SCH (Subchorionic Hemorrhage) humor

I'm sorry, I found this hilarious so I had to post.

Your potty-training toddler is thrilled that Mommy is also wearing Pull-Ups.

Your kids get used to frequent bathroom stops on every outing because Mommy has to change the aforementioned pull-up AGAIN.

Every person you know is pregnant. And happy.  Darnit.

You get tired of hearing, “You have a sub-what…?”

Every person (especially mother-in-laws & complete strangers) have an explanation as to what you did to cause the sub-whatchamacallit.

You look back on your period with fond memories.

You hear a girlfriend complain about her 3-day long “cycle” & you want to slap her because you have been bleeding like a stuck pig for 2 months.

You sneak into your bedwetting child’s stash of plastic sheets & cover your side of the bed with those, a beach towel & a puppy pad……and still manage to wake up with blood everywhere.

You consider investing in red-polka dot carpet to compensate for the trail from your bed to the bathroom.

Your husband is no longer grossed-out at mounds of bloody pads.  He actually will now throw them away & even go to the store to pick up more pads without batting an eye.

After-birth seems like it will be welcome relief.

You and your baby make the same sound when walking…crinkle, crinkle…..

You no longer care when people in public quietly try to tell you that you have a “stain” on the back of your pants.

Your new best friends are Oxyclean & hot water.

Your fear going to the bathroom more than your potty-training child, (we all have our own version of the potty monster!!)

The description “wine-colored” will never, ever make you think of wine again.

When you pee and it is just yellow, you find yourself end-zone dancing around your bathroom.  Until that makes you bleed.  Oh, crap. J

You think really, really hard about ordering a pizza.  After all, you may have to get up to answer the door & this may cause the aforementioned pee to turn red, which will then cause you to spend the rest of your day angry at yourself & curled up on the couch watching Golden Girl reruns & eating brownies & crying until hubby gets home to relieve you of all mothering/wifely/life duties.

Your husband no longer calls from aisle 5 to ask “which pads?”…..He knows, “the biggest, biggest ones you can find, baby!!!”

And finally:

You/Your spouse’s Facebook account are ablaze with comments/posting regarding what & how much is coming out of your vagina.  Your husband’s co-workers, friends & even that guy you used to know who lived next door to your sister’s best friend in high school all follow them with great interest & comment.

We all know SCHs are NO FUN & this is in no way to minimize the pain we all are/have gone through, but sometimes all you can do is laugh :)

Pregnancy and all its joy..........

I figured I better inform everyone of what's going on.  I have been dealing with a very difficult pregnancy.  It's had its up and downs since I was 6 weeks along.

I found out I was pregnant on November 22, 2013.  I had been feeling very strange and off.  I woke up one morning at 3am and decided I would take a pregnancy test.  I have taken a few in the past but they always turned out to be negative so that was what I was expecting.  Nope, it was positive.  Faint, but positive.

Most people are overjoyed with this information but I started to cry.  Not tears of happiness, but tears of fear.  It was real.  I was really pregnant.  There was no turning back.  I know, selfish right!?

I didn't want to wake Mike so I tried to compose myself and then headed back to bed.  As soon as I got back into bed I started to cry again.  Mike woke up and immediately asked what was wrong.  It took a second but I told him that I was pregnant.  He was so excited.  It helped ease my fear a little.  He asked me why I was crying and we talked for about an hour.  He seriously is so amazing!  He got me really excited.  Don't get me wrong, I wanted to have a baby and we were trying for one, I just didn't think it would ever happen.  Not because we have had trouble getting pregnant, we had never tried before this, only because we had never had an "accident."

Well I went in for my first ultrasound when I was 6 weeks.  Mike and I were so excited to see the little sac and possibly a heart beat.  When we got there the nurse practitioner did an ultrasound.  She wasn't able to find anything.  She thought that maybe she could see the beginning of a sac forming but maybe not.  She said that I could be earlier than we thought so I would need to get my blood taken to see where my hormone levels were at.

I got my blood taken and the doctor said she would call me the next day with the results.  At this point I was pretty sure I was 6 weeks along and started to worry about having an ectopic pregnancy.

Well, sure enough, the doctor called me the next day and said my hormone levels were high and that we should have been able to see something.  She scheduled me a detailed ultrasound for that day.  I rushed home from work and met up with Mike and we headed to McKay Dee together.  I was very worried.  I did not want to have an ectopic pregnancy.

I got to McKay and they got me right back.  The radiologist had been working silently for about 10 minutes before I couldn't take it any longer.  I asked him if he could see anything and he said that he found the baby!  He showed us the gestational sac and we saw the heart beat! I was so excited that I started to cry.  He then said that I have a bi-cornuate uterus.  It's heart shaped vs. the regular pear shape.  I was like......um...ok.

After the ultra sound my doctor called me.  She said that the shape of my uterus was why we couldn't find the baby the day before.  She then said that this type of uterus could cause complications further along in the pregnancy because of its shape but we may not experience any.  She said the biggest one would be preterm labor because there isn't enough room in the uterus to grow or that I would have a breeched baby which would lead to a c-section.

I did further research and found out that this is a birth defect and only 4% of women have one.  Lucky me!  Oh well, things could be worse right!?  Um, yes they could..........
 
We told our parents on Christmas about our good news!!  I was 10 weeks and we figured it would be a good time.  They were both so excited! It was so fun to see their reactions.

At this point I've experienced every symptom in the book.  Nausea, smells, extreme exhaustion, going  to the bathroom at every second of the day, and many others that I'm not going to share ;).  At this time I also came down with a terrible cold.  I was out for about a week.  It was horrible because I couldn't take any medication except cough drops.

By the time I had just hit 13 weeks I had noticed some bright red bleeding.  I was so nervous but decided that since it was just a little bit I would wait until Monday to see my doctor.  The on call doctor was very cold with me and said that if I was having a miscarriage there was nothing they could do about it.  I was like.....um thanks for the help.

Monday came, Martin Luther King Jr. day, I was so grateful that the office was open.  My doctor got me in that afternoon to check up on me.  That morning I had started bleeding quite heavily and passing clots so I was certain I had had a miscarriage.  It was a very very emotional day for me.  Finally,  it was time for my appt. and my doctor did a pelvic exam.  She said everything looked good so we went for an ultrasound.  Sure enough, baby was fine.  Heart beat 165.

She told me that I had a subchorionic hemorrhage.  She told me it was 3.75 cm long and 1 cm wide.  I had no idea what that meant and she gave me little information because they don't know a lot about it.  It only happens in 1% of pregnancies...... Once again, lucky me!

She sent me home with orders to just watch the blood and come back in if I have any more bright red bleeding.  She did say that since I was in my second trimester that my chances of miscarriage were much smaller than if I was in my 1st trimester.  1st trimester pregnancies with this condition are given a 50/50 chance of miscarriage.

I took Tuesday off from work and just stayed home off my feet.  I had only a little bit of spotting with old blood so I figured that was ok.  I went back to work Wednesday and all was well.  I was starting
to feel a lot of pressure in my abdomen but I figured that was my uterus growing.

When I got home from work, I laid down to sleep because I was exhausted.  I woke up around 10pm to the sensation of a water balloon breaking inside of me followed by a lot of liquid and then blood.  I was pretty much freaking out at this point.  I knew this wasn't good so I called Mike at work and told him what had happened.  I told him that I wished he was there with me and he said he would come home right away.

I called the on call doctor and it happened to be my doctor.  I told her what happened and she offered her sympathies because things didn't sound good.  She said if I was filling a pad with blood in an hour I needed to go to the ER right away.  Well, I was so I called my mom and told her.  She was so supportive and said she would come over right away.  Mike had called them in the process and asked them if they could take me to the ER and he would meet us there.  So my mom and dad rushed to my house to get me.  They helped me out and grabbed towels in case I had any more bleeding.

I had filled another pad by the time we got to the ER so I was trying to face the fact that I had lost our baby.  I was so upset and couldn't really focus on anything.  They took me right back and got my blood pressure and then asked me to wait for a bed.  I was like seriously? Wait?  It was about 20 minutes and they called me back.

The nurse came in and was asking me about my vagional bleeding.  I told her about the water balloon popping sensation and she asked if I was pregnant.  I told her that I was 13 weeks and that's why I was there.  I guess all they had written on the wall was vagional bleeding.

The nurse hooked me up to some machines, I got into a gown, and the doctor did a pelvic exam.  I was already in quite a bit of pain so this hurt really bad.  He said everything looked ok (the cervix
was closed).  He pulled the tool out to see if he could get a sample of the fluid but, unfortunately, it was too contaminated with blood.

The radiologist rolled me into the ultrasound room to get an ultrasound.  I didn't even want to look at the monitor because I knew what I would see.  Well, to my surprise, baby was there and wiggling around like crazy.  Heart beat 167.  He measured my hemorrhage at 4cm by 1.5cm.  A little bigger than before.

I was so confused at this point.  I was happy of course, but just so emotionally drained.  I had thought that I had lost my baby twice already that week.  I couldn't take more.  Mike was so supportive and so loving.  I was brought back into our room and the doctor and nurse both came in.  The doctor said that everything looked fine.  Baby was ok.  He said that with this hemorrhage bleeding will occur and that I would just have to monitor it and take it one at a time.  He also said that they don't know why women get them or the best ways to treat them.  I was put on strict pelvic rest and the nurse put me on bed rest for the next week.  She said nit to do anything but go to the restroom.

We drove back home and I was just in a daze.

The next day I saw my doctor for a follow up.  She did another ultrasound and pelvic exam.  By this point I was so sick of pelvic exams because they hurt so bad.  She was able to give me a little more information about my hemorrhage.  It's located right above the cervix so that was why I "probably" (that stupid unsure word again) was having so much bleeding.  She said to keep an eye on things.

At 14 weeks I had another bleed with fresh blood.  We went in for another ultrasound and baby was fine.  Heart beat 155.  It measured 2.75cm by 1/5cm so it had shrunk in size.  Good news!  I was told I could go back to work that Monday so I did. I still have to take things very easy and stay off my feet as much as possible.

I didn't have another bleed until about 7 days later.  It was a huge bummer because I thought it was getting better.  I didn't go into the doctor, I just waited for my appt the following Friday.  We listened to the Heart beat and it was nice and strong.  She assured me that my bleeding wasn't affecting our baby so far.

Well, here I am.... 17 weeks 2 days and so far baby is ok.  I started to bleed again this morning (seems to be happening about every 7 days).  I feel grateful because it happens on the weekend so I can stay off my feet until the bleeding stops. I just have to take it easy and be selfish.  Think about me and the baby.

I'm trying my best to stay optimistic but it gets really hard sometimes.  The unknown is killing me.  I just gave to keep telling myself that Whatever happens is how it's supposed to happen.

I've had so much support through this so far.  I feel so lucky to have so much love all around me.  It has really helped me to stay positive.

Graduation/Disneyland/Universal Studios!

Graduation couldn't have come sooner for me!! I was so happy to finally be done.  I still can't believe that I won't be going to school next semester.  I'm going to be very BORED!! However, Mike is starting nursing school in January so I will be the bread winner so that will keep me plenty busy.  Since I don't have a job yet and probably won't till the next school year, I will continue to Dispatch part-time and substitute teach whenever I can.
I am being super picky about where I want to get a job.  I've decided I'm only going to interview with schools in Davis School District.  It may take a little while longer because the jobs are limited and are in high demand, but I'm going to get what I want.  I plan to substitute teach at many of the schools near my home and get myself known to the principals so that IF a job opens, they will consider me.
The interview process for Davis School District is different from any other school district.  They contact your for interviews vs. you applying for what is open.  Unless you're an employee, you have no way of knowing what schools have openings and what schools don't.  The screening interview that I did back in November was what set me up to be recommended to interview.  If you did poorly, the district won't recommend you to schools and you have to wait 3 years before you can do another screening interview.  I was told that I did very well therefore I've had three schools contact me for interviews. Unfortunately, the first interview I did very well, but I didn't get it because I was up against someone who was already friends with the principal AND the secretary so I didn't have much of a chance.  The second interview I was 20 minutes late to due to graduation, I let them know of course but I was still a bit frazzled therefore I don't think I did very well.  The third interview was a phone interview, those are super awkward.  I was called while I driving my car back to the hotel and was caught totally off guard.  So, to keep my spirits high, I'm very prepped and ready for any other interview that comes my way!  I wasn't expecting much anyway because it is mid-year and very few positions open up, I will probably start interviewing for jobs for the next school year in March or April so I will keep my fingers crossed!!  Wish me luck!

The day after graduation we went to DISNEYLAND!! I absolutely love it there.  It's such a happy place.  Unfortunately I was pretty much sick the WHOLE time.  That was a huge bummer but I made the most of it.  Mike and I drove down Saturday and went to Disney on both Sunday and Monday on our own.  Monday we were only there fore about 4 hours until I was too sick to stay any longer.  We camped out in the hotel room for the remainder of the day trying to get me better.  

Dan and Sierra came Tuesday.  We picked them up from the airport, went back to the hotel, and all 5 of us went to Disney that night.  It was a lot of fun but unfortunately Daphne was sick.  

We went to Disneyland on Wednesday as well and were there pretty much the entire day.  We had lunch at the Blue Bayou which is ALWAYS delicious and it has an awesome atmosphere since it is inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.  Daphne and myself were still sick but trudging along.  We decided to make Thursday our rest day so that we could all try to get better.  (Dan was getting sick at this point).  It was really nice to kick back and relax.  By Friday, we were all sick.  Some more than others but with medication we were able to get through the rest of the week.  

Friday was by far our best day.  We finally figured out how to manage the fast passes and the parent switch passes that we received because of Daphne and we didn't have to wait in any of the lines.  It was awesome!!  

Saturday and Sunday we went to Universal Studios and had a blast there.  I absolutely loved the studio tour.  It's always fun to see sets of movies or TV shows that I love.

Here are some pictures!

 Dan and Sierra waiting in line to ride the tea cups

 This is a funny story that I forgot to share.  Mike got his haircut while we were on vacation.  He looked up barber shops and this was the first one we found.  It was like 2 blocks from our hotel.  It looked old and sketchy but we walked in anyway.  the old man looked so excited to have customers that we couldn't just walk out.  I got a picture with my phone of the old man cutting mikes hair.  The shop was super ghetto too.  His Christmas decorations are what you can see in the background, lol.  He was a very nice old man but he didn't know how to cut hair.  He said he had been cutting hair since he was 15.  

 You can see here the wonderful job he did.  Mike had several different hair lengths going on there.  It looked far worse in person.  It was a great story though.  We found the nearing great clips and went there for a second try on a hair cut.  They did much better!  

 I really wanted to buy these but they were $20.  I just couldn't justify that!

 We are just being our usual silly selves. 

 What a stud!

 All of us on the boat for It's a Small World.

 Mike needs a baby!!!!!!  He was so cute with Daphne!

 I just love my face on this one!  It was the real thing.  We rode this ride right after we watched Fantasmic and right before we went home so it was pretty late at night and it was cold.  Therefore, no lines!  The cast members running the ride asked us if we wanted to go again so we went three times in a row switching off who was in front.  I was the lucky one to be in front our last ride.  

 Tower of Terror, oh and guess what!>?  SIERRA actually rode the ride!!

 World of color, AMAZING show!

 We went out to eat at Ruby's on the pier at Huntington Beach.  So beautiful!

 I just love this picture! So cute!

Another super cute picture of Daph and Mike.  

Sierra attempting to get a picture of me

I didn't want my picture taken, ha ha

This is all of us at Universal Studios

 Gabrielle Solis's house from Desperate Housewives.  Yes, I've seen the ENTIRE series, I was addicted to them.

I believe this was Karen McCluskey's house but can't remember 

 Susan Mayer's house

 Lynette Scavo's house

 Mike Delfino's house

 Bree Van De Kamp's house

 Paul Young's house

 PSYCHO scene set

 These two, top and bottom, are the sets from War of the Worlds

 AWESOME picture of the GRINCH on the set of The Grinch that Stole Christmas

 AND Last but not least, a random SUPER BLURRY photo of Mike and myself.  

Summer Fun!!!

We've done so many fun things this summer! Both of us have the summer off from school so we decided to take advantage of our time.  It's been lovely.  I've been able to do so many things that I wasn't able to do (or just keep up on) before.  Simple things such as: keeping the dishes out of the sink, keeping the kitchen clean period, keeping up on the laundry, taking Scout on frequent walks, keeping the lawn mowed, visiting and hanging out with friends, and taking some much needed "me time."  I've also been able to plan camping trips!!


The first thing we did this summer was Bryce Canyon.  It was the first time we've gone camping as a married couple.  It was so much fun!  Bryce Canyon was beautiful!  It really took my breath away.  The beauty was outstanding.  It really made me grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving us such beauty.  Since I've been home from my mission I've felt so distant from God and the church.  Not because I'm not trying, but (if you've served a mission you will know exactly what I'm talking about) on the mission you get the opportunity to be so close to the spirit and to God.  It's a feeling I miss so much.  Being "thrown" back into the world was really hard.  The only time I feel that closeness that I had on my mission is when I go to the temple.  That is why seeing Bryce Canyon was so amazing to me.  I got a little piece of that feeling that I had while being on my mission. I don't really know how to describe it but it was awesome and I will just leave it at that.  Anyway, I've been to Bryce before when I was a little girl.  So this trip also brought back so many fun memories of my childhood and I must say, I had a pretty awesome childhood!!  Here are some pictures!

Next we went up to Northern Utah to the hot springs camper world.  My parents have a membership with camper world so I thought it would be fun to visit some of the spots.  A bonus to these places is that each one has showers, nice bathrooms, swimming pools, basketball courts, and need I go further!?!  No!  Bryce Canyon was fun but we didn't have anywhere to shower!  I love to camp, but if I can't shower it makes the experience way too dirty for my taste. We went swimming in the natural hot springs, went on a walk, and sat around the fire while Mike read me "The Giver."  It was a really good book! I recommend you read it if you haven't.  We planned on staying 2 nights but ended up leaving after one because it got really windy.  Here is a picture of our camp spot.  

Next, Heritage Days!  Heritage Days is held the week before the 4th of July in Syracuse.  They have fun activities that happen every day.  They play movies on a big screen in the park, have pie eating contests, fun activities for kids, a carnival, fireworks, parade, breakfast, etc.  It's all really fun.  I love that Syracuse does this every year.  We went to the carnival and had dinner.  We went with my brother David and his wife Cori and their two SUPER DUPER cute kids.  We also met up with Dan and Sierra and Daphne.  It was fun being together with everyone.  Daphne is getting so big and she is ADORABLE!!  James (my brothers little boy) went on some rides which was awesome because he was so afraid of them last year!  It made this experience all the more fun.  Here are some pictures:

Spending all this time with little kids has really made me really baby hungry!  The time may be nearing to start thinking about it, lol ;).


We still have some other fun things planned this summer.  In a couple of weeks we are going up to Bear Lake for the Cooper Reunion.  Deborah will also be visiting in a couple of weeks which is ALWAYS fun!  We are also going down to Las Vegas in August to see one of my mission companions get married.  I'm really excited for that because we also got tickets to go see David Copperfield and we are staying at the Mandalay Bay hotel!


Another exciting thing is that I got my placement for my FINAL semester of school.  I will be student teaching at Mountain View Elementary in Layton.  1st grade for 6 weeks, and then 6th grade for 6 weeks and then, yep you guessed it, I'M DONE!  We will be celebrating my graduation in, yep you guessed it again, DISNEYLAND!!  This year has been and will be AWESOME!

:-)

I'm soooooo excited because school is almost over this semester! This has been one of the worst semesters of my LIFE!!! Not because of the content or difficulty but because of my work schedule. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays I've been working from 6pm-4am. I get home around 5am and then have to wake up around 7:20am to get to school on time. It's been SOOOO difficult. I've been so tired. Whenever I am home I am usually sleeping. I feel so lazy. This hasn't helped me out at all with my weight watchers! It's been frustrating......but through it all, I've been doing really well with swimming! I'm very proud. I need to do more but I'm working up to it and that is what really matters.

Yesterday I signed up for my very last semester of college!!!!!!!!! I thought this day would never come. It was such a good feeling to know that I won't ever have to do that again. I keep rubbing it in with people at work and they are all jealous! WAHAHAHA

As for my goals, I've been doing really well. I still need to be a little better with praying. I keep forgetting to do it and I'm pretty ashamed of that. I've been swimming but so far only twice a week for an hour. I've just been so tired. Hopefully once school is out I will be able to go more often. As for weight watchers I need to be more strict. I've haven't been doing very well. This week I've stuck to it but I don't think that i will lose any weight. Starting Sunday I am going to be very stingy about this. I've got to get into shape! I feel so much better when I am. One of the best feelings in the world is when i get out of the pool after a hard workout! I also love working out because I eat so much healthier! Apples are one thing i LOVE to eat after swimming. I'll never forget this one time back when I was in high school one of my coaches gave us all green apples after swim practice because it was St. Patricks day. I HATE green apples but it was the BEST tasting green apple I've ever tasted ever since then apples after swim practice = HEAVEN! I really don't know why? Maybe it's a mental thing......

Goals for this week:

Swim THREE times for an hour

Pray at least every morning before leaving the house

Clean/organize basement

Make a list of dinner meals that I can make

Start prepping laundry room for painting

Take scout on 2 walks

Start doing 5 real (not girly) push ups a day (yeah, I can barely do 1, don't judge!)

Start doing 60 crunches a day

Contact Principle from Layton Elementary to start senior project

Clean out garage

WW's!!!!!!!

This week will definitely go better than last!

No more excuses!!!!

I have an extremely busy life....is been rough but I have been able to get through it. Mike is always giving me that boost that I need when I am down. I really don't know where I would be without him.

I've been thinking a lot about myself and the life that I am currently living. If I died tomorrow, would I feel like I did everything I wanted/needed to? Would I be happy with my lifes choices? I came to the conclusion that no, I wouldn't be happy. I'm always using the excuse that "I'm too busy" to do whatever. I want to learn how to cook, do hair, garden, budget, and just enjoy the outdoors! I want to know the scriptures well, pray everyday and have that relationship with my Heavenly Father that I had when I was on my mission. I know that there is no way to do what I did on my mission now because I can't dedicate 24 hours 7 days a week but I can pray several times a day to get that closeness back. I've really slacked the past year with many things and I've noticed that temptations come into my life so much more than they did. Well, I take that back....I still had temptations but they were much easier to push away. I'm very excited to get into a completely different work environment come August! I will be around much more uplifting people. Even if they aren't LDS the type of environment promotes clean language and good behavior inside and outside of work. I'm so excited for this! It's amazing the things you miss when they are taken away from you.

Another thing I want to work on is learning to handle money better. I want to live on a budget. We are saving money regularly and we have a very nice nest egg if something ever were to happen but I really want to be better at spending money. Mike makes pretty good money working and I'm not doing too bad either and since we don't have kids we don't really have to worry about money. If we ever want something we will get it......I've never had to budget going to the grocery store, we eat out when we want, we go out and do fun things whenever we want, we vacation etc. this is probably really weird but I get jealous of families that struggle and budget AND rely on the blessings received from paying tithing. If something were to happen to us.....I would be clueless on how to budget. When we start having kids and Mike is going to medical school I will have to know how to do those things so I want to start now. If you have any suggestions let me know!

Next, making goals and accomplishing them has always been a huge thing in my life. I want to make more goals and reach them. For this reason I am making goals for myself each week that will help me become the person I want to be. I don't want you guys to think I'm not happy, I am. I love my life and I LOVE Mike. He is amazing and I have had so much fun these past four years! There is never a dull day with mike! I just think the biggest thing is I've gotten into a routine of school, work, sleep.....that I have lost track of the spiritual things in my life as well as the progression. I've plateaued and that is something that I do not want! Like I said I've used the excuse of being busy, which I am.....but I can make time for things such as praying and reading my scriptures. I can make time for visiting teaching and calling up a friend to see how they are. I can make time to take a meal to a neighbor who may need some extra help. It's the small and simple things that I want to do and I know I can.

Tomorrow is Sunday, the beginning of a new week and a new me. I am going to try my hardest to keep that new outlook on life vs. I'm too busy....wish me luck!

This weeks goals:

Pray as soon as I get up in the morning and right before bed everyday!

Put time aside to learn about gardening

Make a budget

Continue with WW

Swim three times for an hour

Take Scout out on two runs

Make general conference kits for visiting teaching ladies

No more gossiping!

No more mean or judgmental thoughts ( this, sadly, will be the hardest)

Go the exta mile at work

Hopefully this list of goals will continue to grow and become more profound over the next year. Actually, I won't say hopefully, it will grow! Also.....need some ideas. If I do something that I didn't want to do, such as gossip, what are some disaplinary things that I can do? Any suggetions/ideas?

March 4-10 goals

I'm going to start using this blog as more of a journal......Our lives really consist of the same things it now therefore I don't have much to talk about. I'm going to start setting goals for myself every week so that I have something to push myself with. I've been so busy with so many things that I'm pushing off the other things that are so important to me.

This week I am going to:

Exercise three times for an hour

Count every single point everyday!!!

Read the scriptures every night before starting homework

Contact visiting teaching ladies for an appt

Take scout on two walks

Say prayers every morning

Make two home made meals

By writing down things I'm going to do it really helps me to accomplish them. Every Sunday after my weigh in I will write my goals down and talk about the ones I accomplished and the ones I didn't (which hopefully aren't any).

Sierra's Baby Shower

So.....I had a baby shower for my best friend Sierra. I was pretty proud of myself because i think that it turned out pretty great!