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  1. I get this. My husband was unemployed for 2 years. His unemployment ran out about 3m before he got a job. He called the mortgage company and they were like, "Sucks to be you," pretty much. So we ran a couple of months behind. As soon as he got a job we started making payments. We made payments for two months. On month three they sent our check back and said unless you can make up every bit of back payment which with interest and late fees ended up being around $4,000 we don't want your money. We contacted one of those government organizations to help you keep your house and it took a year but they modified our loan and we got to keep our house and our payment is less than it ever was. I'm racking my brain trying to remember the name of the place we contacted, but I can't I will ask my husband when he wakes up in the morning and try to get the info to you ASAP. Prayers for some peace for you.
  2. I found out about it 2 days later. I was so sad. At first I was like, no way, THEN I saw the trailer. Spectacularly cheesy and I know I need to see it now. LOL Not to mention it's Steve from 90210!
  3. I haven't watched Glee in forever, but when I saw the news it still felt like a kick in the gut. He was just one of those characters you felt like you *knew* and were friends with in real life. I read somewhere that he was a lot like his character. Just an all around nice guy who was always encouraging his castmates and welcoming new members. I did not know he was with Lea Michele IRL, I was so sad for her. They really did make the cutest couple.
  4. I saw the previews at my mom's house and swooned. It's my favorite! When she gets hit with the rock and he freaks out. Sigh.:)
  5. She was my Bradley teacher when I was pregnant with Lily. :) Jacksonville is a BIG area. In the movie We Bought A Zoo we kept laughing at the guy complaining about driving 30m to get to Target. We drive 30m to get just about anywhere around town and it's no big deal. I would suggest you look in the area around Mayo and towards Jax beach. Those are nice areas and if you think you are going to be at Mayo more than a few times a week it will be a big pay off. We do have heavy traffic on the interstates around here AND our state tree seems to be the orange construction cone. If you don't want to live in that area you want to look for an area that is close to our beltway (or 295 or 9A all three are the same thing) I'm more conservative so I know of the conservative homeschool groups. Our big group Herijax.com is pretty conservative. I also have heard of some more secular groups popping up (which I think is a great thing). I'll try to find out more about those for you. I have a lot of moms in my particular group who homeschooled through highschool and sent through kids to college. A couple even went on to state schools after community college. It gets hot and HUMID here in the summer. The heat alone is usually not too bad the humidity will kill ya though. Jacksonville, while right on the coast rarely gets hurricanes and only the occasional tropical storm which to us is just a bad thunderstorm. It does rain almost every day in the summer. Usually just an afternoon shower. There are quite a few family friendly activities around town. We have an orchestra and a preforming arts center. St. Augustine is right up the road and Orlando is only about 2-2.5 hours away depending on how you drive. Check out jax4kids.com for more ideas on what we have around here for families and kids. Our library system is well stocked though we keep losing money and the hours keep getting cut. We have a homeschool library through Heri where you can check stuff out for the whole year. I've never joined Heri, but my friends all enjoy the library. It's a homeschool friendly town for sure. You file your intent to homeschool with the school board and then a year from the date you filed you turn in an evaluation (portfolio check by a certified teacher of your choice, testing, or I can't remember the third option) You can also enroll in an umbrella school. I do portfolio checks so I have no clue how the rest is handled. We also have Florida Virtual school where your kids can take classes through the public school system online. If you chose the homeschool option you can chose which classes and how many classesthey take and you don't have to FCAT. If you do the public school option you are given a schedule and you have to take the FCAT if it's applicable for that year. Of course it will be common core friendly so it depends on how you feel about that. I think that about covers our city. I've lived here my whole life. I want out, but only because I hate the heat, would love to experience seasons (BTW it doesn't start feeling like fall around here til about the end of October or sometimes mid November), and I really want the challenge of discovering a new city. LOL It's not a bad place to live. We do have our fair share of crime, but it's pretty concentrated to certain areas of town, in my opinion. Of course others might not think our crime rate is that bad... It's hard to find a job here. My husband worked security for two years after being unemployed for two years. He just got a new job at a call center with an insurance company. He went on many interviews and there was always hundreds of people applying for the same job. It was pretty discouraging. He almost did not get this job even though his interviews went well and he was overly qualified with 6 years in an insurance call center and 9 years at an insurance company. He was a back up in case someone did not pass the background check. Lucky for him someone did not. Sad for that guy because a good job is hard to find around here. I did not read all the responses, I got too excited about the post above. LOL I'm sorry if I repeated anything that was already said. I hope this helps you some. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help your family when you visit. I imagine it's hard with your husband being ill so I would love to help. Just PM me.
  6. I did, thanks! He was born on May 28th at 9lbs 6oz. I did end up with a c-section because he would not descend at the end and Dh and I had already decided if he did not come down after an hour or two we would take the c-section because it could indicate that he could not get down due to size. It was actually a great experience and I had the guy in my arms within minutes of getting back to my room. We were separated maybe half an hour and he was busy bonding with daddy during that time. I was so scared at first, but they did such a great job talking me through it all I never even came close to having a panic attack which I am prone to. Recovery was rough the first two weeks, but after that I felt great. :) Here is a pic of my monster baby at 6w. He's quite the little chunk a lunk but I could not be happier!
  7. I don't know. I had two 6w miscarriages after I had my ectopic. Literally took the test and within a week I was losing the baby. I had my progesterone levels tested and with my next baby they started me on progesterone supplements and I just delivered him in May. Has she had any kind of testing to see why this is happening? I'll be praying that it's just too early. My OB would not do an u/s until 8w for me (even after the ectopic, my HCG levels were going up so he thought we'd be fine) He said that before 8-9w there was too much room for error. I was almost 9w when I had the u/s with Gideon.
  8. My Lily had just turned a year old when I found out I was pregnant again. It hurt like all get out when she latched, but not too bad after that. It only lasted about 10w though when I ended up with an ectopic (not from nursing) and had to stop for about a week after my surgery. I was so thankful that I still had milk and she latched right back on after that week was up. The comfort was great. We nursed another 6m before she weaned.
  9. My Lily had just turned a year old when I found out I was pregnant again. It hurt like all get out when she latched, but not too bad after that. It only lasted about 10w though when I ended up with an ectopic (not from nursing) and had to stop for about a week after my surgery. I was so thankful that I still had milk and she latched right back on after that week was up. The comfort was great. We nursed another 6m before she weaned.
  10. Kind of a small picture, but I got it to upload! :)
  11. Gideon Nathaniel was born on May 28th via c-section. He weighed 9lbs 6oz and was 19 1/2 inches. He looks so little to me, but everyone else thought he looked huge. LOL I went in on Monday night to begin ripening my cervix and he was born Tuesday night at 6:49p.m. He would not descend and because of my being diabetic and having a higher A1C at the end we decided to not take any chances and I went ahead with the c-section. I'd already prayed that if it was going to be too traumatic for him to be born the other way that God would just stall the labor and give us peace for the c-section. I sat at 8cm for 2 hours and he was just floating away in oblivion for the whole labor, never engaging. I was surprised at how quickly the c-section went. They made the first incision at 6:42 and he was out at 6:49. They did his Apgar and cleaned him up then brought him over to me. I spent about 15m talking to him then DH went with him to the nursery. 30m later I was back in my room and he was being brought in. It was not bad at all. Recovery was killing me that first week and a half, but now at 2 weeks I'm feeling a lot better. My blood pressure and iron are still screwed up and I still have a lot of fluid around my ankles. I had so much fluid when I left the hospital that I'd actually gained a pound! I went in having gained 26 pounds and left having gained 27! I was so mad. LOL Now I'm down 30 pounds though so it's all good. Everything is back to normal size except my ankles. We are all madly in love with this new person though and my OB told me that I am a great candidate for a VBAC if I want one "next" time. :) PSA: If your diabetic and pregnant check your meters and A1C often. We think my meter messed up because my blood sugars were so great on paper. My A1C at 38w was 6.8 which is way to high for pregnancy and probably why my baby was over 9lbs when my daughter was only 7lbs. Because everything was going so well we did not do an A1C test til the end and by then it was too late to make any corrections. I'm a little sad that I probably could have prevented the c-section by just having more knowledge of what my sugars were doing! Tried to attach a picture, but could not get it to show up... just take my word for it, he's a handsome fellow! :)
  12. Being induced tomorrow night with a 9 1/2 pound baby and no dilation. Pretty sure I'll remember this Memorial Day forever. :) I'm a little over 39w.
  13. I totally understand why some think there should be more regulations but every year as I get ready for evaluation time and realize how much we did not get done I swear we are moving to Texas.:)
  14. Our Boy Scout/AHG liason said on FB last night after linking to FBB that "A Coalition has been formed to discuss the creation of a faith-based character development organization for boys; of which, American Heritage Girls is one of the many involved." So AHG does look to be involved. If thats the case then it will be a safe group because AHG follows BS guidelines on safety for the kids. They are very strict about it, background checks, two deep leadership buddy systems, CPR training. It will also be a very well run group just like AHG. Patty Garibay is very protective of the AHG name and would not affiliate it with something that is not on the up and up. I also get the impression it's fairly new and they are still in the planning stages. If AHG is involved for sure, then I will be signing my boys up. We've had an excellent experience with AHG.
  15. I never thought anyone would care.... I had no idea people thought it was weird to hear grown women saying "daddy". I'm 34, my daddy died about 8 years ago and I cant imagine him being anything other than daddy. My 30yo brother still refers to him as daddy. My dad up until the day he died called my grandaddy, daddy. My moms side is the same way. My papa was daddy to all his kids. Even his grown sons. We've always referred to our moms as mama.
  16. Thank you for seeing that, but the thing is my family does not. They feel we are smothering our children and leading them to rebellion. They refuse to see that we are just trying something different.
  17. I guess what worries me about this is that we are that family to some of my family members. I was raised in a Christian home with Christian grandparents and Christian aunts and uncles. We were your typical go to church whenever the doors opened, pray before every meal,no alcohol having, keep the swearing down family. Very close knit. As my husband and I began to talk of our own family I was concerned that none of my cousins nor my brother were in church any more. As a matter of fact they were openly rebelling against our faith in some ways. I also looked at my former youth group and realized only a few kids were still active in church. It did bother me. I read some of the Pearls stuff. I read Above Rubies. I read from Vision Forum. Some of that stuff made sense. A lot of sense. Some of it was a little wacky and I just tossed that stuff aside. I.E. I've never whacked a baby in my life. I might have popped a toddler hand a time or two, but I don't spank my babies for any infraction. My girls are welcome to go to college (even though a couple of them are not college material), but we do emphasize that we believe the Bible gives has a priority of home and family for women. We do teach a difference between men and women, but we don't think that just because girls should not do everything boys should do and vice versa that one is inferior... just different. We do not allow teenage rebellion as we think rebellion against father and mother is very unbiblical, however we do encourage discussions and have been known to change our minds a time or two. We don't do typical dating and our kids don't "date" until 18. We are still talking with our two older girls especially about what it will look like when they are 18. They seem to be on board with not getting into the whole modern dating scene HOWEVER we aren't going to be doing arranged marriages either. We are really hoping they trust us enough to see things in a potential mate that they might not see in typical googly eyed love fashion. LOL We don't do youth groups or children's church and finally found a wonderful church family with like minded people and we all enjoy hanging out together as families and have recently started an after school Bible study/fellowship time for all the kids. The moms like the fellowship time as well. :) I don't place a higher priority on schooling then I do on a relationship with Jesus. I ticked my family off recently when they found out that if my daughters found a godly young man who wanted to marry them and start a family before they finished college I would not discourage them. Same for my sons with wives if they could provide for a family. I'm a big Voddie Baucham fan and my family can't stand him. My three girls are farther behind in school then I'm happy with BUT thats because of learning delays and emotional issues. It's not because I don't believe in giving them a proper education. I'm working hard to get them to a place where if they chose college they will not have to struggle too much. I'm sure there is more my family has picked at me about, but those are some of the big things. I say all that to say this, my family sees me as cultish, controlling, and overbearing. They believe we've been brainwashed and we've been called out on it before. It's mostly because I don't live to their standard. When I saw that all these people I'd grown up going to church with had just completely left the faith (even to the point one of my cousins married an atheist, who I love by the way! LOL) but I'm the one who is ridiculed because I don't send my kids to youth group or let them date. No one acknowledges that we have family worship or that my kids are loving our new church. That my kids are healthy and happy and secure. It's only about what we don't let them do. It hurts that they only come after me to criticize our choices and never to say, "Hey, good job teaching your kids the Bible and passing on your faith. I'm so glad that your kids love church and Jesus." They do, they really do! If we miss our family prayer time they complain. They don't complain that we don't go to youth group.. .they do complain if we miss after school BIble study. No one seems to notice that my kids will sit at lunch sometimes and discuss the sermon our preacher gave the Sunday before, they only notice that we don't have a kids program. I'm really not saying all that to brag or sound holier than thou but being *that* family to my family has given me a whole new insight into this matter. I'm sure some people abuse it, but people can find a way to use anything to be abusive. The most abusive people in our family don't even go to church or read much of anything. I still read some of the "fundie" stuff out there and glean a lot from it. I also use common sense and know what won't work for my family. My husband is very steady and a great spiritual leader. He can spot a fraud from miles and miles away. I trust him. Oh and for the record my family has pushed us to the point that my kids aren't allowed to be alone with them, because I am afraid they will be grilled about life at our home and thats not fair to any child. I have a few people pleasers and I also have family that have ears to hear only what they want to hear. I can't let those two things collide. Not because I'm afraid of what my kids would say but because I'm afraid they would be made to feel like we are doing it "all wrong" and it would give my family fodder for gossip that is untrue and hurtful. It's happened before. They are not the "safe" people for my kids.
  18. Oh my! I can't even imagine. I think in this day and age of the snowflake we are really doing a disservice to people. There is a difference between a gracious hostess and an overbearing guest. You can't please everyone all of the time so just do your best. People need to understand the time, money, and stress that goes into planning a big event like this and then recognize that it's not about them at all.
  19. LOL I was so excited when I saw the silver one. It looks great and I'm glad it's not white. :)
  20. We just bought the Ford E350, 12 passenger. Honestly, I love it. I think ours is a 2008. I was afraid it would be hard to drive or handle, but I've been really impressed with how easy it is to drive. We've done the minivan thing with 8 people and it's not been that great. I looked for an SUV to seat 9 since we have another one on the way, but it was almost impossible to find. I found one 9 passenger suburban on Craig's list, but that was it. I know you said you hate vans, but honestly, that might be what your looking at if you want one that can haul everyone around.
  21. I go to a high risk place once a month for an u/s and they always make me EMPTY my bladder before they do the u/s. I think they do have more sophisticated equipment.
  22. I have a 3 year rule, which my baby girl is quickly approaching. If it's not been used in 3 years it goes. Now, with that being said... I plan to go through her newborn-3m clothes and pull out some of the best stuff, some of my favorites. She spent the first 8m of her life in NB-3/6m clothes (she was so little!) I have a ton of stuff. I'm hoping to get it down to one box. I have kept all of our equipment, though I needed a new travel system this go round. I also needed a new pack n play, but the funding ran out so... I'm doing the best I can with what I have right now while on the lookout for a pack n play with bassinet and changing table. It is very easy to find nice clothing at consignment stores and you'll be surprised at what people are willing to give you. My Lily was gifted almost 20 boxes of clothes ranging from about 6m-12m from a family with one little girl and boy, that baby had the nicest clothes. My girl was styling! :)
  23. Gideon Nathaniel, number 7, should be here any day now. I'm really hoping for sooner rather than later. So very tired at the end of this pregnancy. He's caused his fair share of drama and I just need him here safely in my arms. Our house is overflowing right now and a move is not in the cards until next year at the earliest so he will be moving in with me and dh and his almost 3yo sister. LOL, glad we have a big bedroom. I made a closet system for Gideon and Lily on one wall of our bedroom. Lily's bed is on another wall and on another wall I have a changing station/pack n play set up. In the corner I have our rocking chair. It's actually not too bad. He will sleep with us for the first year so the pack n play will be for naps and other times. I still need a few clothes in the 0-3m range, but for the most part I think we are ready for our bundle of joy. The kids are excited and I'm just exhausted. :)
  24. I would not consider a homebirth anyway (not that I don't fully support them!!) I just have too many risk factors. After reading some stories I don't even know if I could consider a breech v birth. I think if they were more common I might, but Drs. today just aren't comfortable preforming them and I want my doc to be comfortable. Once again though, I have no problem with another mom deciding different. :) He was still head down today and I am having some contractions tonight. Nothing major I actually just happened to notice them because they have sent me to the bathroom a few times. LOL My next obstacle is the growth scan on Monday at 38w. At 34w he was measuring 6lbs already. I was worried, but then started looking at notes from my daughter's birth and realized they told me she would be over 8 pounds. The best part of her delivery was my OB's shocked expression and exclamation when they weighed her in at 7 pounds. Decided I'm not going to worry about what they say Monday and if my OB wants to worry I'll remind him of the last wrong scan. :)
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