Nicknames

As I was getting in the van this morning to go to church (yes, I was the last one out the door....big shocker) my husband informed me that John Avery had come up with a new nickname for me...are you ready????

Redheadneck

Gee thanks son!!

Oh well, it was only a matter of time before I became a topic of his hilarious and off the wall brain musings.

His nickname for Jacob is Jermamaw....I really love the way he says it too!! So if you see him ask him to say it for you.

Oh yeh, Owen Jett Richardson was born last night at about 7:20. He weighed 8 lbs and 1 oz and was 19.25 inches long. Good job jenn and God bless you for procreating with my brother....as I'm sure anyone who knows Loren can agree with.

Hopefully my next post will have pictures of Owen with his cousins and aunt and uncle!!!

See you all soon!!

Michelle

Purpose

When I think about my blog I wonder.. what can I say, what's it for, should I always be positive or just real or what?? So I guess I'll just be all those, since it is about me and I am not always positive :)

Anyway, we live in a very rural part of Morgan County, Alabama and a very small community- Union Hill. I love the school and the fact that we live right next door to Grammy, Brian's mom and her husband, Poppy...who just broke his leg and it's in the middle of where Brian and I work (Brian works in Cullman and I work in Guntersville). But there are a lot of not-so-good things about it too. We have several neighbors with kids and I don't always have the time, patience or groceries to take care of them all the time. There is a neighbor and it just seems like they only come over to eat...I think they have food at home, they also don't really want to leave unless they have to. I know that I should help people but sometimes it seems like they and their parents are using me. I wonder if my parents ever felt this way?? What should I do. I want my sons where I can see them so I know what's going on and because I don't necessarily agree with how the neighbors raise their kids, I don't want mine over there.

There is actually a neighbor kid knocking on the door right now....I'm not answering.

So for all the millions (yeh right) of people that read this blog...what do you think?

I want to help and I want my home to be comfortable and for the boys to want to have their friends over but when is enough, enough?

Owen Jett Richardson

My brother and his wife are having their little baby boy today!!! His name is going to be Owen Jett Richardson...Jett is Jennifer's maiden name. I am so excited and he had a ustream going so we can see it (when Jenn let's him turn it on..hehe). I'll try to post some news when I find out.

So......

Well I thought that there wasn't anyone checking and work has been super crazy, not that it ever isn't, anyway, my aunt seems to be my only follower right now and I thank her. So, shout out to Nanant!!!!! Love you!!! Another thing is that my dad is turning 60 on Monday. I hope the next year is better than the last year. I love you dad!!!!

There really isn't much going on at home these days, other than the sleep overs, spankings, figuring out how to be a good mom but still protect your children. I think I'll talk more about that in a minute for now, I gotta take a break...be back in a minute.

Test

I am going to try to download some pics and see how it turns out.

This picture is a from December of 2008 and its the boys playing the Wii. Can you tell which boy is which??
Jacob has the shirt with the orange sleeves and John Avery is Chillaxing.

Pictures

Ok I know that I need to put some pictures on here but bear with me, I am just getting the hang of this. I promise some pics soon!!!!!

Blogging

So now that I have entered the world of blogging, what do I blog about?? My work is private but ooohhhh sooo funny and my family thinks that everything should be private but I don't do private too well.

I would love to back up and tell our whole story but I don't think that I should do that so I think I will just let the goo flow and put some backgound in as we go along.

Chicken Piccata

I LOVE food and I love to cook food...I just wish I had someone to clean up the kitchen after one of my masterpieces..haha.

I also like quick cooking items that taste like restaurant quality stuff..so, I picked up a box of Chicken Piccata by Macaroni Grill and tried it (you have to add the chicken). I loved it and it tasted great. Even Jacob liked it and he is usually the pickiest of eaters. (Please know that Brian doesn't like anything with lemon in it so he did not try this, as he usually doesn't try what I make anyway because he's a manly man and can't be bothered with anything other than meat, potatoes or pizza). Anyway so I bought some chicken that is already in strips and followed the directions and it was great leftover too. (another side note: Brian does NOT like leftovers).

Another reason I liked this ?recipe?, box meal?, is because I don't like capers but I do like the flavor that they add to the dish and this didn't have any capers in it but all the flavor was there. Try it and let me know what you think.

More, More, More

I feel as if I have been storing posts in my head for years...so these first few posts may seem really random.

I AM really random!!! In everything that I do and in all the people that I meet. Just ask anyone that knows me...TOTALLY RANDOM. I also have a love of music, all kinds; food, all kinds; movies, all kinds; purses; clothes..well you get the idea.

My husband is the funny one...he is sooo quick witted and it will cut to the bone too but he is generally harmless. I am the irreverent one that says all the wrong things at the right time.

I have had a pretty normal childhood although I am now learning that my parents, while they did the best they could, there are still some things lacking in my character. Brian often says that he has to raise me...oh well, I feel the same about him.

My sons are too funny. Jacob is the oldest and he is so Type A. We call him "nanny Jacob" sometimes because he feels the need to be a parent to his little brother. He is really bright, loves school, determined in everything and just cute and silly.

John Avery is our youngest and he is a master puker. He is so good at it that he knows just when to go to the bathroom or get to a garbage can. He is too cool for school, thinks all the girls love him (and they do...especially older ones), and loves music like his mama.

John Avery's current favorite song is, unfortunately, Honkeytonk Badonkadonk. I admit, it is my fault...I got him the iPod for his birthday and I downloaded the song (although I really didn't think about it as being negative) and now he loves to sing it to anyone and everyone..so warning!!!

Ok my fingers are tired and I must go so that I can eat some ice and watch House!!!!

Good night to all and I hope I can figure out how to post from my cell.

TA DAH!!!!

Ok I heart blogs and I love to read others blogs...undercover of course. I have tried to resist this urge to blog but today I was overcome with the need to share!!!! hahaha.

I cannot promise that I will be funny or serious or have anything that is worth reading but I will promise that it will be interesting .

So, for those of you who don't know me, I am a wife to Brian, mother to Jacob (7) and John Avery (5.5) and a social worker. My sons are HILARIOUS and I promise that I am the farthest thing from a perfect mom or perfect social worker but I do know that we all have fun and make some great memories!!!! As a social worker there is no lack of funny stories but to protect the innocent, I hope to keep those stories to a minimum.

I love to cook, hate to clean, love to watch movies and read books and play video games. My husband says that I am escaping but so what!!!

I have lots of friends and family while my husband has slim to none of those.

So without furthur adoo....