WEBSTER KNOWS BEST!

For all who read my last post, it was brought to my attention that I need to check my spelling before I post. I promise as I was typing that post I got to the word embezzlement and thought "Ok, not sure how to spell this word, but I will spell check at the end and get the correct spelling!" Well, that didn't happen and I posted the blog with the worst spelling of embezzlement that was not even close. My brother-in-law made fun of me because I am supposed to be a teacher and obviously can't spell!! No excuses here.....I hate spelling, but I always check the spelling of words if I am unsure. Even if I am posting a status on facebook, I have to make sure I've spelled my words correctly!! There is nothing worse than publishing a status update or even a blog post (hehehe) and misspelling words...Spell check is my friend!!

Well, Ross and I are at my Mom's house with my sister and her gang. We are having a blast. Chrisanna and I ran this morning and I did pretty good!! I ran most of the 30 min., but was completely exhausted when we were finished. But man it's amazing how good you feel after you exercise!! I had to work extra hard today and work off the fish we ate at Doc's and the birthday cake and ice cream we had afterwards!! I have taken many great pics of our time together.....


until next time,
Averie

now time to spell check....:O)

A Change Will Do You Good

I was going through some old photos and came across pictures of Adam and I over the past three years. It is remarkable to think about how our lives have changed in 3 1/2 years. As I look back over these past few years I realize how blessed we are. When we met in 2006, I never would have thought I would get married a year later and have a baby before I was 30... It's weird to me but these last few years seem like a decade.....


2007

2008

1. Married Nov.4, 2006


2. Got a job with a so called non-profit organization, and later found out my boss was a molester and crook....(he is in prison now!) Long story.....But let's just say I am naive and gullable if anybody tells me they are a christian preacher..


3. Went back to school


4. My first teaching job in Pine Bluff...(SCAREY!!)


5. Second teaching job at a Charter school close to our home....(Naive again....Principal is now being investigated for embezzlement.....He told me he was a preacher too, but I was always suspicious of his WEIRD beliefs)


6. Ended my job at the charter school


7. Ross arrives

WOW...that does now seem like a lot of happenings, but it seems like years too me!! I guess through out our lives we experience so much, but never sit down and recall how we got to this point. We are normally so busy we don't even realize what special memories have passed us by that we will never remember...Because WE ARE TOO BUSY!! .....I say all of this because I have been really convicted lately. On Sunday, I always promise God "This week I am going to study my Bible and do my devotion every day!" and then when the week starts, I am too busy and forget my promise....Wow, how easy it is for me to sit down and type a new blog post but I can't sit down and read God's Word!! I'm feeling guilty right now.....I don't know if anyone who reads this has the same problem but know that most people including me always have the same excuse, I didn't have time!! Well, I am going to make time for the one person who gave his son, Jesus, to be brutally beaten and crucified for ME....It is so hard to imagine that He was thinking of me when he was being nailed to that cross, in pain and suffering for my selfish sins!! Isn't it AMAZING....

This post started as something totally different, but my mind was wondering!! I prayed that God would convict my heart to remind me to study my Bible...and I guess he is convicting me through this post....

For those of you who love Francine Rivers, they are making a movie based on Redeeming Love, and I can't wait!!

Last night I put Ross to bed and caught him smiling and laughing at me as I was trying to go to sleep. I picked him up and Adam and I put him between us in the bed and played with him until he got tired... I took the picture below and believe it is my favorite picture .......It is so sweet to see how Ross looks at his Daddy and just smiles!! If I am ever having a bad day or am really tired in the early mornings, his little smile makes my day so much better!!

until next time,
Averie

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Bucket List

Ross at 11 weeks....I believe he is growing everyday!

I've been thinking about my bucket list and have come up with a few things that I hope to do before I die....Since my last post, I have seen so many people on TV talking about thier own bucket list. I guess everybody has a bucket list even if they don't sit down and actually write it out. As I think about things I want to do on my bucket list I have to be honest with myself and realize that some things are just not going to happen like: having a vacation home in Hawaii, inventing something and making millions, and to have dinner with Paula Deen!! So as I get back to reality I begin my Bucket List:

In no paticular order.........

1. Most important: Win many people to the Lord!!




2. Be a great CHRISTIAN mother and wife




3. Vacation to Hawaii




4. Vacation to Australia




5. Building my dream home




6. Go on a mission trip (anywhere)

MORE TO COME.............

Remember my post about Angel Food Cake and how I was addicted?? Well as you see below I am in Heaven, Strawberry Heaven!!
Ross and I this morning! I realized I don't have many pictures of us together so here is my best attempt!!

until next time,

Averie

Couch Potato

Well, I'm worn out! I decided to start couch to 5k this week, and on top of that I have been helping Adam put in levee gates. For those of you who don't know what that is, let's just say it's a lot of shoveling in the hot sun! Atleast I got a partial tan while working... and some definite arm muscles! I have posted the weekly schedule for couch to 5k below if you are interested in starting this adventure with me!..



You are to complete the running program three times a week, with a break between each day.


Week 1
-Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.


Week 2
Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.


Week 3
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following:
Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

Week 4
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 2-1/2 minutes)
Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)

Week 5
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)


Week6
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)


Week 7
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes).


Week 8
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes).


Week 9
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes).

http://www.c25k.com/

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

My motivation....


I am so excited about this couch to 5k experience. Mostly I am excited because I know the pounds start falling off when you are running. Chrisanna, my sister, has been running for years and I always get advice from her. The other day I told her it was my first day to start Couch to 5k and she told me to tell her how it went. Well, I told her it went great but needed new tennis shoes because the ones I have felt like I have 5lbs weights on my feet.. Her repy, " As you lose weight it gets easier. I can always tell if I've gained a few pounds because I am not as light." I began to think to myself, "The fatter you are the harder it is to run???" No wonder I'm so worn out after running!! So I can't use the excuse of my tennis shoes being to heavy! :O) I am really excited about running a 5k race sometime this summer ...This will be the first time in my life I have ever raced for anything....Guess when it happens I can mark it off my "bucket list." Speaking of "bucket list" I think we should all have one. I honestly don't have a list of things I want to do before I die but that is something to think about. I think I will come up with a list and post next time. This will be fun!!



Thank you Lord for this beautiful weather, and for this beautiful Earth we live on!! Happy Earth Day.....



until next time,

Averie

Sweet tooth

Well, since Ross was born I have been trying to get back into my old clothes. So I jumped back on the Weight Watcher band wagon. Believe me Weight Watchers works it's just hard trying to get back in the swing of things. While pregnant I would always eat a dessert after every meal. Well, old habits are hard to break! So I have found a replacement for all of those chocolate binges, AKA Angel Food Cake! I might be crazy but found that one slice of angel food cake is only two points....I am not sure how big the slice is supposed to be but I tell myself that the slice I cut is worth two points even though it probably qualifies as three slices! :O) So Adam asked "What's the deal with angel food cake?" I told him it's my guilt free weight watcher dessert...But did I tell you that I add strawberries and COOL WHIP for a GRAND TOTAL of 6 weight watcher points!! I have found that Cool whip is my replacement for ice cream...I can actually say I am addicted to strawberry shortcake!! I have to have one every day....I was worried that I was calculating the weight watcher points wrong and I was going to gain a bunch of weight but I keep losing so I'm gonna keep this dessert on the daily menu.....Guess it's better than a fat piece of chocolate cake!!

My new best friend..

Feel free to give me some weight watcher recipes....





Ross and I are getting pretty lonely these days. Farming is in full swing and Adam doesn't get home until 9:00 or 9:30 most nights. So it makes for a long day...My sister has been on me about starting to run so we can run a race together. I've never been a big runner, but I know there are major benefits such as losing this baby weight! I can stay on the elliptical all day long, but when I get on that treadmill and boost the speed up I feel like a dead weight! I am trying to add running to my work out a few minutes at a time so I can eventually build up my endurance. I guess if you run for so long you normally get over the breathy tired part and get into a rhythm. I don't know ...I'm just going to keep trying and my goal is to run a 5K in the near (late) future!!



PS...Any suggestions for good running music I can download??



until next time,



Averie

HERE'S YOUR SIGN!!

Ok! We got up this morning and Ross's tongue was white. When he ate he acted like it was really sore, so I knew that he must have thrush. I called the doctor and left a message with his nurse. When I hadn't heard from the nurse I called again and left another message. By this time, I was really starting to fume! I know most Mom's will be able to symphathize with me because you will learn that when you are freaking out about an issue with your child, the doctor's office seems to move in slow motion! Eventually they call you back, but by then you have had a nervous breakdown trying to figure out what you need to do because they haven't called.. So, four hours later...The nurse calls and tells me to get an over the counter medicine called Gentian Violet! She warns me that this medicine will stain everything it touches "purple!" Well I am thinking I will have to get Ross in some old clothes and wear gloves because I don't want to have purple hands and don't want him to ruin his clothes. Well, I thanked her for calling and saved her number in my phone ....hahah, I hope it is her cell phone number so now I have a direct line to her and don't have to wait! :O) Well, we venture to Wal-Mart and buy this miracle drug.

I will tell you that she said this medicine is what the docs go to first before prescribing anything...She said it says not to ingest but it is ok, b/c people have been using it for years!! So for future reference if your baby gets thrush you will know what meds to use!

We get home and we both changed into clothes we didn't mind ruining, I put on a glove and wrap us both up in an old towel! I swabbed his mouth and realized....OH MY GOSH....His mouth is purple! I mean REALLY PURPLE, and it won't wipe off...It's running down his chin and his neck, staining as it flows!!

This picture is priceless. Ross is thinking, "Seriously Mom! Do you know how ridiculous I look? The white tongue was so much better!"

I completely overlooked the fact that if this medicine will stain lanolium floor purple, it will really stain your face and mouth! HERE IS MY ARGUMENT....Why do they make this medicine bright purple?? How stupid to make a medicine this color when it is used orally!!! Couldn't it have been clear?? I'm just saying.......

Well, I got pictures so that I can embaress Ross when he gets older!!

Anyway, thought this was to priceless to post! We have been really busy around here. Adam and the guys are working hard to get the crop in. Mrs. Denise and I are keeping each other company on these long days! Maybe we can get a little rain so the guys can rest and Ross and I can see Adam.

For interested Mom's: to treat thrush

Gentian violet asked the pharmacy

swab inside of mouth twice a day for three days ONLY

Remember it stains everything, even your mouth! :O)

until next time,

Averie