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My baby girl was tearing the frog legs up. She is a true country girl.

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Yummmmm! I made some frog legs tonight for the first time, and they were awesome. They taste just like chicken. They were even jumping in the pan...lol.

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Hannah and Austin

What is he thinking?

So, alot has gone on lately. Probably more than I can deal with. I just wish someone could explain to me what goes on inside a man's head? How can a grown man (well, maybe not all the way grown, but 23 yrs old), turn his back on his family? How can he turn himself away from his 3 year old daughter, while some nights she is crying for him? How does a mother stay strong, while she's hurting inside? Those are just some questions I have, and wish I could find the answer to them.

New Hair

I got my hair done yesterday. I wanted something different and a little bit edgy. Goal Accomplished!!!

Survived Day 1

Well, I got through my first day on the diet meds. I was hungry when I woke up this morning, but I took the medicine and then I wasn't hungry. I had to make myself eat some oatmeal, then I ate some yogurt, and a smart one's meal for lunch. Then I snacked on some fresh fruit. I have drank so much water. I've gone to the bathroom every 10 minutes. I have some new found energy that I haven't had since before having Hannah. The medicine didn't make me shakey or nervous. The only thing i'm trying to figure out is what i'm gonna eat for supper tonight b/c I have school. I think a 6inch wheat veggie sub sounds good from subway. I am having a headache from no caffeine though. Anyways, keep ya updated!

Anne

Letting go of all excuses

It's been a while since I have posted, but I thought I would use my blog as my journey with losing weight. Maybe actually having something to talk about and give updates about, then I would do it more often. I have my first appointment today at the weight doctor. After figuring out that I couldn't do it on my own, I turned to other options that would be affordable. I found a place in Louisville, called Louisville Center For Weight Loss. Here is the website in case anyone is interested...http://www.louisvillecenterforweightloss.com/
Today was my first appt., so I went and they took blood, did an EKG, and a physical to make sure there was nothing major wrong with me. The doctor came in and talked with me, and he was awesome. Everything checked out fine, we're just waiting on the blood work. He went on and prescribed me some appetite suppresent medicine called Phentermine. It's supposed to be one of the safest and more effective weightloss medicines out there. He also gave me Water Pills which will also help lower my blood pressure when it gets up. The last thing they gave me was something called Topamax. This medicine makes sweets, soft drinks, diet softdrinks, pasta, bread, and other carbs taste bad so you don't want to eat them. Doesn't sound half bad. When I got done seeing the doctor, I went through the door, and there was a pharmacy. They had they're own pharmacy. So I was able to get it filled right there. For all three medications, it was only $30, and that without insurance. I was told I can expect to lose 10lbs a month. When I got back to work, I decided to take on of the Topamax, and let me tell you, it does work. I have a fresh Pepsi on my desk and about 30 minutes after I took the medicine, I took a drink, and it tasted really flat. Woooohoooooo! I'm on my way to a better me! I will post tomorrow to let you know how I do on my first day of Phentermine.

Hectic week....

So, this week was really hectic. Hannah has been sick for a month now, and when I took her to the immediate care the weekend of the big snow, they said she had bronchitis and treated her with 2 different medicines. After finishing those, she was still sick. I took her to her pediatrician and she told me that it was viral and told me just to give her over the counter medication. At that time she had started this really nasty cough. She was taking the over the counter meds for 8 days, and still wasn't better. so, last friday I took her to the hospital because she was sooooo sick. The tested her for "pertussis" (whooping cough). they also did chest x-rays. They ended up prescribing Triacin C with Codine. We'll, the next day I went to every pharmacy in the area and nobody had it. they told me it wasn't a "common drug". So, here I am with this sick child and frusterated at the hospital for prescribing her this uncommon medicine. I ended up calling the hospital and they told me to take it back to the pharmacist and they would call in something different. They ended up giving her DroTuss which has Hydrocodone in it. She started taking that Saturday morning, and by Monday she wasn't doing any better. Her doctor wanted to see her again, so on Monday I took her back. The hospital refused to give me or Hannah's doctor the pertussis test results over the phone, which is what I told they would do in the first place. She thought she had it due to a count in her blood was really high, but we couldn't say for sure that she had it until we had the results. She ended up treating her for it, but at the same time Hannah also had a sinus infection. She was prescribed Zythromax. On tuesday I went to the hospital and got the test results, and it was Negative! Boy, were we relieved. If the test result was positive, then the health department would have done an evaluation on us to try and figure out how she got it. That meant that every person that Hannah had contact with the last few weeks would have had to be treated. Luckily we don't have to go through that! God is so good!

Blabbing about what I feel

So, this week has been a little crazy. My week had started out really good, because me and Hannah started going to a new church (New Vision to be exact), and I fell in love! I loved the people, I loved the praising, it was just awesome. So I will be going there every week now. Hannah had fun in the Preschool class. She didn't cry when I dropped her off which was suprising. I got to connect with God while being there with some of my family that mean so much to me. I am excited to get to start doing some church activities. Being in church on Sunday gave me a whole new outlook on my life, and my purpose in life. I still have alot of growing to do, but I have plenty of time to be able to do that. My goal is to eventually start going on Wednesday nights.

The part of the week that has been so hectic for me this week, is me and Aaron having some problems. It has really brought me down, and made me really think about us and our relationship. I'm trying to look at it from the view of God. What would God want us to do. He would want us to work through it. It's so hard to work through it when theres only 1 of us trying. It's almost like i've been trying so hard to make things work for a while now, that I have given up on trying. It almost seems pointless. The thing that really hurt me this week, was when I was trying to talk to him about church and how we really enjoyed it, and he was like "Are you just going to church to pray for me". That really made me upset, because no, i'm not going only for that reason. Yes, I am going to pray for him, but i'm not going to tell him everytime I pray. There are numerous reason of why I am going to church. I want to better my relationship with God. I want to better my relationship with my husband. I want my daughter to grow up knowing who God is. The list can go on. I mean, how do you make a relationship better when only 1 person is putting in the effort? The last few days we haven't really spoken much, and I haven't been wearing my wedding rings. I know that I can't put myself through this the next 5-10 years and look back and have nothing but regrets. I don't understand how someone can change that much within the matter of a few years. I haven't slept at all all week and i'm exhausted. I'm tired of putting on a front when we're around people, leading people to believe that we are this perfect couple who has no problems, when deep down I am hurting. I am hurting for affection, I am hurting for respect. As much as I do- full time mother, full time job, full time student, I think I deserve those things. I don't have anyone to turn to, like friends wise. I pretty much lost all of my friends, so I have no girlfriends to get together with and go shopping or do any of that. Pretty much I am lonely. I'm gonna stop blabbing on. Will write again soon.

Some days, you just feel like cleaning

Last night I must have been in a cleaning mood (which I very rarely am), because I decided to go in the bathroom, and really clean it. I cleaned out from underneath the sink, and I even got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed the floor. Talk about impressed, Aaron went in the bathroom, and was like WOW! I have never seen this bathroom this clean. So last night I must have earned some points. I have been working on doing better at wanting to clean, and ever since we have put hardwood floors down and painted and done all that fun stuff, I have WANTED to keep the house clean. Aaron now likes to clean the floor since it's hardwood floors now. I do the dishes and put them away every single night, and we make sure we pick up every night (even Hannah puts her toys away). We've kinda made it into a family thing. With a little effort from all of us, it will stay nice and clean. Kids are never too young to start cleaning. Although, I am still trying to work on my side of the bedroom. You can't learn to do everything all at once, right?