It's Just Me

A Photo Tour

2010-03-06T08:54:00.001-08:00

I was going to do a bday post of how my celebrations went, but apparently the celebrations are not yet over so expect a video blog later on my birthday plans. Instead! I am going to post photos of the things I look forward to seeing when I am on vacation both in Georgia and Kentucky.

First up Charlotte

We will be staying at here

Hampton in Vivaldi GA for the first night drive. We will get there around 2pm and then we will spend the day touring and relaxing until 5am the next morning when we set off for Savannah and Tybee.

Savannah!

Now Onward to Tybee Island which I cant wait to see!

The full island

the island pier

Beach of Tybee

Island Lighthouse

More random photos

we will most likely be eating here (I hope)

and touring many other sites I do not know yet as I am totally excited and have no clue exactly what my father in law has in store for me.

Almost 26

2010-02-25T09:53:00.000-08:00

My Aunt is recovering in leaps and bounds and apparently going to be released 1 week 1 day early than planned. You heard it right she gets out tomorrow as long as she keeps improving as well as she is. I do expect that part of it is the motivation to see her great great niece and nephew that well might as well be her grandchildren.

So... What am I going to do tomorrow for my birthday. Freaking nothing but its okay. Probably the usual I always do, clean tend to 3 depending kids er I mean 2 kids and 1 husband, cook the typical mac and cheese, do more laundry, fold more clothes, wait for fedex, start piling up things I can pack now for the vacation in 4 months. Log onto Warcraft, stalk myspace and facebook and then listen to husband come home be crabby and a jerk. No he does not get me anything for my birthday like ever, he doesnt see a point, even though I always get for his and our anniversary I never get nothing. So its usually why I ask for a Dr. Pepper

Its the final countdown

2010-02-24T10:39:00.001-08:00

My aunt had her breathing tube removed this morning. Her throat is very sore and can only say a couple of words. My uncle, had to come home as my mom has officially got gout in her foot and now has to be off of it for 24 hours and cannot take care of my grandpa. My aunts son Bobbie, and her daughter Reda rented a hotel room near the hospital directly across from it so they can help take care of her and be with her as she recovers. Not to mention give the family frequent updates and allow uncle Elmer to talk to her.

Its 6 days until my birthday I cant wait. I don't think I will be going anywhere for my birthday but I do know I will celebrate on my spring vacation since its partly to a place I have never been its a longer vacation than 1 weekend and I get to take lots and lots of photos.

I Will post a better blog tomorrow today has been a long one.

Impatiently Pacing

2010-02-23T11:56:00.000-08:00

The World Is Ours Tonight- By Gloriana

I sit here impatiently waiting to know that my aunt is out of the woods. She went into Surgury at 7am this morning and she got out at 1:30 and has yet to wake up. They do not expect her to wake up for another 4 hours. Until then she will be on vent. They say she will be in the hospital for 2-3 weeks and will still be weak once out. meaning shes not going to be so peppy when we come down to see her :( This also means we will not be spending all day with my aunt as she wont be able to handle the kids all day, and my son who is my aunts buddy wont be able to understand why she cant play with him like she did the last time. I now must find other activities to keep my kids happy while in Kentucky.

My grandpa is talking in the context of if he makes it until April. I do not like that sound, normally he never talks like that. You can tell hes tired and really ready to go. He fights because I know he wants to see my sister. He hasnt seen her in 2 years and in April this will be the first year where we will have a sorts of family reunion with the exclusion of my brother who will be unable to make it. For good reason...

I had the kids make get well cards and birthday cards for her, since she will be in the hospital over her birthday. I hope she makes a speedy recovery with no problems along the wy.

Lost in land of Warcraft

2010-02-21T12:42:00.000-08:00

I have been lost in the land of reading Warcraft lore and geeking out with all the new stuff coming to World of Warcraft. Now I have my own speculation as to how the twilight hammer is involved in Cataclysm but that in a sense is pretty obvious if you have ever paid attention to lore or been to Sithlus. The Twilight Hammer is all about worshiping and summoning the "old Gods" and were if I remember correctly responsible for the resurrection of C'thun in Ahn’Qiraj. Neltharion a.k.a Deathwing was driven to insanity by the voices of an old god but by which? Neltharion was able to create a Demon Soul to which to my understanding contains great power and was captured by the Night Elves. Now, here is my theory currently as to how the Twilight Hammer play a important role in the escapism of Neltharion/Deathwing and why I feel that the Cenarian Circle will play another significant role in the Cata event prior to the release of the game. The more I think about it the more I know I am pretty close to being right I may have a few things off. I was doing the final quests in Sithlus and I came across a quest that says some really interesting things.

Geologist Larksbane says: It is history... A history of Silithus... of Ahn'Qiraj... of Titans and Old Gods... I read from the prophecy of C'Thun as written by the Qiraji Prophet Skeram. A prophecy that portends a cataclysm...

Geologist Larksbane says: In the time before time, when the world was still in its infancy, a battle between a Titan and a being of unimaginable evil and power raged on this very soil. The prophecy is unclear about whether or not the Titan was vanquished in this battle but it illustrates that a Titan fell. An Old God had also fallen - or so it was thought.

Geologist Larksbane says: For millennia this being lay dormant beneath the world - biding its time. From its prison it waited for the exact moment at which to strike back at those that would see it harmed.

Geologist Larksbane says: The land of eternal starlight, Kalimdor, was a nurturing mother to all of its creatures. The magic of the Well of Eternity permeated the land and empowered the multitude of flora and fauna that would make the world their home. From this magical ether were born the silithid. It was through the silithid that the brooding Old God would reach and attempt to sunder the world that it once held in its unmerciful grasp.

Geologist Larksbane says: The Old God would create avatars from the silithid in its own image. These avatars were to be known as Qiraji. Sentient and with purpose, the Qiraji would name their creator: C'Thun was born... For many thousands of years the Qiraji worked feverishly to build a force capable of laying waste to the world that would betray their god. The great fortress city of Ahn'Qiraj was created to house their growing armies and prepare for the coming of C'Thun

Geologist Larksbane says: This can't be right. An Old God could never be allowed to enter this world. The results would be... Oh dear!

Geologist Larksbane says: There is more.

Geologist Larksbane says: The moment that C'Thun had so patiently waited for had finally arrived. His children had spent thousands of years building an army capable of exacting revenge upon the whole of Kalimdor and now the prize was within their grasp.

Geologist Larksbane says: The Titans had long since vacated this world. Only the night elves that once inhabited this area were here to defend. Oh my! The next passage is fascinating!

Geologist Larksbane says: A mighty Qiraji known as General Rajaxx would command the initial incursion into Silithus. Only one would stand in his way: A night elf known as Staghelm. They refer to him as Khar'sis or 'hand of the earth' in the native Qiraji tongue.

Geologist Larksbane says: Staghelm and his armies were clearly overwhelmed as the endless flow of Rajaxx's troops poured into Silithus. It would seem as if Staghelm, however, was more than just a nuisance to the Qiraji. Under Staghelm, the whole of the night elf armies had come together to defend Kalimdor, greatly slowing the Qiraji forces.

Geologist Larksbane says: Unfortunately, the night elf defense was untenable and Rajaxx knew that they could not hold out much longer. Their tenacity, however, was causing great frustration to Rajaxx and causing even more frustration to his king. Wait, kings? Incredible.. .

Geologist Larksbane says: Vek'nilash and Vek'lor, known as the Twin Emperors of Ahn'Qiraj, watched the war from the sanctuary of their temple. The clever brothers devised a plan to demoralize and divide Staghelm's forces.

Geologist Larksbane says: Valstann Staghelm served as the right hand of Fandral. A proud and noble warrior, his dedication and adoration for his father unyielding.. . and the Twin Emperors sensed this as weakness. A weakness that could be exploited.

Geologist Larksbane says: The Qiraji forces were commanded to fall back and hide the bulk of their numbers beneath the sands of the desert. A small attack was ordered upon Southwind Village while the front lines of Staghelm's army were kept occupied.

Geologist Larksbane says: Valstann, eager to please his father, convinced Fandral to allow him to take a small battalion to the defense of Southwind. Surely with the tide of battle turning their way, no harm could come to his beloved child. The trap was missed. Valstann was captured by the hiding Qiraji and Southwind Village obliterated. Rajaxx himself would take the captive Valstann to the front lines of the battle where - in front of Staghelm and the night elf forces - he would brutally execute the young night elf.

Geologist Larksbane says: The war continued but the will of the great leader was sapped. The whole of Silithus was soon engulfed by the silithid and their Qiraji hosts.

Geologist Larksbane says: Poor man, this explains so much.

Geologist Larksbane says: The night elf army was pushed back through Un'Goro, to the borders of the Tanaris desert. Something in Un'Goro prevented the Qiraji from being able to take the land. I do not quite understand this word but I believe it to mean 'God Lands.' It is stated that they could not 'take the God Lands.'

Geologist Larksbane says: Fascinating, this coincides with theories of Un'Goro being the home of the Titans when they inhabited Kalimdor. Perhaps Aman'thul himself watched over 'The God Lands.'

Geologist Larksbane says: Hrm, curious... This ends abruptly. In Tanaris the Qiraji document facing a bronze dragon. There is much missing from this... More information must be found! Surely they are planning to invade Kalimdor once more!

Baristolth of the Shifting Sands shifts uncomfortably.

Baristolth of the Shifting Sands says: When the time is right, my lady. All will be clear when the time is right. The master stirs even now. Look to the skies for the Brood of Nozdormu have returned.
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Does this mean that C'thun was the one that turned Neltharion insane? We know that the twilight hammer is envolved and maybe the Cenarian Circle is trying to prevent Cataclysm from happening. C'thun could have told the twilight hammer to break deathwing out of prison.

Side note below is the "Plan" for our trip starting April 2nd. When I say Dad I mean my father in law

Itinerary

Day Location Miles Drive Time Driven
1 - 4/2 Jackson to Charlotte 704 12 hours Driving Friday
2 - 4/3 Charlotte to Savannah 270 5 hours Dad Saturday
3 - 4/4 Savannah 50 Dad Sunday
4 - 4/5 Savannah 50 Dad Monday
5 - 4/6 Savannah 50 Dad Tuesday
6 - 4/7 Savannah to London 568 10 hours Mom Wednesday
7 - 4/8 London 50 Mom Thursday
8 - 4/9 London 50 Mom Friday
9 - 4/10 London 50 Mom Saturday
10 - 4/11 London to Jackson 441 7 hours Driving Sunday

I cant wait to go on vacation I am still shopping and planning to do since I will be gone for quite a while. I can't wait. I just cant wait.

It's 4am in the morning and it only means 1 thing

2010-02-12T00:49:00.000-08:00

Its really sad when things can get to me so badly. Why the hell do I care about what others think about me. How I could barely sleep last night and woke up at 4am screaming from a nightmare not to mention cry myself to sleep over something so trivial.

When you become a parent you sometimes daydream in curiosity of what our children will grow up to become. What we want for them. How we hope they turn out. Will my son be a basketball player, who will he take to prom, his first girlfriend, true love, first best friend. It is very painful to see your son struggle in school to be socially accepted. To know that his wrong choices and bad behavior in the classroom, and school cause kids to stay away from him refuse to pick him to be a partner or even refuse to be his friend. I see that same son, being bullied by kids and the school wont do anything about it because in their eyes my son deserves it. My son deserves to have his shoes thrown, his gloves taken away his hats gone his coat, his backpack. My son so upset and scared at our reaction just tells us he looses them but unfortunately I know from personnel that this is not the case.

Because of this behavior parents begin to point fingers and judge. The parents must be horrible. Dad works all the team so it must mean the moms bad. The mom must be abusive my god what did that poor boy do to the kid. They don't even ask to even find out if a child has a mental disorder or how they see their parents fighting all the time. They just judge like the hypocritical bitches that they are. They are stuck up snobs. Do you even know how bad it hurts to see the look of those parents faces especially the moms when they look at me? Its written all over their face BAD PARENT stay away, don't let their child go near that boy. Hes a bad seed, shes such a bad mom.

I want to make a clarification on something I said yesterday when I was severely upset. When I said that the words from my sons tongue hurt far worse than what his father could ever say? It is because there is nothing more painful than seeing your son hurt from a broken heart. A broken heart caused by just wanting to be friends and getting nothing but rejection.

I don't want him to be like I was in school trying to do anything to get attention to make a laugh to make friends. Like pissing off the gym teacher by rollerblading though the Gym, or tping the principals office, or falling for a prank at middle school prom just because someone called me their friend which resulted in a broken knee, bruises and hair ripped out with scalp. To think I actually wanted to experience a high school prom. I don't want that for him.

I guess I vented enough

When Parents are Unwanted

2010-02-11T13:57:00.000-08:00

So the "main"coordinator of the Valentine's Day party removed me from the list of people to help with the party for my sons classroom, their reason was I wasn't a fit parent. Why? My son has mental condition that causes his behavior in school to be not well good or even good at the house.

In fact my son and I had a tango at home yesterday during a snow day because he would not stop being a pain in the behind to his sister or the cat. So apparently I am an unfit parent because my son has a mental condition that causes behavior problems. This makes me a bad person because I bust MY ASS at the house and work with him constantly to try to teach my son how to make the right choices, how to be better in school and deal with tantrum after tantrum from my son and break up fight after fight between him and his sister.

I have heard him say every hurtful word known to man directed towards me come out of my sons mouth and those words cause more pain than any word I have been called by his father. Words cannot convey how bad that hurts, and how many tears I have shed. I just want my son to grow up being a happy healthy and social gentleman why is that so fucking hard to ask? How does that make me a bad parent?

My Favorite Place To Shop

2010-02-10T10:29:00.000-08:00

I am posting this blog to share my review on a company called 15dollarstore. At first I was very skeptical of the site, but I loved their clothes. I drooled over a lot of them so I decided back in January that I was going to take a chance and place an order since “All Sales Are Final”. So, after reading this review if you choose to shop at 15dollarstore.com please know that you must be certain of your size and that most shirts from this company run a little big for the side. Its designer though so that doesn’t surprise me.

This makes the 3rd time I have place an order from the site. With my second order I ordered roughly 135.00 worth of clothes. If you order over 100 there is no shipping charge as it’s on them and they do not charge taxes unless you live in California. Everything in the store is 15 bucks. Basically designers make too much product the company they normally sell it at doesn’t order the full amount and they sell it to this site and you pay practically pennies. I say this because I am paying 15 bucks for a 100.00 dress or 15 for a 64.00 pair of jeans. All items come to you in tags with the original price right on the tag. Each shirt is by far the most comfortable I have ever worn. The same is said with their shoes. You would think Stiletto’s would be painful to wear but the pair I bought they are rather comfortable. I also noticed that when I ordered the second time they had my order processed inspected packed and shipped within 30 minutes although when I placed my first order it took them a whole day. The same process happened with my 3rd order when I wanted to buy sunglasses a watch, and a purse. By far the customer service and quality of product will keep you coming back. Not to mention you save a hell of a lot of cash.
Ok I want to go over the process of what you see when you first get your shipment.

When the box comes, and you open it up it will look like this

To be able to put maximum amount in the smallest of boxes to make sure you pay the cheapest shipping though UPS they pack things like this.

I paid 135 for a lot of tops, a dress, a pair of pants and 2 pairs of shoes and the box came and fit in my office chair. In the bottom of the box is a business card that says “Thank you for shopping with 15dollarstore” their phone number and website. The shipping is also rather fast.

From my experience and the fact their clothes are so damn sexy and look great on me, I will most defiantly be making this site one of the ONLY places I will be buying clothes as they update their clothing almost daily. Below are some of the photos I took of the clothes I bought.

What NOT To Wear

2010-02-07T12:40:00.000-08:00

I found this site called Flirt Catalog. According to my friend it is normally for "role playing" You are all adults you can use your minds especially you TJ and Julio to figure out what I mean by that lol. If you look at the site you see right away they have some nice clothes, and you see what they mean by the role play. You also see some wtf looks lol.

For example

I personally do not think that can hold my boobs!

I am not quite sure what I want to say or sing in this shirt. Your a grand old flag? Sam wants you?

I am sorry but there is no such thing as a sexy dog costume. The male dog could give a rats ass about what the hell the female dog is wearing before he bangs her. Unless you got a dog fetish (which if you do you are fucking stupid) there is no point in sexy dog costumes. Your puppy doesn't want to be a FUCKING FRENCH MAID! What did the poor puppy do to you. Did he give you a bad taco at taco bell?

I also found some outfits that are work appropriate hmmm.

hmmm easy access work atire.... hmmmmm work appropriate for what?

Ok all comments aside on some interesting items like

There are some really like peices of clothing at a cheap price that I could see myself wearing like

http://www.flirtcatalog.com/p-89925-everyday-convertible-skirtdress-short.aspx

30 bucks is not bad for a versatile dress. If I show you all the things I liked I would bore you regardless what I am saying is I don't blame the company for some of the stuff that I found I just want to know what the designer was thinking lol.

So Sue Me

2010-02-02T09:57:00.001-08:00

For the past few days I have tried to sit down and write a blog and you know, when sickness strikes a house and it just wont let your house go the last thing on your mind is writing a blog. My son keeps going to school and catching everything under the sun. This time it was roto virus, and let me tell you that little bitch is a nasty virus. It knocked me on my ass, my daughters ass, my sons ass, and Scott's ass. Yesterday I didn't want to move. Every part of me felt like it was taken over control of. Once I am able to move I plan on cleaning my house and sterilizing it. I do not want any of us to catch this virus again. Its not fun. Last night I was so cold I had 6 blankets and a coat on today I am hot, hot hot hot geez and can't stand anything on me.

I canceled my big birthday plans this year, I got news that during spring break I get an actual vacation. I get to visit Savannah GA and also go to Kentucky BUT this is the first time I have ever got to go to Savannah GA or GA in general. I am excited about having a warm spring there, to see the beach, and everything there is about Savannah! I already am shopping for the vacation I will post a haul video once all the stuff comes in on the UPS truck. I have 5 packages. I spent all my birthday money on it lol.
I still need to pick up some Dr. Pepper lipgloss and chapstick. I also need to pick up some sunblock and get my hair cut. I was going to go today to get my haircut but I do not feel like contaminating all of walmart nor do I have the energy to do so.

I will write a longer blog when I am not wanting to go back to bed!

Things you learn when your sick

2010-01-30T07:41:00.000-08:00

When you and your kids are sick with a violent stomach bug, there are some things you just dont want to know or ever learn. For instance

-What pepperoni pizza with pepsi tastes like coming back up.
I will not look at Pizza Hut again for a LONG TIME

- How far THAT can fly and how hard it can hit your wall.
I will let you figure that one out

- Illness masks caffeine withdrawals!

On the last one, I woke up today with this mega migraine from doom. I kept thinking it was the recovery headache that is "common" but then it dawned on me wait I haven't had caffeine in a while this has got to me withdrawal symptoms because when I go though withdrawals I have a bad bad headache. You will be pleased to know that as I type this blog the coffee is kicking in and I can now blow my nose with out my head going BONG BONG BONG.

As I also write this my daughter is resting in her bed. My son is coloring, and Scott is sleeping. All and all a quiet house. It cant be that loud when your sick anyways lol. I do not think your head can stand loud lol. My daughter has given me this screw you look three times today as she got up to go potty and get a drink. By screw you look I mean "Screw you all I am going back to bed" look lol. When she is really really sick shes not the nicest person to be around in fact she can be quite the bear.

I just got a nice alert from my weather system on my firefox alerting me that there is a weather statement for Tuesday. Apparently we are going to get 6-12 (which means in lake talk 13-16 tops) during Tuesday afternoon into night. I foresee another snow day in the future.

Expect a blog in the soon future about a site I discovered thanks to a friend today. Apparently it is most commonly used for its "role playing" clothing. Granted they have some nice dressy clothing I could see myself wear and I do see what she meant by "role playing" clothing lol, but I also found some clothing that I have to crack some jokes about. So expect a interesting photo blog lol in the near future.

What to Do! Oh What to Do!

2010-01-29T21:29:00.001-08:00

On March 3rd I am going to be the big 2 6 yup 26! Gosh! Where has all the time flown? What is a girl to do for her birthday? There are a lot of things, that have crossed my mind in the past few days. The sky's the limit! Well not really... The one thing I have realized is I want to start a new tradition. A tradition out of respect, honor, love, and memory.

My Uncle Carl Feltner was a great man, a hero, a excellent preacher and a phenomenal person. He was born on March 3rd 1928 and was ecstatic the day I was born. We shared the same birthday and my first present from him was a pink tulip with a pink ribbon. I still have it somewhere in this house. From since I can remember Uncle Carl and I shared our birthday together, we would always go bowling, and I regret becoming distant with him when I got pregnant with my son. He was a really religious person and I was afraid he would disown me. I know now I should have came to him in the first place instead of hiding it and hiding myself. When he died, on fathers day, it was a painful day for all of us in the family. He was an inspiration to many people. He was a WW2 veteran and a Navy boxer. He was the one who got me into sports, like NASCAR, basketball and of course Floyd May-weather and Vargas. With that being said, out of honor and memory of him I am going to start a new tradition every year. I am going to bowl on our birthday.

“But Mandie!” you say

“surely you are going to do more than bowl on your birthday, you only get to go out and have some time to yourself once a year what else are you going to do?”

That is a very good question, you ask! The truth is, I have no clue. What I do know is I am going to have a lot of fun. I am going to look sexy, and I am going to have a great time. This is what I know so far. I do have a lot of suggestions roaring in from my friends.

I got my UPS package today from 15dollarstore.com I have to admit, I was slightly skeptical about the store since it does say no refunds. I am pleased to say getting 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants I saved 200 bucks buying from them for designer clothing when all I paid was 15.00 each. I have noticed that the shirts I bought I should have got in a XS because the Small I got was still pretty big on me which is abnormal lol. The pants fit like a glove but I must admit I need to get used to the style/cut/shape of these jeans. I also apparently need to relearn how to bend over with out showing butt crack. I have figured out what I am wearing from what I bought, for my birthday. I will go into detail with my 15 dollarstore haul, but that will have to wait until I am no longer sicker than a dog and look like crap tied to a stick. That way I can show pictures! I will also show a photo blog of when I celebrate my birthday which even though its on the 3rd I will be celebrating that weekend on the 6th.

Anyways that's all there is today for my blog. I will write another one in due haste tomorrow about my daughters big girl room makeover!

In the Eyes of Self Esteem

2010-01-28T16:18:00.000-08:00

I have heard beautiful, sexy, pretty, and so on quite a lot as of recent. Some days I seriously just do not see it. For quite a few years I was overweight.

You see, from the time I was 14 years until I grew older, I became severely depressed and the only thing that seemed to numb my pain temporally was food. I had no one to talk to, yes I went to counseling but their solution because they didn’t want to talk instead they would shove higher doses of pills down my throat. (Literally) Every night I would wake up from night terrors and eat. The reasons why I had night terrors and battled depression I will not go into at this time. I am not ready to indulge everyone on the World Wide Web with that bit of information. Anyways back to the subject. Due to me being overweight and well a GEEK I was called many things. After hearing them for a long time you believe them, there are etched into your head for a very long time it also started my long path down into bulimia.

Due to many stupid choices on my part I was forced to move to Michigan after I was 18. To be totally honest, had I stayed in Kentucky, I would have committed suicide and the person you see before you today, would not only be here, but be the person I am. I met a lot of people, whom I call my friend since moving to Michigan, I made a decision to change my life. The person who is now my husband was one of the few supporters I had. I was on the quest to get healthy, to get active and to enjoy doing it. I started walking, from my apartment (YES! Independence) and would work my way up to walking 2 miles a day. I ate healthy 6 small meals a day my objective was to not allow myself to feel hunger. I had counseling good counseling, and I got better at cooking. From September to May I lost over 100 pounds. I went from a size 22 to a size 4. I now stay around that size all the time. It fluxgates depending on the time of year I am at. Winter where I am being less active or spring/summer/fall when I am really active.

After losing weight and having two kids it’s still hard for me to comprehend sexy, or beautiful, those words still seem so foreign to me. When I look in the mirror I see a lot of things I wish I could change. I sometimes see the same person I was 7 years ago. I don’t see the new me. It doesn’t help that, I still have a lot of maternity and my plus size clothes around. Clothing is fairly expensive and I can’t fully redo my wardrobe overnight. So I buy new clothes every Christmas and birthday. I finally found a store which is saving me a lot of money. I recently ordered from the site, and I will do a blog on my haul. Every article of clothing is 15 bucks or less, that is overstock of designer brands clothing. I will also be doing a blog about my birthday celebration.

So what to do to hone my inner sexy self? Well 1 makeover! I am going to get my hair cut, and everything, I want to feel sexy, it’s a boost of confidence when I know what I am wearing looks good on me, that it fits me and I am not wearing my oversized clothing. Going to get pictures taken in April (another blog : ) ) I am going to dabble more into Bikini’s and stop hiding my figure in tankini’s or one pieces.
Anyways more about my birthday plans in tomorrow’s blog! For those of you who are struggling with eating disorders or weight loss a good friend of mine Mary Jane Hamilton wrote a book called “Living on Empty”. She is a phenomenal lady, and very inspirational and I strongly suggest you read her book.

Birthday Countdown:
1 Month 2 days!

So... I admit

2010-01-27T13:52:00.000-08:00

Blogging is a new concept to me. Sure I have been able to surf on the web since AOL 3.0 every time I try to sit down and write a blog, I get caught up into the day to day hustle and bustle of what we call life. I am many things a mom, daughter, sister, aunt, grand daughter, wife, and a student. Some days it seems my body is being pulled in many directions. My blog I am starting will be an outlet, an outlet to help keep my sanity. What my main focus of writing is I am not quite sure. The one thing I am sure of, you are all going to learn about what makes me tick, my hobbies, how I save a lot of money when shopping, and so on. I promise to make this blog worth your while to read as my friends and bloggers who do stumble onto my page.

Birthday Countdown:

1 Month 3 days!

Currently reading:

Seismic SHIFTS by Kevin G. Harney

To use the book with the study guide or videos go to:

http://www.seismicshifts.com/

Transplanted Home

2009-06-16T12:40:00.000-07:00

A wise woman once said “You may have spent 4 years of your life in Michigan (8 mom) but Michigan has never been our home.” She is right, Michigan has never been my home. Michigan has currently been transplanted into my new home, but my real home, my soul, my personality comes from Kentucky. I was not born but I was raised in Manchester Kentucky. A very small town where everyone knew everyone, and there was absolutely nothing to do. If you talk to some teens of my generation there in Manchester they would tell you I was insane to miss Manchester. I do not hate to tell you, but I do miss my home. I miss my family, and I miss my friends. These friends, are the friends I cannot replace, no matter how hard I try to find new friends in Michigan. It is not the same. These are the friends I have made since elementary school and who have carried onwards towards high school. Who believed in me, and who kicked my ass when I did the stupid shit that caused me to move to Michigan.

Kentucky also has a lot of places that are historical and gorgeous. I am absolutely fascinated by historical landmarks, like Gettysburg, Cumberland falls, Smokey mountains, Gatlinburg, Levi Jackson State Park, Lynch mining museum and historical mine, Mackinac island, South Haven, The cascades, are just a list of places that are so beautiful and share historical splendor that has been able to take my breath away. It is places like Kentucky that make you take a big sigh and say if these walls could talk but only if you take the time to step back, slow down, and take in the beauty of the country. Its places like this that instill a heart and hospitality from your ancestors you cannot replace, that you may take for granted, and that is treasured and worth more than its weight in gold.

This blog, is for my family and friends of the south, to be able to sit back and watch my beautiful kids grow up, and be apart of my life even if I am so far away. I got the idea from another friend who has a blog on here Jen who was transplanted into Korea and now has a blog, for her family in Manchester Kentucky so they can not miss a beat of their lives. So they can be apart of every important moment, so they can celebrate right along with them. As like Jen we cant afford to go down back home as much as we want to so atleast we can give our family this to keep up with us.

So welcome to my new home Michigan and this blog :)

Love to all my friends and family.