The Bright Eyed Brunette

Hey there! I know I have several new readers so I'll start off with a quick little introduction. My name is Beth. I am a married mom of three (ages 19, 17, and 14). I started this blog twelve years ago (wow!) as a scrapbook. I don't post fashion or beauty content because let's face it, that isn't really my jam. Oh, and popular opinions aren't really important to me either. So now that all of the niceties are out of the way, let's go on to the twenty facts, shall we? I am a sinner saved by grace. I make mistakes and am in need of Jesus (and His forgiveness) daily.  I have been married to my sweet hubby for 20 years (will be 21 Mar.27). We married when we were 19 and almost 21. We had all three of our children in a 5 year time frame and would have definitely had more if I hadn't had my tubes tied. Fertility was never an issue! As a child I attended school in five different elementary schools around the state of Arkansas (my dad changed jobs often for ...

 The last week in January has proved to be a busy one. It started off with a trip down to Arkadelphia to take Makena to a Presidential Leadership Forum. She was thrilled to be invited and get to spend a little more time on campus. We dropped her off and made the trip back home. Believe me, if Carl hadn't have had a check-up on Monday, we would have stayed the night somewhere!  His appointment went great! The doctor wants him to keep doing what he's doing as far as medication goes and he is making Carl an appointment with a neurologist. He already has an appointment in February to see the cardiologist. He was also not really concerned with the white matter. We will probably still have another MRI in six months, just to play it safe. We were both relieved! After we got back home Carlie and I left to go pick Makena back up in Arkadelphia and then on our way back I had to take Carlie to her apartment in Little Rock (remember she still has no car). We finally made it back home ar...