First off I have to say my children think it is hilarious that this storm is named after their beloved fish character.

It has been a little crazy here already in Huntington, the gas lines started last night, and a few stations either ran out or closed down early to save gas. They had lights out at 8pm. Today same thing long gas lines, there are even lines at atm’s and grocery stores are just a nightmare. Bottled juice on sale bread, juice and water completely cleared off the shelves.

How am I preparing, well I am not really. That sounds bad I know. I am just tired of preparing for storms honestly. We have flashlights, batteries, blankets etc.

I am not going to go crazy on the food, because during Sandy I stocked up and then everything perishable went bad, as we didn’t have power for weeks, and ice was hard to find.
We went into debt preparing for Hurricane Sandy, and while we again don’t have much money, I do not want to go into debt again for this storm. So I am taking my chances with what I have. A almost full tank of gas, $15 cash, full propane tank for grill, the food we have and family.

So I am the fool, if we loose power longer than a day or two.

The only thing that matters to e right now is getting everyone home safe from school and work today. I’ll deal with the rest later.

What are you doing to prepare?

Every year I plan to lose weight and get better, but I never do. I always put everyone else ahead of me. This year I am trying my hardest to do everything for myself.

It’s very hard for me to do that, ever since I was a little girl I have always put everyone else ahead of myself. From having money to buy new clothes or fix my teeth. Letting mt hair grow down to my butt so someone else could use my hair etc.

Now that I am a Mother it has gotten worse, I rarely do anything for myself. Like if it came to me needing something comparing to my kids wanting something. My kids always win.

So this year, I am making myself better for me, my kids need me and I want to be able to play with them without losing my breath.

So this year: This is not a resolution, this is a goal.

My first priority is getting rid of Mirena, which I am scheduled to do this week. Then letting my hormones get back on balance.

I want to lose 30-40 lbs.

I want to get my teeth fixed, i need a lot of work done but never have the money.

get my acne under control, I swear I have the face of a 15 yr old.

These are my goals for 2013, what are yours?

I have been going back and forth about weather or not to get permanently fixed from having more children.

For the past 5 years I have been using Mirena IUD. It’s been great, but I have been moody from the hormones and I am losing hair like crazy. So after consulting my doctor we decided that when the Mirena came out at the end of the month, we would switch my birth control.

I was unsure exactly what I wanted though.

I feel like I am done having kids, I have 3 beauitful children. Who lets admit can be more than a handful at times. My husband has even said we are done no more.

For some reason though there is this little part of me that would love to experience having another child and being able to comfort and care for them.
AM I CRAZY???
So I don’t want to make that final decision of never being able to have kids again.

So I have made my final decision not to have anymore kids, but will still be making a temporary birth control method as I don’t want to mess up my body anymore than it is.

I can’t believe it is already 2013, 2012 just flew by.

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I really want to take this blog to bigger and better things! My goal for this year.

Most people are in bliss when Christmas Vacation comes. Kids are off school, parents off work, planned vacations and tons of family time.

What happens if you have No trips planned or money to do anything. You go insane. LOL!

Yes my Christmas vacation has been a bit chaotic, we don’t have a lot of money to go out and do anything. We have been sitting at home playing with our new toys and electronics. Kids fighting and screaming because someone is playing a board game wrong.

This is what I have been dealing with

 

No, he is not screaming in my face, just being silly while I was trying to capture a different picture.

 

Hope everyone else is having a great vacation.

I am sure by now you have heard what happened in Connecticut.   So heartbreaking to know that someone could do this.

I have not even been able to post, sleep anything. I do not know anyone who lives there, but I do have a 6 and 7 year old and can only imagine what these parents are going through. School is suppose to be one of the safest places for our children.

I will not even mention the monsters name in this post, because he does not deserve recognition at all. The Hero teachers do and so do the beautiful students who lost their lives.   See That is the problem with the media, they mention the killer more than the victims. Columbine happened so long ago, yet everyone remembers the names of the gunmen not the people killed.

This has had a big impact on the entire nation, parents everywhere are nervous to send their kids back to school.

This morning getting my kids on the bus was just heartbreaking for me, I didn’t want to let them go. You can’t live your life in fear and my kids love school.

My heart goes out to the family of all the victims. I did not know anyone that was lost, but I am grieving with the world. My heart aches that all these beautiful children and teachers were lost to soon.

Every year I say I am thankful for my life, which I am. I was in a horrific car accident as a child and was a miracle to survive.

Another thing I always say I am thankful for is having my children. After my accident I was told it would be impossible to get pregnant, because of a permanent tube I have in my body. I broke those barriers having 3 kids.

This year though I am absolutely thankful for what I have. Do I have a lot of money? No way, but I have a roof over my head, a bed to sleep in and food in my fridge.
When Hurricane Sandy hit I was so much devastation, so many people have lost so much. We were without power for 2 weeks, no heat, no stove nothing. It really put everything into perspective for me. We had to cuddle up with blankets at night, and cook on the grill or go out to eat.

I would complain so much about having to cook and clean, never getting a break so much. When we were without power for 2 weeks it is all I wanted to do, be able to cook and clean. I actually cried myself to sleep every night, because I felt like there was nothing I could do to make my kids more comfortable or happy.

I am so thankful for what I have.

Happy Thanksgiving

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