ABC's of Jessie

I have seen several of you all do this, so I thought I would do it too!

A-Age: 28 and almost a 1/2

B-Bed Size: Queen.
I really, really, really want a California King but we don't have the room right now

C-Chore you hate:Anything in the bathroom!

D-Dogs:Beasley a 3 1/2 year old Beagle

E-Essential start to your day: A shower and a Grande Skinny Carmel Latte

F-Favorite color: Red

G-gold or silver: silver 100%

H-Height: 5'4" on a good day!

I-Instruments you play: NONE! Not a musical bone in my body!

J-Job Title: Program Coordinator/Greek Life

K-Kids: A beautiful daughter Kinley who is 10 months old!

L-Live: North East Iowa

M-Mom's name: Delilah but she goes by Dee

N-Nickname: Jess, JJ, James

O-Overnight hospital stay: Only once. When I had Kinley then I was there for four day

P-Pet Peeve: people not taking responsibility for their own actions

Q-Quote from a movie: "Santa! I know Santa!." or "I love you! I love you! I looooooooove you!" - Elf

R-right/left: righty

S-Siblings: a sister, Margo and a brother, Jeffrey (although he goes by Jeff and I'm about the only person who calls him Jeffrey)

T-Time you wake up normally: the alarm goes off at 6:50am but it is usually at least 7:10am by the time I get out of bed

U-underwear- duh!

V-veggies you dislike: I pretty much hate all veggies! I will eat cooked carrots though.

W-What makes you run late: I am always running late and it is always because I procrastinate getting ready for whatever it is that I am going to do.

X-x-rays you've had: too many too count, but I have only had one broken bone...actually I broke the same bone twice!

Y-Yummy Food You Make: I love to bake so any cookies, cakes, brownies

Z-Zoo animal: penguins (I have no idea why I chose that!)

Top 2 Tuesday

This week at Taylor's blog The Undomestic Momma it is time once again for Top 2 Tuesday!

This week's Top 2 is Celebrity Hairstyles 

1. Lauren Conrad

2.  Carrie Underwood

And... 

I don't know about anyone else but this is what I dreamed of everyday
I was in college that my hair would look like:

 I love Reese Witherspoon's hair so if I could pick three she would be my third!

Miscellany Monday

It has been quite a few weeks since I linked up with Carissa at lowercase letters for miscellany monday but I have quite a few things on my mind today to why not!

OnE 

We are on our second round of amoxicillin in 3 months! I took last Wednesday morning off to care for a sick baby and hubby. Jason was in bed all day Wednesday and by Thursday felt back to normal but as for Miss KR they think she has a small bit of RSV and another ear infection in her right ear and on top of all of that I think she is still teething...poor girl! 

TwO 

Jason leaves on Wednesday for 10 days and 9 nights for work! I am not even an ounce excited about him leaving but I am excited that my grandma and her friend will be coming to stay with KR, Beasley and me. I don't have anything too exciting planned for us but maybe a little birthday shopping for KR!

ThReE

Isn't March suppose to come in like a lion and out like a lamb?!? I think some one is a little confused! It was in the 60's at the beginning of March now it is in the 30's and possible snow on Tuesday...are you kidding me?!? I'm not asking for a lot here, just high 50's or low 60's!

FoUr 

Four is dedicated to Kinley in honor of her fourth tooth on the top coming in! That means we have a grand total of 6 teeth, four on top and two on bottom! I hope this teething thing take a little break because I just want my happy-go-lucky little girl back!

FiVe 

I love March Madness! I am so excited that a non-major conference team will be playing for the National Championship! I wasn't able to watch any of the games yesterday since I was at work but from the high lights that I did see, WOW! What exciting games!

SiX

Tuesday my mom go to her eye doctor to see the progress of the tumor on her eye. We are praying for the tumor to either shrink is size or mass! She got great news last week from the cancer doctor so here is to hoping for good news that week!

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Meet Me On Monday

What jewelry do you wear 24/7?

There are only three pieces of jewelry that I wear 24/7:

1. my wedding ring

2. my earrings (6 total)

3. my watch

Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?

I hate spaghetti! My husband loves it but I can't stand it.
I think the thing I hate the most is the noodles. I don't
mind the sauce or anything but I just hate that it takes so much
darn work to eat!

How many siblings do you have?I have one sister and one brother
I also have 3 brother-in-laws
1 sister-in-law
1 sister-in-law-to-be

Were you named after anyone?My maiden name is James so I am named after Jessi James
and yes I do go by Jessie so my whole life that was a big joke

Coke or Pepsi?110% diet coke!

Holy Cow!

Ok this post has nothing to do with a cow...but seriously holy cow it has been forever since I have written a blog post! To be more specific the last time I wrote anything was January 24...almost 2 months ago.

I don't really know why I stopped writing. I like LOVE to blog. It is my outlet. I can write what is in my mind and on my heart and I feel like the women that I connect with on here are a huge support system. I have had more than enough to write about to it isn't for a lack of material but I think I just rededicated my time. I was feeling really guilty about not dedicating more of my time to KR. Even though I do my blogging over lunch or after she goes to bed but I would find myself thinking about reading blogs or what I was going to write about when I was spending time with her. I also ended up staying up way too late at night because I would wait until she would go to bed to log on which also meant I had to either do my daily KR chores (wash bottle, get food ready, back bag) before I logged or after. Either way it was way too late when I was going to bed which meant I was missing out on spending time with my amazing husband.

After almost two months I finally feel like I have found some balance. I still find myself thinking about things I want to blog about but I take a quick piece of scrap paper and write it down until later when I have a minute to start a post. I have also put a bedtime on myself. I will be in bed by 10pm to watch the news with my husband every night. This may mean I don't get to write a post for that day or I don't get to read everyone's post (I promise I will catch up!) but I have to do what is best for me. I truly did miss blogging in my two month vacation and I am 100% glad to be back. I have the kind of personality that if I am going to something I go all out. I have high gear and no gear. I am working on finding balance and hopefully you all will join me on my journey. When I started this blog I thought the title was going to all about weight but what I'm finding is it is more about the whole self.

There have been so many things happening in our lives and I can't wait to catch you all up but we will leave that for another day. Before I end I do have one small request. When I found out my mom had cancer (a little over a year ago, March 10, 2010) blogging was my outlet so it is no surprise to me that I decided today was going to be the day I came back to where I spill my heart. My mom goes for her quarterly cancer check today. If each of you could take a quick minute to say an extra prayer today I would greatly appreciate your time. This time she has a body scan done today to see if cancer has spread anywhere else in her body then will go see her doctors on Wednesday to find out the results then next Monday she goes to see her eye doctor where they will tell her what is actually happening with the tumor. As always we pray that the cancer has not spread and that the tumor has shrunk but please also pray to give the doctors the wisdom to perform the test correctly and find any abnormalities, and for a safe trip for my mom.

Thanks everyone for listening! Have a fabulous Monday!