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i can't believe how long it has been since i have posted!!! i began to feel better (finally!) and spent a month in alabama soaking up family, friends and sun. came back here and we started the vigorous and exciting journey of finding a house...battled 2 bladder infections...plus working 30 hour weeks...it's been busy! excited to get back into blogging. stay tuned...

oscar

let's just be honest. i watch the oscars because i love to look at the pretty dresses and wish that i could wear them. but, let's just be honest again...even if i could afford the dresses, where the heck would i wear them to? chick-fil-a? the company bowling party? my daily sonic run?

this has me thinking that i should adjust my life to be "oscar dress worthy." i should be able to say, "oh darling, the dress gwyneth wore to the oscars would be a perfect fit for the gala in may." yes, time to make some life adjustments.

my two favoooooorite dresses were:

#2

love the color. love how different the cut is. gorgeous.

#1

this dress made me sit up in bed and lust. "oh my gosh. that dress is unbelievably gorgeous." were my words. so beautiful. the style is very similar to the wedding dress my best friend wore.

the end.

i got an award!

joy at http://allensgonavy.blogspot.com/ gave me a sweet little award! thanks joy- your blog has been such an encouragement to me!


So, now i am supposed to share 7 things about myself and then award other bloggers.


ok...7 things about myself...hmm...

1. i'm slightly obsessed with getting my nails done.

2. my hair is turning gray.

3. i love to drink. i think more about what i want to drink than anything else. i am currently loving cherry limeades and peach tea. this means daily sonic runs.

4. i love the book of Psalms. I have to force myself to read other books of the Bible because the Psalms just shows me so much about Christ.

5. i am so full of thankfulness to the Lord right now, that i am constantly on the verge of tears.

6. (shameless plug) i sell juice plus, which is fruits and veggies in a capsule...let me know if you are interested!

7. hanson is my favorite band. it's true.

i'm going to pass this award along to:


Ash at http://ashleyblogphase.blogspot.com/

Lauren at http://hopehascome.blogspot.com/

Court at http://prayingforalittleone.blogspot.com/

happy blogging!

8 years ago today

i love valentine's day because my husband and i actually met on valentine's at a college party :) eight years ago today, i met the love of my life...

special day.

re-emerging from the dead

i am currently on day 4 of not feeling like walking death 24/7. i am still nauseas, but it is more of a "car sick" nauseas than an " i am sick with food poisoning, painful, uncontainable, oh no i swallowed too much saliva so now i have to go throw up" nausea. i am almost to week 16 and my IV pump is pumping the most medicine it can into me, so...maybe i am on the mend. yesterday i took sophie out to go potty and we walked down the street. and today i fried my own egg for breakfast. these are huuuuuge steps considering just sitting up would normally make me puke.

all i have to say is "praise be to God my Provider for getting me through some of the hardest 10 weeks of my life and for giving this baby the nutrition it needed when i literally could not keep anything down in my stomach for sooo long." i feel like the Lord has been my first trimester doula. when i would cry out because i couldn't take it anymore, he would remind me of the little heart pumping inside my uterus. and i would remember it is not about me, it is about this new life...

i am an only child, who is self-admittedly selfish and my life changed when that stick said pregnant. it is not about me anymore...these past 10 weeks are just the beginning of the sacrifices i will make for my child...and i couldn't be more overcome with joy and thanksgiving.

i still need more crockpot recipes! begging! my creative food mind has not re-emerged yet and if i look at a recipe book for too long, i get sick. please help!

i need crock-pot recipes!

i am beginning to feel more like myself in the morning until a little after lunch. so, i have a window of 3 hours to actually take a shower and make my own breakfast etc...i think i need to add make dinner to that list. i really don't think i could actually cook without getting light-headed or having to run to the bathroom yet. but, i know i can throw stuff in a crock pot to cook through the day. so, i need ideas...e-mail me or comment below...give me some recipes people and i will post my favorites!

PS. give me anything that does NOT involve marinara sauce or barbeque. probably won't be able to eat those foods for awhile...

Snow day

we have been snowed in for two days, which has been great since my hubby has been home to keep me company. i got outside today for the first time in awhile and felt well enough to play with sophie in the snow for a few minutes!

sophie wants you to know that she loves the snow!

so apparently a ground hog saw his shadow today. all i have to say is "thank you Lord for said ground hog."

favorite season

It is official...i have officially changed my favorite season from fall to spring. and it feels so good.

i spent last summer really going over these changes in my head. i had always loved loved loved fall. we had a great relationship. so, it was hard to say goodbye. the smell, slight warmth and sunshine of spring teased and embraced me like i had never been teased and embraced before. it was new. it was different. and i could not resist. i decided to be fair, and give fall one more chance. so, i spent this past fall of 2010 in the mid-west and really examined my feelings. the leaves were beautiful. the pumpkin patches were fun. but, my love and excitement just never was the same. spring had my heart. i spent the past couple of months moving on from our long relationship and now my heart is ready and open to embrace spring completely.

in honor of this new and amazing relationship...i am posting pictures from me and spring's love affair from 2010 in washington dc..aka...the beginning of a beautiful relationship.


can not wait to continue our romance in a few months. only 40 or so more sleeps. if we can make it through this grey, snowy winter, we can make it through anything.





first pic of me on my blog. hi! oh and sophie says hey too!

new american idol

were any of you curious enough to watch the season opener of american idol last night? I have to admit, if i were not couch-bound, i probably would not have tuned in. i have never been a big jennifer lopez fan and wasn't that excited that she was the girl judge. even still, i watched anyways.

i have to say i was positively surprised. all the judges clicked well together. j.lo was not as self-asbsorbed as she normally is and steven tyler did not look high on meds. randy also seemed to have more of a voice since simon wasn't there to overpower him. it all just clicked and had more energy than the past few years.

what did ya'll think?

update and hating on the weather

health update:



still not eating great amounts. i am fluctuating between 103.8 and 104.2 pounds. the nurse bumped up my dose on saturday, but yesterday i still couldn't keep anything down. a nurse calls me every day at lunch to check on my weight and what i am eating. she will probably bump up my dose again.



i am 12 weeks and 1 day today...so really praying that this will pass within the next few weeks.



since i am malnourished, unstable and cranky and confined to my couch, that has given me lots of time to realize that i am so over winter. i know i know, a southern girl always should appreciate a good snow. in the south though, it gets cold for a couple of weeks and we might get a 1/2 inch of snow every couple of years. but, then it warms back up to 50 degress and we move on our way. i didn't realize until now how unrealistic that is for the rest of the country. it snows. then it turns to brown. then it is only 8 degrees, so it turns to ice. car crashes ensue (i became aware of this on christmas eve). then it stays cloudy. for days and days and days. and days. oh and days. in order to not sink into a deep depression, i am reminding myself that march is normally the month where things warm up. that's a month and a half away. ok doable. i am aslo sinking myself into the picture that a lucky southern friend took below:








you are welcome to bask in the picture with me...that should hold us off until spring.

life changing news

some of you may have noticed that this "food junkie" has not talked about food in quite awhile. and the reason is because...i am pregnant and am barely even keeping down juice. it is still so weird to say that i am pregnant. unbelievable. it is such a precious and gracious gift from the Lord.

it has been a long journey that the Lord has taught me so much through. the journey included ovarian cysts. endomitriosis. and three surgeries.

i was not on any medication when we got pregnant. i decided to take the natural route through the spring of 2011. then if i wasn't pregnant, begin some hormones. i took juice plus, some chinese herbs, vitamin d, and began to change my eating habits based on the book "making babies."

i found out i was pregnant at 3.5 weeks (basically, the very first day i could test and get a positive). at 5 weeks, i began to get really sick and have been battling morning sickness. scratch that. all day sickness ever since. i have currently lost 15 pounds, so the dr. put me on a pump that gives me nausea meds through my stomach 24/7. praying that this works because i can not lose anymore weight and stress the baby out.

i am also on bed rest because my cyst problem has not gone away. i have a large 5.5 cm cyst just hanging out.

even still, i am so thankful to be given this experience. i can't believe this is all happening and just praying to carry this baby through full term!

i don't get it?

i love tv. it makes me laugh, cry, learn, not learn, etc. one of my favorite things to watch are talk shows. i am not talking about shows like..."pregnant after vegas, is one of you my baby's daddy? (no lie...just passed that one while changing channels)," and "i can't believe you slept with my best friend's sister" etc. i am talking about shows that interview people and teach the viewers about health and recipes and most importantly make me laugh. however, there are two shows that i absolutely do not get. and actually, i am confused as to why they are even on the air? i truly do not get it. the two shows are:

1.





the wendy williams show

awkward silences, the audience doesn't laugh at her jokes...i feel like she is the random friend at the table who is really trying to be funny and everyone is just humoring her.


2.



lopez tonight
i have tried to watch his show three times because he comes on after conan (aka...the best talk show ever). and i can honestly say i did not crack a smile once. in fact, i was confused. who are all the people in the audience busting a gut over this guy? are they a fake audience? did they paste them in there from another show to look like hundreds of people were having a blast at the george lopez show?


i am curious...do any of you watch these shows? if so, i truly am curious....i want to know why! explain it to me because i just don't get it!!!