The true me

Tickle's Original Inkblot Test

My Result: Peace

You are driven by a higher purpose than most people. You have a deeply-rooted desire to facilitate peacefulness in the world. Whether through subtle interactions with love ones, or through getting involved in social causes, it is important to you to influence the world.


You are driven by a desire to encourage others to think about the positive side of things instead of focusing on the negative. The reason your unconscious is consumed by this might stem from an innate fear of war and turmoil. Thus, to avoid that uncomfortable place for you, your unconscious seeks out the peace in your environment.


Usually, the thing that underlies this unconscious drive is a deep respect for humankind. You care about the future of the world, even beyond your own involvement in it. As a result, your personal integrity acts as a surrogate for your deeper drive toward peace and guides you in daily life towards decisions that are respectful toward yourself and others.

What are you?
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Girls Night!

Here are some picture from our girls night out. We ate at Chili's and then went to Laughs Comedy Club. Here is my cousin's wives. Traci and Brandi Hawks.

Here we are getting ready for a good laugh, but sad to say they weren't very funny. We got up and left in the middle of his act.

The people behind us were really getting into it. I think they had one to many drinks.

Aniela

I feel like all my posts are about Areya so this one is all about Aniela.

Aniela is 10 months now and finally getting teeth. On Sunday I noticed that her first tooth is breaking the skin. She now thinks that baby food is not good enough for her and refuses to eat it, which makes it really hard to feed her. One tooth just breaking the skin does not really cut it when it comes to eating real food.

Here she is in the car seat. I thought it was cute the way she had her hand

She is turning into such a daddy's girl. Here she is playing with Damian on the floor. She was putting her foot up and Damian was pretending to bite it. She was laughing like crazy. I can't belive how fast they grow. It feels like I had her only a few months ago, not 10! She has been walking around using any and everything she can reach. I think she wants to walk but is to much of a chicken to let go.
Here she is jammin with Tata. Oh wait, it's not plugged into any thing. I guess when you're a baby you dance to the beat of your own drum. She does love to listen to music and dance that is why she thinks it is so fun to have them on.

Well i could go on for ever talking about her but i've caught you up on the most recent so I stop for now. Thanks for checking out our blog and finiding out what we've been up to. We love reading your comments so feel free to leave some below.

Valentine's cookies

Areya was invited to a Zoe's (a friend from preschool) hosue to make cookies. Here they all are cutting out the cookies. Here's Zoe's mom Melissa, her neighbor friend Jane and Areya getting ready to put the cookies in the oven.
Here they all are with their finished cookies. As you can see from Areya's face she could not wait and had a mouth full of cookie.
They had so much fun that it was hard getting Areya go home. Is not like she would see Zoe in less then 30 minutes at preschool, but to make her understand that was....... well she is 4.

She had so much fun! Thanks for inviting us over!

Boxes everywhere!

You may be wondering how moving is going? Well, let’s see what we have over here ← ?

Oh, look boxes! I bet you would have never guessed.

And over here ← we have? More boxes!

You never know how much crap you have until it's time to move. If I never have to move again I would totally be ok with that! I forgot how much work it is to move.

Last night Brandi, my cousin's wife, came over to help my pack which was a huge help. We could have gotten so much more done if we would've just stopped talking and started to pack, but were girls and that's what we do.

We are about 75 % packed but have not started to move any thing into the storage unit yet, so we still have a lot to do.

I guess I had better stop talking and get packing.

What should I be when I grow up?

You Should Be a Social Worker

You are deeply caring and empathetic. You are able to take on other people's problems as if they were your own. Sensitive and intuitive, you understand human emotions well. Helping others gives you the most joy in life. You feel like it's your purpose in life. You do best when you: - Have a lot of responsibility - Greatly impact someone's life with your work You would also be a good philanthropist or stay at home parent.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

What do you think of my new do?

What do ya think?

I have been, as you all know from my poll, thinking about cutting my hair. I went with the everyones vote and layered it. I also had a friend add some color. I just can't bring myself to chopping it off even though I think it would be a fun and different look for me.
Please let me know what you think and if you have any other ideas. I would love to hear them.

Lunch anyone?

Now I know why 4 year olds are not big enough to make their own food.

Today Areya and I were pretending that she was the mommy and I was the child. She wanted to make me lunch so I thought I would let her try and see what happens. I got a peanut butter, beet and cheese sandwich. Now that's good eating. (it was really gross) Aniela ended up eating most of it. She does not really care what she eats as long as you keep it coming.

I am really proud of Areya for trying it all by her self. She even gave me a glass of juice to go with my lunch. She is such a good little mommy.

Weeeeeeeeee.........Sledding

We were invited up to the Hawks "cabin" to go sledding with my cousin Heston, his wife Brandi and their two boys Deklan and Dallin. My brother Tj, Shaylee his wife and their puppy Sadie also came up, and we can't forget cousin Joshie with his dog Brutus.

After sledding we went inside for some dinner, Areya and Deklan were connected at the hip, the boys played xbox while the girls chatted.




Aniela cuddling with her Tata. (daddy)

Look how cute! Areya and her second cousin Deklan are walking back up the hill.

This was Areya's first time sledding. She LOVED IT! I had the haredest time talking her into going inside. She would have stayed out side all night if she could have. She loves the snow.

Areya loves playing with Deklan and is so excited to get to live at his house for a while. To bad Brandi and I are not as excited. There will be non stop noise for a month! We better get ourselves some really good ear plugs.

Here is Brandi and Dallin getting ready to go out in to the cold.

This is Heston taking on the hill.

Tj and Shaylee had a go at the hill next. I think they ended up crashing at the bottom. By the look on Shaylee's face she did not know what she was in for when she agreed to go. Better her then me!

Mommy with her little snow bunny.

We really did have a lot of fun, thanks for inviting us!

My Dream

Last night I had a dream about Damian and I wanted to share it with you.

I was in Hawaii doing a scuba diving class and one of the instructors came to me and told me that there was an accident at the Airport and Damian was involved. So I drove to the Airport and they told me that Damian was checking a man's bag and told him that he was not allowed to take something on the airplane. The man was in a hurry and wanted Damian to just let it slide.

(I don't know how well any of you know my husband but he is full of some really smart a** comments)

They told me that Damian made one of theses comments to the man, the man warned Damian that he did not like the way he was being talked to. Well Damian being Damian said some thing smart again. They told me that the man pulled out a gun and shot Damian. They said that he did not make it and wanted me to go look at his body to conform that it was him. I was totally freaking out! I kept thinking "what am I suppose to do now?" So I went to see the body but when I got there I could not bring my self to look. I remember feeling so sick and worried.

Not long after I woke up. Damian went into work today even though it is his day off. So when I woke up I called him to make sure he was alright and tell him about my dream. His response "That's so cool. I hope I get shot." "But I want to live." WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM? No one in their right mind wants to get shot!!! Sometimes I really wonder about him.

We sold our house!

We found out today that they accepted our last counter offer. So our house sold in just over a month, which is great and we got our full asking price which is even better. According to the papers they want to close on Feb 28th so we will have to be out by then.

Talking to Damian it looks like we are for sure going to be moving to Illinois. He is talking to one of his friends over there and getting the name of an agent so we can go look at houses in the next few weeks. We might end up living with him for a while until we find and buy a house.

So now I guess it is time to start packing. You may think that I am starting a bit early but I have 6 years worth of stuff to go through. I have to decide what to take and what to get rid of. I know that we will not be taking a lot of stuff so I will let you know when and what we are selling or giving away. Everyone loves free stuff!

We are also planning a going away party at our house. We have not worked out the details yet but everyone is invited. I really hope to see you all before we move. I think that we will be able to come back and visit at least 2 to 3 times a year. You are all invited to come stay with us, in Illinois, anytime. We should have more then enough room and I know I will need all the love and support I can get. I'm going to be very very home sick!!

HuSbAnD tAg!

1- What is his name? Damian Deja he was not given a middle name.


2-How long have you been married? 6 years 3 months


3-How long did you date? Date? hmmm, we did not really date. We knew each other a total of 5 months before we were married.


4-How old is he? 28


5-Who eats more? Defiantly Damian. No contest!


6-Who said I love you first? Me, he would not say it until he knew I felt the same way.


7-Who is smarter? Depends which subject. I think I have more common sense.


8-Whose temper is worse? I think that Damian's is, but I'm not one to be messed with.


9-Who does the laundry? I do most of it. Once in a while he will do a load of his work clothes.


10-Who does the dishes? I do. Every once in a while I can talk him in to doing a load.


11-Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Looking from the foot of the bed I do.


12-Who pays the bills? I use to but I get too stressed over money so Damian takes care of it now.


13-Who cooks dinner? Most of the time I do, which is kind of funny because Damian is the one with the culinary art degree.


14-Who drives when you are together? Most of the time Damian will drove but if we are going somewhere he has never been he prefers me to.


15-Who is more stubborn? It depends on how much the thing means to us. I think I might be.


16-Whose parents do you see the most? Mine because Damian's live in Poland and only get to come over once a year.


17-Who proposed? Damian, it was over the phone because he was in Chicago at the time.


18-Who has more siblings? I have 3 and Damian has 2, so I win this one.

19-Who wears the pants in the family? I would say me. I think he get sick of listening to me, so he just gives in.

Where should we move?

Our poll results are in. It looks like California wins, next was Hawaii. We still have no idea where to move. So who know where in the world we will end up. Damian is applying for a job with his dad's company, which means he would be working in Brazil. His brother offered him a job working in Poland, and his friend has offered him a job working in Chicago. He can also transfer to any airport in the U.S. working for TSA, which is his current job. So now I guess it will be decided by which job he wants more.

As for our house. We had a family come over on Friday and look at it and there is another group coming today. The family on Friday are very interested and are waiting for their agent to get back from vacation to put an offer on it. So maybe, hopefully, it will sell. The problem we are facing is that if it sells too soon we will have no where to go. Damian was not really planning to move until March and so he has not picked a location yet. We will have to find somewhere to live for a few months. Where? I have no clue.

Anyone want a 4 year old?

Today my little monster managed to pick up her baby sister and throw her head first into the side of the futon. Look at her poor little head.
I have no clue why on Earth they call it the terrible two's because two was great, three was hard but FOUR! Four is horrible! If five is this hard I might be selling her to the zoo. Right now I would give her away. I might be asking for her back in a few weeks but at this very moment she's all yours. I might even pay you to take her.

Any way we went to the doctor to make sure her head was alright and that she did not have a concussion. The nurse told me "don't worry because babies bounce". That did not make me feel much better, but the doctor look at her and said that she was fine and that it would take a few weeks but the bruise would fade. I guess unless the child is vomiting or loss conscious then a head injury is nothing to worry about.

Why, you may ask, did this happened? Well Aniela had one of Areya's papers from preschool that was left in her reach and Areya would not stand for that. Instead of picking up the papers and moving them she decided to pick up Aniela and move her.

So my question is how do you make a child understand what she did wrong and punish her without punishing yourself? I explained to her why I was putting her in time out and that she hurt her sister. I also explained this is why it is important that she does not pick up the baby.

I'm not sure if after all that she understood that this is a big deal. So again how do you punish her without punishing yourself? What I mean by this is, if you take away her toys, outside and t.v. time, what does she do? The answer, get into trouble because she is board out of her stinking mind.

So after all this you might wonder what I did. Well the only way I could think of working this out was to not let her watch t.v. or movies. She is not allowed to play outside or with toys for two days. What she can do though is read books or color. I don't know how well it will stand up because you can only read books and color for so long. I hope that after all is said and done she will understand why I tell her to leave her sister alone.

If anyone have any other ideas I would love to hear them.

Snow... Snow.... Snow.....

Areya loves all this snow we have been getting. Not me I hate it! I hate driving in it, I hate shoveling it and I hate how stinking cold it has been. If it would only snow in the mountains I would be a very happy mommy. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy the activities that come along with the snow but I prefer to go to the snow then have it come to me.

If it was up to Areya it would snow all day everyday all winter long. She loves it. Even when she is soaking wet and freezing she won't come in.

This was her first snowoman of the year. She is funny because it always has to be a girl. I tried talking her into building a husband for her snowoman but she said no because boys are stinky. She wanted to build a snow doggy instead.

This was Aniela's first time experiencing all the snow. She hated it! She cried the whole time we were outside. I could not even put her down to let her explore. Maybe next time she'll have a better time.

If we end up moving to Chicago we will have to worry about the snow but also the bitter cold there. I hear that it is very windy and very cold in the winter. I might get lucky and we'll move some where warm. I love the sun! I could have it 80 all year round and be happy.