Marsha Loftis

Tomorrow is my parents 50th wedding Anniversary party. I had a cake made for the occasion. I am worried the weather is going to make it impossible to travel to Nashville.

We are currently under a winter storm warning. We are suppose to get snow starting today thru tomorrow. Knox county closed schools last night at 7pm. The kids didn’t have to go to school today.

My parents are having their 50th wedding anniversary party tomorrow in Nashville. I’m going to cry if it snows enough that I can’t get over the mountains and attend. I am picking up their anniversary cake after work.

Today I failed at being a mom. I was cleaning house when Morgan asks if she can use her easy bake oven. I said “yes” so that she would stay out of the way.  Once I am on a roll cleaning I need people out of the way and let me do what I need to do.

It takes 12 minutes to bake a cake in the easy bake oven.  Morgan decided it was too hard to see the cake cook in the easy bake oven so she asked me if she could use the microwave. I wasn’t paying attention when I said “yes”.  10 minutes into baking her tiny cake in the microwave it catches fire. Smoke filled the house. It seems I forgot to tell Morgan that microwaves cook things really quickly.

I failed at being a mom. Poor Morgan was scared to death.

It’s snowing in Powell Tennessee. The roads are a bit slippery. slipped to the bottom of my driveway when I got home. It was a bit scary, thought I was going to hit Stephanie’s car for a moment. That would have been bad.

This is a short video of our family Christmas at Fall Creek Falls. We had a really good time. Unfortunately, I was only filming when people look bored. LOL!

I went to bed long before midnight when I woke up this morning it was 2010. Wow! amazing.

I don’t have any specific goals for this year. Except that maybe I will make a true attempt at getting into better physical shape. My son wants me to join his karate class. I am seriously thinking about doing this.

I received a new computer for Christmas. I want to work on making better videos. In the last few days, I have taken our old vcr tapes and put them on DVD and then uploaded them to youtube.

I wish everyone a happy 2010.

Morgan and Shane Ethan were promoted to yellow belts in karate last week.

I painted my kitchen. It took all weekend. Every muscle in my body hurts from bending and stretching. LOL!!  The kitchen was formerly light blue. I hated the color. I decided to paint the kitchen orange and white. I think it’s pretty this way.

It’s so exciting. My blood donor card came in the mail today. I can’t wait to give again. Only a couple more weeks to wait.

It’s a beetle of some sort. I think he is very beautiful. I think he lives close by because he spent several days on my front porch. Yesterday, he decided to go for a walk on the front lawn.

I have always been a crier. I am not pretty when I cry. My eyes stay puffy and red all day long. I cry when I am happy, sad or mad. I cry when I hear songs on the radio. Happy thoughts about my children makes me cry.

I cry during movies or reading a book. I cried at a wedding and I didn’t even know the bride. It’s totally insane. I am 44 years old. I need to get this in check. I need help.

We had a wonderful visit with my mother-in -law. I wish she could have stayed longer than one day. The next time she comes to visit she promises to stay a couple of days.

Preparing to watch Arizona and Pittsburg in the super bowl. We are having hotwings, chips, dip….and beer. My brother in law should be here shortly.

I wish I had something creative to write about on this fine Saturday, but I don’t. The only thing on my “have to do list” is house cleaning and getting my hair trimmed. That reminds me I need to clean up the spare bedroom.

My mother-in-law is coming to spend the night. This is a good thing. I miss seeing her all the time. The kids all miss her tremendously. I still haven’t figured out what to cook for dinner tonight. I’m thinking country ribs, fried apples, green beans and cornbread.

My oldest daughter Heather is moving into her own apartment today. I know she excited. I’m excited for her.

It all happened this week. I swear. {{Big Sigh}} My lap top quit working, the headlights on the car quit working, my daughter breaks a tooth, my husband breaks a tooth and this morning my hair dryer dies a horrible death.

My children and husband always laugh at me because I have difficulties staying up late. I am usually in bed by ten. During the week I wake at 5:45am and get ready for work. Technically, that is almost 8 hours of sleep a night which is what adults should receive but I am always dead tired. I can’t remember the last time I actually slept all night long. It has probably been years and years. It takes the littlest thing to wake me up and once I am awake I can’t go back to sleep. My husband snores and the dogs pace all night long. I also have really strange and on occasion disturbing dreams that wake me. Most of my dreams don’t make a lot of sense but the content starts my brain in motion and I can’t shut it off once it starts.
I often tell myself that I am not getting out of bed before 7:30am on the weekends. Unfortunately, I am usually awake before then. Lying in bed seems like a waste of time if I can’t go back to sleep. I get out of bed and start my day as my family sleeps in until noon.