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I'm loving my husband a lot today...
Not too long ago, I did a post listing 100 Facts about none other than yours truly. Number 17 was as follows:
"17. I believe fully that I love my husband more than the average wife loves their husband."
It's very, very true that not only a} Do I truly FEEL that I love my husband more than anyone else loves theirs, but that b} I am quite certain I love my husband more than, well, at least most anyone loves theirs. Honest.
Sometimes I wish I could say that my husband was my first love. You know, do the whole cliche', "When my children ask me who my first love was, i want to look across the room at their father and say, 'He's sitting right there.'" Blah, blah, blah. But you know what? I'm thankful and glad my husband isn't my first love. He may not have been my first love, but I can guaran-damn-tee you, he is my greatest.
I would take being someone's greatest love, over being their first love, any day of the week.
I can honestly say, without a doubt in my mind, that Mel is the love of my life. {As well as my son Joshua, my daughter Hailey, my daughter Leah, and I'm sure as the sun, my son Grayson will also be the love of my life. Wait...can you have 5 loves of your life? Hmm...well back to it...}
He has loved me unconditionally. He has shown me unlimited patience, and kindness. He has never spoken to me in anger. He has never belittled me, never raised his voice at me, never humiliated me. He has shown me what true love is.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (New International Version)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
That is everything our love is, and more.
Ephesians 5:25-27(New International Version)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
That is how I am loved.
I've only been in two serious relationships in my life. Both have lead to marriage. One was everything love shouldn't be. {You can guess which one that was.} It breaks my heart because I see so many people in marriages identical to my first marriage. I see them tell themselves the same things I would tell myself. "Everyone fights, it's normal to fight.", "This is just how we are, we bicker, and don't get along, but we're the funny couple.", "It will get better the first year is always hard.", "They say the second year is harder than the first year.", "If we can just make it to year 5 we'll be so much stronger in our marriage!", "That's just not the way my husband is, some husband are like that, some aren't, it doesn't mean he loves me any less.", "He does his best.".
I could go on. But I'm sure you get it.
The truth is, I was wrong. I was lying to myself. Things were bad. And they were bad for so long that all trust was gone. Once trust is gone, it doesn't come back. You may try everything, and tell yourself, and everyone around you that you trust them, but somewhere, in the back of your head, you will always feel that doubt. It took along time to admit defeat and end my first marriage. I felt like a failure in many ways.
But ending that marriage was one of the best things I ever did for not only myself, but my children.
I was lead to Mel. We fit, like we were always meant to fit. We went together so naturally it was hard to imagine that we hadn't been together for years. I found everything I wanted and needed in him. I found things in him I didn't even know I wanted and needed.
Do we fight? No. And I say no, because when I hear the word "fight" I only think back to my first marriage. And we've never had anything so dysfunctional, we've never had any disagreement or argument lead to anything close to the kind of fights I had in that marriage. Do we disagree? Uh, yea, duh! lol Do we argue? Sure, if we're disagreeing on something. But we talk through it. Sometimes we come to a compromise. Sometimes we agree to disagree. But nothing ever heats up and boils over. Everything dissolves, and cools, and is the way things should be.
I wish I could tell everyone that their "Mel" is out there! That they don't have to hurt over their relationship. Love never equals pain. Never.
No point in this post today. I just wanted to shout from the mountain tops how much I love my husband, and how blessed I am to have him. And to let people know that this kind of love is out there for everyone, don't settle!
Just feeling extra lovey today I guess.
Here's a pic or two of my hairy mountain man!!! ♥♥
He's not normally this mountainy, or hairy. lol
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"17. I believe fully that I love my husband more than the average wife loves their husband."
It's very, very true that not only a} Do I truly FEEL that I love my husband more than anyone else loves theirs, but that b} I am quite certain I love my husband more than, well, at least most anyone loves theirs. Honest.
Sometimes I wish I could say that my husband was my first love. You know, do the whole cliche', "When my children ask me who my first love was, i want to look across the room at their father and say, 'He's sitting right there.'" Blah, blah, blah. But you know what? I'm thankful and glad my husband isn't my first love. He may not have been my first love, but I can guaran-damn-tee you, he is my greatest.
I would take being someone's greatest love, over being their first love, any day of the week.
I can honestly say, without a doubt in my mind, that Mel is the love of my life. {As well as my son Joshua, my daughter Hailey, my daughter Leah, and I'm sure as the sun, my son Grayson will also be the love of my life. Wait...can you have 5 loves of your life? Hmm...well back to it...}
He has loved me unconditionally. He has shown me unlimited patience, and kindness. He has never spoken to me in anger. He has never belittled me, never raised his voice at me, never humiliated me. He has shown me what true love is.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (New International Version)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
That is everything our love is, and more.
Ephesians 5:25-27(New International Version)
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
That is how I am loved.
I've only been in two serious relationships in my life. Both have lead to marriage. One was everything love shouldn't be. {You can guess which one that was.} It breaks my heart because I see so many people in marriages identical to my first marriage. I see them tell themselves the same things I would tell myself. "Everyone fights, it's normal to fight.", "This is just how we are, we bicker, and don't get along, but we're the funny couple.", "It will get better the first year is always hard.", "They say the second year is harder than the first year.", "If we can just make it to year 5 we'll be so much stronger in our marriage!", "That's just not the way my husband is, some husband are like that, some aren't, it doesn't mean he loves me any less.", "He does his best.".
I could go on. But I'm sure you get it.
The truth is, I was wrong. I was lying to myself. Things were bad. And they were bad for so long that all trust was gone. Once trust is gone, it doesn't come back. You may try everything, and tell yourself, and everyone around you that you trust them, but somewhere, in the back of your head, you will always feel that doubt. It took along time to admit defeat and end my first marriage. I felt like a failure in many ways.
But ending that marriage was one of the best things I ever did for not only myself, but my children.
I was lead to Mel. We fit, like we were always meant to fit. We went together so naturally it was hard to imagine that we hadn't been together for years. I found everything I wanted and needed in him. I found things in him I didn't even know I wanted and needed.
Do we fight? No. And I say no, because when I hear the word "fight" I only think back to my first marriage. And we've never had anything so dysfunctional, we've never had any disagreement or argument lead to anything close to the kind of fights I had in that marriage. Do we disagree? Uh, yea, duh! lol Do we argue? Sure, if we're disagreeing on something. But we talk through it. Sometimes we come to a compromise. Sometimes we agree to disagree. But nothing ever heats up and boils over. Everything dissolves, and cools, and is the way things should be.
I wish I could tell everyone that their "Mel" is out there! That they don't have to hurt over their relationship. Love never equals pain. Never.
No point in this post today. I just wanted to shout from the mountain tops how much I love my husband, and how blessed I am to have him. And to let people know that this kind of love is out there for everyone, don't settle!
Just feeling extra lovey today I guess.
Here's a pic or two of my hairy mountain man!!! ♥♥
He's not normally this mountainy, or hairy. lol
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3 Years and Counting....
3 years ago today, I married the LOVE of my life.
My daddy walked with me, arm in arm, while a 2 year old Hailey tugged on my dress, the whole way down the isle.
I went completely untraditional with my music and walked down the isle to the BEAUTIFUL "Rebel Heart" by The Coors. I waited until it hit around the 57 second mark before making my "grand entrance".
I, of course, was following my bridesmaids who had walked down the isle to Moby's, "God Moving Over the Face of Water"
We were married by my mom's brother, my uncle Steve, and lit our unity candle as a family with Joshua and Hailey.
Once we were pronounced husband and wife we exited to The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony".
We ate DELICIOUS grilled chicken, and carved prime rib, with the BEST smashed potatoes and green beans I have EVER HAD in my life. {I didn't get to finish my plate, and really only got a few bites of food. I was SO PISSED. It was DELICIOUS though and I craved it for months after the tasting.}
We cut our beautiful cake to The Archies "Sugar Sugar". {Cliche'? Maybe...lol} It was yellow cake, with buttercream icing. Nothing too fancy, or spectacular, but it was delicious.
He threw my garter to Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back" {I know, I know} and I threw my bouquet to No Doubt's "Just a Girl".
Our first dance was to The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Your Guardian Angel".
Our colors were pink and black, and I carried a bouquet of soft pink roses, accented with little white flowers that were shaped like stars. I can't remember the name of them, but they were cute.
We spent our wedding night at the A M A Z I N G Westin hotel in Charlotte, and then left for a last minute, short, 4 day honeymoon at Myrtle Beach. To this day I can honestly say it was one of the BEST vacations we have ever had.
I planned the entire wedding myself, and even made my own invitations by hand. {It took me 4 months just to make the invitations.} It was NOT as hard as weddings I've seen on TV, and I have VERY few "Wish I'd"'s, so I consider that a success!
Over the past 3 years together we've added a beautiful little girl to our family, have been through the trials, joy, fear, happiness, laughter, and tears of raising three AMAZING children, and have grown together in every way. We've made it through with amazing communication and the undying love that brings patience, understanding.
He is my BEST friend and makes me smile every day. He's NEVER talked down to me, made me feel like less of a person, and has never spoke to me with words of anger. He has only built me up, brought out the best in me, and has shown me time and time again what true love and trust are.
I can honestly say, given the chance, I would marry Mel again. Over, and over, and over again.
Happy Anniversary baby! I can't wait until we celebrate our 50th, old and gray, still laughing it up. I love you more today than the day we got married. I look forward to loving you even more next year.
My and my hubby on our wedding night, after the wedding of course, about to spend our first night as the Mr. & Mrs.!
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My daddy walked with me, arm in arm, while a 2 year old Hailey tugged on my dress, the whole way down the isle.
I went completely untraditional with my music and walked down the isle to the BEAUTIFUL "Rebel Heart" by The Coors. I waited until it hit around the 57 second mark before making my "grand entrance".
I, of course, was following my bridesmaids who had walked down the isle to Moby's, "God Moving Over the Face of Water"
We were married by my mom's brother, my uncle Steve, and lit our unity candle as a family with Joshua and Hailey.
Once we were pronounced husband and wife we exited to The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony".
We ate DELICIOUS grilled chicken, and carved prime rib, with the BEST smashed potatoes and green beans I have EVER HAD in my life. {I didn't get to finish my plate, and really only got a few bites of food. I was SO PISSED. It was DELICIOUS though and I craved it for months after the tasting.}
We cut our beautiful cake to The Archies "Sugar Sugar". {Cliche'? Maybe...lol} It was yellow cake, with buttercream icing. Nothing too fancy, or spectacular, but it was delicious.
He threw my garter to Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back" {I know, I know} and I threw my bouquet to No Doubt's "Just a Girl".
Our first dance was to The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Your Guardian Angel".
Our colors were pink and black, and I carried a bouquet of soft pink roses, accented with little white flowers that were shaped like stars. I can't remember the name of them, but they were cute.
We spent our wedding night at the A M A Z I N G Westin hotel in Charlotte, and then left for a last minute, short, 4 day honeymoon at Myrtle Beach. To this day I can honestly say it was one of the BEST vacations we have ever had.
I planned the entire wedding myself, and even made my own invitations by hand. {It took me 4 months just to make the invitations.} It was NOT as hard as weddings I've seen on TV, and I have VERY few "Wish I'd"'s, so I consider that a success!
Over the past 3 years together we've added a beautiful little girl to our family, have been through the trials, joy, fear, happiness, laughter, and tears of raising three AMAZING children, and have grown together in every way. We've made it through with amazing communication and the undying love that brings patience, understanding.
He is my BEST friend and makes me smile every day. He's NEVER talked down to me, made me feel like less of a person, and has never spoke to me with words of anger. He has only built me up, brought out the best in me, and has shown me time and time again what true love and trust are.
I can honestly say, given the chance, I would marry Mel again. Over, and over, and over again.
Happy Anniversary baby! I can't wait until we celebrate our 50th, old and gray, still laughing it up. I love you more today than the day we got married. I look forward to loving you even more next year.
My and my hubby on our wedding night, after the wedding of course, about to spend our first night as the Mr. & Mrs.!
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The First Dance
I have been a reader, and lover, of Mama's Losin' It! for sometime now. I've always loved seeing what prompts she's chosen each week for her Writer's Workshop. I've never participated in one before, because I've never been very good at writing when prompted. I tend to draw a blank. So I just write from the heart, or about daily shmaily things, and my crazy kids and just lots of photog naziness.
Anywho, this week, one assignment stood out to me.
1.) Write about your wedding song. What was it and why did you choose it?
I suppose I'm feeling a little on the nostalgic side, so I decided to share my super spectacular one-of-a-kind wedding song with you.
The very first song, and pretty much the last song, that I danced with my husband to was "Your Guardian Angel" by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
(I know, I know, it's friggin' AWESOME huh?!)
We, well I, chose this song because I LOVED the lyrics. (And because it's just friggin' awesome.) "I will never let you fall, I'll stand up with you forever....". I thought they were soooo perfect, and soooo romantic, and soooo just lovingly perfect for my, I mean our, big, epic day!!! My hubby is very much my guardian angel, I wouldn't be here without him. Seriously. I also LOVED that it had a little of the rock to it. It wouldn't have been ME to dance to some slow song. It wouldn't have felt right, and anyone who knows me would have been all, "What the crap?!". It's already strange enough that I wore an actual wedding dress! :) Plus I love Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Here are the lyrics:
When I see your smile
Tears roll down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one
I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one
I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Cuz you're my, you're my, my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away and
Please tell me you'll stay woah, stay woah
Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be okay
Though my skies are turning gray
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Isn't that THE most perfect wedding songs EVER?!?! I know, I know, it TOTALLY is.
Anywho, this week, one assignment stood out to me.
1.) Write about your wedding song. What was it and why did you choose it?
I suppose I'm feeling a little on the nostalgic side, so I decided to share my super spectacular one-of-a-kind wedding song with you.
The very first song, and pretty much the last song, that I danced with my husband to was "Your Guardian Angel" by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
(I know, I know, it's friggin' AWESOME huh?!)
We, well I, chose this song because I LOVED the lyrics. (And because it's just friggin' awesome.) "I will never let you fall, I'll stand up with you forever....". I thought they were soooo perfect, and soooo romantic, and soooo just lovingly perfect for my, I mean our, big, epic day!!! My hubby is very much my guardian angel, I wouldn't be here without him. Seriously. I also LOVED that it had a little of the rock to it. It wouldn't have been ME to dance to some slow song. It wouldn't have felt right, and anyone who knows me would have been all, "What the crap?!". It's already strange enough that I wore an actual wedding dress! :) Plus I love Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Here are the lyrics:
When I see your smile
Tears roll down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm strong I have figured out
How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one
I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one
I will never let you fall (let you fall)
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all (through it all)
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Cuz you're my, you're my, my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away and
Please tell me you'll stay woah, stay woah
Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be okay
Though my skies are turning gray
I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven
Isn't that THE most perfect wedding songs EVER?!?! I know, I know, it TOTALLY is.
The Return of Moaning Monday
Boo. Monday's are no fun for me. Well usually they're no fun for me. I'm sure I've had some fantastic Mondays out there, there just isn't any that come to mind. {I take that back, Leah was born on a Monday...lol} I think I ask Mel to come home early every Monday. He never does, but that doesn't stop me from asking. Why? Because I MISS him! I get to soak up all of my husband goodness for 2 days a week and it's just not enough for me.
Another reason, I HATE waking up early. Okay this goes for all week days not just Mondays. Let me rephrase that. I hate BEING WOKE UP. You see, if left to wake on my own I am relatively pleasant in the morning. And I actually wake up relatively early. There's just something about being woke up against my will that ruins my morning. I wake up automatically hating the world. Imagine a hungry, cranky raptor, being poked with sticks. That's pretty much me.
Every morning.
I was SO looking forward to an alarm clock free summer break! Boy was I fooling myself. No, I haven't had an alarm clock waking me up, but I have been waking up to the screams/cries/laughter/talking/yelling/fighting/climbing/running/jumping of three kids. *Random Thought* I am so incredibly thankful to be human and not a dog or a cat. I couldn't possibly stand to have a litter of kids crawling all over me ALL the time, especially when trying to sleep.
A morning person, I am not. I really don't hit my peak until late afternoon. Maybe I should start drinking coffee in the AM? Will that help?
What helps all you other non-morning people? I know you're out there! :P
Got something to moan about? Leave a comment! I don't want to be the only Moaning Mary!
The Wave Pool
Boyce Park Wave Pool
I don't know who had it worse. Mel, who was stuck alone, trying to swim with all three kiddo's, who seemingly prefer to go in 3 different directions at once. Or me, Mrs. Long PJ Pants & Tee. Stuck alone in the shade of a tree while ants and other insects had free reign of my body.
I honestly think it was a 50/50 situation.
I brought my bookbag, thinking I would be able to lounge, pool side while finishing up my book. We arrive to find no lounge chairs. Actually no chairs period. Zip, zero, zilch. So there I was on a lumpy uncomfortable, root & rock covered ground. The only padding being a towel.
Oh and to top it all off. No book. I open my bag only to find that it holds everything except my book.
Joy.
After only an hour I was MORE than ready to leave. I think we both (Mel & I) deserved a cone piled high with creamy frozen custard after that...we settled for McDonalds. (NOT a fair trade if you ask me.)
{PS} If T.I. weren't sitting in prison right now I would totally say he was at the same wave pool as us.
For real.
In retrospect, it may have been his younger, slightly less attractive brother. Or cousin.
The Dinner That SUCKED
Have you ever had those meals, where the second you walk through the restaurants door you just kind of know that the meal and night was going to suck? You have the incredible urge to turn around and eat somewhere else, but you don't want to look like some weirdo, so you stay, only to regret it later?
That was what ended a wonderful date night for my love and I.
We never get to go on dates. Ever. Having vacation with so many family members we decided to take advantage of the situation and get our date on!! We started off with a movie. We chose Grown Ups. Despite the bad reviews we loved it! For the most part it was family friendly, and HILARIOUS. I think the majority of the inappropriate innuendos would go over young children's head anyway, and I think there is enough child-like humor for the kiddo's to crack up right along with us. Anyway, we loved it. We laughed a lot, and held hands, and it was great. :)
After the movie, we did something totally un-date like and went shoe shopping for 2/3 of the kiddos. Sure it could have waited, and it kinda killed the romance, but it was actually really nice to shop sans kids.
It took us an hour to buy two pairs of shoes. An hour. By the time we got back to the car I was ready for a relaxing dinner, some delicious food to hold hands and talk over. We chose Chili's. It's a fave of ours so we figured we couldn't go wrong.
We were sadly, sadly mistaken.
The thing is, we KNEW we were going to be in for it the moment we walked through the doors, but for SOME asinine reason we stayed. Mr. Oh-So-Cool Ass Bag host had to "find us" a table, even though half of the place was empty. Then he seats us at a table for 6. There are only two of us, and to top it off, the table was filthy. There's 2 strikes there. (Dirty table, rude host. I won't count the 6 person table as a strike.) We order our drinks, mine being my fave mango margarita, and wait for the waiter to come back to take our appetizer order. (He literally ran away after taking our drink order, without waiting to see if we wanted an appetizer.)
When we finally received our drinks, my watery margarita had chunks of mango floating in it. I could look past it. sure. I didn't want to seems like one of those customers. We order our appetizer, and meals and hope for the best. About a half an hour later, YES I said HALF AN HOUR later, our appetizer arrives. Someone, other than our waiter brings the plate of food, along with an apology. "We are so sorry it took so long, there is not excuse." And walks away.
We continue on, eating our appetizer. We find some unidentified object in our boneless buffalo wings, and some sort of onion skin glob in our spinach & artichoke dip. This, in my book, is STRIKE 5. (Watery, floaty margarita, and LATE ASS appetizer being 3&4)
Our meal hasn't even arrived and we're already at strike 5.
Several times, even before our appetizer arrived I considered paying for our drinks and leaving. I wish we had.
Our food finally arrives, and somehow I am able to stomach it. It was the only "okay" thing about our entire experience.
We receive our bill, and I am more than a little peeved to see that we are charged for the appetizer. Maybe we should have complained more. Without arguing we pay our tab, and get the hell out of there. We even payed with cash so we could just leave without having to wait for our card to be charged.
I made it to the car before dinner decided to make a surprise reappearance. All over their parking lot.
Yes, I threw up my entire meal. In the parking lot. In front of passing cars, and people.
"THAT", I said, "is for the late appetizer." *
*No, I honestly didn't throw up on purpose. But I wasn't DARE going to feel guilty for puking in their parking lot.
That was what ended a wonderful date night for my love and I.
We never get to go on dates. Ever. Having vacation with so many family members we decided to take advantage of the situation and get our date on!! We started off with a movie. We chose Grown Ups. Despite the bad reviews we loved it! For the most part it was family friendly, and HILARIOUS. I think the majority of the inappropriate innuendos would go over young children's head anyway, and I think there is enough child-like humor for the kiddo's to crack up right along with us. Anyway, we loved it. We laughed a lot, and held hands, and it was great. :)
After the movie, we did something totally un-date like and went shoe shopping for 2/3 of the kiddos. Sure it could have waited, and it kinda killed the romance, but it was actually really nice to shop sans kids.
It took us an hour to buy two pairs of shoes. An hour. By the time we got back to the car I was ready for a relaxing dinner, some delicious food to hold hands and talk over. We chose Chili's. It's a fave of ours so we figured we couldn't go wrong.
We were sadly, sadly mistaken.
The thing is, we KNEW we were going to be in for it the moment we walked through the doors, but for SOME asinine reason we stayed. Mr. Oh-So-Cool Ass Bag host had to "find us" a table, even though half of the place was empty. Then he seats us at a table for 6. There are only two of us, and to top it off, the table was filthy. There's 2 strikes there. (Dirty table, rude host. I won't count the 6 person table as a strike.) We order our drinks, mine being my fave mango margarita, and wait for the waiter to come back to take our appetizer order. (He literally ran away after taking our drink order, without waiting to see if we wanted an appetizer.)
When we finally received our drinks, my watery margarita had chunks of mango floating in it. I could look past it. sure. I didn't want to seems like one of those customers. We order our appetizer, and meals and hope for the best. About a half an hour later, YES I said HALF AN HOUR later, our appetizer arrives. Someone, other than our waiter brings the plate of food, along with an apology. "We are so sorry it took so long, there is not excuse." And walks away.
We continue on, eating our appetizer. We find some unidentified object in our boneless buffalo wings, and some sort of onion skin glob in our spinach & artichoke dip. This, in my book, is STRIKE 5. (Watery, floaty margarita, and LATE ASS appetizer being 3&4)
Our meal hasn't even arrived and we're already at strike 5.
Several times, even before our appetizer arrived I considered paying for our drinks and leaving. I wish we had.
Our food finally arrives, and somehow I am able to stomach it. It was the only "okay" thing about our entire experience.
We receive our bill, and I am more than a little peeved to see that we are charged for the appetizer. Maybe we should have complained more. Without arguing we pay our tab, and get the hell out of there. We even payed with cash so we could just leave without having to wait for our card to be charged.
I made it to the car before dinner decided to make a surprise reappearance. All over their parking lot.
Yes, I threw up my entire meal. In the parking lot. In front of passing cars, and people.
"THAT", I said, "is for the late appetizer." *
*No, I honestly didn't throw up on purpose. But I wasn't DARE going to feel guilty for puking in their parking lot.
Good Friday
Why I ♥ Good Friday
Four years ago, on Good Friday, which was April 8th that year, my life was forever changed! How did it change you ask? With a lunch at Applebees. How did a lunch at Applebees change my life you ask? Because it was that lunch at Applebees when I finally won over the love of my life. The lunch that he FINALLY agreed to accompany me to. The lunch where he FINALLY realized he couldn't live without me! All it took was a little persuasion and some boneless buffalo wings. Haha! Do I sound incredibly desperate? Okay, yea maybe I was, but I knew what I wanted, and I knew that we were supposed to get married and have babies, and live happily ever after!
And we did just that.
I love you My Melman Love!
Four years ago, on Good Friday, which was April 8th that year, my life was forever changed! How did it change you ask? With a lunch at Applebees. How did a lunch at Applebees change my life you ask? Because it was that lunch at Applebees when I finally won over the love of my life. The lunch that he FINALLY agreed to accompany me to. The lunch where he FINALLY realized he couldn't live without me! All it took was a little persuasion and some boneless buffalo wings. Haha! Do I sound incredibly desperate? Okay, yea maybe I was, but I knew what I wanted, and I knew that we were supposed to get married and have babies, and live happily ever after!
And we did just that.
I love you My Melman Love!
The Thursday Thirteen That Almost Never Was
Ahhhhhhh! So I'm in the shower today, when suddenly I realize, IT'S THURSDAY!!! AND I DON'T HAVE MY THURSDAY THIRTEEN READY!!!! In fact I was only up to like 6 or something on the list and still need....7 more things!! *GASP* What to do?! What to do?! SO blog readers, I decided to do the most logical thing and make a NEW Thursday Thirteen list! I give you:
Thirteen Reasons I Didn't Have my Thursday Thirteen Post Ready
1. I almost died. (Almost.) Last Thursday, around the time it was time for me to go to bed I started having stomach pain. It was one of those, "Wow, this is very uncomfortable. Not severely painful, but definitely uncomfortable. My body is unhappy about something." So. I lay down and tried to fall asleep. Which didn't help. My body quickly went from unhappy to pissed off. Therefore it became more than just uncomfortable, it became painful. By 3 am, I couldn't move without grunting or groaning in pain. I really wanted to see a Dr. like RIGHT THEN. But it was 3 am. And I did NOT want to drive to the ER. So, I lay awake all night until exhaustion took control and I finally fell asleep. I woke up an hour and a half'ish later hurting even MORE. So I told Mel what was going on and that I'd be going to the Dr., got the boy off to school, dropped the girls off with my mom, and headed on over to our family doctor. Dr. sent me straight away for a cat scan, and blood work. Both came back normal. So he did what I'm assuming most other Dr.'s would do, and called me in a prescription for pain pills so that I could sleep Friday night. Saturday I woke up and sometime during the night, things went from painful to 1,000% sure I'm dying. My body was enraged, and was not being shy abot it. I tried to push through because Hai's birthday party was Saturday and we had to get the house clean. All I was able to do before giving up was dust the mantel. It friggin' hurt! Okay, to make a long story not as long, I puked on Mel, and threw up blood, freaked out and had my sister take me to the ER. They gave me what they call a "GI Cocktail", and whalla, I'm cured! They saved my life! They were like 99% it was gastritis AGAIN. They also thought it could have possibly been a bleeding ulcer. (Turns out it wasn't.) Anyway, so that took up a few days of my life right there.
2. Hai's Birthday Party. As mentioned above, we had Hailey's 5th Birthday Party scheduled for this weekend. Because my body is an a$$hole and turned against me, we had to reschedule it for Sunday afternoon. Which was nice, because I totally needed Sunday morning to rest up. Luckily the meds that the ER Dr. gave me worked very well, and by the time the party time rolled around I was able to be up off the couch taking photo's and what not. The part was fab, and totally worth a blog post, as all my kiddo's parties are. So that post will be coming up eventually.
3. Cleaning Up After Hailey's Birthday Party. Monday was spent cleaning up after Hailey's birthday party. I know most normal family's do that after the party, but we're not normal. And we were tired, and I was EXHAUSTED, and just getting over a close brush with death. So I cleaned the next day instead.
4. Playing with Hailey's Birthday Presents. Okay, so now that Hailey is five she's starting to get really fab toys. So naturally, after cleaning Monday, and after school Tuesday, and pretty much every day since, we have been playing with her new stuff! Zhu-Zhu pets, and a DS, and DS games, and what not! They're fun!
5. A Sick Day for the Boy. Joshua stayed home sick Tuesday. He woke me up around 4am with a tummy ache, and then spent about 1/2 the day on the pot. Poor kiddo. :( Luckily he woke up Wednesday just fine! And was off to school again!
6.. A Yucky, Yet Short-Lived Tummy Bug. I caught what Joshua had and was stuck on the pot half the day yesterday. :( It was awful. Just awful.
7. A New Table! Oh yea, we got a new table that we found on Craigs List! That took away my time because we had to go get it and what not. And move our old table. And move in the new table. And clean it really good.
8. Daylight Savings Time. Is a WRETCHED SHREW! I completely loath DST. LOATHE IT I SAY!! It completely messes with me all of Spring, and I really don't ever recover from it! I am pretty much tired, and cranky through Spring and Summer.
9. Laziness. Pretty much sums it up eh?
10. VERY SERIOUS forum. I joined this forum. There is entirely too many funny things to look at and read! And from this forum I found new funny blogs to read also, therefore taking up even more time.
11. A Doctor's Appointment. To follow up with the whole gastritis thing. That took up pretty much my whole morning, so that by the time I got home all I had time to do was clean before getting the kiddo's from school.
12. Taking Sister to Airport. I had to load up my sister and her family and her friend and take them to the airport. Since they were going on a month load trip the van was literally full as full can be! That took up lot's of valuable list making time.
13. Lunch with My Best Good Friend. Okay, so I can't remember the last time we hung, and did lunch, AND she still owed me a birthday lunch! Therefore there was NO way I was going to reschedule! We were well overdue for friend time, and it was much needed, and sooooo lovely!! Way more important then list making. Sorry.
So those are my 13 reasons why I didn't already have my Thursday Thirteen ready in advance. But technically there's still a Thursday Thirteen, so I really did get the list done now didn't I? This is all so very confusing.
Ewww, sick SUCKS
I hate being sick. Abso-friggin-lutely HATE it. I mean I know that everyone hates being sick, no one likes it. But I think I hate it more. Probably because since the flue hit 4 out of the 5 of us way back when a few months ago, at least one of us has been sick the entire time. From tonsillitis, to gastritis, to ear infections, and upper respiratory infections, stomach bugs, sinus infections, it's just ridiculous. Not to mention the smashed fingers and broken legs and all that other crap. If someone isn't hurt, then someone is sick. Last Hailey was getting over a double ear infection, Joshua was just diagnosed with an awful ear infection, and I started running a fever with some awful stomach bug type stuff. All while poor Leah is in cast with a broken leg, and coming down with a croupy cough and nasty runny nose. Somehow, not sure how, but some how Mel has managed to dodge all of this crap! Sooo not fair. The thing is, is that before the awful flue that hit us all, we were hardly ever sick! I can name on one hand how many ear infections all of my kids have had together and here they are 2 out of 3 of 'em with ear infections! It's like the flue put such a whoopin' on our immune systems we haven't had a chance to bounce back before being hit by ANOTHER icky sickness! It's just getting really old, really fast. As of today, Leah had a super-mega-ew snot nose things goin' on, and Hailey is down for the count with a fever an a NASTY cough. I'm beginning to think we're all dying from an infectious mold disease. Except for Mel. He thinks he's so cool with his healthiness. Boo. "Oh look at me my immune system actually functions!" Okay, he doesn't say that, and I'm beyond thankful and grateful that he is healthy. If he were sick who would work around here? Anyway I'm wishing, and hoping, and begging, and praying for a new healthy start this spring!!! Since the Lysol and bleach alone have been deemed ineffective, we're moving on to other more extreme measures. What? Not sure yet...but we gotta try something!
{PS} see my little sick dude up there? he was my second sick dude. this was my first sick dude:
I just wasn't happy with him. At all. And besides, the thermometer looks like a cigarette anyway. So I went into more detail with the new sick dude. And I like him better. The thermometer is much more obviously a thermometer. And I think the "sick" come across better. Maybe it's just me....
You be the judge:
Yea, I know...I'm right....
{PPS} or is it {PSS}??
I keep hearing barnyard animal noises comin' from the desktop 'puter where Mel is clicking away. I hope he's on farmville and not some strange fetish site...it has been confirmed, he is on farmville. Can't lie, gotta admit I'm a little relieved.
{PPPS} or {PSSS}
Joshua just asked when we're having lunch. We ate an hour ago. Sometimes I worry about him...in a loving way.
Thank You Sugar Tunkin's!!!
Today is Thursday and I am oh so thankful for the love of my existence.
He is the most awesomest father, daddy, and husband in the WORLD. I don't know how on earth I lucked out to snag him, but by the grace of God he's mine! Allllllll mine. And not only that, but he's mine FOREVER.
He gives me anything he can within his means.
He does all he possibly can for me.
He comes home to me every night. Without fail.
He works to support our family everyday.
He is patient.
He puts up with my laziness, slobiness, moodiness, bitchiness, all of my ness'!
He lifts me up when I am down.
Takes the weight of the world off my shoulders.
He laughs with me, not at me. (Okay sometimes he might laugh at me.)
He comes home from working a looong hard day and still helps with the kids and chores.
He can fix anything.
He's never talked down to me.
He's never called me names.
I have never been afraid of him.
I trust him with all I am.
I can be 150% percent myself with him.
I can be honest with him without consequences.
I could stay home with him forever and never get bored.
I love him with all I am and words couldn't even describe how thankful I am for him.
Melvin E. Renwick (Jr.)
aka Babe, and My Melman Love
He is the most awesomest father, daddy, and husband in the WORLD. I don't know how on earth I lucked out to snag him, but by the grace of God he's mine! Allllllll mine. And not only that, but he's mine FOREVER.
He gives me anything he can within his means.
He does all he possibly can for me.
He comes home to me every night. Without fail.
He works to support our family everyday.
He is patient.
He puts up with my laziness, slobiness, moodiness, bitchiness, all of my ness'!
He lifts me up when I am down.
Takes the weight of the world off my shoulders.
He laughs with me, not at me. (Okay sometimes he might laugh at me.)
He comes home from working a looong hard day and still helps with the kids and chores.
He can fix anything.
He's never talked down to me.
He's never called me names.
I have never been afraid of him.
I trust him with all I am.
I can be 150% percent myself with him.
I can be honest with him without consequences.
I could stay home with him forever and never get bored.
I love him with all I am and words couldn't even describe how thankful I am for him.
{Yes, that's me, the Photog Nazi herself. With the love of my life.}
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