If you really knew me...

Like other bloggers around, I keep seeing the "If you really knew me, you would know..." & just because I really wanted to do it & I think it would be great for y'all since I am still rather knew around the blogging world, here it is!

...that I'm so very LOUD! I've always been known as "that loud girl" and my family still always gets onto me at family gatherings to tell me to shut it up and it still pisses me off.

...I hate bacon. OK, that's a lie - I'll eat the white fatty part that isn't crunchy, but I will NEVER eat the crunchy bacon-y bacon that is either a topping, a meat on a sandwich, an entree at breakfast, etc. For some reason I always get a crazy angry reaction from people when they find this out.

...I have a shared obsession with Mr.B with our bed. OMG. We love our bed and would stay in it forever if we could figure out how to pay our bills without leaving it. Minds out of the gutter, please! :) My bed is my sanctuary...when I'm away from home, I daydream about my bed. It's a canopy bed and has blue & teal drapery all the way around it and blue string lights, too. Really creates a cozy ambiance that can not be found anywhere else.
{Since the picture below was taken, we've gotten a better, BIGGER mattress and it is even better now}

...that I do not like real potatoes: baked potatoes or even mashed potatoes (unless Mr.B makes them mashed, because he knows how to make them taste like instant potats, just for me).

...I cuss so bad that I don't even realize I just said "fuck" 3 times in the last statement I made about changing my kids diaper in front of 4 other women who probably don't cuss. No, kidding, not that bad, but it is pretty bad.

...I hate waking up before 11am. My kids have even been such a blessing as to sleep in, too. It's really cool, but I catch a lot of flack for it. & if you really, really knew me..you'd know I don't care what anyone really thinks.

...that I'd do anything to help you in a time of need. Seriously. I would. I'd open up my home, give you food, clothing, watch your kids, give you a ride, make dinner for you, clean your house, listen to hours of crying on the phone, anything. Doesn't matter, I do it if you are my friend.

...I'm really strange about someone else preparing my food. I will literally rearrange a sandwich that someone else makes me...whether it's Mr.B making me a ham sammy or the nice lil ol' lady working in the deli making me a Boar's Head Publix Sub: I'll give specific instructions on how to assemble it (i.e. like please spread the mayo from edge to edge and the banana peppers shouldn't overlap, they go in a straight line without touching) & then I'll surely rearrange it myself once I am about to eat it.

...I'm one funny lady. I've had a secret ambition to be a comedian (shut up, Kim) and I love, love, LOVE to make my friends & family laugh.

...that I'm obsessed with anything hot pink/black for myself and when it comes to my baby girls, it's ladybugs for Mackie Mae & Cuppycakies for my Brookie Sue. One day I want to get a tattoo with a cupcake & a ladybug somehow incorporated together. Fun stuff.

There ya go...& because it's Tuesday & Lena does the whole "Tuesday 10" linky party, I'll just link up to that. Thanks, Lena!! She is so totally cool, go check her out!!



Love & know it alls,

Random nothings...

And...today I worked my boo-TAY off & I'm falling asleep at the keyboard, but I feel the NEEEEEED to blog a little something. So, here we are!

Today I...
Groomed 3 dogs. Picked up and dropped off the first two & they were really good Toy Poodles. Toy poodles are my absolute FAV dogs to groom.

Here's Tocha. Although he's very sweet, he refuses to stand. Ugh!

{I would have loved to have shared the other toy poodle but she is such a dark black that she just resembles a silhouette...I think it's more of my sucky lighting to blame & no flash on my really nice non-iPhone phone. ;) }

& the last one was a puppy, Maltipoo. He was sooo rambunctious, it was like trying to groom a fish out of water while riding down a white water rapids boat thingy ma-bobber. Yeah. Scratches all up & down my arms to prove it. But, he sure was a cutie! Only about 4lbs of total cuteness!

See? You can barely make out his face because it's so dark :(

Anyhow, in between those 2 family's worth of doggies...I got to hang out here at my house with my mama! YESSSS!!! She got to sneak out for a bit to come over and play with my kids and just chill out to some yummy vanilla iced-coffee compliments of Smack-Ronalds (ok, McDonalds, but that's what Mr. B calls it, heehee). My mother is so fun & really good with her grandkids...ok, and she's really good with me, too. She's my favorite lady to gab with...& we gab very well, together. She brought me a whole bunch of goodies (hand-me-downs), like 2 almost new pillows and some old tupperware that I remember her using a lot when I was a kid. *Crazy random fact: I am a HOARDER when it comes to anything my mother or sister hands down to me that I remember being in our childhood home. I've lost a lot of my belongings a couple of times in my deep past thanks to my X & so those dumb random things that have made it all these years with me, WILL NEVER be allowed to leave my home.*

Don't you ladies just love it when your mother or someone else from your life gives you something you may have remembered from your youth? Today was a couple pieces of old "REAL" Tupperware & one of them she always kept the Christmas Cookies she made with us every year in. Seeing that totally sent me into one of those flash forward visuals that seem to last a year but are just random visions in your mind that play out, in like, 3 seconds flat. Yeah...well, anyways..as soon as I saw that one piece of Tupperware that she used every year to put Christmas cookies in, I was totally envisioning myself making Christmas Cookies with my bitty Princesses & making it a huge deal WHY we are keeping them in THAT Tupperware. I'm such a dork. But, a happy dork...I love stuff like that. Call me what you will, but I'm the one with the Tupperware that I'll own til I'm 90 because it brings back happy kid memories. Ugh, if this passage ends up on my episode of Hoarding: Buried Alive, I'll beat you all with a wet noodle. ;)

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I'll leave you with this funny excerpt from the my day with my girls:

Sissy: (tossing her pieces of dinner off her highchair tray onto the floor)

Me: *gasp* "Sissyyyy!!"

McKenna: "What is it, Mommy??!"

Me: Oh, Sissy is just throwing her food onto the floor, again...." 

McKenna: "Oh, Dear! This. Is. SeWEEous."

...It's safe to say, My girl loves her some Wonderpets...
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One more thing, before I close....

Bill O'Reilly & Donald Trump doing the wave @ a Yankees game...Really Bill?

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Love & nothin' else,

Friday Letters...

Friday...it's not our Friday, but actually our Tuesday, since Mr. B's days off are Tuesday & Wednesday. 

Anyhoot...I'm linking up with the adventurous Ashley for Friday's Letters!

And away we go....

Dear Mackie Mae, Thank you for being the most loving, compassionate 3 year old mommy has ever met. Seriously, I hardly know any other human being as compassionate as you...well, maybe your daddy, so I think you come by it honestly. I can hardly get enough of your wit. You have been coming up with the craziest, funniest stuff lately. C'mon, "Duck..Duck..Duck...CHICKEN!" haha, it's funny! Everyday, telling me how you love your "people" is too cute. I'm glad you know who your cousins are and that you love them. Also, that you love Nana, Aunt Kimmy, Gaige & Gregory. I love that you are old enough now, to have your own "people", as you call them. :)

Hooray for baby/toddler wearing!! (pardon the horrible pic,
quality & the fact that I was wearing no makeup and
 was sweating from being outside in 115 degree heat!)

Dearest Brookie Sue, What a cutie you are. Thank you for making it through that God awful teething session you had last week - you poor thing. Now, you're back to your old crazy self. Not as many temper tantrums...but, thank God mommy found that baby sling at the yard sale today, for $1.50 so that I can FINALLY wear you...& I knew that was all you needed...heck, just around the house you loved it and mommy did too. We used to dread having to go to the store & now we can't wait! Thank you for being so loving to your daddy, now..you are a hard kid to win over, that is for sure!

Dear Mr. B., Oh Em Gee..I love how I can totally feel that you have fallen in love with me all over again...& when you tried to tell me that today, I had already felt it. I love that kind of connection we have. I love how our new stability has brought us new love and brought us back to that "new love infatuation" feeling all over again. The comments, the stares, the flirting and groping. Yes, it all lets me know what you're feeling. I know you are doing so much for us girls and it never goes unnoticed. I really hope you know that I've been trying to step up my domestic duties. I try to let you sleep uninterrupted during the day and put my own selfishness aside. Oh, & I have noticed the increase in diaper changes you've done the past week or so - thank you, my love. You really are a dream come true - still..almost 6 years later.

Dear Mommy, I love that I have you. Even though we haven't been able to take advantage of the fact we all live in the same city again, we will soon enough. I know your entire year so far hasn't gone your way, or even been at all anything you'd want, but trust me when I say - You are the most amazing woman I know. I love you for all that you do. Thank you for all that you do. 

Dear Sister, I love you too...& I want a sister day...I want to start taking advantage of the fact that we live in the same city again and actually do stuff together. & I love getting clothes together for my niece and giving them to her...speaking of, there's a HUGE couple of bags over here for her. Come over (squeeee) & pick 'em up! OK, and visit, too! :)

Dear Blog friends, Where are most of you at? I've had soooo many new followers this past week but yet nobody ever seems to comment or say much at all to me...why so quiet ladies?!? lol, I won't bite!!! Seriously though, you guys are amazing...I've had, like, 40 new followers in the past week or so. Awesome? Shhhhyeah!

Dear Florida, HOLY SHIT! Can you back'er down on the heat a 'lil bitty? It's been so effing hot I can't take my kids outside for fear they might melt into a puddle of kid! What would I do with my kid melted into a puddle? How would I explain that to the ER my parents ANYONE? Lighten up, already, will ya?

Dear Daily Readers, Yes, you guys are so sweet - thank you for actually reading and I am sooo sorry my posts seem so long winded. I even try to "weed out" some stuff, but I really think everything needs to be said that is said. No? Am I long winded? LMAO!

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&& check this out! This is my first time linking up with Lauren @ The Little Things We Do for:
 Fill In The Blank Friday!

Shall we?!

(My answers follow the underlined part)

1) I am proud of myself. I think I'm doing really good @ keeping up with my household duties (especially the laundry, holy crapola, I've ironed, folded AND put away every load this week, HOLLA!), putting myself together everyday (so I can look & feel my best), and for not putting myself down lately, for saying things to Mr. B. about myself that are nice, for a change.

source.

2) This weekend I will spend time with my mommy and my grandparents! Yay! We are going over to my mother's house to spend the day and just hang out so everyone can see the kids as this is mom's last weekend of her summer break before school starts back (she's an elementary school teacher). I'm hella excited about this.

3) A secret dream I have is to get laser treatments done to my face to fix my horrid acne scars that have ruined my self esteem. I guess it's not really a secret now - but it will always be a dream of mine until it happens!! (hint hint)

4) I can't handle certain over dramatic people in my life. It's always "something" but to everyone else, it's nothing that big'a deal. It's annoying and being around it makes me feel like I'm having an allergic reaction. 

5) The most annoying thing in the entire world is the fact that there are BUGS on our planet!!! WHY?!?!?!!

source.

6) The most relaxing thing in the entire world is taking little cat naps with Mr. B. while the girls are napping, too. It's sooo relaxing to lie down, hold each other face to face, fall asleep and keep waking up intermittently to just make out real quick and fall back asleep. LOVE LOVE that. Do all couples do that?

7) I think everyone should help other people in any way they can. If you know someone who needs help & you can help, don't make them ask, offer to help! That is huge to someone who needs it. Plus, it will make the world a happier place & you'll feel so good at the end of the day.

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I know I am technically a day late, but we are a 3rd shift family...so, technically, I am not late by my clock!
By the way...I feel like I'm losing my eyesight more and more each day- drastically! Standing 8 ft from my baby sitting in her high chair today, I couldn't make out her face - it was all blurry and I could just see blurry eyes and lips, not even her nose. That's bad. & scary. & my glasses were working and now they seem too weak...oh no!!! :(


Love & more love,

Little bit of this, Little bit of that...

Sooooo...it really bothers me that every single time I start typing a blog post, I can't figure out a different starting off word other than "SO". THAT bothers me.

Anyways..lets move onto My Thursday link-up:

"It's OK"

So... (lmao)

It's OK that my 3 year old tried to french kiss me at bedtime earlier this evening...after all, I'd rather her try that on me because she sees mommy & daddy so in love, rather than her choke her baby sister out because she saw daddy do that to mommy - thank GOD my kids never have to witness anything like that!!! Yeah, I'll take an attempted french kiss any day, haha! (but, yes, I set the record straight for her, haha..awkwarrrrd)

It's OK that I seem to ramble on and on about absolutely nothing on my blog because it seems to be the only thing remotely similar to adult conversation.

It's OK that sometimes when I'm singing lullabyes to my girls, I try to pretend that I'm singing in front of "a live audience" and really give it my all. (Shut up, I really do)

It's OK that I haven't washed my hair in 2 (or 3?) days...At least I've taken what we like to refer to as a "bottom half shower". 

It's OK that I just ate 2 Chobani Greek Yogurts..I couldn't choose between Mango & Honey so I had them both. Yup. Sure did.

It's OK to be upset about having to buy a new plastic Starbucks Tumbler...it is my favorite cup. HATE that it cracked.

It's OK that we are a 1 car family and our 1 car is only a 2002...it's paid for and it's got cold AC & heated seats in the winter. & it's a 3.8L V6! 

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& next, let's talk about some thankfulness, yes!

Thankful Thursday!!!

Today, I am [so] thankful for...

Our Dog Grooming business & that at any given moment, we can get a phone call and within an hour make up to $50! So blessed to have this. Forever thankful. When we moved across the country in January, we never planned on having every back up plan falling through and being compltely 100% without income for 7 months was so incredibly hard. To go from that, to now Mr. B having a wonderful job doing his passion and aside from that we have our Dog Grooming business...man, all those people who pretty much didn't like us because we were always broke or feeling sorry for ourselves becasue we couldn't do fun things...and now look at us. Totally doing it big. Making money like it's nothing! Financial stability is what I'm thankful for...Thank GOD we have it now!

I'm also thankful for my children. How can I not be thankful for them each & everyday? Today we just played & played & played..it was so fun. They are so fun. Dancing to the radio very loud. Romping on mommy & daddy's big king size bed with mommy & daddy. Playing hide & go seek. Making lunch & eating lunch together. Playing dress up & laughing. Playing "chase me" and "I get'chu". Our girls finally getting to the age where they really interact with each other. This was just some of our fun from today.

Thankful for finally loving my self & my body. Yes, I've lost weight and acquired cute clothing and that makes me look better...but recently, for the first time in a long time...I am feel pretty & sexy. & Mr.B. is really damn good at making me feel pretty & sexy. All we did the last 2 days was hang out around the house with our babes and yet, he couldn't keep his hands off me, kept stopping me & asking for a kiss, telling me how beautiful I looked in whatever I was wearing {or wasn't wearing}...or that he is soooo in love with my body & me. ok, yeah...that stuff helps. Sure. But, really...I am thankful for my new found attraction for my own physical self.

I linked up here:

Love & Thanks,

7 Questions...and more...

Hello...Guess what? Gentri Lee is back with her 7 questions, so I am excited and I'm linking up (for my first time)!

First off, let's begin with my funny picture. 

This is Mr.B. wearing his mask he's had for years. Every once in a while, he'll come across it and decide it's time to scare get the kids reaction to him with it on. & just like the time before and the time before that, it's freaking hilarious! He's been doing it since our oldest was an infant. As you can see here, she is not thrilled and was squirming her way out of his hold, haha. Such funny mean parents.

Here's the 7 questions for this week:

1. It's the first day of August- Are you savoring the Summer or ready to jump into Fall?

I live in hot, sunny, sometimes rainy, Florida...Of course I'm ready for fall!! I want my windows open and my kids outside all day long!

2. You need a quick and healthy meal, what do you make?

Fresh Fruit!!! I crave it all the time. I hated fruit until I went through both my pregnancies and the craving never went away. I love to have it all cut up and prepared...so it's really easy to eat. & Yes, Brandon will always cut it up for us girls so I usually always have fresh fruit cut up & ready to eat.

3. You're at the mall, how do you shop?

How? Uhh..FAST! I have two toddlers & the youngest is NEVER happy with shopping. & the oldest thinks the only reason there is a mall is for that tiny little indoor playground (that we LOVE!).
That's right, this is her "shopping face".

4. Would you rather buy a new house or renovate an old one?

OMG I want a new one. We are renters and have rented some really old places and I just don't like living in an old place that has had who knows how many occupants. It's just eerie to me.

5. Long hair or short hair?

Long!! Have you seen mine? I love it. So does Mr. B. & we have made a promise to never cut the toddlers' hair either.

6. Who is your oldest (not by age) friend?

Kimmy-Poo! My friend Kim...She's been my friend long enough to have played every role from 2nd mama to sister, to best friend. And now she is an Aunt to my children. A best friend for over 15 years.

7. What is your favorite blog- currently? 

This was hard to pinpoint as I have just found so many of y'all and all of you have such awesome blogs...but, seriously, my favorite blog as of right now would have to be Raven's blog:
A Momma's Desires & Pacifiers. That chick is crazy funny and from a writer's point of view, she has mad writing skills. I love her writing style and her humor keeps you glued and wanting more! Plus she has the cutest little boys & a boat that we all wish we could have spent the summer in. :)




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And I also linked up, today, with these great link-ups..Holla!

Well... Technically, I know I missed Wednesday by almost 2 hours, but hey, it was Mr.B's day off & I had really cool "off computer" type things to do. But, leave me a comment & let me know you were here...Have a great Thursday everyone! 

Love & questionnaires,