Friday, April 30, 2010

well well I didn't think I would feel this way but....

I DO!!! I will be 29 tomorrow and Im not so happy about it. I didn't think it would bother me at all then I thought OMG this is my last year in my 20's Im getting old!! This can't be happening to me!! I know it may sound stupid but I feel 16 look 80 and Im so not ready to be 30!! So I am going to enjoy this last year in my 20's the best I can because I have a lot to be thankful for. God has blessed me beyond what I deserve and I deserve nothing!
This morning I came to school and my co-worker "LG" gave me a vase of flowers, my aide gave me some really good smelly lotions, and my partner in crime Jamie gave me a HUGE birthday sticker to wear!! It's been a great morning and am so thankful to work with such sweet hilarious ladies. The first grade teachers all went out to dinner last night at Texas Roadhouse for my birthday and it was a great time! We have so many funny stories plus we had 3 little ones with us to keep us very entertained! I am very excited about my plans for the weekend with the hubby. We are going to have a great time just the two of us and we do not get "just the two of us" very often so I enjoy every second I can with him.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Auburn Excitement

As some of you may know I have my own little baton twirlers that I teach weekly. I have sent them to a camp at Alabama and now I am having Auburn's Majorette Instructor Rachael Miller coming to Haleyville  in June to teach a camp. I am sooooo excited and I have a few girls who really want to be a part of the Tiger Eyes. I am soooo excited and wished I could only go back to my younger days to try out at Auburn. I will post pictures of this fun event in June!!!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

uggghhhhh

Negative Nina is coming out today!!! First of all I walk into my classroom to a DISASTER!!!!! The men who change out the filters in the air system knocked over my shelf which has all my paper for my class for the week!! Did they bother to pick it up?? NNNNOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo and I am pissed!!!!! Not only that my shelf is broken. This has happened at least 5 times this year and I have about had it with the air filter people. So air filter guys for your own safety do not come to my room while I am here it might be bad lol!!!
Let me brag for a moment on my children........Jake and Ty are the most amazing little guys in the world. I could not imagine life without my little men. They make me laugh till I cry almost every single day. Jake and I have very deep convos at night (he sleeps with me) he said mommy do football players love their mommy and daddy? I said yes Jake they do they love them very much. Well do basketball players love their mommy and daddy and I said yes they do . Do Baseball players love their mommy and daddy? Yes Jake they do they love them very much. Well mommy I love you bigger than the whole world and I said Jake I love you bigger than the whole world and he gives me a big kiss and wraps his little arms around me and said get real close mommy and then I said Jake will you always do this to your mommy and he said mommy I will but you can't tell anybody!! LOLOLOLOLOL sooooo hilarious!!!! How very very blessed I am!! : )

Monday, April 26, 2010

Weekend Adjusting Time

Sooo Jeff and I are getting the kids adjusted to the new life slowly. Just let me say that first of all Jeff is the most amazing dad with patience of Job!!! So Friday we all stay at Jeff's house and play and it went great. My kids love staying over there. Saturday I kept all 5 kids for the first time alone for a couple of hours and it was no big deal at all actually it was tons of  fun. Then we all decide to stay at the new house when the storms came through and everyone played and a few got lost in the new house and there were a few tears but no big deal. We stayed there most of the day getting everyone use to the idea of the new house. After the storms passed it was beautiful outside and all the kids jumped in the pool with their clothes on which was quite funny and Ty decided he would join the fun and do it too. Scared me to death but I don't think he will do it again because it scared him to death as well!! We went back to the other house stayed the night and me and my two got up to go to church and then we all met for lunch and I kept Grayson while the other two went to practice with Jeff. Only one door was broken, nobody got hurt, and Jeff and I survived. I think that was an accomplishment all in itself!! I meant to take pictures of all of this fun but I left my card to my camera at home or there would have been lots of hilarious pictures. So when are we moving in?? I really have no idea but it will be in the next couple of weeks. The way it is now works out great for Jeff and I and all the kids. We are happy as can be and are so thankful for all of our blessings! Another question I get asked all the time are y'all going to have more kids?? hahahahaha we have 5 together don't you think that's enough??? But you never know if God wants us to we will if not we won't and maybe Ill get that pig I've been wanting that Jeff won't let me have...lol!!
Jake will be graduating from Pre-School on May 29th I am so excited to see him walk in his cap and gown! He will go to pre-school one more year before he starts to Kindergarten and I can't believe he is already getting this big. It makes me so sad. He told me the other night "mommy I can't wait to be 5!" I asked why and he said "because I will be big and you can't give me a bath, and go on the baseball field with me anymore". I said OK you don't want me to do those things anymore and he said Nope I will be 5 and that means Mommy's can't do that anymore!! awwwwww so so depressing... I told him I wanted him to always be my baby and he said no mommy I'm growing up now!! lol so stinking cute!!! Oh me I didn't know my babies would grow up this fast but they are and I'm enjoying every second with them.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Lucky Me

All I can say is I am soooo blessed! I have the most amazing husband in the world I really do. He has custody of his 2 boys and is the best dad I have ever seen (besides my very own dad whom I think is the best). He loves his kids and mine and what really gets my heart pumping is that there is one other little precious girl in his life that is not his but he loves her like his own. He doesn't have to do so many things that he does but he does it and does it with a cheerful heart. Even though he doesn't think he has a big heart I think he has a huge heart and Im so blessed to get to spend the rest of my life with him.
I love the way he loves his kids and mine and I really love the way he loves me. He is so patient and kind and sometimes and idiot which make it so much fun!! 
This is Jeff being silly!! But he is so much fun and makes me laugh all the time!! Lucky Lucky Me! (we may have our first tiff after marriage because I posted this picture but he will get over it because I could put some other pictures on here like when he tried on my skinny jeans oh yea HILARIOUS!!!!)

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Good Book

While Jeff and I were at the beach I read The Noticer by Andy Andrews. If you have not read it please do it is great and gives you some light to different "perspectives".  While reading it, I was tuned into a toatlly different perspective on what Jeff needs from me and what I need from him. One of the stories in the book has a husband and wife going through a divorce but when Old Man Jones got a hold of them and told them to look at how each of them feels love then they changed their perspective on love and made their marriage work. We all feel love in a different way ,I like to be shown Im loved by spending time and telling me that you love me where Jeff loves to be told he is appreciated and petted but does not need the time I do. So I pet him and have learned that I do not have to be with him 24/7 and he has learned to take some time out just for me every now and again. This book is not just about marriages you just have to read it to see all the different perspectives. It has changed the way I look at things in my life and how to love those in my life better and to look at the grains of sand that make the big picture. It's the grains of sand that make the biggest impact not the big picture. Jeff and I gathered sand at our sweet little wedding and I am going to spay glue a canvas and put the sand on the canvas so it will remind us of our wedding day and that it's the small grains  of sand that are important.


Monday, April 19, 2010

Text mesg from the hubs

So as it is my first day back at work as a married woman and so far it has been great except for my mother flipping out about me not telling her I was getting married!! So I can imagine it's going to be not so great tonight when I get Jake and Ty later. I can probablly imagine that she is going to be a bit pissed!! But anyway I just got a text from my hubby that said "You are very precious to me and I love you" awwwww made my day!! He really is the best!! I am always ready for anything totally embarassing he will say when we are in public just for example we were getting our marriage license last Thursday and he told the lady that it was my 8th marriage could I still get married?? I THOUGHT I WOULD DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But thankfully everyone knows him cause he is the doc in town and they knew he was full of crap and then I asked if I could lock him up in jail if I got tired of him and they said yes so I was good with that!!! The very first time I went to his clinic he said "Nina didn't you say you wanted to have sex in my office?" OMG I know I was a zillion shades of red but everyone just told me to slap him! So for embarrasing moments he has totally got me but I always get him back!! We have a lot of fun together and are always laughing and making fun of the other. I can say this it's always interesting!!!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Rest of Spring Break


These are my yorkie pups I have. I have 4 Female and 1 Male. If interested you can e-mail me at wallyandkaydee@yahoo.com




Meet Dr and Mrs Jeff Long.......... Yea we got married!!!!



So we didn't tell anybody about our plans to get married at all. We decided to go to his condo (he had never seen it) and we hired a minister to do our ceremony on the beach. Sweet and Simple! We walked to Sea and Suds to eat after our 5 min ceremony with no guests which was AWESOME and now we are back to our normal routines. Im at my house and he is at his!!! HAHA seriously we really are! We will not move in together till later on when the kids get adjusted to the new things. We will see each other one night a week and on weekends which actually is perfect for us. I have heard everybody tell us how stupid we are not to live together and actually it's a very smart idea when you think of the kids first!!! Jeff and I are great together so we have to think all the kiddos and that means we have to think of 5 kids!!!!! I am very excited to be married to the sweetest guy on earth!! Well atleast he is most of the time!!!! LOL

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Day 2 and 3 of Spring Break

All of the above pics are from the City Lake in Haleyville! Kids love it there! I took Jake, Ty, and Grayson.




This is a picture of Wednesday Morning before I took them to stay with their dad. I hate letting them go but I must share ever though Im not very good at it. But aren't they just precious?? hehe I miss them so much and I just dropped them off this morning!! : (

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Day 1 of Spring Break!

This is Jackson Sawyer, Jake and Ty right before entering the Zoo in Birmingham!
Jake and Ty looking at Fish
Me and Boys on the Train
Kids Favorite Animal at Zoo the Tiger!!

I have no idea!! LOL They just wanted to show off!!

Jackson and Jake in the Splash Pad at the Zoo
Leslie and Jackson...look at that tired face on Jackson lol!!
If you look close you can see the big bird in the back he was about to throw a huge rock at this bird and I didn't know it. Sneaky little guy!!
Jake is making a mad face cause I was making him take a picture!! haha
Mommy and her favorite little guys in the world!
Gotta Pee Mommy!!!!!!!!
Jake in the Bubble Zone
Ty in the Splash Pad
my cute little Jake
Look at that sweet face!!


We had a great time at the Zoo! Leslie and I had a Blast chasing our kids around. After we left teh zoo we met our college friend Martina and her son Colton for some icecream. It was great to see her and Colton!



Friday, April 9, 2010

NIght Before Spring Break

The night before Spring Break and all through my house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. The alarm went off at 4:40am and still not a movement not even a flinch.
Mom and kids were sleeping not to wake up till 6.
Mom ran through the house with a clatter to the shower she went but it didn't matter
She looked like a hobo but grabbed her mojoe (coffee) and didn't want to go go
One her way to school she had water dripping from her wet head but instead she laughed and said
It's the Friday Before Spring break and who cares about my wet head?
So Im here at school with a wet head
Dreaming of the beach which lies ahead

Oh how hard it is for a teacher to teach the day before Spring Break!! I have struggled all week to have some motivation to teach but today is by far the hardest. And you better belive at 3:05 everyone will see the back of my Honda Accord cause Im outta here!!! Hope everyone has a great Spring Break because I can tell you this, mine is going to be so fun and so relaxing! I will post pictures of the fun adventures next week.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Snickers



















Whats my weakness?? Oh yes this Snickers Bar is my weakness. I have one every morning for breakfast and a coke. I want to stop this addiction but it's so hard. I crave them all the time. When Jeff and I went to the Memphis Grzzlies game he went to get a drink and brought back THREE snickers!! I said Jeff you know I will eat every one of these and gain 15 lbs but he just told me to save them for the rest of the trip. I also have them in in ice cream bars, dark chocolate, and w almonds!! They are all good!! If you put them on top of cakes and bake them OMG it is the best!!! Here is the recipe:

SNICKERS® BAR CAKE




1 German chocolate cake mix

1/2 c. water

2 tbsp. flour

1 c. sugar

4 regular size SNICKERS® bars

1 c. milk

1 c. butter

1 tsp. vanilla



Mix cake according to directions on box. While cake is warm, poke holes in top (with handle of wooden spoon). Melt SNICKERS® with 1/2 cup water in microwave. Pour over warm cake, chocolate goes into the holes and nuts stay on top.

Meanwhile, on medium heat, mix milk and flour, whisk until thick like paste; cool. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy, add flour mixture and whip; frost cake.


It doesn't help that Linda Carroll my neighbor next door in first grade hall brings me a bag every week. I have a serious problem and I think if I just gave up my Snickers I wouldn't have to worry about being the size of a barn in the near future.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

My Favorite Cleaning Tool

Ok if you don't have one of these GET ONE!! It's AWESOME!! Esp if you have kids. I HATE to mop but this little gadget is wonderful and cleans so much better than any mop or swiffer you can get. The boys always make a sticky mess but all this mop uses is water no chemicals at all and cleans sooo much better than anything I have ever used. All you do is wash the mop heads in the washing maching and reuse them!!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Easter

Can you see the VERY BLACK eye?? It's his left eye!! He fell at his dads house and did a great job on this new feature!! Bless his heart! Boys are rough but so much fun!


Jake said Mommy I'll wear this to church but NOT to Pre-School!! HAHA!!


I have 4 female and 1 male Yorkie pup for sale if anyone is interested! They are sooo cute!
They love love riding the 4-wheeler! We had a great Easter!