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The Twenty-Year Meme

20 years ago I:
1. Lived in Shreveport, LA
2. Started into 2nd grade - Mrs. Lee was my teacher
3. Got my ears pierced in 2nd grade
4. Which means I had my 3,000th set of tubes put in
5. Think I lost my first tooth in 2nd grade

10 years ago I:
1. Was about to get my driver's license
2. Was a junior in high school
3. Lived in O-Town!
4. Was this the year carpetball was discovered??
5. Played on the girls flag football team

5 years ago I:
1. Was starting my senior year of college
2. I lived with Danielle, Katie, Karen and Jenn (in Ramsey)
3. And we never put shoes in the door
4. Babysat Coco
5. Drove the silver Chevy Malibu that broke down A LOT

3 years ago I:
1. Attended my brother's wedding
2. Went to Tenneesee for Grandparent's 50th Anniversary Celebration
3. Got an apartment with Ashlee
4. I (rather Ashlee and I) randomly stopped at Paisano's to eat and fell in love (with the food)
5. Met Marty at Paisano's
6. Fell in love again (not about the food anymore)

So far this year I:
1. Have NOT been pregnant
2. Am glad to not be pregant for the 3rd straight summer
3. Celebrated 2 years of wedded bliss
4. Got a job promotion
5. Went to Atlanta to be one of Katie's bridesmaids
6. Unfortunately haven't seen my brother and sis-in-law


Yesterday I:
1. Picked up Hollie to babysit at 7:30
2. Had an early meeting before work
3. Ate a Lean Pocket with DC for lunch
4. Went to Publix mainly for baby food
5. Cooked dinner!!!!
6. Bathed kids and read books to them
7. Did laundry and straightened up house

Today I:
1. Woke up at 6am and realized that BJ slept through the night!
2. And at 6am realized that Marty was still sleeping....uh-oh!
3. Got a free donut from Dunkin Donuts because the Rays won yesterday!
4. Am typing this on lunch break
5. Realized that tomorrow is Friday
6. Talked to my Mom while driving to work
7. Realize how forgetful I am of things that happened 20, 10, 5, and 3 years ago

Tomorrow I will:
1. Go to work
2. Possibly go to Ft. Desoto Park with in-laws
3. Get a free $30 Amex gift card (I'm rewarded for my talents at work)
4. Not get to see my husband until at least 11pm :(
5. Try to proceed to go to bed and not have to get up to feed my son.

In the next year I will:
1. Hopefully have a new digital camera
2. Hopefully have my husband working only ONE job
3. Get rid of dog (notice that hopefully isn't written here??)
4. Hopefully get to go to beach since I live within 15 mintues of it
5. Hopefully lose all baby weight
6. Make some new friends (not intended to replace current ones)

Will he be in the Army?

Well, who knows? But he can do the army crawl...

On our Evening Walk...

this is what happened.

Hollie, your "special" plan must have worked a few hours late. :)

$88, 30 years and FREE!

I'm so proud of my dear husband. Today was his first day of his breakfast deal at Paisano's. He sold $88 worth! And that doesn't count the family and friends he gave free meals to. Way to go, Babe!

30 years and counting! Today my wonderful, loving parents are celebrating their 30 year anniversary! Congratulations and thanks for the example you've shown Marty and me.

Free, yes that's right! Look at this beautiful nursery furniture that we got from a friend of Marty's sister. You wouldn't even know it's been through two families of babies.


"Hey Mom, am I in the picture?"



The 8 month old son finally gets a real crib.



For all of you long distance, don't worry, we haven't grown
too big to share the chair or the juice.



Slightly frightened by the rocking of the rocking chair.




Not at all frightened by the rocking of the
rocking chair.

Notta...

And I mean nothing has been happening. Well, nothing exciting to blog about. Well, of course, I can talk about my great friend Hollie again.

I got her a job! hahahah.....yeah, if that's what you want to call it. More like punishment. Just Kidding. But, yes, once again, Hollie comes to my rescue. She is so willing to help us out, especially with watching the kids.

You see, Marty is finally starting up his "breakfast gig" at Paisano's this Tuesday, July 1st. He is the "owner" of the new breakfast. They open at 6 am. Therefore, my husband of two wonderful years, has to finally get himself motivated to get up before light. Um yeah, he's usually the one that stays up until 3am to feed the babies, if necessary, and then sleeps as late as a stay at home (during the day) Dad can.

Enter Hollie.

Since, Marty will no longer be home when I leave for work at around 8:15, Hollie who lives less than 2 minutes away (thanks goodness), will be watching sweet Arianna and BJ until Marty arrives back home around 11ish in the morning.

Don't worry. I'll keep you posted on how the 4:30am face slaps wakings go.

To the BEST Dad...

Ever. Happy Daddy Day!

We love you,
Arianna and Bernie

Family Fun

This past Monday I took off work. Marty doesn't work on Mondays either, so we decided the previous Thursday that we would enjoy the pool at my parents house on Monday, since they are out of town on their Alaskan cruise.

Randomly, completely out of the blue, we decided to go to either Disney World of Sea World on Monday instead of the pool. So, we did some price checking and thought we'd take our Florida discount at Magic Kingdom. (by the way, you can't wait until you arrive to get the FL discount. You must preorder on the internet or go to a Disney Store ahead of time.)

Disney World it was. Afterall, kids 3 and under are free!!!
We had such a great time. We got some good use out of the double stroller. It was quite hot and I'm not a real big fan of being close to sweaty strangers all day. Therefore, we rode one ride. Well, that and my kids aren't really "ride ready" yet. But the playgrounds, trains, and water spouts were Howell kid ready!

First picture of the day, ready to have fun!





Only ride of the day: the carousel



Our family picture, but Bernie is hiding in the back of the stroller





A little scared of the parade



Uh, Mom, Do you really have to get a picture with this hat on me?


Cutest hats ever!