Just A Hanging

Anna and Harper at again. I guess they know its close to time for Christmas. They are trying to catch the sail boat. 

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas. :) 

Snow Day

Holy Moly! We got SNOW with a lot of Ice.  Its so nerve racking working in the field that I am in because I travel. I don't want to disappoint the people I work for but I have no choice. It took Ken almost 4 hours to completely get the ice off my windshield just to ride up the road for cigarettes(for us)  and milk for the kids.  My client lives 30 minutes away from me over yander in the hills. But I hate to say that me and a ditch have never been friends. Well maybe back when I was younger and that was the only bathroom in the neareat 45 mile stretch. But come on now. It won't be beneifical if I slide off into a ditch. I mean hells bells the other day it was so foggy I had to pull over and prayed I was on the side of the road to check GPS on my phone to make sure I didn't pass it.  What sucks even more is I  don't know how long I will be out of work because it suppose to be sunny tomorrow but lows in the 20s then another mix of rain and snow. Jesus help me make it to the end of the year.  We have bills and Christmas and ugh I wanna cry. Stress I tell ya. No one likes stress I know I don't because I smoke like a freight train and eat. lord help!

Pray for all of us that have been hit by Snow Storm 2013. That it doesn't turn into a repeat of 2009.

Anna & Harper

Elf On The Shelves have been slacking due to this mommy being exhausted and having health issues with my heart. Will make a spot to explain it all. However you can see the excitement the kids get when they find their elves in the morning but behavior an attitude wise has pretty much sucked. My son is in Pre-K and has been getting in trouble not for being mean but for not minding such as sitting and doing his work.  (I don't like daycares which is weirs because I'd love to own one, but for almost 8 years I was a stay at home mom it was easier. For the fact at the time I lived with my parents. I'd so to speak do chorea by keeping the house clean and laundry done and cook for my parents as my rent.) Back to Brayden he has never been in a daycare so he hasn't been around a lot of kids. He doesn't lack social skills but he just wants to play.  Now on to Ryleigh she's a red headed drama filled diva 8 year old. Who knew second grade was so tough social wise? But her attitude and not minding has pushed me over the edge of wanting to give up. Ryleighs lack of her biological sperm donor as I have rightfully named him hasn't been there in 8 years on two hands can count 6 times he "paid" her a 20 minute visit and that was all before the age of two.  That affects Ry as well. However tonight Santa typed a letter with some Santa Guidelines.  If they follow these guidelines in two days will receive task to full fill to get on a better less stressful path for mommy. Right now Anna and Harper have been pinned and taped to the wall and if they fail their guidelines they will disappear completely.

I will now post on that in the following days to come.

Elf On The Shelf

I know its a little early for Elf on the shelf but hey Ken wont let me put up the tree so why not. However, poor Anna (Ryleigh's elf) & Harper (Brayden's elf) they havent moved very far. Matter a fact they have lost their magic for a week. Due to the kids acting up. Ry has been mouthing and Brayden bad in school. Can you believe a 4 year old being bad in school. Especially when he hasn't ever really gotten in trouble at school. So what better way to get positive feedback by showing them that everyday they are bad the elves lose there magic. They know that every time they are bad that Santa knows.

Will update later on how well this method works. Gotta run and get my son off the  bus.

Lovely Day to All

Stress Holidays & More Stress

Holidays such as Thanksgiving & Christmas is suppose to be some of the happiest times of the year, right? Don't get me wrong who doesn't want to stuff their faces all day and not be judged...I know this girl does.  But why does the holidays have to be so stressful. Preparing food, getting together with family, Christmas to follow.  With all the stress my heart has been under my blood pressure has been extremely high.  So on top of that  the doctor tells me to alleviate the stress, how I'm still not sure. Considering all the holidays coming up, work, my kids, and I am starting to Organize my house.  I'm tired of doing little here and there. So I'm going to try my best to get things organized before the holidays.  So the stress is there. Ugh I know this is random and going in seperate direction than what I wanted.
Basically I'm try to break down and say why does the end of the year have to be so crazy and stressful.

Toothache To Jaw Pain

It's been quite hectic here lately.  Since last Wednesday I have been extreme pain with my mouth.  I had a tooth that had chipped it never bothered me and I never done anything about it because it didn't bother me.  So within months of no pain all of a sudden PAIN galore. Let me tell you I'd be more happy to have multiple c-sections than to endure pain like this.  I Broke down went to the dentist.  I walked in he looked in my mouth like most dentist do and said we are pulling it. There's no saving it. That's fine, the pain will go away.  NO, the tooth is abscessed.  He still pulls it. The abscessed ate my blood clot, setting up a dry socket. I went for a week with severe pain.   DRY SOCKET! He cut that out, but the pain is not so intense but still hurts due to my jaw healing from the tooth being pulled, having a dry socket, and having TMJ on top of that.  So 173 dollars later the pain is there but not so rough.

Tonight though we are planning on getting the "Elfs" out early. Hoping that showing them that Santa is watching them will help with all the back lash I get when I tell them it's time for cleaning. :)

I hope things will go as planned.

I hope to really start blogging a whole lot more.

Between working, taking care of kids, having a boyfriend that I live with and doing things to prepare to the up coming holidays. I am one busy lady! :)

Exhausted at Midnight!

Its such an awkward thing to be so exhausted while your wide awake.  I love working my new jobs...yes that's right. I haven't worked in almost 8 years and the first week of my new job which is at an in home care service. I was hired on for a similar job except you can call it private duty. Today I put in close to 11 hours including the driving may possibly add another hour on to that.  I started working at 10 this morning and didn't walk in my door until 10 til 10 pm.  I am absolutely love working to provide for my own family and catch up on bills along with being able to give my kids an awesome Christmas (with Santa's Help Of Course)! But one thing I'm not use to is spending that time away from my kids. :/ It hurt my heart that my daughter missed me so much and was so exhausted when I got home from all the fun she had with Ken Daddy, that she laid down and passed out. Does any other working moms have this issue as well?

Give me some pointers on how to balance time at work and my family.

Holy Smokes! We have Fall weather...

I'm so glad that we have fall weather. Its the best yet. What do you do during the fall? 

My fall things....

1. Pumpkin Carving and or painting pumpkins.

2. Decorate for Halloween

3. We get ready for Thanksgiving.

Simple right!? That's right we are pretty simple. Although during the fall season we may make other things or do other things.  Such as this year I'm hoping to be off next weekend to take the kid to the pumpkin patch.

Now give me some ideas on what you all do during the fall.   

Decisions As A Mother

By now you can tell I'm very random/chaotic. Nothing has a pattern but then again I'm still new to the blogging scene. Tonight my blog is title decisions because today I had to make one that as a Mother I wish i didn't. But as you can tell already my life isn't a fairytale. Neither one of my children's dads have every been in the picture especially my daughters dad. However my sons dad has been in and out which to me isn't any better. But as a good mother I would fall for the BS and take him up to his dads house when he called wanting to see him.  I felt as my son would see no matter what mommy tried. Well my sons dad got arrested almost three months ago. I assumed he was out and like always has forgotten to call and check on his son. I was wrong his mother got a hold of me today to inform me he is still there and depending on the judge could be facing up to 15 years. Lets do the math Brayden will be 5 in February if he got the maximum sentence Brayden will be nearly 20. But his mom asked me if I could write him about brayden.  Hmmmm......

HERE'S MY DECISION

My children mean the world to me and Brayden's dad deserves to know how great he is doing. I want my son to know no matter what mommy has tried. I started this letter this afternoon and although i get to a point I feel I'm done writing. More and more thoughts come to  my mind. I'm hoping with Braydens dad being in his right mind that Brayden will get the apology he deserves from the man that gave him life.

Although I will never regret being with either one of my childrens dads because without them I wouldn't have my kids but I do regret the hardships my kids have had to deal with not having their dads around. Although at this point in life and things I now  learn as an adult about my daughters dad. She is better off.  But my decision like stated before my son doesn't understand but he needs to hear it from his dad the truth of why he hasn't always been around and the apology he deserves.

For TEENS who want a baby please read this and understand that the dad not always will stay around. Things will come before you and your child especially if the person is young and not ready to give up partying. 9 chances out of 10 these will be decisions you will have to make. Maybe not this intense but possibly to decide that the person you fell in love with isnt always the person they turn out to be.

Tackle Touchdown

Considering we are approaching Football season, i thought the title fit appropriately. Be cause i just got word that as of Monday I will be pretty much full time at work.trying to juggle working full time job along with being a mother has been challenging. Remember i havent worked in nearly 8 years.  Today was my planned getting house together day but my son has ran really high fever the past two days. So we have been in and out of the house due to doctor appointments and having to make sure hes covered at school for being absent which with this new policy for school in my opinion is BS excuse my English. Im surprised i havent wrote a ranting post about that yet.  But right now my biggest challenge is working all day and now a little in the afternoon and trying to catch everything up. My living room couch has became a  caatch all (mainly just clothes). Todaay though is tackling that getting all the launcry up and put away a long with cleaning my childrens room. Why becauseonderful son thout it would be funny to pour out baby powder in the floor. So today im going to tackle until I touchdown on Thursday!

RIP CHRISTOPHER WESCOAT

I know I don't blog like I should especially this past week but I have been extremely busy. But I wanted to take time out tonight to blog about a man I've known most of my life. Chris and I went to a small town school together with a lot of other kids. But the town we lived in everyone knew everyone. Chris was in a boating accident in September and came up missing. October 10th,2013 his body was found and today was visitation.  To be honest his death has been really hard on me.  I've known him since I WaS five and we were never on bad terms. In which I don't think he was ever on bad terms with anyone. That was just Chris he was a very easy down home southern man.  you never realize how much someone has impacted your life until they aren't there to continue.  I don't know if his death has bothered me so bad because of knowing him for years. Or the fact that I seen him for the first time 3 weeks before he came up missing in nearly 6 years. The last words I heard him say was see ya around. Not knowing that would be the last time I'd see him around. That our class reunion won't be the same which is in May of 2014.  may God give his family peace and closure while their child RIP. Class of 2004 reunion will not be the same.

RIP ROO YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED!

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Hours Hours & More Hours!

I'm absolutely loving this work week. Have gotten more hours! Then on top of it I got my portal notification set up for my other job! I haven't worked almost 8 years and now I'm working I absolutely love it! Can't wait to go shopping this weekend if possible to go put stuff in layaway for the kids for Christmas! :)

8 Days

My first born will be 8 years old. I never imagined at 28 years old that I'd have an eight year old. but I do and would not change it for the world. She is my pride and joy along with her brother but she never ceases to amaze me!  She's extremely temperamental (explains the red hair) but has an extreme soft side.  She enjoys reading and crafting. Loves to help but only when she wants to help momma. But that's usually when I can get it done faster. LOL

Plans For Her Birthday

As right now there is no set birthday party. We are planning Friday to order Disney Live tickets that will be a surprise. I have thought about letting her take a friend to Chuckee Cheese. But this time of year money is always tight! So we will see..but for now I'm gonna dream about it and call it a night!

SleepOver on A School Night?

Why Not? Your children are only little once! Brayden was the only boy in his class for almost two months until this Tyler boy came along. He'd beg and beg for Tyler to come over. Not knowing his parents couldn't make those plans. Then one morning he pointed Tyler out and I've known his mom for years. Well since she was little. She hung out with my neighbor. However they play together so good they are best friends and I'm happy Brayden has a boy his age to be friends with. He's surrounded by girls on our block and the boys are three or four years older than him. But they kept asking if Tyler could stay the night and his mom OK'd it and bam. But hey boys were fed, bathed, in bed by 8:00 pm and asleep by 8:30pm. Ryleigh is in bed now guess where this momma is going. To bed!

Remember your kids only have one life let them enjoy it within reason.

Night All!

Overwhelming Wonderful Opprotunities

The past few weeks have been absolutely nutty. Where do I start? Well let's see...starting with my new job! As well as promoting and earning awesome money from home especially after  LilyBean&Baxter released their new fall catalog!

New Job

      I started working for an awesome wonderful  company called Caring Hands. Its an in home service. (Those that may not know what this type of work is. Its where you go into someone's home and you do household chores or even personal care! Nothing Hard) Although right now I work steady every other weekend and as a fill in, it has landed me another job!  One of the in home services house I went offered me to come to their place to work a few more hours a week. Which is awesome. The more hours more money!

My friend Jamie helped me get on with this company and God seen my struggle and blessed me!  

However the weirdest of it all I haven't worked steady outside the home in 8 years.  That's where the overwhelming part comes in. I am having to learn how to juggle being a full time mom while working and managing my own home!  Such as this last week let me break my week down for you...

SATURDAY 21- My daughter was selected to ride in a float in our town parade. It started at 10 am I had to be at work at 11 am. Luckily my daughters float wasn't to far into starting the parade! As son as I seen her helped my son get some candy I walked down to my car and headed to work. Worked 5 hours came home to an awesomely clean house. Thank you baby! Not sure much what I did after I got home but relaxed.
 
SUNDAY 22- went to work for 3 hours after going and getting my medicine and dropping my daughter off with my mom for church that day! As well as visiting with my daddy! Came home after work.done some laundry gave my son a bath while waiting for sissy to be home from church. Thank goodness Nana gave Ry a bath while She was there all day.
MONDAY 23- had training for work for two hours. Then filled out app for the new job. Came home cleaned up my house got Ry from school and headed to dance for an hour and half then went to my moms for roughly 30 mins came home gave my son a bath while Ry was with her aunt. As well as cooking then gave sissy a shower when she came home.
TUESDAY 24 worked and thank the Lord above Ry game got cancelled due to rain. So instead of the game she had a friend come over.  But done the same nightly routine. Supper, baths  bed!
WEDNESDAY 25- was slightly an Easy day. Cleaned up my house a bit, then the same afternoon routine.
THURSDAY 26-back to a busy day today! Today I couldn't believe I missed my son getting off the bus! I was in the other room going threw clothes and time got awsy from me! Ugh felt like a horrible mother but my son reassured me that I was not a bad mommy!  Between feeling Horrible sickness wise and horrible I didn't hear the bus. The afternoon start we get things ready because Ry was in yet another parade! She gets out at 3:00 pm and parade meet up is at 4:30! However after we get there about 4:15 I let the kids play at the park waiting for the float.  That's when we find out the parade itself doesn't start until 5:30! Finally parade ends and we are home for well the nightly routine.
FRIDAY 27- worked that morning until 12:30. Came home and honestly relaxed. Then went to get Ry for her to go home with a friend as well as bub had a friend over that day as well. Came home and started supper early. Had most of it fixed before Ken got home BC he took forever getting home! That's when we fixed my daddy a plate,headed to get Ry, then to mom an dads to give him his plate. ( mom is on vacation that's why mom didn't get a plate!) Finally went to the wonderful Walmart to get my check cashed and bought everything we needed to be broke again. (My check was only 73.00) and headed home.
SATURDAY 28- woke up about 7:30 started feeding the kids, got them showered because Fridays we usually skip baths unless they were filthy.  My daughter has seasonal exzema and breaks out real bad on her toosh and her belly. I have to limit her baths to every other day to 15 minutes or her toosh gets really irritated. During winter and summer its the worse but usually seasonal change will cause a flare up. Anyways after showers we got ready and headed to the parade line up and Ken Daddy and bub headed to go watch. This year cotton carnival parade finished our float in record breaking time done by 11:15 got started at 10:10. Its a huge parade. Then Whitney my BFF gave us  ride to my car which took 30 mins due to rerouting because of the parade. Finally to the car and we head to Kens Company picnic. We stayed until about 3:30 and the kids were wore out. Got home got a text that ken won a $25 check voucher to use anywhere. Then I cleaned the kitchen done some laundry and cleaned out my car.  Got ready for work Sunday!

Woohoo what a week. Now do you see the overwhelming feeling. Its nuts but I've been blessed.

That has been my week in a nutshell. Hope to update more soon. But in the mean time check out LilyBean&Baxter and find some awesome gifts for everyone.  * will post pics tomorrow!

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First Quarter Grades

Do you see that? That's right we are the proud parents of a straight A second grader. I'm very proud of my daughter who had me worried after seeing a few of her papers.  She is so excited that as soon as Ken Daddy gets paid this week she has earned $20 but in the meantime we rewarded both kids by going to the park.

I didn't get the best report on Brayden and some of the report I was upset about but I have to pray and work with him to be more independent. The thought that kept crossing my mind is he's four he isn't fourteen. But its time to continue to work with him to be a better person and child. However a part of the report was that he was a very intelligent child. Just really rambunctious.  Again he's only 4 and still new to this school thing being around kids all the time now!

On a posting roll tonight, may have one more post before its over tonight.

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Money From Home

Would You Enjoy Making Just A Little Bit Of Extra Cash

I get asked quite often all what I do to earn money from home.  I do a lot it seems. I am a part of quite a bit of websites. Some I work faithfully with everyday. Some I only go to once a week.  Maybe even once a month.

I'm going to make a list with the sign up site to go start making money! Most of everything that I have signed up with and started making money from home with is Free to sign up!  I mean FREEE money! What will hurt!?

1. SwagBucks- Make a junk email! You complete free offers to earn swagbucks. Also go on Swagbucks on facebook and they will show when a swag code is up and on certain days they give you a code worth 10 SB.  (I do this one everyday!)  I recently cashed out for $25.00 in my paypal account.  Also I have this as my main search engine, you can earn up to 20 SB a day by searching stuff. Which is worth 2500 SB and it took me two weeks to get them just working with it for 30 mins a day.  Today I earned 349 points working for 30 mins.  NOTHING HARD and it is free!  But they have others that you can cash out for Gift Cards as well.

2. InstaGC- Make a different Junk Email!  It's just like SwagBucks except you can't cash out for paypal.  You can cash out for GiftCards. Or Every 100 points is worth a dollar and when you feel that you have accumulated enough money you can request a check.  AGAIN NOTHING HARD! I just recently started working this everyday! In 20 mins today I got 190 coins

3. InBox Dollars- To be able to do this one I must have your email to send you an invite! :)

This is where you can earn money by reading emails, completing surveys, doing free offers, and even searching.  $5.00 sign up bonus.

4. Panda Research- It's basically doing surveys! $3.00 sign on bonus! I've done this before and got side tracked and I actually in a month of doing it cashed out at $50. So I recently started doing it again! Extra Christmas Money!

5.  Instant Rewards- are you good at marketing? Making Ads?  Try this out! Sign up is Free and once you sign up to activate your account. You must complete an offer that applies a credit of 1.00.  It's simple why because when I started I had to pay a dollar.  Now that I'm in the program and marketing it. They have an offer that is completely FREE!  Once you get going and making ads you can make $20 a person.  That's right $20 a person.  It's to help promote business to Fortune 500 companies that in retro spec kind of get side tracked because they are mainly online.

6. Email Processing:  This is the only one that I have paid a lot of money for! I paid $25 dollars to start and before you know it! I was on my way of making $25 each time someone processed an email.

I do recommend getting a different email for SwagBucks, InstaGC, Panda Research, and Inbox Pays. Due to the fact that most of the offers are all the same! :)

Flu?

It's really odd timing to be getting the flu, so I thought! Granted I had symptoms of the flu this weekend, however, come to find out yesterday morning. I was diagnosed with Asthmatic Bronchial Pneumonia,  I usually get this once or twice a year around about this time. However, I had the worse case that I have had in years.  I felt as if I was helpless and dying.  My lungs burned, my back/spine ached, my chest felt as if I had a ton of bricks on top of it.  I have never felt this bad in my life.  I swear to Jesus I would have ten more c-sections than to feel this pain.  Your lungs is a vital organ, my lungs yesterday felt as if I had no life left.  Last night, I was trying to fold towels and I ended up having a really bad asthma attack. I couldn't breathe I was panting for air.  Luckily I feel as if my little girl was my savior yesterday. She was the only one in the house. My inhaler was empty my new one was in my car. I called for her.  Next thing I know she ran outside to Ken Daddy and he got my new inhaler out of the car and I started and was able to breathe.

I as of today feels a whole lot better than I did last night.  I hope anyone that ever has had this diagnosis take it seriously because before you know it one gasp of air  could be your life.  I have had mini asthama attacks where I could catch my breathe on my own. Last night was the first time I have ever had to have my inhaler to help me get my breathe back!

So please anyone that has this take it seriously! :)

Time Management?

Time Management

I question time management for the lack there of.  I always seems so rushed. Kind of like that song by Alabama that goes (I keep rushing and rushing until lifes no fun). Granted we just recently moved into a different house (the house I grew up in) and we have a lot of stuff. It's kind of pathetic how much a family of four can aquire over the years [Mainly my boyfriends stuff].  It's to the point where it becomes overwhelming.  I feel as if I'm always cleaning and I'm always doing laundry, granted with children you are always doing laundry. But I don't ever just have time to relax it seems.  Although everyone says that I relax all the time, but not everyone is here with me everyday on a daily basis.   I want my kids to have a more structured life, I'm not saying a more strict life, but to have little less chaos.   Yes, I know that with children chaos is something that will Occasionally Happen. But it seems these past few months everything is a big ball of chaos fixing to explode.

Since my son has start Pre-K I have had 4 hours a day to get everything done.  But everyday it seems as if I'm going through boxes throwing away everything we don't need.  Which is good but before I know it he's getting off the bus, with demands of being hungry.  They serve him lunch at school but my son every since being a baby has always been picky.  There is only certain things he will eat.  Before anyone thinks it yes, we have tried many times to get him to eat certain foods by even hiding it in foods he loves.  The little stinker won't eat it. 

So In the Next Few Days, I'm researching on top of cleaning and what not to get things put on a schedule. It's a must and can't go very much longer without. Don't get me wrong I'm not one of those mothers that allow her children to stay up until Midnight on school days.  The latest my kids are allowed to stay awake is 8. Except for my daughter on Wednesday she goes to church with my mother and sometimes don't get home until 10.  Which is fine because she never wakes up not wanting to go to school yet!  However, she's fixing to start getting busy especially when Dance starts.

Hopefully once all the chaos slows down and what not I will be able to blog a lot more! :)

The Sadness That Gloomed My House This Morning

Today Was The Day That My 4 Year Old......started pre-school.  This momma cried like a big ol' baby!  I have had 4 years to prepare myself for this day. needless to say it wasn't what I expected.  I have been doing really well the past few months knowing that this day was coming.  It wasn't until yesterday when Ken Daddy and I were preparing him for this day that he expressed, "Not Actually", when asked if he was ready to start school today! :(  I even contemplated in letting him stay home another year, I'm mean whats it going to hurt right? Well a lot in our situation is because he hasn't ever been in daycare nor has he ever had a set of kids to play with all the time.   He hasn't had a lot of socialization.  So today was really hard on me.  I was fine leaving the school, driving home, but it hit me when we got home and I didn't have my racing buddy anymore! :(  Brayden and I always have this game that when we get out of the car we race to see who can make it to the front door fastest.   I didn't have that this morning.  Considering that the school itself didn't start today until 9 am due to a condensed fog this morning.  When I say a condensed fog, this stuff was thick.  We opened the door and you couldn't see past the front porch!  So he kind of lucked out! :)

Now it's time to get off of here and get some things around the house done before sissy gets home! :)

I love my kids with all my might but sending them to school has tore me down! :(

Fall already?

I love the weather we are having! Feels like fall is coming really soon which makes me happy! Fall is my favorite time of year. Love the cool breeze and the cold nights. Makes for a peaceful night sleep!

What does everyone do during the fall?

I myself get prepared for dance (my daughter does dance), get ready for Halloween, and it seems I spring clean during the fall.  Haha funny I know!

Well I'll try to post more tomorrow I'm sleepy now!

Second Grade

Today officially kicked off the first week of second grade for my daughter. Guess what!? We were 10 minutes late due to the fact that my son shut the alarm off this morning so he could here his cartoon. (No I don't let my children roam around while I sleep but my son will get up in the mornings and come lay in bed and watch his cartoons) however she made it to school just a few mins late! In 8 minutes I will here all about her day went. Then its home to finish laundry and let kids play before the storm rolls in! :)

** Well I said I would here a lot about about how her day went but instead all I heard was it was ok and she doesn't feel good.  She actually had a fall today as well, but that wasn't at school.  My daughter is a graceful dancer.  She can dance her little heart out but can not walk with her own two feet without at least tripping over her own feet once a day!  They have no homework so therefor it's going to be a pretty easy night. Hopefully we can get to be early and get things going a little better tonight.  Sometimes getting back into the swing of things isn't always easy.  I know being a stay at home mother isn't always easy, because you are the go to person everyone runs to.  Wouldn't change it for the world though! :)

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Insomnia

I know I'm by far the only one in this world to suffer from insomnia.  In four days I've had roughly 15 hours asleep. That seems like a lot but really it isn't considering, unless my insomnia strikes, I get a good 8-10 hours of sleep.  I have always suffered with this disease because it is one but I haven't had a spell like this in a long time. I'm assuming it has to deal with the stress I've been under. My daughter started school this past Friday and my son starts school for the FIRST time on the 19th. Stress that he's gonna not be use to how school works, what its really about, and that mommy can't go. Hoping that I can get a part time job. Although I bring in money with LilyBean&Baxter & Instant Rewards, I'm ready to get out of the house for a few hours a day.  Also under tons of stress due to the fact we are down to one vehicle right now. My boyfriend has my car from 5 am until he gets home about 4. Luckily my sister lives a block from me and we are sharing what use to be my old car that she has taken over. Which is fine by me, so she can have something in case something happened. 

Considering I have to be wide eyed and bushy tell in roughly 5 and half hours I am finally after 4 hours has passed since I took some melatonin. I'm ready to pass out.

Chaotic Reality

For those that maybe interested in the things I post. I must say I'm extremely sorry. Not sure if I have posted this but in the last three months basically all summer we have been in the process of moving! Between the move, preparing children for school (yes my baby boy starts prek this year), then unpacking and organizin/cleaning I've been busy. Also the only internet I've had is my phone and we haven't been able to WiFi so its charging us to use our data. I'm hoping in the next few days to be finish unpacking and start relaxing especially since my daughter starts school this Friday. Then Brayden my son starts on the 19th. I will post another post about my feelings toward my kids growing older. I've actually got a lot of stuff to blog about. There's a lot going on as soon as I get my WiFi hooked up in the next few days I will be back! And start posting more about the Chaotic life. :)

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Straight Chaos

Busy,busy,busy bee! That has been us for the past two and half months. Every night I have told myself I was going to lay down and blog. Well I make it to the lay down part and I completely fall asleep if not asleep as I climb into bed.

I wanted to rewind a little bit to see where I left off to only find there are a few post that I'm going to have to finish writing. So look forward to them.

Why busy?
You may ask why have we been busy the past two and half months. Well in all honesty its because of end of the school year functions, preparing and prepping for dance recital, and also a few other things my family has been preparing for but can't speak of it until time is right. (No, I'm not Pregnant) I do feel in the past two and half months I have been tossed and thrown around like a chicken with my head cut off.  You may wander about some of the school year functions that went on. My daughter had a wonderful long and exhausting/eventful day full of games and rides, and her favorite snow cones.  For me on the other hand it wasn't bad and I enjoyed watching my daughter enjoy her day but this momma was extremely sick with some allergy sinus crap. However though she did get to leave and we did leave 30 mins early and the only reason I made her leave was because she had dance that afternoon and needed a nap.  Then on may 17th she left her new school for the summer. She enjoyed it emensly and made new friends and would hate to see it go if need be. I must say she was very blessed with a great teacher. Not only did she present herself well when we first met her. But she was a very understanding teacher. See my daughter started having horrible headaches again at the beginning of the year that we put off as stress come to find out in November of 2012 she was diagnosed with juvenile migraines. Her new teacher Mrs. Boswell was there for her every step of the way and neverade her feel as if she was an outsider.

But the chaos doesn't stop there we are in the brinks of trying to go through items we no longer need! We are taking care of our kids and trying to let them enjoy there summer because as soon as the school year starts ikk two kids in school!

Hoping that as soon as things slow down I'll blog more!

UpDATE: Remember I mentioned previously in this post about some other chaos going on but quite couldn't speak on it yet. The one where I said No I'm Not Pregnant.  Well here's a bit of am update and will write a whole blog on it later but after almost 40 years of marriage, 2 kids, 4 grandkids, living in their first home my parents built and have owned out right for at least 15 years. I am proud to say that my daddy made life to mommas dream. They bought a brand new home and now my family is residing in the home I grew up in.

Aggravation of A Mom

As moms/parents we get aggravated we are human. Is it okay to let our kids see that we are upset or aggravated?

My philosophy is honesty there are times that you share with your kids when your aggravated or upset. Then again there are times you shouldn't.  The past week I have been extremely pissed off at my bank.  Charging me over draft fees for stuff that isn't my fault and I know isn't my fault.  *Customers are always right!* at least I am because I hardly ever complain unless I'm being screwed!

Update: I finally closed out my account to only find out that two days after closing my account that they want to charge me again an overdraft fee. I haven't used my debit card in three months nor wrote a check. And two days after I closed they want to charge me another $36

But where I was going with this post is never take out your frustrations on your kids because your mad. My daughter during that time new I was upset and I explained to her why I was stressed and upset. But then again there are times to be honest and times not to be. Don't ever tell them way to much that they can't handle or they feel obligated to feel stressed to its not their problem it's yours.

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Nauseating Feeling

The past few months I have experienced a lot of pain in my right breast. The doctor who checked me felt that they were nothing more than caffeine knots. Just in case she sat me up with a mammogram and ultrasound.
Well I went in for the mammogram and she came out and said the doctor wanted to go ahead to do the ultrasound. Which my doctor informed me they wouldn't do anything unless they felt as if something needed more diagnosing.  I waited 26 minutes before they got me back to do the ultrasound. In that 26 minutes I feared my life for the first time since 8 years. (I almost lost mine and my daughters life during delivery nearing 8 years ago.) I wander what if they told me I had breast cancer and that it was progressing fast. All these things flashed threw my mind for the sake of my kids. Besides my family and their Ken daddy I'm all they have. I've promised my daughter I wasn't going anywhere. She done lost her dad because he walked out on her and here I am feeling that I'm gonna break a promise I never intend on breaking. 

The ultrasound tech came out to the waiting room and called for me. I seriously felt like running the other way around.  However I didn't. The ultrasound was extremely painful because for some reason my right breast is extremely sore and tender.  I even started crying. The lady that performed the mammogram said I'd hear my results by Wednesday of the following week. Then I get back there to have the ultrasound done and I asked will I find out my results by Wednesday like the mammogram. She said no the radiologist wants to speak to you before you leave.

In the 5 minutes it took for him to come back there to give me the news. This is exactly what went threw my head. I'm gonna have to make a will for my kids to go with my parents. And to start writing letters to my kids to let them know how much they mean to me. *knock* the radiologist comes through the curtain says "Ms. Pigg everything is normal." You are fine.

Talk about crazy! In 2 hours the doctors had my life turned upside down but in reality I needed it. To prove that God is great that he is the one who made me healthy. That the power if prayer is what I needed.

Before I go remember ladies having an annual mammogram can save your life. Because in an instant it can change!

Work From Home

Work From Home

        Is working from home even possible now a days?  I am here to tell you that the skeptic of the year can vouch and say yes you can.  As most of you know, I am a stay at home mother who gets little to NO help at all with supporting my kids by their fathers.  I do get help from their loving step dad and my family.  However, back to Working From Home.  Let me explain and give you a slight testimony! I am a believer now.   I have went to school for just about anything and everything that you can possibly imagine. However, after having children and then all the horror stories you hear about daycares. {Yes, it happens in small towns as well} But I love being able to watch every move my kids do during their growing years.  I have signed up for a few things that to me was just a down right bust but have benefited others.  However, I had posted my concern and struggle about the program that I was a part of.  I had a few ladies message me and told me they know how I feel. But they gave me websites to view that are LEGIT work at home.  Is it easy money? Yes and No!  Yes because all you do is refer people and no because it's a job you actually have to work at it.  What's it called you may ask?  It's called Instant Rewards!  Now I will explain about it and if you want to be like me and get out of your financial bind. By all means go view this site sign up! 

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Online Marketing: I'm sure you are like the rest of the world and are a part of Facebook.  It's kind of like a drug it does become addicting.  I know I have seen what they call "Yard Sale Sites", "Plexus", & Anyone that is driving for a business.  That my friends is online marketing.  You are promoting a business and driving people to take a look or buy something you have posted.  Except with Instant Rewards Step Out of your Comfort Zone and post free online classfied ads.  That I will help you with.

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Now you do have to complete and offer that is a trial period offer.  I am being completely honest, there are free ones, but mainly you have to pay a minimal fee.  But guess what so far the most that I have seen is a ten dollar fee.  Here's something awesomely great I paid $1.00 bill (technically I used my debit card).   I completed the credit report offer but right now they are having a bit of technical difficulties but they are working out the bugs. There are plenty more offers such as Gamefly  for $5.95.  What's so great is they are trial offers, once you have completed and paid the TRIAL offer fee only.  You have to at least wait 75% to 90% of the trial period time.  Example: I signed up with Credit Report Sunday and Thursday which is 4 days later. I canceled.  That should give you at least the 75% time period they require.   But you have to check and see how long the offer is. If you have problems contact me! 

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I'm Going to Rant

Facebook Rant

Anyone that has a smart phone I'm sure has a Facebook app. I've never really had problems with my app besides the few times it would freeze because I'm always on there between keeping up with friends, family, and working! Let's face it I'm a stay at home mom Lord himself knows I'm not gonna clean ALL day long! But for the past few days seemed just about everytime I was on it! I get a message that said Facebook stop working force shut down. So thinking I'd fix the problem I was due for an update so I updated it! Ha, jokes on me because now all it does is go to a blank screen and about a minute later says Facebook is not responding. You bet your money I reported it. I understand that a lot of the apps are free but seriously to be able to get the Free apps we pay for service through our providers right!? Why yes yes we do. ( sorry little phineas and ferb moment there) However, even if we report it doesn't always mean they are gonna fix it.

Now on to a mommy rant:

I love both my children with everything in me! But what aggravates me is their "sperm donors" don't. My daughters dad has had nothing to do with her, well let's do the math. Him and I were together for a year and half after she was born he seen her wait for it...FOUR times and once when she was two and half. However in seven years with the help financially from my parents because doing it by myself it was hard. Still is but after seven years he was order to pay child support. But does he why hell no I believe we have gotten 540 dollars in 6 months and that was in two months. Before you think it no that doesn't justify the seven years he hasn't paid. However to anyone else out there going through this why force the issue yes I know he help make her but he's never been there. She knows about him because I have never lied to her but just say I was young and dumb and didn't listen to anyone. But ended up with a beautiful daughter but I was young and now I'm older I have learned things about him and what not that NO my daughter would never in her life be alone with him.

I will finish my rants later the car line is moving!

Finishing rant on baby daddies my sons dad well he sees him basically when its convient or he remembers to call. Which hasn't been in quite some time. His birthday was February 20th, and his dad hasn't seen him since about a week after his birthday. Yes, he has called but hasn't called or answer his phone since Easter.  Him and I before that gotten into it because he wants to put things on Facebook that are way out of content.  Basically I feel and again any woman going thru this don't chase a man to have something to do with his kid. Because in the end your only hurting yourself and your child because of the broken promises why put your child through that!

A lawyer once told someone I knew if a man wanted his child or to see his child he would walk miles if he had to. If he has a car a drives by your house and doesn't stop he doesn't care.  He may say he does but does he really?

BTW my Facebook app started working. I was just ranting lol

I'm going to get off here before this storm and wind blows me away! Probably hard to do but they are some pretty strong winds!

Holy Winds

Anyone else experiencing extremely high winds today! We are here in southeast Missouri. Despite the winds be so rough its quite nice outside, but being a mom work is never done! So in the mean time I will be cleaning up house considering the kids and I haven't been home in two days! So for now everyone stay safe and have any questions just ask!

Relationships

As I'm sitting here waiting on my daughter to get done with dance class, realizing I have 30 minutes before she's done! What better way to occupy myself than to blog!

I titled this relationships because I've always been told I give great relationship advice.  Therefore, thought I'd share some information I feel that a lot of people don't pay a lot of attention to. That is domestic violence..

....the reason I say people don't pay close attention to it is because people tend to look more onto the extreme physical violence. Not realizing that domestic violence can be verbal and non verbal as well.

Verbal: when you are in a relationship weather it's a month or years of your significant other is constantly putting you down that is a form of verbal abuse. Example: Your a Stupid Bitch is the only verbal but constantly calling you stupid even with out bitch at the end of it is verbal abusive. Texting you while you are at school or work saying you better not be talking to any boys/girls (yes girls can be the abuser) not only is verbal abusive but controlling as well. Downgrades are verbal abuse such as your worthless or my favorite you won't fond anyone better than me. Well the old saying goes there is more fish in the sea! How true that is my friends.

Non Verbal: the obvious of course would be slapping,punching, kicking,screaming, and biting! But did you know even if the abuser doesn't hit you but hits a wall in the middle of an argument is consider physical abuse? It is that shows that he or she needs anger management along with the fact that he shows some remorse but shows he/she wants to hit you but had enough control to hit something else. But also have you ever been with someone that y'all had been fighting all day and decide to go out but in the car you can yell their still aggravated because they ate squeezing your hand way to tight and won't stop? That my friends is physical the abuser doesn't have hall of and throw you around like a rag doll but if its happening on the first few months of your relationship I'm sure it will never end and will get worse.
Controls/Threats: These are part of verbal abuse if you are with someone and they control down to the point of how you should wear your hair that's controlling. No I'm not saying asking for someone's opinion because I'll fox my hair or asky boyfriend how should I wear my hair and he always says curly because he likes my curly hair. But someone telling you I better not catch you cutting your hair that's controlling that can lead to threatening which can later leas to physical abuse.

Before closing now, I want clarify that every relationship has arguments but none of them should ever end up as a Monday night Raw Match. Relationships play fight or wrestle that's OK but when it goes to more than just playing get out while you can. The first month or even six months a relationship is grand but usually after most of the time two months you see the real person.

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All These Bugs Going Around..

This has been the worse year for my kids and I because of all the different flu bugs going around.  This school year my daughter has been forced to miss a bit of school due to we found out she suffered with juvenile migraines. Them has been some very hard days to face. My son has been sick with strep a few times and he got the flu.

Last night out of no where my daughter woke up and felt as if she had to use the bathroom instead she started throwing up everywhere and having really sharp pains in her left side.

The picture I'm posting is of her last night that laid like this for two hours just to get comfortable.  Considering we didn't get back to bed until almost 3 this morning I decided to let her stay home from school. Also their school has a rule that the child has to be throw up free for 24 hours. She didn't start until 11pm.  I've tried getting her into the doctor but obviously today has been the day of the stomach bug.

Tonight hopefully we will be able to get some sleep because this momma is tired.

The Yummy In My Tummy Desert That my previous post was talking about!

The Name: To Be Honest Not Sure

So My family and I have named it The Yummy In My Tummy. (We watch a lot of Yo Gabba Gabba) 

What You Will Need:

2 Packs of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (Collect Boxtops-Make Sure You Grab The Box Top off of it)

Package of Cream Cheese

1  Can Pie Filling (Apple, Cherry, Strawberry)

Vanilla Extract

Cinnamon 

1/2 cup Sugar

A Pan

Oven

Butter

First the recipe I came across called for about half of what I'm going to share but we discovered it taste a lot better.

First you will take your pan. I use a round pan a smaller one. Not sure the exact measurements but I do know you bake cakes in them! :) 

You will open one package of Pillsbury Crescent Rolls [Don't forget that box top]

Unroll the crescent rolls and kind of lay them in the pan. Sometimes you may have to rip off a few pieces to fill in cracks. 

After you have that sitting in the pan. 

You then will take a mixing bowl take a half a cup of sugar, the package of cream cheese, and not quite a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Mix these together really good.  

After mixing those three ingredients you need to take a spoon and scoop out some of the cream cheese mixture and drop a dot on the spread out crescent rolls.  Keep repeating that until all of the cream cheese mixture is gone.  After it's all in the pan smear it all over the crescent rolls.  

Once you have them steps completed take a can of pie filling of your choice (cherry taste delightful).  Smear the whole can of pie filling on top of the cream cheese mixture.  

Take the other package of crescent rolls and spread it on top of the pie fillings.  Once you have done this you will then need to melt some butter in the microwave. Once you have melted the butter you need to glaze the top of the crescent rolls. 

After the glaze of butter is on the top of the YUMMY in my TUMMY pie, take a cinnamon and sugar mixture and sprinkle all over the top. 

Finally, you need to place in a preheated oven of 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes. 

Hope You Enjoy! :) 

The Life of The Occasionally Chaotic..

It really doesn't sound as bad as it does.  I chose Occasionally Chaotic because it's the truth. I am a single mother of 2 children. I live life adventurously non the least.  If I'm not up cleaning and doing laundry on a daily basis I must be sicker than a dog.   I am always up for new things and new things to try.  I love recipes, reality tv, and being home with my family.  I do try to organize as much as possible but sometimes that seems very unreal in a the chaotic on the go lives we live.  Between cleaning and taking care of my four year old while my seven year old is in school.  We are always busy after school, Monday and Tuesday we go to dance and cheer, Wednesday and Thursday, I try catching everything up, and on Friday my daughter has appointments.

Considering that summer is fixing to start, I decided to start this blog and share the life of a Chaotic Clan of mine.   I love doing different things with my kids each summer whether it's going to the zoo, science museum  or just playing with a homemade slip in slid in our back yard.  I love making new desert recipes. Matter of fact I tried one a few months back that boyfriend absolutely loves.  I will make a separate post on that here in a bit.  It's very delicious especially if you like cherries and cream cheese! :)

I am a consultant for two companies.  I am an Avon Represenative, you should check it out! :) (www.youravon.com/diedrapigg)

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As the day goes by I will post more on what we do on a daily basis, the tips and tricks that I have! It seems over seven years of raising kids, I come up with new ones.  I also like posting about random things. So feel free to comment and ask as many questions as you like.