tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16122086562180038692024-03-12T20:12:30.569-04:00UNDER CONSTRUCTIONCamera toting mom of 3 & Pre-op WLS patient. I love cute sayings, Words of inspiration, new food ideas, DIY, Crafts, home remedies, Simple pleasures.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251547282195146902noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612208656218003869.post-56870549917996135162013-04-02T03:08:00.001-04:002013-04-02T03:08:45.341-04:00PACKED AND READY TO GO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The big day is finally here!!</div>
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Today I will be heading to the Charlotte airport to board my flight to India!! I cant believe the day is finally here. I've been on my pre-op diet now for 14 long days. I cant say that is has been easy but I just keep reminding myself that it will all be worth it in the long run. </div>
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Originally my surgery was scheduled to be preformed on April 4th but I found out today that it was pushed back to the 8th. The pro to having my date changes is that I will be able to do all my sight seeing before the operation and I know I will be feeling up to it. Then again to me the con is having to wait 4 more days and being on this diet 4 more days.</div>
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I'm staying positive about this whole life change and am so excited about the opportunity to not only travel to 2 countries (we will have a layover in Munich Germany going to and coming from India) and being about to have this surgery that will help me finally get to where I want to be in life. I know it has not only been a learning and growing experience for me but with my children watching my determination to achieve my goal I hope that it has taught them that sacrifice, hard work, and determination does pay off.</div>
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I'm sure once all this is started and I have more going on I will have more to post. </div>
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WEIGHT UPDATE:</div>
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Starting weight: 270</div>
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begin Pre-op weight: 259</div>
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Todays weight: 239</div>
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GOAL WEIGHT: 130</div>
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109lbs TO GO!!!!</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> I have been on my pre-op diet for the past 10 days and to be honest it hasn't been easy. It's been I know a week (give or take a day) since I've even cut my computer on. I really haven't felt up to communicating that much. Being a mom in a household of 6 and only being able to eat a tiny amount of food daily while still having to prepare 2 to 3 meals a day can not only be hard but upsetting. </span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">The first couple days were awful I totally felt like I was starving to death. I have dieted before by means of eating healthy but I have never eaten so little in my life. I know I have to do this for multiple reasons. but that still doesn't make it easy. Thank goodness for the meal replacement shakes. They at least helped me feel fuller.<br /><br />Before starting this diet I was never one to sit down and eat 3 meals a day. I mostly snacked here and there and we all sat down for a big dinner together. So my first plan of attack was to come up with a method of reminding myself to eat. Easy pesy since my cell phone goes with me every where I came up with the idea of setting 3 alarms to go off when it's time to eat.</span></b></td></tr>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Right now with all the changes and still having to keep up with my house and family I have to say the alarm clock on my phone has really helped out. Not only do I have it set to remind me when to eat, I also have notes to remind me not to forget my Vitamins and it also wakes me up for my workout. I am bound an determined to have my own success story with this surgery no matter what I have to do. I know it sounds crazy having all these alarms but I know I won't be needing them forever it's just helping train me for getting into a routine</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">I've posted above what my daily diet consists of but now I'm going to break it down to what I actually get to eat in one day.</span></i></b></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">1/2 c. 100% fat free low sodium chicken or beef broth</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To stop myself from being tempted to just grab something every night I get my little bowls and pre measure out all my food for the next day and put them on the bottom shelf of the fridge. It's simple easy and fast. I have 5 more days till I leave for India and 7 days till my surgery. I'm extremely excited and grow even more as every day passes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I have to admit it's going to take a lot of will power to stick with this diet. But I just have to keep reminding myself that it will all be worth it in the end. A little over a week ago my case manager called to talk about scheduling my flight and surgery and we got it scheduled for me to leave April 2nd and have my surgery on the 4th. Before I hung up she told me to go ahead and start my pre-op diet on March 14th. To be honest I hadn't bought the things on my list to start so I decided to put it off to the next day. On the 15th I ate what was required and drank my protein shakes but didn't have my meal replacement shakes (I know shame on me) for some reason I kept psyching myself out. It's like my brain was telling my stomach it was going to be nasty. Luckily that evening my nutritionist called and informed me that I was actually supposed to start my pre-op diet today March 18th. </i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">1. Do you believe setting goals are important in life?</span></b><br />
<b>I do believe goals are very important in life. I've setting a lot of goals lately.</b><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">2. Do you set time tables for your goals? If so is there one goal you are determined to meet in 2013?</span></b><br />
<b>Right now with my surgery being two weeks away I am not really setting a time table. Right now my goals are as simple as training myself to eats 3 times a day and to make sure I take my supplement EVERYDAY!! I guess my only goal that I hope to achieve in 2013 would be to find a job that I enjoy.</b><br />
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<b>Yes, I decided to make a few major life changing (improving) goals last year. I had come to my breaking point and was fed up with feeling hurt and taken advantage of so. I realized that it was just making my life miserable. Drama was on going. I set one goal to get the people who were causing these problem out of my life and I DID IT!!!! YAY!!</b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: cyan; color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">*</span>Vinny's goal is to bring up his average in social studies before the next progress report.</b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: cyan; color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">*</span>Right now one goal they are all working toward as a unit is their recycling of cans. They collect them, clean them, crush them, and are storing them till they collect enough bags to fill the back of our truck. Then they get to take them to the salvage yard to sell them. They have set a goal to make enough money to pay for the family to go on vacation.</b><br />
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<b>I do have a bucket list. Some things I have already checked off, some I will be checking off soon, and others I will work toward in the future.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The weeks topic <span style="color: blue;"><b>"10 reasons my partner is awesome"</b></span> was one of the easiest for me. I could truly go on and on about the wonderful person he is and the things he does for me and others but the list is limited to 10 so I'll just blurb some out. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b>1.</b> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: left;"><b>I'll just start this list off with the most obvious. His physical features rawrrr :). You know the old saying that there is someone out there for everybody. Well I honestly believe James was the one that was made just for me. He is every physical characteristic of a man that I love!! From his strawberry blonde hair and amazing hypnotic green eyes to his perfect height and Popeye muscle bulging arms. After 10 wonderful years he can still give me butterflies.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">3. </span><b>His inner child</b><b>-</b> <b>He is so fun to be around. </b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>His mind is always racing with ways to improve and/or make things fun. for example: He built a city in the back yard with my youngest using bricks for the skyscrapers, mortar for the roads, and a bridge out of Popsicle sticks. It was truly amazing to look at and he did it all for my son to play with his hot wheels. He and my daughter build a dollhouse from scratch with working lights and carpeted floors. That project got started all because she mentioned that she would like to have a dollhouse.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">4. </span>He has helped turn so many of my dreams into reality. Weather it's something as small as always wanting to own a boxer to something a huge as becoming a stronger person from the inside out he has been there to help in any way possible. I can also add to the list that he is the one that made my trip to India for the Gastric Bypass Surgery possible.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">5. </span>When I go into hysterics as if the world has ended he's calm as a cucumber and ready to take charge of the situation.</b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Any whoo, linking up again with <a href="http://acompletewasteofmakeup.com/">Neely @ A Complete Waste of Makeup</a> for Sunday Social</span></i></b>.</div>
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Staying our jammies, Popping popcorn and snuggling on the couch with the kids for a movie marathon, 3D movies are the best!! or Super fun Just Dance (Wii) battles or any other interactive games. Buzz is one of our favorites for the PS3.</div>
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Around here summer time Can get very hot and when its hot the humidity can be unbearable. One the Super hot days we try to stay in and treat it like a rainy day or head to the science center, but when the weather is tolerable we like to go canoeing,fishing, spending the day in nature or just lounging at the house in the pool</div>
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Spring is my favorite season. It's not to hot or to cold and it's when everything is coming back to life in nature. Being the photo fanatic that I am spring makes the most beautiful pictures and natural back grounds in pictures,, Well fall does too because of all the colors of the leaves and such.</div>
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I don't honestly remember one as a favorite. I have a couple that stick out in my memory. One I remember fondly was when I was I believe 5. It was one where almost all my family was there and it was a happy time. The 2nd would have to be around the age of 9 it was the only birthday that I can remember that my dad was there. The 3rd and last Birthday memory that I hold on to is from 2010 when my daughter (then 8yrs old) Surprised me with breakfast. she had a little help from my mother in law but it was 100% her idea.</div>
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But the surprise didn't end there. James had to work that night so I didn't expect doing anything but again my daughter made sure that wasn't going to happen. She went with her grandma to the store and got me a cake (in total secrecy )and after dinner the As I was folding clothes they came around with it. I couldn't hold back the tears..I'm such a lush..lol</div>
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Not only is it exciting to be a buzz agent and having the opportunity to try new products but I also get to give my totally honest opinion. </div>
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Recently I was offered the opportunity to review the NEW GARNIER OLIA oil powered permanent color. Being that my hair is so thick it makes it almost impossible for me to dye it myself so my very willing daughter happily offered to be my guina pig</div>
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We headed off to Walgreens coupon in hand so that she could pick out her new color.</div>
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We decided that since spring is right around the corner we would brighten her hair a couple shades. So we went with a medium blonde.</div>
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The box contained color tubes to be mixed and the application bottle plus an tube of after conditioner the simple instructions and a pouch with gloves.<br />
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I will have to admit my biggest turn off when it comes to home dying kits would have to be finding these super cheaply made gloves. I don't like that they are not form fitting and they always end up sliding off my hands. Thankfully I had a pouch of disposable gloves that I keep for dirty jobs. So on we go<br />
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Last year My daughter just had to have hot pink highlights in her hair and yes they were super cute but now they are super hard to get rid of. Months back we went a few shades darker with her hair in hopes of covering the pink. NOPE it's still there as you can see.<br />
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And it's on the underside as well</div>
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Applying the dye was pretty simple for the most part. I could see who doing alone could be a bit of a challenge because you had to pay quite a bit of attention to the roots. Root coverage wasn't that simple.</div>
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Another characteristic I didn't really care for was that as the dye sat on her hair while I was finishing the remainder of her head it seemed to thicken and get stiff. This has never happened with any other dye I have tried before.</div>
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It calls for a 30 Minute wait for the dye to set. When it was time to rinse the dye came out super easy and her hair felt so soft. Oh yeah and I forgot to mention the pleasant light smell that the dye has. Not some strong chemical smell so that was a bonus. After her hair fully rinsed and conditioned we just couldn't wait for it to dry so we hit it with the blow dryer and her are the end results</div>
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The lighting in the picture does not give the actual color justice. It turned out to be absolutely beautiful!!<br />
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It's lighter, softer, healthier looking and I am all around pleased with the results.<br />
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<i style="font-family: 'Indie Flower'; line-height: 42px;"><b><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">1.</span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I am a big music lover!! I've been known to go into full concert mode at any random moment, including and not limited to in the truck driving down the road..lol</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Indie Flower;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 42px;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">7.</span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I have a photo obsession. I love taking pictures and have a hard time deleting or throwing away any picture. Example I have A full sized tote in my closet full of developed pictures, many albums, frames of collages covering my walls in the living room and kitchen not to mention having over 20,000 saved in folders on my computer.</span></span></i></b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Indie Flower'; line-height: 42px;"><i><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">9. </span><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I am considered left handed because I use it the most when writing but I can actually write with both hands. When it comes to performing any other task I'm right handed.</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton- my son brought this book home to read for his 8th grade English project and enjoyed it so much that he passed it on to me. I have to say I really enjoyed it!! it was better than the movie because it was a bit more descriptive and had parts that would have made the movie even better had they been put in. I'd give it *****'s</span><br /><br />2. Where is the one destination that you have or would love to visit?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: blue;">I guess I would have to say Mumbai India because that is where I will be going in just a could weeks for my Gastric Bypass surgery. We will also be stopping in Munich Germany for a layover so I hope to get to venture around there for a little.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">1 UP'ERS- I can't stand people who have to change their lives when they find out that others are are changing theirs. Or even ones who cant stand when others get something so they must go out and get the same thing just bigger or newer. Example: when I started exercising and eating different to prepare for my surgery quite a few others all of a sudden went on an extreme health craze to better themselves. It may be silly of me to feel that way but it is really a pet peeve to me.</span><br /><br />4. What is your favorite holiday and why? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">For me it would be the 4th of July. The weather is almost always nice for cookouts and outside fun, we enjoy having family over to celebrate with us and lets not forget the fireworks!!</span><br /><br />5. Favorite movie of all time?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">That one is NOT easy!! I have a few that I could watch over and over. I guess my top 2 would be Grease and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.</span><br /><br />6. What was the make and color of your first car?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">HAHA Well.... With 3 kids I have so many but I guess one that sticks out the most was when my oldest was about 9 months old. I was loading him into his car seat and as I hoisted him over I felt a quick chill. I didn't know it at the time but he had grabbed my shirt just as I had swung him into the car seat and there he was sitting there holding my shirt with me standing there without one. Extremely embarrassing for me.</span><br /><br />8. What is your biggest fear?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Right now my biggest fear is not making it to see my children grow old.</span><br /><br />9. If you could have one super power what would it be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">The ability to sense lies oh and read people thoughts. that way I would know from get go who to stay away from.</span><br /><br />10. What was the last song that you listened to today?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: 'Indie Flower'; line-height: 1.4;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">10.</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://littleadventures-als.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 18px;">Life's Little Adventures</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Indie Flower'; line-height: 1.4;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">11.</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://www.chetopianfamily4.com/" style="font-size: 18px;">The Chetopian Family</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">1. What is your </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Indie Flower;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">favorite genre of movie??</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Indie Flower;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">2. Describe your weirdest or most special pet..</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">3. Are you a sports fan?? if yes who do you pull for??</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">4. Why did you start blogging??</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">5. Who inspires you and why??</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">6. One unforgettable memory..</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">7. One quark about you??</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">8. Favorite comfort food?? </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Indie Flower;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;">9. Something the just urks your nerves??</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">10. Most addicted to show??</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Indie Flower'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px;"> </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> IT's hard to believe 11 years ago today my little family became complete with the birth of this little fella right here.</span></i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My second pregnancy wasn't that much better. It consisted of another 9 months of horrible morning sickness that I ended up loosing 70lbs. I forever had </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><i>ketones in almost every urinalysis. throughout the entire 44 weeks.. That's right!! I carried this little girl for 44 weeks. Every time they went to measure her she was to small and the ultra sound at 42 weeks showed her to only be 2 lbs. and I know it's give or take a couple pounds but I'm only stating what the mid-wife and OB told me. I was told they would not induce because she would end up having to stay in the hospital until she was 5 pounds so they said it was better that she stay where she was so she could grow a bit more. The last 8 weeks of pregnancy consisted of bi weekly and then weekly non-stress tests at the hospital and then after 40 weeks it was twice a week. Finally she was ready!! As before labor started at night. In all I labored for 15 hours with her. I remember it not being anywhere as painful as with Vinny. I walked the halls with a smile on my face. I had not wanted an epidural but allowed myself to be talked into it by my (super hot) OB. I have to admit it was intimidating having such a handsome young OB but all that was easily over looked when it was time for my girly to arrive. It was kinda funny how it all played out. Even though I had gotten the epidural it had not taken right so I ended up only being numb from my knees to my toes (so I felt everything, I just couldn't walk..LOL) Ryan my OB assumed it was going to take awhile so he decided to go to the office and just wait for the page that I was ready. Well it didn't work that way. Very shortly after he left a nurse came in to check me and discovered she was ready. She paged the Dr. then shortly after sent him a 911 page and she herself started to prepare to deliver Santana herself. Finally Ryan walked in put on his gloves and attempted to check me. His expression changed and he quickly started suiting up telling me not to move a muscle she was right there... Finally he was ready, it only took two pushes and my very tiny, pink, and vocal baby girl was laying on my belly.</i></b></span></td></tr>
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Now on to my birthday boy. As I said before he was a total surprise and really a blessing in disguise. This pregnancy was not like the others before I didn't have morning sickness as bad with him although I did loose weight again. All was going pretty well till the blood work the doctors office did when I was 17 weeks(the AFP test). I don't remember having that blood work the the first two times. About a week after having my blood taken for the AFP tests I received a call from the nurse instructing me to come in the following morning because the OB needed to speak with me. Scared out of my mind I walk into my Dr.'s conference room where he proceeds to inform myself and my husband (at the time) that the blood work came back and that Nick had tested positive for downs syndrome and spina bifida. I was floored. I couldn't control my tears as they ran down my face at the thought of my poor little fella having such a challenging life. The Dr. told us he would be sending us to Forsyth Hospital to have some new 3-D ultra sound. That way they could get a closer look at him and then go on from there. We walked out of the office in silence. My mind was racing about possibly getting prepared for a special child while not knowing what his dad was thinking. It wasn't long before I found out just exactly what he was thinking. That night my husband brought up the topic of abortion. I myself have NEVER believed in it and was truly shattered that he had even brought up the topic. He continued on about how we already had 2 wonderful healthy children and that this one would be better off not being born because he would just suffer. He persuaded me to just make an appointment ( too this day I am still filled with shame that I even considered that option) at the crisis pregnancy center so that I could talk to someone about what I was feeling and what he wanted to do. Going in I still felt that god had put him there to be my baby and there was a reason for it all. When my name was called Alex and I both got up but the lady asked him to stay in the waiting room. I walked down the long hallway listening to the echo of each step I took knowing that I didn't want to be there. After finally entering an empty room the lady motioned for me to sit on a couch in front of a tv. She spoke briefly about the option of abortion in which I told her that my heart wasn't really into it and that it was my husband that had decided it was what was best for us. She got up walked over and turned the tv on. Across the screen appeared a few words but the only one I could see was ABORTION in big bold letters. I started crying the moment the video stated and before the procedure really even got started I was begging the lady to cut it off. I left that building with my mind made up. Regardless of what I was going to face in the future this little guy was going to live his life to the fullest. Finally in the car I told Alex that I refused to go through with it. With no love or care in his voice I was told that if this baby came out with anything wrong that he would walk away and never look back. With that being said I knew my marriage and any love that I had ever felt for him was gone at that very moment. The following week I went to Forsyth with my mother for the ultra sound. Spina Bifida was ruled out but they couldn't tell me for sure if he had downs. The ride home I felt quite a bit better, feeling that maybe this wasn't going to be to hard to do on my own after all. Next came the amnio. Definitely something I never want to relive again. Waiting seemed to take forever but it came back positive. The rest of the pregnancy I read as much as I could about downs syndrome and caring for a child with it. I wanted to be as prepared and as knowledgeable as I possibly could for my sons birth. Finally the big day arrived. Once again I labored in all 15 hours this time with no pain meds what so even, not even to take the edge off. When it came time to push the real anxiety hit. So many emotions running wild. Was I going to be a suitable mother, was I ready... well ready or not here he came. My beautiful butterball arrived with a big strong loud cry. He sounded and looks perfect. It was love at first site. I never noticed anything different about him compared to any another baby. That is until I heard Alex say "Something is wrong." He moved Nicks head to the side to show me a growth that was attacked to the side of his neck. I didn't care all I knew was that my baby was ok. The next morning a specialist came in to see Nick and told me so many big words about what that growth could be. He scheduled for us to come in after we were released from the hospital. The first appointment was basically to inform me that he didn't believe nick was in any pain from the growth but that it had to be removed and that since he didn't like putting little babies to sleep unless absolutely necessary he wanted to postpone surgery till nick was 6 months old. I don't remember ever purposely not taking pictures of the growth but looking back it was always covered up of tucked into the collar of his out fit. It felt like decades had passed but the day of nicks surgery came. During pre-op the surgeon prepared me for what may or may not happen. I was told that they had no clue what they were up against till they got in there, that they had no idea how long it was going to take. It all depended on what it was attached too and they would find that out when they opened him up. I was also told that he may have trouble with speech when he got older because of where it was and that him face my draw on one side. I held him in my arms all the way to the operating room and felt like I was falling apart as I unwantingly handed him over. I tried to walk the best I could but my mother had to help me to the waiting room. I had never felt so weak and helpless in my life. Hours went by and I jumped right out of the chair when I heard a very familiar cry. I didn't notice the other people in the room when I yelled to my mother "THAT'S NICK" The surgeon came around the corner and before he could tell me anything I just blurted out "That's Nick crying he needs me". I was right it was nick. The surgery had gone well. The had removed all of the growth and had sent it off to be tested. He told me I could go on and head of to Nick's room and that he should be there by the time I get there...lol NOPE I beat them there and had to sit and wait. He came in squealing his little head off. With a drainage coming out of his neck and a board strapped to his arm to hold in the IV. He seemed to instantly calm as soon at he was laid in my arms and I believe that where he stayed the whole week he was there. The day after being released from the hospital I took him for his follow up with the surgeon to make sure everything was healing great and to find out the test results. Come to find out My little Nick was supposed to have had a conjoined twin and that nick (as the doctor stated) hogged all the nutrition preventing the other baby from developing fully and that after further testing they discovered that the growth was causing all the other test to come back positive. To this day Nick is a bright and loving young man who has been in speech since he was 4 and is now in the 4th grade and talking very well although he still has to take speech twice a week so that he can continue to improve. He still has the big scar along the side of his neck from his surgery but he doesn't look at it as a negative thing he actually enjoys telling his war story. Sometime I look at him and think if I hadn't followed my heart I would have missed out on such a wonderful person and would have robbed him of this life he was meant to live. God works in mysterious ways and he sure is great :)</div>
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I'm a bit late on posting this but boy have I been busy. I finally got my passport approved and it arrived Saturday 2/23 which made my day. We finally got to have our niece and nephew over for the weekend for the first time since before Halloween due to my sister-in-laws little meltdown. But anywhoo having them here was great and then to have my passport arrive made it amazing!!</div>
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I got with my friend and co traveler the following Wednesday to fill out our Visa Applications and sent those off last Friday 3/1.. With every step I make towards this trip I get just a bit more nervous It's like every time something gets approved it all becomes more real to me. At first I had the attitude that it was all to good to be true. Amazing things like this just aren't out there for regular people like me. Then I got the referral. So I told myself to go for it. After receiving my packet for my passport applications I began to think that something was going to get in the way and I was just getting my hopes of for nothing but the passports were approved and now we're on to the last step before setting the date. Still in the back of my head I kind of feel like Alice in Wonderland wondering if I'm just going to wake up from this land of make believe. So you could now just imagine my surprise when I received a phone call from my case manager this morning. She told me that it will take about 2 weeks to get the visa back but we were going to go ahead and schedule my trip. I honestly felt like I had just answered the door to Ed McMahon holding the big check. </div>
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In the very back of my mind I still am a tad reluctant to let myself believe that this is really happening. But never the less I'm extremely excited and filled with butterflies. As it stands right now my friend and I will be leaving April 2nd for Mumbai India. We will be stopping over in either Munich or Frankfurt Germany on the way there and back. It's also exciting because I'm not only getting to go to one country. We'll be stepping foot into two countries. The layover will be for 3 hours which gives a little time for site seeing too :)</div>
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I've been told that the entire trip one way is going to take 24 hours. So even thought we are leaving April 2nd we will not arrive until the 3rd and then my surgery will be done on the 4th. Of course I'm expecting things to go well without any complications and if it does we will be gone for two weeks which means we will be getting back on the plane to return home on the 16th. I will have more to tell as the date gets closer. Right now I just thought I'd let it out that I HAVE A DATE FINALLY SET!!!! YAY!! For now it's sticking with my diet, exercising, and WATER,WATER,WATER. Soon I will be starting my pre-op diet and when that starts I'll fill you all in a bet more. Bye for now :)</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud that I graduated and received my diploma.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I am proud that I am NOTHING like my mother.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I am proud of my many skills in the kitchen.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud to be able to say I walked for The March Dimes 3 times and completed the entire walk without getting tired.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud that i have set a goal in to make changes in my life for the better and so far I am still standing strong at making those changes.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud of my gift of being mechanically inclined.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud to say I have finally strengthened my backbone and am not so much of the mat that everyone wiped their feet on.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud that I have been with James for a decade( even thought we haven't been married that long) and we are still going strong.</i></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><i>I'm proud that I can say I have been a non-smoker for 13 years now.</i></b></li>
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<li>Visiting another country (which will be getting checked off very soon since I will be going to India this month)</li>
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<li>buying a house</li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>5.<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/104356916337946218/">Using Pilates to tone your arms, and feeling the difference in weeks.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">6.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/104356916337946231/">Using a stability ball to tone up your arms, shoulders and chest</a>. </span></b></span><br />
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<i>* Reminiscing<br />* Puppy kisses<br />* Being held<br />* Nature walks<br />*Driving in the country<br />* Freshly clean warm sheets<br />* Anything family<br />* Listening to music<br />* Warm fuzzy blankets<br />* Taking pictures<br />* Workouts<br />*Sleeping<br />*Escaping into a good book</i></b></span></div>
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I can keep secrets from others but I always tell James everything and he's like an unbreakable vault. One really good secret has to do with a terrible nasty thing I did to get back at someone for just being a stuck up, mean, nasty, rude person<br />
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Like I said in question 1 I keep no secrets from James. I honestly don't think he has any he won't tell me. He believes in honestly no matter what, even if it is a little hurtful. I would much rather it that way that to wonder if there is anything he's not telling me.<br />
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James and then Brandie who is my BFF after him.<br />
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None that I can think of right now.<br />
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Absolutely the dumbest thing I have ever bought. Others may get something out of it but for me NO WAY! I gave it a real girl scout try and was never able to use it properly. My legs are to short for it, it springs out from between my knees, and It's even useless on my short arms.<br />
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Big mistake. Paid $60 for one for my oldest sons birthday. It went up and then down and it was game over. That thing didn't last 15 minutes.<br />
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We had such a beautiful saltwater tank and decided to add one of these little guys to the bunch. DUM DUM DUM DUM DUMBBB!! We also had a Lion fish (Leonitious) with a chip on his shoulder..lol. One little pinch for our $25 candy cane shrimp and Leonitios ended his life. Didn't even have him an hour..lol<br />
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I got fooled by the fake bottle. Paid $30 for a bottle of what was supposed to have been Juicy Couture Viva La Juicy. Later while taking a closer look I realized it was a fake. Realized that day it's better to just go to Belks and buy my perfumes like I had done before.<br />
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Yet another impulse buy. Looked flashy and it took a memory card so I knew it had to be worth it. WRONG!! It didn't even have a light, had only one setting, and it again was a brand I had never heard of. Didn't have it long though. James gave it to his brother who wanted it.<br />
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I really hate even adding this one to the list but honestly it turned out to be a dumb buy. I saved up and Paid a little over $300 for this doll (plus matching outfits) she loved on for one day. The next day and still today she has been terrified of it (thanks to her little brother who claims he saw it move in the middle of the night) for years it has stayed packed away in the back of her closet and if she even sees me digging near it she takes off and won't return till I' done.<br />
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Cassy M., Kathy S., Heather S., Jennifer F., Jodie C., Nick H. Carrie S., OMGoodness and the list goes on........ I have to say I had more friends in the short time I attended HS than I have pictures but I do have a picture of 2 friends (Mary and Rhiannon in the back) I really<br />
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I had one boyfriend while in HS. His name was Johnny and I was crazy about this boy. My mother ended up sending me away to a place called job corps to keep me away from him because she did not approve. Our relationship faded away and I found new love in a guy they called Joe Joe. He was the first guy I had every "brought home to meet the family" that two didn't last. but that's a good thing in the long run because the lord works in mysterious ways and I'm glad he was looking out for me in that situation after finding out where that could have led.<br />
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I was either to lame or to cool for the code thing. The only secrets we had where the ones I kept from my mother. Nothing harmful or bad it was just she never let me do anything so if I didn't keep the secrets I wouldn't have been able to go.</div>
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I can't really go into detail because I am still ashamed for what I did and believe me my mother had no problem embarrassing me over it but I would love to go back and relive/change my 6th grade trip to the Baltimore house.<br />
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It was before Valentines day that I last checked in other than my link ups and time really seems to be dragging in a way lately.<br />
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It's unexplainable how time can fly but drag at the same time. It's flying because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to get done everything I need to do. Yet it's dragging because I'm still waiting on my passport to arrive and also James' tax refund. <br />
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I would have to say mine was the best I have had of all time. First and for most I'm not to big on Valentines day for the simple fact that I don't think one day out of the year should be used to show someone how much you love them. I believe that should be done year round. As I have said before James is not the lovey dovey smooshie type. He wasn't raised hearing "I love you" and he's not one to just throw that around and abuse the phrase like so many others. At first I didn't like the idea of not hearing those 3 little words but I've gotten used to it and actually not hearing it day in and day out makes it even more special when he does say it. O.k. I'm rambling..lol For our valentines we went out of town alone. He spoiled everywhere we went that afternoon. We started the evening at the mall where I got him a new fishing pole and a bunch of tackle(I chose to think outside the box this year and he really loved it). He got me a dozen beautiful chocolate covered strawberries. Even though I had told him no candy or sweets this year. But I couldn't be mad at him it was so sweet and the darn things were almost $6 each. Then to conclude out lovely day together he took me to one of my favorite restaurants called Razzoo's which is an AWESOME Cajun restaurant. Then it a hour drive back home to a quite house since the kids were already in bed.<br />
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The next day was one I will never forget. For as long as I can remember I have always wanted a boxer. Since being with James I figured I might as well hang that up being that he is a tried and true pitbull lover. Don't get me wrong I love them too, but I still secretly longed for the dog of my dreams. WELL, that dream came true Feb. 15th.<br />
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I am now the super excited proud owner of my very own 8 week old German Boxer "BRUTUS". He is a silly little buddy. Day one he basically slept all day but after that he has been nothing but a little bundle of energy that makes me laugh a lot!. I am now in the process of crate training for the first time and let me till you! At first it was very challenging until I sat down and googled how to do it properly and found out I was actually doing it all wrong. Now he is doing GREAT and no more whining when he has to go in it, HA and no accidents in the house either. I have to say he is a really smart little guy.<br />
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I have started a new way of working out that is really working for me. I don't know why I didn't see it before. I used to wait till everyone was in bed and I was totally exhausted before I did my workout. It was working but I was not enjoying it and you know if your not enjoying yourself your not going to stick with it. Well the idea came to me a little over a week ago while passing by and seeing my oldest son in his room lifting weights. I walked in and asked him how many reps he could do before getting tired. After watching him I repeated it. It was almost amusing seeing the look on his face after witnessing his out of shape mama doing the same as he had just done. So I decided that as a way of supporting each other we could weight train together. He liked the idea and honestly I loved it. Not only are we there for each other it's extra one on one time with my 14 year old son. Well that took care of my weights now what about cardo? There again right in front of my face. My daughter loves doing the Just Dance games on the Wii and PS3 and again a good way to have one on one time with her plus I'm more motivated to try to keep up with her while sharing lots of laughs and dancing our tushes off. So far I'm truly loving my new workout methods and am hoping to find something I can do with my middle child to get him off the couch and moving around more.<br />
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I told myself a while back that I wouldn't buy any new clothes till the old ones where falling off. I tried to stick with the thought but it didn't really work. I got so tired of my baggy pants and honestly felt ugly while wearing them. So one day while at a second hand store picking up a blanket for Brutus' crate I chose to get one pair of jeans so that I wasn't always walking around in super baggy clothes. To my surprise and excitement I discovered I had not only gone down a size but actually 2 whole sizes YAY ME!!!! I love my snugger newish jeans and am so happy I'm even closer to my goal weight of 125-30 Lbs. I haven really talked about my starting weight because I felt ashamed for allowing myself to get that big. I am going to post the two pictures that did it for me. Looking at them disgusted me to the point that I knew it was time for a change.<br />
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I was 275lbs and absolutely sick and tired of being sick and tired and of being big. I wasn't always a big girl. But I had been for the majority of my life so far. I suffered from depression as a teen and I'm not saying that's 100% to blame for my size but it didn't help and then I suffered a bout with PPD after my 3rd child was born and a I ballooned up again to almost 300lbs. Which to this day is the biggest I have been. Since then it has been an up and down roller coaster. NO MORE!! As I've said many times before and I will continue to repeat it. This girl is making major changes for a better life. I WILL FINALLY BE HAPPY!!!<br />
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