What a pretty day!

Well, Im all recovered from my sickness and feeling much better. The weather today was sooo pretty. It made me wish summer would hurry up and get here. I cant wait to take a vacation. I just cant decide where I wanna go. I really want to go on a cruise but Mark refuses to get back on a boat because he was in the Navy for 5 years or something like that. Maybe if I book it he'll go. He doesnt like to waste money. Ha ha. If anyone has any other really great vacay ideas i wanna hear them. I wanna go somewhere that Ive never been before, somewhere warm and pretty. Being outside in the sunshine this weekend made me crave the beach.
This weekend has been very low key. We did some work on the house today and then had a movie night. How married do I sound?? I tried to bug Mark about getting married today and he told me to shut it. He says if I talk about it all the time then it wont be a surprise when he asks me... whatever. lol.
My new addiction is Twitter. If you dont already have one, get one. Its really fun to follow celebs and see what they do on a daily basis. Heidi and Spencer got married today in case you hadn't heard. Heidi was so excited. (talkin like i know her) She said it was the best day of her life. I give it a year... sorry but they break up like once a month. And see... i wouldnt know all of this without my Twitter. Im tellin ya, its gonna catch on like myspace and facebook, just wait.
Im off to bed now. Im really going to try and wake up in time for church tomorrow. I have been slackin lately. Sweet dreams yall!!

xo,
Althea

Sick at home and trying to entertain myself

I know it has been forever since I posted anything on here. I am at home sick and bored so this is what I chose to do. Mark just sent me a text to cheer me up. He can be so sweet sometimes... sometimes. :) He can also be really gross and inappropriate. lol. It seems like lately he's been more inappropriate than sweet. Sometimes I feel like we have been married for years. He doesnt like it when I say the "M" word. He says he's going to ask me eventually (by the end of this year) and he wants it to be a surprise. I havent brought it up in a while because it usually starts a fight. I dont know why I feel the need to bring it up. We havent even made it to a year yet. I guess I never wanted to get married before when I dated all of those other losers so when it hit me with him I just couldnt let it go. If you know me at all you know that it is not easy for me to commit to someone. I have never taken a relationship seriously before Mark. The problem is, Mark didnt know me before we started dating so he doesnt see that a HUGE differencc he has made in me. I guess time will tell. Just so yall know... if I dont have a ring on my finger by December this will be a very different post.... with more cuss words. :P
Anyways, new subject. I have been soul searching a lot lately. I want to do something amazing with my life and I cant figure out what that is. I know that I am not cut out for a boring 9 to 5. I see all of these people going out and living their dreams and I just dont see why I cant do it too. The problem is, I have no idea what my dream is. I need to go back to school. I just dont know what for. lol. Yeah, I know, Im a mess. I do know that when I have kids I want to be a full time mom until they go to school. I just think kids are better off when they are raised by their parents instead of daycare. I want to be there for all of the firsts. But anyways... thats a while away. (see first paragraph HA!)
So this is what is on my mind this morning. I will try to keep up with this thing and write more often.

xo,
Althea

Well Mark just left for his reserves weekend and this month he's going to be gone 4 days instead of two. I know this sounds dumb but we've never been apart for that long and Im really sad about it. Incase you didnt know, we live together and I dont like being at home alone anymore. Its weird because before I met him I really liked being alone. I guess thats what happens when you meet "the one." (yeah i know, we're precious!) lol.

Today was a good day. I have a 9 year old that I do one on one stuff with and he cracked me up today. We played chess and he whipped me. Afterwards he decided to tell everyone we passed in the hallway that I was a giant loser. When I made the comment that I got creamed by a 9 year old, he got this dead serious look on his face and goes "excuse me, I am a very smart 9 year old." I had no idea he would be so offended by my comment. He really is a smart 9 year old. He makes me laugh every time Im with him. The other day he greeted me by saying "Welp Ms. Althea, Daddy hocked the x box again. I guess I wont get to play sonic this weekend!" What 9 year old says "hocked?" Kids really do say the darndest things. Here is an e-mail a co-worker sent me. It cracked me up so I thought Id share. :)


An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her then four-year-old daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it. Be still, my heart, thought my friend, my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps!Then the child spoke into the instrument: "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"


After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard her three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was that?"



A new neighbor asked the little girl next door if she had any brothers and sisters. She replied, "No, I'm the lonely child."



I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and always she was correct. But it was fun for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!"




My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.

Stupid Bachelor

I am so upset about what I just witnessed on TV. How retarded! If I were Molly I would tell him to stick it! Poor Melissa. She just walked out the door and he's already kissing all over Molly. I think he just wanted the one that he didn't have and as soon as the butterflies wear off, he will be right back where he is now. A girl would have to be stupid to go on that show. They spend all that money to make it a fairytale and lets face it, that aint real life. Haha... Mark just nodded his head. Lucky me! ;)

Anyways.. If anyone uses Flickr and knows what all of the fuss is about, please let me know. I signed up today and I can't figure out what's so great about it. Another thing that I heard about today is Twitter. Maybe I'm way behind but it sounded kinda cool. If more people that I know were on it then maybe it would be better. I guess its not much different than your facebook status though. Can you tell I had a lot of free time on my hands today? Haha yeah... I spent a good 4 hours on the computer and here I am again. Well that's enough "blogging" for today. Have sweet dreams everyone!

Here's a picture of Madden's new hair cut! I like him better this way but Mark says he looks like a fairy. :)

One more note...

Relay for life is coming up in May. The cheerleaders are getting involved this year and I am heading up our team. We're gonna start raising money this month so don't be surprised if I hit you up for a dontion. :) If you want to get involved let me know. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun and we'll be helping out with a really fantastic cause.

ps.. here's a video that I found today.. thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg4YYePW49w

optional Teacher Work-Day

Woo hoo! No school = no work! I just got an e-mail from my boss that says if you get here by 12, it will count as a whole day. My reply was "If the sentence has the words optional and work in it, you can bet I'll be at home." I'm sure he's so proud of me for my work ethic!