Dad

Today it has been six years. Six years since Dad passed away. He has been on my mind a lot lately. More than usual. I miss him. I miss his voice. I miss being able to hug him. I miss him telling me he is proud of me. There have been so many moments he has missed. I know he was there in spirit, but it is not the same.

Co-workers

It is sad on my day off I can be so completely fed up with my job. Actually, I guess it is not my job, but, my co-worker that has my blood boiling. I am so sick and tired of cleaning up her messes, finishing the jobs she never completes, and her throwing a fit to our boss whenever they give me a morning shift. I am really sick of working this person. She disappears for 30 to 40 minutes at a time. I am done being nice. I just do not care anymore.

Update

I have been missing the release I get from writing. It is amazing how much better you feel when you have an outlet for whatever is eating at your soul. ( Plus how much my typing skills have suffered. You should the page it is filled with red squiggly lines.) We have added a third puppy to our life. Which he makes life quite chaotic. He is a five month old chocolate lab named Rocky. He is the sweetest dog that has destroyed so much stuff that I can not even begin to list it all. This is Rocky.

He no longer has those blue eyes and he is no where near that little anymore. How can you not love that little face? Maybe when he is putting a serious dent in my shoe collection. 

We decided that having a baby through Little Jess just was not the way to go. We felt we were holding her back. We will always love and appreciate that she wanted to do this for the hubby and I.

Hubby is doing great. We thought he was going to have to have gallbladder surgery, but it turns out it was not his gallbladder. We are back at square one on that one, but he is feeling great ever since we left the hospital.

I am doing good. Still at Wally World. 

More News

Well, Little Jess' Aunt Flo showed her head right on time, so no baby yet. I have taken a second ged test and passed it with honors, which means I am ready for college in that subject. I have 2 tests to go, and hopefully I will be taking the next one pretty soon. Thats all the new stuff I have at this point. I've been going to school, work, then home. Not much room for an adventure but I am in need of one badly. I have been missing life on the road quite a bit.

Baby Steps

I am taking baby steps instead of giant leaps of changes to see if I can make these changes stick. I am back to just drinking water. No soda at all, maybe a half and half tea when we go out to eat. My breakfast and lunch usually consists of smoothies. I have not added any exercise in yet, but that will happen soon.

Operation Baby is taking another step soon. Little Jess flies out to California on the 10th and will be back on the 15th. Hopefully, in February we will know if she is preggo and a long count down begins. I am trying so hard not to get over excited, but it is not easy. I have to keep myself out of the baby section at work. Everytime see a baby store I want to go in and look, but the hubby is sensible and keeps telling me not yet. 

New Year, New News

Yikes, I can not believe it has been almost six months since my last post, time just flies. Happy New Year. I hope this year brings you hope, happiness, blessings, peace, and joy, It is always an exciting time, the start of the new year. It is a chance to start fresh, to reinvent yourself, your life. Mine and the hubby's life is changing in many ways. We both started school in September. We are taking classes to help us obtain our GED. I have managed to take one of the GED tests and passed it, so I have just three more tests to go. We start back to class the 12th. My Mom and Little Jess have both moved back in with us.

Our life is changing in another way, Little Jess has offered to be a surrogate for the hubby and I. She is being implanted later this month. Hopefully, by this time next year, the hubby and I will have a little baby of our own.

Back to Normal

I guess life is back to normal, or as normal as life can be. We are now off the road for good. I am sad about this. The hubby and I both miss it terribly, but money became an issue. We were in no way making enough money to pay our bills. So, he has gone back to his  old job, and I have gone back to mine. I was not going to go back to Wal Mart, but when you need a paycheck and a job lands in your lap you take it. I am glad that I get to work with the Hello Kitty Lady again. Hubby got really really sick for about a week. Today was his first day back to work. He got a ut infection which spread really really fast to his kidneys and his blood stream. After 3 trips to the er, I am thankful to say he is better. My Momma came down and helped me look after him while I was in orientation. She also cleaned our house and did the laundry. I appreciate it so much! Thanks for all the help Mom!!

Total Frustation

We spent the last 2 and half days in Iowa at a ruck stop. We get up this morning have a breakfast buffet at a near by casino (which was really good). We made in back to the shop just before noon to see if we could do our laundry here cause it is free at the shop. We were getting out of the truck when the apu starts acting up again. Doing the same thing it did when we got the truck. We spent four hours not even a week ago in the outside in the heat at thermo king cause they do not allow dogs in the drivers lounge, They replaced the motherboard on the apu but it is still doing the same thing again. It seems like nothing is going right.

Thankful Thoughts

Enjoying spending time with my hubby on a daily basis.

Knowing we are one day closer to picking up the pups and hitting the open road.

Hopefully a visit (even if it is a quick one) to the Hello Kitty Lady.

She is a friend I made while working!!

Knowing we wont be eating Golden Corral again tomorrow.

(The new company hubby is working for is nice enough to feed the drivers only thing is it is the same place every night. We have decided to save the gift card and go to the place across the street for dinner tomorrow.)

Kansas City, MO

Well I am in a hotel room in Kansas City Missouri. The hubby is getting his d.o.t. physical and drug test done today. He still has to do his road test tomorrow, orentation on Thursday, and Friday he gets to pick out our truck. There is not much to do around this hotel, but I brought several books to read, puzzle books to work, and of course the internet to entertain me.

We went to church on Sunday for the first time in a long, long time.  It was great to see so many people and to get fed spirtually. I have missed going to church. Hopefully I can talk the hubby into attending services at the truck stops along the way.

I got my hair cut and new glasses. I really like my glasses. They are black metal squareish frames with faux crystals on the sides of them. I sparkle is the sunlight.

And We Have a Plan

We have decided on a company. We will also be leasing our own truck. We are becoming our own little trucking company. I am so excited. Hubby and I will be going on vacation the beginning of June. Then we start trucking across the country.

We also have 3 graduations to attend in the coming weeks. Big Will graduates the 31st. He has received a full four year football scholarship. I can not believe he is graduating. It seems like just yesterday he was snuggled in my arms calling me Jaja.

Little Momma is also graduating on the 29th. She is graduating a year early. We found out that she is pregnant so she started a different school so she is able to finish before the baby gets here which will be in July.

My Momma is also graduating in June. I am so proud of her and my Daddy would be also.

Yep, I'm still around.

Hey, Hey,

How is it going? It has been awhile. Life has been good, for the most part. The job is good, but it makes me miss the hubby a lot. Often times we are like ships passing in the night.


When I started working we quickly found that I needed a car. Hubby's Mom was nice enough to let us borrow her truck til we could get a down payment together. What we found was a Jeep. And I love it. This picture was taken during our ice storm. This part of Texas closed down completely. You can not see them but the hubby surprised me with pink windshield wipers.

Just before Thanksgiving my Papa passed away. We knew it was coming, but it is still so hard to say goodbye. Yet, I know that his reunion with my Dad and Uncle (his two boys) was a happy one.

Needless to say Thanksgiving was a quite Holiday for us. One of the bright spots of the holiday was that Hubby's sister came to visit, and she brought her new little bundle of joy with her. He is about four months old now. He is just a darling little guy.

We also found out that we are expecting two more little bundles soon. Both of them belong to our nieces. One of them we were not thrilled about because of her age, but everyone makes mistakes. She is only 16. But the great news is she is going to be able to finish school before the baby is born. 

Thankful Thoughts

1. A job I where I get to make someones day a little better.
2. A Hubby that is pitching in around the house now that I have a job too. 
3. An unexpected photo find. An old abandoned bank that barely has a roof. 
4. A mother in law that loans us her truck so both of us can go to work.
5. Seeing my puppies after a hard day at work.

Papa and I

We went to see Papa yesterday. He looked great and was in great spirits. He does not even look sick. He really is doing a lot better than I expected. He is still getting around and being himself. We will be going back to see him soon. I know it is God's timing and not the doctors.

First Day

Today was my first day at work. It went well, but I felt old. Most of the people I was training with had recently graduated high school. (like in May) That is OK though. We really did not do much, just watched videos and talked about safety asset protection and all that kind of fun stuff. My brain is mush and I am dragging barely staying awake to wake the hubby for work and make sure he is fed. I get tomorrow off and then go back on Thursday.  (Thirsdat this is what I typed by accident. Spell check could not even figure out what I meant on that one.) I think I am going to enjoy this. But I will miss my hubby a lot. We are not used to being apart this often anymore. I am trying to get my days off to match his, but I do not know if that is going to happen right off the bat.

Quick Update

I am missing my Cutie Pie. Her Dad quit his job, so I got laid off. I got to see her the other day and I can not believe how much more she is talking. She was just rambling on and on. She was also singing at lot. She is just so darn cute. She told me she loved me and would not let me leave until I gave her a hug and a kiss.

 We are also missing the extra cash flow watching her brought us. Things were really starting to get tight round here. So, I went looking for work, hoping I would find someone to give this chick a chance. I know it has been a long time since I have had a regular job. I found someone willing to do just that. I will be working at Wally World. I will be in the photo lab and electronics. I am very excited about working in the photo lab. Happy Dance!!!! I am still waiting on the drug and background tests to come back, then I can start orientation. Hubby is really excited about the discount card.

A Long Adventure

It is 12:43 am and the hubby and I are in Chandler Oklahoma. He got called to do a run on his day off and I got to go with him. Mind you we are four and half hours late for our pick up time yet the load is still not ready. It is neat to get to go in a big truck. I also got to cross an item off my bucket list. I have always wanted to to drive/ride down historic 66 and tonight I got to do just that. Mind you it was midnight so I could not see anything and we were only on the road for about 5 seconds, but it still counts. Hopefully, I can get a picture of the sign when we go back by it. The hubby is trying to catch a quick nap before our load is ready and we have to head home. We will be getting back to Dallas around 4 30 or 5 in the morning if this load is ready soon. I have so enjoyed our adventure today. Hubby is making funny faces at me and pretending to be asleep. It is an unexpected roadtrip that he gets paid to take!!! You have to love that. We will both be exhausted by the time we get home but we are together and enjoying every bit of it. Yay our load is ready!!

A Lovely Day

Its been a lovely day. We got our front fence finished today. The dogs can now play outside freely. YAY!!! We have  new neighbors moving in tomorrow. The sun has already set, and the dogs and I our outside enjoying the cooler air of the evening. The little birdie family is not happy about having to share the porch but they will learn to live with us being out here. It is so peaceful out here. The crickets are chirping and the birds are singing. Do you ever get those moments or heck even days where you are content and happy to be where you are and what you have. I do not get these moments very often, but they are great.

Priates Cove

We took Cutie Pie and Blondie to the water park Pirates Cove on Friday. We all had a blast. Especially Cutie Pie. She really has started to love the water. I did not take the camera. Water, plus heat does not make a good comb for the camera. Hubby even went down a waterslide, which surprised me to no end. I was proud of him. We want to go back soon. I can not wait to go again.

It's Raining, It's Pouring

It feels so good here. It Is in the 70s here. That is unheard of in July...and we have Rain!!!! The good slow soaking rain we need. I have the ac off and windows open, I don't care if we get a little rain in the house. It may not be a sunny day, but it is a beautiful day and so cool!!!