Thursday, November 12, 2015

Score!!

I finally scored this beauty at Wal-Mart yesterday!!


This is the ceramic measuring cup from the Pioneer Woman collection.  I tell you what, this little beauty was hard to come by.  Every single time I would check to see if they had more, the shelf would be empty or they would have some but they were chipped, cracked or in one case the handles were broken off the two sitting on the shelf.  Pure sadness every time.  But yesterday...yesterday was a happy day.  I didn't do the happy dance in the aisle but I'm fairly certain I hollered out a very excited yes!

Y'all have a good one and here's to the little things making your day!!

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Happy Veterans Day

Big thank you to all our Veterans for their  service and sacrifices! Special shout out to my daddy, brother and nephew ❤️💙❤️💙 


Handsome fellas don't you think. They also received a shout out in the local paper today....


Full page above and blown up below :)))


Hope y'all had a great day!

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Backwards Turkey

Today was "Turn Your Back On Disrespect" day at school and my girl was all over it.  You had to wear yellow or wear your clothes backwards. Bella claimed both!  She even requested to have her hair in a bun so you could really see her backwards shirt.


Funny how different your children are.  I know this to be true because there are some things my siblings and I are complete opposites about.  Take the weather for instance.  My sister loves the summer, loves the beach, loves being hot..the whole nine yards.  I, on the other hand, hate the summer.  Period. I prefer the cold.  This time of year is my absolute favorite, although Mother Nature needs to wake up and get with the program already!  This morning after Bella got dressed I told her to show off her outfit to her brother.  He just shook his head.  He was never one to participate in days like this at school.  He even voiced his disdain to it.  "More power to you sister but you'll never catch me doing that."  He just doesn't like standing out in the crowd.  Poor kid is just like his momma.    

Sunday I spent the day taking down Halloween stuff and changing up my my Fall decorations a bit.  I snapped a pic of the place mats I mentioned the other day.  So cute.


I used my lantern from Canton as my centerpiece for the table.  Loving it. I should tell you that not only is the lantern from Canton but my burlap runner and leaf runner are also from Canton.  In fact, those were some of my finds two years ago.  The leaf runner if pretty cool because you can manipulate the leaves if you want.  I would LOVE to showcase it on a mantel!  Sadly, I don't have one.  One of these days Missy, one of these days.


Right now, the table does not have the extra leaf in it so it currently seats four. However, I have been thinking about expanding for the holidays because the table decor I have in mind needs a bigger table.  Ha!  Lucky for me, this one expands.  Thanks momma ;)  

We will see how long before I can't stand it anymore and start breaking out the Christmas decor.  I'm good for now.  

Y'all have a good one.

Friday, November 6, 2015

Life Lately

Here's what's been going on lately.  Absolutely positively nothing at all.  Just the normal curse the alarm when it goes off, get up after hitting snooze a few times, shower, get dressed, go to work/school, come home, get in comfy clothes, cook supper, do homework, watch the Hallmark Channel (cuz hello, Countdown to Christmas has started) and then we fall asleep. That's the gist of our week. I'm not saying there weren't any fits thrown about having to get up in the morning but after I had my coffee, I was a little better.  :)

My children will be with their dad this weekend so I will have all weekend to do whatever my little heart desires.  And you know what?  I have no idea what my little heart desires to do.  I take that back.  I know that some of that time will involve catching up on the shows I have on the DVR, watching more Hallmark, naps and probably some laundry because lets face it....there is always laundry to do.  I also need to put up the little bit of Halloween I have out and pull out the few Thanksgiving pieces I have.  Oh!  I have new Thanksgiving place mats I picked up at Home Goods a while back.  I must put those out.  I was super excited about that find.  

Bella had a major meltdown last night after I mentioned she would be going to her daddy's this weekend.  After we talked for a bit, snuggled and did our nails she was a bit better.  I also told her I would pick her up from daycare today so she could see mommy before she left.  Normally when its a weekend with dad, Christopher will pick her up and they are gone before I get home.  Its a good thing I'm picking her up because we haven't packed her overnight bag which will also include a lot of stuffed animals (her babies).  Gulp!    

As for me, I am doing better every day.  Am I completely over Scott? No, but I am crying a lot less, not what iffing everything and feeling better about myself a little more every day.  Although I have no idea what the kids and I are going to do for Thanksgiving this year, I'm still excited about turkey and dressing!  Honestly, if the kids and I stayed home and I cooked for us, I would be fine with that. As with most gatherings lately, I'm just not feeling it.  I said I was doing better, not great. I will get there.  I know I will.

Oh yes...went to the dermatologist last week for what is supposed to be an annual skin check.  I thought it had been two years since my last visit but I found out from my doctor it had actually been three years.  Big oops.  She did fuss at me a little for not coming in annually so I am going to do my best to schedule this check up when I schedule my mammogram and well-woman check ups.  I did have two spots removed.  Of course she can give me the names of each and every spot on my body but I can't remember any of them.  The one on my arm was a dry spot, almost like a wart.  It would get aggravated sometimes so she froze that one off.  Now the spot on my lower abdomen near my cesarean scar concerned me because I had been watching it and noticed it changing. It didn't concern her by the look of it but because she had removed one on the opposite side several years back and it came back showing A-typical cells I requested this one be removed as well.  The office called yesterday with the pathology results saying the mole had minimal margins of A-typicality, is considered benign and doesn't require further treatment.  However, Dr. Wood does want me to schedule a follow-up in January to check the area to make sure its not re-pigmenting.  I have scheduled that follow-up and we'll get it checked out again in January.  So here's my two bits on this subject....get your skin checked!  And if your doctor says come in every year, do it!  If you are lucky enough to have a significant other, have them look at your backside for areas you can't see.  If something concerns you, don't be afraid to ask. Better safe than sorry.      

Y'all have a super weekend and be good!