blog in 10

1-more month and madi will be a year old!

2-is the number of serious car accidents that I have been in (as a driver), neither were my fault, wrong place wrong time, one of them the stoplight came down on top of my car

3-classes left before I have my BA in Social Science, unfortunately they all have to be done consecutively I cannot do them all in one semester... s 3 more semester left for me :(

4-might be the number of kids I would want in a perfect world... my perfect world would be: the ability to be a SAHM

5-is the average number of glasses of water I drink a day... it should be more, but atleast I don't drink soda or anything else for that matter

6-is the number of children my sister will have in June, it is 4 right now, but she has two more on the way, crazy.... I know!

7-days a week I think of how amazing God is and how blessed I am!

8-is the number of hours of sleep I WISH that I got every night, unfortunately it is usually around 5-6 leaving me sleep deprived

9- months is when Madi started to walk, can you tell I am a proud Mommy!?

10-years and 11 months is how long I have been a resident of Minnesota, I couldn't imagine California feeling like home now, although it would be dreamy to live in a warmer state near an ocean.

because I love her so much

Madilynn is 9 Months old, her next photo shoot she will be one year old!!

a little blog happy, i know...

But I couldn't help it, she is just so darn cute. So, I had to share these pictures. She is up and about for sure, getting into everything that she possibly can! she says 'Uh-Oh!' now...

Mommy, I love my shoes!

Helping Mommy do the laundry

Here is my funny story: She is in her walker and I am taking the clothes out of the dryer. She ran into the bathroom and after a couple of minutes I went to check on her. She managed t get the cupboard open and got into some things. She looked up at me as I walked in and said 'Uh-Oh!' I couldn't stop laughing, she is such a cute kid!

Caught in the Act

25 things about Moi...

The infamous facebook note --I had to post it on my blog because of course it is all about... Moi!

1. One thing that I am working on at the momment is my aggressive driving, I am trying to be kinder to people on the road, which is funny because I am typically a compliant person.

2. My favorite colors are Red and Pink, I am such a girl, I know!

3. I have a huge crush on Kevin James, I would probably marry him if he proposed.

4. Titanic is still one of my favorite movies.

5. I am Compassionate. Chances are that if you are reading this, I love you.

6. I hate being called 'Religious'. Truth is that I am not religious,I have a relationship with God, and that doesn't mean I am 'religious'!

7. I have a new found love for purses and bags.

8. I live in an apartment, alone, for the first time in my 23+ years of life.

9. When I was a little girl I used to bite my fingernails. My grandma offered to buy me a gold ring if I quit. So, I did. She bought me a ring, and I haven't bitten them ever since.

10. I do not drink soda, I think it tastes gross. Actually the only things that I do drink are water and on rare occassion a beer or glass of wine. Caffine makes me sick to my stomach!

11. There are 18 stoplights on my way to work every morning. Welcome to urbanization!

12. I have slight Scoliosis with a 25% curvature in my spine.

13. When I was younger I was in gymnastics for a couple years, I can still do the splits, and that is probably about it.

14. Shopping is my drug of choice, it is the only drug that I have ever used...LOL...seriously. And it is also another thing that I am working on!

15. I have lived in three states: Nevada, California, and Minnesota.

16. I am OCD and anal about everything pretty much, and according to Pete my pastor I am 'High Maintenance' Thanks Pete for being honest ;).

17. I am not a huge animal fan, I hope to never have an animal living in my home ever again.

18. I have been told by more than one person that I am too forgiving, but I don't think that there is such a thing as being too forgiving.

19. I am always tired regardless if I have gotten enough sleep or not.

20. I love to clean, it makes me very happy.

21. If I could help it, I would never be alone, I always like to be in someones company.

22. If I could I would make it so that every single day of the year was 80 degrees and sunny, I promise I wouldn't even dream of snow!

23. My dream job is to be a stay at home mom with a small online shop of some sort.

24. My ears have been pierced since I was an infant.

25. Believe it or not the only music I listen to is Christian, unless I am in someone Else's car or home or what have you...

Following Madi around 'In Toe'

Yes, the Pun is intended!

Madi, as energetic as she always is, a Go, go, go kinda girl! I had her in her walker last night, because all that she wants to do is run around, litterally. I cannot keep up with her.

I look up and she is cruising straight toward me, in the walker, shortly after I put her in. I had two options at that point 1)Let her run right into me, which hurts the feet pretty bad or 2)Attempt to jump over her, saving my feet the hurt of the collision, becasue there was no where else to go -the couch was in the way. Of course I chose numero dos... little did I know, the attempt would have failed!

Broken Toe? I think so!

well it is black and blue, actually more of a purple-ish color. Quite swollen (it feels like I am pregnant again, with a swollen toe), and hurts like I have never experienced my toe to hurt before. Any movement of the toe is extremely painful! There was a definite lack of sleep last night due to the pain. I have fractured a toe before, but that pain does not compare to this! At first I thought I just jammed it pretty badly or maybe it was a sprain. As the night grew old, my toe told me otherwise... so yes, I beleive that it is broken. I am contemplating a Doctors visit, although I feel as though it may be unneccesary because there is nothing that they can do for this sort of catastrophe, LOL. It is pretty funny, especially the way it happened. Atleast I didn't take Madi down with me!

Althouhg a broken toe sounds quite awful, everytime I think about it it makes me chuckle, and it reminds me of my cute little cruiser, running all around the house, preparing those little muscles for walking.

I think that I am going to go buy some indoor, tough, slippers for around the house, to keep my precious little filanges protected, from my fiesty, energetic little one.

So, I am wearing the Mock Uggs (probably for the remainder of the winter), and saying goodbye to my cute stilletto boots, for now! As I wobble around due to the pain, again, like I am pregnant!

:)

Yes... I live in Minnesota!

Thanks Jenny, she sent me this as an email...

The funny thing is that I noticed a lot of these things as being quite abnormal when I first moved here, most of them I still think are pretty abnormal, but I still see them all the time. This seriously made me laugh out loud while reading, because all of it is so true:

ps this is dedicated to my sister April, who is a new-comer to Minnesota, Sorry Sis!!


Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota :


If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you're proud that your state makes the national news 96 nights each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy",

You might live in Minnesota.


If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,

You might live in Minnesota.


If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,

You might live in Minnesota.


If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,

You might live in Minnesota.


If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you know how to say....Wayzata...Mahtomedi ... Cloquet... Edina... and Shakopee,

You might live in Minnesota. (these are all cities in MN)


If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy,

You might live in Minnesota.


If vacation means going "up north" for the weekend,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you measure distance in hours,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you know several people, who have hit deer more than once,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snowduring a raging blizzard without flinching,Y ou might live in Minnesota.


If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and Venison,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you carry jumper cables in your car, and your girlfriend knows how to use them,

You might live in Minnesota.


If There are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm at any given time,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over asnowsuit,

You might live in Minnesota.


If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and of course, road construction, You might live in Minnesota.


If you can identify a southern or eastern accent,

You might live in Minnesota.


If your idea of creative landscaping is a plastic deer next to your blue spruce,

You might live in Minnesota.


If "Down South" to you means Iowa,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you know "a brat" is somethingyou eat,

You might live in Minnesota.


If you find -10 degrees "a little chilly",

You mightlive in Minnesota.


If you actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Minnesota friends,

You DO live in Minnesota.

16 Things

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. (this is a facebook thing, but thought that it would be great on this blog)

1. I have 80% hearing loss in my left ear and 20% loss in my right ear, If you whisper something to me, I might just hit you (I am sick of that response ;). And yeah, I need a hearing aid, but don’t have one… yet

2. I have lived in 3 States: CA, NV, and MN (and hopefully counting), which goes along with having gone to more than 16 schools during my educational career, hence I no longer fear being ‘The New Girl’.

3. I used to play the violin, when I was younger, I wish that I never would have stopped.

4. I was conceived 18 months after my Mom and Dad got a divorce… It was a ‘One Night’ thing, hmmm, I WAS meant to be! LOL, personal I know…

5. Cleaning, organizing and decorating are passions of mine… If I am stressed they relax me!

6. When I was 8 years old, while living in Reno NV, I was in a drug raid. My step Dad had a meth lab in the kitchen. Unfortunately for him we lived 100 feet from a school, it ended up becoming national news! Both My Mom and him were facing 25 years to life in prison, they got off on illegal search and seizure. Thanks to God, who knows where I would be today, probably not in MN!

7. I have never used an illegal drug in my life; I haven’t even ever smoked a cigarette.

8. I own a sleep number bed, and it is amaaaazing! It comes highly recommended by me!

9. Being a Mom to Madilynn has been the most Fun, exhilarating, and meaningful thing that I have ever done in my life. I love her with everything that is in me, because of her I want to be a better person!

10. I was diagnosed with Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in July of this year. It is cancer of the salivary glands. I had surgery to remove the pallet of my mouth, and I am now cancer free! I currently wear a mouth prosthesis but you would never know by looking at me

11. I don’t drink soda, ever! Actually all I ever drink is Water (and wine or beer on occasion)!

12. I love chipmunks and Squirrels, they are my favorite animals!!

13. Sushi is the best thing ever!! I Love love love it, even when it is raw!

14. Boundaries, a book written by Cloud and Townsend, has been life changing for me. It has been a monumental step toward me making healthy changes and choices for myself.

15. I live alone for the first time in my life, and it might just be growing on me, although it has been a very hard transition to make.

16. I will one day own my own business… I am currently opening an online shop, YAY!.

If you decide to repost this please post it in my coment section, I would LOVE to read yours!
Thanks, Becca
ps
I am feeling better today...