another award?!?

I love blogging...just the sheer joy of expression...the freeness.  then, i get a blog award...that is coolness to ya'll!  This time, my new friend Nikki sent me an award called:

The way this award works is you must:

a) Thank the person who gave you this award

b) Tell 7 things about yourself

c) nominate 15 newly discovered blogs to share this award!

Hm...7 things?  don't ya'll know me well enough yet? hahahahaha here goes:

1} I've embraced my inner geek.  oh yeah, total geekoid here.  I even play D&D now...oh, stop looking at the screen like that, at least I can admit it now! (Hi Rob and Neill)

2} Ya'll know about my five living daughters, and the daughter that died before she was born, but did you know that I have a "daughter" that is my dear friend...and that i occasionally want to "Gibbs smack"?  Hi Shelly!!!

3} I'm enjoying the cable on my tv not working.  oh yeah, i've also embraced netflix, baby...BIG TIME!

4} A fleur di lis factory has nothing on my living room!  I have so many, they each mean so much...check it out!  They are on the wall, around the fireplace...everywhere.  These are old pics, the room doesn't have this much stuff out of place anymore ya'll! lol

5}MM taught me to draw house plans on the computer eons ago.  Not sure if I still could, but perhaps I should try?
6} Once upon a time, I was quite the singer.  Now, my favorite times to sing are when my girls dance around to the music on the radio!  Their current favorite is "one week" by the Bare Naked Ladies!
7} I'm a FLYbaby!  If you are one, you know what I mean...if not, check out flylady.net (promise she didn't pay me for that!!!  I really enjoy trying, and she's helping my girls too!)

So there it is!  That was harder than it seemed!  now, 15 newly discovered bloggers:

1. Kelly's Lucky You
2. karens world
3. spicy designs
4.adoption of jane
5.country mouse city mouse
6.God made meds
7.Homesick Cajun
8.I can't decide
9.Kimberly's Korner
10.Life's journey
11.lowercase letters
12.Madness, Mayhem, and boundless grace
13.mother bear naturals
14.My life as a married girl
15.My way home

Getting to know YOU again!

IT's that time again peeps!  Time to fill out the questions...if you play on your blog, come back here and let me know, I'd love to get to know ya'll!  I play along withmy friend Keely so link up there too!

The Q's..

1. If you were to win an award today, what would it be for?
2. What is your shoe style?
3  Does your car reflect your personality?
4. If you could take over someones body for a day..whose would you choose?
5. Love or be loved?
6. If you were on death row, what last meal would you choose?
7. Have you been on vacation this Summer, if so where?
8. What is your favorite food related guilty pleasure?
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1. If you were to win an award today, what would it be for?
  Hardest work week ever.  yeah...with the children gone, the momma didn't play, she cleaned, decluttered, and fixed up!
2. What is your shoe style?
  casual.  i'm big into flip flops ya'll!
3. Does your car reflect your personality?
  In some ways, b/c my life is defined by motherhood...and i drive a passenger van!
4. If you could take over someones body for a day..whose would you choose?
   just for their body? or for all of them?  I want to be June Cleaver...either way.  under those aprons, she was a hottie yo!
5. Love or be loved?
   Love.  Like you've never been burned!
6. If you were on death row, what last meal would you choose?
   steak, baked potato, and ice cream sundae!
7. Have you been on vacation this Summer, if so where?
  nope.  but my sister/mom did take the children for a week so does that count?
8. What is your favorite food related guilty pleasure?
Ice cream...or skittles.

alright, it's your turn!  play along and let me know!!!

Thoughts on breakfast

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day". How many times have we heard this? I wonder who we can credit with that little gem...anyway. For me, breakfast is a huge pain! I don't care for eggs, can't eat pork, and really don't care for oatmeal or cream of wheat. To make it easier on ya, I can eat turkey sausage and bacon, and I like grits. There, I'm a picky breakfast gal...sue me. :)

So, we have these chickens...now ya'll know me. I am SOOO not the country girl type (except for the bare feet course!), but MM loves chickens, and we can use them for eggs and meat! Bazinga! So, I cook lots...LOTS of eggs. In the coming days, I'll share some uses for eggs...and some new recipes I try out...even if they fail. Stay tuned!

Disappointment...and tears.

I fully expect to cry a bit as I write this...when I started blogging, it truly was a place for me to "get it all out". Now, i love posting about family, and pictures, and funny stuff that you just *CAN'T* make up...but today won't be the fun stuff...I'm disappointed. My children are still at grandma/tee's house...my baby started walking, took her first steps away from me. She's growing so fast, it's killin me ya'll!

We found this house, all happenstance like, and we fell in love with it. Started fixing ours up to put on the market and everything...today, our Realtor comes for market analysis and says the house was in contract when they discovered a lien on it.

I'm heartbroken guys...my baby is walking without me seeing! The house that would have been perfect is gone...I know how blessed I am...I'm even trusting that the Lord will bring us something MORE perfect. But I refuse to hide the fact that I'm *really* disappointed! *REALLY*

So, Karen, forget all what we planned...we don't need it for now. Maybe one day...but not today. For today, I'm going to focus on being thankful for the house we have, which might be a little tight, but we love our house. and I'll just know that for a little while longer, we can't raise our own beef. :(

True to my word, I'm crying by the end of this post...so disappointed. but so looking forward to the great things God has in store for my family...Praise Him from whom all blessings flow.