Whoo hoo it's Friday and I am ready for the weekend! Saturday, we are going to try and get Eden's picture made with the Easter bunny and if that doesn't work I am going to buy a bunny and release it after I take some pictures!
So, I am heading into Cincinnati the other day and as I am driving I am passed by a mini-van and on the back window in big white block letters it reads, "SLOW DOWN BABY ON BOARD." Really? Thank God you plastered that on your car I was "this close" to driving my car into yours! Not to mention I was driving a little faster than the law allowed and you passed me. I just don't get some people...but I did have a good laugh so it was worth it.
VH1 has a series of I Love the 80's, 90's and so on. I always wondered if the baby on board signs are things people will look back on and go why did I do that? You know like BIG hair in the 80's and tye dyed shirts in the 70's! I find it very funny! I mean you don't see adolescent or know-it-all teenager on board signs and yet even though they are not babies anymore you would still want people to drive with caution! Right? What do I know I have been trying for years to get DW to put a "I LOVE MY WIFE" bumper sticker on his truck and he still hasn't. I may ask that be my mother's day gift this year...yeah I doubt it happens but if it does I'll be sure to post a picture!!!
Til next time take care,
Alison
*Momma Jan, I didn't think anyone read my blog that's why I haven't been updating as much, but now that I know you do, I will!! *Love you, mean it!*
Friday, April 3, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Catching up...
We have arrived in Indiana! We are loving it and Doug is sooooo happy that we are out here with him. Looks like we'll be here for awhile...yay! Mom and dad rode out with Eden and I and flew back home...we really miss them! Thank goodness they offered to make the drive with us, I couldn't have made it here without them. Life is going well and seems to be better when we're all together. Eden is still not walking and no it doesn't bother me! She's very fast! lol. I can't get much done during the day but that's okay with me because house work can wait!! Well, there's not a lot going on which I love but just wanted to share that we made it and it's going good. The picture was taken before we took Pop & Rae to the airport...sad times!
Til next time take care,
Alison
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Don't be that person...
Ummm, lady can you not see that I am trying to figure out what went wrong between Chris Brown and Rihanna so if you don't mind turning around, sitting down and shutting up, were the words I wanted to say but I did not. Here I am on the last flight before arriving in Indianapolis to see Doug and all I want to do is read my recently purchased gossip magazine hoping this will keep my mind off flying-something I do but don't particularly enjoy. That's when it happened two women sit down one beside me and the other directly in front of me...she had long gray hair and is adorned with lots of turquoise jewelry. She then proceeds to turn around and begins the third degree on yours truly. She asks where I'm coming from and where I live and then tells me that they are two crazy women (her friend much more reserved). And on their last flight the person they were sitting by changed sits...I can see why!! All of a sudden she reads my shirt JRMC Wellness and yes it's written in the right hand corner of the shirt and she asks "What's JRMC Wellness" only as she asks she runs her hand across my right breast...I KNOW! Good Lord, she's one of those people. You know the ones, they don't respect personal space. Feeling violated I inform her it's where I workout and I look down as to signal that this conversation is OVER but she did not pick up that cue. She says "Do you workout for fun or because you have to?" "I just do," was my reply. "Oh, that's wonderful someone your age being so healthy," was her response. I am sure my frustration was written all over my face, as I can not hide my emotions very well. She finally puts her behind in her seat...thank goodness. The point of this story keep your hands to yourself.
RESPECT THE BUBBLE!!!
RESPECT THE BUBBLE!!!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Life...
Well, I am almost all packed for my week with Doug. I am really excited to spend some time with him but will miss Eden so much. When he comes home it's for such a short period of time and he has to make his rounds visiting folks so we hardly get to see each other. Eden and I came back to Arkansas in October and were only planning on staying until December and here it is almost March. I am glad we got to spend time with my family but I am ready for the three of us to be together again. Hopefully, while I am with him we'll be able to figure out where we want to be and then get moved sometime soon...Hawaii is sounding better and better with all that sunshine and water.
My 27th birthday is coming up and I am realizing that there are some things that I really want to do this year. I want to go skydiving!! I have been wanting to do that for years but now 27 is creeping up and it will only be a matter of time before 30 (Lord willing). I was going to do it for my 25th but as time goes on the list of people that were going to do it with me gets smaller and smaller. Any takers?? I figure why not start doing what I want to do...I don't want to be one of those people who says I wish I would have or I am too old to do that now.
After I had posted this I was going through my email and found this one email India had sent me...
Words to live by. Go do something meaningful, the house work can wait!
A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.' He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: 'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion'.
I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day... I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Someday...' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.....I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no one.
My 27th birthday is coming up and I am realizing that there are some things that I really want to do this year. I want to go skydiving!! I have been wanting to do that for years but now 27 is creeping up and it will only be a matter of time before 30 (Lord willing). I was going to do it for my 25th but as time goes on the list of people that were going to do it with me gets smaller and smaller. Any takers?? I figure why not start doing what I want to do...I don't want to be one of those people who says I wish I would have or I am too old to do that now.
After I had posted this I was going through my email and found this one email India had sent me...
Words to live by. Go do something meaningful, the house work can wait!
A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: 'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.' He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said: 'Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion'.
I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more and clean less. I sit on the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day... I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words 'Someday...' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.....I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no one.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Spa Day!
Julie, Lacey, Christie, Ashley & I got together last weekend for Julie's baby shower. Only that Julie didn't want a shower so we went to the spa, ahhh yes much more fun!! We had such a great time. Here's a pic of all of us before the relaxation began. We joked that our lives have changed since college because we stayed in that night and remembered what happened the next morning!!! Ha...adulthood! Doug decided to come in that weekend since he wasn't working because of the weather. The spa day had been planned for some time so being the best husband ever he told me to go and enjoy myself and me being the good wife...I did!!! Not to mention I am (Lord willing) flying out there on the 14th for a week, YAY. Saturday, Doug took Eden to see his family while I was in Hot Springs so it that worked out beautifully. The picture of Eden in her high chair was taken Sunday before Doug headed back...she has no clothes on because I forgot a bib and I'd already washed clothes for the day. She likes to kick back and put her feet up but I didn't grab the camera in time to get her with both feet up and crossed-that's when you know she's all done.
Til next time take care,
Alison
Monday, January 26, 2009
Eden's 1st step
Lately the days have been flying by too fast I guess it's because we'll be leaving soon and I know it will be so hard to leave mom & dad...Eden has become very attached to them. And who wouldn't she gets away with everything. Today was awesome and tonight little miss Eden took her first step! YAY!! She took a step from Rae Rae to Pop and I got it on video but I have no idea how to post it. Eden got to spend some time with her cousins this weekend and they had a blast. She's especially fond of Caden and he loves his Edie Bell!! Well, that's about all just thought I'd share how excited I am about Eden's first step!!
Til next time take care,
Alison
Til next time take care,
Alison
Friday, January 23, 2009
We enjoyed the warmer weather today but I think that will change tomorrow. Oh, well! I talked to Doug and he sounds good but I think he's ready for Eden and I to be there. I am wanting to fly out next month for my birthday-he'll work, I'll shop and we'll go skiing sometime in between. That all is subject to change that's how life goes for Doug just last week he was getting a month off and heading home! There's not a lot to say but had a few minutes and thought I'd write...an outlet for me. I was reading Kristie's blog and got the idea to give some realism's about myself that you might not know!
1. Having a baby is everything I ever wanted but never knew I did. I never pictured myself as a mother and didn't dream about my wedding day. Now I can't imagine life without Eden.
2. Doug and I dated four months and then got engaged. He's traveled all but 1 year of our marriage and it never gets easier telling him bye. It drives me crazy when I hear people complain about their spouse. If you have someone to talk to and laying next to you at night there's no reason to complain.
3. I type and retype several times before I post because I am not a great writer and grammar wasn't my best subject.
4. I am a people pleaser but I am working on that! I've been told the older you get the easier it is. It takes a lot for me to walk away from a relationship but when I do that's it. After reading Kristy's I understand that it's okay to do that!!
5. I love anything that has to do with water. I use to be a lifeguard and by far it was the best job I have ever had. We didn't get paid much but if they knew what we did there after the patrons left we wouldn't have gotten paid at all!!
6. I would love to do interior decorating full time. Mostly because I love to decorate but partly because I love the show Designing Women. I drive by the house anytime I get the chance. The actual house is in Little Rock.
7. I am addicted to CNN. I watch every chance I can and enjoy talking about politics. I am the liberal one in the family. My sister and I have completely opposite views on everything concerning politics. So, this last election was fun...well, at least it was for me.
Til next time take care,
Alison
1. Having a baby is everything I ever wanted but never knew I did. I never pictured myself as a mother and didn't dream about my wedding day. Now I can't imagine life without Eden.
2. Doug and I dated four months and then got engaged. He's traveled all but 1 year of our marriage and it never gets easier telling him bye. It drives me crazy when I hear people complain about their spouse. If you have someone to talk to and laying next to you at night there's no reason to complain.
3. I type and retype several times before I post because I am not a great writer and grammar wasn't my best subject.
4. I am a people pleaser but I am working on that! I've been told the older you get the easier it is. It takes a lot for me to walk away from a relationship but when I do that's it. After reading Kristy's I understand that it's okay to do that!!
5. I love anything that has to do with water. I use to be a lifeguard and by far it was the best job I have ever had. We didn't get paid much but if they knew what we did there after the patrons left we wouldn't have gotten paid at all!!
6. I would love to do interior decorating full time. Mostly because I love to decorate but partly because I love the show Designing Women. I drive by the house anytime I get the chance. The actual house is in Little Rock.
7. I am addicted to CNN. I watch every chance I can and enjoy talking about politics. I am the liberal one in the family. My sister and I have completely opposite views on everything concerning politics. So, this last election was fun...well, at least it was for me.
Til next time take care,
Alison
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