Welllll- last time I posted was last Sunday. Woke up for the Monday morning usual routine. Katie got up and already I could tell her cheeks were flushed, she looked miserable. And… temp of 101.something. Ugh. I went to wake Brad up at his usual time and he said his back was killing him (which might have been made worse by OTHER activities hah) and then I told him about Katie’s temp and how she was almost out of meds. He decided to take the day off to rest his back and buy her some more meds. He went out a bit later and bought his own breakfast and her meds.

We all eventually took naps and just had a good rest day. Unforunately, Katie’s temps continued. Her highest was almost 103. Temps Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and it finally started to stay down Friday. She had a sore throat but nothing like it was when she had strep before. I was keeping an eye on her but just seemed like something that needed to pass. Today she is back to her annoying self, lol with random sniffles and little random coughs and bit of congestion. She should be good to go on Monday! Mom usually watches Katie Friday evenings while we go shopping but she didn’t want to risk catching what Katie had so I gave her a dose of meds since her temp was 99.5 and we got shopping done. Today has been a cooler, gloomy, rainy day. I got up early to take my thyroid meds and eventually napped a little later. Brad’s mostly been laying around and went back to sleep this afternoon. I need to face my fear of driving and go buy Katie’s Easter stuff since there won’t be a time we could go without her since Mom doesn’t want to risk any chance of getting sick.

Speaking of health-
I bought some new powdered Dr formulated organic fiber to try to get more fiber in my daily intake, since I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out why I’ve had chronic diarrhea for wayyy longer than I should. I’m also gonna add bits of whole food fiber too. My diet has a little fiber but has been lacking for way too long. With being sensitive to sooo many things and only eating a handful of foods then I can see how the lack of fiber has wrecked my gut. Gonna take it slow and add more over time and I know that will help with everything, including nutrient absorption and overall energy. I’m taking necessary nutrients plus a great probiotic but if everything just runs through me then my body does not get what it really needs.

Still watching reruns of Secret Life! Watched a few episodes today. About to dry/style my hair soon and think about if I’m gonna go out or not. Happy Easter weekend!! I’m so thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ. He died for me.. and you. He loves you and me. He wants us to live happier lives EACH DAY and we can, If we take care of ourselves and each other. We can make a difference and we can spread love and inspire others to do the same. I’m thankful for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the peace I feel knowing that I have a loving Heavenly Father and Savior. Nothing is impossible and anything IS POSSIBLE, with faith, with persistence, and with the hope that everything will turn out the way that it is supposed to, even when we fail- we have the opportunity and choice to get back up and try again and again. We can make our lives as awesome as we want but it takes effort and to hold to everything good, even in our darkest moments and hardest times. Life is so beautiful. I just look around at nature and adore it all. I’m so thankful to be alive, even when things don’t go my way. I count my blessings and I just remain forever thankful to be breathing, even when there is pain, even when there is struggle because that is what is REAL. Trials help us grow and teach us exactly what we need to unlock our true potential and find out who we really are so that we can be happy. Well, If we face them with the right attitude. I am grateful, thankful, and blessed for everything Heavenly Father has given me. The Gospel has taught me a new perspective and continues to teach me every single day. <3 Sending positive vibes and e-hugs to you guys! =) One of my favorite lyrics to go with this moment- "You can turn off the sun.. but I'm still gonna shine!" from Jason Mraz <3

I’m so glad spring is here.. but I’ll be happier when it closer to SUMMER!!!! However, today temperature-wise was not very spring-like. Currently only 52 degrees and has been quite chilly all day- even gonna get down into the 30’s tonight! Rahhhh.

Been applying for a whole bunch of different jobs and PRAYING something comes up. We have till the 31st and then our apartment lease is up and we haven’t really found anything we really want to move into so I think we are gonna be here another year… and I’m OK with that. I’m super close by to my family members that I’m closest to and we’re within a decent distance of a lot of cool places. However, since this area keeps getting more and more expensive (and will only go HIGHER with the new Braves stadium coming in 2017…) then we will try to move again next year.

Katie did not have a good week at school. Hopefully this week will be much better. Well, the only day she did really well with was Friday so let’s hope that goes into tomorrow too. Yesterday afternoon we all headed out and went to the pet store in the same town where Brad works (about.. 15-20 min away) and it’s a really neat pet store where you get to interact with any and every animal. They had BABY BIRDS!!! Tiny cockatiels! We got to see one of the workers feeding the babies with syringes.. aww. Left and went over to the mall, since I was still wanting a new pair of Asics shoes… since I’ve wore the HECK out of mine the last 4 years, lol. They are sooo worn and have a hole in each top side hahaha. We went into Ladys Foot Locker and they had a couple Asics but thought I’d look for other options. I had crammed my protein shake and half my protein bar before we went into the mall and a little while later I had to pee sooo bad that I was hurting. We tried to find a bathroom and it took forever!!! I was kindof waddling haha. We finally found it and by then Brad was NOT HAPPY about having to run around looking for the bathroom. His back was bothering him too. Yeah, there should be more bathrooms spread throughout that mall. Checked out a couple other places and came upon Famous Footwear. They had Asics too so was trying to decide which ones I liked. Decided on these Asics that are grey and blue.. really love them! Looked in the clearance section and found some cute potential church shoes. I ended up also buying a pair of Roxy dress shoes that are black/fuzzy/sparkly and very soft on the inside. Super comfy!! I’m also tempted to go back and buy the SUPER SUPER comfy and awesome Sketchers slip ons that I found. It felt like I was walking on air. Katie started her pouting cause she wanted to do this and that but I told her that maybe if she would behave in school then she would get to do more. Insert more almost 8 year old attitude. Ughhhhhhhh. Stopped in Hot Topic and I really love that store! Brad was feeling anxious because there were a lot of people so he was just wanting to get out of there but hopefully we can go back again.

Went to church today and had a lovely time! Took a great nap this afternoon and now I’m eating dinner- about to watch more reruns of The Secret Life of the American Teenager! I am LOVING watching it again!!! <3 Sending everyone POSITIVE vibes for this week!!

HELLO TO MY 30’S AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEE! <3 I've gotten so much social media birthday love all day and I'm so thankful! We did venture out last night to Staples and I got a cute little leather computer chair! I love it!!! Overall, a sunny, warm, and overall good birthday. I feel like things are going in the right direction! My handsome hubby left me the sweetest Facebook message this morning that made me cry. AHHH I LOVES HIM. He's a bit more tired today since we stayed up later than usual last night.. ahem! ;D We stopped by Whole Foods after he got home from work today and I bought some digestive enzymes (which I think is something else I've been forgetting about!), some wheat grass/apple shots, and a few other things. My Mom hasn't been feeling well.. said that her oxygen level is usually around 96% but it's been low 80's the last week or so and she could hardly talk for long today on the phone... :/ I told her to go to the Doc if it doesn't get better. Thankful for another birthday!!! Thankful for everything Heavenly Father has given me! <3 Off to watch The Walking Dead with my love! Enjoy your evening!

Less than 9 hours until my age turns from 29 to the DIRTY THIRTY! I feel like my 30’s are gonna be my time to shine. I was remembering what has happened the last ten years of my life. Rewind to 10 years ago- 2006. Brad had just had the terrible car accident on his way home from work… that ended up with the other lady not making it. My struggle with fertility to get pregnant. My fear of almost everything. Becoming a first time mom to a little girl. Finding my faith and turning my life towards the positive. Converting to LDS. Having the courage to take out all but 2 of my piercings because I came to know that my body is my temple. Starting my weight loss journey and totally ROCKING IT. Losing 6 pounds in a week sometime during 2009 was a moment I will NEVER-EVER forget. 76 pounds in less than a year. 115lbs total lost from 2006-2010. That journey helped me find my passion of wanting to help others in health and weight loss. Having my gallbladder taken out. Moving into an old house that caused a lot of struggles. Almost separating from Brad. Was only hanging on by a thin thread. My health crashing. My whole world crashing, really. Being my own health advocate when regular Docs were no help to me and my chronic health issues. Trying again and again to see what helped/didn’t help. Using faith once again to find a balance in life, love, and all the struggles. Moving back to Georgia to be closer to my family. Starting college. Got insight and help from a Naturopath and eventually started thyroid meds. Sending our girl off to Kindergarten. Finally getting my permit and trying to face my fear of driving. Balancing college, house chores, and taking care of our girl. Graduating with my AA in Business and BA in Health and Wellness. Getting my driver’s license, yet still working on feeling intimidated with driving. All this has happened in the last 10 years in my 20’s. I’m thankful for every accomplishment and every struggle. I know that trials will only make me stronger. I know that my health struggles will only help me gain that much more experience so that I can pay it forward with helping others. I’m really eager to see what the next ten years will bring.

For my last day of my 20’s? I watched reruns of Secret Life, took a glorious nap, got Katie off the bus, and we plan on going out this evening to look for a potential new computer chair for me- since this one has no more cushioning hah. OH- Brad’s computer (the one we bought only THREE years ago) has been messed up.. he thinks the hard drive crashed. He tried a lot of different things and it still wasn’t working right so he went ahead and got a super awesome gaming computer as his birthday present. What do I want for my birthday? Hm, not much. I just want my health to be balanced again so I can get back into what I love most- exercise (mainly running) but would like a new computer chair, new running shoes, and maybe tickets to see Breaking Benjamin at some point! ;D I don’t need much. I just want everyone to be happy and healthy.

THIS WEATHER IS AMAZING!!! Its going to be in the low 80’S FOR MY BIRTHDAY- AHHHH. Makes me super happy. <3 Looking forward to my first year in my 30's- I pray that I can get a job, work hard, get a car, braces for my teeth, get my health balanced, lose about 20 more pounds and build a little muscle, and just enjoy life to the fullest and be the best wife and mom that I can be. Eventually, I'm going to get certified as either a health coach or personal trainer and start helping people and taking on clients because that is what I want to do. I want to help people transform. The end of my 20's and the start of what I will make into the epic ten years of my 30's. Let's rock. I will be that fit ninja!

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HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HANDSOME FACE HUBBY! Heh. Now, as I always mention every year, we’ll be the same age till my birthday on Tuesday! Love this time of year. <3 OMGZ IT WAS 83 DEGREES YESTERDAY AND I-LOVE-IT! Will be warm until next Friday. Yessssss. I was still feeling really rough Monday and a bit better Tuesday. I took Katie for her dental cleaning and check up on Tuesday! One of the ladies at the bus stop asked me Monday afternoon if I could watch her granddaughter Tuesday after school, just until she got back from where she had to go and I said sure! Except, I forget Katie's Tuesday dental appointment. Whoops. I also didn't have her info to call her. Whoops. It was fine tho, thankfully. She got back with 10 minutes until appointment time. We headed home so Katie could go potty and then we headed out. No cavities! However, she's had white stripes across the front of her top 2 teeth right by the gum line. Dentist says that happens sometimes and it's not plaque in this case. Said it was most likely from when her teeth were first coming in as a baby and she got sick or had a fever and that can cause excess-something that can show up later (as it has now) and should fade with time. Everything was great- except she is still scared of the dental chair because they move the seat back and forward even though the dental hygienist tried to ask her about it. Then we were all done! I've just been resting and trying to get over this cold. I've had a random cough, especially in the evenings and still a bit congested. Bleh. Applied for a couple jobs and still on the search for a new place to rent. Running out of time... our lease is almost up. Really hoping something comes up and someone gives me a chance with a job. AND.. the biggest news of all! Brad found out Monday (I think it was) that he is getting a BONUS AND RAISE at work, like he has the last few years! WOOOOO. He brought home the info on the card and wow.. I'm so proud of him. His bonus this year is more than last year!!! WOOT. He is great at customer service but he does not like it at all tho. I hope eventually he can find something that he truly loves job wise. YAY BIRTHDAYS!!! Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! <3

Well, March 1st I started my slightly higher dose of thyroid meds, but by the end of the day I was feeling kindof meh. Next day I woke up with a sore throat and sniffle. 3rd and 4th I felt a bit worse. Today I woke up feeling just dreadful. I coughed up green/yellow junk so might have a slight sinus infection. This all came about from changing the thyroid dose. You know why? Cause my adrenals are still weak. I keep looking at the different pieces of my health to get the whole picture and from the get-go my adrenals have needed serious healing. I’ve been taking a product called Drena Plus off and on for the last few years but the problem is that product has herbs in it that are too stimulating for my adrenals and immune system.

See, when we did saliva testing for me in the past with my Naturopath then I would have low cortisol levels, which is only supposed to be “lower” at night so you can go to sleep and rest well. We tried a product or 2 but I didn’t understand what did or did not work for me, until now. My body is sensitive. I just need only enough adrenal support to give them a slight boost for the cortisol and so herbs and so-called “adoptogens” are not gonna cut it for my issues with lower cortisol. I’m going to try a simple adrenal cortex. If that doesn’t help I don’t know what will. It’s like… ok, so, I start thyroid meds to help with those hormones, yet it also puts stress on my adrenals- which makes it hard for those thyroid hormones to actually get into my cells and work. So, in addition to making sure I keep taking vitamins/minerals that I need- I have to ensure that my adrenals are supported and improving so that my thyroid meds can work 100%. I think the adrenal issue is why I can’t get my weight to go down more than it has, why I’m not able to exercise without just feeling like death, and certainly why I came down with this slight sinus infection from upping the thyroid dose.

Meanwhile, I’ve just been taking it easy today. It’s currently 61 degrees and I opened the patio door to let in some fresh air. I feel pretty “out of it” but feel a little better than I did earlier today. If I feel as bad tomorrow morning as I did this morning then I won’t be able to make it to church but I’ll have to see how I feel.

Welp, off to dry my hair then style/fix it up and try to relax. Happy weekend! <3 Positive vibes to ya.

EEE, I LOVE MARCH! If you’ve ever read my beginning of March posts in the past on this blog – they’ve always had the same details on me loving March for many reasons!!! I turn the big 3-0 and leave my 20’s behind on the 15th! Hubby’s bday on the 11! Daylight savings of course and then FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

Today was a gloomy, yet warmest day we’ve had in a long time!!! We just had a mini thunderstorm and another cool front is moving in for tomorrow. Today’s high: 72. Tomorrow’s high: 52. Wonk waaah. =( Then more rain.. then I think next week we get into the 70’s again. It’s Dr. Seuss week at Katie’s school and today was dress as what you want to be when you grow up and she picked teacher (same thing she picked in K!). Brad stopped by the store on the way home yesterday and bought her some stuff to make a homemade name tag and he let her use his lanyard. Brad found a template for a name tag and we put a small picture from her school pics in 1st grade (and it’s a sticker!) on the name tag and made it all fancy. Also bought her a tiny clipboard and I printed off a fake lesson plan with Ms. Moody on it, lol. SAH CUTES.

First day of March stuffs:
– Started my new dose of slightly higher thyroid meds and it has deffo messed with my digestion. Hopefully will be better tomorrow or next few days. Felt pretty good today tho!
– Searched for jobs this morning and came upon one that I saw later last year – Health and Wellness Consultant for Jenny Craig! It was available again!!! So I applied! I pray that I can get this because I would love it and it would be a step towards my passion and someday having my own client base and company hopefully!
– Katie watched the older version of The Lorax this afternoon!
– Brad came home a bit early? He took off to go wash our car! It hasn’t been officially washed in close to a year? Haha. Looks MUCH better!
– Brad called the property manager for this house we found online in the area and he said we could go see it anytime cause we just get the code to go inside from him so we took off! It was alright but pretty old and floors are a little off balance and softer in a few places. Ehhh. We’ll keep looking.
– Folded laundry, dried and fixed my haiiir since I washed it earlier today.

Now time to relax and probably play my fav… LOTRO! HAPPY MARCH! <3