tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190948512024-03-19T22:35:23.604-07:00Deep Thoughts by Adrianne KThis is just my random ramblings that I am sure no one really wants to hear, but I just need to get them out!Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-65296816867751360092015-02-11T07:01:00.000-08:002015-02-11T07:01:25.892-08:00An Open Letter to My BrotherAn Open Letter to My Brother:<br />
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Thank you. <br />
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Two simple words that I don't think I have ever sincerely said to you.<br />
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<li>Thank you for being my first best friend. </li>
<li>Thank you for pestering me and making me "boss" you around, I feel it made me a better mother. </li>
<li>Thank you for keeping the secrets that only you know about me, as I hold your secrets dear to my heart. </li>
<li>Thank you for protecting me and offering to hurt any guy who did me wrong. </li>
<li>Thank you for loving my spouse like your brother.</li>
<li>Thank you for giving your heart and love to my children. </li>
<li>Thank you for supporting me as I searched for employment and continued to keep a brave face while scared to death of our circumstances.</li>
<li>Thank you for giving me a sister. Someone who I feel completes you.</li>
<li>Thank you for allowing my kids to experience the love of cousins, one day they will play together again. </li>
<li>Most of all thank you for loving me, all my flaws, insecurities, mothering, and so much more. I am thankful everyday that I was chosen to be your big sister and you were chosen to be my little brother.</li>
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Love,</div>
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Me</div>
Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-67971423311056212212015-02-10T11:48:00.001-08:002015-02-10T11:48:25.259-08:00Must be something about February....I noticed that is has been almost exactly one year since I updated all my faithful readers. Sometimes they say no news is good news. And that is how it is here. The boys are thriving, Travis is doing well (so is all his family,) and I am too. I love my jobs and my family is making it. We have had some death. In May my uncle Jack passed away from cancer and now both of my grandmothers are not doing well. But all in all we are always looking for the positive.<br />
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Be on the look out for a post that has been on my heart...<br />
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<br />Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-55585873351438525132014-02-12T07:20:00.003-08:002014-02-12T07:20:51.019-08:00Long time no update...We went to my parents' for Thanksgiving... Here is a magnet I made today. They are going to LOVE it!
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I just wanted to share with you the wonderful story (diamond) that came out of rubble.Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-11555660908069575862013-08-27T07:03:00.000-07:002013-08-27T07:03:16.388-07:00Man I love Shutterfly!They keep giving me free stuff and all I have to pay is shipping and tax. Here is my latest...
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<br />Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-63130011785101402732012-04-17T08:06:00.001-07:002012-04-17T08:28:46.537-07:00Do you see my ticker??Yep that is right!! I am down 21lbs!!! I look GREAT!! Too bad this is just weight that I gained by sitting on the couch after I lost my job. I am now fitting into the clothes that were just taunting me. WHICH IS AWESOME!!! Summer in my bathing suit is going to be 1000 times better!!! <br /><br />I had some students the other day say that at the start of the semester they thought I was either pregnant or just had a BABY!!! YIKES!! That is a reminder that will stay with me for a while not to gain the weight I have lost!!<br /><br />The photo at the top of my blog looks nothing like me now! I look like a marshmallow cream puff lady in that pic! I really need to get a new pic up there!! QUICK!!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVoxjKlv5yhR4eE4UqUk35Fn-tUQEcHgFyT6ZWSWGIOF-9489ilqUXnU-ZQ5NttV_6LYAWvrliyKnYl0_l_eD4JqPRLiRK9csGvwTTowQsV2Xa5xXG8eMuXMl0Csjwu-24BAE/s1600/visit+2012+079.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVoxjKlv5yhR4eE4UqUk35Fn-tUQEcHgFyT6ZWSWGIOF-9489ilqUXnU-ZQ5NttV_6LYAWvrliyKnYl0_l_eD4JqPRLiRK9csGvwTTowQsV2Xa5xXG8eMuXMl0Csjwu-24BAE/s320/visit+2012+079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732391873224616130" /></a><br />The best close up I have right now. And the boy I am with I pretty cute too! :)Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-46706726850534095722012-02-28T09:03:00.002-08:002012-02-28T09:07:29.032-08:00Another updateI guess I need to post a pic... But I literally have not had any time. I am now 14lbs ligther. But I am just hanging out around 170... I want to weigh 160 or less. I look in the mirror and don't see myself any skinnier. I started <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">C25K</a> and am still on week 2. I have so many excuses it isn't even funny. I don't want to run when it is cold, or windy. Of course it is SUPER nice on days when I really can't get sweaty because I have go and teach class. Murphy's Law! I know that is going to be the only way I get over this hump though is to kick it into high gear!!!Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-46065374934152151362012-02-07T10:59:00.000-08:002012-02-07T11:04:50.637-08:00One month down!!So I have lost 10lbs!! I am feeling good. Why don't I ever think to take before and after pics? So I can be those cool people with those awesome weight loss blogs?? Oh well. I am still tracking. I really need to buy a digital scale though. I am worried that it is going to be way different as far as my weight and I am going to CRY!! I also started <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">Couch25K</a>, (C25K), I downloaded the app on my phone! I am not planning to run a 5k anytime soon it has just helped me get off my butt! I am repeatint week 2 because week 3 requires 3 min of non-stop running and there was NO way I was ready for that!! Running is HARD but I am doing it... I am not pretty by any means but as folks drive by in my head I think to them, "Hey you are driving, don't judge!!"Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-49697207034723403002012-01-20T08:37:00.000-08:002012-01-20T08:42:28.171-08:00Buckling DownOn January 8 I decided I was tired of squeezing into pants that were a size I didn't like and started using an app on my phone called <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/">My Fitness Pal</a>! WOW it is working!! It allows me to scan the barcode on things and basically all I am doing is watching my calories. I have lost 6 pounds so far!! I am so thrilled! I put on a pair of jeans yesterday I had never worn! I had bought them at the church thrift store and they had never fit. They fit GREAT!! What an AWESOME FEELING!!!<br /><br />My goal is to loose at least 20lbs. Eventually I am hoping to start playing tennis again but I have had a little snafu with the TSTA. They ranked me as a 4.5 player because I played in College and I wasn't even a 4.5 player then! I have asked for a refund because there is no place here in town that I can even get on a court to play with that rating. WHAT A MESS!! But playing tennis will up my exercise and help with the weight loss!! HURRAY!Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-57614960986514271342011-11-09T18:19:00.000-08:002011-11-09T18:20:25.566-08:00The Kincade Christmas cardA masterpiece!<br /><br /><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="width:425px; height:494px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif);"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="height:482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat:repeat-y;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="width: 105px; height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height:350px; text-align:center; padding: 0;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=2AcNGTZy3ZMWJY&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=118"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/2AcNGTZy3ZMZ/2AcNGTZy3ZMZeP/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1320891553000/0/" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;"></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="height:55px; background-color:#f4f4e9; text-align:center; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; line-height: 19px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span>Photo Card</span></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px; color: #333333;"><span>View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</span></div></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="height:6px; background-image:url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif);"></div></div>Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-70925872867387258372011-09-16T10:42:00.001-07:002011-09-16T10:42:26.882-07:00Photo Book<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D2AcNGTZy3ZMZcl%26uid%3D001002796248%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1316194935000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D2AcNGTZy3ZMZcl%26uid%3D001002796248%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1316194935000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=2AcNGTZy3ZMWHx&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115">Click here to view this photo book larger</a><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=photobook&c2=blogger" /></p>Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-82669578733095566542011-09-02T11:07:00.001-07:002011-09-02T11:13:07.606-07:00Wow how the year flies!One year ago I was starting my unemployment! Do you know how I know that? Thanks to Facebook you can see what you posted a year earlier and I was enjoying (ok that was loose terms) watching my 30+ dvr'd shows on tv while I was figuring out what to make of the forms for unemployment and we were surviving without insurance and Travis' business was failing. Fun times... NOT!
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<br />But what a difference a year makes! I now have 2 part-time jobs that I absolutely love and wouldn't trade for the world. God knew what he was doing when he shut that door. He wanted me to spend more time with my family to appreciate the little things. I have never been able to do that. And when I say little things I mean LITTLE. We were super duper poor for a while last year. We were our Sunday School's Angel tree. Sometimes to have to hit rock bottom to realize how good you actually had it. But we didn't have our priorities straight. I know I didn't.
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<br />Priority #1 needs to be God, Priority #2 FAMILY and I didn't have either of those at the top in the last couple of year and now I do and I feel great!
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<br />And I thank God everyday for giving me the chance to put those priorities in order before it was too late. Before my boys were grown and I couldn't enjoy the little things!
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<br />Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-25739042531091769802011-07-29T07:04:00.000-07:002011-07-29T07:11:09.918-07:00Dealing with self-esteem issues at 8??I am not quite sure how to deal with this?? Last night as I was saying Logan's prayers after we ended. I said, "I love you." And he says, "Well I don't love me." That crushed my heart and soul. Well I continue laying next to him to find out what he means by that. I ask, "Do you mean when you look in the mirror, or you don't love that you are awesome at baseball or reading or math?" He says, "I am weird." I point to myself and say, "HELLO!!, so am I!!, we all are!" He also says that he hates wearing glasses, I again point at myself wearing glasses and tell him that at least his are cool and not the ones that cover his whole face like mine did in elementary.<br /><br />He is still not cheered up by this point!! I don't know what to do??? He won't talk to me straight. I am tearing up by this point. I tell him his is loved by so many people and I name them and I tell him most of all he is love by God and if he ever need someone to talk to God will always listen and then I teach him about praying. Not the nightly prayers we say (we say Now I Lay Me) I say that every night I just talk to God, I tell him that God knows what we are thinking but he likes to hear us talk too. I told him that he can still talk to daddy and I anytime but if there is ever anything he just needs to get out, to pray.<br /><br />I am just so worried, what should I do???Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-19600341344563263592011-06-17T12:12:00.000-07:002011-06-17T12:23:21.533-07:00Feelings I shouldn't be having...I get on FB this morning and read that one of my friends surprised her hubby with a trip to Vegas for his 40th. Instead of being extremely exited for her for pulling off a great surprise, she had 3 of his friends pick him up at 4:30am to take him to the airport! I am instead bummed and hurt for Travis that he wasn't invited. Now how dumb is that. I mean it put me into a super slump all day long!! I can't pull myself out of it... (Maybe it is just hormones.)<br /><br />But it isn't my business who was invited on the trip but I just know the moment he walks in the door tonight he is going to be super deflated and walk around the house moping and I would too if I was him. The 4 men that went are ones that he consider his good friends. He would have had a BLAST! We hung out with them all last week as a couples party so I can totally understand why he would be hurt. It is just like a kick in the gut, because it makes me feel like we just aren't good enough, still. I know once again dumb thoughts but they are the ones I am having... UGH... <br /><br />Then when they return all we will hear about is what a great time they had and they will have all these inside jokes and just sit there and rub it in his face, kind of like his wife did this morning when were texting back and forth and she was going on and on about them picking him up and how great of a job they did and fun it was to surprise him... I just wanted to either puke or scream or do both!!Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-13978429857212592712011-05-27T11:08:00.000-07:002011-05-27T11:19:15.865-07:00Happy, FINALLY!!It has only taken almost 9 months but we listened and waited patiently for God and He delievered and Travis and I couldn't be more happy!!<br /><br />Wow I just realized that I could have had a baby in that amount of time!! During my drought of full-time employment I got to spend some much needed boy time with my two beautiful children!! I got to soak up attention from them and dole out much needed attention to them!! I still worked, don't get me wrong, I subbed around the school district as well as teaching at TCC then just a week ago I started working at the <a href="http://www.firstmethodistmansfield.org/">Church</a>!! I am now the Group Life Coordinator and I am so excited!! This is the job of a lifetime!! Without my Sunday School class (my small group) Travis and I would have been lost throughout this jobloss adventure! They were rock and kept us grounded and during the holiday season, in our house!! Like is said God answers prayers! <br /><br />Travis too changed employment he is now a <a href="http://www.mouser.com/">Sales Manager </a>and loving it! He actually came home from work and said I had to repremand an employee today, with a smile on his face!! WHAT!?! Who gets excited about things like that???<br /><br />Of course we are still having to pay the lease on his old office until someone rents it, that is the big elephant in the room, but God is still providing... We are slowly paying of the debt we were getting in to. Piece by piece we are digging out!!<br /><br />And best of all, I get to be a semi-stay at home mom!! WHAT?!?! Never in a million years would I think I would be excited but my boys are older and self sufficient and we are going to <a href="http://www.hfalls.com/">Hawaiian Falls </a>and the pool and doing fun stuff!! It has already been so much fun getting to pick them up from school almost everyday and just seeing them so much! I didn't realize how much I was missing!<br /><br />God is Big Enough!!Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-9172668141649677152011-01-07T15:04:00.000-08:002011-01-07T15:11:30.466-08:00Really?!?I hate it when you are honest and then it comes back to bite you in the butt! So I have to report twice month to the unemployment office about working, how I am doing with applying for jobs, if I was able to. Well the weeks it asked about this last time were December 19 - January 1 my kids were out for Christmas. One of the questions were you able to work and I said no, childcare. (Which was an option and obviously wasn't a lie). <br /><br />Well I get a message from them saying I need to call in order for my unemployment to process. I call. The woman says you checked no, why. I said the way the question was worded it there was no, I would have found childcare, if offered a job. So she changed it and it was processed. Money deposited.<br /><br />Today we get a letter in the mail that says the claim has now been denied due to saying I didn't have childcare, not by the unemployment agency buy by my old employer and now that we have already received the money (and spent on bills) we have to pay them back! Can someone please tell me where we are going to come up with $815 to pay them back? <br /><br />Plus the $250 I am going to pay to get just one of my 3 prescriptions tonight on top of the $75.80 it cost me just to go to the dr today???<br /><br />Gosh I hope this job I interviewed for this week is the answer to our prayers!Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-24339032738921234912010-12-04T19:00:00.001-08:002010-12-04T19:00:14.259-08:00Thanksgiving 2010<object name="Slideshow" id="Slideshow" width="425" height="425" align="middle" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://www.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshow/Slideshow.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fshare%2Fexternal_slideshow_config%3Fsid%3D2AcNGTZy3ZMWGk" /><param 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/ Fort Worth – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of DFW</a>Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19094851.post-63539543918444667672010-09-27T10:08:00.001-07:002010-09-27T10:08:39.512-07:00Las Vegas 2010<object name="Slideshow" id="Slideshow" width="425" height="425" align="middle" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://www.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshow/Slideshow.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fshare%2Fexternal_slideshow_config%3Fsid%3D2AcNGTZy3ZMWFo" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed id="Slideshow" width="425" height="425" name="Slideshow" align="middle" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 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Emotionally anyway. Not only did I come face first with the reality that I don't have a job, we are broke, insurance ends next week, and there is absolutely NOTHING we can do about it. <br /><br />Yesterday I get a call that knocked me even further into my despair. It was the lovely folks at the unemployment office. See I thought I had done the right thing by filing as soon as I got home on the 1st. Well little did I know that on that afternoon as I was being fired and bullied to sign something, I was being bullied to sign a severence!! YEP! $8,000 (which we got in the mail) and after the government took out $3,000 in taxes that barely covered our mortgage are already overdue bills for this month. <br /><br />See silly me thought the $8,000 my A$$ hole of an old boss was talking about as he kicked me out the door on the 1st was the bonus I had worked so hard for to get that property up to 97%. Oh but silly me I was wrong...<br /><br />So now here we are at the end of the month. BROKE and BROKEN! <br /><br />As if our lives couldn't get any worse, I mean how much harder can it get on us? I can only climb the hill so long before I fall and just start rolling! I am ready to be at the top and start the climb down the other side. It just feels like we haven't been able to be on our feet in a really long time.Adriannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382797460826457482noreply@blogger.com0