Pondering

Its been almost two years since I posted last...I think it's time I come out of hiding!

We have been living in Virginia Beach for two and a half years and are really enjoying life.  I am finishing my last semester of school on May 8, 2015 and will be graduating with my Bachelors in Business Administration.  These last three and a half years have been hard with school and the boys and life and etc etc etc but they have been worth every minute. 

My boys are no longer babies. Tyrique is going to be 18 years old in February and has moved out all the way to my sisters house (which is only about 50 steps away but more on that later).  Tyrique has also grown into a very tall young man, he is 6'4" and well over 200 lbs.  He is almost a foot taller than me!!!  He is gorgeous and wants to join the military in the next year or so but wants to get a little bit of college under his belt before joining the Navy.

Markus is 14 and will turn 15 in May.  He is in the ninth grade and wants to be a Pediatric Surgeon when he grows up.  He is very determined in life and has been busy planning his future and trying to decide what colleges he wants to go to when he graduates from high school.  He is such a sweet and gentle child and is always willing to do anything for anyone.  

Kobe is no longer the pacifier baby you seen in the picture on the left of this blog.  He is a little over seven years old and in the second grade.  He loves sports and WWE is his favorite thing in the whole wide world.  Kobe is quiet and loud all in one.  He is very much like an only child due to being so much younger than his older brothers.  Kobe can play quietly for hours with his toys or he can wrestle with his cousin and big brothers.

Our little Silky Terrier Molly is going to be four years old in March and is the sweetest little doggy.  She loves kids (which is not common for little dogs), loves to lay close to her mamma, plays with her toys (she has a toy box of her own that is stuffed with all kinds of doggy toys), and loves to go for bike rides with Kobe and I.  Molly is all of 5.5 lbs and has gorgeous hair and the sweetest disposition.

My social life has been pretty active since moving to VA Beach and I love it.  I will tell you guys more about me and what I have been up to in another blog post.  I just kind of wanted to give a little update and test the waters in regards to blogging again.  I really missed blogging and even closed this blog for awhile due to my divorce and moving on with life.  This blog is my life though and I want to be able to continue blogging despite a divorce or changes in my life.

Here's to a New Year and a fresh start on blogging about our life again.  

Mirror Mirror on the wall

This summer I started refinishing old beat up furniture and found a love I had no idea existed.  I have this obsession with buying cute little tables and painting them and giving them a new life.  I bought so many little tables that everyone around me was starting to make fun of me telling me I was going to be living in an apartment full of tables.  So since there were enough tables to go around, I decided that I needed to do something different this time.  I came across this mirror that was so beautiful but yet, so ugly!!  The color was horrific but the details in this mirror are amazing.

The mirror started off with this weird gold/copper color that looked so dirty.

I love this color from Valspar, it is called Twilight Meadow and it is to die for!  I have used it on so many projects and it always comes out perfect.

Here is what the mirror looked like after receiving two coats of Twilight Meadow.

See how purdy she looks with a little bit of love and this gorgeous color to make all the details pop.

Did you notice this flower in the other pictures?  Me neither!!  I didn't notice half the details until I started to paint the mirror.

It's hard not to love this beauty!!

I finished this mirror some time ago but have yet to hang it up.  I am waiting for the table that will go underneath it to be finished (or ummm....started) but that's a whole nother story in a whole nother post...imagine that, another post!!!!  I want to get into blogging again but I'm not making any promises because on Monday I start my first semester of my Bachelor's Degree and this semester is going to be a little bit more work than the last few semesters were.

So for now, I hope you enjoyed my Mirror Mirror on the wall (or sitting on the carpet leaning against the wall....same thing!!  Right??).

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!!