Tishia Lee

Ok I’ve openly admitted the fact that even after all these years I still like NKOTB (New Kids on the Block). I was in love obsessed with them back in the early 90’s (it might of even been late 80’s) when they first came out and I longed to see them in person and get any chance I could to be close to Jordan Knight (oh he was super dreamy! I never did get a chance to go to a concert). I owned VHS tapes, sheets, bedspread, buttons, t-shirts, a watch, and even a duffel bag. None of that compares to all the Teen Bop magazines I had to buy to decorate my wall (every inch of it - you honestly couldn’t see an empty spot on my wall!) with NKOTB.

Oh those were the days.

Maybe NKOTB is a guilty pleasure or just part of me trying to hang onto my youth or maybe it’s all part of a mid-life crisis? Oh wait I think only men go through those Whatever the cause may be, I’m happy excited to announce they will be appearing live on The Today Show this morning to perform a concert! Yes a concert!

I can’t wait! My DVR is set to record their appearance but I’ll be watching it too! I think I might be a little too geeked about this but hey I can’t help it, it’s big news for any NKOTB fan! Seriously, it is! Maybe this will help cure that longing that I still have to see them in concert. Should a 30 something woman be admitting she still has a secret longing to see them? Guess it’s not so secret anymore

And I have to say that Jordan Knight is still kind of dreamy but Mark Wahlberg kind of got my attention back when he started appearing in movies. He’s kind of sexy in that bad boy sort of way.

Oh my do I ever feel refreshed and for once wide awake with no foggy brain! Hmmm ok so all you people that say sleep is a necessity, I guess I have to bow down and say you are right.

My body has been sleep deprived for years so it just seems like no big deal for me when I’m just laying down to go to bed at 4am or a little after and actually I’m usually going to bed around 2am, this 4am stuff has been over the past couple weeks. I’m used to running on a couple hours of sleep a night.

But after last night I have to say that I now plan on being in bed by 11pm every night (that’s even an hour ahead of what I ‘planned’ on doing in the past). Go ahead and laugh cause I laughed too when I sat here this morning and realized how different I feel after sleeping last night.

I was in bed by 9:20pm last night! Isn’t that bizarre? I couldn’t believe that I was crawling into bed so early. I’ve been under the weather lately (I feel a lot better than I did last week but I’m still not feeling 100% myself) and I’m sure lack of rest/sleep hasn’t helped. It all finally caught up with me yesterday and by 8:45pm I couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore. I was finishing up a client project and as soon as I was done and had it emailed to her I was closing things down for the night.

I can’t say that I slept peacefully all night long and I actually woke up at 2:20am and was awake until a few minutes after 3 (at least that’s the last time I remember looking at the clock) but I still got way more sleep than normal. I feel like a different person today. I woke up feeling refreshed and ‘alive’ for once. I think I even had a smile on my face as I crawled out of bed - not a normal thing for me in the morning! LOL

It’s not even 7am yet and I’ve already completed 2 things off my to do list for the day! At this rate I might actually be able to follow the business hours I set way back when I first started working from home 7am-4pm That would be nice!

mister internet! Please don’t leave me again, especially anytime soon! Ok I’m a dork, but hey I’ll be the first to admit it

It started storming last night, well early this morning and it was no surprise to me that I lost internet, TV and my phone (my phone is also through my cable company as well). It was late anyways so I needed to go to bed so maybe that was my cue it was time to hit the sack!

I had just fallen asleep when suddenly Caleb was crawling into bed with me. I thought he’d just fall back asleep - yeah right. For whatever reason he couldn’t sleep (poor kid is only 9 and already taking after me with the poor sleeping habits!) and tossed and turned and tossed and turned. Normally it wouldn’t bother me because that’s all I normally do but for once I was actually exhausted, tired and needed/wanted sleep! Every time I would start to doze off Caleb would say “mom” and start talking to me. UGH. When I want him to talk to me he doesn’t want to but when I want to sleep & he should be sleeping he wanted to talk. Kids. LOL. The last time I looked at the clock it was 4:41am I heard the slightest snore coming from Caleb and I was relieved that he had finally fallen back asleep. It didn’t take much for me to fall asleep either but the next thing I know the alarm clock was blaring in my ear. I remember hitting snooze, or so I thought I hit snooze but I didn’t wake up until a couple minutes after 8am and guess what time Caleb is supposed to be at school by? Yup, 8am!

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If you remember my post last week, I Am Not Crazy! The Today Show Proves I’m Not! you know that I was referring to a couple named Melissa & Ryan that appeared on The Today Show for the Race to the Altar segment. If you didn’t read last week’s post I recommend you go read it (you’ll find the link above, the I am not crazy…) but a bit of info as to why I wrote about Melissa & Ryan…

It’s because they met the same way that Seth and I did - he was deployed in Iraq when Melissa was introduced to him, just like how I was introduced to Seth. And now that I’ve read more about them, I’m learning that there’s a lot more in common than just the fact that Seth and I were introduced the same way they were. It’s all pretty cool and I love the fact that Melissa grew up in Michigan. It’s funny how there are so many similarities.

The reason for today’s post is because I’d like to ask all of you to cast a vote for Melissa and Ryan

What are you voting for? Read below to find out.

Five finalist couples will compete in a series of fun, competitive challenges and it will be up to TODAY viewers to vote for the winning couple. The lucky couples will duke it out for the grand prize — the chance to win the hearts of viewers across the country and tie the knot on America’s #1 morning show. Following tradition, TODAY viewers will plan the winning finalists’ wedding by voting on TODAYShow.com for the couple’s rings, the wedding gown, the tux, the attendants’ attire, the cake, and the honeymoon. The winning couple’s nuptials will then be swiftly planned by viewers for a June 25th wedding event live on TODAY.

I would really LOVE to see Melissa and Ryan win so please cast your vote! It’s a quick process. Simply go to this link and cast your vote for Melissa & Ryan! I’m not sure if you can vote daily or if it’s a weekly thing. I’ll keep you posted and let you know the next time you can vote

I couldn’t help but play along in this contest. Actually it wasn’t even the fact that it was a contest that made me want to play along, it was just because I’ve learned so much since becoming a mom and wanted to share it

What I’ve learned since I became a Mom:

This could seriously turn into a book but I won’t bore you all to death so I’ll keep it short and sweet, or at least I’ll try to

I was 23 when I had Caleb, not super young but a lot younger than I planned on having a child. At 23 I was pretty selfish, life was all about me. I liked to party all night, sleep all day and do what I wanted when I wanted. So I guess the first thing I learned was that life wasn’t all about me anymore. Suddenly I had this precious bundle of joy (that I wasn’t thinking was so precious when he woke up screaming at 2am, 3am, etc and expected me to be awake enough to function to feed him and change him cause Lord knows his dad certainly wouldn’t crawl out of bed to do it!) that was relying on me to provide for him. That was kind of scary.

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