Saturday- Ramblings

I was 18 years old when my daughter was born. Newly married and terrified about how my new little girl would be. How would I raise her to be a good person? What would I say/do when her heart got broken? Would she be smart? Would she have good grades, make smart choices and go on to be an amazing adult?


.... She's starting off on the right foot.


This morning I watched her walk inside her ROTC building today with two of her friends. They were all dressed in their uniforms, starched and stiff. Their hats perched atop their heads and standing tall and almost cocky, as if they were bulletproof. And today they are.



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For those of you who don't know, let me give you a brief summary of ROTC.

The Air Force Junior ROTC Program provides citizenship training and an aerospace science program at the high school level. Units are located at over 750 high schools across the United States and at selected Department of Defense dependent schools in Europe, the Pacific and Puerto Rico. More units are projected to open in each of the next three years.

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They also have a drill team that practices(If they join the drill team), and then performs at competitions all over their area, and beyond. They get no extra credit for it for school, it is merely and after school activity, However it looks good on entrance requirements for the academy (Which is located in Colorado Springs)


My oldest daughter Kara joined ROTC as a Freshman, it's my requirement of my kids, one year of ROTC to teach them a respect of our armed forces, even if they don't join after high school/college. She is now a sophmore and will be continuing in ROTC until her Senior year, she's already signed up.


Now, today is her first competition. Last night at midnight we were kneeled in the living room ironing her shirt and pants, and she was shining her shoes and trying to fight off the butterflies in her stomach.

I don't think I've ever been prouder of her! She is so dedicated to this, and it will be the first time she's supporting her team and being unselfish.


See.... she got a modeling job for today. Modeling prom dresses at the mall for a local store. She turned it down to do this competition. She told me, " I don't see modeling as my future, I see my future in the armed forces."


Wow.... I must have done something right. Someone must owe me big, because I'm no longer that scared 17 year old girl worried about my new baby. I'm a proud mom... who will always worry, but I know that she is on a great road!!


Here are some pictures of my "little girl". She'll be 17 in October, It bring tears to my eyes to see her all grown up!!




Thanks for listening to me, I am exhausted, emotional, and I have to go and get the little ones ready so we can go and watch her compete. *hugs*

Kara when she was a baby.























Kara today.

Friday

It is late.
Here was my day.

I got up in a great mood. Got ready, got to the babysitters at 6:10am. Dropped off the girls and headed to the corner store.

TONS of hot, tall men at the corner store. What were they all doing there at 6:30am? Who knows.. and honestly, who cares. They were lovely! No, I didn't get any numbers. Why? Because I'm a chickenpoo! Ok.. Yep.. I said it.. Chickenpoo. Don't judge me.. *sobs*

Ok.. I'm back!

Ok, I get to work. I do my "of the day" and then hang out. I do some work, I get one of my projects done. Then, I go for a walk. It was a cold walk.... It's kinda chilly here in Colorado!

...... Sorry.. long distraction due to people coming home for the night.

Ok.. back to my story.
I finish off my day by setting up a time to have coffee with my friend right after work.

And then it starts..... 3:30, as I'm walking out the door the phone call comes in. There is an elimination basketball game, at 4:45 on the other side of town. My son needs to be there. GRRRREEEAAATTTT..... Run home, get uniform. Have my friend pick up Joey from my work, then his sister from ROTC Drill training and get to the school in time.
The game doesn't start until 5:30 due to bus issues, and unfortunatly my son's team lost.

So, Dinner is Carls Junior chicken burger, with chili cheese fries.
Issa gets a bath, a sippy cup and she's asleep.
LaLa is awake next to me hiccuping.


Sooooo... that was my day. It's 10:16, it's getting late.
Tomorrow isn't any easier.
It's a 4:30 wake up, Leave the house at 5:00.
I have to pick up my daughters friend and get them both to the ROTC bus by 5:30, so they can drive to Colorado Springs for a competition.
Then I will go home, get ready, and head out by 7am, to get to Colorado Springs for the competition.
*sighs*
I need a nap!

Ok.. I'm off so Nikki can use the computer tonight!
Lots O' love!

Lilith

Thursday

Thankful Thursday

1.) I am thankful that the Foreman grill that mysteriously fell off the top shelf last night, didn’t hit anyone. (It was a freak thing!)

2.) I am thankful that my kids don’t give me a lot to worry about. Sometimes having bad grades and talking back when irritated makes me remember that it could be worse. A lot worse.

3.) I am thankful for my child care; she’s a wonderful woman who will never know how much I appreciate her.

4.) I am thankful that I am healthy, and can walk, dance with my kids, watch my son’s basketball games twice a week, work and type to my bloggy friends.

5.) I am thankful for the food I make every night for my kiddos, and that they eat healthy.

6.) I am thankful that I have met the people in my life, even the ones I wish I didn’t remember.

These are my “thankfuls” for the Thursday! It’s such a wonderful idea, and harder to do than I thought. Each week should get harder.

Well, not talking on Wednesday was hard J I missed babbling endlessly!

Ok, so, My food yesterday..

Breakfast: Grapefruit, cottage cheese with strawberries.
Snack: Odwalla protein drink
Lunch: 2 pork chops, brown rice, green beans, slice of banana bread
Snack: Odwalla protein drink, veggies
Dinner: Breakfast for dinner: Wheat pancake, turkey sausage, eggs

My food today:
Breakfast: Naked juice Superfood, granola bar
Snack: Granola bar, 90 calorie pack chocolate mint rice cakes.
Lunch: Stroganoff, peas, peaches
Snack: Veggies
Dinner: Spaghetti made with turkey meat.

I’ve been walking 30 minutes everyday and resisting the empty calories, chips, candy , etc.

Oh, and I got sleep last night J YAY me. I started a new routine. Issa is in the bath by 7:30 and LaLa is in the bath at the same time.
Nikki read to Issa last night and then 10 minutes to 8pm I put Issa down, she went right to bed.
I fed LaLa and then by 9:30pm, we were both in bed (in fact, the whole house was asleep.)
I woke up at 5:00 before the alarm again, I feel pretty nice J
Ok.. I’m gonna run over to a few blogs and say “Mornin’”, and then get some work done!!

Loves…

Wordless Wednesday

Calvin and Hobbes

Tuesday- New edition

Ok.. so I’ve started writing everything in MS Word, just so everyone doesn’t ALWAYS see me on my blogs :0

It’s another morning. I got to sleep in until 5:15… WooHoo. Not that I did. I woke up a multitude of times. I have yet to hear my alarm because I wake up before then.

Here is my day so far:

Food:

Breakfast: 1 piece of wheat toast, bowl of cereal and 1 hard boiled egg
Snack: Meal supplement drink, grapes
Lunch: Burger (homemade), with chips and a piece of apple pie (not totally healthy but good J)
Snack: 1 Orange, 2 hard boiled eggs
Dinner: Probably a salad
Dessert: Ice tea at the coffee house

Exercise? Yep… gonna go on a 1.5 mile walk with a work friend at 10:45am.

Work: Waiting for the update of the new system to go up, so everything can fail! *sighs* Not looking forward to it, but waiting for it.

Kids: Kara has ROTC drill team practice, Ashlyn is chilling with her dad, Joey has a basketball game, Faith is chilling with her dad, Issa and LaLa will be spending the evening with their dad.

Music: Radio Nine Inch Nails- I *heart* Trent Reznor

Tonight: I have a book club I have been moderator for, we have a meetup tonight for it We had 10 people there two weeks ago, this week should have 12+.. I’m hoping we have enough room. It’s been a fun adventure for me, lots of ideas from different people.

I got my picture ready for Wordless Wednesday. It was something Crystal requested from me.

Oh… and I also joined Thankful Thursday blog, so I think I will be saying things I am thankful for. I don’t know how many to do. 10? 20? Or in the middle 15? Anyone else wanna join me in this?

Interesting note, MS Word doesn’t recognize the word “blog” as an actual word.

Ok… my ramblings are over. I need to go and do my other blog. I’ll check back later.

I hope everyone has a Great day.

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I have decided to do a Question of the Day on this blog. So, at the end of my daily post I’ll put it up there, please put a comment on that post. I can’t wait to hear ya’lls questions.

QOTD(Question of the day): What did you want to be when you “grew up”? If you are not doing it, why?

Monday Morning

Good morning everyone!

I finally went to bed at 11pm after posting, and talking to my BFF on the phone. (More like rambling about my ex-husbands (my 1st) wife who keeps trying to contact me, just to be "friends".) My BFF was saying her guy was finally moving to Texas after a year of BS. I can only say... it'll be an interesting few months :)

I slept off and on, waking up because I was worried I slept through the alarm clock. (Nope, the 8 week old didn't wake me up, my own mind did that!)

Then, I had a dream that Kris (Issa and Lauli's Dad), had a daughter. Which would have meant he had cheated on me when we were together. What a horrible dream to wake up from. I was tearing up. I was *JUST* getting over him. I was just to the point where I was ok that he and Sarah were going to date. I found this out on Friday, and it didn't freak me out, I was good with it. Mainly because I know him, I know how he works and regardless, it's for the best. He's my friend, perhaps not my closest but, my friend none the less. And it left me open to persue other people, and decide where I want to be.
*Then that stupid dream came up, luckily I should be able to shake it off easy enough.

My doves are cooing in the background. They think they are roosters, sometimes I want to move them out of my room, they are just so noisy. And if you nudge their cage to silence them, they fly around all crazy like, knock over their food bowls and just create a tornado in their cages.

Ok.. I'm dressed now. My makeup isn't on, but I am dressed, smelling good, and my hair is done. Now, I'm going to get my breakfast ready so I can eat at 6am (I'm going back on my old eating plan, so I'll be eating every 3 hours, small meals)

I'll check back throughout the day and post some hello's, and just some blurbs about my day.

OH.. and check out my other blog Lilithology. I'll be posting on that one as well again today, must keep people updated on daily happenings and mindless information!

I hope everyone is having a great day so far.
Warm Blessings,
Lilith

It's the last night

Yep... that's it.

Eight weeks on January 8th, I went into the hospital thinking my water broke.
It hadn't but they wanted to do an emergency induction, and the morning of the 9th, my baby girl was born. (I wasn't supposed to be off work until the 11th, I had soooo much to do still!)

So now.. here it is.

8 weeks later, I have to go back to work tomorrow. *sighs* I'm excited, I'm scared, I'm anxious but worst of all.. I'll miss my girls.

I'd like ya'll to meet them.
Here is Issa... she's my beauty. She was born Christmas day of 2006. She is 14 months old









And then, on January 9th.... the littlest one came along. She is now 8 weeks old.

I'll miss them horribly tomorrow but, I know it's for the best for all of us! I need to make some money again, and they have an amazing baby sitter! She loves them so much and is their surrogate grandmother.

Think about me tomorrow, I'll be at work, blogging a little, trying to find motivation.

Thanks for listening to me... :(

Warm Blessings,

Lilith

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