30 Day Challenge-- Day 20

Day 20-30 Day Challenge

How important you think education is

Education is so very important to me..... Although I have NOT finished college it has been a very vital part of my life! Its also helped me to see how much my children need it :) And it helps me become a better Daycare provider! I love finding new and innovative ways to teach kids :) and myself :P 

Right now If you counted up all my college credits I should have a Bachelors in something...... But its miscellaneous! I have credits in Psychology, Early Childhood Education, Education, Business, Accounting, and Medical Transcription LOL Can we say UNDECIDED?!?!?! 

I get to where I'm pretty definately sure of what I want to do when I "GROW UP" and then my mind changes all over again, or i have another child :) OH the blessings in life! So there is so much Education can provide I feel like Education is more important than ANYTHING other than family :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 19

Day 19 –30 Day Challenge
 Your biggest regret in life


I try not to have any regrets in life... after all you learn from everything life throws your way.... and mistakes are part of life.... I do however have two regrets....

1. I didnt' get to say Goodbye to my Father.... (Not sure if that was even possible but I still regret it!) I was mad at him when he passed away.... I still have anger.... I love him so much he gave me life... I just have so many questions that will never be answered......

2. I didn't get to say Goodbye to One of my BEST friends in high School.... for 5 years we were together..... For 5 years he was my best friend... I still think about him alot and again there are so many questions! Even though both of us had moved on in life.... My biggest regret is not being there for him when and if he needed me.... I wasn't there for his family when he left this world and I wasn't there..... Its a regret that again I can't fix.... 

30 day Challenge Day 18

Day 18 –30 Day Challenge
 A book you could read over and over again and never get sick of 


ANY Sandra Brown BOok
A Child Called It By David Pelzer..... 

30 Day Challenge Day 17

Day 17 –30 Day Challenge
 Your highs and lows of this past year 

HIGHS:
Azylen was Born 
I gave Birth to a baby without an epidural!!!!!!
I reached full capacity in my home daycare
Easton Turned 2
Brooklyn turned 6
Cedric turned 30 
I turned 27!!!!!!
Getting in touch with Friends and classmates I hadn't seen or talked to in awhile
Stronger Mommy & Me Group!
The hard past is becoming more faint and easier to forget..... 

LOWS
Lost some friends and family to heaven.
Getting caught up in gossip.... 
I got sick more than 2 times this year :(
Insecurity.....

30 Day Challenge Day 16

Day 16 – 30 day Challenge
Your views on mainstream music

I am not really sure what this means.... But I love music, I love listening to new, old and OLD music :) Music makes or breaks my day there is a song for any mood I am in. I can dance to it, I can cry to it, I can sing along and I can drive with it.... there are so many things I do with music but I would have to say my biggest magic trick is having a room full of 12 kids crying, yelling and screaming all becoming silent when I sing to them : ) LOVE it

30 Day Challenge Day 15

Day 15 –30 Day Challenge
 Write 15 interesting facts about yourself
1. I have many MANY Freckles (Angel Kisses)
2. I like to smile even when i'm sad, mad, or upset about something... Smiling seems to make things feel even better!
3. My second toe is longer than my big toe!
4. I LOVE to dance! 
5. Singing is a new passion I've discovered in the last 3 years!
6. I am strong! I can take alot of emotional stuff and I'm even a little physically strong LOL
7. I love to run.... I used to actually do it! I haven't ran faithfully in about 10 years! LOL
8. I have to be organized or I can't do anything...... IE: I can't cook unless the dishes are done and the kitchen is clean....
9. I HATE cleaning Bathrooms
10. I love children..... :)
11. I have the weight of the world on my shoulders.... I feel pain and anguish for others.... I have lots of empathy.... its good and BAD! Sometimes I can't keep my own life separated from the lives I feel for....
12. I enjoy coming home to a clean house.... so before i go anywhere I clean the ENTIRE house.... just so I can feel that joy for a few minutes when I get home :) 
13. I love CAMPING :) I love the smell of the campfire, the sounds of the outside, Sleeping on the ground... Some of my favorite memories are from camping.... (I wonder why I have not gone camping for so long?)
14. My biggest joy and happiness is my own children :) Watching them grow and learn, try new things and cuddling.
15. I can't sleep at night until I've seen that all three of my babies are sleeping peacefully and I look at the stars.... After all I have so many loved ones in my life in the sky..... The stars are amazing :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 14

Day 14 –30 Day Challenge
 Your earliest memory

hmmmmmm..... Today my earliest memory is my step Dad putting up christmas lights, I kept wondering how in the world he got on top of the roof!!!!! Im pretty sure we have photos of this also but I'm not sure why this is the memory that came to me today! He was itty bitty! LOL 

30 Day Challenge Day 13

Day 13 –30 Day Challenge
 Somewhere you’d like to move or visit

OH man, I am where I want to be in life :) I moved to Martin (HOme) in April 2011.... But the places i'd like to visit are endless.....

#1. Virginia because I want to see my family and all my friends there.....
#2. Florida becuase I'd like to visit my Aunt Emma and Uncle Ralph again!!!! :) AND Disney World with the kids
#3. California becuase I've never been there.
#4. Las Vegas because I've never been of age when I went and I know it has lots of family attractions
#5. Washington State just because
#6. New York 
#7. Wisconsin
#8. Georgia
#9. TEXAS!
#10. I've never wanted to go out of the country, never had an urge or want.... But my husband and family have told me that there is so much more out there and different countries are different.... So maybe Mexico?!?! But I still am not sure I want to leave the country LOL

I want to see ALL 50 states :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 12

Day 12 – 30 Day Challenge
Bullet your whole day

• 6:00 Alarm goes off (hit Sleep) Feed Baby
• 6:10 Alarm again (Sleep) Still feeding baby
• 6:20 Alarm again (Sleep) Feed Baby
• 6:30 Alarm OKAY OKAY! I'll get up!!!!!
• 6:35am Wake Brooklyn up for school
• 6:40 am Wake Easton Up Cuddle
• 6:45 am Brooklyn and Easton Brushing teeth, I help and brush my own too
• 6:50 am Change Azylens Diaper, get Easton Dressed.....
• 7:00 am Fix Brooklyn's hair, Eastons Hair
• 7:15 am all of us come upstairs....... Cleaning time, Pick up the living room and do dishes if I didn't do them last night.....
• 7:25am Brooklyn is off to school Kids start showing up for daycare Feed Easton Breakfast
• 7:30 am usually by now at least 4 kids are here plus Easton and Azylen
• 8:00 am 12 kids are here :) IN the toy/daycare room.... Watching the kids play :) Changing Diapers if needed taking kids potty who are potty training.
• 9:00 am  SONG TIME We sing songs, lately we sing our christmas songs!!!!
• 10:00 am Kids are playing, I am working on something, always working on something.....
• 10:30 I go to start cooking Lunch for the kids.... inbetween I am in and out of the daycare room, 
• 10:45 Kids are cleaning up, I'm taking them potty and changing diapers.
• 11:00 LUNCH TIME!!!!! Get lunch on the table, sit kids down, Get milk poured.... Seconds, setting up naptime blankets, making the room darker..... setting up pack n plays.... 
• 11:45 POTTY time again!!! Cleaning up lunch and getting kids down for nap....
• 12:15 get preschoolers dressed, shoes on, coats on and ready to go!!!!!
• 12:30 usually by now everyone is almost asleep, I'm feeding baby......
• 1:00 FINALLY My break! I clean the kitchen, dishes, sweeping, mopping, wiping tables/chairs and highchairs.... Putting food away, feed the dog!!!!
• 2:00 making any business phone calls needed working on the daycare center and other home things.... Doing laundry
• 2:15 usually one kid is up by now I cuddle with them....
• 2:30 Nap is usually over! We get up put our blankys away PLAYING :) :) :) 
• 3:00 Playing
• 4:00 SNACK TIME!
• 4:30 First parent shows up to pick up baby
• 5:00-5:30 playing and kids are leaving to go home!!!!
• 5:40 my Big girl Brooklyn gets home from school! Hugging her and asking how her day went.... 
• 6:00 Making dinner and enjoying my babies, Cleaning the kitchen again, after all theres another mess from snack!!!!!
• 7:00 Cleaning up the kitchen from Dinner, Usually finishing up my 3rd or 4th load of laundry...
• 7:30 BATH TIME< bathing lotioning, clothing my babies, reading a bedtime story and 
• 8:00 Putting babies to bed..... 
• 9:00 Its finally me time but I'm going to bed :) :) :) 
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30 Day Challenge Day 11

Day 11 –30 Day Challenge
 Put your iPod on shuffle and write the first 10 songs that pop up 

1. Teach me how to Dougie
2. Pontoon
3. Redneck Woman
4. Oh Darling
5. Should've Said No!
6. Blown Away
7. Girl On Fire
8. New Generation
9. Naturally
10. Black & Yellow

HAHAHAHA These are some of my favorite songs.... I guess this is why they popped up in my top 10 :P 

30 Day Challenge Day 10

Day 10 – 30 Day Challenge
Your guilty pleasure (or pleasures)

OH I have FINALLY caught up! Today is December 10th 2012, and I'm going to tell you about my guilty Pleasures...... hmmmmmm


1. Oreos.... 
2. Sleep
3. Reading Love stories you know the ones with ALL the details!
4. Driving FAST! (Speeding)
5. I like to have a cigarette when I go out.... I mean most people like a Drink I like to smoke one or two....
6. Cuddling with my babies after they've gone to sleep.... 
7. Listening to my music as loud as it will go! 
8. LONG hot and steamy Showers....
9. Bad Weather, storms, and natural disasters.... 
10. LIGHTNING, Thunder Storms (LOVE THEM)



Hmmmm I think thats about it! LOL I know number 5 is bad for my health but hey don't judge me :P Have a great day!

30 Day Challenge Day 9

Day 9 –30 Day Challenge

 If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

You know I'm still very undecided about what I want to be when I grow up.... I have so many things I want to be and do, so I'll keep on going to make them all come true.

I want to be a High School Counselor..... I also want to be a Job Corps Director

A daycare provider, a Daycare Center manager/director

A teacher, a mommy, a life coach, a friend, a wife, 

I want to be all I can be, I want to be the best that I can be.... 

I've accomplished some of these things and am still working on many of them :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 8

Day 8 –30 Day Challenge

 A moment you felt the most satisfied with your life

Wow there are so many moments.... But my most satisfied moment even though my whole world was falling apart around me and the floors had been ripped out from under me.... Even in my darkest times I found satisfaction.... The most satisfied was when my husband was baptized! July 25, 2010. I cannot explain the feelings I felt that day! 

July 12, 2006 when I got married was a very satisfying day as well

July 25, 2006 I welcomed my first daughter into the world :)

May 2, 2010 I welcomed my first Son into the world,

May 3, 2012 I welcomed my baby girl into the world.....

There are many many satisfying moments in my life, I have satisfying moments every day! It could just consist of a smile, hug or kiss from one of my children, it could be a feeling i get.... I love life and all the satisfying moments I'll take those dark times and smash them back into the Devils face because I have a life worth living for, and those dark times.... They go away... you get through them, you find new things to make you happy, and deal with the old things until they don't hurt any longer.

30 Day Challenge Day 7

Day 7 –30 Day Challenge

Your favorite childhood toys

I have many favorite childhood toys and memories :) Things I still have are many stuffed animals and one barbie I got for one of my birthday's My mom made me a barbie cake with the Long haired barbie that has hair all the way to her feet.... I always wanted hair to my feet! Another cherished toy is a Buffalo I call "Buffy" She has been here since I was a baby and she is HUGE! The biggest Stuffed animal I own or even see most times :P Most of my things that I cherish however were not toys, I had trinkets I kept to remind me of the memories I made and the friends I shared those memories with! The stuffed animals i have kept all these years all have a story that goes with them and I love sharing my stories/memories! One Toy I didn't get to keep but remember vividly was a christmas present from my mom and dad, a Cardboard box constructed into a toy house! OH man that was the COOLEST present I ever got! Mom and dad worked long hours on those houses (Boxes) they painted them added windows and curtains, and even little door knobs for the doors! Gosh I think they lasted maybe a week but I can remember them SO well :) I hope to someday soon make one for my kids :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 6

Day 6 – 30 Day Challenge

 Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality

My Zodiac sign is: Aquarius

Traditional
Aquarian Traits

Friendly and humanitarian
Honest and loyal
Original and inventive
Independent and intellectual

On the dark side....

Intractable and contrary
Perverse and unpredictable
Unemotional and detached

http://www.astrology-online.com/aquarius.htm

This pretty much explains me :) I don't know about all the "Dark Side Comments" But maybe they'll come later in life LOL. 

If you go to the link i've provided it explains much more. I think my sign does explain alot of my personality however I am me, i'm not a sign, there are many traits I hold that are not explained here but I have to say the most about me is that I am Friendly, Honest and Loyal. I am an aquarius but most of all I am me :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 5

Day 5 – 30 Day Challenge

Your Favorite comfort foods and why

Sorry I got a little behind on my posts. 

My favorite Comfort food and something that I have most any birthday is :

Mashed Potatoes, Corn and Pork Chops or Steak! with milk of course :) 

I love Spicy foods so anything Mexican is usually appropriate for me as well :) 

Why? I don't know because they are my favorites :) 

30 Day Challenge Day 4

Day 4 – 30 Day Challenge

Your Views on religion

I love God! I feel his presence in my life, in my family and friends :) I love talking to God and praying to God.... Singing to him and praising him for everything he has done in my life! I am a christian, I grew up Presbyterian and am still a member there, I also went to a Non Denominational (Christian) Church in Virginia and Babtist, I feel the most accepted, loved and presence of God in the Non-Denominational Church! 

I attended and am currently still a member and youth Elder at Lindsay Memorial Presbyterian church. I am also a member of Tree Of Life Ministries in Lynchburg Virginia! (This is where my whole family are members)

To me it doesn't matter what Christian Religion you are, you are all children of God, we are all going to the same place in the end if we are loving and living for God. Some religions I feel go a little too far to make their people conform to what they think a person's looks/actions ect should be... But I do not look down on anyone, and I pray for those who do not have a God to pray to, because I don't know where I would be without my God! 

30 Day Challenge Day 3

Day 3 – 30 Day Challenge

Your top 5 pet peeves

1. Not smiling for photographs!

2. Racism.... I hate the word, hate the action just plain HATE Racism....

3. Being Bored: Only Boring people are bored, Don't be bored do something.... There is ALWAYS something to do :) 

4. Saying you'll do something and then either forgetting or just plain not doing it!

5. Leaving your things all over (You come in the door, leave your shoes in front of the door, lose your coat in the middle of the floor, throw your bag on the couch/chair, and strip clothing off leaving it everywhere.... Or if you do somthing and don't put away your mess when you're done! 

30 Day Challenge Day 2

Day 2 – 30 Day Challenge

Where you’d like to be in 10 years 

In 10 years i'd like to be a successful business owner, of Love, Laugh, Dance & Play Daycare and Community Center. I would like to have made an impact on my community and the people in it! I would like to have 3 very happy children, a happy husband and be happy myself! 

I would like to be financially stable to go on vacations to wherever I want and be able to visit my family and friends in Virginia more often! In 10 years I hope to have degree's in Education, Psychology and Business.

In 10 years I just want to be happy, I want to be doing what I love, and loving what I do! OOO and I want to own a house :)  

30 Day Challenge Day 1

Day 1 -30 Day Challenge

Your current relationship. If single, discuss being single.

My Current relationship status is Married, I am married to a wonderful man who completes our lives and works very hard. My Husbands name is, Cedric Coleman, He is a Flight Paramedic with Black Hills Life Flight, he also works as a substitute for the Bennett County Schools, and works as a Paramedic at Bennett County Hospital! He loves to cook (Which is the main reason I married him!) Just kidding but it was one of my top 10 things i needed in a husband! LOL 

He is an awesome Father, wonderful Husband and overall really great guy :) 

We like to photograph together, travel, talk about plans and dreams for our futures and our childrens' futures. He has taught me many things in life, and like all couples we have had our struggles and continue to have small struggles but we are made stronger from them.