When it comes to putting bad things into my body, but internets that is all changing.
I am sick of feeling sick. I am sick of being exhausted, constantly dealing with GI Issues. So I am cutting out every thing I am allergic to. I am doing an elimination diet. I am eliminating all the foods I am allergic to which are…DRUM ROLL PLEASE…
Peas
Peanuts
Oats
Wheat
Rye
Soy
Milk
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Oats
Eggs
Basically everything good. I can still eat meat, most vegetables, most fruits, basically things that are really good for me. So I started today. Day 1 and it really was not too bad. Let’s see how things go in the upcoming days.
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I just received an email from my brother. His son is 13 and has a cell phone. For a laugh please read the following:
Here’s a fun game for everyone to play. I just got the Sprint bill for the month. Take a guess how many text messages Jake sent last month?
Scroll down for answer……
9,471 text sent.
That’s 315 text per day.
Figuring Jake’s awake 14 hours per day, that’s 22 per hour.
Thank God for unlimited texting.
I am sure that his text barely contain one full word. I am sure they are things such as BRB, LOL, C U LTR, Etc.
Regardless that is alot of texting! Just think we thought his sister was going to be the excessive texter in the family. Boy were we all wrong.
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Well hi all, my name is Kate and my internet alias is The Bossy Yankee. I have wanted to go to Blog Her for a few years now but it just never seems to work out so I thought I would jump in on Blog Hop. I have been doing this blogging thing since 2004. I love it and though I have not always been at the bossy yankee I have spent many years blogging. My old internet alias is The Butterfly Girl. One might ask why the change.
I am in my late 2o’s now and when I started blogging I was in my early 20’s. I was married, owned a house, attended college, worked three jobs, and blogged all the time. In my mid 20’s I sold my house, got divorced, quit my jobs and went back to school full time. I am now in my late 20’s and I just finished college, went back to work, started my own business, and although I swore I would never work three jobs I enjoy every minute of it. So never say never!
One might be curious what my three jobs are and well here you go. I work in a corporate real estate office, watch two little ones soon to be three a few hours a week, and own my own photography business.
Welcome to my site, please look around enjoy and leave a comment I would love to hear from you!
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We are still on family beach. We will be here a total of 6 weeks this summer. We are halfway through our vacation. I am having a blast and that is a big reason I have not had the time to post. I barely have enough time to edit all the pictures I am taking. I am going back and forth between the office and the beach. So I am really busy.
I have so many pictures and so many stories. I am going to post the pictures I took today of my nephew in the ocean. This kid is a true beach bum. He is in the water from the time he goes down until the time he leaves. Jumping waves and swimming. I love him so much!
He was giving me a thumbs up here.
He was smiling the entire time.
They kept splashing their Pop and running away. The laughter was truly contagious.
I swear he looks like a teenager here!
We are having a blast. I head home tomorrow for some doctors appointments for myself and my mom. I also plan to go into the office for a bit as well. I will be back on Wednesday. My cousin and her kids are coming. I can not wait!
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I have been talking about going back to South Carolina to visit my friends Jimmy and Carrie for close to two years now. I talked with Carrie a few months ago about going. Then my mom got sick and I put the thought on the back burner. I decided that I needed to go. I wanted to go and the vacation was something I had to do. So last Wednesday I bought a ticket to South Carolina. I flew out Friday Morning and by friday evening almost everyone had arrived. I met some of the most incredible people. Some I already knew and some I got to meet for the first time.
It was a great flickr meet up. There were so many wonderful people and the amount of pictures is unbelievable. I have not even finished editing all of mine. But I will share some of my favorites.
On Friday is Jimmay’s 35th birthday. The reason we all spent last weekend in South Carolina.
And of course I have to add a group shot.
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Every summer my family goes to the beach. My mom and my siblings along with their families. We did it every summer growing up and then for a few years stopped. About 6 summers ago we started again. The first and second summer it was 2 weeks, then the next two summers it was 3 weeks and this summer it is 6 weeks. My mom is still recovering and has doctor’s appointments and was not able to come down. My brother and his wife came for the weekend but had to go home this week for various reasons. My sister is headed back to Africa tomorrow and will be back mid july for the rest of family beach. My other brothers are not here for various reasons. The beach house was empty and I was going crazy being home. I needed to escape and come to the beach. I needed to get away. So I took my camera, laptops (personal and work), my personal items and headed to the beach. 
Today I invited my friend Aimes and her children Amazing A and Chunk-A-Licious (the ones I nanny for). They came and spent the day. I had a conference call first thing this morning and then they arrived. We went to the beach, I came back to the house for another conference call, back to the beach, came home, showered and headed to the board walk for dinner and rides. It was a wonderful day. I ended my day watching the sun set over the ocean from my deck with a margarita.
Oh did I mention when I leave my bedroom in the morning as I walk down the hall I can see the ocean and as you walk into the great room you can hear the waves crashing. It is perfect for the soul searching I plan to do over the next few days!
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This baby makes my heart smile. With all that is going on in our family right now! Thank god she is here! She makes everything better with her toothless grin and her innocence.
I promise a real post is coming soon. Today marks 7 years since I last celebrated Father’s Day with my dad. He died 8 years ago on August 17th. I was going to post something about him and I will, but right now there is just too much going on and even the internets really should not hear it. It is personal and deep and well just not appropriate to share at this time!
Enjoy your fathers day, your families, your health and most of all your safety!
Posted in Babylicious, Family, Tragedy | 1 Comment »
And I always, always, always have way too much on my plate.
I have not posted in a while. My mom is doing great. Last night was the first night where I did not get up at 3 am to give her meds. She is on an 8 hour rotation instead of 4 hours now! Which means we both get to sleep through the night…Yah!
So back to my life and the fact that my plate is always overflowing.
Here is what I have on my mind RIGHT NOW:
1. Need to finish clients pictures
2. Need to remove one months worth of pictures off my card and process them. Pictures of Chunk-a-licious at 1 year exactly, Ava’s first birthday, Babylicious, Memorial Day, and a million others things I have taken pictures of.
3. RUN DAILY. Made a bet I would fit in my prom dress by September 7th. That is 55 lbs from here and that is not going to happen, but damn it I need to get close or it is going to cost me a trip to Vegas and a $1000. (more on the bet later)
4. WORK, hello my three jobs. Totally overwhelming! BUT HAVE TO HAVE THEM!
5. Family Beach in 3 days for 6 weeks. Lots to do.
6. Mow the damn lawn
7. LOSE WEIGHT and not for the damn dress but for the fact that I no longer want to be behind the camera only. I want to be happy with the way I look and be in my family photos not taking them. THERE are no pictures of me with my loved ones in the past few years! Why one might ask, well because I HATE HOW I LOOK…and only I can change that!
8. There is so much more and frankly I do not have the time to write about it. I have to get back to work and get a bunch of this list done. Oh like yesterday!
Today at 2 we go to the cancer doctor for my mom’s follow-up. We find out if she needs chemo or radiation. Cross your fingers her treatment is over and she can continue to heal.
I need to work on my own boobies and I will schedule something with the office today when I go with my mom!
Happy Wednesday Internets! I miss you! Oh how I miss the days of just posting and when picture editing was fun!
Posted in Babylicious, Breast Cancer, Chunk-A-Licious, Family, Family Beach 2009, Goals, Happiness, My Life, My Mom, Niece 3, Work | 3 Comments »
Spending lots of time with my mom and family. Babylicious is here until the end of the month. So I am getting as much loving in as possible.
Look at her, how could you not want to love on her every possible minute!
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I am sitting in the hospital waiting for the night shift sibling to return (my youngest brother will be pulling the night shift with my mom) and thinking about what an amazing family I have. We may not always see eye to eye but in times of importance we are all together. We come together and support one another.
As long as I can remember I have always wanted a big family. I loved growing up with lots of siblings. As much as we argued and complained it is always nice to have siblings. You share that common bond only siblings can share. You grow up in the same house, though your outlook on those experience varies greatly. Memories vary sibling to sibling, but there is one thing that does not vary and that is your parents.
As most of you know my mom is sick, she has breast cancer. Today she had a double bi-lateral mastectomy. Today all five of her children sat with her throughout her wait for surgery, spent the day at the hospital, and will take turns on seeing her daily. Everyone brings something different to her, but we all bring two common things which are unconditional love and support.
The breast surgeon came out and all went great. Minimal blood loss, her heart was strong*, they took her nodes and they seem to be 99% negative which means that she will not need radiation or chemo. We will know for sure on Monday after the labs on the nodes come back. If all comes back clear she is cancer free! The plastic surgeon came out about an hour after the breast surgeon and all went well. Today we had the best possible outcome and for that we are truly blessed.
*This is huge as both of my mom’s parents died of heart disease, my moms mother had breast cancer and heart disease when she died at 49, my mom has done everything to have a healthy heart. My father also died at 60 of a bad heart. If you do not die in my family of cancer you die of a bad heart. Thankfully she has a strong healthy heart and is now cancer free!
I am too tired to fix the different fonts tonight. Have a good night internets!
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