It's time for the next American Ninja Warrior...training camp!

If you asked me of the one thing I admire of the current first lady ( Mrs. Obama), it would be her Let's Move campaign.It seems like more and more playgrounds at the local parks have gotten geared towards physicality and movement.
 If you ask of one family friendly tv show that everyone sits down and watches together. In our household it's American Ninja Warrior. Not only do I admire the competitors, It's a bit of nostalgia for me...nostalgia of my uncle Lori's house. The two weeks I spent , in summer school admittedly, at his house because summer school wasn't offered in my school district. I would spend 4 hours a day going over material I knew in a classroom of other slackers..then my evenings would be spent around a kitchen table with my cousin going over materials again and then eating dinner while watching Sasuke. It was actually a very good summer for me.
 My son loves American Ninja Warrior because he knows it's a game and that you don't want to "fall in the water", and my husband likes the show because I do..and I think he's also a little envious of others strength.
  Going to local parks is one of my favorite pastimes and when my son was in speech therapy he had a school next door to a park that was being renovated. They finally opened it back up to the public at the end of last year and now he's all about "not falling in the water. I have to admit that it's awesome and I wish that I could play with him more. I have yet to lose more than 1 lb. putting me morbidly obese for my height but I am more active now and I know that I'm eating healthier so I'm not stressing as much  and I will be able to do more than just walk around taking pictures afraid ill break a rope. I did play with him just not as much as I'd like.

We saw a Narwals Horn!!

   For years, it had been on my list of things to do : Visit the Museum of Osteology. A bone museum? Sounds freakin' awesome! Deciding to home school actually allows more of my list to be accomplished than I'd realized. Looking back on my life. I'll have documented proof. Even in this poorly written blog that I have pretty much kept as a journal.
                          
   My life has been better with my husband and son in it. We were able to compare skulls of primates to human anatomy, see what Giraffe bones look like, and (little man's favorite part) see how big a whale actually is.
   It wasn't a very large museum but the layout and the information was all there and wonderful.  A former Bill Nye the Science Guy dream come true. I
Another thing to happily mark off my list!

Zoo Days!

 

 

At times, it's easy to question why I want to go to places like the Zoo. It's not as if I'm actually comfortable with the animals living in such a small environment for our amusement. Other times, I am glad my son has the ability to be hands on with nature and see the animals I would never be comfortable taking him to see in the wild. 

 Then,we get memories of our son getting to feed the Giraffe. Seeing him fearless in the face of the giant animal. One day I hope to be as fearless. Sometimes, we go with other children for socialization and other times it's just our small family.  Not quite comfortable enough for a membership. It's definitely worth the memories though.

A day at the lake.

It's been almost 5 years since I've actually spent a day at the lake. As a child, lake memories were some of my favorites. Learning how to water ski, going tubing, and playing board games at Uncle Gene's lake cabin until midnight with my cousins. It's something I've greatly missed since leaving my small town life and moving to the "Big city". My true regret is that my son hadn't ever been to a lake and swam in dirty water. 

     My Husband has very little family and he decided that we should spend time with them in Tulsa. It was a great idea. We decided to turn it into a lake day and go out on the boat with the kids. We all had a blast  and my son got to do something new. For the past week he's been walking around saying "We went on boat with Ben" .

 A few things weren't relived, such as, water ski, board games, and jumping off the "big pole".  Those things weren't possible to recreate without being at the right lake.
   
   But new things for Dresdyn were accomplished. He went tubing for the first time. Went swimming and go mud all in his hair. Jumped off a boat for the first time.

  I can't remember the first times I did those things. I know I was very younger. Possibly younger than the 3.5 years my son is. I do remember learning to swim in a lake, having great times with my family, paddle boating, learning to ski, and board games. Family time was extremely important to me then and it is now.

   Maybe I'm not the best daughter. I have horrible relationships with my family of the present. I haven't even seen most of them since I graduated high school. My son will hopefully have that bond with his family that I did as a child. It's a dream of mine...and even if it does turn out to be a dream. At least we'll have days like this to remember.

Getting married

 I always thought this was something I was never going to do. Mostly because gathering my family all in one place sounds like a bad idea and my religious views have changed and having a secular wedding would have offended everyone. It did happen though. Two years ago. I got married to a man who loves me very much. We had 4 people there. The witnesses that are required and our friend, who happens to be an ordained minister. No family and very few friends. I was a little nervous because I did take his last name and I miss having my unique last name and I am always scared of change. It's been great though. We got custody of our little man. I've decided to home school him and am very close to a 1950's housewife. Complete with nightcaps. It's not the life for everyone but it's perfect for me and my husband supports me in whatever I want to try and I try to support him. 

" I love you, mama."

 It's interesting to see some of the things on my list that I have accomplished in my life. Hearing my son tell me I love you is one of the most heart warming things to hear and it seems as though, throughout life and as he matures it shall change. I'm loving it for now though.

Geo Caching Adventures Go!

I convinced my boyfriend yet again to help me do a thing on my list of a million things to do . It was the worldwide Geocaching scavenger hunt. Only we decided to walk seeing as there were quite a few in our local area, our local area ended up taking us on a 3 mile walk. with a stop at Walgreens and Mcdonalds for the baby in the stroller.

When I say Mcdonalds, I don't mean he got a kids meal. I mean the 3 of us shared a 10 piece and fries. Dresdyn eats what I do so I don't feel bad letting him indulge when I do, although I don't go overboard. Mostly we went to play in there playplace so he could grab some social interaction. We ended up finding only 2 of the 3 that we were looking for but we ended up getting a wonderful exercise out of it.

my first blanket...

It was awful but I did attempt it, that's saying something right?

It's A- Z in sewing time

My addiction to Reddit has become immense and I find myself hitting the random button so I can find new subreddits. I came across sewit today, and a girl had an a/z sewing blog this month. I'm not a great sewer so I am giving myself more time, even though i'm not a student, or have a job, I think an 18 month old child who gets into everything will slow me down a great deal, so for now i'm going to list the projects I want to try and then go about finding patterns and making them

A- start simple and easy with Apron

B- get more complex with a Bellydance outfit

C-back to what looks to be a hopefully quick project of a Coffee Cup Sleeve

D- the fun childrens costuming Dino Tails

it's time to start a garden

It's been forever since I've done any form of digging in the dirt. We were chatting one day and decided that we wanted a garden, which meant I got play in the flower garden. it's never been my goal to complete most of my goals with a significant other, it turns out with Jeremy that's what I've started to do, and I know as he gets older... Dresdyn will be involved.

I'm not sure how well I will be at starting a garden considering the 3 plants I bought last month, only 1 is still alive. I will try however. I want to succeed in creating life, not take it away

Here's to you my child...

I never knew how much I wanted to tell my daughter I never had until I started taking pen to paper. One of the many numerous items on this list is to write a decedent, however I don't have one. One day I will though, and she will know how much I've wanted her, how much I love her brother and father and how much I will always love her. I started the letter last night and it took a good few hours before I quit, yet there is still more in my story I wish to tell.

One day I'll get it figured out

The birds have a new home :)

I've started making it a point to try to do at least one thing on my list every day and write about it.

One thing was to paint a birdhouse. It did not take long considering that this birdhouse only needed repainted.

Jeremy's grandfather built this for his family several years back, and I found it in disrepair, after hours of cleaning and sanding it was able to be repainted.

With the help of Jeremy, we repainted it to it's original colors. In a few days I shall figure out where it can go in my garden, somewhere I think. I love being a homemaker.

I have yet to find a place for this

it's a lucet!!!!!

Yay! I made a new one....

Once upon a time. I lived in Norman Oklahoma with a roommate who hated people. She did however like crafts, and history

A lucet was used by the Norse people to braid just about anything. it was used to make rope, braid hair, and belts.

One day We were walking around the duck pond when we saw several twigs around. " this would make a good lucet" I remember her saying. I then proceeded to ask her what a lucet was and how it was used. We ended up making one and I spent the better part of a week learning how to use it...that is until the little boy living in the apartment downstairs took off with it and never gave it back. It's been my goal for several months now to make a new one.

I finally got the chance after taking Dresdyn on a walk and finding a twig that would be perfect. and here is my final project. :) all in a days work.

Now, if only I can get myself to use it

Snip Snip...

It seems things I never thought I would ever do come into play more and more now that I have a man that I want to experience them with, never has it seemed more true(or more corny). Today was the first time I've ever given anyone a haircut. thankfully it was with a hair razor. Never before have I ever thought that would be possible. It didn't turn out so badly though. There's a first time for everything

and it's LUV=15....

One of the rare "spending time with my mama" moments that I remember involves a tennis court on the back end of my small school gymnasium, in which she attempted to learn how to play tennis with us.

I've never been very good at tennis, physically, my body doesn't seem to be made for it. I'm short, top heavy, and too out of shape to move swiftly. Also I hit like I'm playing softball. However, it's always been a bit of nostalgia picking up a racket.

A few months ago my boyfriend mentioned wanting to play tennis. I said I'd be up for it,(mostly because of the fact that he'd never really played before and I wouldn't feel as bad showing my awful abilities), I also assumed that it was another one of his "we should do this" passing thoughts.

However, to make me happy he takes me to random thrift stores in which I'm allowed to roam through aisles of books, shoes, and various other items people have donated to most likely " get rid of". I enjoy knowing that someone other than me once enjoyed an object that I hold in my hand. It's not like pawn shops in which I feel people are reluctantly facing no option other than to sale an object.....

enough of my off topic rambling. We found these: on one of the many trips about looking for new sandals

99c Each. It was the best investment ever. Both are in fairly good condition and, even though it took us well over 30 minutes just to find a park around us that had tennis courts once we did it was a good 1hr workout that I'm quite sure will be repeated often.

Perhaps today I can convince him to go out even.

Achievement gained : play tennis

The Colorado Kid

Steven King had another book converted into a sci fi television series. It was called the Haven. I very much enjoyed the television series, with it's absurd plots. However, the show being roughly based on the book is an understatement. The book was definitely an unsolved mystery. It was also very drab. Not many books of his have I felt that I wish I hadn't wasted my time on. This one I have.

I'm a huge fan of unsolved mysteries but this was just not my cup of tea, oh well, we can't like everything

Yay for Awesomeness of BOYFRIENDS!!!

I've found the man I want to spend the rest of my life with. I thought that person was Jarrod, but obviously I was wrong about that. This guy actually loves me. He has a son, and parents who adore him. We've taken random trips- He loves to travel, we've gone to music shows, thrift stores, walks in the park. He also reads to me, cooks for me, takes care of me. I've never once thought that I could be this happy without a job. My late Christmas gift just happened to be the one that I've coveted for a very long time.

Finally I own an xbox 360! and a kinect, which I have used almost religiously everyday for the past week. Hopefully it will help accomplish several other goals such as the losing weight, getting into better shape, and living life instead of just existing.

It's not always rainbows and sunshine. We fight, I cry, he gets mad..it's a roundabout cycle but we work on trying to work it out. He doesn't just get up and leave. He's here for me and as long as he always is I'm never going anywhere

comic book heels

http://chandralynn.buzznet.com/user/journal/7408181/cheap-chic-batman-comic-book/

this will be a project that I very much want to try.

I have decided to try to find some boots for this project and haven't really started gathering supplies yet. This project may take awhile to accomplish

It's my party...and I'll celebrate the dead if i want to

....ok, so it wasn't my party, and it wasn't a true day of the dead party... however there were sugar skulls and there was an alter. Next year, I believe I shall celebrate it in all actuality, as a traditional person of my heritage should.

Viva Las Vegas!!!

So, it's been awhile since I've blogged. I got a new boyfriend, who treats me better than Jarrod ever even tried to. I'm getting extremely close to him...oh, and I know what you're thinking...the name of this: no, I did not get married. I did however, take a random trip with him to Las Vegas, ,just because we could..making my list of places to visit just that much smaller. We only stayed for the day, going out for dinner and a little gambling. It would have been nice to stay longer but for now, my adventuring days are now growing. Hopefully I can pick back up on my list