My loves, and life in general

Hey there blog world,

I have noticed that  many of my posts are on the downer side. Possibly because I have always used "journaling" as a way to vent. It helps me get my thoughts out so that they don't just sit there and spin around inside my head. You see, I work in a setting where it's mostly me and my thoughts all night long, and cheese, thousands of pounds of cheese every night. But I like cheese and paychecks plus they have air conditioning so it's all good, I'm not complaining.  So I've decided to mix it up and fill this whole post with some of the things I love. There are a lot f them so we will just hit on the big ones.

Of course my first love is my little man, Parker. It saddens me that he is growing up and no longer wants to hang out on my lap and sometimes he would rather hang out with Brian to do "guy stuff" rather than hang out with me. But, that's how life goes, can't keep him from growing up.

 Here he is after just getting his yellow belt in tae kwon do. He worked so hard to earn that belt, it took I think about 16 weeks. He just saw this picture and said "hey you should write that I used my sweat, blood and tears to get that belt," so here it is, he used his sweat blood and tears to get that belt. No kidding, there was sweat and some tears, it's frustrating for a 6 year old to have to wait that long to get the pay off for your hard work, but no blood. Can't even tell you how proud I am of him. I love this little guy more than anything, having him has definitely been one of my better choices in life. He is in this phase right now where he never shuts up, which drives me absolutely insane, but I guess it's payback. He may not look like me, but man he sure acts like me....oh boy!!!

Here he is after an after school trip to the ice cream shop. Cuz when it's 93 degrees out in mid September you gotta have some ice cream, you just do.

My second love would be Brian of course. That man is amazing! I don't understand why we are so good together, when you get down to it we don't make much sense, but hey, it works so I don't ask questions. As we all know, I am not fond of my ex husband, but if I hadn't met him my life would have taken another path and I wouldn't have ended up managing the Kiel mobil where I met Brian. Sometimes we have to make the wrong choices in order to end up making the right choices. Brian drives me just nuts enough to keep me happy. We look at things in very different ways, so he always has a suggestion when I am stumped. We disagree....A LOT...but that's ok. For instance, right now we are trying to remodel my living room, it's at a standstill because I want dark flooring and trim and he wants light flooring and trim....UGH!!!! But he pushes me to always be better. He was highly supportive when I wanted to go back to school a year ago.

Had to go all the way back to April to find a pic of him on my phone, he doesn't much like to be picturized. While I was on vacation last week he introduced me to some new music, and I really like it. We don't usually agree on music choices, but I have discovered some good stuff thanks to him.

And then....there's Molly! She is my first ever dog. There were like two points where we had a dog growing up, but it lasted like two weeks then my mom would get rid of them, turns out pets are work and that's not her style. Molly is the perfect addition to our family. She has so much personality and she is just like us.

Besides living things, there are a lot of things in my life that I love. One thing that I love is spending time with my family We enjoy doing things as a family, many of them outdoors. We love things like camping and going to our cabin and four-wheeling. When the weather is nice we love to be outdoors. I love being in the sunshine and fresh air. I'm no farm girl, but I love to get out to the middle of nowhere and just unplug.

So even though I may come off as mean and way serious, if you are allowed in my inner circle, you get to see fun side....like the fact that I would love to just lay in the grass and roll like Molly does! Here's to having a great day and enjoying life!!!!