11 things.....

The Rules

1. Post these rules.
2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.
3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post.
4. Create 11 new questions.
5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them that you’ve tagged them.

11 random things:

1. I have 3 fur children: Gracie, Patches & Guinness. And sometimes it feels like they are children. They drive me nutso sometimes.
2. I have a sad obsession with parking my car. It has to parked completely perfect before I get out.
3. I love taking Eucalyptus bubble baths. Like all the time.
4. Any combination of peanut butter & chocolate is wonderful
5. I wear bifocals....yup I'm an oldie
6. My first job was Dairy Queen, where I worked for 5 years
7. I have been sprayed in the face with pepper spray for work for training. It did not feel good.
8. I don't give a crap about politics. At all. I don't even know all the candidates running in this upcoming presidential election. I have never even voted. DON'T JUDGE ME.
9. I am trying to start a photography business
10. I have 21 tattoos. Yup I'm the circus freak of the family.
11. I believe the world problems could be solved by drinking a diet coke.


Answer to Steph's Questions:

1. Favorite place to grab fast food?

  ** hmmmm... i don't know. I like Arby's when I can get to one. But does Panera count? They have BANGIN' mac & cheese

2. Favorite class in high school?

**A.P. Gym class and chamber choir

3. What's your middle name?

**Ann

4. Favorite 90's song (you know I had to ask)?

**Anything from NKOTB

5. Name a movie that makes you cry like a baby.

**Disney's Fox & the Hound

6. How often do you REALLY clean your kitchen floor?

**hmm.......maybe once a month?

7. Favorite candy bar?

**Snickers

8. If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

**Denali National Park, AK. I want to climb Mt. McKinley one day. And i want to see a moose.

9. Favorite way to wear your hair?

**when it is long: wavy, half up

10.  Name one of the halloween costumes from your childhood

**I was a red Crayola crayon. Every other year after that i was witch....EVERY year.

11.  If you could change one thing about our country, what it would you change and why (and how?)?

***Lots of things suck about this county.....its getting to be sad. Right now? Gas Prices. They suck. Not sure how. 

My 11 questions:

1. If you could go back to a point in your life and change something, when & why?

2. Dream vacation, where is yours?

3. What is your shoe size?

4. The most embarrassing thing about your self?

6. Coke or Pepsi?

7. Would you ever move to another country?

8. Favorite high school or college memory?

9. What is your favorite holiday, and why?

10. If you could trade lives with someone for a day, who would it be?

11. What is the one meal you can make that impresses everyone?


Ok Steph.....

You guys are next!:
Kristen
Meredith
Maggie
Nancy

Pregnancy Prediction Fun!

Of course it goes: Jack wants a boy, I want a girl. We will find out in a few short weeks! AH! I am not sure how much I believe in the "Old-Wives Tales." For example, if you are really sick=girl. Ok, my older sister Steph was never really sick during either of her pregnancies..both GIRLS. My older sister Kristen, VERY sick during her pregnancy...BOY. Not sure how I feel about the predictions, but they are fun to read about. Here are a few I have heard or saw online that I answered:

1. Extreme nausea means you are having a girl. Nope, none at all! BOY
2. Craving potatoes? Having a girl. YUP thats me! GIRL
3. If your hands are dry, you are having a boy; soft -- expect a girl. Dry.BOY
4. If you're craving citrus, you're having a girl. Craving orange juice! Girl.
5. If your skin breaks out, expect a girl. Yup, thanks hormones. Girl.
6. If you feel graceful during pregnancy, you'll have a girl. Clumsy? It's a boy. Unusually clumsy. Boy.
7. If you gain weight in your face, you're having a girl. I was told this week my face looked "puffy". Girl
8. Craving salt? Expect a boy. Something sweet? You're having a girl. Not really craving either. Boy or Girl.
9. Feeling extremely moody? Expect a girl. Oh Yes. Just ask Jack. GIRL
10. If baby is low, expect a boy. High, it's a girl. too soon to tell.
11. If you're carrying in front, it's a boy. Carrying in your middle? to soon to tell.
12. Chinese Gender Predictor: Boy
13.  If your age and year of conception are both even or odd, it's a girl. One even, one odd means it's a boy. It could be either. I concived at 27, in 2011. But I am now new 28. So either....i guess?
14. If your leg hair growth is slowing down, it's a girl. Increasing? It's a boy. Pretty much grows back as soon as I finish shaving. Nah not much of a change. GIRL
15.  If the baby's heart beat is more than 150 times per minute, you'll have a girl. Less than 150, a boy. Signs pointing to Girl. Usually over 150.
16. Motherly Intuiton: I got nothin'!
17. Dreams? I've had dreams of both Boy & Girl.

 I guess we will find out in about 3 weeks! Stay Tuned!

embracing pregnancy

Today is 16 weeks....4 months pregnant. Crazy, that I am almost halfway there. I have heard both sides of story.....how people have LOVED being pregnant, and how people did not like it. I am not sure where I stand yet. Well, obviously I love the fact I will be having a daughter or son this August. What I mean is, I haven't really EMBRACED the body changes that are occurring. Maybe I will LOVE being pregnant when I have a more excitable baby bump.

What I have not yet embraced: people's personal comments, nausea, weight gain, lack of hunger (shouldn't I be more hungry??), my complexion, feeling fat, the "in-between" time,  and my ever slowly disappearing waistline.

I never got sick, so I never lost weight. I didn't have the horrible luxury like most women and barf my guts up, and losing 10 lbs. I have only, SLOWLY have been gaining weight. And, YES. I am guilty of judging my body on the numbers I see on the scale. I realize I am supposed to gain weight, I just haven't accepted it in my mind.

Foodwise: no cravings...except for a WAWA hoagie! AHHH! I try to ear healthy...er, or well healthier. I seriously eat like 3rd grader. Cheerioes & OJ in the morning, drink water, I snack on yogurt before lunch. Lunch usually consists of the usually PB&J sandwich, a bottle of water, applesauce, and cheezits. Maybe a mini snack before dinner, more water, and dinner is whatever I am in the mood for....which is usually nothing. Sometimes its soup, or grilled chicken. So its not like I eat unhealthy. I am just a really BORING eater.

My trip to Target definitely had a realization for me as I walked by the cute bathing suit display. No itty-bitty bikini bathing suit this summer for me. I am also in that "in-between" stage. My maternity clothes are too big, and my size 2 pants no longer fit. Its just frustrating. At least my favorite pair of jeans still fit!

Hopefully in the next few week, i'll start "embracing" my pregnancy more.