SoOoOo Excited!!!

So we are now officially one week from Hailey's 5th Birthday! I can't believe my little girl is growing up so fast! Wahhhhhhh!

Hailey has been really into horses these past few months. She has always loved horses, but even more so the past few months. She is even having a cowgirl themed Birthday party this Saturday!

I have been tossing around some ideas of what to get her lately. I am sooooo far behind this year with the move and school and just being so caught up in everything right now. Well I found the perfect gift!

Drum roll please...........

I just bought her a 1 HOUR PRIVATE HORSE RIDING LESSON!

It is made especially for the tiny ones, ages 3-6. It is completely individual. Hailey will get to learn riding techniques, grooming techniques, how to stay safe around horses, and help with feeding, and in the stalls!

I hope she LOVES it! I am sooooo excited to tell her about it. I think I might make a type of certificate thing and let her open it!

And even better yet.......it was a living social deal so I got it half price! Yay!

Here is a sneak peak at her Birthday stuff!



Her invites!



Some of her party supplies!



And I even got her a little hat to go with it!

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12. Describe a typical day in your current life.

4:15am Alarm goes off and I become instantly grumpy, do my hair, get dressed

4:30am I am hurry to pack my lunch and get out the doork, begin journey to work

4:40am stop at McDonalds for a large $1 coffee

4:43am Continue the drive to work

Between 6:00-6:30 Get to work, park in the garage, drag my bookbag to my desk and begin checking email

6:30am Begin working, depending on the days I have meetings throughout sometimes starting as early as 8:30am

8:00am Eat a bowl of ceral at my desk

9:30am Go to panera with Toni and grab an iced coffee

9:35 Back to work

Between 11:30am-1:00 pm Take an hour lunch involving sitting at my desk surfing the net and catching up on my blog.

Between 2:45pm-4pm Leave work and prepare to sit in lots of traffic

Between 4:30pm-6:00pm Pick Hailey up

Between 6:30pm-7:30pm I arrive at home and let the dog out

Between 7:30pm- 9pm I make dinner, clean up dinner, give Hailey a bath, get her in bed

Between 9pm-11pm- I get everything ready for work, do homework, do side jobs if I have them

Between 11pm-12am- Finish anything else I can think of, take a shower, and crawl into bed

12:15am Kenny arrives home and wants to talk.

4:15 am- The damn alarm clock goes off and I am instantly grumpy again! :)

PS: I need to come back to #11!

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10. Describe your most embarrassing moment.

Hmmmm I can't think of one most embarassing moment, and hopefully I never will have to!

But don't get me wrong, there has been plenty of times that I have spilt something, broke something, dropped a whole bunch of something, fallen, and plenty of times that I have laughed so hard that I have peed my pants (as a child, teenager, and an adult!).

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9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how. (In no particular order)

1. My parents, because they have taught me all the values that I have today.

2. My Uncle who taught me never to stop fighting.

3. Kevin, he taught me I was too smart to do dumb things.

4. Hailey, she taught me what it is like to love something more then anything in the world.

5. Heather, who showed me how you can't change your past, but you can make a better future.

6. Meagan, who showed me what it was like be so much more then a best friend, but a sister.

7. Kenny, who has showed me......hmmmm I know he has influenced me some how haha.

8. Stacy- who has showed me that even when you lose the biggest piece of your heart, you must pick up the pieces and keep going.

9. Caitlin, who has showed me what strengeth and courage is while she is battling cancer at the age of 23.

10. Toni, who has showes me daily what it is like to be a both the Mother and Father to her three children and never to give up even though things never go as planned.

Week Recap!

So since I have a few extra minutes left on my lunch break, I will do a quick week recap! It's been a nutso week!

I finally got Hailey registered for school on last Monday at her new school! I then found out that there was a meet-and-greet session the following day for kindergartners and their parents. So the next day I took Hailey into work with me for a half day, then we went to the session. The kids went and heard a story and got a snack with the teachers, while the parents were left to get a run through on everything we needed to know and all the rules! Then we left that and rushed back to LaPlata so that Hailey could get her hair cut. She had an appointment with my Mom. It was my Mom's treat for Hailey going back to school. Then Hailey left with my Mom while I went to the doctors about my foot! Welp the MRI results were back and I have split tears in two major tendons in my ankle, the peroneus brevis and peroneus longus. This is not a good thing, but it is reassuring that I finally have an answer since I have been in crazy pain since May. So now I am in a walking air cast for 4-8 weeks with possible surgery if it doesn't correct.

So needless to say that after Tuesday I was exhausted and went home and went to sleep while Hailey spent the night at my Mom's. Wednesday was another nightmarish day! Long day at work then on top of it, I spent forever arguing with my insurance company and CVS and my doctors over getting my medicine! I got home late, had homework and ended up passing out. Then Thursday I teleworked. I had a lot to get done then I needed to run by the doctors to pick up medicine samples since my insurance denied the request (don't get me started!) and then I spent the evening just relaxing. Friday was packing day, I was off work and we had A LOT to pack. The plan was to pack as much as we could (since I was supposed to be packing each night, but you saw how that went) so that everything could be moved on Saturday. We literally packed from 9am until 3am nonstop! I took a small break to make dinner and do an exam while the Olympics started, but after that we went right back to packing.

SATURDAY aka Moving Day.........

Saturday was moving day. And despite the amount we packed, we still had a lot of stuff. Kenny had a 14ft trailer hooked to his truck, my best friend's husband brought a truck and a trailer, and then Kenny's dad had his dump truck. So we had a game plan of taking all the big furniture. So after that was loaded up, they decided they had more room in the trucks, and then the disaster started! It became a rush to pack all the kitchen and all the places that were left. I mean Kenny and his dad was grabbing boxes and literally throwing everything into them. Stuff was getting thrown away, I was trying to pack and go through it, I couldn't keep track of anything, and I just had a complete meltdown! Especially after seeing my brand new feather duster thrown into the trash! Now I have huge boxes of stuff that I have no clue whats in it. I am not sure what all got thrown away, we ended up being rushed so we only got certain things packed, I have no clue where things are. It was so upsetting! So then we drive an hour and a half to the house and start unloading. It was super hard with  my foot hurt and Meagan was suppose to help originally but she had to have surgery on her hand and wasn't able to do much at all. Again, everything was moving so fast and I was overwhelmed so stuff just got put everywhere. We finished up late on Saturday, with just enough time for me to find somewhere with free wifi so I could finish my homework by midnight.

Sunday we were awaken early by Comcast setting up everything. Then I got my butt in gear and did some running around getting stuff we needed. The day blew past us and I ended up getting home from Walmart at 11pm, again just enough time to do homework and get in bed before I had to be up by 4am.

This week I have been stressed, overwhelmed, and just an anxious mess! I have so much to do and soooo much on my mind. I haven't be able to unpack any boxes. I am getting used to this long commute. I have a huge sign job to do by Saturday for a charity event for a friend. I also have a customer order to do. I have Scentsy to sort and give to the hostess. Not to mention lots of homework, plus I don't know where everything is so I am officially out of work clothes from the one bag I unpacked. So needless to say, I can't wait for a break this weekend! I think I might make Sunday a possible swim day!

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8. What are 5 passions you have?
I have never really thought of this before. I actually just had to look up the meaning of "passions" to get a better understanding. So let me give this a try.....

1. Being around people- I love love LOVE to be around people. I am sociable and I like to have a good time. I do better one on one with people, but I still just like to be with my friends or my family or with Hailey. But, don't get me wrong I also like silence and to just relax at time too.

2. Field hockey- I played it all through high school. It's the only sport I  have ever played. I picked it back up last fall playing for an adult league. I traveled almost 2 hours each way to play every Sunday by myself all Fall outdoor season. Then this past winter I recruited a friend for indoor so that was alot fun. I also began playing goalie which was something I had always wanted to do. My mind is always thinking and worrying about something EXCEPT when I am in goal. The only thing I focus on is watching the game and the ball in front of me. It is a total stress reliever and I am surprisingly aggressive at the sport.

3. School- I wouldn't say I love going to school, but I love working towards something I REALLY want! It is something that has never been given to me. I don't qualify for financial aid, even though I don't have the money to pay for it. I just push to make ends meet each semester. I take full courses, not because I want to, but because I want to push myself. I have never taken a semester off in fear that I wouldn't be able to get back in the flow. It has been super intense with work and Hailey and just life, but it is something I want to prove to myself and to show Hailey that you can do anything you put your mind to. I knew my family didn't have money to send me to college growing up so it was never on my mind. It wasn't until I was 19 and decided that I wanted something more out of life that I decided to pack up and head to college. I couldn't go to a nice school because it wasn't affordable. Instead I went to a community college, lived in a crappy apartment in a bad area and worked full time making nothing just so I could pay my part of the bills. I have never had support. Even though my family is proud of me, they didn't care if I went or didn't. No one in my family is a college graduate. My husband would actually prefer if I didn't go because of the money issue and knowing that I am just adding to my personal credit card debt. For two years it was required so that I could keep my job at work as a student position in the government. Once I got my associates, I was able to convert to full time permanent position. Now I am pushing myself for my bachelors, doubling classes so that I can graduate and the only question I get from all my family is "When are you going to stop? You have a job now so what's the point?" The point is that it means something to me. So through the sleepless nights, the crushing deadlines, the credit card debt, the many tears, the crazy stress and anxiety, I do it because it means something to me!

4. My daughter- She is my passion. It is amazing when I stop and think about it and realize that I MADE HER! I made this tiny human being in my own body! I taught her everything she knows. I nurtured her before she was even born and as an infant and as a growing toddler. She may drive me nuts at time, but I remind myself that I wouldn't know how to live if anything would ever happen to her. So I just let her talk while I am trying to do homework or when I have had a long day, because I never want to look back and regret the fact that I didn't listen when I had the chance. She is my baby! I look at her and think how beautiful she is. And even though she is a lot like her father, she is so much like me too! She is amazing to me and so smart! I want nothing but the best for her and to be there by her side everywhere she goes.

5. Life- This is something that I take for granite while I am always rushing around. But sometimes I remind myself to just take a minute to think about everything. There is nothing like driving down the road in the beginning of fall and seeing the beautiful colors of the trees. The rain may be a bummer sometimes, but to see the flowers perk up after the rain or the grass become greener. To just lay in the sun and soak up the rays and to just breathe. The breeze that blows through your hair while you take a walk. These are all pieces of life. Amazing things that normally just past you by. Watching Hailey as she dances around her room like a ballerina and seeing how carefree she is. Seeing things grow and change. Taking notice in how much life has changed year by year. I have come to the conclusion that if I don't stop and look closely a life, then it very well could just pass me by. Things really don't matter, because you can't take them with you. It's the moments that we life for. The memories that we make and the smiles that we create. So for me, life is a passion that I don't want to take for granite anymore.

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7. What is your dream job, and why?

Hmmmmm. Think think think.......

I think my dream job would be a psychologist working with eating disorder patients or as a school psychologist. I really want to help people. I have a lot of patience and empathy. I am a good communicator and like to help people see the best in situations. I feel I have experienced certain situations for a reason. Even though I struggle and have never been really able to fix myself, that I would be able to help and fix others.