Bobby and I have been struggling a lot the last 6 months or so. Any single income family has to watch their spending, but we've done okay. In November we had to buy a new truck for his route, adding $570 in loan payments, $1000/month in gas, and however much the tires end up costing every quarter or so. I really enjoy having him home at a decent ( Read more... )

I don't know how much I've really talked about this, but it is something I've been spending a lot of time dwelling on. When I had Katie, I ended up 17 pounds below the weight I'd started out. I've slowly gained that back over the last year and a half, plus a couple extra, putting me at the heaviest I've ever been, including my weight at the peak ( Read more... )

I'm so angry right now, so I'm taking a step back. I'd been going to the gym, and doing pretty well, but I didn't go at all the week with all the snow or the week following. This week, I'm determined to get back on track. I went yesterday, and I've been trying all day to get my ass over there. So I changed Katie's diaper and got her shoes on, ( Read more... )

Around this time last year, I was hoping 8 o'clock would hurry up and come around, because that's when my doctor came back on duty. I knew I wouldn't have to deliver with the on-call doctor, which made me happy. I'd been having contractions for over 24 hours by then, and in the hospital for about 18. It would be another 6 before we'd decide on a ( Read more... )

We are having a party for Katie's first birthday this Saturday. (And I really need to get started cleaning my house. Eek! After this, I swear.) It's not going to be anything huge. My friend Jamie and her baby are coming, my mom and Eddie, Bobby's dad and Miss Roxann, Richard and Jessica. Bobby's mom and her husband, Jeff, were also going to be ( Read more... )

I wasn't planning to play WoW past the new expansion being released in December, but I got an invite to the beta, and it actually looks really interesting. I probably would have ended up playing anyway, because we were going to get one copy so we could try out the new races at least, so what the hell ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I let my wanting to be friends with everyone get in the way of certain goals. Recently, I started a meetup group for geek moms, because I don't really have a lot to talk about with the moms in my mom group that doesn't directly relate to my kid. Most of them are 10-15 years older than I am and Do Not Play Games. I made friends with ( Read more... )

I just can't abandon my LJ. I've tried a grown up blog, a different LJ, and I'm dissatisfied with all! So, here I am. This is my journal. I just spent most of the day reading all my past entries in between feeding, playing with, and loving on my Kate Monster. (Which was a little surreal, really. Reading about my past drama, then picking up my ( Read more... )

***12/5/2009 UPDATE*** I'm retiring my livejournal and relocating here: http://lovesarcasm.blogspot.com. Come visit! =)
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I'm going to make this journal friends only, as soon as I find a graphic I like for it. Comment if you love me.