surprising pictures

surprising pictures

I wrote this post last August, intending to follow it up with a post on weight loss. I have finally sat down to write that follow-up post, so I thought I’d go ahead and publish this. :-) Obviously a lot has changed, since I am now pregnant and not as focused on weight loss as I was last summer. I’ll set part 2 to auto-post tomorrow so you can be watching for that! ——————— I used to always be thin,…

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thoughts on childbirth

thoughts on childbirth

In 4 months, give or take a few weeks, I will be giving birth to a little baby girl. (Hopefully!) The thought of that – of childbirth, of labor – absolutely terrifies me. It has terrified me from way before I got pregnant, and it continues to terrify me as I draw closer to the day. It’s like walking into a torture chamber knowing what they’re going to do to you. I know in my head the cliche “it will…

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five years

five years

Today is a special day. Five years ago, I wrote my first entry on my blog! I have blogged pretty regularly since then. I can’t believe it’s been five years already… I started when I was just a young’n ;-), a junior in college. At the time, I was thinking it would be cool if people read my blog! I wrote short posts, without using capital letters. I’ve really enjoyed blogging and home to get back in the habit of…

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house-hunting adventures

house-hunting adventures

Recently, Paul and I have been looking into housing options, to have more room for our growing family. We have so many possibilities: rent a house, rent an apartment, stay where we are, buy a house, etc. With the market the way it is, we have been excited to find some houses for sale well within our budget, making it a more attractive option than renting. We contacted a real estate agent and have been working with him. By the…

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this and that

this and that

I keep opening up a “new post” intending to write, and then am completely blank as to what to write about. So I decided a bullet list of what’s on my mind recently would be better than no post at all. :-) * I’m so very sleepy right now! I could NOT get out of bed this morning. I finally was able to force myself to get up at 10:50! Now I am trying to figure out what needs to…

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