Monday Minute

Thank you to all who linked up with us for Monday Minute. We really want to keep this going for Ian and greatly apprieciate your support.

This weeks guest hostess is Jessica at Stilettos & a Fishing Pole.

Last week was Jessica's first time doing the Monday Minute! We are so excited to have her play along with us, so be sure to welcome her and visit her blog.

Ok now to the questions, Jessica wrote 3 of this weeks question and Heather and myself each wrote 2 of the others.

Who was your high school Sweet Heart?

I would love to say it was my husband, but it was not. My high school sweetheart was just that, he was sweet, great lookin, and man was I head of heels in love with him. It took me a very long time to get over him. I recently seen a pic of him, and yep, he's still very good looking. But hubby is a hottie and I wouldn't trade him for the world. Ok maybe I would for a couple million. :)

What is your favorite vegetable to eat?

The only vegetable I really eat is green beans. At that they have to be canned, I don't do fresh veggies. I will eat canned corn also, only if I'm forced into it.

Do you plan on dressing up for Halloween, if yes, what do you have in mind?

I have no plans to dress up for Halloween, but if I did I'd put a pan on my head and call myself a pot head. Or draw a crack down my face and call myself a crack head. Now y'all don't go stealing my ideas.

Are you a reality show junkie? If so, what is your guilty pleasure?

Oh I LOVE reality shows. My guilty pleasure is Big Brother. It really is my crack. I also watch America's Got Talent, American Idol, and lots of other reality shows. I think I watch more reality shows than anything else.

and finally

What year did you graduate high school?

Ugh...NOT TELLING! If I did tell you it would be a lie, because I'm 25 and not revealing my graduation year.

5 Question Friday!

Ok so y'all know that I love 5Q Friday! So play along and link up. 

One other thing please...please go here and "like" Mama M's video so she win the Tasteful Selections contest!

Rules for 5QF: Copy and paste the following questions to your blog post, answer them, then go to YouTube to vote for my video. (I kid. I KID!! Well, I mean, I want you to vote for me, but it's not a 5QF rule!) C'mon back tomorrow (Friday) morning and link up! 

1. How many pets do you have?

I have 2 of the most wonderful dogs in the world. They are both Chihuahua's. Guapo is 2 years old and he weighs 3 lbs

And Tequilla is 3 years old and she is 6 lbs.

2. If you could switch places with anyone in the world for one day, who would it be?
I have no idea how to answer this one, because I love my life as hectic as it is and I wouldn't want to be anyone else.

3. What is your favorite money saving tip?
Ohhh...I love saving money. Uhm...coupons, yes lots of coupons! Red tags, they are your friend! Give me a store and I'll tell you how to save money there. Oh yeah and buying online can save you a ton of money also.

4. What do you want your kids to be when they grow up?
Successful! That is all I want for them, is successful and happy. They can do what ever they want.

5. What is your favorite quote?

  I have 2 so you are gonna get both! 

1. I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle, but if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. ~ Marilyn Monroe

2. Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much!

Ok so really there are 3!

Corinthians 13:4

30 Days of Truth - Day 3 - Part 2

Something you have to forgive yourself for. Part 2

If you missed Tuesdays post you can catch it here.

Tuesday I told you one thing that I need to forgive myself, which is one of 2 of the biggest things I need to forgive myself for. So today I give you the second.

Every Friday I got paid my mom and I would go to brunch. I was working 2 jobs at the time and trying very hard to make it. Mom and I would meet up after my first job and go to brunch before I went home and got ready to go to work at my second job. My mom was my babysitter also. So on this particular Friday, I went to work, and pulled in to her driveway to take her to brunch. She was getting ready to get in the car w/ my dad and leave. I was like what the heck? So mom says "Oh I knew you were tired from working over lastnight I didn't think we were going today" Silly mom, I wasn't going to break our dates, I loved them. So we all went, mom, dad, the kids and myself.

Dad was taking mom to the store to get her this TV she wanted to so badly and a DVD player. The kids and I went to Shoney's and waited for them since it was right infront of WalMart where they went. We ate, we talked, we laughed. I looked at the time and freaked out because I didn't realize how late it was and I was going to be late for work. Well mom w/ her brand new TV and DVD player wanted to come to my house to get some DVD's to watch. Mostly she wanted to watch 8 Mile. So she took dad and the kids to their house, and I went home to get ready for work. Mom showed up pulled up behind me in my driveway and I ran the movies out to her, told her I had to go, jumped in my car to leave. Mom was pulling out slow, she knew I was in a hurry and was trying to not be in my way, but she was. Me being in a hurry and wanting her to move rolled down my window and in a huff said "You have got to move the F out of my way!" She did and off I went to work.

Fast forward 4 hours...I'm at work and my supervisor comes gets me, says there is someone here who needs to see you. I walked up front and there stood my dads friends wife w/ my kids. She looks at me and says "Your mom is in the hospital" The first words out of my mouth were "hows my dad?" See my dads reaction to things will tell all. They told me my dad was crying...I knew then it was bad. So I grabbed my stuff quickly and drove to the hospital. When I got in there my mom was laying there on life support. She'd had a heart attack and was in a coma. My mom never came out of that coma, we took her off life support 4 days later. I have yet to forgive myself for those last words I know she heard come out of me.

30 Days of Truth - Day 3 - Part 1

Something you have to forgive yourself for. Part 1

I have a lot of things I need to forgive myself for. A lot of mistakes I have made through life and I beat myself up for. A lot of guilt for things I have said or done, yet can't let go even when others have forgiven or even forgotten. Not me I will never forget the look on someones face when I have hurt them.

When I was 17 I really did think life was so horrible it wasn't worth living. I had a daughter, I was young, and I couldn't support her on my own and I knew what that was doing to my parents. I felt like a horrible mom, I felt like a horrible daughter. I honestly felt the world would be a better place w/ out.

So I put my daughter to bed one night, went and asked my mom if she minded if I went out because Lexi was in bed, I knew she wouldn't. I went down stairs, opened the cabinet and swallowed every pill in there. I called my friend to come pick me up, because I did not want to die at the house. We went to a party, my friend knew what I had done, and she didn't tell anyone. The Dr's were amazed I made it through the night. My mom called and told me I needed to come home because she had to go to work. I went home, I remember laying on the couch, I can remember at one point my dad woke me up to change my daughters diaper.

Thank God this was at a time when my dad was home for a weekend. What happened next is only what I've been told. When my mom got home my dad told her I had just laid and slept on the couch all day. My mom woke me up and asked me what was wrong. I apparantly told her I had taken the pills and she called 911. My mom said when the EMT's came to get me they thought I was faking it because it had been so long since I had taken the pills. So they picked me up, told me to stand up and let me go. I fell to the floor hitting my head on the corner of the coffee table. Guess that made them realize I really was out of it.

At the hospital they shoved a huge tube down my nose ( I remember every bit of that pain) and pumped my stomach. That is the only part of the hospital ER that I remember. My mom said the Dr told her to call in family and friends because they didn't think I was going to make it through the night. Another hour at home and I would've been dead. They put me in ICU. I woke up some time during the night, and seen my dad sitting in the chair, asleep. He woke up, came over and seen I was alert. The pain on my dads face when he looked at me and said "Why, what did I do wrong?"

I'm sure you can imagine the pain that shot through my entire body at those words, because it was nothing he did wrong. He was a perfect father, the best parent anyone could ever ask for. For this I need to forgive myself.

Because I have so much I need to forgive myself and to spare you from reading an entire book in one post, I will continue this on Thursday.

Well as you all should be aware Ian has handed over Monday Minute to Heather and myself. We will continue to do it the same way Ian did, and hope that we can keep this alive for him. So please be sure to join us by playing along and linking up. I'm so excited to be doing this w/ Heather. We have some ideas in store for some future MM stuff.

Favorite 80s flick?

Now how would I know that, I'm only 25 and was way to young to be watching TV. Well ok I may or may not be 25 but I will never tell. In any case I didn't watch much TV so really don't have a favorite 80's flick.

One genre of music needs to be banned. Which genre?

I'm torn between crazy rap that I can't understand and crazy metal music that I can't understand. Or both would be ok w/ me.

All time favorite candy?

Hmmm...Hersheys bars are great, but so are reeses cups. You choose for me.

How 'flawed' is your driving record?

I've had 2 tickets, one for seatbelt and the other for speeding. In my defense I was on my way to the Dr's while I was pregnant w/ my son and was told I could be having a miscarriage so I was in a bit of a hurry. Also I was doing 55 in a 35 but the speed limit sign was no more than 10 ft in front of me.

What was high school mascot?

Uhm...a giant little dude. Freaky looking isn't he!

What color socks are you wearing?

I don't wear socks, I can't stand them. They make me feel restricted.