Labor Day Weekend
On a morning walk this morning with the family, drinking coffee with the husband and watching Jessica become a kid in front of us while Oliver giggled and cooed at all of us from the stroller.
I love my life.
Jodi Michelle
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Today we’re celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary.
I can and will say that I am more happy now than I could have ever imagined I would be 5 years ago. Aaron and I have been through some pretty rough life stuff and through it all he’s been there for me, he’s been my best friend and my confidant. He’s seen me at my absolute worst and still picked me off the ground to hold me and tell me that he loved me.
I am forever thankful for the gift of his unconditional love - he is the reason I still glow.
Aaron, I love you.
What do you want more of?
I’m trying to decide what to gear this website towards … and I need some input.
What do you want more of? What do you want me to start doing? Stop doing?
I love constructive criticism, so please be constructive … let me know what you like or don’t like.
More Etsy highlights? Want me to start some give-a-ways? More content? Content on what?
This will be helpful information as we move into a redeisgn of this site as well, more information at hand, more user friendly. And if I know what you want, what would make you come back to see what’s new and exciting, I could really spiff it up around here.
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LOOK! Give-a-ways! I love bloggie give-a-ways, I haven’t been fortunate enough to win one, YET … but my day is coming :)
Check this one out over at Satcygirl.com! It’s her first :)
Remembering childhood
I used to have over-sized red sunglasses that I would wear while chewing Big Red gum and pretending to drive my imaginary teenagers around in my mom’s van - I called them my “Rich Lady Sunglasses”. I completed this ensemble with vocal yelling at my imaginary family in the parked van, in the garage because yelling and teenagers in a van just went together, apparently.
Every single one of my baby dolls or pet’s that I was allowed to name were named Jessica. When we announced the birth of our baby and that it was A GIRL! my brother was not surprised when we followed the announcement with her name - Jessica Ranae. He reminded me of this coincidence and then said - well, duh.
I remember the evening my dad took off my training wheels. I had a banana seat bike - it was pink, a pale pink with a few other colors, that were not significant, it was past my bed time and I was ready for bed. Teeth brushed, etc. I couldn’t contain myself - I just wanted to show my dad one more time how I could ride ALL BY MYSELF. Against all odds he said - OK! (Once we were ready for bed, that was it in our house. Law. No more playing) You can imagine my surprise. I think it was my first out of body experience. I was wearing a t-shirt 3 sizes too big for me as my pajamas and I got on my bike and rode like a madwoman in circles around our house. My dad was watching me pass him while he smoked a cigarette on our back patio. I biffed it, totally fell on one of the turns and scuffed up my knee. I cried. He came - cleaned me up and put me to bed. I still remember the smell of dusk in the air - my heart still beats faster when I recall the thrill of that freedom.