too long.

It's been way to long since I have written. . . Selene will be 4 months old next week... . it seems like it was just a few weeks ago that she was born . . .she has developed a few habits . . .she all of the sudden one day started sucking her thumb, . . . makes me a little worried that it's going to cause lots of problems with her teeth later on, but she does it to put herself to sleep . .. when she wakes up in the middle of the night, and also when she is hungry . . . so it's not too often. she is able to hold her head up really well now. . . she takes naps 3 times a day and as long as I keep her on her schedule, she is happy . . . . .sundays are a bust though because she ends up missing her first nap because of church . . .so she is pretty much cranky all day sunday . )

We've gotten a lot of snow in the last few days . . . the problem with snow, is that the mice start finding there way into your house . . I hate mice more than anything else. so much so that I always have a sticky trap in the pantry. yesterday evening I went into the panty and looked down at the trap ( I do this everytime I open the door out of habit ) and it looked like it was covered in dust ,. . . . look a little closer and it was mouse hair. It had caught a mouse, but the mouse had escaped and was running rampant through my house .. . . did I mention I hate mice. . . so I just always hope when that happens that they have left . . ( but really I know it's somewhere inside lurking probably waiting for the right moment to come up and bite me ) I learned long ago that I have to keep all of my food locked up in plastic storage bins otherwise the mice will find there way into it and then I have to throw it away . . .non of the food had been touched . . So I spent an hour or so last night making sure there were no crumbs in the kitchen at all, including bleaching the floor ( probably not good for the floors, but I don't care at the moment because I hate mice ) last winter we had probably 5 mice during the winter, and I was pregnant . . . I am convinced that having the mice in our house made my morning sickness worse . . because once my mom came and cleaned my house and floors, the intensity of my morning sickness was cut in half ( I go off on a lot of tangents huh) anyway . . I was getting ready for bed last night and I was sitting on the steps that go up to the tub, and cutting my toe nails. I heard something behind me, and turned around and didn't see anything. I figured ( hoped ) that it was just the wind and snow I could hear ) I heard it again and caught a glimpse of a mouse running around in the bottom of the tub trying to get out . . .at this point normally I would get Matt and he would beat the sucker to death and then take it outside and execute it with a .22 for all of it's little mouse friends to see as a warning ( yeah, we go a little overbored . . . the first time we did that , we got some weird looks from the neighbor who was out walking her dog. . . ) Unfortunatly for me Matt is in Alaska on a business trip until tomorrow morning. . . . and there is no way I am taking care of the mouse myself. . . I called Matt and asked him if he thought the mouse would stay in the tub or if it could escape ( it's a really deep tub . . .just under 3 feet ) . . he said he didn't know, but that I should have his brother come over in the morning and take care of it. I couldn't stand to stay in the room, so I slept on the couch last night . . this morning Matt's brother came over and got the mouse out of the tub for me, it was still alive, but it was pretty much comotose . . I am thinking maybe it was dehydrated . .so it is now sitting outside in the trash can in the cold. . . .and My tub is currently being soaked with bleach. . . .if I don't do that, I will get the willies everytime I try and take a bath. . . and right now I am feeling relieved that for the moment I don't have any nasty mice ( as far as I know, and please don't try and correct me and say if there is one there is probably more that I don't see . . really I don't need to deal with that . . . I stress out way too easily ) One thing that I HATE about my house . . .mice get in, and we can't figure out where. . . . so gross . . I have to deal with this every year . . . I didn't have this problem in the old house . . we only had one mouse the entire time we lived there.

Goals

I find myself now at home full time no longer working outside of the home. I love it. I feel like I can now find the time during the lulls of the day to work on goals. I prefer to not make goals for the new year, but rather goals to accomplish by the new year. A few of my current goals

1. Lose weight . . . that's always on the list . . . when will I learn that I need to make lifestyle changes rather than temporary eating and excercise habits. . . so I guess what my real goal is, is to eat more fruits and vegetables, excersize ( sp?) 3 times a week , and eat less processed food. . . I like this goal for the holidays, because it helps me say no to the second helpings of goodies that always seem to be so abundant this time of year . . .not to mention i have a ton of nice clthes that would fit great if i lost 15 or 20 pounds.

2. make my house a home . . . sounds silly, but i need my home to be more comfortable and inviting . .. . to me it seems so cold and uninviting. and i want my children (and their friends) to always feel safe , comfortable, and welcome . . . there are numerous things i plan to do to acomplish this . . . a few are. . .better decorating, more home made meals . . .and more meals without a tv to take the place of conversation. . . .. next house, i don't want a tv anywhere near the dining room table . . . i would change it now, but our tv is mounted to the wall, and we have speakers set in the wall around it. and i can't affords to re-drywall the living room right now. . . and i think matt wouldn't be to happy if i moved it.

3. a cleaner, tidier house . . really coincides with #2. i am working hard to keep my house clean, and i'm doing pretty well.... so far, i make sure there are no dirty dishes in the sink before i go to bed, and the counter tops are cleaned off . . . .since the kitchen has always been my trouble spot, this helps me keep up much easier with the rest of the house. . . i've been going a week on this one so far, and so far, so good. i have a schedule written up for the week of what needs to be acomplished that day to get the house to where i want it to be . . . i work well when i have a list of all that i need to do. i can check off the items, and see progress on paper.

4. attend enrichment meeting . . . 4 years ago i moved into a fast growing area, and made a few friends . . . the wards kept splitting, and i got tired of having to put forth the effort to meet new people (way out of my comfort zone) . . so i kind of gave up. . . the time has come for me to get out and meet people in the neighborhood . . . .easiest way to do that, is to go to enrichment meeting . . . . who knows , i may have fun or learn something new in the process.

5. life long goals(to keep in mind) . . . create memories for my children, establish family traditions, treat those i love as well and with as much kindness and respect, as i would give someone i just met. give my children the foundation they need so that they can gain knowledge and a testimony of their own, that first and formost they are children of a heavenly father who loves them unconditionally

I figure this list is reasonable and something i can make improvements on as i go through the day caring for the baby.

GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

while trying to find a fitting picture of Obama I ran across the anonymous comment on a random blog, and it perfectly reflects my feelings . . . . . .
" Most people do NOT realize that Adolf Hitler was overwhelmingly elected by the German political machine in a national election of the 1930's - in a democratic country, by the way! He was welcomed as a 'messiah' to the German people, as can be seen by the massive support that he received from the German people. It was only AFTER he attained power that things begin to change. It was at that time that his dissatisfaction with Germany became apparent. Obama is extremely dissatisfied with America, both he and his wife have no problem consistently stating this. Yet, all the while, they both live in the upper 1% of the social-economic class of this country. He appeals to the 'feelings' of dissatisfaction (just like old Adolf) that are so visible here in America. Obama is exactly like Hitler. Same methods, same speeches, same propaganda...hopefully not the same goals of world domination. I fear though that his primary goals are to force America into bankruptcy so that we'll have no choice but to surrender our sovereignty and be part of a New World Order."


one big question for me . . . .How long before he tries to justify going after our guns . . . and will we let allow him to succeed. One of the first things Hitler did was get rid of the guns . . .without guns, the people cannot protect themselves from their government. . . . I believe that we should live in a world where the governement is afraid of the people, not where the people are afraid of the government.

"It is useless to reopen wounds that seem scarcely healed;...useless to speak of guilt regarding men who in the bottom of their hearts, perhaps, were all devoted to their nation with equal love, and who only missed or failed to understand the common road." sounds nice doesn't it . . . . yea, It was Adolf Hitler that said that . . . okay maybe it doesn't sound that great, but it definitly doesn't sound like someone who is carrying out genecide. . . . Evil people try and win the hearts and minds of people with their words. . .. . Yet we learned in the book of Matthew ( chapter 7) " wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them", and "beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves" . . . this guy and his followers think he is the messiah . . . . I am convinced he has a deal with the devil. . . .He came out of nowhere . . . . he was a one term senator who didn't vote 80% of the time. . . . yet now he's the president. . . . I wonder if we are going to end up in Civil war by his second term . . .I never thought I would say this, but I wish Hilary Clinton would have won the Nomination . . .at least with her we would have a better idea of what she would do and what her policies would be . . .

Here is a different but kind of fun post.


1. If every job paid $50,000 a year, and you had no physical or mental limitations, what would you do? I don't think 50,000 is enough .. . . lets say 100,000 . . I can easily live off of that. Other than being a mom ( obviously) . . I would love to have a job in marketing, or some sort of research, and most recently after having the baby, I would love to be a nurse or a doctor ( can't handle needles though, so that's not going to be happening anytime soon.)


2. What is your current church calling and what do you like about it? pianist in primary . . . been in there for 3 years. . . We live in a fast growing neighborhood, and as much as I love primary, 3 years and 4 ward splits, has caused me to only know about 6 women in the ward . . . .so I guess one thing I like about it is, I know who all of the kids in the ward are, and I can kind of keep my eye out for who I can use for babysitters in the next few years.


3. Name a person you regularly encounter (outside your family) who brightens your day. it would have to be the girls at work. . . because outside of my family, they are the only people I really see on a regular basis. . they are so kind and loving, and accepting of me.


4. In twenty years, what do you think you will miss most about your life now? Little babies. . . hopefully I won't be too far from having grandchildren at that point though, so I will get to live that new chapter of my life.


5. What’s something you appreciate about your spouse? He doesn't look for the acceptance of other people. He doesn't feel he needs to please them or do something that will make them like him. He does just what he thinks is right. Unfortunatly this is also something that drives me crazy, only because I am constantly looking for that acceptance. shortcoming on my part. but I am actually getting more and more to the point that I care more about being a good wife and mother than appearing to be a good wife and mother.


6. What is your favorite routine, household chore? Vacuuming . . . . If I am to the point of vacuuming, then the rest of the room is probably pretty clean. . . and if it's clean, I am more relaxed.

7. What’s a book you return to occasionally (besides the scriptures)? The Majesty of God's law, and Discourses of Brigham Young.


8.Favorite Small Pleasure. I love it when matt kisses me on the nose.


9. Favorite time of the day? Mornings. . . its quiet and It is usually just me and Selene. Great bonding time.


10. Name a person who performed what they thought was a small act of service, but ended up being a big deal to you: My sister Whitnee came to watch Selene while I put in my last two weeks of work . . . Huge deal to me, because I was having nightmares about putting her in daycare, and everytime I would start looking at putting her in a daycare center, I would start crying . . . . So grateful I can leave her with someone who will show her love.


11. Name someone who somehow changed your life. Matt and Selene . . . duh


12. Consider what you do each day. Think of one attribute or trait that you bring to your daily work that is a strength—what is something you do really well? I am a great listener. I tend to be pretty quiet, so that definitly helps .

Baby Blessing

Last Sunday the 12th of October, Matt Blessed Selene at Church. Both our parents were there, and some aunts, uncles and cousins. It was great seeing everybody. We had a brunch type meal afterwords at our house, with scrambled eggs, bacon, cinnimon rolls, and Juice. It went very well, other than the storm that some had to drive through to get to it. We took a few pictures before church. .. . . . now I'm wishing I would have got more pictures of the family members who were there too. My mom made Selene's dress and bibs, and I made her headband . . . .wishing now I wouldn't have done her hair curly . . . the spray gel got all flaky and gross by the time we got to church . . . just have to remember that for next time

Family Pictures

two weeks ago, Matt's Cousin did some family pictures for us. He is a really great photographer and lives just about a mile away from us. www.fogartyfoto.com. we did the session at his homestudio... problem with naked babies, they pee a lot . . .she got me once, and Matt twice. . . but it was a lot of fun, and we now have some really great pictures .

Daddy's little Girl!

Last weekend I went to Idaho for my cousins wedding . Matt had to work, so I took Selene, and we just headed down for the day by ourselves. It was great visiting with family and friends that I haven't seen in a while. Selene and I headed back for home quite a bit later than originally planned, and we ended up pulling into the driveway about 11:30 at night ( I tend to drive slow at night, and Selene can't go 3 hours without eating, so we had to stop at a rest stop to feed her) when we pulled into the garage, the door from the house popped open, and out came Matt. He was so excited we were home. He went straight over to the passenger side and pulled the car seat out of the back. He looked at her, and she looked at him and gave him the biggest smile we have seen her give anybody. It is so fun to watch him interact with her. He says things like "cute" , which he used to make fun of his friends for saying, but now he says it on a regular basis.

On Sunday's, I play piano in primary ( I think I'm going to be in there forever) so Matt takes Selene for two hours. . . I go crazy missing her for just those two hours. It's really going to be bad when I have to go back to work. It's strange how these little ones come into your life and have your heart wrapped around them instantly. In one way, it's strange that we have a kid, and in another, It seems like she's always been a part of our family. I'm so anxious for her to get to the next stage where she will be more interactive , but at the same time, it is making me really sad how fast she is growing and changing.

The trouble with hair

So Selene has tons and tons of hair ( in the picture, you can kind of see that it is a couple of inches long, by looking at her ears ) . . I always thought hair on a baby was a good thing . . . . until yesterday . . . . You know how if you have long hair, and you are holding a baby, they tend to grab a tight hold on your hair, and the only way to get them to let go, is to pry their hands off of it . . Well, yesterday Selene started screaming, ( this girl is so good, she only cries when something is wrong , and this time she was SCREAMING!!! ) trying to figure out what the issue was, she had one of her hands behind her head. I kind of turned her around and there she was with her hand pulling hard on her own hair. . . . she was trying to move her hand away from her head, but the more she tried, the worse it hurt, and the louder she screamed. I had to pry her hand open so that she would let go of her hair, and once I did that, she was fine. Unfortunately for her, she did this 4 times . . . . I'm going to have to start putting mittens on her.

yea!!!! the epidural worked!!!!! oh, and the baby is here!

On August 26th, Selene Allison Freestone was born at 6:19 am. Labor started at 3:00 am on August 25th. . . after that I couldn't go back to sleep. . . .Sent my husband to work at 10:00 am, and I got onto a conference call from home. during the conference call, I muted the phone and called my doctors office to see at what point should go to the hospital. . . they told me if the contractions were more than 5 per hour, then I should go to the hospital to get checked out. . .. at this point, I was having between 10 and 12 an hour. . . .I texted my husband and told him he better head home, so that we could go to the hospital.... We got to the hospital about 11:30 am. they checked me and I was only 2 cm dialated. . . for the next two hours, they monitored me and I only got to a 3. . . they sent me home with some percocit to try and relieve some of the pain of the contractions so that I could sleep . . . . percocit doesn't help me a whole lot as a pain killer. . .I slept between contractions and at 7:00 pm that night, the contractions were becoming unbearable. . . . so we headed back to the hospital. after about two hours of sitting in triage, they finally had a labor and delivery room cleaned up . . . I immediately asked for an epidural and the anestition nurse did a great job of getting it in. the IV hurt more going in than the epidural. the epidural was working within two minutes. and it worked great. the doctor came in later to break my water and that wasn't hard, it was a lot lower than they expected. a bit later ( I kept falling asleep, so I don't know how much time had passed. ..) the nurse came in and we started to push . . I was afraid they would turn off the epidural or not let me have a refill if needed, so I pushed as hard as I could. . . . . I pushed for 3 1/2 hours. .. . ends up one of my bones should have been rounded, and it was more flat, so the baby wasn't really moving down very well. .. . . the doctor finally came and they were debating weather or not to do a c-section or use forceps . . . .they were worried about the tearing with the forceps. .. . they decided to try the forceps . . . they went in with no difficulty, but they did cause some tearing . . . . with the forceps in place. I pushed three times and the baby was out. they took the baby and cleaned her up a little bit. She made a little bit of noise as they were cleaning out her mouth and nose, but after that she quieted right down. . . she's been that quiet and calm ever since. I was able to hold the baby while they were stitching me up, unfortunately that took 1 1/2 hours . . .the tears were difficult to get to.

Selene sleeps for 6 hours straight at night. . and has since the day we brought her home. She is a very content baby and very cute. . she has a lot of hair . . .I had a good amount of hair when I was born, but nothing like this. She was born 7 lbs 12 ounces, 19 inches long. within 7 days of having her, the majority of the pain is gone, and I think I am healing well. We aren't really sure who selene looks like . . . I guess there is one picture of her that she really looks like Matt, but I am not sure which one it is. . .she doesn't really look a whole lot like me. She is a lot of fun and I am so happy that she is so good and so healthy.

Only 7 days to go

So I used to think that this pregnancy was just flying by . . . . now that I have a week left, it's at a crawl. Dr. said I am 1 cm dialated ( I was that way 2 weeks ago ) . . . . we also set up an induction date of sept. 2, incase I don't have her before then. I am constantly having contractions . . . which are so weird . . . . but they are getting stronger, so hopefully it won't be a whole lot longer. I'm past the stage of fear, and I'm to the stage of . . . .'whatever, let's just get this over with, I'm tired of being pregnant'. I finally feel like I am completely ready for the baby to come. . . I have everything I need at home, and I have pre-registered at the hospital . . . . so now I'm just waiting. I think that Matt is getting nervous though . . yesterday he told me that he wants me to talk to my boss about working from home. . . I think he feels a lot better if he can take care of me here, rather than having to worry about me trying to drive myself home while I am in labor ( I wouldn't do that if I was in hard labor, but I guess a lot can change in a 20 minute drive home. ) of course I am pretty hard headed and he knows it, so I guess he has good reason to worry that I would try and do it all myself rather than asking for help.

the end is coming way too soon.

I am scared half out of my mind thinking about how this baby somehow has to come out of me. . . . She is moving and kicking so much. . I can tell she is getting stronger and bigger by the week. . . . I only have about 4 weeks left. Most of the time I do just fine and don't stress about the pregnancy at all, and I am just excited. but lately, someone will ask me how much longer I have, and it will hit me that this baby is coming much sooner than I am ready for. .. . .can you really ever be ready though . . . . and then I start to think about the pain . . . and of course being myself, I think about the worse possible scenario . . which would be that they would give me an epidural, it wouldn't work, then for whatever reason, they would have to do an emergency c-section, and there would be no time to give me pain killers, and they would rip her out of me as fast as they could . . .I can picture myself screaming now. . .. . but then reality hits, and I realize that the worse possible scenario is just that . . .worse possible scenario, and chances are, if the epidural doesn't work, they can give me something else, and if they have to do a emergency c-section, and there are no pain killers in me, they will probably put me out . . . okay, enough of that. I'm sure it will all go fine, and I will have a cute little girl ( unless she decides she's a boy) in the end.

The best cure for Morning Sickness

so very early in my pregnancy, I was pretty sick. . . I was throwing up a lot, couldn't keep anything down, and was loosing weight like crazy ( normally a good thing, but not so much when you are hoping for a healthy baby). When I went to my first doctors appointment, they gave me a whole packet of information. One of the papers said to try 'Unisome' tablets to help ease morning sickness. ( along with b12 or b6 . .. can't remember which) I take 1/2 of a Unisome tablet at night before I go to bed, and it has cut the severity of my morning sickness in half. . . I still threw up about once a week until 20 weeks, but I was able to actually eat food, and I wasn't constantly nausious unless there was a weird smell in the air. it has been a life saver and I will definitly use it again. . . . .pretty inexpensive too. I can get a pack of 36 tablets ( that lasts me for 72 days ) for about 8.00 at Walmart. Unisome is a over the counter sleep aid. I guess how it works, is it relaxes your central nervous system, so that you are less apt to nausia. . . . If you think it is worth a try, talk to your doctor first. . . . . cause I don't know your medical history, and there may be a good reason why you shouldn't try it.


short history of my pregnancy

Morning sickness from weeks 5 - about 20

0 weight gain last time they told me . ( they don't usually tell me cause I don't ask ...don't really want to know). . . . gaining as fast as I'm loosing . . . until the doctor says something about it, I'm going to assume that everything is still okay.

easiest foods for me to eat: Slim fast . . .recently switched to Carnation Instant breakfast . . . . for some reason, cold drinks are easy to get down. sucking on candy, or chewing gum also helped a little bit with nausia, raw veggies , steamed broccolli, ice cream, milk shakes , salad,

bad foods for me while I'm pregnant: Potatoes, ( including fries sadly . . . the smell just makes me want to run away) , orange juice , soup , bread ( for the first 18 weeks anyway) , rice, Pizza

Happy Mother's Day

The Young Women in my ward are raising money for Girl's camp. . . .they offered to make and deliver chocolate covered strawberries for Mothers Day . . . My wonderful Husband Signed up, and Yesterday, I got a nice big box of chocolate covered strawberries and Pretzles. .. . My husband must love me a lot. . . . I love chocolate covered strawberries . .As I was finishing them off today ( yeah, it doesn't take me long ) I told him that it reminded me of our Wedding night. .. . .at the suite at the hotel, was a huge tray of chocolate covered fruit . . . so now everytime I eat something like chocolate covered strawberries, I remember our wedding day. . . Its Great!!!!! Today I am happy and feel like everything is going to be okay. I am feeling relaxed, and I am not feeling anxiety about the baby ( I worry a little too much about how we are going to support her) Maybe I should have taken a picture of the strawberries to put on here . . . needs more pictures I know.. . . . better luck next time.

Baby Girl is kicking

So yesterday, I woke up to some very strange sensations coming from my lower abdomen. I've felt the baby move before, but this was much stronger than I had ever felt before, and it was coming from the same spot. . . previously the baby's movements occurred in different spots every time she moved. I put my hand on my stomach, and I could feel her kicking it . . . this was a first. she kicked the same spot over and over again. I was just laying in bed, so I grabbed Matt's hand and put in on my stomach ( I grabbed it while he was asleep) she kicked his hand two or three times before he told me he could feel it. It was a great feeling. she has been very active and and with stronger kicks every day since. I love feeling her kick, because it reassures me that she is developing and progressing the way she should.

Pregnancy Dreams

So being about 24 weeks pregnant, I am amazed at the weirdness of my dreams. I won't go into too much detail about some of the ones I've had in the past, but I did have a really weird one last night. I dreamed that I had already had the baby, and Matt and I were in Idaho visiting my Parents. I went to church early for some reason, and then met my parents there. . . I knew that Matt was going to dress the baby and bring her a little later, but suddenly I realized that I didn't bring any clothes for her. Eventually my sister showed up, and I was talking to her, and she said that Matt was going to be late because he couldn't find any clothes for the baby. .. . finally they showed up and she was just wearing a diaper . I was very concerned, because she was so little and I knew she had to be very cold. . . I felt so bad for her, because I didn't plan for her needs on the trip. . . . then it ended. no thinking about it now, certainly she must have been wearing something the day before and I could have just had her wear that . . . . weird . . . .

about me

since this blog is going to be lacking for a while, I am going to steal ideas from other's blogs. One of my favorite things is to start on someones blog, and start going through the links to other blogs. .. there are some really interesting people out there. . . . and if you go deep enough, you will sometimes find people you know. . . . I lurk a lot . . . . . . . any way Here goes:

10 Years Ago:In 1998
I was a Freshman at Ricks College really enjoying the college life and all that it entailed. I had such great roomates, and my college experience provided me with more socialization that I had ever experienced. . . .. and that was a lot of fun for me.

5 Years Ago : In 2003. ..
I had Just met Matt. . . .He was my neighbor in Midvale, and my roomate said I needed to meet him. . . She told me he was a computer person just like me. . . at this point I had gone out with way too many so called computer geeks, and I seemed to know more than all of them. . . . I found that annoying, because I don't consider myself very smart when it comes to computers. . ... . I told her her I wasn't interested. . . .I did end up meeting him, and he was different from all the others that I had met. ( He is hands down the smartest person I know . . . . He's a freaking Genius. . . . and I'm completely serious about that ) . For our first date He took me to a shooting range. . . . Not long after that, I bought myself a hand gun, because I loved it so much. the first christmas gift he bought me was a .22 rifle. . .. . . with a scope . .. so much fun. . . . not to worry, I get girly gifts too ( diamonds and pearls are always a good gift) We dated for two years ( forever long by utah/idaho standards) but dating for that long was the best thing for us. . . . by the time we got married, there were no surprises. We pretty much knew everything about each other. we had seen each other mad and we had seen how each of us reacted to stress. . . . with that, there was no doubt that marriage was right for us. He knew all my "secrets" and I knew all of his. I should probably put our entire dating story into a post . .


Things on my to do list today:
work( the kind I get paid for) , spend time with my husband


What would I do if I suddenly became a billionaire?
I would pay off our House, actually I would probably buy a bigger nicer one. . . there are a few things I would change on the current house. I would travel ( Disney land being at the top of my list, as that is my favorite place to go). I would throw a bunch in the bank to live off of for the rest of my life. Help Matt Start an R&D company ( what he ultimately wants to do with his life)

3 places I have lived:
1. Lehi, UT
2. Rexburg ID
3. Shelley ID

5 Jobs I have had:
1. BabySitter ( probably my favorite job thus far, although I'm sure 'mom' will trump it. ), - did this a lot during Jr high and high school
2. Envelope Stuffer for the Post Register for Two weeks. . .I did not get fired, it was just temporary
3. Maid at Super 8 Motel,
4. Computer Programmer for Farm Bureau.
5. feeding Calves on the dairy when I was in Jr High one summer ( I hated it . . . too hot outside. . .. and those calves can bite)


5 Things People Don't know about me:
1. I don't make friends easily. . . . ( I don't know what my problem is . . . but i'm working on it . . . I think I'm just too much of an introvert, so it takes a long time.)
2. I really want to learn to play the Cello
3. I enjoy cooking, and I'm actually a pretty good cook.
4. I think that a good Marriage can get you through anything. . . . Even when it feels as if the whole world is about to fall on you, if you have a good solid relationship with your spouse, life is a little more bearable. ( this one I know from experience )
5. I stress out about money . . . . . a lot.

about time

This is sooo much better than Myspace. I finally have a blog. . . .I don't think anyone will read it, but it definitly serve as journal of my daily happenings. Since there is a baby on the way, this will make for a great place for the extended family to keep up on our happenings. While this blog may be really boring for now, I promise it will be much better once little girl is here. until then there will just be news about me and matt and the little girl soon to come.