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Who has the longest Honey-do List? Is it you or me? Whose Honey-do List will be completed first? Well, let's see, my dh is in Iraq, and yours is likely around, but works full-time, right? What do you think? Hmm...Well, this Honey-do List is about to become the Honette-do List. And guess what - that means that mine will be done very quickly!
Having a modest little home with my family - me, my boyfriend (future husband) and our daughter. I don't need a big house, a small house that can populate 3 family members.
My husband having a good enough job, with reasonable hours so he still can be a lot of hours with his family, a good enough job so we won't feel we can't pay something or buy something we want.
Me not working at all and taking care of our daughter and of the house.
Last night I was able to get caught up with a friend I have not spoken to in a while. She also lives in the country even more then us . They have cows you name it. She also has a few more kids but she homeschools too. We got to talking about how are kids get to kinda live in the best of both worlds. The good ole days when a kid was a kid. They got dirty, they made their own toys, their siblings were their best friends, and they worked as hard as they played.
My gyns told me they could find nothing wrong with me and said that before they do other invasive tests that my husband needed to be checked out. I told him and he denied any thing being wrong with him and that the problem was with me.
I recently interviewed with Jennifer Wilkov, Your Book Is Your Hook, and discussed the writing of Megan's Way. My interviewed followed an interview with Lane Shefter-Bishop, Founder of Vast Entertainment. She shared a fountain of vital information for any author who is looking to take their book to the next step; the big screen.
Long story short, 3 years into our marriage, he finally gets a visa to come to America. Still TTC.
Twenty years ago my mother died in a car accident. I still remember that day so clearly. I came home from school and started doing the dishes because we were getting ready to pack up the house and move to a different town. My brother was outside playing with a friend when the phone rang. My uncle was calling to tell me that my mom had been in an accident and that he would be over to pick my brother and I up. When he got there he didn't say a word about the accident and just grabbed some clothes for my brother and I and put us in the car.
Have you ever had one of those days when you really tried to do what was best for yourself? Whether that's eating right, exercising, going the extra mile at work, or coutning to ten before you yell at your children--you know the feeling. One of those, "I did it!" days. Well, today I had an one!
So? Was I running away from dh or the new atmosphere? I didn't know at that point Maybe a little bit of both. Soooo, I go back. He's at another location.. one thats more like what Im used to. Sitting toilets..or should I say squating toilets as opposed to an open field was a step towards modernity. I was happy, but not with the lizards crawling on the walls. Ugh!!!
My husband and I went to see Dear John tonight. With his impending deployment, I was a little worried about seeing it. I wish I had read the book because the movie was very good and books are usually even better than movies.
I have a ton of worries in general about my pregnancy. I'm just a worry wort by nature. But I do have 2 of my biggest fears eating me alive!! One of course is that I'm going to bleed to death and die leaving my husband caring for our newborn on his own the rest of his life (I am high risk and I am on blood thinners so techincially this could happen but I'm just a freak thinking about it all the time - so bad that I'm worried about my "affairs' being in order before I give birth - i need a cold beer just thinking about it...)
I was 19 yo when I got married to my dh in a foreign country_ It was an arranged marriage. That was 13 years ago! Still married, but many obstacles along the way. I will begin with my struggle TTC. Even though I was starting my second year of college with a major in science-I wanted to be a doctor-I didn't consider contraception and nobody told me about it either. I decided to "go with the flow". Luckily, I didn't get pregnant. Due to visa complications, my husband and I were separated geographically, after a month into our marriage.
I had the greatest surprise tonight. I was surfing Amazon for a few books I wanted to read this month, and took a peek at Megan's Way reviews. I was shocked to see 28! The last one was from the Midwest Book Review, who gave Megan's Way 5 stars. Who could ask for more?
Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you, Midwest Book Review!
I just received the manuscript of The Knowing back from my editor, Dominique, who I just adore! Now the fun begins. Our first round of edits will begin Monday, trimming the fat, correcting my many editorial errors, and turning The Knowing into a novel. An interesting thing has happened along the way. Some of the characters were loosely based on people that I either know or have run into, and when I see them, I catch myself calling them by my character's names in my head. Thank goodness those names don't escape my lips!
I'm 95% sure we're going to name our baby girl Lyla. Lyla Clara Melanie (after 2 grandmas). Just thought I'd share. :)
