tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101110622024-03-12T21:37:56.786-04:00...makes us stronger, or at the very least clinically insane. My long journey through infertility, adoption (and now parenting), and weight loss.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10111062.post-16504262852397831262007-06-12T20:09:00.000-04:002007-06-12T20:10:08.160-04:00

If you haven't been to their site, you need to go check it out. Up to 85% off! My niece will be in heaven I tell ya.

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Dave Ramsey, you should check it out. A real no-nonsense way to make your money work your you, pave your way to a debt free life and have financial security you never dreamed of!He does a 3 hour live radio broadcast every weekday on AM channels in almost every market. He also has a website that talks about his approach and how to get started. I can't wait to get to the last baby step and to be

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I have been so focused on family and work for so long that I didn't have time for any good hobbies. Turns out I found a few things I enjoy and that I am quite good at too. Wanna know what they are? Huh, do ya?Financial planning and managementLandscapingandShopping frugallyStay tuned for a lot of new info and exciting tips from yours truly!

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Binge... One word pretty much sums it up. I have been on a MONTHLONG eating binge (give or take). What the hell am I doing. I think that I have gained 15 or more pounds. HELP!

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Of sticking to a plan. A good day, then a terrible day, then an ok day. At least I am now cognizant of the fact that I have some new goals.Random other thoughts for today...Since DS was born, DH and I both work full-time jobs and I do the 'second shift' on my own. I drop off and pick up DS. I do groceries. I do the cleaning. I schedule vendors for repairs. I pay bills. I deal with extended family

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That I posted 3 days in a row. Yay, me! I'll take all the victories I can get; albeit they might be small.I have a plan. Not well vetted yet, but it is in the works. Here is the 'outline' of the plan:1) I can't go full force the way I did it last time. Not for lack of drive, but for lack of the same contributing factors (this single parent thing, the parent thing in general, time or lack thereof)

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It's the same reason that you don't step on the scale when you have totally abandoned your good eating habits. Its about the accountability and forcing yourself to own up to the fact that you are 'failing' in one way or another.When I re-emerge, I like to post about things that aren't about me. See, it is easy for me to point fingers, have opinions and type out responses when I don't have to

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I read this article on ESPN today that resonated with me...Let’s see if the NCAA , Miami, and Florida International University really give a damn about college athletics. Oh sure, the NCAA is all too happy to declare a player ineligible for taking a few bucks, and now it has to show that it won’t tolerate violence by going to the video tape and declaring permanently ineligible the Miami and FIU

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At our offices that morning we had no internet connection or incoming phone lines. Verizon was screwing around with the building. So when the first plane hit, none of us really knew. Again, no internet and people weren't getting incoming calls.Then when the second plane hit, you could hear 50 cell phones go off at the same time. It was the scariest sound you can imagine.Then when we all got the

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I posted on a message board today about when you feel like the 'honeymoon' is over in a marriage. Not always a bad thing, but I feel like we are in a rut. I have also heard that these years of a marriage (5-6) are sometimes the hardest. We just kind of co-habitate, like roommates for the most part. Sometimes the comfort of the structure and routine is all I need to get me through. But I do miss

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So I am walking down the hall at work, minding my own business. I walk from the carpeted area to the hardwood reception area and I slip. I fall and know that both the receptionist and my boss (a VP) have just seen me do it. I was totally embarassed. I knew I had twisted my ankle, but I thought it was nothing more. Then I looked down. And there it was. My KNEECAP showing. My left knee had hit the

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Picture a cute little blond reaching out to the TV as you read that...The move is complete. The new job has commenced. And thanks to the stomach flu in the middle of the move I have lost a couple of the pounds I had regained.Jackson is adjusting to daycare, but already picked up a bug and is totally snotty (literally) and grumpy. He has also passed it along to me, which isn't helping me adjust to

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Got the job. Accepted the job. Found a house. Selling a house. Planning a move.Getting back in SHAPE!

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060620/hl_nm/fertility_britain_dc

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Why can't people leave others alone? We don't all always agree and in cyberspace it should be easier to agree to disagree. But someone has mingled the real world with the cyber world and sent Karen running. Asshat.

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I have heard from 2 of my three references that they were contacted today by the company I interviewed with... Good news I would think.I'm also preparing for the interview with the third company (via telecon tomorrow).When it rains it pours I guess!

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That has been my mantra lately. Avoidance and assumption that unless I hear otherwise, things can't hurt me.A lot has been going on, so much so that I can't even convey the magnitude of it all. The short of it is that I am in a funk. Plain and simple. And since lists and order are my sanity, here goes:Good stuffAnother interview in the dream city. I think that they are going to offer me the

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I just read the news too... May Jessica rest peacefully and her family I hold in my heart.

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I guess I should chalk it up to not 'meant to be'. But if you have read this blog at all, you know that I don't believe in that crap. You make your own luck.The head of the department did let me know that I was a frontrunner and that she wanted to pass my information along to some other colleagues in her network. I agreed and acutally had one call me this morning to check my interest and

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I FINALLY got his SSN in the mail today!!!Yay, we are totally done with everything. Yippee!Now, I just need to get my escrow money back from the attorney and file my taxes with the accountant (I had to file an extension since the SSN took so long).Maybe I should go ahead and get a passport now too. But I need a break from the paperwork and the stress for a while.

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The short of it is that it went fairly well... I don't think that it is a slam dunk or anything, but may be 50/50.When I got there, I had to do a conflict resolution role play (which I was aware of). BUT, they asked if I had reviewed the materials they sent ahead of time so we could get started and I was like, "What materials???". So they did a very brief recap of what they were supposed to have

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I can't believe that I am actually going to be interviewing for my dream job in the city where I desparately want to move my family. It is where I grew up and I have been longing to get back there forever now. So, I have been scouring the job sites, the local paper there and networking with old friends to see if there are any fits for me job wise for a year now. Then I found a posting for a

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A very well meaning temp at the front desk of our office and I were chatting today and I showed her some recent pics of Jackson. Since her son is just a few months older we had a lot in common. For some reason the adoption came up and she didn't know about it (since she is a new temp here).She looked at me in utter disbelief and said, "Do you love him, I mean, love him like he was yours... Like

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Your birth date describes who we are, what we are good at and whatour inborn abilities are. It also points to what we have to learnand the challenges we are facing. To figure out your Birth Number, add all the numbers in the Birth Date together, like in the example, until there is only one digit. A Birth Number does not prevent you from being anything you want tobe, it will just color your

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I opened my email last night and had a message from our attorney. She was letting me know that she is basically done with our adoption case and is sending the final bit of paperwork to us in the next week. I also assume that this means we might actually have some money coming back to us, since I think of that last installment there might be $3-4k left.But she also attached a document that had an

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