1st day of Fall~

and I have failed miserably at keeping everyone up to date on my blog. I promise though in the coming weeks I am going to post photos from the summer and get you all caught up in the life and times of ..... *drum roll please*.... A-N-G-I !!!! woot woot ;O)

In the meantime enjoy the weather and have a great weekend. Im heading back home to spend the weekend with an old highschool friend... and btw... its a boy :O~

Perfectly Imperfect~

A couple of evenings ago, I stepped out on the deck to go get the mail and saw this beautiful creature taking a little break. I ran back in, got my camera and snapped this photo. The colors so pretty!!! I hurried to the mailbox thinking that some folks think that God sends us our passed loved ones in forms of beautiful butterflies or dragonflies.. but I didnt have that overwhelming feeling.. I felt something different.. but didnt realize until I got back to the deck and took the close up photo below.

Upon closer inspection of this pretty blue and turquoise butterfly I noticed that his wings had been damaged. And then it hit me.......... and it hit me hard. I am damaged... I may not look like it on first glance.. but when you get up close you may be able to see or feel the damage.. That not only I have damage... we all do. And its ok. Its really ok. We are all damaged in some way.. we are not all perfect... but dammit.. we survive and we are beautiful. It was just what I needed especially with all the pressures of late of trying to be the perfect mother, friend, worker and person. I needed this. And I hope sharing it with you will help you understand me better. I feel that I am indeed Perfectly Imperfect and its all going to be OK! :O)

I want to love you...

Good song.. great band...

Thought Id take out a few minutes to say hey and whats up?
Things are going along... Im hating my job, but thanking the man above that I still have one all at the same time.

Personally.. Im still seeing Mike, keeping it slow and steady. I think perhaps I am not ready for any commitment. He is sweet, but comes with a full suitcase of baggage, and well.. Im not really into that right now. Save that drama for your Mama you know what I mean? LOL

Hows your summer? Hope its good!

Hello Im strange!

Well kinda.. but mostly just MIA... I know you are just DYING to know what Ive been up to?!!?

I havent been doing much really except surviving and living and working and sleeping...... andddd dating the cutest man alive! ;)

This past weekend Mike {my SuperMEX} I call him and I went to Branson, MO to see my Mom and her husband and hang out. We had a great time.. altho it went really fast! I got to see my Mom happier than ever and really TALK with her. We laughed and had a great time and they really liked Mike a lot. Means a lot to me that they do.. makes everything better!

Summer just seems to be just that altho Im looking forward to jumping in the pool during my vacation in July! Im going to take the boys back home to Dads I think and spend the weekend swimming and fishing.. and eating bbq! hehee Also looking forward to visiting my Savana and JR! and my brother Daniel! Not to mention Preston and Ciera!!!

Other than that Ive been just keeping busy with Jack my wonderful dog.. he is such a joy in my life!, Kitty.. a pain in my butt... and the boys this summer trying to spend as much time as possible with them. As a matter of fact Hunter is going to come to work with me 2 times a week starting next week.. through out his summer vacation. Saves on daycare which is outrageous and he is a pretty good little helper!

OH my computer at home is down.. dont know whats wrong with it.. maybe blew up? I dont know but it makes me sad! I had a bunch of bookmarks and pictures left to print... hopefully I have a bunch of copies on my facebook account that I can print. I dont think I even want a home computer anymore.. I never seem to use it. Not with the new cell phone and having the one at work. I dont know.. still thinking about it though.

Here are some pics from the weekend at Branson!

Me and my Momma... she is my Mini-Me heheee :O)

Me and Mike aka SuperMEX ;O)

also.. pic of Hunter losing two teeth during the first 2 weeks of summer vacation! ;)

Hope you are having a great summer! :O)

Gone to the dogs~

Never thought Id be making a "dog" altered project.. but.. lookie here! hehee. I had been saving this coffee container to alter... and low and behold one day it came to me... Make a treat jar for Jack... So that is exactly what I did.. it took me about 10 minutes.. I just cut, distressed and glued the paper on, added some stickers and violaaa. Its perfect for his lil snacks Ive been using to train him to go into his "house" before I leave for work in the morning!

Hope you are having a great weekend! :)

Staggered visit and Jack!

Hello blog world! So.. in the past couple weeks a new man has came into my life... Jack. He is a rescued teacup Yorkie. He is the sweetest thing in the world and I think he and I were made to be together! Hunter and Justice just love him to bits too. He is a welcomed addition to our little family... even if I do have to get up and take him out at 5am every day :) heheee

As you can see he is right at home in the car and on Hunters lap. These pics were taken on our way to pick up Hunter from Preston and Cierra. We had to wait for them at Bass Pro and Jack was anxious to see his new boys! :)

After Preston and Cierra met and Justice got in with me.. these two lovey birds went to Six Flags. I felt horrible for them because it rained the entire day! Even though it was miserable they said they had a great time. This makes Momma happy. Later that evening Justice and I met Preston/Cierra over in St. Louis at Noodles & Company... and let me just say... it was AWESOME!

Preston, Cierra and I all had the Whole Wheat linguine with mushrooms, onions, brocolli, peppers, wine sauce, cream and parm cheese along with a parm crusted chicken breast... this was KILLER! :)

Justice had the Wisconsin Mac n Cheese with grilled shrimp. And as you can tell.. he enjoyed every little bit of it! :)

It was a great weekend... next up... stuff stuff! ;)

To date or not to date???

Well hello blog world.. how are you?
Instead of sitting around complaining that I am bored with nothing to do, I thought Id take a look at your blogs and try to get back into reading and commenting again. Ive missed you!

So whats up with me you ask... well lets see... a whole lot and yet not a lot. Lately I have been working as usual and just coming home and trying to relax. I have went on a couple of dates... 3 to be exact.. the first two.. HORRIBLE.. the last good. And Ive went out twice more with him, lucky for me it is totally a friendship kind of thing and we both have the same expectations which makes it nice when you are new out of relationships. We have a lot in common. I do have plans for a couple other dates and have canceled a couple lately because I just wasnt feeling well or not "feeling it". Im not sure that this is what I should be doing at all right now. I do know however that I feel lonely. And I dont like that feeling one bit. Whatever will be will be right? We will just relax and see what happens.

In family news.. The boys and I have went to several new movies lately. The 2nd Diary of a Wimpy Kid and then Hunter and I went to see Rio. I would highly recommend both of them. I enjoyed them very much! I cant wait for warmer weather, nicer weather to hit the drive-in with them. They are so excited about that. Me too ;) its been a LONG time!

Kitty moved in with me this week.. she is finally getting used to where everything is... ahaha and Im so happy.. she was jumping on my head in the middle of the night.. gah!

Have a great weekend.. Here are a few new pics! ps: I dyed my hair "black cherry" I love it!!! :)