Crazy days

Hey everybody! Hope all is well out there. I tried to unwind and watch a movie... its awful and really has no point so I now turn to the computer for my late night wind down.

So in reality i have no idea where to start or where i left off, I just wanted to ramble some. As far as work goes, I'm doing a lot of it, trying to stay ahead can be hard but the drama has dwindled to near extinction so I'm glad to say work is much more enjoyable now:)

Dan has a new job and I'm trying to move up in the company so the roles of bread maker would switch but I think that's fair, he deserves a break from all that stress. He's not a huge fan of his new job but hey, it's money and it will do for now.

Josie is cute as always and getting super big, super fast! She helped us dog sit last week and did really well, she loved having a puppy around but I think she still has some growing to do before we get one of our own. She's loving the pool this summer and is turning brown just like her dad and that blond hair just keeps getting lighter in the warm sun. Josie is also very excited (ok we all are!) that we get to pick up Chris tomorrow! He spends most of the summer with his biological mother but is coming home for two weeks! We're very excited to see him and I'm sure he'll be very excited to go swimming as soon as he can.

As a family we went down to Bryce Canyon again for Father's day and had such a wonderful time! If you ever go you have to go to the inspiration view point, it's my favorite, absolutely breath taking! We went a little later in the day so we missed most of the wild life but the temperature was perfect and the trails were beautiful. P.S on your way home hit up Rice King for dinner, yummy!

Other than that I can't think of much else to say, I'm sure if I did this more often it would be far more entertaining and have many fun tales, I shall try my best.

WOW

Sorry about that gap in posts! I've just been so busy lately!
So let's try and catch up.
Keeping me busy is 30 hours a week at work, the normal house work, and my wonderful husband also bought me a Tattoo gun which has produced tons of requests for designs and plenty of people volunteering to be my sketch pad...now if I can just find time to practice....I'm super excited to get going with it but just haven't found the time yet.
My little brother Mike left for his mission not to long ago and is having a good time hanging out in England lol as if it's possible to have a bad time!? I'm really hoping he is forced to try all sorts of new foods! This boy turned down a plate well worth 30 bucks from a really nice restaurant to eat the Kraft Mac and cheese i had made for the kids!!! Who does that!? So seriously hoping that has changed when he comes home.
We finally had to put Chris on some "special vitamins". It's a non stimulant, we really wanted to avoid this but thanks to his always negative teacher we decided to give it a try. I'll let ya know how that goes. So far he's still the same kid, so that's good!
Josie turned 4 this week, I can't believe my baby is so big. Of course she still tries to be little at times and just wants to be coddled but she really is as independent as it gets. She got tons of Barbies and Barbie accessories for her birthday which Chris was kind enough to help her set it all up, adorable! We went to Chuck E Cheese, simply because that girl loves that mouse! When she saw him walking around she jumped up and down screaming and bolted in his direction, I barely grabbed my camera fast enough to run across the place and catch up for a picture! She was so excited that she then had to find Chris so he could go see Chuckie too! She had such a great time and seriously got way too many toys! That girl has so many friends lol. She really is such a sweet heart though, I decided God gave me the perfect baby. It seems lately anytime i start to get upset or frustrated she looks me straight in the eye and says, "mommy, i love you". All my frustrations melt away when that little girl looks at me with those big brown eyes.
Dan's been working a lot lately which has put a tiny strain on our schedules since he works days and I work nights, they've been crossing over at times. But luckily I have an awesome family that has helped us out when that happens. I'm not sure it's going to get any better though, with the company growing like wild fire and him being in charge of Shipping, he sort of has to be there. That man will do anything for his family though! He's always doing extra to help them realize how great he is. His bosses always love him, he gives his all to make sure he does the job right. Even though he's gone all the time i sure am proud of him for being such a great father and husband!
As for me, I've been trying super hard to try and not stress work too much but find it extremely hard some days. The drama never ceases, I swear it just gets worse, like almost break into tears worse. When people fall short it makes other peoples jobs 10 times harder when really it's NOT THAT HARD! Sorry...but seriously people you know what i mean, doing your job is easy....doing everyone else's and yours will cause serious health problems! One thing that I will say, is I have no sympathy for mean crazy people anymore, I wasted that years ago on Dans ex! Lol, no seriously. So anyhow other than work, like I've said I've been super busy, I've been doing my jogging at night because I've run out of time during the day to do it. I feel like I'm running in circles but just doing the same stuff over and over again, I never get to do anything new. I'm determined that will change soon though! I want to get out and do tons of stuff this summer, so if you ever want to go play let me know!!! Well do to my awful memory that's going to be the end of this catch up, I can't think of anything else right now and honestly I'm not sure i could if I tried, so until next time, take care everyone!


Oops! Side note:
I am so excited about this!!! We had Rachel do our family pictures this weekend and I can not wait to see them! She is so amazing and I love that girl to pieces! She is such a sweetheart and does way too much for me! She is so stinkin talented and finds ideas where I'd never think to look or pay any attention to. I couldn't give her enough praise, she has a wonderful gift and I'm so lucky to have her as a friend!

Truth

So turns out I didn't dodge that bullet after all and I've spent the last week and a half sick as a dog. On the bright side at least I was well long enough to get my family through the tough part, and since Dan had already gone through everything he was the sweetest man alive and did everything he could do to make me feel better every step of the way. My heads finally starting to clear up and I thought I'd take that chance to write a bit.
My topic for today is going to be: What makes a good person? Please feel free to let me know your thoughts on this one cause apparently I'm in need of some help.
I'd like to think a good person is one that helps their neighbors and who willingly lends a hand to people they don't know, someone who thinks of others before themselves and will do anything to make someones day just a little better. Someone who would literally give their shirt off their back or give their last five bucks to a friend that needs it more than them. A person who always smiles no matter how bad things look. Someone who listens and lends a shoulder to cry on, a true friend. Charitable and unselfish, someone who doesn't rely on material goods no matter how bad they may want them. Puts their family first and lets them know how much their loved. Someone that will lend some of that love to anyone who needs it.
Their are so many qualities in a human being that are beautiful, too many for me to list them all. I'm so happy there are people out there with big hearts and loving souls, our world would be an awful place without them, some days I need a reminder that there are good people in this world and it's not all hate and violence.
I believe I am a good person and I try my hardest to do what I can, and some of you, if you knew every last thing about me, may judge and come to some different conclusions. But I don't see much wrong with how I live my life, I've always been different, a little off, not the norm, you all know this. I'm no prude, that's for sure, I'm not afraid to be who I am. But I may not tell you everything because you may not understand, and I see no reason to upset the ones I love over my personal views. I don't kill, I don't covet, I don't steal or commit adultery, I take my Sundays off, and I spend them with my wonderful family. So really what's left is my business and If you want to know I'll gladly tell you, but bottom line is somethings I don't just tell you to avoid any unnecessary uproar, I'm not going to change for anyone but myself, so please don't think otherwise. Love it or hate I am who I am and you may not like every last detail but I love you all just the way you are, so please do me a favor... and do the same for me. Love me for who I am because in reality you don't know everything about me, but I do and I'm smiling inside everyday because I'm happy with who I am.

Why not?

So I've decided to finally start a blog. Can't guarantee how well I'll keep up but I'll try to do my best.
So today was a pretty good day, I went to Kiara's baby shower for hers and Casey's first little baby. She's having a baby boy and she is one of the cutest pregnant girls ever!
I actually had the whole day off, (only because I requested it off) It was a good thing, I was able to make a wonderful dinner and relax with my family. Although I'm the only one not sick right now so it puts a little bit of a damper on things, poor Josie started coughing so hard she lost her dinner which was the first real thing she's eatin the last couple days so that was no fun. Her and Daddy have fallen asleep on the couch together, they both have the same thing so they can cuddle as much as they want. Luckily somehow I'm still feeling alright, after sleeping next to Josie all night on Thursday I thought I was doomed but it looks like I lucked out.
Chris is at his moms this weekend, but we'll get to pick him up at four tomorrow. I'm a little glad he's missed out on the germ fest, hopefully he comes home nice and healthy. He's such a good kid, he's been so helpful this week. I haven't slept well do to juggling medicine for Josie and Dan and the Vick's rub and the coughing and squirming, so he's been very self reliant in the morning getting as ready as possible for school. He's such a sweetheart! We've also put him on some herbal remedies for a.d.d, his teacher is adamant that he needs to be medicated but we refuse to just dose our child so we're trying all the herbal routes we can. He's taking very basic things like fish oil and gaba (something your brain naturally produces). The mixture we're trying now seems to be helping so we're hoping over time he'll be able to concentrate better.
For anyone I haven't talked to lately I've recently figured out I'm anemic, I was slightly anemic when I was pregnant and found out that my mother also has to take iron supplements daily. I have had a period of five or six months that I've felt so tired and honestly just thought I was being lazy, it never occurred to me something might be wrong till things got worse. Last week I became pretty ill, to the point where I didn't leave the couch unless I had to. I was so dizzy and weak, my friend Kim had called me the next day, I was feeling a little better but still not well by any means. I told her about everything that was wrong with me thinking I was crazy, maybe fatigued or something, when she told me that those were all symptoms of anemia. She also said women who are anemic when pregnant can have problems with it for the rest of their life, something my idiot doctor didn't bother mentioning! Anyway I started taking iron supplements and slowly started feeling better, about a week or more later I'm starting to feel like myself again! I can work out at the gym and not want to throw up and I'm not nearly as tired (this week doesn't count since I've been up half the night with someone) but I'm so grateful she brought that to my attention and that by simply taking some little pills I'm starting to feel so much better!
Well I think I've blabbed enough for one night. Take care, love you all.