With the New Year fastly approaching I am gonna list 30 things I want to change and hope to happen in 2011. Steve always tells me that the power of positive thinking makes positive things happen. I am starting to finally see (well admit) that he might be right. He is always happy, smiling, and positive dispite a pretty rough childhood and life. He says he knew if he kept going and stayed positive his life would change and he would find happiness ~ He said on Jan 10 2008 (our first date) he finally got his reward and found true happiness when he found me ~ Thank You God for bringing me Steve.
Below I listed 30 things I want to happen in 2011 ~ I encourage you to do the same ~ Write the list read it often and stay positive :)
1.Get Pregnant *****
2.Find a good job
3. Lose 40lbs
4. Smile and Laugh more
5. Stop being a negative nelly
6. get my diabetes under control
7.Get back to church everyweek like I used to
8.Spend more time with my Gramothers
9. Watch my tongue and how I talk to people
10.Blog at least 2 times a week
11. Go on vacation
12.Get a family photo done
13.Start grief counseling
14.go to an Eagles football game
15.Pay off one large debt
16.get a bigger apartment
17.Go to the gym 3xs a week
18.Get on a budget
19.Plan our meals weekly
20.ROADTRIP with my girls
21.spend alone time with each of my brothers
22.have a slumber party with tracy and lydia
23.go to a good concert
24.Mom and I have our weekend together
25.Do the frog garden with Sabrina ********
26.get Steve a newer car
27.Get rid of clutter
28.paint the bathroom
29.clean out the front room
30.Put things in Gods hands and try and stop worrying so much
Thursday, December 30, 2010
30 things I want
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
What you might not know
With xmas fastly approaching, our first xmas without Kenny I can't even tell you how depressing and sad it is. Mom has no tree, not one decoration put up.....nothing. I know if it wasn't for the kids her and Justin would crawl into a ball and stay there for two days straight. Kenny loved xmas and loved making all of us happy. He loved the cartoon version of "The Grinch that stole Christmas" which is ironic because he was nothing at all like the Grinch. He was more like the president of whooville lol lol. He liked the Grinch's dog the most actually. He laughed his ass off at that damn dog everytime. We watched it together after we got home from Gram's on xmas eve. All of us in our new jammies, that Mom got us. Then we would all go to bed and xmas morning was time for presents and Chef Kenny's breakfast FEAST!!!!! As we would open presents Kenny would sit in the chair and just SMILE, he loved watching the kids and Justin open gifts. He would work TONS of OT just to make sure we all had a wonderful christmas. (mom did too of course) Then it was breakfast time. I don't know how many people know our family traditions but Kenny and Mom would make us a HUGE breakfast every Christmas Morning. It started YEARS ago when we would have to leave early in the afternoon on christmas day to go to my Dad's house. We loved it so much we continued to do it on into our adulthood. Kenny would start breakfast prep days in advance making bacon, sausage ~ shopping for chocolate milk, grape juice, crossiants, mom made cheesy potatoes it was a feast of things we did not indulge in except for xmas day. Mom would make eggs with cheese and Kenny the bacon and sausage, most of us made crossiant sandwiches and it was so much fun. All of us together eating and laughing. Kenny and Mom always ate last, he would sit back and watch us and smile. I remember last year we did a " HIP HIP HORRAY FOR HIM" boy am I glad we did that. Last year was our last "REAL" family breakfast. It will never be the same again without him. Shane volunteered to take over and do the cooking, which is great but without our Chef its gonna be very painful, ODD, and sad.
I still have alot of trouble accepting he is gone. I still see his face everynight when I try to go to sleep, I still miss him and his corny jokes. You really don't realize how important or involved someone is in your life until they are gone. I always loved Kenny but I never appreciated him and or all he did for me and my family until now. He loved all of us so much, we really were his whole life and all he wanted was to much us happy. Kenny would want us to keep the breakfast going, to keep smiling and enjoying Christmas. He would not want us sad and miserable without him, but I think this christmas its gonna be hard to not be. I know he will be with us and we will watch The Grinch and The Christmas Story and raise a glass of chocolate milk in his honor.
We miss you and love you Kenny and always will ~ Merry Christmas!!!!
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Broken by Lifehouse Lyrics
Sometimes I feel like this song :*(
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New Plan
I am going test and monitor for my ovulation, I am going to go back to the gym 3xs a week, go back on weight watchers, plan to lose 20lbs or more by Valentine's Day , montior my blood sugars, Start clomid in Feb or March, get my butt back to church, enjoy being married and when its time for us to have a baby we will. It is all is God's hands and I have to trust in him.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Hopeful
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
ppp 005
Sabrina doing thee entire dance to Thriller, she learned it from watching the video over and over. She is amazing
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Trying not 2
I wish I could be happy and positive everyday, but I just can't. I noticed since we losted Kenny I have been getting more and more depressed as the days go by. I told Steve the only day I felt " GREAT" in years was the day we got married. I need to try and get back in the habit of going to church and worshipping my lord and being with my fellow church members, they lift me up and make me feel so much better. Yet Sundays mornings I just lay in bed (wide awake mind you) staring at the ceiling but I don't get dressed and go. I decided I am going to make goals for myself 2 per week that I must accomplish, and then 1 monthly goal, maybe this will help keep me going. I need some energy and I need to find a good Fun exciting job soon.
Maybe if Mom feels like it we might go see my new cousin tonight, maybe getting some baby lovin will rub off on me <3
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Monday, December 6, 2010
A Poem for The Women In Waiting
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
These are a few of my favorite things
Stars
My Godson Ty
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Just how my life goes
I have a very close friend that suffered through this her whole adult life until it was finally known that having a baby of her own was not going to happen. She is the sweetest, most wonderful giving loving, woman I know, yet she is still hurting inside. I know she is still devastated to the core, but still lives her life and smiles everyday! I hope I don't have to go through that, because I am not as strong as her and I could not do it. I pray God gives her peace in her heart and gives me a baby OR twins would be nice, they she can come live with me for a month and take care of the babies with me. I could share them with her.......That would be amazing :) I am gonna do what I need to do to get this 30lbs off, exercise and get my health on track and pray God sends us a bundle of joy or our very own <3
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Randy Travis - If I Didn't Have You (Video)
Steven this song is so true
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Alan Jackson-Sissy's Song
Yesterday I was thinking about you all day.......I was thinking about this song and I thought I should call WYRK and request it for you. Not more then 10mins later as I was driving to Gram's house someone else called the radio station and asked for this song and had it dedicated to there mom who lost her sister a few years ago. Yep you were with me yesterday I knew it :)
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The Best Day of My LIFE
I can't believe I am Steve's wife, he is truly without a doubt my soulmate. No one else could ever be with him because God made him for me. He knows that and so do I, and vice versa there is no one else for me. I have no doubts that God brought us together and that he will keep us together for the rest of our lives. We are gonna grow old together and watch our children and grandchildren grow up and have a happy life :) I can't begin to say how much I appreciate my mother's help and support over the past year with this wedding planning. Thank you to our bridal party for all your love and help and for making our day so much FUN :) Thanks to my dad for his contributions and support. Thank you to everyone mostly Steve for making my dreams come true and for loving me so sincerely :) I will love you forever
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Two Teardrops
No more tears of pain and loneliness ~ Steve has made sure of that <3
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
" I still can't believe this"
Its been almost a month since I was woken up out of bed to the sounds of my baby brother hysterically crying and screaming that his father wason the floor and not breathing. I will NEVER forget the terror that ran through my body as I leaped out of bed. I don't even remember touching the stairs I must have flown down them, Steve said I was screaming, NO, NO, NO at the top of my lungs as I ran. As I was trying to comprehend what the hell was happening. I got to the kitchen and I saw his feet coming from out of the bathroom I honestly don't know how I kept myself from passing out right there on the floor next to him. I just kept screaming "Kenny, Kenny, get up O my god get up" I grabbed his hand to check for a pulse but did not find one, I checked his neck for a pulse but did not find one, I grabbed his upper body and was shaking him just praying for his eyes to open but they did not. Justin and I tried CPR but he did not move. The man I loved for 25 years was gone and there was not a damn thing I could do about it. Watching my brother and mother sob and scream in horror was more then I could bare. It was the worst thing I have ever been through in my life. The paramedics got there and told my Mom that he was gone and I fell to my knees and sobbed.
I screamed to you Lord soooo loudly, "Please don't do this", Didn't you hear me Lord?, Didn't you hear me? Why us, Why him? He never hurt a soul, all he ever wanted to do was make people laugh. Why did you take him from us?? Why did we have to find him on the bathroom floor? Is that fair Lord, NO its not!!!!! I trust in you and I have faith that you have a plan but this was a wrong plan for Kenny, Lord. I need him ~ Justin needs him ~ My Mom needs him ~ The kids need there Ja Ja.........Our family needs him. Now two parts of our puzzle are missing, Debbie and Kenny ~ its just not right. Our whole world has been turned upside down in a blink of an eye and to be honest with you I feel like its all a horrible nightmare that I'm waiting to wake up from. I keep thinking he is just gonna walk outta the TV room and say " O' hi Stac, how's it going" but he's not. I'm never going to hear his voice again, no more corny jokes, no more funny birthday cards that he picked out for me, no more wonderful family christmas breakfasts, no more BLTS (the best in the world), no more laughter or smiles. This is just not right. My Mom misses her man so much ~ I can't bare to see her struggle without him. He loved her so completely and so deeply! This has been the worst 3 weeks of my life. Living here knowing what happened and knowing he is never coming back, its unbearable. I have been praying for strength and trying to tell myself he is in heaven and happy......but to be honest with you I don't care I want him HERE with us where he is SUPPOSE to be. WTF I'm sooooo angry right now, I don't know what to do.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have To be
This song is dedicated to Kenny ~ You walked into our lives 25 yrs ago and loved us as if we were your own children. Never pushing us just being there and loving us. You loved me as if I was your daughter and treated me that way, You were always there for me when I needed you. I wish you could be there when I marry Steve on the happiest day of my life. I know this is what you wanted for me to find someone and be happy. I miss you and think about you everyday. It is so werid without you ~ Christmas is going to be awful without you ~ I hope you can see us from heaven and can feel how much we miss you and Love you. I will be your precious forever. Thank you for being the dad you did not have to be.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Blog excert about Kenny 8/2008
I found this excert from a blog I posted on myspace in August of 2008 ~ I wanted to share it
" This is going to be a busy week Kenny's b-day party is next weekend so Mom and I have alot to do, but he is worth it. He is a good man, with a good heart, I could not have asked God for a better man as my step dad, I'm 32yrs old, not his daughter and he still to this day takes care of me. He loves me and my brothers, he is a great Ja-Ja the kids just adore him, and he loves My Mother so we want to give him a party and make him feel special and let him see we love and appreciate him. The boys, Mom and I are all pitching in to do this for him. Mom and I will be setting up and decorating Friday night and getting most of the food ready, Shane & Shawn will be doing the music and booze so we got it all covered I just want everything to go well and for us all to have fun. He is excited that his sisters are all going to be there and some of friends from back in the day so it should be a good time. "
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Email from MaryEllen (loved it and wanted to share)
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Happy Birthday Debbie
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Friday, June 4, 2010
For Debbie
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Broken Chain
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When Tomorrow Starts without Me
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