securidy

if you have not ever met bon qui qui,
let me introduce her to you...

hope you laughed as hard as i do
each and every time i watch this!

if not,
i guess....i'll have to call securidy!

off to spend time with my flake!
love having him home!
yay!

changes

i've mentioned before
that i'm not big on
change
or
waiting

but.....
today
i'm completely ok with it

being that flake's plans have
changed

he is already on his way home

and i'll sit here and
wait
until i see him!
whenever that may be!

please pray for safe travels for him
and keep his job situation in your prayers too!

:)

:)

ahh, i love him!

pray for him tomorrow, as he interviews for a job....closer to home!

be safe

back in december,
i came home from work
to tell flake that i had gotten him a present

now to be honest, i'm not good at being hush hush about
good surprises.
most people that know me IRL

(in real life....for those people like my mama who don't know bloggy shorthand)
can vouch for the fact that if i have a good surprise, like a gift, or exciting news,
i can't hold it in.
i just HAVE to tell (or give, show, etc)!!!
i hate waiting until christmas, birthdays, whatever days.....
i just can't stand it....

so ...... when i came home from work
and told flake i had gotten him a present,
he knew better than to ask me to keep it quiet until christmas
however.....he tried.
i told him, i wouldn't tell him what it was....
but i had to give him a hint.
(aka in l.o.v. language....i'm getting ready to cave!!)

so our conversation went something like this
but do remember....this took place 8 plus months ago....
l.o.v.: i got you something today
flake: a present?
l.o.v.: yeah, well, kind of
flake: kind of? well, don't tell me
l.o.v.: but
flake: please, i'd like to have at least one surprise
l.o.v.: fine, i won't tell you, but.....how about a hint?
flake: fine
l.o.v.: i got you something, but i don't want you to ever use it
flake: what?
l.o.v.: i got you something, but i don't want you to ever use it
flake: i heard you, but i didn't understand you
l.o.v.: and....it really isn't a christmas present
flake: what? .... fine, just tell me
l.o.v.: yay! i got you accident insurance, but please don't ever use it!

yep.....that's right....i got the boy accident insurance!
to those of you who know flake IRL....
you know that accident insurance is probably one of the best gifts the boy could ever get!
(both of us actually!)
neither of us were given much grace,
and both of us find ways to get hurt,
but always have good stories to tell in the end!
so, as you can imagine, i was quite excited with my purchase!

fast forward to present day....
flake is making good safe choices....
(well at least he says he is....down in texas)
while LF, has put himself in some compromising situations....

so i wonder, do you think that the accident insurance will cover him if he gets hurt??

happy

happy, because it is saturday
happy, because i'll see you in two more days
happy, because you are who you are
happy, because i love you
happy, because you're precious
happy, because you make me smile
happy, because you're my best friend
happy, because i know you
happy, because you make me laugh
happy, because i'm thinking of you
happy, because god put you in my life
happy, because today is your BIRTHDAY!!

happy birthday flake!
i love you so much!
(i just wish i was with you today to help you celebrate......)

because of

i was able to spend this past saturday with my nina
to help her celebrate her birthday!
it was great to see her
and the rest of our family
and just be together....
we all had a great time together

but as you guessed....

we
were
sad
flake
couldn't
be
with
us







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on another topic,
my bloggy friend, stephanie, over at because of love

gave me this sweet bloggy award

thanks so much stephanie!!!
it has been great getting to know you and your precious family through your sweet blog!!!

so to accept the award, i followed these rules....
The rules of the One Lovely Blog Award are: Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and her blog link. Pass the award to another blog that you've newly discovered. Remember to contact the blogger to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

i'm giving this blog award to my newest bloggy friend
amethyst moon over at life, music, laughter
not only is she super funny
but she ties all her post to music
and i LOVE that!!! :)
from the first post i read....i was HOOKED!!! :)

so go check out stephanie's blog
and amethyst moon's blog
and tell them i sent you by! :)

never to old to learn

i have always loved learning
but i've never been all that good at it
i do things a little differently
i always have
i do things in my own time
especially when it comes to learning
learning takes me lots of time
and lots of watching
and lots of hearing
and lots of observing
and lots and lots of doing

since flake left,
turbo has been trying very hard to teach me new things
she hasn't yet been successful with teaching me
-how to give her more food
-how to share the bed with her
-how to play with teeth
-how to pick your nails on most everything
-how to stay up all night long
-how to sleep all day long
-when it is ok to pet her
-that hissing noises and groaning noises are really not scary
i guess she will keep working on those things....
just like all my other teachers,
she will have to be patient with me
while i learn in my own time.

however, i'm quite shocked
that it only took me a mere
two months and two weeks to learn something new
especially from a cat....

turbo isn't all that bad
when she is sleeping!

members only

i was never cool enough to have a members only jacket
but .... boy did i always want one
(ok, not really!)
so i guess i was never cool enough to be a member

but i am proud to say, i'm now a member of an even cooler group
a group that was the brain child of one of my friends
she thinks enough is enough, she is tired of hanging out with a box of cornflakes
so she started a coalition to bring my flake back home
and because of that.....a facebook group was born.

so, if you are on facebook, you should totally join!
maybe if flake sees how many people want him to come home
he will!
:)
if not,
it makes me laugh to think how many people are tired of seeing the cornflake box!

what does that spell?

Lonley
Aggravated
Inconsolable
Dumbfounded

Out of sorts
Frustrated
Forlorn

all of those are feelings i have felt since last thursday
it was the day that my precious flake
was laid off after the company was no longer financially able to continue existing.
:/

what does this mean for us now?
good question!
where do we go from here?
good question!
will he move home from texas?
good question!

at this point, we don't know

we do know that god is good,
and we will remain faithful
we are praying a lot
and need you to pray with us!

thanks!!

random thoughts

so it only took
60 days....
for me to cook a meal!!!!

yep,
i cooked for the first time since flake moved to texas
.....
well, to be honest,
i cooked for the first time since flake and i got married....
but still! :)

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my flake needs your prayers
and so do i
i can't really explain now (but boy don't i want to)
but just know that we are dumbfounded, confused, and frustrated
and we need your help to keep our heads above water
so PRAY!!!
(and as soon as i can, i'll update you on what is going on)

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i'm not exactly sure why the president chose to drink beer with those two men
to be quite honest, i feel like drinking beer isn't the best choice
couldn't they have talked their problem out without alcohol?!?!
i personally have nothing against drinking
but i never ever drink and put it out there for impressionable people
....aka....KIDS!
what is this teaching the children in our country?
what is this saying to all the people who have had drinking problems in the past?
why?

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why has my nbc affiliate decided to pick regis and kelly up right in the middle of the today show? now don't get me wrong, i love regis and kelly, but it frustrates me when they just start the regis and kelly right in the middle of what is going and then drop back over to the today show. i feel like i've missed so much!

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texting
i love to text!!
i just wish that everyone i knew texted
why is it that some people are so against texting?

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i love love love the last bankable day of the month!

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a good friend of mine, needs your prayers for her daughter
her precious daughter is 5 months old.
the little one was born with spina bifida
and as you can imagine, has already gone through a lot in her little life
last friday, she went to the doctors and
her doctors told her mommy and daddy that she was looking great
and that she wouldn't need a shunt
and then the doctors realized they made a mistake
and want her to come in for another MRI on tuesday
the doctors are worried about the size of her head....
(but her head is in perfect proportion to the rest of her body)
please please please pray that the MRI says that she doesn't need the shunt
and that she is just a big baby!
a big PRECIOUS baby!!!

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how can one little vitamin d pill a week
totally change my hair?
my hair used to be a little curly
but after i was prescribed vitamin d (for a deficiency)
my hair is so different and blah!
sTrAnGe!

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i'm sure i'll have more random thoughts soon
and as soon as i can fill you in on flake
i will!
until then PRAY!!!
and pray for the precious baby!

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so yaya suggested that i link up to



so i did!!
and if you have any random thoughts that you would like to link up to friday fragments
you should!!

don't you think

i need this.......



don't you think??



i'm thinking i need a little cornelius for my desk at school

and that bag wouldn't go to waist either! :)

cornelius

i had this scheduled to post a few days ago, and then rescheduled it,
so i'm sorry if it showed up in your reader....

i wonder how much cooler we would all be if we had our own cornelius to take us on adventures!!




instead i'm trying to be cool by taking little flake and cornelius on adventures

i'm not so sure it is working....
but atleast we are having fun!!

i didn't vote for

ok, so i don't really care to talk about politics
but i just want to say
i didn't vote for change
especially this kind of change

the kind of change
the involves
me being here
and him being here

i'm having a hard day! :/
miss that boy

pray for us!

strange

who would have thought....
that the airport could make me so happy one day
and only a few days later,
make me feel so sad and empty.....
strange, huh?

my flake left again today
to go back to texas
it broke my heart to watch him walk away from me
not that i would have expected any different
but still

it made my heart hurt so much more
when this song started as soon as i started to drive away

boo for feeling sad!

so by the time i got home
i decided i was done with being sad
(as you can imagine it didn't work all that well)
i spent time finding things to keep me busy, occupied, and happy

i looking at pictures from the time we had together over the weekend
i enjoyed thinking about all the fun we had
with each other, friends, and family


but when i was done....
it was still the same....
i miss him, a lot!
:/
i guess i should be thankful that
i have this

to keep me company....

umm...
well,
i said i should be!

happy 4th

fireworks
friends
great food
fun
playing cards
seeing flake
being silly
swimming
laughing
celebrating freedom

look what i found....

:)
isn't it amazing what you can find at an airport!?!?!

we're off to the mountains for a few days!

spoiled rotten

i realized
after seeing these two pictures
that flake has spoiled these two girls rotten

i sure do hope this means there is hope for me!

bigger in texas

i'm sure you have heard the saying
everything is bigger in texas

i'm not so sure i believe that statement
after seeing the trees and deer while i was in texas

but i can say, without a doubt
that somethings are bigger in texas

i'm quite sure this is the biggest leprechaun that texas has ever seen


:)

and days go by

And days go by
I can feel 'em flyin'
Like a hand out the window in the wind.
The cars go by...
Yeah it's all we've been given,
So you better start livin' right now
'Cause days go by...
*Days go by--Keith Urban
and the days certainly have gone by
since the last time i posted...

on wednesday
my little friends and i went to a play
in a big kid class (aka second grade)
the big kids had worked really hard
on learning their lines
making costumes
and props
and background for their own production of
jack and the beanstalk
my little friends had the most fun watching the big kids
act out the story of jack and those magic beans.
after school, i went and got my hair cut
not a big deal to most people...but for some strange reason i just don't like getting my hair cut
but when i got home and little flake approved....

i was excited about my new cut!

on thursday....
my little friends had field day...
i was totally excited
i love field day
we all had matching shirts....

and we were ready to go
we talked about our expectations for the day
and we talked about all the fun we were going to have

the day was so very nice
overcast and cool
which made for being outside so very nice....

16 stations full of fun and enjoyment
we started at station 12
and made our way around
when we got to station 14
one of my little friends made a not so nice choice...
he decided to choke a friend
leaving me to think
really?!?! did i just see that with my eyes?!?!
sad...but true...
i asked him what his punishment should be...
he said
"be done with fun"
and that is exactly what he did

so there he sat...being done with the fun.....sitting beside me (also having no fun), and watching the rest of our friends enjoy field day

that was....until we got around to station 9
and all my little friends lost it
seriously....
for some reason my entire class got in a fight over a ball...
and that is when i decided my little friends were done
my assistant and i marched all our friends around the track and back inside.
and we rested our bodies until we could make good choices again
oh choices
after school....i got to go out to dinner with some great friends and celebrate the end of the school year! yay!!

on friday
some school friends and i met for breakfast at ihop before our last day. one of our friends was moving....so we needed one more time out with her before she left :(

then we had the joy of going to school
one more time
and my little friends had the joy of being kindergartners .... one more time...
this day was exciting in so many ways
but most of all
because mr. caterpillar
the one who my little friends have watched grow and learn each and every school day

went from simply a caterpillar
to a big beautiful butterfly
each day we have added a number to mr. caterpillar
and watched him make his way around our room
we used mr. caterpillar for so many things when it came to learning
he helped us learn our numbers
he helped us learn about patterns
he helped us learn to skip count (by 2's and 5's and 10's)
he helped us learn about how living creatures change and grow
we just love mr. caterpillar....
but my little friends loved his new form just as much!
we were all so excited to see mr. caterpillar become mr. butterfly
that we had to show our friends from next door too
they were super excited too!!

after mr. caterpillar became mr. butterfly
my little friends helped to take all the tape off of mr. caterpillar
and then we put his numbers in order from 1 to 180
fun for them
help for me
....all of us benefited from the activity!

after all our fun with mr. caterpillar,
we had a lot of fun playing outside
and eating ice cream
and just taking in our last moments as kindergartners
and as soon as the bell rang....
the kids
and their teacher
were OUT THE DOOR!!!

after school, i met one of my bestest friends for dinner, who also is a teacher, and we had a blast talking all about how our year had gone, and how thankful we were that the year was over :)
yay for dinner and friends!

on saturday morning
i headed to the airpot (at 4:05 am)
to fly to texas to see flake
it was so exciting to see his precious face!!
we had lot of fun on saturday driving around his new home town
looking at new things
and just talking
and being together

:) i sure had missed him!

on sunday we got up....looking for something to do
a little too late to find a church
so we decided to rent a jetski and head out on the lake
we had so much fun
the best part for me was seeing the cows by and in the water

i have never seen a cow even close to water....
so i just couldn't get enough of how cute they were in the water
flake couldn't get enough of the real estate on the lake

neither of us could get enough of being together

and just having a blast!

i also got the joy of meeting his landlord
all i can say is that he is an interesting man
and by interesting i mean
annoying and weird
but .... to each their own

on the way home from dinner.....
we saw an armadillo
flake had been told that he would never see one alive in texas....
and i made it my mission to find one alive....
and was so super excited that we found one only days after he moved down!
:)
sadly....i didn't have my camera with me
and have no proof....other than we both saw it

on monday
flake had to go to work
which didn't make me all to happy
being that i was left to find something to do
i did have a job of finding him a cleaners
and meeting him for lunch
i did both of those things
as well as explored around his new town
i didn't find very much that was exciting to tell him about
not for lack of trying
but for lack of exciting things to show him
it makes me a little sad
that he has moved to a place that has no target or radio stations....
but i too will adapt
(right?!?!)
after he got off work, we had another great night of being together....
we went out to eat and went and looked at the cutest little house
and when we got back to his new home
i got my stuff together to leave the next day
:/

on tuesday
i took flake to work
and went back to his new home
and got ready very slowly (aka i texted with a few friends for about two hours, before i got ready)
after getting ready, i headed to the store and printed a picture for flake
to keep on his desk
and then i went to his work.
i met all the great people that he is working with,
and then hung out with him until it was time to leave for the airport
my heart broke a little when he dropped me off, and then headed to a meeting he had scheduled in austin
but
i had plenty of time (while waiting for my delayed flight) to think about how lucky i was to have spent such a great weekend with him
and that i will again see him in only two weeks
and that these days are flying by
like a hand out the window in the wind
:)

not...but...and

this past tuesday
i went to the doctor
because my foot
had been hurting
since the previous wednesday
the same foot
that 13 years before
i had broken during a chorus show
while singing, and dancing,
to this song

as you can imagine...
it was not only amazing but also awesome and way cool (not to mention FUNNY that i actually hurt myself!)

so last wednesday morning....
i put both my feet on the floor, stretched my body, and then went to stand up...
and then it hit me
OUCH!!
my foot hurt
it hurt in the same way
that i remember my foot hurting on that night so many years ago....
but....what ever...
i realized that not only did i have to get over it but that it would get better and i wouldn't even think about it in an hour....
so off i went, i got ready, i went on with my day...and thought it would fix itself once i got going...

it did not,
but in fact....
it hurt each and every time i put pressure on it....each and every time i took a step....
and seemed to get worse
so i went on with thursday
still hurting
friday...still hurting
saturday....still hurting
sunday....still hurting
monday...still hurting
tuesday....still hurting...
thankfully i had a doctor's appointment for some blood work that afternoon, and i got them to take a look at my foot. before i even saw the doctor, they went ahead and did some xrays...then moved me to a room
i sat....and sat....
and then the doctor came in with the good and bad news
she said....well
it is not broken but is fractured and you have a sprain
then she asked what had happened...
to be quiet honest
i don't know
so i'm assuming....
i fractured it while running one day....
the same day that i fell while i was running
my hip hurt that day
and my ankle did....but nothing more than my hip
but enough that i must have been protecting it while walking....
resulting in a sprain
it just makes me laugh!

so as i sit here today....
the first day i have been able to just sit...
and put my foot up....and do NOTHING
i've had time to think....it makes me realize that my ankle
is just like my heart right now
it is not broken but is fractured and is hurting being away from my flake
i miss him
i am happy for him...yet
i am sad to be away from him
i am excited for him and all his new experiences....yet
i am frustrated that he is experiencing texas with out me
yet
i realize that all of this is a test & a gift from God
we will work hard to pass this test,
the whole being away from each other will continue to not be the easiest,
but we realize this will benefit us and make us stronger in so many ways.