next step....3 minute run

I ran today and with the holidays I have to be honest and say I have not ran as much as I should but today I actually felt good....until the last cycle. Let me back up a few days.......

I ran on Sunday and on the fourth cycle of running for two minutes/walk one seven times  I was almost talking myself out of running. I went on to the fifth, and sixth running with heavy breathing but then as I was walking the one minute before the seventh cycle I talked myself into running for three minutes to try and see if I can go to the next step. I lasted three minute's and thirty seconds!!!! I was thrilled. It is true, you can set your mind to anything and then do it!!!!

As I ran today on the fourth cycle I felt great. I was not thinking anything but positive thoughts. It was the sixth cycle that I upped the treadmill to 6.5 for two minutes...I have been running anywhere from 5.8-6.2.....this got my heart pumping! The last cycle I started it still out of breath from the last and I tried to talk myself into running until I couldn't run anymore but for sure last three minutes instead of two! What is it about that damn clock on the treadmill? Why is it such a downer? At two minutes and forty seconds I felt as if i had been running thirty minutes! I did run the last cycle for three minutes and thirty seconds and although I am proud of myself there still is a bit of disappointment that I did not last longer. So you know what this means?...It is time to run three minutes. It is time to stop being scared of three minutes and just dive right into it tomorrow. No excuses, no fear, just do it!  (do I sound like a Nike commercial?)

this was me on the treadmill today!

BTW-I bought the Reebok Flex running shoes and they are fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

treadmill - 1 me - 1

Last night I did not allow the treadmill to win!!!
I printed out this work out to start becoming a runner, since I am not a runner but got this crazy idea I want to run a marathon, and it seemed easy...... run 2 miles walk 1 mile 7 times.
I did my warm up walk for five minutes and started the running walking cycle. The first two went by fast, I did not get winded nor was I breathing hard. I was prepared with the t.v. on and the fan blowing in my face. This all seemed too easy to me, I thought this is going to be effortless I should do 10 cycles.....WRONG!....at cycle 4 I could not breath. My legs did not burn like the days before but my breathing was so off that I thought I should stop. I got to the walking part on cycle four and thought OK you can just do five and tomorrow try to do the full seven. Why does my head go directly to a compromise instead of the fight to keep going? While I was running cycle 5 the whole two minutes I was talking to myself positively instead of negative, begging myself not to fail to this damn treadmill once again. I talked myself into doing the last two cycles and maybe just maybe doing an 8th cycle.... crazy right?
Well I completed 8 cycles of running for two minutes and walking for one minute. I could barely breath through the last run and counted in my head the last minute and was elated when I got to ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two....one!!!!!! I walked for ten minutes more for my cool down and cut the treadmill off at 38:26 minutes!!!!! It was a full 2.44 miles and I was very proud of myself.

I will get on the treadmill again tonight and try for the 7 but really want to do 8 or 9 cycles. Next week it is running 3 minutes and walk for one but lets not get ahead just yet....I might stay on the run two minutes walk one minute for two weeks.

I have to keep remembering this. Dedication, sacrifice, pain and time....I can run longer then I think I can!!!!! If I want to compete in a marathon I have to keep positive in my brain when I run instead of the negative. Running is not my enemy!!!!! (can someone tell my legs that?)

Treadmill - 1 Me - 0

Last night instead of walking outside, I decided to walk/run jog on the treadmill.....why o why does it seem so much harder and time drags on sssssooooooo much longer? I felt as if I was prepared for the battle ahead. I had a magazine and the t.v. was on in the room with a fan on and still the time past as if a minute was 20 minutes. The tracker for the calories burned seemed so wrong. How could I have been only at 120 burned calories after being on the treadmill for so long and painting loud enough for my husband to ask if I was ok? The competitor inside of me urged myself to go on and not lose to a machine but at 20:25 minutes I eneded the battle. Yes your eyes are not playing tricks on you....20:25 minutes felt as it were 60:25!

Today is a new day and I will fight to stay one longer...or just take the dog for a walk/run outside where I do not have the time, or calories burned blinking in my face bigger then times square.

30 = marathon

yep you read it right.....I am turning 30 and I am going to run a marathon. Did I tell you I am a walker not a runner? I tell my friends if they ever see me running call 9-1-1 because someone is chasing me or I am in need of help.
Truth- I watched the biggest loser marathon episode (totally am not a John fan) and after watching the struggle each contestant went through while running and then the emotion they had crossing the finish line made me want to do it too.
SO.......what better way to celebrate turning 30 then to train and run one myself???????????
I started my training yesterday. I printed out a how to start running if you are a non runner like myself and today my thighs feel like they want to fall off because of course I ran more then what they said to do. You might think how stupid right, BUT when you are jogging with you dog and your dog is walking it makes you want to run more!!!! (at least that is what happened to me.) I was of course out of breath and thought do I have smoker lungs??? (I don't smoke-not even socially or when drinking) The only good that came out of the jog was I showed myself that I can run jog and go further then I thought I could and once I can get myself to run the whole 2 1/2 miles I usually walk Kenny is going to join me.(He is a runner-he thinks it is fun!)

I will keep you updated on my running jogging and hope to inspire you too!

soap box

   There are only a two times in the year that I get extremely busy (this is why I have not been blogging) one  is of course during Christmas and the second is during the swim season, but I need to take a few minutes to get on my soap box....
 I am getting so annoyed at all of the commercials and emails from the stores I like to shop at...Last day for 30% off or Last day for buy one get one 1/2 off...and then the next day start over with a new sale. Why can the stores not just start at that price? If they can mark it down to that price there is still a profit being made so why not start out at the sale price? This just makes me rethink spending my money at your store. The bad thing is the toys that my children want is at the stores that I am so frustrated with so I have been trying to find them online and would even pay higher for them then the sale price!!!

Thankful in pictures

 

Growing Up together 


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Family time at Lake







Thankful for food

Today I heard on the news that on Thanksgiving Day there will be more than 10,000 homeless in the Houston area being served a Thanksgiving dinner. 10,000, ten thousand...ten thousand. Tears come to my eyes thinking in my home town that many mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, are without homes and food to go home to. I get to have everyone at my house for...what Hudson calls....Turkey Gobble Gobble day, I get to put together the food in a working oven and on a working stove. I am not sure if I have ever thought anybody did any different? Not to mention if it is 10,000 in my town I can't even begin to understand the total number for around the world.


I can say next year, since Trenton will be ten, I will hope to be one of those volunteers not only passing the food out but passing out love to everyone who does not have a warm home to celebrate Thanksgiving.

last years Turkey Gobble Gobble day

Thank you for the food in which we are about to receive.

Thankful for Grandparents

Today I am thankful for having grandparents in my life. Although all are in Heaven now I am so delighted when I am going through a day and a memory crosses my mind and puts a smile on my face. My Grandma Lopez loved humming birds and recently there has been a hummingbird that comes into the flower bush we have and each time I see that bird I say a prayer to my grandma, tell her hello and thank her for coming to visit. When I come across wheel of fortune I think of Grandma Nana and how I dont think there was a day that past she did not watch that show! And oh how Grandpa Lopez would just love to watch dancing with the stars and so you think you can dance because that man loved to dance!
So today I am thinking of my grandparents and sending so much love to them in Heaven. I cant wait to see all of you again!

time is a wasting

I have been holding patiently on the phone with a obviously a new employee who has not a clue to what she is doing at AT&T for the past 42:03 minutes to get a new phone for our warehouse manager...who by the way is one of my favorite people. Why you ask...because he never asks for anyone to go out of his way for him and is always giving our company his all all the time...did I mention he is almost 60?
While I was getting a neck cramp from holding the phone with my shoulder I had plenty to do to not waste the precious moments I will never get back. I was texting my boss, Kenny and writing an email to Trenton's teacher. This morning Trenton tells me he is in a play which is tonight...he has football tonight...so I emailed the teacher to see how big his part is (hopefully she did not judge) because he has a football game tomorrow and do not want his coach to bench him because he did not show up for practice.

Does a mothers brain ever stop thinking, worrying, remembering? I can't remember why I thought I had stress when it was just me or think that I had a full schedule when it was just Kenny and I with his baseball. It is also book fair at school this week and not only did I not give Trenton money I had to call the school to figure out the late night so we can take him because it is more important to a nine year old to buy a book at the school fair then remember what he learned at school....ME: Hey, goose what did you learn at school today? Trenton: nothing, Mom book fair is this week can I get some books? Don't get me wrong, I love to read and I love even more that Trenton likes to read and I am willing to give the school money every time they ask it is just the remembering part of it all, then worrying!

Pink Eye

Last week I was lucky enough to not only get pink eye in my right eye but the following morning I had it in my left eye. Friday morning I woke up understanding how it is to be blind. My eyes would not open because they were sealed shut. Do I get out of bed because I know my way around to the bathroom and get a cloth or do I just sit here and yell for help? I sat up and called for Kenny, about ten times before he heard me because he was getting Trenton ready for school. When Kenny finally came in the bedroom he said, oh crap! I guess I looked as bad as I felt! It took me about 20 minutes to finally be able to get my eyes open.
Today I am blessed because I can see with my eyes. I can see colors, see the way around my bedroom, see the smiles on my boys faces when I try to kiss them in the morning and they try to not let me but I always get the kiss in somehow.
I am thankful for my eyes and pray for those who are blind.

Painting

I am in the mood to paint, paint paint! There are just two problems...1. I loved the open concept of our home and that is why we decided on the floor plan but now when I want to paint there is no stopping point for the entry way to the living room as well as, from the entry way you can see the study, kitchen, dining room and living room. In our first home there was clearly and entry way, extended entry way (at least that is what I called it) and then the living room...see below 2. If I choose a color, I believe, I would have to pick one color for the entry, living room and study so it all flows. HELP!

Entry way in our first home. I dont have a picture of our new home but will get....

139.5

139.5

Finally I have reached my goal for the past two years....get under 140. I know this might sound crazy but for the past two years I have been stuck between 140-142. For the life of me I could not get under 140. I walked, jogged, swam, sprinted, played softball, played baseball and football with Trenton, tried to keep up with Hudson and still the same 140.5, 140.2, 142.3 and the list goes on! I came to work this morning and got on the scale and it said 139.5. I almost cried! Ok...not really cried but I have been working towards this goal for the past two years and to finally reach it feels as if I should treat myself to a giant big meal! Ha Ha no I wont just yet, maybe when I get to 135! Right now I am just going to try and stay in the 130's.

Lesson for my kiddos!

Is'nt this the truth? Am  I raising my boys to live this way? I would like to think so but I know there is always room for me to teach this more everyday! Each time we go to the store...can i have gum, can i have candy can i have coke...you know the colorful displays they put at the check out. we have plenty of gum, candy and coke at the house and yet when they see that display they forget the last time we bought gum, candy or coke and want it again. I just have to remember not to take it personal when they get upset b/c I say no we have some at home.

Happy Friday

Had to share...saw this today and thought exactly!!!!!! so funny i laughed out loud at my desk.

Carving Pumpkins

 The boys decided to carve pumpkins....I do not enjoy sticking my hand in and taking the stuffing out so I took pictures and supervised!

 Hudson learned he didn't like that stuff either.

 Trenton did a really good job for both pumpkins!

The boys got bored while Kenny was carving the pumpkins so they went for a bike ride.....

The boys loved the pumpkins! Thanks dad...

Lessons from Hudson

Hudson is a ball full of energy, laughs, cries and love from the second he wakes up until the second he falls asleep! He is going to be the class clown, frat boy that will do any dare and the worry in me for the rest of my life! He is four....omg really four...and every second I have with him is precious to me.

5. laugh at everything it makes the moment where he has a skunk by the tail not seem that bad.

4. when you want something you want it and if you are told no who cares fight for it anyway!

3. never forget a bribe.

2. No one says you have to follow the rules.

1. when someone is hurt do your best to help them and love on them. (anytime he sees Trenton crying or hurt he is the first one to go over and try to help!)

Lessons from Trenton

Trenton is my sweet caring loving but quiet funny boy( I am the total opposite...the quiet funny part). He likes to play tricks and tell jokes but he doesnt want the attention that comes with being the class clown. He is nine....omg really nine...and every second I have with him is precious to me.

5. Being quiet does not mean he is upset.

4. Loving animals is as important as loving humans....i think if we could have a zoo he would want it in our back yard.

3. It is not the words that are spoken it is the way you say it.

2. Listening can get you everything...he hears all!

1. Putting a smile on someones face makes the world go round. 

These are old pictures that i just found of him!

Lessons from Kenny

After writing what lessons I have learned from God, Dad and Mom I started thinking about the lessons I have learned from others in my family! That being said I will start with Kenny for today....

5. Follow your dream, when you get your dream job and it ends, go to the next dream job.

4. Doing is Love.

3.You have got to learn to keep your mouth shut!

2. Don't care so much what other people think of you!

1. Family is always most important.

Lessons from my mother

5. words have power. 4. put makeup on everyday and for sure put lipstick on! 3. give to the church 2. the Lord with never give you something to break your back. 1. with out ever saying it....being a working mother and putting yourself through college with five kids does not mean you have to sacrifice your family!

Lessons from my dad

I was thinking about the lessons my parents have taught me and thought....I need to write them down so today dad tomorrow mom!

5. with out ever saying it just always showing me....stand up to the bullies. 4. "watch that lead foot of yours." (some how he knows i speed) 3. "what have i always told you, dont wear your emotions on your sleeve, i can see it in your face your upset" (i can hear him saying this to me in that exact sentence!) 2. again, with out ever sayint it just always showing me...always do what is right. 1. "above all do your best, i can not ask any more and as long as you do your best i am proud of you." I am sure pleanty more but for now those are the top five in my mind.

GODS LESSON FOR ME TODAY

Today I was taught a very good lesson by God and it was just the kick in the face I needed! Does it ever happen to you...When God puts things in your life to let you know that you don’t have it that bad? There is a man that works next door, always smiling, always asking if we need help. I am not sure there has ever been a time where I have seen him down or in a bad mood or not asking if we are ok. Today I asked, "That man is always smiling!" I was told his story.... About two years ago his 12-14 (not sure the exact age) year old son was with a group of friends doing graffiti on a building. The cops were called and when they came out the kids ran. A video surveillance captured his son running, and then giving up with his hands up against a wall with his back facing the cops. In the video it shows the cops shooting his son while his son was standing against the wall with his hands up and his back to the cops. His son died from the senseless shooting. Just writing that down brings tears and anger to me and yet this man has a smile on his face every time I have seen him for the past four years! I would never ever have known that during the four years I have seen him he was ever going through this burden. I have learned many lessons though this story but the one that keeps replaying in my head is (like my mother has always told me) you never know the burden someone else is going through. This man walks with his head high and a smile on his face while having one of the most devastating tragedies I can think of happen to him. God Bless this man!

Peace offering

When given a peace offering with out any explination what do you do? Does the pain of what happened between the two of you just up and go away with out talking to each other? Is the peace offereing the "I am sorry?" When it is your husband there really isn't a sorry needed because we let it go so why can I not just take the peace offering and let the hurt go with others? Who is really suffering, them because I am avoiding and ignoring the situation or me because I am holding on the the hurt with them knowing or not knowing? If I had enough wall space I would explain all that happened but trust me there is not enough wall space!

Fall

This is my absolutely favorite time of year! I love the colors, and candle selection with the fall leaves or the pumpkin and the apples! This time of year seems to wind down with the stress from the start of the school year without the stress of Christmas yet…. unless you go into some stores that are already pushing Christmas (SMH). I love that the nights are cooler which makes it easier to enjoy with the neighbors and a good ole glass of wine…with ice  yes everyone just wants to kill me for my ice! I say it’s not different then ordering a iced coffee right? There are just some things you need to have cold. I love that soon down here in Texas we will be able to wear the fall fashion but for now we are still getting away with wearing lighter clothes. I best thing I love about fall is the promise of holiday time off work is approaching!

crying

I just realized why Trenton crys/shuts down when he is upset....BECAUSE I DO IT TOO! Kenny and I have had a hard time with Trenton lately because when he thinks he is in trouble or if he thinks we are upset with him he will start to cry and not talk. Both of us could not figure out why he gets so upset when we want to correct him....other then thinking we are the big bad wolves of parents! Well today I figured out it is because I do it too. I was being questioned at work about something small and the words I heard were something negative and totally different and insetead of being able to talk it out I put my head down, couldn't look at my boss and started to cry....JUST LIKE TRENTON! I have never connected the dots like this until now. And I see Trenton's personality so much like Kenny's...really it is so weird...I have never thought he is like me in anyway! I am going to go home to Trenton and explain to him that its because of me that he shuts down and cries and that I understand his emotions. I just hope next time he cries, looks away and shuts down I remember that I do it too and there is not need to get upset with him over it, I just need to let it pass and then be able to talk to him about it.

first fall soccer

Hudson's first game was well lets just say....I had to bribe him into playing in the second quarter! ugh...i know this is so bad but why do I feel the need to "look" like the perfect mom with the perfect kids? Let me explain...We get to the soccer fields at 7:30 for the 8pm game, one of my best friends is also on the team so we thought this would motivate both or kids to play. WRONG! Hudson wanted nothing more then to play with my cell phone in the chair on the sidelines then to play on the soccer field while I cheer from the chair on the sidelines. He came to me after two minutes of warming up like this...

For the whole first quarter I was thinking of everything nice to say....Hudson you can do it! Hudson mom wants to see you score a goal!...Hudson soccer is so much fun just go play with your friends!...Hudson, Jacob wants you to go play with him on the field! FINALLY...yes, I whispered in his ear so no one could hear...IF YOU GO PLAY WE CAN GO BUY A TOY! Of course Hudson gets up and says, at ToysRus? I say yes! He says, A new batman toy? I say, Yes! just please go play soccer. ugh...why do I bribe my child!?! Yes, Hudson went to play and yes I did look like I had a normal loving child but ugh I hate that I had to bribe him. This is Hudson after the bribe on the soccer field with a smile on his face!

Good news is the second game we went to he did amazing with out any bribes! He scored goals...not that we keep score....oh wait my four year old does, after every goal he would count how many his team had and how many the other team had to Jacob! He is having a lot of fun and learning to play/share/keep hands to himself on his first sport team! Here he is in the second game with out bribes but a lot of cheers!

One last picture...here is Hudson and Jacob on their first sport team together....these boys will be friends for life!

love

I fixed my hair on a Saturday, which for me on a Saturday is huge, so I asked Trenton to take our picture and I just love it! Thanks Love!

Face book Friends?

I don’t comprehend the new "facebook world".... we have so many friends, however when we see them in public we do all that we can to not make eye contact! This has happened to me quite a few times in both situations...Seeing a "facebook friend" and hoping they don’t see me so I don't have to say hi and seeing a “facebook friend” and they turn to not want to say hi to me. What really rattles my brain is when "facebook friends" do it to me, I mull over it for days...did they not recognize me, am I that bad of a person they dont want to say hi, am I that annoying they don’t want to say hi? On the other hand, when I do it to others there is no worrying or late night thinking of what I did. My solution to this has been deleting one "facebook friend" a day which in truth; I would not want to say hi to them in person if we saw each other on aisle five in target. Funny thing about that...I guess some have noticed I have deleted them and they friend me again. This keeps me thinking....Do they really want to be my friend or just have a high number of friends on facebook?

sport season!

So here we go, tomorrow will start with me having two kids in two different sports with games either at the same time of each other or within 15min of each other and I have to figure out how to be there at the same time. My parents had five kids, all of us were in so many sports I can’t even remember all the sports functions we had. At the same time I don’t remember but a few times they were not there and not have me there on time! How in the world did they manage this because I am still trying to figure that one out? Trenton is in football and Hudson is in soccer and of course their playing fields are about 20min away from each other. Tomorrow morning I have an 8am soccer game and a 9:30 football game. Wish me luck...oh and the boys!

fires and floods

The largest fire in Texas history is happening right now, over 800 homes have been turned to ash. The biggest flood in Binghamton New Yorks history is happening right now, many homes are being washed away. What is God trying to tell us here?

3000+ children

Monday night I turned on the t.v. around 8:55pm...this is something so unusual for me since May I have not had a second to myself much less for the t.v....I wanted to catch the news about the Texas fires but saw something called Children of 9/11. I guess when you become a mother anything with children catches your attention like a freight train coming at you so of course I watched it.
Over 3000 children lost a parent or maybe even both; this is my worst fear ever for my boys. Watching this documentary with the 9/11 kids only having video or pictures to see and hear their dad/mom really hit me hard. I know I take it for granted that I get to wake up each morning with my boys smiling at me and saying good morning. To think their parents got up on 9/11 to go to work just as I did this morning, never to return again but in memories. You know, I must admit I do not think I ever really considered the children of the many lives taken that day. I am sure I thought those lives taken were mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles etc. but I know I never really reflected on their lives or their tragic end to what could have been. These children were on a path of love and devotion from their parents. Who knows what could have been for these children if 9/11 never happened.
It is so heartbreaking to think for the past 10 years as one victim put it, “I know all Muslims are not bad but they killed my father.” Can you even imagine living like this for the rest of your life? Keeping the hate in you for a whole religion because a few bad seeds? Holding on to the hate I think is the most tragic because no matter what the hurt and pain can never go away holding on to the hate.
During the show and even now I pray for those 3000+ children to find peace in their hearts and hold on to the love they were given in the short time they had their parents that were taken too soon. And keep the faith near that soon they will be with their mom or dad again.

Never Forget

September 11th is coming soon and it is just so heart breaking to me. I will never ever forget where I was and watching the footage on T.V. after our Professor was kind enough to let us go. She walked into the room with her face as white as a ghost and said everyone go home and turn your T.V.'s on there is something not right.
I was in Florida, away from my family in college. I couldn’t understand what was going on. I still do not believe the people were jumping to their deaths as the media reports. I can’t fathom the phone calls the wife’s and husbands were getting from their loved ones on the plane saying we are going to take this plane down. And the children, oh the children. My hearts aches and I pray for peace.

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Songs

1. From this Moment-Shania Twain. Song Kenny played while he proposed to me!

2. Untitled Hymn-Chris Rice. I cry every time I hear this song and want it at my funeral.

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movies!

1. Gone with the Wind. I would love to live in that time to wear those dresses!

2. Blind Side. Love the message this movie has for my boys.

3. Hangover. Kenny and I laugh at this movie every time we watch it!

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1.The Help. I started reading this with out knowing one thing about the book and could not believe how much emotion came through the book. if you have not seen the movie....read the book first it is better but the movie did not disappoint.

2. Heaven is for Real. I am reading a chapter a night out loud to Trenton and I do not know which I enjoy more, the book or the conversations I am having about the book and God!

3. Measure of a Man. I am also reading this book right now and the only thing I can say is this is a must read!

4. The Shack. I have never read a book more then once....I have read this book four times!!!!

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1. Chuy's Jalapeno Dip!

2. Homemade Lasagna by me...first time ever to try last week and Kenny had three servings....that was the best compliment ever!

3. Homemade tortillas with lots of butter and lots of salt...to die for

4. Homemade popcorn from my dad...it’s the best there is.

5. Homemade chicken tenders with white gravy

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1. My house! I like when the kids are at our house playing makes the house seem more alive


2. Florida, miss all our baseball "family" that lives there hopefully we will be back soon.

3. New York, want to see it at Christmas time and miss all our baseball "family" that lives there.

4. California, to all family members who still live there...hurry up and come to Texas!

5. Paris...for sure my dream loctation to go to when i have the money to shop there!

6. My parents house...the next best place on earth besides my house.

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My Wants!

1. Teachers who care about a good education

2. a tan all year long

3. one pedicure every week for the rest of my life

4. better money skills

5. more holidays

6. have as much energy has i have now in twenty years

7. braces

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My Fears!!!!

1. dieing before my kids become adults

2. not hearing God's whispers

3. pedicure spas not clean

4. snakes

5. spiders

6. being in a car crash with my kids in the car

7. meeting someone for the first time with something in my teeth or nose

8. not forgiving people who have hurt me before i die

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1. My boys! Kenny Trenton and Hudson!!! As stated on my nieces shirt..."Could they be any cuter?"

2. Buttercream icing on cupcakes!!!

3. Listening to converstations between Trenton and Hudson. Funny

4. Flip Flops and Flip Flops with heals.

5. Sleeping in.

6. The Good Wife....such a great show.

7. Chuy's green salsa

8. Dr. Pepper and Crown

9. Hot tamales the candy

TEN

1. Cannot stand it when a car races to cut me off or pulls in front of me and slows down. There are so many times I wish I could get out and ask did you even notice the silver ton machine coming at you?

2. I am fascinated on booksfree.com….its like Netflix but with CD’s books…. I cannot stand the radio anymore and drive slower to work so I can listen to which ever book I have.

3. I have had the baby itch for awhile....only thing is after I had Hudson I told Kenny I was done having kids, we both agreed no more babies and he got fixed.

4. I wish there was a craft class for dummies! I mean sport dummies....people who have only played sports their whole life and do not even know the difference from aisle 1 to aisle 10 in Michaels!

5. I would be too embarrassed to attend the craft class for dummies even though I wish I was a crafty person.

6. I am a scale watcher...it’s ridiculous. I go on the scale in the morning, afternoon, night and before I eat and then after to see how much I gained from the meal I just had. It is addicting, so awful to even write that out!

7. I love to walk. I could walk for hours with just my prayers, thoughts and dog.

8. I am obsessed with french fries and they cannot be cold.

9. Bringing flowers to someone is one of my favorite things to do, seeing their face light up is worth every penny of the overpriced flowers when they have no idea your bringing them flowers.

10. Love fashion but feel guilty to buy myself anything over $25 because I think that money should go towards my kids.