July 31st, 2008 by BlogRmom

Okay, so maybe not, but sometimes I have to wonder. I think my parents really are glad that they have my HUSBAND in their lives. Wait… my WHOLE family. They like me, but they love him. He’s the perfect person to them. He never could do a thing wrong. So when I call my mom and say he’s being an asshole, she laughs. Can you believe that? She does!! She’s then says “There is not a mean bone in his body. What did you do?” Are you serious? When we are invited to parties and engagements for my family, they actually CALL me before they set the date. “Is Travis working on XXX or XXX?” Then a week later an invite is in my mailbox. Soon the party invitations will be addressed soley to him. You just watch!! I get it, without him my life frankly sucks. It’s boring and he’s my spice in life. I will admit that. I love him to death and I can’t believe that I am saying this (he reads this blog) I am a better person because of him. But dear lord, I wish my family would like me!!

Cept here’s the shoe on the other foot… My in laws… they like ME way better then they like my husband! My mother in law calls me more then she calls him. My father in law, the same. My father in law will stop over and take me and the kids to dinner when my husband is working nights. If I call my MIL and tell her that my husband is being an asshole, she says “What?!?! Put him on the phone!” Oh yes, I am evil and I do tell his mommy!! MUAH!! It’s the one way I can assure to get my way everytime, just the threat of calling her will work. Not that I abuse it, but it can have it’s advantages.

Why is this? Why doesn’t YOUR family like you? Why do they like your spouse better? I don’t get it…

July 30th, 2008 by BlogRmom

Yesterday hubby and I took the kids to Pamperin Park. They played on the jungle gym set and they even walked in the stream some. They had alot of fun. Of course I couldn’t pass up on the oppurtunity to photograph them so I did that too (hehe). Here’s a peek at one of the pictures:

Aren’t they just the cutest!!! I love them!!

On other news, I bought myself a new toy today.  I am so excited.  I finally upgraded my phone and bought the Centro by Palm. I am excited to get this phone. I’ve wanted one for a long time. I can literally manage everything with this thing. I am totally excited to get it. Of course it was mail ordered so I have to wait for it to arrive.

I am too excited. I really can’t wait. I have literally ordered so much this last 2 weeks by mail, I stalk the mail man just WAITING for my stuff to arrive. I have a package coming from E.L.F. too. It’s make-up. They had a killer sale and I couldn’t help myself. My life in a nutshell!!

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July 29th, 2008 by BlogRmom

July 27th, 2008 by BlogRmom

It was a fun weekend!! I had 3 photo sessions total… one Friday, one Saturday and one today. So I had alot of fun with them. You can see them on Flickr. I did Miss S was first, then my brother Andrew’s Senior Pictures, and then today was Billie Jo & Dave. They all turned out great. I loved them all. And it was so much fun!! So that’s all done, now I have no more until next weekend. Bummer!! I might go do some joy shooting this week though. Hubby is off and we want to take the kids out of the house, so that means some parks and nature walk things maybe… Not sure. My contacts get so dry in this heat I hate it… I really want to get Lasik. I have for years, and I could have this year, but it was more important to get my teeth finished so I did that first.  UGH! It’s always something. Anyway… It was a relaxing day here and I think tomorrow will be too, but we do have to go grocery shopping!! I have neglected to do it. I did FIVE loads of laundry today, so I am NOT doing ANY tomorrow!! Okay bloggers, that’s all for tonight!!

July 24th, 2008 by BlogRmom

It’s going to be a busy weekend here!! We have a lot going on. I am not suprised really, with the time of the year and everything, it’s just what happens. I’m excited to be able to do some MAJOR picture taking this weekend. It’s always fun to play with the camera. The kids went to MIL’s tonight for a while and hubby and I got on the motorcycle and took a ride. It was nice and we managed to meet up with FIL for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. We haven’t eaten there in forever, and as always it was SOOOOO yummy!! I love eating there!! Then we went riding on the motorcycle a little more. We actually stopped by Green Isle Park where we married 6 years ago in June. It’s changed so much!! It’s not as pretty now. Which was really sad. They used to take such good care of that park and plant such pretty flowers and things and now it’s all GREEN. I mean they cut the lawn and things are nicely trimmed, but it’s all green, and no color, no pretty flowers, nothing. It was just kinda sad.

So tomorrow I am doing a photo shoot of hubby’s best friend’s daughter. She’s adorable so it should be alot of fun. Then on Saturday I have my brother’s graduation shoot in the morning and then a graduation party in which I’ll be doing some family pictures and candid’s in the afternoon. Sunday I am doing my best friend Jenny’s SIL’s engagement pictures. They are a little late since the wedding is in a week, but we thought it would still be nice if they could get some nice couple shots done before their wedding.  Since they aren’t having a professional photographer for their wedding. I would LOVE the oppurtunity to be there and take the pictures, but I am just not sure how I would manage that!! I am sure Jenny could watch my kiddos because she’d be there, but I am just not sure!! We’ll have to see. It would be an amazing oppurtunity for me though!!

That is pretty much all I will be doing this weekend. Travis goes back to work Saturday and it’s NIGHTS! I dread them. I had a horrible migraine tonight and of course took a nap for an hour after I took the meds, so I am sure it will be rough for me to sleep tonight. UGH! I don’t want to sleep my days away but I can not break this cycle of not being able to sleep AT NIGHT!!! I don’t get it. Even as we were in bed last night, Travis and I were talking and he’s like I don’t know, if the close doesn’t say 1:30am you just CAN’T even fall asleep. Even HE notices it.  If I go to bed before that I just toss and turn and in turn keep him up. It’s annoying, for him and for me. I’ve tried taking sleeping aides and everything and still nothing. If I wake myself early so I am DEAD tired all day, still nothing… night comes and I am WIDE awake… It’s the most annoying thing EVER!!

Okay bloggers that’s really all I have for today.  I can’t wait to get this weekend started!! Here’s a link for today: Check out laptop memory.

July 22nd, 2008 by BlogRmom

LOL How’s that for a go getter post!! So my subscription to my XM Radio is almost up. In the next couple days it will be up for the 2nd time. When I bought my Saturn Vue in January it came with a free 90 day trial. So that gave us through March with it. I called them in March to cancel at which point they offered me 4 months for $12. I couldn’t say no since that is just $3 a month. A service they charge $12.95 a month for!! So I take the deal. That moves us to July and it’s now that time. Time to cancel. Frankly, I like the XM Radio, but it is NOT worth $12.95 a month and right now it’s not a bill I can afford with gas prices the way they are. I have to cut back on expenses and other things being I am a stay at home mom, so I decided, this was on thing that would go. We don’t use it enough for it to really matter. I call to cancel. I get a really nice rep on the line and tell her I’d like to cancel. At this point she offers me the service for $7.95 a month – a discount of $5 a month. I say “Sorry, at this time I am going to have to cancel. We don’t use it enough to pay that much and I have to make some cuts.” She promptly replies with a “I understand, let me see here…” And then proceeds to offer me service for the next 6 months for just $12.95. Again I say “I’m sorry, but I really have no money to spend on this and it’s a service we just don’t need. I regret to tell you, I must cancel.” She promptly replies “I understand, let me see…” And then she says “Well we are adding a lot of new channels to the line up for the end of 2008 and I would hate for you to miss them, so  how about I extend your service free until January 2009 and you can decide then.” I promptly reply “Perfect, we have a deal!” Little did she know at this point I will be calling again to cancel… The service is nice, but I won’t pay for radio when I can get LOCAL for free!! However, it’s very nice of them to continue giving me XM Radio for free. Afterall, who else can roll down the windows, cruise down the road, blasting the radio to Disney FM!! Huh? And you thought you were cool!!

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July 20th, 2008 by BlogRmom

I am exhausted tonight, but in a good way I guess. I haven’t been sleeping well so that totally sucks, BUT I was BUSY today and that is why I am exhausted right now… So it’s all good. I got to do a photo shoot today of my good friend Jamie and her LOVELY daughter Miss I. Oh they were SOOOO much fun!! I couldn’t have asked for a better mother/daughter to shoot. They were very carefree and loving and it showed!! Here’s a couple of my FAVORITES, although I did love them all:

I loved the way they turned out.  I took over 40 of them and they are ALL in my top favs!! Jamie has a beautiful daughter and she’s beautifull so they were super easy to photo!! And she’s already gotten me some referrals from her shoot!! WOWZERS! I am super excited about that so I can’t wait to do a few more shoots. You can see all of the edits of Jamie’s shoot here. Hopefully in August I will get some more in!! I know I have a baby one coming for one of DH’s friends (she’s moving right now so she’s gotta wait until after her move in August) and then I have a Maternity one in August and I suppose before school starts I should wind my brother up and get his senior pictures done too. He needs the yearbook one in by Novemeber, but he really wants summer ones taken outside, so I think we have to get moving on that!! I’d like to do my kiddos one more time too before summer is over but with them not feeling well who knows… We’ll see.

Mariah is doing better today.  She didn’t take 60oz of liquid but she did take about 40oz and she did want Cheetos. So I went and got her those ones you give babies. The ones that turn to MUSH when you drool on them… LOL and she ate them. She liked them and she had about 7-8 of them… then her throat heart.

I think hubby and I have decided to take the trip for 2 and go to Las Vegas!! So we started looking at hotels in Las vegas. We also looked for some deals on planes and it looks like we might go come winter time!! I can’t wait. That will be a nice getaway!!

Okay bloggers, I am actually TIRED so I am heading to bed!! Night!!

July 18th, 2008 by BlogRmom

First some Celeb Gossip… So I am really really tired of celebs getting away with everything. I am a fan of the Karashian’s and I do watch the show, but I am sick over the recent attention of Khloe in the media. She was convicted of a DUI on July 3rd and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail after failing to complete roadside cleanup duty and enroll in an alcohol education class. First, are you kidding me… She got caught for a DUI and was going to get off by doing highway cleanup and take an alcohol education class. Excuse me, but I think something is SERIOUSLY wrong there!! Second, she turns herself in Friday for her 30 day sentence only to serve less then 3 hours!! So basically, she got off like nothing. Are you kidding me? And we wonder why people continue to do this type of thing. Honestly, this is the most laid back punishment!! There is nothing stopping them from continueing this type of behavior. It’s not like she was really PUNISHED!! This stuff pisses me off!!

On to Britney… I was not to shocked to see that she agreed to give Kevin sole custody of both the boys. Alot of people are already bashing her for this. First, the article states that the memo of the agreement is very detailed. I do suspect that when those “details” are revealed we will learn alot more. I am also guessing that she has a very set visitation order in there. She’s been doing good with that and she is doing goof getting her life back on track. While some may view this as a bad move and another irresponsible move on her part, I think it’s a good move. I personally think she’s worked incrediably hard these last couple months to turn things around, but I fear that it’s not enough. This move shows she will allow Kevin to make the decisions while she continues to improve herself, get treatment, and improve her life. She will have visitation and will still see the boys, I have no doubt about that. She’s done good with that thus far. She’s been through a very rough patch the last couple years and I think that she is FINALLY getting things on track.

Now… an update for my household… UGH! I called the DR today. Basically because I SWEAR they never said I couldn’t give Alex motrin, but the generic discharge instructions from the hospital say he can’t have it. He’s had some pain and he will not take the pain med given to us by the DR. He hates the crappy (underlying) flavor. I’ve had it flavored bubblegum… and even took it BACK to the pharmacy for a little more flavoring… but it’s still “crappy” underneath so… His pain is at night. He woke up crying. So I gave him the motrin last night because I had nothing else here and at 2am I wasn’t running to the store. I talked to them and they agreed he can have the motrin although they prefer I use the pain med as it’s more “effective”. But whatever… I’ll give him the motrin. I’s curving the pain enough for him so there is NO need for anything stronger. He’s otherwise doing fine, eating lots of pudding, drinking plenty and he’s even had some pediasure. So no worries with him really.

Now Mariah on the other hand… my poor little princess. She’s not doing well AT ALL!! The nurse said if she doesn’t take 60oz of fluids in a day she is going to end up in the ER tomorrow. She hasn’t taken anywhere NEAR that and she won’t. It’s a fight, a struggle, a battle. I’ve been doing everything that I can to get her to take liquids. I’ve syringing liquid to her 1 ounce at a time. She refuses and fights me most of the time. I’m giving her the pain med, she doesn’t really want that because she doesn’t want to swallow it. She wants it for the pain though. She asks for it every 4 hours in fact. She complaining of alot of nausea. The nurse said that day 3-5 is the worst and we haven’t even hit day 3 yet so she is worried that Mariah will be too far dehydrated by the time we get to day 4 to even make it through. The more dehydrated she is the worse the pain and everything else will be. So… UGH!! I don’t know. I’ve explained it to Mariah and she understands, but she’s just in pain, she’s not talking let alone wanting to DRINK anything!! I am so lost. She’s generally healthy so this is very hard for me to see her like this. Last night she pushed the air matress right next to the couch where DH was laying… She was holding his hand… I wanted to melt…

I feel so bad for her though, I do. I don’t know WHAT to do to make her better and I don’t know WHAT to do to make her understand. If she ends up in the hospital for this, I will be so beside myself!! Please continue to pray for us!! Something has to give!! And here’s a link for you bloggers: Check out hoodia. Be back tomorrow with another update!!

July 17th, 2008 by BlogRmom

First an update on my kiddos since I know you all want to know!! Alex is pretty much good to go. He’s up and about, playing, driving me crazy, eating, and doing all the normal things of a 4 year old boy. His only difference is today he took a 20 minute nap. He never naps, so that was the only out of the norm thing for him. Mariah on the other hand is still having a really rough time. The hospital called to see how they were doing.  She suggested that if Mariah is not doing better tomorrow that I call the DR and or bring her back to the hospital for an IV. She’s not wantin to drink anything. I know she is not going to want to eat, but she HAS to drink. She’s not drinking. I am forcing her to drink SOME, but honestly I don’t think it is enough. She doesn’t appear dehydrated right now, but I also know that it can happen FAST and if she gets dehydrated she will feel worse then she already does. She is asking for her pain meds every 4 hours right now. I just asked her if they are helping when I give them to her and she is telling me NO. So I guess if things DON’T look up then I will be calling the DR tomorrow and they may have to change her pain meds and then maybe something for hydrating her. I feel so bad for her. And her brother is not helping because she wants to rest and he is all over bouncing and throwing things and ugh!!

So when hubby and I were in the Dells we went to a seminar for Blue Green Resorts. It’s NOT a time share. It’s much different then a time share. You buy a vacation package. It’s whatever you chose it to be. Say we chose the $15,000 package right now… You pay the $15,000 off like a loan. But the vacation package is lifetime. You have X amount of points to use every year on vacations. And each vacation is a different amount of points. You can save points, roll them over, or borrow against to get bigger or longer vacations. Some of them are all inclusive, some of them are just the hotel rooms. There is alot of things, but it’s overall an awesome idea. We want to do it but right now is just not a good time. So we told them that. Well they sent us a booklet in the mail the other day. It contains a gift certificate for a 2 night 3 day all inclusive at one of their resorts. This includes food, transportation once we arrive, AND our bar tap!! NICE!! There are 15 of their resorts this certificate is good at. One of them is of course in the Dells. However, they do have 3 places in Nevada, one of those is in Las Vegas and 2 in California. I told hubby we need to take this vacation for just us and go. It would be so much fun to even go away with him for just 3 days alone. So I was looking up flight deals online since we will obviously have to fly. We have no choice with the small time frame and if we do go to Las Vegas or to California. I don’t think it will happen anytime soon… In fact, it won’t happen until closer to fall, but I can’t wait to plan something… I think it will be a nice time!!

Alright, this exhausted mommy is off for the night. I got to head online to CBS and watch todays episode of the Bold and the Beauitful. I find it so much easier to catch the episode online later at night then to watch it on TV with commercials or even DVR it. If I DVR it I have to watch it where I DVR it… so I can watch it anywhere I want if I catch it on the computer… NICE!! I love it!!

July 16th, 2008 by BlogRmom

Well we are home!! We are home!! HOME SWEET HOME!! Surgery went well.

Alex was first and I went into the OR with his while they put him under. He did good, went under in less then a minute. He came out of surgery and was a little crabby/upset (youngesters sometimes are with anesethia) but as soon as I got him and rocked him he was fine. He did vomit 4 times. Of course the nurses were so dramatic and more worked up about it then I was. In fact I think they thought I was odd for not being worried. Truthfully, he’s got reflux and if he goes so long without eating/drinking that alone will make him vomit… so no, I am not going to be worried. He didn’t vomit DURING surgery at all. They thought he might. So the fact he didn’t do THAT was good enough for me. I guess when you deal with reflux day in and day out you know it better. And any mom knows their child more then a nurse who’s just met us. He was pretty sleepy while we were at the hospital, but took some apple juice via cup. 

Mariah was next and I went into the OR with her too while they put her under. She took a little longer, about 3 minutes and she was out. She came out of surgery and they woke her and she was crying. I was right there though and she settled quickly. She said her throat hurt and she asked for medicine. So they gave her some pain medicine. She also had an ice pack to put on her throat. She’s very tired and although she chewed on a few ice chips she really didn’t want anything to drink yet. She’s had a couple sips of things since we’ve been home, but nothing much.

We all moved to the peds unit and the kids rested for a little bit. Mariah just wanted to go home. Since our DR was there in surgery I asked for him to stop after surgery and he did. I asked him to allow us to come home, Mariah really wanted too and truthfully, she’s having a MUCH harder time. I want her to be comfortable and she wanted nothing more then to come home. The DR knowing us, allowed us to check out around lunch time and come home. Alex is doing good, and he only had the 4 vomiting epiosides. 2 were after he drank some juice, 2 were before. He’s been fine since we got home though. He hasn’t had any food food yet. He had a small cup of yogurt.

We we got home everyone napped. My MIL came over and relieved me so I could nap for a bit (my hubby was out cold as soon as we got home because he worked 3rd shift last night). The kids napped more. And she went ahead and gave them the doses of medicine they were due for.

Alex is doing well now and he’s up and about and pretty active. Mariah is still down and not taking much, even ice or popsicles… We are working with her though. She’s definetly having a harder time. As I am typing they’ve both crashed out again and are napping.

All in all everything went well. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers!! Here’s a link for today: office furniture. I will update more soon!!