A to Z About Me! :)

1. A is for age:
32 (33 in a couple of weeks! I'm getting old! LOL!)

2. B is for your best friend:
My husband, Mike

3. C is for career :
Stay-at-home mom--the best job in the world! :)

4. D is for your dog's name:
Don't have a dog right now... our last one was Rusty.

5. E is for essential item you use everyday:
Toothpaste! lol

6.F is for favorite show at the moment:
Grey's Anatomy

7. G is for favorite game:
Scrabble or Solitaire

8. H is for Home town:
Siloam Springs (Go Panthers!)

9. I is for instruments you play.
Piano (I'm by no means a pro!)... used to play flute

10. J is for favorite juice:
Apple

11. K is for whose ass you'd like to kick:
LOL... I'm not really that type, but I could think of one or two that probably need it.

12. L is for last place you ate:
Popeye's

13. M is for marriage:
Loving every minute of it! :)

14. N is for your full name:
Stacy Michelle (Smith) Bishop

15. O is for overnight hospital stays:
First time~I was pregnant with our older daughter, and I had a kidney infection
Second time~Had 1st daughter
Third time~Had 2nd daughter

16. P is for people you were with today:
My girls!

17. Q is for quote:
"There's a skinny woman inside me screaming to get out. I can usually shut her up with chocolate!" :-)

18. R is for Biggest Regret:
Hmmm... those things happened before I got married, and I'd rather just forget them & move on! :)

19. S is for status:
Happily Married!

20. T is for time you woke up today:
6 am

21. U is for underwear you have on now:
LOL... Yes, I'm wearing them! I think that's enough info. ;-)

22. V is for vegetable you love:
I love most veggies... just not brussel sprouts!

23. W is for worst habit:
I bite my fingernails

24. X is for x-rays you've had:
Just one~my back. Had a fractured vertebrae! Not fun!

25. Y is for yummy food you ate today:
I've been sick this week... so the grilled cheese I had for lunch was about the ONLY thing I had today!

26. Z is for your zodiac sign:
Libra

What's luck got to do with it?

As far as I'm concerned, luck doesn't even exist in this situation. When Mike called me at 10:45 pm on August 22nd to tell me he had a wreck, all I could do was stop and pray. I had to thank God for saving my husband!

The trailer full of cattle should have turned over. But the truck jackknifed in a way that the trailer came to rest on the frame of the truck instead. Thank the Lord. If that truck had turned over, it could have killed all the cattle he was carrying--as well as my husband.

When he took me to the body shop to see the truck, he thought I was going to flip out. I didn't. I think he thought I was nuts because I said all I can do right now is just thank God that you're alive!

So, for those who want to see what it looks like when a semi meets a herd of cattle in the middle of the highway in the dark... here are a couple of photos. This is what $42,000 worth of damage looks like, just in case you ever wondered...

Update on Mike's wreck

I talked to Mike tonight, and the axle finally made it to the body shop where the rest of the truck is. Apparently it got there Wednesday, and he just hadn't told me! Men. lol!

Anyhow... the estimate to repair the truck is $42K. We only paid $25K for the truck, and we have it insured for $30K... Interesting, huh? So, will we get $30K? Will we get anything? I think we'll be lucky to get what we gave for the truck, but I feel like we deserve the full $42K plus 2 weeks' pay!! This has been such a mess. But I am trying (really hard!) not to walk around with the feeling that somebody owes me something.

I'm going to probably go to OKCity (about a 3-hr trip) on Tuesday to get Mike & clean out the Kenworth--there is a lot of paperwork and lots of his stuff still in it. And then we're off to buy another truck. We even have one picked out--it has a fresh overhaul, and it's even close to home!

This has been such a merry-go-round... and not one of those fun kind with all the pretty horses!! I am SO ready for all of this to be over with so that we can move on with our on little version of "normal...

Things I've learned since having children

* That a child will keep bugging you until you give in and give her what she asked for in the first place. (Please? Please? Pretty please?)

* That when two children take a bath together they can splash every last drop of water out of the bathtub. My two can soak the floor faster than I can get their hair washed.

* That kids always take their naps at the time of day that you need to do something outside the house.

* That spiders can appear out of nowhere and make a child scream a shrill scream, loud enough that it could wake the people on the other side of town.

* That childbirth doesn’t hurt like people go on about it. People talk about giving birth like it is the worst pain on earth. (However, having all 4 wisdom teeth pulled at the same time may possibly be in that category.)

* That when your child hurts, so do you… possibly even more. And when her feelings get hurt, mom's ready to fight for her.

* That an airplane, a helicopter, a train or any vehicle with lights and a siren is considered entertainment.

* That it’s so much fun to blow bubbles inside the house! :-)

* That washing, brushing and fixing someone else’s hair isn’t as easy as the hair stylists make it look.

* That discipline can be so hard!

* That I would be scheduling my own activities around the activities of my children.

* That it’s really, really fun to remove all the couch cushions so that you can jump on the springy part underneath.

* That they would pick up my lack of neatness! (oops!)


*That just because I stay at home with my kids, people seem to think I have all the time in the world to do whatever I want.

* That being a mom is the best job on earth!

* That children are the most rewarding gift I could ever be given!!