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As I’ve mentioned before, I love tea. I grew up drinking hot tea thanks to my Mom, usually some nice sleepy time tea and honey.  However, my love of tea was taken to new heights when I discovered the Chai Tea lattes at coffee shops a few years ago. It’s officially my favorite tea ever.  But, spending $3.00 on a cup of tea is ridiculous to do often so I usually just drink chai tea at home.  But, ya know, it’s just not as good. Something was missing.

Until, I realized. DUH! It’s milk.  I experimented today with only a little bit of boiling water and the rest of my mug with warm milk to defuse my tea (I used double spice chai for more flavor). When it was heated, I added vanilla creamer and lots of Xylitol to sweeten in. It was heavenly and I, of course, was thrilled with myself.  It tasted just like what I could buy at the local shop, but better, because it saves me money and I don’t have to go out to get it anymore.

Sure, it may have been an obvious thing. Lattes…milk…duh…but I was excited and had to share in case I have chai tea latte lovers as readers, too.

I’m attending a funeral in the next few hours and as I figured out what the heck to wear, I realized that my dress pants desperately need hemming.  I’m short. Like, under 5 feet kind of short, and it’s hard to find pants to fit me.  I usually wear jeans, which Charlotte Rousse happens to make a “short” size that fits me perfectly, so pant length usually isn’t on my mind anymore that I’ve found them.  But, dress pants? I stay at home with my 2 year old or go to school, if/when I go to church it’s very casual and I can still wear jeans. I haven’t thought about dress pants in nearly 2 years!

While I have been known to wear these dress pants out in public in the last 5 years, super long and everything, I couldn’t make myself do it this time. Without a sewing machine (or the knowledge on how to use it…),I decided to bring out the no sew iron on adhesive to help get the job done…but it didn’t work.  Maybe it’s the fabric? Or I’m just iron on adhesive challenged? Either way, it did nothing for my pants. Having to leave in just a few hours, I pulled out…tape.  Heavy duty packing tape.

It gets the job done for the few hours I’ll wear it (I hope), and no one will know it!  Well, except me and now the entire internet…

Still, it’s too funny to me to not post about it.

I’m disappointed that Pillsbury’s Toaster Strudel Boston Creme Pie does not, in fact, have any chocolate in it. How then is it Boston Creme Pie? Without the chocolate? Surely they can mix some chocolate flavor in there some where.

Edit: I totally forgot to put the chocolate frosting on top. ha! I guess that’s what happens when you eat at 10pm after a 12 hour day a school. My brain must have been fried.

That said, I promise a real update tomorrow. Just know my week did get better despite things going just plain wrong. God gave me back my sense of humor to deal with things in a better mood. And, I really must thank a bunch of you who sent me sweet emails and comments with encouragement. It sure helps me get through the tough days knowing people support me and have been there, too!

Whoa…

I was added to All Top! In the adoption section.

(This is good news for my tired, tired eyes. Story and begging for advice to come later)

Momma O needs a job to help us get through the next school year.  Any one need an awesome writer?  Administrative assistant? Data entry?  Baby sitter?

Here’s to praying and hoping the right job or internship comes a long. I have faith that it will. Thank you, Lord, for the doors you will open.

I’ve been tagged by the lovely Miss Victoria (who’s an awesome friend and adoptee with a great perspective and story to tell in adoption) for more random facts!  Let’s see what else I can expose…

1. My toes are always painted pink.  Well, some times red at Christmas to be festive. But other than that, they are always a shade of pink. It’s the only color I like for them!

2.  I hate cheese and milk.  I can tolerate a little bit of white cheese like mozzarella on pizza or in pasta melted, but yellow cheeses? Gag me.  It runs in my family, me and my Dad are weird. But so is Mark, so it’s ok.  Mark and I both hate milk, too. We are just meant to be!

3. I have a big scar on my right cheek that I got at birth due to forceps scratching me.  I often forget it’s there, I don’t see it when I look in the mirror and it doesn’t seem to show up in pictures (I tried to find one). I forget until people ask, “Where did you get the scar?!”  The answer isn’t anything exciting. It’s funny that people also ask if it hurt.  I was an  infant! Do you think I remember?  I’m sure it did though, probably not the greatest way to enter this new world.

4. It urks me when things don’t match.  I distinctly remember my Stepmom laying out an outfit for me about the age of 9 or 10 and teaching me about coordinating colors. And it’s stuck. Savannah’s socks always have to coordinate with her outfit. I will not wear black and blue together or brown and black. When Savannah was younger Mark’s parents would dress her in pants from one PJ set with the shirt to another PJ set, even though I clearly had placed the pairs together. It bothered me.  I like things to match.

5. I’ve always changed schools.  I went to 3 different elementry schools. Middle school I managed to stay in one place. 2 different high schools. And now 2 colleges. Therefore, I always gained new friends and lost touch with old ones. It sucked.

6. Speaking of friends, I hardly have any now. Most exist through this computer screen in other states.  It’s hard to make close new friends when 1] My life is so different than other 20 year old college students. The fact that I’m married and a Mom not only makes me ‘feel’ different but I do not live the same life style. Therefore, I don’t even have the time to make friends! 2] I have higher/better values than most college students my age (i.e. I don’t like to party, drink, or care about who’s boyfriend cheated on who) 3] I’m shy.  I could make older Mom friends with people around the neighborhood, but that’s hard to do for me.

I tag StopDrogandBlog, LiveLaughBlog and BurghBaby.

This is mainly to test to see if my new Twittepress plugin works. And, to say that I created a Twitter account, so go add me! I can’t promise I’ll provide anything interesting (or often), but I wanted to see what all the whoopla was about.

I don’t know about you, but as a Mom? I’m tired.  I try to refrain from a daily coffee intake but there are many days where I just need coffee to get through the day, especially before long school days.

And that, my friends, is why I’m so excited about this opportunity.  Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company is giving out free coffee to bloggers and will link your website from their blog. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me!  I personally love flavored coffee, right along with the 1/3 cup of sugar and creamer I put in it (you heard that right…I’m a super sweet coffee girl).

Just wanted to pass the opportunity along to you all. Surely there are some tired Momma’s (or anyone!) out there in the blogging world needing some coffee and linkage!

The first give away winner is…Cyndi! She doesn’t have a blog I can share with you all, but I can tell you she’s a wonderful woman. Her daughter has bad eczema, so I hope this product helps!

Thanks to all those who joined in and commented! I just might have more coming up soon, keep a look out ;-)

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The details:
List 7 random things that people may not know about you. The rules are to link the person who sent this to you and leave a comment on their blog so their readers can visit yours. Post the rules on your blog. Share 7 facts about yourself. Tag random people at the end of your post, linking their blog. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

I’ve kind of done this before, with my 11 Random Things post (sorry it looks deformed, I need to go back in and reformat), but I’ll try to be creative with 7 more things.

1. I miss breastfeeding. In fact, last night I even dreamed Savannah was trying to feed again with no avail because it’s just gone. I miss it and that time we had together. We still do get that time at nap/bed but using a bottle just isn’t the same.  I meant to write a whole post about it but never got around to it and then it just seemed silly to be dwelling on it 2 months later. But here it is, I miss it. It wasn’t by choice, there just wasn’t anything left (thanks to long days of school) so she lost interest. I had hoped to go longer and if we have another child I do hope to surpass the 10 month mark. But 10 months is still pretty dang good, so I gotta give myself some credit!

2. I’m a small dork (Mark would argue that I’m a big one). I like Harry Potter books and movies.  The last book? Amazing, probably the best. I’m super thrilled about seeing the rest of the movies, but also super sad that all the Harry Potter stuff is almost over once the movies come out.

3. I am so not a sports fan. But at this moment I am wearing a Duke Blue Devil’s shirt (sorry Dad!). Why? Because I love my husband and it supports him in what he loves. He’s at the Duke game right now and I’m cheering them on in my own little non-watching way.

4. I wrote letters to Mark before I met him.  How is that possible, you ask?  After the relationship with Kaylee’s Birth Father, I didn’t date until Mark came along.  There just weren’t any godly guy opportunities that opened up, it wasn’t time for me to date, it was time for me to grow with God and as a individual. As a single Christian high school girl, I depended on Christ for everything, but still was lonely.  Many nights would come when my heart would ache for a relationship, but not just any relationship or any guy. The guy for me.  I knew he would come along at the right time. I had peace and contentment, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t hard to wait. So, to ease the aches, I would write to this unknown guy about my day, my desires for our future and to just let him know that I was thinking and praying for him.  Today I found them again and read them out loud to Mark, he hadn’t seen them before. It was a special moment to share with him, that I was thinking of him even before we met. If you are still single…I highly recommend doing this!

5. I am having a really hard time with Savannah’s birthday coming  in 5 days.  I think about it and tear up. I just can’t get over how fast the year went. I realized today that it’s a process of grieving, grieving the end of the babyhood phase. *sigh*

6. I really don’t want to be in school some times (who does?). I don’t really want to work. I just want to stay at home with Savannah and grow more babies. I want to be one of those mom’s that spends their days at home nurturing their children, baking cookies and driving them to school (because I do not want them to experience the bus! It sucks.).  In honesty, my degree is just a back up plan. But, I will continue pursuing my English degree because 1) I just need to get it done. 2) I don’t want to regret it later. 3) I want Savannah and future children to be proud I finish despite the obstacles. 4) I will be so proud of myself and gain great experiences.

7. Here’s a big one not many people know: I was sexual abused as a young child. It has scarred me and affected my choices growing up and the fears I have now.  I didn’t even begin to start dealing with it until a year or two ago, and I still have much more work to do to come to terms with it.

Tagging: SortaCrunchy, After a Cup of Coffee…or Two, and Burgh Baby!