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Omaha, Nebraska, United States
A midlife mom in the midwest of Nebraska just starting my family. My kids are 9 1/2 months apart because my daughter came 3 months early instead of arriving a year after her brother like she was supposed to. Even the year apart was a huge shocker, let alone at 28 weeks! Life is never dull. They make me laugh all the time. Cooper was born January 24, 2004 and Bella November 15, 2004. I just turned 43 and my husband is two years younger.. I'm a stay at home mom. I love trying new things. I will try anything once,, and even give it a second try just to make sure I really didn't like it the first time. :-\

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Oh the things kids say!


Daddy to Bella "what happens when you fart?"

Bella to Daddy " bubbles come out of my butt".......

Monday, September 21, 2009




Bella likes riding on cooper's big bike. Though she thinks she is being sneaky riding it when he is at school. Wish cooper would ride his big bike but the height seems to scare him a bit. maybe next summer

Monday, August 24, 2009


Bella pretended to be a news reporter. But not just any news reporter. When gary asked her if she was a newswoman bella replies in her squeaky girl voice with a 15 year olds attitude ‘I’m a news hamster daddy’. and gave the news in a little hamster language we didn’t understand.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Lets see if this phone works

-- Sent from my Palm Prē

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Subject: LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH.. COOPER IS TOO FUNNY

Coop about 'racks' me tonight. i say watch it. he says "what? it's not like you have a penis like daddy that you have to push down out of the way. i always have to push mine down out of the way, it's always stickingup" me:cracking up. Coop:"What?" me:laughing. Cooper:"you sure are one crazy nose pierced mommy" me:"aww thanks cooper:)" Coop: "that wasn't a compliment".. BBAAAHAHAHAHAA.. LMAO..LOL LOL cooper:"What?"
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My new jewelry!
first question i get is 'did it hurt?'.. well hell yes it hurt!!!!!
I had wanted my nosed pierced since i was 19 years old. that's what..... 22 years ago.? yeah.. that's my college algebra math at hard work.
Speaking of College algebra.... i'm taking this college algebra course that is hurting my brain.
more on that later..

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Facebook | Tina Tompkins Hughes Piercy

"Cooper was wanting the KungFoo Panda dvd back to the main menu, i tried to help him get back there with the romote. He was being a normal 5 year old whining and telling me i was doing it wrong. i said 'hey, i'm trying to help you, where is the being grateful that i'm trying to help you?'. he replies with his hands in his shorts pockets...............'i don't know, i'm just not feeling it inside right now' LMAO..."

Monday, April 13, 2009

the bunny that died in our yard on Easter before we buried it







we found this poor little bunny in our back yard while hunting for our Easter eggs. he was all curled up, looking like he was trying to stay warm up against the swing set. So we buried him on monday. my son said a prayer, a really nice one for a 5 year old. then we buried him. kids seemed to learn from this experience. i was surprised they didn't even cry. we explained that the bunny was away from his mommy and probably couldn't find his way back to her and got too cold over night and died. my daughter said a little 'ooohh awwwh'.. they both helped me bury him. also wanted to put a grave marker there. so we have a brick paver that w are going to clean up and use a perm. marker to write on it. maybe even make a cross with sticks. luckily the bunny is buried outside the fence of our yard so the kids won't bother it.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Photo on DropShots

I wanted you to see this photo on DropShots: http://www.dropshots.com/coopdebell#date/2009-04-07/09:15:58

bella learned how to tear the tape off the tape dispenser. and taped up my calculator and hung it from the cabinet..lol and said that area there was her lair..

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Monday, March 23, 2009

No Energy........

I have so much cleaning to do, but i don't have the energy to do it.
i think i'm starting to get a cold. ugh.
gloomy all day, waiting for the rain and storms to come.
the doves are back on that same limb in the tree. i finally put some more bird seed in the bird feeder. and squirl food in the other bin.

there's an actual white dove out there. along with the two gray doves. wow
I signed the kids up for an acting/theater class for this saturday. for three hours. my husband has wanted to get them into an acting/theater class to see if they would enjoy it. they have such great imaginations and story telling abilities..
i just laugh at the many things they do and say.

Bella tells me or anyone who will listen 'something changed my life'.. when asked what she says 'a cantelope seed'..huh?lol
or the few times that she has had a potty accident and her pants are wet she says she didn't have an accident but that she's just sweaty..lol

so funny

Sunday, March 22, 2009

What is it with today? not feeling all that with it. damn hormones!
i have been keeping track of how i feel through out the month for some time now. even though I'm only 41 i really think I'm starting on the path of pre-menopause. it can last a few years to 10 years. and menopause isn't actually until you haven't had a period for a whole year. but the ups and downs of hormones can last years. with no affect to your period. mine has been changing , always regular, but going from a normal 5 days to now just one day, barely. i noticed these changes a few years ago. after my daughter was born nov 04. my obgyn finally convinced me to try some medical help after about a year or so of talking to me about it. when i hurt my son by losing my temper and pulling him out from under the kitchen table and as i did that he hit his head on the leg of the table. bruising his hear cartilage. i felt horrible! cried so bad for hurting him. called my husband, he had to come home from work to calm me down. i knew that day that i needed to talk to someone about these mood swings because i knew they were not me and that something was changing. i had never had pms. i wouldn't even be able to notice when my period was going to start. until i had kids..lol
then my body changed! i so notice exactly where i am with in the month cycle. i know when I'm feeling depressed, or have very bad BO for a few days,, or severe pms. i know exactly where my cycle is.
at first the dr gave me Lexipro for anxiety that i have probably always dealt with my whole life and never knew how to categorize it. that helped alot!
but still not with the severe pms. tried Yasmin,, oh gosh!!! not good. that stuff was like being on pms the whole two months i took it
now the dr is starting me on another birth control pill. one with less estrogen. there are like 90 birth control pills out there,, and i hate the idea of having to do the trial and error aspect of trying to find what will work.
i dread it. but i also know that there really is no other way.
I'm in the depressed and BO stage right now..lol so i know my period should start this coming week. in the mood of just wanting to be left alone. so my husband took the kids to the indoor pool,, as i sit here,, with the march madness games playing in the background. watching the doves on the tree branch out back that the bird feeder is hanging from. there's no more food in it right now.. i suppose i should put some in there..
its 71 degrees supposedly.. lol maybe i should go out there and enjoy the day a bit....................

Friday, March 20, 2009

Today,, we went and picked out glasses for my son. he turned 5 in january.
we found out yesterday that he indeed need glasses. one eye is 20\40 and the other 20\100. luckily it was during his kindergarten physical this week that they did an eye test and he didn't do so well. luckily we have insurance, and dr's and school systems who make sure every child is required to get eyes and hearing tested before starting school. i know i'm glad we found out now and he won't have to go through years of not being able to learn as well as he could in school,,he will be able to see now.
BUT,,, all tha said,, when the dr first said he can't see the first line out of one eye.. i was sad. when the eye dr said, yes, he needs glasses,.. i was nauseous and had to catch my breath. i was sad. he was excited.. as was most people when i told them. with the 'that's great it was found now, he'll be able to see now'.. i'm usually the one that see a silver lining from anything!! but for some reason this,, the unknown to me,, was different.
i have no reference point to use..
i don't want my feelings to color his view of his glasses. i WANT him to be excited and happy.
i'm working on my mind to get past the sad feelings i'm feeling for him.
i say in my head, ' i don't want him to have to go through this'.. {sigh},, really?? really?? is it all that bad?? everything we've gone through through to have him, everything we have gone through to have our daughter.
she could have had so many things wrong. we thought she would have hearing loss and we were fine with that.. how is this different? why was i ok with the hearing loss but glasses.. geeshh.. lol
ok,,, you can do this.