Have you ever heard something that reminded you of someone? Or better yet, have you ever heard someone say something that sounded just like someone close to you? Well I experienced that today. One of the lady's I worked with said something this morning and all I heard was my great grandma Davis saying "Tiffers".

It is crazy how the longer I am away from family the more I miss the little things. When I first left I missed my family, truck, friends Gunner, the woods, and hunting. Now I just miss my family, everything else is just material. Having the comfort of your family near to you is something that should never be taken for granted and I did that until now.

Everyone in my entire family has been on my mind since I've been here. I think about them all day and pray for them each morning and night. Life is to short not to appreciate every moment with the ones you love dearly. I am making it my goal to never take for granted the time I do get with my family and to cherish every moment with them, good and bad.

I guess today Grama Davis is on my mind the most today. I think today is a good day to call her and let her know how much I love her and how much we miss her. I don't hardly ever call her, and for that I feel terrible. I love her very much and I need to show her how important she is to me. You never know what tomorrow may bring so make sure your loved ones know no matter what is going on in life, your love for them still remains the same. I love you my sweet family and miss you very much and I can't wait to see you all and give you hugs!

"Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected." -Boyd K. Packer

Today I would like to take the time to recognize a very special lady in my life who never gets the proper acknowledgement she deserves.

 

You carried and nourished me for 9 months in your stomach without complaint, you actually begged to keep me. When I was born you thanked Heavenly Father for such a sweet baby girl, and continue to thank him today. So I would like to thank YOU for once.

 

Thank you for being a loving mother, a forgiver, a devoted wife to my father, an honest daughter to Heavenly Father, a giver, a person who welcomes people with open arms, a women who smiles and brightens every day, a woman who laughs with no cares in the world, a fearless women and most of all my best friend.

 

I have put you through things that I am not proud of and wish I could take them back sometimes. I know I have caused a majority of those grey hairs on top of your head but you love me anyways. You love your kids and husband unconditionally and would do anything for them. There are a lot of mothers out there that think they're kids owe them for all the years they took care of them. Not my Mom, she thinks she hasn't done enough and wants to keep giving. You are a modern day super Mom! :)

 

Thanks to you, you have a son who is a dedicated and hard worker, he loves his family and Heavenly Father with all of his heart. He is such a strong and smart man thanks to you and Dad always showing him right from wrong. Thanks to you, you have a daughter that lives with no fear because she was taught you can never get what you want unless you try. She is one day in the future going to be a great mom herself thanks to you showing her how to love her kids unconditionally and never giving up on them. Without you there would be two kids in this world thinking they knew everything! Psh! Who wants that? :P

 

Mom you deserve a special thank you everyday for being so amazing, but tomorrow especially because tomorrow marks your birth 30 years ago. ;) I wish I could give you a big hug and kiss today and tomorrow but since I am so far away please just make Dad give you both. I am so proud to be your daughter and call you my mother, I hope you have an amazing day tomorrow. Always know no matter how far I am, you are always in my heart and on my mind.

 

Happy Because I love you day Mom!

 

Love,

Tiff aka Your Brat

My first snow

I'm going to try to update everyone quickly so it's not boring. Let me start with I am currently living in North Carolina working on a pipeline. I miss my family and friends dearly but really have loved this time away from everything. I am mostly going to write on this blog for the family so they can keep up with whats going on in my every day life.

I experienced my first REAL snow Saturday after work. It has snowed here a few times but never sticks to the ground. Well Saturday when I got home from work the wind was blowing so hard that the window was whistling in my hotel room. After a little bit I was kind of getting spooked because normally howling wind where I am from means tornado or something bad. So I ease over to the window and there is quarter size fluffy white things flying around outside and the ground is getting white. I just stood there for a minute until it sunk in.

Out loud as if someone could hear me I some what yell..."SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!! It's actually snowing out there! " Then I'm running around the hotel room looking for a big jacket, found it! As I am about to dart out of the door reality sinks in.... wait a minute its a little hard to see out there, maybe I should ask Mom since she knows stuff about snow. Mom gave me the okay and said just make sure the building doesn't get out of sight. Okay its on like Donkey Kong now! So I call up the troops(fellow coworkers that live in the same hotel as I), and yell in the phone each time "Its snowing outside! Get your jackets, slide your boots on and meet me at the side door!!". So we all head outside to play in the snow as if we are all 5 year old kids with no cares in the world. I had a BLAST! I made my first snowman, had an awesome snowball fight, slid down a hill, and even ate some snow. HAHA!

The fun was over when my butt, feet, hands and nose starting going numb. So I headed in to the room and made some hot chocolate, took a bubble bath and then snuggled up on bed and watched TV. It was perfect except the whole time I was so wishing my brother was there so I could hit him with a snowball and that my parents where there to laugh at us. Plus snow is great and all but I still prefer my Florida sunshine. HEHE! I took some pictures so y'all could see a little bit of my fun. :)

 

So long Facebook! I won't miss you...

There comes a point in everyones life when they realize that some things just aren't worth the hassle they cause. I have came to one of those points in my life, and I just hope I made the smartest decision...

I officially deleted my facebook as of yesterday morning. There are many reasons why and I could go on and on about how stupid and useless facebook is, but I wouldn't be telling the truth. Because in all reality the only reason facebook has become stupid and useless is because there are WAY to many people on facebook that use it for all the wrong reasons. GOSSIP! Listen people you aren't a journalist for the "Tallahassee's Juiciest Gossip" magazine so get a freakin life and worry about your OWN!

With that being said, I decided if people wanted to continue to dig through my facebook and spread rumors, well it was time for me to nip it in the bud. What a better way to nip it in the bud than by deleting everything there? Well I'll tell you how...there isn't one. So that's why Tiffany no longer is a facebooker. I plan on just simply blogging and accepting phone calls from anyone who wants to know whats going on in my life.

So with guidance from a dear friend of mine I think I have made the best decision and hope I grow from this entire experience. One New Year's resolution down, 3 more to go! :D

Time to get in huntin season shape...

With huntin season just around the corner its time to start getting the ole guns in shape. It seems that my bow has gotten a little harder to pull back so I think its time to get some muscles!

Yesterday I called Dad and asked him if I could come over and shoot my bow. Being the awesome Dad that he is, he was mowing the grass for me when I pulled up. What an awesome guy! Then he of course had to continue to make fun of me while I was shooting my bow. :P So I will no longer be made fun of for making faces of pain while I pull on my bow....time to hulk it up!

So starting today its time to get my arms back in huntin season shape! Wish me luck!

My Garden

This story starts about a two months ago... Mom and I went to Wal-Mart and she got us some seeds so that we could plant gardens at our home. With phone calls all during the week we would update on how our little sprouts were doing. Then they got big enough to put in the ground. We have been updating each other with our success ever since.

Every day after work I go home, change clothes and go straight to my garden. It is my stress reliever, and my relaxer. It's how I escape from the world for 20 minutes of my day, and everything seems to go back to the good ole days.

Since Cody and I are renting our current home I cant exactly till up the land and plant my plants. So instead I bought a couple of big pots and my dad made me an awesome planter. Surprisingly all of my plants are doing amazing!

I started everything from seed and have nourished them to the big vegetable producing plants they are today. Well only one of my plants have actually given me food, but they are all blooming. :]

Yesterday I went home and did my usual, but this time when I got to the garden I noticed a pea was ready to be eaten! I was so excited that I picked it right away and ran back in the house so I could take a picture of it. I was so thrilled to think that all my hard work had payed off.

So I grabbed my phone, because of course the person who I wanted to tell the most was my mom who helped me start this thing in the first place. I took 10 pictures and sent two of them to mom. Then I made the hubby eat one of the two peas that produced.

I told him he had to eat it because it was our first produce! So after him telling me "no"(15 or more times) I gave the puppy dog face and, he of course gave in and ate it! He held back this awful expression, and said "baby I think you are supposed to cook those before you eat them." I laughed and told him that me and my daddy always ate everything raw. Vegetables were lucky if they even made it in the house back then. I thank the hubby for eating that raw pea for me. :]

Hero

This goes out to someone I never give anough thanks to.

As a kid you always have that one person that in your eyes is the greatest person ever. They are called heroes. For a lot of kids it is a cartoon character. For the little boys it is spiderman who can climb walls or hulk who can lift anything. For the little girls its cinderalla with her pretty clothes or snow white with her pretty voice. For me it was someone more amazing than any of these people. My hero was smart, cool, funny, popular, fun, athletic, and always knew how to do everything. That person was my brother. The one person that no matter what my problem was he always knew how to fix it. He made growing up fun, and a lot easier. He knew when to push me to do things, and when not to. In my eyes he was the best hero anyone could ask for. Not a day goes by that I dont think about how much he has helped me through life.

So this one goes out to you cheech! Thank you for all the fun times we have had breaking mom and dads rules. To name a few that will never fade away, the river(harvery mill), bikes on the hills, fourwheelers, ramping dads truck everyday after school, the go-karts(sorry), and tons of other times. May they always stay with us, and never let them fade away. May we make even more crazy times. Never loose your personallity. No matter what people say......you will always be my hero. I love you more than you can imagine, thank you for everything. Your the best hero, and brother. Keep on keepin on!