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The holidays are pretty much over and as one last hoopla before the kids return to school on Wednesday we went to see the Good Dinosaur. I cried. It was such a good movie. I love how Disney always has a underlying lesson and this was no different. Luke cried and Lane did a smidge. I love that my kids are so soft hearted. The came by it honest I think.


Ralph and I had a better day, I guess because we chose to just let it go. It is what it is. He makes me sad sometimes but for the most part he is very high percentage of my happiness too. Sometimes you just have to choose to make it a good day, and that is what we did.

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Today has proved to be a hard day simply because I allowed it to be. I worked my tail off and got all the Christmas put away, the gift boxes unloaded and the amount of laundry now is really out of this world. Ralph hurt my feeling first thing this morning over something stupid and I have stayed ticked off about it all day. He is moody these days and I have grown out of moody. So I don't just back in his crap about it, I just allow it to hurt my feelings and ruin my day. He goes on as if nothing happened. But here it is 7:30 and I think I will curl up and crash and tomorrow will be better.
Goodnight.

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We rang in the New Year and welcomed 2016 at home sitting in our favorite spots on our couch! We finished off the final tree this morning and got all Christmas in the attic. We partied for the Outback bowl, where the Vols walked with the win! #govols Me, mom, and Stac did a little shopping this evening then back home to rest with my guys! All in all, I guess 2016 off to a fine start! ❤️ 

#boymom - Summer Break 2015; Week 2

This week wasn't a week for much fun. Little man Ashton had surgery today. Surgery went well and he was ready for a selfie as soon as it was over.

So while leaving the littlest of the Carlton boys with Pa working outside, me, Granny, and the biggest Carlton went to visit him. He was still very groggy and tired. We didn't stay long and then moved on our way.

#boymom - Summer Break 2015; Week 1

My plans are to make the summer as Fun as Possible for my little guys and sometimes that is very hard to do when you work, you allow life to suck the fun out of you. This week since I am trying to get in the swing of things, I chose a Movie as our fun outing. So Tomorrowland it was. I think they enjoyed it and the snacks too!

Welcome...

I have entered the wonderful world of blogging! Well I think I have anyway. I have no idea where to begin. I have never been one to write much. I never kept a journal or diary as a kid and to be completely honest (and terribly sad at the same time) I never even kept baby books of my children. I know ~ that is a sure sign of a terrible mother. I'm sure my daughter in laws will love me for that.

Let me start this blog by telling you part of it's purpose. Back in October of 2012 I quit smoking. Since then I have gained somewhere in the ballpark of 36 pounds. Now, after many months of this weight and the continuously rising of it. I need to make myself accountable for it. For a long time I just blamed the no smoking. However, we all know that can't be the only reason. The facts here are just this, I love food. Love it! Now that my taste buds are back (that the nicotine had killed) I can taste so much and now I like more food than I did before. Now here is where the blog comes in, I recently read here that to start a exercising habit you need to make yourself accountable to the public, family, and friends. So - this is it. This is where you will walk with me daily on my ups and downs of trying to remove some of this weight I am now caring. I haven't made any "gaols" yet. This is the first step I am taking - its a small one but it is a start! Thank you for joining me on this journey and being my support group as well as my friends.

Much Love,

Jamie

Weekends go to quickly...

We are back to Monday and as in my last post, you know how I feel about those. But I love my weekends and in order to have weekends, you must have Monday's. My husband has been working a lot of overtime right now and this past weekend he was off. I do love it when he is home with us. His birthday was on Friday and we celebrated on Saturday with breakfast at Cracker Barrel with some of the family. It is hard to plan anything with all the overtime he is working, so that is the best I could do. But we made the best of it.

I don't know about you all but my kids are dying for spring. They have sat inside for too long. They are at that no toy, no TV show, and no Movie makes them happy mark. Bless their hearts I know they are tired of being stuck inside all the time. I'm ready for spring myself. We had some pretty rough storms come through on Friday, which was March 2 {my hubby's birthday}. What is the saying, "March: in like a lion, out like a lamb". Well if that is the case, the end of March just might be beautiful because Friday sure was UGLY.