hey ya'll

sorry everyone been busy with the family lately... alot going on..


davids cousin john and jennifer there house caught on fire from her car and really destroyed there house.. burned alot of stuff and then there was smoke damage to everything in there house.. then johns truck caught on fire on saturday.. please keep them in your prayers.. they really need it right now... they are going through so much right now... and the boys were having a hard time breathing and runny noses from all the smoke in the house.. they just built that house and haven't lived there very long.. my heart just goes out to them... i just can't imagine starting all over..

david finally went to the doctor about his feet.. he is having a hard time with his feet.. found out he has a lot of heal splints.. he gets his feet molded tomorrow for that... and will take him 3 weeks to get the insoles but i know when he does get them it will be so much better for him...

and my dawgs are doing really well this year. . and i like the stafford guy as a quarterback.. i think he is doing real well.. in the next years he is just going to get better... so looking forward to seeing him play more... do you hear that coach ??

YES tonight is the night for my love affair... Greys ANatomy comes on... i can't wait... i have been watching reruns since forever!!!! last night david had to work late and he came in and said that is a rerun... i said " well this is a good rerun, and guess what i am watching the best rerun in a long time" yeah i hate reruns but not on greys... so tonight i am watching greys while david is watching survivor and csi in the living room... i told him when i found out it was going to be on thursdays that i was going to watch it in the bedroom no matter what.. and i would see csi on the spike channel...so i don't get to watch ufc tonight either.. or at least i hope i don't..

so gotta go... trying to get rid of this headache i have had all day... took so much tylenol, i gotta find something stronger i guess..

let's not forget what today is....

i have been home today.. gotta a teachers conference and running errands... so i have been watching tv all morning.. then got on the message boards and found this website http://exhibit13.com/readlisten.html if you have time please check it out... it is a really a neat website.. it is the papers from 9/11 in someones garden... my thought are with those families..and also with ralph cox... his mother is a member at our church and ralph was also in school with david and i in the 9th grade....
so please say a little prayer for those families...

tonya

gotta a dryer???

well got home from the cruise was doing laundry and my dryer died...yes it died..so gotta get a new one..not really looking forward to doing the shopping around for it and finding the right one...but gotta have one.. my laundry is pilling up.. and i really hate that..i am the type that loves clean cloths.. i love the smell of new cloths too.. right when they get out of the dryer...i love anything that smells clean.. yeah even bleach sometimes..and when i do the laundry i fold and pile in the kids piles and then that is when i hate to take them to there desired area.. i just hate putting cloth away.. maybe it is the smell i don't want to miss.. oh god this sounds so cheezy...well just thought i would pass on a little something about me.. i like things clean....

so big brother is coming on and of course my cable is out...how come cable is out when something really good is coming on and you don't want to miss out... it always happens to me..and i really want to know what is going on since i don't have time to read everything on the web about it..i am kind of glad will is gone but kind of not.. he made that show really funny..especially in the diary room...but chill town asked for it...the girls are in control..well i hope they are..

and this weekend is going to be a great college football weekend...some really good games..ohio and texas is going to be on the same time georgia is playing so i am gonna have to switch back and forth..well maybe not if uncle larry is telling me the score...(that is larry munson for all of you non football fans)...georgia is playing south carolina and that is going to be a real good game too..

so gonna post more pictures today...

later dawgs
tonya

back in the saddle again

I am so tired...it's the getting back to normal that makes me so tired..doing the same routine again..and trying to get caught up on everything i have missed since i have been away.. and then david having to work nights for a couple of days....

i got christys pictures and i am gonna post some of them... i really like most of her pictures... we used her camera most of the time.. and i think we have some of the same pictures.. some of these are really funny.. like the one christy got of me with the life jacket on...everybody looked really silly with them on..so christy got a picture of me real fast...it is really funny now that i look back on it...before we leave port we have to line up with life jackets on and look really silly...i had already had a few drinks in by this time..

well good news jameson is just about potty trained.. she loves wearing her panties...she thinks when you go to the bathroom she has to go too..i really don't mind that just have one bathroom that is all...

will post more pictures in the coming days... got so many.. i am glad we took as many as we did..thanks christy for nagging about getting pictures takin... now i really cherish them...

later dawgs...

tonya

more pictures from the cruise

seems like things are back to normal... the kids are fighting and arguing...back to normal... the first picture is a shipwreck in the bahamas the second picture is christy, me and donna on the yellow bird...we really had a great time on that...we rode on the yellow bird and drank all the rum punch you want then they take you to blackbeards island..where there is a beach..we got in the water most of the time.. there was about an hour spent on the beach...then get back on the yellow bird and party even more with limbo..seemed like everyone was wanting to play limbo on the way back..... that was the best time we had on the trip to me...i had a blast that day...nassau was really pretty...next time i am going to take the tour to atlantis...that is what i really wanted to see...but getting into a taxi didn't seem to safe for me, especailly with 4 women... more pictures coming tomorrow hopefully....

see ya dawgs
tonya
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i'm back!!!!!

I had a great time on the cruise... i got to relax and see things i have never seen before... there is so much to do you can't do everything... but i had a blast...this was the first time i left my family and it was really hard.... i miss the kids and david so much.. i realized how important family really is...i know i am a little seasick too...and mostly that i have a best friend that loves me no matter what... thanks christy for putting up with me when i wasn't so nice....i got cranky...and not to leave your husband at home too... next time i go i want david and christy and her man to come.. i think that would be a better idea...yeah i have a best girlfriend but david is my life and i would never leave him home again...everything we did i knew david would of had a blast too... so i am glad to be back i still am swaying like i am on the boat and unpacked so back to the real world....

i will post more pictures this week... and hopefully i can get christys too and post some of those too...we took ALOT of pictures... and some videos but i can't post them.....

oh and GO DAWGS!!!!! it is time.... yeah!!!!!!!

see ya dawgs
tonya

more photos

i am trying to add as many photos as i can... they were all so good... i took alot of photos of janet and they all came out really good...couldn't add them all..but these are really cute with her and the our kitten..she wanted to take the kitten with her..but they wouldn't take it..she alreadys has an animal farm..james came over after the beach blast and went fishing we all went down there and david brought the tractor so the kids could ride it but nowne of them wanted to..just jameson for a while.. but then she got scared..

leaving on a cruise boat...

sorry i haven't posted in a while... been really busy with everything...going to post some pictures from the beach blast... we all had a blast.. had a great time with dad and the family... yeah i danced too..and danced with david too..i don't think we have danced together ever...it was fun..i just loved seeing dad smile and laugh like he did that weekend..and saw james and jennifer and her family..got some really cute pictures of the kids with janet..will post them too..oh and ignore the girl in the pink skirt please...i don't even want to talk about that..

going on my trip on monday really excited about that.. getting a little scared though there might be a hurricane or something pop up.. something always happens so hopefully this will not happen to us..i really need a break to get away and just relax..not sure how much i am going to miss the kids and david.. i know i will miss them... i have never been away from jameson or david this long...and i am a little scared to know what jamesons hair is going to look like while i am gone.. david has no clue how to fix her hair.. been trying to show him...i don't think he is cordinated at all to put her hair up. and i am really going to miss out on big brother...yeah i am offically addicted..got the live feed and read all the transcribes.. (i think that is why i don't blog more) so i won't be able to know what is going on....big brother is my drug of choice right now....so addicted.. it is awful.. i even talk to the tv when it is on tv.. what is wrong with me?

okay so dawg fans i am getting really excited about this year i am hoping JT does a good job.. he did really well last year in the florida game so i am really excited to see what he does this year...


later dawgs

tonya

going to the beach blast...

this week has been hectic... trying to get back in the swing of things...and yesterday cole was complaining of a soar throat...today he is at home... he says he is feeling better...i hope so..i am really looking forward to some relaxing time with family and david...we need to have a good time... it has been a while since we have gotten to go somewhere just adults... so got a real good friend of ours volunteered to keep jameson for the weekend...so i was really worried about what i was going to do with her..we had just planned on taking her with us so she can play with janet..but things have changed and i have some awesome friends that stepped up... thanks dana and sean....so got all the groceries just now and packing..can't wait...i just hope it doesn't rain..well if it does gotta tent?? we will still have fun i know we will...i will try and take pictures we will see.. i know christy is coming and she will want to take pictures i know... i know i will take some of janet, jennifer and james.. and the twins little tummy too!!

so talk to you later dawgs!!

tonya

not to long till the dawgs play

sorry been busy

sorry i haven't posted i have been busy with the kids lateley...cole started school on tuesday and i have been working and then running around like a mad woman...trying to get things together and back into the school thing again..figuring out what is the best way to go in the mornings and that kind of stuff...so cole is now in the 2nd grade at a new school this year..i hate the way the school is done here in wayne county...they go to one school for 2 years then another then more..when i was younger i went to screven elementary till i was in 7th grade then middle school then high school...it was so easy that way...now with this school board they have it all kinds of ways...can you tell i am not too pleased with the school board??? for parents that have more that one child it can be really hard taking them to school and picking them up...sometimes i wish i did live in screven so he would not have to change so many schools...

so yesterday was heather's birthday so happy birthday heather...sorry i could not get a hold of you yesterday to wish you a happy day.... and i love you... it is so nice to have a lot of sisters...i have 4 and i love each one of them so much...so proud of all of my sisters...you have become such wonderful women in my life.... did i say women?? my god we are all women??? yeah we all have grown up... where does the time go? you are all my best friends in life...and christy she is my sister too...except the blood part...

so it is really hot really scorcher outside...it is hard to keep this house cool...but i will not complain i will just not move around as much...or stand in front of the fan.. i know there are people out there that don't even have an ac or fan... so not complaining just can't wait for fall...love fall...one of my favorite seasons...alright i will keep blogging more sorry i haven't... and my dsl was down until tuesday so it took me forever to hook the new one up...i really hate dial up..why does it even exist...okay blog later....

later dawgs....
tonya

my dsl is down

i really hate bellsouths help line.. really i do and my father in law works for bellsouth..there help line is awful..i mean awful.. they are in pakastan? and they are talking english when you can't even understand them...what is going on with this country when we can't hire americans to run an american company..and then you get your bill and you wonder what is wrong with this?? you would think they could hire and pay someone well since they charge us a arm and a leg for a phone and then dsl...so right now i am using dial up.. i hate it really badly.. i am so spoiled from dsl..i really wish comcast had there dsl where i live cause i would be getting that..so i don't have to talk to the pakastainian?.. the reason why my dsl is not working is because we had a really bad storm yesterday and it really messed up my dsl.. coles tv (not working) and my coffee pot..my favorite coffee pot...well it works but the timer isn't...i know i went to mcdonalds last night to get something to eat and the texaco sign was gone..thinking the wind tore it down...

when in athens there was a really bad storm there on friday night when we got in....my cousin bryan's house blew done some really old trees in his yard..by the way that house was my great grandmothers house they built it and i am thinking they probably planted those trees..so summer storms are not fun...so be careful out there people...

well david is back to life...haven't seen him in days it seems like..i was sick and then he got sick and has been in the bed for days...i even slept on the couch so i would not get sick again...and plus he was everywhere in the bed.. he gets that way when he is sick and taking all those sleeping meds...

so found out last night i am going to be an aunt twice...yes james and jennifer are having twins...all i can say is thank god that isn't me!!!thank god!!! so can't wait to find out what the sex is... babies are such fun... so i will post pictures when i get my dsl back on.. so sorry for not posting pics...

see ya later dawgs!!!

some updates

have been a little busy lately...had a yard sale saturday and that went okay...think i might have another one soon...before the cruise..then had to clean the yard sale up so i could go to athens..had a good time with the grandparents..so this is a pic of jameson on grandpas back riding horsee..that is her new thing now..she likes to ride horsee..i couldn't believe grandpa let her ride on his back..he is 73 years old and in great health..guess that strickland blood is ageless..i was trying to tell grandma that i didn't know her age cause to me they are ageless..

and i spent some time with dad... was worried about him but i do feel better since i got to spend some time with him and let him know how much i do love him..he is the only dad i have..but he seems better..so i feel better too..

so got the flu after i got home from athens..thanks danielle.. i think she gave it to us..me, jameson and david have it.. i am feeling better.. although my head is stopped up..i think jameson has a little of it not what i had and not sure what david has of it.. he is in bed..and a little ill...he tried to stay away from me so he wouldn't get sick so now i think he has it even though he stayed away from me..he always gets everything i get..

so sorry i haven't posted i have been under the weather..

going on a cruise...

Have i mentioned that i have the best friend any one could ever ask for??? yeah i really do... so i am going on a cruise with christy... and 2 of her girl friends from work... i am so excited... so excited... we have been friends for so long... over 10 years.. she is part of my family... and someone i can depend on when i am having a bad day... she cheers me up and is some of my support system... we all need one of those... she inspires me to be a better person.. to be nice to people when i really don't want to....she is very generous to those that love her....it is amazing how far we have gone and we are still the best of friends....she was in texas and i was in hawaii and we always keep in contact... not matter what...those kind of friends don't exist anymore.. well they might but i don't have that many close friends and i really know why now... it is because i have such a wonderful best friend...i would do anything for her truely i would.... christy you have been an inspiration to me in so many ways i just can't explain it and i appreciate everything you do for me and my family.... thanks so much for being my friend all these years... i just can't believe sometimes how much we have been through so much together and we are still best friends and we finally live in the same town...it has been a long time since we have lived in the same town.... so i am grateful for christy each and every day... love you christy... and i can't wait to go on the cruise... it is very exciting...

Having a great day...

today has been a really great day for me... christy and i are going on a cruise at the end of august.. and i am really EXCITED ... never been on a cruise before.....if i like the cruise maybe me and david can go on one... got more good news but i can't say because it isn't good news for someone else...but it is for me and my worries.. i have been stressed out about some things and now i don't have too... so started back at work today and i am really beat.....so i am going to make this short today and post some more layouts i did... have a good monday....and don't forget to watch treasure hunter.. a really good show...

later dawgs
tonya

i am gonna post some of my layouts i did while i was on vacation... i really enjoyed doing them.. i like doing just the one page layouts.. and the one photo too... okay enough with the scrapbooking is what some of ya'll are saying..

so this weekend i am so sore from moving stuff and taking the fish and turtle tank down.. got rid of it.. thank goodness.. gotta have more space for books and sorts..

it is hot here... had to go get another ac unit just for jameson's room.. so hot.. it was like 85 in here yesterday.. i don't think anything will make this house any cooler.... so i have been inside staying cool and just resting my body cause i know this weekend i am gonna get a workout with the yard sale... so everyone come by and get some junk... cause i need a new dryer... that is the goal for the yard sale...

later dawgs
tonya

kind of busy this week

A good picture of cole...danielle was taking the kids to see Pirates of the Caribbean....such a good movie...and johnny depp..yum!!! can't get enough of him...such a great actor....i started watching him when he was on 21 jump street.. and have been a fan ever since...and he isn't that bad to look at either.... so i am looking forward to seeing it too... we might go this weekend to see it at the drive inn...

so we are going to have the yard sale next weekend..i think wendy has a lot of stuff to get rid of...
and she is moving closer to us now and i am really excited about that...get to see her a little more i hope...maybe we will have a BBQ fot them when they get settled in..

well gotta go do some more scrappin gotta enter a contest at my local scrapbook store.. hope i win...get a gift certificate for free stuff..

ABC's

today i was looking throught my favorite website www.twopeasinabucket.com and noticed a familiar name..i had noticed her work in some of my scrapbook magazines but wasn't sure if it was the right person..until i found her blog..i have admired her work for a long time..come to find out her husband is from the same town i live in..wow... small world.. anyway she did this and so am i ...

Artist??
Bold
Color love it!!
David love of my life
Eventually i will get to it
Friendly (sometimes)
Gracious
Happy
Improve myself
Jokster
Kind
Loveable
Memories i try to keep
Need more time
Openminded
Patient
Quiet time is great
Responsible
Scrapbooking
Tidy
Understanding
Victory in Jesus
Warm
Xmas - favorite holiday
Yellow favorite color
Zzz's need so sleep

Hope you all enjoyed this as much as i did...

undecided about title

well just picked jameson up from her new daycare (school) and i feel really good about her being there.. she usually cries when i come to pick her up but today she was having a good time..and she didn't even cry..cole even said it was fun there..so maybe that is a good sign..

i hope danielle is feeling better..she got her wisdom teeth pulled today..so hope you get better danielle..she took cole and jameson to the movies last night to see cars...cole really wants to see pirates of the caribbean so i think she is going to take him thursday..but right now that is what he is watch.. the first movie..so he will be ready for the 2nd movie..all day today he has been asking me when are we going to go get jameson..and yesterday they drove me crazy with there fighting with each other..i think he really missed her today...so he went outside and got some boards to make some kind of steps for the baby kittens we have..so they can eat also with the bigger cats...so i told him the momma feeds the kittens..they can't eat that stuff..i know he was trying though..he reminds me so much of when jameson was smaller he used to do the same things cole does...

speaking of james, i am going to be a aunt again...jennifer called last night to tell me she was pregant..maybe this will be a boy this time..hopefully ..we need more stricklands in the family..
i can't wait till the beach blast...or i hope i can't wait..gotta find out if she is bringing janet..don't have a babysitter yet for the beach blast..richard and lillian are going to be gone..so we will see..things might change..hope not though...

since no one sees my scrapbook pages thought i might put this one on here...i love it...one of my favorites of cole..getting better at this photography stuff..

getting rid of jamesons baby cloths

this morning i went through all of jamesons cloths..i am a little sad that she isn't that small anymore..and now i am putting most of her baby cloths in the yard sale..it is hard to let go of her cloths but i just don't have the room for them anymore..every outfit i see i can remember where it came from and the memories too..and i am not sure if that is going to be the end of babies or not..so i am a little saddened at all of these thoughts..to me dressing little girls is a so much fun..by the way i still have some of coles cloths too.. jameson has so many little dresses she wore to church and to special places.....

so this week jameson is starting little light of mine and hopefully cole will be better this week than last week..i am really excited about her going to this school..i think she will get alot out of being there and learning songs and bible stories..and the preschool program is really good there also..i was on a waiting list for a while and i have really thought about not changing her from country kids but i just think this is a better program for her...david even thought so too..we went and looked at the place before we made our minds up that she really needed to be there..

so today they are both home and right now they are fighting over everything..wish they would just get along today....she wants everything he has....and i still feel a little sick but better..thought last night i was going to have to go to the emergency room was feeling really bad...i was hurting really bad.. i have never had that kind of pain... but feeling better now...

feeling sick

For the last week i have had this stomach ache...no i am not pregnant either!!! and this weekend i really was feeling bad....it might be from being stressed out..i don't know..all i know is that i feel sick all the time..i hate laying around on the couch when there is stuff all over the place and dishes that need to be washed and dirty cloths..i could go on an on....but i won't...i gotta feel better..i want to do some things before i go back to work..and i really want to have a yard sale next weekend..i hope that is going to happen..got lots of stuff to get ride of....poor danielle she went everywhere friday night to take the kids to see pirates of the caribbean....everything was full..so she took the kids to walmart and cole got some pirates gear..a sword, a bandana like captain jack and some tatoos..i know he hasn't seen the first one...not sure why he wants to see that movie so bad...but like danielle she will do all her power to take him to see it..so hopefully today she will get to take him to see it.....well i guess i will go back to the couch this is about all i can take..gotta lay down..