This Is Where I'm From!



Me when I was 20..

 I am from cabbage patch kids & Barbie dolls.I am from a big house with a full basement & a huge backyard with a swingset & a trampoline.I am from homemade meals & desserts & rooms just for guests.I am from gardens filled with green beans,tomatoes,onions,corn,canteloupe & watermelon.I am from yards filled with shrubery,big pecan trees good shade trees,apple,fig & walnut trees.From yards full of all kinds of flowers.From riding bikes up & down the driveway.I am from church on Sundays,big family dinners & holidays.From piles of books,ice cream sandwiches & Walkmans screaming Color Me Badd.From family comes first & from hard work & remember where you came from.I'm from a small town in Georgia..from my daddy's endless bottles of Old Spice & picking on my older brother..lol I am from a family room filled with family photos & photo albums.This is me & this is where I'm from.

Top 10 Things I Love About Motherhood!

1.It teaches & promotes life long patience-(exactly how many times in one's lifetime can we say flush the toilet..I'll let u know!
2.It gives me glimpses of what I looked like as a child.
3.It has allowed me the ability to perfect the art of baking chicken all different kinds of ways-(picky eater check)
4.Because of Motherhood I know what a Pokemon,Bakugan & clone troopers are & why the loss of them can result in screaming & whining..lol
5.I became a body fluids NINJA- nothing phases me anymore.
6.The realization that you're never too old to play-(I'm not too old or clueless to beat my 9 year old "Video Game Master" @  Wii bowling thank you very much)
7.Caffiene breaks are a real good plus!
8.Momma & Daddy alone time makes for a better mom!
9.Getting hugged & kissed often by my son works really well as an anti depressant-(cost effective & heart warming-Double Win)
10.The giggles-(Hands Down)


AJ being silly..;)



Top 10 Things I'm Sick Of @ This Very Moment!!

1.Those painfully painful minipops commercials..No tween needs to be singing anything on TV EVER!
2.Winter..cold things..I could do without Winter!
3.Homework..don't mind assisting AJ with homework but seriously come on he's in 3rd grade not middle school..if I wanted to go back to school..I WOULD..most of this homework & projects aren't for these kids they are aimed at us parents!
4.Kim Kardashian-72 days is NOT a marriage-it's a rash!
5.Seeing Easter candy & displays in January-some of us are still recovering from Christmas & Valentines is up next slow down people!
6.Drama..one thing I do not need!
7.Laundry-the dirty kind & also the clean kind that is waiting to be put away..ugghh!
8.Caffeine-I need some NOW!!
9.Socks-so overrated!

10.Snobby ppl..I just don't have time to deal with ppl who think they are somehow better than me or anyone for that matter..face facts we are all created equal!

My Sanctuary-(my home sweet home)



Our sunroom..AJ playing his Nintendo 3DS..:)



Our House



Welcome To Our Home!



Our family room..:)



Our Family room..:)



Our dining room..:)



Our Kitchen..:)



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Our laundry room..:)

 I do love my house..we have lived here since July 2005 & have thoroughly enjoyed living here.I like our house to be apart of everyone who lives here..our sunroom is the one room that gets the most compliments from people..it is all wood..wood floors & knotty pine walls & ceilings..it has vaulted ceilings with embedded lights on a dimmer,big paladian windows & we have alot of low windows all the way to the floor..it gets alot of natural light..in here we play air hockey & walk on our treadmill plus AJ can play with his remote control helicopter in here because of the vaulted ceilings & his remote contro car & Halo tank because of the wood floors.
Our living room is carpeted but it also has vaulted ceilings & we have a fireplace with electric logs & a beautiful mantle with slide lights in front of our mantle.We have no windows in here so it's very cozy.In here we watch TV & movies together & we have our desktop computer in here so we do email,Facebook,blogging & AJ plays computer games.Our dining room is carpeted which I hate who would put carpet in a dining room? We plan to take this up ASAP...no windows in there just a sliding glass door leading to our back covered deck.In here we enjoy meals around the table & talk abt our day..we also use the table for drawing,painting things on a protective cover of course to keep paint off the table..we also play board games & Uno around the dining room table which is fun.Our kitchen is a nice sise & we have plenty of cabinets to put things in & lots of countertop space.In here we cook alot of delicious dishes,bake cookies,cakes,pies & brownies.Our laundry room is a small room but big enough for the intended purposes.In here we wash our clothes & dry them then fold them.AJ's bedroom is painted a pretty blue called -(Disney Blue)..he has so many cool things in his bedroom-pirate stuff,Spiderman,cool instruments-(harmonica,keyboard,tamborine & a guitar),fishing pole w/ tackle box,games,video games,X-Box 360,TV,DVD player & VCR,books,posters,Nerf guns etc etc...in here AJ plays video games & sometimes I play too of course he beats me everytime..lol


Me & my hubby's bdrm..:)




AJ's bedroom..



Our Bathroom-(me & hubby's)



Our guest bthrm & AJ's bthrm..:)



Our covered back deck..:)



Our  Pool..:)

Our guest bedroom is the palm tree room..palm trees on the sheets,comforter & pillow cases/pillow shams.This is where our guests sleep & also where AJ & I sleep on slumber party nights on the weekend..we watch TV,movies & karoke on our karoke machine.Our master bedroom-(me & hubby's sanctuary)..our walls are seafoam green..in here we watch TV & movies,have alone time,read & of course sleep..:) In our master bathroom in our bedroom we have a whirltub & walk in shower.In here we soak in our whirltub & take hot showers..when I want to relax I soak in my whirltub surrounded in candles & read..:) In AJ's bathroom he pretty much hardly ever takes baths or showers in there he usually takes baths in our whirltub & showers in our shower..only thing he does in there is use the toilet & brush his teeth & hair.On our back deck we roast marshmellows & hotdogs on our firepit & Eddie fixes delicious steaks,fish,shrimp,turkey burgers,hotdogs,chicken & veggie kabobs on the grill..:) AJ also keeps his bike here so it won't get rained on.We enjoy being outside in summer in our pool swimming & getting dark,roasting marshmellows & weenies in our firepit,grilling out,riding our bikes,AJ enjoys jumping on the trampoline & riding his 4 wheeler..& I enjoy relaxing in our hammock..

Hey Good Lookin Whatcha got cookin??



I love to cook!



Shrimp Verde

 I enjoy cooking mostly dishes I find in magazines or online or in a cookbook but they are ones I've never fixed before & usually they turn out quite delicious..but I have had a few to flop & taste awful..lol I watch Food Network often & get good ideas from there as well..last nite I fixed a dish called Shrimp Verde..it was soo yummy & yesterday I posted the recipe for it along with a Talapia recipe...having an ok day..colored my roots this morning & folded my hubby's clothes straight from the dryer..having to eat Jell-O,popsicles,clear liquids & ckn broth today..no fun at all..tonight @ 6pm I have to start drinking my pineapple flavored prep-Tri-Lyte to clean me out for my colonoscopy & endoscopy tomorrow morning-4 liters in all of this yummy solution-(yea rite) that's going to have me making a bee line to the bathroom every few minutes that is not my kind of fun on a Wednesday evening...uggh! But it's got to be done but I will defintely not be a very happy camper in the process of it..