Just a scrapping my life away

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Pretty much a random day around here...

I'm making up for lost time by posting 2 blogs on the same day...actually I just looked at the clock and it's 2 a.m., so technically, I'm not.

While rummaging through my files, I found this clip from a few weeks ago. I'm probably the only person who thinks this is great. So, for a random video of how things go around here, see below.

Also, please do not judge me for the disarray of my office. As you will see from the video, she had been hard at work destroying it all day long!

Just a lot of stuff!

So as soon as I deposited the check into the bank, I headed to Marshalls to do some serious damage. Pre-baby, I went there all the time and would fill my cart with clothes, shoes, bedding, purses, basically things I did not need. That place just does something to me.

Now that any extra money is tied up in diapers, juice boxes, papertowels, and day school, I just resist the urge...until today. I went in just needing (wanting) a purse. I stopped in the wonderfully expanded shoe department and found three pairs of shoes I just had to have. Seriously, $10 for Nike tennis shoes...come on! Then a lovely pair of strappy brown sandals. I usually do not go above $20 for shoes because I have so many and, with a 2 year old and 6 animals, they don't have a long life around here! But to what did my wondering eyes behold, a pair that I immediately knew would break the bank. I looked...smelled...tried on...walked around...but never checked the price. I knew it would guilt me into putting them back. They were simple, really, just a pair of white Ralph Lauren wedges...nothing spectacular - but I wanted them...and now they are mine!

I did eventually head over to the purses and found exactly what I was looking for...a big yellow bag. I have been dreaming of a new Coach purse lately but that just ain't happening. This bag will definitely suffice. The pic does not do it justice.

I was not completely selfish and got some stuff for the family but, I won't lie, it was really all about ME!

Since I'm trying to catch up with my blogging, I wanted to put a few other pics on here. Bella finished her 2nd year at school and they ended with a carnival. I was chosen to paint faces and I am absolutely the worst face-paint artist ever! I can barely do it - even with a stencil. My art skills start and end with the computer. Bella is sad because she doesn't see her best friends everyday...Stella, Aiden..."the other Bella"...Nate and Ms. Cheri and Ms. Erica. She still asks about them every morning. She's starting Pre-K3 in the fall so she will have August and September with the friends she has now. I hope she can adjust!

Also, back in April my great Uncle Charles died. He was such a great man and he and my aunt Myra (my Granny's sister) were married for more than 60 years. There was no Myra without Charles just like there was no Myra without Bobby when my Uncle Bobby died in 2002 (yes, I have two aunts named Myra). Gini, Stacie and I always say myraandcharles and myraandbobby as one word. They both had amazing marriages. At the funeral of Uncle Charles, my mom captured a picture of Aunt Myra looking out of the limo window at the casket...the final picture. I think it is very poignant.

If you like, you can take a look at the memorial video I created.

If you have young children and get some free time, take them to the spray park in Port Neches. It is really fun and they have benches so you can just sit and watch the mayhem. Bella loved it and I can see lots of trips there this summer!
Going to Galveston next week for a mini-vacay...Woo to the Hoo!

Blogging and Bread

Wow, what a crazy couple of weeks! I'll start backwards since my mind is distracted on this loaf of homemade bread that will not rise although it has been 6 hours. As one of my Facebook friends said, don't they sell that stuff in stores? Yeah, they do!

I finally had the cortisone injections in my back yesterday. I had been dreading the procedure for months because I fear being put to sleep. Not sleep, I love that...just being put there. As you can read, I am still ticking. I was a little nervous because I had to go to the hospital by myself. I felt like a big loser with no one with me to hold my hand. Mom was watching Bella or she would have been there with me. My fault cause I have great friends who would have come, but I hate to imposition people. When they brought me back to the operating room, my mind went back to when I had the C-section and was strapped to the table...nekked and spread-eagle...still a painful memory! I remember the doc asking me a question about where I grew up and that was it. Next thing I knew I was in recovery beside some woman who was MOANING and, I'm sorry, I just wanted to kill her myself. She was probably in genuine pain but I just wanted to sleep in peace.

I do have to say that day 2 and I feel pretty good. I don't have the pain throbbing in my back and the sharp pains running down my leg. I am scheduled for another injection in two weeks as they feel it's best to do them close together. We'll see...

When I came home, I slept most of the day (or tried to as Bella was running through the house screaming - my mom thinks that is hilarious). I got up about one and went outside to check on Rhett, one of my four cats who has been acting funny for a week or so. He came to me and when I tried to pet him, he yelped in pain near his tail. He was also burning up and I knew something was wrong. I tried to call the vet but he was on vacay (seems everyone but me is). They referred me to a vet right across the street and, in pain and all - mine that is, I loaded Rhett up and brought him over. Thank God because he had a temp of 109 and an abscess. They kept him for a few hours and put him to sleep to do the procedure. $150 later he is fine and resting along side his sister, Scarlett, and brothers Elvis and Shadow. What a diverse house I have!

Sunday was church and a pretty good day. When I don't have to do multimedia and Bella goes to the nursery, I can actually get something out of service. (Just went in the kitchen to check on bread. It's ready to go so I can actually get to bed before 2...what a rarity!)

Saturday Bella and I spent the day together just playing, cleaning, and having fun. Your guess as to who played the most and who cleaned the most. She is at that really hard age where it is a struggle keeping up with her. She can destroy a room in 5 minutes flat and I am not exaggerating! It's so depressing to have everything you just cleaned be dirty in such a short amount of time. I would not change it for the world though!

We are also in the midst of potty-training and I feel like a big failure! Because I am not a real Stay at Home mom but a work at home while I try to keep my daughter from killing herself mom, I can't be as consistent as I need to be. Success requires 100% devotion and sometimes it is just easier to keep her in a diaper! She has to be PT by her 3rd bday in October in order to enroll in Cathedral so I have to make that mark. We are also trying to break the "noonie" (paci) but one hurdle at a time please!

Saturday night I had plans to hang out with my follies Tagnia and Karen but headed to get a pedicure as soon as Gavin got home because I knew it would be my last opportunity before surgery on Monday. My friend was there when I got to the spa and it was her 40th birthday. Due to circumstances, she was alone this year and I could tell she was down. I wish I could have stayed with her for the night but I could not cancel on my follies as we never get a chance to hang out. She and I are planning some time together soon.

I picked up Karen and we headed to good 'ol Lumberton to Tag's fancy house. We had such a wonderful time and never got a lick of scrapping in although that is what we had planned to do. We reminisced, talked about our problems and lives, and just enjoyed each other's company. Hanging out with them is something I want to do more often. Although life has brought each of us to different paths, we have a bond that is strong and I hope we will be life-long friends. Tagnia is my oldest friend and we have so many memories together. From slumber parties to church dramas to Hull/Hell wrecks, we have so many stories! I met Karen in 96ish and love her to death. She is such a unique character and just so Karen! My absolute favorite thing about her is her dry wit and how she never seems to get rattled.

Other than that, life is life. Now that Bella is out for summer, I am trying to balance work with her and hope I pass the test. Part of me really wants to have another baby but circumstances are just not right at this moment and I know it is not the right thing to do. Bella Rose completes me and fills the hole that was in my heart for so long. I hope I am a good mother and that we are forming a tight and loving relationship that will make both of us proud and happy.

See you soon!