I'm the Southern Belle Mom of 6...Single and going Strong....
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
I love this saying....
I just love this saying from the blog of Life with Attitude. Its just awesome.....“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”–Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
Scary Meal #2
Uno Chicago Grill Lobster BLT Thin Crust Pizza
1,530 calories
87 g fat (30 g saturated)
3,480 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 51 Nabisco Ginger Snap Cookies
On its own, lobster is sweet, healthy, and loaded with lean protein. Yet, for some reason, restaurants never seem to know what to do with it. Case in point: Lobster BLT Pizza, an amalgam of foods that don’t quite fit together: One is seafood, one is diner grub, and one is an Italian-American hybrid. We're all for trying new things, but not when the toll is 75 percent of your day’s calories and 1½ day’s worth of sodium and saturated fat.
Eat This Instead!
Lobster Wrap with side of roasted vegetables
570 calories
30.5 g fat (4 g saturated)
1,660 mg sodium
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Scary Meal #1
Applebee’s Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine
1,550 calories
97 g fat (46 g saturated)
3,910 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 148 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls
Yes, America has a cheese fetish, but this is just excessive. Cheese-filled meatballs? It’s like a beef-based Gusher, a sort of meaty water balloon of fat. Especially problematic is the fact that said meatballs are served on a bed of fettuccine Alfredo, which is basically flat noodles basting in oil, butter, and—yes—cheese. Cut more than a thousand calories by switching dishes. A smart swap like this one (and the hundreds of others in Eat This, Not That!) a couple times a week and you can lose 2½ pounds a month without ever dieting!
Eat This Instead!
Spicy Shrimp Diavolo
500 calories
10 g fat (3.5 g saturated)
1,910 mg sodium
Want to click over to even more scary restaurant food creations? We've got the complete (and completely shocking) list right here: The 20 Scariest Food Creations of 2010!
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Uno Chicago Grill Lobster BLT Thin Crust Pizza
1,530 calories
87 g fat (30 g saturated)
3,480 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 51 Nabisco Ginger Snap Cookies
On its own, lobster is sweet, healthy, and loaded with lean protein. Yet, for some reason, restaurants never seem to know what to do with it. Case in point: Lobster BLT Pizza, an amalgam of foods that don’t quite fit together: One is seafood, one is diner grub, and one is an Italian-American hybrid. We're all for trying new things, but not when the toll is 75 percent of your day’s calories and 1½ day’s worth of sodium and saturated fat.
Eat This Instead!
Lobster Wrap with side of roasted vegetables
570 calories
30.5 g fat (4 g saturated)
1,660 mg sodium
Special Offer: Take control of your body, your mind, and your health by joining our community of 21 million monthly readers. Subscribe to Men's Health and Women's Health today with a special rate that saves you more than 65% off the cover price. You won't find a better deal—and you'll never feel more empowered!
Scary Meal #1
Applebee’s Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine
1,550 calories
97 g fat (46 g saturated)
3,910 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 148 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls
Yes, America has a cheese fetish, but this is just excessive. Cheese-filled meatballs? It’s like a beef-based Gusher, a sort of meaty water balloon of fat. Especially problematic is the fact that said meatballs are served on a bed of fettuccine Alfredo, which is basically flat noodles basting in oil, butter, and—yes—cheese. Cut more than a thousand calories by switching dishes. A smart swap like this one (and the hundreds of others in Eat This, Not That!) a couple times a week and you can lose 2½ pounds a month without ever dieting!
Eat This Instead!
Spicy Shrimp Diavolo
500 calories
10 g fat (3.5 g saturated)
1,910 mg sodium
Want to click over to even more scary restaurant food creations? We've got the complete (and completely shocking) list right here: The 20 Scariest Food Creations of 2010!
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Scary Meal #3
Friendly’s Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt
1,500 calories
97 g fat (38 g saturated)
2,090 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 15 Snickers Kudos Granola Bars
Is this a joke? Because it should be. Where a normal hamburger has buns, this one has grilled cheese sandwiches. Yes, that’s two grilled-cheese sandwiches with one hunk of ground beef wedged between them. Other iterations of this sandwich have been dubbed “fatty melts”—for obvious reasons. They have twice as much cheese and bread as a regular cheeseburger.
Eat This Instead!
Grilled Cheese
790 calories
37 g fat (12 g saturated
1,280 mg sodium
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Friendly’s Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt
1,500 calories
97 g fat (38 g saturated)
2,090 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 15 Snickers Kudos Granola Bars
Is this a joke? Because it should be. Where a normal hamburger has buns, this one has grilled cheese sandwiches. Yes, that’s two grilled-cheese sandwiches with one hunk of ground beef wedged between them. Other iterations of this sandwich have been dubbed “fatty melts”—for obvious reasons. They have twice as much cheese and bread as a regular cheeseburger.
Eat This Instead!
Grilled Cheese
790 calories
37 g fat (12 g saturated
1,280 mg sodium
Bonus Tip: Yes, you too have abs—you just can't see them. (They're like the third cousins you met at a past family reunion.) But with the right diet and fitness plan, you'll slim down and tone up in no time, and get the abs back. Check out our list of the 50 Hottest Celebrity Bodies, and put their secrets to work for you.
Scary Meal #4
IHOP New York Cheesecake Pancakes
1,270 calories
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 28 McDonald's Chicken McNuggets
Further blurring the line between dessert and breakfast, IHOP has infused their fluffy flapjacks with gooey hunks of cheesecake. Next thing you know they’ll be serving breakfast with big scoops of ice cream and chocolate syrup. The best breakfast is one with protein and fresh fruit, but if you’re going to go for the carb-heavy indulgence, there’s a better way to do it. Don’t make it a habit, but IHOP’s Chocolate Chip Pancakes will save you 660 calories.
Eat This Instead!
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
610 calories
Bonus Tip: Novelty isn't the only thing threatening your waistline; some of the world's most dangerous foods are also the most common. Beware of these gut bombs: The 10 Worst Fast Food Meals in America.
IHOP New York Cheesecake Pancakes
1,270 calories
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 28 McDonald's Chicken McNuggets
Further blurring the line between dessert and breakfast, IHOP has infused their fluffy flapjacks with gooey hunks of cheesecake. Next thing you know they’ll be serving breakfast with big scoops of ice cream and chocolate syrup. The best breakfast is one with protein and fresh fruit, but if you’re going to go for the carb-heavy indulgence, there’s a better way to do it. Don’t make it a habit, but IHOP’s Chocolate Chip Pancakes will save you 660 calories.
Eat This Instead!
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
610 calories
Bonus Tip: Novelty isn't the only thing threatening your waistline; some of the world's most dangerous foods are also the most common. Beware of these gut bombs: The 10 Worst Fast Food Meals in America.
There’s an arms race going on, and it could mean disaster for your waistline.
But this terrifying competition to build the biggest, scariest weapons of mass destruction isn’t happening between the United States and Russia, or on the Korean peninsula, or among angry rivals somewhere in the Middle East. It’s happening between America’s restaurants—every one of them, it seems, is eager to show it has the biggest, scariest, most destructive new food in the marketplace. And the unsuspecting victims of this Strangelovian contest? You and me.
See, even the most well-established restaurant chains can’t rest on their laurels, serving the same old standbys that we’ve loved since we were kids. They have to keep us interested and attracted with shiny new bells and whistles. And since no one has invented, say, a new kind of potato, they’ve got to go with the next best thing: gimmicky entrees with terrifyingly complicated ingredient lists and rapidly expanding serving sizes. It wasn’t enough that pizza makers started putting cheese inside the crust! Kentucky Fried Chicken saw that and ramped up its own destructive powers, by making a sandwich in which the bread is replaced by slabs of fried chicken. Then a few major league ballparks started serving their burgers on doughnuts instead of buns. What’s next: fried Fluffernutter franks?
Almost. Take a look at what’s being whipped up in the labs of the mad fast-food scientists, compliments of the upcoming Eat This, Not That! 2011 book, and be afraid—be very afraid!
Scary Meal #5
Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt with wavy fries and marinara
1,260 calories
63 g fat (21 g saturated, 1 g trans)
3,010 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 18 T.G.I. Friday’s Frozen Cheddar & Bacon Potato Skins
Apparently, Denny’s deemed the classic grilled cheese too boring for our novelty seeking taste buds, so they fixed it by driving four deep-fried cheese sticks into the core of the sandwich. So what you end up with are cheese sticks with extra cheese between slabs of buttered bread and a pile of fried potatoes on the side. If Denny’s was serious about improving the grilled cheese, they would have skipped the novelty and brought in big-flavor ingredients like sautéed mushrooms or sliced figs. But, of course, if they did that, they might not be able to sell this entire meal for $4. Here’s to cheap food and expensive health care!
Eat This Instead!
Denny's BLT with Hash Browns
730 calories
47 g fat (10.5 g saturated)
1,270 mg sodium
Scary Meal #5
But this terrifying competition to build the biggest, scariest weapons of mass destruction isn’t happening between the United States and Russia, or on the Korean peninsula, or among angry rivals somewhere in the Middle East. It’s happening between America’s restaurants—every one of them, it seems, is eager to show it has the biggest, scariest, most destructive new food in the marketplace. And the unsuspecting victims of this Strangelovian contest? You and me.
See, even the most well-established restaurant chains can’t rest on their laurels, serving the same old standbys that we’ve loved since we were kids. They have to keep us interested and attracted with shiny new bells and whistles. And since no one has invented, say, a new kind of potato, they’ve got to go with the next best thing: gimmicky entrees with terrifyingly complicated ingredient lists and rapidly expanding serving sizes. It wasn’t enough that pizza makers started putting cheese inside the crust! Kentucky Fried Chicken saw that and ramped up its own destructive powers, by making a sandwich in which the bread is replaced by slabs of fried chicken. Then a few major league ballparks started serving their burgers on doughnuts instead of buns. What’s next: fried Fluffernutter franks?
Almost. Take a look at what’s being whipped up in the labs of the mad fast-food scientists, compliments of the upcoming Eat This, Not That! 2011 book, and be afraid—be very afraid!
Scary Meal #5
Denny’s Fried Cheese Melt with wavy fries and marinara
1,260 calories
63 g fat (21 g saturated, 1 g trans)
3,010 mg sodium
CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 18 T.G.I. Friday’s Frozen Cheddar & Bacon Potato Skins
Apparently, Denny’s deemed the classic grilled cheese too boring for our novelty seeking taste buds, so they fixed it by driving four deep-fried cheese sticks into the core of the sandwich. So what you end up with are cheese sticks with extra cheese between slabs of buttered bread and a pile of fried potatoes on the side. If Denny’s was serious about improving the grilled cheese, they would have skipped the novelty and brought in big-flavor ingredients like sautéed mushrooms or sliced figs. But, of course, if they did that, they might not be able to sell this entire meal for $4. Here’s to cheap food and expensive health care!
Eat This Instead!
Denny's BLT with Hash Browns
730 calories
47 g fat (10.5 g saturated)
1,270 mg sodium
Scary Meal #5
Life in the Crazy Lane.....
Hello again my blog friends. My day today has been in the crazy lane. I do believe I am so ready for the fall, the heat has defientely affect lol, my brain.....? It just seems like i have so much on my mind that I can't do it all. Sometimes I will be driving, like today for instance, and go off into my own little daydream world and forget what I am doing, LIKE DRIVING LOL> and not hit a car in front of you. But all was good. I did wake up. But it just seems like everything I do lately is just crazy. Or my life is fast and I can't keep up hardly. Do you ever feel that way? Man I am so glad today is about over, and I hope tomorrow is better. Well, thats all i have for now, later.....crystal
Friday, August 27, 2010
Ready for the lovely fall.....
I always wonder sometimes what it would be like if i could go back in time and redo my life the right way instead of the wrong way. And then I think, and say to myself, nah, I love my kids too much to sacrifice anything. Without my kids, I do believe I would be lost in this world and so alone. They definately keep me up and going and remind me that life is so full of the little things that we often forget or take for granted. They let me know that no matter how old mommy gets that i am still there everything and i am still fun,.
But for now, I am awaiting the fall to come and say hi to me once again. Fall is one of my most favorite seasons and time of the year. Apple cider, apples, hay rides, pumpkins, ( which by the way, our pumpkings are growing enormously lol.) but they look so beautiful. Trick or treaters will soon be knocking on my doorr for sugar and my kids will be out and about in their favorite costumes. Its such a perfect time of the season to enjoy the outside and still be comfortable. I thank God so much for the Fall...........
Crystal......
But for now, I am awaiting the fall to come and say hi to me once again. Fall is one of my most favorite seasons and time of the year. Apple cider, apples, hay rides, pumpkins, ( which by the way, our pumpkings are growing enormously lol.) but they look so beautiful. Trick or treaters will soon be knocking on my doorr for sugar and my kids will be out and about in their favorite costumes. Its such a perfect time of the season to enjoy the outside and still be comfortable. I thank God so much for the Fall...........
Crystal......
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ready for the Fall.......
So ready for the fall now, I am tired of the summer days that have been too long and too heat exhausting. I'm ready to feel the cool crisp fall air brush my face and make me remember those days when i was little.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
My favorite Purse Blogging lady is having an awesome giveaway contest. Check it out and you might win.Awesome Giveaway!
My good friend Mag J is having a sweet giveaway on her blog. I think you all should go on over and enter to win. It is such a cute item! You won't regret it. Here is the link to it:
http://sittingonthemoodswing.blogspot.com/2010/08/youre-gonna-love-me-for-this-giveaway.html
My good friend Mag J is having a sweet giveaway on her blog. I think you all should go on over and enter to win. It is such a cute item! You won't regret it. Here is the link to it:
http://sittingonthemoodswing.blogspot.com/2010/08/youre-gonna-love-me-for-this-giveaway.html
Thursday, August 12, 2010
School has finally started...YEAHHHHHHHH
School has officially started today and all my kids are back in it. That leaves me some free and peaceful time for a little bit, except the 2 babies with me. But all in all, i'm glad fall is coming and school is back in session. We have had some enormous heat waves here lately, so all do be careful out and about. I do know i am learning to become content with what life has in store for me, whether its good or bad, I am learning to be content with it. And for all you old fashioned women in the world, here is a trick to try on any of your stained clothes: USE MURPHY'S OIL.
My mother taught me that trick with stained clothing that i didn't want stained lol. And if you have mildew, use a cup of lemon juice and a little bleach, not alot, and that usually does the trick.
For blood stains in clothing or etc, rub some morton's iodized salt on it and then wash it. And if your out at the store or a resturant eating, use a baby wipe to get your stains out of your clothing or anything really. It works, trust me i have 6 kids, i know lol.
Crystal
My mother taught me that trick with stained clothing that i didn't want stained lol. And if you have mildew, use a cup of lemon juice and a little bleach, not alot, and that usually does the trick.
For blood stains in clothing or etc, rub some morton's iodized salt on it and then wash it. And if your out at the store or a resturant eating, use a baby wipe to get your stains out of your clothing or anything really. It works, trust me i have 6 kids, i know lol.
Crystal
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
I think I may have just found my prince charming....?????
hello again my blog and all my blog friends. I have met this really cute, sweet guy that loves kids.
HELLO LADIES, you can't ask for better if they love kids..... I hope to actually meet him in person soon, lol I think i will like the outcome of getting to know him very well. He loves to fish and camp and all the things that me and my kids love to do. And hes just southern like me. Well, his name is Kenny. I won't go further into details until i get to go on an official date, but i hope this is good, all the others i have dated or been in a relationship with were not what you would call father material. This guy looks like a keeper that my kids would fall in love with before me....
So maybe one day i won't be single on this blog anymore, but starting a new life with someone and hopefully slicing a wedding cake with.
Oh well, who knows what God has planned for you. Hopefully someone like him. You know what else, I would love to go on a masquerade ball sometime, i bet they are so fun.
Image via WikipediaNow on to other postings of wierd stuff i just want to stick on my blog cause i'm bored and its almost 1am and i can't sleep. so here goes.....
Image via Wikipedia
Image via Wikipedia
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
a book i'm trying to write.....
Sometimes I wish I could have anything my heart desired. I wish that war would end and that the famines of world hunger would be fed well so no one would ever be hungry again. I wish that child abuse didn’t exist and that hurting people to make yourself feel somewhat better would disappear from all human minds today. But until then, I am who I am and I can’t change that for anything in the world. But as I look at it now, I wouldn’t change my life anyways. Hi, let me formally introduce myself, My names is Crystal. Nice to meet you.
I am a single mother of 6 children, after a long 9 yrs with a bad husband and miserable and depressing life with him. The only good thing out of the marriage was my kids. Of course my oldest child was from a previous when I was just 17 and made a stupid mistake of giving my innocence up to someone not worth my time. But my son, he wasn’t a mistake, I love my son and he changed my life for the better.. Just because you have kids doesn’t mean your life is over, its actually just beginning. Kids make up for all the horrible times you have had in life, their funny, exciting, and love to keep you young, fit that I assure you lol, and very much into their magical world of make believe. They somehow help us to remember we too were once little and loved to be just like they are today.
I have 5 boys and 1 little girl. I stopped after that, my ex told me I needed too. But that’s okay, I have my kids and that’s okay now. Yes I do get sad at times and cry, because I took away my place of ever having kids again. I would of loved to have given lizzie my little girl, a sister. But I guess we all make bad choices, and not realize the suffering consequences it will leave us when they have been made. I am 33 yrs old and sometimes I think I am actually going to lose my mind, seriously, lol. Raising 6 kids alone is very hard, my sister lives with me but that’s only so much, cause she doesn’t have kids. But I am still okay with that. I always wanted a big family and I got one. I want my home to always be full and happy and merry with my kids and their kids. Holidays and birthdays, and so on. And knowing that one day when your old there will be someone there with you always, to visit, read to you, and love you no matter what. Each one of my kids are very unique, and they do have some setbacks. ADHD or something like that, but they are very smart, intelligent, and loving. There so sweet and I couldn’t ask for better kids. But whatever others say about us that have lots of kids or multiples, ignore them, maybe their just jealous or maybe they do think were just out of our minds. Lol. I don’t know really, but who cares. What matters is that you care. That you know what choice you made, and that it’s the choice you either wanted or have to learn to accept. Either way, God will make it the best he can for you.
I am trying to write this book you see of my kids, cause I have so many, but I don’t know what to really put in it. My kids at this very moment are hanging crazily all over me. Are you done with the laptop yet, etc, etc. etc. You get my point lol. One crying cause he can’t have tiddy tot, a nursing toddler still and the others, well just hanging around I guess, lol. But at least I have their comfort and they have mine.
I am raising half of dozen, and this book I hope either helps you, inspires you or just humors you. Either way, I hope it becomes one of New York Times Best Sellers. Lets Begin shall we.
Once upon a time there was this woman who had half a dozen of kids, that’s a lot of eggs in the carton don’t you think. She had five boys and one little girl that was her princess. She lived in a semi big home with her sister . Her eight year old ask her one day, “Mom, what are you doing? And she said told him, “ What’s it look like I’m doing. And he replied, “ Writing your story. And of course I told him yes. See how interesting your kids can be, when they find the smallest things that we are doing, so interesting, but then he says to me, well how long is your story going to be so dreadfully, knowing it is going to be awhile till he can get back on to the laptop. I just breathe a sigh to let him know just go away for just a little bit, but of course as I type this he is laying his little head on my shoulder. And he says, “I love you mommy.” And I love him too. Take one day at a time and don’t forget to breathe. Life isn’t going to be that easy for you I know, I have lots of kids by myself too.
Chapter 2
“Mom, how many chapters are there?” my eight year old ask me. “ As many as it takes to get it done.” And he stirrs on my bed for a second and burst out, “How many?” But you see I can’t just tell him because you really never know how many there are really going to be you see. This is your life your writing about and telling others on paper. So they can read it and hopefully find it a delicious book they can’ t stop reading lol. Lets hope you all can find that in me. I have always thought of writing a book, but wasn’t really sure what about. Now I do . About my life, my six kids And how we get by day to day. We are all survivors out there. No matter what we will always make it through the storm we are walking through. Me, I don’ t walk though, I run, and then hide for just five minutes peace.
My eight year old says I should write about our late miley, she was our dog that was killed. Very pretty and so gentle. We had her since she was a baby. She was white with black spots everywhere. She almost resembled a dalamtion but wasn’t. Then there was ox our great dane we use to have. But he was returned to his original owners. But he was a big black beast of a pet I assure you and so lovable. All the kids loved him too. Then there was Shelby our lost dog still today that ran off and I believe someone else took in to love. She was a black flat coat retriever. Loved the water and playing ball. But do I miss her, heck no, she chewed up my furniture. So I was glad for her departing lol.
My eight year old was born on Halloween. My he gets double the goodies on his day lol. I am just ramdonly adding stuff in as I type along. Theres a writers block thing I can get stuck with and I don’t want that. So lets keep the story going
I am a single mother of 6 children, after a long 9 yrs with a bad husband and miserable and depressing life with him. The only good thing out of the marriage was my kids. Of course my oldest child was from a previous when I was just 17 and made a stupid mistake of giving my innocence up to someone not worth my time. But my son, he wasn’t a mistake, I love my son and he changed my life for the better.. Just because you have kids doesn’t mean your life is over, its actually just beginning. Kids make up for all the horrible times you have had in life, their funny, exciting, and love to keep you young, fit that I assure you lol, and very much into their magical world of make believe. They somehow help us to remember we too were once little and loved to be just like they are today.
I have 5 boys and 1 little girl. I stopped after that, my ex told me I needed too. But that’s okay, I have my kids and that’s okay now. Yes I do get sad at times and cry, because I took away my place of ever having kids again. I would of loved to have given lizzie my little girl, a sister. But I guess we all make bad choices, and not realize the suffering consequences it will leave us when they have been made. I am 33 yrs old and sometimes I think I am actually going to lose my mind, seriously, lol. Raising 6 kids alone is very hard, my sister lives with me but that’s only so much, cause she doesn’t have kids. But I am still okay with that. I always wanted a big family and I got one. I want my home to always be full and happy and merry with my kids and their kids. Holidays and birthdays, and so on. And knowing that one day when your old there will be someone there with you always, to visit, read to you, and love you no matter what. Each one of my kids are very unique, and they do have some setbacks. ADHD or something like that, but they are very smart, intelligent, and loving. There so sweet and I couldn’t ask for better kids. But whatever others say about us that have lots of kids or multiples, ignore them, maybe their just jealous or maybe they do think were just out of our minds. Lol. I don’t know really, but who cares. What matters is that you care. That you know what choice you made, and that it’s the choice you either wanted or have to learn to accept. Either way, God will make it the best he can for you.
I am trying to write this book you see of my kids, cause I have so many, but I don’t know what to really put in it. My kids at this very moment are hanging crazily all over me. Are you done with the laptop yet, etc, etc. etc. You get my point lol. One crying cause he can’t have tiddy tot, a nursing toddler still and the others, well just hanging around I guess, lol. But at least I have their comfort and they have mine.
I am raising half of dozen, and this book I hope either helps you, inspires you or just humors you. Either way, I hope it becomes one of New York Times Best Sellers. Lets Begin shall we.
Once upon a time there was this woman who had half a dozen of kids, that’s a lot of eggs in the carton don’t you think. She had five boys and one little girl that was her princess. She lived in a semi big home with her sister . Her eight year old ask her one day, “Mom, what are you doing? And she said told him, “ What’s it look like I’m doing. And he replied, “ Writing your story. And of course I told him yes. See how interesting your kids can be, when they find the smallest things that we are doing, so interesting, but then he says to me, well how long is your story going to be so dreadfully, knowing it is going to be awhile till he can get back on to the laptop. I just breathe a sigh to let him know just go away for just a little bit, but of course as I type this he is laying his little head on my shoulder. And he says, “I love you mommy.” And I love him too. Take one day at a time and don’t forget to breathe. Life isn’t going to be that easy for you I know, I have lots of kids by myself too.
Chapter 2
“Mom, how many chapters are there?” my eight year old ask me. “ As many as it takes to get it done.” And he stirrs on my bed for a second and burst out, “How many?” But you see I can’t just tell him because you really never know how many there are really going to be you see. This is your life your writing about and telling others on paper. So they can read it and hopefully find it a delicious book they can’ t stop reading lol. Lets hope you all can find that in me. I have always thought of writing a book, but wasn’t really sure what about. Now I do . About my life, my six kids And how we get by day to day. We are all survivors out there. No matter what we will always make it through the storm we are walking through. Me, I don’ t walk though, I run, and then hide for just five minutes peace.
My eight year old says I should write about our late miley, she was our dog that was killed. Very pretty and so gentle. We had her since she was a baby. She was white with black spots everywhere. She almost resembled a dalamtion but wasn’t. Then there was ox our great dane we use to have. But he was returned to his original owners. But he was a big black beast of a pet I assure you and so lovable. All the kids loved him too. Then there was Shelby our lost dog still today that ran off and I believe someone else took in to love. She was a black flat coat retriever. Loved the water and playing ball. But do I miss her, heck no, she chewed up my furniture. So I was glad for her departing lol.
My eight year old was born on Halloween. My he gets double the goodies on his day lol. I am just ramdonly adding stuff in as I type along. Theres a writers block thing I can get stuck with and I don’t want that. So lets keep the story going
my diary.....
My Southern Belle Life as a mother of 6 kidsJuly 29, 2010
Dear Dairy,
Today was a good day and even better when McCallister’s Deli was giving away some of their famous sweet tea for free. AWWWWW,. So yummy and relaxing to quench down that sweet taste of honey in a form of tea.
We then proceeded to our West Park Mall in our town, Cape Girardeau and spent some time picking up on the latest fashion tips out of the latest fashion magizines. Some were pretty weird though, like an art doll book, scary……
But we played, looked at the magizines and all sorts of stuff.
Then I made sure my children and I , put back all the stuff we got out on our little mission of things to do on a Thursday at the mall..
Now we are in the play land at the mall, watching my kids act like king kong or monkeys, lol, seriously they are. But without life being like king kong and expanding our lungs to the highest capabilities, life would not be life, simply stated by my kids. HA, but there is a time that life can be so calming, and yeah, let me just keep dreaming okay.
Well, the day is about done, and I encountered several nice looking men too, woot woot, lol, doesn’t hurt to look in the window shops, knowing he is way out of my league and probably married. Lol. Always, sucks doesn’t it. Anyways, his little girl came up and said hi to me and my little girl patted her head. It was a sweet moment to watch. But like I said, those are sometimes the calming moments, just to watch her take time to caress someones hair, to just be sweet in her own world to someone else. Right now the play land here could use an update, (dramatically) lol, and a semi-café for us parents all enclosed together as one, but to also leave an outside play land like were in now, so that the ones not in the café can still let their own kids play for free without hassle. Either way it can all work out. Its so nice to see smiles on my kids faces, and see their joy and happiness. To hear them laugh tells me that even though im not a millionare, they are still happy and content with their little lives with mommy…..
Here is a nice gesture for a grand café in one. Lol. Just me dreaming here. Doesn’t hurt. Dreams do come true. I think?????? Right now I really wish I had a caffine beverage, ( preferably star bucks, lol , ).
And right then and there in my imagination, I have one…..MMMMM, so good, even the occasional Mountain Dew would suffice for me right now. I have one of those caffine headaches, crying out for some one on one alone time to concentrate on my brain cells,. My poor sister right now is my helper in watching my kids for me while I write to my online diary of my crazy day…. I love her for that. We found the most cutest 3 bedroom apt today, my sister found her dream room in it, with a small alice in wonderland door leading into a secret cove for her to place a lamp in and a cozy quilt and shut the door to escape to her reading, writing, are whatever comes to her mind…. Just lock herself away to magical wonders, without any disturbance from the outside crazy world. But for now were stuck in that crazy world, Please help us. Lol.
Hello, we are about to abandon this mall lol and escape back to mcCallisters deli to snag some more of that good, southern free sweet tea, ahhh, too bad u couldn’t join us on this freebie m oment. But in your local ads in the newspaper, look in the daily blogging section for any stuff like this going on today. That’s how found out about the free tea day .
My My My, can’t wait to get home, put them in their room to watch a movie on the laptop that I am writing on right now, and try and relax, mind you, I said try, lol, and watch a movie, without bothering children. Yeah right. But like I said, I can dream can’t I . There is this extremely married man with awesome mucsles sitting in front of me and my sister, god have mercy, he’s so hot.
Well, enough at looking at married men, lol, that’s not a daily basis mind you, just looking. I try and keep an eye out for the single ones, preferably ones that already have kids. But you never know. Well, fixing to round up my half of dozen kids and get into the van for that free sweet tea. Wish me luck in that okay, I will definitely need it. And pray for all those who are more drove nuts that I.
Until then, Goodnight, and keep dreaming………………………..
Crystal
Dear Dairy,
Today was a good day and even better when McCallister’s Deli was giving away some of their famous sweet tea for free. AWWWWW,. So yummy and relaxing to quench down that sweet taste of honey in a form of tea.
We then proceeded to our West Park Mall in our town, Cape Girardeau and spent some time picking up on the latest fashion tips out of the latest fashion magizines. Some were pretty weird though, like an art doll book, scary……
But we played, looked at the magizines and all sorts of stuff.
Then I made sure my children and I , put back all the stuff we got out on our little mission of things to do on a Thursday at the mall..
Now we are in the play land at the mall, watching my kids act like king kong or monkeys, lol, seriously they are. But without life being like king kong and expanding our lungs to the highest capabilities, life would not be life, simply stated by my kids. HA, but there is a time that life can be so calming, and yeah, let me just keep dreaming okay.
Well, the day is about done, and I encountered several nice looking men too, woot woot, lol, doesn’t hurt to look in the window shops, knowing he is way out of my league and probably married. Lol. Always, sucks doesn’t it. Anyways, his little girl came up and said hi to me and my little girl patted her head. It was a sweet moment to watch. But like I said, those are sometimes the calming moments, just to watch her take time to caress someones hair, to just be sweet in her own world to someone else. Right now the play land here could use an update, (dramatically) lol, and a semi-café for us parents all enclosed together as one, but to also leave an outside play land like were in now, so that the ones not in the café can still let their own kids play for free without hassle. Either way it can all work out. Its so nice to see smiles on my kids faces, and see their joy and happiness. To hear them laugh tells me that even though im not a millionare, they are still happy and content with their little lives with mommy…..
Here is a nice gesture for a grand café in one. Lol. Just me dreaming here. Doesn’t hurt. Dreams do come true. I think?????? Right now I really wish I had a caffine beverage, ( preferably star bucks, lol , ).
And right then and there in my imagination, I have one…..MMMMM, so good, even the occasional Mountain Dew would suffice for me right now. I have one of those caffine headaches, crying out for some one on one alone time to concentrate on my brain cells,. My poor sister right now is my helper in watching my kids for me while I write to my online diary of my crazy day…. I love her for that. We found the most cutest 3 bedroom apt today, my sister found her dream room in it, with a small alice in wonderland door leading into a secret cove for her to place a lamp in and a cozy quilt and shut the door to escape to her reading, writing, are whatever comes to her mind…. Just lock herself away to magical wonders, without any disturbance from the outside crazy world. But for now were stuck in that crazy world, Please help us. Lol.
Hello, we are about to abandon this mall lol and escape back to mcCallisters deli to snag some more of that good, southern free sweet tea, ahhh, too bad u couldn’t join us on this freebie m oment. But in your local ads in the newspaper, look in the daily blogging section for any stuff like this going on today. That’s how found out about the free tea day .
My My My, can’t wait to get home, put them in their room to watch a movie on the laptop that I am writing on right now, and try and relax, mind you, I said try, lol, and watch a movie, without bothering children. Yeah right. But like I said, I can dream can’t I . There is this extremely married man with awesome mucsles sitting in front of me and my sister, god have mercy, he’s so hot.
Well, enough at looking at married men, lol, that’s not a daily basis mind you, just looking. I try and keep an eye out for the single ones, preferably ones that already have kids. But you never know. Well, fixing to round up my half of dozen kids and get into the van for that free sweet tea. Wish me luck in that okay, I will definitely need it. And pray for all those who are more drove nuts that I.
Until then, Goodnight, and keep dreaming………………………..
Crystal
At the library today...
Image via WikipediaThey have these weird seats for kids to sit on here. There different colors but look like a big round ball. And when you seat or fill them they have a spandex feel.
Right now a puppet show is going on with the kids. they get up there and pretend to put on a very good puppet show for all of us. Its funny. My little girl lizzie just runs all over the place. But its a good place for your kids to pass some good ole Quite time. I think my sister hid in the back with a load of magazines and books lol. Shes a more reading bug type than me. I don't get the chance often, but i hope to soon. My lizzie is playing with a neat traingle block set. Fascinating to her lol. Never seen her sit so still.
Woww, its been really hot today, you can hardly breathe. Its a 115 degrees and i think the humidity is hotter. So right now i feel like this photo of alice in wonderland, of were all mad here. Thats how hot its been today. lol. This puppet show, its funny. Kids have such a big imagination. I think sometimes we seem to forget that.
Well for now i will enjoy the rest of our puppet show and laugh, and read hopefully.
Crystal
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Books, Books, and More Books.......
At barnes and nobles and going on a reading frenzy. One book in particular is called, "Pop tart", a novel by Kira Coplin and Julianne Kaye. It says on the back about one night in late November, just a stone's throw from the glittering lights and madness of Sunset Strip, I inadvertiently became a key player in one of the most shocking celebrity dramas of the decade....
Really looks and sounds very interesting. So check it out sometime.
But for now its just a crazy sunday with a lazy side to it lol. But i am having fun at the mall, earlier we hit walmart and the park, but it was getting tooooo hot to play, so we went to the graveyard beside us that has a peecock sections with live peecocks and you can feed them. My ten ur old discovered an egg in their cage and said look what im taking home with me. I was like no way, lets take it back to their mommy. But his gesture of good intentions was so sweet.
Well for now have a good sunday and maybe later i will log back on.
Crystal
Really looks and sounds very interesting. So check it out sometime.
But for now its just a crazy sunday with a lazy side to it lol. But i am having fun at the mall, earlier we hit walmart and the park, but it was getting tooooo hot to play, so we went to the graveyard beside us that has a peecock sections with live peecocks and you can feed them. My ten ur old discovered an egg in their cage and said look what im taking home with me. I was like no way, lets take it back to their mommy. But his gesture of good intentions was so sweet.
Well for now have a good sunday and maybe later i will log back on.
Crystal
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