Christina Cole's Birthday...

I got an e-mail from Erin(Jaden&CalebsMommy) yesterday asking me to participate in a little surprise for Christina Cole on her Birthday tomorrow. She said to make a layout using Christina Cole's products and we will all post them tomorrow on Two Peas in a Bucket to surprise her. I am so excited for this. I really hope that she is surprised and happy. Here is the layout that I did which I will post tomorrow on 2Peas. The border sticker, patterned paper and the two circle stickers are all products designed by her.

Pray for New Orleans

I have never been to New Orleans, but it has always been a city that I have wanted to visit. I just wanted to pray for the people of the city and pray that this hurricane does not devastate this city as much as they are saying that it might. There is so much history there and I truly hope that all is not lost with this hurricane.

Video Music Awards!

I have to say that I am utterly disappointed in the MTV Video Music Awards this year. I love Puff Daddy or (Diddy) as he likes to be called now, but the awards were too catered towards the hip hop crown this year. Don't get me wrong, I love Ludacris, Diddy, Snoop, Eminem and 50 Cent, but I also love The Killers, Kelly Clarkson, and Gwen Stafani. I think that "Diddy" dominated the awards show with hip hop a little too much and alienated the rock and pop crowd. It was very disappointing. I hope that next year they will bring it back to New York and cater to all of the genres that MTV usually does.

The greatest medicine!

Ok, so I will admit that I have been taking anti-depressant medicine for 14 years, since I was 16 years old. I remember when I first started taking them was when my first love Paul dumped me and I failed to make the volleyball team in Jr. High. I had also found out that I had Mono. It was a terrible time in my life.

Well this week, I haven't been feeling very well and I hadn't worked out either. I was starting to think that my anti-depressants were not working anymore. I told Matt to call my Mom on Friday and tell her that once again I wasn't going to the gym with her. Well instead, Matt called my Mom and told her to pick me up in 30 minutes to take me to the gym. She did and we worked out for 30 minutes. I felt great, but afterwards still felt bad. Then the next day she picked me up at 9:00 AM and tool me to the gym again and we worked out for 40 minutes. I finally felt that depression going away. On Sunday she picked me up at 9:00AM again, we worked out for 40 minutes and once again, no depression.

I have now realized that I can never stop working out. I do love it when I do it, but when I do not work out, I get so depressed. I am so happy to finally have the proof that exercise cures depression. So my advise to every depressed person is that if you work out hard at least 5 days a week, it will cure your depression forever.

"Music is my life!"

I love music and always have. Thankfully my Dad always listened to good music when I was a child and it has helped me get through a lot of rough times in my life. Some of my first memories as a child were listening to music with my Dad and dancing in our living room with my parents. I love those memories! I even remember my Dad taking me to see Purple Rain the movie when I was 9 years old. My Mom wasn't very happy because it was rated R, but I still love that movie and I still love Prince too. I feel that Prince is what helped me meet Matt too. When I found out that he had gone to the same Prince concert as me, I had to meet him. When I got older music became an even bigger part of my life. My Step-Dad always reminds me of the time when he tried to ground me from my stereo and I told him that he couldn't because music was my life. I always laugh at that now, but it has been such a wonderful influence in my life. I have always loved a wide variety of music too. I remember my Step-Dad hearing me blaring Harry Connick Jr. When I was 16 and thinking that I had gone crazy. I also remember the time that I bought my first Harry Connick Jr. CD along with a Fugees CD and the lady at the counter thought that I was crazy. She asked me if I realized that The Fugees were rap and I said, uh yea! DUH! Here are some of my favorite songs right now. Some are old and some are new.

• Bonnie Raitt-If I can't Make you Love Me
• The Killers-All These Things That I've Done
• Nine Inch Nails-Every Day is Exactly The Same
• Mario-Let Me Love You
• Suzie McNeil (from Rock Star)-Bring It on Home To Me
• Brian McKnight-Anytime
• The Gorillaz-Feel Good Inc.

Some new pictures of my little guy.

Riley had fun playing on the playground while Monica had soccer practice tonight and I took these great photos of him.

My soccer star!

Monica started soccer again today. She was a little nervous because she had a new coach this year, but she did great! She has a great new coach who is a woman and I think that helps. Her jersey is bright orange and her number is 4. She looks so cute! She did so well too. She is becoming quite the little soccer star. I am so proud of her.

I swear that I should be a tv critic!

I watch too much tv! I am addicted to reality television and pretty much anything else that has drama. My parents ask me about shows to watch and so do my friends. My husband tells me that I watch too much tv, but I can't help it. I love it! There is so much good stuff on right now. These are the shows that I watch right now:
Monday:
Kill Reality-E!
Tuesday:
Big Brother-CBS
Rock Star:INXS-CBS
The Real World-MTV
Wednesday:
Battle of the Network Reality Stars-BRAVO
Rock Star:INXS-CBS
Thursday:
Big Brother-CBS
Friday:
The Cut-CBS
Saturday:
Fastlane-Court TV
Big Brother-CBS

And that is just the light summer schedule. It will be a lot fuller in the fall.

My daughter was just 3 and now she is a tween?

I am really starting to freak out because my daughter just got head gear today and as an added bonus, she has pimples on her forehead in the photo that I took of her. She is only 9 for God's sake! What the hell is happening? I swear that she was only 3 last year wasn't she? Time is going by way too fast for me. I remember getting pimples in 4th grade too. I guess she is taking after me and going through puberty at a young age. I hated it! I hope she does better than me. She is afraid that she looks like a geek with her headgear on, but she only has to wear it at night thankfully. She will be getting her braces on in 6 months too. I am glad that I never had to have that stuff. Why do kids grow up so fast? Why can't they just stay little and cute forever? I have to admit that I am freaked out, but in a way I am a little excited too.

The Girls Next Door...

OK, so Matt and I watched this show tonight and thought that it was hilarious. I love Hugh Hefner because I think he is a great businessman, Matt likes him for obvious reasons. We have both agreed that our favorite girlfriend of his is Kendra. She seems to be the most realistic about being his girlfriend. The other two girls are so ignorant and stupid! Kendra is athletic and beautiful. The others seem to want to be with him so they can become Playmates. Kendra is just there having fun. What a fun show to watch!

Kendra is the girl on the far left. :)

My daughter is growing up, but my son isn't?

Ok, My 9 year old daughter is getting headgear and braces in a week. I cannot believe that she is growing up so fast. I never had braces, but she sure is excited. We also went shopping for some jeans this week-end and she got some really cute new jeans for school and a track jacket. She tells me that she thinks she looks like a teenager with it on. Oh great!

Well, then there is my 3 year old son. He is still not potty trained. I ask him if he wants to go potty on the toilet and he just says, "no thank you." He is also still sleeping with us. He falls asleep on the couch, but then comes into our bed in the middle of the night. I really do hate it, but when I wake up to him giving me a kiss and saying, "I love you Momma," it is hard to hate it. He is so sweet!

So what can I do to stop my daughter from growing up and make my son grow up?

Howard Stern

I just had to say that I am really going to miss Howard Stern when he goes to satellite radio. I unfortunately cannot afford to buy one right now so I can't continue to listen to him. I don't listen to him much in the summer time, but during the school year when I take my daughter to school I really like listening. I know that this may shock some people, but I really think that he is a wonderful man. Yes, some of his stuff is a little vulgar, but I really enjoy laughing in the morning and he sure makes me do that. Why does the government have to force people like this off the public airways?