The Life I Chose to live

So today I bought a pallet for my business. And wow to my amazement there were some things I have been wanting for home.. so I took them. I got myself a new laptop ( which I am using now), and a gaming chair (but it's now my office chair. And I didn't pay an arm and a leg for it either. $350 for the whole pallet. That included 10 body pillowes, a case of baby wipes, bed wetting pads, 6 cases of candles, a bedding set, 2 large containers of gain laundry detergent, 3 brooms and dust pans, and a shop broom. Not bad, not bad at all. In fact it's amazing. I took what I wanted for the house and still have plenty to sell to make my money back.. plus some. Yay me! I love working in resale.

     Life has been really good lately. The kids are finding a rhythm in the new house schedule and my household is back to it's thriving self... despite the many changes that have been made. We have been preparing for Summer. We started a garden, put up a trampoline, got all of the kids new bikes, and even bought a water slide and sprinkler. This is going to be a good summer for the kids.     As for Brandi and I??? Well we are happy to say that little Miss Jordyn is now on a pretty regular sleep schedule. (Pretty damn good for only being a month old.) She now only wakes up once a night for feeding and then she's right back to sleep until around 8 AM. This means better sleep for Brandi and I... which I greatly appreciate. Especially because I go back to work part time next week and Brandi will be returning to work in just a couple of weeks.     Other than that, well life has still been pretty great. Brandi bought a damn good truck about a week ago....

    I don't know about the rest of you, but I was always taught that a spouse was supposed to be your biggest supporter. That one person you can turn to when you've had a bad day. The person to lift your spirits when you are at your low points. Your other half.    Now why in the hell is it so hard for people to be that for someone else? Everyone is so caught up in me me me that they forget to think about others. They forget that others have feelings too. And in all actuality it seems like they don't care. They don't care when they see someone else hurting. They don't care when someone else is stressed to the max. They don't care about anyone but themselves.     I hate this world we live in today. I hate it with a passion. What the hell ever happened to compassion for others? What happened to true love, unconditional love, or just common courtesy? I mean I understand self love just as much as the next person... but that doesn't mean that we can just forget a...

     So as you all know, I am back to my dieting. Well congrats to me..  I lost another 2 pounds this week! Yay me! But there have been other changes made that are making me feel amazing. Now that Baby Jordyn has made her way into the world... It's time to resume therapy and physical therapy. And just in the nick of time too. My grandmother has decide that after nearly 13 years... she is coming to visit me.      I'm going to need my therapist for that one. My grandmother has never really been the supportive type. In fact she is the definition of pushy. Most of what comes out of her mouth is demanding and criticism. I already know she is going to have plenty to say about my house and living situation because that's just who she is. I feel like I could complete every task she has ever given me and I still wouldn't be who she wants me to be. I know she has my best interest at heart but damn.. give a girl a break. It's not enough that I'm raising 6 kids an...

    Okay, so we all know having a newborn is quite difficult. They keep you up all night and all day, and well quite frankly they are the cutest, cuddliest, most loving balls of joy/pain on the face of the earth. But despite all of that Brandi and I are finding normalcy in all the chaos.     We alternate nights so that we both get sleep. We alternate feeding and changing. And we work together to get Jordyn on somewhat of a sleep schedule. We have been parenting very well together. So both of us have had time here and there to work on ourselves as well.      I will be the first to admit that I gained weight during Brandi's pregnancy. What could I do? She refused to eat unless I ate and it's not like I was just going to let her be hungry all the time. So I got up to 173. But I'm glad to say that I have dropped a few pounds. I'm now at 166.      Yay me right?  Absolutely! I know that I won't get back down to my normal weight any time s...