When I am President...

I will outlaw intermissions during the Disney Princesses on Ice shows...

A Derek Moment...

Derek, at the ENT specialist, for a painful popping in his ear:

Doctor: "How is your hearing?"

Derek: "Huh?"

Kelly: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Well Crap

Seems I'm on a roll today. It has occured to me that this is not a fine day to be me. Something clicked in my head this morning when I woke up and decided for me that this would be a crappy day. Because, you know, we don't actually CHOOSE to be in bad moods, the thought alone is just ridiculous(Yes, I'm being extremely sarcastic).

So, I already talked about the old lady in the tahoe, but I was in a bitchy mood waaaaay before that. I went off on Derek early this morning. It didn't turn into an arguement or something, it just went along the lines of "what's the matter?", "I'm just having a bad day, don't talk to me". I got better, but then little bitchy perched right back on my shoulder and planted herself there firmly. I got frustrated with a work issue, and ended up being very ugly to one of my coworkers. It was totally uncalled for, and I apologized, but of course I still feel shitty about it. I didn't want to be in a bad mood, and I surely didn't want to act like a 2 year old at work. I have since kicked little bitchy off of my shoulder and invited little sweetie to stay with me the rest of the day.

Oh, and coworker, if you ever read this, again, I am so, so, so sorry. You are a dear and did not deserve for me to be bitchy to you. Please forgive me. Are we still friends? :)

Old Lady in a Tahoe...

Can you tell this is not going to be a very pleasant post? Oh, and I might be in a bit of a bad mood anyway, why, I don't know, and it's not important. I just am.

Backstory - my office is located in an area of town that is ridiculously crowded, hence parking is hard to find. I had parked at the end of the street, conveniently located mere steps away from the side entrance to where I work. I like to park here, nevermind the fact that it's one of a very few places we can park without certain people at work throwing fits, it's the last parking place, therefore I know I almost always going to be able to leave with ease (I say almost, because I have a tendency to run into parked vehicles, which is why I prefer to park where the chances of me doing so are cut in half).

So I got to work early and got the sweet parking space. Of course, something comes up, and I had to run an errand on my morning break (plus, it's two hour parking and the meter maid is always out there waiting...)so I leave my sweet space and do my errand. Come back and there is an old lady in a Tahoe pulling up in my space. Dammit. And the damn thing is too big for her to even be in there, her rear end is hanging out in the alley. So I watch her slowly make her way to the bank behind my building. So I decide to make the block a few times to give her time to be in and out and get my space back. Three times around the block, the woman is STILL IN THE BANK, filling out crap that I think could have been done before she even left her house, which is so what I do before I go to the bank. Oh, and something else - I always use the DRIVE THROUGH. I understand that sometimes you have requests or questions that you would rather ask the teller in person, but I also understand that pretty much all of the tasks done at a bank can be done in the drive through. So after turning blood red and thinking some pretty bad thoughts on this obviously inconsiderate woman, I give up and park farther away, in a space that is not too bad, but it's not my sweet space, and it makes me sad.

As I get out of my car and make my way to the side door, guess who's finally getting in her giant automobile and getting out of my space?

Grrrrr.

Momma's got a brand new bag!

Twenty eight years and two days ago, a beautiful princess was born. Her mother and father rejoiced in the joy that came with bringing such a flawless, wonderful human being in the world. All the world sang with happiness that such a lovely creature was among them. She would never have to want for anything, never have to lift a finger, never have to work, she was to spend all her days perched upon a cloud with hundreds of faithful servants catering to her every need.

Oh, and in a little hospital in a small town in Mississippi, I was born too. :)

Yes, my birthday has once again come and gone, and I must say it was a rather nice birthday. It started off great. Derek and Neely both presented me with cards - Neely's was covered in crayon markings - then I was serenaded with "Happy Birthday to you" by my favorite little singer, then off to work. I was spoiled by my coworkers who had brought food to celebrate my special day. I was given really nice gifts at work, and then left at lunch to enjoy the rest of my day at home.

I got phone calls from friends and family, and it was so nice talking to all of them.

I have to say out of all of my presents, my most favorite is my new purse. It is awesome. I have been in much need of a new purse, my current one was literally falling to pieces, lol. My mom gave me a gift card, so I decided to go out and see if I could find a purse at the store from which the gift card came. Amid all the boring black and brown leather purses, I came across this purple leather one and immediately fell in love with it! So it came home with me and we are getting along very well together.

REALLY REALLY WONDERFUL NEWS ALERT!!!

Derek got a promotion! How cool is that! He was at his new job for one month and 6 days and he gets offered a sales job! Unbelievable! His title is Rehab Technology Specialist, and he will sell custom made wheelchairs. He has a lot to learn, but I think he will do just wonderful and make his bosses very proud. We have no one to thank but God for blessing us once again!

Happy days are here again...

Whew! Things have changed in the D Household since I last updated. I am happy to report that my husband has found love in his new job. As of May 14, my husband has been at a wonderful new job in the home health equipment business. It is something he has done before back in high school and college and always enjoyed it. The way the job came about is nothing less than a miracle and we owe it all to the Lord because none of it would have been possible if not for our faith in him. So, for the first time since Neely was 6 weeks old, my husband is no longer in the farming business. I got a good laugh at myself the first time it rained since he started the new job because I caught myself thinking about Derek not having to work the next day because of the rain, lol. I can't begin to explain how wonderful this change is for us. For the first time in months I have been cooking meals at normal dinnertime hours. We are eating dinner together as a family again, something that is easily taken for granted. But not us, never again.

In a way, I am glad we had to go through this tough time, because it made us see just how valuable family is and how we weren't taking advantage of all the opportunities we had to spend quality family time together, but now we have learned our lesson and have become that much closer as a family. Derek and I also suffered because of what his job was doing to him. We became nothing more than people who lived in the same house who shared a child. We would spend our evenings in seperate rooms, and every once in a while give a good night or good bye kiss. Now, we are back to the loving couple we were for so many years. We know that no matter what comes our way, we will never let our marriage and family life lose it's quality. We are stronger than ever now, and we will only get stronger.

So, now that I have shared our happy news with you, I will also share some recent pictures. God bless you all!

Neely and Derek at the zoo, early May


Most recent pic of us, mid April


At the March of Dimes WalkAmerica, May 12th


Our team, the Katiebugs

Back! With pics!!

Yes, it has taken me yet another three weeks to post again, I apologize. I am very bad about starting something and then losing interest, but I force myself to TRY to keep this blog updated as often as I can. Even though at the time I am typing this, I haven't gone public with the blog, but one day someone will be reading this, and think, "why did she go so long between posts?" No, probably not. Oh well, I guess I just wanted to think highly of myself for a moment. Okay, moment is over.

Since my last post, we have been quite busy. Easter weekend came and I'm pretty sure it is still going on, at least that is what the plate full of Easter candy sitting above my microwave is telling me, it's sole purpose now is to encourage (read: bribe) Neely to be on her best behavior, thus being rewarded when I deem she is worthy. It's been working pretty darn good, I may say. And you will be very proud of me to know that I have not once sampled from it. I have no idea how, but I'm proud of myself anyway.

So I got my first taste of what it is like having a child in school. Granted, she's in preschool, but preschools still have field trips, and this was Neely's first! On Good Friday, Neely's school took her class to Triple N Ranch for a egg hunt, as well as to visit and play with the animals on the ranch. I was off that day for the holiday, so I decided to chaperone. I couldn't miss out on her first field trip. She had a really good time and was such a good girl the entire time! I know that it was because she was around her teachers and knew she better behave (I HAVE to learn their trick). I was getting so many compliments on how cute and pretty she is. Then we came home and I begged her to nap and she laughed at me. Saturday was another egg hunt. It was our church's egg hunt and it was a lot of fun. I think by the time this egg hunt was over, the weekend took it's toll on her, and my girl went down for a nap like a champ! I got over three hours to do whatever I wanted! (FTR, it was spent mostly on the couch eating ice cream, but I did do a little laundry). Easter Sunday was nice. After church we went to my parents' house and spent the afternoon with my family.

Derek is still working long days (nights), but we have seen a light at the end of our tunnel. He has been talking to someone he knows who runs a home health equipment company, and it seems like a matter of when he will start, not so much of if anymore. So we are praying that we get the phone call soon.

Derek actually had two saturdays off recently. Not in a row, of course, but still, we take them when we can get them.

Okay, I think that is it for now. See you in a month!