Life of a Mom

New Hot Mommy Christmas Gift

December 17, 2008 by Jennifer 7 Comments

You know I have been asked several times this holiday season of what I would like to have for Christmas… well funds are extremely tight this year due to my hubbs being out of work so all I really “want” is for our family to be together and celebrate this wonderful Christmas season together.

But…. and you knew there would be a but right?

I can still dream and wish Santa would leave me something under the tree right? I most certainly will! So… my cell phone with verizon is two years old now and I have been scoping out a new updated cell phone. Well moms…do I ever have the Hottest Christmas Gift for you.

Are you drooling yet? Well just let me tell you what the saavy features are on this phone.

It is pretty much an all in one phone for the busy moms that we are. It has full html web browser to access the internet on the go and email, it has a full fledged camera that even a National Geographer used to take pictures overseas, it has a touch screen with several drag and drop features. Girllll can we say KEEP IN TOUCH, literally.

If those features are not the icing on the cake, then this will be. A music player with FM radio. This makes me jump up and down because I would love to have my music player included on my phone so I can have it altogether with me when I am out walking. It’s way too hard keeping up with all these gadgets on you when I can have it all in one portable unit.

Plus since we are busy moms, its easier to keep up with one unit instead of 3 or 4 to risk of losing.

The camera on the phone I would so love, because when you take a picture, you can just crop right on the phone and post to your blog all from this great Windows SmartPhone.

While I am dreaming of sugar plums, I am going to dream that Santa is leaving me one of these under my tree ;). Hey you are never too old to believe!

What do you moms think of the new SmartPhone?

Thankful for 20 Thousand Dollar Hospital Bill

November 25, 2008 by Jennifer 8 Comments

You know this weekend, I was bummed to find out that the insurance we had applied for did not approve to pay for my surgery. I let out a big cry and then figured I would go take a long walk in the 20 degree weather in the snow to relieve some stress.

Something hit me hard, like someone was trying to punch me in my back or something. I will call it a wake up call that immediately turned my thoughts around on this hospital bill.

I need to be thankful for this bill. Since I have this bill, it means I am no longer in pain suffering and can finally eat different foods again. I do not have to hurry and run to the nearest bathroom when I eat something, I do not have to crawl under the covers in pain from my side and back hurting, and I do not have to just eat a handful of selections of food. For this, I am thankful that I have this huge hospital bill.

By the end of my walk, I realized there are so many times in my life that I look at the negative when something happened. This wake up call led me to remember to look at all in a positive outlook and be creative in my mind of how I can turn it around to be positive.

So with that being said… thank you medical center for sending this doctor bill to me because it reminds me of the successful surgery I had 🙂

We Will End The Summer With A Bang

September 2, 2008 by Jennifer 14 Comments

I cannot believe that Summer 08 is over. It went by so fast. We just had to end it on a bang and took the girls to Tweetsie. I found out really quick that my 5 year old is not scared of nothing as far as riding rides. Let me show you what we went on, that about gave this momma heart failure ;).

You better believe this momma was screaming all the way up and down. Madisyn was just holding on to me really tight. What it would do is take you up and drop you really fast with no warning. It did that over and over. PHEW!!!!

She was riding all the adult rides and kept asking to re-ride them.

We finally talked her into going to feed the animals. The girls had an absolute blast with the animals eating out of their hands.

I actually got Lyndsee on a ride finally.. her first ever. So cute.

It was fun to let our hair down so to speak and just go with the flow :). Good bye Summer… HELLO Fall 08 🙂

Life As A Multi-Tasker

August 25, 2008 by Jennifer 6 Comments

I adore this picture I took this weekend of the girls. It made me take a stop and think, now this is what life is about. Stop and enjoy the day, enjoy family, enjoy what God has given us either bad, good, crazy, or tiring. It is our life and lets be blessed.

Last week would indeed fall in the crazy category. Hubbs ending up have surgery Tuesday when we went for all his testing. We are hoping this heart implant monitor will give us the answers we need, to make sure his life is prolonged and he will be around for years to come. I do know, life does not need to be stressful and I am making sure that we do things a LOT differently now to decrease all the stress that has been in our lives for the last year. The heart is a major organ in our bodies and we do need to take care of it!

Also last week, I gained two more titles to my name of “Mom”. I am am proud soccer mom and a clogging mom. Hubbs and I signed her up for her school league and she is having so much fun with it. My mom and brother signed up Madisyn for clogging. We are looking forward to see how well she does with it. She has been wanting to do clogging for so long.

We are going to be full on busy, but I like this, as we are seeing our children grow up to their own little unique individuals. I so much miss the baby stage, but am definitely looking forward to this new adventure in life.

5 Years Later

August 3, 2008 by Jennifer 8 Comments

Did I just blink? Where did the the last 5 years go? Please time can we slow down just a little bit. Just looking at these pictures side by side remind me I need to cherish everyday and put it deep down in my memory. Thank God for video and digital cameras so I can make sure I capture each and every moment. Oh no I’m not even going to be a good empty nester, I can already tell it!

Obviously you can tell we just moved back from Florida as we still have our summer tans haha and back 5 years ago we had our pale mountain tans ;). Plus mommy has the double chin going on, but mommy is working on that 😉 hehe.

I really do think we look a lot alike in this picture. It’s so fun seeing how we have both changed 5 years later!

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