christmas and things

shnookie doodles on grammies lap

& playing with his house...christmas and things

i have to say all in in all christmas was a blast! i will post christmas pictures in the next blog.

back at work today, wish i could have been off all week - but that was just impossible. my brother and wife will be leaving back to Illinois on monday - sad to see them go - wish i had more time with them. they are hoping to move back here and be close by - but they have a lot to do before they can actually do that. aunt mel and uncle pickle juice are absolutely amazing with shnookie doodles! he adores them! and their two lovely puppies sophie and gus. i think shnookie doodles was a little overwhelmed with all the family and gifts - but he loved it. he def got a lot of attention & racked up in the gift area!!! :o)

i spent christmas eve early day in the emergency room where my parents live, i have been having horrible back pains and spasms that run down into my legs - by christmas eve i could barely move - much less walk. they gave me some meds and i finally feel much better today. i am supposed to get up with my doctor and have an MRI done. i guess we will see - the emergency room thinks it might have been my sciatica nerve. i have never in my life had back issues before now- we are guessing it all stems from the pregnancy last year????? and what sets it off is....STRESS!

i have to say - so many wonderful blessings to be thankful for this year. God, my child, family, friends, jobs, little finances that pop in just when we need them (sometimes) and all the little things we receive every day and take for granted (roof over our heads, food, car to drive, the fact we WOKE up....)all in all it has turned out to be a pretty good year- we have had quite a few bumps & struggles in the road this year - plenty of "trials and tribulations" - but so far- so good. :o)

i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas & has an unlimited BLESSED 2008!

i will post more on christmas later w/ photos!

peace forward~~be blessed!

just stuff

just stuff

it has been a crazy 7 days. i was laid off on Friday and picked right back up by the end of the day because a co-worker put in her 2 weeks after i was let go (talk about WHEW). so i came back in on Monday to a different dept. and too top it off there was a lot of rearranging going on. people being moved to different departments, upstairs going downstairs - people from the other bldg moving to our bldg. upstairs. i was one of the upstairs people and now im downstairs. so this morning was spent moving everything UP-->down.

i am not to sure how i feel about the whole thing, but i know that i am BLESSED that i didn't lose any time and STILL have a job. another thing that i just KNEW i had - Monday i was told i didn't have it - ugh- so that really upset me, and the type of person i am, i am obsessing over it trying to figure out WHY...... i just need to move fwd and KNOW that God just has something better planned.

well 5 more days to Christmas, i can't wait. ready to veg out a little and spend time with my family and play with shnookie doodles. i have to finish up MOST of my Christmas shopping tomorrow evening and then bake all night - head out to mom's Saturday sometime..... i can't wait to see my bro and sis in law they will be here for the Holidays - a def treat. and to top the treat off, Christmas Eve will be spent with a lot of family LOVE and i so enjoy these times, all the family (or a bunch of us) hanging out together under one roof - that is the most important to me...gifts & good yummy food are cool but don't come close to La Familia. we are doing a white elephant gift exchange after dinner along with our regular gift exchange - although this year that has changed up a little bit too. instead of getting EVERYONE a gift - we drew names for a MAIN gift, a GAG gift and a STOCKING. i would tell you who i got, but they might be peeking - so i will fill you in after the event!

on a shnookie doodles note - he is OVER the rash thing but now has bronchitis and will be monitored for asthma. we don't have asthma on our side of the family and i can't get a hold of his "father" to find out if he has it anywhere on his side of the fam. (surprise, not) hopefully he doesn't have asthma. even being under the weather, that little dude is as busy as can be - he is so entertaining to watch because he totally amuses himself. we tried sitting on Santa's lap at a work potluck, but he wasn't having it - although he got a nice big fluffy-stuffed puppy out of it.

well work is still calling and im trying to get back into the swing of things......i will update more later!

Peace Forward ~ Be Blessed!

darn daycare

darn daycare

my babe is sick - again....geeeez. i seriously hope by the time he hits kindergarten that he is the healthiest kid in the class - considering he is always getting something from daycare! don't get me wrong, i think daycare is really awesome for his social skills etc....building his immune system - but good grief....sometimes i feel like he is sick more than he is well. no sooner has he just got over a slight ear infection and pneumonia in his left lung - i get a call from daycare to pick him up NOW because he is covered in a rash of red dots and high fever (arrrgh) poor little dude. so now he is out another week.....supposedly another baby in his class was sent home the week before with the same thing and because shnookie-doodles was just getting OVER pneumonia his immune system was down and he caught that too.

my parents have him this week because they live almost an hour a way and i just can't miss any more work.....so i have been without my little man since monday afternoon - my first time being away from him over night - much less a whole day. he will most likely come back tomorrow evening (grammy says he is looking much better) but man oh man i miss him like bananas! i found myself sitting in my living room the other night just looking at all his toys neatly put a way and listening to how quiet it was....i used to be solo before i had him so you would think this would be no big deal, but shooooot - i miss that little dude - i miss watching 'jack's big music show' over and over and over and over and watching him get all excited watching it and dancing, clapping, singing to it. playing all his noisy toys at one time and listening to him just babble a way at me.....just not the same with out him......sigh

so.....other than that - just trying to get ready for Christmas and "stuff" brother (uncle) pickle juice and sis in law (aunt) mel will be spending the holidays with us all...and i sooooooooo can not wait to see them! :o)

be blessed all!

encounters of many

encounters of many

i was sitting here thinking today about all the people i have encountered and all the people i have experienced….

i honestly have met a multifarious of people and befriended SO many of them in my life. so many interesting, fun, funny, silly, crazy, courageous, intelligent, mysterious, classy, classless, popular, unpopular, famous, quiet, wacky, shy, breath taking, handsome, beautiful, quirky, memorizing, plain, magical, cool, peaceful, loud, sporadic, spontaneous, wonderful, touching, simple, mean, meaningful, jealous, non spiritual, truly spirited, bothered, charismatic, sinful, hilarious, talented, sensible, sexy, sassy, full of life, adventurous, sad, whimsical, witty, entertaining, boastful, uplifting, strong, proud, holier than thou, humble, admirable, loving, outstanding, sweet, undeniably caring, phony, authentic, selfish, controversial, conservative, flashy, unselfish, insecure, uptight, wanna be, hysterical, chilled, child like, peaceful, mindful, totally relaxed, respectful, disrespectful, amazing, lost, graceful, clumsy, chatty, vivacious, animated, irksome, engulfing, liberated, closeminded, politicly correct, random, charming, unaware, conscious, facinating people….

and so on and so forth…

i have indubitably come across an amazing assortment of people in my life time. i miss so many of them, and some i wish i could see more often - while some i just wish them true bliss and happiness and peace. i realize how truly blessed i am that i got to experience so many different flavors of people (so far) in my 35 years of life. some good, some not so good - but i know i crossed paths with every single one of them for one reason or another. i believe each and every one of them have all helped me figure out WHO i am, in one way or another, all these people have helped mold me into who i am….

today anyway….

whether it be past or present or possibly the future - some challenged me, some excepted me, expected me, some loved me, some consoled me, some pushed me, some rushed me, some guided me, some betrayed me, some waited on me, some waited for me, some tested me, some admired me, some confused me, some hated me, some laughed with me, some cried with me, some had a blast with me, some denied me, some forgot me, some remembered me, some looked up to me, some looked down on me, some forgave me, some knocked me down while some others helped me back up, some moved me, some overwhelmed me, some taught me, some road right along beside me, some filled my heart, some broke my heart, some grew up with me, some moved away from me, some moved closer to me, some complimented me, some compromised me, some excited me, some belittled me, some equipped me, some showed me the world through their eyes, some brought pure joy to me, some brought stress, some comforted me, some infuriated me, some calmed me, some inspired me, some replaced me, some welcomed me, some made room for me, some brought tears, some brought smiles, some brought faith, some brought hope, some brought peace, some brought wisdom, …..but sadly….MOST have moved on – without me – and me without them....

for one reason or another

but that’s LiFe….

there are very few still around me in touch, in contact and i know i will always meet new people and those people will make new marks in my life as well, and the ones still in my life will continue to have their places in my heart and the ones that i might have forgotten, but remember now and then if only for a moment – are still there, deep inside my mind, my heart and my soul….

forever

if i sat down and wrote a list of these wonderful, touching, important characters in my life, it would probably take me another 35 years just to get them all down perfectly and tell EXACTLY what they ALL meant or mean to me or how they prepared me for ME.

so if you are reading this….i BET you are one of them….in one way or another…you have affected me…and made me who i AM right now, today…..at this moment.

thank you….

smile & be blessed

super kai

super kai

to save the DAY.......and I must say - he always does save MOMMY'S day! ;o)

my little big boy (picture show)

my little big boy

i just can not believe how much he has changed since his first birthday that was only just a month ago! unbelievable! he is an absolute delight to have around, to observe and most of all to LOVE. he is so beautiful.....in fact i think everyday he is more beautiful than the last. he makes me light up, he makes my parents light up, he makes the room light up, in fact i think he makes the whole PLANET light up......yes, i am a very proud proud mommy....if you couldn't tell.

life is so beautiful now, even the clutter and snug-ness of our teeny tiny apartment (and i mean teeny tiny - knock down the walls and it would be a very small (less than 500 square feet) studio) the scattered toys all over, the goldfish and puffies i find constantly in varias places around the floors, the constant "no no's" that are part of my daily vocabulary now, the sometimes sleepless nights when my mr shnookie doodles doesnt feel well and can't sleep, the stress from finances, the non existent social life i used to be so busy with......i wouldn't change any of it for the world.....nothing compares to having this blessing, this GIFT that God has graced me with.....

he is walking now, started doing it positively SOLO last Wednesday (uncle pickle juices 29th birthday actually - talk about great minds....) and he is so darn CUTE....deliciously CUTE....ridiculously CUTE....he walks like a little old drunken man....wobbly and all. everyday he is becoming more and more confident in his travels and i am cheering him on! i tell you i fall in love with him more and more everyday - even more than the day he was born - if that is even possible.....God must think something really wonderful of me to BLESS me with this incredible child, i have to pinch myself every day and make sure im not dreaming....i mean this yummy little boy calls ME (yes, can you even believe it....ME)........MOMMY.

amen & then some yanno........wow.

don't call me no mo' - don't text me no mo'

♪♪ don't call me no mo' - don't text me no mo' ♪♪

"cuz i'm through whicha - cuz i'm through whica"

are they kidding? LOL

if this is the NEW song - then please someone hand over a pen and a piece of paper QUICKLY and let me jot down a little DITTY for you!!!!

toooooooooooooooooooooooo funny (or maybe sad?) LOL