Life is good

It has been so long since I have posted on here but I have had a few requests for an update and for me to start blogging again (not making any promises there), I figured a blog post was better than nothing!  A lot has gone on in the last few months.....a lot!!  Where to start?

Let's start with my schooling....Thursday was the last day of my summer semester and the end of my fourth semester in school!!  I can't believe I have finished a whole year worth of schooling already...I feel like I just started!  I have one more semester and then I will be done with my associates degree...as in, I graduate in December!!  I am applying to go to East Carolina University in January and I plan to get my Bachelors Degree through them as well as my Masters.  School is a lot of fun, it's hard work but definitely worth it.

Now the boys, my boys are doing great!  Tyrique and Markus have been gone the whole summer and won't be back for another week and a half.  I miss them so much but they are having a blast!  Tyrique has grown about 7 feet in the last year...uh, I mean, a foot or so....he is 6 feet 3 inches!!!!  My baby boy has almost a whole foot on his Mamma!!  Markus is almost as tall as I am...or was when he left, he may be as tall as I am by now!  They won't stop growing, how are they gonna stay my babies forever if they keep growing?  Kobe didn't go anywhere this summer, he has spent it here with his Mamma.  He is starting kindergarten in the fall.....as in, I will have one in elementary, one in middle and one in high school!!!  Kobe went to Kindergarten Academy this summer and did great.  He is so excited to start school.

Now on for our big news....we always have some sort of big news!  We have decided to move again (shocker huh!)!!  We live about an hour or so away from Virginia Beach right now and really miss living in Virginia Beach so we have decided to move back there.  The place where we live now is very small and it is very limited in regards to things to do.  We drive to Virginia at least once a week to do something and with all this driving back and forth, we may as well live where we love being!  We found a place right by where we used to live so the boys are going to be going back to their old school district and have friends that still live in the area.  We are all really excited and feel like we are going home!!  We never really felt like we fit in here or like we were home!  Now we are yet again moving....I know, we move a lot!  Hopefully this will be the last time for a while but who knows what life has in store for us.  The one lesson that I have learned in the last two years is that I should have just gone back to VA Beach when I got my divorce....except, maybe I shouldn't have because then I wouldn't have gotten to spend the year with my family in Iceland, wouldn't have met the people I know now and maybe wouldn't have gone to school!?!?!  No, things happen for a reason and I feel blessed with what I have right now.   We are doing good and are all healthy and happy and that is all that matters in that end :)

I wanted to tell you guys one thing...I have been re-doing furniture the last month and I plan to write a blog post or two about that one fine day (maybe after the move) and show you guys the pictures.  I am totally loving re-doing furniture....who would have thought it would be so much fun!?!?!

I hope you are all doing good!  I have been reading your blogs, I suck at commenting though....school kinda limits my online activities.  Hope you all have a great weekend!

Five Question Friday

Wow, it has been so long since I have posted that blogger has changed everything around....wonder if I even know how to do this anymore :)

I decided to join in on 5QF since it is fun and easy and doesn't require much thinking...I do too much of that when it comes to school lol

If you want to join Mama M for 5QF just press right over here.  Have fun!

1. How often do you shave your legs in the winter?

Not as often as I should, I would say about once to three times a week....that's a lot compared to last winter lol

2. Valentine's Day cards for your spouse: funny or romantic?

I don't have a spouse but if I was getting one I would probably go for romantic and funny...two cards never hurt no one :)

3. What are you most looking forward to about spring?

I am looking forward to May, I finish this semester in May and then I start my last semester at this school before I will have my associates degree and move onto get my bachelors degree.  This winter has been rough in school as I am taking so many credits trying to graduate in one year with my associates and this summer is going to be my last crazy semester but it will be nothing like this semester right now.  I am taking 23 credits and my classes are rather overwhelming right now which sucks....plain out sucks :(  It's okay though, I just need to work harder and I will pull through this just like I did last semester :)

4. What's your favorite way to pamper yourself?

By getting a pedicure and getting my hair done.  I love having pretty toes and try to keep them pretty at all times and getting my hair done needs to be more of a priority too.  I am going to get a hot stone massage soon that I got for my birthday...I'm really looking forward to that :)

5. Does your tax return go into savings or do you spend it instantly?

This year I am not receiving any money back but if I was it would be going straight towards bills and maybe to pay for a trip home to Iceland next Christmas.  I am really homesick right now because I just became an Auntie two weeks ago to a beautiful little boy and I want to go home and smother him with kisses and love but since I can't do that I am just going broke buying him clothes and toys :)  

Wordless Wednesday part II

Continued from last week...

I love these pics of my Mamma and sister :)  

Wordless Wednesday

This picture was taken in Iceland when we were packing up getting ready to leave.  Had to make sure to pack up my baby :)

Is there anyone out there....hello (echo)

After a LONG break, I am finally back!!!

I am now living in North Carolina and am finishing up my first semester of college.  The last two and a half months have been crazy, hectic, exciting and filled with fun!  I started by getting to the states on May 10th and the boys and I slept in a hotel in NYC.  On the 11th we flew into Norfolk, VA and a good friend came to get us.  We stayed with a friend of mine for less than two weeks before we moved into our own home.  I got a car a week after getting here and then my household goods arrived a few days after we moved into our apartment.  I rented a three bedroom townhouse in a quiet area about 10 minutes from my school.  I really like the place and will have to take some pictures to show you guys.  The boys really like our home and so do I :)  

School was a struggle at first, it was really hard to get back into the grove of things.  I am doing really good though and have met lots of new people and made a few really good friends.  One of those friends that I made is with a girl named Deb, she is my life saver and I have no idea what I would do if I had not met her.  Deb and I have so much in common and we really clicked right from the start.  She has 2 children that are close to Kobe's age and they get along great.  I love having friends with children the same ages as my boys, that just makes the friendship that much easier.  All of the friends that I have made here have children around the boy's age which has turned out to be a real life saver for all of us.

Here is a link to Debs blog, go check her out and show her some bloggy love :)  

Kobe left to spend 5 weeks with Dewayne in the beginning of June.  That was really hard for me due to Kobe never having left me before.  He is back though and doing great :)  Tyrique and Markus went to Florida for 6 weeks to spend some time with their Grandmother and just came back home on Thursday.  They had fun but are so glad to be back home with their Mamma :)

We have added a new member to our family, her name is Molly and she is a Silky Terrier.  She just turned 4 months old and is the cutest little thing in the world.  

 Here is Molly sleeping in her Mamma's bed

 Tyrique holding Molly the day we got her.

Markus with our newest member

Kobe was gone when we got her so I didn't get a picture of him with her on day one but we will have plenty of pictures of the two of them....this much I know since they are best friends :)

I have two days left of my semester and then I get three whole weeks of summer vacation.  I am so excited to get some time with the boys to go swimming, to the beach and we are thinking of doing a family trip to Busch Gardens, Water Country and Jamestown.  I want to make a few days of it and get a hotel room and have some fun with my boys.

I have been reading your blogs but have sucked at commenting....sorry :(  I don't have much time and I try to squeeze a few minutes in per day to read your blogs.  I will get more organized and start commenting one fine day hehe.

I hope you are all having a wonderful summer!!

Getting to know YOU

Today is my last Sunday working here and I am so happy :)  These last few weeks have been rather crazy, I was sick and then I have been trying to pack up our stuff, sell the car and a few other things and signing up for classes.  I am really excited about signing up for the classes.....I feel like a little kid starting school for the first time lol.  I am taking 14 credits this summer and then I am going to be taking 16-18 credits this fall.  It's a lot but I am hoping I can do it :)

I wanted to join Keely and her peeps in Getting to know YOU.  If you want to join along too then click here!

1. what's something you've eaten and liked, but didn't think you would?

Horse meat....

In Iceland they eat horses, sharks and whales....we are a whole different breed ya know hehehe.

2. plastic surgery..yay or nay?

I'm all for it and wish I could afford it!!

3. 2 things you love about spring are.....?

The ugly white, wet, cold snow melting (I will be missing the snow but for now I am sick and tired of it).

Feeling some warm sun on my face and seeing the grass getting greener!

4. when's the last time you went on a picnic?

Are you talking about the photo editing software??  I went on there a few weeks ago hahaha

I haven't been on a picnic in a looooooong time :)

5. what's your favorite app?

Facebook!!

6. who does the grocery shopping in your house?

Considering I am the only adult or the only person in the house with a drivers license......I do ALL shopping, cleaning and anything else that needs to be done in MY house!

7. would you rather take a spin class or zumba?

I want to try Zumba so bad....I will when I get to NC!

8. how often do you go out to dinner?

Not very often...maybe once or twice a month and then it is often just to get some burgers or a pizza, nothing fancy :)

Five Question Friday

So life has been kinda crazy for the last few weeks.....hum where do I start??

For the last 3 weeks we have been battling the most horrifying stomach flu ever!!!!  Markus has been sick most of those 3 weeks and then Kobe had it for well over a week.  Tyrique got lucky in the fact that his lasted about 2 days and I was feeling pretty dag gone lucky not to have gotten it at all and then BAM I get sick :(

I am on day 4 and I feel a little bit better today than the last 3 days but I have no energy to do anything!  I have had a fever, headache, body fluids exiting many different areas and really bad body aches!  

We got really lucky because Tyrique's confirmation was last weekend and we were all healthy during that day (that night Markus got sick again).  The confirmation went great and we are really happy with the way it ended up.  I will dedicate a whole post about the confirmation full of pictures of my handsome lil big man (Ty is at 6 feet tall so I can't call him little).

Now I am going to join in 5QF and then I am gonna try to get something done in the house (read....go lay back in bed).

1. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

My temper!!!  I am working on it and I think I am doing great but I want to get better control of my temper.

2. Write about a time when you got lost.

So....March 14th I was driving in NYC trying to get to JFK Airport and I got really lost and ended up in Time Square!  I found my way to JFK but got some great pics at Time Square while I was there :)

3. Camping or 5 star hotel?

Camping=bugs and getting dirty!!!  5 Star Hotel all the way for me thank you very much!!!

4. Have you donated blood?

No!  I want to though....I have a very common blood type so I need to!!!  I want to donate bone marrow...I think we need a lot more people willing to donate bone marrow (as well as blood of course).

5. Do you have a budget or do you 'fly by' most months?

My money is budgeted as in I pay all of my bills and then the rest of the money goes to food and gas in the car!  I don't make enough extra money for any other exciting budgeting than just getting by!!