For the moment

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Well its been almost a month since my last post. So much has changed and more events take place everyday!

So, I decided to take a little weeklong trip to Virginia with Sydney. I helped Jennifer out with Joslynn while John was away on business. We had so much fun!
While we were there, we went shopping, ate some much missed local food, and best of all we stopped by and saw the place where Rodney and I hope to be married next St. Patricks Day!
This place is small and not very fancy, but the best part about it is that it's back in Virginia where all of my family is and that it's right on Yorktown beach!
I tried my dress on for some of my family while there. A girls night in with Jennifer, her friend Melissa, Tiffany, and my cousin Jeri was the perfect opportunity to let my family in on what I've been focusing on recently. Just so you know, the dress still fits!
Jennifer and I went to Trader Joe's while I was there. I found the most wonderful thing, which I hope they will carry next year at the same time. They had beautiful shamrock plants with small little white flowers in them. I've been looking everywhere in Tennessee for something like that, to no avail. They also have my hydrangeas! Looks like I'll be doing my own flowers!
I have also found a little rental place that has table linens and chair covers and sashes for almost $1 a piece in your color! Now let's see if they will be available next March when I need tons of green and brown.
I guess that's some progress with wedding things, although technically we have put things on hold for a bit.

Rodney and I have decided that it's time to move back to Virginia!
I am so excited for Sydney to be with my family more than she has been in the last two years. That's right, she's ALMOST 2! Wow! I can't believe that my baby is almost 2! You would never believe the brain my child has-she is so smart. We are hoping that Rodney will be accepted into the fire department there and I can get a job there since I am having no luck with Knoxville. We will have a lot of help with Sydney and more quality family time. Did I mention that we get to go to the beach more often? That's a plus too!
Rodney's parents are looking for better opportunites too and it turns out that they will be following in our footsteps and moving back as well. Now we won't have to worry about whether or not we will be able to travel for holidays! Now it'll be time to split our family time between multiple houses.

I've found a few houses that we like, but they have all turned out to be scams. These same scams got the best of Rodney's parents and now they are out of a few hundred dollars. Why are people like that? Why is that these people are getting away with these scams and making money while others are struggling? It's wrong, very wrong-I'm just glad I picked up on it before we acted on any of their requests.

I got a new tattoo!
That's right, tattoo #2, on my right foot. It is very pretty! I got Sydney's name written in script on it! Rodney got one too. It's an Autobot symbol on the back of his right calf. For those who don't know it's a Transformers symbol for the good transformers. He loves Transformers so I can't really argue with it. And it actually looks good.

Sydney has 2 more teeth. That leaves 2 more to grow in. She hasn't eaten very well because of them, and has been sick 4 out of the last 7 days. I couldn't tell you how many times I've washed her, her bedding, and her favorite stuffed animal because all of them were covered in diarrhea or vomit.
OH THE JOYS OF PARENTHOOD!
Did I mention that we airdry all of our clothes because we don't have a dryer? Yeah, well when there is only one "Charlie"-her stuffed animal and he has been washed, it's hard to get her back to bed without him. I can't exactly give him back to her soaking wet.

The weather is much nicer. Sydney and I have planted some flowers in a flower pot that we painted a few weeks ago. They are sprouting quite nicely. We've already had a pic-nic at the park!

I've had a little problem with my weight recently and would love nothing more than to wrap myself in a blanket and take on the world that way. None of my clothes are fitting very well anymore and it doesn't help that I sit inside babysitting all day and can't get out to get active. It also doesnt help that when I go to work I sit at a desk all night and I get to eat food from a Steakhouse for dinner-not very healthy. I'm ready to go swim suit shopping but not in this condition. After getting down to a size 4 after having Sydney and gaining more weight, I'm not very happy. Besides, it's not healthy to not get out and do anything about it. Rodney and I used to go walk the trails at the park with Sydney. Now that was a good workout; then winter came (blah). Anyway, Kelly has packaged up some clothes that she can't use anymore. Let's see how those work out for me.

Well I think that's enough catching up for now. Back to my almost everyday routine... children during the day, work at night, then bed. Get up and do it all over again. I really wish I had enough time and energy to get my house as clean as I'd like it to be...

one day...

one day.