Jen's Journey

Happy Anniversary

2010-02-25T09:37:00.001-06:00

We started dating in May,

And he made my heart sing.

Nine months later,

He gave me a ring.

Engagement Picture - November 1995

Wedding Day - February 24, 1996

December 2009

Happy 14th Anniversary, Danny!!!

I love you,

I promise,

Forever!!!

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Not sure why my pictures are all wonky!! I tried to do this post about 15 times last night and couldn't get anything to cooperate!!

Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmm

2010-02-11T15:34:00.000-06:00

So this weekend, as ya'll know, is Valentines Day!! A day for all things lovey and romantic-ey!!

I was looking through all the sale papers to see what pretty Valentine's "stuff" all the stores have for the menfolk to woo their womenfolk with!! Don't know why I found this so funny, but two pages over from Walgreen's special Valentine section, I saw this....

Coincidence?

Hmmmmmmm!!!!

Thoughtless Randoms

2010-02-08T22:15:00.002-06:00

1.Got to spend 4 glorious hours by myself on Saturday.

2.Spent that time cleaning. The grime in the shower was starting to talk back.
Don't judge me.

3.Also did laundry. ALL.OF.IT. At 7:30 on Saturday night, my laundry basket was E.M.P.T.Y.
It's cup now runneth over.

4.I managed not to turn my television on all day Saturday. My 7-year-old now thinks I'm going to hell.

5.My sister, who is 10 years younger than me and played softball in college, "convinced" me to run 2.4 miles with her on Sunday. I may or may not have walked part of that.

6.Enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday with my besties. And I most definitely stuffed my face with all things greasy.

7.Sick of rain. Would like to see some snow. Apparently south Arkansas doesn't know what that is.

8.Glad to be back in the gym. Although, tonight I was cursing the cute, skinny girl running on the treadmill, while I huffed and puffed my way through 5 minutes on the elliptical.

9.Love the way my 2 &1/2 year old niece refers to bras as "boobies". While we were at Wal-mart today, my sister commented that she needed a new bra. As we walked by the racks (ha ha...racks!) of bras, my niece looks at my sister and says, "Hey mom, there's some boobies...Do you need those boobies, mom!!"

10.Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!

A New Look

2010-02-03T21:37:00.000-06:00

So...I've been ~~completely lazy~~ on a blogging hiatus. Probably because I can't seem to wrap my mind around a single coherent thought lately. Or it could be I'm just lazy!! Who knows!! To be honest, I get more enjoyment out of reading everyone else's blogs!!

I started reading this blog and absolutely fell in love with it!! As I was reading old posts, I came across this post, and I swear I could hear angels singing in the background!! I've been wanting a new look for my blog, but cannot make up my mind on what I want!! Now I can do my own!! And I like the idea that I can change it up!!

The pictures I chose for this month reflect happenings that go on around our house in the month of February.

Danny and I will celebrate 14 years of marriage on Feb. 24th!! Time flies when you're having fun!! Ummmm....sure!! He will also turn 35 on the 24th!! We got married on his 21st birthday...I always say he got ~~gipped~~ the best gift for his 21st birthday!! Me!! HA!! He picked the date, so he can't complain!!

I went through old pics and dug out some of Hesley from past Valentine's Day!! Love his fat cheeks and his cute sayings on his shirts!! He won't wear those kind of shirts anymore. He's 7...and apparently too cool!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2009-12-25T10:36:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas from the Forthman family!!

"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given..."

Hope everyone has a blessed day!!!

Adventures in Babysitting

2009-12-22T21:28:00.000-06:00

So I'm niece-watching for a couple of days this week due to the fact the my sister's babysitter decided to ~~run for her life~~ take a little Christmas vacay!! She's my "little girl I'm never gonna have", so I don't mind her being around at all!!

Love.Her.

She came with a little somethin' extra today!! See, she's already celebrated one Christmas with my bro-in-law's side of the family, and this is what she ended up with...

a 7-week old Shitzu named Lolli!!

How cute is she?!?!?

Now, I don't have a problem with dogs at all!! But today, I was really wishing this little houseshoe of a dog was not here!! Because this is what happened!!

Hesley fell in love with Lolli...like didn't want to let her go love! So everytime he had her this is what Emma was doing...

sobbing her little eyes out...sometimes it was a blood curdling scream!!

I finally had to make them put Lollie in the laundry basket so she could rest...they had worn her out!!

In all fairness to the children, there was ONE small moment of sharing and happiness...

But don't let 'em fool ya...as soon as the camera clicked, Hesley took off with her and the fight was on!!!!

Labor of Love

2009-12-20T23:24:00.002-06:00

I heard this song for the first time in church this morning, and it brought tears to my eyes. Hope you love it as much as I did.

Heavy Metal

2009-11-18T11:32:00.000-06:00

No...it's not the music I'm listening to right now.

Nor am I building a skyscraper out of big pieces of steel.

It's a reference to a milestone that happened to Hesley this week.

Nothing major, like potty training, or first words, or even that first little gassy grin.

He got braces!! You know, ~~your teeth are jacked up~~ we want to make your smile pretty, kind of braces.

He's only 7, so we were in no way prepared to do this at such a young age, but a visit to the dentist a few weeks ago deemed it necessary.

Here he is before....

And here he is after...

And he is quite proud of his braces!!

He keeps ~~buggin' the snot out of me~~ tapping me on the shoulder and grinning at me to show me. I smile back and nod giving my full support of his proudiness when what I really want to say is...

"Yes son, I know you have braces!! I wrote the check...remember!!"

Bestest Buddies

2009-11-12T22:45:00.001-06:00

Most of you know my "IRL" bestie, Amber (AKA Rascalraiser) !!

You know, the one that hijacked my blog!!

And for those of you that know her, whether it be "IRL" or through cyberspace, know that she has 3 adorable rascals!!

Today the middle of the rascals came to play!! And what fun they had!! And how it warmed my heart!!

It wasn't their Wii playing...

or their construction paper knight costumes they "made" for each other...

or their pretend deer hunting that warmed my heart...

Nope....it was this....

Just two bestest buddies doin' what bestest buddies do!!

Hijacked

2009-11-11T18:21:00.003-06:00

Howdy, y'all!!

I decided to hijack Jen's blog since she has decided to neglect it so. I have a soft spot in my heart for the underdog, and it has been breaking my ticker that this blessed blog has two posts. TWO!

Poor precious blog.

So I hogtied Jennifer, wrestled her passwords out of her, and skedaddled right over to fill up some space. Because it's just not right to have all this free air in cyberspace and nobody breathing it.

I asked Jen what I could discuss over here on these parts, and she just shrugged and grinned at me.

So....I've decided to take it upon myself to just ramble for a bit. And dish a bit of Jen's dirt. (Although dirt may not be the optimum word here.) You're welcome.

First of all, Jennifer is probably the most compulsive (and the most clean) of all my friends. Did you know that she actually cleans her house on a regular basis? So impressy with her. Actually, I try not to dwell on that too long, because it can start making me feel really bad about the fishstick crumbs that are living under my table and the sour laundry that is living in my washer.

Just the other day, Jen was complaining about her house, saying that it was dirty, and actually made the comment that she was horrified with herself because she only has been vacuuming once a week. Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis? Vacuuming once a week is like turbo-cleaning at my house.

She also does laundry. And puts it away. I'm so confused. She probably even folds it. Gasp.

And she cleans her car.

And does her dishes.

And changes the sheets on the beds on a regular basis.

It's okay. If you are finding yourself irritated with her cleanliness, I understand. She's super cleany. And particular. And a self-admitted OCD-ist.

But I still love her.

And as much as she tells me not to worry about it, I do get mini-moths and micro-butterflies when she comes to my house. Because I clean...um...rarely. But I blame it on my children. Because they make me crazy.

But she did make me feel amazingly better the other night.....

Because when we were at her house for KGroup (the small home groups at our church), we spotted ceiling fan fuzz.

And it made me giddy.

Like brand new shoes on a fall day with an ice cream cone in one hand and a prepaid credit card in the other giddy.

Yes. It was THAT good.

You're welcome.

*This post written by Amber over at Raising Rascals.*

Cloudy With A Chance of Wild Things

2009-10-03T12:54:00.005-05:00

So we had a little crazy weather 'round these parts the other night...which is not unusual for Arkansas!!

Day started out a little cloudy, sprinkled a few annoying drops of rain, then the sun came out!! No prob. Ten seconds later (okay...maybe a little longer than that), it starts!! Lightening so bright you could read a book outside, and thunder so loud that if you had a bladder control problem, you would pee your pants 'cuz you jumped everytime it boomed!!

That's what was going on outside!! Inside got just as crazy!!

I was happily watching Survivor, eagerly awaiting Grey's Anatomy, when everything went black!! Totally, completely, and utterly black!!

Then the screaming began!! Not me. (Although it's been know to happen!! ) The screaming would be my son and my 2 year old niece who were in the bathtub when said darkness occurred!! Not good!! I figured I would have two soaking wet little naked bodies come running into the living room, but they didn't, they just screamed!!

I fumbled to the bathroom, managed to bathe them by candlelight, and made it back to the living room without tripping over the 587413985 blocks that were scattered all over the floor!! Whew!!

Since I couldn't turn on a "mobie" (that's "movie" for all you non toddler speaking adults out there), we decided to do the next best thing!! We curled up in the big chair and read books!! By candlelight, of course!!

We read this...

My mind wandered to how nice it would be if we really could go outside and have our food fall from the sky!! No more spending money on groceries!! But I digress.

Then we read this...

The "wild things" wanted to get up and do the wild rumpus like the monsters do in the book!!

At the time, I thought it was such an inconveniece for the lights to be out!! I quickly realized that if they weren't out, I wouldn't be cuddled up with my two babies!! I would probably be yelling at them to "hush" so I could hear the tv!! So for just a moment I was thankful the lights were out!! Cuz who wouldn't want to hang with these "wild things"!!

Starting Over (But Not Meaning To)

2009-09-30T13:11:00.002-05:00

So...

Something has happened to my blog. All my posts are gone and I'm not sure why!! They've just dissappeared! So I'm taking this opportunity to start over!!

I haven't been very consistent in my posting anyway, but I'm really going to try harder to keep it up this time!! I get so caught up reading everyone else's and don't take time to post on my own. Anyway...here's to second chances and opportunities for starting over!!