tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13484895670109939902024-02-02T12:43:23.090-06:00Life &Times of a QCMAMAQCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-3800433490957710202011-11-16T00:00:00.002-06:002011-11-16T06:57:40.083-06:00525,600 MinutesThat's how long it has been since you left. Seems like just yesterday, seems like it was over 10 years ago. Every day I miss you. Everyday I want to pick up the phone and call you. Every time I go to the store I want to turn right to your house instead of left to mine. I still haven't been able to drive down your street. I am dreading Halloween cause tradition is going to your neighborhood. QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-28213930773145663322011-11-14T23:30:00.003-06:002011-11-14T23:31:59.992-06:00It seems to bethat every time something starts going right,and I think I am going to be ok and that things may be looking up.Every time I get my hopes up just a little. Something happens and it all comes crashing down. Happy holidays to me. QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-64247110657243819812011-09-14T10:37:00.004-05:002011-10-13T13:33:32.995-05:0025 Things your photographer won't tell youI decided to write a fun post. Similar to the Reader's Digest "Things your ____ Won't Tell You" Photographers edition. I have asked all my photographer friends for their input and here is what I have come up with.Things your photographer won't tell you1. We don't believe for one second that your 1,2,3,4 week old smiles all the time for photos at home on command. We just smile and nod and makeQCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-79886514447563579712011-08-23T19:43:00.001-05:002011-08-23T19:43:42.649-05:00KaitlynnKaitlynn, a photo by qcmama on Flickr.QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-86691875560730851492011-08-23T19:13:00.002-05:002011-08-23T19:21:40.325-05:00Being a single mom is Hard! I am a single mom. I have been officially for almost 5 years. When I think about it though I have been a single mom for a lot longer. There was the year and half my ex husband was in Iraq, and the 3rd shift work. He just wasn't around much. It was what it was and that is that. I miss the days of being able to jump in the car kid free to run to the gas station, or the grocery store and be QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-78131715338178029022011-08-17T08:41:00.002-05:002011-08-17T09:04:54.460-05:00To my SonDear Bryan, I first met you when you were 5 months old. Your parents had come back from Louisiana to visit their families. Your dad and I had been friends for a very long time so of course I stopped by to see him and you. You were so cute and smiley. So roly-poly in your red short overalls and striped shirt underneath. You were very happy just to sit and smile at everyone. So cute. The QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-3347802202914916992010-12-01T08:56:00.003-06:002010-12-01T08:59:29.870-06:004 Generationstaken on my Grandma's 82nd Birthday. I am so thankful I have all the memories I do with her in them. I miss her so very much.QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-45868926752377772162010-11-24T10:20:00.002-06:002010-12-03T13:01:04.017-06:00Aurora Gifts on The Angel ForeverOne of my most favorite bloggers and my friend THEANGELFOREVER just did a review on aurora gifts. You should go check it out and let her know qcmama sent you. :)QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-87700331519184722762010-08-12T15:51:00.001-05:002010-08-12T15:51:14.700-05:00I want to see your face again When I moved back from Indiana to my hometown I was starting my sophomore year in high school. It wasn't so scary because I knew a lot of people from Jr. High and grade school and had kept in touch with a few friends. They had met new people in the year I was gone but I was welcomed back like I had never left. I just kind of folded in. One of the friends that I was introduced to was QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-44990129883574827912010-08-10T09:31:00.003-05:002010-08-10T09:33:49.369-05:00wanting to make some changes.I am wanting to move my blog to a different site. One that where I can own the domain. However I am at a complete loss on how to do this and keep everything that is here. I need a webmaster :( My goal for the next year is to amp up my blog, get more readers, maybe do some reviews, write more often and just make it more kick ass in general. I know this is a short post but I don't have much moreQCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-1309588528725293432010-07-29T15:18:00.004-05:002010-07-29T15:21:45.537-05:00Go check out my friend Angel!So over there somewhere on the left of my blog there is a link to THE ANGEL FOREVER She is pretty cool, I've known her and her family for over 7 years now. Crazy huh? Well she just posted a giveaway for the book "Potty Animals" so if you have little ones that are about to be potty trained, or older ones that might need a few reminders then, well go check her out. :)QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-61102804200890574702010-06-24T16:14:00.003-05:002010-06-24T16:14:33.320-05:00I’m Goin’ on a Boat!I know the last few days I got all umm…I don't know sad like I guess. I guess I am just trying to work through things in my own way and when I put them down on paper, or screen rather, They're not swimming around in my head anymore and I feel a little bit better. JSo sorry for being such a Debby Downer. I read a few blogs, I have my favorites, their buttons are over there on the left. QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-60818454864549639452010-06-24T16:14:00.001-05:002010-06-24T16:14:15.695-05:00He’s Leaving On A Jet Plane, Don’t Know If He’ll Be Back Again I read a book the other day about a soldier's account of his time in Iraq. It told of his missions and what he saw and what went through his mind while he was overseas. It was interesting, it was scary, it was so sad. It gave me an inside look, a first hand account of what my husband went through in the year he was gone. It made me wonder. How would my book read, my first hand account ofQCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-7828407965682185902010-06-24T16:13:00.001-05:002010-06-24T16:13:45.784-05:00Once Upon A TimeI used to be a wife. That seems like a lifetime ago and I guess really it was. I knew from the time I was 13 that I was going to marry him. He was my first love. When I was 19 my childhood dreams came true. We were married in the back room of a church in Vernon Parish Louisiana. Our first year together was great, in March we found out we were having our first, his second, baby. In QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-73151792586999095322010-06-12T00:26:00.004-05:002010-06-12T01:12:19.578-05:00March for Babies, yes I know its late.I took this picture of Nick while we were on the March of Dimes March for Babies. We walked and I told him and Kait the story of baby Madeline and baby Mimi and all about how some babies are born too early and noone really knows why. Nick stopped picked up a flower and made a wish that all babies are born healthy and when they are supposed to be so that no other parents have to lose their baby QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-36313558930358835222010-04-10T23:35:00.002-05:002010-04-10T23:45:19.289-05:00Dear Kid Saturday,Dear Nick, This has been a rough year for you. Your best friend has been going through chemo and you don't quite understand why you can't see him. Your big brother is living far away and we haven't been able to see him since August. And because of your dad's work schedule you don't get to visit him too often. And now we are moving...again. You are such a trooper though. I know you are QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-28498914876975592882010-03-12T12:47:00.001-06:002010-03-12T12:47:59.062-06:00Home Sweet HomeDid you ever have that one place as a kid or even as an adult that you knew you could always go to no matter what? Home right? Where you grew up, or maybe a special fort in the back yard or maybe you could just close your eyes and imagine it. I grew up in different apartments, I never thought anything wrong with it but I was always a little jealous of my friends who had houses. That's why I QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-4340313392878167122010-01-10T17:26:00.000-06:002010-01-10T17:26:08.099-06:00A Survey from "Aunt Becky"I'm doin a survey today folks thanks to Becky over at Mommy Wants Vodka. Check it out. Check her out, its good times!"1) Dave and I have a long-standing feud over cheese in a can. He thinks it’s food of The Gods while I think it’s probably Of The Devil. Your take? I really don't know about cheese in a can..I guess its ok. I don't regularly buy it but Ill eat it if it is offered.2) Is there QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-11356950598780552272009-07-21T12:16:00.003-05:002009-07-21T12:32:24.165-05:00Stairs of Doom2 summers ago I decided to fly myself and my 2 kids to Houston to see my dad. The flight had a 2 hour layover in Detroit. Not fun! So I decided to get the oh so lovely kid leashes. I don't like them, but thought what the hey, 2 kids, busy airport, I'll suck it up. We left from Midway in Chicago. My friend was kind enough to stuff all of us and all of our crap into her car and drive the 3 QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-79091047282114060312009-06-25T09:27:00.002-05:002009-06-25T09:43:24.431-05:00It's been about a week since I last updated my little space on the net. I really need to start doing this more often. :) We are all unpacked, ok so most of the boxes are shoved into closets until I can figure out where I want to put the abundance of CRAP I have aquired. I started out my journey to Single Mommy Hood with not a whole lot of anything. And moving oh about a billion times since QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-38906118140474898462009-06-18T13:32:00.004-05:002009-06-18T13:44:05.598-05:00Five Days since you Laughed at me.Hello bloggers! How has everyone been? Things have been busy busy in the land on the river. First back in April we started looking for a new(bigger) place to call home. Our 2bedroom closet just wasn't hacking it anymore. So we started searching, the kids and I. I found quite a few places most of which were either A. Ratholes, or B. WAAAAY out of our price range. While I would have QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-1521158414504158232009-06-05T07:55:00.002-05:002009-06-05T08:00:07.900-05:00Karate DepotI have been looking for affordable sparring gear for my Karate Kid since he started back in December. Most places want a ridiculous amount of money for these things. But he has not been able to get the most out of his classes. In researching online I came across the Karate Depot. They have lots of affordable options for gear and other fun things for anyone in the martial arts. Stop by and QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-62166124076559581532009-05-28T10:42:00.002-05:002009-05-28T10:44:59.970-05:00And the grammy goes to.....I have always been able to better describe how I am feeling through songs. It just makes it a little easier to me. So here you go, read on, now if I could just get the nerve to send it to the 1 person I actually want to read it. :(Suppose I called you up tonight and told you that I loved you And suppose I said "I wanna come back home". And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-89500778055417021702009-05-14T20:01:00.004-05:002009-05-17T12:07:57.853-05:00Walk, Walk, Walkity WalkI have been reading my friend Angels blog about walking with Leslie Sansone for a while now. She got me interested in what sounded like a fun time. So I bit the bullet. I need to get into shape anyway. I went to the local Best Buy and I looked at all of their fitness tapes. They had some strip tease ones, which did look like fun. :) Then I found their section all about Leslie. I had to make a QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348489567010993990.post-80764562192675447792009-05-07T09:53:00.003-05:002009-05-07T10:06:20.170-05:00Picture, PictureI don't pretend to be a super awesome better than anyone photographer, but I think I do a pretty good job.... Obviously those above are not cropped or rotated, they are the raw image. But I take pride in what I do. Bad photography bugs me. I can't help but think of how it could be better. But I can't help but look at it. I love looking at other photographers work. Right now all I really QCMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12795560402765948004noreply@blogger.com0