miscellany monday!

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{one.} jackass 3d. my husband and i chose this to be our first 3d movie / date night.  we watched all the other ones together in theatre, so we figured we may as well watch this one too.  i know, it is childish, and probably a movie for teenagers, but hey, everyone needs to laugh at someone else every now and then.  i have to say, it was the most disgusting and nudity filled one yet.  i would not recommend it for the weak at stomache or young. on a better note, i am now a lover of the 3d movie! i get severe motion sickness, so i was scared, but i took my scopace about an hour before it started and was good.

{two.} family.  there's nothing like them.  my extended family is theraputic to me.  we have a not so common relationship, meaning that i know all of my aunts, uncles, first cousins, second cousins, etc. my grandparents had 6 children, which produced eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.  we all have dinner together at least 2 sundays a month, with many of us meeting at my grandmothers every sunday for a small meal and visit.  we get together every single holiday, including mothers day, decoration day at the cemetary where my grandpa is buried, and of course the major ones and, well eat and congregate.  i thought this was a normal occurance until i married my husband, and he made me realize that not all families do this, or even know aunts, uncles, cousins that well.  my point is, saturday, my uncle (whom is a southern baptist preacher) had a get-together at his cabin.  he invited his entire congregation, which consisted of majority old people, plus our "bunch" as we like to refer to ourselves, which is a whole bunch of children. we had a hay ride for the little ones, which of course some of us big ones had to join in on.  we had fish, hamburgers, and hot dogs, plus tons of sides and desserts.  the older ones brought their instruments and played old gospel hyms.  i know that would not sound like a good time to most 24 year olds, but it is sooo theraputic to me. it gives me an all around good feeling.  i have been so blessed to be raised in a close nit family.  sunday, my grandmother celebrated her 89th birthday.  she got up and cooked a dinner big enough to feed the 6 kids, 11 grandkids, and 12 great grandkiddos.  isn't that amazing? she can still do anything she wants, including digging holes in flower gardens big enough for me to stand up in.  i'll share some pictures of my wonderful family here

<----mom in green and her two sisters

cousin and two uncles

cousins

{three.} craziness. that is the best way to describe my homelife for the past 3 days.  my husband and i have been at each other's throats.  we have been arguing over the dumbest things.  he has a very short fuse here lately, and i know it is the stress that we are both feeling with wanting to have a child and the upcoming ivf.  he feels like things can never go easy for him and everything he wants that ordinary people have are so hard to accomplish for us.  he is thankful that god healed him and he is alive, but at the same time, he is angry that he is having to go through this after having already gone through beating cancer.  and i completely understand, because i feel the same way sometimes.