August 2010
I made the declaration here on my blog that I wanted to lose 30 pounds during my 30th year.
Mid-month, Jason's coworker had lapband surgery.
Almost end of the month I see my gyno, had a follow up pap smear due to an abnormal one. Gyno said that i needed to come back to his office for a sonohystogram to check for possible infertility causes. September appointment is set.
About the same time as my gyno appointment, Jason sees a billboard for lapband.....he sets his consultation.
Jason had discussed with me his feelings about lapband, and he left the offer on the table whether or not I felt that it would be a good choice for me.
I have several friends that have had some kind of gastric surgery to lose weight. So the idea wasn't foreign to me. I just never thought I would be in a spot where either I could afford it, or if we had the kind of insurance that would cover it.
Because Jason's appointment for his consultation was before my gyno appt…I was unsure how to make a choice on whether or not I wanted to pursue the idea of lapband. My reasons for wanting to talk to my gyno first were....
1) Gyno told me that he would want to do the sonohystogram then talk to me about putting me on clomid.
2) How would he feel about lapband and me carrying a baby in the future?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
30 in 30 September/October update
1. Lose "30" pounds. (3.5/30)
2. Get my diabetes under control (0/12)
3. Visit my grandmother at least twice a month (0/24)
4. Read three books for leisure (0/3)
5. Complete three bible studies (0/3)
6. Complete 30 sewing projects (1/30)
7. Learn 3 new crafts (0/3)
8. Complete 30 new scrapbook pages (0/30)
9. Do 30 random acts of kindness (30/30) - helped a family out for the whole month of September, and it looks as if it will continue on for months, also is continually helping a single teenage mom, plus other small random acts...
14. Plan a Christmas gift exchange for Jason's side of the family
15. Have a "sister night" with Veida and Shayda three times (0/3)
16. Learn to make homemade pie crust
17. Learn to make yeast rolls
18. Blog twice a week (2/104)
19. Make caramel apples
19. Get a pair of glasses
20. Go to a pumpkin patch
21. Shop on Black Friday
22. Start a new tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas (0/2)
23. Have two date nights a month (2/12)
24. Activate and use Etsy Account
25. Raise $10,000 for church in fundraisers ($330/$10,000)
26. Seriously track fertility each month so I can have a child (0/12)
27. Plan a birthday party for Jason,Aaron and Alyssa (1/3)
28. Make/eat breakfast at least 5 times a week (6/260)
29. Pray for 15 mins a day (8/365)
30. Make a weekly budget with Jason and stick to it (0/52)
bolded is being worked on
red is not going to happen
strike out is finished
2. Get my diabetes under control (0/12)
3. Visit my grandmother at least twice a month (0/24)
4. Read three books for leisure (0/3)
5. Complete three bible studies (0/3)
6. Complete 30 sewing projects (1/30)
7. Learn 3 new crafts (0/3)
8. Complete 30 new scrapbook pages (0/30)
14. Plan a Christmas gift exchange for Jason's side of the family
15. Have a "sister night" with Veida and Shayda three times (0/3)
16. Learn to make homemade pie crust
17. Learn to make yeast rolls
18. Blog twice a week (2/104)
19. Make caramel apples
19. Get a pair of glasses
20. Go to a pumpkin patch
21. Shop on Black Friday
22. Start a new tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas (0/2)
23. Have two date nights a month (2/12)
24. Activate and use Etsy Account
25. Raise $10,000 for church in fundraisers ($330/$10,000)
26. Seriously track fertility each month so I can have a child (0/12)
27. Plan a birthday party for Jason,
28. Make/eat breakfast at least 5 times a week (6/260)
29. Pray for 15 mins a day (8/365)
30. Make a weekly budget with Jason and stick to it (0/52)
bolded is being worked on
red is not going to happen
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thirty Flirty and Thriving.
This is a list of 30 things I would like to accomplish during my 30th year. Each month on the 13th (the day I was born) I will update you on my status of each goal.
1. Lose "30" pounds. (0/30)
2. Get my diabetes under control (0/12)
3. Visit my grandmother at least twice a month (0/24)
4. Read three books for leisure (0/3)
5. Complete three bible studies (0/3)
6. Complete 30 sewing projects (0/30)
7. Learn 3 new crafts (0/3)
8. Complete 30 new scrapbook pages (0/30)
9. Do 30 random acts of kindness (0/30)
10. Go on a cruise
11. Complete 12 monthly flylady challenges (0/12)
12. Make a control journal
13. Send out Christmas cards
14. Plan a Christmas gift exchange for Jason's side of the family
15. Have a "sister night" with Veida and Shayda three times (0/3)
16. Learn to make homemade pie crust
17. Learn to make yeast rolls
18. Blog twice a week (0/104)
19. Make caramel apples
19. Get a pair of glasses
20. Go to a pumpkin patch
21. Shop on Black Friday
22. Start a new tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas (0/2)
23. Have two date nights a month (0/12)
24. Activate and use Etsy Account
25. Raise $10,000 for church in fundraisers ($0/$10,000)
26. Seriously track fertility each month so I can have a child (0/12)
27. Plan a birthday party for Jason, Aaron and Alyssa (0/3)
28. Make/eat breakfast at least 5 times a week (0/260)
29. Pray for 15 mins a day (0/365)
30. Make a weekly budget with Jason and stick to it (0/52)
1. Lose "30" pounds. (0/30)
2. Get my diabetes under control (0/12)
3. Visit my grandmother at least twice a month (0/24)
4. Read three books for leisure (0/3)
5. Complete three bible studies (0/3)
6. Complete 30 sewing projects (0/30)
7. Learn 3 new crafts (0/3)
8. Complete 30 new scrapbook pages (0/30)
9. Do 30 random acts of kindness (0/30)
10. Go on a cruise
11. Complete 12 monthly flylady challenges (0/12)
12. Make a control journal
13. Send out Christmas cards
14. Plan a Christmas gift exchange for Jason's side of the family
15. Have a "sister night" with Veida and Shayda three times (0/3)
16. Learn to make homemade pie crust
17. Learn to make yeast rolls
18. Blog twice a week (0/104)
19. Make caramel apples
19. Get a pair of glasses
20. Go to a pumpkin patch
21. Shop on Black Friday
22. Start a new tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas (0/2)
23. Have two date nights a month (0/12)
24. Activate and use Etsy Account
25. Raise $10,000 for church in fundraisers ($0/$10,000)
26. Seriously track fertility each month so I can have a child (0/12)
27. Plan a birthday party for Jason, Aaron and Alyssa (0/3)
28. Make/eat breakfast at least 5 times a week (0/260)
29. Pray for 15 mins a day (0/365)
30. Make a weekly budget with Jason and stick to it (0/52)
New decade.
So, I am 30.
I thought it would be easy to be 30. I didn't think I would freak out about it.
I remember when my mom turned 30, that day she was helping some friends put together their wedding reception in the apartments club house. When we got her to come back to the apartment for birthday cake, I can just remember her crying and crying as we sang.....she was not the happiest person about turning 30.
The other night, laying in Jasons lap, I mentioned something about being 30, and trading me in for a newer model, and it hit me.... I.am.turning.THIRTY!
How behind am I in life.
I am living in an apartment, just got married, terrible credit, no kids of my own........I am behind.
So this year I am going to try and make major strides to get my life in order. They say 30 is the new 20......so I have lots to do.
Following this post, I will make my 30/30 list. 30 things I want to do in my 30th year......
30 will be wonderful. I will make it wonderful.
I thought it would be easy to be 30. I didn't think I would freak out about it.
I remember when my mom turned 30, that day she was helping some friends put together their wedding reception in the apartments club house. When we got her to come back to the apartment for birthday cake, I can just remember her crying and crying as we sang.....she was not the happiest person about turning 30.
The other night, laying in Jasons lap, I mentioned something about being 30, and trading me in for a newer model, and it hit me.... I.am.turning.THIRTY!
How behind am I in life.
I am living in an apartment, just got married, terrible credit, no kids of my own........I am behind.
So this year I am going to try and make major strides to get my life in order. They say 30 is the new 20......so I have lots to do.
Following this post, I will make my 30/30 list. 30 things I want to do in my 30th year......
30 will be wonderful. I will make it wonderful.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
A weeks worth of stories.
Today I will be a married woman for four months....and counting.
All this week, I am going to tell a few of the horror stories and regrets from my wedding. Why dwell on the sad things??? because I am trying to get over it...and like a death or tragedy, you must follow the stages of grief....and I feel that if I can get it out of my mind, down on paper (or in this case a blog....) then I can still have the event as a memory, but I can stop dwelling about it in my head.....
So....that's going to be this week......
Despite the regrets...I know this one thing for sure, my wedding day was the happiest day of my life, and I do not for one minute regret my decision to marry Jason, and becoming "Mrs. Weaver"
Stay tuned.
***Update on 9/11/2012***
I just imported all my blogs to this one address, so anything you read after this date is my "new"blog. all this was imported from laylafrances.blogspot.com which no longer exists.
All this week, I am going to tell a few of the horror stories and regrets from my wedding. Why dwell on the sad things??? because I am trying to get over it...and like a death or tragedy, you must follow the stages of grief....and I feel that if I can get it out of my mind, down on paper (or in this case a blog....) then I can still have the event as a memory, but I can stop dwelling about it in my head.....
So....that's going to be this week......
Despite the regrets...I know this one thing for sure, my wedding day was the happiest day of my life, and I do not for one minute regret my decision to marry Jason, and becoming "Mrs. Weaver"
Stay tuned.
***Update on 9/11/2012***
I just imported all my blogs to this one address, so anything you read after this date is my "new"blog. all this was imported from laylafrances.blogspot.com which no longer exists.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
January 2010 The Cat
Ainsley loves Layla's cat, and was more than willing to share the bathtub with him, but Layla made him go away......afterwards, all Ainsley would say "Cat, bubbles, Cat,bubbles"
Monday, February 15, 2010
January 2010 Mall
This was Jason, Layla and Ainsley's first trip to the mall together. We went down to the play area and let Ainsley go to town playing with the other kids. Then we went and rode the carousel or as Ainsley calls it "horsey".
December 2009 Christmas Party
Ainsley was soooo excited to be sitting in a big girl car seat (It was my friends carseat she left in the car.) That same day we went to Alyssa school for her class Christmas Party, Alyssa likes to show off Ainsley.
November 2009 Roadtrip
In November we took a roadtrip to Houston for Jason's Grandmothers birthday party. Ainsley came with us, and we had to stop at a gas station just becasue it looked like the coolest place in the world. We were right. It was, here Ainsley and I are with Bucee..... If you are ever headed down to Houston, you have to have some beaver nuggets, oh so good.
All that excitement wore Ainsley out.....nap time.
All that excitement wore Ainsley out.....nap time.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Here it is.....10 days late.
Well, I have been thinking and thinking and thinking for the past ten days......on what my new years resolution would be.
I just got married, so as Jason and I discussed, I was going to work on getting pregnant this year. I am about to be 30.....which in normal terms, is not old.....but, in baby having, to me..... is. ONLY because, I like to think ahead...and I do the kind of thinking like, if I had a baby now, when I the kid is 20 I will be 49, and if I have to wait a few years to have another one, It would be more like, if I had a baby when I am 35, when that kid is 20 I will be 55.
Those ages are not bad, and I know since I have not experienced those ages, I am sure I will still feel young, BUT....Jason is also 6 years old than me, so I have to think about his ages when our kids reach a certain age...blah blahblah...
So my resolution was going to be, make a baby.
But before I was figured out what I wanted to blog about, and made my final decision for the new year....I went to the girly doctor to get things checked on. After talking to him, letting him know I am ready to have a baby, and get things rolling on the medical end, he wanted to do some blood work, just to see how my insides are functioning as a whole.
Everything seemed normal, except.....my....blood sugar levels.
Lynn, his sweet nurse, called me on Friday, and was telling me about the results of the testing. She sounded upbeat and happy regarding the thyroid, hormone and blah blah testing, but when she got to the blood sugar, she got quiet, serious, and concerned sounding. She then told me, that the normal levels for blood sugar is 99-120 depending on the fasting and eating.....I had done a 12 hour fast before the test....my sugar level was.......299....(what this means I am not entirely sure, but 200 over the norm does not sound good)... she then demanded my family doctors phone number so she could fax the results to her, and get me an appt. I made my appt for my family doc that same day (I will be seeing her tomorrow).
After getting off the phone with all the doctors, I sat and processed this news. I had been told in the past that I was borderline diabetic, and a low card diet would help correct it. I did it.....for a few months, then lost insurance so I stopped going to the doctor....and then forgot about any of the precautions. Right before the wedding my family doc had told me she was a little concerned about my sugar levels, and I needed to come in and see her....well I had to wait till after the wedding, and eventually it got to be out of sight out of mind.
But now.
With my knowledge of the basics of diabetes, with my knowledge on how diabetes can affect pregnancies, the ability to conceive, the ability to have a normal healthy pregnancy, the ability to deliver a healthy baby.....I am nervous, scared, and sad.
I just wanted this process to go smoothly.
I wanted the doctor to tell me everything is a go, to take prenatal vitamins, and get busy making a baby.
But I am fat. and now. have diabetes (self diagnosed at this moment....but tomorrow my doc will give me the official label I am sure)
So.....with all this knowledge. i am going to declare my new years resolution. Well never mind resolution, I should say...DEMAND.
My new years DEMAND is to....make my body, mind and spirit ready to hold a miracle from God. I am going to get myself ready to have a baby.
This will include all the cliched new years goals like, lose weight and exercise. But I am not doing it just for the "beauty" aspect, I am not doing it just for the "self esteem" aspect. I am doing it so when I have a child inside of me, I won't be selfish and stay fat and unhealthy, I want to be the perfect vessel to carry the children Jason and I are blessed to have together.....
As I sit here like a drug addict and take my last "hit" of Dr Pepper, I feel guilty already. Jason tells me to have it, but I already have the mind set that I am going to have to do a complete turn around, Jason also says I will be harder on myself than the doctor will be. And if that is true, fine so be it.....I just want a baby. (two actually, and preferably not at the same time....lol)
I just got married, so as Jason and I discussed, I was going to work on getting pregnant this year. I am about to be 30.....which in normal terms, is not old.....but, in baby having, to me..... is. ONLY because, I like to think ahead...and I do the kind of thinking like, if I had a baby now, when I the kid is 20 I will be 49, and if I have to wait a few years to have another one, It would be more like, if I had a baby when I am 35, when that kid is 20 I will be 55.
Those ages are not bad, and I know since I have not experienced those ages, I am sure I will still feel young, BUT....Jason is also 6 years old than me, so I have to think about his ages when our kids reach a certain age...blah blahblah...
So my resolution was going to be, make a baby.
But before I was figured out what I wanted to blog about, and made my final decision for the new year....I went to the girly doctor to get things checked on. After talking to him, letting him know I am ready to have a baby, and get things rolling on the medical end, he wanted to do some blood work, just to see how my insides are functioning as a whole.
Everything seemed normal, except.....my....blood sugar levels.
Lynn, his sweet nurse, called me on Friday, and was telling me about the results of the testing. She sounded upbeat and happy regarding the thyroid, hormone and blah blah testing, but when she got to the blood sugar, she got quiet, serious, and concerned sounding. She then told me, that the normal levels for blood sugar is 99-120 depending on the fasting and eating.....I had done a 12 hour fast before the test....my sugar level was.......299....(what this means I am not entirely sure, but 200 over the norm does not sound good)... she then demanded my family doctors phone number so she could fax the results to her, and get me an appt. I made my appt for my family doc that same day (I will be seeing her tomorrow).
After getting off the phone with all the doctors, I sat and processed this news. I had been told in the past that I was borderline diabetic, and a low card diet would help correct it. I did it.....for a few months, then lost insurance so I stopped going to the doctor....and then forgot about any of the precautions. Right before the wedding my family doc had told me she was a little concerned about my sugar levels, and I needed to come in and see her....well I had to wait till after the wedding, and eventually it got to be out of sight out of mind.
But now.
With my knowledge of the basics of diabetes, with my knowledge on how diabetes can affect pregnancies, the ability to conceive, the ability to have a normal healthy pregnancy, the ability to deliver a healthy baby.....I am nervous, scared, and sad.
I just wanted this process to go smoothly.
I wanted the doctor to tell me everything is a go, to take prenatal vitamins, and get busy making a baby.
But I am fat. and now. have diabetes (self diagnosed at this moment....but tomorrow my doc will give me the official label I am sure)
So.....with all this knowledge. i am going to declare my new years resolution. Well never mind resolution, I should say...DEMAND.
My new years DEMAND is to....make my body, mind and spirit ready to hold a miracle from God. I am going to get myself ready to have a baby.
This will include all the cliched new years goals like, lose weight and exercise. But I am not doing it just for the "beauty" aspect, I am not doing it just for the "self esteem" aspect. I am doing it so when I have a child inside of me, I won't be selfish and stay fat and unhealthy, I want to be the perfect vessel to carry the children Jason and I are blessed to have together.....
As I sit here like a drug addict and take my last "hit" of Dr Pepper, I feel guilty already. Jason tells me to have it, but I already have the mind set that I am going to have to do a complete turn around, Jason also says I will be harder on myself than the doctor will be. And if that is true, fine so be it.....I just want a baby. (two actually, and preferably not at the same time....lol)
Friday, January 8, 2010
My 2009
Here's a fun survey I'm borrowing from a blog that I am stalking to wrap up 2009...
1. What did you do in 2009 that you had never done before?
Got Married.
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions and will you make more for next year?I am not sure if I kept my new year’s resolution from last year. To tell you the truth I had to go back and research on my blog what it was…..the resolution was to be “more positive”. Thinking back on my year, I can see where I was more positive than I would think I would be, but then there were many times I was the biggest pessimist you have ever met. So I am going to say no….no I was not successful in keeping last year’s resolution, because even when I had a positive outlook, it wasn’t because I was keeping in mind the resolution I made.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?I knew a few people who had babies, but Stephanie comes to mind. She is my brother-in-law’s girlfriend (and hopefully I can one day call her sister in law). She gave birth to Kristen Lynn Martinez Weaver. He is a doll baby.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not anyone super close….but the best friend of the brother in law mentioned in Q3 passed away, I knew him, but he wasn’t super close. Not to mention the millions of “famous” people who died, namely The King of Pop (not that we were close or anything….lol)
5. What places have you visited?
We went to Houston a few times.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Organization. But I have lacked that since 1980. I’m just sayin’.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched in your memory and why?
Besides my wedding date of 11/07/09, I would have to say May 31st (I had a personal breakthrough in my personal spiritual journey) and June 22nd (the night Jason officially proposed)
8. What was your biggest achievement this year?Again, besides my wedding……lol.
9. Did you suffer illness or injury?In February I got really sick, I was down and out for two weeks, and it took almost a month to get fully back to 100%. But I luckily stayed well for the rest of 2009 (If you don’t count the multiple boils I had throughout the year)
Christmas Eve I slipped on ice in front of JC Pennys at the mall, and busted my knee, hurt my shoulder, and cracked my cell phone….
10. What was the best thing you bought?
Besides wedding rings for the wedding I haven’t ever mentioned before….lol. I would have to say the payments towards the Suburban we took over payments for.
11. Where did most of your money go?
Paying bills, eating out (we do too much of that) and the wedding.
12. What song will always remind you of 2009?A few of the BlackEyedPeas songs like Boom Boom Pow and I’ve Got a Feeling.
13. What do you wish you would have done more of?Organizing.
14. What do you wish you would have done less of?
Being Lazy
15. What was your favorite TV program?
I L.O.V.E. Dexter. It is morbid, and disturbing, but it is good in vigilante kind of way.
Big Love
Supernanny
White Collar
The Unit (Shhhh don't tell Jason, I act like I hate it)
16. What was the best book you read this year?
I read a few books this year, but for the life of me I can’t remember the titles to any of them, not that they were not good books, just…..I can’t remember.
17. What was your favorite film of the year?
We saw Sherlock Holmes, that was good…..and I am sure we saw more movies, but I can’t think of any of them off hand…..I just rented Julie and Julia, I didn’t see it in the theater, but it was released in 2009, so that is a good one too. (Sad to say I have yet to see New Moon yet…)
18. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
On my birthday Jason Aaron and I went shopping at the mall, ran around a little bit, and then that night Veida and Jason invited a small group of friends and family over to the new Dave and Busters in Arlington and we hung out, ate dinner, and a few people played games. Then after that all the kids went home and then some of us adults went to karaoke.
I turned 29.
19. What political issue stirred you the most?None off hand, but political things in general haven’t been sounding too stable lately.
20. Who was the best new person you met?
I have met only a few new people this year, a few people from Jason’s job, and the family I started babysitting for, so they are all the best. lol
1. What did you do in 2009 that you had never done before?
Got Married.
2. Did you keep your New Year's Resolutions and will you make more for next year?I am not sure if I kept my new year’s resolution from last year. To tell you the truth I had to go back and research on my blog what it was…..the resolution was to be “more positive”. Thinking back on my year, I can see where I was more positive than I would think I would be, but then there were many times I was the biggest pessimist you have ever met. So I am going to say no….no I was not successful in keeping last year’s resolution, because even when I had a positive outlook, it wasn’t because I was keeping in mind the resolution I made.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?I knew a few people who had babies, but Stephanie comes to mind. She is my brother-in-law’s girlfriend (and hopefully I can one day call her sister in law). She gave birth to Kristen Lynn Martinez Weaver. He is a doll baby.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Not anyone super close….but the best friend of the brother in law mentioned in Q3 passed away, I knew him, but he wasn’t super close. Not to mention the millions of “famous” people who died, namely The King of Pop (not that we were close or anything….lol)
5. What places have you visited?
We went to Houston a few times.
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
Organization. But I have lacked that since 1980. I’m just sayin’.
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched in your memory and why?
Besides my wedding date of 11/07/09, I would have to say May 31st (I had a personal breakthrough in my personal spiritual journey) and June 22nd (the night Jason officially proposed)
8. What was your biggest achievement this year?Again, besides my wedding……lol.
9. Did you suffer illness or injury?In February I got really sick, I was down and out for two weeks, and it took almost a month to get fully back to 100%. But I luckily stayed well for the rest of 2009 (If you don’t count the multiple boils I had throughout the year)
Christmas Eve I slipped on ice in front of JC Pennys at the mall, and busted my knee, hurt my shoulder, and cracked my cell phone….
10. What was the best thing you bought?
Besides wedding rings for the wedding I haven’t ever mentioned before….lol. I would have to say the payments towards the Suburban we took over payments for.
11. Where did most of your money go?
Paying bills, eating out (we do too much of that) and the wedding.
12. What song will always remind you of 2009?A few of the BlackEyedPeas songs like Boom Boom Pow and I’ve Got a Feeling.
13. What do you wish you would have done more of?Organizing.
14. What do you wish you would have done less of?
Being Lazy
15. What was your favorite TV program?
I L.O.V.E. Dexter. It is morbid, and disturbing, but it is good in vigilante kind of way.
Big Love
Supernanny
White Collar
The Unit (Shhhh don't tell Jason, I act like I hate it)
16. What was the best book you read this year?
I read a few books this year, but for the life of me I can’t remember the titles to any of them, not that they were not good books, just…..I can’t remember.
17. What was your favorite film of the year?
We saw Sherlock Holmes, that was good…..and I am sure we saw more movies, but I can’t think of any of them off hand…..I just rented Julie and Julia, I didn’t see it in the theater, but it was released in 2009, so that is a good one too. (Sad to say I have yet to see New Moon yet…)
18. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
On my birthday Jason Aaron and I went shopping at the mall, ran around a little bit, and then that night Veida and Jason invited a small group of friends and family over to the new Dave and Busters in Arlington and we hung out, ate dinner, and a few people played games. Then after that all the kids went home and then some of us adults went to karaoke.
I turned 29.
19. What political issue stirred you the most?None off hand, but political things in general haven’t been sounding too stable lately.
20. Who was the best new person you met?
I have met only a few new people this year, a few people from Jason’s job, and the family I started babysitting for, so they are all the best. lol
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