SIX things you KNOW you wanted to know about ME!

Thanks Erica.... What in the world can I say about me... that isnt B-O-R-I-N-G?

1. As I have grown as a mother, my values and ideas and everything else has changed. I wrote a birth plan for my first baby... Ashley. I was 21/22 at the time I had her... and well... I can NOT believe the things I wrote in there... I do not know if it was because I wasn't as educated or that I was following what my parents believed. Let me just say that I am GLAD I did NOT have my son FIRST because I would have made decisions I now regret. I have made a HUGE turn in how I parent. I have become more of an attachment parent than I ever imagined I would be. I never slept in my bed with Sydney and Ashley. I now sleep almost every night with CJ in my bed and spent MANY a morning in my bed with Kiley and nights with her in my bed when Chris was away. IT NEVER would have happened with the older 2. Wow... I rambled on that one.
2. Even though I went to college and graduated with honors I have a lot of regret regarding college. I wish I had gone BIG... like FAR away from home and HUGE school with lots of pride and activities and things WORTH doing. I am grateful that I have received a formal education and have a Bachelors degree... but I wish that I applied myself more and got more involved. BUT if I HAD gone away, I would never have met my husband on the blind date... I would have been too far away to ever have met him! So, good things did come from me staying in college close to home.
3. I wish I was religious and had more faith in god. I wish I attended church on a regular basis and was able to understand and grasp the messages in the sermons and the Bible as well. I envy people who are religious and have much faith in God. I wish I had my girls involved in church/sunday school from an early age.
4. I now love Tabasco Sauce. On Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni. I love HOT wings.. I love it .... and before I met my husband and up until I think we lived in Texas, I NEVER would have touched the stuff. It is FABULOUS! I make Hamburger Helper just to have the Tabasco. I also make an AWESOME Buffalo Dip! Mmm....
5. I wanted ALOT of children... and even though I have 4 of them... I wanted WAY more than 4... well... until I had 4... and pregnancy... and 8 year old drama... and yeah... you mom's know what I am thinking!
6. I have thyroid disease and have all the symptoms in the book. I have what is called Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I think many people already know this... and I hate having to overcome the symptoms to make me more healthy. It is HARD to live with this disease yet it is a common one. I am grateful it isnt something worse... but it doesnt make it any easier. When I was being diagnosed.. I was only 20. Which is supposedly YOUNG to have this set in.. but I was symptomatic for most of my life and was being run through lots of blood tests etc. even saw a Hematologist. All was inconclusive. I guess I often have an elevated white blood cell count... not super high.. just elevated... because my body attacks my thyroid gland like it is a foreign object. I dont know.. i could be talking out my arse... but someone had explained that to me sometime. I have been on Synthroid/Levothyroxine since I was 20 years old. My dose only ever changed when I had Ashley.

BORING stuff huh???? So.. I suppose I am going to tag a couple of you people out there... and you will have to write 6 things about yourself. ... SOOO... I am going to TAG MONICA, ALI.. YOU CAN GO MAKE A BLOG on your blog.. OK??!?! and I am also going to TAG DANIELLE.. you better be reading this .... and JAMIE.. a newcomer to blogspot!! GET TO WORK GALS!