This is my little family. :)

First, there's my husband, Eric.  We've been together for 8 years and married for 7.  He works a lot of hours so we don't get to spend a lot of time with him.  He is a stacker at a manufacturing company.  They make the food for big chain stores like Wal-Mart, etc. 

Then there is Chris.  He is 6 years old and will be going into the first grade this year.  Chris is as sweet as can be (to everyone except his brother ;) and even they have some sweet moments together) and is very laid-back.  He enjoys playing his leapster, watching movies, playing outside, Batman, Spiderman, Iron Man, and things like that.

And last but not least there is my little 4 year old firecracker ball of energy, Logan.  He's full of attitude but I have no doubt he'd do anything for those he cares about.  He's always sticking up for somebody :)  He never seems to stop moving.  He enjoys doing all of the same things as Chris.  

That's me, Jackie. 

I've been married to my husband Eric for 8 years and I'm a stay at home mom to my two sons, Chris and Logan.  You can learn more about them in the 'family' section of my blog.

Some random things about me? 

My birthday is June 21st.  I'm now in my late 20's.  I've lived in North Carolina my entire life.  I am terrified of spiders, bridges (especially over water), and pretty much any kind of "creepy crawly".  I'm one of the nicest, most loyal people you'll ever meet.  I'm super sensitive.  I'd like to think that I'm funny.  I give my relationships everything I have.  I haven't decided if that's a good thing or not, because I've been burned a lot because of it.  I'll randomly laugh at something that happened days or even weeks ago.  I'm a total bookworm.  My blog doesn't have a specific "theme".  I'll blog about anything and everything.  I love sweet tea, quiet nights at home, acting silly with friends and family, the color pink, taking pictures, junk food, nail polish, lip gloss, candles, reality tv, and lots of other things. 

I'm just me :)

Hope you decide to stick around and follow my journey through life!

Sunday Funnies

linking up with Kara again for the Sunday Funnies! 

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Riiiight?!  ;)

Can't count the number of times I've done this

done this before too :D

aaaaaand this

let's just say I've done them all :D

Sunday Social

linking up again this week with Neely and Ashley for the Sunday Social!Go check them out :)     

1.  What is your favorite TV show of the past? 

Hands down, that would be FRIENDS! 

We own the entire series on DVD and every once in a while we go through and watch it again from the start.  We're actually doing that now.  We just got past the Ross/Emily relationship.  Yuck, by the way!  I couldn't stand Ross with Emily. 

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2.  What is your current favorite TV show? 
Grey's Anatomy!!!  LOVE love love that show. 

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Can't wait until the new season comes on!  <3


3.  Which reality show would you never do? 
Probably anything on MTV or any of the survivor and dating shows. 


4.  Which reality show would you LOVE to do? 
I actually wouldn't mind going on the Biggest Loser, but I don't think I could handle being filmed all the time.  I don't even like having my picture taken, lol.  I'd love to do the Amazing Race, too.


5.  What is the TV personality/character that you feel is most like you? 
I can be pretty OCD, so in that way, I'm a lot like Monica from Friends. 


6.  Which TV character would you want to date? 
Ha, this one doesn't even require any thought!
Derek Shepherd, of course ;) 

Our 4th of July

We had a pretty fun day yesterday. 

We decided early in the morning to head up to the "water park" as the boys call it.  It's a park with a huge play area and a splash pad right at the entrance.  All of the kids love that.  Every time we go up there, there's always kids with a ball of some sort and I can't ever remember to bring one for Chris and Logan.  On our way up to the park we made a quick stop at CVS and got them a ball to play with in the water ;)  I earned some major "cool mom" points with that one! 



seeing if the water stream would shoot the ball into the air

silly boy wanted to let the water fall down on him

 We didn't pack a lunch so when we started to get hungry, I sent Eric to the Little Ceasar's down the road from the park to grab a couple pizzas ;).  After we finished eating it was *really* starting to get hot so Chris and Logan got in the water one more time then we decided to head on home. 

enjoying a red, white, and blue popsicle :)

After their popsicle, we started to work on some 4th of July activities.  I love that Chris and Logan get so excited now about doing "school work".  They enjoyed learning about the 4th of July, the symbols of our country, and doing other themed worksheets. 

bald eagle and flag worksheet

Statue of Liberty worksheet

word scramble

size sequencing they did together

 Later that afternoon my parents came over and we had a cookout.  I loooove love love having cookouts with the family.  We had hamburgers, hot dogs, chili, mac & cheese, and chips. 


After my parents left we just hung around the house to kill time until the fireworks show we were going to.

playing with sparklers until the fireworks started

It was a simple, but fun, day :) 

Sunday Funnies

Linking up once again for the Sunday Funnies.  Check it out :)

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Friday's Letters



Dear 4th of July, hurry up and get here already!  I'm looking forward to the fireworks. 

Dear Abby, I know it isn't until Sunday, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  Love ya.

Dear Pierre Foods, the boys and I appreciate the extra time we're getting to spend with Eric, but seriously...give him his hours back!  I also appreciate being able to pay our bills, which is a little hard to do with the slash his paycheck is taking.  And while you're at it, how about you give him one of the many positions he has applied for instead of giving it to people like S who make an excuse almost on a daily basis on why they can't work.  Not cool! 

Dear Lady (our parakeet), really?! CHILL OUT!  You psycho freaking bird.  I think it's time for a name change since you aren't acting like much of a lady.  Leave poor Sebastian (our other parakeet) alone.  If he is moving to different parts of the cage to get away from you, take the hint!  Don't follow him and start squawking at him.  Geez. 

Dear summer heat, this is what you would call too much too fast!  Back off.  I would prefer not to feel like the life has been sucked out of me every time I walk outside. 

Dear mysterious health issue, you're really starting to freak me out.  Please go away. 

Dear to-read pile, I know, I knoooooow.  I just keep adding to you without taking any away.  I haven't abandoned you forever, I promise.  I'll get on it ASAP :) 

Am I The Only One?

Woot!  I found a new link-up to do.  I know, I know.  But I just love doing these things. 


Am I The Only One....


who really just has absolutely no desire at all to see Magic Mike?  Is there something wrong with me?  :P

who is not looking forward to this wave of summer heat?  I cannot stand being hot.  I get ill.  Really ill.  So ill that my husband no longer wants to be around me and volunteers to go in to work early.  I should probably be a little offended by that, but by that point I'm so ill that I don't care :P

who doesn't have the money to go on vacation this summer?  It really bums me out because we didn't get to take a vacation last year.  It seems like it's just one thing after another. 

who could spend hours looking at blogs and finding new ones to follow? 

who could spend hours getting lost on Pinterest? 

who probably needs to spend more time off of the internet?  ;) 

who is absolutely terrified of dying?  Kind of dark and twisty (ha! Grey's Anatomy), I know, but still..... 

who cannot skate?  Or whistle?  I can't do either of those things and feel like such a loser, lol. 


who hears a noise in the house at night and automatically thinks it is a burglar or a murderer coming to kill you? 

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Back again for another edition of What I'm Loving Wednesday!  I hope everyone is doing well.  :)


*  I'm loving Chris and Logan's new dentist.  We decided to switch them to a new one because their old dentist was just getting more and more rude with each visit and toward the end all of the staff just seemed to have zero patience.  That's not a very good environment for the children, especially since Chris gets freaked out about going to the dentist anyway.  They had their first visit with the new dentist today and he is AWESOME.  Everyone was so kind and patient.  I'm glad we made the switch.  Both boys had a good report - no cavities!  Woot!  Chris had a little bit of a melt-down and even started gagging, I'm guessing because he was a little nervous about the change.  But the staff was really patient with him and we were able to calm him down.  Both boys walked away happy and with a little goodie bag ;)

*  I'm loving my new keyboard!  The other night Logan spilled soda all over my keyboard and it quit working.  I called Eric and told him to stop by Wal-Mart on his way to work to pick up another one.  I looooove the way this new one feels.  The keys are soft and quiet.  My old keyboard was really "clack-ity" and loud when I typed.  I can type over 100 WPM so when I start typing that made for a lot of noise.  This new one is so much better - and quiet, too ;) 

*  I'm loving all of the summer activities that the local library is holding.  A couple weeks ago we took the boys to a Magic Show.  On Monday they were having a Mad Scientist show but I completely forgot about it so we ended up missing that one.  Yesterday they had "The Spoon Man" so I took them to see that.  I wasn't quite sure what it would be at first.  Would he do tricks or something?  He ended up playing music with spoons.  That was really neat!  And of course all of the kids thought it was hilarious.  The guy actually makes a living doing this.  It's pretty cool.  Some other things the library will be doing is a Happy Birthday Parade next week, a musical storytime, a live bird show, a puppet show, and they'll also have a balloon lady.  We're looking forward to all of that! 

*  I'm loving that our air conditioner is working again!  It was spewing out water but now we've got it fixed.  Soooo thankful for that since we're supposed to have temperatures in the 100's by the end of the week :( 

*  I'm loving that gas prices just keep getting lower and lower.  Who wouldn't be happy about that?!  :D

ABC's of Me

The ABC's of Me




A. Age: just turned 27 a few days ago

B. Bed size: Queen.

C. Chore that you hate: Dishes!  And anything in the bathroom. 

D. Dogs: We have a lab/dachshund mix named Marley.  He is super hyper and loves everybody.

E. Essential start to your day: Eat some breakfast.

F. Favorite color: pink and blue

G. Gold or Silver: I like them both equally.

H. Height: about 5'5

I. Instruments you play: I don't play any instruments.

J. Job title: Stay-at-home-Mom and wouldn't change it for anything!

K. Kids: Two boys.  Chris is 6 and Logan is 4.  L. Live: In North Carolina. Born and raised here.

M. Mother’s name: Claudia.

N. Nicknames: Jackie, JJ, Liz or Lizzie (from my middle name Elizabeth), and Eric calls me babydoll. 

O. Overnight hospital stays:  I've stayed overnight in a hospital three times.  Twice for me when I had my c-sections with Chris and Logan.  The third time was for Chris' kidney surgery when he was a baby. 

P. Pet peeves: Bad/crazy drivers, lying, cheating, rude people, someone ignoring me

Q. Quote from a movie: "I want my pink shirt back!"  - Mean Girls

R. Right or left handed: Right-handed

S. Siblings: I am an only child.

T. Talents: I'm really good with children and can type over 100 wpm. 

U. Ultimate Vacation: Touring Europe would be AWESOME! 

V. Vegetable you hate: Just about all of them :P  I'm not a veggie person.

W. What makes you run late: the alarm not going off, oversleeping, the kids not cooperating and being slow

X. X-Rays you’ve had: I've had a bunch of chest x-rays because of breathing issues and I had one on my leg a few years ago because of a possible blood clot. 

Y. Yummy food: Anything Italian is always yummy, burgers, anything that's not good for you LOL :P

Z. Zoo animal: Monkeys, penguins