Birthdays, Dentist, Friends, & Shoes

I feel like I haven't blogged in forever. Life has been so busy lately. I can't even keep my days straight. I don't want to forget some of the things that have been going on so I thought I'd better stop for a minute and write them down.

This past weekend I got the opportunity to play photographer. I had so much fun with it. A sweet friend and coworker's little boy turned three. She let me crash the party and take some pictures. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed taking pictures. Ever since the husband bought me the new camera I've been dreaming of turning photography into a side job. Of course I have a long ways to go in learning how to use my camera and about photography in general. I have a gift certificate to take a class at a local camera store, but I'm doing a Beth Moore Bible study on the only night they offer the class.

Here is one of my favorite pictures from the birthday party. The birthday boy and his mommy.



I went straight from that birthday party to another birthday party. The Weavers were celebrating August and October birthdays. It was a sweet time with family.





The husband has been out of town for the past few days. The SAN (whatever that is) came in so he had to go to Dallas. Last night I occupied myself by having dinner with a sweet friend. We ended up sitting there talking until the place closed. Oops! I really enjoyed it. Too busy talking to take any pictures.

Today I had a dentist appointment. If you have been reading this blog for awhile you know that I absolutely hate going to the dentist. Today I was getting a filling and having my tooth shaped for a crown. Andrew had planned to take me, but then had to go out of town. I opted for the gas this time. I'd never had that before. I liked it! It really helped to keep me calm. The dentist was really great. I didn't feel a thing. :) I have to go back the first week of November to get my permanent crown and another filling. Oh joy!

I finally joined pinterest. I'm not sure I see what the big deal is. I have always saved things in folders in my favorites. This isn't any different other than I can see what others like. Just haven't been able to jump on this bandwagon.

I have however jumped on the Toms bandwagon. I have two pairs of Toms and two pairs of Bobs (Skecher's version of Toms). I actually prefer my Bobs. In my opinion, I think they are better made. I've been trying to convince the husband that I need these...

I also like these


One pair at a time. :)

Miscellany Monday

How in the world is it already October? Dare I say that Christmas will be here before we know it?

There are a few things in our life that I really thought would happen by the end of the year. The big one is our house being sold. Considering we haven't even come close to putting it on the market, I'd say that isn't going to happen. Maybe by the end of next year.

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I think my obsession with owls might be getting out of control. And I love it! The husband is starting to call me the weird owl lady. But hey! At least it's not cats. :)

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I love my husband. I like him too. :) We are such homebodies. I'm glad that I genuinely like spending time with him. There are moments where I'm honestly overwhelmed with love for him. The longer I'm married to him, the more moments like that I have.

These moments make me think of my Granddad and my Mommom. He passed away when I was a baby. If you ask her about it him, she'll tell you he was as close to perfect as you can get here on Earth. That's how I feel about my husband. I want to cherish him and every moment I have with him while I have it. I hope you feel that way about your husband too. :)

Mushy time over now.

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I think I have a job interview Thursday. It's nothing big. It's tutoring students from my school after school two days a week. It's technically a second job since it is through an outside company. I've done it the past two years and it's easy money. I just assumed I would do it this year, but the husband kind of questioned me on it because I hadn't talked to him about it. He isn't for or against it, just hadn't talked to him. He is anti me doing anything extra this year. He knows how much I put on myself last year and wants me to have an easy year. See why I love him so much?!?

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The husband decided he wanted a ping pong table. Not sure why! I mean I love ping pong, but his decision was a bit random. I wouldn't let him get a full size ping pong table because I figured one of two things would happen. Either I wouldn't be able to park in the garage anymore or the table would stay folded up because of our cars and we would have wasted our money.

So he found a retractable net that fits to any table. Needless to say this weekend our dining table became a ping pong table for a night. Oh the fun we had!! I laughed until I cried as the husband made fun of my superior techniques. It was a blast. Can you tell he's a bit competitive? HA!

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And now for a hot bath to wind down and get ready for the week. Today was professional develop day with no students so it doesn't count in my book.

Wordless Wednesday - The Birdie Putt

If...The Andrew Edition

Here are the husband's answers. I didn't even have to beg. You'll see he was a real smarty pants on some questions. Others he really thought about.



•If Elaina were to get pregnant...I'd know my boys could swim.

•If I could have any job in the world…I'd be Eric Clapton's guitar tech.


•If I had a day to myself...I'd sleep.

•If I could get married all over again...It wouldn't be in Newport.

•If I could live anywhere in the U.S...I'd live in Sea Island, Georgia.

•If I were to have more children...I would have one child. I don't have any children.

•If I could have any talent in the world…I'd be a professional golfer.


•If you met me in real life...I don't know anyone who doesn't know me in real life. I don't have fake friends on blogs. (Don't worry I don't think your fake.)

•If I went back to school...I'd hate it as much as I did the last time.

•If money were not an object...I'd own one of everything.

•If I could meet one celebrity...There's really no one I'd like to meet that bad.

•If I could shop at only one store for the rest of my life...Got to be Wal-Mart Super Center or I'll starve to death.

•If I could choose an animal/pet...I would get a pet frog for Liberty.

•If I could go on a trip right now...St. Andrews, Scotland

•If I had to choose between a house cleaner and personal chef...House cleaner

•If I had the option to get plastic surgery...No

If......The Elaina Edition

I saw this over on Katie's blog and thought it would be fun. Hoping I can sweet talk the hubs into doing his edition. :)




•If I were to get pregnant...I would be very excited!

•If I could have any job in the world…I love my job. It is what God has called me to do in this world. But I would love to be a professional photographer/scrapbooker.

•If I had a day to myself...I would scrapbook all morning, shop all afternoon, and read all night.

•If I could get married all over again...I'd marry my sweetie all over again in a heartbeat. Though I'd pick a different dress and a different venue this time. Something fun and a little crazy.

•If I could live anywhere in the U.S...I like living in Arkansas, but I would love a new house on a bigger piece of land.

•If I were to have more children...I would consider each and every one of them a blessing from God.

•If I could have any talent in the world…I wish I could sing.

•If you met me in real life...You would see that I'm a quiet girl.

•If I went back to school...I would get my masters and become a reading specialist.

•If money were not an object...We would already be out of this house and into our dream home.

•If I could meet one celebrity...Reese Witherspoon. She's pretty and I wonder if she is as nice in real life as she is in my head.


•If I could shop at only one store for the rest of my life...Target...They have everything a girl could need.

•If I could choose an animal/pet...My babies of course. Lib & Liam


•If I could go on a trip right now...Hawaii


•If I had to choose between a house cleaner and personal chef...House cleaner! Hands down!

•If I had the option to get plastic surgery…I wouldn't.

Be Okay!

Have you seen this commercial? It always makes me smile.

Who Opened the Flood Gates?

I'm not really sure to how to begin this post or even where I'm going with this post. Honestly, I'm not even sure if I'll hit publish when I'm finished. There are things I just feel like I need to write out. I figure it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to. Right?

Do you ever have days where it seems like every little thing makes you cry? You can't seem to keep it together for more than a few minutes before losing it all over again?

That's been me the past couple of days.

I have really been struggling with something personal lately. It's one of those things that I keep telling myself is crazy, but I can't make myself believe that. I don't want to talk about it to anyone because I know people will respond in one of two ways. They will either tell me I'm wrong and give me compliments because that's what you do in a situation like this or they will laugh and say I'm crazy for thinking that way.

I've only shared about this issue twice - once with my husband and once with a coworker. I got the two reactions above. I don't really blame my husband. He's a guy and I guess you could say this is a girl thing. But my coworker's reaction really hurt my feelings and pretty much reassured that I didn't need to share this with anyone else ever again.

So I feel like it's just me and this situation and I'm losing. Not fun. Last night something triggered the thought and I just lost it. I cried all night. And I'm talking the snot running out your nose, face all red and blotchy, can't catch your breath kind of crying.

I went to work today only to be greeted by a concerned parent who wanted to tell me everything I was doing as a teacher was wrong. Please don't go bashing this parent. She really was just concerned for her student. She wasn't nasty or anything like that. I believe she genuinely felt bad for what she was saying. Her child isn't your average student. I just couldn't take it today. It was all I could do to maintain professionalism and not cry. I pray that other teachers would never have to endure the type of meeting I had today. It was painful.

Today's goal quickly became to make it through the day without crying in front of my students. Thankfully God has blessed me with a great boss and some of the best coworkers in the world.

I just feel like someone has opened the flood gates. I can't seem to stop crying, which is frustrating.

Hoping to dance out my stress and worry and tears tonight during two hours of Zumba!