Pray for us

Hey, today I am asking that anyone who can, please pray for my family. My sister-in-law is 33 weeks pregnant with her second child....our first little boy....and yesterday they had to put her into the hospital because she has protein in her urine. Basically that means that her kidneys are not working like they are supposed to. This is not our first time to deal with this. My niece is 16 months old and was born at 27 weeks. Same thing, Kylie's bp went sky high and her kidneys stopped working. Ella, my niece, only weighed 1 lb 14 oz and was in the hospital for 3 months in NICU. She is perfect now, by the grace of God. She is the sweetest thing. She only weighs 17 lbs now, but she is walking everywhere her little legs will take her and trying to talk up a storm. But back to our little man....please keep him in your prayers that he will stay inside for a couple more weeks and finish cooking! Please keep Kylie in your prayers as well. She needs to stay calm and keep that bp down and keep that little man inside her for a little while longer.

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I did this little quiz and it was fun, but I think some of the comments about me are a little harsh!! I am not loud and brash....I don't think! Someone please tell me if I am! I am also very good at keeping secrets.......don't worry people!!

http://www.blogthings.com/whatpunctuationmarkareyouquiz/

You Are An Exclamation Point !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a bundle of... well, something.You're often a bundle of joy, passion, or drama.
You're loud, brash, and outgoing. If you think it, you say it.Definitely not the quiet type, you really don't keep a lot to yourself.
You're lively and inspiring.
People love to be around your energy.(But they do secretly worry that you'll spill their secrets without even realizing it.)
You excel in: Public speaking
You get along best with: the Dash

WHAT??!!

So Saturday morning, my oldest daughter (13), my sister-in-law, my 4 month old and myself went to eat breakfast before going to her softball game. We were sitting there enjoying our food on a beautiful day, when out of the blue she asks, "Why does your wenis get flabby when you are older.....babies' wenis is not flabby." After my SIL performed the Heimlich maneuver on me to dislodge the ham that I was choking on, I casually said "WHAT!!!!!!", thinking that I must have heard her wrong. (I am sure each of you can imagine what I thought she said) So she repeated it again. I asked her what in the world she was talking about and she told me that your wenis is the skin on your elbow. I told her that she made that up, and my SIL agreed that this was not correct. She insisted that this is the "scientific term" for elbow skin. We both told her that no one ever told us about this so called "scientific name" when we were in school. She then proceeded to tell us that we were just "too old" HA! I am only 29 and my SIL is a mere 23. It's not like were in school during the dark ages. I asked her if her teacher told her this and she said, "No, all my friends told me." I asked who these friends were, and among them were none other than my buddy Valarie's daughter Syd...... poor undernourished, unloved, Syd. So, I called Valarie, since she is a very hip mom, because I thought that surely if anyone would know, it would be Valarie. I call her and she laughs hysterically at me. She then asks a group of teenage girls that she is with, and guess what............They confirm that your elbow skin is called the wenis. They also agreed that their teachers told them this. Still in utter disbelief, I continued throughout the weekend to ask random children what their elbow skin is called. What did they tell me you ask? "It's your wenis."

WHAT?! Has anyone else ever heard of this? Is is ok for me to say that I hurt my wenis when I hit my elbow? Can I tell people to put some lotion on their ashy wenis? What if I see one of my girls pulling on their elbow skin? Can I yell at them to stop playing with their wenis?

I would also like to say that I have googled this term and in fact it is there, but it is considered a slang term......What are they teaching our children at school?

Thank You

In March, I started a new job. I work with National Guard and Reserve soldiers that were injured or became sick while on active duty. Now, some do get injured while at basic training, but there are the ones that get injured while deployed overseas. I don't know about you, but I really had no idea what these people sacrifice for our country. I know we always say thank you, but do you really know what you are thanking them for? I knew that some go over and are killed in the line of duty, but I never really thought about the survivors....until now. If you haven't thought about it either, please take the time to understand that their lives are changed forever too. They see their friends and colleagues killed in front of them and feel powerless to help. They have to clean up bomb sites (I won't explain what that entails, but you can imagine). They have to be on guard for their lives and the lives of the others in their unit constantly, so when they do make it back home, they can't just jump right back into life as usual. They still "watch" and are wary of everyone and everything. They have horrible nightmares and feelings of "survivors guilt". We continue to honor those who have lost their lives defending our freedom, but we don't really recognize those who have also "lost" their lives as they once knew it. I don't mean to get on a soap box, but the men and women who did not lose their lives in the war have lost a lot and I would like everyone to think about that and just thank them if you happen to see a soldier out and about. I have a whole different respect for them now. I respected them before, but I am in awe of the sacrifice that they are making for me and my family.

I've been tagged by It's all good to do a meme.

Here are the rules.
1. Write your own six-word memoir about yourself.
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you'd like.
3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible, so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
4. Tag five more blogs with links.
5. And don't forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

Mine is: My purpose is being a momma.

I'm tagging Valarie, Jennifer, Southern Mom I know I'm supposed to tag five, but I'm new to this so I don't really know a lot of people yet!!

Thankfulness

Last week I posted about some of the things that I am thankful for in my day to day life. I think that I am going to make this a weekly post. I really am trying to make an effort to look at all the good things God has provided for me rather than always going toward the negative. So here goes.....Today I am thankful for my little baby girl. She got her shots yesterday so we had sort of a rough night and I am REALLY tired today. But looking at the big picture, she is a wonderful baby and I could not have asked for a better natured child. I have heard so many other parents tell me that their babies cried all the time, or wouldn't sleep during the night, but not my little "rooter tooter". She is so good. She is happy and smiling all of the time, except when she feels that I am not getting her food fast enough! She sleeps most of the night which enables me to sleep and rest for work. She is healthy and growing and I have been able to enjoy seeing her learn and discover new things everyday. So I am thankful that I have a beautiful healthy baby girl and I have the time and energy to enjoy her to the fullest.
I hope that some of you will join me in saying what you are thankful for. It really makes the day brighter to focus on the good rather than what is going wrong. There is always something good to find, you just have to get creative sometimes!!!

Name Game

1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car)....... Cricket Highlander
Your gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe)...... Chocolate Boots (is that gangsta....i don't think so)
3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal).......... Blue Dog
4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born)......Michelle Huntsville
5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name)...........Halap
6. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink)......Green Tea (I'm an herbal superhero)
7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers).......Lawrence Glen
8. Stripper name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy).......... Vanilla Kiss (as in hershey kiss)
9. TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)........ Gattis Gardendale
10. Spy name (your favorite season/holiday, flower).......Spring Daisy
11. Cartoon name: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now)......Watermelon Sweater
12. Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)....... Biscuit Oak
13. "Adult Film" star name (first pet, first street where you lived)............Cricket Brookline

Ok, so everyone else's were funny, mine just don't make any sense...who has ever heard of a cartoon character named watermelon sweater....COME ON!!!!! I do have to say that my rockstar name is pretty cool!

Regrets

My buddy Valarie said I should blog about this........so here goes! I have one major regret in my life, well actually make that two. One is sort of big, but the other is trivial, so that must mean that my life is pretty good. My trivial regret is getting a tattoo on my lower back when I was 22 years old. At the time, I thought it was very cool and oh so cute. Now that I am a mommy and have four girls, I am mortified for them to see it and think that tattoo's are cool and fun. It never really dawned on me that having a tattoo could be a negative thing until we were at the beach two years ago with my girls softball team. While I was in the pool, sporting my ever so cool tattoo, several of the little 9-12 year old girls told me how "awesome" my tattoo was and started to talk about how they wanted to get one. Some of them even talked their mom's into getting them a henna tattoo......on their lower back(my head is hanging in shame). I felt like the worst person in the world and still do when people, especially kids, see it and comment on how much they like it. Honestly if I could change one thing that I have done in the past, it would not even be the big mistake I made, it would be that I ever got a tattoo. And to be honest, I have been obsessing about it lately......maybe I need to up my crazy meds!!!!! Just kidding! I have been thinking about having it removed because I just love to wear mid-drift shirts in the summer time! Just kidding again!!

Wordless Wednesday

The Pitbull vs. the Porcupine OUCH!!

I know I already posted something, but I want to do Wordless Wednesday too and I don't think I can wait until next Wednesday!!!

Need a laugh?

Feeling kind of BLAH today...got this in an email from my mom and I haven't stopped laughing since....Thanks, momma! Hope you enjoy it!

A WOMAN'S WEEK AT THE GYM

This is dedicated to everyone who ever attempted to get into a regular workout routine.

Dear Diary,
For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week of personal training at the local health club for me.

Although I am still in great shape since being a high school football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and give it a try.

I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swim wear.

My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.

MONDAY:
Started my day at 6:00 a.m. Tough to get out of bed, but found it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She is something of a Greek goddess -- with blonde hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!! Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring! Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!

TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.

Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all worthwhile. I feel GREAT! It's a whole new life for me.

WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot.

Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stair monster. Why would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other crap too.

THURSDAY:
Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late, it took me that long to tie my shoes.

Belinda took me to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the restroom. She sent another skinny cheerleader to find me

Then, as punishment, she put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.

FRIDAY:
I hate Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic, anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.

Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher.

Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?

SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the machine with my planner. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight hours of the Weather Channel.

SUNDAY:
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my daughter (the little jerk) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a root canal or a hysterectomy.

I still say if God had wanted me to bend over, he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!

Thankfulness

I want to take the day to say some of the things that I am thankful for........

First I am thankful that God gave me the chance to be a mother and not just to my 4 month old baby. I am thankful everyday that I get the chance to be with my three step-daughters. I am however extremely grateful that he allowed me the opportunity to have a child and get the experience of watching my "mini-me" grow before my eyes.

Next I am thankful for my husband. We have had our ups and downs, but through it all, I can honestly say that I would not take it back. He is a wonderful person that I am proud of more and more everyday, even if he doesn't think so......

I am very thankful for my wonderful mother. She keeps my baby while I work. I would have, without a doubt, had to quit my job if she had to go to daycare, which in turn would mean that we would be homeless since we are a two income family!!!!

I am thankful that God put my new job in my path. While I may not be able to see the long term benefits, the short term is that I get off work 2 hours earlier enabling me to spend more time with my family.

I am thankful to all the people in my life who never seem to let me down. They are there through and through and I probably do not say thank you enough.

I am thankful for my health...I see so many around me that are sick and/or dying. Thank you God for allowing me to be healthy and spend uninterrupted time with my family and friends.

It is very easy to think about the things that are "wrong" in our lives. We very rarely stop to think about all of the good that we have. We may not have the best job, but at least we have a job. We may not have the fanciest house, but at least we have a home to go to. My goal is to be more mindful when I start to complain and give thanks to the Lord for the things that he has blessed me with and to remind myself that everything is in His plan, even if it is not in mine.

Movie Review Monday

I just recently joined Netflix, which is pretty economical considering that we get 4-5 movies at a time. I feel obliged after watching some of the ones that I picked to give others my opinion on these movies. The first that I rented was "No County for Old Men". This movie won the Academy Award for best picture this year so I thought that it would be a decent movie. I was wrong!!! Apparently the people that vote for the movies went on strike with the screenwriters and they just picked names out of a hat. Or they were so afraid of the scary man in the movie that they decided that they should give this movie the award or he would hunt them down and shoot them with an air gun. Not sure, but this movie was possibly the worst one I have seen since........Honey with Jessica Alba. The next movie that I watched, until I fell asleep, was "Things We Lost in the Fire". Ok this movie was going back and forth so much that I got dizzy. I don't really know what happens in the end because I fell asleep, but I will venture to say that it could not have possibly transformed into a great movie in the last 30 min. If it did, please let me know and I will take another look at it. I am waiting on "There will be blood" which is also supposed to be a "blockbuster". We shall see.........I also rented "Freedom Writers with Hillary Swank. This is a movie from about a year ago I think, but it is well worth the watch...very inspiring. We also got Alvin and the Chipmunks which was Very Cute...Hope this was useful to some of you.

I Got Tagged

Ok.....This was not as easy as one would think. You really have to think about yourself. It was fun though. Sorry that it took me so long....had a rough weekend. My baby got sick and ended up at the doctor yesterday.....Ear infections. She's doing better now.



If I were a direction I'd be ........go until you think you must've gone too far and then go about 5 more miles

If I were furniture, I'd be..........a big comfy recliner that everyone fights over.

If I were a liquid I'd be............Dr. Pepper

If I were a sin I'd be...............triple chocolate fudge cake icecream with chocolate syrup

If I were a gem stone, I'd be........blue topaz

If I were a metal, I'd be............copper, it's pretty and shiny

If I were a tree, I'd be ...........a mighty oak

If I were a fruit, I'd be............green seedless grape

If I were a flower, I'd be..........tiger lily.

If I were weather, I'd be.............sunny and 75F

If I were a musical instrument I'd be....an oboe....I just like that word for some reason

If I were and element, I'd be........

If I were a colour, I'd be...........baby blue

If I were an animal, I'd be..........a horse.

If I were a sound, I'd be........babies giggling.

If I were a lyric, I'd be..........."This is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S"

If I were a song, I'd be............"Celebrate" by kool and the gang.

If I were a music type, I'd be..... country.

If I were a perfume/cologne, I'd be....Light Blue by Dolce and Gabana.

If I were a feeling, I'd be........Content.

If I were a book, I'd be...........Men are like Waffles, Women are like spaghetti

If I were a food, I'd would be......spaghetti.

If I were a city, I'd be...........Gatlinburg.

If I were a taste, I'd be..........filled with lots of pretty blossoms

If I were a scent, I'd be..........maple syrup

If I were a word, I'd be...........Ironic.

If I were a verb, I'd be...........Go

If I were an object, I'd be........a fan.

If I were a piece of clothing, I'd be......sweater

If I were a body part, I'd be......ears

If I were a facial expression, I'd be.....smirk

If I were a cartoon character, I'd be......speedy gonzales

If I were a movie, I'd be............Gone with the Wind

If I were a geometrical shape, I'd be........SQUARE

If I were one of the Seasons, I'd be ........spring

If I were a sentence, I'd be..........."hello it's nice to meet you"

Funny For Friday

Little Leroy came into the kitchen where his mother was making
dinner.

His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted. "Mom, I want a bike for my birthday."

Little Leroy was a bit of a troublemaker. He had gotten into trouble at school and at home. Leroy's mother asked him if he thought he deserved to get a bike for his birthday. Little Leroy, of course, thought he did.

Leroy's mother, being a Christian woman, wanted him to reflect on his behavior over the last year and write a letter to God and tell him why he deserved a bike for his birthday.

Little Leroy stomped up the steps to his room and sat down to write God a letter.

LETTER 1:
Dear God:

I have been a very good boy this year and I would like a bike for my birthday.

I want a red one.

Your friend,
Leroy

Leroy knew this wasn't true. He had not been a very good boy this year, so he tore up the letter and started over.

LETTER 2:
Dear God:

This is your friend Leroy. I have been a pretty good boy this year, and I would like a red bike for my birthday.

Thank you,
Leroy

Leroy knew this wasn't true either. He tore up the letter and started again.

LETTER 3:
Dear God:

I have been an OK boy this year and I would really like a red bike for my birthday.

Leroy

Leroy knew he could not send this letter to God either, so he wrote another letter.

LETTER 4:
Dear God:

I know I haven't been a good boy this year. I am very sorry. I will be a good boy if you just send me a red bike for my birthday.

Thank you,
Leroy

Leroy knew, even if it was true, this letter was not going to get him a bike. By now, Leroy was very upset. He went downstairs and told his mother he wanted to go to church.

Leroy's mother thought her plan had worked because Leroy looked very sad. "Just be home in time for dinner," his mother said.

Leroy walked down the street to the church and up to the altar.
He looked around to see if anyone was there. He picked up a statue of the Virgin Mary.

He slipped it under his shirt and ran out of the church, down the
street, into his house, and up to his room. He shut the door to his room and sat down with a piece of paper and a pen.

Leroy began to write his letter to God.


LETTER 5:
I GOT YOUR MAMA.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN, SEND THE BIKE.

Signed,
YOU KNOW WHO



This gave me a giggle, thought I would share! Have a great Friday!!!

PS.....Thank you to everyone that I have met over the week. Ya'll have made my first attempts at blogging extremely fun!!

One Word

Stolen from chelle's winks who stole from Denise:

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

Not as easy as you might think. Change the answers to suit you and then pass it on.Remember: one word answers.

1. Where is your mobile phone? desk
2. Your significant other? work
3. Your hair? brown
4. Your mother? blessing
5. Your father? irritated
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your favorite drink? tea
9. Your dream/goal? happiness
10. The room you're in? dreary
11. Your ex? Iraq
12. Your fear? lonliness
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
14. Where were you last night? home
15. What you're not? snobby
16. Muffins? nope
17. One of your wish list items? baby
18. Where you grew up? Alabama
19. The last thing you did? blog
20. What are you wearing? sweater
21. Your TV? big
22. Your pets? none
23. Your computer? desktop
24. Your life? fun
25. Your mood? happy
26. Missing someone? hubby
27. Your car? stinky
28. Something you're not wearing? shoes
29. Favorite Store? Wal-mart
30. Your summer? hot
31. Like someone? hubby
32. Your favorite color? blue
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? Saturday
35. Who will/would re-post this? whoever

Tag, you're it!

I've never done this, so I thought it would be fun.....play along if you want to.

Strange Trophy

This is a picture of my oldest's leg after catching a line drive on her thigh Friday night. Pretty gross if you ask me, but she LOVES it. She has shown anyone who would look and now apparently she has posed for a photo on Valarie's blog!!! What a diva! Believe it or not, she did not even cry, another "trophy" of sorts. She is definitely one tough cookie. I would have fell to the ground and they would've had to bring me out on a stretcher!!!!!!!

Demoted

Ok, so now when you look, I am no longer a Pimp. Apparently, I am not very good at it!! That's ok since people might get the wrong idea about me since my url is girls, girls, girls and more girls!!! I'm talking about my kids, not my employees!!!!!

I'm a PIMP!!!

Ok, so like I said yesterday, I'm new at this. So, when I signed up for the account, Google Ads seemed like a good idea at the time......however, when I logged on this morning, I am advertising hot Ukrainian women and setting up arranged marriages! I became a pimp overnight! Should I put this on my resume? I guess I need to wait and see if I'm a good pimp or a bad one!!!!