Long Time...No Post

I haven't been at a lack for words this week, I've been at a lack for time. One of my coworkers has had a terrible virus all week and has been out. Whenever someone is out I fill in their place. Of course, my work still has to be done too! So today I was off and I spent the day with a special friend and scrap booked. I totally love doing that. I started last summer and made one for Eric of his basketball days. This year I started one for Bryce. So far I've gotten up to his first day of Kindergarten, but it has been alot of fun hard work. Today I started on Tyler's book (I've got 13 years to catch up on, ugh). Eric and I will be making a trip to Memphis sometime this weekend. I left my work in Southaven Thursday and I need to go pick it up before Tuesday. I think we might try to make it out to the Wolfchase and do a little shopping. I started on Weight Watchers again...third times a charm right? I have been very faithful to my diet and so far I've lost 5 pounds. I hope that's correct and my scale isn't broke! I miss the days of being smaller. I'm not expecting a size 5 again, but at least a 10, maybe even an 8. Bryce has never known me to be small and he doesn't understand that I'm overweight...I'm just his momma. I have been battling with my weight since I was 21 and at times I feel like I'm winning the battle. If I can get at least 20 pounds off I will probably be able to stop taking my blood pressure medicine and I can exercise more comfortably. I love riding my bike or running, but I get so winded so fast. I feel like if God had wanted me to be a fat person he would have made me that way but he didn't he made me average sized and I chose to beef or should I say pork up. I want to do this not only for myself but for my family and to please God. I have not been using my body as the holy temple it is, I've been feeding it for no reason instead. Well I need to go for now, we have company on their way. Hope everyone has a good Labor Day weekend.

Blog Worthy Day

Oh my gosh what a Friday!!!! Bryce stayed the night at my parents so I didn't have to get up as early as I normally do, and I'm glad I got the extra 20 mins of sleep this morning. We knew that we were gonna have two girls out today, but we had no idea what was in store for us today. Our server was down first thing and all of our computer programs rely on the Internet to function. I couldn't take xrays on my first new patient or download photos. Finally we got that fixed and I had caught up with my work so I went into the lab to make some retainers. A few minutes later Janet and Dr. Hodges came running into the lab grabbing all of the towels that they could find. We had a leak!!! We thought it was from the sprinkler system but come to find out they were pressure washing the floors upstairs and the water was running through the concrete floors and down all of the exterior walls in our office. So of course all day we were battling the flood! Things seemed to get better and then it all got crazy again. Brackets kept coming off Janet's patient, April's patient showed back up with broken brackets also, Dr. Hodges decided we needed to do impressions on an observation patient, and it looked like the schedule was getting fuller...it was only 11:00! Well the workday continued on in this crazy downward spiral until I finally left about 5:20 (my usual Friday leaving time). I finally got home and my mom and precious baby boy were waiting for me in the living room. The highlight of my day is seeing Bryce when I get off work but today I didn't show that excitement as I normally do. He had a folder full of smiley faces and showed me that he "stayed on purple" all week (that means he was very good). Guess what...it's that time again when they start to sell wrapping paper. You know I think it's all good that they use these fundraisers to help the school but it really pisses me of when your 5yr old comes home and tells you how much he needs to sell so he can do this and win that and so on. I would rather just write a check to PTO and donate than to spend money on some of the overpriced junk in that book. Tyler will be bringing the exact same book home in just a few weeks for his school too!! It's got to be even harder on parents with more that 2 kids. Well anyway enough complaining. So Eric called and said let's go out to eat. We haven't been out to eat in a while with the kids since money has been so tight. Eric got his first Walmart paycheck yesterday so we decided to have a family celebration. We went to Olive Garden...Bryce's idea. The wait was short considering it's furniture market this weekend, the service was excellent and the food was wonderful. Of course Tyler is still trying to figure out what is good and not. He ordered the Parmesan crusted tilapia. He didn't like it. I told him to stick to catfish and crappie from now on LOL. Anyway we switched plates and he finished off my portabello mushroom ravioli. Bryce and Eric went safe with lasagna and manicotti. It was so nice to sit around the table and talk about the week and laugh with each other. I totally love my family. My kids are wonderful and I don't think there is a better husband than mine (ok, he does have some flaws though). Tammy called me tonight and asked me to come help her tomorrow at the Bodock festival in Pontotoc. I have never been before, but we need the extra cash so tomorrow I will work my first food service job :). As for tonight Eric and Bryce are in the bed and Tyler's playing the PS2 and I think I'm ready to join Eric in slumber. Goodnight.

I have come to realize

Every once in a while I get an email that has a questionaire with several silly questions. I thought this one was unique in that after answering it I began to think about some of the more important things I have come to realize.

I've come to realize...................

1. I've come to realize that my legs....will never grow longer
2. I've come to realize that my job....can still be rewarding even when I feel unappreciated.
3. I've come to realize that when I'm driving.....I want total silence so that I can concentrate.
4. I've come to realize that I need.....to pray more for God's will instead of mine.
5. I've come to realize that I have lost.....my energy.
6. I've come to realize that I hate it when.....my child is hurting.
7. I've come to realize that my cell.....is the biggest piece of crap that was ever put out on the market...note to everyone Rzrs are crap!
8. I've come to realize that money.....doesn't buy you happiness, it just pays your bills.
9. I've come to realize that certain people...deserve a better life than society has allowed them to have.
10. I've come to realize that I'll always be....vertically challenged.
11. I've come to realize that I have a crush on......my husband...
12. I've come to realize that the world......will eventually end and that time is nearing.
13. I've come to realize that my school is......well I'm not in school anymore, but my schools helped shape my life.
14. I've come to realize that when I woke up this morning.....I had to actually get out of bed!
15. I've come to realize that last night before I went to sleep......reading Magic School bus not only allows Bryce and I to spend time together, he's really learning alot!
16.I've come to realize that right now I am thinking about.....do I really have to go back to work...I have enjoyed my lunch hour.
17.I've come to realize that my mom......only wanted the best things in life for me...being a parent helps you realized that mom and dad weren't stupid after all.
18. I've come to realize that Myspace...is over rated.
19. I've come to realize that today...is not different than any other Thursday.
20. I've come to realize that tonight.....Eric and I will have the house to ourselves!
21. I've come to realize that tomorrow...one of our employees will be out and I will have to do her work and mine :).
22. I've come to realize that I really want to...look like I did in high school...well at least like I did when I met Eric.



23. I've come to realize that the person who is most likely to repost this...likes questionaires as much as I do.





I have come to realize many different things over the past few years but here are my constants.

• When everyone turns their back on me, God is still with me rooting me on.


• My family loves me and that's all that matters.


• Money is not as important as I once thought it to be.


• My kids are geniuses LOL!


• Although my life is not what I dreamed about as a teenager, I wouldn't change a thing about it.

Busy Weekend

Gee I had a really busy weekend. Seems like there is only so much you can do in two days and we managed to accomplish alot. Friday we just crashed after a tiring week. The first full week of Kindergarten absolutely wore Bryce out and well let's just say that Walmart DC is kicking Eric's butt at the moment. After a very restful night for all of us we were up and ready to go on Saturday. I cooked biscuits with chocolate gravy and there were NO leftovers. Then I got started on the laundry. I'm a procrastinator when it comes to doing laundry or any other kind of work for that matter so normally on Saturday I have several loads to do and put away. It took me about 3 hours but I got everything washed and put up. Then on to the Kitchen...I also hate doing dishes! While I was working Eric was being my babysitter/handyman. Our air conditioner has decided that it wants to leak all over our hall, so he had to fix that. The carpet is still wet...probably be stinking pretty soon! Stefanie and I had a girls night planned so I had to get around and get beautiful!!! LOL! After trying on several outfits I was worn out! We left the house and headed to Logan's. Note to self...when ordering a steak there always order it a little rarer than normal... I ordered mine medium and it was medium well and very tough. So we decided that we would go see Mama Mia after dinner. I was really excited about seeing it cuz I've always loved musicals and I grew up listening to my mom's ABBA records. I was kinda disappointed...the storyline was really choppy, but it was still a good movie. We had a flashback moment on our way home. When we were in college we always were riding around listening to the newest tape we had just bought and dancing, so we relived those moments! Sunday was just as busy. We had church then Bryce had a birthday party to go to at Chuck E. Cheese's. That place is a mad house and is totally too small for the amount of hoodlums running around. Bryce decided to stay at mom's house so Eric and I had the house to ourselves. We watched 21. It's about a group of students at MIT that learned how to count cards and beat the system playing Blackjack. It was a really interesting movie. So now here it is Monday and back to the daily grind. I have to take Bryce to LeBonheur tomorrow for a check up with Dr. Lazar. I hope all goes well.

First Time for Everything!

Ok, so I never have really kept a journal...well not since Jr. High, but I have noticed that in the past few years this blogging thing has become more popular. If you don't already know who I am here's the run down. My name is Crystal Heatherly. I am 28 years old and I live in Tupelo, MS. I have been married to my husband Eric Heatherly (not the country singer) for 6 1/2 years. We have two kids. Tyler is 13 (he's actually my stepson, but what's the difference) and Bryce is 5. I grew up in the Tupelo area but graduated from Mooreville. I attended I.C.C. for three years and accomplished NOTHING, but I did have fun! After finally deciding to call it quits on college I started working for a local orthodontist. To my surprise I actually loved it. Shortly thereafter, I met Eric. A friend of mine kept telling me that I needed to meet her husband's best friend. Well I had had my share of screwed up relationships...blind dates...etc, and I was not interested. She kept bugging me and bugging me and finally I threw in the towel. I went canoeing with them and there was something about Eric. I thought he was so cute...his looks, his actions, his personality. Too good to be true. He was funny, and had this innocence about him. I don't know if it was love at first sight, but I knew I wanted him to call me back. Well he did and the rest is history.

So anyway that was my short history. There are so many things that have happened in my life that I wish I had written down on paper to look back and reflect. My brain can only hold so many memories. Now I have a website for holding my memories and sharing my life with all of my friends and family. I hope that throughout the years not only me, but my husband and children will enjoy posting photos and memories for our family to enjoy and look back on.

Bryce just started Kindergarten and Tyler is in the Eighth grade and Eric just started a new job, so I know that there will be many interesting posts to come.