Love you guys

Oh my gosh guys, miss you SO much! For sure still LOVING LIFE and having NON-STOP FUN and I didn't get chubs or the rona and I'm still hair-smart not booksmart, BUT can I just say, the other day was WIERD. Do you ever just look out at Pal and fill super empty inside, not in the skinny way but in the sad way, so you close your big ol eyes and quietly realize that filling deep down...

is you mIsSiNg thE dAyS whEn wE dId tHis to eMpHasIZe tHiNgS?! 

ME TOO. 

It's like, back in our own pioneer times, JJWT's and I's time in law/biz/medical/dental school, when we had to go INSIDE for cupcakes instead of drive thru cookies (bad I know) and my sassy tweens were just my sassy baby bump? THOSE. WERE. THE. DAYSSS. 

Remember that old saying, the only thing constant is Cafe Rio? SO TRUE. Where does the time, like, literally go!

Let me guess, you have like 6-8 kids now?
No and ew! Everyone knows 4 is the new 6, guys. I'm definitly hot, definitly righteous, defiantly fertile, but I'm not gross.

How big are your eyebrows now?
On a scale of one to ginorm, ginorm.

What's up with your frumpy SIL Ruth? 
Uggggh, I fill super bad for her, not only did she leave the church cuz pride but she also uses ZERO oils, didn't put her girls in dance AND has NEVER remodeled her kitchen, not even once. Super sad.

What have been the biggest changes in your life in the last decade since you blogged?
Seriously, honestly, literally, not much. My hair extensions got more aggressive, my hot boobs got a boost, plus we built a new house a couple times (don't mean to be rude, just saying, used houses bum me out), I DID MY RESEARCH and got way into conspiracy theories, but everything else is THE EXACT SAME as way back when, and that includes my face because #botox {stiff wink, stiff wink}

Tell us your views on racial justice and all the ongoing civil unrest, TAMN. 
Seriously, I LOVE black people. Both I've talked to have been darling. I hardly even see color but when I do, I'm all, CUTE! It bugs me when people say I need to "do" the "work" bc HELLO...I play Lizzo literally EVERY time I teach group fitness.

worse then death

YOU GUYS.

JJWT is looking for a new even kickA-ier job. Bc he is such a grown up and hates fun and me being happy, he is worried people will find this by google'ing us.

{what? Aren't there like a BRILLION Jordan/Jason/Wes/Taylors who went to law/biz/med/dental school and married Tiffany/Amber/Megan/Nicoles???}, sooooo, he's putting the other shoe down and said no more.

:(

I'm not even sad for me I'm sad for you!

Your going to miss the crap out of me!! How will you know what to wear? How will you know how to be? How will you know what's cute vintage and what's ug?? You won't even get to point and laugh at Ruth w/ me!! You won't even get to see Derek's wedding! You won't even get to see Lynzii and I's fight til the bitter end! You'll never know what my new calling will be! What if I chop my hair and you don't even know about it???????? You won't know if Yvette ever manages to get married or how fast JJWT's yet-to-be-formed juice co takes it to the next level! What will you do w/o my oversharing??? You won't get to see Alivyiah TreCole and Tridger Kaegrin's aMaZiNg birthday parties, you won't get to see my daily darling design inspiration, you won't know what to buy or covet or tantrum over and worst of all...

you won't get to meet Brogan, who will be born in May.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SO HARD FOR YOU.

Luckily I've got the sneaky feeling there're about ninety hundred blog's totally inextinguishable from mine to keep you going thru the hard times.

Thanx for reading, for realsies.


Farewell, my e-BFFs, till we meet again in that great anthropologie in the sky.

hyperventing

This is starting to get scarry!!! I am still seriously so blessed and way happy, just freaking out. JJWT just said all these things aren't 'neccessities' now that he is temporarily between jobs:

• my kitchen remodel!
• all my Christmas wishlist's!
• the nicer ipad i need!
  
• my entire New Year wishlist's!
  
• my half-birthday cruise!
• all the boot's I got my heart set on!
• he even forbidded me to go to any of my friends home-based business parties.! I can't go to any of them! ALL WEEK!
  
• all of this month's craft shows, maybe next month's to!
  
• hcg!
• anthro!
• all new scrappin' supplies, off limits!
  
• the next Brian Regan concert!
  
• the internet!
• and worse of all, girl time unless it's free! {is that even a thing!?}

the sky is literally falling

You guys, I do NOT say this lightly but am seriously ready to swear and cry and just take off my boots in dispair! Just don't understand why life keep's throwing rotten lemons at me. Even typing this gives me a serious bummer but this is my journal, and you do exist to validate me, so here goes everything.

deep breathe~ing...

JJWT just

got laid off
got fired
got let go
was terminated

moved on from his kickA dream law/biz/med/dental job. This means he is currently as of yesterday pre-employed.

Shrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriek out NOT in a good way!!!! As in this does NOT normally happen to hotties. I kept my end of the deal by not getting fat!!! Hubby's part is to be loaded!! That is doctrine!!!!! If even WE have a problem these MUST be the last days!!!!!! Why are the economies so mean??

This is seriously effecting me and my needs. My worse nightmare's all the sudden coming true: not only did I gain my first pregnancy pound today, also JJWT is getting all boring and serious and acting like wants and needs are "different" and it is getting wierd. It's like I don't even know him anymore!! He's talking crazy, like, might not even let me go to fetal photo's this week and could end up not waiting til the actual doctor appt to find out what we're having, sad. What is this, the great repression??? next thing you know I'll have to shop at thrift stores instead of just thrifting there.

:(

my roots

Bad news: my great-grandma just died, which sucks.

I had a hair appointment this weekend and
those are super hard to reschedule.

Why me?

SORRRRY!!!

Guys it's bin forever since I blogged, what the heck??? I know! So bad! Am way behind! Sorry for overload, let's play catchup!

gEnEraL TAMNeRs uPdAtE's

• Giving thanx: Made a ginormous list of stuff I'm greatful for that'll really startle you with how cutely it mixes deep w/ dumb, like for ex, super greatful for book clubs, cute bra's, the atonement, pebble ice.
  
• Thanxgiving it's self: Going to JJWT's house was half fun half bummer, fun bc I had the cutest boots on, bummer because poor Alivyiah and Tridger had to act interested in Ruth's baby and it's big bald head so finally I pretended to be sick so we could go to my actual family's house, which was way funner, then me and my mom made pie's while the boy's used big words, lol.
• Snoowwwwww! Wow! JJWT is getting a TON of chances to use our shiney new snow blower. Wish that hunchback widdow next door would get out of bed and shovel hers, it looks so lumpy and gross next to our super neat one. Ever heard of self reliance?
  
• This reminds me, aren't people who still have to shovel just sad? People who don't marry people who work as hard as my hubby so they don't have as much as me just brake my heart :(
• The Big Game is my megafave bc AngelNougat stays outta my way while I make my e-wishlist and Alivyiah and Tridger play Wii, which reminds me, in case your prolly already shopping for me, just a head up, same Christmas policy as last year:

am only giving handmade, only accepting store boughten, {don't forget gift receipts :) }

you're emails: from TAMN's inbox, part 6 or something

As always, these emells are 100% real.

HOW COME PPL SEND ME MEAN EMAILS WHEN I'M PREGGO??? I mean, honestly, if you don't love something, KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.

Unless your me in which case it is NOT being mean, I just call it like I see it so it's more like open and authentic, not a meanie. But Seriously, get a load a these meanies, and to a darling preggo no less!

I don't know you but I can't resist chiming in, since besides being 2 obnoxious things -- skinny and selfish -- on top of that you are guilty of one of my biggest pet peeves: the term is pregnant. Not preggy. Not preggo. Not preggers. PREG. NANT. Is it that hard? You are not five. STOP SAYING PREGGO.

{gasp of hore} Honestly? Want to know of MY pep peeves? People who DON'T say preggo. Seriously, the term "pregnant" is only used by frumpagrumps. I am darling and there for I say preggers or preggo, end of story.

PREGGO PREGGO PREGGO.

What is wrong with you? Endangering your unborn by doing a cleanse while pregnant? Don't want to be a helicopter so you don't discipline your kids and let them run around doing dangerous things and endangering the property of others? Stealing by pretending to buy stuff for some club decorations for a party then keeping it yourself? Have you been tested for a mental disorder? Seriously?

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame. Defiantly just jealous you didn't think of all those awesome idizz first, huh? Maybe I should offer her a dill on the essential oils I just started selling, to help her destress.

No offense but the only people who are against cleanses are tubbalards, and it's not that I don't discipline, its just that my babies need freedom to discover boundaries.

the cry/shop/cry cycle

I wish we could all be IRL besties you guys, bc seriously LOVE YOU, and if we were real life besties I would split a rio with a bunch of you and refill your diet any day, THEN hit the gateway for soooo many darling clothes that just SCREAM "us!!!" so loud we could NOT resIST and then whoopsies, overspend a smidge, end up hidding them from our hubbies until the credit card thingie comes, and then if JJWT or your hubby get's mad, we will cry and seriously bawl and then remind them of that one time they hurt our feelings real bad and then zinnnnng, the whole thing gets turned around on him and he'll end up apologizing his brians out and then I'll say, look, babenugget, I know you don't get it, I just need some girl time...

AND THEN WE JUST DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

LOVE my life!

tuff call

Getting super exited! And also super scarred! 15 weeks preggo! This means I'm starving and seriously savaging for food all the time, but more importantly which means it's almost time to find out...trucks or tiaras, guns or aprons!!!!!!!!!!! Literally can't wait for the DTD so totally want to do that thing where you pee in magic water and the color changes and tells you, know what I mean??

Execpt, am scarred to do it and feeling like the worst mom ever. Haven't properly decided for sure if I want a boy or a girl, keep changing my mind so I'm worried sending the universe mixed messages will bring us one of those he-she babies.

:(

fall back

Guess what I did w/ my extra hour!?

UPDATE: Great guesses! You guys know me sooooo good. I used the hour to make hairbows after a speedy nuzzle, did some Zumba in my new EYELASH EXTENSIONS while I looked at couches on the computer!

nite nite

holy cow you guys, know what is exhausting?? Well I mean besides having twins, being preggo, doing my hair and blogging?

Parrotting buzzwords from JJWT's political opinions all day! Whew! What a day! I am poop'd!

hALLoWeEn UpDaTe!

I could tell you about seven other party's we went to but I know all you care about is the main one of which I was in charge of soooooooooooooo here're the updates!

The bad: being activities co~chair is sooooo hard, but worth it. Ugh, Half the committee blew a casket when I bought a bunch of home decor stuff at Anthro for decorations and centerpiece's, got rembursed then took it home after for keeps. What? It's not like I didn't buy it THINKING about the party! And they were used for party purposes for over an hour! I'm just perma-storing it is all!

The good: The pressure was really on since it's pretty much tough to go anywhere but downhill after body glitter, ya know? Anywho, after alot of prayer and pondering about how to incooperate spandex and draw intention to my preggo chest, I finally clicked! L'il Alivyiah and me dressed up like super hot 80s aerobics instructers! One word: skin tight neon spandex! With french cut spandex undies! LOL! I hate to swear, but honestly, I looked dang good. Relax mom, the teensy shorts I threw on nearly covered my bum cheeks.
Since JJWT and Tridger were oily body builders {bonus: he waxed his chest again!}, it was a no-brianer when we won the "hottest fam" award I made up and then judged! The certificate's on the mantel, below all my thrifted owls.

so gross i know

GUYYYYS! I've got EONS of TONS to tell you about our kickA customes and how unthankless everyone was about the bumload of work I, as activities chair, did for the church halloween party but how it was better since we had five OTHER parties to go to, but can't now, it will have to wait, it makes me sick to say it but yesterday....

I splurged and ate THREE fun size snickers.

In the same day.

Holy heffer! Gag!
So,CLEANSE TIME!!

Which is soooo awkward preggo and training for a triathelon, but you do what you gotta do.

TALK about a sugar comma. How was your's?

dEaD 2 mE

Am. Dang. Serious. And. Mad.

Freaking out about this weekend's trunker treats and parties. As you can prolly guess if you know me or how I choose to spelt my kid's names and my home decor, I love being unique and get ticked when people ruin it. I WANTED ALIVYIAH TO BE THE ONLY FAIRY PRINCESS AND THERE WERE TWELVE OTHER ONE'S AT THE PRESCHOOL CUSTOME PARADE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And ten other football player's! Poor Tridger! If there not uniquest I'll seem like a bad mom or worse, average. NEED NEW PLAN STAT.

Why does everyone always have to copy my ideas?

cute-i-ful weekend

Cute: when my 19 month old twinsies walked up to the front of the primary program. So adorable! Felt prompted to let them shout along in the front row so they'll be ready for sunbeams in 2 yrs, just darling.

Cuter: when Tridger and Alivyiah started running and laughing and shrieking when the leaders tried to get them down. LOL! Seeing it was just hysterical, and I am working on not being a helicopter so just watched. He is so fiesty and Alivyiah's not bratty, she's a 'diva.'

Cutest: when Alivyiah climb'd up on the organ pedals and just jumped up and down while Tridger wrapped his mouth around the microphone and did his cute breath-ing. What can I say, their musical!

TeeVee

Holy cow you guys!!! Seems like being preggo is making me super deep, this fetus is probably oober smart or something! Because out of nowhere, I'll be all pondering normal stuff like how bc all these modest clothing co's are going out of business these obviously ARE the last days, and then all the sudden I find wierdo thoughts flying around in my head like swimmers, and next thing you know I'm scooping them up with idea buckets! Can't help it! Being preggo = sooooo bazaar.

So here is the latest one, I never thought I'd say this but I am honestly thinking about getting rid of one of our tv's. I'll still watch everything on our three OTHER tv's and/or online, but that way when certain girls chat about shows I don't like at playgroup I'll smirk sweetly and just say "I got rid of my tv ages ago" and outrank them in righteousness. Genious right?

stress to the max!!

Guyyyys! TONS TO TELL YOU! Super busy! I am the worst blogger ever! Literally! I HAVE ZERO TIME! Things are so crazy! I am seriously always at the gym and Costco! If that's not busy I don't know what is!

But just have to say to the people who keep emailing me, you know what, so what if I have alot of unspelled words? This is my journal not dictionary school! Another words, STOP JUDGING.

Love you!

family update!

Hi everybody! I'm super busy being preggo and doing themed parties and keeping track of my twinsies, Alivyiah and Tridger, and in all of that busyness, I keep getting emells from e-BFFs who are all, "How's the REST of your fam TAMNers????" So w/o further a doo, an update on some of my fam damily!

• Queenie and Glamma are JJWT's and me's moms, so, Alivyiah and Tridger's grandmas, and they are doing awesome. They both have the same hair as me, love chunky jewelry, and there foreheads are stretched oober tight so it hurts when they blink. They are darling, am so greatful they each take the kids two mornings a week for grandma time and to give me a little break.

• My older brother Derek is doing awesome! So sad he's now 32 and still single, I didn't even know that was even possible? I miss him way bad since he's all the way in NYC. I NEED A GIRLS TRIP SO BAD! FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE!!!! Anyways, he is so good at clothes, way buff, and awesome at cooking so whatever gal he ends up with will be super lucky. He only has one roommate right now, weird. Love him!

• Spencer (JJWT's brother who is a guy teacher, weird I know) and his wife Ruth are doing awesome, I guess. There baby was born I forget when, and it was not that cute, and Ruth is still wearing maternity pants, which is just sad. There baby will have to spend its whole life knowing its mom is gross in all its baby pics. Remember she went to law/biz/med/dental school so they basically hate the family proc. Worst of all, you guys? They don't even call Queenie, Queenie. They just call her grandma! MEAN! Other than that their doing awesome and by awesome I mean we pretty much only hang out with my side of the family so lol.
  

More later! Love you!

things I LOVE: four fer fall

1. that my photog biz is BOOMING!!!!!!! JJWT is soooo supportive and even babysits for me when I have a shoot! Thanks babe! Could I have married a better guy? No way! But seriously, I had no idea you can make a whole business just by getting an expensive camera. Training, schmaining...honestly I am thinking about buying a super nice scalpel and doing heart surgeries in the garage! LOL!
2. Garner Village!!! Soooo adorable and way fun! Needed a darling autumn experience and photo sesh and it was just so nice to be around other like-minded girls for once and really be among MY PEOPLE, you know? We were all just gorg in our ginorm flowers in our hair and super cute fall boots and skintight jeans and ruffly duffly scarfs. Almost went w/o a trendy headband and am SO GLAD i decided not to slack! lol!
3. my darling halloween decor. This is such a fun time of year bc all the wreath changes are just the funnest. Honestly, decor is my fave.
4. FALL CRAFTS!!! 'NUFF SAID!

And speaking of fall, :(, I kind of sometimes want to start a non-profit to help mom's who go all of fall w/o blogging pics of they're kids in pumpkin patches bc it seriously brakes my heart.

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Guys, people keep asking me about this and I'm starting to toldly stress about it. Just wondering: if I don't RSVP to conference on facebook but watch it anyway, does it still count?