I have been tagged

Joanne had tagged me so I have to tell 8 habits or facts about myself. Ok here it goes.

1) I am a Superman freak. I love all things Superman related. I am addicted to Smallville. On Thursday nights at 7:00 pm the phone is off the hook and everyone knows not to call me and if I am at work then I take my supper at 7:00 pm. I have my whole day planned and when I am at home supper will be done at 6 pm and baths will be done. I consider it my time. My hubby thought I was nuts and now he is just as wrapped up as I am and will even watch it when I am working. He just won't admit it to anyone but me. My son even knows the song to the show...ohhh and I have every season on DVD. I have a Smallville poster in my scrapbooking room and now all I need is a calendar.

2) I love Chocolate and potatoes..not together but it is two different food group as far as I am concerned.

3) Music... I just love all kinds of music. It just depends on my mood and the occasion. When I am mad and I need to let off some steam I listen to the stuff my sister likes. She is a hard rocker. A lot of people don't know that used to sing in school and I was kinda good at it but as you get older if you don't use it then you lose it. I haven't lost it but I am very shy about letting that part of myself out. My hubby and my son will hear me sing but that is about it. It makes me so happy and I feel so free when I sing.

4) I value my friendships very much. I have a hard time telling my friends how much I love and care about them...but if they know me at all they already know how I feel. But one thing that I don't like about myself is that if I have been treated bad repeatedly or have been lied to or just something really horrible has been done to me by a so called friend I don't get over it very well. I guess it has been done to me so much in the past that I feel that life is to short to be around people who act ugly and negative and I need uplifting people in my life. I know that I should be more forgiving because I am sure that I am not Susie Sunshine all the time, but I am trying to be better to myself and weed out the ugliness in my life.

5) I love to take pictures of my hubby and son, landscape pictures and just what ever hits me at the time. Scrapbooking is my time to not think about everything else in my life. That is my mental retreat.

6) I am just now trying to be comfortable in my own skin. I know I have a ghetto bootie and you know what..... I am ok with that now!!! If my hubby doesn't care then why should I. Yes I will always be a big boned girl but I am not unhealthy...just some junk in the trunk. I have worried to long about how I should look or how I should be and what people think and I don't think my life should be based on what others think. If you love me then you can love me for me, the good and the bad. But one thing for sure, I still don't like to put on a bathing suit. EEEEEKKK!!!

7) I have a tattoo and I have my belly button pierced. The tattoo is of a butterfly..it looks like its left wing is falling off because I have a stretch mark going right through it. My belly button will have been done for 2 yrs now. I cant believe I kept it in this long. It has butterfly jewelry in it. I want another tattoo that has something to do with my son, but it is a hard decision on what kind and where at. I don't want it to show all the time because of my job.

8) I love the rain and thunderstorms. I just love to watch a storm roll in. I get all giddy and excited until it gets really bad then I'm ready to hit the basement. But I am the idiot that will be outside with a camera trying to take pictures. Its a wonder I haven't been fried yet. Ohhh.. and something kind related. I love to listen to my wind chimes when the wind is blowing, and Fall is my favorite time of year.

I really don't have anyone to tag. Sorry.

My Canvas Print

This is my hubby and I and we just had this picture taken by one of my best buds, Joanne. She did a wonderful job so this is the picture i chose for my 16x20 canvas print. I am so excited because I just feel like I have won the lottery. I got this for $ 2.30. I have had to restructure my finances and did not think I would be able to get this picture done for awhile. It just goes to show that God does provide and not just for the stuff we need, even the stuff we would like to have. So I feel very blessed and so happy to have a friend that takes great pictures and a wonderful Lord that takes care of every need. Even the not so important ones.

My hubby and I have been married 10 yrs yesterday. Where has the time gone. I think back and can't believe that I have loved this man for 14 yrs. We have been very blessed in our marriage. We have great kids and a very loving home. He is my best friend and the protector of all things. I love him so very much and I hope we have many, many more anniversaries. Joann took these pictures for us. It took all of 20 minutes and we were done. I think she did a super great job. We both love them.

Summer Pictures

These are just random pictures from the past few weeks. Mainly July 4th. I have been really busy and not able to post very much. This first picture is of me and my little handful. The rest of these are of him and

his sissy and one of his cousin. We had a great day. Even though it rained and stormed like crazy it was great. This kids were muddy and dirty and nobody cared. Then when it got dark we started the fireworks. Needless to say all the kids were pooped out. So were the adults.

One Funky Pair Of Flip Flops

For Nurses Week this year my unit manager made us furry flip flops. I just love them. They are so comfortable and colorful. She made over 50 pair for the Nurses and CNA's. These are very much appreciated because she did not have to do anything and she made these with money out of her own pocket. Her husband was in a motorcycle accident and she did not a lot of money at the time so this is a very sweet thing for her to do. It makes you feel like someone really does care about the work you do.

Our hands tell our story

I took these pictures on Mothers Day at my work. My resident and her daughter said that it was ok if I took their pictures. She said that it would be great to have a picture of their hands together. So she put her mothers hands on the bed on a beautiful quilt. Her mother is around 90 years old and she is in her 60's. Looking at these pictures their hands look so much alike. They are both wonderful people. Sometimes as a nurse I get so wrapped up in nursing duties that I forget that these women have been young and falling in love, getting married to men that were off in a war (WW I or WW II), they have been mothers during hard times, good friends, hard workers, grandmothers and great grandmothers and now they spend a lot of time alone and thinking about time past. From time to time during the hustle and bustle I try to take time out to talk about something with them other than their bowel movements and indigestion. I love being around elderly ( seasoned) as I call them ladies. They have wonderful advise and they have been around the block and back. Most of the time I get "Enjoy life and don't sweat the small stuff because life is to short". How can you argue with logic like that?