Ugh! Feeling so tired today! I worked until 11:00 pm last night and had to be at work this morning at 7:00 am. Tried to put in my two weeks notice last night but of course my manager wasn't there. One of these days I'm going to have one simple job with set hours. One of these days....
I'm thinking of going to a coupon class with a friend tonight. I've been checking in to them for a while now and wanting to go. Kristen posted last night on facebook that she wanted to go so maybe it's fate! Hopefully everything will work out and we can go and learn lots of valuable information.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Lincoln Samuel
I had an absolute blast this weekend! I got to see my Mom, Dad and sisters and most importantly, my new nephew Lincoln Samuel! He is the most precious thing ever! He has super fat cheeks and beautiful eyes and the sweetest smile. I think I'm in love :)
I have another new nephew coming in August and I'm sure he will be an absolute doll as well!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tornado Week!!!
Yesterday marked the year anniversary of a scary day in my life. Oklahoma is known for tornados and having grown up here my entire life, I've been to the storm shelter a many time in my life. Around here when the sirens go off we look around outside and 90% of the time we don't even go to the shelter. Last year was a different story....
I nanny part time for a 2 year old, a 9 year old and a 16 year old. I just so happened to be at their house when the storms started rolling in. It was later in the evening and their mom was just about to start home. I had gathered them together with pillows just in case we needed to get in the closet. Luckily, their grandma came over and said I should go ahead and start home so I could beat the storms. I called my husband and said I was on my way.
Now, like I said, I have lived in Oklahoma my entire life but I've never seen an actual tornado. I know enough about them to spot the signs and I've seen plenty on the news but never up close. Well, everything changed that day.
It was about 5:15 when I headed out. I cut across Old Bryant to 19th Street to head to my house. As I'm driving I suddenly notice that the wind is being sucked toward the east. Tons of leaves and limbs are flying across the road in front of me and I had to dodge a section of wooden fence. I debated whether to turn around but silly me, I kept going. I really started getting freaked out when I saw the fence and right then I started praying. The name of Jesus got said a lot in my car that day! I turned on 19th Street and got almost to Sunnylane when I saw it. A white tornado directly to my right. Trees were already down and covering the road. This little girl got scared! I turned my car around as fast as I could and headed back to Moore. I got to my sister-in-laws house (who has a storm shelter) and tried to call Mark.
Don't know if anyone else knows this, but when there is a tornado or something similiar the cell phone lines don't let you get a call very easily. I couldn't get through to anyone. I'm panicked trying to get in touch with my family that was on the other side of that tornado. I was fearing the worst. I waited at Mandy's for awhile before I finally decided it was safe. After searching, I finally found a clear route home that wasn't covered in debris. As I'm heading to my house there are barns blown away, cars overturned and debris everywhere. I finally make it home and find my mother-in-law (they live on the adjoining property). She is freaking out saying Mark is trying to find me, they thought I had been caught in the storm. Still cannot get through on the phones!!!
Mark had luckily went to Mandy's first and found out that I was ok. Come to find out the tornado took out our barn and my in-laws barn. It came dangerously close to our houses. We got a lot of damage but nothing compared to others. As I walked the yard later that night I noticed huge divets in the yard from flying boards and tin. I thank God that my in-laws and husband got to our storm shelter when they did or they would have been killed from the flying debris. God truely had His hand upon us that day. When you think about all the "could have" or "what if" it is a miracle that we didn't get hurt.
The weather men are calling for possible tornados today. This little girl learned her lesson and will not be driving into the path of a tornado if at all possible!!!! Praying God has His hands on us today like He did last year!!!
I nanny part time for a 2 year old, a 9 year old and a 16 year old. I just so happened to be at their house when the storms started rolling in. It was later in the evening and their mom was just about to start home. I had gathered them together with pillows just in case we needed to get in the closet. Luckily, their grandma came over and said I should go ahead and start home so I could beat the storms. I called my husband and said I was on my way.
Now, like I said, I have lived in Oklahoma my entire life but I've never seen an actual tornado. I know enough about them to spot the signs and I've seen plenty on the news but never up close. Well, everything changed that day.
It was about 5:15 when I headed out. I cut across Old Bryant to 19th Street to head to my house. As I'm driving I suddenly notice that the wind is being sucked toward the east. Tons of leaves and limbs are flying across the road in front of me and I had to dodge a section of wooden fence. I debated whether to turn around but silly me, I kept going. I really started getting freaked out when I saw the fence and right then I started praying. The name of Jesus got said a lot in my car that day! I turned on 19th Street and got almost to Sunnylane when I saw it. A white tornado directly to my right. Trees were already down and covering the road. This little girl got scared! I turned my car around as fast as I could and headed back to Moore. I got to my sister-in-laws house (who has a storm shelter) and tried to call Mark.
Don't know if anyone else knows this, but when there is a tornado or something similiar the cell phone lines don't let you get a call very easily. I couldn't get through to anyone. I'm panicked trying to get in touch with my family that was on the other side of that tornado. I was fearing the worst. I waited at Mandy's for awhile before I finally decided it was safe. After searching, I finally found a clear route home that wasn't covered in debris. As I'm heading to my house there are barns blown away, cars overturned and debris everywhere. I finally make it home and find my mother-in-law (they live on the adjoining property). She is freaking out saying Mark is trying to find me, they thought I had been caught in the storm. Still cannot get through on the phones!!!
Mark had luckily went to Mandy's first and found out that I was ok. Come to find out the tornado took out our barn and my in-laws barn. It came dangerously close to our houses. We got a lot of damage but nothing compared to others. As I walked the yard later that night I noticed huge divets in the yard from flying boards and tin. I thank God that my in-laws and husband got to our storm shelter when they did or they would have been killed from the flying debris. God truely had His hand upon us that day. When you think about all the "could have" or "what if" it is a miracle that we didn't get hurt.
The weather men are calling for possible tornados today. This little girl learned her lesson and will not be driving into the path of a tornado if at all possible!!!! Praying God has His hands on us today like He did last year!!!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Coupon Crazy and Acupuncture...
I finally finished my coupon binder! I went to four different stores in order to find all the supplies but it is now FINISHED!!! I'm ready to go out there and start saving tons of money! :)
I started watching Extreme Couponers on TLC and was amazed at how much money they were saving. I will never be up to their level (plus I think it's a little crazy to have rooms and rooms dedicated to stockpiling) but if I can save a few dollars here and there then I will. One of these days I hope to be a stay at home mommy so if I start saving now and get good at it I can transition a little easier.
I go for my next acupuncture appointment tomorrow. We have now been on the herbs for a couple weeks. I can't say that I feel tons different but at least I feel good. Maybe tomorrow he can help my back too cause it has been hurting the past couple days. So far the only things he has done is the needles in my legs and fingers. I'm really hoping this works quickly. I'm sooooooo ready to be pregnant!!!!!
I started watching Extreme Couponers on TLC and was amazed at how much money they were saving. I will never be up to their level (plus I think it's a little crazy to have rooms and rooms dedicated to stockpiling) but if I can save a few dollars here and there then I will. One of these days I hope to be a stay at home mommy so if I start saving now and get good at it I can transition a little easier.
I go for my next acupuncture appointment tomorrow. We have now been on the herbs for a couple weeks. I can't say that I feel tons different but at least I feel good. Maybe tomorrow he can help my back too cause it has been hurting the past couple days. So far the only things he has done is the needles in my legs and fingers. I'm really hoping this works quickly. I'm sooooooo ready to be pregnant!!!!!
Monday, May 9, 2011
First Time
Hmmm....pretty sure this blog is going to be just for me. More like a journal than anything else. If someone reads it and it helps them, then awesome. If no one reads it and it helps me, then awesome as well! Anyway, I guess I'll jump in and get some things off my chest.
Yesterday was hard. I don't mean like hard cause I had to do stuff I didn't want to, I mean like hard as in ripping my heart from my chest. You see, yesterday was Mother's Day. I have a wonderful mother, mother-in-law and friends but I don't have my baby. I'm a mother without a child. My child is in Heaven. While I know that she's having a blast it's still so tough on me.
My husband and I tried to have a baby for 2 years. We went through countless tests and treatments for them to tell us that there was nothing they could diagnose as wrong. We are part of the small percentage of unknown. Then all of a sudden we got pregnant! Almost exactly two years after we started trying. My pregnancy was a breeze. I was hardly sick, I gained the right amount of weight, did all the right things and was super healthy and happy. We found out we were having a girl and decided on the name Bella Ray. Her Daddy went right to work painting and getting the nursery ready. Everything was perfect....
I got a virus. A simple virus that everyone had. I went in for my 36 week checkup and they told me there was no heartbeat. I delivered a perfect 3lb 11oz baby girl the next morning. A beautiful angel. Perfect in every way except she wasn't alive. All my hopes and dreams were shattered. All that time and now what? The birth of a baby is supposed to be the best day of anyones life. I left the hospital without my baby, my arms aching and empty. My heart completely and utterly shattered. All I had were questions of "Why me?" "Why my baby?"
It has been a little over a year now since we lost Bella. I went back to the fertility doctor and did a few more rounds of IUI but nothing happened. He basically told us the next step was IVF. We aren't really financially ready for that jump yet so we have just been trying on our own. So one year of trying down, I wonder how many to go? Hopefully not too many more.
We are now on herbs and acupuncture. Maybe something will happen. If nothing else, it has helped me de-stress a little. I know in my heart that everything happens for a reason and in God's timing but it is hard to actually just take that and make myself feel better. So on goes my journey to find my happiness again. I know I'll find it one day, until then I'll keep looking.
Yesterday was hard. I don't mean like hard cause I had to do stuff I didn't want to, I mean like hard as in ripping my heart from my chest. You see, yesterday was Mother's Day. I have a wonderful mother, mother-in-law and friends but I don't have my baby. I'm a mother without a child. My child is in Heaven. While I know that she's having a blast it's still so tough on me.
My husband and I tried to have a baby for 2 years. We went through countless tests and treatments for them to tell us that there was nothing they could diagnose as wrong. We are part of the small percentage of unknown. Then all of a sudden we got pregnant! Almost exactly two years after we started trying. My pregnancy was a breeze. I was hardly sick, I gained the right amount of weight, did all the right things and was super healthy and happy. We found out we were having a girl and decided on the name Bella Ray. Her Daddy went right to work painting and getting the nursery ready. Everything was perfect....
I got a virus. A simple virus that everyone had. I went in for my 36 week checkup and they told me there was no heartbeat. I delivered a perfect 3lb 11oz baby girl the next morning. A beautiful angel. Perfect in every way except she wasn't alive. All my hopes and dreams were shattered. All that time and now what? The birth of a baby is supposed to be the best day of anyones life. I left the hospital without my baby, my arms aching and empty. My heart completely and utterly shattered. All I had were questions of "Why me?" "Why my baby?"
It has been a little over a year now since we lost Bella. I went back to the fertility doctor and did a few more rounds of IUI but nothing happened. He basically told us the next step was IVF. We aren't really financially ready for that jump yet so we have just been trying on our own. So one year of trying down, I wonder how many to go? Hopefully not too many more.
We are now on herbs and acupuncture. Maybe something will happen. If nothing else, it has helped me de-stress a little. I know in my heart that everything happens for a reason and in God's timing but it is hard to actually just take that and make myself feel better. So on goes my journey to find my happiness again. I know I'll find it one day, until then I'll keep looking.
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