busy busy busy

wow this week has flown by for me.. i have been so busy with the kids getting them ready for easter and cole baseball practice and everything that comes with it.. i am really wiped out also.. tomorrow will be friday and the dedication to the boardwalk here in town for davids papa.. someone i really miss.. but i feel his spirit alot and i know this boardwalk/ nature trail is going to be something i will also enjoy also.. so i am really looking forward to that tomorrow.. saturday is going to be busy also.. i gotta get an outfit for easter, gotta make some carrot cakes, and mow the grass hopefully.. so it is going to be a busy one this weekend..
so a little pic for the upcoming easter season..

i went to pick jameson up from school this afternoon and all the kids had there rabbit face on.. so cute.. jameson was moving her mouth around like a bunny too.. to cute..

i won something...

i entered my name on a blog and i won.. i just can't believe it.. so i get free scrapbook stuff.. don't know what it is but i really don't care.. so happy to find that out..

so more layouts i guess..

layouts layouts and more layouts..

so if you see the badge over here -------> please make a difference..
i love ali edwards and she is a talented artist.. and she has a son that has autism.. she has raised so much money for this organization and i felt so overwhelemed by her.. to make a difference to make a change in our lives.. i myself am so fortunate.. so please give a little or alot..


and now some layouts i have done this week...







later dawgs..
tonya

this week...

well i taught my class, i really enjoyed it.. and did really good with everything..
not much really else.. cole is practicing his baseball so we are busy taking him back and forth..
so more layouts..

more......

more layouts

it looks like i have done alot of jameson and not enough of cole.. so here is one on cole.. i have one at the scrapbook store of him that when i do get back i will post.. it is my all time favorite right now.. i hand stitched the whole page, it took alot of time but came out really nice.. okay so this was last year the one of cole and i finally found an idea for it.. it is really hard to find boy papers but when i do find them i get to work on something for him.. hope you like it..

thanks for looking
later dawgs
tonya

wow it has been a while

i have been working hard on my layouts for a couple of weeks.. so i am going to add some layouts this week while i am finishing them up.. went to a crop friday night so got some done there also.. i was asked to teach a class so i have been getting that ready also.. i am really excited about that.. that is tuesday night..


the top layout is grandma and jameson.. i really love this layout i used all my odds and ends.. then the next one is another fav.. jamesons shoes from last summer.. i will hopefully update everything this week sometime.. been real busy with everything..

later dawgs..
tonya

something is going around

i don't know if anyone else is sick from your kids but i got something cole got at school.. cole is never sick.. he missed 2 days of school this week.. cole doesn't miss 2 days of school all year.. so i got what he got.. it started with the body ache, runny nose, soar throat, and then a cough.. a cough i can't get rid of.. my chest hurts from coughing so much..

then my puter is messing up.. seems like everything is messing up on us.. our new tv won't show some of the channels so david is worried.. men and there tv's.. we got a new lcd tv last week.. ever since me and david have been married he has wanted one so we got one last week.. he was really excited about it.. it isn't the big one he wanted but it fits good in the living room.. i really don't think the bigger tvs are always the best.. but i told him later we might get a bigger one someday..

i am going to see my mom the end of this month.. i am really excited.. really excited.. looking forward to seeing the twins too.. jen is getting there she should be having them anytime now.. can't wait.

grandma is back in the hospital.. but it seems like she will be doing better soon.. i haven't seen her in a week.. i just dont want her to get this bug we all have.. so it has been killing me to see her.. i know she needs my support and help but being sick is not what she needs right now.. please keep her in your prayers..

okay gotta run..

later dawgs
tonya

If you got a tattoo, what kind would you get and where would you put it?

tommy lee has a tattoo on his wrist.. it is of his childrens names they have written themselves.. i am going to do this.. maybe not as big as his but i want to.. and when jameson is able to write her own name then i would do hers too.. i have always wanted a tattoo..i even went to get one one day and i could not find the one i wanted.. i love suns so i was going to get a sun one time.. but couldn't find the right one.. glad i didn't now.. but i am with my childrens names.. i think that is something i would love in the next 5 years and forever.. something that will bring me back to when they were in the younger ages of there life and starting to write.. no color just black.. what do you think?

grandma is doing good she came out of surgery and is doing better.. this is going to be a long recovery but with your prayers and mine i know she will be able to do the things in life she really enjoys doing.. she is a big influence in this community.. so i know she will do all the things she loves when she does this rehab.. please keep her in your prayers as she continues to do the rehab and the recovery..

later dawgs
tonya

favorite places we like to shop and why you keep going back to this store

my favorite store of course is memories and more.. the scrapbook store here in my town.. i have gotten to love the women that work there and they have become some of my good friends.. i enjoy going to midnight crops.. i also do alot of shopping there also.. i enter there contests every month for store credit.. we also have a secret sister that i have joined this year for the first time.. i used to just shop there but now i go there to hang out sometimes when i am in town.. there is always someone there to talk to.. the people that own the store are down to earth people and they treat you not just like a costumer but also as a friend.. you just can't get any better than that.. so if you are in town come by you will probably see me there..

later dawgs
tonya

Challenge~ What is your top 5 favorite restaurant that you like to go to?

top 5

1. any good sushi is good for me.. it is hard to find sushi around here..
2. carrabba's- better than olive garden. really good italian food
3. reedy creek- used to work there and to me they have the best steaks.
4. i love TG fridays but there is none around here
5.. gotta be varsity..if you aren't a ga fan then you just don't know what
i am talking about..
6 spankys is one of my all time favs too
7 panera bread.. i love there sandwiches and soups and there breads..
8 outback is awesome too..
9 california pizza kitchen is really good too.. don't have those either around
here but i still love there food.
10..chillis is good too.. they make good mixed drinks there also.

good food good times..

later dawgs
tonya

Do you still keep in contact with friends you hung out with in High school?

i still have a dear friend christy that i knew from middle school.. we weren't the best of friends but we were friends.. now we are the best of friends. she has been there for the births of my children. we even went to our 10 year reunion where i connected with david, my husband now.. we went to high school together and knew each other but never dated in high school.. we have been together since the reunion... we live in the same town we went to high school also.. i didn't live in jesup the whole high school year so i knew people and i didn't know some of them.. i still talk to most of the people i went to high school with and i also see there kids now at the schools that my kids go to..

List your fave musical artists from 1 thru 10

1... Coldplay- do i need to say more?
2. Radiohead- one of my favs is creep
3.. Madonna grew up listening and still do.. Caught up..
4....Josh Groban- kind of silly but love his voice especially ava maria
5... U2 still great after all these years.. vertigo and one.
6.. Otis Redding.. well i do have to spice it up
7... The Killers.. oh gosh i love them..
8... Keith Urban.. just listen to his music and take it in..
9.. The Cure i love 80's music.
10.. Depeech Mode.. yeah still good..

these are my all favs i can listen to there music over and over again and not get tired of it.. and i do.. yeah i could add more but the list would be long.. i might have missed one but these are the ones i go back to. so if you get any free tickets in the future to these groups please take me.. especially to coldplay. i think i would have my finger nail taken off to see them.. or radiohead they are coming out with a new album this year i am really looking forward to that..

music makes me feel good on those bad days.. so listening to any of these get me going..

later dawgs
tonya

some layouts

i have had a little time this week to do these... i love the one of david and i.. that is my favorite so far.. it is a love letter to him.. the other one is of cole..

i am going to be away from the computer the rest of the week.. going to be with grandma for the next couple of days, helping out as much as i can..please keep her in your prayers... these next days are going to be busy for us..

my word THANKFUL

i visit ali edwards blog everyday. she gives me the inspiration i need in this world. check it out in blogs i love. so she has challenges every week.. one little word.. mine is THANKFUL. last month i was listening to oprah on xm radio and she said she had a journal just for what she is thankful for. so this year for one of my ideas is to do a journal for what i am thankful for. so now i have a journal and also i am going to use my one little word in ali's challenge. i am so thankful for all that god has provided for me. i take for granted how much of a wonderful god we truely have. i am thankful for the wonderful smiles my children give me. what a wonderful gift. the giggles when i tickle my ticklish kids. the love they give me. wow didn't know how wonderful that was. the amazing family i have. i have a wonderful marriage that i always wanted. he makes me laugh and makes me very happy. thankful i can live in this beautiful house that i truely have fallen in love with. i am thankful i have a great relationship with my in loves. (in laws).. i am thankful for the wonderful friends i have and especially christy... wow what a wonderful woman she is.. i miss you girl.. i am finally getting my prayers answered and for that i am grateful and thankful for.. my parents for giving me life...my siblings.. i love each of them dearly... i have a great relationship with my sisters and for that i am thankful for. so this week think about what makes you thankful.. or just jot down what your one little word is.. or go to ali's website.. you will truely find inspiration there...

love you all
tonya

What object in your home that you posses, that you absolutely love? Blog about it.. about something you have that has special meaning to you.

i don't posses anything.... i enjoy looking at some of my favorite things. mostly are my pictures and my scrapbooks. i also have a doll that my grandma thomas got me when i was a child.. it is now in jameson's room on her mantel. i also have my great grandma porterfields dishes that i cherish. they are in a box for right now because i don't have a china cabinet to place them in. that is the next piece of furniture we are getting. i love my china and i can't wait to place it in sight, when i look at those china pieces it brings me back to good memories of grandma making her favorite dishs. loved her fried chicken and mashed potatoes and the best of all her green beans. good memories for me.

also in jamesons room there is the big frame with her first year pictures.. it was very expensive for us to get those pictures taken but i will not ever regret them. now i have them forever to cherish. and the frame is even more prettier on the wall then i thought it would be at the frame store. just love it. i didn't get those pictures taken of cole when he was smaller but i do have some of him that i also cherish.

and also my scrapbook room.. this is my place to get away and do what i love.. where i create my art. i got a small tv in here and a table for the kids to do there art or just do the playdough thing. which is all over the place. but they know they can come in here and create also.

grandma is in the hospital she feel yesterday so i will be pretty busy this week.. i am hoping i can still blog but if not i will be back soon. please put davids grandma martha jean in your prayers. this is going to be a long journey for us.. she is going to have surgery and a lot of physical therapy. she has become a very special person to me and i just hope that she gets back on her feet.. she is not the kind of person that likes to lay around.. she is a very active person. so please keep her in your prayers..

later dawgs
tonya

not long till lost is back.. stop counting weeks now counting days down 23

What is something you've always wanted to do in your life?

i have always wanted to sky dive. yeah i used to be a thrill seeker. me and christy always said we were going to do it. and i probably will one day. i have also wanted to travel all over the united states to see this wonderful country. traveling is what i really want to do, there are so many things in life we all miss out on because we don't travel. i also have always wanted to go to disney world. yeah i have never been that i can remember. well except when i went on grad night which doesn't count because it was so crowded you can't really have a good time. and i didn't ride anything either. and not enough time either.

i also want to go to a creative keepsakes university.. i have never been and i am going on of these years. if you don't know what that is it is a scrapbook magazine that goes around the world and has these classes all weekend. really cool. i would love to meet some of my favorite scrapbook artist. my fav is ali edwards. she is such and inspiration to me.

my journey in life is my children anything to see them smile and happy is something i want. it doesn't matter what it is. having a good time with them is priceless. and they will remember those good times when they get older.

later gators
tonya

what is your fave comfort food?

i Love soup.. any kind of soup..chicken, vegetable, dumplings, chilli, and tomato are some of my favs. i like chicken when i don't feel good. and the kids like tomato cause david makes grilled cheese with tomato and i have to say david does make a killer grilled cheese..

i love food, there are so many foods i love but during the winter i like to cook soup. i cook all kinds and then i freeze the rest and have it for dinner on another night. so those nights i don't want to cook i pull out soup..

so this weekend gonna try to do some scrapbooking. gotta a design team i want to enter into. but also i need your prayers right now. i am going through something i just don't know how to handle. i am trying to make a good choice about my decisions but not sure what to do. yet..
also keep my best friend christy in your prayers too. i miss her so very much since she has gone to cali for school and i know she is having a hard time being apart from her boyfriend. i can't wait till she is home for good..

later dawgs
tonya

What are you listening to lately?

i love love love music. when i am at work i listen to podcast and my music on my ipod. if it wasn't for music i would go crazy at work. music makes the day go by faster and i get alot of work done in the process.
what is on my ipod.. well i have about 1500 songs on there. some are

coldplay
keane
u2
radiohead- oh i love this music
augustana
cary brothers
dashboard confessional
the fray
gwen stefani
jack johnson
rob thomas- love his music gets me going

i like a variety of music but these i can listen to all the time and never get tired of listening to there music.. my ultimate favorite is probably coldplay. it makes me just feel good.. rob thomas makes me wanna just jump up and down and shake it.. gwen well what can i say.. she is just awesome. love her music.
have a great friday..

later dawgs
tonya

What are you looking forward to this coming year?

yesterday was not a good post for me.. i am not much into valentines at all.. i usually ask for roses to plant in the yard... david and i just don't do the valentines thing.. and yesterday was about what you wanted for valentines day.. that is why i didn't post yesterday..

not sure what i am looking forward to this year. i really want to improve myself this year... and every first of the year i think about how much cole and jameson are going to grow up in the next year. and how much i need to let it all in and take it all in...there not small very long..

i am looking forward to hopefully getting a house of our own. hopefully.. i hope this year is better than last year.. don't we all wish that?

later dawgs
tonya

If you have set a scrapbooking resolution what is it? How is your resolution going?

no resoulutions for me, they never stick.. i am going to work harder in making more layouts and do more challenges. i find that those things are fun and i get layouts done easier that way when i am challenged. i have done a few layouts and am working on more to come. i thought doing this blog with the questions on the 2peas website would be challenging enough. i enjoy the questions and i know this is a good way to meet new scrapbook people in the world. i go and post my blog address and then check out everyone elses that they have posted. it is really fun and interesting what there opinions are.

things are kind of slow here i have had some kind of stomach virus so not feeling up to anything.. so feeling better today.. pepto really did help alot. i am trying to get jamesons invitations made and send those out. i hope.

later dawgs
tonya

What do you think of all the Reality shows on tv?

this is gonna be short.. not feeling well today.

i think it is taken way over the top.. some of them are okay and some of them are just plain out stupid..the orginal reality shows that are still on i watch.. but most of them i just don't watch anymore. it is kind of old don't you think. i like survivor, the amazing race, and real world.. oh and big brother.. so addicted to that one in the summer time. i love drama so i am sticking to that instead of reality tv..

later
tonya

fIf you have a favorite flower. What is this flower and explain why its your favorite.

favorite flower, i love so many.. tulip. i love tulips i love the sweet smell of them in the house in the spring. i love how they look so delicate to touch and so simple to look at. when they come into season i try to get some for the house, they do last a good while so i can enjoy them probably longer than i can a rose. when david and i were dating he sent me a vase full of tulips and other flowers. his favorite flower is tulips too. i also like the lily that is in the bulb family too. it is kind of similar but not the same.

others that i really love are roses, pink dogwoods, hydrangaes, japanese maganolia, bird of paradise and more.. i really do love flowers so it is hard to choose.

you can't go wrong with flowers though. i don't get many from david but it is alright they die anyway. usually for valentines day i ask for a planted rose so i can look at the roses all year long.

have a great weekend..
later dawgs
tonya

What is one craft you wish you could learn in 2007?

One craft.. do i have time? i wish i could doodle. i just can't doodle or draw. i used to draw trees all the time but now that i have gotten older i can't draw nothing.. i can't write either. my handwriting is aweful but i handwrite on my layouts for the history of it. one day the kids will enjoy my handwritten thoughts.. or at least i hope they do.. i love my sister rachael's handwriting. wish i had her handwriting qualities. then maybe i could doodle. i am not much into others crafts, or i just don't have time to do other crafts. i used to cross stitch but i have a hard time with my hands so have to use my hands for more important things now.

later dawgs.
tonya

If you have/had any pets in your life. How did you decide on their names?

i decided on my english bulldog when i got her. ronald regan had died right about the time i got her and just decided to name her regan after him.. pretty simple and the kids liked the name too. she really doesn't look like a regan but it just stuck. love her to pieces.. i really like it when everyone is asleep and she follows me everywhere in the house.. and when she gets tired of following me around she is usually in coles room sleeping with him.. i think i will always have a english bulldawg they have this unusual personality. and they are protective of you also.

What is one thing you wish you could relive or do over from your school days?

i love this one.. i would not have moved schools so much.. but i don't think i had much say so in that one. well i kind of did when i moved back and forth from dad's to mom's. but i should have stayed at wayne county the whole 4 years. i would have gotten to know more of the people i graduated with.. i might have even known my husband a little more. maybe have even dated him if the stars were right... christy has been my best friend after we graduated but we knew each other since middle school so maybe we had been closer friends in school..i would have tried harder at my grades and not messed around and found school not as importand as boys. gosh i am not looking forward to jameson being in high school...i wasn't a bad kid in school i never go in trouble i just liked boys.. still do.. just one now... i also would worked harder in playing softball.. i always felt like i was not good enough to play but i loved playing soft ball..

so what would you change?

If i could travel to one special place where would that be?

my favorite website has blog challenges everyday so i thought i would do this and try it out when i really don't have much to talk about.. kind of slow here.

so if i could travel anywhere i would go to Europe. travel all over. i have always wanted to go to Venice Italy. i love how they are on top of water living and traveling in those gondalas. i find that very interesting. there steps drop off to the water.

of course Paris.. just an amazing place on tv and in books. i just can't imaging how beautiful it would be in real life. i know the french aren't very nice but who is these days. and i can't speak french. so i am in a win win situation there.

and i have always wanted to go to the holland. love the tulips and the wooden shoes that look so uncomfortable. i would also like to go to coppenhagen. i like hans christan anderson stories, yeah that sounds kind of crazy but i was in a school play and we did the one of his stories.

so a little about where i would love to go..it would take about a month to travel around europe. that is on my all time list to go to.

later dawgs
tonya

happ new year!!!!!!!!!

i hope everyone has a safe night.. we are kind of under the weather. david has been sick for about 5 days now.. i wish he would get better.. i got him lots of meds but he says he still isn't feeling well. yesterday we went and got some cloths for us and looked at LCD tv's.. david has been wanting one for a while so i know how hard he has been working toward a good bonus so i told him he could go ahead and do his research and decide on one.. he is very excited about getting his TV. i just hope he is not sitting in front of it more. we were going to have to get a piece of furniture to put the tv on but we are going to use the piece we have that holds all of our dvds in and move all of our movies into the bigger one that matches.. i love those pieces of furniture we have and don't want to put them away. david is like a kid at the candy store about it.

jamesons turned 3 friday. wow where does the time go? she is kind of under the weather too. we are fighting off this cough we all have.

so stay safe everyone
and happy new year!!

later dawgs
tonya

some cute photos

well today is a normal day i guess.. taking stuff to the dump. getting our new grill which i can't wait till david grills on it.. so here are some more really cute photos..

more christmas pics

i love christmas but it is becoming more overwhelming.. not enough sleep and not enough time to take it all in.. i just wish we could all decide to make arrangements so we don't crowd others. i was exhausted and jameson didn't have a nap so everyone was ill near the end of the day. we were going from one house to the other. i just feel that this is not christmas to me. i feel that we should take time out to really celebrate jesus birth.. not just opening presents and eating. so next year for me there is going to be some breaks. i might hurt some feelings but i want my children to learn what christmas really means.. not just about santa bringing gifts and eating and being with family.. even though we do go to midnight mass my children don't understand what is really going on. they need to be educated on there level.

i really had a great time and i am glad that life will be back to normal in a couple of days. but i hate to see the tree taken down and the decorations back in the boxes until next year. i am going to wait till after the first to take them down.

today is my birthday and i just hate it.. everyone is relaxing and tired of being so cheerful. so my birthday is always a bummer. and i am also a year older. but it is alright i just look forward to going and getting scrapbook stuff that i want. going to savannah to get me some stuff probably friday. so happy birthday to me.

tonya

christmas eve 2006

christmas time is the best time of the year for me.. my childrens birthdays are around this time.. mine is also.. so the more i think about this time of year the more i enjoy this year.. it isn't just jesus birth but it is also the birth of love,
it is all about family.. my family means so much to me, spending time with my family is more of a gift than i will ever receive. i married a wonderful person and was welcomed into a beautiful family that i now call my own.. so when we are all together for the holidays let us be thankful we all have each other and we aren't alone for this wonderful holiday.. and lets not forget what this holiday is all about.. Jesus is always the reason for the season... merry christmas to everyone..

tonya

we LOVE lights

we went to waycross to the patterson bank there.. it has so many lights and activities.. we had such a great time last night.. tried to get some good pictures but jameson was not cooperating..she didn't have a nap and was very grumpy.. so we went and got a bite to eat and came back and she was a lot better but she would not ride the train.. we stood in line forever and then she decided she didn't want to ride the train after we stood in line.. i don 't get it with kids why do we tourcher ourselves with standing in line and then get up there and she decideds nope don't want too... so no train ride.. it was nice to have david off yesterday, although we had things to do.. he had the interview in rincon and decided to not take the job in savannah.. so i am really thankful he doesn't have to work there..

i will catch up when i get a chance..
i hope everyone has a happy holiday and merry christmas... this year i am happy for so many things.. spending time with my family is on top.. i look forward to christmas and all the rituals that we have..

found this really cool website

www.elfyourself.com/?userid=0432fcbabed977c9b84423dG06121610

check this website out if you want a good laugh. you can add your picture too..
happy holidays..

tonya

wow what a weekend

do you ever have those weird days when you wonder if this is really happening? well i did this weekend.. saturday heather graduated from college.. so proud of her she worked really hard.. but the traffic was horrible.. glad i rode with dad..

then sunday we were getting ready for cole's birthday party and there were brush fires all down next to the farm. david went out to check to see if it was anything to worry about and then he came back with a shovel and was putting out fires.. ( to bad he didn't have a firemans uniform on) i like firemen!! so i went out to check on him and ran back to the house and got a shovel to put out fires on the other side of the farm.. it was pretty bad stuff.. someone must of started those fires cause they were all down road.. i am just glad no one got hurt or there house caught on fire.. then after that we had coles birthday party.. had a great time. it was small and i enjoyed everyones company. cole got a lot of presents and all of them he is going to really enjoy. i gotta find something for all of his legos though some kind of storage unit for those.. any suggestions?

also jamesons play is going to be this weekend at unity church of god in a large sunday school room it is going to be at 5 o'clock. i know she would love for her family and friends to cheer her on when she sings christmas songs.. i can't wait to see it, they have been practing for a while now. and she sings all the songs in the car, i just hope she sings and doesn't go shy on us.. december 16 5 o'clock @ Unity church of god.. on sunset blvd.. there will be a birthday party after the play to celebrate Jesus birthday..

getting ready for the party...

the house is just about clean.. or decorated.. i made a really neat wreath that i really love.. love.. and stayed home yesterday and today to do all the dirty work. since this weekend is going to be pretty busy.. heather graduates, church and cole wants his friend river to spend the night.. oh and i have to make a cake for the party.. not to sure about that one though...

so the party is sunday @ 4 so don't forget.. i am trying to find pirate stuff but it is really hard in this town.. and last weekend i was having a hard time sleeping and did not want to drive to savannah for anything..

so gonna post some pictures of my wreath and some from the parade from saturday night.. enjoy!!!

had a weird dream

i had a weird dream the other night and i wanted to journal it before i forgot.. well it was friday morning so i slept sometime that night.. to me i feel dreams are a passage way to things unknown.. i feel sometimes they maybe communication from the other side.. okay maybe i am sick? no i have heard this from other people too..

well my dream was with my grandma thomas and jameson.. i could smell that perfume she wore JOY.. so many things she was playing with jameson and being herself. it is like she tapped me on the shoulder and said hey tonya i am still here.. i see you. the dream was real to me.. so i woke up told david about it and he just well blew it off. i didn't. well then last night i was watching late tv cause i couldn't sleep and the commerical came on where she lived when she died.. it is called THE VILLAGE in florida.. is there really something around you? do the dead look over you? maybe they do. maybe i am crazy. i don't know. i just felt i needed to put this in my blog so i don't forget..

yeah my grandma thomas isn't even close to what my other grandma strickland is like but i do remember alot of stuff that grandma thomas did with me and my sisters and james.. i remember all the books she read to us.. especially Cinderella.. she tooks us swimming, taught us how to swim. took us to our favorite places to eat.. and she did love us, and i knew she always had to love of chocolate. she had a special drawer for her chocolate. she did have the nicer things in life but there was never a moment when i didn't feel loved by her. i have one special picture i cherish with her and cole that i adore and the letters we wrote back to on another. i still have all of that and cherish them.

i just wish my mom was that way to my children. read to there grandchildren and do all the things i don't let my kids do.. that is what grandparents do. and one day i will bring those memories to my grandkids.. cause now more than ever i miss all of my grandparents that have died and gave me those memories.

what is going on??

I am having a BIG problem with sleep these days.. Thursday got up at 2 in the morning and could not go to sleep.. so yesterday i went to get me some sleep meds to help with my sleep.. took it last night about 9 and guess what i woke up at 12:30 and now i cannot sleep.. it is 2:45 and i am wide awake.. this is really bothering me now.. i am getting a little worried for my health...

got our tree Thursday and didn't get real good pictures of the kids decorating the tree.. i will post what some pics anyway.. then the kids got there outfits for there Christmas pictures and jameson would not sit with cole.. she kept saying "I don't want to" so i am hoping mr palmer got at least one good one of her and cole.. now cole on the other hand he is so photogenic.

this week i am going to be real busy getting coles birthday party stuff ready.. i hope i get a chance to blog some.. and maybe sleep.. i might need to think about getting some wine maybe that will help.. any suggestions? or maybe i need a new mattress.. i just don't know.. but i really would do anything for a good 8 - 9 hours of sleep..

later
tonya

getting into the season

got back from athens and have been busy ever since.. trying to get back into work and everything else.. i usually get a chance to go online every night but this is the first time i have been able to.. we had a great time at grandma and grandpa's.. life seems so simple to me when i get around them.. how important things mean.. i hate to do anything when i am there.. i just want to take everything that is going on with them in.. just sit there on the bar stool and listen to all the things grandma says and what she is cooking.. this year we did not have the turkey thanksgiving we had a low country boil.. it was okay but i really missed turkey and the dressing.. don't think i will do that again.. i missed being with davids family alot.. but i just felt i needed to be in athens.. we ate at carols outside.. just didn't seem like thanksgiving to me, but i was with my family.. and yes i have alot to be thankful for and being there was one thing i was especially thankful for..

i went shopping the next morning, left grandmas at 4 in the morning so i could get that tv for cole.. and i got it.. got some other things and got alot of gifts for family.. i got a little more to go but not to long and everything will be under the tree.. i can say that everything is wrapped but not under the tree yet.. we are getting our tree tomorrow and the kids christmas pictures will be taken.. so looking forward to the smells of christmas when we get the tree.. have i said how much i love christmas?? LOVE IT!!!!

and the dawgs won.. so excited.. we did come back after all.. i just never give up on them..

later
tonya

happy birthday david..

yesterday was a great day for me.. why not sure.. just an inspirational day with someone i truely cherish in my life..i took away something so pure from that moment.. i took away the idea that i am truely loved.. truely in all aspects of the way.. and that there is so much in a person you never know about.. so many memories you haven't spoken of in a very long time.. things you forget to speak about or even think about because they aren't very good memories to you... so i thank you for that.. and you know who you are... i truely loved it and need more of it.. those days i cherish with everything i have.. the moments when i know that i am not ignored.. made me feel good all day.. i mean truely refreshed like a great pedicure or a great massage..so thanks..


so more and more i get excited about the holidays.. i get to spend time with my family and eat.. and tonight david and i are going out to eat with my dad.. and i am thrilled about that.. i LOVE spending time with any of my family and especially my dad.. sorry girls.. but yeah i enjoy it.. and if you can get a chance to spend time with him you better do it then cause you might not see him for a couple of weeks.. he is so busy working and doing the single life..

i was told i go all out for christmas.. well yeah i do.. or i try to. i am like a kid at the candy store just waiting for christmas morning to come.. right now i am itching to get the christmas tree.. i just can't wait... can't wait.... i used to go to meme's house to put up all her trees cause i loved it so much.. decorating, trimming the tree, wrapping presents... wondering what goodies i got.. meme by the way has a tree in every room of her house.. and she needed my help and i really enjoyed it.. i even used to work at her christmas shoppe a long time ago so i could decorate around the year.. do i have a problem? so yeah i am getting excited about decorating everything.. and jameson is also getting to the age where she is going to enjoy it more and more... so i am going to athens and hopefuly go to commerce so i can go to the BIG craft store there and get goodies for the house.. the pottery.. used to go for christmas with sandy when i was young so it is your fault sandy .... not going to decorate before thanksgiving i just don't think that thanksgiving gets enough credit... so waiting and waiting... and waiting..

and yesterday was my honeys birthday ... yeah another year... he doesn't take his birthday very important at all.. but hey I DO!!!!! i look forward to mine... i guess that is from not having one for so long..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LOVE!!!!

tonya

christmas ideas for the kids

so i thought i might post some ideas for the kids here... people have been asking what to get the kids for christmas so i will make some kind of list..

cole he likes legos right now and i did get him the pirates of the carribean legos.. he likes those video games you connect to your tv... he loves movies.. and yes still likes john deere..
they both like play dough and it doesn't take long for that to be gone.. and i do have a table they can leave it out so it dries up when they don't put it up. that is why it goes pretty fast.. cole is reading now and he loves to read books to you.. i know that sounds cheesey but it is true he loves to whatever he can to you.. the kids like to dress up into costumes too.. especially cole he has put that pirate costume on a million times.. he likes to play football and baseball...

jameson likes dolls.. she likes to draw and color... books on bugs or anything with animals..her favorite movies are bambi and the little mermaid so if there is anything like that she really likes those characters..her and cole are pretty happy with just about anything.. the simple things they like..

just some ideas.. i am going to ask cole what he really wants also.. he will let me know what he wants also..

pumpkin patch

i got up this morning at 3 in the morning by the sounds of "mama".... got her back to sleep but couldn't get myself back to sleep.. maybe it is because echo is gone from LOST or i was really excited about going to the pumpkin patch... not sure...

got some really good photos of jameson...and the cute one of david too.. i had so many i couldn't afford to get them one hour.. so will get them on saturday..

just one more lost episode before the long break..... sorry but i am a totally loving lost... and there will be nothing on i love more than lost for a while... it comes back in feburary.. what to do... i asked david for xmas that i wanted the season 1 and season 2 of lost or a dvr so i can record and go back to see what i missed in the show.. there is always something you miss the first time..

happy halloween and happy birthday rachael

so much going on .. cole came home sick, halloween parade, work, dinner, getting something to put candy in... and rachael's birthday.. so happy birthday rachael...

posting some quick photos before LOST comes on tonight.. then tomorrow is the pumpking patch.. can't wait.. i have been working so hard lately i am looking forward to a little hayride... and a pumpkin too... it should be fun....

cole has the funny skull teeth in.. they look really gross.. cole is jack sparrow. and jameson is little red riding hood.. ..can't wait to scrapbook these..