Owwwwwwwwww....

I am on day 4 of Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. Ouch. However, I noticed that push ups were easier today than on day 2 or 3(well the 1st set of them anyway). She still kicks my butt and I sweat like a pig. But hey, If I want to look good I need to work at it. (Thanks for doing it with me Brooke!) And its only 2o min. 20 min of pain and agony, but 20 min none the less and its not all cardio. I HATE cardio of any sort except dancing. I need a good dance video that is not "club" dancing. When I finish working out and after I take a much needed shower, I feel great. It really sets the mood for the whole day and I am loving it. I ordered the super mom vitamins that alot of my friends were raving about , however I ordered capsules because I cannot stand to take pill vitamins, the taste and smell grosses me out.
I took the boys to get shots yesterday. They both did great. Luke however waited until we were in the dr's office in another city before informing me that he didnt bring shoes. So after shots we went to old navy and bought him the 2 for $5 flip flops and I ended up with 2 new shirts. I felt totally self indulgent about it. I even apologized to Tom when we got home and he was absolutely pushing me to do more for myself telling me how much I deserved it and that I should never feel bad about buying myself something needed. When I hung them in my closet I tossed out my fleece pajama pants and a tank top that a granny would wear. That made me feel better, dumping the frump. ;) I cant wait to go shopping.

Some more random pictures that I had scanned....

This is me and my Grandfather RM Dooley Circa 1982

The happiest day of my life....August 11th 2001.

Happy as a Puppy. 1999

The "fireplace" picture that my mother always insisted upon taking. 1996ish...

Christmas 2001, my mom bought us matching jackets....how cute....

My Grandparents on my Dads side. RM and Dana Dooley circa 1940's.

My sister in law Liz and Ashlynn. She was probably about 3 in this picture.

Too much of a good thing?

I checked out 2 Cirque Du Soleil videos from the library the other day. I LOVE them. I could watch them over and over and never get bored.
However....while watching one (La Nouba) with Lucas today he announced "Mommy I can do that!" This scares me horribly because we were watching a guy do a backflip on the tightrope. I will now for the next month or so not be taking my eyes off my boy. ( you see, we might not have a tightrope, but we do have a clothesline.) ;) God Bless Little Boys.

I guess thats what he thinks of that.

Hi all! We are back from our trip, but thats another post this week complete with pictures!

While we were in Arkansas I went to the Hobby Lobby (aka my new favorite store) and while I was shopping my dad came up to me and insisted that I buy this bandana thing for my dog, Insisting that the "dog will love it". I gave in and did it even knowing that Happy would hate it. We put it on the dog when we got back to my grandparents house and the dog moped around the rest of the day.
We got home and I was outside today and I found his bandana out by the chicken coop sprawled out completely flat with a giant turd in the middle of it. I laughed. If only dogs could talk. ;)

I'm sick

I have strep throat. It sucks.

1. Antibiotics+DayQuil+NyQuil+Popsicles= A better mood for alicia, minus the brainfreeze after eating the popsicles too fast trying to numb my throat.
2. Mashing up maximum strength cough drops in a bit of water to make something to gargle does nothing for your throat. However, it will make your ears numb.
3. When running a 103 degree fever and sweating because of it, it will make your glasses fog up and children find that HILARIOUS. Me, not so much.
4. Yes, I did get my children off the bus in my light blue jammies with the pink flowers on them, I probably scarred them for life. Whoops.
5. When you stand in the shower for an hour with the hot water blasting you dont notice yourself drooling.
6. When you can't swallow....you drool. Enough said.
7. You can only sleep with so much "Lockup" playing in the background before your medication really starts to mess with your dreams ;) I was dreaming that I was having lunch with the warden of Louisiana State Pen. But I had to cancel because I had strep throat and couldnt talk. MESSED UP!

Thanks for your prayers! I hate being sick.

An accumulation of sorts

We now have 6 chickens, 3 ducks, a dog and a cat. I love all of them except the cat.

I think the reason that I want all these animals is to fill that funny " I need a 4th child void" that I still have going on. Tom keeps letting me get more and more because I know he dosent want any more children. I really hope that this longing goes away someday, Its getting old to deal with.

• My "Baby" will be 4 on the 18th of next month. Granted he is still the size of your average 2 year old. ;) He is my Lucas and I love him anyway.
• We are taking our 1st camping trip of the year tomorrow and I am excited about it. I need to have some "clear the brain" time with some reading and list making so I can sort it all out.
• My Celebrity Crush: Usher. Dont hate!
• I tried to make an apple bread yesterday and it totally flopped. I get absolutely crushed when that happens.
• I always get the gas when I get my teeth cleaned. I dont "need"it, I just like it. ;)

We are thinking of a fall cruise, either to mexico or the carribean. Anyone want to join us? I would LOVE to go with a big group of people. Anyone?

A few thoughts on being Lickable.

Lickable? Well yeah, I guess that was going to be me 3 years ago.
I dont think Ive ever really told this story, But here it goes......

My mother-in-law for my birthday a few years back wanted to buy me personalized license plates for my new minivan. I thought that sounded alright. We went down to the place where you pay for tabs for your car (Im spacing on the name) and she filled out all the information for me and then presented it to me, very proudly I might add.

My new plates were going to say "Licabel". My nickname is Aliciabelle. This was her way of shortening it for me.
How do you break it to your mother-in-law that you dont want to be that "lickable" woman driving around town in your minivan with 3 kids in tow?

I couldnt tell her.

She was oblivious to it.

I felt bad, so I said thank you. And I still to this day praise GOD that I never actually received my plates. THAT was the best present.

I am officially Un-Lickable.