lots of miles this weekend

this weekend we had cabin fever after a long work week ( for me) and too much time locked up at home (for Preston) - Friday night we hit the road to Louisiana to have dinner with my cousin Erica and her Husband, Casey ( also known in the family as my cousin husband lol) pics below. we have a great dinner at Tokyo ( their version of our Shoguns) super yummy and worth the hour and half one way drive.

                                           Cousins :) and my big dimple that makes my face lopsided!

Saturday we went out to mom and dads for a bit to celebrate grandma Ware's 100th birthday! wowza! still kickin' it too. Saturday night i babysat because it was my kids mama's birthday, im thankful for her! sincg we we didnt get to spend Saturday afternoon/night together we decided Sunday to be spontaneous and we drove to Athens to a little red barn sale - i have been searching for an old wooded 6+ drawer dresser with some character to repaint for a nursery eventually, they had one i liked at this sale but i think it was a little too pricey for something i want to redo so i will keep looking on craigslist :-/ Tyler area is just hard to find stuff in, hey you guys that dont live here keep an eye out :) thanks. Preston found an old metal sign off of an 18-wheeler that he got for a game room some day so he was happy, we stopped at another antique shop on the way home and it had a lot of antique clothing and everything in-between  i want to go back there and take a longer look around. We really enjoyed our day and decided its something we want to do when he is home to have some fun time together. i cant wait till our next trip! :)


  a dresser like this would be PERFECT! $50 - but ore city is too far to drive :(  but you get the idea - character, real wood not plywood junk. ill keep searching!

Thankful for my job!

This week was not too bad and went by fast, it's amazing how fast the weeks pass now. Today I am thankful for my job, I work for TMF in a clinic and this week they had an 82 employee layoff from the top to the bottom, one really nice girl i knew from a sister clinic was laid off and its sad, but I am so thankful I still have a job to go to. For the most part I really like my job except for the occasional angry patients lol but I try not to complain too much about it because I don't know how I'd live without it. So Thank you, Jesus, for keeping me where I am.


We bought tickets to go to the renaissance fair next month, I have never been and have wanted to for years! Get a turkey leg and watch some jousting? Yes please. I got tickets for $7 on LivingSocial verses paying $15 a piece on site! I get a lot of great deal on this app, most things are in the Dallas, rockwall, Ft Worth etc areas but some are around home or just online things and I love checking out daily deals, I've done other stuff on there. If you haven't heard of it sign up! It's free and lots of cool things come up! Photo deals, nails, massage, clothing, food, shows and everything else.

Preston was scheduled to come home Monday but he is getting in early and will be here this weekend! He will be home for 2 weeks and then gone again and after April it will be months! So hopefully we can enjoy some time together while he is home, unfortunately I will be working the whole time so we only have evenings and the weekend to hang out! Hope everyone has a good weekend, spend it with the ones you love!

On this day ...

4 years ago we said " I Do" ....
8 years with this crazy man.
Wow.
That is an accomplishment.
Lets get started with this next chapter!
It is sure to get exciting ;-)
Happy Anniversary Preston Lee!

TGIS!

Forget Friday, you still work that day, get excited about SATURDAY people! :) This week was uneventful and actually passed quickly which I prefer when Preston is gone. He sent me his "home" schedule for the rest of the year and its pretty bad as usual ;( he isn't home at all really in May June July September and October, home here and there in between. Praying hard for a job change in the next 6 months, something better for us! Lots of goals to complete this year so that we can hit the ground running next year and I'm working hard to keep on track!


I had to make myself promise last night not to look around online at houses anymore until we are ready to search in dec. because I found the perfect house and it won't be there in 10 months which made me sad lol so no more house searching for me!


Last night I made dad take a trip to sams with me (because I don't have a membership) and stocked up on some things I eat a lot of, this will last me probably 3 weeks and saves a lot of $ verses buying at Brookshires & Walmart. I will have to go and get a few small things at Walmart though but the bulk is done!

The past two weekend I have had kids and so I'm not going to lie, I plan to stay in pj's or sweats and spend a lot of time rotating between bed and couch watching movies and eating snack food and doing a lot of nothing! Sounds great to me, wish my other half was here though! 1st movie Of the day is Dirty Dancing and I'm thinking of Frequency next :) my brothers may be coming over tonight to playing video games with my sister and if they do ill have to make dinner for them, good thing I just bought 6 pounds of spaghetti!! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Look what's in Fort Worth!

Titanic artifacts!!! It won't be there much longer either. Preston will be home the week or so before it ends and I have got to make him take me! I'm a little obsessed with Titanic, I LOVE when stuff about it is on the History Channel, I could watch it all day! :) take me Preston, please:)

New baby:)

This weekend was full of kids! Julia Ann had her 5th birthday party ;) and I helped her mom after that with a few of the girls that had a sleep over at their house and did princess hair and nails etc. lots of fun, wore me out!


Sunday my sister Katie and I drove to Louisiana to meet our new baby cousin Cooper! Isn't he a doll? So tiny but still looked big with me. Sweet baby boy.


Now I'm home and trying to rush around and get laundry done, I was supposed to dust and vacuum and deep clean my bathroom this weekend ... That didn't happen. Oh well kids are more fun anyway :) Preston will be home in a day or two for just one night before he leaves for two weeks, and so it begins!

Sushi :)

I never thought I would be one to eat and actually enjoy Sushi, because I hate fish/seafood. Until recently the only seafood I would put into my body was shrimp scampi (love that yummy greasy stuff!) Shoguns is a hibachi restaurant in tyler and can be quiet expensive to eat there but we discovered that sitting in the sushi bar area and just having their yummy house soup and fried rice was a nice cheap meal and we eat there often. Preston is one who will eat anything and he liked to get sushi too and one day he finally got me to try some and its now my favorite - Shrimp crunch roll - it just has a piece of fried shrimp on top and there is some crap, avocado and cucumber inside with a sauce on top. Delicious. I also love their Texas roll now it's about the same except no shrimp and it has a slightly spicy sauce, and I always dip each bite into a little soy sauce. So I don't eat the weird raw stuff but I definitely enjoy the others! I'd say be brave and give it a try :) last night I went to have sushi with Katie & Jared and it was great! (The dragon roll was Jared's .. I did not try that one)