Sweeping Through Life

How important is conversation to you? Since my husband and I work different shifts, conversation is a very important. We tend to talk several times throughout the day, especially on our lunch breaks. It keeps us apart of each others day, until we have time together on weekends. The other night was a little different.  My husband came home from work and realized that I was awake, he began to talk to me.  We talked about how his day at work, my day at work, silly things on TV etc, etc, etc. Before we knew it was 1:00am. What was I was thinking? I have to be at work at 8:00 am (like I really make it there at that time, ha), but it was worth it. I really do not think that I just enjoyed the conversation, but I enjoyed the connection I felt with my husband. The connection is what I think mattered the most and I look forward to having many more moments like that in the years to come.

Friday Nothing much exciting. I had a good day at work and then was able to relax at home with a pizza for the evening. Saturday Helped host a baby shower for my friend Alena. It was a lot of fun and it was nice seeing all of our friends. I was in charge of the baby shower games and I was asked to not do so of the ordinary ones, so I chose some new ones. Some people thought that they were hard. Here is one of them . Let me know what you think. After the shower, I was able to come home and relax and chill watching some TV with the hubby. Sunday Ushered at church. Went to the Olive Garden with the hubby for the unlimited pasta bowl. It was so yummy. My eyes were bigger than my stomach, but lucky I was able to take some home for lunch the next day.  We must of ate to much, because after dinner we both got sleepy. We tried to watch a little TV, but ended up just nodding off for a little nap. After out brief nap, we watch some mindless TV and some good conversation. It was a good

"We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open." Harry Edwards  (quote)

1.   One of life's most simple pleasures is   is a Faygo red pop and potato chips while watching 16 Candles. 2.     When people cut me off or make stupid maneuvers when driving    makes me want to punch someone. 3.  I like   my husband     because,     he is funny . 4.     Giggles   is a funny word. 5.  If I had to choose one beauty product to use for the rest of eternity it would be   any Carol's Daughter hair product . 6.  I'm happy that     I get to sleep in tomorrow    . 7.  I would never      choose to go to a nudist colony. I am happy with my body, but the thought of all those naked people sitting around on all that furniture kinda icks me. Do they disinfect after use? .

Love, marriage and then a baby carriage. I am preggers. I am 15 weeks pregnant. I know that it is not fall along, but I wanted to share our blessing on my blog. We are very excited about the little one, that we are currently calling Baby J. I have not had much sickness. I have had periods of nausea, but it is not consistent. I have noticed that my body is changing, as it should. I just guess that I was not expecting my body to change that quick.  As my friend, Bev says, " Your growing a life. What do you expect?" She is right. Really, I do not know what to expect. It will be quite a little journey as another part of me sweeping through  life.

Friday Have a busy day at work. Went and hung out with my friend Lynnette. We watched a little TV, had a good salad for dinner and yummy ice cream sundaes for dessert. Saturday Did some cleaning. Attend my friend Krista's son Joe 3rd birthday party. Wow it is hard to believe that he is 3.He had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme. I did not think that kids were into them. His mom did a great job with the decor, especially the green balloons that she turned in to ninja turtles with felt masks. I went to the flea market with my mom and found a few things after the party.   Here is what I picked up...... Love this jar. I really haggled to get the price down to what I was willing to pay. It looks great in my kitchen  Found these great letters that I am going to use in a future project.  I also found several antique poodle pins. I kinda of collect them. I like to look for different ones so that I have unique ones to wear to my sororoty meetings since it is our mascot. I tried t

Love, love, love her. I hope that you enjoy this song as well. Happy Monday.

Kasich I usually do not speak about politics but  I think that this issue is important, especially it will effect me. Senate Bill 5 is a bill that Governor Kasich signed earlier this year which restricts unions, especially for public employees, to bargain for benefits like salaries and health insurance. Before he signed the Senate Bill 5 into law the unions wanted to speak to him and possibly work out some sort of compromise, but he stated no. Well, that did not sit well with public employees and we banned together and obtained enough signatures get the bill on this November ballot for repeal. It was announced yesterday that the Governor now wants to meet with union officials to work on a compromise. I say, why now? Since the Governor Kasich  took such a hard line with union officials when they wanted to work on a compromise and speak to him about what the people of the state of Ohio wanted. Why care now? Did he see the power of the people? Did he see that his own party did not a

Do sometimes the little things annoy you? I am sure there are somethings that I do that totally annoy my husband. I just wanted to take this time to say......." I am totally annoyed with the hole in the upstairs hallway." We have had a hole in upstairs hallway for about a year or so. It has been there for so long I can not remember how it got there.  The subject has been brought up weekly about fixing the hole. Every time I say something or ask what the hubby what he needs to fix I get the response of , "You can do it. I can tell you how."  or I get this long list of items that I have not heard of to pick up from the hardware store.  I have to look at the hole every time that I leave our bedroom and I am sick of it. If the expectation is for me to clean the dishes every night, then my expectation is for the hubby to fix the things around the house. Hopefully, my annoyance will be over this weekend when we work on fixing the hole together . Thanks for letting me ve

This is a great song. Continue to believe in yourself in this Monday. Have a great Monday .

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. Theodore Roosevelt   (quote) 

Are we surprised that  on Kate Plus 8, the children nanny is walking out this week on the show, because she can not deal with Kate? Why are people rushing for Kate and William to have a baby when they just got married? Why do people leave hateful comments on other peoples blogs? If you do not like what they have to say, don't go to that blog. Should Christians believe in the death penalty? Do you think that fast food restaurants really serve health food choices?

According to the Urban Dictionary , bromance is a close relationship between to straight males. This subject came to mind after spending time with my husband while he was recuperating from his illness. I realized that he was on the phone quite often.  First I thought that he was talking to his mom, since I know she calls during the day. After awhile I realized that the he was speaking to his best friend. 10:00am, 1:00pm and sometimes in the evening he was on the phone. It seemed like they had a schedule going on, which I thought was strange. When I began to listen to the conversations, they really were not talking about anything important, but were talking about what some of things their friends had done, what they were watching on TV and what they had did that day.  Then I began to get annoyed, since I was thinking that  I was in the house and he could just talk to me. I just assumed that since my hubby and I work different schedules, they have been doing this forever and I just never

This one of my favorite Madonna songs. It has a great beat and good for working out. I hope that it gets you moving this Monday . Have a good one.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections,  children tend to be sticky.    ~Fran Lebowitz     (quote)

I recently read an article in O' Oprah Magazine about marriages and how illness can tear them apart. I guess found this article interesting since I have been taking care of my hubby for the last two weeks. When we take our marriage vows, do we really think about what the statement of " in sickness and in health" really means? In the article, it stated that most men will leave a marriage when an illness of the wife takes place, when women will stick it out for the long haul if their husband gets ill. The article continued to state that couples that go through an illness together, become stronger in their marriage and as individuals. With just the minor surgery that my husband had, things have been different over the past few weeks. Part of it is that I have been the main caregiver and taking care of most task around the house that we usually share. I could not image what it is like when a major illness takes place in a relationship when there is not only the stressor of

Friday Just another day at work. Since the hubby has been off since his recent surgery, it was nice to have him home on a Friday night. We ended up ordering Chinese food and watching a couple of movies on HBO. It was a nice way to end the week. Saturday Did some house work. In the evening we went to a wedding reception. The couple Alan and Iyanna, had a small ceremony at a local chapel and then had a small reception at their home. It was a quaint affair with lots of friends, food and drink. The food served was good and so was the cake. I always look forward to wedding cake. We were not able to stay long since, the hubby started to not feel well when the pain meds began to wear off. Sunday Went to church. My friend Bev decided to join me at my church this week. It was a nice service. Came home and cooked dinner. I really wanted some fried chicken. I must say, that I do not like frying chicken since I feel like every time I fry chicken it is not completely done. Since the hubby

Many times I feel like this especially on a Monday morning. I hope that you are up and moving and "not doing anything" like the song says. Have a happy Monday and there are only 4 more days after today until the weekend.