Beer Belly Bombshells??? HMMMM

So I have been subjected to this show called America Ninja Warrior for days .... Not like an hour each days but hours upon hours upon hours each day.  For those of you who don't know what this is, please Google it.  It is not a show women would normally watch but, because the testosterone in this house is so unbelievably high, I am subjected to watch it.... A LOT!!!!

Well after watching a marathon of said show this weekend, Jason looks at me and says "I should win an award for sitting all these hours watching this.  Especially since my butt hurts."  I know pure wisdom right there.  He then goes on to ask me if I will rub it for him....The answer was a definite no.

After hours and hours of this show, Jason goes to bed (also after trying to convince me to rub his butt which did not work).  Woohoo I have control of the remote!  On to BRAVO!  Minutes later my phone goes off... A text from Jason (who is laying in bed).  Laziness at it's finest.  LOL.

Here is the text....

Left out of what...I don't know and I don't ask.  LOL

So the next day, I find this online and send it to him...

Here is that text...

Maybe I am not right but, it's funny none the less.  Some times I crack myself up.  Watch out You just might see these BEER BELLY BOMBSHELLS on t.v. soon.... I doubt that but at least he has a dream.  LOL

I also need to get out more.

My Next 30 Years

Well today I woke up thinking a lot about my life and what I would like to still do cause we never really know how long we have here on Earth.  Tomorrow is not promised and today is not a given.  I guess this all started today because as I looked in the mirror putting on my makeup and I saw that I am getting wrinkles (yes I know I sound vain).  Its not really a vanity thing but more like a realization that I am not as young as I once was and in  a few years I am going to be the BIG 4 - 0.  Dear Lord, I am going to be 40 before I know it.  And then eventually our children will be grown and on their own.  I am quite sad about that last one.  I am not ready for my children to grow up even though I know I have to let them and there is nothing I can do about it in all reality.  Life doesn't stop for anyone, does it?

Where did time go????

Then there is the realization that both my dad's parents and my father himself all passed away around the age of 60.  That's not very old if you think about it.  My dad was only 22 years older than I am now and so I guess if I want to get certain things accomplished, I better get a move on it.  I am not trying to sound depressed or morbid at all because in all reality for the first time since moving to PA, I am really happy.

I am happy and for the most part I am a pretty optimistic person.  I try and see the good and positive in most things.  I have my children, Jason, and my health.  What more do I need?  I guess anything else is just superficial.  Everyone has that part to them, I suppose.  Life is what you make of it I have come to realize and I am going to make my life the best I can.

I think Tim Mcgraw's song says it best...


I think I’ll take a moment, celebrate my age
The ending of an era and the turning of a page
Now it’s time to focus in on where I go from here
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years

Hey my next thirty years I’m gonna have some fun
Try to forget about all the crazy things I’ve done
Maybe now I’ve conquered all my adolescent fears
And I’ll do it better in my next thirty years

My next thirty years I’m gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I’m doing here
In my next thirty years

Oh my next thirty years, I’m gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I’ll remember my next thirty years

My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
Raise a little family and hang out with my wife
Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Make up for lost time here ,In my next thirty years

So I am a little late starting my next 30 years but it's better late than never.  This year I am going to try and do the following things:

1.  Lose weight and get healthy (not skinny just healthy)

2.  Spend more time with my kids and Jason as a family doing family things

3.  Get a new tattoo ... Here is what I want 

4.  Make more time for me and Jason (I will accomplish this one if it kills me so I am now on the look out for a sitter)

5.  Marry Jason (After 11 years it is time and even if we elope it will happen)

6.  Spend more time with family 

7.  Check into cosmetology school (Not sure if I can go but I am going to check it out)

8.  Check into a photography classes (I think my next birthday present should be a good camera)

9.  Take more pictures of my family (the ones near and far)

10. Go somewhere out of the country with a beach.  The beach part is very very important.  lol.

There are so many things I would like to do but I think this is a good start.  I am sure I will be adding to it as the year goes on.  I just don't want life to pass me by and look back wondering why I didn't do this or that.  I always have good intentions but sometimes I take for granted or put other things ahead of what should be most important.  My family and my relationship with Jason is going to be my number one priority this year.  I think we deserve it and desperately need it.  

I never want these days to end

I wish that I could freeze time cause I never want these times to disappear. Sometimes I wish I could turn back time because I feel as if I'm running out of time. My son turned 16 this year (even though I'm no where near old enough to have a 16 year old and certainly don't look it lol) and before I know it he's going to be out of the house. Oh how I wish I had done some things differently. Now my youngest is 7 and before I know it she will be 16. I never thought I'd be the kind of mother who hovered and would be so completely obsessed with trying to keep her kids home as long as possible but guess what I'm exactly that mom. I get so happy when Patience tells me she is going to live with me forever. Lol. They are my life , my heart, and at times my saving graces. What am I going to do with myself when one of my baby birds fly from the nest let alone both. It's sometimes too unbearable to think if. So for now I am going to take lots of pictures and cherish every moment I have. (Sorry for any mistakes I'm typing this on my phone.)

The beginning sort of anyways

Where to start... Where to start... 

In one of my all time favorite movies, they say it best....

Mad Hatter:  And now, my dear, something seems to be troubling you.  Uh, Won't you tell us all about it?

March Hare:  Start at the beginning.

Mad Hatter:  Yes, yes!  And when you come to the end, hehehe, stop!  See?

So to the beginning I go...but where is the beginning?  I guess I could start with how I ended up in PA.  We actually haven't been here all that long....2 years in March as a matter of fact.  The love of my life, Jason, is originally from here.  He was born in Hershey, PA.  I tell him quite sweetly and lovingly that he was the only un-sweet thing to come from the sweetest place on Earth.  LOL.  OK probably not the nicest thing to say but as time goes on, you will see, that in our relationship, it goes both ways.  I love him all the same though.  So being that he runs a company that services the oilfield, we had the opportunity to move here to be closer to family that lives here and we thought it would be good for the kids.  We have 2 wonderful kids ... Joshua who thinks he is now an adult even though he just turned 16 (didn't we all think that at that age?) and Patience, our one of a kind, very outspoken, and very honest daughter.  She tells it how it is but always in a very funny, off the wall way.  

My kiddos..

They are the joys of my life and fill my life with so much laughter.  And never a dull moment.

Then there is the love love of my life, Jason.  Yeah I kind of filled you in about him earlier... He is the one person who can make me laugh harder than anyone.  I think that the man who can make you laugh is the one you should marry, and that is what I intend to do.  It has been 11 years, I might as well make an honest man of him one of these days.... lol.  

Jason sledding sort of ...lol....

We also have a zoo... really it's starting to look like a zoo around here..

We have 2 dogs (about to be 3), 2 cats, and 2 hedgehogs....and if my in-laws have anything to do with it there will be a pony too (i put my foot down with the pony but i always seem to get outnumbered when i do that).  I will post pics of them soon enough.

So here we are (Me, Jason, kids and zoo) up in the mountains of PA where it seems we will stay.  The good, the bad , and the snow (blah)!