Its that time again!!

Five Question Friday with Mama M

YAY!! So glad its Friday today! (esp after the wicked witch of the west-my boss-is forcing me to add about seven hours a week onto my schedule-UGH) Ready to kick back and relax this weekend with my little family and enjoy some football.

So lets get on with the questions:

1. What is your dream job?

 

 My dream job most def. is to be a SAHM! I am just not a risk taker and scared of going to one income. I want nothing more than to be able to stay at home and take care of my little one while she is a baby and do fun things with her and be able to not be so stressed by having to take care of someone else children! OK I will get off my soap box.. on to the next Q.

2. What song could you play over and over?

 Hmmm... I am a huge music girl. I love me some country music! Hard to narrow it down to just one song so I will say my fav. artist right now is Keith Urban. He is nice to look at and fun to sing along with ;)

3. Do you prefer to talk on the phone, text, or email?

Text. With miss priss running around usually I cant get a quiet minute to carry on a decent phone convo so its just easier to txt. I dont have email on my phone yet or that would prob have been my choice. Verizon just came out with their version of the Iphone so maybe I will get the hook up at Xmas time?!

4. What is your must have beauty product?

I , like Kate, am not a huge make up person. I mean I will put some on if I am going out or something but most days I go the natural route. One thing I must have is my mascara though! A girl cant be running around with blonde eye lashes and no mascara :)

5. What is your favorite MJ song?

I cant say that I am/was a huge MJ fan. I know I know but he was the best.. yada yada yada. Its not that I dislike him its just I didnt really listen to most of his music so I dont have a fav... sorry girls

Enjoyed 5QF this week! Hope everyone has a great weekend! We will be hanging outside this weekend in the cool fall air watching football while Emma plays in the leaves :)

Hot and Healthy Through The Holidays!

Alright ladies here goes nothing! I am going to give Keely and Mama M's Hot and Healthy Through The Holidays a shot! I am doing this for 3 main reasons....

1. I am about a pound shy of my prebaby (at my 6wk app) weight but I am about 10 lbs from where I was when I got married... where I feel comfortable in my own skin... where I feel confident being me! I want that confidence back and I want to do it the healthy way and not just some fad diet.. ya know?

2. I want to be a good example to my little girl. It is really hard when I am drinking soda and eating candy but wanting her to drink water and eat fruit ya know? Seems a little hypocritical of me. I want her to be aware of healthy choices and we all know they mimic everything we do and want to eat or drink anything we have! What better way to teach her (and my husband for that matter) than by example.

3. I was recently (about 3mo ago or so) diagnosed with systemic arthritis. They are still running some test to figure out exactly what kind and how to treat it. They have told me the best thing I can do is low impact workouts and maintain a healthy way to slow down the progression of the arthritis. I want to be able to play and do fun things with my daughter and not feel like a 90 year old woman anymore. Hoping and praying between the meds and the healthy eating I can at least slow the progression down some (they have told me any damage already done isnt reversible unfortunatly).

BUT.. I will totally need you girls support. I am a choc-aholic for sure! I also enjoy my sodas and my fast food.. so I have a ton of work to do. Glad I have such a fun great group of girls to hold me accountable and make me stick to this commitment!

Good Luck!!!

Halloween Pics... and other stuff!

 First off lets talk Halloween. We had a blast! Emma was so much fun and so into it. Way more than I ever thought she would be. We had a little hayride thing with friends and went around the neighborhood. Every time we stopped she would start pointing to the houses and get excited. It was too cute! Here is a pic of my little bumblebee... even though none of them are great because she was wwwaaayy to busy to stop and pose for mom :(

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Alright now that we got the cuteness out of the way... I have a question for you! Some advice needed. Since none of you really know me IRL I thought yall would be a great way to get some advice from someone who isnt really emotionally involved ya know?! So feel free to chime in and let me know what ya think.

Background:

I am a nanny and have been for a little over two and half years. I was offered this job as I was A's daycare teacher and her mom asked me if I would be willing to quit my daycare job and come and be A's nanny full time. SURE! Who wouldnt want to take care of 1 child vs 12 children and make more money doing it?! Count me in! I started working with the family right away and everything was wonderful. Well the following winter the lady I worked for became pregnant and about a month and a half later I was suprised to find out I too would be a mommy. The lady... we will call her K. K had told me (even when she knew I was pregnant) that I would be getting a 200 dollar a month raise when her baby was born... because then I would be taking care of two children instead of one... yada yada yada. Ok great... I was a little scared about taking care of two newborns and a three year old but I was game to try anything.

Here and Now:

Alright so the "babies" are now a little over a year old and A.. is off to preschool for half days and things are as crazy as ever. BUT here lies the dilema that I need your advice on... she is trying did change my schedule and it now includes about 7 hours more work per week! which really sucks! but the kicker is she is trying to not increase my pay at all. (Im salary not hourly) So I am looking at this as a pretty big pay cut and she is saying well I never adjusted your salary when your baby was born and I probably should have... (why should I get a pay cut for having a baby ya know... not affecting the way I care for her children at all) Would you go and try and find another job even though I have the huge perk of bringing Emma and still having an income? would you just quit all together and really skimp by (we could prob make it finanically but it would be VERY tough and would be a lifestyle change to say the least )? Would you just bite the bullet and work for less money? The problem is I just feel like she pulls be around by a leash because she "knows" I prob wont go anywhere?!

So feel free to leave me your thoughts on it all. If not I felt better writing it out..thanks for reading and sorry I just laid all my negative thoughts out there today.. not usually one to spill like that.  Hope  you girls have a great week!!  :)

Slack!

Thanks to Kate for reminding me how slack I have been about updating my blog! ;) We have all three been sick with the piggy flu so I was in fact slack! I even cheated and 5QF in the comment section of Mama M's post last week instead of taking to time to answer here on my blog *hangs head* Sorry girls I will do better esp. since we will all be working on getting healthy soon.

*~*UpDaTeS*~*

This past week Miss Emma turned 14 mo old! I cant believe it... time is flying by! I wish so bad that I could slow it down... or freeze her at this sweet age.

Also while we were couped up in the house (not wanting to give this junk to anyone else) my mom dropped us off a pumpkin to carve/decorate/paint! This was Emma's first exp. with paint and boy was it a messy one! It kept us busy though and was something fun and different for her.

Emma was fascinated with the gunk inside of the pumpkin when daddy was getting it out. She kept trying to put things (like the magnet in her hand in this pic) in the pumpkin for daddy to take out. :)

In other news this past week.. I have had some HUGE possible job changes up in the air. I have really been contemplating everything and weighing out my options. I am also working on a post on that and would love your input and advice. I am so unsure of myself and am always doubting my decisions when it comes to big things like that?!!

Last but not least guess what came in the mail this week?? Emmas tutu for her Halloween outfit!

And she was super excited about it!

Alright.. now that you all are updated on the recovering piggy flu fam. I am going to watch the Yankees! (and work on that post about  my job)

Mama M's Five Question Friday!

This will be my first ever Mama M's Five question Friday! Yes I should have that cute little button on here but blondie couldnt figure out how to get it there I just decided to get right to the chase ;)

Please head over to Mama M's fantastic blog to check out hers and other 5QF's

Well lets get on with this..

1. What phrase, or phrases, do you say a lot (holy cow, geez, seriously?)

 Hmm... the thing I have been saying lately is "niiiice." Not sure why or where it came from. Funny how we pick up little things like that huh?!


2. Swimming: Are you a kamikaze off the boat, take the plunge from the deep end, or a gradual, slow submersion from the shore or shallow end kind of person?

Total Kamikaze! I grew up on the lake so pretty much have no fear of the lake at all. I loove spending my summers on the boat and in the water. Cant wait for Emma to be able to enjoy the lake with us as well... she loved the ocean this past year so Im sure she will be a water baby as well.

3. Have any tattoos? If not, what would you get?

Oh yes I do... unfortunatly! It was one of those  young and dumb things!! Not that I am old or anything now LOL but was def. sowing my wild oats when I decided to get it.


4. What is your favorite tree?

A Christmas Tree!!! I love christmas so much and have so much fun decorating the tree. I love the smell of it, the look of it.. ahhh cant wait.


5. Two pronged question: What is your favorite non-physical thing about your spouse? What is your favorite physical thing about your spouse or significant other?

Non-physical- His giving heart. Derek is so giving and so sweet hearted I just love it. He would give anything to anybody who needed it.
Physical- His smile. He has the sweetest most perfect smile. His eyes come in a close second though :)

Well girls that was fun! Cant wait to read everybody else's!

Lazy

I admit girls.. (or guys if they are out there reading this) I have been really lazy when it come to posting lately. Not that I was good to begin with but thats besides the point. I  now have an award and that should have been motivation...so I am trying to do better.

In a recap of the past week...

We took Miss Emma to the county fair. Let me tell you she is such a people watcher! I think she is going to be a little nosey (wonder who she would get that from... def. not her mom who blog stalks or people watches at the mall...hmmm ). Now in her defense the county fair brings out the craziest people! I dont know where these people come from... but to put it nicely.. lets just say your could see ANYTHING at the fair. Even one of Keely's scullets! LOL

Also while at the fair my godson won Emma not one but two goldfish! I have never had goldfish (where they were my responsibility) and boy those are the stinkiest, nastiest fish ever! YUCKO! but on a postive note they came from the fair so how long could they possibly last?!!?

On another note I also started a small group study with some ladies from the church. I have never joined a small group before .. but I am really enjoying it. We are doing the study "For Women Only." It is neat to learn how those crazy men in our lives work but boy do I need to do some changing!! Really an eye opener.

I did finally take Emma to get her flu shot today and asked them about the H1N1 vaccine. They told me you have to be at least 2yrs of age to get the vaccine because it is a nasal mist. Now please tell me what since that makes to make a mist that babies cant have... esp when they are the ones who are supposed to be the most vulnerable?!?! Geeze cant win for losing!

Well now that you are all caught up on our adventerous rather boring week I will go and rack my brain about something a tad more interesting to post about next time...LOL

My First Award!!!!

I just received my first blogging award! How fun!! Thanks so much to Amanda over at Belli's Place and for Kate @ Kate's life for sending this award my way. This award does come along with some rules... so I will do my best to follow (not that I have ever succeeded with this in the past.. but that's besides the point).

The Rules are....
1. Answer the survey below using only 1 word answers.
2. Pass this along to 6 of your fav. bloggers
3. Alert them you gave them this award
4. Have fun

SuRvEY
1. Where is your cellphone? couch
2. Your hair? ponytail
3. Your mom? Amazing
4. Your dad? sick :(
5. Your fav. food: cheese
6. Your dream last night: none
7. Your fav. drink: Sun-drop (its a Carolina thing)
8. Your dream/goal: Achieved
9. What room are you in: living
10. Your hobby? shopping!
11. Your fear? irrational (as Mama M would say)
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? SAHM
13. Where were you last night? Fair
14. Something you aren't? pregnant... LOL
15. Muffins? Strawberry
16 Wish item? Jewelry
17. Where did you grow up? Charlotte
18. Last thing you did? Ate
19. What are you wearing? Comfy!
20. Your TV? Big
21. Your pets? Scooby
22. Your friends? Wonderful
23. Your life? Hectic
24. Your mood? BLAH
25. Missing someone? Yes
26. Vehicle? Honda
27. Something your not wearing? shoes
28. Your fav. store? Gap
29. Your fav. color? Pink
30.Last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Not sure
32. Your best friend? Abby
33. Fav. place to eat? Outback
34. One person who Emails me regularly? Facebook
35. Place I go over and over? Target!
Six Blog Friends
1. Meghan
2. Monica
3. Duet Diva
... all of my other bloggy friends have already received this award.. so we will just leave it at three! :)
Alright everyone thanks so much for sending this award my way! I was so excited..but now my daughter is pulling at my leg with a box of pantie liners in her hand..LOL Maybe I should be watching her instead of blogging :)
Thanks Again
Tyler