Mothers Day (Post 1)

A few pictures from Mother's day! These were the gifts I was given! The first four were ones that Hailey and Meagan made together for me. There is a pompom frog, a butterfly flower pot that uses her hands as wings, a colorful bouquet of flowers made out of coffee filters, and a bouquet of flowers they got for me. The final picture was a gift from Kenny and Hailey. It was the ring that matches my open heart necklace that I got for my anniversary/Christmas! I had sent him the link weeks earlier when I first saw it and I was very surprised he got it for me! They also got me a Tinkerbell card that sings. Everything was a very nice surprise and what I loved even more was the excitement that Hailey had when she was giving everything to me! I know she worked really hard on everything, even with keeping a secret!

So here are some pics off my phone and I will post more later when I get home and upload them off my camera!!!

I'm 25 now!

So this past Tuesday was my Birthday! Wahoo! I get very excited for Birthdays, especially mine!

This past weekend Kenny took me out for my Birthday dinner with him. My Mom watched Hailey so it was nice to just go out and enjoy some quiet. We went to the Japanese Steak house and had a yummy dinner then home to watch a movie. It was a nice way to start my Birthday week. Sunday I had had Birthday dinner at my mom's with both my parents. It's always nice to get a home cooked meal! Yummm steak and baked potatoes hit the spot, especially the broccoli and cheese!

I decided to take off of Tuesday, and believe me I needed it! It was nice to sleep in some, even though I still got up with Hailey. She got on the bus and Kenny came to spend some time with me. I made him go get me a donut and iced coffee and then we just sat and talked (about cars of course) for a little bit. Then it was off to get Hailey off the bus.

Kenny's present got lost in the mail so he decided to surprise me with an ice cream cake since he had nothing to give me. After Hailey got off the bus we got to cut the cake and eat some! Yummy!

After Kenny left for work, I decided to take a short nap. That short nap turned into a 3 hour nap. I was supposed to be working on my homework, but I liked napping better. I did work on my homework for a little bit before Hailey and I headed to my Mom's. She made me dinner and gave me my presents! It was a nice time. Then afterwards we came home and it was crunch time on my homework. I worked hours on one paper and then worked more on another. I have been completely overwhelmed with the last couple weeks of my classes. The amount of work has been insane, but I have slowly been knocking all my projects out! I finished up my one paper just in time to get everything ready for the next day and get in bed!

I had hoped to do more things on Tuesday. I wanted to go do some running around or something fun. It ended up being a really lazy, which I think was just what I needed. I will save my running around for this weekend when Meagan comes down to celebrate my Birthday! Wahoo!

Recently I have been doing a lot of self-reflecting on my life. I guess it has to do with me turning 25. I have a lot of things that I am unhappy with, so I think this year will be a perfect time to work on them! I need to get back on track of getting healthier. I want to get organized and I just want to become less stressed, worry less and smile more. So I will have to work on that and deciding exactly where to start. I want to start Monday with my first goal, so I will have to start figuring things out. Hopefully by making small goals and changes I can slowly figure out what works well for me! I have been dreading turning 25, but I am going to make sure that I make this year the best one yet! :)

Soooooo I was bad......

I try so hard not to really spend money. I will buy some makeup here and there, but never really anything big. I have been doing really good with my money and making sure I pack my breakfast and lunches. But I have been really thinking about buying this thing a lot. I have looked at several websites and finally I just asked one of my best friends what she could recommend for me since she has a better sense of these then I do.........Are you ready?!?.......I bought.......

A NEW CAMERA!!!!



It's a Nikon p510. It's consider a compact camera and it's part of the CoolPix family! My original camera that I have had for the past 5 years is a pink cool pix that I got in a bundle for Christmas from Kenny! Believe me it has done it's job! I still love that thing and plan on keeping it handy! And believe me, I have put it through a beating! But this camera is a HUGE step up for me! Even better was that I found it on sale, got a half price memory card with it, got 1% cash back, and was able to pick it up last night! I spent a lot of time reading the reviews on it and it's pretty much perfect for what I need! I wanted something that I could zoom in and get great picture quality!

Hailey got an award in school a couple months ago and I was saddened to see that my camera couldn't zoom in on her, in fact, my cell phone took a better picture. I look at all my friends blogs and posts on Facebook and see beautiful pictures of their children. My camera has always come in handy, but I feel like I am missing something. So this is my incentive to capture all the memories! Hailey has a field trip coming up, graduation, her dance recital, her award ceremonies, and so many other things so I just didn't want to miss anything!

I laid in bed last night and played with it for awhile. The picture quality is AMAZING! And it has some really cool effects! One that I LOVED was the ability to pull colors out of the picture! I will have to upload some of the pictures I took while I was just playing around! So hopefully I won't regret the purchase. I put all my Birthday money towards it, so at least I don't feel soooo bad about it! I think I will be happy with it! Yayyyyyyy!

So thank you very much Heather for your recommendations! Maybe you can teach me some things that I didn't quite understand! Please and Thank You!!!

The Story of Our Lives

Today's Horoscope!

Taurus May 6 2012 Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart today, Taurus, and you'll inspire the same in other people. You will find that happiness is contagious if you can just stay happy! But that isn't always as easy as it seems, especially when you're worried about things like unpaid bills, personal conflicts, work problems, and so on. But in the bigger picture, your life goals and your relationships are what really matter the most. Keep your eye on the truly important things in life, and strive to be happy and uplifted so that you can have everything you want. Today is a day of good vibrations, and you can work magic if you keep thinking happy thoughts.

Gotta love my horoscope! I am completely overwhelmed to be honest right now, but maybe this will help get everything in perspective for me!

Guess What?! Its Friday!!!!

Finally! Its Friday! Its been a long and hectic week. Things at work haven't been going to well, but the weekend is just what I need to get a breath.

So what is on my mind?

My Birthday is almost here!

Mother's day is almost here! I've been trying to figure out the perfect gift for my mom!

On the 14th, Hailey has a special mothers day activity at school that I know she is looking forward too!

The 9th, I'm surprising her with a "Fun with chocolate" class! She loves chocolate so I'm sure she we love making stuff!

My classes end on the 14th and two new ones begin the same day! I'm glad everything is winding down with these ones and I'm excited to get new ones!

My dance mommy friends and I decided to put the girls in cheer bears for a 6 week mini session this summer!

Dance is slowly winding down and Hailey's first recital will be here before I know it.

Hailey will have her first field trip to Elms beach. My background check is complete with the school so I am hoping to volunteer. They need only 4 parents though, so I am hoping I get picked!

So there's lots of stuff coming in the next couple months. Lots to be excited about for sure!

I love this.......

This reminds me that it's important to remember that you can never give up, tomorrow is another day and there are great things right around the corner.

I've been struggling a lot with my emotions. I am not sure why, but I just wish so many things were different in all aspects of my life. One day things will be figured out. I know there are people that won't always like me, but accepting that is hard. I try to be a good person and care about everyone, but sometimes it's best just to let go and not try so hard. I spend so much time struggling with wanting to make everyone happy, but I'm not happy. So I am going to try to switch focuses. Work on making me happier! So even though I may feel like the caterpillar today, today is just one day closer to becoming that butterfly. :)