Friday Follow

Welcome back to another edition of Friday Follow. If you are looking to find some blogs you might like to follow and are looking to gain more followers, then link up with One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families, and Midday Escapades.

This is the instruction to join in with them:

Here's how YOU can join the celebration:

--Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.

--Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.

--Follow as many blogs as you'd like.

--Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you're from Friday Follow.

--Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.

The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site. Just one - but you can follow each blog. Follow a few or follow them all.



This blog hop has been very successful, in finding some great new people that are looking for the same thing, new followers. Now, I just have to add in this time that I'm not really looking to follow blogs that are only about recipes or product reviews. I know that a lot of people enjoy blogs that are specifically about that, but that's not what I blog about and not what I'm looking to follow. :)

Dear Someone

Dear Alyssa,

You do not have permission to act like me. So when you have a sleepover with your friends, there will be no more running around in bras and panties because you want to get a little wild. That behavior is reserved by me, so you need to take the more modest route. That's an order.

Concerned Momma


Dear Bra and Panty Episode,

That has brought back a flood of memories of what used to be. Running around all over the boonies here in bra and underoos, playing fire drill in the car running around and swapping drivers in nothing but the underclothes. Ah the memories.

Smiling at the memories
Me

Dear House,

Ok already, I'm ready to attack you now that I have some time after neglecting you due to all the studying. Be.prepared.

Woman who can't believe you let yourself go

If you would like to join in on Dear Someone letters, then link up with Shortmama.

Wordful Wednesday

This me with my brother...

He made me cry the other day. Yesterday to be exact. No, he wasn't being mean or anything. I happened to hop on to facebook, and he had posted on there about his dad. Long story short, we didn't have the greatest childhood. We have the same mom, but different dad's. We originally we with our mom and my dad up until they got into big problems with drugs and all. As much as they have done to hurt themselves and us, we still can't help but have a love for them, even if at times it may be hard to like them. But anyhurt, Brian didn't really have much of a relationship with his father, and I still don't know the extent of it all.

A couple of days ago my brother posted on facebook that he got into contact with his dad, and that he didn't know what to think of it since it only lasted for a minute. They are getting together this Saturday, and Brian is unsure of how things will go. He also got into contact with his brother and sister from his dad. Well, on the post Brian mentioned how when his dad took him in when he was younger, he didn't treat Brian very well and talked real bad about our mom and acted like he had saved Brian. Well, what got to me was Brian posted that he didn't feel saved and all he could think about was who was going to take care of his mom and little sister. Me. He was going through such turmoil himself, and he was thinking about myself and our mom.

I know we went through such bad times when we were kids, but I have always felt the worst for him since he's 7 years older than me, so he saw more and remembers more. I just have to say I really love him. And as much as I think that it gets easier in time, there are always moments like these that bring it all back.

My Husband Drives Me Batty Repost

I've got some things to do today, so I figured I would repost this story that some of you may have missed. Enjoy!


I think my husband may have his priorities bass ackwards. This past Sunday morning it was just myself and the kids home, my husband left out early in the morning to go out quad riding with my great friend shortmama's husband.

So I get up in the morning and everything is just fine and normal. I'm up and dressed, the kids are up and dressed, breakfast is done and the kids are outside playing. So I start to clean up the kitchen. One of my husbands cowboy hats is sitting on the counter so I go to take it into my room. And what do I come upon when I get into my room? There's a freakin' bat flying around all over the place in there.

So I calmly, yet quickly, shut my bedroom door. I head out the front door and around to the back door, which leads into my bedroom. I open the back door and see the bat still flying around like crazy. So I close the door again and get into a better position instead of standing right in front of the door and right in the path of its exit. I open the door again and see the bat hanging on the recessed lighting in the hallway. It sees its exit and goes about its business.

So of course I have to call shortmama and tell her what happened.

My husband got home around noon and I met him out back to tell him about our visitor. My first words to him were "Guess what I had to chase out of the house this morning?". He said "a bat". I said "Yep, you must've talked with shortmama already". And he said yes. But then it took him a few more minutes to tell me that the bat was actually in the house this morning before he left. He said that he didn't know how I didn't wake up because he had all the lights on in the room and was trying to catch the dang thing...with two of his cowboy hats. Oh, to only have seen what he looked like while doing this.

But...he couldn't catch it...and he didn't want to be late meeting up with shormama's husband...in which shortmama's husband was still in deep slumber anyways at home and was late for their meeting by 1/2 hour...so he left the rabid bat in the bedroom with his wife whom he loves so dearly...and that's when the fight started...

For Realz

Ok, so today was my mid-term test for math. I got 85 points out of 100. While some would consider this good, I am not happy with it. So excuse me for a while, because I seemingly didn't put on my big girl panties today to help get over it.

HELP WANTED

Could someone please help a girl out! I am in search for someone to do a grab button/banner for my blog. I had previously found someone that does do them, and she's awesome, but she didn't know how to do the kind that I would like.

So here is an example of someone else's banner/button...

A Fabulously Good Life

Now I obviously don't want to copy what she has, just keep the elements of cartoonish and, well, cute. I'd also like my banner/button to reflect my blog title...Desert Rose Moments. And what does that mean to me?

1) Desert...I live in the AZ desert so I'm thinking along the lines of sunny, maybe boating at the lake or out four wheeling.

2) Rose...Um, maybe a character that looks kind of like mwah. And I don't know the extent that may be done to the character...but I'm a tank top, flip flop, jean shorts kinda girl.

3) Moments...Well, the blog is pretty much about my life, so as far as the title goes when it comes to the banner/button, this aspect can just be left out unless there is someone that is creative and can add their ideas.

So...that is what I'm searching for. So if I could get some suggestions on who to go to and/or you do it yourself and can help out, then please let me know! I'm looking for some different options to choose from.

Thank you!

Friday Follow

Today I am joining in with Friday Follow again, which is hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades.

Here is their description of Friday Follow...

Here's how YOU can join the celebration:

--Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.

--Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.

--Follow as many blogs as you'd like.

--Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you're from Friday Follow.

--Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.

The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site. Just one - but you can follow each blog. Follow a few or follow them all.

The list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.


So...If you are interested in participated in Friday Follow and are looking for some new blogs that you like and looking for more followers, then go and link up with them!