Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
WELCOME AWNIKA LEANN ALLEN
Awnika Leann Allen arrived 6 weeks early! Born November 10, 2012 She weighed 4 lbs 15 oz & is 17 3/4 inches long. She is in NICU at Willow Creek Hospital & will have to stay there for a few weeks. She IS however, an ALLEN, and is doing very VERY well. Mama is too! The NICU nurse says she's the loudest one in the nursery, and will be moved from the "Inner Core" (more serious) part of the NICU to the "Outer Core" part of the NICU as soon as humanly possible! I have SO much to blog about with her early arrival, but alas I am at work & need to get busy. I just realized I hadn't made my "OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT" on my blog yet - so here it is! We love you already Awnie! Nana & Peepaw
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm really TRYING to get better
So I really do want to get back to blogging! If not every day, then at least one time a week. I love being able to look back at my blogs & see what was going on in our lives at the time. One of the reasons I haven't been blogging is that since we've moved, I don't have internet at home. I did finally step into the 21st century and get a real phone with internet - but blogging is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN using my phone! It still takes me forever to send a text! And seriously, I think my phone may be giving me carpel tunnel! Ha!
Just an update on our weekend: We had a great one - for the most part! Friday night David & I went to the Huntsville Sr. Football game & watched our niece Kayla do her "Senior Walk". It was really a lot of fun! We haven't been to a high school football game since Eddy played. I forgot how much I love sitting in the stands all bundled up in a sweatshirt & rooting for the team! I did my share of yelling & rooting for the boys, even though I didn't know anybody playing. I just picked out number 44 (David's old HS number) and yelled for him. Unfortunately they lost, and lost bad - but we still had fun! Afterwards we went to my mom's & visited with her for a bit, then us & my sister & Bill (Kayla's dad) went to the casino! We realized real quick that we were losing our money, so we cashed out & David & I went to the waffle house instead. It's been a while since we were out at 2 a.m.!
David's birthday is coming up, so I got him a new trail cam. Saturday morning we set that up, then packed up a bunch of summer stuff that needed to go to storage. After we dropped it off, we went to Golden Corral, ate, then went to a matinee & saw Lawless. We've been wanting to see that movie for months & it didn't disappoint.
Sunday morning we got up & started working on the electric. We did that all day long. My dad came down late Sunday afternoon and we decided to take a hike through the property so we could hang some "No Trespassing" signs - and this is where the weekend took a turn.....David & my dad were going down this HUGE bluff. I even told David "Please don't let my Dad fall. He has bad knees and is over 60". Guess who fell instead? You got it - David! And really REALLY hurt his back. We were at the doctor & hospital all day Monday. Sunday night I tried heating up a towel in the microwave, but that didn't really help. Then I put about 10lbs of rice in a tube sock & heated it up in the microwave, but that just burned him! I did icy hot, gave him all his current pills for his back, nothing helped. So on Monday, he went to work, then to the dr, then back to work. I bought him a heating pad, he had to get steroid & pain shots in his back, dr. told him to double up on his muscle relaxers AND his pain meds. To sum it up: $150 & 24+ hrs later: Nothing broken. He has SEVERE degenerative arthritis in his back, which most likely was exacerbated by the fall. After all that he SWEARS he'll never go to the doctor again if he hurts himself. He said he'll just lay in bed & if an ambulance has to come get him - so be it! HA!
On to other news, Brooklynn Leann is due in December! Hopefully on the 10th! Then we can have 12/8/9/10 grand babies! Desiree says she wishes she'd come RIGHT NOW! They're having Hunter & Davins 1st & 3rd birthday party together on Dec. 1st. Hopefully Brooklynn will wait & make her appearance after that.
Well, I really need to get back to work. Will try do better on this blogging thing. Til next time...me
Just an update on our weekend: We had a great one - for the most part! Friday night David & I went to the Huntsville Sr. Football game & watched our niece Kayla do her "Senior Walk". It was really a lot of fun! We haven't been to a high school football game since Eddy played. I forgot how much I love sitting in the stands all bundled up in a sweatshirt & rooting for the team! I did my share of yelling & rooting for the boys, even though I didn't know anybody playing. I just picked out number 44 (David's old HS number) and yelled for him. Unfortunately they lost, and lost bad - but we still had fun! Afterwards we went to my mom's & visited with her for a bit, then us & my sister & Bill (Kayla's dad) went to the casino! We realized real quick that we were losing our money, so we cashed out & David & I went to the waffle house instead. It's been a while since we were out at 2 a.m.!
David's birthday is coming up, so I got him a new trail cam. Saturday morning we set that up, then packed up a bunch of summer stuff that needed to go to storage. After we dropped it off, we went to Golden Corral, ate, then went to a matinee & saw Lawless. We've been wanting to see that movie for months & it didn't disappoint.
Sunday morning we got up & started working on the electric. We did that all day long. My dad came down late Sunday afternoon and we decided to take a hike through the property so we could hang some "No Trespassing" signs - and this is where the weekend took a turn.....David & my dad were going down this HUGE bluff. I even told David "Please don't let my Dad fall. He has bad knees and is over 60". Guess who fell instead? You got it - David! And really REALLY hurt his back. We were at the doctor & hospital all day Monday. Sunday night I tried heating up a towel in the microwave, but that didn't really help. Then I put about 10lbs of rice in a tube sock & heated it up in the microwave, but that just burned him! I did icy hot, gave him all his current pills for his back, nothing helped. So on Monday, he went to work, then to the dr, then back to work. I bought him a heating pad, he had to get steroid & pain shots in his back, dr. told him to double up on his muscle relaxers AND his pain meds. To sum it up: $150 & 24+ hrs later: Nothing broken. He has SEVERE degenerative arthritis in his back, which most likely was exacerbated by the fall. After all that he SWEARS he'll never go to the doctor again if he hurts himself. He said he'll just lay in bed & if an ambulance has to come get him - so be it! HA!
On to other news, Brooklynn Leann is due in December! Hopefully on the 10th! Then we can have 12/8/9/10 grand babies! Desiree says she wishes she'd come RIGHT NOW! They're having Hunter & Davins 1st & 3rd birthday party together on Dec. 1st. Hopefully Brooklynn will wait & make her appearance after that.
Well, I really need to get back to work. Will try do better on this blogging thing. Til next time...me
Friday, November 2, 2012
Halloween 2012
I won second place! $25
Friday, October 19, 2012
So many things.......
So many things have happened since I last had a chance to post anything....and I don't have long now.
But - there are a few things I want to mention so I don't forget about them, or when they happened. I like being able to use my blog as a timeline for reference....
Brittni just got back from Boston. She's never flown before - so this was a first. They went for Rob's work. The company he works for was nice enough to fly them both out there & put them up for a week. It's an experience she'll never forget & I am so happy for her. My little girl has really grown up.
Eddy & Desiree are having............A GIRL!!!!! At her last doctors appointment they told her if she didn't have her before then, they will induce her on Dec. 7th. Wanna know something crazy? Hunter was born Dec 8th, 2009, Davin was born Dec 9th 2011 & BROOKLYNN LEANN will be born Dec 7th, 2012.
So we'll have 3 grandbabie's birthdays in a row in December, then Christmas immediately after that - wow!
We had a 70th Birthday part for Big David. SO many people showed up! It was a lot of work, but since he'd never had a birthday party before, David wanted to make it special.
And - WE celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary June 30th. David threw me a surprise party at Beaver Lake. SOOOO many of our friends and family came & brought stuff & really helped David pull it off.
He took me for a boat ride, and when we got back, all our friends & family were standing on the bank cheering, and they'd hung a huge banner up that said Happy 25th Anniversary David & Tammy! In all, I think we counted about 70 people that came! And since it was over 100 degrees that weekend, that says a lot about how many people love us!
WE just got back from Cancun! This is the 4th year in a row that we've been able to go due to contests at my work. We had a blast, but it was just too short this time. We didn't get there til late Thursday, and our shuttle picked us up at nine Sunday morning. Oh well, you can't complain about a totally free trip! This year they even had a contest inside the contest where we could win "Cancun Cash"...and I qualified for a free excursion for me & David, plus won the "Excellence Club" package. It is so nice to work for a company that really appreciates you. September 7th was my 8 year anniversary. As hard as sales are, I wouldn't be anywhere else.
David had a heart attack on August 15th. YES - a real, live heart attack. He had 3 blockages, and one of them was 100%. They put stints in. It was a real scare - and if I wasn't in such a hurry I have a whole blog post I could write on that. But - bottom line is we've changed our lives - dramatically. Low carb diet, no beer, exercise...really trying to be health conscience. And so far, so good. One day at a time as they say.
Alrighty then, I have to get back to work. Just wanted to put some stuff down so I wouldn't forget.
Til next time (and hopefully it won't be months from now).....me
But - there are a few things I want to mention so I don't forget about them, or when they happened. I like being able to use my blog as a timeline for reference....
Brittni just got back from Boston. She's never flown before - so this was a first. They went for Rob's work. The company he works for was nice enough to fly them both out there & put them up for a week. It's an experience she'll never forget & I am so happy for her. My little girl has really grown up.
Eddy & Desiree are having............A GIRL!!!!! At her last doctors appointment they told her if she didn't have her before then, they will induce her on Dec. 7th. Wanna know something crazy? Hunter was born Dec 8th, 2009, Davin was born Dec 9th 2011 & BROOKLYNN LEANN will be born Dec 7th, 2012.
So we'll have 3 grandbabie's birthdays in a row in December, then Christmas immediately after that - wow!
We had a 70th Birthday part for Big David. SO many people showed up! It was a lot of work, but since he'd never had a birthday party before, David wanted to make it special.
And - WE celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary June 30th. David threw me a surprise party at Beaver Lake. SOOOO many of our friends and family came & brought stuff & really helped David pull it off.
He took me for a boat ride, and when we got back, all our friends & family were standing on the bank cheering, and they'd hung a huge banner up that said Happy 25th Anniversary David & Tammy! In all, I think we counted about 70 people that came! And since it was over 100 degrees that weekend, that says a lot about how many people love us!
WE just got back from Cancun! This is the 4th year in a row that we've been able to go due to contests at my work. We had a blast, but it was just too short this time. We didn't get there til late Thursday, and our shuttle picked us up at nine Sunday morning. Oh well, you can't complain about a totally free trip! This year they even had a contest inside the contest where we could win "Cancun Cash"...and I qualified for a free excursion for me & David, plus won the "Excellence Club" package. It is so nice to work for a company that really appreciates you. September 7th was my 8 year anniversary. As hard as sales are, I wouldn't be anywhere else.
David had a heart attack on August 15th. YES - a real, live heart attack. He had 3 blockages, and one of them was 100%. They put stints in. It was a real scare - and if I wasn't in such a hurry I have a whole blog post I could write on that. But - bottom line is we've changed our lives - dramatically. Low carb diet, no beer, exercise...really trying to be health conscience. And so far, so good. One day at a time as they say.
Alrighty then, I have to get back to work. Just wanted to put some stuff down so I wouldn't forget.
Til next time (and hopefully it won't be months from now).....me
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The Post Below
I found this post below that I wrote over two months ago....as I read it I thought how funny it was that it seems so long ago....had to go ahead & post it so I won't forget that time in my life. Just wanted to note that so it doesn't confuse anyone reading here now.
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A few things to note: I'm pretty sure we will be moved out of our house in Centerton by next weekend. This weekend will be spent at the cabin hooking up the electric & start work on the water/well/pump. Dog pens need to be built. Current house needs to be packed. Utilities in current house will need to be notified at some point. And - I need my head to get wrapped around all of the changes. I think I may be in denial! But not in a bad way. I just feel like we are in limbo because we aren't settled in one place. On the weekends, we sorta live at the "Cabin". I'm calling it the cabin instead of the camper because it reminds me of our goal! During the week we live in this huge monster of a house - get up, go to work, come home, watch tv....I haven't been packing. I HAVE sold quite a bit of our furniture & stuff I don't want to store. But the packing - taking down all the pictures, packing up stuff I don't use on a day to day basis, I could be doing all of that at night, after work - but I'm not. I'm just floating along, like I have all the time in the world - I don't! But it will get done. It will all happen. It will all be okay!
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