My sweet baby girl, Hadlee
Friday, October 30, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
For my Friend Makin Monday assignment I have to choose which movie I would like to be my life. The answer was so easy for me, that I had to try to think of other movies that I could possibly want my life to be but couldn't. I know that The Notebook was a tearjerker, but for all the right reasons, right? How much better could your life end, in the arms of the one and only love of your life. Love that was soooo passionate. Not to mention Noah is everything a girl would want in a man! The time period is my favorite as well.
Friday, October 23, 2009
A Thousand Words Thursday
This is my sweet baby smelling the ocean as we first arrive in Gulf Shores.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
What Makes Me Happy?
New to Friend Makin Mondays , so I thought I would start with something easy, Things that make me Happy!
1. First and foremost I am sooo happy that I am able to pray and have the security of Jesus Christ. Personal experiences have brought me down the path of uncertainty allowing me to realize how real and powerful prayer is. Prayer opens me up to my Jesus with no other personas in the way. It is utterly personal and cleansing.
2. My family makes me happy! Just the idea that I have one and they love me like crazy, makes me happy. I got married at a later age than most and really wasn't too keen on the idea of marriage. But, this one crazy guy was a keeper! I love him with everything that I am, and I have two beautiful children and one angel waiting on me because of him. Everything I wanted as a child, I have right now!
6. Blue jeans. So easy, so simple, yet so sexy.
1. First and foremost I am sooo happy that I am able to pray and have the security of Jesus Christ. Personal experiences have brought me down the path of uncertainty allowing me to realize how real and powerful prayer is. Prayer opens me up to my Jesus with no other personas in the way. It is utterly personal and cleansing.
2. My family makes me happy! Just the idea that I have one and they love me like crazy, makes me happy. I got married at a later age than most and really wasn't too keen on the idea of marriage. But, this one crazy guy was a keeper! I love him with everything that I am, and I have two beautiful children and one angel waiting on me because of him. Everything I wanted as a child, I have right now!
3. Hazelnut coffee!!! Love, love, love it! Grew up drinking coffee, guess it's a Latin thing. My Grandma Ceja is the one responsible for starting this addiction. Now my own kids drink coffee, but decaf. My hubby makes it for me every morning. I occasionally splurge on a Joe's Original Frappe with whipped cream, ooh, yummmmm!
4. Backrubs! I have always loved these and probably will till the day I die! So as I am typing this I remember my husband telling me (at the beginning of our relationship) that he loved to give back rubs, ok, so that did it!
5. Reading is something that I do not get much time for anymore. I am taking two graduate courses that requires all of my reading time, so maybe I'll get back to avid reading sessions next May...
6. Blue jeans. So easy, so simple, yet so sexy.
7. Working Out makes me happy because endorphins (which are "happy" chemicals are released. Also, I have more energy to accomplish the tasks that I need to get done. And of course the result of working out is looking good, especially in those jeans above.
8. The Beach. This really needs no more explanation...
9. Music and dancing. Music can inspire me as well as alter my mood. So, I have to be really careful what I listen to because of its effect on me. Dancing is inspired by certain types of music, especially Urbano, Latin and some hip hop.
10. Febreze Plug Ins/ Yankee Candles. It feels so good to walk in my house and smell febreze scents or yankee candles.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Our latest adventure: NYC - Beginning
NYC has been a place that I have never wanted to go, until the past few years. Maybe television shows like Friends and Sex and the City have made NYC more attractive to me. But anyway, I have wanted to go there so badly for the past ten years. We are on our way, by truck. We stopped on the TN-VA line to stay the night. The drive is not that bad. The scenery is breathtaking. I did not bring my camera, which is a total shock to me and anyone who knows me! Just didn't think about it. Actually this trip was straight up last minute. The purpose of the trip is to get Jamie signed up on their books, boilermaking lingo. So, we may possibly be here for the summer, New Jersey that is. I wouldn't mind at all, being that I have a gypsy spirit and all. Will post pictures from my phone as soon as I can.
Ok, so we made to NYC and back home. Sorry I didn't get to post while there, I guess it would have been more exciting reading, however I did post my pics on facebook from along the adventure. We had an absolutely awesome time. We decided as a family that a trip to NYC every two years wouldn't be so bad.
So here's how it went. We stopped and ate one last country cooked meal at Cracker Barrell in New Jersey, yep, they had a Cracker Barrell in New Jersey. Sweet tea was horrible though, think it was instant. We hit Newark right at rush hour, and now I know why the term "rush" is used. These cars were flying! Forget about having time to read the 12 overhead signs every 100 yards indicating what lane to get into. Jamie drove and I navigated. As fast as we were going I did not have time to read those lane signs, thank God for prayers and my iphone GPS. We made it off of the main interstate into Jersey City, and found a room at an awesome new hotel, Comfort Suites. Before we went to our hotel we droved to the Statue of Liberty Park, because I wanted to see her in the dark. She stood so tall and majestic and welcoming, I had chills thinking of those who had suffered and wanted better for their children and chose to start a new better life in the United States. After the park we make it to our hotel. The price was amazing considering what I found on the internet, $109 per night, this includes a full out breakfast, bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes, etc. And our room was huge with it's own kitchenette, granite countertops, cherry cabinets, the works. Also, this place provided a shuttle into NYC, Times Square to be exact, and back to the hotel at different times during the day/night for a small fee. But I did feel like I was playing Russian roullette with my life and my family's life riding in the van with a crazy driver. However, it became apparent that all of the drivers were crazy according to me.
So we get dropped off in Times Square, all I could say was "Wow!" First thing we see is the naked Cowgirl, the word "girl" is used way too loosely, much like most of her skin. Sorry for the image, but she was old and in a bra and panty get up with a wig, tons of make up and cowboy hat. The amount of people walking in Times Square is so hard to imagine, you must see it to grasp it. To satisfy the kids first, we went into the 3 story Toys R Us, with a ferris wheel inside. Talk about overstimulation, our little country bumpkins were either stuttering or speechless. Ok, ok, so were Jamie and I. Now remember, this trip was last minute, actually the job and idea came up on a Friday and we decided Sunday that we would leave out Monday. So, still a whirlwind trip... Anyway, it was actually cold up there for June, 60's. Not good when I packed quickly, no jackets or pants or closed toe shoes. We found lunch at a hole in the wall, mom and pop pizza place. Best pizza I have ever had in my entire life. I do know pizza, remember I was born in a suburb of Chicago and visited frequently. I noticed this about eating in NYC, you got a lot of food for a great price. After pizza, of course we had to find dessert. Can you guess? New York.......Cheesecake. It tasted like cheese. hmm must be why it's called "cheesecake." It was good, I am just used to a sweetened southern form of cheesecake. We walked all over the Times Square area, theatre district. About 8pm, we called it a night and waited on our shuttle. Tomorrow we would try new adventures!
Ok, so we made to NYC and back home. Sorry I didn't get to post while there, I guess it would have been more exciting reading, however I did post my pics on facebook from along the adventure. We had an absolutely awesome time. We decided as a family that a trip to NYC every two years wouldn't be so bad.
So here's how it went. We stopped and ate one last country cooked meal at Cracker Barrell in New Jersey, yep, they had a Cracker Barrell in New Jersey. Sweet tea was horrible though, think it was instant. We hit Newark right at rush hour, and now I know why the term "rush" is used. These cars were flying! Forget about having time to read the 12 overhead signs every 100 yards indicating what lane to get into. Jamie drove and I navigated. As fast as we were going I did not have time to read those lane signs, thank God for prayers and my iphone GPS. We made it off of the main interstate into Jersey City, and found a room at an awesome new hotel, Comfort Suites. Before we went to our hotel we droved to the Statue of Liberty Park, because I wanted to see her in the dark. She stood so tall and majestic and welcoming, I had chills thinking of those who had suffered and wanted better for their children and chose to start a new better life in the United States. After the park we make it to our hotel. The price was amazing considering what I found on the internet, $109 per night, this includes a full out breakfast, bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes, etc. And our room was huge with it's own kitchenette, granite countertops, cherry cabinets, the works. Also, this place provided a shuttle into NYC, Times Square to be exact, and back to the hotel at different times during the day/night for a small fee. But I did feel like I was playing Russian roullette with my life and my family's life riding in the van with a crazy driver. However, it became apparent that all of the drivers were crazy according to me. 
So we get dropped off in Times Square, all I could say was "Wow!" First thing we see is the naked Cowgirl, the word "girl" is used way too loosely, much like most of her skin. Sorry for the image, but she was old and in a bra and panty get up with a wig, tons of make up and cowboy hat. The amount of people walking in Times Square is so hard to imagine, you must see it to grasp it. To satisfy the kids first, we went into the 3 story Toys R Us, with a ferris wheel inside. Talk about overstimulation, our little country bumpkins were either stuttering or speechless. Ok, ok, so were Jamie and I. Now remember, this trip was last minute, actually the job and idea came up on a Friday and we decided Sunday that we would leave out Monday. So, still a whirlwind trip... Anyway, it was actually cold up there for June, 60's. Not good when I packed quickly, no jackets or pants or closed toe shoes. We found lunch at a hole in the wall, mom and pop pizza place. Best pizza I have ever had in my entire life. I do know pizza, remember I was born in a suburb of Chicago and visited frequently. I noticed this about eating in NYC, you got a lot of food for a great price. After pizza, of course we had to find dessert. Can you guess? New York.......Cheesecake. It tasted like cheese. hmm must be why it's called "cheesecake." It was good, I am just used to a sweetened southern form of cheesecake. We walked all over the Times Square area, theatre district. About 8pm, we called it a night and waited on our shuttle. Tomorrow we would try new adventures!
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