Moving...Again...ugg.

Mom & Dad's

College Street

Pebble Creek

Stapp Drive

Mattingly Drive

Wood Drive

Wood Drive Cul-de-sac

B.F. Overfield Road

Thelma's

     This is a list of the places that I have lived since 1979.  The first I lived for 20 years and the eighth, I lived for 5 years!  I am 31 years old.  Let's say that I am very good at packing and unpacking, but I feel my enthusiasm is dying.  My home on B.F. Overfield Road was going to be my home FOREVER, but that's not what was in the stars or in my husbands dreams either.  He had a grand dream.  A dream of moving me back to my hometown.  Well, not just my hometown, but 300 yards from where I was raised my whole childhood.  Before I moved out of my Mom and Dad's, I thought that people grew up and lived in a house until their death.  I had never been around crazy people that moved when the carpet got dirty.  That's what my Mom says we do:)  I was sheltered and naive.

     I'm not saying that any of this was bad, just not what I had pictured.  Moving helps you in a way.  You hold on to the important things and purge all the crap-o that you held on to for too long.  You quickly find out who your true friends are and the extra ones you need to purge too:)  Note to friends that stuck around:  You get a lot of good "crap"  when the Cox's move, don't you?  Yes, Mame!

     I am very glad that my hubby (in his BIG dream kind of way) finally got me to move back to good ole' Tolu.  It gave me a moment to reconnect with people I hadn't seen in a long time, come back to the great feeling that this old house gives me,  my boys got to spend the summer with Mammaw and Pappaw and I recharged on where I came from.

     Moving back to Tolu was not my idea!  I repeat, this was not my idea.  I fought Jason, tooth and nail, over moving back here.  I told him there was "nothing there, that's why I moved."  Those were my exact words.  Now...I realize that everything is here. 

     Being the most wonderful wife in the world, I totally understand why he doesn't think it's as grand as he first thought it would be.  Being the amazing wife, I am, I know why we gotta to pack up those GAMCO boxes one more time.  It's called love.

     I really can't complain too much about moving back to Hendo.  I did get a bigger house.  It has a basement that I dearly missed!  This one has a bathroom downstairs so there is no reason the kids have to come up at all now.  I'll just throw a couple of bologna sandwiches down and a jug of Kool-aid twice a day!  I have plenty of acres for a chicken coop and a room for the tanning bed....you know the important things!



Here is a picture of the new hacienda!

Nice, huh?  In that Brady Bunch kinda way!

See those big bushes?  Imagine my four-wheeler yanking them out of the ground!

       

    



"You're the meanest Mom EVER!"

     "You're the meanest Mom EVER!"  This is a quote that rolled out of Houston's, my 4 year old's, mouth yesterday while in the GAP.  A normal mom would have had embarrassment take her over, but not me!  No, it was pure anger and the overwhelming desire to pinch his little head off.  Don't worry Child Activist, I did a proper "time out" that would have made the Super Nanny proud! 
     My voice got real low and manly.  Intense eye contact was made, then I turned his little tail around in the corner and resumed shopping.  Score one for MOM! 

     Not only was I irritated for the loud scene that he just made, but I was more peeved that I had just taken them to the movies and to Chuck E. Cheese.  I don't know about other places in the world, but here in the good U.S of A. that should throw any mom into the GREATEST MOM category.  Nope, not with my kiddos.  I blame this on my mother.  I like to blame everything on my mom and I guess that is what I get for doing so...2 spoiled rotten kids.  How do you give your kids everything and still teach them to be grateful?  Well if you know please let me know!

     On a lighter note, after the time out and a "sorry Mom", we walked straight out of that store and directly into the candy store.  Even though they think I'm horrible, one day they will forget about the attitudes they had and just remember that their Mom was, in fact, an "Awesome Mom".  I guess it's kind of like a savings bond, the full benefits will not be seen for many years but totally worth the investment!

This was another day that I wasn't quite The Meanest Mom Ever!

    

    

Hit me with your best shot!

WANTED-  Good, clean jokes!  I have a page for jokes but...I don't know any!  I'm not really a good joke teller!  I am a great laugh-er though!  So if you see any or know any great jokes send them my way at brookedcox@aol.com.  Thanks guys and have a great Monday!

Just a little example of a good laugh!

Today is the first day of my blogging life!

     This may be a horrible post today, because I'm new to the blogging world.  I really don't know how to work all of the stuff just yet!   I'm sure I will get better with time.  Everyone has a blog, right?  Well "The Babbling Brooke" will just be about my day to day adventures of a wife, a mom and a girl from a tiny town. 

This is a very happy day last year!  This is when my husband was baptised.

     Just a little about me...#1  I'm the funniest person I know!  #2  I'm NOT the perfect wife and mother, and will not pretend to be.  #3  I love the Lord and am thankful for his Son, Jesus!

 

     This is not a HOW TO blog!  I just want to share my experiences with others and hopefully find a common tread.  Well, I hope you enjoy and please help me with this new toy!

This is my family in June, when Jason and I renewed our vows.