Happy Birthday, Sweet Friend!

Today is my friend Effie's birthday! She is another blogger you should check out her blog on the side! Anyway she is the Art teacher at my school and my kids LOVE her! Every year on her birthday my kids make a book for her. I ask them if they had $100 what would they buy Miss Edwards for her birthday....they come up with the cutest stuff. This year my personal favorite is that one little boy wants to buy her a wedding dress for her wedding day. Other child wants to buy her some red high heels!!! So funny! Today during our "Art Time" we are throwing a birthday party. Effie made a cookie cake and my kids can't wait to eat it and celebrate. We also made a chart as you can see in the picture where they guess how old Miss Edwards is!!! This is personally my favorite! She looks pretty good for 100 don't you think???? Happy Birthday, sweet friend!!

Be still....

I am a worrier and always have been and these past few days have about sent me over the edge. I had my HSG on Monday and surprisingly it didn't hurt all that bad...thanks goodness....I had some nice medicine that took the edge off a bit so I think that did the trick. Don't get me wrong it wasn't a walk in the but honestly I think going to get my teeth cleaned at the dentist is much worse. So, the radiologist said that things where my cervix and uterus meet there was something he didn't know what or how to describe it really...and I was doped up on medicine and not really thinking clearly so at the time I couldn't really think of any questions to ask. He said that my doctor would need to an U/S to see what was going on. I waited for my doctor's nurse to call and tell me what my doctor has said...well she called yesterday and freaked me out..she said yes there is something, but they are not sure and I was like well is this serious and she said do you mean life threatening. I checked out at that point and I really can't piece to together everything else that was said. I asked when I could come in and actually speak with my doctor. She said next Tuesday...are you flippin kidding me that is like 7 days away....so what do I do till then?!?!? I have been listening to 'Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus on repeat in my car. It is the only thing that relaxes me. I do trust Jesus and I know He has a plan for me, so now I just have to BE STILL and know and trust in Him. I have been overwhelmed with people telling me they are praying for me...it brings me to tears knowing that people care. I know I have been very open on this blog and some people might criticize and say is that really necessary to put on such a public place, but to me it therapy and it helps me...also I want to look back and know where I have walked.

Mr. Jeremiah Bubbly..May you rest in peace!

This week in my classroom we have been talking about pets. My kids have had so much talking about pets, so I decided that I would surprise them today and have them a fish for our class pet. We are supposed to have one anyway in Pre-K, but I hadn't gotten one yet this year since Bubbles Cutie passed last year. Ok, so that brings you to date. I was so excited yesterday when I went to get the Betta fish I stood there for about 20 minutes just looking them all over. I finally picked this bright royal blue male betta. He looked very active and just what I wanted. I brought him home introduced him to Kevin, talked to him all night long and he just peacefully swam. It was great! So, this morning I bring him to school put him in his new home and hid him so I could surprise the kids this was at about 8am. My class came up with several names but we finally voted on Mr. Jeremiah Bubbly! The kids were so excited....about 30 minutes later I look over and he had grown a massive amount of fuzz all over his royal blue body....GROSS! Then he was just laying at the bottom of his tank still breathing but very inactive. About 10 I went to check on him and he had died...are you kidding me...I have 20 four year olds looking up at me asking why he wasn't swimming. I told them he was taking a nap. One child yelled out "that fish is dead". I took him back to the pet store where all the others from yesterday were no longer....guess they all died too...I was trying to do a switch-a-roo on the kids. Oh well, guess I will just come clean and we will have a new fish with a new name next week. More to come!

this and that

I just got word that my dye test will be Monday morning at 8:15am. My mom was scheduled to work at the church but she is going to just go in late because she HAS to go with me. I have heard from so many people that have had this done and said that it was really not that bad so I feel a peace and I am actually looking forward to getting it over with. I will let everyone know the results when I get them! I do however, appreciate continued prayer! In other good news Kevin is PERFECT, so no problems there! That is a praise!!!

This weekend Kevin and I went to the Oaklawn. It was so much fun and there were so many people there. I have never seen it this crowded. I made a .50 cent trifecta bet and I won. I just new I had won at least $100 bucks. I ran to the counter and they lady said do you want cash or on a ticket...I said, "I'll take the cash she handed me $16.00 and said have a nice day. I laughed so hard I already had that $100 spent, guess I was wrong. Kevin said I looked so disappointed. OH WELL, my mom said that is what I get for gambling HAHA!!! She grew up in Hot Springs and never went to the races! I am not surprised if you know my mother, she doesn't believe in such things. My Aunt Ruby however was probably yelling down from heaven for her horse to win! She loved the races.

We got home in time to watch the Colts play. Kevin was super excited that they won! Now we just have to beat the Jets and then it's on to the Super Bowl. Hope everyone is having a blessed day! I feel very blessed today being that I have a roof over my head and water to drink..my heart goes out to the people of Hati!

Chick-fil-a

Those of you who know me well know that my favorite place to eat is Chick-fil-a! I have loved it since it came to Park Plaza mall when I was a kid. I have never eaten at another place in the mall and I am being serious. All the other places look great but I can't say no to Chick! So not only is the food delightful, the service is amazing. I have never gotten the wrong order and every time I go through the drive thru they are so wonderful...this is what I heard today..."it's my pleasure and Allison will meet you at the window with your order" just put a smile on my face. I think it is that southern charm that I love so much. I also love that if I want an extra sauce they don't charge me they just say sure my pleasure. I give them an 2 thumbs up!!! 1 for service and 1 for excellent food!!!

Did I really just blog about this...yep I guess I did.

Hysterosalpingogram...good times

I am going in sometime next week to have a hysterosalpingogram (hiss-sto-sal-p-no-gram). I am not very excited as I have heard this is not a very fun experience. Dr. Wyatt my doctor says that it is necessary to see if there is any blockage that could be causing Kevin and I some trouble with getting preggers. I am not trying to air all my business on my blog but at the same time I very nervous. I don't do doctors well and hospitals make me turn green the minute my feet hit the parking lot. So, I am asking for prayers mainly. I am going to be specific in my prayers:

1. That they let my mom come in the room with me (i have heard they don't)
2. I will not be anxious and can just relax
3. that the pain will somehow someway just be slight at the worst (i have heard women would rather push out a baby than have this done)
4. that I won't pass out
5. that everything will turn out ok
6. oh one more that I won't let the fact that several people, who don't know me, are getting to know more of me than i would like, bother me too bad! HAHA!

Who knew a purse could be so interesting....

I have been noticing lately that when I go to get something out of my purse I have a hard time finding anything. So I thought I would share with you a list of everything that is in my purse at the current time.

• lots of receipts
• a letter from my mom telling me what to bring for Thanksgiving
• my mortgage statement
• a thank you note from my Aunt Betty
• after school tutoring schedule
• my marriage license (are you kidding me)
• extra car insurance card
• an empty accessory city bag
• my new social security card in the envelope it came me (again are you kidding me)
• an anniversary card that I never gave my husband
• credit card statement
• hair pictures from when I was getting my hair cut before Thanksgiving
• Internet bill (paid)
• invitation to a girls night out at Kristin Todd
• chick-fil-a coupon (expired)
• weight watchers pocket guide for the one meeting i went to last year
• pocket calendar
• water bill (paid)
• cd 1 of my wedding pictures
• straw wrappers
• gloves
• hat
• bottle cap
• sunglasses
• folic acid
• 2 prescription meds
• lip gloss
• candy wrapper
• a glass that goes with my mom's punch bowl (are you serious)
• napkin
• icebreakers
• a footie for trying on shoes
• keys
• wallet
• clear nail polish
• the ring from my bachelorette party
• 9 pens various colors
• 10 pencils (i had bunko)
• lip liner from my wedding
• 1 green marker
• some extra tamps.

Wow! We really can store a lot of stuff in one purse. What is in your purse???