Time

I honestly don't know what to post today. 

A tragedy happened in my family and while it happened to a distant cousin it doesn't make it any less tragic. She lost her little boy...he was only three....just a year older than Kyra. My heart aches for her.

I guess what I really want to convey with this post is, during this week when we recognize our blessings and remember to be thankful, is that we always assume we have more time. Time to do the things we want to do. Time to hug the ones we love. 

But one day will be the last day. 

One time will be the last time. 

So if you are going to be seeing family this holiday. Hold them tight. 

If you aren't going to see them. Call them. 

Tell people you love them. Cherish memories that  you've made and laugh and enjoy one another. 

Because time is fleeting, and there is never enough of it. 

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Thankful

Good Morning Everyone, 

Have a Wonderful Holiday. Be Safe and Be Happy.

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Confessions 8/6

Good Morning Everyone!

Today is Confession Day and I will get to the funny stuff in a moment, but first....

Apologies for no post the past two days. Monday I was hobbling around with a pulled muscle in my hip and trying to clean my house so that people could come look at a puppy. They didn't show because the wife went into labor. Legit reason! Anyhow I was so exhausted from hobbling and feeling like crap that I just didn't get to the computer to post.

Tuesday....ugh Tuesday was awful. I was woken up by my phone going off and when I answered it was my Dad. My brother got into a car accident. The lady rear ended his car and totaled it, but Thank all the powers that be, my brother was okay.  Anyhow my Dad was at work in the city and wanted me to go and get my brother from the scene. It was only a couple miles away from my house so getting ready at the speed of light, the baby and I were there to get him within less that 15 minutes. The rest of the day was spent getting Bear (my brother's nickname) checked out at the ER. He injured his Trapezius and messed up some nerves in his neck, but other than that checked out okay. Mom and I picked up his meds and took him home and took care of him the rest of the day. I am so thankful that everything turned out okay because honestly it could have been a much worse situation.

So there you have it, Why I was MIA the past two days!

Now let's move on to lighter things and Get with the Confessions!!!

...I confess that on Monday after cleaning I put on "What to Expect When You Are Expecting" the movie and balled my eyes out when the babies were being born. Kyra was asleep in my arms and I was sobbing like a big goober remembering the day she was born. Full on Ugly Cry kids.

...I confess that although we have given four puppies away and only have five left I feel like I am going to die each time. Seriously I cannot handle this giving the pups away business. I am too mushy inside.

...I confess that SWAMP PEOPLE is my guilty pleasure show. Some of you do Real Housewives or the Bachelor....but not this girl. I have no idea what the obsession is but I LOVE that show.

...I confess that I binge watched Season 4 of SWAMP PEOPLE on Amazon Prime over the weekend when I saw that it had become available. #NoShame

 

....I confess that I stayed up reading the other night until 1am. I was reading the first Ever After High book. I really am ridiculous.

...I confess that I shave my legs every other day. Seriously I will get out of bed at 2am to shave if I feel any prickly bits.

 ... I confess that clean sheets and shaved legs are the bomb.com

Okay that is it for me. Tomorrow I will be back with an AWESOME linkup/writing prompt series! I will tell you all about tomorrow morning!

Until then, big hugs and stay safe out there! 

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Throwback Thursday: Guinea Pigs and Pancakes

Good Morning Everyone,

First off let me thank each and every one of you that come here to read my blog. Some comment and that is AWESOME and some don't and that is fine too. I apologize for my little pity party yesterday. I suddenly realized at some point yesterday while reading comments and really thinking about things that I was being selfish and while my readership isn't huge, it is SIGNIFICANT. You are all important to me and each and every comment I get is greeted with a proper fangirl scream. I promise you. 

So again, Thank You to all of you! 

Now back to the task at hand....Throwback Thursday. 

Now I know you all have seen the Throwback Thursday pictures. Fun images of times past but I thought it would be fun to share a memory of times past! Today I will share the story of Guinea Pigs and Pancakes! 

It was finals week of Freshman year and not a one of us was studying. Honestly we had all be studying for the past week and now that there were only two days left in the semester we just didn't have it in us to go through any more notes or quiz anymore flashcards. We were done. 

The dorm room was small and my roommate and I had crammed as much stuff in it as possible but there was the tiny rug in the center of the room that was free of clutter and that was where we gathered, my roommate, her boyfriend at the time who would later become my best friend, Matthew, Robert, my future husband, and myself. Sitting in a circle around the board game and laughing in a way that reveled in our rebellion.  
 
We were going on our fifth round of the game, still laughing and carrying on with all the carefree joy that is 2am procrastination, when it happened. 

Ginny was giving birth. 

Ginny was a guinea pig that I had gotten along with another guinea pig. They were both supposed to be girls. They were not. 

So the game came to a standstill as four "adults" gathered around the cage to watch the miracle of life. After about an hour there were three new little guinea pigs in the world.

FYI guinea pigs are born ready to go. Their eyes are open, they have fur, and they eat solid food. Just a fun fact. 

It was pretty awesome as we all raised our glasses (of soda of course!) to the new mother and toasted her success. It was all pretty hilarious and uplifting until they all started to squeal along with us..(they aren't called "pigs" for nothing!) 

Once the little family had settled down and it was now at the point of "well might as well just stay up" that we decided we were hungry. The only place open? International House of Pancakes. 

Now again we were freshmen. Freshmen have to park in the lot farthest away from campus. Still nothing was going to stop us, we were still too excited from the game, the miracle, the rebellion! So we gathered up and piled into my car and set off in search of pancakes. 

It is an odd assortment of people that gather at the IHOP at 4am on a Thursday morning. You have other rebellious college students (mostly frat guys) ordering omelets and full sides of pancakes. Shift workers looking half asleep downing cup after cup of coffee. The EMO kids with sunny side up eggs or just a side of toast. Our favorite however were the drag queens. A hilarious group still on a rush from the performance the night before, dressed to the nines and toasting one another with orange juice and buttermilk flapjacks. We couldn't help but laugh along with them and admire the intense amount of makeup that still was in place at 4am. 

After breakfast we all felt exhausted and ready to finally call it a night. We parked the car in the lot and started the long trek back to the dorm. That was when it started to rain. It might have been a hard slog back but something about that rain, something about that whole night actually...well it just couldn't have been more perfect. We laughed, spirits renewed, and ran through the rain.


This night is one of my favorite memories because it marks the beginning of some of the best years of our lives. Hope you enjoyed! 


Here is my Husband and I on our wedding day. Matthew was Robert's best man.

Big hugs from here! Happy Thursday Everyone!

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