Addicted to Coffee

Oh my gosh, I am so tired. My roommates dog was left out of his bedroom and he barked, whined and scratched every 30 mins all night long. Which was causing Chance to bark too. Finally about 20 mins before my alarm went off Jon was tired of it and got up and put the dog in Johnny's room.

Besides that Jon and I had a lovely evening. I love my little scuttlebutt. His mom recently gave him a box of old photos, I picked out my favs, one when he was about 2, and its now on my bedside table. I love looking at that adorable face. Its like looking into the future. Our babies will look like him. I just know it. We will have an adorable little boy just like his daddy. Strawberry blonde/red hair, big bright blue eyes, chubby little cheeks, fat lips and dimples. Awwww.

This weekend we will have the house to ourselves starting Friday night. Too bad I have a sleep study Saturday night. But I'll only be gone 7pm-7am. Maybe we can have breakfast and go to church?? Then go grocery shopping and be done for the day all before 12ish.

Okey dokey. Its Friday. I hope it goes by fast, but not busy. No issues and maybe I can get off early :)

Quick

Its a bullet point blogging today.

• I am going back to school. The whole process went so fast. July 8th is the first day of the mini-mester. I am going to Devry online for an associates in Health Information Technology. My goal is to stay with the company and move into the business office. And I believe we have a program where I can shadow someone in the area I am looking to move to. 
• The next couple weekends are gonna be busy. This Saturday I have a sleep study. Next weekend is the 4th and then Krystals party, and then Jons bday. The following weekend is our party and then the next week is my bday.
• I love our patio furniture and I am so glad we found stuff we like for cheap.

Ok well we have people lurking so I better go.

Pro-Choice - A Woman's Right

Texas State Senator Wendy Davis pulled a filibuster yesterday to halt the voting on SB5, the Texas Abortion Bill, which ultimately did not pass. Sen Davis was against the bill which would have closed apprx 80% of the clinics in Texas. I did my part to support her, I sent her my story. Now before you continue reading, I wanna say I am Pro-Choice. And if that makes you angry, you probably shouldn't read the rest of this blog.
I know that this topic is so heated. People really feel very strongly on both sides. But I also feel like some Pro-lifers have this image or believe something about the Pro-choice people that is false. So, that's why I feel like its so important to tell my story.

I made a choice to use my right when I was 17. Do you hate me now, like you hate the rest of us "baby killers"?

I bet if you are a friend or family member that you don't. I bet you still love me just don't like my choice.

If I had that baby would you have bought diapers for me, babysat so I could finish school, got up for late night feedings and diaper changes? If you are a friend or a family member you would, in the beginning. But eventually that burden would fall on me. Rightfully so, as I am the mother.

But what if I don't want to. What if I am too selfish, immature, irresponsible to care for a life? What if I choose to go out w/ friends instead? Go do drugs, which I probably did when I was pregnant? Sleep around and in general just be a "typical" teen, which I was? Wheres the baby now? Oh my parents have to raise him/her. Wow, that doesn't seem right.

Yeah, adoption, lots of people want babies. But I'm an irresponsible person. I don't want to take care of myself let alone this body for 9 months. I do drugs. I drink. I smoke. I am not going to stop for a baby that I don't even want. And then to care for myself and body for 9 months, go thru labor and GIVE the baby away. That just wasn't even an option for me. Good for those who do.

So, maybe I should have used protection. Yeah, we did. Awesome.

Lets say I decided to keep the baby. I wouldn't be where I am today. I never would have been able to support myself. I would have had to rely on my family, burdening them, and been forced to use government assistance to try and make it. But the same group of people who stand outside Planned Parenthood calling me a murderer are the same group who tell me to get a job and that they don't want their tax dollars going to me. Uh...ok.


My story...
I was 17. The father was my dad's best friend. A married 31 yr old man. I know, its terrible, but not the point. We used protection. It broke and 3 weeks later I knew. I weighed all my options. And I came to the conclusion that abortion was the right choice for me.
The actual experience was not ugly, or scary, or negative. There were no dark alleys or shady people. I went to Planned Parenthood. They were very understanding and caring. There was pre-counseling to make sure this was my choice, that I wasn't here bc someone else made me (parents/boyfriend/etc). Once it was all said and done I felt a sense of relief. A weight had been lifted off my shoulders.
Before I left they made sure I had birth control. I was given more then a months supply of pills and there are always condoms galore at PP.


I haven't had multiple abortions. I wasn't 6 months along.
I believe in this right for women. Not everyone is Kermit Gosnell.

Lets Burn Things!

I want you to look at the pillow placement here. The pillows on the left are Jon's and the pillows on the right are mine...but yet I hog the bed...? Really? Almost every morning I wake up to his face on my pillows. What is the point of a kingsize bed? lol He's lucky I love him...damn bed hog :)

While I was at work yesterday I decided to do a quick search on Craigslist for a fire pit and I finally found one that Jon liked and was a decent price. We've wanted one forever but we didnt want to spend too much. The couple were selling theirs for $50. We went and picked it up last night. Cant wait to use it. Now we just need patio furniture. 

I have some Christmas lights that I think I wanna use for patio lights. And I need to get some citronella of some sort, too. Yay. I can't wait to have a nice little backyard space.

OMG how come when you bite your lip do you keep biting it over and over bc its swollen up!! Quit that. It hurts.

Alright, I better end it for now, have a good day :)

Shes Not a Boy

Todays bog will probably be shorter, but it has pictures!
I had a pretty good weekend. Minus being sick or something yesterday.
Friday night was ok, nothing too exciting happened.
Saturday I hung out w/ Carrie until she left and then my mom and Riley came over. Poor Riley had to wear boy clothes bc the store didnt have anything in Rileys size! Isn't that weird?

 It was fun seeing her and hanging w/ my mommy.
After that I made a new recipe. It was a chicken and rice casserole I found the recipe on pinterest of course from the blog Darling Doodles.

Forgotten Chicken

4-6 Boneless skinless Chk Breast

2 C. Minute Rice

1 can Cream of Chk

1 can Cream of Celery

1 can of water

1 package of dry onion dip seasoning

butter to grease casserole dish

foil

Preheat oven to 350

Butter Casserole dish

Mix the 2 "cream of" soups w/ 1 can water

Add 2 cups Minute Rice and pour into dish

Place the chk on top of rice mixture

Sprinkle onion dip mix on top of chk and top w/ foil.

Bake for 1-1 1/2 hrs.

I think the cook time was a little long and the rice needed something. The cream of soups just kinda make the rice thick...idk. Its a good base recipe, needs some tweaking. 

Sunday I felt blah and slept all day. I missed Rileys first bday party. Which really sucked. 

But its Monday. Time to get to work.

Have a great week!

Sleepy Filipino

Yesterday was my appt w/ a pulmonologist for my sleepiness, since my pcp thinks I have sleep apnea. So now I have a sleep study that I need to schedule for. I'm kinda nervous about it for some reason. But I def need to figure out my sleep problems. I'm not sure if Jon remembers but last night I was sleeping all jacked up. I woke up and was in the middle, plus my head w/ also way too far down, like halfway down the bed. Who knows. 
I feel like I'm falling apart. My old shoulder "injury" is flaring up. The past 3 days I have had some dull throbby pains. My carpal tunnel is starting to get annoying. My left hand goes numb a lot. I cant make a tight fist and just closing my hand too long makes my hand hurt. I wake up w/ my hands asleep and numb. Jeez. If I feel like this now, what am I gonna feel like in 20 years.
I made another new recipe last night. I made a Filipino dish, Pancit Bihon Guisado, it was so good. Kind of a lot of work but was worth it in the end. Lots of veggies, rice sticks, chicken and sauce/broth. Sorry, not to toot my own horn but I am a freaking good cook. I know I am "just" following a recipe but so many people cant even do that.
Need to start planning out the bday party. Think about the kinda foods we wanna serve, that I'm gonna have to make. I wanna have a fire pit too. Maybe party games for people who wanna play. And booze, lots of booze. lol

Ok peeps.
Happy Friday!!

Brain Fart

You know what, I eat a poppy seed bagel every morning. I wonder if I would fail a drug test? Hmmm
Anyway, I went grocery shopping yesterday and couple things I wanna say about that. First I picked out 4 new recipes, so I am excited about that. Made one last night Million Dollar Spaghetti I pinned this several months ago, came from the blogger Being Grown Up. I really like it, I am def a fan of baked pastas.
The other thing I was gonna say, this is directed at Jon, I am not going by myself any more. We shop together. It was so hot and I was dying. If there was 2 of us it would have been easier. Mkay? Thanks :)

I set up the facebook invites for our bday bash. I am so excited!! I really love my bday. I hope that my family and the few friends I invited can make it.

I dont have anything else...I did but I forgot what else I was gonna say. lol
Have a good day! :)