Pity Party!!

I have thrown myself a pity party today! It has been raining for 4 days straight, which is enough to put anyone "on edge." On top of nasty rainy weather I've also had to deal with this...

This is NOT true...

I would go to my relaxing red room to get away...

BUT, it's housing all of my kitchen stuff, which the cats have made a mess out of! Who's great idea was this to paint the kitchen anyway?! I'm just hoping and praying it's done before Thursday's BUNKO festivities, which Joseph assures me it will be.

And...even though I'm not suppose to be talking about it I'm still not pregnant and I'm really bummed out about it, which was a pretty big factor in my "lets go home and get in my pj's" day. It's so hard to continue month after month of frustration. Joseph and I so badly want to be parents again, and it's so hard to get a negative, after negative, after negative every month. The medicine says it takes anywhere between 1-3 months to work, and we are starting our third round. I really need this time to work so the baby will come before January. If it doesn't work, we will probably have to take a month off because I don't want to have the stress of having a baby close to Jackson's birthday, I just don't want to have to worry about it. BUT, THIS HAS GOT TO BE OUR MONTH! Please just remember us in prayer please!

And finally...though my kitchen is a complete mess, I did manage to produce this...

Which will have melted cheese on the top too. And NO, I would never give you a hint to the color of the my new kitchen. Have you voted yet? I'm off to have dinner with my wonderful husband! As always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!

I've Created a Monster!

So...some girl in our house (don't know who) decided that she wanted to do some painting to the house. We've been here almost 2 years and we've done a few things here and there...but there were still some things I wanted done. The first order of business, I wanted a yellow mud room. I picked yellow because I wanted something bright and cheerful to see when I got home and walked into the house, so yellow it was. We picked out our colors and I put Joseph to work on Friday, since he is back to working 4 days a week, 4 10's. I now have a yellow room. Here's a picture of it, and I hate that I don't have a before picture...



So...yesterday afternoon after the mess from painting the mud room was cleaned up Joseph and I looked at each other and couldn't decide what to do for the rest of the day, since it was cold and rainy outside. The silly girl said...let's paint the kitchen...it's the last room downstairs that really needs some attention. I decided better not start it tonight because on Thursday 11 of my friends will be over for Bunko, and I can not have a torn up kitchen. However, Joseph decided the room needed to be done, and promised it would be done before Thursday, so I agreed. Now, I have a torn up kitchen and a monster on my hands that goes by the name of Joseph. We decided the wallpaper had to come down, there was no way we could paint over it since some of it was textured, it just had to come down. We thought that would be our biggest challenge. We got a steamer and started talking it down. After 5 hours of scrapping and steaming, all the wallpaper is down. I must admit, it went a lot smoother then I thought it was, and I'm glad to see it all down. Now Joseph is putting up putty and sanding the walls. I have picked out my color...which will be a surprise, but I had to take it back because we did a test run last night, and well, it was not working. I think we've got a good color now though. Anyway...I did take a before picture of the kitchen...here it is before...



The after picture will hopefully be up before Thursday, so you'll just have to keep checking back to see it!

While I'm in the mood of posting pictures, I took this picture of Charlie, the smallest of the three cats. Remember in my "Free to a Good Home" post how all three precious little kitties were snuggling in the bed? Well...here is another picture of the same bed...



with just one kitty!!!! They have gotten so big, it blows my mind. Anyway...I'm off to go supervise the activity in the kitchen. Hope everyone has a great week, and I'll post a picture soon! Until next time, as always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!



PS-I added another poll. Take a guess at what color you think the kitchen might be. Maybe I can break my new high record of 6 votes...we'll see!

I'm Trying!!

I don't know what it is, the time change, going out to the horrible club this weekend or gaining two pounds from 1 stinking night...I just CAN NOT get my stuff together. It's only Wednesday and I'm pretty much done, zero energy left.

Anyway...things here are crazy! This weekend we went out to celebrate a friend's 30th birthday, man oh man, we are not youngin's anymore that's for sure. I think we were at the bar for 2.5 minutes and my eyes were burning..wow! Needless to say, I don't really need to go back, I'm good!

I did manage to buy a new camera this weekend-GO ME! I absolutely love it and have been taking pictures here and there. My only subjects at the moment are three cats (who are still free people...come on!) and if I'm not careful people are going to start referring to me as the crazy cat lady. So, I will not grace you with pictures of my babies. But...I did take a picture of the St. Patrick's Day flowers I made (by myself, yes) for Jackson. Here it is..



So..yes I made both arrangements by myself, but I'm a little limited in my craftness, so I will admit that a co-worker made the bow. I did everthing else though. Not too bad huh? Considering the amount of money I saved (umm, over $100) I'm pretty proud of myself. I will begin tackling an "Easter" arrangement for April soon. My goal is to have a set of flowers for each month...wish me luck!

Is anyone else struggling with this time change?! Take my little poll over there
-----> I'm enjoying it, kind of, we have had beautiful weather all week...80 degrees today WOW, but it's ending really soon, high of 50 something tomorrow with the rain coming in too. I work with some pretty smart people here in SC who also planned the PASS (that's the statewide testing) for this week...ummmmm, if the time change is killing me I can't imagine how some of the kids are feeling. Maybe in the future we should be aware of this people!! If I only ruled the city/state/country/world!

Alright, that's all for this time around. I'm off to do something wifey-clean, cook, watch TV...I don't know! Until next time, as always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!

For Sale

Maybe even not for sale, but FREE to a great home (or good, or fair, or horrible home) I have 3 kitties that use to be SO cute...see

They are REALLY great cats, just ask me! Just so you know what you are getting into if you decide to take these precious kitties here is a list of things that have done since they moved to the Hedgepeth House-

1-They chewed a library book cover. Do you know how embarrassing it is to return a book and say I have to pay for damages. She asked me if my dog got it. Nope, just my 3 kittens.

2-They have peeled paint off of not one, not two, but THREE different walls. I'm surprised they don't have lead poisoning, but I guess they don't put that in paint anymore.

3-They have torn up one cat post already. It's had to be re carpeted once, and could really use it again.

4-They love to play with their water bowl. I've come home to a water filled mud room because they love to knock over the thing. It is now bungee corded to the cat post.

And the best for last...

5-They have destroyed a beautiful, signed to Joseph and I by the illustrator Christmas print that I left on the coffee table.

Everyone of these stories is true. There is no lying, not exaggerating. My precious little kitties have turned into this...



Say a prayer for us that they don't eat something while we sleep tonight. Until next time, as always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!



PS-my precious ones really aren't for sale...well, unless you are willing to pay some good money!

OMG...

(and that's all I've got for texting lingo) but did you watch the Bachelor?!?! I must admit that I knew what was going to happen via my brother. I don't know what's worse about that statement...my brother watching the Bachelor or my brother knowing Bachelor gossip. They are both pretty bad. Anyway, enough about Shawn, the Bachelor...everyone is giving him a really hard time. I say, what the heck? He picked Melissa (the wild card in my opinion) and then they leave the show and there's nothing, magic romantic journey over. I feel bad that she got dumped on TV, but Jason had to out of contract obligations. So, he decided he loves Molly. Maybe things will work out better for them...who knows! Tonight they promise one more dramatic event, but it's on from 10-11 which means that one moment will be at 10:58, and well, I'm in bed then so I'll catch it in the morning.

Just a quick side note for the Charlotte area peeps. McDonald's is doing a promotion to help build a Ronald McDonald House in Charlotte (I can't believe there isn't one with the 2 big hospitals downtown). Anyway, go to McDonald's, buy a milkshake, some money gets donated to the new RMH, enjoy a great milkshake and repeat daily...until March 23rd. Who cares about diets?!

Now I'm off to run a mile on the elliptical. Joseph laughed when I told him how long it took me so I'm determined to improve my time. He's at the gym, and then bringing home milkshakes, so I better get running! Thanks for checking in on us! As always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!

Snow Day!

So...today was a snow day in case you missed it from the news or the previous post. And though I was none too happy about losing my Memorial Day I must admit that Joseph and I had a great day...even after being woke up at 7:30 to laughter from my Aunt Connie and Rich...thanks guys! Anyway, after we were awake it was breakfast casserole time and then we built a snowman. I wish I had a picture, but I don't since my parents decided to take back their camera. One of these days I'm going to get one of my own-promise. Anyway-we made a big ol' snowman, about 5 1/2 feet tall, so YES, he is taller then me. Next time we get a great snowfall remind not to ask Joseph to build a snowman. My thought, we'll roll some snow around, stack it up, add some accessories-done! Joe's idea...get the wheelbarrow, roll some snow, shape snowman, add more snow as needed, shape some more, more snow, shape, more snow. Finally I gave up and just started accessorizing because I was so over the let's build a snowman. Anyway...he's the biggest one in the neighborhood, and I'm sure the 17 kids across the street are jealous...sorry little snowman building people! HA!

I also watched Fireproof today which was great. It's actually based on the book "Love Dare" which we just started a series on at church...that's a full circle. I went and bought the book because no matter how strong or close to ending your marriage is there's always room for improvement and I want to be the best wife to the best man I know. I'll let you know how the dare goes!

Alright...got to run! Bachelor in 5 minutes...it's a big one so they say! My brother gave me some gossip and if it's true, man oh man are we in for a treat. Holler if you are a Bachelor fan, leave some comments about what you thought of the show! I wouldn't be surprised if he left with DeAnna, but we'll all just have to see. As always, please REMEMBER JACKSON...which reminds of one other thing. Today, by myself (assisted slightly by Joseph) I picked out and created my own St. Patrick's Day flowers for Jackson. Total cost $30, and I normally pay over $50 for one, so do the math, 2 flower arrangements @ $50 equals $100, but today I made 2 by myself for $30. Once I get that camera thing worked out I might be able to share some pictures...who knows. Anyway, REMEMBER JACKSON!



Oh...gosh I'm gonna be late, but students are on a 2 hour delay in the morning. Teachers are to report when roads are safe, which I'm prediciting is around 9-YAY!

no, No, NO....

The snow is coming (or so they say) and I'm not a happy camper! I can feel my Memorial Day Holiday slipping right through my fingers. Arrgghhh...I'm so over snow days, which really mean days that you have to make up. Oh well...guess there is really nothing I can do about it since they are calling for anywhere between 1-8 inches, so surely they can't be that wrong and it not snow at all right?! I'm prepared though...I've got spaghetti going for dinner tonight and the stuff for a breakfast casserole in the morning-YUM! That's all I've got this time. It's a pajamas and movie kind of day, on the big screen we have The Dark Knight (bluray, which Joe is super excited about) and Fireproof (which I'm super excited about). Nothing like cuddling up with my hubby and watching some movies. I'm sure you'll hear about what happens with the snow. Until next time, as always, please REMEMBER JACKSON!



Update...as of 6:00 the rain has switched over to snow and it's starting to stick. Looks like another snow day. Off to enjoy the "Southern Snowstorm" from the comfort of my couch...

Update...at 6:50 school has been cancelled. At least we get to sleep in!!