getting too old for this! :D

I feel exhausted today!

my weekend was packed ... of course. Friday after work I went to babysit my sweet baby
Jenna:) who is not that much of a baby anymore! she is almost 10 months old :( sad, but it was just her and I that night and she was so sweet and cuddly:) I even rocked both of us to sleep at one point lol guess I wanted a nap too. it was a late night and I should have slept in some Saturday to make up for it but I didn't!

I got up early and went to my great aunts, did her grocery shopping and we played cards - I stayed there till about 1:30 then I met Laura at home and we went swimming for a few hours, which makes you very sleepy by the way:) and then we went back to my house and cooked dinner for our boys and then Kelly, Laura, Preston, Jessie, Michael and I all went to see *Grown Ups* it was so funny! I went to bed around 11 and slept like a rock! had a great Saturday just a little tired from it all.... im not as young as i used to be haha

Sunday we cleaned our house and did mountains of laundry and we had lunch with Preston's grandparents and then stuffed ourselves even more at marble slab .... I have cookie dough with sprinkles .. can you say heaven? we were supposed to watch a movie at their house with them and grandmother had bought one the other day but when Preston opened it up ( it was completely sealed) there was NO MOVIE in the case! how funny. we went home from their house around 3:15 and went swimming with Laura and Kelly again till about 5:30. when we got home Preston passed out! and I followed at 6:30. that was a mistake. we woke up around midnight WIDE AWAKE and didn't go back to sleep till around 1 or 2 and I felt like I didn't sleep at all after that second round. 6 am came fast and my eyes were still burning till around 8. so thankful we dont have patients today. last week was very busy at work and at home and I was just on the go all the time. im hoping to slow down a little this week and recuperate

but then again its a 3 day Holiday weekend coming up and I know we'll be somewhere every night and at the lake during the day so im thinking im going to really overdue it again this weekend :D

our vacation/honeymoon cruise is 5 weeks away! or 34 days:) I cant wait! we probably wont get another vacation for 5 years so have to make this one count haha! it will be nice to be worry free for a whole week! coming back to reality will not be fun. hope we all have a good week!!

JwF

progress....

this week ... has been something :) but i cant complain too much. i have tried to do more than go home and sleep this week and im doing pretty good! monday night i went to Kelly Anne's and watched army wives and got the scoop on stuff, tuesday night i spent with my husband and we ate dinner with my uncle - good times. tonight i had Laura over:) we walked 3 miles and talked ... a lot, like girls do:) then we looked online and picked out our first dish to make - we're going to start cooking one night a week so she can learn and i can have the practice because i never cook anymore. this will be fun:) bff girl time is the best! i also had to have a cookie fix today and of course they were so cute and yummy and im not going to lie ... i only have ONE left and i didn't share with anyone! i had 4 for breakfast! omg. aren't they cute though?!!

www.morethanchocolate.net

and i got preston some choc. chip :) he was happy. Laura ate one tonight and i had to make an order for her! lol. because yes - they are that good! and i got two choc, chip cookie sandwiches, one made it to work with me ... one was gone when i got home ... im thinking preston ate it :( cry cry

and Laura's mama (Janet) sent this to me:) so cute. i love monogrammed things! and since i always have a can on my desk at work ill use it every day! love it THANK YOU JANET :D

JwF

need a rest! :D

busy week, busy weekend. . . I need a day to rest after the weekend! last week was so exhausting for some reason and it wasn't even near as busy as this week is going to be, Friday night I got home from work at 5:20ish, I sat on the bed to check FB, blogs & emails and next thing I know its 3 am and I wake up and realize im still fully dressed for work! apparently I was tired and passed out at 5:30! still full daylight outside then too :) but those 12-13 hours of sleep were wonderful. Saturday we ( Michelle, Kelly, Laura, laura's mom Janet, Billy, Ally, Chris, Candel & I ) spent 8+ hours decorating ONE ROOM for VBS!! but it turned out great! of course because its Michelle's room and we always go all out! wish I had photos from years past , we have done some really cool rooms. I was on my hands and knees tracing *planks* onto brown paper to build our pirate ship around the baby grand piano for over an hour . . . 32 feet of paper to trace on. oh . . my . . .gosh. they are still tender today! Sunday was a packed day too, Preston mowed the whole yard Sunday morning ... yay! I finished cleaning the house and laundry then we went to my parents for lunch and stayed there till about 3:15 then we came home and changed clothes and went to Preston's grandparents house for dinner. we only stayed there a couple of hours then we went to the candy store ( aka walgreens) to get some stuff for my candy drawer at work ... then I ran off and left it all this morning at home :( boo. then I went home and got in bed. Monday morning sure does come fast ...this week is packed at work, hopefully I'll get to sleep early this week, 44 patients a day on 3 days this week...b-u-s-y!!

I am so ready for vacation! we have 6 weeks as of today to go! woohoo! I hope its as good as im dreaming it is :) its going to be fun regardless because we'll have lots of friends with us! the Barrett's, the McCurley's and the Ware/Gaines people :)

Lorri has been ssssssssoooooo kind as to let me lay/swim in her pool so Laura and I are going to try and keep a little color on us before our trip! so we blend in bahahaha!

on a previous post I talked about what a bore my day to day life has become and although I had a lot of suggests to *have a baby* ill never be bored again ... lol I do not think that is what im going to do right now:) Laura and I are in the same boat with that whole thing, we go to work/school come home and get in bed and do nothing ... every day pretty much so we decided to do something together a few times a week, I mean you're not bored if you're doing something (anything!) with someone right? :) right. starting this week ... Wednesday ... not sure what we are going to do, we could talk about wedding stuff and freak Laura out .... :) She is getting married .... sometime towards the very end of next year and all of the planning is a bit stressful for her, I totally understand! I did it all in 8 months and changed my mind quite a few times. Laura, girl you have 18+ months that we can plan and change minds about a hundred times :) this will be fun .. it will! anyway I need some girl time and we'll think of something to do to occupy ourselves:)

well im going to spend time with my husband before my bed time .... at 8 :D good night!

JwF

exciting life

Man, do i have an exciting life ...

I get up at 6am (except for when i over sleep like today, sorry Lorri!) get ready for work

drive to work

work till lunch

go to lunch

go back to work

go home at 5

get home and eat and drink something

get in bed and play on the laptop

watch tv

do word search puzzles - just got a new book of them today! woohoo!!!!

go to sleep - usually between 7:30 & 9

how depressing. really

now some nights i go wild and i babysit after work ( like this week i will thurs, fri. night ;) )

we even occasionally have our friends over for games and food, sometimes we even go out in public and go to dinner, play putt putt like once a year:) and go grocery shopping! but for the most part ..... the above is my daily routine. i know, very sad for a newlywed 23,24 yr old couple. Preston really goes out more than me, he goes to his friends a lot and would every night if i didn't make him spend at least one a week with me :) he likes to play disc golf, ride his bike and just doing anything that keeps him on the go. i cant help that im a home body, i take after my daddy for sure!

now on the weekends i do a bit more than during the week, although i really am tired of this boring weekly routine and need something fun to do to occupy my time, i need friends - oh i have those, just need to see them! (lyndee, Laura!) lolSaturdays i almost always go to my great aunts and do stuff with/for her ( grocery shopping, cleaning) and we play hours of skip-bo. Sunday is church day and we go to my inlaws a lot of Sunday nights so the weekend i am on the go a lot . . . which is probably why i hate Monday so much because i am so worn out that the rest of the week im just dragging. i need ideas of things to do during the week ... i need a hobby and i need things to do with my husband ... things that dont cost a small fortune to do. ah, what a challenge.... a challenge that NEEDS to be conquered! before cabin fever takes over my life! :D

JwF

Love ...

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."
-- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

meditate on that ....

JwF

A New Day

Waking up in the morning, I sometimes feel like "it sucks to be me" and rightly so sometimes I guess, but I'm working on it. My life really is blessed and sometimes I forget that. As for myself and how I feel...I'm making progress. I'm really trying to see the good in everything right now. It's kinda hard to try and change your lifestyle, it's a work in progress. Everything is going to be ok because life goes on and you just learn to roll with the punches. . . right?

I worry .... too much ... all the time. sometimes its hard to relax because im so worried about things that i dont even need to be thinking about yet, and i think "how do other people do this?" balancing everything is such a challenge and sometimes i just want to quit. I sit and wonder sometimes if all I do is really worth all I give it. If only I lived by the rule "Give it all you've got and more." Another day has come and gone, and I'm still here.I have the greatest faith that I have a purpose here and I haven't accomplished my given objective yet, so I plan on being around a while. Hopefully God sees it that way too, but who knows. they say if you want to make God laugh ...tell him your life plans :D... i have many things to conquer ... and even more to pray about.

JwF

All about ME

1. I was born in Tyler, Tx - @ home. Saturday, Dec 27th 1986

2. I come from a family of 10 kids, 6 girls ( Christina, Kimberly, Katie, Jennifer, Emily & Ally) 4 boys ( Adam, Ben, Christopher, Elliott ) and yes, i know everyones DOB including the year. we're all by the same parents. and yes, my parents are still married - 32 years on Sept. 16th.

3. I am the only Left handed child

4. I dont like Pizza or Dr. Pepper

5. I have read the *O'Malley Series* by Dee Henderson 9 times. yes all 6 books. i love it.

6. I love the smell of fresh cut grass & Johnson's baby lotion

7. I have dyed my hair every color in the book . . .and some how came back to natural brown. guess blondes dont have more fun ... :)

8. I watch a lot of reality shows and i dont feel guilty about it :)

9. I have had stitches 3 times ( all before the age of 6 )

10. March of 2005 i started dated this guy named Preston, we married 4 years later on 3-5-09

11. I am addicted to sunflower seeds ( Frito~Lay brand) and popsicles

12. My first job was at a church daycare when i was 15

13. I didn't get my DL until i was 19 because i was terrified to drive! haha

14. My first car was a black VW Passat . . . i loved Rilla ( that was her name ) but she had ... too many issues. i now have Mini Pearl a white jeep liberty.

15. Guilty pleasure? Mt. Dew! & Lauren's cookies!

16. I stalk people on Facebook & Blogspot :) my most visited daily - morethanchocolate.net, weldywhatnot & shewoodtime. i do have a life ... somewhere

17. I'm a 98 yr old woman stuck in a 23 yr old body .... i could go to sleep every night at 7

18. If I could live anywhere in the world, it would be somewhere by the beach.

19. If there are nectarines in the house, they are ALL MINE ;)

20. I cannot knit or sew. . . that's what sisters are for :)

21. I secretly hope that my child is left handed .... is that wrong ? :)

22. my sister is my best friend ( and L, L ) :)

23. I am a nail biter ...

24. I love my husband .... even if he drives me up the wall :)

25. Im a Daddy's girl

26. Yes, my first born (female) child will be named after a soap star - sorry

27. I love Anne of Green Gables

28. I average 3400 texts a month

29. i'm a fireball in a tiny package

30. I often get lost in day dreams

this has been get to know Jennie

JwF

My Weekend so far ...

Well, I started off the weekend watching half of my favorite kids :) Megan, Brooke & Paige. i forgot my camera :( so i didn't get any pictures of them with their cute cookies but here is what we had

my cookie :) hmm . . .should have gotten one for each night! this one was too good and gone way too fast ...i looked down and it was gone! did i really eat all of it in like 2 bites!?!?! oops :)

The girls cute little initial cookies :) they pretty much ate them before i could turn around.they are spoiled now and expect one every time i come:) so if i have enough notice they will get a *special* cookie when i come

Saturday Morning* i went with my uncle to a car show and got to be really cool riding in his car :)

but this car was his favorite ... anything goes on it. the worse it looks the better. it was pretty cool:)

Andy, i love you car but .... im gonna say i look good in this one :)

so anyway it was fun, and hot. i not have a little bit of a sunburn on the back on my neck but its ok:)

Saturday night* i had my other half ... the ones I sometimes feel like i live with :) love these kids. i have not seen them in 2 weeks! and was having withdraws! lol. Jenna is too little to eat a cookie yet so only Jacob & Julia got one .. i think you can guess who got what

( www.morethanchocolate.net )

Great weekend and i still have tomorrow!! i hope to rest a lot and get our house clean and laundry done! we'll see ..... :)

JwF

Rainy day

this is pretty much how it looked this morning.

Well, we've all been asking for rain .... today we got it! talk about a heavy down pour! why doesn't this happen on the weekend when I can stay in bed ALL day and enjoy it? my poor flowers are going to drown. by the time I parked a mile away and got into the building my scrubs were soaked! but by 8:45 or so I was all dried out. hmm maybe we'll have a few patients call in and not come to their appointments this afternoon ::crosses fingers:: :)

I'm very surprised we had power this morning with it storming all night/morning. usually the wind blows and it goes out. the joys of country living :) but it is so much better than apartment living! I would really, really hate to have to move back into an apartment. we did it for a year . . . couldn't handle the people above us anymore and we love our little rent house. its pretty much the size that our apartment was, but no one lives on top pf us ( stomping around all night and LOUD music and even louder kids!) or on the other side of our wall anymore. peace & quite ... aaahhhh :) its a wonderful thing.

we're waiting to hear back about a possible pt Job for my husband ... fingers crossed. if its meant to be it will, other wise back to the drawing board! see Preston, im trying to not be my normal negative self and be POSITIVE ... just for you. but I must say I HATE waiting. I am so impatient. like I said before - I want to know now and get it over with . . . oh well.

I'm so ready for the weekend. . .like I am every week:) this past week has been pretty good actually compared to the one I had a few weeks ago, but thinking about that week really makes me kind of heated so lets not :) Friday & Saturday night im supposed to watch my kids:) both sets. I have missed them. I haven't had any of them in at least 2 weeks. im a little attached to them and used to seeing them at least once a week and im having Lauren make some special cookies for each of them :) they will be excited. and Sunday ... hmm - Sunday i plan to relax, we'll see how that works for me :)

ok ok enough for now. Hope everyone had a good Thursday!

JwF

Patience is a virtue

The past few months have been very stressful in many different ways - financial, marriage, work, family & health and I grow very anxious and impatient ... I want answers and I want them now! this verse often comes to mind when im having a hard time being patient and waiting for things to happen ~ “Be still and know that I am God!” Psalm 46:10 ~ oh if I could only learn to be submissive enough to do that. Do you know how hard it is for me to be STILL and let something happen in its own time? almost impossible. Life is complicated but He never said it would be easy ... but He said we would never be alone. remember that. everything happens for a reason .. and in its own time, not mine. dang it :)

Lots of things to work on in my daily life. I'm so thankful for Friends who make my life so much more enjoyable :) ....

JwF

Monday blues

"start off Monday with a smile and get it over with."

::sigh:: yes thats so true. . .why is Monday so awful ... every week? :) i mean i wake up and immediately say "uhg, i wish it was Friday!" Monday is just so draining, and I just have the blues today. but here's to getting through Monday ... and hoping the rest of the week goes smoothly!

do these not just cheer you up?? www.morethanchocolate.net

JwF

fun saturday night

Tonight i got together with a couple of sisters and a couple of girls we used to work with. ate lots of food .... lots of Mt. Dew :) and games. haven't laughed that much in a while. i'm convinced that game nights are the best medicine. cannot wait till we do it again!!! of course i had to get some cookies from Lauren @ www.morethanchocolate.net for our girls night :) every single cookie is gone! they are like pringles ... you cant eat just one. i'm so full on cookies.

tomorrow morning we're going to church with my sister Bo, she's getting baptized and lots of family are coming to share this :) fun fun. better get a picture with her before she gets dunked!

i love my family and my friends. Im so thankful. hope everyone else had a good weekend! good night!

JwF

New stuff!

Today i finally got the laptop i have been wanting!! now i really wanted a green or pink one ( this one is actually kinda LSU purple:) but still cool) but the only ones in store were this one and a blue that was eh and red that i didn't like. so instead of ordering online i wanted instant gratification of course so i went with the purple. of course i went into best buy with my entourage - 2 brothers, 1 brother in law, a friend of his and sister and her baby were in tow. i know absolutely NOTHING about computers. i told my brothers this is what i do on it so find me one that will do what i want i don't care about anything more. so i finally got to say .... *Dude! im gettin a dell! " :)

then i got a call from grandmother telling me to meet them at best buy ... didnt know why. our old poor microwave had seen better days, it was a free hand me down from one of my sisters and i was very thankful to have it! although it was made for frozen dinner size things and nothing more i made use of it. but it bit the dust ...... so grandmother and granddad surprised us with a new one!
its pretty massive in size on our little rent house counter top but one day it will have a real home to fit into! it has so many gadgets on it . . .even a setting for baby food . . .ahem. anyway:) we just love it and yes i did get very excited about it! :)
its late .. im off to bed. busy day tomorrow and cannot wait to see the girls tomorrow night!!! :)

JwF

8 weeks!!!

15 months ago we were doing this ..... :) and this

in 8 weeks we're finally going to get to do this!!! woohoo for a honeymoon!!!!

and a little of this ...... aaaaahhhhh ! :)

and these 6 wonderful ppl are coming too! cannot wait ... are y'all as excited as i am??

JwF

Thursday Night Fun...

This is my really good friend! Ashley. today she officially became an RN, BSN. and i am so stinkin proud of her! woohoo! this picture was taken at six-flags 6 or 7 years ago. we've had some good times and i hope many more to come! CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS Ashley!!!!

today after work Preston and i had dinner with his grandparents at the Purple Pig .... and then we watched a movie with them at their house .... we started doing this a couple of times a month and

i really enjoy spending the time with them. i really dont have any grandparents except for my great aunt :) so its nice to be around them. we watched *We are Marshall* tonight, great true story movie . .. with a fear tear jerker spots. making memories is what i love to do....

this week has gone so fast, thank goodness! ready for the weekend . . .but aren't we always? too bad they are always so busy lately. the big thing this weekend is Sunday my big sister Bo is getting baptized and we're all coming to support ( embarrass ) her :)

its late . . .11p and i should have been in bed 4 hours ago! im outta here :)

JwF

The Towns come HOME for a visit!

Tonight Mark, Amanda, Maryemma, Caleb & Mimi (Lila) stopped by church on their way back to MO. so so so good to see them! Pastor Mark has been my pastor since i was 14 or so. they moved away last april and i (WE) still miss them like crazy. they have been gone a year :( and i had not seen them since Oct. when kate got married. here are a few pictures . . . i didnt know whether to smile or cry. . . ok i did cry a little after they left. good time but too short.

Emily, Savannah, Emma & Melanie. Emma wasn't ever born when they first came. she has grown!

Amanda :D

Cannot tell you what these two people mean to me. . . . they have watched me grow up, baptized me, married me . . . i miss them every day. love you both so much!

Amanda & her girls! love love love you!

Pastor Mark, Laura, Ashley & I.

well i guess its time for me to make a road trip to MO and see them. maybe this late summer or fall! i know there is a bunch of people that would join :) so glad that you guys were able to stop in and see us. thank you for being a part of our lives!

JwF

trying again

Hello!
i've tried this blogging thing before, then got busy and let it go....
but i just love reading everyones and decided i'd try this again.
not that my life is ever exciting to blog about! :) ha. so here we go ....


JwF