Dogs

 This is Allie. Or what we like to call her, Allie Bear. Or just Bears. But it doesnt matter because she cant hear. She was born deaf.

  GT was moving to Longview and my best friend, Allison, was moving back home to prepare for a wedding. And I was all alone. So GT bought me a dog. I found the ad in a newspaper. I called, they had one female left which is what we wanted. We went and saw her. I loved her from the beginning. So sweet. So little. We asked them if we could come back in 2 days since we had plans and didnt know we would be getting a dog. I couldnt handle it. All weekend, I wanted to go get her!

Allie became my bestfriend. It was my last quarter of college and I wasnt working. Allie and I spent almost all day, every day together. I would take her to the park everyday. We  would sleep together. I would get up with her all night to bring her outside to potty. I took her anywhere I went. It was like she was my child.

Then I moved to Longview and start working. Allie was inside all day by herself. We felt bad, so we thought we would get another dog for her to have a friend. Again, I found an ad in the newspaper.

We met a woman at a gas station and we met Zoe. She was covered in fleas and so dirty. We couldnt help but take her home. Now, we think the woman we got her from was running a puppy mill. We should have know, but we still would have gotten Zoe.

Our idea worked. They had a friend to play with while we were at work. The problem is they tore up things together. We were so glad when we bought a house with a backyard!

They loved the backyard. We loved it because they wouldnt tear up anything in our house and they had room to run and play. Sometimes GT and I would be home and they would still want to be outside.

As soon as we got home with Audrie, they stopped wanting to go outside. I will put them outside and they sit at the door and scratch at it until I let them in.

And, since it has been raining (and snowing) for forever it feels like, and so cold, we leave the dogs inside. Sometimes they do pee and poo in the house, strangely, they do it in the bathroom. In the bath tub.

Usually we come home to something torn up. And I just pick it up and say they are dogs. We shouldnt have left anything out for them to get into. Well, two days ago, I came home and my polka-dot trash can was broken in pieces on the floor. :(   And as some of you have read on facebook, yesterday GT came home for lunch and the dogs jumped on the dining table and chewed up the first 6 pages of my scrapbook and the album.

I was upset, since I worked so hard and the first 6 pages were probably my favorite. But thats just life. I feel like it is a glimpse of things to come with children. I am not saying I wasnt upset, because I was. And now GT and I have decided no matter what they are going outside when we arent home. They have a dog house so no matter what the weather is like they will be ok. It is true--they are dogs.

I love my dogs. And it has become extremely harder to deal with them since Audrie has been born. I do know one day Audrie will be old enough to play with them! She already likes them. And oddly enough they have never done anything to her toys. We leave them out on the floor and they have never chewed on one or taken one from her blanket. I told GT I thought that was crazy. They will find the one thing in the room they can chew, my scrapbook, but will not touch her toys.

Deep Freeze

Thursday, I went to Lynzie's to make some baby food. We had a trip to Shreveport planned, but because of the weather we decided to hold off until next week. Well, it was snowing pretty much all day. We put the girls in the snow and took a few pictures:

The girls really liked the snow. Adalynn smiled the whole time and Audrie kept trying to feel it.

Then....our electricity went out at 1:00am. Audrie woke up about 3, and I put her in the bed with us to stay warm. She kept babbling and saying "dada", it was really cute, but I was really tired! Then Gt woke me up about 6:30 to this...

I had no idea it was going to snow all night! 

So, we bundled up and played in the snow!

Since our electricity was off, and it was freezing (and we ran out of firewood starters), we decided to go out for awhile. We went to Wal-Mart first. It was so strange to see all of the snow. It was like we were not in East Texas, it felt more like we were driving in Colorado. Then we ate at Moe's. Went to Home Depot, the Sears...and I got a deep freezer! Happy Valentine's day to me! We came home and the electricity was back on! YAY! We had a fun day spending quality time together as a family.

I am so excited about the Olympics. I do like the summer ones better, but I love to watch ice skating. GT is really excited about Shawn White??? some snowboarder or something...I thought he needed to cut his hair! But GT said NO, that is his staple! Whatever that means!

I was very said about the luger that died. I found the video of it online and couldnt stop watching it. I felt pretty morbid. My heart sank. For his family. For his team. When I watch something like that, I cant help  but wonder where his soul is now. He was only 21. 

Some Random Thoughts

Sleep:  We have been very very lucky in the sleep department with Audrie. I think she is changing her sleep patterns though. For the past 4 nights, she has gone to bed at 8:30 and woke up at 7. She was going to bed at 9:30 and waking up at 8. The issue is I go to bed at 10:30--so now I am just waking up earlier. Which is probably a good thing, my body is just having a hard time adjusting.

LOST:  I love the show LOST. I dont know what to think about the last season so far. It doesnt seem to have the same excitement of other seasons. I was watching an interview with the producers the other day. They said when they got to Season 4 they had no story line and didnt know where it was going. So they sat down and wrote all the rest of the show ending in Season 6. I thought that when the creators of LOST wrote the show, they wrote it knowing the ending. I was told that I thought. So it kind of made me sad it wasnt true. I love JJ Abrams too by the way. Just sayin. Felicity is one of my favorite shows.

Diet:  I am starting a diet Friday. My goal is to lose 40 pounds before I get pregnant again. We are going to start trying again when Audrie is 1, so I have about 6 months to lose it. I am going to pick up walking 2 miles a day again. I just wish this weather would change and it would stop being so dang cold!

Faith:  I have been having some issues with student loans for some time now. It is very frustrating. Like, I am getting headaches daily because of it. It is like a black cloud over me. I know God is in control and I give it him every time it comes to mind. It still has to be dealt with. I still have to deal with it. And I am at a lost. I dont know what to do about it anymore. I wish people werent so greedy and I wish I had enough money to pay off all of my student loans. Sometimes I wonder if going to college was a good choice for me. I mean, I am a stay at home mom with $24,000 in debt because of college. But then I remember I wouldnt be who I am now, and I use my degree daily since my degree was Family & Child Studies. It is just annoying. I am hoping (but not putting my faith in) Obama's plan will cause our payments to be lowered or just erase our student loan debt all together. (Wishful thinking, I know)

Football and Scrapbooking

I feel like I havent blogged in forever! Except for the message from my lovely husband. If you couldnt tell he is very passionate about football and even more passionate about the Saints. I do kind of agree with his message...although, I think I might be a bandwagon fan...oops. I mean I am an overall football/any sport bandwagon fan. Let me explain...I dont really care for football or any sport for that matter...except for when I really care about a team. Like, I love going to LA Tech football games because I care about it. I have invested in it. They are my alma mater. So, I did watch more Saints football than I ever have this year. Because I am from Louisiana. And I was excited for the team. And I felt passionate about them winning, because they meant something to me. But I dont claim to have loved them for forever.

I still cant believe I have a 6 month old. Audrie seems to be getting into everything these days. She is so much more interested in things and wanting to put them alllllll in her mouth. I cant even text anymore without being in fear that my phone will be drooled all over or that I will have a screaming baby because I take it away from her. (spoiled much?)

I finished her scrapbook! It was alot of fun, but I am glad this part is over. i think i am going to wait until she is a year old then will scrapbook 6months-1yr then...I took pictures of it and I am contemplating posting it on facebook. I want to because I worked so hard on it and want other people to see it.

Who Dat?!

I was told to make it clear that this is not Lydia. What follows here are the thoughts and opinions of the one G.T. Nehls.


First off, to all those that have laughed in my face over the years when I said that one day the Saints will win the Super Bowl: I TOLD YOU SOOOO!!!!

Second of all, to all those band wagon Saints fans that have only become Saints fans of late: SHAME ON YOU! It is a little upsetting to us long time NO fans that have been with the team since as long as they can remember for you guys to all of a sudden be fans now that the only LA NFL team has won it all.

Now, I don' claim to have been a Saints fan from birth, because that would be stupid. Actually, I did not even really start caring about football and the saints till about the end of the Jim Mora/jm Everrett era. I'm talking about those years of the Billy Joe's (both of them), Danny Wuerfel, Cam Cleeland, Willie Roaf, Kyle Turley, Heath Shuler, Morten Anderson, Ray Zellars, Ricky Williams, Jeff Blake, the woeful Aaron Brooks, Dante Stallworth, Joe Horn, the short stint of "Da Coach" Mike Ditka, Jim Haslett, and so many others that the list would be too long. All these players would not have had the "have to" to play all those years if it were not for us faithful fans who have been there for as long as they can remember.

And now you want to be fans?! It's a disgrace. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate anyone who is reveling in their victory, just claim to have been there all along. Jump on the band wagon, then get right back off so the true fans can get on.

The bottom line is Drew Brees, Sean Payton, Reggie Bush, Tom Benson, and the whole host of the rest of the Saints organization did not win this championship for a bunch of half-hearted fans. They won it for the long-time fans of Billy Kilmer, Archie Manning, Chuck Muncie, and all those other old school Saints stars.

Oh, and by the way, I'm not really sure if Duece gets a ring since he was not officially on the roster, but if he doesn't, he deserves one. I cannot think of a player who did more for the Saints organization than Deuce McAllister. And if he does get a ring, then CONGRATULATIONS DEUCE! YOU DESERVE IT!

I hope I have not stepped on anyones toes here. I just get very frustrated with bad wagon fans, especially when it comes to my Saints.

So I am done. I am gong to enjoy this time of celebration. Way to go Saints! Who Dat?

-P.S.: To all those living in the city of NO, enjoy it. Ya'll have waited for this for a long time. Hopefully you can use this to come together and build the city even stronger!

6 months and King Cake

Yesterday, Audrie turned 6 months! Saturday we went to Shreveport and did her 6 month pictures! We have a wonderful photographer, Jena Shockley! We have known each other a long time and her dad and my mom dated in highschool, how funny! Anyway, it was so cold, Jena had a family friend that offered her house to us! She lives on Cypress lake and has a beautiful home with some cool decorations. It worked out perfect! Here are some of the pictures:

To see all of the pictures go here, click on View Your Portraits...


I have recently picked back up scrap booking. I started when I was like 14 weeks pregnant. Lynzie and I scrap booked once since the girls were born. SO I thought it was time to get serious about it! I have 12 layout to finish the first book, which is going to be from pregnancy-6 months. I forgot how much I loved it!


We have Audrie 6 month appt tomorrow, which means more shots :(   But I am anxious to see how much she weighs and how long she is! 


I attempted a homemade King Cake the other day. My dough wouldnt rise and it was big pile of mess. Mrs. Cathy George (my sister-n-law's mother) came to my rescue. She got a recipe from a chef,   Kyrie Lantz, for King Cake using crescent rolls. I had to get permission to share it...so here goes:


King Cake
by Kyrie Lantz


2 cans crescent rolls (8oz)
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup pie filling (your choice)

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly spray a pizza pan or baking dish. Blend/mix together the softened cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Divide the crescent rolls into individual pieces and lay them around the pan with the wide edge on the outside and the point toward the center, overlapping the edges slightly. Spread the cheese mixture on the crescents and spread pie filling over the cream cheese mixture. Fold the crescents over the filling and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool 5 minutes and glaze. Serve warm.

Glaze:
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tbsp milk or juice
Colored sugars for sprinkling (or food coloring in glaze)
Blend the powdered sugar and liquid until smooth. Drizzle over the warm cake. Sprinkle colored sugars over the glaze.

Orange juice in glaze if using strawberries.
Apple juice in glaze if using apples.
Lemon juice in glaze if using blackberries, blueberries, or lemon.
Apple cider/juice in glaze if using pumpkin. Pumpkin pie spice w/ sugar can be used instead of glaze.


I have made it once, I didnt use a pie filling. It was very cream cheesy, which I like so it was delicious. But I am bringing it to a party and I am going to use strawberry pie filling so it wont taste as cream cheesy. It was sooooo easy and sooooo delicious!

Moving...moving...moving

I have moved ALOT. I thought I would type out a timeline of all my moving...Just for fun!

Born--Gretna, LA
3,4---Augusta, GA
5--Haynesville, LA--lived in the parsonage, a trailer behind the church
6--Haynesville, LA--lived in a blue 2 story house
7--Shreveport, LA--lived in a house next to a park, I think it might have been a parsonage too
8--Shreveport, LA--lived in a house on Hollyhock
9,10--Baton Rouge, LA--lived in a house in Greenwell Spring
11--Shreveport, LA--lived in a 2 story house on Mackey Lane
12,13- Shreveport, LA--lived in a manufactured home on the property of a Retirement Home
14, 15-- Eunice, LA--We moved our manufactured home with us
16, 17-- Moorningsport, LA--moved into my late grandparent's home
18 (Fall Quarter)--Ruston, LA lived on the 1st floor of Adams dorm @ Louisiana Tech
19 (Winter/Spring Quarter)--Ruston, LA lived on 2nd floor of Graham @ Louisiana Tech
19 (Summer)-- Mooringsport, LA lived in the little house behind my parents house
20 (all school year)--Ruston, LA lived in Adams 3rd floor @ Louisiana Tech
20 (summer)--Centri-Kid, lived out of a suitcase traveling the US
21 (fall quarter)-- Ruston, LA lived in a house on Carolina Street
21 (winter quarter)--Simsboro, LA  lived with my sister-law's parents
22 (spring quarter)--Ruston, LA lived in a trailer on Sundance Drive
22 (summer)--Centri-Kid, lived out of a suitcase traveling US
22- (fall quarter)--Ruston, LA lived in trailer on Sundance Drive
22,23-(winter quarter-until graduation)--Ruston, LA lived in a house on Kavanaugh
23--Longview, TX-- Princeton Club Apartments #166
23,24--Longview, TX--BOUGHT a house! Mark Drive.

Whew. That made me tired. I have moved 23 times in my life. And I am 25. That is CRAZY!