Saturday, March 3, 2012

Trying ... again ...

I haven't had a cigarette in two days now... not going to get too excited yet, I've tried to quit several times before.  Sometimes I make it 3-4 months, sometimes a few weeks or even just a few days.  I really do need (don't really WANT) to quit.  Bella gives me hell about it all the time, and lets face it, I need to be around for her instead of dying young from lung cancer.
I have a lump under my jaw line on the right side of my face, it hurts when I mess with it and it's been there for several months now.  I finally "broke down" and made a doctors appointment for Monday.  Hopefully it's nothing serious, I guess we'll find out.

I did all of my homework for the upcoming week today, it took about 4 hours, but I did it lol.  I've got one more week of school before Spring Break.  I'm excited for the break.  We're not going anywhere, or doing anything special.  It's nice to have Spring Break the same week as Bella though!  I have an exam to study for during the break lol that'll keep me some what busy.
Bella has her BFF over for a sleep over tonight.  They've been very well behaved and chill tonight.  Usually they're running around like crazy short people!  They had happy meals for dinner, took a bathing suit bath and watched movies all evening... I can still hear them whispering in Bella's room ;)


No big plans tomorrow, I want to watch movies and veg out!  It's supposed to be in the 80s tomorrow, maybe we'll go shooting.


Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The new crew...

So... Adam reconnected with an old co-worker of his several months back and we've been hanging with him, his wife, and their (now our) friends a lot!  These people are amazing!  They're bikers (Harley Davidson), older than myself (some as much as 20 years older) and so full of wisdom.  The best part about this awesome group of friend is they're SOOOOOOO drama free!  It amazes me how people my own age (give or take a few) can't behave like grown ass adults.  Adam & I have even been discussing buying a bike of our own!  Anyway, I thought I'd share some pictures of out new crew :) I love them!
Rebecca & I, Christmas Party 2011

Cinda & I, Christmas Party 2011

Brek, Terry & Adam, Christmas Party 2011

Tabby, me & Cinda, NYE 2011

The Ladies on Tabby's Birthday, Feb 2012

Horny (Dave) & I, Feb 2011

At Terry's Birthday Party, Feb 2012

What we have here... is a failure to blog...

So, I suck! I always say I'll be a more active blogger, and of course, I never follow through. In my defense, I'm SO damn busy all the time, I rarely have time to keep up with anything other than house work an school work!
Speaking of school, whew wee... 16 credits was a lot to take on this semester, but I'm doing it and maintaining my amazing grades. There have been a few "surprises" this semester, more like unexpect... I was really looking forward to my psych class, only to have it turn out to be my LEAST favorite class (outside of English). My professor is sooooooo monotone and his testing style is extremely tough. He's a nice guy, just boring and hard (I should have taken sociology). Not to mention, psych in itself is completely boring. On the other hand, Geology (one of my most dreaded courses) has actually been my favorite class! My professor, Dr. Roy, is the freakin gangster of all nerds. He's hilarious and is great at teaching a subject on rocks lol. I've actually decided to take his natural disasters course in the fall. My other 3 classes (Ethics, Jazz History and English) are fine... neither hard no easy, boring or exciting.
IzaBella, my baby girl, is doing ok. She currently has a really bad cough that's been nagging her for over a week, she missed 2 days of school last week and I'm keeping her home again tomorrow so we can go to Urgent Care for an X-Ray of her chest. She hasn't shown any signs or symptoms of a cold outside of her cough, so I'm worried it's an infection. She's struggling a little in school (nothing major, just having issues with her sight words) so she's in an after school program, twice a week, basically tutoring for kids who need a little extra help. She's in a hip hop dance class every Monday and LOVING IT! We finally signed her up for cheer yesterday. She starts the week of March 13th with practices, games start March 31st. She's been placed on a team with her best friend (Tori) from across the street.
Adam is Adam. I love him, but holy shit he's so self centered. It's all about the way he wants to do it, the way he thinks it should be, his way or no way. Not so much towards me, but life in general. He's so black or white about everything... I HATE IT! lol oh well, that's his! Anyway, he's just been working. They're closing down the Tempe office and he'll be working out of the house starting in April. Eww, I'm not sure how I feel about that!!
Our zoo (pets) are great! I love my pets lol they keep their mouths shut and are always happy to see me....
Well, I'd promise to keep this updated, but yea, we all know how that works! Take care!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Worst Blogger... Ever?

Well, I guess it's fair to admit I'm pretty much the worst blogger, ever!  I have no REAL excuse, other than I either A) Forget about it, or B) Just don't feel like doing it?  Maybe part of me thinks I have nothing of any importance (to anyone else) to say.  A lot of people blog for different reasons, part of the reason I wanted to start was to have a published step by step of Adam, Bella & I's lives together.  I should take a pledge to update my blog at least once a week?

So... what's been going on?

I just finished my "freshman" year of college!  I must admit, I'm so extremely proud of myself!  I've maintained my honor roll grades without getting burnt out.  I love school!  Everything about it.  I love the challenges, the learning aspect, the social aspect (even though I'm an old lady in comparison) and facing a new goal with every new semester.  I finished out my Fall semester with "A's" in both my Criminal Justice and Critical Thinking classes.  I've yet to find out what my final math grade is, but I'm anxious to find out!  Speaking of math, I am DONE with all of my required math classes!!!  I took my final this morning, and I'm feeling pretty good about it.  I hate math, so glad it's over.  I've signed up for my VERY busy Spring 12' classes.  I'm taking Psychology 101, Administration and Ethics of Criminal Justice, Geology 101, Geology 103 (Lab), English 102 (online, my LAST English class, thank God), and American Jazz and Popular Music (fulfills my humanities credits).  Yep, 6 classes!  One of which is online.  I might be biting off more than I can chew, but I have pretty high confidence in my ability to pass with honors again.  My goal is to be at ASU by Spring 2013, but in order to do that I'm going to be busting my ASS in 2012... taking 41 credit hours (13 classes).  That's more than most people take in 1.5 years!  I've been dabbling in the idea of going to law school after completing my bachelors.  My CJ professor pulled me aside and told me he thought I'd do wonderfully at it.  We'll see what happens.
Bella is fabulous!  Kindergarten started off pretty rough for her as she was having some behavioral issues.  Typical spoiled only child shit... but it has since been corrected.  She's learning quickly and I couldn't be prouder of her.  I think I'll be putting her cheer come February.  She REALLY wants to do it, so I figured we'd give it a shot and if she loves it, we'll continue it.  It's 85 bucks every 8 weeks, not too shabby.  Dip shit (Brandon) still isn't around... you wont hear me complain... and she pretty much has no idea who he is anymore.  She knows Brandon is her "birth father" but other than that, not a clue.  We don't talk about him, at all.  When he does come up, I never bash him (in front of her).  I figure when she's old enough to decide what's good for herself, she can decide whether or not she wants him in her life.  I'd imagine she wont though.  She never receives phone calls, money, Christmas or birthday gifts from him... NOTHING!  He called about 4 months ago, I asked her if she wanted to talk to him and she said no... so of course, I didn't force her to.  I don't think she should be forced to talk to him.  Am I wrong?  I recently opened a case through child support enforcement, hopefully I can get some support out of his dead beat ass.
Adam :) my love, is wonderful!  Working hard and working hard!  We try to get out about once or twice a month for some drinks.  There isn't really much to report on Adam.

There's a quicky update :) Maybe I'll post something in a few days!


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Kindergarten already?

I just can't believe this day has come so quickly!  My beautiful, smart baby girl is in Kindergarten!  August 10th 2011 marks the big girl mile marker in Bella's life!  She did fabulously!  No crying, no nerves, just excited and happy!  I am so proud of her!

We had a special breakfast for her very first day, McDonalds :) and Bella will eat her first lunch in the school cafeteria.

Time flies!
Mommy goes back to school on August 22nd, can't wait!






Monday, June 20, 2011

Viva Las Vegas

Adam and I's trip was absolutely what the doctor ordered!
We left early Friday (6/17) morning and arrived in Vegas at 2:30 pm.  We checked into our room and quickly hit the Liquidity Bar at the Luxor, where my sweet friend Rhonda works.

She gave us amazing deals on our cocktails, which in Vegas, is a good thing!  Instead of 10 bucks a pop, they were comped.  Shortly after we ate some Mexican food for lunch.  A fellow classmate of mine, Henry, text me and said he and his girlfriend were going to be there later that night.  We then took a walk to the MGM where we checked out the infamous lions.  We found a great sushi restaurant, of course I can't remember what the name of it was, and had an awesome dinner there.  Adam and I went to the room at about 8:30 and took about a 45 minute "nap".  10 o'clock came around when Henry and Britt showed up.  We had several more cocktails before Adam and I went to bed at about 2. 
Saturday we slept in until 10:30, it was nice!  We had breakfast, where I met "Vanilla Ice", then we hit the pool for about 2 or 3 hours.  We really enjoyed the pool along with the sunshine.  Afterwards we went back to Liquidity to have a few more drinks and say goodbye to Rhonda.  Afterwards we, I, went shopping.  I got several new tops and an awesome new bathing suit.  We had dinner and met up with Henry and Britt.  We all went to Freemont Street, which quickly became the high light of my trip!  I loved all the freak shows and celeb look-a-likes!



After that we rode the New York New York roller coaster, which is something I do every time I go to Vegas.  It was a blast, as usual!
Vegas was great but I was so glad to get home to our daughter and pups!  Bella loved the fairy outfit I bought her, L O V E D I T!  
I don't have any class tomorrow, thank God!  But... I do have a communications exam online, and math homework to do.
Til next time! 

Friday, June 10, 2011

Summer is in full swing!!

Vegas Baby!!
I've been dying to go to Vegas for the past year or so.  So, we've got the extra money, let's go!  Our wonderful friends Brendan and Sam are going to watch the dogs and Bella for us next weekend (17-19) so we can get away for the weekend.  It's about a 5 hour drive so it's perfect for the weekend.  Just Adam and I, no friends, or family, just us!  Not that I would mind having others join us, but it's nice for us to be alone too.  We're staying at the Luxor, that's where I always stay because I tend to get the best rates there.  I'll be posting pictures afterwards for sure.
I booked our flights to Florida in September today.  1034 bucks for the 3 of us, round trip.  When did flying become so damn expensive?  We're leaving September 3rd and coming home September 12th.  We'll be at my parents until the 9th before we drive to Decatur Alabama to attend my dear friend Laura's wedding.  On the 11th we'll drive back to Florida and then fly home on Monday.  It'll be a bust 2nd half of the visit, but the first 5 days will be boating, beaching, drinking and eating.  I'm very excited to see my momma and step dad, and hoping my step sisters will drive down from Columbus.
Summer classes are going better than I expected.  My communications professor is HILARIOUS and so much fun.  He has the best stories (examples) for everything he teaches.  He keeps our attention very well that's for sure!  My math is going well too, algebra sucks, but I think I am finally getting the hang of it.  My good friend Billie is in the same class so it's nice to spend time with her, in or out of class.  Hoping for another 4.0 semester but we'll see how it goes.  My first math exam is on Tuesday. 
Other than that, life is good :)
Til next time!