Back to Cherokee Village... Ooooooooh My!

I've been back in Cherokee Village since last Friday. It has been very interesting to say the least. First of all, for the simple fact of being back in my home town for more than 2 nights since I graduated high school is a new record. My dad has left the country for a vacation so I've been brought here to babysit the pharmacy. Eddie has been here a few nights to keep me company in this town that I no longer belong to.

The store has been fun. I like working there, helping patients I used to help when I was in 6th grade. Most don't remember me and they always ask Dad who the "new" girl is... he always has to explain that I was the "first" one actually... HAHA. Today, one of the patients that I helped did recognize me and it almost took me off guard because most of them never do. She was really nice and excited to see me too and wanted to get caught up on my schooling. The girls I've been working with this week are so nice and helpful. The patients really like them too. Good staff always make things easier in the pharmacy.

I've been making my rounds to see the fam. Tonight, Granny made beans-n-cornbread for dinner for me and Shirl. Its always nice to have someone cook dinner for you and you not have to worry about what's for dinner. This is, like the rest of the town, a feeling that is long forgotten these days.

Oh, can't forget the project I've been working on. Dad lives in the house that I was raised in my whole life. When I was younger, my mom (bless her heart), thought it would be a great idea to paint our bathroom up stairs baby-pink. Wellllllll... Heidi and I never have, nor ever will like the color baby-pink! haha... So my project this week has been to paint the bathroom(!) and clean the upstairs. It has been a task for sure!

Before and after

Also, while I've been in isolation in Cherokee Village, haha, I've been reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels and they are wonderful!  They are the series of books that True Blood is based off of.  I highly recommend them!  They are much better than the show, but isn't that always the case?  The Twighlight saga books have been better than the movies that they have put out so far.  Either way though, I'll still watch to get my Vampire Bill and Edward Cullen fix. 

Well, I suppose that is all for now.  I'm sure you will be hearing from me again shortly because of the limitation that is on my social calender while I am in Cherokee Village and because of the excitement that is offered from working at Econo-Med Pharmacy!!!

Life is simply wonderful!  I couldn't ask for more!!

Life Lately!

Well, it has been a while since my last update so I thought it was about that time! We've been SUPER busy lately.
Eddie has started his new job and he really enjoys it. He loves being outside and learning about this new industry that is developing in Arkansas.
I finished my first year of pharmacy school with flying colors! My grade point isn't much to brag about but it was an improvement from last semester, and that's the best that you can do.
I also just finished my introductory rotation at St. Bernards. It was a great experience. I've never worked in a hospital before so I was definitely out of my comfort zone. The staff at St. Bernards were so great and helpful with all of my random questions. A great experience, but I don't think they changed my career path. I'm a little biased to retail and I think it is my calling. However, the next week working for my dad may change this theory.
My nephews are just the most wonderful little angels on the planet. They are so wonderful! You can't imagine how much I love these little boys! They are completely different in everyway. Brock is so quiet and peaceful. He is still smaller than Bryant, now almost by a pound! He's always content and sweet. Never has a complaint. Bryant is bigger, as I mentioned. He loves to be held constantly. He's demanding of love, which isn't too far to find. He's so fisty and funny. He makes cute little faces and they both will crack a smile here and there. There are so many people that love these little boys.
When Heidi and I were little my dad thought it was HILarious to get us to do the "Elvis Lip." What is even more HILarious is that both of the boys do it on their own! They will do it a lot in their sleep and Brock does it when you are making faces at him. They are truly the cutest!!!
Have I mentioned that life is simply wonderful?! Because it is. God has blessed us with so much in our lives and we thank HIM for them everyday!

Eddie's New Job

Yesterday, Eddie found out that he got the job at BJ Services. I tried to tell him that it sounded dirty, he didn't think that was very funny. But ok, to be serious again. BJ's is a natural gas company, here in Searcy. We're very excited about this. We will now have full insurance with eye and dental. It sounds like such a grown up thing to be so excited about something so boring as health insurance. HAHA... Anyway, all in all, we think that the past month will proved to be a blessing in the end. He will now have a stable job with wonderful benefits. The only downside is the number of hours that he will be working. It will definitely be a change in lifestyle and he will be gone quite a bit. Which, if you know us very well, you know that we have basically been joined at the hip since we were freshman in college. So we're excited about yet another change in our lives and interested to see how we are able to adjust. Thanks for the prayers!

Did I mention how proud I am of Eddie? He's my world! :)

Another new chapter: Brock and Bryant Malone

The Malone family is officially, A LOT, BIGGER! My nephews made their appearance on Wednesday afternoon. They are absolute angels! I'm addicted to the precious little babies, and can't get enough.
Brock Michael Malone weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces. He looks more like Heidi, with a pointed nose and a slender face.

Bryant Lee Malone weigh 5 pounds 13 ounces. He looks more like Ben.


They're both adorable and abosultely wonderful. They just can't imagine how much love that our family has for them.

OOOOoooo WhAt A wEeKeNd!!!!

Friday I left for Jonesboro to stay the night before my sister's shower and Lauren's shower that were on Saturday. However, we were hoping for a little more excitement. Heidi's contractions were about 5 minutes apart and she went to the hospital. We just knew Friday would be the day. But instead, she was sent home after 4 hours without any progress.



Saturday, we began the day with Heidi's shower. She had a lot of people come. Maybe they were hoping for some babies to come too... haha. Oh, but I can't go without mentioning this. Heidi and I were mistaken for twins ourself! Ha, that hasn't happened since we were like 14 and 18... But then we were ever so politely told that we look more alike because Heidi has gotten a "Baby face" during her pregnancy... I'm not completely sure what that says about me though? I must always have a "baby face"? Interesting. But, at least the lady said it nicely! HAHA


Next was Lauren's shower. We had a great turn out with some wonderful cake. It was great to see a couple of my best friends in Alpha Gam, Ambrea, Lauren, and Jodi. Ambrea, Jodi, and I laughed about how aweful school is and complained a little about some of the things they make us do... mostly just gross anatomy for Jodi. ;) I really liked the gift that I made for Lauren and her new baby Abigail. I made her a pound of "BUTT BALM." Oh the things they teach us to make in pharmacy school. Anyone need some diaper cream??

Today, was spend waiting for a phone call from my sister about the boys. No call yet! Oh, and of course it was spent catching up school stuff that I neglected all weekend.

Back to school tomorrow...

Life is simply wonderful!

Snow Day

This winter we have had a record snow day count for Harding, and I have enjoyed every minute of them! However, one day we got so much snow that it accumulated on our satelite dish and we lost signal. Eddie, my husband, my hero, saved the day. He determined that the solution was to get on top of the roof and dust of the dish. Seeing that we didn't have a ladder, he had to be resourceful when getting on top of the house. Did I mention that this was at 7:00 at night? Yeah, it was dark... So he gets out this folding table from the garage and our step stool. He puts the table in front of the front door and places the step stool on top. After he was on the top step of the stool, he jumped and shimmied his way on to the roof (via the new gutters). Once he was on top of the roof he had to get on the other side of the pitch to where the dish was. This was done successfully. Of course, I had to leave him sitting on the roof to run inside and see if the tv was working. It wasn't, but we decided there was nothing left to do. So he had to get to the other side again and hang from the gutters down to the step stool, then to the table and back to the ground, all done without breaking anything!! However, when we came back in the tv was working just in time to watch Greek! My HERO!

LIFE

So life has changed a lot for us in the past year. We got married in June, moved to Higginson (or Searcy), and I started pharmacy school at Harding.
I thought I would make a place for our family to stay updated on our adventures of living in Searcy, Arkansas.