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You gotta be wise

Listen as your day unfolds, challenge what the future holds, try and keep your head up to the sky. Lovers, they may cause you tears, go ahead release your fears, stand up and be counted, don't be ashamed to cry. You gotta be, You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, You gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard, You gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, You gotta stay together

Ronald Reagan

"Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide."
~ Ronald Reagan – Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation ~
Anne Geddes

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

You know I'm indecisive when my Nurse Residency leader calls me on it.

It's the little things, the simple things in life.

This morning I woke the girls up early, just for the sole purpose of doing their hair and spending the morning getting ready in a relaxed style, unlike our usual hurry-get-dressed-here's-a-bag-of-cereal-hurry-brush-your-teeth-forget-doing-your-hair-put-your-shoes-on out the door style.

I only spent about 10 minutes in the bathroom with Gracelyn doing her hair, but she was so happy, and so proud of her hair, that it made my heart swell. Even Madalyn held still long enough for me to put her hair up and put on a headband.

It's the little things in life. The simple things that make my girls smile and laugh, that fill me with the joy to forget everything else.


Tuesday, February 21, 2012

a side of indecisive, anyone?

I think that indecisive should be my middle name. ha.


Thursday, February 16, 2012

10 ish years.

I've decided. I will have my third child in ten-ish years. When I (hopefully) have more patience. haha.


Serenity.

I'd live here. Forever.

As the scale trends upwards.





Food. I love it. All of it.

Mexican. Chinese. Sushi. Taco Bell. Oh, Taco Bell. A category all it's own.

Tacos. Cookies. Pie. Burgers. Cookies. I'll eat it all.

Spaghetti. Steak with Mushrooms and Onions and Garlic. Lasagna. Cookies.

Brownies. Doughnuts. Everything Bagels with butter and extra Veggie Cream Cheese.

And, who said I didn't eat healthy foods? See. EXTRA VEGGIE cream cheese.

Tuna Fish, a fried egg and cheese on toast. See. Getting my protein.

Don't get me wrong. I love 'healthy foods'. I love veggies. I love fruit.

Mostly, I just snack. I snack a lot. I snack enough in one day to feed four teenage boys for a week.

I eat all night. When I work, I eat. When I sleep, I wake up to eat. I dream about food.

I am eating right now.

I eat when I'm not hungry.

Food taste so good.

It is life-sustaining, you know.

I have got to stop.

Before the scale trends upwards, in an un-ladylike fashion.

I am not lady-like when I eat.

I am not lady-like when I do much of anything.

I get kicked out of bed at 2am for eating to loudly.

That is un-called for.

Who DOESN'T eat a full meal at 2am?

Coffee is the same way. I drink a LOT of caffeine.

When I try to feel "healthy", I drink iced tea.

I drink enough caffeine to keep those four teenaged boys awake for a week.

Food. Caffeine. Ibuprofen. Excedrin.

Yep. Sums up my daily intake.










...and a hug around the neck. That's how much I love you.