Burn on the hand... OUCH !!!!!

Last night I burned my hand. I heated water up in the microwave. Let it sit some and then heated it again for 5 minutes. Problem is I then forgot to let it sit some after the 5 minute reheat. When I picked up the cup and went to pour the water I spilt some of it on me. I have a blister to show for it today. It hurts but the itchiness of it is worse then the pain ! On to a better note, I am happy to report my sons tiredness won over the sugar yesterday :) He actually fell asleep on the couch and I had to wake him up and move him over to the bed ! It was so wonderful ! He had so much fun at the warehouse and it was so good for him. Chad said he should go every day ! I know one of the things recommended to me for Chad was activities that incorporate exercise. After we move and have a permanent car I will definitely schedule lots of activities to keep him busy :) Eugene is on his way home from North Carolina. He is feeling tired and sense I don't feel like a cooped up hen we are going to just stay in tonight. Or so are the plans right now. Our plans do seem to change quickly sometimes though. lol It is amazing the difference of having a car this week. Usually by this point I just need to get out and see something other then these four walls. It was definitely nice to have been able to get out this past week and just do something. I am not sure when I will have a car again or if we are just going to buy the one that I have here. But I am thankful for the week I had :) Oh one more thing before I go. I am excited because I am getting a new Lia Sophia ring ! I can't wait until it comes :) I loved doing a book show for my friend and I am super excited as I think about the possibility of selling it myself. I love their jewelry pieces. They are great quality and come with a life time warranty. They will be coming out with some new pieces for the fall and winter. Just in time for Christmas gifts :) Makes Christmas shopping a whole lot easier cause I know I can give something that will be truly enjoyed by the receiver. Hard part is narrowing it down to just one or two pieces per loved one ! lol And for my mom.....your Lia Sophia necklace is on the way here too ! A little late but none the less, so Happy Birthday ! Love ya !

What a busy day we had !

Today was quite the busy day. Chad had a friend spend the night last night. They were wound up and noisy. I do not enjoy sleepovers when we are all sleeping in the same room! I made the mistake of letting Chad have HALF a slushy and a small piece of chocolate yesterday. He had the slushy around 3 pm and a real small piece of chocolate around 5. I thought it would be ok. I am still experimenting with what effects Chad more and what doesn't. I have been doing research. I really don't want Chad on meds. I know that certain dyes can effect him and stuff. Well whatever was in that slushy I think is a definite no-no ! That is on our MOSTLY do not touch list from now on! I say mostly because slushys are Chads favorite and I feel bad thinking that I will never ever let him have one again. I can't even describe how he was last night though. He just gets to this point where he is crazy but NOT like just a hyper crazy. Most people who haven't a clue what I mean just say well that's children with sugar. But it is beyond that. I use to not understand it so much myself but after being encouraged by a christian counselor ( who is also a friend ) to do research on the matter I now understand it better. She explained to us that we should not get mad at Chad but understand he really can't help a lot of these things that we find to be a struggle. Anyway, I cried myself to sleep last night cause it was so bad. I know some people feel and even have suggested I just put him on meds but I just really don't want to resort to that. I was told that with a lot of patience and by watching his daily activities and diet we can have better control of things naturally. I figure when he is older if he decides to go on meds that is up to him but as for now I don't want him to. I just pray that when we get into a home with a yard it will get better. To have him in one room just adds to the daily struggles of the whole thing. I think we will be moving soon :) Hopefully tonight he can lay still and get his brain to slow down. I took him and his friend to the $1 movie this morning. Then we went to the warehouse nearby to meet up with more friends of ours and play. It has "indoor" soccer fields, volleyball, basketball,boxing, jumpy houses, slides, ext. They were running non stop for four hours. But the place only has huge fans and big garage like doors they open. Chads friend got sick from heat exhausting and we had to leave then so I could take him home quick to get in a cool shower. Anyway at the warehouse I realized that one of the other boys gave Chad a soda. I realized it to late though...arhhhh. One thing I am extremely thankful for : plans that have not been approved yet ! Eugene is actually going to come home tomorrow night. The next set of plans have not come back approved yet so they get the weekend off :) YAY !!!!!

Don't want to forget............

I want to blog today mostly so I never forget this. Last weekend ( I believe it was when we were on the boardwalk watching the waves and the tourists ) Eugene turned to me and out of the blue said " you know when I watch all these couples I can't help but feel bad for them. Most couples just never get there. You know to the point we have ...." I don't think he said it to be sweet or anything but I just found it to be one of the sweetest things. I am so happy to have the same best friend I had at the age of 13 still by my side at the age of 30 :) We have been best friends for 17 years and married for 11 years. It hasn't always been an easy road. But in the last year we have finally got it ! We have finally reached that point. I can't explain it but even when we thought we were so in love when we first got married it just wasn't what we have today ! I hear wives say they just need a break from their husbands sometimes. Need a girls night out. Now I have nothing against a good girls night out but to be honest I love being with my family and wouldn't choose that over anything ! I love just being with my husband. I love just doing nothing or doing everything ! I never realized what we were missing but man I am so glad we found it :)

Having a car.....

Having a car this week is making life so much more fun ! It is amazing to know I am not stuck in this hotel room all week. Like last night I got in the mood for ice cream. I didn't go out for any because I didn't want to spend the money but just knowing that I could have went out if I really wanted to was nice :) This morning the fire alarm was going off once again. This time though when the fire men turned it off it went right back on. We were told it was going to be awhile to fix it. I was like cool, we can leave if this gets to annoying. By time I got ready ( it took awhile ) the fire alarm was fixed. So we stayed here for awhile longer. We did get to go out some though this afternoon and tonight I will take Chad to kid's night at Chick-Fil-A. We can take advantage of our season passes so we will also do that in the evenings. It is to hot here to go to Nascar or Broadway during the day but we can go in the evenings as they are open until 11 pm. Oh, goodness, the stupid fire alarm is going off again. It is sooooo loud and hurts ones ears. If this keeps up I am fixing to leave again ! lol Oh and later I will post the ugly duckling for ya !

Moody Mondays

Today is a Moody Monday. This Monday is a little less moody then previous ones thanks to the ugly beast out in the parking lot. Chad and I took advantage of having the thing already. We spent some time reading at our local bookstore this morning. Walked around the mall and then stopped by Walmart for some bread and a few other small grocery items. Chad already asked if we couldn't please go out again tonight but I think we had enough fun for one day. We will have to see :)

19 days ..... I don't think so !

I finally fell asleep last nigh/this morning. I kissed my husband off to work and around 4 am fell asleep, finally ! I really need to get into a routine at night to help my brain slow down. Does anyone else have this problem ? I would like to do something natural if that is at all possible. I woke up this morning around 7:30 am but allowed myself to go back to sleep till 10:30. So hopefully tonight I will fall asleep well enough. My hubby is gone for the week. In North Carolina. Nothing new except that they want him to work 19 days straight ! My husband assures me he will NOT go 19 days straight without seeing me. He says he will NOT even think of going one weekend without seeing us :) I reminded him we have had to do that in the past and survived but no way, he is not up to doing that again ! Right now I am feeling pretty good and feel like however it goes, I will be ok. It is amazing how seeing a "finish line" can alter ones mood so drastically ! I have a car ( at least for a week ) and we are going to be moving ! When ? I don't know but we WILL be moving ! I feel good ! Plus I know my husband is right....he will NOT go 19 days without holding me ;)

Not so savy .....

Ok, So I am not as savy I would like. Can't figure out how to add the link. Here is the web address I want you all to check out...... www.liasophia.com Thanks ! After taking a look let me know what you think and if you are interested in taking advantage of the great sale going on right now. Remember till the end of this week you can buy 3 and get 2 highest priced items at half off...only pay full price for lowest priced item. Did you know that labor day is comming up and after labor Day there is only like 16 weeks untill Christmas ? With this great sale you could do some Christmas shopping !

life as it is 1:30 in the morning.......

It is 1:30 am Monday morning. I should be sleeping but alas, I am not ! I was in bed at a decent hour but couldn't fall asleep so here I am. I have so many thoughts swirling around in my head. Plus it doesn't help that when I told my hubby I wasn't feeling well he went and bought me a big cup of Pepsi........and then I drank the whole thing! I mean goodness, they shouldn't be allowed to even serve that much soda in one cup. At this rate I might just be up at 3:30 when Gene gets up to go to work ! I have a few things to share with ya'll tonight..... uhhh I mean this morning. First off Gene brought home a vehicle this weekend for me to "test drive". It is a big messy thing by the name of an Rodeo Izuzu ( spelling ? ). It is the companys he works for and they thought maybe if I drove it this week I would then want to buy it. The other vehicle we were going to buy is still sitting in some mechanics grass and you don't even want to ask about that...trust me you don't want to know and even if you did I am not sure I really know whats up with that ! As for the one sitting outside my stomach dropped the first time I set eyes on it. I wanted to cry and complain to God. "Is this what we have been reduced to ?" each day it has gotten less uglier though. I think it is tryingto be pretty for me, really :) So, I came to the conclusion I can drive it and keep my head up enough to see out the window. Ha. Eugene on the other hand isn't so sure after this weekend. He paid the gas :) He messed with the stupid window over and over and over when it wouldn't go back up and then he paid the gas again ! So, I will have to let you know what happens with that. But either way I get a car for the week. So yay ! My second thing to share is we decided to go look at 2 more homes that would be an option for us to buy. One being a huge modular on land and another being a stick built home on little over an acre. We set it up to go see them Sat. ( yesterday ). Friday night I was a mess. I was so upset and crying and wow, so upset. As I laid in bed I had to calm myself down and ask myself what was the problem. Was it the big ugly duckling sitting out in the parking lot ? Yes?hmmm...... well no not really, I guess. So what was it ? As I went through this thought process I finally came to the relization I was sad we might turn our backs on the poor modular that obviosuly so desperatly needed my loving care ! When I realized I was sobbing over that I also knew that was stupid because if we chose another home it would be because I wanted the other home. This thinking couldn't keep me from being sad though. Really, what is up with a woman's emotions ? Saturday we went and looked at the homes and guess what, the stick built home was like ahhh, its ok. I mean it could be nice if we really gutted it, ripped off the enclosed porch, cleared off the overgrown and wooded land, ext. But you know what...it just wasn't there. You know the feeling in your heart that you know it is home. And then the second home we looked at was just to much $. I mean it is still like half or less then what we paid for our last home but I just really want a home I know is feasible to pay off in 5 years. So I realized that even though that feeling was not there the first time I saw the modular I previously blogged about. ( on half an acre ) It has definitely grown to be there now. Yesterday I just knew that I wanted to love up that place. That I didn't need to look at any other places. That we have found the place for us. When we picked up the paperwork later Sat. and my husband saw the monthly payment he knew it too :) Our payments on the place for the month will be about what we paid on our old home every week ! And we are doing a 15 year loan when on our old home we had a 30 yr ! We felt so happy. Then to just add icing on the cake I had this certain number in my head I wanted to pay. I told the Lord if He really wanted to confirm it in my heart that He is watching over this situation and us to please give us that #. A few weeks ago I thought ok Stacy, don't get so hung up over $4,000 it is only $4,000 over what you keep saying you want to spend on a home. Well, I wanted Gene to ask for the place for $4,000 less if he felt comfortable doing so. Gene never asked. The owner wrote up the papers with our mortgage amount and payments. He put the amount owed for $4,000 less then the original price quoted to us by the realtor !!!!! I just knew then that it was meant to be. I expressed to Gene I finally am starting to feel like God is smiling down on us again. Not that he wasn't blessing us before because He was but ya know what I mean ! So, by next weekend the paperwork should all be finalized. So keep it in your prayers if you remember. Thanks ! Oh and one more thing.... I am having a book show of Lia Sophia's jewelery. they have beautiful pieces and they all come with a life time guarantee. This month my "guests" will have the chance to take advantage of only the greatest sale ever ! If you buy 3 items you get half off the 2 HIGHEST priced items ! That's right ! You only pay full price for the lowest item. This sale only lasts till the end of this week. I really need a couple more orders so take a look. You won't be disappointed. Think Gifts. These items really are the perfect way to show someone you care :) I am enclosing an link with my blog. Take a look and then let me know what you think. When placing an order contact me first so I can give full details on how to do so. That way you are guaranteed to buy from my show and benefit from the great sale !

Wondering Thursday update 7/22/2010

It is "wondering Thursday" but i am not wondering because I know that my hubby is working tomorrow. He will be home some time tomorrow evening. This week has gone by kinda fast even though I have only left this room once I think ! Chad has been sick this week. He started off at the end of last week with a cough and then fever. This week he has also been acquiring some new symptoms on and off. Poor guy ! He seems to be doing better today though. he had no fever last night and for that I am glad. In fact today all he really has is a cough. He has been up playing and jumping all about the room. That is an improvement as he has been laying around on the couch or bed all the other previous days. Last weekend we revisited a home that we have been thinking of purchasing. It wouldn't be my first choice but I believe we could be happy there. The guy who is willing to owner finance it has been taking some time to get the paper work done. Nothing new for down here. Yet I have to say I keep wondering if God is going to bring something else along. Honestly I am ok with purchasing the modular on half an acre. In fact the only thing that I am not happy about is I know for the same price or even $5,000 cheaper we could buy a stick built home. There are some with even more land. It is just that we need someone who is willing to owner finance as we recently have had a short sale and other mishaps to our credit. Nothing I am ashamed of as my husbands unemployment for the whole month only equaled what he use to make in one week. There was nothing we could do about it. Anyway, I am even excited about having a new project to work on. I would love to give that modular a new makeover. The poor thing is crying for one. I love to decorate and I would welcome the challenge. I guess I am just not getting to excited until I know this is what God has for me. If I know that is what He is going to bless me with then I will jump up and down with joy. If he brings someone our way to owner finance a stick built home OR a home with even more land then I will jump up and down and cry with joy ! LOL Either way I will be jumping up and down with joy. I really want a place outside of the city limits. In fact that is the one thing that has kept me from begging Gene to owner fiance this big beautiful home in Mullins we have looked at. Eugene could probably get the down payment needed for that home and then in 5 years we would own it out right. It is a huge home that in the end would be worth showing off in a magazine. It sits on almost half an acre. I absolutely love it ! LOVE IT ! Yet it is in town. So technically I wouldn't be allowed to have chickens there. I might get away with it as it looks like the old owners had some but I could be told I need to get rid of them. Also no mini goats or anything. As silly as it sounds I really want to be able to get Chad these types of animals. I have just found in the last two years what I think is important in life. I really want my son to enjoy more simple joys in life. To be out playing with his animal friends instead of playing video games, ext. One of the reasons Eugene and I decided to go back a little ways from the beach is so we could enjoy the best of both worlds. The beach and the country. What could be better ? I have already looked on the internet at the seeds we could plant in a garden. All the different types of fruit trees and such. Oh what fun that will be :) We can play around in the yard and still do day or half day trips to the beach ! I am so happy that God has allowed us to come back down here ! God is good !

Half way through the week Wednesday

As I look at these pictures I wonder how on earth could I ever feel like these four walls are closing in on me ! LOL This has been our "home" for officially over three months now.......

So it is half way through the week Wednesday. And boy am I glad ! I have to say this has been by far the hardest week (staying here) so far. Well, except for the whole bed bug ordeal. I think I might forever have a fear of traveling and staying in hotel rooms after that ! I was told by a friend that a well known clothing store had to shut down due to the bed bugs. A store where a pair of Jeans for Chad is over $50.00 ! Now I have not checked into this to confirm and because of that I will not mention names. But it is a store where we have occasionally shopped and next time I go in there I suspect I will shutter a little. But anyway enough about that. As I was saying this week has been tough. Tough in a new whole way. I stocked up on ideas and projects this week for Chad. He has been doing well as I have been keeping him occupied. So far he has

almost suceeded at finishing a puzzle........

and made himself a yummy lunch. He has also had fun with other activities. I on the other hand have been extremely board. I think this week our walls have started getting smaller ! With the hot weather I just can't take Chad on the walks like we use to. They were far for him as it was and with the heat just not smart. We have not walked to the mall in over a month now. It took us 40 minutes and bottles of water on a good nice breezy day. The one pool here gets extremely crowed now that the hotel is almost sold out every night. I am so tired of tv and facebook and this room ! LOL Eugene says by this weekend he is hoping to know more of where we are going to live. We have found one home we could purchase. A modular actually. It sits on half an acre. It is in the town of Marion where we use to live. Well actually in the country outside the town. We are not sure if we are going to take that or look to maybe rent in NC where Gene is working right now. We just are not big fans of N.C. as we feel S.C. is our home. The Modular is cheap and we would be able to pay it off in 5 years so that would be a plus. I am hoping that we will know something more after this weekend. I am just getting anxious for a more permanent home. Exspecially because I realized in a little over four weeks school starts again ! I think another reason this hasn't been the best week so far is because Eugene is really busy. There was some talk of him not coming home at all this weekend and working 12 days straight before coming home. Then it became he will only work till Saturday and come home Saturday night and have off Sunday. This is his birthday weekend. Last night though Gene said there is a chance he can come home Friday evening :) So while Monday and Tuesday were long and dreadful Wednesday is now about over and then if I am lucky I will see my hubby and best friend the day after tomorrow :)

Moody Mondays

I have decided that just as much as Fridays are for family Monday's are for moodiness :) Monday's are like Oh a whole week to go. Tuesday are hmmm one day behind me. Wednedsays are like ok, half through the week now, I can do this. Thursdays are full of wondering if Gene will come home midnight tonight or work 2morrow yet ? Fridays are happy :)

Family Fridays :)

It's Friday ! Hip Hip Hooray ! Today is the day ! As you may already know I pretty much live for the weekends right now. With my husband working out of town we are stuck here all week by ourselves. No hubby. No car. Just one hotel room , a few mere belongings , one overly active 8 yr. old boy and one praying for strength mom ! When Fridays come my heart sings ! I am like a bird being let out of a small cage. I can fly ! My husband tells me soon we will be in a home of our own again. I just laugh considering the last two years. I mean it is either laugh or cry and I don't want to cry. I don't want to make Eugene feel sad. I have the most wonderful hubby. For real. I am amazed at how much our relationship has changed from three years ago. The Lord has done wonders ! God is amazing ! Last weekend was amazing. I tell you what else will be amazing....when we have our own house with our own bedroom again ! LOL But until then I will just be content with my weekends :)

Shout Out to new BlogFrog friends !

I am so excited to have found a new family in BlogFrog :) I am fairly new to Blogging. In fact to be honest I only started the whole blogging thing to keep friends and family updated. I have found though that blogging is a type of therapy for me. My blog post usually have to do with what my family and I have done lately or my feelings. As I read other's blogs I see that is fairly common :) So, today my blog is just a shout out to all my new found friends !

"PRAY FOR JONAH"

To all my readers, I have just linked my blog to BlogFrog. Through BlogFrog I have found many other bloggers. One of which really stood out to me. She is a young mother who lost her first baby only to find out 10 weeks after her loss that she was pregnant again. Her second baby was then born with a very rare disease. She blogs not only about the trials but also about the blessings. Her and her husband have a close relationship with our Father in Heaven. I was really encouraged by her story. I realized how much we have to be thankful for ! Here is a mom who has faced many hardships yet continues to praise her creator. I encourage all of you to go on the link that takes you to my actual blog. Once you are on my blog page you will see some pictures of Chad. There is also one "button" of baby Jonah with a "pray for Jonah" over his picture. I encourage you to grab a cup of tea or coffee and take the time to read his story. You will feel blessed by it. Just click on the Pray for Jonah button. P.S. While you are at it you can join my community on BlogFrog if it is something you think you will enjoy. You do not need to have an actual blog to join. You can just join to find friends and discuss things of your interest.

Riverwalk, Conway July 5th 2010

More pictures from July 5th :)

We picked up Chad from our friends house. ( He spent the night after the fireworks ) Then we headed to the River Walk. In the past it would have really bugged me that Chad had to wear the same clothes two days in a row. I wouldn't have been able to post the pics because I would have cared what other people thought. Not anymore ! LOL

I am having problems turning my pictures around. Does any one know how I can do this ?

July 5th 2010 River walk in Conway

These photo's were taking on Monday July 5th. We decided to go up to Conway. We walked along the river walk. Chad also had a chance to play at the park there. It was a nice way to end the holiday weekend. I really enjoy spending the weekends with my family. This one was exceptionally nice.

4th of July 2010

These pictures were taken on the 4th of July. We were at our friends, The Watson's home. We went over to eat and play games. We kept it simple. It was simple but so much fun ! We had BBQ chicken, a veggie tray, corn on the cob, star shaped rice krispie treats ( that Chad helped make :) ) and lot's of other snacks. Then we made water balloons and had bubbles for the children. I do think us adults might have played with the water balloons just as much as the children ! It was a wonderful afternoon. I am amazed how the simple things can be the most sweet things in life. We were having so much fun that we didn't even realize it was past the time we were all suppose to leave and go watch the fireworks ! We still made it though as we were allowing plenty of time to get there.

4th of July 2010 weekend pictures

These pictures were taken at our friends home on the 4th of July.

Our 4th of July weekend 2010

These pictures are from our day in Georgetown on the 3rd of July ( sat ).

Our 4th of July weekend started off Friday evening with Chad spending the night with my parents. It was the last night my parents were down here in their condo. He had the chance to spend some time with his grandparents and Eugene and I had the chance to be alone :) We did some grocery shopping ( lol ), went to old navy and then went down to the boardwalk. It was a really cool evening. Cool as in chilly ! We bought some coffee, sat on a bench to talk and watched the waves crash in. It was a perfect night. Saturday afternoon we went out thinking maybe we would take Chad down to the boardwalk. After getting in the car we realized Chad was very tired. We decided to take a longer "trip" so Chad could fall asleep for a while. We drove to Georgetown. We walked along the water, watched the boats, and enjoyed hot dogs and ice cream :) Sunday was the 4th. After church and lunch we went to friends for a fellowship and fun. We brought water balloons. I am not sure if the adults are children enjoyed them more ! That evening we all went to Cherry Grove to watch the fireworks. It was only in the 70's. A perfect evening for sitting on the beach with friends and watching fireworks. Chad then went home to spend the night with our friends. It was already around 11:30 but Eugene and I wanted to take advantage of the night alone together, so we went out for pancakes and coffee. We were so tired and we thought the coffee and food would wake us up so we could go home and spend some much needed time together. That night as we laid in bed I remember Gene holding me and then we were both out ! lol The coffee and pancakes didn't work ! We are getting old , I guess ! I usually have a hard time falling asleep but I was so exhausted that even I zonked out for the night ! Oh well, at least we got to sleep in and enjoy the morning together :) Haha

After picking up Chad, we spent our last day (of the holiday) together in Conway. We went up to the river walk. A perfect and relaxing way to end our busy weekend.

I will post more pics then :)

cool 'n easy strawberry pie recipe at kraftfoods.com

cool 'n easy strawberry pie recipe at kraftfoods.com