Could Spring FINALLY be Here?

Mother Nature has been awfully kind these past couple days in Finally giving us a taste of that warm weather I've been Dying for! Thought I'd take her up on her generosity and get a running start on my tan these past couple days while Thomas played on his swingset in the yard. I hear theres a yucky front comin in , So I guess it was nice while it lasted.. I'm lookin' forward to her next round of generosity though I tell ya I think spring is FINALLY here!! Im expectin those wild winds and wicked rainstorms dont get me wrong, it was just nice to see the sun for a full day finally with no clouds KWIM? Here's lookin forward to these kinda days to come .....

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a very Happy Easter {those who celebrated anyway} just thought I'd post some pics of what the Easter Bunny left Thomas - Its funny- I remember growing up- getting a basket full of candy-and these days I guess they don't do that anymore-just toys- Well Thomas has toys comin out his ears- So I improvised and Got a basket from Walgreens,and used his Valentine's candy, and some leftover candy from Halloween and his Easter party from preschool and sprinkled it in there and a chocolate bunny a family friend gave him and Voila!-a giant basket under 10 bucks! and hes none the wiser! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! Happy Easter!

Not Ashamed To Smile Anymore

Have you ever noticed that in my pictures-I never smiled? just kinda "smirked"? I wouldn't show my teeth or full pearlies? That's because I was too ashamed or embarrassed to show my smile- I HATED it! I was so self concious about it-I USED to have a nice smile-REALLY I did! until I switched medications, and that went to pot.Then my once orthodontically fixed smile{2500.00 that went down the tubes mind you } was changed when I was put on a new medication and one of the side effects was swollen gums. well, they swelled, I had my gums cut back, they swelled again,this time so bad they separated my teeth and shifted them and pushed them apart to where I developed this "snaggletooth" smile. So Through medical and dental- since it was a medical condition that caused this I was able to put some under medical n and some under dental, I recently had some oral surgery and fixed the problem and am able to smile proudly now! I went from
"smirking to the dreaded :" snaggletooth" smile to a nice straight smile again "I Can smile clearly now, the pain is gone..."
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Little Light Out Of This Mess..

It has been an emotional rollercoaster of a week to say the least -between Monday being a holiday- the federal offices were closed so we couldn't do much but gather information VIA computer and print out things information,and try and get information the automated way on the telephone {which is a plain old pain in the behind}-Tom has the patience of a saint let me tell you! Some good news came out of this so far..}- remember when I said I didn't think I had my birth certificate or SS card in my bag but Tom insisted it was in there because we couldn't find it in the house? well, yesterday, {still searching mind you- I'm one of those stubborn people where if there's a door, I'll open it no matter how dumb it may seem, I'll look anyway just to make sure} and checked the file cabinet for the millionth time just for the heck of it-I donno what I was looking for-maybe info to gather to get Thomas' ss card redone or whatever, but, I FOUND MY Birth certificate AND my SS CARD! I dropped to the floor and prayed a thousand thank you's and danced around the house. It was STILL in the envelope that I got my drivers licence in back in November. So today we went and replaced my drivers license at the DMV.so essentially we just gotta work on getting Thomas' stuff done. my bank card and credit card are being mailed to me in a week or so,and accounts are being rerouted so slowly things are coming together but we still need to put a block on Thomas' ss card so no one can open a line of credit using his name or something.and yes , the feeling of being violated hurt the most and the invasion of privacy hurt more than the actual losing of everything..I STILL can't believe this has happened to me! ..
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What A Nightmare..

This weekend was going soo nice.Friday, Tom came home from his week long trip to Va , brought goodies for Thomas, Saturday we had Thomas' birthday party, everyone had a great time with family, it was so nice having everyone together and celebrating it, then Sunday. It started out nice. We left early, got the car washed, went and started on our errands, went to Bed, Bath and Beyond for a few things for the house,then went to Best Buy to look around. I decided not to bring my bag in this time as I decided there was nothing in it I needed but left it in the car. Next we headed to CVS as Tom was dying of thirst.We all were. After that I went to reach for something from my bag on the floor, and realized, IT WASN"T THERE!!!! I was in a panic going "where's my bag!? where the heck is my @#$ bag?? so we tried to retrace all our steps and stops and went bag to Best Buy thinking it was in the cart- but I said I never brought it in the store- but we checked the carts just in case and asked inside if anyone returned it, then went to Bed bath and Beyond and did the same asking if anyone returned a black Louis Vuitton multicolor handbag, within the last hour or so, and nobody did, so I left my name and number in case someone found it. when I left the store, DH was on the phone with the bank cancelling my bank card and credit cards,and apparently someone had ALREADY made a purchase on my bankcard/visacard for 56.00 at a citgo 7/11! MY WHOLE LIFE was in that bag! my credit cards, my checkbook,my address book, my license,my datebook,pictures,my medical insurance cards,my doctors business cards, Thomas' SS card-from when I took him to the doctor the other day to fill out the form for first time visit and forgot to take it out of my bag ,my house key - so now we had to change the locks on the door in case this person decides to get ballsey and decide to rob my house as well since they have my address as well, my voter id card, my seizure medication that I just filled and now had to pay 300.00 out of pocket for refills because the insurance company won't cover another refill because I just filled them, at home I can't find my birth cert, or ss card- I don't think they were in there{my bag}, but Tom insists they were in there since they're not in the house so I gotta get another one.I don't know why THEY would be in there, but anyone who wants to become me,can with all the info I have in that bag - I am just simply beside myself and have been nonstop crying since yesterday. My grandmother's wedding ring I had on my key tagwallet with my housekey I kept as a momento of her along with a "best friends" charm that I gave Tom a while back to signify our love and friendship. I had a picture of my parents and one of my grandparents and a sonogram picture of Nicholas- but I have backup picture on my computer I can reprint of him but it was the original and the fact of the matter and the one of my parents and grandparents I cant replace. I am so sick over this I can't even describe to you how heartbroken I am.we filed a police report and afterward Tom Got to thinking and checked his alarm on his car-because when we wentein Best Buy, we heard an alarm go off in the parking lot that sounded like his on his car, but didn't think anything of it, and played his alarm at the police staton, and it sounded EXACTLY like the alarm we heard at Best BUY . We think someone might have seen my bag in our car the parking lot since we cracked the windows a bit since it was so warm out, and managed to open the door and steal my bag out of our car. Why do people gotta be such !@#$% derelicts like that and have to ruin people's lives and turn them upside down over a stupid pocketbook???!!And its not even the real thing! It's a stinkin replica for cryin out loud!!So we spent the rest of our sunday on the phone cancelling cards and online printing out forms and getting information on how to get my "identity"and important papers back and prevent the person who stole my bag from becoming me and wiping out my credit rating and bank accounts and credit cards and applying for new accounts and putting blocks on my sscard and son's sscard so no one can become him and applying for new numbers and oh man just... what a nightmare!!Thanks for makin our life now a living nightmare whoever you are!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Thomas!!

This morning Thomas woke me up at 6:45 whispering "mommy, mommy, and tapping me, and Iwas like huh? wha? what's up monkey? what time is it?" It was still dark- I thought he wanted a drink- He whispers " we go get my burfday cake?" LoL I was like "dude its not even 7 yet. { apparently I psyched him up a little too much the night before that the next day was his birthday and we'd be getting his birthday cake and balloons in the morningbut he had to get some sleep first. But I didnt mean FIRST THiNG in the morning! * sigh* he's too much. Anyway, so we're having family over for a Power Rangers Birthday- baloons, cake, plates, banner,cups, napkins- presents, the whole deal.DH came home from VA last night on 6 hrs sleep in 2 days and still managed to stop at Toys r Us and buy him 2 Power rangers just for fun plus gifts from the airport - Thomas was thrilled-wait till he opens his presents! it's gonna be a Power ranger overload from family and friends! T's gonna be thrilled ! well, gotta go pick up the cake! I'llpost pictures later of the party after everyone leaves.I can't Believe he's 4 years old already! where'd the time go????yeah we had a good time- he really made out the lil bugger! Like a bandit Id say! here's some pics from his party !. Here he is with family, his cake blowing the candles out... and here he got his walkie talkies hes been goin on n on about ..was his favorite gift i think... and "a talking Power Ranger like Colton has" {from Preschool}{heaven help me I've already fallen helpless to having to get what the kids have at school already}.. and lastly a glimpse at some of his loot that he recieved minus the other Power Ranger figures that were scattered across the floor and around the house that he wasted no time to play with! ...
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First Day of Preschool

Well, it may be the end of the day, but I can finally use the computer.. Today , Thomas started preschool ...He was soo excited! all week long he was saying " I want to go to preschool! I want to go to school"!He was even saying, " I want a Power Rangers backpack!" Please I have a Power Rangers backpack?" So I ordered him one on Ebay to make him feel special. I can't believe my baby's getting so big that he's off to school already! where'd my baby go?* WAHH!* Anyway, it seems like a very good school. it teaches reading and math and algebraeic thinking listening and speaking,number sense,concepts and operationswriting and literatureand language skillsand measurement and geometry and spatial sense. I was man! when i went to kindergarden we took naps and learned about the alphabet and numbersand days of the week and such! I didnt learn half this till 1st grade!or more! my kids gonna be smarter than me by 2nd grade! hes gonna be teaching ME!Anyway, he had a blast and can't wait to go back, teacher says he has to work on his following directions-whatever that was-I didn't think to ask for an example like a dummy-I guess I'll ask friday when he goes back- { goes 3 times a week -Mon, Wed, Fri- 9-12-55.00a week}Yes it is alot to learn huh? I thought so ! They space it out through the week and days through both play and formal currriculum- like learning opposites say this week by cutting and pasting pictures of opposites like the sun and moon and the front of a person and back. and an elephant and a mouse being big and small and a facy pot and a plain pot-things like that- next week theyll learn counting by placing hearts and putting the correct number underneath the number of corrlating hearts that belongs to them-things like that-and yes he had a great time.he recieved his power rangers backpack today and was walking around the house with it and didnt want to take it off- too cute! The structured school environment will be really good for him since he was never in daycare. The social environment will really help prepare him for when he goes to kindergarten since I've been home with him since he was born.Thing is I never know what to do with myself when he's gone for as soon as hes gone I can't get too involved in anything because before I know it it's time to pick him up already! So I water the plants, take a shower, do a little reading, catch up on some housework, then pick him up!Funny how its only 3 hours but I still miss him- its like this void is there- what am I gonna feel like when he's gone all day? Time to go back to work so I don't go crazy missing him! LOL

My Christmas Hair 'Do Makeover

well for one of my Christmas presents, DH decided to give me a makeover- let me get my hair done,-since I was at the salon getting a gift certificate for my sister in -law, he said, "why don't you get your's done?" I said "really"? He said "yeah, go ahead- we'll be shopping,go have fun" I was a queen for a day. - I cut the bulk out, and cut the dead ends off,got some hightlights done, and here's the before.... and here's the after.

Mommy's Shoes

While reading my mail this morning I was disrupted to hear a loud CLOK! CLOK! CLOK! CLOK! CLOK! CLOK!! And look up to see Thomas coming across the room clomping around in my shoes again- this time I finally got it on film! What is it about little ones and wearing their parents shoes that makes them so cute? He did a darn good job walking around in my 3 inch heels for a such a lil guy! When he put my boots on, he had some problems standing up which was quite comical I have to say... It was one of those things where you just had to be there-...he grabbed onto the wall and hoisted himself up and wobbled back and forth like he had too much to drink and finally stabilized himself with no help at all after I offered - so I grabbed my camera and took the shot from the bathroom floor while he bravely let go of the wall for a minute or two before trying to walk but then collapsing by the closet door- was too funny -I think he laughed more than I did - we took them off in fear he was gonna kill himself! I must admit, the shoes didnt exactly go with the lizard jammies, but hey, I dont think he was going for fashion... here's my high heeled nutjob..

He Finally Did It!

Well I never thought the day would come when he would finally crack and give in, but today he must have just woke up on the right side of the bed! He woke up, was all cheery, said "good morning mommy!"" in a the sweetest tune. Asked for his vitamin, and breakfast bar, and milk as he does every morning,watched his "Higgly Town Heroes then half an hour later, he says , "oop! My has to go tinkles! " So I say {almost knowing the response is going to be his normal "NOOOOO!!!!"} Hey, why don't we try and go pee- pee like daddy this morning standing up? I'll help you -it's real easy-i'll be right there to help you if you need me.." and awaiting my response wincing, he says "ohh kayy!!" and runs off to the bathroom! ok am I dreaming? who are you and whad you do with my son? so I grab the moment while I can and follow him into the bathroom and since he's cutting off the circulation to his "best friend" I tell him" sweety, easy does it, and tell him gentle , and relax, and as he was pinning himself against the bowl,he started peeing! WHOOHOOO!! he let go for a minute and I was like "whoa cowboy! gotta hold onto him otherwise we all get a bath!" LOL . and we made a deal that each time he goes standing up, he gets a sticker. And Thomas earned himself Three stickers today! {woulda been four, but he cheated and used the potty seat one time so it didnt count} But I gave him tons of hugs and kisses and encouragement each time and told him how proud I was of him and what a big boy he was and before we knew it we wouldnt even be using that ol potty seat anymore! The sticker method really seems to work - he feels a deep sense of pride and accomplishment- - I used it when I was potty training him- each time he went potty, he got a sticker, and went he went poop, he got a special one, and since I put it in a notebook, he can go back and see his accomplishment and be proud of how far hes come like a morale booster-I think he'll have this "standing up" method down pat in no time with his sticker method with the way he loves stickers! I'm so proud of him I can't tell ya ! I just thought I'd share my lil Monkey's success story of the day with Y'all!
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