Toooosday

    Well, this week has been great.  I have been in EDX and I love being over there.  Away from the crazy backcounter drama.  It's also very helpful to have students that know what they are doing and do a good job at it.  I just sit back and relax.  It's cold and very rainy.  It is suppose to snow again in DC and Baltimore this week.  I'm suppose to go for a scrapbooking thing and I'm afraid to go and get stuck up there.  I'd really love to take the boys because they have never seen that kind of snow before. 

    We have a new family member...well two actually.  My cousin Kristie had her little baby Evie about 2 weeks ago.  Also, G's little sister had her baby on Saturday February 6th.  Bryar Zayne was born via c-section at 2:14pm.  She was 10 weeks early weighing in at 3lbs 10.6 oz and 16 1/2 inches long.  My SIL had horrible preeclampsyia.  At one point she stopped breathing and was put on a vent.  Scary stuff for all of us but Glenn was losing it.  It is very hard for him to be so far from his family.  I'm going to make a diggy scapbook page of Bryar and I'll post it soon. 

Other than weather and babies...not much going on.  Gotta get those Valentines finished up for the boys.  Here are what I made using SBC3.  It is an amazing software. 

And finally a fun picture of Daddy and his girl...

God Bless...
Night!

Friday free for all....

     I've never been so thankful to see the end of Friday like I am this week. 

    This has been a crazy week at work.  I'm feeling pissy and frustrated because I've been skipped over again for a job I wanted.  It hurts and bothers me alot.  In all truth...I don't think I really want it.  I just want to be wanted because I have expressed interest in the job for a year and a half.  My other thing is that I'm pissy that I make half of what the weekend day people and weekend night people make.  I'm pissy about because I work just as hard.  I may not work 12 or 13 hours straight but I work just as hard and deal with more rude doctors than they do.  I shouldn't feel this way but I do.  I feel like I'm struggling with the friends at work.  My only friend is my husband.  I'm lucky he loves me so much and supports me.  The only one friend I might have now drives me insane.  It's almost like a constent silent battle between us because of power struggle.  I need to be reminded that the grass is not greener.  I should know this better than anyone because my hubby has tried that route and it isn't out there.  I'm tired of working my ass off and watching others royally screw up and get a slap on the wrist. 

BUT change of subject....

Landon's diorama came out great.  I'm so proud of the hard work he did on it. (Logan's too...LOL)

Just found out some scray news about my SIL in Texas so I'm going to go but I'll be back later to update.

God Bless!

Peace and Love,

What are you doing with your dash???

I read of a man who stood to speak, at the funeral of a friend.


He referred to the dates on this tombstone from beginning...to the end.
He noted that first came his date of birth and spoke the following with tears. But he said what mattered most of all, was the dash in between those years.
For the dash represents, all the time he spent alive on earth.

And how only those who loved him know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own; the cars, the house, the cash, what matters most is how we live and love and how we spend our dash… So think about this long and hard. Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left, that can still be rearranged. If we could just slow down enough, to consider what is true and real.

And always try to understand, the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more,

and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect, and more often wear a smile…

Remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash would you be proud of the things they say and how your spent your dash?

- Linda Ellis



I feeling very frustrated today....like my life is going to go no where.  I don't want to stay in the same rut...I want to be promoted.  I want to learn more.  I want to make a difference to others....Work as pretty much sucked this week.  This poem helps me shift back to perspective sometimes. 


God Bless
Peace and Love,

Wordless Wednesday

Back at it...

     So, I was really sick this last weekend. I was really lucky that my kids were able to pretty much take care of themselves. Then I waked in the kitchen and saw this....crazy sneak boy...LOL

    When I was growing up we had a cat named Kipper that would follow us to the bus stop and just sit watch us get on the bus then go back home.  How funny is our little Izzy hanging with Landon waiting for the bus.  I'm actually glad she does this because it is so special.  She is a great cat. 

    

      Saturdays are a fun day in the Collier home.  We let loose of week stress and let our FREAK FLAG FLY.  This is how the boys chose to let loose about 2 weeks ago.  They are awesome and do so good during the week...I'm all about letting them be "characters". 

     Thought I'd share a pic I caught of little miss "stingy with my smiles".  This is her favorite activity.  Her bouncy.  Sometimes she gets going and I think she is going to take flight.  She is so fun to watch.

    Okay, well...I've caught up on some pics.  Today I went back to work.  I love my job and I absolutly love my co-workers.  I mean there are times that we piss each other off or get on each others nerves BUT I just love them and love the fun we can have at work together.  I really hate that we bust our humps and we are the least paid shift.  That totally sucks but I'm thankful to have a job.  I can't change the way shift diffs are done so I should not complain about it.  In most other areas people would kill for my shift but I'd love to only work 3 or 4 days so I could get more done at home with the kids. 

    We finished the Ocean Habitat Diorama.  I will post weeks probably Thursday night.  Landon did AWESOME.  It looks great.  I'm so excited for him.  He loved doing the science project so much he said he wanted to do one just for fun.  I'm so glad.  I love that kid. 

God Bless!  Peace and Love,

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling....she's on her way now...

     Well, I've been home sick today.  I don't know what the problem is but I'm still very nauseaed and my stomach hurts bad.  I've contemplated it all: 
Could I be preggo again?  Surely NOT 
Is it my gastritis in a HUGE flare up that makes me vomit and have diaherria???? 
Is it just period hormones...cause that started today...great timing *cough* NOT
Did I just get some nasty tummy bug that is not 24hrs???

     I've enjoyed the "stay at home" mom role today even thou I was really sick.  I was very productive for a sick momma.  I got everything together for Landon 1st science project... A Habitat Diorahma.  I got everything for the kids Valentines.  Cooked.  Cleaned.  Laundry.  Lysoled.  Cloroxed.  Lysoled some more.

Where did my spell check go on this thing????

So here is Linz Lou showing off her skills...

     She is such a chatty and smiley kid BUT she is stingy with her smiles.  She will not...I mean will not smile for the camera.  When she sees it she is like "duh"....LOL...but she smiles all the time other than camera time. 

     So the first science project is due Friday...here are some pics of the process.  We are doing a little bit each night.

Ahhhhhh...chatty is getting cranky...