tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306643882026-08-04T03:14:04.172-05:00Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-50503284113658014602016-06-16T16:22:00.002-05:002016-06-16T16:22:13.436-05:00

I have changed jobs again.   My year as a Manager at Baylor College of Medicine was just not the right fit.    I am now a Consultant and it feels like I am myself again.   When I was a manager I kept thinking "fake it until you make it"  but it never felt like I was making it.   It was always fake. When you are not being true to yourself -- it takes a toll.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-72626169999561009212016-01-20T15:31:00.000-06:002016-01-20T15:31:23.763-06:00

Today someone asked me if I was losing weight? It was like a ray of warm sunshine after a long cold winter. My weight this morning was 268.00.  I have lost about 2 pounds a week and things are going great. I am eating lots of plants, and need to cut out fried food again.   The hardest part for me is getting over my cheap-ass ways. Health Food isn't going to be found on the Dollar

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-25216479685556411512016-01-05T10:37:00.000-06:002016-01-05T10:37:33.449-06:00

A group at my work is doing a "Biggest Loser" contest, were everyone contributes $40 to sign up. I know I have it in me to lose weight because I have done it before - but after 3 kids in less than 4 years, and totally abandoning a healthy lifestyle; I am right back to nearly my previous start weight. I weighted in at 272.6 today.  I was nearly 300 pounds when I started my weight loss

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-20681171293477205152015-11-25T08:18:00.002-06:002015-11-25T08:18:48.740-06:00

My third child was born on June 20th.  I felt the contractions starting around 5 AM, went to the Hospital at 7 AM and gave birth to a health little boy at 11:09 AM.  He was 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 21 inches long. I am a crafty nerd so I made him a little R2-D2 hat! He is now 5 months old and his "big" sisters are my super helpers.  We call him Jon, Jonnie, JJ and Baby Jon.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-80316427507254884722015-05-28T15:52:00.001-05:002015-05-28T15:55:52.841-05:00

I am 35 weeks pregnant with our third baby!  I have changed jobs.  I'm now the Epic Revenue Cycle IT Manager at Baylor College of Medicine!!!  We are still in Houston, TX. My Mother In-law will be flying in on June 10th when I reach 37 weeks. Alexandria is now 3 and a half, and Genevieve will be 18 months on June 12th! Alex Genny Soon  a new baby

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-23536909171354470332014-07-10T09:34:00.003-05:002014-08-29T11:55:12.202-05:00

On November 6th, 2013 I fell in another parking lot!   I was 33 weeks pregnant at the time, and I did break my foot.   I was stepping off a curb and fall leaves were hiding the uneven pavement.  Instead of my ankle tendons tearing -- they snapped off the bone where they are attached.   So it really hurt less than a sprain - breaking the bone.  I thought I was okay at

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-69840489020835078482013-08-09T09:48:00.001-05:002013-08-09T09:48:34.690-05:00

On Monday I fell in the parking lot of Day Care that is part of the Hospital I work at.  I tripped over crack in the pavement and twisted my right ankle.  I fell like a ton of bricks on to my left knee and knew there was no way I could get off the ground with both legs injured like that. My purse and my daughter were still in the car.  I was walking around the car to get her out

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-30527308995446087052013-06-25T08:36:00.000-05:002013-06-25T08:36:00.237-05:00

I am 14 weeks pregnant with Baby Two.  I am worried about getting gestational diabetes again and being induced early, like what happened with Alexandria.  I have already changed my diet to that of a diabetic and I have been staying active.   So far this pregnancy has been smooth.  I never had morning sickness, but I suddenly found the taste of peanuts and peanut 

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-28896508092873205162013-04-09T14:49:00.001-05:002013-04-09T14:49:31.898-05:00

Aaron and I have been taking turns working out while the other one distracts Alexandria.  She is a little pistol that gets into EVERYTHING she can.   Usually it is whatever is the most dangerous item in the area - - that is where you'll find her!   Like standing up on her rocking chair... A wobbly toddler on a wobbly surface what could go wrong?  Or trying to grab

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-91571033593335639962013-02-25T12:40:00.002-06:002013-02-25T12:40:42.365-06:00

Ever since we bought our condo in December 2011 I dreamed of doing some home improvements.  This weekend I finally replaced the light in the dining room!! I never liked the blue pendant halogen light in our dining room.  The whole room was dark except for the one little spot light of crazy bright light.  It was hard to play boardgames with the poor lighting and if the table was

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-13315972770799394622013-02-04T07:47:00.002-06:002013-02-04T07:47:57.322-06:00

My New Year's Resolution was to stop drinking sweet tea.  It is like drinking liquid type II diabetes and makes the "lab rat" part of my brain so happy to be flooded with sugar. I used to only get it as a treat when I had to travel south of the Mason-Dixon Line for work -- but after living in Atlanta, GA for going on 4 years and having daily access to the beverage -- it took it's

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-78816320941473686352012-12-28T08:42:00.001-06:002012-12-28T08:42:33.049-06:00

My Aunt Dianne passed away last night.  I feel really depressed and drained by this.  I lived with my Aunt and Uncle my last year of college.  My first kiss with Aaron happened in her home.  It was also where he proposed to me.  I was there the mother's day she learned her son Kurt has commited suicide.  She raised the peacocks -- which is why I have a justifiable

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-73668265117424053472012-11-13T10:10:00.000-06:002012-11-13T10:36:09.317-06:00

Alexandria is a year old now!  She has taken a few baby steps, but has not started walking.  She seem very pragmatic about this.  Mommy, falling sucks.  I'll stick with crawling for now. Wearing her new outfit from Great Aunt Diane.   She is sitting in the same Rocking Chair her Grandpa Tom used as a child.     We are all going back to

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-90630517381007524432012-10-22T14:02:00.000-05:002012-10-22T14:08:18.373-05:00

My baby girl will be a year old on November 4th!    Amazing how fast the year has past. She is able to stand up and even CLIMB up when she holds on to things. She sometimes lets go and just stands all by herself (look ma, no hands) She has not taken those monumental first steps.   She has also started to cut her first tooth! My Mom and sisters will be down this

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-80517577461803510172012-08-14T07:26:00.001-05:002012-08-14T07:26:41.486-05:00

Alexandria is now 9 months old.  She can stand, but cannot balance without holding on to something or someone.   She is also starting to figure out this crawling thing.  She can get into a crawling position, then fails towards the way she wants to go.  I see her taking off by September. I have started to baby proof the house.   The hearth were you see the

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-5856758387057584912012-05-03T14:23:00.000-05:002012-05-03T14:23:05.522-05:00

Alexandria wears cloth diapers.  They are are the cute liners you see snapped over a cotton/hemp diaper on the inside.  The diapers do not need to be pinned.  the cover does it all.  But a cute girly diaper cover is cute. We keep a stack of cloth diapers inside the covers ready to go --  and they are just as easy to use as disposables.  Never

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-8833315829958842552012-03-29T08:03:00.002-05:002012-03-29T08:03:20.186-05:00

This is a picture of my daughter Alexandria from St. Patrick's Day.  I think we calculated her to be 9/16ths Irish.  She get's an 1/8th from Daddy and a smidge more from me.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-41475643103476838322012-02-02T10:38:00.000-06:002012-02-02T10:38:12.177-06:00

Alexandria lifting her head during tummy time. It's been 90 days since the wonderful Miss Alexandria joined us.  90 is also how many pounds I would like to lose now that she's here.  Yep.  I have 90 pounds to lose. My focus the past year has been my pregnancy and caring for my newborn daughter --  not myself. My habits have gotten horrible and I 

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-83168087439753646412011-12-04T12:27:00.000-06:002011-12-04T12:27:12.832-06:00

Today Alexandria is one month old already...  holy cow!  Time does fly. Aaron and I bought a Condo on Friday, so now I need to get our place ready to move and take care of a newborn! Here are some cute pictures of our tiny family. :)

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On November 2nd, I had my 37 week prenatal appointment.  An ultrasound found very low amniotic fluid and the baby had not increased in weight since our 35 week appointment.  These factors were warning bells to the doctors,  so they said -- You are going to have a baby today. They let us go home and get our birthing bag.  We both called into work and said, we are at the

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-88377388232928692082011-10-28T15:58:00.000-05:002011-10-28T15:58:58.108-05:00

This week I had my 36 week checking with the Doctor.  She said: Your blood sugars are great and under control by just your diet and exercise!Your blood pressure perfect.  Baby still measures in the 45 percentile.Baby's heart is perfect, the flow in the cord and placenta are great. Then a totall 180' We should not let you go past 39 weeks and induce you. I got skid-marks

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-91744483557521845502011-10-21T17:29:00.000-05:002011-10-21T17:29:25.413-05:00

Today I was present while Jim Duggan, Senior Inspector for RIA Solutions, inspected the Condo we intend to purchase with a fine tooth comb. He was very pleasant and let me know what he was looking for while he was checking things out.  He found minor issues, but nothing that would prevent us from moving forward with our purchase.  I am not sure if Aaron would

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-19023222901263788522011-10-15T14:15:00.000-05:002011-10-15T14:15:07.967-05:00

The Seller agreed to our price AND to cover the closing costs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    OMG! OMG! OMG!  We got a home! We'll be riding double with our Apartment  until the lease is expired, but we really don't care and can afford to do it for a bit. Yea!

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-77301519718342250142011-10-15T10:17:00.001-05:002011-10-15T11:17:44.768-05:00

Aaron and I put an offer in for a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo yesterday. It was listed at 84,500 and we offered 80,000 plus asked the seller to pick up closing costs.  We also included a $2000 Earnest Money deposit to express we are sincerely interested. Hopefully we will have an answer back later today if our offer is accepted or countered. We'll see. Here is a link to details and photos

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17146195916613753503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30664388.post-84865147932764933662011-10-07T14:41:00.000-05:002011-10-07T14:41:47.257-05:00

This morning Aaron's middle brother, Michael and his wife, Amy annouced that they are 12 weeks along with their first baby!!!!!!!! I am so happy for them because I know they had been trying for some time!! Our baby has a cousin on the way!  Yea! Today we had an ultrasound to see how our baby is growing.  Our baby is 33 weeks old and is in the 45th

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