Mitchell Farm

I finally figured out (or had the time at home) how to get pictures onto my blog so now I am having some fun, and can finally put pics with my journaling so when I get ready to scrapbook My brain will not have to work too hard. These pics are from when Mary Ann and I took the kids to Mitchell Farms in Collins.

Scrapbook Closet

Okay I hope I finally have this figured out. Erin, here's the pics of the Closet, the paint is still kinda wet. But doesn't it look good, can't wait to use it. (now all I have to do is bring my stuff home from Tracy's house.) LOL

Halloween

I remember when Halloween Night was Halloween Night not a weeks worth of different activities. Tonight was the fall festival at Hudsons school, I think it was a good one, I know the kids has a very good time. Now, the only thing left is the actual trick or treating tomorrow night. I think Hudson has plans on trick or treating the WHOLE neighborhood LOL.

On a scrapbooking note, the guy is working on my closet so I will have a place to scrapbook and just shut the door on instead of having to pack everything up. It looks awesome. The guy knows his stuff. He has some really great ideas.

AHH Home

Lately, I have spent so much time in my car that I have told Calvin we could sell the house (save that money) the only thing I have done at home lately is sleep. I am looking for things to get back to normal (slow down some), I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Ya'll Yoga is awesome. The TKD academy started offering Yoga this week. I have only been 1 day so far but intend to go tomorrow. The stretching is really good plus it is an hour to yourself to take care of yourself so you can recharge your batteries to see to the family. For some one who for most of her life considered exercise (and physical activity) a dirty word, I sure have enjoyed Tae Kwon Do and now Yoga. I know I enjoy feeling this good. Come keep work out with us, either in Yoga or TKD.

Scrapbooking

Spent my morning at Tracie's house. (My second home.) LOL. Tracie has set it up so we can scrapbook once a week at her house, so Shannon and I truly take advantage of that. Tracie totally rocks. Some days we get more scrapping done some days we get more talking done, no matter what we have one good time.

Fall Fun

Yesterday, my sister Mary Ann and I took the kids to Mitchell Farms in Collins. For a small price you get to do a Hayride (no hay involved) around the farm, then you get to do the mazes, one small, and the 8 acre eagle. Paige and Hudson wanted to lead us through the mazes (Mary Ann and I finally got smart and sent them ahead a ways to see if it was truely a path or if it was blocked). 2 kids are fine, my sister and I are exhausted. I swear we turned an 8 acre maze into a 16 acre hike. Much fun was had though. After the mazes (if you survive:o) you get to pick out a pumpkin at the end. The kids had a great time picking out their pumpkins and naming them. Then believe it or not they still had energy to play on the playground the Mitchell's have set up, and really enjoyed touring all the old buildings they have on the place. And the most amazing part of the whole trip, not once did I hear Mommy I am huuuungry. I even offered the kid food and a drink and he turned me down. I hope I have the right child, because he is always asking for or eating food.

Random Musings

H has been sick with a stomach bug (that he got at school) so he has missed school for 2 days. I have gotten phone calls from the school about him being marked absent. I know he was absent, I am the one that lives with and takes care of him. A 5 yr old can get some things past me, but I just don't see him missing school without me knowing. But just in case call in the early a.m. to check with me, so I can find him and ground him till he graduates high school. To much can happen by 3 p.m.(the time I have been called the past 2 days.) And to really top it off the answering machine has picked up both times because I was not home. Thursday I was at lunch with some friends (C and H were at home, but asleep.) And today my parents had a small emergency that I had to tend to, so H was at my sister's babysitters house til C could get off work. My sister has one awesome babysitter. Thanks so much Mrs D. She took great care of my child for me and we have not even met yet.

Be careful what you wish for.......Remember the last post where I said I would like to sleep in some,......well that was the night that H woke up at 1 in the a.m. throwing up....needless to say we did not get much sleep.

Busy, Busy

After all the errands and a little laundry got done yesterday, H & I went to a fall festival with S & A last night. We had a blast, H had so much fun doing all the jumps and slides. The elephant and horse ride were a big hit, I must love riding (or at least sitting on extremely large animals,) that is my 2nd elephant ride in a week and half.(I have also sat on a Brahma Bull) and I have pictures to prove this. Just a little touched in the head I guess.;0 And I always thought I did not like heights. L O L So we kind of had a late night but nothing must interfere with Weds. workouts.(Scrapbooking), after that I spent 4 hrs. waiting at the Dr's office and left there and went straight to TKD for that Weds. workout. I intend to sleep in some in the morning. ( at least til 6:30) then I will get my day going.

Back to the Daily Life

Loved the get away, but so don't love spending the day after I get home doing all the laundry. Had some errands that had to be done today, and for some reason the washer just won't do the clothes when I am not here, so I am trying to do as much as I can before we head out to the fall festival tonight. Ya'll I just figured out the dryer will actually dry the clothes if you mash that button on the top marked START....might could get more done that way;0

Sightseeing

We got some sightseeing in today. We did the Aquarium and the Children's Discovery Museum, after the Aquarium H and I did our first Horse & Carriage ride. The ride went through several blocks of downtown Chattanooga. It was really neat. H is a good traveler and really loves to get in sightseeing and playing.

Ok, I DID NOT feed my son and I Ben & Jerry's for lunch today, and we absolutely did not enjoy it either. Good thing our trip consisted of alot of walking or those trips to Ben & Jerry's might start to add up.

For anyone that wants a nice get away Chattanooga is the place to go, there is so much to do from the Aquarium, Childrens Museum, Lookout Mt., Ruby Falls, and so much more.

Tomorrow we head home, it is fun to travel but it is even better to come home. Pray for safe travel for us and pray for the rest of our group from the academy that will be traveling home Tuesday.

We Did It

OK ya'll today was the big day. Tournament day for H and I, and boy did it start early. My round was at 8:15 Chattanooga time(7:15 home time). I brought home the bronze medal in sparring. I could not believe it. H's round was at 2:00 this afternoon and he won the silver medal in forms. We have had the most awesome time. The black belt demos and rounds were very interesting to witness. If you had told me 5 months ago that I would be participating in a tournament let alone doing TKD I would have thought you had lost your mind, but I absolutely love doing TKD, I have lost weight, feel younger, feel better, and my confidence is growing. Needless to say H and I will be doing this again.

Made It

We arrived, unloaded the car , parked the car, got to the room. Already been to Ben & Jerry's, did eat supper 1st, (hey I am the Mom, I'm supposed to set an example, otherwise it would have been ice cream 1st.) We did eat our ice cream while walking back to the hotel. I love staying downtown we can walk to everything. Trip was great, we just trucked right on up the road.

Water Fun

Hey Mommy Watch This is what I hear as I am trying to get packed. I look up and my son has my dish gloves out (since you don't use them, mommy) and is creating water balls and gloves as he calls them and squirts water everywhere. He is having the time of his life and hey my floor is about to get cleaned. That is one way to get it done and he is not glued to the T.V. screen. But the water people will be thrilled when they see that bill. LOL

Getting Ready

Okay guys I am asking prayers of safe travel for H and I and the rest of the gang from the Academy, we are leaving 1st thing in the morning to head to Chattanooga for the TKD tournament. A serious case of the nerves started for me yesterday, and my time is at 8:15 SATURDAY morning, thats a long time for a case of the nerves. Please pray for calmness and that I ACTUALLY REMEMBER my moves. H is calm and very confident. "I know my stuff." as he says. I will take the laptop with me so that I can update and let everyone know what is happening.

Could Not believe my eyes

For the 1st time since Hurricane Katrina, I sat in a gas line waiting to get gas. We were going to my parents house today and ended up going up 49 N and the Gas Wars are a raging just above Interstate 59 ya'll. I only use Chevron or Exxon (just cause that is what Daddy said do and I am definitly a Daddy's girl.) And the Chevron had gas for.........2.57 a gal. yup, 2.57 a gal that is not a typo. I had C whip out the camera to take a pic. And we were not the only ones with cameras or patiently sitting in line for gas. LOL. It is sad when people whip out the cameras and take pics of the gas prices.

Could become a habit

H and I have not left the house today. Oh what a wonderful day. We played with the moon sand, video games, watched Scooby movies, took another nap, played the wii and picked up a little around the house. In other words we did what ever we wanted to do without going anywhere. I asked H this morning what he wanted to do and he said he wanted to stay home, and stay in his p.j.'s , I said are you sure, and he said yea. So, being a cool (lol) mom I said done deal. H told me how much fun it was to "play moon sand with you, mommy." I just might start making a lazy weekend tradition every once in a while. Too much FUN.

Doing Nothing

H and I have decided that we would lay down and take a nap today. It sure was a nice nap. When we woke up we just laid in bed and watched "The Shaggy Dog" on Toon Disney. It was so nice not to do anything except lay there and laugh with my son. We had gotten to the point where we are on the go so much that it is hard to just enjoy each other. And better yet we have decided that we are staying home all day tomorrow. My car my go into withdrawals if she doesn't get to leave the garage, but we will make up for that next week.


C (my husband) and I took H to the circus last night. It was in town for 2 days, it was a last minute decision to go, but we had a blast. H and I rode the elephant. I will put up pics when I can get them loaded onto the computer. H also rode the camel and ponies. On the way home late last night H called his Papaw and Granny L and told them all about his trip to the circus and riding the animals. When he gets off the phone he says ..... Thank you, mommy for taking me to the circus, and riding the elephant with me and letting me ride the camel, and ponies. You are the awesomest mommy! Oh thats what memories are made of.

I'm It

I have been tagged by Erin to name 7 things you may not know about me.





1. My Daddy named me. It was a name he liked.


2. My life is so different then I ever thought it would be. I am absolutely enjoying it.


3. I am trying my best to become a little more tech savy.


4. I like to get things done.


5. I am a card toting Native American. My name is on the Cherokee Nation roll.

6. I prefer a good book over the T.V.

7. I seem to like to learn new things.

Good Grief

On the way to immediate care I made a stop where my friend S met me to pick up H, she kept him while I went to the Dr., After I got out of my car I went to close my door and heard this loud thump, turned around to look and H was sitting in the drivers seat of my car with a stunned look on his face and then just started crying. He had crawled over the seat to climb out behind me (a nono for this very reason, and he has not done this in over a year.) and got hit on the head by the window of the car. Everything seemed fine so S took him onto her house, while there he started to complain about his belly hurting, so when I called to tell her I was done she told me what was going on and we agreed for her to met me at the Dr's to get him seen about. A different Dr. saw him and said he is ok but gave me a list of things to watch for just in case things get worse. But after a lite supper and warm bath he is in bed asleep. Boy O Boy do we keep things lively around here. Hope not quite so lively in the future.

Only gets Better

The toe is not broken. The Doc said so just after he picked himself up off the floor from laughing. To save myself some embarassment, when the nurse asked what was wrong I told her I caught my toe on the floor while playing....(not a lie...just not the whole truth). So Doc walks in (knows my family) (and my gracefulness :0) and proceeds to ask me how I caught my toe on the floor. I then told him how, about playing dodge ball at TKD. I don't know which suprised him more, me doing TKD or playing dodge ball. Of course when he came back in from looking at the x-rays he did some martial art moves from the hallway and I told him to bring it on. LOL He said I could hurt him and that was why he was in the hallway. So just a bad bruise, he said to get some steel toe kicks.LOL So should be fine for tournament.

Only Me

OK now on to the good stuff. Graceful just does not belong in the same sentence with my name. Last night at TKD (remember tournament) we were playing dodge ball (yep, you read right) and I stubbed a toe on the mat. We are not sure, but it may be broken how Lovely. Now you know why I have never been into a lot of physical activity....if someone can get hurt, it will be me. And my poor child got an overdose of my genes...the other afternoon I noticed some new bruises on his legs and I asked him what happened and he said they were on the playground when he tripped over...........an ACORN (gotta Luv it.) H has fallen at school nearly everyday, his poor legs need a rest and a chance to recover.

One of those days

You ever have one of those days when you just go HMMMMMMM. Well today is one of those days for me. One of those when I soul search. I have had a couple of different people tell me some things today, in a way they kinda tie into each other (and this is when they do not know what is going on with the other.) They both have to do with my son. In one a situation arose that I thought I HAD to CONTROL (my 1st mistake) & someone told me that I tend to be too strict with H. (not the only one to say this). They are right, I know that and I can admit that and appreciate the HMMMMMMMMMMMMM moment, so I am going to let my son be 5 and try to be a better mom, a job I dearly LOVE. So if either one of you do happen upon this you know who you are and THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

Thought I was paying attention

As we drove into our neighborhood yesterday, my son and I had a conversation...that I thought went like this.....Mom that was a cute dog, when can we get one for inside the house. Me..when we are home enough to tend to it sweetie, momma just not home enough. H.... ok so when I graduate college then high school we can get a puppy...Me-we will have to see, but maybe. End of conversation. Simple I thought, until this morning when I over hear this conversation....Daddy when I graduate high school and then college mommy said I can live here, I won't have to work.....Daddy(being very practical) said what will you do for money. H..I have enough to take care of mommy and then when that runs out I will work.

Hey, I was trying to put off getting an animal...now I will have a grown son with me (at least I won't have to housebreak him!!!!) At least he will take care of me!!! Must be doing something right

Another Day More Laughs

Another busy day in the life. Haircut....pays to have a stylist for a sister, even if she is supposed to be on maternity leave...sons TKD class, where I shut my leg in the car door(I don't have a clue.), a manicure, my TKD class....home to change and grab my niece P. I promised to take the girl for a girls day out (lunch and shopping), she wanted to take H (my son) and he said sure. Spent a couple hours at the mall. Shopped for just a little while (she knew what she wanted) so then we played. They said they wanted to do the bungee jump and me being the cool, hip Mom and Aunt said Cm'on, so they jumped and jumped and flipped and flipped laughing all the way. The next treat was a Decaf Latte and Pretzels for them, they had a blast. Thought they were so grown up. Have to plan another day soon. Too much Fun

She Lies Like a Dog

The funny part about this whole Tae Kwon Do thing is I have NEVER enjoyed exercise or sports. Signed my son up to do TKD and have been sitting (pay attention here) in the lobby during his classes for a year now. Realized I had put on some weight, (shocker, I know) and tried but just couldn't lose it. Ended up not sleeping for a whole weekend with a hip that hurt. So was talking with my very good friend S about how desperate I was to lose weight so that my hip wouldn't bother me so much...(who am I kidding, I wanted to look better too.) She mentioned that Mr G. (TKD Instructor) said TKD would help me with flexibility and to lose weight. Now being a good friend she topped it off with "So and So joined and she has lost 40 LBS." So the next day I did what any INSANE woman would do and signed up for TKD. Now to the Lie. I sat in Mr. G's office and looked the man in the eyes and told him I was only interested in TKD as exercise and would permanently stay a white belt (beginner). That was the end of June and I am now a Green Belt (LOL), preparing to go to tournament. Man, I am having a blast, I can't remember ever feeling better or looking better for that matter. The only thing that TKD hasn't helped with is my Craziness. But as someone wise said " You can't have your cake and eat it, too!"

What was I thinking

The problem is I wasn't thinking....... I signed up to participate in the ITA World Championships, ya'll it just dawned on me that says WORLD, not just a few people from a few states.....but WORLD. Anyhow, I am going and am going to have fun. That said, I am asking for prayers, for safe travel for me and my son(also the rest of our gang going from our Academy). Ya'll I hope I don't embarass my son, myself, or my instructors.

Muffin, Anyone

A normal day in the life goes......create blog, have such a blast that you forget about TKD class and realize you are going to be late.....so you rush to nuke a muffin (a girl's got to eat), haul everything to the car, realize you forgot something throw everything into drivers seat of said car run into the house to get forgotten item.....run back out to the car throw everything out of drivers seat into the passenger seat, hop in, back out of garage, realize you brought food, hunt for said food and then realize that you are sitting on it........LOL. Needless to say I did not have to chew very much....At least in was in a paper towel so I did not end up wearing it to class....so embarassing.

Newbie On the Loose

Ok here goes. Like I don't have enough going on in my LIFE right now I thought I would start a blog. I am a Mother, Wife, Daughter, Jesus Loving, Tae Kwon Do(ing) ( I know I verbed it, just deal.), Scrapbooker.

My life at times is a LITTLE crazy. I live with a 5yr old son, husband of 17 yrs, and our very BLONDE Dog (male). Hence the craziness in my Life.