Hey, y’all. I’m still alive. Like I said, I have had tons of stuff to keep me busy. That and the excitement of the Olympics! I had know idea I would be so anxious to watch it every night.

Lovey started her Fall semester of KDO. She’s going to go two days a week. She did pretty well today. She actually napped on her nap mat. Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on the wall seeing the teachers get toddlers to nap on a mat?

We take Lovey back to Little Rock, AR later this month for her, hopefully, last visit. It’s just a follow-up from her surgery in March. I teared up thinking about it the other day. It’s such a relief for this to be the last trip and be discharged from Dr. B’s care. And just thinking about what we were able to do for Lovey despite the 5 times she was under anesthesia and in recovery, which was probably the toughest on her. Just makes me so proud of her and thankful for our ability to give her the best medical treatment around. A couple of months ago, a lady came in with her little girl about 8-9 months old who had a couple hemangiomas on her head. I immediatly was drawn to her and went to speak with her. Hubby and I were given this challenge for a reason, I do believe. And you know what, I’m grateful for the experience.

Speaking of Lovey (who else, right?), she has taken a liking to Elmo. Good grief! This book is her latest obsession. Myself, I like the original with just Grover, but whatever. We have both.

And just in case you were wondering, the child.loves.apples. And is becoming quite the ham for the camera.

 

And just for a laugh…

“Umblella”  Lovey talk for ‘umbrella’

 

I have to get some things done rather soon. It’s going to be keeping me pretty busy. Not that I’m very regular with my postings, but it may be a couple of weeks until I have the time to blog. I will still read those I regulary read.

I have some Continuing Education that I need to finish for my certification for my job. I need to finish that before classes start late August. I also need to get my stuff together for my classes. There’s also a trip to the beach! in Destin! Florida! in there, too.

Y’all come back now, ya hear!

Lovey’s ducky bathroom!! I painted it all by myself!

I’m working on pictures for the wall.

Maybe framing some of these??

                                                

I need y’all to go here and vote for #15! My lovey!

Please.

Pretty please.

With a cherry on top.

A big ol’ juicey cherry.

And chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

Now GO. Go now!

As I was editing the last post, somehow it was deleted. But, that’s okay as it was apparently not true. So, if you are wondering what it was. It was nothing.

	***ETA: Thanks to Stef for researching this. Apparently, it’s not true. Good to know!** NTERESTING DATA JUST RECEIVED ON TAXES

Does it get any better than this?

I saw three lovely ladies you all know the other night. Only two of them got captured in a picture. Somehow, KT left without pictures… (okay, that’s three posts in a row. I’m a good pimp)

Anyway, recognize these faces?

 

(I must love you girls to post an awful pic of myself)

Left to right:  Chrissy from Southern in the Rockies, Rachel from Crazy is. Oh, and me. From this here blog.

 

Just wanted to share.

This fabulous girl has started telling ‘her life story’. Nevermind that each of the two parts have been a month apart….

Anywho, thought I might try the same.

Sometime in late 1978, my momma got herself pregnant…..again. In July 1979, I blessed this great Earth. Hi, I’m Jana.

I have lots of vivid memories growing up. I have an older brother (Jason) and sister (Julie). We all fought to kill each other. We also played games and set up our own ‘Double Dare’ obstacle course in the back yard more than once. (Tell me you remember Double Dare on Nickelodeon.) I have a little brother (Justin) that came into the picture by accident in 1986. My dad worked the overnight shift as an RN at a hospital. My mom, a pharmacist. There was alot of time that we had to just us kids, including taking care of my baby brother at the time, which my sister took that responsibilty. Don’t get me wrong. We weren’t left to fend for ourselves, we just had parents that both worked full time on opposite shifts. We didn’t want for much. My sister and I took gymnastics, we cheered, we did 4-H. My brother was in band and very involved in church. We had family all around. We had a good life. I was about to turn 10 in a few weeks.

Screeeeeech…

I’m not sure what went wrong. Or maybe I found out later what happend. But, at the time, I was thrown completely off course.

My mom sent us kids to our cousins’ house down the road. We went to the store for ice cream or something. We drove by our house. There was a U-Haul truck in the driveway. I was totally confused. And upset. We were taken back home later that night where my uncle sat my sister and I in our room and told us that my mom and dad were getting a divorce. I remember getting very upset. Crying. Not really comprehending what was happening. I don’t really remember much else from that night. I think I chose to forget it. I do, however, remember leaving my dad a note asking him to take care of my goldfish. I don’t think he felt like it. They died soon after.

It was late at night. My dad was at work. We drove off in the U-Haul and moved an hour away to a suburb of Memphis. He had no idea until the next morning when he walked into a half empty house….