This is one of my favorite pictures. One of the last pictures I have of my Granny. That is Lainee with her, she loved that baby so much!  

This picture cracks me up! Look at my dad's sunglasses!! This was at the Little Rock zoo years ago. :) 

This is my wonderful Grandpa and my aunt, Pollyanna. I don't know where they were, but I'm sure they were duck hunting. I think this picture is awesome. 

Here are our spoiled cats. Miss Kitty is up front and Alix is in the back. They love to lay on the dryer while it is on. :) 

This picture is so embarrassing, but I had to post it b/c big sunglasses and Stawberry Shortcake are in again!!! :) I was dancing in this one! 

I had to post this one too!  

Lainee Marie, my special girl. I love her so much! She is so beautiful. ;) 

This is Jaxon Elliot. He is such a precious boy, I love him very much!! :) 

Here is the most recent picture of Aaron and myself. This was super bowl Sunday. Can you find Maddax in the picture?? :) 

Here is a picture of my step-dad Randall, I really like this one. He loves to hunt!!!  

Ohhh!! Here is another one I don't remember seeing ever!!!  

A picture of my dad and me that I have never seen until now. My mom made me a CD of pictures and I will be posting lots now!! :) I am guessing we were at Lake Village...? 

My daddy

My daddy...Dale, Mr. Dale, Mr. Streeter, Bear, twin to Gail, boyfriend to Patsy, mentor to Patrick, brother to Linda, brother to Randy, brother to Harvey, son to Pauline and Willie B., ex-husband to my mom, wonderful Father to me, Mentor to many. What a magnificent man he is. I wonder every day how my daddy had so much patience with me. I guess one day I will know.

He worked all the time when I was growing up. 7-3 M-F and when he got off work there was always something to do around the house or outside. I remember him always trying to show me things outside. Showing me how to mow the yard and why to do it that certain way. I never was a lazy child, never wanted to be. He tried to turn me into a hunter but that didn't work. I was good luck for him, if my rattling of the candy paper didn't scare the deer off. My daddy taught me so many things.

I am so lucky and thankful to have the wonderful parents I have. Not only that, I have and will hopefully have another step parent too! I remember how horrible it was when my parents got a divorce, how could I forget. But now as time has passed, I have gained so much. I have learned what not to do.

I have a wonderful step father who never had kids and is such a loving man. He takes care of and loves my mom. He can talk about anything and will for hours. I love him, he is my second dad.

My dad's girlfriend is such an awesome lady. I hope they marry soon but try to stay out of their business. She is such a patient and loving person. Her children and family are just great. I hope we can be one big happy family soon! I just hope dad learns how to take a break and relax. Stop and smell the roses, life is too short. I love this quote, "Don't get so busy making a living, you forget to make a life." This is your second chance dad.

When making wedding plans I made the decision to have my dad and step-dad walk me down the aisle. This was one of the hardest decisions of my life so far. I wanted my step-dad to walk me too because he is so special to me. I am the closest thing to being his he will ever have. I also worried that my dad wouldn't feel as special. My daddy has done so much for me and I don't know where I would be if it wasn't for him. I didn't want to hurt anyone or leave anyone out. I talked with my dad and being the kind man he is, said it wouldn't bother him at all. I love you daddy thanks for everything.

P.S. My mom is the best woman in the world, I have not forgotten about her. I posted a small entry when she had surgery and will pick up on that later. I am sleepy! I love you with all my heart Mommy and Daddy!

My daddy and me. 

L to R: Haley- Sweet Pea, Shauna- Dear Ginger, Stephanie- Dubious Achievments, Ginger- Sweet and Somber fairy tale, and me Sweet tooth. Girls blog night! Cicily wasn't feeling well and already went home, we should have taken pictures before she left but all we could do was talk!:) I had such a good time! It was so nice to catch up with friends and meet new ones!  

Jenn, me, and Jimmieanne at a Christmas party. 

I am at work and decided to post really quick. (on my lunch break) I am having a great day today and hadn't had a good day since my last post. I am home sick and I am coming home Friday! I am ready to see my mom and step-dad's new motorcycles. I am not real happy about them going fast on them but all I can do is pray. Hope everyone is having a good week.

Happy Valentines Day

I am glad that I had such a good Monday because the rest of the week was horrible! By Friday everything was better though. Jennifer came up this weekend. Jimmieanne (Jenn's sister) and Brad (bro. in law) are having a house warming shower today. Their new house is absolutely beautiful!
Yesterday Jenn and I went to Memphis to go shopping and had the best time. We found so many good deals! After our meal at Pat O'Brians, we walked down to Alfred's to listen to the band for a while. While we were there we met this couple from Canada. They were the best! They had kids our age or older and were the coolest people. I had planned on being home early, but we sat and talked to them for a long time. We had the best visit. They have been traveling to different places like; New Mexico, Arizona, Southern California, Memphis and are going to Jackson, MS next. We talked about my Grandpa and uncle Bob who play guitars and they wanted to drive to Hamburg to hear them play. They were the nicest people and we had a blast with them! I wish them a safe trip home if I don't hear from them! :) Happy Valentines Day to everyone!!

My not so creative/creative Monday

I am not in a creative mood, but feel I should post something. Maybe doing things I like/dislike will get me going...??

I dislike...people that ride in the left side of the lane and sit there like they don't see you behind them, (I guess these people can't read the sign that says "slower traffic keep right.")
I dislike...it when kids say yeah, huh?, and what? I was raised with manners and I like to hear yes ma'am and no ma'am. I am originally from the South and I guess they don't think that is important here. I have really started to notice it at my current job. I guess it just depends on how you were raised.
I dislike...it when I wake up for no reason at all 1 or 2 hours before I have to get up. Wow!!! This makes me so furious! (it happened this morning) I made 2 complete circles turning over and over and over, trying to get comfortable. I woke up at 4:30 a.m., tossed and turned (wonder why the saying is tossed, I didn't toss) until 5:40, then I decided to get up. I was extra early to work this morning. Whoopee!! :)
I dislike...it when people pull out in front of you. It doesn't matter if they speed up, if they turn off 1/2 a mile down the road, I despise it! Sometimes I think "I wish I could ram them with out hurting anyone just to show them they are wrong and not to pull out in front of people!!!!" But I can't do that of course.
I dislike...all of the cat hair that I have to clean up and off of things in my house. I love my cats so much but I get so sick of cat hair!! I have to be extra careful when I cook. I have to check my clothes before I leave the house. My beautiful black wool coat will never be the same. The price we pay for our beloved animals.
I dislike...people that interrupt, are rude, are jealous, are cruel, and liars.

That is enough dislikes for now. I was having too much fun!! ;)

I love...my wonderful, sweet, understanding, handsome, thoughtful, hardworking, dependable husband!!!
I love...my awesome, kind, thoughtful, loving, understanding, handsome/beautiful family and friends.
I love...my new CHI iron. Can't imagine fixing my hair without it. Other irons just aren't the same.
I love...my job. I think this is the first time I can truly say this. I absolutely love working with children. We see special needs children also. I am a very patient person, but I have learned to have even more patience now. Even when I get my fingers bit, I keep on trying.
I love...my neighbor. She is so sweet and she feeds our cats when we leave for the weekend. I try to take her to Wal-Mart and to eat lunch on Fridays.
I love...taking a relaxing bath, getting a facial, getting a pedicure or just sleeping.
I love...eating. I think there are only 4 or 5 things I don't like. The way to my heart is not diamonds, it is a good meal!!! :)
I love...getting family and friends together to visit.
I love...creamed potatoes and gravy (mom's, and KFC in Crossett)
I love...Kowloon's Restaurant in Lake Village, AR.
I love...anything from Red Lobster. ( I am starving now)
I love...Tulips
I love...kittens and puppies.
I love...reading Hollywood dirt. (People, In Touch...)
I love...cooking.
I love...fishing in a boat when the sun is shining.
I love...water skiing.
I love...laying on the beach.
I love...to dance, always have.
I love...to read.
I love...to go shopping!!!
I love...to surprise people!!!
I love...to make people happy.
I love...to help people.
I am really hungry so I am going to go cook now!!! Hope everyone had a great Monday, I did! ;)

Hello!!!

I had such a great day. There is nothing like being at home. It is so relaxing here. I am surrounded by so many friends and family members and we always have the best time. We got crawfish (crayfish, whatever...) this afternoon and they were so good!!! I love crawfish!!!! We have to get home tomorrow night in time to watch Desperate Housewives!:) My favorite show!!!

Just to kind of catch up a bit...My computer is getting fixed right now, I went to the eye Dr. a week ago and I now have to wear glasses. Wow!! I have never had to have glasses or contacts, kind of makes me feel older. Oh well, I am still happy with or without glasses. Aaron says they make me look intelligent, HaHa!!! I will continue to wear them then!! ;)

Jennifer and Maddax have a very cute house in LR they are living in now. You can hear crickets chirping (or you could if it was warmer) since they moved. This is not a good thing. I am so glad they are happy, but I miss them!! We had so much fun these past 2 months.

I am so thankful to all of the people who visit my blog, but please feel free to comment. After my posts or on my tag board. I love hearing from old friends or new ones!!

Speaking of friends...I have waited long enough to write about this. Meredith Smith-Caver, (one of my dearest friends) is married to a very wonderful man and they are having a baby!!!!!!!!!! They are now living in Korea. I miss getting to see her so much! She is the sweetest person I think I know and we have so many fun memories together!!! :) I love you Meredith!!!

When my computer gets fixed I will write about all of my best friends. That is a good subject!! I could also write about things we did in Jr. High and High school!!! HaHaHa!!! I have a cute picture of Haley, Jennifer J.R., and myself. I will have to find it!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!:)

My dad and I playing games. We had so much fun!!! :) 

My first day of school. The hair cut is too funny!! 

One of my favorite wedding pictures. :) 

My mom and my aunt at Gulf Shores. ;) 

Gulf Shores trip, we were dancing. Laura, me, Katy, and Staci 

This is a picture from our Gulf Shores trip last year. We had a really good time. ( I was about to break something, in lime green shirt) 

This is a picture from our wedding. I am taking advantage of my mom's pictures while I am at her house.  

My beautiful bridesmaids and myself. (still don't know why my photographer made them tilt their head like that) 

My beautiful mother

This will have to be short post about my wonderful mother. I could write a book about her, but it is very late and I am tired. She is having surgery tomorrow and I can't really sleep. I know it will go fine, I just can't help but to worry a little. I love her so very much and we have the best relationship a mother and daughter can have. Please say a special prayer, or think a special thought for us today. I will be praying all day long and night. My mom has a Cholesteatoma in her ear. I am still learning about it. She has been in so much pain and has lost so much hearing due to this. It is just horrible. I have asked her many times, "mom are you sure I can't give you one of my ears?" She says that it won't do any good, but I bet it is possible and it would help. Have a good week everyone. I will post an update as soon as I have one. :) (and yes, it can always be worse)

I love you mom!! 

I posted these pictures backwards. She was telling me like it was and then we started laughing. We had so much fun that day!! 

CCCRRRRAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!

I give up. I have a new digital camera and a new printer/copier/scanner and I can't make it do what I want it to. I have read instructions, called my mom, am waiting now from a response from Carissa on messenger. All I want to do is email pictures that I just took and post pictures to my blog. It downloaded all of the pictures from my camera just fine. I am sure they will print beautifully. (but I don't want to print!!!!!) I am using Camedia Master, it came with my Olympus camera. I also have a HP program that came with the printer. It scans pictures and I can send old ones, but that is not the most important thing I wanted to do!!! Thank you so much mom for my wonderful gifts. I will show you all of the pictures I have taken when I see you this weekend. (since I can't email them) When I do figure it out I will probably feel real stupid, but I have tried everything possible to email a picture to my mom. I have received many pictures that were emailed and I know it can't be that hard to do. If anyone has this program please feel free to comment with instructions!

Idiot drivers and New Years

We had a wonderful Christmas!! I hope everyone else did as well. New Years is around the corner now and we have to stay here to celebrate. All of my friends are going to Little Rock and we can't go. :( Maybe next year. Aaron has to work the next day and I am not going without my husband. We will have fun here, I just love getting to see all of my friends!!!
I have never seen so many people that could not drive as I did last week going home. It was horrible. The mini-vans and Z71 trucks thought they were invincible. They would fly past us and then we would see them a mile down the road in the ditch. I am just glad none of the idiots hit us. Happy New Year!!!

Christmas is coming!!!!

I have been wanting to post but it has been so crazy around here. Jennifer and I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. the night before last and last night until 1:30 a.m. But we got all of our Christmas shopping done and gifts wrapped!! Finally!!!!!!! I always say I am going to start shopping early and I never do. Maddax has been such a good little helper when we wrap presents. He helps with the tape and helps clean up too, it is so cute. I am really excited about Christmas this year!!! I just hope I can make it home tomorrow before it is too late. It started sleeting and snowing and the roads are horrible here. I am going to try to go home if it takes me all day. I miss my mom so much! I miss everyone but she hasn't been feeling well and I want to be there for her so bad. Times like these I do not like being so far away from home. Have a wonderful Christmas everybody!!!

Christmas cards and tanning beds

I am taking a break from typing my Christmas card list. I absolutely love sending Christmas cards. This is the 3rd year we have taken pictures by our tree with our cats and sent them in the card. Aaron can't stand taking pictures, he has no patience what so ever when it comes to photographs. This irritates me so. I love making and taking pictures. We are taking them tomorrw, very quickly. I am almost fiinished Christmas shopping. Yeah!!!

I have decided that I am not going to lay in the tanning bed anymore. I am getting older and wrinkles are starting to appear on my face in some places. I have applied self tanning bronzer for the 2nd day. It is working quiet well. It is the L'OREAL brand called SUBLIME BRONZE. I have used self tanner before and turned kind of orange but this is beautiful so far. It is very harmful to lay in the tanning bed and I have known this for some time. It is just so addictive. I feel 5 lbs. smaller and more attractive with a tan. In my opinion, people look more attractive with a minimum tan. I will repeat myself, with a minimum tan. I see people all the time that are very tan and it is gross. They look old, wrinkled, and by the way people, it is winter time!!! It is also very obvious that you live in a tanning bed!!! By the time I drive to the tanning bed, put on my lotion, fall asleep while the bulbs burn my skin and drive back home, I could have applied my self tanner in 10 minutes paying less than half the price. (run on sentence??) :) The tanning bed is so dangerous to my skin!!! Why have I been living in this cloud that I am young and it doesn't matter if I damage my skin now?? Well guess what?? I will have the same skin when I am 60+ and the better I take care of it now, the better it will look then. Wake up Chris!!! Oh, and those eye goggles they put on the bed... Wish I had a dollar for every time I walked in, picked them up and tossed them on the floor. Hello! Maybe the tanning bed is damaging to my eyes too!!??? Oh no, wouldn't want to look like a racoon. Never wore those either. So, if you see me during Christmas break or anywhere else I might be looking a little pale. (maybe orange, will know soon!!) Merry Christmas to everyone! Go buy some self tanner.

SELF ABSORBED or just STUBBORN???

I have been wanting to write about this for a long time. I do not understand why people are the way they are and I guess I never will. I just hate it when I am trying to have a conversation with someone and all they do is interrupt.
I guess there is a reason I am writing this today. Jennifer and I were TRYING to eat lunch today and the person she was talking to would not let her get a word in at all!! That is so annoying! I can not stand for someone to do me that way!! Which reminded me that I have my blog and if I can't talk to someone about something because it is humanly impossible to have an adult conversation with them, I can tell my computer about it.
I hate playing games. I hate it when your feelings get hurt about something and the person that hurt them is too in to themselves to notice. I hate not wanting to call someone because you KNOW how the conversation will go and you don't feel you should be calling them anyway, don't they know they hurt your feelings??? I also don't like using the word hate, (mom and dad used to tell me not to use that word) but I feel it is the only word that will serve my purpose. I think if I argued frequently with the people that are the most close to me I would have to step back and check myself. Maybe it is not always someone else causing the problems or starting the argument, maybe it is you. Thank you computer for listening and not interrupting me.

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving, I hope everyone else did. I did not want to come back home when Sunday arrived. The cats were great on the way there. I took their food up a few hours before we left so they wouldn't get sick on the way. I did not have a pet carrier like I thought, so they slept in the back seat. On the way home is a different story. Alix, who is the younger male cat that loves to eat had a big meal before we started home. I did not know this. I am driving down the road trying to tell Aaron how to hold him so he would stop meowing. Nothing worked so Aaron finally put him in the back seat (on the blanket) and told me to leave him alone, he would be fine. Just as soon as he sat him back there I heard this awful wretching sound. It was not a hairball, it was catfood!!! Gross!!!! It wasn't that bad, just put us behind having to pull over to clean up cat puke. Aaron says next time we go out of town for a long period of time they are going to the vet. I told him they are not going to the vet, they will be fine with us. We will just make sure Alix doesn't eat before we leave. I can't concentrate anymore b/c there are non-blog readers peeking over my shoulder. I told them if it was so interesting to look on their own time. :)