Yesterday I had the most amazing day. My family drove up to see the Total Eclipse in Carbondale, IL. I had watched a video about what to expect when a total eclipse happens, and I got so excited and decided I should go. I wanted my kids to experience it, as well. Also, it was my birthday, so that made it even more special. How often does the ( Read more... )

Waaay back in April, Owen turned the big 4. He had been pretty excited about turning 4. He asked for a cake with Kirby on it. So I complied.


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We had to get a new computer. Our old one died. I'm really hoping that Andrew can salvage some photos/videos that were on there. This new one has a weird keyboard with flat keys, and the buttons seem small. I'm truly terrible at typing on it. I cut my fingernails hoping it would help. It did a little, but it's still kinda hard. The backspace ( Read more... )

This is the first time I've written this year. It's weird. I seriously considered just not and ending my livejournal days. I thought about it for a long time. The only thing that made me reconsider was that so far I've journaled about most of the kids' birthdays, and I've only done one of Brooklyn, and that just seemed unfair for her. I should ( Read more... )

My Evan turned 10 on November 4th. It's hard to believe he's in the double digits. I remember his first birthday. He was so cute and doing "muscles" the whole time. (A silly trick we had taught him.) He was trying to make us laugh. He's still like that to this day. He doesn't do the muscles trick anymore, though ( Read more... )

I've honestly gotten really terrible at updating on important events. I've felt my life has been chaos this entire year. But, I digress. Onto Brooklyn's first birthday ( Read more... )

Yes, I realize Owen's birthday was in April. Yes, I realize it's October 5th. Yes, I realize I should be sleeping. BUT I literally just thought about it before I was about to go to bed, and now I feel terrible and can't sleep until I update about poor Owen's birthday that was MONTHS AGO ( Read more... )

Back when we moved to Alabama in 2007, I had somewhat high expectations for our time there. I was moving back to where I grew up, so I'd be near family and old friends. I had been having a rough time adjusting to our move to Baton Rouge, so I was ready to get back to some familiarity. When we returned, however, I found myself becoming depressed ( Read more... )

I filled out an application today to to work as a Personalized Search Engine Evaluator for a company called Leapforce. We'll see if I hear anything back. It seems that anytime I apply for jobs like that, I never get chosen. I had to submit a resume, so I found an old one I had attached in an email way back in 2008. I forgot I had even applied ( Read more... )

Andrew wrecked his car on Friday. Poor guy was on his way to play sports with some guys from work and rear-ended a lady on the way. I felt bad for him because he was so excited to go. He's been taking the van to work this week, and his parents are going to let us borrow a car until we can get a new one. We just heard back from state farm today ( Read more... )