Started the month off at the doctors office with Christopher...he has fifth's disease. *sigh* So he is living life like a vampire for the next 2 weeks or so to avoid inflaming the full body rash he is covered in....waiting for Laci to wake up with it today. Then I felt bad so since I had been to Bartow Animal Control the day before temp testing 2 GSDs (Boswell and Jigs) and fell i love with the incredible baby kittens there, I decided to take Christopher and Laci to pick a kitten each since we think we are ready since Blue is never home and Chip just lives in the bathroom (its like his wierd quirk..he lives in there almost 24 hours a day...and if you pull him out he cries as the door to get back in) so we go to look and Christopher pics an adorable siamese mix who is about 7 weeks old, and Laci couldnt make up her mind...so I made it up for her....I adopted the pregnant Calico. I know for a fact that any and all cats left will be euthanized on Tuesday the 6th and I just couldnt stand the idea of a pregnant mother getting gassed. Brian was good with it, so we took her home....on the way home she started the first signs of labor! LOL! But so far no kittens...she just hangs in the closet (please not another Chip!) and purrs and makes biscuts all the time....I think we will have kittens by Saturday though.....it was meant to be...they would have scooped her and her newborn babies into a tupperware tub and into the gassing boxes and killed the whole lot on Tuesday had we not saved her. So now I am trying to get people lined up to take them!
Today I may or may not get kittens, but I *am* getting a new foster puppy! Fritz, the mange boy, is finally well enough and cleared by a vet to come to my house. He is 14 weeks old and hell on wheels...should be fun! :) I know Clover is going to be estatic!!! I am super excited but not looking foward to the constant care a new puppy takes....I will be very busy to say the least. Its easier to foster in the spring or fall when its nice out...2 black dogs dont wanna be in the yard all day when its 80% humidity and 97* out! Joey is spending the night tonight and tomorrow and going with us to watch fireworks saturday night. Its going to be fun. I finally get my kids close to a normal bedtime again and they will be up all night again, LOL!
Welp I better go enjoy the peace and quiet for a few before all hell breaks loose at the Pruiit household! Ha!!!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
7 incredible years
7 years ago tonight I was sitting next to this sweet, shy, sexy young guy. Eating peach yogurt while he drank his Chocolate shake as "co workers" on a "date". We laughed and talked and got to know each other better. We laughed at a woman who had some hedious glowing earrings, and talked "hypothetically" about children, and chose names if "hypothetically speaking we ever had kids". He took me to his brand new house in the area he had just bought and showed me all the rooms and drove fast down a winding dark back road in his silver showtruck with the blue interior lights shining at my feet. He dropped me off at my car and we talked a bit more, he kissed me on the cheek and I drove home smiling, tingling with butterflies and giggly....
In 7 years we have had 2 kids, lost a child, lost an uncle, lost friends....we have had weddings, and baby showers, we have made lasagna for family who had lost loved ones. We have laughed, we have cried, and we have had some bad fights I was amazed we made it through. We have heard the words "its a boy!" and later "its a girl!", we have said "I do" and danced our first dance. We have held each other through dark days, and lifted each other on darker ones. We have been each other's stone, our best friends, our other half. We have gained friends, lost family, and made our bonds stronger with the ones we have now. We have had first shots, first steps, first smiles. We have had daycare interviews, pre-k orientation, and kindergarten graduations. We have had nights where we just held each other all night long, and nights spent whispering exhausted over the phone from Chicago but not wanting to be the first to say goodnight. We have had heartache, and pain, we have joy and elation. We have grown from a couple of stupid young kids, to mom and dad of two incredible kids. We have been boyfriends and girlfriend, fiances, and husband and wife. We have always been best friends.
Its been an amazing 7 years, it seems like its only been a minute, and at the same time seems like decades. We have grown so much, experienced what true love is, and learned to laugh when it seems like you cant. 7 years has flown by and dragged, and has shaped us so much. We have seen jobs, cars, and pets come and go...we have seen storms that had us running for cover, and the biggest rainbows ever. We have seen ice storms, and snow storms, we have seen hurricanes and tornados. We have had christmases, and Thanksgiving turkey, we have watched the peach drop in Atlanta. We have wandered aimlessly on new years day, and gotten lost on halloween. We have watched our kids squeal in delight at christmas lights, and crack up picking massive pumpkins at Burt's farm. We have had boiled peanuts on long trips throught the mountains, and fresh seafood on the coast of the Atlantic. We have never been stronger.
7 years ago tonight I knew I was sitting next to the man I would marry and grow old with, tonight we sat at that same ice cream stand and watched our 6 year old son buy his girlfriend an ice cream sundae. (his was a chocolate chip cookie dough single scoop in a waffle bowl with hot fudge, whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry....hers was the same, but coffee chocolate chip yogurt....Christopher paid with cash, and gave his baby sister his cherry) Tonight I sat with this sweet, shy, sexy, slightly older amazing man...the man I am lucky enough to call my husband. I had peach yogurt, he had a chocolate shake...our baby girl had a dinosaur cookie and ice cream with spinkles and whipped cream. We talked about the last 7 years, and the next 7 to come....our baby boy will enter his teens, our baby girl will enter her double digits, we will sell the house, we will see sea world, disney, and many other fmaily vacations. We will insulate laci's room with sound deadener, and buy her a phone plan with unlimited minutes, and we will laugh, and cry...a lot. We will have some death's, some bad ones...some that will rock our worlds to the core...we may have a wedding, and who knows, maybe a baby! We will see countless dogs, and maybe a car or two. We will grow more, change more, and become so much closer again....but one thing wont change, and thats how much I love my husband and my kids. Tonght we celebrate 7 years....I hope God sees fit to give me another 7.
♥
In 7 years we have had 2 kids, lost a child, lost an uncle, lost friends....we have had weddings, and baby showers, we have made lasagna for family who had lost loved ones. We have laughed, we have cried, and we have had some bad fights I was amazed we made it through. We have heard the words "its a boy!" and later "its a girl!", we have said "I do" and danced our first dance. We have held each other through dark days, and lifted each other on darker ones. We have been each other's stone, our best friends, our other half. We have gained friends, lost family, and made our bonds stronger with the ones we have now. We have had first shots, first steps, first smiles. We have had daycare interviews, pre-k orientation, and kindergarten graduations. We have had nights where we just held each other all night long, and nights spent whispering exhausted over the phone from Chicago but not wanting to be the first to say goodnight. We have had heartache, and pain, we have joy and elation. We have grown from a couple of stupid young kids, to mom and dad of two incredible kids. We have been boyfriends and girlfriend, fiances, and husband and wife. We have always been best friends.
Its been an amazing 7 years, it seems like its only been a minute, and at the same time seems like decades. We have grown so much, experienced what true love is, and learned to laugh when it seems like you cant. 7 years has flown by and dragged, and has shaped us so much. We have seen jobs, cars, and pets come and go...we have seen storms that had us running for cover, and the biggest rainbows ever. We have seen ice storms, and snow storms, we have seen hurricanes and tornados. We have had christmases, and Thanksgiving turkey, we have watched the peach drop in Atlanta. We have wandered aimlessly on new years day, and gotten lost on halloween. We have watched our kids squeal in delight at christmas lights, and crack up picking massive pumpkins at Burt's farm. We have had boiled peanuts on long trips throught the mountains, and fresh seafood on the coast of the Atlantic. We have never been stronger.
7 years ago tonight I knew I was sitting next to the man I would marry and grow old with, tonight we sat at that same ice cream stand and watched our 6 year old son buy his girlfriend an ice cream sundae. (his was a chocolate chip cookie dough single scoop in a waffle bowl with hot fudge, whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry....hers was the same, but coffee chocolate chip yogurt....Christopher paid with cash, and gave his baby sister his cherry) Tonight I sat with this sweet, shy, sexy, slightly older amazing man...the man I am lucky enough to call my husband. I had peach yogurt, he had a chocolate shake...our baby girl had a dinosaur cookie and ice cream with spinkles and whipped cream. We talked about the last 7 years, and the next 7 to come....our baby boy will enter his teens, our baby girl will enter her double digits, we will sell the house, we will see sea world, disney, and many other fmaily vacations. We will insulate laci's room with sound deadener, and buy her a phone plan with unlimited minutes, and we will laugh, and cry...a lot. We will have some death's, some bad ones...some that will rock our worlds to the core...we may have a wedding, and who knows, maybe a baby! We will see countless dogs, and maybe a car or two. We will grow more, change more, and become so much closer again....but one thing wont change, and thats how much I love my husband and my kids. Tonght we celebrate 7 years....I hope God sees fit to give me another 7.
♥
Monday, June 28, 2010
Hello again Monday....
Up making pancakes this morning for a house full of sleeping people....Christopher woke up a while ago but went back to his room, and Joey and Laci are both out still. I am worn out from the weekend but I still have a ton to do. We are working on the yard a little to get it better suited for us and the kids to spend quiet time out back with them. I managed to find a swing set (well an A-frame with 4 swings) on craigslist for 100.00 and Brian went yesterday and dug it out of the ground for 2 hours and brought it here and now today we have to attempt to get it back together and in the ground. It isnt much but its some swings and the kids will like it! I was shocked to see the price of wood playsets....START at 400.00 and go pretty much up to 25,000.00. Some people have more money than they know what to do with I think....but I am happy my kids got some swings. I also got them a sandbox off craigslist for 20.00, and some sand from Home Depot so they will have a sandbox again finally too. :) (now if I can just keep clover out of it! LOL!!)
The weekend went by in a blur. Saturday we attempted to go to the lake with the kids and that lasted all of about 2 hours because we chose Galt's and it was *packed!* and the mexican couple having sex in the corner of the roped off swim area was more than irritating, so we chose to leave. We went home and did some cleaning up and let the kids play in the pool, and just relaxed after that, then yesterday most the day was either running errands or Brian digging that swingset up. Joey came over and spent the night which was so awesome! He says he wants to come again this weekend for the 4th of July fireworks show with me and Brian and the kids, but I will believe it when I see it, lol! It was nice having him here just once, even if its 9am and he is still asleep! Ha!
This week will be pretty chill. I have a playdate with Ansley and her mom on Wednesday, and Friday I have plans with Brooke, but for the most part I just want to relax and catch my breath as this month is flying by and I am a little overwhelmed with how much has gone on.
Oh, and the best part of this weekend? We got our new SUV! Yay! Our red hot 2001 Blazer! It has some stuff we have to get fixed on it, but she is a beauty! I am very pleased with it and hopefully this one will last a bit longer now! :)
Welp, I am going to go start my day of relaxing by laying pine straw in the front yard, and hauling 50 pound bags of sand down the hill and cleaning the back yard...LOL!
26 more days til VACATION!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!
The weekend went by in a blur. Saturday we attempted to go to the lake with the kids and that lasted all of about 2 hours because we chose Galt's and it was *packed!* and the mexican couple having sex in the corner of the roped off swim area was more than irritating, so we chose to leave. We went home and did some cleaning up and let the kids play in the pool, and just relaxed after that, then yesterday most the day was either running errands or Brian digging that swingset up. Joey came over and spent the night which was so awesome! He says he wants to come again this weekend for the 4th of July fireworks show with me and Brian and the kids, but I will believe it when I see it, lol! It was nice having him here just once, even if its 9am and he is still asleep! Ha!
This week will be pretty chill. I have a playdate with Ansley and her mom on Wednesday, and Friday I have plans with Brooke, but for the most part I just want to relax and catch my breath as this month is flying by and I am a little overwhelmed with how much has gone on.
Oh, and the best part of this weekend? We got our new SUV! Yay! Our red hot 2001 Blazer! It has some stuff we have to get fixed on it, but she is a beauty! I am very pleased with it and hopefully this one will last a bit longer now! :)
Welp, I am going to go start my day of relaxing by laying pine straw in the front yard, and hauling 50 pound bags of sand down the hill and cleaning the back yard...LOL!
26 more days til VACATION!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Just thinking and remembering today....
Concrete Angel
She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holding back
Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with the linen and lace, oh
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel
Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear but they turn out the light
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it will be too late
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel
A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot
Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place
Where she's loved concrete angel
~Martina McBride
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday!
Today is the last day of the 30s in our countdown to Vacation! I am rediculously excited to get away from life for a few days! I am burnt! I spent another 4 hours at the lake yesterday with the kids, and even though I managed to keep them from burning (again) I am deffinately not wanting a whole lot of sun today...as a matter of fact I would really REALLY like to see a few days of rain. I need to re-charge my batteries! My nose is burning this morning. I picked some dry sunburned skin off the end of it and now its on fire! I have an ice cube wrapped in a paper towel next to me to apply to it every few minutes. The kids are having a quiet morning, thank God! They are eating some pringles and watching Sesame Street while I get some online stuff done. I found a park in Roswell that has some fountains apparently next to to the Chattahoochee, but I cant get a whole lot of info on it online. I am hoping to go check it out in the morning.
Still no car...still waiting on the total loss department to cut us a check...still irritated with the way things have gone during this accident business. But, I guess it could be worse! I still have my baby girl, and my husband and thats the only thing that really matters to me. <3 We are looking at the late 90's Expeditions, Durango's and Tahoe's as possible replacement cars...only time will tell what we end up with.
I had a great time at the lake yesterday with Jennifer and her son Jonathan. We went to Galt's Ferry for the first time in over a year and I love it there....I forgot how nice it was, but did not miss the crowds after 12 noon. Wow! Deffinately the place to go from 8am to 1pm but not after! Gah! Looking foward to going again soon...but not for now...my body needs to cool down from the sunburn! My friends have dubbed me Red Lobsta! LMAO!
Welp, I guess I better get to gettin' since I have laundry and stuff to do, and to get my spaghetti sauce on and enjoy yet another day with my 2 awesome kids. :)
Still no car...still waiting on the total loss department to cut us a check...still irritated with the way things have gone during this accident business. But, I guess it could be worse! I still have my baby girl, and my husband and thats the only thing that really matters to me. <3 We are looking at the late 90's Expeditions, Durango's and Tahoe's as possible replacement cars...only time will tell what we end up with.
I had a great time at the lake yesterday with Jennifer and her son Jonathan. We went to Galt's Ferry for the first time in over a year and I love it there....I forgot how nice it was, but did not miss the crowds after 12 noon. Wow! Deffinately the place to go from 8am to 1pm but not after! Gah! Looking foward to going again soon...but not for now...my body needs to cool down from the sunburn! My friends have dubbed me Red Lobsta! LMAO!
Welp, I guess I better get to gettin' since I have laundry and stuff to do, and to get my spaghetti sauce on and enjoy yet another day with my 2 awesome kids. :)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Burnt!
5 hours at the lake with the kids and we are all Krispy Kritters! LOL! It was a good day at the lake yesterday though, and even though we all came home rather lobster-esque, we all had a great time. Me and the kids got there around 11:15, Tiffany and her kids aroung 1:00, and then we stayed til almost 4:00! I got us home, lotioned the kids with an aloe soothing cooling lotion, and then made dinner. The kids were in bed early, and me and Brian watched "The Wolfman" til 11:00pm, and then it was bedtime. Today is set up to be another hot one, and I am sitting here thinking of what we can do that wont involve burning anymore, but not sit in the house all day. I am thinking Sprinkler now, and then maybe a relaxing day inside after....
I am so glad this month is winding down now. This has been a crazy month and I am ready to get on with July. I am excited for our vacation, and I am happy Brian gets a week off work, I am also anxious to see who Christopher will have for a teacher next year and who will be in his class, and I am looking foward to the 4th of July and all the fun we will have as well as Brian and my birthdays and our anniversary and the many happy times ahead! Come on July!! :)
For now I guess I should start working on a plan for this weekend and start my packing list! :)
Happy Tuesday!!
I am so glad this month is winding down now. This has been a crazy month and I am ready to get on with July. I am excited for our vacation, and I am happy Brian gets a week off work, I am also anxious to see who Christopher will have for a teacher next year and who will be in his class, and I am looking foward to the 4th of July and all the fun we will have as well as Brian and my birthdays and our anniversary and the many happy times ahead! Come on July!! :)
For now I guess I should start working on a plan for this weekend and start my packing list! :)
Happy Tuesday!!
Monday, June 21, 2010
HAPPY SUMMER!!!
Yay! Its officially the first day of summer...fall is coming! LOL!!! We had a wonderful amazing Father's day! I felt horrible because I didn't even get Brian a card or have the kids make him one, but he said he gets cards and letters and pictures from his kids and me every day of the week and that isnt whats important to him, he said he would have rather had the day we had yesterday than anything else on earth...and at the end of the day I told him I would have rather have been on that river with him and the kids than anywhere else on earth. The river was great! The kids did an amazing job and were so funny! I am so glad we waited til Laci was over 3 before going, we seen too many kids way too young on the river screaming in fear or misery or both. The river was a lot more difficult to get down than I remembered as a kid, lol, and by the end of the day me and Brian were exhausted and sore, but we laughed big heavy laughs out loud and the kids had a great time and I was shocked that in one of the deep areas Christopher hopped out to swim for a few minutes...Laci wasnt swimming, it was too cold for her liking, but she did great too, almost falling asleep multiple times...even people floating by were amazed she was half asleep holding on to her float handle. It was great! We did have a loss though...we came to the "tree of lost soles" that had flip flops nailed all to it that had been lost over the years by floaters and I went to get my double ziplocked bagged camera out of my carry on bag and pulled out a double bag of water with a camera floating in it. I was crushed! I tried not to let it ruin the day for me and smile on anyhow, but I am still very upset that I got no pictures on the river from our first time on it together as a family. I am still pretty upset this morning, but at least I have the memories of it and Brian said we will go again in a few weeks. The drive we thought would take 2.5 hours only ended up taking me an hour and 15 minutes and we only used a 1/4 tank of gas there and back, so really it is a very doable couple time a year event! :) We didnt waste time at the shops and stuff in Helen bc it was 98* and we just headed home after our picnic lunch under the big trees (trees that were shedding yellow and orange leaves....gotta love the GA Mountains...its always fall!) and then swam in the river for a few. On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen for some ice cream, and then came home exhausted! Me and Brian were in bed by 9:30 and the kids by 8:00. It was a great day!
Saturday was fun too, we decided to do some errands in the morning, and then Francis called and asked if we were home bc they were in our area, so we headed back home and had a spur the moment BBQ and let all the kids play in the kiddie pool. They stayed til almost 6:20 and we had a wonderful time.
All in all this has been an incredible wonderful memory packed weekend that I couldnt have made any more perfect if I tried. I am so glad I have Brian and the kids and my perfect little family. I am always happy as long as I am with them. <3
Happy first day of Summer!!
Saturday was fun too, we decided to do some errands in the morning, and then Francis called and asked if we were home bc they were in our area, so we headed back home and had a spur the moment BBQ and let all the kids play in the kiddie pool. They stayed til almost 6:20 and we had a wonderful time.
All in all this has been an incredible wonderful memory packed weekend that I couldnt have made any more perfect if I tried. I am so glad I have Brian and the kids and my perfect little family. I am always happy as long as I am with them. <3
Happy first day of Summer!!
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