Extra! Extra!

I am officially announcing to you all that Jared and I are finally ready to start trying to have a baby. August is the month baby! hehe Hopefully I will be pregnant by December, that's our goal. Its very exciting. Im still very very very very nervous about everything, but its time. We are so ready to have a baby. Everyone keep us in your prayers that things go smoothly.

I spent over a week in Alabama with my family and it was awesome! My sister drove up from Texas with the kiddos so I got to see them. I cant believe how big they are getting. Its crazy how fast time goes. We did so much stuff with the kids and I just had a blast. I ended up driving back to Virginia instead of flying because we had left our jeep wrangler at my parents house and jared now needs that car for summer sales. It is a stick shift and so my dad had to teach me how to drive it. I was really nervous driving home, especially the last 30 mins when I was in the city but Heavenly Father heard mine and my family's prayers and got me home safely. It was a miracle.

Chris, Jared's brother, decided to come sell with us for the rest of the summer. We are so excited! We adore Chris and it will certainly help the last leg of the summer go better and faster. We still arent sure about next summer yet. Jared is still weighing his options and trying to pick the best one for us. Well that catches you all up on us for now. I will keep you all posted!! hehe get it? posts on blogs..... (bad joke, sorry)

Not so much

Well honestly I got really bored of this blog. Mainly because I hardly have no pics on here. I like pictures. For Jared's birthday we took some pictures but I packed up the cord that downloads them to the computer with our other stuff in alabama. haha so i cant even send them. So that stinks.

Nothing really exciting has happened; Jareds birthday, Fourth of July.... Still working in the office and he is still selling his little heart out. We are doing well so far, getting out of debt. Almost there too! We are still trying to decide what to do after the summer is over. We have been talking about it for a long time and just need to make a decision. Its coming though. Whenever we officially decide what we're doing, we will hopefully start trying to get pregnant. So, very soon...

Im going to my parents house in alabama on Friday for a whole week and Im so excited! My sister is driving in with the kiddos and i havent seen them since christmas. It will be my one break this summer, but well worth it! Poor Jared though, doesnt get a break. Or wont take one haha... I love that man.

Anyway, thats all thats going on with us right now. I'll write again soon.....

What a difference a day makes....

This past week has been crazy for celebrity deaths. Farrah Faucet, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and there was someone else too... I forgot.

Here's the thing though, didnt we NOT like Michael Jackson? Wasnt he a child pervert just the other day and this freak show who dangled his infant child out of a 4 story window and walk around with a pillow case over his head? Now I know he had a really awful childhood.... but I was under the impression that since the early 90s Michael Jackson was no longer the King of Pop but rather the Freak of Neverland (AKA the "magic kingdom" where he MOLESTED children....)

And now everyone is sad cause he's gone? Im sorry, I dont feel sad. He did horrible things that he was never held accountable for and Im not gonna pretend that the world is a better place for him being in it.

Anyway, just needed to point out the obvious flip the media did after he died that no one seems to have noticed. Im over it now.

Fun-erise

One of my very best friends from back when I was in school, Lindi, gave me some excellent advice. She told me to make my apartment a dance studio basically. Its great exercise and its FUN! haha She knows how much I love to dance around and act a fool and I got to tell ya, it was awesome! I was sweating like a pig and dancing around like I was on Dancing with the Stars. I waltzed to "Whats new Pussy Cat"-Tom Jones haha and jived to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock." And I bumped and grinded to Britney Spears (thats right karlee) and two-stepped to CCR-"Have you seen the rain." (thought about my momma listening to CCR) haha Thank goodness for Pandora Radio. I looked retarded but I had a blast. I was singing and twirling (I got REALLY dizzy......anyway) like crazy. I highly recommend it to anyone sick and tired of running on a stupid treadmill.

When I was living at home, I would crank up my radio and sing like I was on a stage in a New York Broadway show staring ME! And my dad would come in after about 30 mins of my "hollerin" and say "Boot, you ok back here? I just had to check on you!" hahahaha I hated when he did that. He thought it was so funny but I was seriously singing my heart out. Well now I can dance around my entire apartment AND sing like a fool.... even though he's not here to check on me, I still think about him doing that and it makes me laugh! I love my daddy....... it hurts how much I miss him.

Anyway, thanks Lindi! It is a great idea and im gonna keep it up!

American By Birth, Texan by the Grace of God.

There are two truths about Texas pride:

1. If you've ever been to Texas or met a Texan, you have felt it.

2. If you were raised Texan, it is as a part of you as being a woman or a man.

I love and miss that pride so much. I love this story. I do not exaggerate the palpable feeling that is Texas pride. As a Texan, even if I never live there again, it will ALWAYS be my HOME. Why? Cause home is where your heart is....

ENJOY!

PHONES IN CHURCH 

A man in Topeka ,Kansas decided to write a book about churches around
the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working
east from there.    

Going to a very large church, he began taking  photographs and making
notes. 

He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued
with a sign, which read "Calls: $10,000  a minute." 

Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign.   The
pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to
heaven and if he 
Pays the price he can talk directly to GOD. 

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to
visit churches in Seattle , Phoenix , Salt Lake City , Denver , Oklahoma
City, and  around the United States , he found more phones, with the
same sign, and  the same answer from each pastor. 

Finally, he arrived in Texas , upon entering a church in Dallas , Texas
, behold - he saw the usual golden telephone.   But THIS time, the sign
read "Calls: 35 cents." 

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been in
cities all across the country and in each church I have found this
golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and
that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000
a minute.  Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. 

Why?" 

    I love this part............... 

The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in  Texas now ... 
This is God's Country, It's a local call." 

American by Birth - A Texan by the Grace of God!!!! YIPPEE!!!

It's been a while since I last wrote but I just didnt have anything to write about really. I wish I had more pictures to go with each of my posts. They are so fun to look at. But I have nothing really to take pictures of.... 

Anyway, just an update. I have lost 5 pounds since I left Utah. Thats great so far but still have 15 more  to go. Today at breakfast Jared said to me "I want a baby!" haha It was so adorable and pitiful at the same time. I feel the same way as Jared does (except of course a little less excited seeing as how I will be the one to push it out and not him) but I just can not imagine being pregnant as heavy as I am. 

I read the entire week by week pregnancy book and it talks about all this horrible things that can happen if you are heavy in weight or not healthy. I have no idea how my thyroid will react to me being pregnant but i do know I will have to worry about it all the time and keep it monitored. I just dont want my weight to be an issue to ya know? Im so nervous about being pregnant and giving birth that if I can just loose some more weight it might help. 

Then again, it might now. Help! I need advice, support something! Am I making too much outta nothing? I dont feel like Im stalling but it prolly appears that way. I just want to take every precaution I can so that my pregnancy will be as smooth as possible. You girls can understand that right?

Co-Existing Peacefully

If the animals can understand this concept, what's our problem?

It takes a village.

Ok gang. Here's the deal. I have to loose 20 pounds by the end up September. Jared and I really want to start trying to have a baby at the end of our summer sales but I am actually considered "overweight" right now. According to my BMI that is. Most of you know I have thyroid problems and that could get worse when I get pregnant. I just want to be in the best health I can be before I get pregnant. And that means losing weight.

Now Ive already altered my eating habits ALOT. I only eat out on Saturday nights with Jared and Im eating so many more fruits. I havent had a Diet Coke in over two weeks (HELP!) and I need to up my veggie intake. I hate veggies. Now I just need to get my big butt to the gym. My mom and I made a deal with each other that we would owe each other 1 dollar for every day we miss going to the gym. Except we get one day a week off. So if I miss two or more days a week of working out, I gotta cough up a buck for each day. hehehe 

Im posting this information, not because I like announcing to my friends and family how fat I am, but because I need accountability. Keep me in line guys. Make sure im doing what I need to do. All of you who are waiting for me to get pregnant, this is what its gonna take. 20 pounds. So, help me friends! 

3 words for you. Hugh Freakin Jackman

A couple of weekends ago Jared and I were able to go to the opening of the new wolverine movie. I actually don't hate the X-Men series like I thought I would. However, this one... I don't think i liked it....

Now i know what you're saying, she doesn't THINK she liked it? How can you not know if you like a movie or not. Well here's the thing...

The plot itself wasn't very good. In fact, I've had heartburn induced nightmares with a better story line. However, and ladies you should really listen up here, Hugh Jackman was an amazing looking piece of eye candy. OH MY HECK. The man defies every law of physics. He is so unbelievably ripped and toned and muscular (and naked in one scene, but you only get a back shot).

So yea I'm a little conflicted if  I liked it or not. Jared laughed at me through the whole movie because I was just oogling over this guy. But WOW! Y-U-M-M-Y! So it wasn't a COMPLETE waste... hehehe The man sings, dances, is married, AND has one of the coolest super hero roles ever..... the whole package.

Glass half full.... sorta

Ok I know the last post was a bit of a downer. Im sorry guys. I was having a REALLY rough week adjusting. Sometimes I just get sick of "making the best of my situation." But my daddy called me and pepped me up and then on Sunday, this one member bore his testimony and really opened my heart up. He said "Life isnt about waiting for the storm to pass. Its about learning to dance in the rain." That really hit home for me because ive noticed that im always a "glass half empty" gal. Things could always be better vs things could be worse. I really dont like that about me but Jared is glass half full kinda guy to the extreme. He is WAY too optimistic, almost nieve. So i feel i have to be even more grounded for the both of us.
Anyway, my point is this phrase has really helped me be happy just to be healthy and alive. I dont want to look back twenty years from now and think "I was always waiting for things to get better before I could be happy." I want to be happy now and "Sing and Dance in the rain." So i may not want to do summer sales ever again, and i may hate being in D.C. alone with no friends or family but thats ok. Sure this isnt my ideal situtaion but it certainly isnt my worst case senerio either. So im trying to turn a new leaf you guys!