Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog.

2010-11-08T08:08:00.000-08:00

Raining today, & Im thinking about all I have lost in my divorce.
I know this is not the way to get past the pain, but really why even try?
I believe in basking in whatever emotion pops up, experiencing that emotion fully, & moving forward. Ignoring it does no good.
So...I dropped the boys off at school, then drove back home, parked in front of my home, rain falling, heater blasted, wipers wiping.
I didnt cry today, I just thought. I thought about Jim & his laugh.I thought about him with his new wife, & the beautiful journey they are embarking on together... baby on the way.
I can honestly say that my thoughts about this are bittersweet.
I have lost my husband, but I somehow cannot muster up hate or discontent where this new life is concerned.
Have experienced it myself & know that its the most amazing thing 2 people can do... bringing life into this world.
I thought about our little house in RS.
I feel so sad that Jim has just thrown us to the curb like trash.
Especially the boys. I wonder if he will ever talk to them again.
Its all so surreal to me right now.
I feel like this disregarded being. Rejected, scorned.
How long til' I can breathe again? Ugh.

2010-10-17T16:33:00.000-07:00

Its been over 2 years since I have posted/blogged. Facebook seems to have everyones attention, & I have found myself caught up in this trend.
Ive gone through a divorce, & need a place to write about feelings & process through some of it if I choose to do so, but feel uncomfortable doing it so publicly.
I know anyone who wants to can also come visit here, & I welcome all to do so, I just feel this is a somewhat more private way to do go about it.
I also will not be changing the name of the blog-page yet, I am still Jeannie O'Lexey, & will be forever if I dont marry again. Is what it is. :)
Stay posted for what the boys & I are up to. We are embarking upon a new chapter in our lives & welcome your interest in checkin' out our blog.
All is well, & life IS beautiful. Peace.

New Years Weekend Celebration with family.

2009-01-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

We had a great time in Utah spending New Years Eve at Keys on Main (Just the grown-ups) Then the following day we all exchanged gifts and had a wonderful meal planned by Mom & Dad. It was really a great time. The boys & I stayed longer than we had planned because we couldn't barer to leave. We cant wait to do it again next year. Happy New Year to all!!!

Keys on Main for New Years Eve!!

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Christmas Day.

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We had a quiet Christmas at home. Kayden spent the holiday with the Burns, so it was just the 3 of us.. Braxt, Jim & I.

Tubing at Blairtown Park.

2009-01-11T20:05:00.000-08:00

Kayden had 5 friends spend the night to celebrate his Birthday. We went tubing at the park & then came back to warm up with hot chocolate, chilli & cake. It was a really fun night!! Jim had a great time with the kids while I took pictures. I really love Kaydens buddies! They are great kids. Thanks for celebrating with us Boys.

2009-01-11T19:56:00.000-08:00

Kaydens Birthday.

2009-01-11T19:40:00.000-08:00

Kayden turned 12 on December 17th. We celebrated together as a family on his actual Birthday, because it fell on a school night. (The friends party came later.) We opened presents, went to dinner at Applebees, & then drove around the neighborhood looking at people Christmas lights in thier yards. We found a disturbing sighn in someones yard near a manger that was missing Baby Jesus. It says "Dear Thief, Please return Baby Jesus." How sad. I was so MAD!! The picture of Kayden that is dark & sort of blury is a picture of Kayden hiding under the table at Applebees. Why? you ask, well... when the staff came to sing Happy B-Day, Kayden hid under the table. He is a kind of shy fellow & was uncomfortable w such a display of attention. It was funny. All in all it was a fun Birthday, we are proud of Kayden. He is an outstanding kid. And is growing up fast. :(

Some of Braxtens hockey pics.

2009-01-11T19:15:00.000-08:00

Between September and March we troop aroun all corners of Wyoming so Braxten can play in hockey tournaments. The team this year is getting along well & have a good chance to do well this year if they keep thier heads in the game. (Sometimes at 14 & 15 your head can drift other places) Most of these pics were taken in Cheyenne & Laramie. We had a great time & look forward to more tournaments in the next few weeks in Cody, Casper, & Littleton CO.

GO MINERS!!

FOR THE LOVE OF HOCKEY

2008-12-16T23:19:00.000-08:00

Kayden broke his leg this past summer & isnot quite rehabilitated yet. He has had to sit this season out. This is one of my fave pics. Kayd taped balnkets around his legs so that he could be Braxtens goalie & block some slapshots in Myrons basement. Totally creative.

Some of Braxtens teamates. There are only a few more though. Their team is very small but they are scrappy.

Braxtens broken thumb. He had the cast on the opposite wrist removed & this one put on in the same visit to the doctor. Sheesh.

Braxten Brown #59. And don't you forget it:)

"The Gear"

HOCKEY

Our family loves hockey. It is the roughest, toughest, fastest, coolest sport on the planet. Braxten especially has taken a real liking to it & continues to become a better athlete. Between the months of October to March we travel all around Wyoming with Braxtens team playing in other cities. We spend countless hours on the road trudging through ridiculous road conditions. We spend countless nights in hotels. We spend time & $$ that we don't even have. We rush home to get that stinky equiptment bag out of the back of the car, cuz let me tell you how smelly 15 year old hockey boys are... Very. New this year we have spent countless hours in emergency rooms, wrapping & pinning broken bones galore.

A parent posted the following article on the listserve for the Wyoming Youth Hockey Association. I really enjoyed it, & thought it was worth posting on our families blog. It really hits home, describing what it is that we hockey-enthusiasts get so riled up about.

Why hockey players are so special. . . . In the middle of a grueling six game road trip where a very young hockey team is away from home, the third game of the trip ends late on a cold Canadian Saturday night. This is the only break on the trip and the three days between games allow them the only break to get back home in their own beds for a coupleof days before going back on the road. A scheduled commercial flight waits for them at Toronto's International Airport for the short flight home; they could be home by midnight. This plane departs on schedule, but without a single member of the hockey team. Back in the locker room a vote is taken after the game is complete, and a unanimous decision is made by this young team to skip this flight and stay one more day. They make arrangements to check back into the hotel and on a frozen Sunday morning, charter two buses that have no heat and begin a journey two hours straight north into a sparsely inhabited Canada, but where hockey is its passion. They arrive at their destination to the surprise of the teams General Manager who is there attending his father's wake. After a few emotional hours, this team boards the buses and heads back for a two-hour trip back to Toronto. On the way they ask the drivers to stop in a tiny Canadian town because they are hungry. To the shock of the patrons and workers at this small hockey town McDonald's, a professional team walks out of two rickety buses and into the restaurant, which just happens to have pictures of two members of this team on its wall. The patrons know every single one of these players by sight being fanatic fans of hockey in these parts. One can only imagine the amazement of the locals seeing an entire professional hockey team sit down and have a meal in their tiny little town in the middle of a hockey season. After a while they board the buses and catch their same flight 24 hours later, giving their one day to the General Manager. This is a true story of the Chicago Blackhawks last Saturday night when they decided to attend Dale Tallon's father's funeral. Its amazing that such a good story can be found nowhere on the internet, and not even mentioned in the Chicago newspapers. Had one of the Blackhawks got into a fight and punched some drunken loser in a bar it would be plastered all over papers and the television.This being said, its hard to imagine any professional football, basketball orbaseball team doing this, but the members of the Blackhawks claim any "hockey"team would have done this. This is one reason I continue to be a big hockey fan, and another reason I am excited about this Chicago team. I thought I would share, as this story appears to have gone unnoticed.

Adam Burish & Kathy Jecmen MERRY CHRISTMAS HOCKEY PEOPLE
Mark A. Lantz, CommissionerWyoming Amateur Hockey League

The O'Lexeys have been working tirelessly to present to you this holiday production. We hope that all of our blood, sweat & teers will pay off. Have a wonderful Holiday Season. And 5,6,7,8......

2008-12-04T22:39:00.001-08:00

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Gratitude

2008-11-26T23:07:00.000-08:00

I just sat out in the hot-tub by myself, taking a moment to ponder & reflect on the things I am thankful for. I am feeling so comfortable in my own skin lately, I almost want to pinch myself.
I am grateful for my life experiences thus far. I am grateful for the lessons I've learned (even though some have been hard) & the clarity & wisdom each one brings.
I am thankful that there are people in this world who love me in spite of me. (Uh-Uhm... My husband.) Sometimes I truly wonder what he sees in me.
I am thankful that I have been able to shed some of my false beliefs about life & death & what is expected of me from the universe.
I am thankful to have learned the impotance of being kind & gentle & TRUE to myself. (Thanks to a few select friends for this one, you know who you are.)
I am thankful to have figured out that guilt serves no real purpose. I am imperfect, I've made many mistakes & will make many more. I am totally okay with this. Besides, every day is a new opportunity to start anew.
I am thankful that I am able to forgive. It feels so much better than holding on to resentment & bitterness. In forgiving those who I feel have wronged me, I believe I invite those who I may wrong to forgive me.
I am grateful for my gut & am learning to listen to my inner voice. It's always right. I just have to be still & listen.
I am thankful for humilty. I don't ever want to stop learning.
I am glad to be alive & I'm okay with not understanding what might happen next. I will keep living my life as if tomorrow may not come. (cuz some day it won't.)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! BE GRATEFUL!!

I've been tagged.

2008-11-18T19:53:00.000-08:00

Tagged byhttp://brananddan.blogspot.com/ (Danielle)
Here are the Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Let your tagged peeps know once your entry is UP.

My answers:
1. I have an OCD thing with the # 8. Like for example.... I take 8 swigs from the drinking fountain every time. No more, no less. I've done it since I was 5 years old. I do it with other stuff too.
2. In a previous life, I was a lezbian with Sara Maclaclin. I am pretty sure of it & I've even dreamt about it.
3. I would way rather drink a diahrea milkshake than a poo sandwich.
4. I would way rather clean the toilet than do laundry.
5. About 9 years ago I went through a phase where I fantasized for a while about what it would be like to be of another ethnic origin other than caucasian. You know like I wished I was Halle Barry or Jessica Alba.
6. I talk to my husband in a baby voice all the time & he loves it.

I am tagging...
Liz, Amy, Tamara, Karen, Dyana, & Greg.
P.S. Its no fun if you dont all play along. No fair getting a kick out of my absurdities but not sharing your own, I will give you a week, then I expect to see your posts. If not I will be hunting you down & seeking revenge. Or maybe I will write a post spreading a nasty rumor about you. Hahaha.

Next on the lineup.. My BFF's.

2008-11-18T14:05:00.000-08:00

I have the most amazing friends in the universe.
I feel so blessed for the relationships I have with some truly amazing ladies. They all are such a huge part of who I am & I love them all.

Keith Olbermanns commentary on Gay Marriage. The best I've heard yet. Thanks Shoni!

2008-11-14T09:59:00.000-08:00

Check it out......

2008-11-03T10:22:00.000-08:00

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2008-10-23T23:34:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we caught some NHL Action at the good ol' E-Center. It was the San Jose Sharks vs. the LA Kings. We did not care much one way or the other who won, we were just stoked to be at an NHL game. Denver is the closest city to us that has an NHL team & this exhibition game was a great one time opportunity. I wish there was a big enough fan base in Utah for an NHL team. Anyway, we went w/ Sloan & Carolyn. Sloan & Braxten play hockey together here in RS. Sloan is the goalie. Carolyn is my superfly hockeymom-pal. (& trust me thats a big deal) We had a great time. The sharks beat the Kings by the way. We love hockey!!!

2008-10-22T17:38:00.000-07:00

Its been a year. This is a new post, old clip. A real family treasure I must say. Last year our family spent Christmas at Bear Lake. Liz decided... after we had been chillin' in the hot-tub, that it would be cool if she went tubing in her swimsuit. I am committed to dragging this clip out every year to remind my famiy that ....
"We might not have it all together, But, Together We have it all. " Liz, you are a true peach!!
Please take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj8BxeN8yJw

JAYDA!!!

2008-10-14T23:56:00.000-07:00

Next on the lineup for introductions.... Jayda!! Jim got me a dog for Mothers Day 3 years ago. When Jim is away for work, Jayda sleeps in our bed with me. Jim didnt know that, but the secrets out now.
Jayda is very sweet. She is a mix of breeds. Terrier? Basenji? We arent sure. She doesnt really bark, she does more of a yodle. (Like Scooby-Doo!) She is possibly the only sister Braxten & Kayden will ever have & we love her! By the way, she likes red treats best.

My Childhood pals

2008-10-10T13:11:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I got to see my High School girlfriends, some of whom I have not seen in over 12 years. It was a real treat. We have all grown up & everyone has headed in their own unique direction. We are definately a diverse group. However everyone was down to earth, excited to catch up, & where it counts, in their hearts, I felt that no one has really changed at all. We had all the kids along this time but we plan to have a kidless, rockin' night out over Christmas vacation, when Shoni can be here from Chicago & I can make the trip from Wyoming. I cant wait!! By the way, I think we all look amazing.

My Wonderful Boys

2008-09-16T07:21:00.000-07:00

My sons are Kayden & Braxten. I am overwhelmed with love & pride for my Sons. They are my lifes purpose. (And they know it.) I cannott imagine a life without them. Braxten is 14. (Almost 15) He is already getting excited about driving even though its a year away. He is a handsome guy & is always smiling. He is friendly,charming, & a true source of laughter & joy always. Braxten is also known for his fantastic manners & social etiquette.Kayden Lynn is 11 (Almost 12) & has a very different personality from Braxten. He is more introverted. He is a thinker. He gets awesome grades & excels at math. He is an honor student. He is very creative. I can definately see him being an architect or an Engineer when he grows up. Kayden is less likely to cause a commotion than Braxten & prefers staying out of the spotlight. His nature is sweet & sensitive. He has cheeks that just beg to be kissed on.

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My Amazing Husband

2008-09-16T00:24:00.000-07:00

Please meet my husband. James E. Olexey. Or (Buzby)

As we go along, I will post introductions of the people who play important roles in my life. In the next few days I will add my Sons. I chose to start off introducing to you My Amazing Husband. Jim & I just celebrated our 1st anniversary on September 1st. He is a sweet man who I truly believe lives to please me. He is honest and kind, a kindred spirit. He has a presence about him that calms me. He is my safety and my comfort. He is an outstanding step-parent. He does not take his responsibilities lightly and being a parent to the boys is no exception. I have a great respect for a a person who will take on another Mans children. He does it with grace and style. We are very blessed. Jim is the ultimate manly man. He loves his toys and gadgets and spends alot of time "tinkering" He is a builder and a fixer and a handy man. Most importantly, he is Man enough to be my Man. That is saying something!!

Some Wedding Day Photos

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