2010 ....

What can I say about 2010??
Well .... it's made me a better person.
If I looked back at who I was in 2008 or early 2009, I would not like what I see.
2010 was my year of discovery and decsion making.

I found God & Jesus and am working on my relationship with them.
I had surgery on my back to remove a cyst.
I was the team mom for my son's football team (never again!)
I gained weight.
I lost weight.
I got lasik.
I turned 30.
I got put on crazy meds (ok, they are technically for my anxiety and exhaustion, but they are best associated with depression and other junk)
We lost 3 computers this year.
I made a huge decision.
I decided I what I want to be when I grow up.
I met a great friend.
I learned that Oklahoma isn't that bad (it still sucks though)
I went to Ohio.
I started getting paid for my photography & upgraded to a new camera/flash/backdrop.


What do I want to be when I grow up you ask?
Well, after much thought and consideration .... I am hoping to enroll in school this year to be a LPN and then become certified as a Post Partum Doula. Hoping that in 2012 I can start the process of also becoming a Lactation Consultant.
Ultrasound Tech? Hopefully that will come into play within the next 5-7 years. But for now, this seems to be the plan that makes me happy and excited.

The huge decision?
I am going to be a gestational surrogate.
I know, crazy!
BUT! I'm super excited. Hubby is on board with it.
I'm in the process of picking an agency right now. I have it narrowed down to 2.

So yeah ... 2010 in a nutshell.
Hoping 2011 will be AMAZING! I can't wait to see what God has in store for my family!

Greetings from the land of the lost

Where have I been????
Oh yeah, on my butt playing Facebook games & racking up credit card debt.
Sticking to my strengths.



Not too terribly much is going on since my last post.
Devon is now 8.
Chloe is now 2.
I turned 30 (shoot me now)
Clinton turned 33 (hahahahahahaaaa)
(ha)
Aliya turned 4.
We got 2 new dogs. (which brings us to 3 dogs & 3 kids)
FML.
No seriously, FML.

Now we sit at home on Christmas vacation. No school for the kiddos till Jan 4th.
No work for me till Jan 9th.

Spending Christmas here at home (again).
No snow this year.
Forcast calls for 40ish degree weather (and today ... Dec 20th, its going to be 70 .... WTF mother nature? Get back on your meds and get your shiz straight!)


Chloe monster has Cellulitus on her buttox.
Gonna make for a great story to tell her boyfriend on their first date. I even have pictures!

So um yeah. Not much else going on.

I did however get some nifty free samples in the mail over the past couple months.
Shout Color Catchers = Awesome
Bodicology lotion = Fabulous
McCormicks seasoning = Delish!
Stride gum = Chewtastic
Tena pads = Absorbant for muh lady days

So uh, yeah. Big ups to Mojo Savings, Deel Seaking Mom & Deal Wise Mommy (all can be found on Facebook or a Yahoo/Google search) for all the linkages for free stuff.
WOOT, free stuff!!!!