Just The Two Of Us, We Can Make It If We Try

Oh Tommy my love, I wish you would answer my calls! I know you push ignore, often. You do it because you know I love voice mail. I love to stutter my way through, "Hi, it's me. You already knew that, of course. I was just seeing what you are doing. I know you are working. I forgot why I called.  I love you, could you call me? I really just want to harass you about something you can't do anything about." Gosh answering machines make me feel super BRIGHT!

Tom is a great man! He will do dishes, cook supper, put away laundry, vacuum, pretty much anything. He even puts his daughters hair up occasionally. He coaches ball teams. The best dad ever. Yep, you are jealous. He never leaves the house without telling me he loves me and kissing me goodbye, and he says prayers with his bratty tat tats (our kids) at night. Now I am just bragging, my bad.

We have tolerated each other for ten years, been married for nine. I would be LOST in more ways than one without him.

He makes me watch football and golf ALOT though. Not so jealous now are you? And he is gassy. But that is okay, I love him even though he is a smelly sport fanatic!

He is FUNNY! Not a day goes by we don't laugh. He says I will laugh at anything though. He is dedicated to his job and his phone rings nonstop. But they call because he will answer and will do anything to help out.

That last sentence made me sad. You just went back and read it, didn't you? Haha! Really he answers their calls but sends me to voicemail. I know he just wants to hold onto my voice and he can if it is saved, bwahahahahaha. It's okay, I don't answer his calls either.

We are awesome together! No really, I mean it! Ask around, but not our kids, or our neighbors, or, oh never mind just take my word for it! We aren't perfect but we are AWESOME I tell you, AWESOME!!

Hey when you read the title of this post, did you try to remember the rest of that song? I tried, but like most songs, I only remember one line and sing it over and over and over!

LOOK where you are going!!

Such a great Dad!!

He wasn't smiling, because he lives with me and smiles all the time. He needed a break.

Not positive, but think maybe he was more excited than the kids.

We are AWESOME together!

Crazy Is Just a Beginning For Us

So, Libby and her little cheerleading group were singing a 'cheer', if you want to call it that, and it has been stuck in my head since. Bear with me people! "Jump, shake your booty, jump, jump, shake your booty, jump, shake your booty, jump, jump, shake your booty"! GRRRRRR You are welcome for that now being stuck in your head! Answer me this: How in the world does that 'cheer' on your team? I don't want my eight year old singing that!! What happened to "Go Team Go?" I admit it isn't near as catchy, but good golly miss molly I don't want my kid shakin' her hiney for ANYONE!!! Stinky, smelly boys are already crushin' on her. Big 'ol cootie bugs, Yuck! For those of you thinking, "Way to support your child Lacy", I do! I like her cheering. I will buy her long pants, long sleeve shirts, and a mask to wear next year though!! Just kidding, she does awesome.

My oldest thinks she needs a boyfriend! Double Yuck!! She's twelve and I am pretty sure puberty is close at hand. When she reads this she will kill me or at least want to. "Lord Help Me!" She has a tude (that is attitude for you 'not as hip as I am' folks.) I am thinking about throwing out all her cute 'girl' clothes, although she doesn't have many (major tomboy), and making her wear my painting clothes. Yep, thinking maybe if she looks like a troll and not cute, I won't have to worry about boys for a bit. It is just plan A, I have others! Too bad she has an awesome personality and a heart the size of Texas! I should be thankful I know! I am . . . kinda. Love you Emmy!!!!

Then there is Harley. Oh, my sugar! Now he will want to choke me as well. He doesn't allow me to call him that anymore. I don't know why they have to grow up so fast! Yesterday he was learning to pee on trees and now . . . Who am I kidding he still pees on trees, on public streets, with the neighbors watching. He gets in trouble often at school for talking. Everything is important and needs to be known NOW.  He is great though. He will still give me hugs, so long as we aren't in front of the window or door. He doesn't want the other kids to see. Oh well!!

Let me tell you though, I think they all three are pretty great! Emmy's first year at Waynoka, she took her allowance and bought another little girl in gym some shoes, cause she didn't have any gym shoes. Made me bawl! She has always been that way! And Libby cannot stand for anyone, I do mean anyone, to be hurting! She cries right along with them, even if she doesn't like them. Harley will do almost anything to please people. He tries sooooooooo hard to make everyone happy, and has a hard time understanding when that isn't possible. I mean my kids may shake their butts, have attitudes and pee where everyone can see, but they have heart people!!!! Big HEART!

Well to end, I will post a few pictures! Enjoy my treasures.

Emmy will love that all her friends will see this!

Awww, they were so cute then!

More of Us

I will get carried away, but just at first, then I will leave you for days wanting more. I kinda rambled in that first post and I will probably ramble alot, so prepare yourself for that excitement!

I just wanted to post some more pictures, because I can and because I know you are dying to see more. More art, more of my kids, more of all the craziness that is us!! So sit back, grab a cola or a coffee and enjoy! Just know that if you drink those things this late, you will be mad at me in a bit when you go to bed and can't sleep.

Tom and Harley (my guys)

 Harley is like that all the time! He is crazy great!! And super loveable, but always GOING! Seriously the energizer bunny doesn't have anything on this kid!



Liberty cheering!

Isn't she the cutest!!! I don't quite understand it though, she bawled when she had to stand onstage with 60 other kids for their Christmas concert. Yet she will cheer, and loves it! Whatever, she is a girl, so she can change her mind often!!

And Tada . . . Our Oldest!! I am talking about the girl holding the baby not the old man (that is my dad, Love you Dad). And that sweet little baby is my newest niece Taylee Jo! Anyway, back to my kid, that is Emerald! She has the best heart!! Always worried about everyone else. Unless it is her brother and sister, then not so much. Unless someone else is picking on them, she believes she is the only one allowed to do that.

Think I mentioned I love to paint. Almost everything I do is loud and bright! This was done with acrylics on canvas, fun stuff people, fun stuff!!

I would ramble more, but it is late and I am tired. Note this people, I didn't have a cola or coffee! Night

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

Welp, what now? I will try to bring you exciting, new and wonderful things weekly.

Exciting thing for this week: Wait for it, wait for it, here it comes. We paid off one of our credit cards!!! WOOHOOOOOOOO!!!! Okay, maybe not exciting for you, but I am EXCITED. We live paycheck to paycheck and are slowly trying to change that. So if you are looking for inspiration, I am here for you!

You see I quit my job in May of this year and it has been tiiiighhhhttttt. I worked for a prison as a Sgt. and was watching my kids grow up when they slept (you will get that in a minute). My husband was mom and dad. He took the kids here and there and worked full time. I was always at work and if I wasn't, they were all gone (school or work). We decided enough was enough! I love being home!!!

I taught art this summer for area kids, it was wonderful!! If you are ever on facebook check out Little Green Dog. I try to update it occasionally. But the best part: I got to spend some time with my kiddos!!!!

I love to paint!! I am far from the best, but painting is a release of almost all emotions! Try it!!!!!

Something New: We finally have a washer and dryer at this house. We bought this house 3 1/2 years ago, it is in the country, and is only like 10000 years old (you will find I am sarcastic and exaggerate). Anyway, thank God for my mom! She has literally done our laundry for the last 3 years!

You all are going to think I am crazy but I absolutely love small houses!! I am a super simple person, love things to be pretty minimal and easy. Our home is only two bedrooms with one bathroom for five people. We currently use our ugly partially finished (if I may exaggerate) basement as our room, while the kids occupy the two real rooms. I do really wish we could gut it and update it, but it has character! Character doesn't cost us anything . . . yet.

Wonderful Things: God, water, air and food. Oh my FOOD, I love food! Unless it has a weird name then I won't try it. I will not try Egg Nog!! My husband loves it. I don't know what my favorite food is, but I won't pass up cowboy gravy. It is wonderful to me! My mom used to make it for us as kids. It is cut up and fried hotdogs (the only way I will eat a hotdog) in gravy over bread. Makes me hungry just thinking bout it!!

How bout a little getting to know you, I mean me. I am married to a wondermous man!! His name is Tommy and he is in love with Chesapeake Energy. I mean he works there. He is an awesome dad. We have three kids. We were gonna have more but he came to my senses. Emerald is our oldest and she is involved in everything! Always in a hurry to get somewhere and always busy. She loves horses and basketball and hates her braces. Liberty is our girly girl. She will play basketball and be a cheerleader, don't ask her to do anything else, unless it is a pedicure. She doesn't mind getting dirty, but would rather get her hair done! Harley is full of energy. He never stops, plays basketball, football, soccer, and loves to try anything else. He has done BMX, water skied, tubed, climbed some sand dunes and more (he is only seven).  We have two dogs. Sampson is a mastiff and is my baby. He is a giant teddy bear. Abby is a black lab and completely nuts!! They are polar opposites and seem to like each other just fine. We are responsible pet owners, both our pets are fixed. But it was because we wanted to spare the world more dog poop, not because we are responsible. We have no other pets, cause they can't seem to survive. We feed them and care for them, they just prefer death to us.

I consider myself the boss of our house, but Tom thinks we both are. Something about equals and partnership. I don't know but it works for us. Our kids consider themselves the boss, but I know deep down they are scared that they will have to live in the basement, so they listen sometimes.

I don't have it all but I got it good!