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Name: Meghan
Gender: Female
Interests: Jesus, brian, music, my dog, taco bell, dr 90210, & abercrombie...
Expertise: making good pasta & killing spiders
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10/25/2006
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so we bought a new house.... nearby, but in a much nicer neighborhood. it's bigger, newer, and has a glorious fenced in yard. almost seemed too good to be true, AND we even got it for about $15,000 less than the asking price cuz we're that awesome. next on the list was putting our house on the market... which we did... and exactly one week later, we had two offers and a bidding war going on. hence, we sold it for $9,000 more than we asked. both houses close april 27th. i prayed and prayed about this thinking that if it was meant to be it would just happen... and God made it way too easy for us. i'm also getting over my 'progesterone poisoning' as i like to call it. morning sickness just doesn't cut it because i'm rarely sick in the mornings. nope, just 8 straight weeks of afternoon queeziness and evenings of death. hence, i go to bed by 8pm every night. i've lived on plums and grilled cheese, and i'm happy to say that at my last dr appointment i had lost 5 lbs. he also said that i'd be feeling better between 14-16 weeks. today marks 14 & i'm keeping my fingers crossed. anyway, we heard the heartbeat a few weeks ago, and instead of finding out the sex the end of march we're going to try to hold off until april with hopes that the baby will be more cooperative... so only time will tell. oh, and my dog had a ton of bloodwork and stuff done last week because she's been vomiting a lot and seems to have some respiratory problems. turns out she's just obsese. yes, he actually diagnosed her with 'obesity' it made me feel so bad. she's at 12lbs now and we're trying to get her down to 8 or 9. she's on prescription diet food, and i can only feed her about 1/3 of what she's used to eating, so the poor thing follows me around hungry all day. she's also on 3 medications, and if she's stopped vomiting by her next appointment, then we'll consider it fixed. my poor puppy. ok that's about all the excitement i have to report for one day. maybe by the end of april i'll update again with pictures of my girl or boy, and more pictures of my new house! this house situation/pregnancy is the first thing in a while that's really gotten me to pray my guts out... and it works. i'm going to do it more often. | | |
| well well well... look at me updating. i'd go on and on about how i'm having a baby... but the two people that read this already know so i'll refrain. i have two doctor appointments on the 29th & 1st though-- whoot whoot. then i'll have an exact due date... but for now i'll continue to guesstimate and say sept 8th. anyway, now the whole 'buying/building a house' thing has a little more urgency. either way, we hope to be moved somewhere by the end of summer. my neighbors (yes the ones with 8 kids in a 2 bedroom house) just bought another dog. darn them. they used to have two beagles that both died from neglect and abuse... and then they go getting a new dog whos life they will ruin. being the wonderful neighbor that i am, i promptly called humane society, dog control, and the sheriff. i'm trying to get this matter sorted out quickly so i don't have to watch the dog suffer for months on end before something gets done. anywhooo... kristin was nice enough to tag me in that '6 weird facts' thingy... so here goes: 1. i also suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, & mild ocd. all diagnosed, and i don't currently take anything, so sometimes i just go completely nutty. OH, & ibs as well. if you aren't aware of what that is... this isn't really the place to explain :) poor brian. 2. i still sleep with a stuffed animal. a duck named chicken actually. brian bought him for me back in the day when i couldn't handle life well, and i still use him as my pillow. yeah he probably smells bad, and he's all dirty looking, but it's a security thing. when we go to visit family in jersey and i forget him i don't sleep well. yes, i know i act like i'm 4. 3. i have a strange obsession with black actors. denzel washington, taye diggs, sean patrick thomas... 4. whenever i'm standing in place for long periods of time (drying my hair, talking to people etc) i double-cross my legs. if i don't i lose my balance. 5. while eating foods such as chips or goldfish, i have to alternate chewing sides between every bite. i like things symmetrical? 6. i can't take pills. something to do with my gagging reflex. yes sometimes i can't even brush my teeth without gagging. hence, i still take childrens grape dimmetap for everything. those were more disturbing than weird... enjoy. and i can only tag april & laur cuz kristin already did it. and lauren won't read this... so ape it's up to you :) | | |
| yes i know i need an update... but i have a cold right now. and the only thing coming to mind is my stuffy nose. i'll try to move past that to the good stuff. thanksgiving was by far the best holiday i've experienced in a while. we went up to jersey to be with my family for almost a whole week! my granny, aunt, and cousin from california came, along with a good family friend from england. had some amazing quality family time which was much needed. i cut my hair 14 inches with intentions to give it to locks of love. but i had to let it dry first and now it's still sitting in a bag on my dresser. ew. i also had the guts to make dessert for thanksgiving dinner... which was a hit :) friday brian took my brother in law back down to maryland to go hunting all weekend, so i had the freedom to hang out with people and not worry about brian being lonely & stuff. my sister took me bra shopping for christmas!! best christmas present ever! i highly reccomend everyone else go to the dain shoppe and find out what their real size is... you'll probably be surprised as i was. moving on... saturday my parents and i went & cut down their christmas tree and by sunday the house was looking as christmas'y as ever. i also got to spend some quality time with april & laur, and kristen. it made me miss having friends like that down here. SO, now i'm home... and have a bad cold. it's dreary outside, and i'm lonely, but thinking about last week just still makes me so so thankful that i was blessed with such a loving husband, family, friends. some people have none of those things, and i need to work on finding more contentment in my life down in maryland. i complain about where we live all the time, and then i look around at the rest of the familys on our street, all of which have worked their butts off to get to this point and have a house for their family. i'm amazed we've been so blessed in our first two years of marriage. the past few days i've found that everytime i'm feeling sorry for myself, just thinking of how much i've been given in life has really forced me to snap out of it. as deprived as i feel it is down here, i really think it's been the perfect place for me at this point in my life. i needed a wake-up call as to how much i take my life for granted. i hadn't truly been thankful in so long. ok i need more meds... the end. | | |
| here's a little update concerning life down in maryland...
about two weeks ago janell (brian's sister) found out she had a huge
nodule on her thyoid. this was particularly alarming concidering
brian's other sister, carla, had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer
just two years ago (she went through multiple surgeries, chemo, and now
has to take medication for the rest of her life... but is perfectly
happy and healthy now!) anyway, everyone kind of assumed janell's
nodules would be cancerous as well since it's extremely genetic and
others in the family also have thyroid issues. it's been a very rocky
two weeks with lots of dr. appointments, prayer, and some crying mixed
in. however, today was janell's scheduled biopsy, and to make a long
story short, it turns out her large nodule is just a cyst-- which means
liquid, and it's highly unlikely that there's any cancerous tissue in
there at all. her surgery is scheduled for early november, and they'll
take out the 1/2 of her thyroid with the cyst, but God willing, the
other 1/2 will be perfectly healthy and functionable on it's own and
that'll just be the end of it! it just put a smile to my face, because
these past few weeks have been pretty rough. it's hard not to assume
the worst.
also, throughout this time there have been a lot of "God has a purpose
for it all" discussions... and He decided to make it perfectly clear to
all of us a few days ago. for those who don't know, brian's dad has
started up a new church plant... which we have chosen not to attend,
but there's one man that has been coming for a while, who just accepted
Jesus Christ at the prayer meeting for janell on monday! HOW AWESOME IS
THAT! he's just been touched by the love and strength of brian's
family... especially during this hard time, and is now going to be
spending eternity in heaven through this trial. AMEN TO THAT!
anyway, please continue to keep his family in prayer throughout the
next month or so... we're hoping that she'll be 100% healthy and back
to normal by thanksgiving :)
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