Forever Beloved

Faith, Love & Truth

**don’t throw me down, clark**07/31**

last night was insanely busy at my house…joe is on second shift so he doesn’t get home until we are all in bed.  soooooo that lets all the evening chores to me, yay {eye roll}…so last night as SOON as i walked in the door i heard joey talking about pickles blah blah…i kept walking and went on to the bathroom.  as soon as i got in there both kids came busting in, joey said jade ate pickles, jade punched him, joey kicked her, jade hit him…i hadn’t even been home for 5 min!!!  yes, mama lost her mind…and yelled…and the kids were good the rest of the night, lol…really, who cares who ate a pickle, geesh…and i had skads of laundry to do…dinners to prepare for the week…and a workout to fit in there somewhere.  i managed to get it all done, yay me…
i also like when joey and i have this conversation…
joey…”mom, you remember i told you i would have a christmas band concert?”
me…”yep”
joey…”well, it’s wednesday”
me…”as in tomorrow?”
joey…”um, yeah, but i JUST found out”
me…”do you go to the same school as everyone else, geesh?”
this is my pic of the day for yesterday…joe bought me three wreaths that are made of real pine, kinda cool…so i put them out on the doors yesterday…they sat on my table for two days AND the cat started eating them, for whatever reason…so i decided i had better get them put out, quickly…
and tonight is the finale of biggest loser…GO DANNY AND AMANDA…i really really don’t want rudy or liz to win.  i actually think it will be one of the guys, they had more to lose than the girls.  and i can’t WAIT to see rebecca…she was my absolute fav.  tomorrow we’ll discuss the winner here…
out for now
~kisses

**day with the fam**06/31**

we had a fab day yesterday, just the four of us hanging out…watching movies…the kids cutting up and making me laugh ALL DAY…snuggling with my pup on the couch (and occasionally a kid or hubby)…we had GREAT meals (pulled pork sandwiches with macaroni salad and a big fat lettuce salad for dinner)…i wore my sweats all day long, after church, and had my hair up in a pony…it was just a perfect day.
this is my pic of the day for yesterday…when my grandma moved in with my mom they found quilt squares that she hadn’t ever made into a quilt.  my cousin sue took them and brought this finished product back to grandma last weekend, isn’t it gorgeous???  all hand stitched…and such a wonderful part of heritage to pass down through the generations.  i am a sucker for quilts, i love them.  i have ones that my grandma strong made as well…i wish i had the patience (and ability) to quilt…
here are some other pics from the weekend…the first one is a pic i took when joey and i went on our walk saturday morning…the colors of the berries against the background i thought was gorgeous…
and this is a pic of our christmas tree this year…the sled beside it was my dads when he was a child.  i just love having things like that, things that can be passed down…hopefully my children will appreciate these “things” as much as i do…
and this last pic is of my pup…my sweet little dog…as him and i were snuggling on the couch yesterday watching tv…when either the kids or joe would try to move him so they could sit by me he would growl and basically say a big fat NO, which makes me laugh hard…he sure loves his mama…

out for now
~kisses

**SnOw**05/31**

yesterday we woke up to SNOW…and what a perfect day to snow, i didn’t have to go anywhere!  when i got up i worked out on my pilates machine and then decided it would be a nice day for a early morning jog.  joey got up right as i was leaving and said he wanted to go along (to walk, not jog obviously)…it was really nice, to walk and talk with just him for a bit. 
i have some more pics to upload from yesterday but i’m not going to do them from home.  each pic i upload takes at LEAST a half hour to do (dialup) and i just don’t have the patience for it.  i’ll upload them all tomorrow from work 🙂
out for now
~kisses