Five Question Friday

1. Would you ever vacation alone?
I personally wouldn't want to vacation alone... Maybe once without the kids, but never without the hubby!
2. Do you go the speed limit?
I try my hardest, but sometimes I just have to put the pedal to the metal... I wont go over 80 though...lol
3. Why did you start blogging/following blogs?
I started my blog because a friend of mine started one and it has actually helped me to get through allot of the things in my life that I never thought I would get through. I like putting whats going on in my life into words. I follow blogs because I like to read and follow whats going on in others lives as well...!
4. Where do you shop for yourself?
I personally shop at Cato's fashion store.. .It's my favorite store and you can get clothes for any occasion... formal or casual!
5. What was the song that you danced your first dance with your spouse to at your wedding...or...what song would you like your first dance to be to?

We did not and wouldn't have even if we could at our wedding... I personally didn't want to and neither did the hubby, but our wedding song was a song from a retreat that we went on when we we younger and had just started talking to each other...
Very sweet!

Flashback Friday!

This is a picture of myself, my hubby, and Andrew after I had the C-section in 2005. After this photo was taken I didn't get to see him again for almost a week, due to him having complications with his lungs not being fully developed!

Excited to start a new plan for myself!

I will be starting a new vitamin regimen tomorrow.
I am excited because I am so ready to so something about these kidney stones.
I talked to a very good friend of mine who has gone through the exact thing that I am going through now and she recommended me to a lady at MaxLife and I talked to her today and she told me that she follows this plan and has been stone free for a while now.

I have been in so much pain that I have missed church, missed events in my child's lives, and I am don't missing out on things due to being in pain.
I am so looking forward to the day that I can say that I am kidney stone free and that I have been for a while now!!!

Hopefully soon.
I am determined to let my Dr. know that I am fed up with the fact that nothing that they have done is helping and that there is no medicine out there that has treated me and worked.

I am so excited.

Today was a bad day; I spent most of my day in bed laying down because every time that I stood up I felt as though I was going to pass out and that pain that I have been having is non stop and will not subside. I have had to medicate myself just to be able to sleep nowadays!
I thank God that I have someone to talk to about this even though I wish that she hadn't gone through it.
I am ready for a change for the better!

Thank you all for your prayers they are greatly appreciated and still needed.
I am not out of the woods yet when it comes to pain...
I still have a stint in and am waiting for the Dr to let me know when that will be removed!

~thanks for listening to me vent!

I need more of you...

I'm tired all the time, I'm hurting, and I'm stressed!

Lord please help me to see the brighter side of things. I know that you are here when I need you and that I have someone to cry out to when I need it and I am so thankful for that.

Right now I need you more than ever. I have been through allot the last year and I have learned allot as well. I am praying that the pain and anguish will go away when the time is right and when you feel as though I have learned what I need to know.

Use me, fill me up Lord!

I want more of you!

I want to make a commitment to you and do your will for my life. I know that life may be a long and winding road, but its so worth it if I'm with you in my home in glory!

There is none like you, No One else can touch my heart like you do! I could search for an eternity long and find that there is none like you!

I love you Lord!

It's about to get busy!

I am looking forward to signing Serenity up for kickball soon.
I want her to be in as many things as she would like. I want her to be an active kid in as many activities as she can be in.

I want what she wants... I want her to be happy with herself!

Andrew is almost to that age that he will be playing t-ball or baseball.
I am looking forward to that as well.

This is the time of year where things start to get busy!

Here we go!

Will It Ever Be the Way It Was?

You know I hear it all the time!!!

"You don't know what you've got til it's gone!"

Well I've been thinking about that allot lately and it hurts to think that I lost a friendship that I now know meant so much to me.
I may not have meant as much to them as they did me and it may have ended on a bad note, but I know that when we were friends it was good!
I look back at times and I think of what it would be like to have that friendship back. I wonder what we would be doing and how close our kids would be again...

I needed you the most when my mom died and I was foolish to not ask you for advice or a shoulder to cry on; even though I know that you don't have to be there because we aren't friends.
I just think about what it would be like and I wonder off to memories that will never be made and that I'll never have back.

Why was I so selfish and so naive?
I don't know if you'd ever want to try again or if you even think the same thing.

I guess that life has to go on and whatever is meant to be will find a way!

What I'm Doing

Date... January 22
Starting time... 3:18PM
Mood... frustrated
Outside my window... sunshine and children playing while there parents move in.
I'm thinking... about when we are going to move from here.
I'm reading... Breaking Dawn... Twilight Series!
I'm listening to... the television that is thankfully keeping the kids entertained while I'm on the computer and my husband runs to pick up my daughter from the bus stop.
I'm wearing... (you caught me in my pj's this time.)
Yesterday, I... had a very long and drawn out day.
I'm excited for... the weekend.
I'm sad because... (I wanna move so badly)
I'm hungry for... Chinese Food. :)
The song stuck inside my head is... I stand in Awe of you!
I want... to move to Kentucky.
I love... my family.
I loathe... brussel sprouts.
This week, my goal is... to try and start eating healthier.
Did I meet last week's goal?... I don't think so. :)
Ending time... 3:23PM

My Very 1st Blog Award!

I received my first Award today! Thank you so much Candace!

Here are the Rules:

* 1) Display the award logo
* 2) Nominate up to 7 blogs that make you feel comfy or warm inside
* 3) Link to your Nominees and leave a comment on their blog telling them about the award.
* 4) Link to the person whom you received the award.

And the award goes to the following blogs:

...and 3 makes 5
Desires of the Heart
Haas Family Blessings
Happily Henninger
He Will Carry Me
Letting Go and Letting God
Ordinary Inspirations

I chose these specific Blogs because I enjoy reading them every day and I love the feeling I get when I read them. It gives me joy to award them with this special gift!

Sunday Worship from my heart!

And as I think about your love for me; Lord I want to give you all of me. I will lift up my voice, I will lift up my praise and exalt your name. I will lift up my hands and give you thanks for you are worthy.

Surgery was cancelled and then Rescheduled...

So I was scheduled to have surgery on the 11th and that came and went...
I went to the appointment just to be told that the machine that does the Lithotripsy was broken and needed to be fixed.
SO I am scheduled to go in tomorrow the 14th and have the procedure done. I am hoping that all goes well and I will make it through surgery and be able to go on with things. The worst case scenario is that they will have to put another stint in and that I will have to have surgery again to remove that one as well.
I just want this all to be completely over with and done.

I JUST WANT TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE AGAIN!!!

Sugery on Monday!

I will be having surgery tomorrow morning on my kidneys.
I am a little nervous as to what all they are going to have to do.
I know that I have infection in my bladder and that they will be removing the stint that I have in now and hopefully they will NOT have to add another one.
I'm always nervous when it comes to these things, because you never know what could happen.
I know that God is going to keep his hands upon me, but I am worried still.
Please pray for me when you get the chance and I will be sure to update you as to what all had to be done as soon as I can.

Thank you again!
Blessings to you all!

Everything's A-Ok

My sister had her appointment today to be tested to make sure that the baby is going to be ok.
She did GREAT and she found out that she is having yet another GIRL!!! I am in no way surprised.
We wanted a boy, but she is just happy that she is healthy and is going to be just fine.

No worries.
I made sure that I told her before she left that everything was going to be fine.
I wanted her to know that she had my support and that I was praying for her and that I would be here if she needed anything.

Everything is fine and Baby Girl is fine as well.

It's Cold! BURRR!

As quoted from Jessica over at ...and 3 makes 5.
"We woke up this morning to frost on the ground, ice on the windshield, and a thermometer that said 32. That's freezing! Here in south Texas we don't see temperatures like that often, so to me it's super COLD."

WE ARE NOT USED TO THIS WEATHER!!!

As I was getting my daughter ready for school this morning I remembered why I don't like at some times why she has to wear a uniform at school. She cant wear a jacket or sweater unless its school color or school attire... WHAT?!? I hate that she cant wear the cute outfits that she gets for Christmas, birthdays, and just anytime... we have to save those for special occasions or she just never gets to wear them. It aggravates me.
I'm ready to eat the Chili that has been sizzlin' in the crock pot all day. My toes are white because its so cold that the blood has ran away...lol
I'm ready to cuddle under the blankets and read a good book.

What about all of you? What do you do in this kind of weather?

2009 in a Nutshell

~January~

Made a few great friendships that I am SURE will last a lifetime.
~February~
Made the decision to go to Ky. for our summer vacation...
~March~
My big girl played her 2nd year of kickball...GREAT memories!
~April~
Kickball some more...!
~May~
End of Kickball season... Serenity finished school.
~June~
Went to see my Mom and Best Friend's Becky and Wally during her baby shower...
~July~
Turned 26 and finally came home from Ky. and Becky and Wally had their first baby...
~August~
Serenity started school again... and we have been working with Andrew getting him ready for next year...
~September~
Serenity started Ballet and she loves it...
~October~
Lost my mom to a bleed on her brain and a stroke, but I am doing surprisingly well...
Lost a friendship, that I miss, but feel as though I may never get back...
~November~
Andrew was tested for speech and was found to be doing great...
~December~
Serenity had her first part with her Ballet group in the Harbor Light's Parade... We had a great Christmas with the kids and have been getting ready for my surgery hopefully soon...

2009 in a Nutshell...Not too much, but definitely not complaining...And somewhere among all that I got allot of things done and am happy!

Now I am looking forward to what 2010 will bring...With 2 kids and one amazing husband...Anything is possible!!!

Another Appointment

Once again I have a urology appointment in the morning, and I am nervous to say the least!

I don't know what hes going to say this time around. I would like to think that he is going to tell me that he is scheduling me for surgery... but I don't know!?!
Here's a look at what my kidney stones look like...