Day 30-a picture

There is nothing special about this picture

I took it one day because I liked the contrast



Just makes me happy :)

Day 29-3 Wishes

I wish...


1- That I can stay home for my children for many years to come

2- That my family and myself have healthy lives and get to spend forever together

3- That I could be a more patient person.

Day 28-Something that stresses you out

This one is tough. I struggle with it.

Work used to stress me out. It still does from time to time, but not nearly as much as my old job used to. I used to thrive on adrenaline. Loved it. Craved it.

I love not having it.

I think right now, the thing that stresses me out the most, is not being a better wife.

I have such a hard time while Curt is at work.

I struggle.

I have to fight to get through the day.

Every issue I could possibly have surfaces at 7 am on a shift day. It all disappears at 7 am the next day.

I need to find a balance. A happy medium.

Between spending every second with him for 48 hours.

Then not seeing him at all for 24.

I worry. I don't listen to the scanner anymore.

I just pretend that they don't get any calls. Ever.

Hey. It's what I have to do right now.

Day 26 and Day 27

Day 26-Picture of your family and Day 27-Pets


My Family...





My puppies...


Meet Drake






And Buddy

Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs

I love this one... I love music!

1 - Suds in the Bucket by Sara Evans

2 - Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback

3 - Familiar Taste of Poison - Halestorm

4 - Not Meant to Be by Theory of a Deadman (LOVE Theory!)

5 - Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf (I have a VERY nice video of my sisters, my aunt, my DJ and I singing this at my wedding... My DJ ROCKED it!)

6 - Hysteria - Def Leppard

7 - Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin

8 - Dracula's Lament - Jason Segel (From the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall - YOU TUBE AND WATCH IT. HILARIOUS.)

9 - Fancy - Reba McEntire (Love this song... Makes me laugh when Curt plays it though)

10 - Breathe (2AM) - Anna Nalick




I could go on for hours......

Day 24... Something I've learned

Sorry for the absence...

It was my birthday so I took some time off to celebrate my birthday week =)

Back at it!!


Day 24... Something I've learned...

Hm.

I've learned...

-No matter what I do, what kind of crazy mess I get myself into, I've got the most amazing family that is willing to drop EVERYTHING to help me.

-No matter how much I try, even when ALL the kids are gone... Laundry never ends.

-Curt will ALWAYS have more shoes than I will.

-That it is true... Whenever my firefighter is at work, something will always break, quit working, flood, back up, not fit or whatever other type of wrongness you can imagine. I've gotten good at the flood thing!

-That everyone has a past. It may not be one you are particularly fond of, but that past made the person who they are.

-Being a stay at home mom is the best job I'll ever have. I get paid in sticky hugs, slobbery kisses and dirty diapers. I wish I would have done it a long time ago.


I've learned a lot more. But the baby is asleep and there are 3 baskets of laundry glaring at me. Off I go to swim the sea of socks.

=)!

Day 23-Favorite vacation

Hm...

This one I'm going to say Virginia when I was 15.

I went to visit my sisters with my parents for a week. Stayed for a month. I was considering moving out there but I don't think my sister wanted to enter parenthood with her 15 year old sister as a starter-baby. =)

I love Virginia... The beach... The sun... Jets overhead

I find a peace in Virginia. Unexplainable and I don't ever plan on ruining it by moving there. But I plan on visiting again in the future.

Days 21 & 22!

Day 21-Picture of yourself


This...

Is me...

Having FUN!
















Day 22-Favorite city



I may have to say Louisville Kentucky on this one...


There are a lot of different things there to see and do!!!


Plus my memory of there was with my sisters and those are always fun!!

This is the game that never ends... Yes it goes on and on my friends...

Day 19-Something you miss
and
Day 20-Nicknames



What do I miss? My top two....

I miss my husband. I wish they would let the wives stay up at the fd some nights. I'm sure some of them love the fact that they get 24 hours away from their wives and kids... Its quiet, a break, no honey do lists. But dang it. I'm still a newlywed. And I made those boys brownies tonight. I think I should be able to snuggle in with my firefighter.

I miss my pre baby body. It feels so far away. I've lost a lot of weight since I had Emmy... But I'm going for gold. I want to be in great shape. And get rid of my tummy. And thunder thighs.




Nicknames...

Jess - I was always Jessica growing up. This one is still new to me... Jessi - Growing up, I didn't like being called Jessi. It still catches me off guard. But it happens... Mommy - Shouldn't need to explain this one!... Shithead - Courtesy of my husband. I am his Shithead. He is my Jerkwad... Jeckala - My dad still calls me that once in awhile... And Jennifer - I apparently look like a Jennifer... Someone that I know and have known for several years called me by a nickname so much they forgot my real name and called me Jennifer... On more than one occasion. sigh. Oh well.

And onward we go with two more days...

Day 17-Something you’re looking forward to
Day 18-Something you regret

----DAY 17----

Something I'm looking forward to...

BEING DONE PAINTING. =D
I love painting.

In the last week I've painted the living room, dining room, hallway, kitchen, stair walls and I'm working on the foyer.

I'm scared of heights. Painting requires a ladder in our house. Last night while I was up on the tower of death (the 2nd stair of the ladder. Yep.) and I decided that before I plunge the 3 feet to my death, or broken arm, that Hunter needed a test.

Smart one that boy is. He knew that if I fell, to come check on me, if I didn't answer or was hurt to call 911, he knew our address, my full name and to tell them who Curt was and where he is at (at the time the FD so he woulda known if there was a call!)

Now if we can just learn that pesky shoelace tying trick....



-----Day 18-Something you regret-----


I don't have regrets. Everything I've done has led me to where I am today.

I just wish I would have punched her when I had the chance =D

Now that isn't very nice... Heh.

Day 16 Dream house

In the country... Near town

4 bedrooms... A couple bathrooms... One with a whirlpool tub

Spacious but not huge...

A wrap around porch with a swing and a couple rocking chairs...

An attached 19 stall garage...

Or 3. Whichever.

Timber and a pond near by so we can watch the deer come and go and so we can watch geese and ducks come in...

A bay window in our bedroom with a bench seat so I can sit and read or just have mommy time and sit with 10 pillows and just relax...

A kitchen that is so amazing I get giddy thinking about it... It will be horribly expensive but painfully perfect... With granite counter tops, a central vacuum, a window overlooking the yard so I can watch the pond or the kids, whichever is out there...

Can you tell that we've been talking about building a house lately?

Often.

A lot lot lot.

A picture I love and a bible verse

Day 14-A picture you love and day 15-Bible verse





This picture makes me laugh. Hunter is so happy and loving and Ian looks like he wants to eat Hunter's face.





This one I love, it was part of our wedding vows

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy. Love is never boastful, nor conceited, nor rude; It is not self-seeking, nor easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongdoing. It does not delight in evil, But rejoices in the truth. It always protects, trusts, hopes, and preserves. There is nothing love cannot face; There is no limit to its faith, hope, and endurance. In a word, there are three things that last forever: Faith, hope, and love; But the greatest of them all is love