Desirae aka D-Rae-Mackie Fresh*

My mirror image.

You're the girl that thinks just like me.

If I love something you love it. Not because I love it, just because we love all the same crap naturally.

We have always had odd similarities....

1- We both like Kayla (lol)

2- We are fellow artistas. Painting, picture taking, decorating... we love this stuff.

3- We like animals too much. If  it were not for your allergen plagued children you know you would have too many dogs like me again.....remember that time we lived together and acquired like 30 animals in a month lol. Then they pooped all over everything we owned. Oh dear. Good times.

4- We both despite obstacles have two children way too close together. We share a love for chaos.

5- We both drive jeeps.What? That counts. We do.

6- Our husbands discuss the handiness of Clorox wipes at gatherings. :-/

7- We both like to sing and will in front of anyone very loudly even if it sounds terrible.

8- Adult A.D.D. !!!!!!!!

9- We are both but especially you, really cool peeps.

10- I wish I had ten because ten seems like a better number to end with. Dang it.

*Jessica*

I miss your face.

You are so far away,but not that far. We should defiantly see each other more than we do.

We share hearts.

You are the most emotional friend that I have.  I think Ive seen you cry more than anyone in the world and I love you for it. 

You're a thinker and a feeler. 

Doesn't matter the time or distance spent apart.  We are back to "us" in no time at all.

Who else can I talk to about my encounters with the other side?

You are an amazing lady. I love you!

*Jennifer*

My grade school love.

Oh the things I have loved of thee..

Your shoes, your hair, your caboodle pencil case.

Maybe friendship is seeing something in someone that you would like to see more of in yourself.

I've always admired  you.  Always thought whatever you were doing was cool. Call it envy if you must.

You are my laughing friend.  If I am with you I am laughing at everything.  You get me and I get you.

LOVE.

*Krissy*

Kristine, little girl.

Some might think that hanging out with you makes me feel young considering our huge age gap.  This is not true.  Most times its you that wants to go to bed early or just be home!

You're an old soul! You act much older than most folks your age in my opinion.

We grew close in a short amount of time. I think of you as another sister. You're such an honest person and I love that about you.

You say whatever you think or feel and I have learned alot about this from you!

Little girls can teach big old girls like me a thing or two.

*Meghan*

After stealing this picture and posting it I don't think that I should have to go into anymore detail about why I love you. This picture says it all.

You are the funniest person I know.

Just to be fair I'm going to post a picture of your face lol.



I cant find a picture of you not being silly. I have a ton of pictures of us as youngins but no relatively recent photos. We need to do something about it.

Meghan I love you because you are you.

You don't care what people think (we all think you're super weird).  You just are who you are.

You make people laugh.

You re also one of the smartest ladies I know. You're always up on current events, recent books, actors.  I wish I could contain so much knowledge!

You're one of the best!

I have friends that I'm leaving out maybe we have grown apart. Living in different worlds now.

I have been so blessed to have so many wonderful people in and out of my life.

So wherever you are old friend. You hold a special place in my memory and heart.  I think of you from time to time.

If you get a chance say hello. I would love to catch up!



Jumping on the thankful train!

Here we are at our best!

I am so thankful for my family. All of my men! Scott (husband), Aiden (first born), Parker (baby)-for now, and lets not forget the dogs!

Each day until turkey day I will attempt to find the time to post about something I am thankful for.

Today its these guys.

My Husband

Scott Edward

My husband Scott and I have always known eachother.

We both attended local private schools through grade school then we transferred to the same high school.

We never dated in high school.

We were always just friends.

About three years after we graduated we ran into eachother at a party.

We were both fresh out of broken relationships.

We both worked full time jobs.

Sometimes I think that fate just kept shoving us back to each other.

We are just two peas in a pod.

Sometimes the pod gets a bit too tight.

Then we make pea soup.

We have had a lot of hard times. Those times continue to make us stronger.

We have stood beside each other through thick and thin (literally).

Through child loss. We lost 6 babies to misscarriage.

Through death. A very close friend and co-worker died tragically standing next to my husband.

Through job loss.

Through seperation.

We love each other more than the day we said I do for all of it!

Thank you Scott for being you. A reliable husband. A loyal friend. A dedicated father. Most of all thank you for making me laugh at myself everyday.

I love you.

Aiden Edward



I am so thankful for my first child.  I hope one day he knows how much his coming meant to me.  So much healing happend when I first saw his precious face.

He is my goof. My Aiden bug. My Misha Moo. My Suga.

He is a Momma's boy ( daddy too but this is my blog, sorry!).

He loves to "chuddle".

He says "Love you to the mooooooooon and back!" every night.

He is a blessing and holds a very special place in his mommas heart.

Parker Robert

I am so thankful for my second child! I hope he will always know how perfect his coming was to us! A brother! A brother!

I was so pleased to know that I was going to have a house full of stinky boys!

He is my Parkie Pig, my Roodie Face, my Roo Roo.

I adore him.

He is such a good baby. 

He is excited to go to bed at night ( like his daddy)

He loves to break it down (like his mommy)

He is more than we could have ever hoped for!

I have so many things to be thankful for! I could go on and on! Which I plan to do for the next month!

Everybody Loves Grandpa Grimm

That's right! Everybody loves Grandpa Grimm! My Grandpa is the best grandpa! This is my Grandpa Bob and Grandma Darlene, his lovely wife of over 50 years.

My grandpa served in the Navy. He traveled the world and if you ask him about it I hope you have some time. He has lots of stories to tell. Ask him what a low lying polywog is. That ones my favorite.

He worked in "the mold shop" for many years and retired.  I can still remember how he smelled after working with machines all day.Not stinky, a metallic type smell.  Whenever I see oil stained hands on a man I smile and think of Grandpa.

He is a God fearing man. He believes in the Bible. Ive never seen him take a drink (well there was a mix up one time with some peach schnapps he thought was medicine). He loves animals. He loves his wife, his children, and his grandchildren (lucky me).

There is nothing like seeing someone you love, love someone you love.

My Aiden loves his Great Grandpa. Aiden calls him Papaw and often proclaims that "PAPAW IS SILLY!" and that he is!

That is Aiden and Grandpa strumming the guitar. He can read music and play just about anything by ear. He played base for Cornerstone Church back in the day.

He is proud to tell anyone that he was borned in a little shack West Virginia.His mother had to warm irons and lay them under sheets to keep her children's feet from frost bite in the winters. He was her only little boy. She lost two boys as infants prior to him. He was very special to her and he is very special to us.

 He says worsh instead of wash, tiar instead of tire and VINEGAR DOG! when he gets angry. None of us know what in the world vinegar dog means. We do know that we like it and use it ourselves in his honor!

That's my Parker Robert on his birthday! He is the namesake to my daddy and his daddy! I'm very proud for my son to carry on their name!

Several years ago Grandpa was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.  It has been all too quick in taking away abilities in grandpa.The man who has always taken care of us now needs our care.

Growing up if I needed anything I knew Grandpa would be there. Not only was he there but he was glad to be there. Loving and taking care of us was his great passion in life.  He loved to make us happy, him and grandma both.  I have been so blessed to have the unconditional love of my grandparents my entire life.  Love goes full circle. They took care of us, now it's time we take care of them.

There isn't much I can do for my grandparents.  I don't have a lot of money. I cant make them well. I know this is not what they want or expect anyway. All anybody really needs is love.  I can give them plenty of that!

I try to remind myself on the days I'm too busy or to lazy to go for a visit that if the tables were turned and I could no longer go the places I wanted to go or do the things I wanted to do they would be at my side and have no other place they would rather be.

Grandpa had been moved to a special Alzheimer's facility because my grandma can no longer care for him on her own.

My grandma told me last night that she has only stayed alone four times in 54 years.  Life is forever changing. FOREVER we learn something new.

The things that my grandpa has taught me are good things.  They are simple things.  Love your family, love your friends, give what you can, don't expect anything back, and do it because you want to.

Selling your house stinks.

Our house has been on the market for about two weeks now.

Selling our home is really exciting.

We purchased it as a repo and have done a lot of work to it. ( well I told my handyman husband what to do and he did the work. :-) )

The nice thing is we can sell it at a very fair price and still profit.  The sucky part is that I have a house picked out and I need to sell our house yesterday so we can make an offer!

It is a huge challenge to keep the crib clean with two babies aboard as well! I'm sure the boys are just about as sick of me chasing after them picking up and saying no no not there , I just made your bed, I just mopped, no more snacks. Its exhausting!

However, the excitement of a new future and fun changes with my family are worth it. Its awesome chasing our dreams together!

Today I learned that the boys have more energy than me. I always say things like that but I'm starting to realize its actually true. I'm getting old!

Sahm Tip of the day: Use kitchen Sheers A lot!

I use kitchen sheers a lot.

They are good for cutting:

Bananas
Grapes
Celery
Sandwich
Turkey Snack Sticks
Pizza
Frozen Yogi pops
Art work
Bills you don't want to pay

Just about anything you could cut with a knife but in a quarter of the time!

Happy Happy Halloween

Today I learned that Halloween is for big kids too!

We went to a costume party this weekend and it was the first time I've dressed up for Halloween in 10 years! We had a blast!

Sunday we took the boys trick or treating. Aiden loved it! He did a great job door to door remembering to say thank you to everyone. Parker just loved the sweets!

We didn't run into anything spooky. Which is a shame because I believe in ghost and quite like them, weird. I know.

I believe that sometimes I can sense a spirit around and usually its comforting.

I like visiting graveyards. I think they're  peaceful. I think the dead know something we don't and that they are Angels, spirits, energies, whatever you call it looking over is until we join them!

Nice ta meet ya.

I was really struggling with how to break the ice on my first blog post. Obviously.

I want any readers to get a real feel for who I am as a person. Impressed? 

I am not a professional, although I'm really good at faking it.

I like to have fun. I like to be silly. I like to laugh, laughing is my favorite.

I plan to touch on a lot of deep thoughts while blogging. Should I ever start to take myself too seriously, or if I say something offensive please return to my first post to remember who I am.

I am not a great speller. Even with spell check I often falter. I also break a lot of grammar rules.  Please forgive me for these faults (especially if you're my English major sister).

Sometimes I tend to be a bit too sure of myself.  So if I say something and I'm wrong or I tick you off, Sorry feel free to tell me off!

Now the nittygritty. 

I have been married for five years.  Wish I could say its all been bliss.  Marriage is hard. We work at it everyday, and I believe its paying off.

I have two awesome little boys. Aiden and Parker are 2 and 17 months.  They are my pride and joy. They also have contributed to my loss of sanity.

I have two inside dogs.  Cujo is my first baby. He has been my man even before the hubs came around.  He is a terrier mix and pushing eight.  He has the most annoying screech bark I have ever heard and I have literally tried to give him away but no one will take him. I love him too much to let him go anyway.

Hooch is our newest addition and he is my lover boy.  He is a bull mastiff and I have NEVER heard him bark! He loves the kids and is the best behaved dog I have ever had.

My husband is Scott and he is my foundation.  Life has not been easy but he supports me through the storms.  He is kind, reliable,and dead sexy. He is also a kick butt dad.

I have a mom and a dad.

My mom is the best momma. She is a nurse and a mother to four daughters,and she knows everything. I'm sure she wishes I would quit believing that by now.  Shes been answering my every question about life for 27+ years!  Shes is me or I am her.  I have realised that I am my mother, and I'm okay with that fact.

My dad is the best daddy.  Our minds work the same. Were both weird. We think outside the box and I'm not talking taco bell because he has worked with McDonald's for over 30 years. Gotta love it. I don't know how many phone calls I get from him that start with " I had to call you because you're the only one who wont think this is weird but.... I think in a past life....". I heart my dad.

I have three sisters: Amanda (Mandy) the English buff, Heather (the diva),and Caitlin (the baby).  They are my best friends.  I'm sure their will be lots of post about these great ladies.

I am new to this stay at home mom stuff and I LOVE it (mostly).  The boys are more work than work work, but I do what I love and love what I do now!

So that's me in a nutshell.

If you relate holla back.