Gilmore Girls!! It's my favorite show of all time! I don't get TV, however, so most all of the "TV" I watch is the seasons that Josh and I buy. We have a bunch. We have Home Improvement, Dinosaurs, Gilmore Girls, Gilligan's Island, I Love Lucy, Supernatural, Smallville, House, Flash, Jericho, Friends, The Mary Tyler Moore Show... hmmm that's twelve. I can't think of any more right now, but I know as I start to fall asleep tonight more will pop into my head.
Secret TV shows that I like but do not own are Sex in the City and Desperate Housewives. I used to have Sex in the City, but it was so trashy that I gave it to my mom- ha ha. And I think she's going to throw it away after she watches it, because I was going to throw it away after I watched it. T-R-A-S-H. But, sadly addicting!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
A Favorite Book
Good morning! Happy Veteran's Day to all our men and women who have served and are serving our country with their lives. A special Thank you to my husband for his nine years of service! (Though I'm glad you decided not to reenlist since we have a kid on the way... even though we didn't end up moving to Canada!)
I hate saying this. I wish it weren't true. I truly, truly hate this about myself.... but I can't pick a favorite book. I HATE READING! Oh how much easier and enjoyable life would be if I always had a good book or three that I was in the middle of... but alas, I am one of the slowest readers I know, and I don't really like to read it unless it is a super easy read. When I was a kid my three favorite books were The Man Who Loved Clowns, Wonder, and The Indian in the Cupboard. Today I'd have to say my favorite book is Pride and Prejudice.
Those four books combined are probably ones of only 10 maybe 20 that I have read in their entirety. (Not including little six page kids books).
How do I cope with a pure hatred of reading yet a desire to have books read? Books on tape!!
I love them!! I love the Narnia series and anything with a British (male) reader. The problem is they are tricky to find. For all those who care... I am really wanting Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice on audio book. This would be a FANTASTIC Christmas gift for me! Plus, any other fun, cheap audio book you see along the way! (I don't do horror. Period.)
So that's about it. My battery is about to be completely dead, so I'll wrap this up. Have a great day, all! To all my veterans or veteran's families... get your free dinners at Applebee's today. Josh and I plan to tonight!
I hate saying this. I wish it weren't true. I truly, truly hate this about myself.... but I can't pick a favorite book. I HATE READING! Oh how much easier and enjoyable life would be if I always had a good book or three that I was in the middle of... but alas, I am one of the slowest readers I know, and I don't really like to read it unless it is a super easy read. When I was a kid my three favorite books were The Man Who Loved Clowns, Wonder, and The Indian in the Cupboard. Today I'd have to say my favorite book is Pride and Prejudice.
Those four books combined are probably ones of only 10 maybe 20 that I have read in their entirety. (Not including little six page kids books).
How do I cope with a pure hatred of reading yet a desire to have books read? Books on tape!!
I love them!! I love the Narnia series and anything with a British (male) reader. The problem is they are tricky to find. For all those who care... I am really wanting Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice on audio book. This would be a FANTASTIC Christmas gift for me! Plus, any other fun, cheap audio book you see along the way! (I don't do horror. Period.)
So that's about it. My battery is about to be completely dead, so I'll wrap this up. Have a great day, all! To all my veterans or veteran's families... get your free dinners at Applebee's today. Josh and I plan to tonight!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A Favorite Movie
It's 10:50, and I can't sleep. I remembered that I hadn't posted on my blog today like I was hoping to do every day, so here I go. Geez, this is a hard one. I like several movies. I'll just list a few that I like.
Chick Flick: Sweet Home Alabama
Drama: Pride and Prejudice (The BBC America version)
Cartoon: The Last Unicorn
Comedy: I really don't know
Family: I'm guessing it's going to be The Voyage of the Dawn Treader when it comes out! But I like the other Narnia movies too.... it's just that's the one that is my favorite book
I can't really even think of any other movies that I like right now. Of all the movies we own (over 600 actually) I probably watch Pride and Prejudice more than any other. It is GREAT!
Chick Flick: Sweet Home Alabama
Drama: Pride and Prejudice (The BBC America version)
Cartoon: The Last Unicorn
Comedy: I really don't know
Family: I'm guessing it's going to be The Voyage of the Dawn Treader when it comes out! But I like the other Narnia movies too.... it's just that's the one that is my favorite book
I can't really even think of any other movies that I like right now. Of all the movies we own (over 600 actually) I probably watch Pride and Prejudice more than any other. It is GREAT!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Favorite Song
Selah: All My Tears
When I die don't cry for me
In my father's arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my saviour knows my name
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches light
Come and eat from Heaven's store
Come and drink, and thirst no more
So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to Him
Who will raise the dead again
It don't matter, where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter, where I lay
All my tears be washed away
It don't matter, they're washed away
It don't matter, they're washed away
It don't matter, they're washed away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It don't matter where you bury me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
They're washed away
They're washed away
In my father's arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my saviour knows my name
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches light
Come and eat from Heaven's store
Come and drink, and thirst no more
So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to Him
Who will raise the dead again
It don't matter, where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter, where I lay
All my tears be washed away
It don't matter, they're washed away
It don't matter, they're washed away
It don't matter, they're washed away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It don't matter where you bury me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
They're washed away
They're washed away
What a great, fantastic song!! (By the way, family, this is the last song I want to be played at my funeral before everybody leaves. And I want a CD played of it. I don't want somebody to try to sing it! Make it happen!!)
Everybody who knows me knows that I want to go to Africa some day to be a missionary. I don't know when or if that day will ever come, but I feel like even if I never get to go, at least I can witness to people from beyond the grave by having this song play as my testimony; maybe give somebody a little hope.
So, this is by far one of my favorite songs. Sometimes if I feel sad, I can listen to this song, and just feel so much happiness and peace. We have a great God, and I know that when I die I'll be home, and I'll be FREE!
What a Rip Off!
I am ripping this idea off somebody's blog that I used to follow before she shut it down (You know who you are!)
Each day(ish) I will try to blog about one of the items in the following list. I like to write about things, and this gives me some ideas. Now, unless somebody can tell me how to add videos and pictures onto this thing I won't be adding those parts to the blog ideas because I can't figure out how. I am NOT a computer wizz!!
Day 1: A favorite song.
Day 2: A favorite movie.
Day 3: A favorite book.
Day 4: A favorite television program.
Day 5: A favorite quote.
Day 6: A moment you wish you could relive.
Day 7: Five things you couldn't possibly live without.
Day 8: A thank you letter to someone who has changed your life.
Day 9: A photo you took.
Day 10: A photo of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 11: A photo of you taken recently.
Day 12: A song that you want played at your wedding(or was played).
Day 13: A guilty pleasure.
Day 14: A vacation you would like to take.
Day 15: A person you admire.
Day 16: A song that makes you cry.
Day 17: An art piece.
Day 18: A time when you felt passionate and alive.
Day 19: A talent of yours.
Day 20: A hobby of yours.
Day 21: Something you know you do differently than most people.
Day 22: A website.
Day 23: A way in which you want to be remembered.
Day 24: A movie no one would expect you to love.
Day 25: A recipe.
Day 26: A childhood memory.
Day 27: A physical feature you love.
Day 28: A scar you have and it's story.
Day 29: Hopes, dreams and plans you have for the next 365 days
Monday, November 1, 2010
"We're Having a Baby... My Baby and Me!"
That's right! For the two or three of you who actually read this blog, I thought I'd finally write about being pregnant since most everybody knows about the upcoming events in May by now. (Except Josh's extended family, who we will tell at our house on Thanksgiving.)
Below is a link to a song I like from the I Love Lucy show when Ricky finds out he's going to be a father for the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtjSm9p-hA
So what's it been like for me to be pregnant? And how did it all happen, anyway?
Well, it's not been too bad, actually.
Josh and I had been planning for over a year to start trying for a baby in August 2010. The main reason we had to wait is because of my diagnosis of Graves Disease; the testing required me to ingest radioactive iodine pills, which I had to wait six months to a year before getting pregnant after taking.
By August all of my blood tests came back perfect and we decided to have a go at making that baby!
SUCCESS!! On Wednesday, August 25 I woke up and just knew that I was pregnant. I left Josh sleeping and went down to the Wal Mart and got a pregnancy test. I took it downstairs and saw the little plus sign. I couldn't believe it. I saw the positive sign and still couldn't believe it. I went upstairs and woke Josh up and asked him to come downstairs with me. I just showed him the stick and told him congratulations. It wasn't very romantic. For some reason (even though we were trying to conceive) I just wasn't very excited. Because I just couldn't believe it.
I had my first OBGYN appointment something like two weeks later. They did the test and was giving me my first exam when I asked what the results were. The doctor said that he didn't know what the results were, but that he assumed they were positive because when they aren't the nurse informs him before meeting with a patient. I had my first ultrasound that day and saw (and heard) the heart beat for the first time. Yup. There was a little kiddo in there.
And now, 14 weeks into the pregnancy, I still just can't believe that there's a kid in there! It is the most frustrating feeling! I am not excited. I don't feel an urge to get the baby's room ready or to purchase necessary baby items. I'm just stuck in a world of.... I know the doctor says there's a baby in there... I know I have two ultra sound pictures of it... and I know I haven't had any periods, but there just CAN'T be a baby in there!! How is that even possible!! I don't FEEL any different!
I wish I did feel different!
Josh told me over a year ago to go ahead and start buying baby clothes and maternity clothes so that we wouldn't have such a huge expense all at one time after I got pregnant. I probably have enough clothes to last either sex of child one year... I swear, I was more excited about having a kid a year ago when I was shopping for those clothes and I knew I couldn't have a baby than I am now when I know I'm expecting one!!
The other big question is have I been sick?
Not really. I have been really lucky- or God has blessed me outrageously by having me not be very sick. Mind you, MOST days I feel like I'm going to throw up, but don't. Most days I am starving, but the sound of any food just makes my stomach churn. I have had a few days/weeks where I have actually thrown up... but they have been very few and far between.
My second month of pregnancy or so was riddled with gas pains, constipation, and diarrhea. Not fun. I also suffered from lower back pain.
As far as food aversions go, I know Baby It does NOT like the following foods; i.e. I get sick if I eat them... Mexican and anything sweet... and when I say anything sweet, I had ketchup that I couldn't stand to eat because it was "too sweet." Most recently I have learned that I cannot drink any orange juice either. Which is a shame. I like it and drank it a whole bunch during my first trimester.
I have actually felt worse my second trimester than I did my first trimester. I know, I know- this is opposite of how most people are during pregnancy. I have felt more nauseous and much more low on energy these past few weeks than I did during my first three months.
I am still waiting for a baby belly that is visible to the untrained eye. I have an appointment this Thursday where I'm hoping to learn that I've gained at least a couple of pounds, but I doubt it. I've only lost weight since I've been pregnant, so I have some ground to catch up before I can actually start gaining weight- but who in the world would complain about that!?
I have asked my mom many times when I would start feeling pregnant or actually believe that there's a kid inside of me. She said that it probably wouldn't really sink in until a few months after I've had the baby. How can I prepare for something I have never done before? How can I have any idea what it feels like?
I am afraid, though I don't really know what I'm afraid of. I know Josh will be an amazing father, and I know I am a very capable mother... I just hope I'm good enough. My mom sent me a card and in it she reminded me that God choose Josh and I to be the parents of this baby. Of all the people in the world, God choose us. It is an exciting and humbling thought to know that I am the only one in the world expected to be this baby's mother. Of all the billions of women. I was the one chosen to be THIS baby's mother.
On a different note, I do continue to be excited about Christmas! I started to set up one of my Christmas trees today, though I still have to go to the store and purchase one more strand of lights before I really get to decorating it. This year I have a tree spinner that makes the tree glisten as it turns it. (The tree has fake ice on it... not fake snow... fake ice.) It is just beautiful!
Enjoy your day, and enjoy decorating YOUR homes for Christmas!! And to my one or two mothers out there who might read this, when did you realize -for real- that you were going to be a mother. Will I start believing it more as I get bigger?
Below is a link to a song I like from the I Love Lucy show when Ricky finds out he's going to be a father for the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtjSm9p-hA
So what's it been like for me to be pregnant? And how did it all happen, anyway?
Well, it's not been too bad, actually.
Josh and I had been planning for over a year to start trying for a baby in August 2010. The main reason we had to wait is because of my diagnosis of Graves Disease; the testing required me to ingest radioactive iodine pills, which I had to wait six months to a year before getting pregnant after taking.
By August all of my blood tests came back perfect and we decided to have a go at making that baby!
SUCCESS!! On Wednesday, August 25 I woke up and just knew that I was pregnant. I left Josh sleeping and went down to the Wal Mart and got a pregnancy test. I took it downstairs and saw the little plus sign. I couldn't believe it. I saw the positive sign and still couldn't believe it. I went upstairs and woke Josh up and asked him to come downstairs with me. I just showed him the stick and told him congratulations. It wasn't very romantic. For some reason (even though we were trying to conceive) I just wasn't very excited. Because I just couldn't believe it.
I had my first OBGYN appointment something like two weeks later. They did the test and was giving me my first exam when I asked what the results were. The doctor said that he didn't know what the results were, but that he assumed they were positive because when they aren't the nurse informs him before meeting with a patient. I had my first ultrasound that day and saw (and heard) the heart beat for the first time. Yup. There was a little kiddo in there.
And now, 14 weeks into the pregnancy, I still just can't believe that there's a kid in there! It is the most frustrating feeling! I am not excited. I don't feel an urge to get the baby's room ready or to purchase necessary baby items. I'm just stuck in a world of.... I know the doctor says there's a baby in there... I know I have two ultra sound pictures of it... and I know I haven't had any periods, but there just CAN'T be a baby in there!! How is that even possible!! I don't FEEL any different!
I wish I did feel different!
Josh told me over a year ago to go ahead and start buying baby clothes and maternity clothes so that we wouldn't have such a huge expense all at one time after I got pregnant. I probably have enough clothes to last either sex of child one year... I swear, I was more excited about having a kid a year ago when I was shopping for those clothes and I knew I couldn't have a baby than I am now when I know I'm expecting one!!
The other big question is have I been sick?
Not really. I have been really lucky- or God has blessed me outrageously by having me not be very sick. Mind you, MOST days I feel like I'm going to throw up, but don't. Most days I am starving, but the sound of any food just makes my stomach churn. I have had a few days/weeks where I have actually thrown up... but they have been very few and far between.
My second month of pregnancy or so was riddled with gas pains, constipation, and diarrhea. Not fun. I also suffered from lower back pain.
As far as food aversions go, I know Baby It does NOT like the following foods; i.e. I get sick if I eat them... Mexican and anything sweet... and when I say anything sweet, I had ketchup that I couldn't stand to eat because it was "too sweet." Most recently I have learned that I cannot drink any orange juice either. Which is a shame. I like it and drank it a whole bunch during my first trimester.
I have actually felt worse my second trimester than I did my first trimester. I know, I know- this is opposite of how most people are during pregnancy. I have felt more nauseous and much more low on energy these past few weeks than I did during my first three months.
I am still waiting for a baby belly that is visible to the untrained eye. I have an appointment this Thursday where I'm hoping to learn that I've gained at least a couple of pounds, but I doubt it. I've only lost weight since I've been pregnant, so I have some ground to catch up before I can actually start gaining weight- but who in the world would complain about that!?
I have asked my mom many times when I would start feeling pregnant or actually believe that there's a kid inside of me. She said that it probably wouldn't really sink in until a few months after I've had the baby. How can I prepare for something I have never done before? How can I have any idea what it feels like?
I am afraid, though I don't really know what I'm afraid of. I know Josh will be an amazing father, and I know I am a very capable mother... I just hope I'm good enough. My mom sent me a card and in it she reminded me that God choose Josh and I to be the parents of this baby. Of all the people in the world, God choose us. It is an exciting and humbling thought to know that I am the only one in the world expected to be this baby's mother. Of all the billions of women. I was the one chosen to be THIS baby's mother.
On a different note, I do continue to be excited about Christmas! I started to set up one of my Christmas trees today, though I still have to go to the store and purchase one more strand of lights before I really get to decorating it. This year I have a tree spinner that makes the tree glisten as it turns it. (The tree has fake ice on it... not fake snow... fake ice.) It is just beautiful!
Enjoy your day, and enjoy decorating YOUR homes for Christmas!! And to my one or two mothers out there who might read this, when did you realize -for real- that you were going to be a mother. Will I start believing it more as I get bigger?
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