One last Christmas present!

This is the Golf Cart that Ron's Dad got for Anderson. He also got a 4 wheeler for Christmas, and he got a Jeep last year. This kid is only 2 1/2 and already needs a parking garage. hahah

This was waiting on us when we got home from Perryton. Anderson was so excited when we got it all put together. My dad always tells Anderson that he has to charge it to give it some "juice" so Anderson thought he actually had to put JUICE in it to make it run. hahha

...dont you have a life at all?

I was in Perryton for Christmas last week and a bunch of my little brothers friends were out at Rodeo Nights, so Ron and I took him out there and went in to have a drink when I ran into a person I went to HS with. I would have, at one time called him a good friend but I see now that life has taken us on two completely different paths.
I stood there talking to my old friend, it was fun at first then it got a little uncomfortable for me. Here's why.

I live in Shawnee OK which is about 30 miles from OKC. When I was talking with my hs pal, I told him we lived close to the city and he pointed out we should go out one night. I said ya that would be fun. This is where the roads separates us. lol. I was thinking "go out" dinner, catch up maybe a couple drinks after. My friend however started naming off just damn near every bar in OKC asking me if I had been here or there or whatever, and I was like nope never been there.. or I have heard of that place...... for a minute I was back peddling and about to make excuses then I stopped when he said. Damn Mindee don't you have a life.

Don't you have a life??

I just laughed and thought my how the twists and turns of life changes us all, and thank God they do. I do have a life. I don't go party all weekend every weekend, that isn't MY life. My life includes a very active, light hearted 2 1/2 year old and a wonderful husband. My weekends are spent with them! I center everything that I do, around them, and you know what... It works for me. That is just who I am. It doesn't make me right or wrong.. Just different. Yet the same.
When I go to the lake, I pack an ice chest of Capri sun, fruit roll-ups, ham and cheese sandwiches and diet coke (every now and then a 12 pack of Coors) When they go to the lake they pack a change of clothes and 2 or 3 cases of beer (liquid diet). We do the same things, we just do them different.
I am a wife, and mother first and foremost. THAT is my life. I clean and cook and get dirty, and I love every single minute of it. Being parents to our little Anderson is by far the best gift that I have been given we have been given and I know that I am right where I need to be, and that is a good feeling for a person to have.

I hope that all of my friends are doing well and in what ever they are doing they are enjoying it. Whats the point in being alive if you aren't living? Every day is a new day and an adventure for us in this crazy thing we call LIFE!!

To soon to breathe?

We have rented our house now 3 different times and I guess the old saying third times a charm is true, we hope. The first time was to a family members brother who's job cut his pay and he ended up not being able to afford it. Then we got sweet family who was moving here from Texas, they were going to put their daughter into a private school there in Durant. They came and looked at it, filled out the renters application, we approved them. I called and they were about to mail the deposit check when the school called and they found out their daughter didn't get accepted into the private school. Strike two. So we put an add in the paper and have a couple moving in now, we have the deposit in hand. (took two times to learn that you don't hold a property for some one you don't know unless you have a deposit) We are going this weekend to have them sign the contract, and they are due to move in on the 27th. I am not going to count my chickens before they hatch, until they are in and have mailed a month of rent... I am not going to get all happy and think that its finally taken care of. UGH. There are some GREAT benefits of being a landlord, but there are some HUGE draw backs as well.

I am getting to have a sleep over with a friend of mine that I have known FOREVER. Sunnye and I were best buds through high school, and we have managed to stick together! She is in OKC for several days doing IVF and I am so excited to have the opportunity to be a small part of this, and get to see what we are praying is a very successful journey to my friend becoming a mother. She has a very special place in my heart, I am excited to be able to spend an evening with her.

denial

The results are in and while I am still a little shocked by the situation as a whole, the outcome is the best that it could have been, I guess. I have MILD fatty liver disease. Due to my sugars being high for to long, my liver has began to store fat instead of breaking it down and filtering it.

Diet and exercise, how often do you hear that. I am over weight and could stand to loose a few pounds, but come on I'm not just out right FAT. I am mad. Ok. There I said it, I am mad that I am diabetic, and now I am pissed about this liver crap. I am 27 years old. I have (for the most part) lived a pretty healthy life. I just don't know why certain people have certain things happened to them in their life. I know that hind sight is 20/20 and 5 years from now there might be something very important come out of all of this, but for now I want to be able to drink regular Dr. Pepper if I want to, and eat all the ice cream and snow cones in the summer that I want to.
On the other hand.
I WANT to be around to see my son get married and have kids, I WANT to be around to grow old with my husband and enjoy the retirement we are working so hard for now. I WANT to be on this earth for a long long time, so, I will make these changes. I am going to loose some weight, not because I think I need to, but because I have to. I have to many wonderful blessings in my life to sit here and be stubborn and let one more day pass living this unhealthy life style.

Things happen for a reason, this small incident in my life has happened for a reason, God brought me to it, and He is seeing my through it. From here on out I will not be in denial. I will face my health issues and get them under control even if that means being different. I joke with Ron that I am live living with at 70 year old. Really my grandma and I take like 3 of the same medication. BLAH. So, with all that said.
Hello, My name is Mindee ... I am a diabetic.