Memorial Day weekend.

EXHAUSTED...I have worked the past 8 days straight and I am very exhausted.  Gonna have 26 hours OT and vacation pay for yesterday eventhough I worked my regular hours.  YEAH ME!!  Haven't done much but work and sleep and spend time with my love.  We have went out a few times this past week just spending lots of time together an enjoying our marriage.  Something we have NEVER done b4.  Things are going pretty good for us and we couldn't be happier.  I have learned you really can't rely on many family and friends to be in your life to enjoy it with you, but with your spouce, you can.  He is amazing and I couldn't have picked a better husband for me!!  :)
We got a pool...  :))

Joe was so excited to get the chemicals for the pool.  He acted like a kid in a candy store.  :)

My wonderful honey went and bought us a pool and I LOVE IT! We have been wanting one but didn't know when we would get it.  We love it and hope to get alot of use out of this summer.  Between the pool and our tanning bed, we hope to have us a pretty good tan b4 going to the beach.  :))  Joe worked Sunday morning from around 5am until 12pm leveling a spot and setting the pool up. 

This is half the spot leveled.

He done such a great job with lots of hard work involved.

Then it took about 5 hours to fill up.  We are soooo enjoying this thing already.  I have always wanted the spring float but didn't wanna pay that much for it.  Needless to say, I just HAD to get one for my new pool.  HEHE!  I'm spoiled, I know.   

This pic was taken from standing on my back porch.

The finished product.

I love my new float and pool but most importantly I love my hard working husband and really appreciate all the hard work it took my baby to get it ready for us.  He's the best!  When we were playing in the pool together yesterday, I told him I really appreciated him working so hard to put it up and get it ready for us.  He said, "Baby, I love you and would do anything for you."  I said, "But it was soo hot out here!!"  He said, "Yes It was so hot and I was so tired but I wanted to do it for you.  I knew you wold love it so I didn't care how hot it was!!!"  He just proves to me everysingle day how blessed I am to be his wife.  :))

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY....
I had to work yesterday.  It was Monday, my regularly scheduled work day.  They grilled for us at work.  HB's and hot dogs.  They were delicious.  They had asked for someone to bing desserts.  I wanted to make a red white and blue cake. So, I make a cake to carry.  I used a white cake mix with butter cream icing.  I took 2 round pans and made one with red food coloring and the other with blue.  Layered it with white icing.  In the top, u used blue icing and red icing and made it look like a flag.  It may not have been a professionally made cake but it was cute and tasted very good.  It was just about all gone by the time I got off so someone must have thought it was good to.  :))

When I got off work, I went to my Mom's for a grill out.  Everyone was there waiting on ME to get there, food was done, and a nice glass of Diet Coke waiting on me that my mom fixed.  It was such a hot day.  Let me tell you this funny little story.  Joseph road over to my Mom's with my sister and her family.  He text me to hurry up when I get off and NO SHOPPING!!  I got this bright idea to text him and tell him I had to work until 3...That's 2 hours after I was supposed to get off.  He was sooooo MAD!  He told the rest of the family and they were about to start eating without me.  When I got off at 1, I didn't call them I just went to Moms.  I parked and got out of the car.  Just 2 seconds after I shut the car door, Joe came running out the door just a smiling.  He was about in tears.  He was sooooo happy to see me.  He just ran up to me and hugged me and said I have never in my life been soo happy to see you.  lol  He was so pitiful.  When I walked into Mama's, Jessica said,"U bout had him crying.  He was sitting over there looking like he had lost his best friend cause you weren't here."  HEHE!  Bless it.  Atleast I know I'm loved.  It made me feel soo good to know he really missed me.  :))  YEAH, I KNOW!!!  HE SOMETIMES GIVES ME THE BIG HEAD. 

And the WINNER is.....

Scotty McCreery!!!!

American Idol 2011 Finalist....

Scotty McCreery's 3 rounds of songs were:

 Round 1-"Gone"

Round 2-"Check Yes or No"

Round 3-"I Love You This Big"

To me he done great my my favorite round for Scotty was Round 3.  I loved it..ESPECIALLY when his mom was shown crying.  :)  I wish him the best of luck tomorrow night during the Finale.

Lauren Alaina's 3 rounds of songs were:

Round 1-"Flat on the Floor"

Round 2-"Maybe It Was Memphis"

Round 3-"Like My Mother Does"

Lauren Alaina is my absolute favorite and has been since her audition in Nashville.  Other than Carrie Underwood, she is the best finalist ever.  Eventhough I really do like Scotty, I hope Lauren wins tomorrow night.  She is all around beautiful and amazingly talented...Especially to be as young as she is.  I don't think she is quiet as good as Carrie, but she is the next best to me.  :)))  I'm rooting for you Lauren.

I will post the finale results tomorrow.  :)

The New "Bachelorette" is Ashley Hebert

I always look forward to the new season of The Bachelor/Bachelorette. As you read from the title of this post, the new Bachelorette is Ashley Hebert. It premiered last night but I wasn't able to watch it. I think a few friends of mine are gonna come over tomorrow after I get off work and we are all gonna watch it together.

FINALLY I'm going to the BEACH!!! :)))

We are finally getting to go to the beach.  I can't believe it.  :))  I have always wanted to go to the beach but never had the money to go.  If we got income taxes instead of having to pay, made thousands each month, or drew food stamps like everyone else, I would have gotten to go b4 now.  Enough on that.  lol

  Now that I have a job, I c no reason we can't go.  I have been talking about it for a few months now and all Joe has said was ok.  He never really acknowledged me though.  This weekend, I was looking for condos online and I mentioned it to him and he said, "Ok, where we going?"  I said, "R U serious?  We can go?"  He sais, "Whatever you want baby.  That's what I want to!!!"  YIPPIE!!  I wanted to cry.  I am soo excited and so is he.  We booked our condo this past Sunday for for September 08-11.  It's 4 months away but since we have paid for our Condo already, all we gotta do is save for our eats, gas, and spends.  :)))  I have already started buying me some "sexy" clothes to wear while were there.  HEHE!  I feel like a kid at Christmas time.   

Prayers Please.

My sister is in the hospital. She has been in for almost a week now. She had to have her appendix removed and her hernia repaired. Boy has she been in some pain. We need lots of prayers for her please. Today she is feeling much better so maybe that is a good sign.
On another note, something really good has happened for our family. I'm not gonna mention it, because It's not my place to, just know things are looking up....FINALLY!!! YEAH!
This post has been pretty short but haven't really had time to go into much detail.

SAD but TRUE!

This is soo sad but TRUE!  Please read.

'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together.

So the doctor said: 'Ok and what do you want me to do?'

She said: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.'

The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too.'

She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.

Then he continued: 'You see, in order for you not to have to take care 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.

The lady was horrified and said: 'No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!

'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be OK with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.'

The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point.

He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one that's still in the womb.

The crime is the same!

If you agree, please SHARE. Together we can help save precious lives!

"Love says I sacrifice myself for the good of the other person. Abortion says I sacrifice the other person for the good of myself..."

Jesus sacrificed Himself for the good of sinners! That's perfect love!

-unkown

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said:

My Mother's Day Blessing...

Eventhought I may have woke up in the hospital without knowing I was gonna get to go home yesterday, Mothers day didn't start out to bad. My Mama came to see me. I love her so much. When the Doc came in and said I could go home today, I was soo excited to be able to see my precious "furbaby" in just a few short hours. We weren't expecting to be able to go home yesterday, so Joseph came home to wash up himself some work clothes and to see his mom. When he came back, he brought me these two pics AND the actual card.

My precious "furbaby" daughter and the card her and her daddy made for me.  :))

This is the inside.  Maggie telling Mommy Happy Mother's day.  :) 

I love my "furdaughter" more than I could hav EVER imagined I could EVER love an animal.

Happy Mother's Day

to all Mothers out there no matter if u are a mother to "skinbabies" or "furbabies"

Mushy Monday.

I am sooo blessed beyond measure.  Of all the things I morn over that I can't have I sometimes forget to thank God for what he has truly blessed me with.

For one, a loving husband.  He has been the BEST husband I could have ever dreamed to have.  I never in a million years thought he would be soo good if I had to stay in the hospital.  I was in there for almost 48 hours and he done AWSOME!!  I pitched a fit that I needed to shave my legs.  When he left for lunch, he came back with razors and shaving cream.  He helped me in the chair, pulled up a bucket of warm water, and shaved my legs for me.  What husband would have done something like that???  Mine sure did.  Also, when he went home Saturday to shower and refresh himself up, he brought me back my book, laptop, and my fuzzy slippers I love to wear.  He tried his best to make my hospital stay soooo comforting.  :)  He's by far the BEST HUSBAND EVER!!!

From My Mom!

Second, My Mom! Although she sometimes drives me nuts, she is pretty awsome.  Anytime I have EVER needed any assistance, she has always been the one I call upon.  She knows everything there is to know about me and is my right hand woman.  :)  Friday b4 going to the ER, she came over here to take care of me.  I was soo sick and was aggravated with her and was ugly because she was getting on my nerves.  I was just so sick and she understood but I now appoligize to her for it.  She left because I was being mean.  :(  About 30 minutes later when we were headed to ER, Joseph called her to tell her and she came running.  No matter how we treat our parents, they are ALWAYS there for us.  About the time she got there they had already decided to put me into the hospital becasue they couldn't get my fever down.  Mama was soo upset.  She wanted to stay with me but Joseph was so she went on home.  Saturday morning she was there first thing.  In walked my Mommy carring a GET WELL balloon tied to a rose.  That just made my day.  I was sooo excited.  I sure do love my mommy.

Third, My Sister!  She is also there for me when no one else is.  She came to see me at the hospital on her lunch from work.  It just so happen she has to take her lunch early so when she came in it was time for my dressing change.  She had to listed to me cry and scream because they WERE KILLING ME.  Dressing change means they had to pull the packing  from the night b4 out of my incision, clean it, and pack more back into it.  That is so my wound didn't heal from the outside first because if so, the inside wouldn't heal.  She was holding one leg and always trying to make me be steal but it was unbearable.  I just couldn't stand it.  Yes, I am a big baby when it come to pain.  Sorry.  lol

Last but not lease, My friends!  I had two friends come to the hospital to see me.  One being Shana. She came with me 1/2 dozen of pink roses.  I about cried.  I knew we were friends at work but never knew she really cared enought about me to come see me.  Made me look at our friendship differently now.  :)

1/2 dozen roses from Shana.  :)

And the other was my Christy. She came in with a boquet of flowers in a beautiful vase and a card. She didn't know I was even in the hospital until she got on FB and saw it. She got dressed and came just as soon as she found out..Eventhought is was 9:00 at night. I didn't care what time. I was sooo excited to see her.

Eventhough my feelings are VERY hurt with some of my friends because they didn't come see me, I will eventually get over it.  It's not like they could have gotten staph infection from me.  Oh well.

I do THANK GOD for all the blessings in my life.  I have tons and I will never forget them. 

I'm just Soo Sad!!

I miss my Maggie Mae soo bad. I just want to hold her and tell her how much I love her. I have been with her ever since I got her and now that I'm in the hospital I haven't seen her in over 24 hours. :( Tomorrow is mothers day and Im not even gonna get to see her. It makes me soo sad. I wish I could just kiss her and tell her I love her tomorrow but I can't. :(((

Staph Infection...

As you may already know from the post title, I have staph infection. I developed a sore on my side last weekend but just thought it was like some kind of insect bite. As the days went by my side got really sore. by Wednesday, I couldn't handle it anymore. I went to the Er and they said I had staph infection and sent me home with Antibiotics.

Friday rolls around, and I'm just sick all day long. I come home from work and go to bed. About 30 minutes later, I wake up to chills and aches all over. No matter what I done, I couldn't get warm. I finally asked hubby to bring me to ER. Needless to say, my staph infection had spread into my blood streem and has made me severely sick. Doc made his rounds this morning and I am stuck here for 2 or 3 more days. :( BORED out of my mind is an understatement. lol Hubby went home to check on our sweet little Maggie and love her up a little. When he came back, he had brought me a book to read and my laptop. YEAH!!! I can surf the web while stuck in here. lol

My fever has been good the last 3 times they have checked it. That's a BIG improvement. As bad as I hate being stuck in the room I just hope to get better soon.

Please keep me in your prayers that this infection goes away without harm to my body. I really need to go to work ASAP!!

Remember the Infertile on Mother’s Day

I found this on another friends blog and with myself being infertile I just had to add it to mine.  It's soo touching so please read.

 

Remember the Infertile on Mother’s Day

 — Thursday, May 5th, 2011 —

Mother’s Day is a particularly sensitive time in many congregations, and pastors and church leaders often don’t even know it. This is true even in congregations that don’t focus the entire service around the event as if it were a feast day on the church’s liturgical calendar. Infertile women, and often their husbands, are still often grieving in the shadows.
It is good and right to honor mothers. The Bible calls us to do so. Jesus does so with his own mother. We must recognize though that many infertile women find this day almost unbearable. This is not because these women are (necessarily) bitter or covetous or envious. The day is simply a reminder of unfulfilled longings, longings that are good.
Some pastors, commendably, mention in their sermons and prayers on this day those who want to be mothers but who have not had their prayers answered. Some recognize those who are mothers not to children, but to the rest of the congregation as they disciple spiritual daughters in the faith. This is more than a “shout-out” to those who don’t have children. It is a call to the congregation to rejoice in those who “mother” the church with wisdom, and it’s a call to the church to remember those who long desperately to hear “Mama” directed at them.
What if pastors and church leaders were to set aside a day for prayer for children for the infertile?
In too many churches ministry to infertile couples is relegated to support groups that meet in the church basement during the week, under cover of darkness. Now it’s true that infertile couples need each other. The time of prayer and counsel with people in similar circumstances can be helfpul.
But this alone can contribute to the sense of isolation and even shame experienced by those hurting in this way. Moreover, if the only time one talks about infertility is in a room with those who are currently infertile, one is probably going to frame the situation in rather hopeless terms.
In fact, almost every congregation is filled with previously infertile people, including lots and lots who were told by medical professionals that they would never have children! Most of those (most of us, I should say) who fit into that category don’t really talk about it much because they simply don’t think of themselves in those terms. The baby or babies are here, and the pain of the infertility has subsided. Infertile couples need to see others who were once where they are, but who have been granted the blessing they seek.
What if, at the end of a service, the pastor called any person or couple who wanted prayer for children to come forward and then asked others in the congregation to gather around them and pray? Not every person grappling with infertility will do this publicly, and that’s all right. But many will. And even those too embarrassed to come forward will be encouraged by a church willing to pray for those hurting this way. The pastor could pray for God’s gift of children for these couples, either through biological procreation or through adoption, whichever the Lord should desire in each case.
Regardless of how you do it, remember the infertile as the world around us celebrates motherhood. The Proverbs 31 woman needs our attention, but the 1 Samuel 1 woman does too.

There are millions of single women, and many will stay single.
There is a grace from God for that—a very special grace and for some even a calling.
There are women who are single mothers and the marriage element in the calling I just described is painfully missing.
Jesus Christ has a grace for that.
There are women who are married and cannot, or, with their husbands, choose not, to have children.
Jesus has a grace for that.

Nestled in the arms of the Lord...

I am soo heartbroken to write this post. My dear dear friend Karenda and her husband Dustin just had a misscarriage last Friday.. I couldn't possibly imagine the hurt they are going throuch. I will ALWAYS be her for you girl if you EVER need anything. These flowers are for you. I sure hope they brighten your day.

Chloe LeAnn Stepan

She's here...She's here!!

Chloe LeAnn Stepan is here. She was born 3 days ago on May 2, 2011. She weighed 8lbs 4oz and was 20 inches long. She is sooo beautiful.

 

Me, Chloe, and Stacey. 

Me and little Miss Chloe LeAann.  Isn't she a doll??

This is my favorite pics to yet.  She had jus gotten the tummy full and I wrapped her up good and tight and she snuggled up on her KK.  I love it!

The cutest little grin.  :)

Congrats Stacey, Aaron, and Blake on your new baby girl.  She's a doll.

April's Fury...

This past week as been one of the most awful weeks of my life. We had a tornado pass through several counties in Alabama. Several being Fayette Co., Marion Co., Tuscaloosa Co...ETC. It has destroyed several homes, businesses, and most importantly, alot of innocent lives. I am gonna post a few pics and I will explain each one under the pic.

This is the old Cannon building in the middle of Berry.  Their has been a BIG debate on weather or not the owner had to tare it down or not.  Needless to say, it's down alright.  lol

This is Mr. B's small engine Lawn Mower shop.  It got destroyed a few years ago due to fire of something like that.   This just shows some damage from the tornado aswell.

This building was the Armory Building then BWP storage building.  I can't believe this vehicle got turned on its top.

Berry did get some damage but nothing like the other places.  Atleast, no lives were destroyed here.

Here is where we get into Tuscaloosa @ Montgomery Woodworks where my husband works.  It was destroyed. :((

This is the interstate at the exit you turn off to go to MWW.

Just awful.  That red is a truck.  I sure hope if someone was in it they survived.

Montgomery WoodWorks.  AKA, MWW.  This is where all our income comes from and now it is GONE!!  :(  This side doesn't look so bad but this is the only part that is standing.

Inside the show room.

Told you it's gone.  :(

Sooo devistating. 

As bad as we are about to have a hard time financially, I am soo blessd that Jospeh got out of there safe and sound.  He is very lucky.  I pray for the ones with injury's and the ones less fortunate to have lost their lives. 

On to 17th street.  This is where many lives were destroyed.  We didn't get many pics here but It was much do devistating.

Not sure what all these buildings r but it's on 15th street.  U can see from the pictures the damage.  It's more devistating the amount of deaths and missing people.