Tonya's Thoughts

I'm so HIP!

2012-02-17T18:09:00.000-05:00

Ok. Not really. But I do have an improved hip. Guess that doesn't make me "hip" though does it. On Valentine's Day I under went a hip repair on my left hip arthroscopicly. Minimal invasion. I had a labrum tear with impingement. (My hip had developed a boney tip like a bone spur that was damaging my labrum cartilage, causing pain when walking or any other hip movement.) Now that boney

Me

2012-01-12T21:26:00.000-05:00

I hope to become a better me this year. I have soo much room or sooo many areas in great need of improvement. Physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I hope that as I work on one area of me at a time that the growth will also strengthen me in the other areas as well. For the "physical" me, I want to be healthier. Ok, thinner too. Can I say "thinner" when I'm not thin to begin with?

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-01T20:03:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone's new year is off to a great start. Any resolutions? Me? Just the usual. Lose weight. Eat better. Exercise more. Get more organized. Finish home re-no to get it ready for a for sale sign. How many will I actually succeed at? All I hope, but especially finishing the home re-no and get it sold.

2011-12-05T23:16:00.000-05:00

I don't post because I'm a Pinterest addict. There's no sense in lying. I'm addicted to Pinterest! There! I've said it.

I'm Drinking from the Saucer

2011-10-25T17:02:00.001-04:00

I've not been enjoying life to the fullest lately due to health issues, but I realized, after hearing this poem read aloud at a training conference I attended recently, that it's been my choice NOT to enjoy my life as fully as I can. Forgive me as I go back in history just a bit. Several years ago, I was diagnosed with a bone disease that is painful and potentially crippling. For one who

My MoodBoard

2011-09-25T19:38:00.000-04:00

I would just love to have this! Gonna work on achieving it!! My Master Bedroom Plan Moodboard

Celebrate Family 2011

2011-09-06T20:22:00.000-04:00

As a family, our favorite FALL activities are: Getting outside -- After hiding from the heat all summer, we love to get outside! Playing in the leaves Camping Family Time around the Fire Pit! Hunting -- Okay, well not all of us, but I'm the only one who doesn't. Hubby, Son, and the Daughter LOVE it! All aspects of it. The tracking, the waiting, the adrenaline rush when they see something ...

How to decorate cupcakes the E-Z way!

2011-09-06T18:01:00.000-04:00

These are just adorable! And E-Z!! Even I can do this! :-D To order, owl cupcake decorating kit

I'm a WINNER!!

2011-08-23T23:24:00.001-04:00

I cannot believe this! I'm a WINNER!! I am so excited! One of my VERY FAVORITE blogs hosted a give-away. AND I WON! I think this is just awesome! I love reading the posts @ Under the Table and Dreaming! You must get to know Stephanie Lynn - a.maze.ing ... woman! Wanna know what I won? An awesome book that I am going to complete and present to my wonderful Hubby! I really love this idea

Migraine Home Remedy

2011-08-19T22:22:00.001-04:00

Ok. I have to share this. I suffer from migraines. Really bad. Several per week. Like, almost daily. A co-worker told me about a home migraine remedy that he heard about. BRAIN FREEZE. Self inflicted... You know what a brain freeze is, right? That painful quick headache you get with ice cream or a milkshake? Well, I tried it. I didn't have access to ice cream or a milkshake, but I

There's sooo much!

2011-07-07T17:52:00.002-04:00

I really have neglected my blog. I am just so busy, there just doesn't seem to be any time to blog. I take care of my baby [my pom pup] before going to work - go to work for 11 hours - come home - take care of my baby again - do some housework [trying so hard to be a good FlyBaby!] - work out in the garden few times a week - take care of the harvest I've brought in - work out with Wii Fit and/or

Ooey Gooey Mud Pie

2011-06-21T19:20:00.003-04:00

This is just too irresistible not to make! Especially with this heat! I just love it when I see "How Does She" email in my inbox!! That's were this link will take you - to their post for this heavenly yummy! ooey-gooey-mud-pie

I just love... PINTEREST!!

2011-06-17T22:29:00.000-04:00

Hubby and I are planning a move further into the country. We want our future home to be representative of the location. So we're planning on building our dream "country cottage". As I scour mags I cut out inspiration photos. Well many have been tossed as the "clutter" became too much. I suppose I could have created a binder for them... But, alas, a binder never seemed to hit the grocery list.

The Battle with my Evil Side.

2011-06-15T13:35:00.001-04:00

I am battling my evil side today. I was in a meeting this morning regarding a takeover and in all the blah, blah I could hear greed for power and money coming out of it. I have had to fight before for the retention of positions. Why is it that management's only worry is how much they can save by eliminating positions? Having to wear a couple of hats due to this Way of thinking, it's not fair to

If I could change 5 things about my body...

2011-06-07T22:16:00.000-04:00

I would change my vision - I cannot see without glasses, I'm trying contacts and they can't seem to get the Rx right. I would just love to be able to see EVERYTHING clearly! I've been wearing bifocals since I was 37 -- too young. Doncha think so? I would change my taste buds - I do not eat very many veggies; especially green ones. I look at salads and they are so colorful and so pretty - but I

RESTRUCTURING OUR LIVES

2011-05-21T22:28:00.003-04:00

For the bulk of the past 25 years, we've been a family of 4. In the past few months we've been down-sized by half. It's just Hubby and I now. Both of the kiddos have flown the nest and started their own nests. Yep, we're empty-nesters. It seems that since our nest became empty, Hubby and I have fallen lax in those areas that were such priority when we had kiddos at home. One of those areas

10 Reasons My Mom is the BEST

2011-05-03T22:12:00.001-04:00

This is not in any order, just 10 reasons I've come up with that makes my mama the best there is! 1. She makes "Girls Day" rock!! I cannot think of a more fun person to hang with on "Girls Day"! It's always filled with laughter - lots of it! Sometimes I wonder if I should wear a diaper before meeting up with her, because I know she and I are going to laugh until we cry! 2. She gives me hope

SQL HELP PLS

2011-04-27T18:51:00.000-04:00

Anyone out there know SQL? I'm struggling with a join problem. Sure could use someone's expertise...

Reaping what you sow

2011-04-23T00:30:00.000-04:00

1st Harvest of the Growing Season - Hubby LOVES his radishes!! We love playing in the dirt, my Hubby and I. Guess we just haven't grown up yet! =) We have a little "square foot garden" that does very well with its harvest. Growing in it this year is various peppers and radishes. Elsewhere is corn, tomatoes, squash, and sweet potatoes. This is our first time growing radishes - Hubby was

You don't know who you're messing with Bubba!

2011-04-20T21:07:00.001-04:00

Our sweet little angelic daughter goes to the parts store needing something for her truck or her hubby's and apparently did not get the royal treatment our little princess is accustomed to. Her (wanna-be) response to such "common" treatment... You don't know who you're talking to. I'm (Hubby's) daughter! I'll tell him about this and you'll lose all the City's parts business. Take that, Bubba!!

Update on "Catching Up"

2011-04-10T00:45:00.004-04:00

Those are all posts from our Family Newsletter. I've been very neglectful of blogging lately between posting on the Family Newsletter and Facebook - of which you already know how I'm feeling about. Something that I'd like to clear up a bit about my Family Newsletter posts. I mention a few times about being tired and needing some R & R or sleeping for 4 hours... When I wrote these posts I had

Catching up...

2011-04-09T15:57:00.004-04:00

04/09/2011 Update on yesterday. I finally was able to leave around 6:00. I sure was mad at myself for forgetting that I had that paper to do until the last minute. Here's the real kicker - my boss was supposed to do this paperwork for those analysis and recommendations on our 4 divisions - but he "felt" I could handle it. (Translation: he didn't want to do it. ) So today's Saturday and my

Do you have another kid I don't know about...?

2011-02-09T22:37:00.000-05:00

I recently asked my very most favorite cake baker/decorator in the entire whole wide world if she would make another wedding cake for me and she replied with, "Do you have another kid I don't know about...?" I thought I was going to die laughing - but I held it together and managed with a little giggle, that I hoped she didn't hear and replied, "No, this one is for my mother-in-law." That was

25 Years of Love

2011-02-05T23:24:00.003-05:00

I want to share a very short and quick love story with you about a girl named Tonya. Yes, me. It’s 1980, at the neighbor’s Halloween party. Tonya is the new girl in the neighborhood; the odd one, that talks differently, wears different clothes - she's just different. She’s from another part of the country and a city girl to this country way of life. She somewhat knows some of the kids attending

Driggers~Stephens Wedding album

2011-01-05T21:37:00.003-05:00

A photo album by Smilebox

Sneak Peek from the Wedding...

2010-11-11T14:28:00.005-05:00

Getting her hair all pretty... Patiently waiting while I lace her corset [which was too big, because she lost more weight - already had the dress altered 3 times!] The beautiful and yummy cake by Angelic Cakes! I use her whenever I need a special and very yummy cake! I highly recommend her!!!!Angelic Cakes The barn before every thing got started... The Wedding Party table... Keeping warm

You MIGHT be a REDNECK if....

2010-11-08T19:10:00.003-05:00

... your wedding march is blaring from the speakers of your car!! The DJ was late to my daughter's wedding, so my life-saving daughter-in-law, saved the day by driving the car up to the back of the chairs and played the appropriate tracks of the cd...! The day was saved!!! Thanks! <3

Working in Such Horrific Locations

2010-10-20T18:29:00.001-04:00

It is such a shame being sent to such horrific locations for work... You feel bad for me, having to spend 5 days in this, don't you... Away from my family ... all by myself... I am having to endure the horrific atmosphere of this place at this pc on the left in this very photo as I type this blog at this very moment. Don't you feel my pain...? It's awful... Just awful... They dare to

NO BOOZE WEDDING RECEPTION

2010-09-16T23:35:00.002-04:00

I must confess, I'm really irritated. "Etiquette" dictates that because we are not serving booze at our daughter's wedding reception, we are suppose to notify EVERY guest!! I think this is baloney!! No one informs me that they are going to have booze at their receptions which equates to drunks. Why do I have to inform the drunks they won't be getting drunk at this reception??? This just bites

Wedding Planning is NOT E-Z!!!

2010-07-21T23:10:00.001-04:00

I'm trying so hard to plan this wedding for my daughter and still keep a smile posted on my face for her at all times and tell her just "how excited" I am. When really elopement is on my mind more and more!!!! I wonder how much money it would take to bribe her to elope...??? I know the soon-to-be "Mr." would be more than happy to take me up on it... Hmmm.... Weddings are for rich folks!!

READY OR NOT THERE GOES YOUR LIFE...

2010-06-20T23:16:00.001-04:00

Some days I feel like I'm 20 years older than what I really am... Then there are days that I feel like I'm 20 years younger... But lately, I'm wondering where in the world did the past 20 years go? It was just 20 years ago that I was taking care of my infant child who had weak lungs and would stop breathing on me whenever she spit up. Forcing me to take infant CPR for the day I just knew I

Canning Veggies!

2010-06-05T13:46:00.002-04:00

I'm canning veggies! And loving it! A couple of years ago I canned 12 quarts of corn and tossed most of it because after 6 months I didn't like the looks of it. So I've been hesitant to try it again. But after MUCH research I've discovered my errors and have been excited to try it again. (1) You don't use table salt, it does discolor your results. Thus the reason they make "Preserving Salt"

TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT & THIS IS WHAT I'M DROOLING OVER...

2010-02-24T21:20:00.002-05:00

why is it that when a person [aka - me] is trying to lose weight, it seems that the said person [aka - me] cannot go anywhere, even in blogdom, without running into temptations [aka - muddy buddies]...? go figure... it just seems that the harder a person [aka - me] tries to get rid of excess poundage [aka - FAT], the temptations just seem to jump out of the woodwork all of a sudden! what's up

I miss my aunt...

2010-02-18T22:08:00.002-05:00

My Aunt Kath and Grama, February 2009 Kathey Jo Davis 21 August 1951 - 26 January 2010

THE ABSOLUTE B-E-S-T BANANA PUDDING EVER!!

2010-02-08T16:23:00.003-05:00

I have been asked by my sweet dear hubby to never, ever use vanilla wafer cookies ever again when making banana pudding. I made a new banana pudding yesterday and he said I'm never to go back... And he had reinforcement that it was really good. [It tasted pretty darn good to me, too!] :-) The recipe came from an old edition of Southern Living - I used the shortcut method, as I'm not into cooked

Grieving...

2010-01-31T22:07:00.004-05:00

Grieving is so draining. I feel so emotionally drained. And it hasn't helped my depression any... I just feel like sleeping this away... But unfortunately I cannot. I try so hard to keep my grief under control so that I am not a party pooper. But I never know when my emotions are going to come flooding to the surface. Just when I think I am going to get through the pain, something - anything -

Dying and Saying Good-Bye...

2010-01-22T16:11:00.006-05:00

I'm in the hospital with my aunt. She's been here since January 13th fighting for her life. We received word Wednesday, the 20th, that she's not going to make it. All the fighting she's done in the past years against the ravaging pain of scleroderma and she's losing the war. She never stood a chance. But I take comfort in knowing that Heavenly Father will be ending her pain soon and taking her to

Please pray for my aunt...

2010-01-17T20:47:00.002-05:00

Please pray for my Aunt Kathey. She's in ICU fighting for her life. She's been given a 50/50 chance for survival from a surgery to try to save her life. She was so sick and still is. My aunt would do anything for me - has been like this all my life. I would do anything for her. She's a heart of gold. I know that she is in God's hands and that He will do what is best for her. I cannot help to pray

TUFF STUFF she says...

2009-11-06T22:24:00.009-05:00

My daughter, the tough cookie that she is, who has in the past laughed at my attempts to be current with the times and be a blogger -- has FINALLY BROKEN!!!SHE'S A BLOGGER, TOO!!!And she's found that she enjoys writing about her passion(s).Being tough is great, but a little flex makes us even stronger! [my words to Tuff Stuff!]Love ya Chick! [mom]

I think I'm a blog stalker...

2009-10-25T19:06:00.007-04:00

I really do enjoy blogging. I hate that I deleted my original blog. UGH! Double UGH! I still can't believe I did that. Occasionally I get something I want to get off my chest and I enjoy putting pen to paper so to speak. [Does that phrase date me? I think I just gave away just how old I am... No one writes with pen and paper any more do they...???] There I go, digressing from my original thoughts

Do You Wish I Was DIfferent?

2009-10-11T00:05:00.006-04:00

Today my sweet Baby Girl asked me, "Mom, do you wish I was more girly and didn't love hunting so much?" In that nano-second of fear and thinking "Oh my gosh, I hope I answer this right and don't get this wrong - oh no, what if I do, what will happen? How will I wreck her life? Will things ever be the same between us again?" Oh yes, trust me, I do think like that - yes, I did think - and just that

The Road Trip of many FIRSTS

2009-09-26T13:27:00.011-04:00

We made our trip to see our son in Idaho. We took a very long way to go see him so that we could see lots of the country side and we're so glad that we did. We left on a Sunday after seeing our Baby Girl off to Church, boy was that hard. Hubby reminds me that I "only" cried once on the hour for the 1st 4 hours and then each time she called after that which was about every 2 hours. The 2nd day

Sir, Are You a US Citizen?

2009-09-05T23:52:00.004-04:00

Hubby and I traveled the LONG way to see our son in Idaho. We hadn't long been in New Mexico when we came across a Border Patrol traffic stop. My sweet country boy, when stopped, asked the Hispanic Agent in his born and raised southern language "How ya'll doin' ta-day?" only to be asked by the Agent, "Sir, are you a US Citizen?" Seriously, does he think any Mexican could really talk like that???

Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

2009-08-22T23:44:00.009-04:00

These just look SCRUMPTIOUS!!!!I was visiting my friend MA's blog and seen she had this site as one of her favs... Anything titled "Our Best Bites" begs to be looked into -- and YES I hit the mother load!!!! I was not disappointed at all! Was it because I'm trying to diet and craving yummies? I don't know, but I was just hoping that it had to do with yummy food. And the recipe -- of all recipes

Places to go, People to see, and I don't want to go...

2009-08-22T20:52:00.007-04:00

But I do... Have you ever found yourself in the quandary of wanting something, yet not wanting it...? My Hubby and I are going to see our son in one week to be with him for his birthday! Haven't missed one so far - don't really want to miss any... While traveling out to see him in Idaho, we're going to make a BIG loop of the US. We're driving you see, because we've never been out west. He's

Home Improvements or Demolition

2009-07-03T16:07:00.005-04:00

Image by Getty Images via DaylifeDH and I have decided to "spruce" up the home. We've ripped up the carpet, torn down all the trim from the walls, ripped up the linoleum from the kitchen [with helps from the Poms]... I'm not sure where the "Home Improvement" part comes in... But I do see "Home Demolition" going on! The fun part is while I'm sitting here writing about this, DH is busy [very busy]

I Did WHAT..????

2009-07-03T12:29:00.001-04:00

Okay, so I'm really, really upset with myself right now! I've been having some problems with my OTHER blog so I FINALLY realized it was because I have TWO Google accounts. No problem! So I thought! I never use the OTHER Google account [it's ancient anyhow, right?] -- I'll just DELETE IT!!!!!!!!! UGH!!!!! I lost it all! Both of my blogs, my website, EVERYTHING!!! I cannot believe I did this! I