Endless Xpressions

Endless expressions is a company I started selling for to make extra cash while I am in school. 

Let me tell ya they have some really cute stuff from leggings (clothing) to wallets for men and woman. 

Check the pic out below ....

Check out this wallet that I will be getting soon....

Want to place an order please do go to 

http://www.endlessxpressions.com/store/#Diedrapigg

Snow Days

That's right we are under a snow storm right now.  Technically the snow has stopped for the most part. But we have accumulated a lot of snow. UGH! Who else hates snow? I know this girl does. I keep thinking as of tomorrow we will be exactly one month away from St. Patricks Day.  Meaning we are three days from the first day of spring. I absolutely can not wait to be able to sweat my butt off during the summer months.  I absolutely love summer not only because of warmth but the days last so long. Meaning I will get out of school at 4 and still have almost 5 hours of light!

So what have we done today for our snow day. NOTHING!  Well unless you consider studying anatomy, trying to clean as much as possible, on top of laundry, let Ryleigh outside for a few so she could play.  Needless to say that didn't last long, the wind got up and I made her come in. We got a text that they already let school out for tomorrow! Well, my kids school. We still haven't been updated to whether or not we are out of hair school tomorrow! I'm sure hoping so.  Considering my boyfriend whom is from Chicago and is use to weather like this, made it about 15 minutes from home and decided to turn around and come home because the interstate of all places was horrible. The interstate actually up by his work was shut down for a while because they had a 15 car pile up.  That's the other reason why this weather sucks!

As of right now, going to get off the computer finish up the laundry try to anyways. I actually took trash out and checked on our cat. I thought I would be smooth and step onto our door rug that was a ways away. Well I ended up slipping on the metal door frame and believe I tore a muscle in my lower back. Its' throbbing right now!

Once my phone charges, I will upload photos of all the snow! :)

That's how deep it is.. 

Fact #5

Tonight I will end the pregnancy facts because I am running out of things I remember. Sad right? I had pregnancy brain bad with Brayden. 

But....

The one thing I'll never forget, during pregnancy lost 72 lbs and lost 28 lbs after and during my 6 weeks of recovery. 

That's right you read that correctly. Instead of gaining Weight I lost it. A lot of weight lost for a pregnant woman but over all I was happy. A lot of it was stress but the main reason is my thyroid became more active when pregnant and it caused me to lose weight. 

Do you have any weird pregnancy facts you have gone threw? 

Just a FYI

Not sure if I mentioned it already but Ken's mom, dad, sister Crystal, and niece Aliya came down to visit. I've been up a lot earlier than wanted to be . Mainly to go get Girl Scout cookie. Fun? Well of course we have had fun today. But due to plum exhaustion I will continue the pregnancy updates. 

Y'all come back ya hear!! 

Valentine's Day!!!

What better time than after one in the morning on Valentine's Day make a post about my Valentine. 

•The handsome fella with me in this picture will be the one and only Ken, my Valentine. We've only been together for 3 years and 3 months but we have celebrated 4 Valentine's Day together. 

In those 4 Valentine's to be quite honest we've never been the mushy gushy send me roses and candy type people. Mainly because our whole relationship I've been a stay at home mom and money has been tight.  The first year he worked and I forgave him, the second year he bought me a rose and gave me one of the kids valentine cards. (Yes he's one of those guys hates spending money on any type of cards.) Last year he took me out to eat because we got a sitter. This year we planned on doing something but out of no where, kind of last minute thing his sister Crystal, niece Aliya, mom Carol, and dad George decided again last minute, Out of a whim, let me do this before I change my mind type thing, decided to come and visit. Which is absolutely great because usually we go up there and it's usually except this year once a year. 

But back to Valentine's, we got our income tax return a few weeks ago. We had done stated at Christmas we'd wait until then to get our Christmas and we did. My Christmas was my Miss Me Jeans. However, for Valentine's he spoiled me. No roses which is fine. I won't be at school so why send them.  

But here is my list to include my Valentine's presents:

•CHI flat iron

• Camo Purse

•Nike Shoes ( only because bub needed new shoes doe school and they had a bit one get one half off clearance. Got two pairs of Nikes for $64 which is good becaue my original price was $98 and Braydens was $59.) 

•my nails done

• New Shirt

Out of all of it I loved them all but my next gift I love the most. 

At WalMart tonight, Ken and I bought each other a card. Remember above he hates buying cards. But he did it because he knew it would make me happy.  We turn them around so we couldn't see each others. When we got home I filled mine out shortly after filling it out I gave it to Ken. I thought, OK maybe he is going to wait until tomorrow. Was I wrong? Yep I was wrong, because when I was getting the kids to bed he filled his card to me out and had it on my pillow. This is the reason why I love this man. The simplicity of the words means a lot because that's how he feels. 

•my pretty nails set and my card. 

• he even wrote more. 

I love you Kenneth Robert. 

Happy Valentine's Everyone. 

Y'all come back ya hear???!!!

Now off to bed, 8 comes early when ya have to get up and go get Girl Scout cookies.   

My Decision to Stay...

In cosmetology school that is. Don't worry Ken and I are still happily in love. Go check out how he done Valentine's this year. 

Back to Cosmetology: 

I had it made in my mind I was quitting, even wrote the termination letter.  Last Friday, Ryleigh woke up sick. I was exhausted from the crazy week of BasketBall Practice on Tuesday, Dance for two hours on Wednesday, Girl Scouts on Thursday and BasketBall practice again. I was extremely overwhelmed with that and some health issues going on. I seriously this past weekend had a nervous breakdown. However,   I went into the school today to get my stuff. Needless to say the man that owns the plans said that once I terminated that I couldn't take my kit that I believe has been paid for, but since it's done in increments of payments through fafsa. I was told that I may end up owing the school money.  I decided to just stay. I will return Tuesday but thought to see if they would just let me take my leave so it doesn't mess with my attendance. Then again decided not to hopefully due to the fact later on I may need a leave. I think in the long wrong that this was a way of God saying Diedra stick it out. Don't give up. Let go and let me take control. That something I need to learn to do more often. 

Anyways I know and feel deep down in my heart this is a career I have always wanted to do therefor Im gonna tough it up and finish. Let's hope there is extra hours available to bring these days and hours back up. Mainly because I was determined I was terminating. 

All I can say is Lord be by my side and guide me through this schooling. So I can focus on it and my kids are easy to get ready in the mornings. 

As the year progresses I will keep you updated. 

Y'all come back ya hear! 

Any topics you'd like to ready about?  

Fact # 4

Pregnancy:

During my pregnancy I changed his name six hundred thousand times. Maybe over exaggerating but it seemed like it. I loved the name Brayden. His whatever you call him wanted him named after him. That was a no go. I wanted to name him Brayden William (William being after my dad). However, my dad has a grandson that is named after him and his other grandpa. My dad only had one brother who passed when Ry was barely two years old. My dad asked if I'd give him the name Charles and I did Charles Brayden Ellis (he has two middle names). 

Age 3-4:

this is a tough age to remember even though wasn't long ago. We moved in with Ken the July after he turned 3. We had no cable but had Internet. This is when Brayden really got into Power Rangers, which is again what his third birthday party was. Netflix is all we had at the time being. Therefor somehow my son got really into YO GABBA GABBA. That is what his fourth birthday was.  This was the year Brayden started showing a lot more of his personality.  He's extremely rambunctious and laid back at the same time. He starts showing signs of a certain type of Autism but has never been diagnosed. He showed signs of OCD with his "men-men"*. This is where he really got intrigued with having lots of men-men.  

Pretty much over the years Brayden hasn't changed all touch besides growing like a weed. stay tuned for more updates. It's beginning to get hard on pregnancy updates because I had such an easy pregnancy. Come back because I do have a surprise about the pregnancy with Brayden that seems to blow a lot of folks mind. 

*men-men: this is a definition that has been made up by none other than my son himself. It simple means action figures. Any kind? It can also mean spider man. Iron man, batman. Or a simple cheap dollar tree toy.