I want Julie!!

Sweet B got used to hanging out with me recently, so when they drove by my house and saw I wasn't home, she threw this fit.  She just wanted me!!!

She dressed herself

This kid right here. OMG.  Too cute for words.  She is usually very stylish, but today, she decided to let her inner spunk take over when she got dressed. 

BABY SHOWER -crafting is fun

My sweet baby cousin (the youngest of the 11 of us), is pregnant with her first child, a boy.

They like blue, and hunting.  So I made this cute baby blanket for her ... I mean him. :)

I had to post a couple pics from the shower too, just because everything was so cute. 

Her First Fish

We went up to the country for the weekend, and of course the most popular thing to do at this time is hang out at the pond, with fishing poles in our hand.  Just introduced the kids to fishing this year, and they are hooked.  No pun intended.

Brynnlei finally caught her first fish, ever. She ended up out-fishing all of us. The first fish she caught, she almost sorta 'petted' the fish before we threw it back. By the end of the day, not only is she holding it and throwing it back herself like a champ, she's also asking to throw back everyone else's

fish too. 

REDRUM

Sometime in the late 90's, "The Shining" came out on TV.  If you've ever watched it, you'll know what "redrum" means. 

My mom decided to put wallpaper in one of the bathrooms, so I took advantage of signing my name on the wall, and then writing redrum.  The wall I wrote this on is directly across the mirror, if you look in the mirror, you can clearly see what I meant by "redrum". 

Fast forward to now, we'll say roughly 17 years later, and my mom decides to re-do  her bathroom. She rips all of the wallpaper out, and sees my non-sense. Redrum? what the heck is that? when she was walking off, she glanced in the mirror and figured it out, then sent me pictures.

Escape Artist Dakota

this dang dog. She has escaped several times from my house, but I've found her each time. This time, she got out Wednesday morning sometime, and it's now Saturday. I've put up flyers. I've scoured the internet. I have friends looking out for her.  It's been such a lonely week without my baby. It takes all I have not to just cry all day. 

This just makes me wonder how parents can handle the loss of one of their children who are kidnapped and possibly never found. OMG I would die. like, seriously. This is awful.

Tonight is my mom's birthday. We are sitting around their kitchen table after eating dinner, and just starting to eat cake. I don't have my phone on me during dinner, but I grabbed it to take some pics and I noticed I had several facebook notifications. I check it quickly and, someone had tagged my name on a "found dog" post.  and i search, and lo and behold, Dakota was found in where? In a neighboring city. That's 22 miles from my house.  I immediately leave and race over to pick her up. She saw me and jumped straight in my car, but wouldn't 'talk' to me or anything. She was unsure of what was going on and leary.  Her feet were not beat up from the long walk, and she wasn't hungry.  I can only assume someone picked her up, drove her home, and she escaped their yard. 

And the kicker? The people who found her, are friends with Cody and his brother. They were actually on their way to his brother's house when I showed up.  And their house was about 1/4 of a mile from Cody's.  Maybe she smelled my scent there and was searching for me? 

Moments after she jumped in my car. See the fear in her face?

20 minutes later, cuddling with Austynn

She recognizes this bed

Just how I woke up the next morning with my baby

Mystery Shopper - MIS (Trendsource)

I’m one of those people that always see the ‘great online job’ deals and want to know more about it.  I’ve tested a lot of deals within the last 10 years, and a few I have stuck with and want to share them with you. I like to test out different options, and am pretty good at figuring out if it is legit or a scam.  

I signed up back in 2004 with my first company when I first heard this word on my college campus - MYSTERY SHOPPER. I found a site that you paid a minimal fee to and it gave you a HUGE list of all the websites to join to become a mystery shopper. I don’t remember that original website now, nor would I share it anyway.  Why??  Because I don’t think ANYone should pay money for a  ‘job’ where you want to earn money.  If you find a mystery shopping website that offers a fee to become a member, but the reward is big, RUN. Run far far away, Forrest.  Don’t pay money to become a mystery shopper. Although I know that fee I paid was not a scam, and it definitely got me started in the right direction since I was a newbie; I have learned that the internet is full of websites that do NOT cost a penny to join.  

One of my favorite places to perform mystery shops for:

If you do go to any of these links, please be sure to use me as a referral.  Email: JSlawson83@gmail.om

MSI (trendSource) 

This company sends me grocery shopping once a week and reimburses part of my expenses.  Who doesn’t want free groceries?!  I typically do Kroger shops, but occasionally I also visit Office Depot and Walgreens.  They offer other locations but nothing in my area. 

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