30 Day Blog Journal-Day 16

Day 16- Song That Makes You Cry

The song I picked for this post is "If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw, but since any country song that has anything to do with war makes me cry, I thought I'd mention a few others that have brought tears to my eyes. "Letters To Home" by John Michael Montgomery and "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley. The Star Spangled Banner makes me tear up-every single time. And last, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

"If You're Reading This" Tim Mcgraw


"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel kamakawiwo'ole


"Letter From Home"-John Michael Montgomery


"Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley and Allison Krauss


The Star Spangled Banner

30 Day Blog Journal-Days 9-14

I've been such a slacker on the 30 Day Blog Journal, we've been trying to get all the last minute things done because the boys will be here on Wednesday! I knew this would be a hard month to do this, but all I've blogged about lately is my pregnancy and I wanted the excuse to blog about something else. So, here's days 9-14.

Day 9- A Photo You Took.

This was just a day or two after I got my first digital camera and was finally able to take a picture of a sunset. They would never turn out on my 35mm cameras and I was so proud of this picture when I took it.



Day 10-A photo taken over 10 years ago

This is a picture of me in high school. We were in Tennesee for my grandparents anniversary party.


Day 11- a recent photo of you

This was taken last month while we were at a vineyard buying wine for an engagement party. Greg tried some dessert wines for me and bought a bottle that we could share after the boys get here.


Day 12- Something you are OCD About

I'm am ocd about germs. I wash my hands constantly. I will not use anybody else's pen, I keep several on me at all times. Even at work, I have MY pen that I carry around with me everywhere and when patients start to reach for it I have to say "no, no--this is my pen you may not touch" I use alcohol pads to wipe down somebody else's computer/mouse/phone etc before I can use it. And if anybody has used my computer, I have to disinfect it. Nobody but Greg is allowed to take a shower in our shower, the thought of somebody else's feet touching my shower floor grosses me out to no end. If something were wrong with the the other showers in our house, our guests would have to go to a hotel. I cannot place my face on anything that could have possibly had somebody else's face on it, like a pillow. There is no exception for family, it still grosses me out. And my biggest pet peeve of all time is when people lick their fingers before going through a stack of papers that I'm going to have to touch--it's so GROSS!!! I could go on and on about being ocd about germs. My goal is to not be crazy about germs with the boys, I don't want them to grow up being as crazy as I am about germs.

Day 13-A Fictional Book

Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes. I love this book, it's cute, funny, and easy to read.


Day 14- A Non-Fictional Book

A Mighty Heart by mariane Pearl. It's the story of how her journalist husband was kidnapped by terrorists and murdered. It's very sad and I think the book is so much better than the movie.

37 Week Check-Up

Yesterday we had our 37 week check-up. Everything went good, the heartbeats sound great. I have not progressed any on my own since my last appoinment, I'm still just 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. So, my c-section is scheduled for Wednesday, August 18th--just 5 days away. I can't believe this is our last weekend before the boys get here. We're going to take advantage of this weekend and get all the last minute things done. I'm so ready for them to get here, but I'm a little nervous. Luckily my mom will be here when we get home from the hospital and she's staying until Greg's parents come out in early September, & my dad and sister are coming to visit for Labor day weekend. So, we should have plenty of help for at least the first 4-5 weeks. Hopefully, after that we'll be in a routine and be fine just the two of us with the boys. If not, I know our families will be willing to still help us out until we are ok on our own.

We hope to get the nursery, boy's bathroom, and the guest bedroom/bathroom in the basement all set up and ready to go this weekend. I'll post some pictures of our progress. We have posted some pictures of what we've done so far on our Shutterfly account.

Maternity Pic

On Saturday, Greg and I went to Shenandoah Valley with his friend & co-worker, Kris Grimes. Kris does photography on the side and took some more maternity pictures for us. Here's one of the ones he took. I'll post more later.

30 Day Journal Blog-Day 8

Day 8- A Photo That Makes You Sad



This is a picture of me, Greg, and my Granny & Papaw a few years back. My papaw passed away in December right before Christmas and my Granny just passed away on July 24. I'm sad that our boys will never get the opportunity to meet them.

30 Day Blog Journal-Day 7

It's day 7 of 30 day Blog Journal over on "Just To Keep In Touch".

Day 7-A Photo that Makes You Happy

30 Day Blog Journal-Day 6

Day 6- 20 Favorite Things

1. My Family-this includes everybody, Greg, our twins who will be here in 12 days, my wonderful parents, my favorite sister, my huge extended family of several aunts, uncles, cousins, my in-laws, my favorite nephew-Ian, etc.

Greg and I are our wedding day

Me & My Dad, Mom and Favorite sister

Me with my favorite nephew, Ian

2. Our Two Cats, Izzie and Rusty






3. Pumpkin Patches

4. Raspberry Mocha Frappachinos from Starbucks



5. Apple Cinnamon Scented Candles



6. Lip Gloss--my favorite is Lip Smackers Dr. Pepper



7. Planners (and basically any office supplies-sharpies, paperclips, notebooks, etc)

8. Scrapbooking

My scrapbooking room

9. Traveling

Greg & I in DC

In Hollywood, California

In Mexico


In New York City

In Jamaica


10. TV on DVD--you get to watch a whole series at once and no commercials.



11. Music--I love all kinds of music and love to have it playing when I'm getting ready, when I'm cleaning, when I'm driving, etc.



12. The Soup on E!



13. Cooking and trying new recipes

14. Blogging and reading blogs. My favorite read is Kelly's Korner.

15. Desert Wine. Mmmmmm.....

My favorite desert wine from a local vineyard here in Virginia

16. My Nintendo DS and Wi



17. Reading magazines



18. My Honda CRV



19. Drinks from Sonic


20. Pictures--I love taking them, I love looking through old pictures, I love scrapbooking them, I love photography blogs, I love pix-messages, I love anything to do with pictures.