tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14138077718293270562024-02-06T19:02:29.816-08:00My Life Between NapsHey Y'all! I want to invite you to come on in, have a seat and I tell you all about my life, thoughts, and happenings between my naps. My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-45284368686305110742013-04-17T12:42:00.001-07:002013-04-17T12:42:31.561-07:00Busy, busy, busy…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I am over being busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I work and go to school Monday through Friday
and the last few months I have had booked weekends also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to have some time to do
nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean absolutely nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sleep, eat, watch movies, whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This weekend the hubs and I are taking
a little vacation from the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
excited but even this little getaway seems like a lot of work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lol <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Packing, shopping for stuff we will need,
yada, yada, yada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh well…It will be
relaxing and romantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The place we have
rented is right on the water and it’s secluded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can hardly wait!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So my baby boy “Bub” will be 16 in
less than a month and I am just torn over it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I mean I am thankful that he is still alive and aging but I know that
the countdown to an empty house is on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He will not move out at 18, he’s not that motivated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, one day a young lady will make him hers
and they aint living with me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For real…I
don’t think (never say never) I would ever let him move a girl into my
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that if a man is man
enough to have a relationship then he should be man enough to have a place for
them to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Nan is doing great!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She recently obtained a 4-wheeler and let me
tell you…she is running that thing ragged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is such an amazing blessing to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can’t even begin to tell you how much joy she brings my family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dew has planted an amazing little
garden full of tomatoes, cabbage, onion and brussel sprouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has also started a herb garden on a palate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every night we have fresh herbs in whatever
we are cooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>YUMMO!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I think that is about all that is
going on right now…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’ll catch up with you all later!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hugs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Char~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-14252007130475380872013-04-05T09:11:00.003-07:002013-04-05T09:11:58.030-07:00It's been a minute...
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hey y’all…I know I haven’t been here
in a while and I am sorry for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
family has had a lot of illness, hospitalization and surgeries beginning in
November and I have been somewhat side tracked by all of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had all of these great holiday posts in
mind but it is what it is…FAMILY first, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I hope you all had an awesome
Thanksgiving, a blessed Christmas, a breathtaking New Year’s, a loving Valentine’s
Day, so on and so forth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Has anything spectacular happened
lately?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has anything boring
happened?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to know!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Char~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-67298192202830540582012-10-23T07:05:00.003-07:002012-10-23T07:05:39.943-07:00My dear sweet Mother
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Two years ago today my momma
passed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My Mom was born and raised in
Millwood, GA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the baby of 14
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her father was what my mother
called a “faith healer” some others called him a “witch doctor” and her mother
was of course busy taking care of her children and home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My mother was always a God fearing
woman that was raised in a Pentecostal church. When she was in elementary
school she would stand on the step of the school and preach to all the other
children during recess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a good
daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, wife, mother and grandmother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I spoke to momma at least once a day
all of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Thursday, October 21
we talked on the phone for about an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My brother called an hour and a half later to tell me that an ambulance
had been called to momma and it was bad, it was bad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My momma’s heart had stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was on life support from the moment she
arrived at the hospital until Saturday, October 23 when her children decided it
was enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I miss my momma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I am sitting here trying to think of
the words to explain how much my momma means to me and no words come to
mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">*<b>Big Sigh</b>*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Still to this day it is hard to
believe she is gone forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she
left it shook my family to the core, we were all broken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we are all coming back into our
normal now but I still have days and sometimes weeks were I wonder constantly
if we made the right decision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
though we were told that she had no brain activity and was having one seizure
after another I think…what if.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s a strange feeling when you
realize you have NO parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As everyone
says “Life goes on” and it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Until next time…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hugs~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Char<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-18140814599751033312012-10-22T07:19:00.002-07:002012-10-22T07:19:46.177-07:00Southern Autumn Air<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“I'm
so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5350.L_M_Montgomery">L.M. Montgomery</a>,
<i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3464264">Anne of Green Gables</a><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Oh how I love Anne of Green Gables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have never seen it, it is a must!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a PBS special that comes on once a
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make sure you watch </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There is Autumn in the air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sun is shining, there is a cool breeze
and the birds are chirping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s time to
start making chili and maybe squeeze in one more camping trip before it gets
too cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love to drink latte’s
(decaf of course) in the evenings and breath in the crisp air while sitting on
the front porch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will open my bedroom
window and just stare out at the pecan tree as I drift into a nice nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I have mentioned that I live in the
South where Northerners say it is summer all year long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love summer, spring and fall … winter, not
so much. It doesn’t really get -0 cold here but I still hate it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate 20<sup>o</sup> mornings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It depresses me so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Ok, Ok…I won’t go into any sad
thoughts of winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Do you have any seasonal rituals that
you and your family enjoy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please share!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hugs~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Today is my Daddy’s birthday so I will
tell you a little about him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was born
in 1930 in Mississippi and had 4 brothers and 2 sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was close to all of his siblings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mother passed away when he was 12 years
old, he didn’t talk about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
very, very close to his father until he passed away in 1983.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My parents were married in 1950 in
Axson, GA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years later my mother
gave birth to my oldest brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are six of us children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My brothers
loved and admired my father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even as
they were adults with families of their own, they would take fishing and
camping trips together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me and my
sisters were all Daddy’s girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even
had a “Daddy’s Girl” vanity tag on my car for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Daddy was a man of very few
words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t say much so when he
did, we all listened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a brilliant
business man and always worked hard to take care of his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew several trades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He worked in pulp wood, painted houses,
worked at a dairy farm and several other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was offered an opportunity to be a general manager of a fast food
restaurant and that is where he stayed until he retired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I love my Daddy and I miss him so
much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish my children would have
known him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would have loved them
so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was an excellent Father and
Grandfather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">RIP Daddy…Give Momma a hug from me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Char~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-59131957005154256102012-08-29T08:50:00.000-07:002012-08-29T08:53:10.117-07:00Coupon's and Ranting<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Couponing…Is an awesome idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been around for as long as I can
remember but has really turned into a craze over the past couple of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is my problem with it…I do not have the
friggin time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My sister-in-laws practices extreme
couponing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She posts pictures of 8
bottles of shampoo, four boxes of cereal, seven packages of frozen vegetables,
two disposable razors and comments; “I got all of this for $1.59.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would love to have all of that for less than
two bucks however; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not going to get
together with a bunch of women to clip coupons, carry around an envelope full of
coupons that I may never use and go to four different stores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And here is why; If I'm hanign with my girls, I want to drink wine, eat hummus with pita chips and gossip. My purse is so jam packed with bills, meds, Nan's hair barretts, Bub's video games and most of the time my husbands wallet and/or sunglasss. Instead of wasting the gas and time running around to all the stores, I could take a nap instead. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I get it, it’s a money saving option but come on!! I also have a problem remembering the rules; “This
place takes double coupons on Wednesday’s (what is a double coupon again) and
then here you can use a manufactures coupon and an in-store coupon”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of that is too much for my brain to
consume. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I recently read the slogan; “He works, I save.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about the families that have two working
parents?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who saves then?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I am a woman???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh don’t get me started on that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rant so I will pull myself back together…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh yeah, couponing…I was talking about
couponing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So…If any of you have any
tips on couponing the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">easy</i> way,
please let me know so that I can share that information with my husband for <strong>his</strong>
next trip to the grocery store ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-6337496471421163122012-08-27T05:45:00.000-07:002012-08-27T06:00:11.264-07:00Learn and Earn <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">As I said
before in my first post, I am a college student.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A college student at almost 40…what was I
thinking? I will earn an A.S. degree in Web Technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take me longer than two years to
achieve this as I do have a full time job also but I will not give up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>School starts today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am taking two online classes this semester,
Introduction to Computer Technology and College Composition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not concerned about the Computer Tech
class at all however the College Comp has me a little anxious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book for that class is titled “The Pop Culture
Zone: Writing Critically about Popular Culture”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WHAT?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have no interest in doing that at all but it is a class that I HAVE to
take so I will try my best to give it my all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We will see what happens with that…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">I have
been at my job for almost 14 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have been promoted 4 times during that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As of right now my title is “Information Specialist”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am the webmaster, event coordinator, public
relations and a lot of other things including washing dishes if that needs to
be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really enjoy my job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get to show my creative side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">most
</i>of the people that I work with and I am known as the comic relief/counselor,
I take that position serious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My co-workers know that they can bitch or
gossip with me and it will never, ever go outside of my office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most days, we have a good time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Our
office is somewhat offset right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
of my co-workers and dear friends has been diagnosed with a rare type of
cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is 36 years old and has
cancer in her adrenal gland, left ovaries, left lung, intestines and was just
told she has an inoperable tumor on the left ventricle <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">of </span> </span>her heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all broken hearted over this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She hasn’t been able to work since January of
this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I miss her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I miss her coming into my cubicle and
propping her feet up on the corner of my desk and saying; “Want a potted meat
sandwich?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh how I love her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her presence is missed in this office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with that…I will close.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let’s start with Glo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I first started dating Dew, he told me
that he was sure that he had a daughter that he had never met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was told that she wasn’t his but in his
heart he knew she was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was uneasy
about contacting her because he wasn’t sure what she had been told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Glo was 22 she sent Dew a Facebook
friend request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within a couple of
months she was visiting with us for a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A month later she was back for a surprise week visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then she has been in our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is absolutely gorgeous and smart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a musical talent that is out of this
world (like her Dad).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year we
traveled to South Florida to attend her wedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We felt so accepted by her family and
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bub and Nan completely love
their big sister and she has been a blessing to our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love you GLO!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bub was born in 1997, 6 weeks early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He weighed in at 3lbs 14oz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the smallest thing I had ever
seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was very scared and did not know
anyone that had a preemie therefore I had no one to turn to, no one to ask if
my baby was going to live or die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
in the newborn intensive care unit until he weighed 4lbs 8oz which was exactly
6 weeks later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came home on his due
date wearing an apnea monitor to make sure he kept breathing while he
slept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bub had a few health problems
that he ended up growing out of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
now 15 years old and is taller than me and will be taller than Dew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a gamer and is so hysterical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He makes us laugh daily.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nan was born in 2001, 8 weeks early.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She weighed in at 2lbs 3oz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only thought Bub was small.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was so tiny!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time around I felt more comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understood how things worked in the NICU
and knew the terminology the doctors and nurses used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even with that, I was still scared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a painful thing to go through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is amazing hard to get discharged from the
hospital and leave your baby there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nan is
now 11 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is completely beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound
but she doesn’t let that hold her back much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She did get the love of sleep from me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On a weekend or when school is out, it is nothing for her to sleep until
noon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes she will look at me all
sleepy-eyed and say “Let’s take a nap Mom”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I LOVE IT because I am always game!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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busy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-38320339877136942672012-08-23T10:45:00.000-07:002012-08-27T05:47:10.447-07:00My loving man<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";">Dew…My
husband Dew. What can I tell you about him? Let’s see, he was born
and raised in South Florida. He moved to my neck of the woods in 1987 or
so. We saw each other a few times but never met until I started to date
his roommate. We would stay on the phone until the wee hours of the
morning while the roommate/boyfriend was at work. We went through a lot
of different stages in our relationship. There would be years that I hated him
and his sarcastic ways and then years I would long to see him and his long
shiny hair (it was longer than mine </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif";">).
I then began a relationship with someone else and Dew moved in with his
girlfriend. We would still end up at the same hang outs and
parties. If our “significant other’s” were not there we would always end
up making out somehow. We even made out in his bathroom during a New
Year’s Eve party. So we finally dumped out baggage and decided “It’s you
and me babe”. We got married in 2004 while our family and friends
watched. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: large;">He
is an automotive technician and is very good at what he does. He doesn’t
always like it but it is what it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
like a lot of the same things; we both move music, we love to go camping, to
the drag races, and inviting my huge family over for the holidays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He rides a motorcycle and we like to jump on
it and ride to the coast and take a swim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dew is the kind of guy that will sneak into the bathroom, make a bubble
bath with a glass of wine and then come to tell me; “Your bath is ready”.
He is really good to me and we laugh A LOT. He has a great since of humor
and can sing like a bird. He is also the kind of guy that will watch
football until he falls asleep sitting up, that drives me insane! I’m
sure there are plenty of things about me that annoy him but he needs to keep
that shit to himself. I ain’t trying to hear all of that. We are a
match made in heaven, I think. Others might think differently but this is
my blog and what I say goes, right?</span></div>
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My Life Between Napshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755531345224637626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413807771829327056.post-73853710477442321852012-08-22T10:34:00.001-07:002012-08-22T10:34:47.800-07:00You Know You’re a Mom When…<strong><em>I read this on another blog and just had to share it! </em></strong><br />
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<strong><em>Hugs, </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Char~</em></strong><br />
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<strong>You Know You’re a Mom When…<br /></strong>1. You count the sprinkles
on each kid’s cupcake to make sure they’re equal.<br /><br />2. You find yourself
cutting your husbands’ sandwiches into cute shapes.<br /><br />3. You can’t bear to
give away baby clothes – it’s so final.<br /><br />4. You hear your mother’s voice
coming out of your mouth when you say, “NOT in your good clothes!”<br /><br />5. You
stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.<br /><br />6. You hire a sitter
because you haven’t been out with your husband in ages, then spend half the
night checking on the kids.<br /><br />7. You have time to shave only one leg at a
time.<br /><br />8. You hide in the bathroom to be alone.<br /><br />9. Your kid throws
up and you catch it.<br /><br />10. Someone else’s kid throws up at a party. You
keep eating.<br /><br />11. You use your own saliva to clean your child’s
face.<br /><br />12. You’ve mastered the art of placing large quantities of pancakes
and eggs on a plate without anything touching.<br /><br />13. Your child insists
that you read “Once Upon a Potty” out loud in the lobby of Grand Central Station
and you do it.<br /><br />14. You cling to the high moral ground on toy weapons;
your child chews his toast into the shape of a gun.<br /><br />15. You hope ketchup
is a vegetable, since it’s the only one your child eats.<br /><br />16. You donate
to charities in the hope that your child won’t get that disease.<br /><br />17. Your
feet stick to the kitchen floor, and you don’t care.<br /><br />18. The closest you
get to gourmet cooking is making Rice Krispie treats.<br /><br />19. You no longer
object to cold pizza for breakfast.<br /><br />20. Your purse is crammed with
emergency toys, candy and first aid supplies.<br /><br />21. You can talk on the
phone, pack a lunch & breast feed all once.<br /><br />22. You wonder why it was
you ever feared being alone.<br /><br />23 You spend an entire week wearing
sweats.<br /><br />24. You can remove chewing gum from just about
anything.<br /><br />25. You say at least once a day, “I’m not cut out for this
job”, but you know you wouldn’t trade it for anything.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Let me tell you all about me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was raised in North Florida where I had a
pretty uneventful life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lived in the
country and were 20 minutes away from the closest “big” town, which seemed it
was days away when I was little.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
3 brothers and 2 sisters; I am the baby of the family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents were married for 45 years when my
father passed away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was a quiet and
shy child that had a freckle face and slender build. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My youngest sister and I would spend hours
outdoors; some of those hours we would play, the others we would fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always felt awkward and out of place but
that got better as I got older and I realized I had it going on!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I came into the teenage years, Mother
Nature was very good to me </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no problem’s finding a date or boyfriend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hated school and couldn’t have cared less
about my grades or attendance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately I dropped out of school when I was 17 and joined the
working world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked in the food
industry until I was 22 or so then I was onto the secretarial world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met my husband when I was around 18 years
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was my boyfriend’s
roommate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were friends then enemies
then friends again then the best of friends then lovers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were rarely apart from one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the age of 25 I found out I was pregnant
with Bub.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was sooooo scared and Dew
was sooooo happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would have married
me that day but I didn’t want to be the chick that got married because she was
pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the day that he was born our
lives where changed forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The change
was huge but the happiness and love you feel is so much greater than the
change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such a sweet baby boy we were
blessed with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years later I was
pregnant again, I was around 3 ½ months along when I miscarried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had just begun working for the University
of Florida as a secretary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I signed up
to take the GED test and received my high school diploma when I was 28 years
old. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was content with my job but
always felt that I needed more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four
years after Bub was born I was pregnant again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We welcomed precious Nan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such a
small, beautiful girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am now the
webmaster and event coordinator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love my
job, for the first time in 14 years, I actually love my job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started taking college classes in
2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am going for my A.S. in Web
Technologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take me awhile to
get my degree since I cannot possibly attend full time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, with a husband, children, work, school
and a home to take care of…I am tired and need a nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my blog!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is something I have thought about for a
while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided to get an expert opinion
so I discussed it with one of my closest friends who has been a blogger for
several years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me to “Go for it!”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave me some great advise and made me
feel more comfortable about it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
helped me step by step and even did the design work for this page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you </span><a href="http://bellafoxglove.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Wolf Queen</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me tell you about my household…I
will be 40 this year and am a webmaster/event coordinator for the University of
Florida, I also attend community college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My husband Cliff is an automotive technician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have three children; Glo, Bub and Nan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Glo
is my step daughter; she recently graduated college with a major in music and
has been married for a little over a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Bub will start 9<sup>th</sup> grade on Monday, he is a video game
addict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nan; sweet baby girl will start
5<sup>th</sup> grade next week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of
our children bring their own special twist of craziness to our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We happily live in the South where neighbors
are scarce and pine trees are abundant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
spend most of our down time sitting on our front porch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We laugh a lot and our house is usually chaotic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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more about each of us and what goes on in our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Big Hugs,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Char~<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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