Well, I thought I'd try this whole blogging thing out. I like reading others' blogs so I thought it might be a fun way for me to get out what I want to say sometimes that I don't always feel like I can, or things I've said but would like to say again, or maybe just stuff about my family and friends as well as of course any rants or tangents I may be on for the moment!
There are several things that I think people should know about me. First and foremost, my family is the most important thing to me in life.
My husband, bless his heart, puts up with me on a daily basis. What a wonderful man! Doug and I first met in college at WWCC nearly 12 years ago, we were friends then. We didn't keep in touch but found one another again Super Bowl Sunday in 2005. What a great time that was. Our first "date" lasted nearly 12 hours! Though a large quantity of alcoholic beverages were consumed, he managed to remember me and call me the next day LOL...good job honey! I think that the thing I love the most about Doug is that I can be myself with him. I don't have to pretend to be something I'm not. He makes me happier than I've ever been in my life. He loves that I'm silly, loves that I can crack a good joke, but also let's me rant and rave and cry on his shoulder if I need to. I remember the day Doug proposed to me. Probably a week I had taken the day off because I wasn't feeling well. He had stayed home with me. We had discussed marriage and things were very serious between the two of us. That day as we were talking about it yet again, he said that he thought we should wait. He said he didn't know if he was ready and that he thought maybe we should wait til August to talk about it again. I was devastated. I went to the office to cry on my sister's shoulder. I was so upset and she was crying because I was crying. Little did I know that Doug had already bought my ring and showed it to both Mel and my sister in law Kay several days before. Mel later said that it was so hard for her not to tell me when she knew I was as upset as I was. He proposed to me that weekend. He was just tricking me so that it would be a surprise. He had set it up with the restaurant, with roses on the table and everything. It was wonderful! Fast forward to August 12, 2006....our wedding day. That was probably one of the two happiest days of my life.
Now, Doug came as a package deal. My stepson, Michael is nearly 8 now and lives with us. 
Michael is a child who has been through a lot. His biological mother has not been there for him and never bonded with him the way she needed to, she was too involved with her own issues. She left when Michael was very young. Michael is a wonderfully intelligent child. He loves school and his family. He told me his favorite food is hot dogs :) of course I think it's tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Michael loves to tell jokes and talk your ear off. What a great kid. Michael and I struggle a bit, I believe in part it's because he has a picture in mind of what he would like a mother to be, and I'm not her...and neither is his bio mom. I remember the day though that he decided he was going to call me mom. He went to his grandparents for a few weeks and before he left he said "when I come back I'm going to call you mom." I told him that was up to him, whatever he chose to call me, within reason...lol..was fine with me. Since that time he has always called me Mom. When the magistrate who performed our wedding asked if I took Doug and Michael in our vows I did, and always will, no matter what the problems we may face as a family are.
Michael is a child who has been through a lot. His biological mother has not been there for him and never bonded with him the way she needed to, she was too involved with her own issues. She left when Michael was very young. Michael is a wonderfully intelligent child. He loves school and his family. He told me his favorite food is hot dogs :) of course I think it's tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Michael loves to tell jokes and talk your ear off. What a great kid. Michael and I struggle a bit, I believe in part it's because he has a picture in mind of what he would like a mother to be, and I'm not her...and neither is his bio mom. I remember the day though that he decided he was going to call me mom. He went to his grandparents for a few weeks and before he left he said "when I come back I'm going to call you mom." I told him that was up to him, whatever he chose to call me, within reason...lol..was fine with me. Since that time he has always called me Mom. When the magistrate who performed our wedding asked if I took Doug and Michael in our vows I did, and always will, no matter what the problems we may face as a family are.
The second best day of my life was December 15, 2007. That was the day my sweet baby girl Hanna Grace came to our family. She came into the world after 24 hours of labor and subsequent c-section. She has been such a wonderful addition to our family. Her smile will fix a bad day for anyone I swear. It doesn't matter what kind of day I have at work, she makes it all better. What an angel she is. At 16 months old, she runs the show. We affectionately refer to her as "Hanna Bear", "Monkey face", and of course "Hurricane Hanna (which by the way hit the coast the same day she started crawling)." It's been an awesome thing to watch her grow to where she is today, feisty and happy and sweet...what a wonderful little girl. 
