I'm sure it would help

Sometimes, I wish I could have a secret blog...where I could vent and vent and vent and no one would know it was me, but I could get EVERYTHING out and feel a little better...

I want to be like you when I grow up..

I realized today how incredibly remarkable mothers are.
I've been at the DeCrow residence since 7 this morning, my usual is just watching/working with the little T-man..but today I have all FOUR of them! Let me tell you, this is tough! I'm sure it would be okay, but T-man happens to have autism, and he's terribly grumpy today...but even if all four little people were "typical" it's still a super busy job! Coordinating naps, trying to keep everyone entertained and happy, plus changing diapers, taking T potty, deciding how many movies are really appropriate in one day, and trying to do hab work and keep on top of T's goals and not just let him watch movies (10 min, then a new one, like he asks) and eat chips.
I hope to be as awesome of a mon as Molly one day! She is so good with her kiddos! I'm not nearly as good at entertaining as she is!

props to every mom out there who has a child with autism and still stays on top of it and sane! I'm grateful today that I have patiences, if I didn't today wouldn't be nearly as fun as it has been!! :)

Thank you to every MOM out there, what a beautiful callig in life, the opportunity to be a momma is so special!
Thank you mom for being such an awesome one!

Lonely, oh so Lonely..

So, I know this is completely irrational, but I, Kelcie McClellan Robinson, 21, wife of Taylor Robinson...am scared of the dark.

I know, childish, its not ALL the dark, just dark church hallways, dark bathrooms, dark closets, dark kitchens, dark outsides, and especially the dark when I'm alone.
When Taylor is here I'm fine, but being alone, in the dark..scares me. So tonight I am sleeping with all of my lights on, yes I went around and checked all the doors, four times, I also turned on every light and opening every door/cabinet to make sure no one was hiding {I had a baseball bat in one hand and my pepper spray in the other, don't worry, I wouldn't open those doors unprepared}. I just miss Taylor, and I wish someone would come stay with me...hopefully I can get someone to, or chances are I will not sleep tonight.

Now that I'm done confessing my pathetic fear I would like everyone to know how tough I am.
For instance, I've taken enough kick boxing that I could probably beat you in a fight..I cut my finger pretty bad the other day, and did NOT cry..I like to play in the dirt {I'm not too girly to get messy}...and, thats about it...Don't judge!

Anyone want to come have a sleepover??  Ladies? anyone, anyone?

And so it begins...

My intended schedule for school was as follows:

class starts at 8:15am, continuous back to back classes until 8pm on Tuesday and Thursday, full day, 17 credits. Three days before class starts I get a phone call..My 3-5 class has been cancelled, the only other day that class is available is m-w-f mornings for 8 weeks at the end of the semester {the days I work} in the morning. Okay, fine, I can deal with that! 8 weeks, no biggie! now I have a huge gap between class #2 and class #4 {or should I now say #3} but I can find SOMETHING to do. So I switch my schedule and go to class. 

First class=awesome, will be SO fun. Second class= disaster {my definition of, that being:} the online description said "designing floor plans, elevations, interior elevations using AutoCAD" {preface: I took 4 years of Drafting, 1 1/2 being drawing, the remainder AutoCAD, I also worked drafting for my Uncle Daniel the summer between junior and senior year of high school} but as I was sitting at my computer waiting for class to start, so excited to do home plans {again} I received the disappointed of my life{this semester anyway} the class is NOT CAD, well, not until the last 2 weeks of class, in fact this class is a beginner drafting class {NOT what the description said AT ALL} and for the first half of the semester we will be learning such things as 'how to draw a straight line with freehand' uhduh, 'how to correctly use a triangle' for reals? I learned that when I was three, 'how to draw correct architect lettering' seriously, how easy is that, 'how to erase properly', not that hard people, 'what an "aims lettering aide" is, and how it works' pfffff, 'how to draw a door frame... using a stencil' {I should tell you, it took him an hour, a entire hour to explain what these tools were, how to use them, and honestly, a stencil, because we're not old enough to use a compass? gahhhh, I was ripping out my hair, waiting for a good time to BOOK it out of there, torture, I learned this stuff in Jr. High}

 Finally, when the guy was done explaining the difference between a ruler and an architect's scale {in his words "a ruler is flat, a scale has 3 sides" seriously? you're an interior designer and can't think of a more legit way to describe the difference?????????????} he asked us to write a paper on the differences between landscape architect, and interior designer, whaaa? 

At this point, I returned my belongings to my bag, and politely attempted to excuse myself from the class, with every intention to drop it asap, but wait, the professor would like to explain to class that I'm "not up to the challenge" so I tell him quietly and very politely, that I learned everything he is teaching my freshman year of high school, that the final assignment he explained to us was the same as the second assignment I had in my interior rendering class at ASU..I think he got the point!!

So with the non-CAD-class gone, I am down to 14 credits, at first I was SUPER pissed {pardon my language} that my schedule wasn't what I had hoped, but today as I've been working and making my lists of things I want/need to do {I'm ALL about lists} I realized, maybe it's a good idea to have a lighter load this semester since I am working as well...so now I have a huge gap between class #1 and {previously class #4} which kind of ruins my chances of working {a job I like anyway} Tuesdays and Thursdays, but eh...I'll live ;)

So, even though it didn't turn out perfectly, I think my schedule will be great! and this semester will be awesome! I'm so glad I get to work this semester, and I'm grateful the DeCrows' still wanted me around! I wish I could take my fantasy CAD class, but it doesn't exist at PC, so maybe another time! I'll take it as a blessing in disguise and try to be grateful for how everything worked out!

I think His Tractors Sexy!

 We got some pretty funny looks {and comments} transporting this big boy all the way from 2 Biltmore to Clarendon on Saturday afternoon,

Especially when we stopped at Shell to fill up on diesel!
Taylor and I are blessed to have access to wonderful tools, of all shapes and sizes! We decided to borrow this beaut for a few days, to level out our land {previously torn apart and left kind of lumpy...as seen below}

I'm such a lucky girl to have a husband who knows how to do all this heavy-duty yard work, and lucky to have a Father-in-Law who has tractors on hand for us to borrow!

I think there is something to be said about a manly man {such as my hunky, hott, buff husband Samuel Taylor Robinson} according to Urabn Dictionary Manly is "a word to describe something or someone that displays unusually man-like traits...and my husband just so happens to display very tough manly abilities...

In other news, school starts next week, and I may have over done it again, the plan was to take this semester easy, but I am currently signed up for 16 credits {only 2 less than last semester, and 4 more than I originally intended}, please do not be disappointed or shocked if I drop a class in the first couple weeks...Look at me, being all motivated :/