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Okay party peeps.. Today is the 1st official day I feel like I am going to get some serious creating done !!! All my stuff has finally arrived & I have noticed that I want OOOHHH sooo much more but I will be content with the goodies I have...

I lugged down my BIG OL table from the garage, took 4 or 6 trips from the kitchen (where all my tools have found a comfy spot) to the basement plus an extra ........." OH I FORGOT THE IPOD" trip & have snuggled right in .. Pulled up the shades to let the sunlight shine in.. In the picture you might be able to see a beautiful necklace I got for my birthday, well I am going to try, NO, I AM going to create a set of earrings to match it as my 1st project for the day & then go from there... I just had to post pictures & share before I got to busy & forgot about all my FAITHFUL followers !! NOT ... :)

So close your eyes & imagine me in this spot (black chair) & watching the wheels of this so called BRAIN go to work !!!

Instead of reading w/ enthusiasm ... Listen to this voice that has captivated me today !!!

So I am driving home this morning from taking little peeps to school & this song "Rolling in the Deep" from Adel comes across the radio.. Now I have heard this song about a dozen times before, but to be able to CRANK it up this morning & sing along with it & take in her deep & sultry sound was amazing... So of course.............. I came home & youtubed her & low & behold she has some really great stuff out there & stuff I know... So I decided to share 3 of her songs that all of us probably know ... So now it's time to put it on the ipod !!! Enjoy ....

:)

Adele 19 Make You Feel My Love

Adele - Chasing Pavements

Adele - Rolling in the Deep + Lyrics

Day 5

Well today is the day............. As a good friend of mine says... Your not that old but remember you now you have to check mark the box that gives the next age group from 35 to 40 .... WHATEVER.. But thanks Megan for making me smile !!!

So as I reflect.......... NAAA... No reflection only smiles & joy.... I love my birthday !! I make everyone Else's birthday around me special for them. Weather it be a very special birthday cake, special one of a kind birthday present or just special lovin's from muuuhhhaa & I feel as if your birthday (even though you might share it w/ a million other's in this world) it is all about YOU & in this case ME !!! So today I WILL sit on the couch, catch up on my shows, have an extra cup of coffee, lunch w/ a friend, paint my toes & fingers then enjoy a bunch of people's company whom love me very much & are taking the time out of there life to share it with ME tonight at one of my favorite jute-joints, El' Bait Shop ... So bring on the next 35 years (slowly please & please don't let my face reflect it)....

Peace & Chicken Grease !!!

T-Dog, Moose, T.T. & good ol Teryl !!!

Day 4 of 5

Nothing insightful today.... I have been avoiding doing any house work this week.. I was pretty sure I had a dream about a fairy coming and folding all of my laundry last night but when I woke up & saw all the laundry STILL not folded, that's when I found out that my dreams of fairies was just that, a DREAM !!! Darnit !!!!

So instead of mulling over what to post today on this boring & unread blog, I will sign off today & put on the i-pod & actually get some work done around this jute-joint !!! So happy Thursday !!!

And the only reason I blogged this was because I said at the beginning of the week that i was going to post everyday for the next 5 ... So, truly sorry if you read this & thought "WHAT A JIP" ... :)

"Whenever I Call You Friend " Stevie Nicks & Kenny Loggins

my 1st 4 pieces !!!!

check it out !!!!

Day 2 of 5

This post shall be named................. "Wonder of it All" ...

So if you live in IA, you along with myself woke up on this March morning with

snow clinging to the branches of the tree line & gently laying upon the tops of the yesterdays greening grass... Now alot of us posted on our FACEBOOK status "SERIOUSLY MORE SNOW" or "WTH (what the hell)" etc... But I looked outside & saw a purity... My treeline/woods were no longer dirty & dingy but washed clean with this brilliant site.. Okay so it might be chilly but it's not like any of us have put away our coats & have broken in those new flip-flops !!!

So today is a day to appreciate the change of seasons & to realize that this will pass & we will be seeing not only green grass & leafs blooming VERY soon but to appreciate the change of seasons & stand back at the WONDER OF IT ALL !!!!

Sincerly,

Amazed at the Wonder of it ALL

1 a day for the next 5 ... Appreciating my TUMMY

Monday: Well this is the start of my birthday week and as each day closes in on my "34" years & I leap into the "35th" on Friday I want to have a sense of appreciation... So here goes...

As I am getting out of the shower this morning I am doing my normal.. Take my hair out of the towel to brush it, q-tips, stare at my wrinkles a little, moisturize my face & last lotion up this body.. Well as I am doing that my towel falls away from my knot just above my chest bone... As I have the lotion in my hand already I am unable to pick up the towel & re-wrap it around.. I MUST apply w/o a towel wrapped around my body to hide my eyes from this "VISION" in the mirror... As I am applying I look at myself... Now we all might look at ourselves weather it be clothed, naked or just standing in our undies but this morning I run my lotioned hands across my tummy.. I gently do it at first then pull a little to see if the white stretch marks disappear (they don't even as hard as I might stretch). Then I turn sideways normal then of course SUCK IN.. Then I inspect the little white arch stretch marks along my hips .. Then I proceed to ponder a tummy tuck & that passes quickly because ... Well just because.... Now of course my 1st thought is "Man I need to get out JOG" but then I smile.....

Now I am NOT skinny, but don't believe I am a HEFFER either... Not necessarily quite completely comfortable in my skin but definitely doable !!! But I see those stretch marks and look at them as BADGES of HONOR... Each one was created because this body has seen 6 pregnancies & 3 full term births ... Yes you read correctly I have been pregnant 6 times (and for the first time in about 13 years I am shedding tears over the 3 unborn children I have lost, where did these tears come from??). We lost 3 babies before we had Walker.. Different story for a different time... But as I smile in the mirror I am smiling because God gave me the ability to carry 3 children & though I will NEVER carry another child in my womb again I am grateful for the blessing/opportunity to have done so. Some women might have these "badges" surgically removed but for the rest of my life I will choose to wear these "badges" with honor.. Now don't get me wrong I am not some EAST SIDE, WIFE BEATER WEARIN, HOT MAMA whose gonna go get a string bikini cuz I want you to check these badges out but I AM NOT ASHAMED of these faded marks that have been placed upon my body !!!!!

So enjoy the pictures below & you will see why I am grateful for my BADGES OF HONOR...

1st picture is me pregnant with Mayson

2nd picture is me pregnant with Walker

3rd picture is me pregnant with Maddox..

don't know why they are out of order but ya know !!!

Enjoy & Appreciate the blessings that have been given to you !!!!

YAY WEEK OF APPRECIATION & THANKS !!!!!

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YOUR KILLIN ME SMALLS

YAY !!!! My books totally came !!! I am so excited & they are calling to me.. "sit down read us, we need love too" .. .They will just have to wait, because I have a hot lunch date & YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE (Krista) !!!! So this is me blowing my books kisses & tell them I will miss them but will give them plenty of attention very soon !!!

Thanks !!

Okie-Dokie.. I know these are about a month old.. But I just learned how to post pics to my Blog (Thanks Renee & Angela) so these are ones that aren't even on FB ... Yes this is V-day... Walker's head is covering the pizza but it was shaped like a heart.. We wanted a dinner that everyone would enjoy.. We had a candle lit dinner w/ pizza, salad & strawberries .. Oh & let's not forget sparkeling grapejuice out of champne flutes for the kiddos !!! Was super fun !!!!

My 1st Precious Metal Clay Piece..Thanks Renee

Just a quick one !!!

Okay so I was sitting here trying to get off of FB & decided to yep... BLOG... 2 days in a row.. WOWWEE !!..

I was continuing to say in my head a few of the random phrases that gals/guys at work say & they were making me smile so I decided to share them with those who read my blog...
1. I LOVE YOUR FACE
2. SHUT YOUR DIRTY MAN PLEASER (YOUR MOUTH)
3. SHUT THE FRONT DOOR (shut the f up) ..
4. I KNOW, RIGHT?

As silly as they are they make me smile & I like to say them..

On a more serious note..... OH wait I don't have to many of those "notes" so whatever & enjoy the day .... To all of you out there in FB land, Blog land & working land , I LOVE YOUR FACE !!!

Beautiful Monday ... Oh How I love THEE !!!!

BEEEP...BEEEP...BEEEP... (Alarm Clock) I REACH over to hit the snooze, once again & realize, YAY it's Monday & I haven't heard the annoying sound of my alarm clock in 11 days.. But this brings me JOY... It's the 1st day back from Spring Break... As I did enjoy not waking up to the alarm clock for the past 11 days & I truely did enjoy the kids being home a small (BIG) part of me is glad to have my days back to myself... Our spring break wasn't eventful but peaceful & quiet.. We did do some family fun days but mostly relaxed & hung out...

So I've decided that this will start the count down to SUMMER BREAK... Wait till you see the 1st day of school being in session.. It will be a joyous one & I will be blogging about how I am sitting here infront of the computer & telling you all about my plans for my days.. But for now I will enjoy what time I have left of this school year & yearn for the time on the deck with my book in hand, ipod playing softly in the background & enjoy my silence !!!! Even though upstairs right now my hubby is running late for work & I hear him shuffeling around to get out the door.. I on the other hand have accomplished so much.. Got up, took the kids to school & have already had the ipod playing in my ears while taking a much needed walk for both the dog & myself... I still have such a long day ahead of me...

SOOO.... Not only do I get to have lunch w/ some girlfriends this week, get my wax on but...but.. the best part of the week is ......druuuuuuummmmm roll........... I take my PMC (precious metal clay) class 2mrow !!! I couldn't be more excited to get my hands dirty & start my creative juices flowing.. I have ordered & ordered & ordered books, products & materials & I am just chopping at the bit to get this show on the road.... I have officially asked my spousal unit for KILN for my birthday.. He asked the price & I encouraged him to call him mom & mine so they can all go in on it.. We'll see how that works out... I have my little note book with all of my project idea's written down & am ready to start creating...

As you all know I LOVE being a waitress & do believe that I am a "career waitress" and am absolutely thrilled that this is the path that has been laid before me. I love my job & I am GREAT at it... But to find a passion, not a job but something that I love & that is just for ME is truely a GIFT.. So many people search for that 1 something for so long.. My passion, in which I believe I owe my mother credit to, is, creativity & working with the imagination & the drive to do so.. So, thank you mom !!! I know it's not painting on sweatshirts, pillows & getting the fine art of stenciling down (like when we were kids) but none the less it is MINE !!! So, thanks MOM !!! I will post pictures of my pieces once some are complete !!

Thanks for reading my very THANKFUL post today folks !!! Have a good Monday !!! Hugs to all !!!

SUP !!!!

Okay.. Let's see if this post will actually come onto my FB page so I can share my insanity...

So today, March 17th, St. Patricks Day whoohoo, naaaa... I didn't celebrate today w/ all the other "wanna-be irish men & woman" .. I get to go to work tonight.. But I am looking quite festive though.. You'll have to come out & see me if you want a good laugh !!! This day doesn't mean much to me, well it never has but I did get the opportunity last year to go out & celebrate w/ a bunch of my gal-pals but I figured I could get smashed anywhere or on any given day so why just choose a random day to do so !!! Oh well.. Enjoy to all of you who do so !!!

So this last week & a half or so has brought alot of things about.. Good conversation, bad conversation, fun adult "toy" party, too much absolute vodka, spring break & 1 trip to the ARL to return a stray dog ... I would say all in all it has been pretty eventful ..

Kids had GREAT confrences.. All my kids are thriving & excelling in there studies.. HUGE WRAP AROUND PAT ON THE BACK.. Spring break hasn't been very eventful with them though.. We did go Rollerskating, did a little paint job on the club house, pizza day then a stray dog was found.. Woweekazawee !!!! We named him Sammy & loved him up for about 24hrs & T-dog & I decided that we just aren't ready, or maybe never will be, for another dog.. BIG or SMALL !!!! So we had a non-shedding tear moment when we took him to the ARL for adoption.. There is no way that little guy will not be adopted (just not by this family)

Conversations with old friend... Well that is left to be decided eaither as a good or bad note.. Not sure how to take it !!!! Ya know the choices that we make in our lives decide alot for ourselves. OBVIOUSLY.. But ya never know which path is the right one & if we knew that in the decision process there would be no need for anxious hearts, worry or bad choices because it would all be written out like a novel for ourselves.. So with that said ................WHO KNOWS !!!!

Well enjoy the rest of the day !! I'm off to work & play !!!!

love..love..