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I figured I better start posting or people are going to think I'm off having a baby. I've had the flu the last couple of days, which is tons of fun.
As for the baby, the doctor says she's not going to come out any time soon, probably not until after her due date, which is next Saturday.
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I stole this from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) slysom
-GENERAL-
x. Name: Erin
x. Nicknames: Sweet Cheeks, Erinfin
x. Age: twenty-five
x. Birthdate: March 24, 1981
x. Birthplace: Greenville, OH
x. Current location: Dayton, OH
x. Zodiac Sign: Aries
x. Heritage: Irish & German
x. Eye Color: green
x. Hair Color: brown
x. Job: I work with the mentally ill
x. Label yourself: ??
x. One strength: I'm a good cook.
x. One weakness: Procrastination
x. Fears: anything happening to Jon or Rachel
x. Right, lefty or ambidextrous? Right, but I shoot pool left.
-LOVE-
x. Marital Status: Married.
x. If single, do you have someone in mind?
x. Ever been in love? Yes
x. In love right now? Of course
x. Believe in love at first sight? Definitely
x. Believe in true love? Yes.
x. Believe in soul mates? Yes.
x. Who was your first kiss? first real kiss- Chris
x. Who was the last person to break your heart? Sean
x. Your celebrity crush? Howie from Big Brother
x. Do you think it is possible for people to love more than once? Yes
-FRIENDSHIP-
x. Your best friend(s)? 10girrrl Sam, Jennifer, Mandie
x. Closest girl friend(s)? see above
x. Closest boy friend(s)? Poppy
x. Who's the first person you call when you are happy? Jon/Jen
x. Who's the first person you call when you are sad? Jon
x. Who's your newest friend? Jen
x. What's the most important thing to you in a friendship? trust
-FAMILY-
x. How would you describe your family? drama
x. What are your parents' names? David & Danette
x. Are they still together? yes
x. Do you still live with them? Nope!
x. Which do you get along with the best? Dad
x. Siblings? Natasha, Amy, Davey & Daniel, plus siblings in law.
-SEX-
x. Sexual Orientation: straight
x. Are you a virgin? I'm 5 months pregnant, figure it out
x. If not, when did you lose it? plead the 5th
x. Where was the first place you had sex? see above
x. Where was the last place you had sex? on the couch
x. Where was the weirdest place you had sex? on the stairway
x. What draws you to the opposite sex? sense of humor, respectful
x. Which do you prefer? Having sex, making love, or fucking? right now I'm going to have to vote for sleeping
x. Is it a penis, a dick, or a cock? penis
x. Is it a vagina, a pussy, or a cunt? vagina. I HATE HATE HATE the other two words. (agreed!)
x. Given/gotten a hickey? yesh, both. I have one now.
x. Kissed the same sex? yeah, as in my mom and grandma
x. Your favorite places to be kissed are: lips, neck
-HAVE YOU?-
x. Ever gotten drunk? yes too many times
x. Drugs? never
x. Punched someone the face? yes, the last time being Jon about 2 1/2 years ago (he put snow down my pants)
x. Ever been arrested? no
x. Ever fired a gun? yep
x. Ever been cheated on? yes
x. Used someone? sorta
x. Ever played Spin the bottle? no
x. Ever gone to a party where you were the only sober person? My birthday party (I am the automatic DD now) I had to drag my parents out of there at 2:30AM
-DO YOU?-
x. Sing in the shower? often
x. Call people back? Most of the time.
x. Have your driver's license? yes
x. Knock on wood? no
x. Like roller coasters? yes, but I can't ride them anymore.
x. Write in cursive or print? a combination of both
x. Like your handwriting? yes
x. Want to get married? yes, to Jon again
x. Want to one day have children? in about 4 months!
x. Have your kids names picked out already? yes- Rachel Elizabeth, and when we have a boy Michael Jonathan
x. Play an instrument? played tenor sax & trombone in hs.
x. Sprechen sie deutsche? I learned a little before I went over there.
x. Habla espanol? no.
x. Have piercings? 5 per ear, and tongue (I took it out over a year ago, but the hole is still there)
x. Have tattoos? just one, on my shoulder, it's the sun.
x. Consider yourself tolerant of others?: As long as they aren't stupid
x. Believe there is life on other planets?: maybe plant life, I don't believe in aliens.
-OTHER-
x. If you were stranded on a deserted island, which three things would you just have to have with you? a herd of cows, a garden & satellite TV (I know that's totally cheating)
x. What's one thing you've always wanted to do, but haven't done? retire
x. Make three wishes. I wish to find my dream job. I wish to have a house. I wish I had a dishwasher
x. If you were a super hero, what would your power be? setting stuff on fire
x. Would you use it for good or evil? good, of course!
x. If the world floods and you could only save one species, what would it be? cows
x. What would you buy if you won the lottery? Pay off my student loans and buy a house, then travel
x. What's the first song that pops into your head? I didn't have a song already in my head, and can't come up with anything under pressure.
x. Make a confession: My apartment is a mess!
x. You're about to die -- If you could tell the world ONE thing, what would it be? Life is too short to stress about things that are out of your control
x. Imagine that you can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up? Rosemary.
x. Imagine that you just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Hawaii.
x. If at birth you could select the profession your child would eventually pursue, would you do so? No, b/c if it's not right for her she won't be happy.
x. If you had the choice of living forever, would you? no I can't wait to get to heaven. People on this planet are getting ruder and ruder!
x. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says. "As I waited upon God, I saw in the spirit different aspects in my ministry which have only come to pass in recent years."
-NAME SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH-
No patience for this section.
i've kissed someone...
01. [x] on the cheek.
02. [x] on the lips.
03. [x] on their hands.
04. [x] in my room.
05. [x] in their room.
06. [x] the opposite sex.
07. [x] of the same sex.
08. [x] a little bit younger than me.
09. [x] a little older than me.
10. [ ] with black hair
11. [x] with brown hair
12. [x] blonde hair
13. [ ] with red hair
14. [x] with a tongue ring.
15. [ ] shorter than me.
16. [ ] with a lip ring.
17. [x] who I truly love(d)
18. [x] who was drunk.
19. [ ] who was high.
20. [x] in the morning.
21. [x] right after waking up.
22. [x] just before bed.
23. [x] late at night.
24. [x] who I had just met.
25. [x] who I really didn't want to kiss......
26. [x] we were just talking not dating....
27. [x] on a bed.
28. [ ] in a graveyard.
29. [x] at school.
30. [x] against a wall/fence
31. [x] in a hotel
32. [x] at the beach.
33. [x] at a concert.
34. [x] in a pool.
35. [x] who was a good friend.
36. [x] in the rain/ snow.
37. [ ] with an std.
39. [x] in a car/taxi/bus.
40. [x] in the movies.
41. [x] in a bathroom/laundry room
42. [x] in the dark.
43. [ ] on a roof top
44. [x] under water.
45. [x] while they/you were driving
46. [ ] a stranger
47. [ ] more than one person at once.
48. [ ] crying
49. [ ] goodbye forever
50. [x] when I was drunk/buzzed.
51. [ ] who didn't speak/ or only spoke a lil` english
52. [x] in a hot tub
53. [x] upside down
Mark X's to what fits you!
you are
[ ] short, under 5'0
[ ] 5'0 - 5'3
[x] 5'4 - 5'6
[ ] 5'6 -5'7"
[ ] 5'8" - 6'1
[ ] tall 6'2 and up
naturally
[ ] blonde
[ ] redhead
[ ] auburn
[x] brunette
[ ] dirty blonde/brownish
[ ] light brown
[ ] medium brown
[ ] dark brown
[ ] black
[ ] dont remember
[ ] im a lady and im not gonna answer
eyes
[ ] blue-eyed
[ ] brown-eyed
[x] green-eyed (didn't it already ask that?)
[ ] hazel eyed
[ ] gold/gray-eyed
[ ] silver/gray- eyed
[ ] blue/green-eyed
[ ] blue/grey-eyed
[ ] they change colors
[ ] glasses
[x] contacts
[ ] neither
hair length
[ ] short hair
[ ] medium
[x] long hair (down to my waist now)
[ ] mohawk
you have been
[x] rafting
[ ] water skiing
[x] camping
[x] horseback riding
[ ] surfing and skim/wake boarding
[x] water tubing
[ ] snowboarding
[ ] skiing
[ ] snowtubing
[ ] street luging
[x] cheerleading
[ ] lacrosse
[x] street hockey
[ ] gymnastics
[ ] martial arts
[ ] bmx
[ ] mountain bike
music
[ ] country
[ ] classical.
[ ] techno
[ ] oldies
[ ] opera
[ ] reggae
[ ] emo
[x] 80's
[ ] disco
[ ] metal
[ ] hardcore
[x] rock
[ ] rap / Hip-Hop
[ ] r&b
[x] classic rock
[ ] polka
[ ] southern rock
[x] christian
pets (had or have)
[x] cat
[x] dog
[ ] lizard
[ ] rat
[x] mouse/mice
[ ] ferret
[x] bunny
[x] fish
[x] duck
[ ] horse
[ ] bird
[ ] frog
[ ] hermit crab
[ ] prairie dog
[x] turtle
[ ] tortoise
[ ] hamster
[ ] snake
[ ] gerbil
[ ] guinea pig
[ ] pig
[x] goat
[ ] chinchilla
[ ] tarantula
[ ] goose
[x] chicken
[ ] sugar glider
[ ] cow
[ ] squirrel
you own
[x] American Eagle
[ ] Hollister
[ ] Buckle
[x] Abercrombie & Fitch
[x] Wal-mart
[ ] Wet Seal
[ ] O'neill
[ ] PacSun
[x] Aeropostale
[ ] Dickies
[ ] Roxy
[ ] Anchor Blue
[ ] Guess
[ ] Hot Topic
[ ] Lucky
[ ] Champs
[ ] Salvation army/goodwill
[ ] other thrift stores
[x] if i like it i'll wear it
[x] Old navy
[ ] Nude
[ ] Volcom
[x] other
[ ] Forever 21
[x] Victorias Secret
states i've been to
[ ] Alabama
[ ] Alaska
[ ] Arizona
[ ] Arkansas
[ ] California
[ ] Colorado
[ ] Connecticut
[ ] Delaware
[x] Florida
[x] Georgia
[ ] Hawaii
[ ] Idaho
[x] Illinois
[x] Indiana
[ ] Iowa
[ ] Kansas
[x] Kentucky
[ ] Louisiana
[ ] Maine
[x] Maryland
[ ] Massachusetts
[x] Michigan
[ ] Minnesota
[ ] Mississippi
[x] Missouri
[ ] Montana
[ ] Nebraska
[ ] Nevada
[ ] New Hampshire
[x] New Jersey
[ ] New Mexico
[x] New York
[x] North Carolina
[ ] North Dakota
[x] Ohio
[ ] Oklahoma
[ ] Oregon
[x] Pennsylvania
[ ] Rhode Island
[x] South Carolina
[ ] South Dakota
[x] Tennessee
[ ] Texas
[ ] Utah
[ ] Vermont
[x] Virginia
[ ] Washington
[x] Washington DC
[x] West Virginia
[ ] Wisconsin
[ ] Wyoming
confessions
[x] I am really ticklish
[ ] I've collected comic books.
[ ] I watch the news
[ ] I love Disney movies.
[ ] I don't kill bugs.
[ ] I have had "x"s in my screen name.
[x] I cook well
[x] have worn pajamas to class
[ ] I like Martha Stewart .
[ ] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS.
[x] I'm self conscious.
[x] I love to laugh.
[ ] I can't swallow pills
[ ] I bite my nails.
[ ] Gotten lost in my city.
[ ] Gone out in public in your underwear/boxers.
[x] Made out in an elevator.
[ ] Been skydiving
[x] Been bungee jumping.
[x] Bitten someone.
[ ] Egged a house/car.
[ ] Ding dong ditched someone
[ ] Crashed into a car
[x] Been fired.
[ ] been parasailing
have you ever
[x] stolen a sign
[x] danced in the rain
[x] seen a shooting star
[ ] proposed to anyone
[ ] gotten stitches
[x] eaten sushi
[x] gotten the chicken pox
[x] ridden in a taxi
[x] went on a cruise ship
[x] been on a plane by yourself
[x] had surgery
[x] seen a movie more than 3 times
[x] been on stage
[x] gotten a black eye
[x] memorized all the dialogue in a movie
[ ] watched an entire baseball game on tv
do you like
[x] old movies
[ ] musicals
[x] blasting music in the car.
[x] donuts
[ ] animals
[x] cappuccino (I miss cappuccino!)
in the past 2 years have you
[x] broken a promise (just sex promises)
[x] made a new friend
[x] fell in love
[ ] fell out of love
[ ] done something you swore never to do
[x] lied
[ ] stole
[ ] went behind your parents back
[ ] disappointed someone close
[x] hidden a secret
[x] pretended to be happy
[x] kissed in the rain
[x] slept under the stars. (in a tent)
[ ] kept your new years resolution
[ ] forgot your new years resolution
[ ] met someone who changed your life
[ ] met one of your idols
[x] changed your outlook on life
[x] sat home all day doing nothing
[x] pretended to be sick
[x] left the country
[x] given up something important to you
[ ] lost something expensive
[ ] learned something new about yourself
[ ] tried something you normally wouldnt try and liked it
[x] made a change in your life
[ ] found out who your true friends were
[x] made a total fool of yourself
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I stole this from slysom
01. Your name plus "y":
Eriny
02. Two feelings at the moment?
hungry, excited (I just won something on E-Bay)
03. What are you listening to right now?
watching Crossing Jordan
04. A part of a song lyric that's in your mind?
can't think of any right now, but I've been listening to Jeremy Camp lately. (slysom you should check him out, he looks kinda like Izey, I'll try to find a pic.
05. Describe where you are right now?
in the living room, on the make-out couch that used to be Lisa's.
06. The highlight of your week?
it will be Friday when I'm officially on vacation!
07. What are you craving to have right now?
Taco Bell and pickles. Broccoli & cheese sounds good too.
08. Any unforgettable childhood memory(s)?
Our club- The RedHots.
09. A not-so-good childhood memory?
my parent's divorce
10. What are your nicknames?
Erinfin, SweetCheeks, Erin-baron, Air Bear,
11. Your plans for tomorrow?
Lots of work. Then physical therapy.
12. Are you thinking of someone right now?
yes
13. Say something to the person who posted this:
Sam- you are a good friend, I miss the good old days hanging out and obsessing over everything hockey.
14. What do you want?
To find out I'm having a girl!
15. Who is your best friend?
I never see any of my friends anymore! 10girrrl, Jen, slysom & all of my online friends.
16. Say anything you like to whoever is reading your answers?
come clean my apartment.
17. Are you feeling hungry?
Hello- I'm pregnant.
18. Who do you miss right now?
, slysom, Jennifer (I hate running the office by myself), Preston.
19. Last friend you talked to online?
maybe Lisa? or 10girrrl
20. What do you like about the night?
How much I hate having to sleep on my left side. And Geez, I really don't want to get up and go to the bathroom- again!
21. If you visited a farm, what would you like to see?
Horses.
22. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A lawyer or a rockstar.
Last gift?
last gift I gave was my mother-in-law's Mother's day present (a computer) the last gift I got were my Mother's Day gifts from Jon and the baby.
24. Did you like it?
Yes! I picked them out! (pregnancy books)
25. Do you play an instrument?
used to play tenor sax, trombone and violin. Don't know if I still can.
26. What song did you last hear?
Happy Now- Michelle Branch.
27. Person you hate most?
RN
28. Who makes you laugh the most?
Jon
29. What makes you smile?
when Jon is being cute, when I feel the baby, and of course Brownie always makes me smile (except when she's doing something bad).
30. Who has a crush on YOU?
Jon.
Jun. 4th, 2006 @ 10:03 pm
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I'm sure you are all shocked to see an entry from me on your friends page.
Where to start...
Well I'm a little over 17 weeks pregnant now. So far, so good. I think I've gotten lucky this time. I only had bad morning sickness for 1 week. Next Monday we leave for Florida. I hope my dad does a good job of taking care of our pets. We always leave them there, but in the past my stepmom was there.
On June 27th, we find out the sex of this baby! We really want a girl!
Well that is all for now. I'll try to update more often!
Here are some pics of the baby:
8 1/2 weeks
11 weeks
Also, here's a link to my pregnancy journal:
I'm due Saturday, November 11, 2006 - Visit My Babies Online Pregnancy Journal
Jun. 4th, 2006 @ 08:43 pm
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I want a baby sooooooo bad! I was hoping I was finally pregnant because I was late, but then I started. Grrrrr. I think it did that just to torture me. And Jon too. He’s desperate for a baby too. I’m sure people will tell me that I have we are not ready, which I would agree. I don’t think anybody is truly ready. At least not for the first. Yes, I know I should finish college first, but I am pretty close to being done. I know we would find some way to work everything out. I don’t know if I can adequately explain just how bad we want a baby.
I almost feel jealous of Jason and Leah, because they have 2 beautiful, healthy children, but it’s bad to be jealous, and it’s not their fault they have kids and I don’t.
So instead I focus my anger on people who have an abortion because they don’t want to face up to the responsibility of their actions. I don’t think I want to get on my soapbox about abortion right this minute, but I do think there should be more restrictions on it (ideally I’d like it to be outlawed). One thing that pisses me off is that young girls can get one without their parents even knowing about it. When I was 16, my appendix ruptured, and the hospital would not perform surgery on me because my mom wasn’t there to give permission. (My dad was the one who took me to the hospital, but my mom technically had custody of me, so they wouldn’t let him sign the consent). Well, nobody knew where my mom was at the time, I think she was out shopping, and this was before everybody had a cell phone. SO I had to wait, and wait, and wait. It was so painful, and the longer I waited, the more infection filled my body, and I ended up being in the hospital for longer. (I’m sure this wasn’t as bad as 10girrrl‘s experience, but it still was pretty bad). My point is that if I had been pregnant instead, I could have gotten an abortion, and my parents would be none the wiser. But, hey, it’s MY body right? Yet I couldn’t get a life saving operation even though one of my parents consented. So why in this case isn’t everybody arguing that it is my body and I should have control?
Well, it looks like I climbed up on the soapbox, so while I’m up here….
I’ve always been against abortion, and I know that there is some “gray area”. While I can’t say that I’ve been raped, I would hope that if it did happen to me, I wouldn’t take my anger out on the baby. I feel that everybody is here for a purpose, and I just don’t feel like it is ok to kill babies for any reason. I’m not saying that if a woman is raped she has to keep the baby, she can put it up for adoption. Or hell, do an under-the-table adoption and make some money off of it. I don’t care, just don’t kill the kid. There are so many people out there who go through such desperate measures just to have a baby, and there are still so many people who destroy their babies.
I’m sick of the “My body, My choice” argument. A baby is it’s own person, not a part of the mother’s body. I don’t think of myself as part of my mom’s body. (shudder). Well I do agree with the pro-choice argument: You had the choice: you chose to have sex. And those who didn’t get to make that choice, I do feel really bad for you. I’m sure it was a traumatic experience, like I said thankfully I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard that abortion is a traumatic experience, too. An abortion is not going to bring the healing that a rape victim needs. And it’s her baby too, not just his.
I think the fathers have rights too. Except in the case of rape. I saw on TV a rapist took his victim to court for custody of the baby. God I pray that that can’t happen in real life. That is wrong. But in the case of consensual sex, I think the father should have a say in whether or not the baby gets aborted. Yes the woman carries the baby and makes the sacrifices, but it is still his baby, even if he is an asshole. But I think if he’s fighting to keep his baby, he can’t be all bad (if he’s only acting in the baby’s interest, not as an act of control).
Geez this does get complicated.
And for the record, this has always been my opinion about abortion, even before I went baby-crazy. It was also my opinion before it really hit home a little over a year ago. If you want to know what happened, e-mail me. I think I told 10girrrl.
Another thing that baffles me is that if a woman loses her unborn baby in a car accident, the at fault driver can be charged with vehicular manslaughter in some states (which I agree with), but if that same woman went and got an abortion, it is legal. So in one case the baby is considered a living person, but in the other she isn’t. But it’s the same baby. I don’t get it. Why is it ok for her to kill the baby, but not the guy who rear-ended her?
No wonder this issue is so controversial. Even the woman who was Roe is against abortion now.
Well that is my opinion, and if I offended anybody, well I can’t say I’m sorry, because I’m entitled to feel the way I feel. This is who I am and something I truly believe in.
Oct. 10th, 2005 @ 10:36 am
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this is my first entry in a while, and it's going to be a bitchy one. i'm am so freaking frustrated right now. this is one of those days where nothing is going right. My computer (which was already a piece of crap) quit on me yesterday. I'm glad my supervisor isn't in today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get anything done. At least her comp is still working. grrrr. our company is so freaking cheap! why won't they just get us some decent equipment??? it is frustrating because they give us all this crappy equipment, and expect us to be able to do our jobs. The fax has been broken since before I even started working here. Will they buy us a new one? No. So what do we do when we have to make copies? We have to drive to the main office which is 20 minutes away.
The housing department is the red-headed stepchild of the company. Everybody at the main office gets new equipment, and we get their old stuff. Our comps are running on Windows 95. And now Jennifer's computer decides to be gay and won't print. And the A drive won't work. WTF. I would just go to one of my other offices and work, but oh wait, nothing works in them either. Plus the new resident manager of the property where we live decided to install a new operating system, and deleted my Corel Office Suite, which is what I use to do the rent, so i can't do the rent anymore when I'm there. I would fire him for doing that, but he's my husband, and if I fire him, then we would lose our free rent.
So I'm supposed to be here until 5, but with the comps down I really can't do much.
As if this wasn't bad enough, I get a call from this resident who hates me, and she is griping about her hose being in front of my apartment. I try to explain that it isn't her hose, it belongs to the company, and it has been in front of my apartment all summer. She is always accusing me of stealing her stuff. More on her in a different entry. So while she's on the phone going on and on, my cell phone rings. I try to get her off of the phone, since I have much better things to do than to talk to her about a hose, such as answer my cell phone. But no, by the time I get her off of the phone, I had already missed 2 calls. did I mention that I had already talked to her about the hose incident earlier?
And damn it, it was Jon who called and I would have much rather been talking to him than her. (if only he would have tried to call one more time)That is the main reason I'm pissed. I can't call him back, because he's not allowed to take personal calls at work.
I'm having another minor outpatient surgery tomorrow to try to get my female problems taken care of. Whoo-hoo! No work, and lots of anesthesia and pain killers!
We're still debating on the baby topic. We both want one like right now, but we know we should wait until after college, and until we get a house. It's so hard waiting though!
Yay! He just called me. Now my day is better.
I guess I'll do some filing, or whatever else I can do without a computer.
Sep. 28th, 2005 @ 12:07 pm
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this is just a random collection of ranting and bitching.. hey, we all gotta do it sometime or another....
okay, i guess i can start with my mother-in-law...
some of this stuff might not seem like a big deal, i guess you just had to be there to know how i felt... plus there is a lot of stuff she's done and said to me that I'm not putting here, so maybe if we didn't have such history, some of these other things wouldn't piss me off so bad...
she won't admit it, but she hates me. she's mad that Jon didn't marry her friend's niece. most of the time she is nice to me, but every once in a while she just totally goes off on me for no apparent reason. a few weeks ago, she got mad at me for a sarcastic comment i made about jon. she stormed out of the room, then later tried to pull jon aside and have a talk with him.
this really pissed me off, because we're married, so she has no right to try to pull him to the side and talk about me. if there is a problem, jon and i will work it out, it's none of her business. jon knew i was kidding. this happens all the time. I will say I am proud of my man, because he ALWAYS stands up for me.
somebody who witnessed the whole fiasco told me i shouldn't let it bother me, because that's just how mothers are with their son's wives. hmmm. then why isn't she like that with her other son's wife??? the same person who made the previous comment said that it is up to me to be extra nice to her and maybe she'll stop treating me like this. This whole incident is just the tip of the iceberg compared to everything she has done to me in the past 2 years. I have forgiven a lot of stuff that she's done and said (including when she told jon that she will have nothing to do with our kids). Why do I have to be nicer?? If she doesn't like me for who I am, then she isn't going to like me if I try to be a little nicer.
about an hour before this happened, she was looking through a scrapbook that her friend had made. there were a few pictures of Jon and Melissa (her friend's niece) and she was making a big fuss. "Oh this is such a cute picture. Come look at this picture of Jon and Melissa! I miss Melissa, I need to call her sometime."
grrrrrr
And this isn't the first time she's thrown Melissa in my face. One time we were at her house shortly after we had gotten together, and before even saying hi to me she said, "Jon, did you remember that Melissa's birthday is coming up? Did you get her anything?"
I don't feel threatened by her because I trust Jon, and now that I've gotten to know Melissa, I know it never would have gotten anywhere because she is so self-centered. But I am sick of constantly being reminded that she would rather have Jon be with Melissa. Melissa put in her lj that Jon still has the hots for her, but she is just not even interested. I believe it's the other way around. When they split up or whatever, she went around telling everybody that she never liked him, he just had some hopeless crush on her... yeah whatever, i've read the letters she wrote him, they are definitely not the kind of thing you say to a guy you are not interested in. If I can dig them up I will post them and let you decide.
Melissa and Alice both need to just get over it.
Alice has had it in for me from the beginning. Before she even met me, she was telling Jon she didn't like me. And she must have been telling stuff to the rest of the family, because most of them were hostile when they first met me. I'll give some of them credit though, Jon's brother Chris and his sister-in-law Leah have always been nice to me. So have his grandparents.
I know part of their problem is that Jon and I lived together. We are adults and we made a decision. Deal with it. Leah was 6 mos. pregnant before she and Jason got married. I don't see everybody hating her. Plus Alice lived with her 2nd husband before they were married. And she was only 18 when Jason was born, plus she had had a miscarriage before that, so I'm wondering if SHE was married before she got pregnant....
Not that I have a problem with that, considering I am the only one out of 5 children in my family conceived in wedlock. I'm just saying that she has no business to be judging me.
i'd just write it off as typical mother-in-law behavior if i didn't see that she treats Leah so much differently. She treats Leah (and Melissa for that matter) like daughters, and she treats me like a stepchild.
There is so much more to this whole story, but I've ranted for long enough for this entry. I guess I just needed to get this off my chest, since I don't really have any girlfriends to talk to (in person i mean) and I don't talk to my sisters much. And I guess I was hoping that maybe somebody would tell me that I'm not crazy for feeling this way..
Jul. 28th, 2005 @ 07:04 pm
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yeah so i've disappeared from the lj scene for about two weeks now. I'm sure you may have guessed why, and I've been putting off making this post, like i guess if i don't say it, then maybe it's not true...
we're not having a baby. :(
( If you want the somewhat yucky details click here )
it really sucks, and I was super depressed, but I'm starting to feel better. I cried the other night when Lucy had her baby on 7th heaven.
I know the timing might not have been optimal for us, but we were excited anyway. I mean we would have figured something out. I'm going to start seeing some fertility specialists next week once the insurance kicks in. Dang I never thought I'd be getting fertility treatment at age 24! Well I'm on the pill now, and they're hoping that's all it takes to get things working normally again. I guess I'll know in a week or so.
On a happier note, I'm babysitting Deseray and Preston tomorrow!!! Yay! I miss them. My mom says Preston points to my picture and says my name every day. He's so awesome! I wish I could spend more time with him. My mom warned me that he is a wild child now.
Last Friday I spent the day with Parker and Preston #2. They are so cute! Parker is a few months older than Preston #1, but he still doesn't talk much. They love Barney, which is annoying, but it is so cute to see them dance to it. I think Preston (#2) will probably start talking before Parker.
What would I do without nieces and nephews?
Jul. 28th, 2005 @ 06:41 pm
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I called in sick to work today. I just could not get myself out of bed this morning, and I'm feeling some horrible nausea. I guess this makes up for the day 2 weeks ago that I actually went in to work when I was vomiting?
I'm just going to say it- I'm pregnant!
Wow it felt so good to say that to somebody other than my husband!
I hope you guys feel priviledged, since you are the first ones to know besides Jon and me.
It's easier to talk to your friends than family about some things. I know my parents will be thrilled deep down, but I know my dad thinks I should finish college first. (At least I got married first) Plus I haven't been to the doctor yet (lack of insurance), and I don't want to hear any crap from them about that. We wants to wait until I've been to the doctor before we tell the family.
I keep hearing in the back of my head Jon's mom saying that if we ever had a kid, she wouldn't have anything to do with him or her. I know that was a long time ago, and she doesn't feel that way now, but it is a hard thing to forget. Somebody in his family is still out to get me, his brother heard a nasty rumor about me, but won't tell where it came from. I am getting so sick of this! What do I have to do to prove myself to these people? I already told Jon if this bullshit doesn't stop, his family won't be seeing our baby. I have since cooled down a little, and I realized that a child is not a weapon. I won't use the baby like that. It's not up to me to punish them.
I am very happy right now, and I don't want anybody to rain on my parade. I just know his family will give us a bunch of crap when they find out and I just don't want to hear it.
I'll be due around February 23rd, so I guess we won't be going to Hawaii for our anniversary after all. We've been looking at baby stuff, and I would like to know, why do most baby items have Pooh on them? I'm not a big Pooh fan. I saw some things with Tiny Toons on them, which would be ok. But seriously, why Pooh?
Man baby stuff is expensive! I hope a lot of people come to my shower! I doubt my mom's family will show up, since they didn't even go to my wedding reception. My Mom didn't even go. Oh geez I better not get started on this one.
Jon wants the baby to be a girl. I want twins. If she's a girl, it will be the first girl in Jon's family in 40 years! If I have the first girl, maybe they will like me then. (Probably not, since it would be Jon who is responsible for that, not me.
I can't wait until I can go to the doctor and get more information. I'm already eating better and taking prenatal vitamins. I'm just trusting in God to keep the babies healthy until we get insurance. (2 more weeks).
I'm really excited. I had originally wanted to wait until I have the baby to find out the sex. But now I think I will find out as soon as possible. It's killing me that I have to wait another 8 months to see them, I'm going to need something between now and then.
Jun. 29th, 2005 @ 12:54 pm
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I have had the worst migraine ever! NOt even Percocet would touch it. Finally it went away. Hopefully I will be able to update soon, but for now, it's off to work.
May. 18th, 2005 @ 12:12 pm
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okay, here is the long-awaited, drama-filled tale of the wedding.
First of all, Jon and I decided to break tradition and see each other the day of the wedding. (No way was I doing all the work myself!) Besides, we are a team, so it didn't seem right that we go our separate ways when there was so much last minute stuff to do before the wedding.
okay where to start.....
First of all my mom showed up to the wedding wearing white. I thought it was pretty common knowledge that only the bride wears white in the wedding. She said, "This is the dress I got married in, and nobody has seen it yet so i thought I'd show it off."
Well, maybe if you had gotten married in THIS country, we would have seen your dress.
And as I mentioned before my mom was going to take photos with my digital camera as a result of my photographer canceling on me.
Well, after the ceremony, she tells me that she decided to take pictures with her own camera instead, so she could have pictures. So now I have NO pictures of my own wedding. Her husband, who videotaped the wedding did a horrible job. All he had to do was point the camera, and zoom in and out when necessary. Instead, he kept starting and stopping at random points, and completely cut out Jason and Leah walking down the aisle. I'm definitely going to have to edit it and re-do the sound since he kept cutting in and out. Maybe they don't have video cameras in Egypt....
Gotta run. Class starts in 10 minutes! Stay tuned for part 2!
Apr. 19th, 2005 @ 12:05 pm
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Yes, I AM still alive. I am back from an extended absence from the lj, e-mail and most other forms of correspondence.
To commemorate my four week wedding anniversary, I'm taking a look back into all the drama that was my wedding. For those of you that know me, (Which I'm assuming is both of the people reading this) You know I could not do something as monumental as getting married without some drama. Heck, I can't even go to the grocery without drama. So without further ado, here it is.
The drama truly started the week of the wedding.
Sunday, March 13-
My photographer quit on me. She was a friend of a friend who was giving me a good deal, but then realized the week of my wedding that she had another commitment that day. Thanks for the notice! I knew it would be pointless to try to find another on such short notice, because most photographers charge around $1000, and there was no way I was paying that much for a few pictures and like an hour of somebody's time.
I tried not to get too stressed about it. I figured I could put my nice new digital camera to use, and just have somebody take the pictures for me. So I asked my mom to do it, since she would be in the front row, and I figured she'd be taking pictures anyway. Her husband Karim said he'd do the video for me which is good, since I didn't want to hire a videographer. I have a decent video camera which a drunk monkey could operate, and I know how to do the editing myself. Keep reading and you'll see how this whole arrangement blew up in my face.
Monday, March 14-
I get a call from a collection agency about gym I supposedly joined a year ago, yet never received the first bill for. (another story for another day) Anyway, they said if I didn't pay them $330 by Wednesday, I would have to go to court. Like I didn't have anything better to be spending that money on the week of my wedding, not to mention that I did not get paid until the day of my wedding. (stupid bi-weekly paychecks)
Tuesday, March 15-
My last day of work before the wedding. I went to work as usual, only to find out 10 minutes later that I was fired because I had evidently taken a 31 minute lunch the week before, which counts as an absence and I had already used the 2 that they allow us to have in 6 months. That is the thanks I get for working 50 hours a week for 4 months straight.
As if that wasn't bad enough, Jon had my Blazer that day, and when I tried to call him to pick me up, there was no answer, meaning he was online. Well I didn't exactly want to hang around the place I get fired from, for who-knows-how-long until he decided to get off the internet. So I walked home. It was pretty freaking cold, not to mention the fact that I was wearing sandals. By the time I got home, I was freezing, and my legs hurt so bad, I didn't think I'd be able to walk down the aisle in 3 days.
Wednesday, March 16-
Natasha calls to tell me that her husband has decided that their daughter Deseray is not allowed to be the flower girl because she was bad. Shane is another story in himself, but here's a little background info about this situation. He was mad because Natasha and Deseray were in the wedding, but not him. First of all, he and Jon hardly know each other, so why would Jon choose him as a groomsman? (Let's not even go into the fact that Jon doesn't even like him). Second of all, in case nobody noticed, Jon has three brothers, so obviously they are going to be his first choice. Also, Shane's brother is getting married soon in GAtlinburg, but they cannot afford to travel down there and pay for a hotel, so they aren't going. So Shane thinks that since they aren't going to his brother's wedding 2 states away, then the shouldn't go to my wedding either. With his logic, he'd make a great Democrat!
Thursday, March 17-
Wow. I don't think anything bad happened this day. Although my dad may beg to differ as he had to spend St. Patrick's Day in a church instead of at a bar drinking green beer. (I told him that Harrigan's is just down the street from the church). The rehearsal went well, other than the fact that the CD that Jon made with our music on it wouldn't play. This was the first time my dad met Jon's family, other than his brother Michael, because we brought him out to my dad's house a week earlier to play with Daniel. Oh yeah I got home to find a message from Natasha saying that Shane was going to allow Deseray to be in the wedding after all, which was a sigh of relief since we had no replacement, since there are no females under age 39 in his family.
Friday, March 18-
Ahhhh. The Wedding Day. Well I hate to keep you in suspense, but the Wedding Day was so drama-filled that it deserves its own entry. Besides I think this is enough drama for one reading, so I'll just list who's who for the wedding and leave it at that for now.
Bride: ME! YAY! Groom: Jonathan Levier (hottie)
Maid of Honor: (technically matron of honor, but I don't like that word) Danette Fitzgerald (stepmother of the Bride)
Best Man: David Fitzgerald (my dad, and I think it was awesome that Jon wanted him to be his best man)
Bridesmaids: Leah Levier (sister-in-law of Groom)& Natasha Miles (sister of Bride)
Groomsmen: Jason Levier (brother of Groom- Leah's husband) Chris Levier (brother of Groom) & Michael Anderson (brother of Groom)
Flower Girl: Deseray Miles (niece of Bride)
Ring Bearers: David Fitzgerald II (brother of Bride) & Daniel Fitzgerald (brother of Bride)
I'll get some pictures up soon!
Apr. 15th, 2005 @ 08:33 am
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ahhhhhh. Finally I have some free time!!! Working sucks! It is kind of ironic that I say that as I am now contemplating a second job. I got a call from the apartment complex that I had an interview with back in September. So if I end up with that job, which is only 10 hours per week, then I will have free rent on top of what I'm making at Victoria's Secret. Which would be nice, only the apartment is not nearly as nice as the one i have now, but I think I can deal with it knowing I am saving $600 per month. We'll be able to buy a house in no time!
The wedding date is drawing ever so close, less than 2 months from now.... I have so much to do! I began planning later than I would have liked since I had no money, and now I have more than enough money, and no free time to spend it. I have my dress picked out, we have the tuxes picked out. I let Danette pick out the bridesmaids dresses, since i really don't care what they look like as long as they're the right color, and she is the one who will be wearing it, not me. Now i just have to wait for my other bridesmaid to lose some weight so she can be fitted for a dress. No, i'm not being mean, she just had a baby less than a week ago.
yes, I am an Aunt again!!!! Preston #2 was born on Friday January 21st! He is over 9 pounds and 21 inches long. He's so cute and looks a lot like his big brother. Jon was disappointed that Preston was not born on his b-day, which was Monday. Happy belated birthday Jon.
okay i gotta go, I'm in Jon's dorm and his roommate needs the computer. Hopefully I can update soon!
Jan. 26th, 2005 @ 07:38 pm
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man i guess another month has passed. geez, i spend way too much time at Victoria's Secret and not enough at home. My only days off in the last 2 weeks were holidays, so I haven't gotten any rest! And now the new quarter has started! I'm counting the days until my honeymoon in the Bahamas.....
I hope everybody had a great christmas, and hopefully i'll be able to update soon!
Jan. 4th, 2005 @ 12:00 am
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I don't even know where to start.... the last month or so has been insane.
I've been working 50-60 hours a week at Victoria's Secret, and trying to sleeep some in my spare time.
ever since Thanksgiving week, I've been majorly sick, and even ended up having surgery a couple of weeks ago, but don't worry, everything is fine, so I won't go into details...
and somewhere in that time my phone got shut off due to being broke and not paying the bill.
then last week I was sick like every single day, and even managed to come down with Whooping Cough. Yeah i thought that was one of those extinct diseases, but no, I got it.
so sorry to all of my friends for basically disappearing for a month, I'll try harder to update the journal more often.....
Dec. 14th, 2004 @ 12:15 pm
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The day has finally come that Seinfeld is on DVD!!!!! The first 3 seasons. Thursday night they are having a Seinfeld Special on tv!
Nov. 23rd, 2004 @ 03:16 pm
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