Thankful Thursday...

Wow!!! I sat here trying to think about what to be thankful for this week and it was hard. I have been very sick. Almost got put in the hospital. But here I am so I am going to start with that...

1- God kept me from going to the hospital and is healing my body a little more everyday.
2- Great family and friends that are praying for me and my family while I am sick.
3- Brian, He has done EVERYTHING around here for the past 5 days. (I think he is going to pull his hair out and appreciates me more now, because he knows what I do everyday. He readily admits he could NOT do my job)

So I am making this short because I am suppose to be resting.... This resting stuff is getting boring, especially when I am starting to feel better. UGGHHHH!!!

Neigborhood bullies

Ben and Brenna were outside playing the other day with some kids in our neighborhood. Brian was sitting in the rocking chair keeping an eye on them. He heard one little girl, Taylor, ask Ben how old is your sister? Ben said "Free" (three). The little girl, repeated back to him Three. Ben said, that is what I said "Free" She said no you said "Free" it is "Three". Well she kept on and Ben got aggrivated and looked at Brenna and said to her very matter of factly, "Brenna, Kick her!" Well Brenna being who she is strutted up to her and kicked her in the shin as hard as she could. The little girl looked at Brenna and could not believe she did it. Meanwhile, Brian told me what happened and we had to talk to them, but at the same time I was laughing. Those are my kiddos... The neighborhood bullies... Gotta love them.

Thankful Thursday

I am starting a new tradition to my blog, thanks to my friend Candy! Now introducing Thankful Thursday!!! Ta DA!!! So here I go.....

Today I am thankful for...
Sponge Bob... because my kiddos are sitting so quietly watching it and letting me spend some time to myself... I know "BAD MOM"

Sushi... most of you know I am addicted to it. How come I did not know about this stuff sooner?

My pastor... Because he gives the best advice and always knows what to say when I am about to go nuts with my kids.

Wendy... she has become one of my best friends and is always there to listen to me rant and rave about who knows what. (Love ya)

I've been Tagged

Thanks Candy! I've been tagged. Here are the exciting answers that Candy asked me to answer in this Crazy blog... Do I look like I have time for this? Okay, truth be known I love this kind of stuff...

4 Jobs I have had...
1) Preschool Teacher
2) Art Teacher
3) Nanny
4) Music Teacher

4 places I have lived
1) Goose Creek, SC
2) Va. Beach, Va
3) Summerville, SC
4) Winter Haven, FL

4 shows I watch
1) What not to wear
2) American Idol
3) Friday Night Lights
4) Dr. 90210

4 places I've been
1) Mexico
2) Minnesota
3) New York City
4) Bahamas

4 people Iwho email me regularly
1) Wendy
2) Kelly
3) Carol M.
4) Tonya

4 favorite foods
1) sushi
2) fried shrimp
3) Cotton Candy
4) French fries

4 thinks to look forward to in the next 12 months
1) getting wood floors downstairs
2) spending the summer at the waterpark with the kids (highlight of my year)
3) going to Minnesota in July (can't wait to see all of the cousins together)
4) losing weight ( not the process but the end result)

4 goals for the New year
1) read the Bible in a year
2) lose weight
3) get better at my guitar playing
4)???

4 gifts for Christmas
1) home pedicure spa
2) hard case for my guitar
3) New dining room furniture (techinacally that was christmas, birthday, anniversary, and any other gift you can think of for the next year combined into one says Brian)
4) Money to buy stuff to put into my dining room hutch

4 places I want to visit
1) Hawaii
2) Alaska
3) Austraila
4) Ireland

4 things you don't know about me
1) Wow I think I am an open book, can't think of anything for this

4 things I wish I could do better
1) play sports
2) be more patient
3) not be as sarcastic sometimes
4) not get so aggrivated with my kids

4 things I can cook without a recipe
1) chicken and dumplings
2) enchiladas
3) famous greenbeans
4) hashbrown casserole

There are you happy Candy!!! love you guys

Brenna's new haircut

I finally decided to give Brenna a big girl hair cut. I loved her long hair but it was so curly that is just ended up in a big tangle by the end of the day. She really looked forward to today and was so excited to get it done. I, however, was very nervous that I was making the right decision. When she first started cutting I think my heart dropped because it seemed so short. But when she was done I loved it. More importantly, Brenna adores it. She has been walking around here playing with her hair and looking in the mirror. She doesn't want to go outside because the wind will mess it up and she doesn't want to take a bath and get it wet because it will get messed up. She is getting a bath tonight whether she wants to or not so we shall see how that goes. Her hair is straight in the picture because the hair dresser wanted to see what it looked like like that. It is still very curly when it is not fixed that way. So don't worry I did not cut all her beautiful curls out.... They are still there, I promise.

My Valentine's Date

Brian and I decided to start a new tradition this year. We wanted to take the kids out for a Valentine's dinner all their own. So Brian took Brenna on a "Date" to AppleBees last night and I to Ben to Yokoso Japanese Steak House. It was a success. Brenna loved having that one on one time with her daddy and Ben thought he was hot stuff going out to a nice resteraunt with me. Ben and I shared a Hibachi shrimp dinner. On the grill the chef was also cooking steaks and chicken for some of the others at our table. Ben saw the steak and wanted that too. Then he saw the chicken and thought that sounded pretty good too. I had to explain to him that we did not get to eat everything the guy was cooking, just what we ordered. I think he would have prefered steak to go along with his shrimp. Brenna got to enjoy a hot dog and some icecream for dessert with daddy.

Before we left the house I asked Ben if he was ready for his date. He said yes but he wasn't going to kiss me when we got home. I asked him what he meant by that and he said that's what dates do. I said "How do you know what dates do?" He said, "Mom, I watch TV you know!"
Gotta love the stuff he picks up from Nick and Disney channel. Any way this was a great thing to start this year and I am sure we will do it every year from now on.

By the way I lost 2.6 lb last week. So I am starting to see a little more weight than just the pound here and there.

Praisin' Jesus

Brenna, as I always say, is a nut. Yesterday she decided she was not going to take a nap and the whole time she was in her room she was singing several different songs that we sing on Sunday morning. She knows them word for word. Her favorite right now is I will sing of the mercies of the Lord Forever. (she sings it over, and over, and over) Well in the middle of the no nap she said she had to Poop! So as she was sitting on the potty I was putting laundry away. She started singing (very sweetly) "How Great is our God" So I went to check on her and she was singing her little heart out (on the potty) with her hands raised. I guess you are suppose to praise God at all times.....