This Moment In Time

My Tattoos

2011-11-10T17:06:00.000-08:00

I am on a quest...to get more ink! This bird has been bitten and I feel the itch :)

Thank you for The Lovely Blog Award!!

2009-11-09T05:40:00.000-08:00

I would like to thanks "Deal" ightfully Frugal for my second award, The Lovely Blog Award!

The official rules of accepting this award are as follows:Accept this award and post it on your blog. Include link back to the blog you received it from.
Pass the award to fifteen blogs you have newly discovered.
Be sure to contact them to let them know they have been awarded.

I do not have 15 as I have been busy but here are 8!

I am passing on this award to:

Women Living Well
Woman and Mom
EtsyKids
The Balance Beam
A Family Full Of Opinions
The Forgotten Mom
Running Without Being Chased
The True Babblings of A Military Wife

It's been a while

2009-11-09T05:17:00.000-08:00

Boy how time goes by, I haven't been able to post since the 26th of October! Now that I have gone back to school all of my time is spent doing homework. My poor kids, just praying it all pays off in the end.

So, to recap what I have been up to the last few weeks, other then school, I have been working very hard to get Sassy BouChic up an going. I've had a few orders but nothing steady.

My husband and the kids all had H1N1, fantastic! I however with my mighty hand washing skills and love of Lysol have managed to escape it...for now!

I spent a week making my daughters Halloween costume, it turned out really nice. She of course stained it all to heck at the Halloween party we went to, but what can you expect from a 3 yr old!

Two of my brother's surprised me by driving 11 hours to see me over the weekend. Well, my older brother had a job interview so I guess it wasn't entirely to see ME, but that's all I care about, lol! Since we moved from Michigan to Tennessee in April I have only seen them once. and I miss my family very much so it was great!

We went to the Smoky Mountains yesterday, it was beautiful! After being cooped up in the house for so long we just needed to "blow the stink off" as my husband would say. The weather has been so nice the past week, in the high 70's, we even had shorts and t-shirts on!

Well, that's about it... none to exciting, but with luck I'll be back in full force before long with more exciting stories from the house of Des!!

No Strings Attached!

2009-10-26T09:57:00.000-07:00

I ran the 5K Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday and let me tell you I am very proud of myself! I by no stretch of the imagination am a runner and my lungs bleed just thinking about it, however, I was the team captain and it just so happens that I recruited 5 very young ladies who all love to run. I was at least 8 years older then 3/4 of my team and I've had three kids so you can imagine how out of place I felt. Anyhow, I did it (with a few short breaks at the mile markers) and I have actually been inspired to get back in the gym…so I’ll start tomorrow!

With that being said, when my husband picked me up from downtown Knoxville I could barely walk. My legs where that of Jello and my shins felt as though someone had kicked them repeatedly for three miles! So, when I poured myself into the car I said to my loving husband, “I need a bath and my legs rubbed!” His answer, “Sure thing babe!” 13 hours later after a busy day of Birthday parties, grocery shopping, house cleaning, laundry and bathing the children, I was ready to cash in!

Kids are in bed, clothes are set out for church the next morning and I exhausted and sore collapse on the couch and ask my ever so sympathetic beloved to rub my legs! Within seconds my legs where no longer being rubbed and his hands had traveled to the very areas that did not want to be touched!! “NO,” I thought to myself, “don’t go there!”

It never fails, never! A simple no strings attached request always turns into something more. Now, please don’t get me wrong, I have a very strong relationship with my husband but there are just some days when a little common sense would come in handy! I can hardly walk let alone get my legs up in the air so what makes him think that I want to have sex? When I ask for a back rub after a long hard day and need some TLC doesn’t turn on the flashing red light that blinks OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

But of course, after a little convincing on his part, I did my wifely duty and sent him packing to the bedroom! I then had me some ice cream (yummy yummy) and watched some TV. I never did get my full legs rub and I bet you a $100 I never will ;^)

My First Blog Award!!!

2009-10-19T04:11:00.000-07:00

I would like to thank Stina from Woman and Mom for giving me the Best Blog Award! I'm super excited and very honored as this is my first award :)

The Blog Award Rules are as follows:

In order to accept the award, please post it on your blog with the name of the person(s) who gave awarded it, including the link to the blog.

Pass the award onto 15 other blogs that you have newly discovered and think are great.

Remember to contact the bloggers and let them know they have been chosen for this award.

And the Best Blog Award goes to.....

1. Take a Walk With Me
2. Windmills and Tulips
3. The Adventures of Supermom now, where is my cape?
4.Theta Mom
5. La Dolce Vita
6. Southern Institute for Domestic Arts and Crafts
7. Green Meadow Lane
8. The Redhead Riter
9. The Balance Beam
10. 2 Toddlers and Me
11 God's Not Finished With Us Yet
12. Christine's Corner
13. The Amazing Life of Zakiah Camille
14. Giggleberry Creations
15. Jenna In The Ditch

I do really cool tricks on the monkey bars!

2009-10-13T17:54:00.000-07:00

My six year old son Jaxon walks in the door from school the other day and hands me a note. He says, "Mom, I'm not supposed to open it until I get home from school, will you look at it?" I take the note observing the edges that are cut with a pair of those zig zag craft scissors and I open it. Inside I find in bright yellow and pink marker the words "I LOVE YOU and a cute little heart next to what seems to be a ring. So I look at him and say "Hey brother where did this come from?" With a big smile he reply's "From Katie, I do really cool tricks on the monkey bars and she fell in love with me I guess!"

I would post a picture of said note but it has since vanished into the dungeon I call his room!

Did you know???

2009-10-09T22:54:00.000-07:00

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed and every thirteen minutes one loses the fight.

I am participating in the Komen Knoxville Race for the Cure and raising funds to support a world without breast cancer. I normally wouldn't do this, however, I feel very passionate about Breast Cancer Awareness because I could be that one in eight! It could be my mother or my sister, it could be you!

I need your help in the fight against breast cancer! Can I count on your support to assist me in my fundraising efforts?

Visit
http://komenknoxville.donordrive.com/participant/jdes to donate today!

This Is What I Signed Up For

2009-10-08T10:23:00.000-07:00

When the stresses of Motherhood become more then you can handle, where do you find refuge? Some might take a long bath when the husband gets home or hand the kids off and go for a run. Some might steal a moment to read the Bible to draw strength from The Almighty, while others will turn to drinking, perhaps to wash away their thoughts. I myself find it difficult to do any of these. Why, you might ask? Well, I’ll tell you why…

First of all, the most obvious choice would be drink myself to sleep, right! It tastes good and it becomes an easy to maintain habit, once you build up a tolerance. It helps you to relax maybe even have fun. Now that’s a novel thought! While I may have partaken in an adult beverage or two in my somewhat sorted past I really don’t have an addictive personality plus it’s an expensive habit and not easily hidden. So that’s out!

Let’s move on. I love me some bath time, however, you can only soak yourself for so long then your skin gets all wrinkly. At this point in my life the last thing I need is more wrinkles, I’m trying to prevent then not create them. Besides, it only takes a moment for one of the kids to slip out of Daddy’s view and come pounding on the door! This is just my opinion, but that’s not very relaxing!

A good run, oh yes: chest pain, shin splints, sweat! Sounds fantastic! I live in Tennessee and just the thought of running up hill makes me out of breath. This is definitely not the answer.

I, on many occasions, have attempted to read my Bible. I have a desire to read it but I don’t have the time. An excellent excuse I tell myself though I know it’s crap. I’ll stay up until 2:00 a.m. watching a weeks worth of Days of Our Lives that I DVR’d but I can’t seem to find time to read. I should probably make more of an effort, don’t you agree!

Where does that leave me? Tired, frustrated, annoyed? The answer is YES, YES, YES! Because I love my children and I love my husband, I just keep on keeping on. I get up tired, I go to bed tired. I complain and I cry. I ask for rest but can never stop. I’m a Mom, it’s what I always wanted and what I signed up for. Today I was afforded the opportunity to sit awhile and write as kids played outside, that was nice. As for tomorrow, tomorrow will just have to take care of itself!

Can You Sing Me A Lullaby?

2009-10-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

I tuck my kids into bed each and every night with high hopes of getting bed time over and done with so I can have a moment to myself and maybe, just maybe sleep in the same bed with my husband. But this evening was somewhat different from the rest. As we ended our nightly prayers I was not met with the usual resistance but with a simple, sweet question, “Can you sing me a lullaby?”

When your children toggle between babyhood and toddlerhood it is an exciting time full of wonderment and discovery. But what will happen when toddlerhood ends and childhood begins?

I more then anything want my children to grow up and become strong and independent, yet, down in the depths of my heart I want to turn back that clock! Take me back to the day I first held you so I can breathe you in and feel your soft skin against my cheek! Let me do it over because now I know not to take the “Mama I want you” and “Mama I need you” for granted. My heart aches knowing that one day I’ll look into the eyes of my children and long for the days when they want to snuggle... but tonight I just sang “Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep my sweet baby. Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep my sweet boy…”

My Monster Turned One

2009-10-04T22:24:00.001-07:00

When I found out I was pregnant with my third baby that crisp December morning I was what you might say, less then excited! As a matter of fact I cried, then I went to work and sat next to a co-worker and said "I'm Freaking pregnant! What am I going to do with another baby?"

Flash forward one year and nine months later and here we are singing Happy Birthday to my precious little Monster. Was he planned? NO! Was I ready for baby number three? NO! Would I change things if I could? Absolutely NO!

As I began to rock him to sleep and he reaches out toward his crib I tried to hold on. I thought about tomorrow... tomorrow I'll let the dishes wait, tomorrow I'll get down on the floor and roll the ball, tomorrow I won't let the things that don't matter become more important than the things that do! So I hold on to the baby I didn't think I was ready for, to the little boy who will grow up to fast and I think...yes tomorrow!