Rounding Off the Perfect Weekend

And because my computer is being difficult, you'll have to turn your head to see....but we hit the monster truck rally this afternoon. A perfect cap to a great sunny but chilly weekend here in Texas. Princess was grinning ear to ear. If we aren't raising the perfect little redneck, I don't know what to call it! She was all about the trucks. It was great. So we got up so Dave and I could do school first thing this morning, then made church which was awesome. The kids just love the new church, finally...

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Saturday in Texas

What do you do when you have an afternoon on a beautiful Texas day? Well considering Dave got off at 330, we packed up and took my new Ruger LCP to the range to get some rounds in. I have offically christened my new gun. I shot a full box of rounds. It was awesome. And Dave gave me high praise saying I was dangerously accurate at 10 feet. You betcha babe!Princess brought her 22 and she did awesome. She takes her time and is way accurate. Duchess shot once and then spent the rest of the time standing on Dave's feet "dancing" around the gun range with him.But good times were had by all. I heart...

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SCORE!

I am mommy, hear me roar. Thanks to a very grownup conversation in which both my girls acted like big girls, they finally agreed to retire the sad, torn old blankies and get new ones. Princess gave up hers for the above in pink and brown but couldn't find that pic. She named it "fuzzy". She's very pleased with her pick. We agreed not to say the words "woobie" in the store as it's embarrassing mom! But we were rather stealthy and got new snuggle partners for them both.Duchess surprised me though....

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I'm A Smiley Girl

So the man came through, Dave came home from work and promptly took me out for an amazing dinner. I had grilled shrimp and lobster tails, with garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus. Started my dinner with a big ole shrimp cocktail and an appletini. Life was gooooood. We actually got up and moved tables so we could sit side by side rather than across from one another and we talked.........we talked alot. We laughed. I giggled. It was great. The movie afterwards, was depressing as shit. Don't go see a movie about dead kids when on a date. Not cool. Thought Shutter Island was about a scary mental...

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Oh Yeah Baby

I sent Dave a message today: I changed my ringback tune that plays only when he calls me to "Momma Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing"....cause it's date night.And I need a mommy break..................HOLA!And now we're back to doing homeschool in the rain. I do so heart the ra...

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Oh Hell

I did it. I can't believe I actually did it but I did.....I cut off my hair.I've had long hair for awhile but with life on the road and little primping time my ends were a mess and I sucked it up and told her to take 7 inches off.It's barely past my shoulders and it looks clean and healthy but my dog doesn't recognize me. Let's see if my husband does.But today during our service time, we painted nails and gave lotion massages to all the hands we could find at the nursing home. We had a blast. Duchess somehow got polish everywhere even though she was on supervisor duty. Princess and I had a little...

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Love on a Plate

Yesterday was a very busy school day for us peeps here in Texas. So when the late afternoon rolled around we headed up to the ole pharmacy so our med refills, some cold pills, and ziplock storage bags and a 30 minute wait next to a police officer who told Duchess that she talked too much.So when 530 rolled around, I sent Dave a text:"where u want eat?"his response: NE whereAfter I deciphered that, I let him and his brother pick and we all met up at Johnny Carino's.I am in love.Not only do they have a gluten free menu, but they let me bring in some GF pasta and the chef cooked it into my favorite...

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Redneck Is as Redneck Does

I'm embracing my true self.I am a redneck.I carry a gun (actually I have 3 but I only carry 1).I shoot my gun for fun.I heart hoodies, camo, boots and jeans.I just bought tickets to take the family to the Monster Truck derby after church.I ro...

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Oh Sweet Baby Jesus

In making an effort to curb my sailor mouth, my latest exasperated phrase is "oh sweet baby Jesus" as in Oh good grief, Lord help me. This came in handy this morning.The kiddos were gotten up bright and early for school since today was the first appointment in our new volunteer program we are doing with the kids. As life is really more about how you live it and what you do for others, we felt the kids were old enough to really learn service. This morning we had our first service appointment at a retirement home down the street.Now because I know my children I went over and over the list of rules:1....

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I Heart Sundays

Sundays for the last three years have been about church, grocery shopping, and watching tv or yard work unless it was a day with Dave. It was the one day a week the kids and I had to catch up with our house stuff and really get things ready for the next week.But since the almost two months since we began the next stage of our life (which we refer to as the "footloose and fancy" stage) things are a little different.Dave works 6 days a week. He's on a set schedule. His alarm goes off at 4:00 am. Then again at 4:05 am and finally he gets up when it goes off at 4:10 am. He packs his gym bag, shower...

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Here's What I Need:

A trip to clean out ville!I am still organizing and cleaning left and right but I have still not completely found room for everything. I think we need to plan a trip to Goodwill. Wonder how that will go over with the owner of most of this stuff........my sweet loving giving husband!Hmmm let's see how it'll ...

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I Could Do This

live on a limited diet? yep, I'm GF so duhgo without a bath? yep, all I have is a shower now anywaydeal with people who piss me off? um yeah I worked in Utah for three yearsso yeah I could totally do Survivorcause I'm a huge fan dudeI heart Boston Rob and Russell......I could totally hang with them! I am a strategist, and while I have a huge tell when I'm lieing (I go beat red in the face) I could totally try hard.the sad part that concerns me is:the swimsuit part cause I'm super allergic to anything that shows that much of me. I still blush when Dave walks in when I'm changing clothes, and hello...

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Party Time

Last night I submitted my taxes finally! Then woke up to the acceptance email from the IRS, wohoo baby. To celebrate I'm gonna take my heathens and go stand in line at the DMV to get my TEXAS tags. Oh the fun!So how do you make two kids stand next to you patiently for 25 minutes? Make gumbo from scratch and have them "help" with the roux. They were fascinated with the roux process (mixing flour and oil to get the base for the gumbo) and were convinced that I was burning it, lol. But once we reached that magical color, we added in our veggies, then our liquids, then our seasonings, then we boiled...

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Oh Boy Wednesday

Fun times are here......yippee....I'm knee deep in our taxes which have never been such a pain in my rear! If only I could blame Dave, lol, then I'd feel better but even exhausted at night, he's wadding in to help. A man among men, although it could have been that wild and scary Irish side of me peeping out when I "asked" him to help that made him say yes. ;)So while doing spelling, cleaning the bathroom, prepping chicken for gumbo, and watching Pride and Prejudice, I'm reviewing tax codes in my head. Sigh......his new job opens us up to a whole new deduction nightmare, but it's working for us....

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Educating My Kids

I got up this morning to a text from my sweet hubby reminding me to have a good day and to have fun educating our kids. Believe it or not, it is fun educating our kids.....and its sad.In anticipation of our new lifestyle, I stopped in at Barnes & Nobles and for once did not head straight to the sl&t books but visited the surprisingly large homeschool section. I knew I needed a cheat sheet, so I picked up two treasures that I could not live without: What your fifth grader needs to know and What your first grader needs to know. These two books are filled with lessons and sharp! What saddened...

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Mirror Mirror

on the wall..... I'm feeling bitchyso F it all.....Seriously there are times when people irrate the utter living crap out of me. Which is seriously not good for their health cause I think we can all agree that from time to time I'm completely "bat shit crazy".But here's a little secret....I totally feel refreshed and happy after losing my temper. How utterly unladylike of ...

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Busy Days

Well one thing is certain, I do not miss working. Ha! Never thought I'd say that. But I've comfortably left my work clothes and heels behind for jeans, hoodies and boots. I'm so loving my new life down here. It's far from perfect but it's mine.I got up first thing this morning thanking the Lord that the propane tanks had held out through the very cold night. Burrr.... Then in my adorable "hello kitty" pj pants I was unhooking the tanks to stash in my car when they pulled up. Apparently I forgot that I'd ordered an RV cleaning when they didn't show up last week due to bad weather. But boy were...

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True Love

Tonight was a testiment to true love......1. Duchess tells Dave: even though you smell, I love you2. Dave buys me some amazing boots, just because (seriously no hints or anything!)3. Princess tells me: this is what we need, us together and Daddy and Murphy. We don't need anything else.I love that my kids are learning that we can have a great life without all the "extras". Now when we pass something cool they now go "next year when we stop traveling and get a house, we need one of these".Blessin...

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Roadtrip!

My dad had appointments back home so my mom flew in with him. Hence....ROADTRIP. Woohoo, cause I'm only 6 hours from there and it's been over a month since I've seen my mom and dad. So we planned a last minute trip and kissed Dave and Murhpy bye bye. And off we went....We are ridiciously close to the Louisiana border so it wasn't long on our early morning trip that we found the land of bayous and moss........oh yeah baby. It speaks to my heart. And my kids look really good standing in the midst....

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Who Dat Baby

I yelled, I screamed, and I prayed.... And the boys did us proud. 1st superbowl win for the New Orleans Saints! Who Dat baby, who dat! I also apparently scored major cool wife points since I put off my homework for a football game....

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Baby Got Her Groove Back

I'm thinking it's my new upbeat workout playlist or it could be the too superlow levis I bought that make me feel 18 again or it could just be cause I'm happy and feel better than I have in years. Fun times! I'm loving life.And no I'm not running fever.I'm still living in a 30 ft RV with my family.Dave is still working here in Beaumont but that job is almost up so who knows where we'll visit next.We're still homeschooling which is such a new thing for us but we're getting there.I may need my roots done, and I may need my nails done (thinking tips cause mine look like crap peeps) but I haven't...

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