Holiday Collection

Thank God for answering prayers. I must say last night was a rough night with Lexi and her coughing. About 4am I woke up and just started to pray for her and within no time her coughing had stopped and she was resting well.

Today has been a good day for her. No fever all day! She has a real bad sore throat and her little nose is plugged, but other than that she is doing better, we will pray it stays this way!

As a mom when one of my kids gets sick I feel that it gives me an excuse not to do ANYTHING! But I could not take it anymore last night. I had to clean… So I did, I cleaned everything but the bathrooms (as those are my favorite so I want to save them for a special day!) So today again, I had the urge to do nothing so at about 1:00pm I decided I better get into the shower, so I did. Then after that I didn’t do a thing. No make up, my hair looks like I stuck my finger in an electrical outlet (because I have such GREAT hair that if I do not dry it and flat iron it I end up with an afro.) So yes I am rocking the afro look right now! I love these days!

My birthday is tomorrow and I had such wonderful plans, but I have established a routine with my birthday. It seems as if every other year I am at home taking care of myself or someone else who is sick in my family. I guess this year it will be my daughter! That’s ok; it will be a mommy and daughter birthday!

I have to say how excited I am about the Holiday Scentsy warmers that are coming out! They are super cute! If you want to see more please visit my Scentsy web site at www.Scentsy.com/Autumn

As soon as everyone in my house is better I am going to start my fundraiser for Victims of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse! Every year I hold a fund raiser and all the money raised goes to different organizations that help the victims. October is Nation Awareness month for Domestic Violence and Child Abuse! I am hoping to be able to put one together before months end! Wish me luck that all start to feel better soon!!!

1 week and counting!

Picture one is my Sr. year of High School, Picture 2 was when I was 23, picture 4 was when I was 25, picture 5 was when I was 26 and the last photo was when I was 27. That was the last time I had a head shot taken of me!!!

I guess like a nice wine you age better with time!

In ONE week I will be 31~ yes 31… Wow were did the time go? It feels like just yesterday I was 23 doing my first Mrs. pageant…. WOW when I look at pictures from then and now I am thankful for getting older!

I have noticed that the older I get the earlier I go to bed and the more my joints ache, the more wrinkles start to pop up all over my face (and stay.) I must say there are defiantly pro’s and con’s to getting older, but for the most part it is GREAT!

I thought that after the pageant I would “slow” down but I have come to find out that is just something people say. In my world there is no “slow.”

Besides from being a wife, mother, running pageants, selling Scentsy, volunteering in my kids classes, helping out with my husbands business I have taken on two political campaigns, and putting together a golf tournament for my church.

I am just so thankful that I am able to ALL this. There are many people out there who can not do things on their own. They can not feed themselves go for walks with their kids, help kids in the school learn to read, use a computer, know about our rights as US citizens, or worship God. For all this and so much more I am thankful.

At least getting older comes the benefits of enjoying the finer things in life!