Here Is The Update!!!!

As you can probably see there is excitement in the blog title and you can probably figure out the answer to the question did he pass but im going to tell you anyways.... HE PASSED! Im so proud of my husband, he is doing so well through this whole trucking school. He has aced every test and done so well to get his permit. Now its on to week 2 of trucking school. Thats all i have to blog about for now but ill probably think of something later this week to write about.

At A Loss For Words...

This has been a slow week (TGIF). There hasn't really been anything to post about. I have been trying all week to come up with something that wont bore everyone to death but kept coming up empty handed. The only thing that there is to report on this week is it was Ryan's first week of school. Things are going really well for now he has aced every written test the instructor gave him. We will see how he does tomorrow when he goes to get his CDL permit so in week 2 he can start to learn how to drive one of the rigs. On a positive note we are perfectly fine financially since he quit his job to go to school things are tight right now but the bills are paid so all is well. I will do one more post tomorrow that will probably be shorter than this one but it will be to update you on Ryan's permit test. How has your week been?

Today A Little Miracle Entered The World.....

Ivyonna Marie Giddens

January 13, 2010 5:45am

Good News! Good News!

This post is going to be filled with nothing but good news and positive things! First up on my list is Ryan got accepted to trucking school and he only needs a $300 down payment! If he can get his car sold in the next 2 weeks then he can start school immediately with a graduation date of February 12, 2010 and go straight into orientation and training at his new job! In other news i am not pregnant but the good part about that is my ovarian cyst hasn't come back so thats a plus! For a while there we thought it was one or the other but things are going alright now.

Today was a fun day i met up with a friend i haven't seen in ages! She is getting married in March and asked me to be her wedding planner! I met up with her and her mom today while they were dress shopping to take her some things my sister in law had for her wedding that she was willing to give to someone else who needed it and best of all she fount her dress! So now she has her dress checked off the list and its on to other things!

I told myself over and over again that 2010 was going to be a good year no matter what and so far im proving myself right. I have really gotten back into my bargain shopping especially with groceries and things are progressing nicely with my GED and i have been taking online classes and will soon switch to in class classes soon. My cousin is also about to have her baby its just a waiting game right now but she is so close! I dont have much more to write about now so i will leave you guys with these adorable pictures of harley and shadow at the new years eve party. What we put our poor dogs through!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Looks like I'm probably not going anywhere tomorrow but i dont mind its snowing in GEORGIA! YAY!!!!!!!!!

Changes

I have really done a lot of thinking lately about my 2010 goals. I know i have good ones set but there is more that i want to accomplish and bigger ones that i want to get to first. I was raised in a christian home and went to church regularly but for some reason it stopped and i never had the desire to go back. Ryan was raised in church as well by his grandparents and he stopped going after his aunt said something to him he didn't like when he was younger. I have done alot of thinking about how hard 2009 was for us. We started off the year with him being unemployed for 3 months after we had just gotten married 2 months before. We wound up living with his parents instead of moving out on our own and our only means of transportation went out. Now im not just focusing on the bad but i did have quite a few blessings for 2009 like me finally getting my learners permit and getting my license, Ryan finding a job in April, we got the altima in June so i can't say it was a completely bad year for us but there were some rock bottom times. I want 2010 to be better and i want to start off right. This year God blessed us with him keeping his job, we are getting alot of our bills paid down and ryan will start his CDL school soon. Although all that is great i still feel like im missing something and i really feel what im missing is church and God again.  Another one of my 2010 goals is i want to start going to church again and reconnect with God. This may sound bad but i may wind up going alone for a while and im hoping that Ryan will come around and maybe we can go together as a couple. I really think it would do our marriage some good as well as our lives.


Some of you know that my marriage has been really rocky these past few months and there were times i didn't think we were going to make it, but by a miracle we are still holding on. I have looked back at our life together and the past 2 1/2 years we have been together and it makes me really want that back. The happiness, the laughter, the talking and just loving each other. I'm not saying its completely gone from our relationship but its not always there like it should be. So my other 2010 goal is to be a better wife and really put in the effort to try to fix things and i think I'm off to a pretty good start. I recently came across a blog called Women's Marriage Ministry and i really did like the first couple post i read and they really touched my heart, it was almost like they were speaking to me. Also i fount some very useful tips and books on there as well. Starting next week im going to be doing the Love & Respect 14 Day Challenge and reading "Love & Respect" and "Strengthening Your Marriage". As well as going to a church sermon with his grandparents at his childhood church, I'm going to mention it to him and see if he even seems interested in going but if not i wont press the issue.

Im really hoping this can help me start on the right road and maybe help someone else out there in my situation. Im really focused on my goals for 2010 and i hope to be able to achieve them all. Also when i start my 14 day challenge i will be updating here to let you all know how it goes! Until then take care and God Bless!

Looking Back....

On 2009 there was so much i accomplished. Well it was big things in my opinion but im still proud of myself : )

Here is my short list of accomplishments in 2009:

1.) I got my learners permit-January 20, 2009
2.) I celebrated my 1 year marriage anniversary with Ryan November 1, 2009
3.) I got my license back November 7, 2009

Although that may not seem like alot it is alot for me and its huge accomplishments for me.

This year is going to be full of new ones that i cant wait to get started on working towards!

1.) Start Shopping a lot smarter. I already bargain shop for most things but now im going to be cutting coupons and actually using them and trying to buy a lot of things on sale.

2.) Get my GED and start college.

3.) Reduce a lot of our debt (or try to at least)

4.) Start blogging at least twice a week

5.) Work on becoming better organized and stop being such a pack rat!

these are just some of my goals for 2010 but im sure ill have more to update about soon!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Past Christmas Post!

The past week has been so busy for me! I had to do all my running and finishing some last minute shopping and well let me just say i will never do that again! The lines were so long and people were so rude and pushy! But i managed and we had a really good christmas. Our christmas started out on christmas eve with my nanny mac and she had bbq for dinner. It wasn't your traditional christmas eve dinner but it was still good. After that of course we socialized and opened gifts. Ryan got a mini air compresser and christmas money and i got a light pink velour jump suit with christmas money has well. The best presents we got were the pictures. I got one of my cousin skylee and her big sister blake and i got one of my cousins jacey and jamin. My little sister suprised us all and gave us a picture of her too! Now i need to get some frames so i can put up pictures of our family : )

Later that night we and ryan exchanged our gifts and he loved what i got him. He has been wanting for some time the other two books to the eragon series hes been wanting to read in hard back so i picked them up for him. Do you know how hard it is to keep that secret when everytime you go to borders your husband wants to buy them and you have to come up with an excuse why he cant? I also got a 52 piece screwdrive set where you can change out the bits. Although i secretly think he got my present for himself its the thought that counts and i love it. He got me a trimmer set for hair. Its really neat because it keeps me organized and now i can cut his hair whenever without having to borrow his brothers. Plus i plan on going to cosmetology school soon so this will come in handy : )


Christmas day was so busy. Ryan and his older brother went to pick up his great grandmother from the nursing home so she could spend christmas with us. It was so heartwarming to see the family come together and see people we dont normally see. As far as presents we got a few gift cards and checks from the grandparents, my mother in law got me my tinkerbell floor mats for my car and an adorable purse and wallet i have been eyeing for a while and ryan got a new dvd player and a beard trimmer from her. As far as the brother in laws and sister in laws we did couples gifts and we got a comforter set and wireless keyboard and mouse. All around it was a great christmas and i got the most enjoyment out of seeing my neices and nephews open their gifts. Although this was their first christmas with us and nanny mac hadn't met them before she still made sure they had one present each and since my sisters husband couldn't afford christmas for them their church donated some and me nad my mom pulled together for them and they had a wonderful christmas. It really warms your heart when you do something good. im pretty sure i see that as one of my 2010 goals is to do more good. Hope you all had a good christmas!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Boy oh boy has it been a really busy weekend! We had two christmas parties in one day, one for my family and Ryans work christmas party. Although we were totally wiped out on sunday i can say we had a blast! Saturday afternoon we went to my Nanny Mulkeys house for her Christmas get together and seen alot of the family we hardly see which was great i really love seeing them all! My favorite part was seeing my cousin blake who is prego and is ready to pop, that and the baby kicked and i was able to feel it : )

Later that night we had to go to ryans work christmas party which was a blast as well. I met alot of the people i always here him and my father in law talking about. its nice to be able to match faces with names. While we were there they had a bunch of prizes such as a xbox, wii, dvd player, blue ray player etc. and they said they only way you could win one is the guys for Reliable had to sing karaoke to get the raffle tickets. I kept bugging ryan to go sing and get some tickets just to have a good time and see what prize he would win and finally he did. Him and a few of the other guys all started singing dont take the girl and his boss paid three of them (including ryan) with raffle tickets to stop singing haha. The best part of this story is when he handed out the bonuses he told all the guys that the blue raffle tickets they got for singing were no good and that the real raffle ticket to the prizes was in their bonuses! It was too funny. It was a long night they had excellent food, beverages, alcohol etc. The prize give away was fun to watch although me and my mother in law were praying my father in law didn't win one of the big screen t.v's (us kids bought his one for christmas) but instead he one a blue ray player and ryan won some kind of saw but it was still a fun night. I just wish i had pictures to share.

This week has been a busy week as well yesterday i spent the day with a girlfriend and her baby. It was some much needed girl time to just talk and relax. When i came home and checked the mail i fount a card in the mailbox from my dad and he sent me and ryan some gift cards to old navy, bass pro shop, and applebees which they will all go to good use of course : )

The rest of the week consists of finishing christmas shopping, im doing the rest of mine tomorrow with my mom and then thursday morning im going with my sis in law to finish hers because she hates shopping by herself and then later that night i get to go to my nanny macs for christmas eve dinner and back to my moms to do christmas with my nieces and nephews : )

Of course Christmas will be spent with ryans family as well on christmas day and after everyone is gone Ryan is taking me to see New Moon (which i have been dying to see) and then probably out to eat saturday night :)


What are your holiday plans so far? Are you guys done with your christmas shopping?

A Long Over Due Update!

I have been such a bad blogger these past few days but i have been so busy. I finally had time tonight to sit down and write and update for everyone. Things with my sister are going along. We still aren't sure what it is but the doctor reassured us if it is Hodgkins then it is treatable and doesn't mean she is going to die but he wants to make sure before he tells us a diagnoses. As for things on the home front we are preparing for christmas. I have gotten almost all of my Christmas shopping done. All i have left to do is order my brother and sister in laws gift tomorrow, and buy picture frames for our pictures to give to the grandmothers for christmas. After all my buying is done i have to wrap the remaining gifts and put them under the tree and then im done outside of mailing our Christmas cards : )

*as a note: i will never buy wrapping paper with glitter ever again! By the time i was done wrapping all the presents i had to wrap i was covered in gold glitter and it was all over the place! what a mess.


This weekend is going to be really busy for us since we have 2 Christmas parties to attend in the same day! First we have the Christmas party and my Nanny Mulkey's house that afternoon and then that night we have Ryan's work christmas party. Luckily ill have some time inbetween to grab my sister and sneak off to the mall to finish Ryan's Christmas. The last thing on my list is the Very Sexy for him after shave at Victoria Secret : )

As a treat for you guys here is a sneak peak of our Christmas/family pictures!

Me & Ryan

 

 

Tyler & Alicia (sister and brother in law

Todd & Nikki (brother & sister in law)

Mike & Karen (Mother & Father In Law)

Father In Law With Daughter In Laws

Mother In Law With The Daughter In Laws

Dad With The Sons

Mom With The Sons (my brother in law is actually smiling!)

 The Sons & Their Wives

The Gladden Family

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas Everyone!