My Year in Books, Movies, TV & Music

I saw a similar blog post from another blog, so thought I'd join in the fun and post. I've not blogged much this past year and I really hope to get back into that.

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I'm a huge movie Lover! We've been doing Netflix for awhile now and I really love that we can watch endless movies and tv shows instantly. Now the movies I list may not necessarily be new releases, just movies I've watched throughout the year of 2010. Being that the year was '10 I want to list 10 of each.

Christmas Story
Avatar
Wolfman
Inception
Killers
Twelve
Remember Me
The Other Guys
Salt
Despicable Me

Tv Shows
Gossip Girl
Desperate Housewives
Glee
The Glades
Grey's Anatomy
Nip/Tuck
Bones
True Blood
The Gates
Lost

Books I've Read

Okay I'll be the first to admit I've not read many books really since giving birth to my daughter over 4 years ago. I just had my little boy, Devin back in November plus I'm going to school and we also just got our own place so things are so crazy for me. But in 2011 I really want to get back into reading more and not just school text books.

On A Snowy Night
The Last Song
The Vampire Diaries
Dead Until Dark

So as you can see I've not read many books and actually I've not read many into completion that I've got listed here. But like I've said I really hope to Change that this coming year. I've got a few series that I really love to read.

Twilight Series (one book left!)

The "Anne" Series by L.M. Montgomery (currently on Anne of Avonlea

Charlaine Harris Series that's based on the " True Blood " series ( currently reading the first book, "Dead until Dark"

Little House on The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder ( Currently on Book 2, which I think is titled " Farm Boy"

The Vampire Diaries the Complete Series

Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Series

The Vampire Academy Series by Rachelle Mead

House of Night Series by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

Kay Scarpetta Series by Patricia Cornwell, I've read several in the series and I love them.

Sandra Gulland's Historical Fiction Series based on Josephine Bonaparte, I've read the first two books in which they where fast reads. I read them while I was pregnant and actually my daughter's middle name is Josephine. I love that name.

Jesse Stone Series by Robert B. Parker

Okay so I think that's enough, I doubt I'll read half of these books, and some I've already started some but I this is a great selection of books.












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Journey to a better me.

So everyone I'm sure is making New Year's Resolutions for the upcoming year of 2011. I guess I'm no different. I had planned doing Weight Watchers because my insurance says you can do the plan without any cost to you. Well, I called the other day and Weight Watchers in my area doesn't do that in my area any longer. Talk about a huge let down!!!!!! Urgh....I really don't know much about the new plan to do it on my own. I may try to do it on my own using their website for awhile. Dunno, we'll see I suppose. But I defiantly want to learn how to eat better and learn to cook healthier meals for me and my family.

I've been seriously wanting to do some sort of workout from BeachBody, we'll since I had a C-Section 6 weeks ago I thought I'd start out something low key. So I decided to go with Turbo Jam. I thought I'd do a complete rotation of the program then maybe do something different. I'd love to eventually do all the program's. I'm just sooooo sick of feeling miserable and I'm so ready to start working on me. I know I can do it, heck I've done it before. It's just I guess I let things get the best of me. I'm so exhausted at times. Well I guess I've got the right to be, I mean goodness I'm a newly mother of not only a newborn but of a VERY HYPER ACTIVE 4 Year Old. Some days my daughters ADHD & her developmental Delays gets the best of me. it wears me soo down that all I want to do is just have a moment of complete silence. Anyhow, my Turbo Jam should be in the mail tomorrow!!!! I can't wait to start! What is 30 mins to an hour of time to myself. Don't I deserve that?!? My husband wants to start eating healthy so that's a good thing. We just moved so I'm still trying to get my husband to move my treadmill over here too. So who wants to start this Journey with me?

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Testing from my iPad

I finally got my financial aid yesterday, so last night my husband took me to get an iPad. I'm using it as a backup to my laptop. My laptop crashed back in April-- my birthday to be exact. Well, my laptop hasn't been the same since. In addition my laptop battery won't hold a charge longer than 30 minutes. I can keep it plugged up in an electrical outlet, but something is messed up with the outlet that goes into the laptop. I'm going to call HP and see if it's covered under my warranty. I can use the iPad for school since I'm taking my classes online right now. I can probably get a tax right off as well. I must go, need to get in the shower and get in bed. Gotta be at my doctor's office at 8:30 am for a pre-op exam, Tuesday is my scheduled C-Section to have my little boy.

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All About Mary Beth in 30 Days!

So I visited Mel at  Heart's Content of a Mama Today and saw a blog meme and tried to find the person who began it. Maybe I'm just overlooking it somehow. But thought I'd join in on the fun. I haven't been blogging much lately but trying to my hardest to get back into it. Since starting back to school last year, and now that I'm pregnant I've just not found the desire to write. I often feel that no one care's about my boring life. I think I started to feel this way cause, about 6 months or so ago I did I blog giveaway and nobody entered! So I've felt sad since then...lol I know I know you don't want to hear a pity party! There are 2 meme's I'd love to start doing. I'm not sure how it will work out cause in just under 4 weeks and possibly less I'm having my C-Section to have my little boy! So I might just have to pick up after I get home from the hospital. I just figured doing these 2 meme's would give me something to do.

The first is a 30 day meme, I downloaded 365 Project Pro onto my iPod Touch the other day. It gives you a calendar, in which each day you take a photo and post it everyday. Maybe it is lame, and I'm sure I lead a boring life as a stay at home mommy but I love taking pictures anyways. You can see my photo's here

Mary Beth's 365 Project

First- Photo Meme
Day 01 – A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 02 – A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.
Day 03 – A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 – A picture of your night.
Day 05 – A picture of your favorite memory.
Day 06 – A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 – A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 – A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 – A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 10 – A picture of the person you do the most fucked up things with.
Day 11 – A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 – A picture of something you love.
Day 13 – A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 – A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 – A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 – A picture of yourself and a new friend you met this year.
Day 17 – A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 – A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 – A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 – A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.
Day 21 – A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 – A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 – A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 – A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 – A picture of your day.
Day 26 – A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 – A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 – A picture of something you’re afraid of.
Day 29 – A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 – A picture of someone you miss 

And Second- All about ME meme (because let’s face it. It’s always about me)
Day 1 – your favorite song
Day 2 – your favorite movie
Day 3 – your favorite television program
Day 4 – your favorite book
Day 5 – your favorite quote
Day 6 – 20 of my favorite things
Day 7 – a photo that makes you happy
Day 8 – a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 9 – a photo you took
Day 10 – a photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 11 – a photo of you recently
Day 12 – something you are OCD about
Day 13 – a fictional book
Day 14 – a non-fictional book
Day 15 – your dream house
Day 16 – a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 – an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)
Day 18 – your wedding/future wedding/past wedding
Day 19 – a talent of yours
Day 20 – a hobby of yours
Day 21 – a recipe
Day 22 – a website
Day 23 – a youtube video
Day 24 – where I live
Day 25 – your day, in great detail
Day 26 – your week, in great detail
Day 27 – my worst habit
Day 28 – what’s in my handbag/purse
Day 29 – hopes,dreams, plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 – a dream for the future beyond the next year

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Surprise Me! Secret Santa Gift Exchange

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Join us for the Surprise Me! Secret Santa Gift Exchange

With Survey Junkie & Simply Stacie

Christmas 2010

Surprise Me! Secret Santa Gift Exchange is a gift exchange/swap for bloggers. Each participating blog will be a Secret Santa & also receive a gift from a Secret Santa. There are No Sponsors for this event, it's just like one big office party. After you receive your gift you can tell everyone all about it on your blog.

$15 gift(s) + shipping = $20.00

Each Secret Santa will spend $15 on their gift. This can be one item or multiple items that total $15.  We want everyone to enjoy the swap and their gift so we have added category choices  for you to choose from on the sign up. This way it helps the Secret Santa have an idea of what you like and so that everyone enjoys their gifts.

We signed up and hope you will too. Visit Simply Stacie today to read more. Hurry because sign-ups close on October 6th.

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Crystal Body Deodorant

I got the opportunity to review Crystal Body Deodorant that I received in the mail today. I really wished that I could have had the opportunity to try it out longer to see if it is a great a product that many people say. However, I have deadlines to make and wanted to get everything finished in time. Maybe at a later date I can right an updated review. First I thought I would tell everyone about the product, before getting to the review itself. 

CVS & CVS.com  is having a a limited time offer promotional sale. I encourage you to go out and buy this product. I can remember my mom getting deodorant from Avon as we got old enough to wear it. It always seemed that we always had deodorant in stock. This sale promotion is good from September 1st-30th. 

• $1 off the Crystal® Body Deodorant Stick ( http://bit.ly/crystalstickCVS)
  

• $0.50 off the the Crystal® Body Deodorant Roll-On (2009 Winner – All-Time Top 10 Classic Best of Beauty Award by Better Nutrition)  ( http://bit.ly/crystalrollCVS)
  

$0.50 off the Crystal® essence Pomegranate Roll-On (2010 Winner – Best Natural Deodorant by Better Nutrition Magazine)  ( http://bit.ly/crystalpomCVS)

Crystal is an original mineral salt deodorant brand that was established in 1984. It is a natural product, with natural ingredients. Crystal has simple ingredients with the simple promise of all day natural odor prevention. Their products are available in 28,000 stores worldwide with Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid being the biggest chains that sale their products. 

Crystal Product line:

• Both unscented (Crystal Body Deodorant®) and lightly scented (Crystal® essence)
• Crystal® Body Deodorant is available in 4.5 ounce Stick, 2.25 Oz. Roll-On and 4 Oz Body Spray
• Crystal® essence (Pomegranate, Lavender & White Tea and Chamomile & Green Tea) is available in 2.25 Oz Roll-On and 4 Oz Body Spray.

Crystal does not test their products on animals, which is quite rare in the health & beauty aide markets now. When I read the product description it attracted me to the product that their ingredients where natural and haven't had any animal testing.  It is important to me when looking for products to me. Because honestly how does an animals body odor compare to mine? 

Crystal claims that you only need ONE application a day even for tough workouts. I'm currently in the 3rd Trimester of my pregnancy, so with that being said I cannot test the product in a way I would like to. But I have enough of their product now that I should be able to test it once my little boy is born. I plan to get back into working out. So hopefully I can really test it out then to see if it works really well as they claim. 

Crystal is endorsed by Cancer Treatment Centers However, I do not know if they give so much of their sales in the help of Cancer Research. 

I used the Pomegranate Roll on Deodorant, it was a light fruity smell wasn't too strong. Which I liked because I hate products that smell strong. It went on easily and was not sticky. I felt it stayed with me all day as well. I never found that the residue ever came off on my clothes either. I really like the product and to be honest will continue to use it till I run out of product. Would I use it in the future? I'm not sure, I'd really like to use it more in the future when I'm doing a workout. Because honestly that way I'd be sweating much more. Honestly I would recommend the product to others and hope they would use it as well. It is a great product and as far as I can tell it does what the product claims to do.

I was sent products from this Company, Crystal Body Deodorant in exchange for this review. I did not receive any other monetary compensation other than the products. This is my own honest review of the product. 

 

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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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Trying another go at blogging!! Why I’ve been MIA?!

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So I’ve not posted in forever!! I think the last time I’ve posted was in May. I Believe I was talking to you guys about me being pregnant and even posted a few things I’d love to have when the baby arrives.

     Currently I’m 27 weeks & 5 Days pregnant. I found out the end of June That I’m expecting a little boy, Devin Elisha is what his name is going to be. I’ve thought of giving him another name but nothing has been decided yet. My husband and I can’t agree. urgh!!!!

I’ve Gotten just about everything we need for the baby. We still need to get a matteress for the crib, a swing—really wanting one of the swings that can go two different ways. I think they are called bassinet swings or something??? I am searching for a diaper cream that I bought when my Daughter was a baby, it is the only cream I will use. Will have to do a review on it soon. We need to get a car seat still and a stroller, thinking of a sit and stand, that way my DD can still benefit from it and a huge plus would be not having to chase my daughter down while pushing a stroller hahaha…….                              

they think something maybe wrong with the baby, spina bifida. However, I’m believing everything is fine. They have done 2 level 2 U/S and have found nothing wrong yet. Personally I think they have my due date off!!! I’ve been sick on and off again, ugh!!! I hate being sick, a good thing though so far I’ve only gained 4 lbs, but he is growing and I’m okay with not gaining much as long as he is growing like he needs to be. As of now they have my due date as November 24th, however the high risk doctor is going with the 11th of November. With a C Section I’m hoping to go much sooner!!!

We didn’t do a whole lot this year during the summer with me being pregnant, but I don’t mind I am more of a home body. Just a lot of everyday stuff and going to the 2 different baby doctors a lot. Playing with leah during the day. She started her 2nd year of Pre-School this past Monday, she loves school but it seems getting up early and staying so busy through out the day keeps her so tired. I had to keep her out of school last Thursday and Friday because of her getting a cold, took her to the doctor cause she had a fever, and found out her tubes came out. uggh! not sure if they will want to put tubes back in her ears or not. I really hope not, seems like she had more problems after the tube placement than before. Wished I knew how to help with the fluid though.

Everything on the marriage front is going great!! I think my husband and I are closer now than ever before. It is odd, or maybe I’m getting old. I’m just fine being at home with my kids and my husband and enjoying time with them. We started building a house and hopefully by spring time we can move in!!!

And Lastly thought I’d share what I’m currently reading. I don’t really care for the series, however I’ve watched all the movies and love reading books before I see the movies.  Will try and remember to do a review on it once I’m done, speaking of reviews I’ve got a few product reviews that I plan to do over the next few days.

Breaking Dawn (First Edition) Twilight Saga Book 4

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Progresso Souper You Contest & Giveaway

Details coming in the morning about this contest. Please check back tomorrow!

Things I need for the baby

I thought I would post everything here that I need for the baby, and hopefully I could find some kindness online and find others who want to send me these items hahaha.....

drop ins it looks to be less of a clean up. I really hope the baby takes to these because my daughter, leah who is now almost 4 years old had a hard time with taking to bottles and we were always changing bottles and it always a battle to find something she liked.I know my niece has used these with both her new baby daughter and her son who is now about 2 years old. The picture to the side of this post is the 8 oz disposable drop ins, of course when the baby is born I will need the 4oz. I've heard that the liners can melt if you try to warm them up, which makes perfect sense. So I will have to see what I will have to do in order to warm the bottle up. I've also so read that the disposable liners can be reused if rewashed immediately after use. I might try that, but it seems to me if they aren't sanitary then It wouldn't do any good. Honestly I'd be afraid that the baby would get some sort of thrash or something.

I gave my old carrier to another family member that was pregnant  and I saw these in a magazine, and I think they are really cute and would really love to have one of these. You can go onto BabyHawk and design your own baby carrier for you and your little to meet your own taste. You can choose from a wide range of colors and patterns to meet your flavor. They aren't your normal baby carrier, and will need to make sure that your little one is secure. I think I'd probably have someone on hand to help me because it looks like you tie the straps, instead of the usual snapping place.

Details of my Journal Entry from iPregnancy

Here's the information from my Journal Entry on Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:05 PM when I was 3w5d.

My Visit Notes:
Had a doctor appointment at Dr. Kemkar's office and asked when was my last period cause I hadn't had a period for some time. It had been over a month since I had one so they did a pregnancy test on me and it was POSITIVE! It was a huge surprise but was so excited!

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Book Reviews

I really have enjoyed books as long as I can remember, I'm hoping that I can do some reviews more often now. Here is the book of my upcoming review. So if you haven't read Eclipse please click on the link and buy the book from amazon today!

Souper You Contest & Giveaway has been extended

I was seriously intending to post about this contest quite awhile ago but my life has been so hectic lately. First I want to thank Laurie, and especially Progresso for holding the Souper You Contest. I was sent a package and that huge box included a big box of progresso soup, of various flavors. Progresso sent me a gift pack, the progresso soup and all information pertaining to this contest. I really love Progresso Soup. I can't say that enough. Next to my own soup I think that its the best soup out there. If you are any sort of diet Progresso even is low calorie enough to stay on point, and even helps with point Counting if you are on The Weight Watchers plan. There are even some low- sodium progresso soups if your concerned with salt intake. In the package I received it included several cans of Chicken Noodle Soup. If you know me, then you know I love me some Chicken Noodle. Growing up we always got the cheap kind with the little noodles and the little pieces of chicken. As I became an adult I learned how to make my own Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup. With chunks of chicken and bigger noodles :) Click on the link for the recipe to my own soup. They gave me Plain chicken noodle, low fat chicken noodle, low sodium. I'm not saying its the best soup out there but, I think it has chunkier chicken in its packaging. I still have a few cans left, that I plan to enjoy this week for lunch. I love that progresso has a wide selection of soups to fit everyone's needs. Okay on to the
Souper You contest

The Details
Contest Ends March 15th!
Go to Souper You site and enter to win a 1 of 3 grand prizes for a trip for two to New York City May 21st-23rd.
You will get a NYC Hotel stay, a full makeover, $1,000 wardrobe shopping spree and a personal consult with a New York City Department Store.

 Submit an essay on the Souper You site telling why you love progresso soup and why you want the makeover.

So How can YOU win this Prize Pack? Well, I'm glad you asked!
# 1 comment below with one of your favorite Soup Recipes. I love trying out new recipes, and I love soup. So tell me what your favorite is and if you have a recipe include that. YOU MUST DO THIS OR YOU CANNOT BE ENTERED TO WIN!

#2 follow my blog through google connect.
 #3 Follow me on Twitter @BoosPlace 
 #4 Tweet about this giveaway
                                                             #5 blog about this giveaway for an extra entry



You must let me know that you did any of these in a separate comment in the comment box below. This will end 3/21 at midnight so enter quickly!

*This is not a paid review and was not paid any sort of monetary compensation for this review. The thoughts given on this blog was strickly of the owner of this blog. Progresso sent me soup, a gift pack, and all information pertaining to this contest.

I ♥ Nike+

I just love my Nike+ It helps me to see where I'm at while I'm walking. It helps me see where I'm improving at. If I see if I'm slacking off I can start walking faster, or if I'm really feeling it that day I can even run. I can't say enough good stuff about it. I joined the YMCA in the town over from ours, cause I thought I would be obtaining a job there. But I'm not so sure that I will be
I really wished we had the room somewhere to set up my treadmill. Ugh!!! I hate that I'm having to pay to use a treadmill. Cause that is mostly what I use. Especially when I own a new treadmill that's not even been used a handful of times. I will think of something, maybe I can find some room in this house to put it. I hate having to live with family and not having room for my own stuff. It is sooooo frustrating. I'm hoping that this evening my husband and I can take our daughter to the playground this evening. The weather is suppose to be really nice today and I'd love to take her out so we can all enjoy the weather and perhaps I can get a walk in too! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Healthy You Challenge Week 9

Scale Junkie talked about in her weekly HYC post that she wanted all of us to Make March a month of ACTION! I do believe that she is right. Like her I'm at a moment in my life that I'm so ready for change! I'm writing this post having very little sleep and about to fall to sleep.. LOL so bare with me if it doesn't make any sense. Lately my husband and I have had marriage issues, in which we are currently working on. I've been trying to do better on balancing time with our time, being there for my daughter and school. I'm making me a priority as well. Yeah school is for me but, I need to take care of myself.

By taking action I bought a gym membership! I love my gym and couldn't be more happier with my choice. However, I'm trying to slowly work my way into a program. I hurt my back over a week ago when I picked leah up out of the grocery cart, I suppose my baby girl is getting too big for being in a grocery cart! My doctor also said I have a pretty severe kidney infection even threaten me with putting me in the hospitial. I've took more action by eating healthier, drinking more water. I'm planning on going to the gym after I get Leah on the school bus! I'm needing some sort of action plan on routine for loosing weight. Is there something I should be going by? I love using NIKE+ and using it to track my progress.

So what is your action plan for March?
Mine are:
Drink 3 bottles of water everyday
walk 3-4 days a week for 30 mins at least
elliptical easy and steady wins the race. Probably start out with a few mins and add each time. They are so hard on my knees? anyone else have that problem
Workout at the Cafe' which is similar to Curves. about 2 x's a week for 30 mins
more fruits and veggies
Take Thyroid & Multivitamin

Your a pain in my ummm back!

So yesterday I was at our Local Wal-Mart when I was rushing to get my 3 year old and myself to the "Family" restroom. I grabbed leah out of the Grocery Cart and must of turned the wrong way and now my back is hurting AGAIN! I just hurt my back I guess about 3 months ago. Ugh! I found a job!!! So orientation is tomorrow, I really hope that I can stand to sit up just about all day. It's suppose to last all day long! But its a paid orientation so that is good to know that I will be paid for my time there. Was going to go by the Cookeville YMCA which is in the town I will be working in. I thought since I'd be working over there that I would get a membership there than here in my hometown. My hometown's YMCA just doesn't have anything worth mentioning!!!! They have a few treadmills and ellipticals and huge assortment of big weight machines really for men but they have a pool OUTSIDE but other than that there isn't much there. At the Cookeville Y they even have an area for younger kids to workout so to speak. Leah is in school now, so really she wouldn't be over there much maybe on the weekend or something. I plan to go workout either before work or afterwards depending on what my schedule is going to be like. I want to come up with some sort of plan to go by but not sure yet. I defiantely should walk/run but other than that not sure what to do. I am going to be using my Nike+ now that I have Nike+ shoes and an ipod touch that has the Nike+ app on there. I'm hoping that I can get wifi connection over there cause if so I can use the fitness apps that shows you various exercises to do.

Here is a list of know perks

Inside & Outside Pool
about 20-30 treadmills
about 10 ellipticals
a couple stair steppers
A huge assortment of weight machines and not just for men which is a good thing
sauna
an area for workout which is similar to the curves program
Sitter's/Playroom for smaller children so the parents can workout

plus so much more............now if only my back gets better so I can start working out! I guess I need to ease into it so I don't do even more damage to my back. I'm sure it will be better in a few days! Maybe by monday I can begin my workouts!

cloudy with a chance of meatballs

I bought this movie the other day for Leah hoping that she would like it. She didn’t seem to care for it. I had heard if you liked the movie “UP” you would like this. It was an okay movie, but leah quickly lost interest. It about a guy who seems to want to make a difference in the world but just wants his father’s approval. Things get out of hand and needs help from the whole town to save the world.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Bill Hader, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Graham,

Gone but not forgotten

So much has been going on lately and I really don’t know where to start? I’ve not really been keeping this blog up to date, however I do plan to start trying to get back into the groove of things.
My baby girl, Leah Josephine started going to  elementary school, I guess it was a few weeks before Thanksgiving. She’s only 3 years old so normally she would not even be going to school. But, she had tubes put in her ears, in which they tested her hearing before hand and one of her eardrums did not respond. I’m hoping that the tubes have helped! I do see a great improvement over the last several months. Any ways the ear doctor thought she should be tested to see if she is where she needs to be in different area’s of development. She was tested through our public school system. They said she was about a year behind in cognitive development and communitive she was around 6 months behind. But I have seen a lot of improvement in her vocabulary in the last several months and I think she is doing very well. They think she will still be able to start kindergarten with kids her own age.
Since October my husband and I have done nothing BUT argue! I knew something was wrong, I just didn’t know what? I think a woman knows when something is going on. My sister, Marcia always told me you would know. I think a woman always has something about them to tell them when something isn’t right. Be it about your marriage or someone who isn’t of good company to your children. I won’t give all the details of everything that went on cause, I know there are people that I know in RL that I think is none of their business. I believe that one of the men he is good friends with at work, who we know pretty good cause we’ve been to church with them that has been talking to him. I ask his wife to pray for him. I know my mom has, and I have too. To be honest I think our little girl has too. I know most people do not agree with me taking him back. But, I’ve never believed in divorce. I want my daughter to have both me and her father around to be there for her.
I had to drop one of my courses in school this semester, so now I’m currently only taking one class at a time. But I know next semester if I continue to go to school I need to add another class. I’m thinking of transferring and taking one class at a time anyways, Cause I’m seriously hoping I can find a job soon. We are going to try and move out of my husband’s aunts house soon so I want to be out of our own at least by the first of May. Which should be pretty doable. I don’t think I can really concentrate on school as much I think doing one course at a time would be plenty enough. With a family, a house to manage on my own, and running after a 3 year old. School would be overwhelming if I take too many classes at once.
Well, I’ve not been working out like I should but I really want to start trying to get back on track. I hope we can find a place that has enough room to put up my treadmill so I can begin to do my running/ walking once again. I have plenty of workout dvd’s too so maybe soon we will have the room to do that! I took some before pictures of me the other day, thought I would take a front and side view picture of myself once a month. I have a new camera and tripod so who knows one day I might get brave and do some actual vlogging.