11 Years Ago Today...Wow!! Happy Birthday Sweet Floyd!

It's extremely hard to believe that my first born turns 11 today. It seriously seems like yesterday that I was scared to death not knowing anything about becoming a parent. Not to mention knowing if Floyd was going to be a girl or a boy. It's been such a wonderful blessing to be the mother of such a wonderful little man. I can only imagine what the good Lord has in store for him and I feel super lucky to be his Mom. This year he didn't have a particular birthday party persay. We just found time to celebrate here and there when we could. February has been a very busy month filled with Boy Scout campouts and family snow skiing trips. More pics to follow....

Here's a little bit about Floyd Mortimer Melton IV, 2012, and his responses to the yearly questions I ask.

I AM....Floyd Melton IV
I WAS....a running back for my Pee Wee football team this year
I HAVE....a nice family
I PLAY....sports
I WORRY....about my grades
I KNOW....how to have fun
I WATCH....The Middle and Modern Family
I WANT....a phone
I CRAVE....chicken spagetti
I USUALLY....play soccer
I REMEMBER....when I went to Washington D.C.
I DISLIKE....school
I GO....for Ole Miss
I WENT....snow skiing this month
I CAN.... ski black slopes
I DON'T....like Chinese food
I FEEL....nice
I DANCE....at Cotillion
I READ....the sports section
I WRITE....how to do things
I BELIEVE....in Jesus
I AM SCARED.... of poisonous snakes
I LISTEN....to all music but rap
I WISH....I had one million dollars
I LOVE....my family
I AM HAPPY....that I have good friends
I AM THANKFUL....for Jesus Christ

We had a birthday lunch today at The Melton's to celebrate Moss', Moms' and Floyd's birthdays which all happen to be a few days within each other.



Here are a few pics from the Boy Scout campout in which he celebrated with birthday cake along with Nored and John Hollis, who also have February birthdays as well.








Proud of all of you! Happy Birthday Boys!!

This Year I Vow To.....

Happy New Year 2012 to Me!! That's right!! I'm hoping that 2012 will be the year of Lisa. I will say that I have some big dreams and expectations but I really do want to make them happen.

I am a firm believer in setting goals but I do have sort of a blurred vision for an exact plan to get there. I will turn 40 this year and for me I'm hoping it's a big wake up call for me in many many ways. I think I've struggled with personal goals in the past. Maybe I've set the bar too high only to be let down when something or someone let me down. I want to start focusing on happiness and family. Those are both topics that can be truly wonderful and difficult all at the same time. I think the best advice I can give myself is to SLOW DOWN. Now that that is said...how do I make it happen? I work full time, have 2 extremely busy children and in general have a packed house life/calendar.

For as long as I can remember I have been burning the candle from both ends so I really don't know how NOT to do that. But I think slowly but surely it's cathing up with me and I'm not liking what I'm seeing. If you ask my husband he'd say I'm the perfect pessimist in that I'm always seeing the glass as "half empty". Well, I will admit that when I near the #40 year what comes to my mind is geesh....my life is half over....BUT then part of me is able to dig deep and realize that you know what.....so what...it's been one hell of an amazing, rewarding, blessed ride! I do recognize that believe me!

I do consider myself a hard worker but very rarely pat myself on the back to a flawed degree. I'm tired and kindof feel out of sorts a lot. I pretty much feel that this frantic pace is starting to affect my health. I'm beginning to embrace the quote from a friend and coworker of mine...."everyone needs a little 10 mg of something to get through the day." I took her advice thank you very much.

I've been very blessed with good health my entire life but several months ago I experienced some hip pain. When I really stop and think about it it's shocking that it hasn't happened sooner. I'm having a hard time trying to convince myself that maybe it's time I do some of the restorative and preventive things I read about and know would help me out.

My patience is pretty non existent for those that really know me so this is a big- time challenge. Yoga, perhaps, is something that I wonder would help but my flexibility is not good either thus bringing on further frustration in that area....who knows....we'll see. Our Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours just happens to be at Studio A this month. But, I have a conflict and can't go..oh well...

Did I tell you that I'm very high strung and a worrier at the same time?? Are you shocked? Has anyone noticed that before?? Haha. I think I've been in secret denial for years. I do think I'm a good, reliable/dependable, fun, and solid friend to most so maybe those qualities bear some positive weight in that aspect.

Did I mention I don't like change? I'm kinda experiencing some of that professionally. That's really a whole other topic for another post. We'll leave that alone right now thank you very much. I just keep praying for the right doors to open and the right signs of what to do will come my way or slap me in the face.

I think most importantly I want to be a better Mom. I don't think I'm a bad Mom I just want to be a better Mom and I think it all starts with ME!! Be there for myself before I can be there for others. Even if it's the ones you love the most.

Well, there ya have it folks. Just a bit of a self reminder of sorts that I have indeed set goals for myself in 2012. I expect to achieve them. Wish me luck.

Blessings and Cheers to all!

Merry Merry Everything....Kinda like this post...6 month catch up Beta Style

It seems every season is a blur much as the way I feel like my life is simply flashing before my very eyes. I do have great intentions of posting more occurences and funny what not stories. Really writing the posts is what I much prefer but since this is a journal keepsake of such for my family I must post pics on occasion. Problem is....I don't. I'm not good at it, I don't like it, I don't really make the time to do it bottom line. But again that's no excuse. So today I attempt on this Decemeber day to give a beta style rundown of the past 6 months. I will try to add a few photos at the end to highlight some of the blurbs. We'll see. In the meantime, I hope everyone is busy shopping getting ready for St. Nick, enjoying parties, spending time with family as well as staying warm. It's cold here in Mississippi and I don't like the cold.

May 2011- Anne Craig turns 8 following our New York trip






June 2011- "The month of moving, shaking and campin" Football camping, soccer tournament playing, vacation Bible schooling, supper clubbing, more soccer playing this time State Game playing, Boy Scout camping, Camp Hopewell camping, book clubing, movie watching, Rodan and Fields'n, Washington DC'n





July 2011- "The month of escapin"- Fairhope lovin, family togetherin, beach timin, birthday celebratin, bar conventioning, Strong River Camp and Farm'n, more birthday'n, 15 year anniversary'n, girls trippin in Oxford







August 2011- "reality hittin" - bikes blues bayous bikin, The Help movie premiere'n, back to school'n, lots o Moon Lake'n and that is a good thing





September 2011- more Moon Lake'n, Pee Wee football'n, a lil Ole Miss football'n, 300 Road Racin', Rodan and Fields Conventioning in San Francisco, basic school routine'n














October 2011- Wedding party'n, Delta Rockers Rockin, soccer playin, Scout tripping, Fall Break'n, still Pee Wee'n, family football meetin, Halloween'n, soccer tournament playing







November 2011- weddings here and there, Holiday Open houses beginnin, Christmas decor appearin, election time nearin, more boy scout'n, chorister's singin, 3rd grade play'n "Go Fish", Thanksgiving break'n, road trippin, takin in some beach'n, let the chaos of the holidays begin.





December 2011- MERRY CHRISTMAS!!