Emily and I are awesome ;)

Off topic. This was my daughter and I last night playing around until bedtime. She is my mini-me for sure <3

Lottery

So, last night I played the lottery. I have played once before and had no such luck. However, yesterday I really felt like lady luck was on my side.

I played the pick 3 and not even one number I had was correct.

It seems lately that is how my everyday life has been. A luck of the draw so to speak and luck hasn't been taking too kindly to my side. Whether it is with money issues, or life in general, I seem to always fall short.

It is during times like this that I begin to ask the proverbial question, "Why?" I do nice things for others, I give when I can afford to give and I am always trying to look out for the ones I love. But I suppose that is not enough is it? When do I get my break and get to enjoy life? I have been mulling over this for some time and I can't seem to find an answer.

At one point in time I was actually considering changing who I am as a person. You can only be put down so many times before you decide to just "join" them. But I was quickly shaken awake and away from that notion. So I figured, might as well make the best with what we've got and be thankful. We have a  home, my personal life is loving and honest, my daughter is one of the funniest, sweetest, most talented little 5 year old I have ever known, and my family takes on a whole new meaning to the phrase "blood is thicker than water", and God has blessed me with being healthy and alive. So things are good.

When I do think back to time when I was taken advantage of I start to break it down to see where I went wrong. For example: my wedding decorations. I decided to have a year long engagement so I could relax and have no worries in the world. Boy was I wrong. This decision led to me being charged outrageous amounts for the simple things I wanted and the week before being shown the complete opposite of what I had decided on. Talk about stress!! Then to find out I could have bought ALL of it myself and in time done it for way cheaper? I was one upset bride. The day before the wedding I was even making extra center pieces with my son-to-be mother-in-law! Moral of the story, I should have sat down, done a better budget, and really took the time to decide, instead of getting caught up in the wedding atmosphere and paying out in the end. The place I went wrong was jumping at the first chance to have someone else do the worrying for me. When I am the type who feels no one can see what is in my head but me ;) 

My wedding was still gorgeous however :) Especially since I married the best man alive!

In closing, I want to know opinions and ways that you've gotten through hard and trying times. Everyone has that day when things couldn't get worse, then they do, and you're stuck kicking a brick wall. So how do you manage? What do you consider your "winning strategy" to be?

 Until the next time! Meg.

Hurrications

It would make sense now that everything is running smoothly in our life that an impending storm would be coming.

And my parents bought new furniture. Which in our family means even more of a reason for a storm to hit. We tend to not have good luck with purchasing nice, new things and then having to either ruin them or they get messed up :/

Take Rita for example. The one time my grandmother buys herself a new car. A week later we evacuate and she has to load it down with all her treasures and her sweet puppies. That also meant when we didn't go far enough, that branches and rocks would be slammed up against her nice new paint. With Ike, I had started a new job and paid off some debt. Feeling pretty good with a small savings. That was non-existent once the evacuation was said and done. Of course because I was sad and had to buy everything. Like Katy Perry's cd to bring my mood up and a trip to the Fort Worth Zoo.

So now we face yet another possible evacuation. Or as I like to call them "Hurrications". We plan on making the most of ours and visit Scott's Dad in Kansas since we can't be there for his birthday celebration in August and spending time with Scott's friends. 

For those who don't know, I am a recreational meteorologist. And I have predicted (almost) every hurricane that has hit us. If this one isn't the big "doozy" be prepared no matter what. Hurricanes are no joke. And even if staying behind worked once or twice before it might not always!

So last night, my best friend, her husband, Scott, and I decided to prove to ourselves that we aren't getting older and attempted to go out. We hit up this place called Good Times and I immediately felt off. It was a supposed Karaoke bar and all that was there was UFC wannabees and no empty seats to even try and fit in. We bailed. Next attempt, Dylan's. The place I used to work at and also where I met my loving husband :). We didn't even get inside. Or park for that much. Finally we rested at our final "party" place. Chili's. We ended up painting this bar and grill red let me tell you. We ate some appetizers, drank a few drinks, then proceeded to go home and pass out.

Point proven. We are getting older.

Well, I wouldn't say getting older. More like becoming wiser. Do we like to have a good time still? Yes. However, our version of a good time is no longer the usual get drunk and yell a lot. It's being with the people we love and enjoy the most. I do like to shake my thang from time to time. Just not every weekend. Gotta keep it on lock ya know. Since my moves can be blinding. Heh.

At the end of the night, we had fun with good friends and were able to still remember it. And that's what counts. Especially since like I said my biggest fear is not remembering. I don't know when you're able to tell you've grown up or whatever. But I think ours was last night. And I am ok with that.

What are some ideas of a good time to you?

Mull it over and get back to me. While you do that I will be pleasantly reading my nook, or surfing the web. Inside with no make-up on and in my pj's. And for now, that's my idea of a good time :)

Til next blog friends. Meteorologist Meg.

End of the week

I don't know about you guys. But boy am I glad this week is coming to a close.

I think Emily felt the same way this morning when she explained that "her legs hurt to walk so she is just gonna stay in bed." I informed her that wouldn't happen since we have a busy day like we do every day and she responded by offering an invitation to get back in bed and cuddle.

Not going to lie I considered it.

But the adult (meh) part of me snapped everything back into shape and off we went. And on time at that! (hiya!)-generic ninja voice.

Lately I have been having the worst time sleeping. I am not sure if it's stress/RLS induced or the simple fact that I love to stare at the Weather Channel for hours and hours on end. Other times I lay in bed waiting to sleep and just like that meme my brain starts being all "know what we haven't thought of in awhile. Everything that scares you". Either way sleep and I have been missing each others company lately and it needs to stop. I really should put this unique talent of non-sleeping to something productive. Like making pom poms or learning a new language.

Definitely going to look into the pom pom thing. I don't know when those went out of style but this lady is bringing them back. Oh and the scrunchie.  Not slap-band bracelets though. I always felt like I was being disciplined when I slapped it on and decided it wasn't worth that stingy pain.

Isn't it weird how when you grow up everything you thought was awesome when you were a kid is no longer cool. Like baseball cards in the tires of your bike. Why did I think that was cool. I will never know.


What do you usually do when you can't sleep?


I would love some comments or tips :)

Thank you!

The first day of posting my new blog has been a success!! (Well to me at least)

I have a lot of fun ideas to keep this ball rolling and really hope to continue to entertain and help bring some smiles (or laughs) to you daily/weekly.

Please feel free to leave comments whenever you want to! Whether you're saying "Hey great job!" or would like to ask my opinion on a subject I look forward to responding and having a great time here.

***I will be moving to my own hosting site within the week so keep updated and I will post the new link***

I know most people reading this already know who I am and what my world consists of but for those who don't here are some images of my life :)

first blog!

Well, here goes nothing I suppose.

I get told all the time that I have an awesome sense of humor and how my views on life can make even the saddest person happy. So I figured why not start a blog! Seeing as how I am deathly afraid of growing old and having alzeimer's disease I might as well start now while I am fresh and not senile. Well, at least while I am fresh :)

So this past week was quite a busy one in the humble abode. We had recital madness. Which in itself should be a national week off like spring break is since you never have enough time to get what you need done. EVER. I kept my cool so that I didn't disrupt my little princess with all her lovely dance routines and her ever changing outlook on if she did or didn't want to continue with dance. On the last night everything had been going flawlessly until somehow....somewhere.....someone....some child....began acting out and whining. Then I realized it was my kid. And that was when cool and calm momma snapped. I refuse to have a brat. And I refuse to allow people to think I have a brat. So I calmly let her know that if she so much as made the smallest sound she wouldn't have to worry about what her make up looked like on stage for much longer because we were leaving. Good to know she understood and that crisis was averted. And I realized my limit was reached with recital. She finished marvelously.

The weekend was something I looked forward to all week. Seems to be a trend however. I need to win the lottery or find out a 3rd cousin down the line left me their summer home in the hamptons. I digress. We can dream eh? Anywho we had made plans to sell my old laptop to a woman in exchange for the iPhone 4 she had which she claimed she didn't need. Everything went smooth until we realized it was a stolen iPhone. A STOLEN PHONE. I mean are you kidding me. Of course my husband and I did the right thing and called the owner of the phone to let them know but now I have to live with the feeling of knowing someone who didn't deserve it has my very first laptop I ever owned/bought/loved.

Don't get me wrong. I  know it's materialistic. But it leaves a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when you get duped then realize ahhhhh should have known. She didn't have a charger with the phone, it was dirty, never trust people, etc.

So now I get to have the oh so fun time of filing charges and what not. Either way justice will be served. I need to see this is as more of maybe Karma is a raging biotch and is using me to bring these dirty people down. I like to think of myself from time to time as a Karma super hero. Too bad you don't get paid to do it. However justice will be served. Or something like that.

I think personally I should find out where she lives and blare the power rangers theme song all hours of the day/night until she is driven insane and concedes to me. I don't want to fight. I just think my version of "chinese water torture" is less droning. Very few people hate that song. And if she does then I will already have an awesome theme song playing when she comes out in a fit of rage and I whoop up Chuck Norris style. At least that's what goes down in my head with all those pointless never going to happen scenarios.

Once it's all said and done another update will be posted. I look forward to doing this. Even if I am the only one who reads it :)

Now I bid you farewell.