Thankyou!!!

Well I had my surgery yesterday and it actually went pretty well. I was extremely nervous to go in but they put the IV line in quickly and next thing I knew I could taste garlic (that's what I always taste when the anesthetic starts kicking in). I said to the dr. "Are you putting me to sleep already?" They said yes, and all I had time to say was "See ya later" and I was asleep.

I woke up a few hours later and actually felt really good. So here's where the thankyou comes in. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, I have been under anesthetic 3 times previous to this time and everytime I have been EXTREMELY sick afterwards. But this time everything was different. I wasn't nauseous at all, I was tired but after resting for awhile felt pretty great. I am pretty sore so they must have done quite a bit of work on me, but hopefully it means that things will start working like they are suppose to.

So again, thankyou so much, I am feeling pretty great and I really am glad this happened when it did and we didn't have to wait 6 months for it.

Would ya, Could ya??!??

As you know on Tuesday I am going in for surgery, and I'm wondering if you could all could pray that everything will go well, I'll heal quickly (I want to go tubing/waterskiing/wakeboarding in 2 weeks), and that it will work and we will be able to have another baby!!!!

I would REALLY appreciate it!!!

I'm DONE!!!!

That's right, I am finally done my Biology class!!! It is soooo weird to not have to go to school tonight... I don't know what I am going to do with myself.

I really don't care if I am bragging or not, but I finished with a 94% average!!!! I am soooo excited. I brought my highschool average up 7%.

This class has meant SOOO much to me... as I have said before I skipped a lot my last year of highschool, and my average was VERY low. For years I have known that I am smart, but having those low marks hang over me has made me feel like I wasn't and that I couldn't ever get into anything that I really wanted to. I needed this class to prove to myself that I am smart and that I can do WHATEVER I want in life. My mommy brain is gone and now I have a functioning, able to remember things longer than 20 minutes brain.

Our class was fabulous...there were a ton of really fun girls and 2 guys in our class that made for such an enjoyable time... I actually am going to miss seeing everyone. Last night we went out for "drinks" to celebrate being done, it was a lot of fun and our teacher even came and joined in the festivities!!!! Speaking of my teacher, she was AWESOME!!! She really cared about how we did and made it so I enjoyed learning about Photosynthesis, and Cell Structure...hehe...

Anywho...I'm done, and now to apply for NURSING!!!! YAY!!!!!

Well this is it!!!

I just got a call from my specialists office and they told me that there was a cancellation on the 24th and they can move my surgery into that spot, I was suppose to be waiting for 6 months.....AGGHHHH!!!! I am freaking out...there is sooo much to do in the next 1.5 weeks.

The surgery I am having is an exploratory surgery, it's going to be laproscopic and they are going to be looking in the uterus as well as at my ovaries to see if they can see why I haven't been able to get pregnant. If they find problems they will also be fixing them at this point, for instance, if I have quite a few cysts(sp?) they will remove them.

I HATE having surgery....I get REALLY sick from the anethesia and this last time I went under (when I got my gallbladder removed) they had a hard time waking me up, I remember the worry sound of the nurse as she firmly and quite loudly was telling me I needed to wake up and shaking me....now that I am a mom the thought of going to sleep and not waking up again is EXTREMELY worrying to me. I know that I am probably just freaking out but it's just an intense worry I have.

I am nervous too because this is THE NEXT STEP!!! This is the step that we have been waiting for for over a year and now it's here. I was hoping/praying that we would get pregnant in these next 6 months so that I wouldn't have to go through this, but now there's no time. I am hoping more than anything that it's going to work and we'll get pregnant, but I am SOOOO nervous that it won't!!! I know it's worth every moment of pain and worry that I might have however the thought is always in the back of my mind that I shouldn't get my hopes up, because who knows.

Okay, I am just really nervous and really needed to "talk" so I figured I "talk" with all my blogging friends. :)

Today

Today I feel: like if I could look into the future then my soul would be at ease. Unfortunately, I can't do that so I have to put my faith in my Heavenly Father, and today I feel that I am too weak to do that. So today I will just pray for the strength to keep going, and I know maybe tomorrow I'll be able to be stronger, just not today.

Today I see: a clean, freshly washed earth, luscious green grass, an incredible blue sky masked by quickly moving marshmallow clouds, you know the ones that you would love to just fall asleep in because they have to be so comfy, if only.....

Today I need: my husband, I need his strength, his kindness, his loyalty, his dumb jokes, just him.

Today I want: to enjoy my little guy. Enjoy his hugs, his kisses, his twirling of my hair, his smell, his smile, just every bit of him.

Today I hope: for one more day, so that I can learn and grow, love and enjoy, laugh and cry, kiss and hug, be.

I'm on a roll!!

So I'm copying Christal again but I thought it would be fun to have Friday be Favorite Things Friday!!!

I was looking through some quotes the other day and came across this quote :

Live like noone else, so someday you can live like noone else.

I REALLY needed to read this quote especially lately. Wayne and I are VERY blessed to live a very comfortable life, however, we live within our means. My biggest thing lately is I really WANT new furniture for our basement. We have some passed down, old, ugly, ripped fabric, stuffing falling out coaches downstairs that we got shortly after we got married, and have really appreciated for the last 5 years. Everytime I go downstairs though I cringe, I really hate the couches, but right now buying ourselves new couches is not in the budget. Yes, we could go and get credit from a store and "buy" the furniture but Wayne and I both intensely feel that we don't want to go into debt about our wants. This is SOOOOO hard though. I see soooo many people around us that have beautiful house, beautiful furniture, perfect clothes, fake nails, etc. etc. and I would LLLLOOOVVVEEEE to have all these things but that is totally my natural man/woman coming out in me. Don't get me wrong, I do feel that it is important to have the nice things in life but I also think it's important to have savings, have security, have investments, invest in Nate's schooling, and be debt free. We chose to lose an income so that I could stay home with my son, and we had to make some changes in our lifestyle but there is nothing better than knowing that we were able to do it and I am doing what I have ALWAYS really wanted to do. So yes, we are living like noone else (or at least not like the majority of people in the world) so that someday we can live like noone else.

Okay, now that my rant is over there are some things that I really do covet and someday when I am finished school and working again maybe, just maybe I can splurge a little bit. :)

Oh be still my beating heart!!! When I decided to do this Favorite Things Friday list I knew INSTANTLY what my first thing would be. AMY BUTLER FABRIC!!!! I am IN LOVE with beautiful fabrics!!! I have been coveting Amy Butler fabric for the last...oh I don't know...5 years 6 weeks and 2 days....hehe...just kidding but I really do LOVE her fabric. The colors are always SOOO BEAUTIFUL!!! the fabric feels top notch quality, I just really love the fabric. However, this is one of those things that right now is a TOTAL WANT not a need as this fabric is quite a bit more expensive than the fabric I normally buy. I have SOOOO many ideas in my mind about the beautiful things I could make with all this fabric, if I have a baby girl, this want maybe become a need....hehe... Here are just a few samples of her gorgeous fabric, if you want to see more you can google Amy Butler.


This is another want that I haven't fulfilled yet, but this is something that I really really might have to save all my pennies to get...hehe. The other day I saw a lady at Costco wearing this and I fell in love with it instantly. It's a lululemon jacket, looks pretty normal in the front but in the back is a beautiful little ruffle detail midback (I can't copy the pic, but here's the link:http://www.lululemon.com/products/womens/tops/jackets_vests/glamorous%20jacket). I LOVE the back and again this is on the top of my favorite list!! :)


Now some of my favorite things that I actually do own :)

I have eczema and if I am in soapy water, or anything that has chemicals in it too long the eczema really flairs up. I have tried for years and years to find a handsoap that doesn't kill my hands and Fruits & Passion's Cucina handsoap (I LOVE the lime zest & cypress fragrance, it's green) this is the first soap that works, doesn't react with my skin, it contains olive oil which leaves my hands soooo soft, and smells INCREDIBLE.


I stopped in the Adidas Outlet store a few weeks ago looking for shoes for Nate and found some super cute shoes for myself. They look very similar to this pair but my stripes are green and blue plaid.....I LOVE THEM!!!!


Well, Nate's up now so I should skadoodle!!

A new woman!!

I am now officially 5 lbs lighter than Wayne has ever seen me.... actually 5 lbs lighter than most of you out there have ever seen me before. I am feeling great, and only have 12 lbs to go to hit my goal weight. Now that I am getting to this size though, I think my goal weight might be changed to less because I still feel like I have quite a ways to go.

I know that I will NEVER be skinny skinny because I don't have that body type, but I am still really jiggly and smooshy(I have been working on that though) and I really want to look and feel the best that I can. Who knows, maybe in 12 lbs I won't want to get any smaller and will be happy where I am .......12 lbs.......that's sooo not far off after losing 34 lbs. 12 lbs is about a 1/3 of what I have already lost.... WOOHOOO!!!

YUMMY!!!!

So there's this big health craze going on that I have been WAY too scared to try, but today I took the plunge and boy oh boy!!!!!.........I am sure glad that I did.


What is this big scary thing you say?!?

Well it's.......




Green Drinks!!!!(this picture is not my drink but looks JUST like the drink I made)

Now before you run out of here screaming, hear me out.

First, I'll tell you about the health benefits of drinking these regularly, some of the benefits are:
-they contain high amounts of fiber
-they contain chlorophyl, which is very good for the blood
- they are great for immunity and help to heal diseases
-they help cleanse the body of bad toxins
- they don't contain oil or salt and only natural sugars

Plus, they taste FABULOUS!!!, they are crazy easy to make, it makes me feel sooo good that I know that I am putting good food into my body, if you call it green slime your kids might try it and then once they do they are stuck as they are sooo yummy.

So how do you make green smoothies. I made mine by taking 3 big handful of fresh spinach...yes spinach,I love the big bags from Costco ,I think it's like $4.00/bag. Now I did this in little handfuls at a time because my blender sucks, plus I added about 1/4 cup of water(only add the water once) to help it blend better and continue doing this till all the spinach was blended smooth. I then threw in chunks of fresh pineapple (about 1.5 cups) but you could totally put in as much as you want, and 2 ripe bananas (the bananas add the sweetness to the smoothie, and when they are ripe they have more antioxidants in them than unripe bananas). I blended this all together until it was smooth and then enjoyed!!!! It made a huge glass, plus a little extra for Nate. Next time I will make it early and then throw it in the fridge to chill, but I couldn't wait it was soooo good.

You can make this with any fruit or any green leafs you like and if you google green smoothis the possibilites are endless. Here's a link to some ideas:http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=2574925

I hope you trust me and try it, I am sure you will like them, plus it's the perfect time of the year for yummy cold smoothies especially if they will help you look better in your swimsuit ;)

Just something to put down

Christal did this little questionnare and I thought it was sort of fun so since I have been trying to figure out things to write on here so why not do this one. :) If you want to do this one too all you have to do is answer the question only using one word answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? upstairs
2. Your significant other? fencing
3.Your hair? messy
4. Your mother? PERFECT
5. Your father? Hardworker
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night? weird
8. Your favorite drink? Virgin strawberry daiquiri (sp?) Sorry that's 3 words ;)
9. Your dream/goal? Happiness
10. The room you're in? boring
11. Your children?WONDERFUL
12. Your fear? Failure
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Secure
14. Where were you last night? Supper
15. What you're not? Finished
16. Muffins? Pumpkin Spice (sorry that was 2 words)
17. One of your wish list items? Baby
18. Where you grew up?Alberta
19. What you read last? Blogs
20. What are you wearing? PJ's
21. Your TV? boring
22. Your pets? dreams
23. Your computer? Useful
24. Your life? Busy
25. Your mood? emotional
26. Missing someone? Hubby
27. Your car? LOVE
28. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
29. Favorite Store? Pottery Barn
30. Your summer?.Busy
31. Like someone? Hubby
32. Your favorite color?Blue/Pink
33. Last time you laughed? Tonight
34. Last time you cried? Today