About One Girl Ideas .... originally posted 11/27/2009

I thought that my first blog should be a little bit about myself.

First let me tell you I am a mother of a Teenage SON! He is my #1 reason on this earth. I am blessed with the opportunity to be his mother.

I now, I now you’re probably saying "Every mother says this" let me give you some history of why I made this statement.

When I was 16 I found out that I had Endometriosis, and was not ever sure that I could have a child. So that is why I make the statement that I am truly blessed with the opportunity to be a mother!

Next I am a Wife! I have been with my wonderful husband for 17 years and married to him for 15 of them. Yes we were high school sweetheart (ahh) but when people say that I really don't think of it that way. My husband is my best friend always has been, always will be.

I am also the mother of a English Bulldog Diesel! She is truly my baby! She keeps me company when my boys are out doing boy things, she is the one constant in my life. There are days that I think I don’t know what I would do without her.

What do I do for work well there are allot of things I have done and a few that I am really good at. Right now I I am a bookkeeper/office manager for a plumber. He has to be the best boss that I have ever had. He is the father of 6 soon to be 7 and understands what it takes to be a good parent and just how much time is involved. I also get to do things that I love and he encourages me to explore the things I am good at.

I also freelance as a designer/small business developer. I like to help small business get off their feet in the advertising/marketing department. I help business in allot of different ways. I create logos, stationary, websites, email newsletters and anything that they can dream up.

My true passion is creativity. I guess you could say that I have always been creative; it just runs thru my blood. Having grown up as an only child one has to be creative to keep on entertained.

I guess this leads me to my latest OneGirlIdea: Blogging!
As I get better at this I will try to focus on one topic per post. I will also try and post them under categories. I guess what I will probably write about will be my son, my husband, my family, the things I enjoy like crafts, computers, scrapbooking, beaded jewelry, snowmobiling and my crazy ideas –you guessed it that is where I came up with the name-onegirlideas!

I hope that after you have read this you will get a little glimpse about who I am. I hope that you will come to enjoy my posts as much as I enjoy writing them.

Let me know what you think and if there is anything that you would like me to write about! I look forward to a long and enjoyable blogging life.


-OneGirlIdeas

Some old Posts from My Original Blog

I totally forgot that I used to have a blog at my URL, until today when I Google my website to see if it looked good on my Iphone.  So I am going to move them here and post the original post date.  I hope you enjoy them.

Endro options

So my Endometroisis is rearing is ugly head again and is in full force.  I rarely have a day where there is no pain, yes even when good old auntie flow is not visiting.  So for the last few months I have been to my wonderful doctor who has come up with 3 options for me.

1) Go on the Lurpon Shot for 6 months and then follow that up with birth control pills to decrease my period and regulate my hormones, not so much my period.

2) Surgery: Go in and scrap out all the Endometroisis that she can get and do a procedure called NovaSure where it basically takes a layer off my uterus and make my period lighter or none existent so I don't have such a heavy flow and follow that up with Lupron.  

3) Surgery: Take my uterus and ovaries out and put me on hormone replacement.

With my current health care situation, I am not sure how long I will have insurance so I opted for #2.  The pain is so bad that it interferes with my daily routine.  Once she goes in and takes the crap out, removes all my adhesion's, I can start all over.  Get myself on a regular workout routine, take my vitamins, and watch my diet to control my weight, life can be manageable again. 

I update everyone after surgery and let ya know how things are going.  I know I will be dealing with this until menopause or even after but at least I can start over again and manage it so it will not get out of control again.

Wordless Wednesday.....Birthday Boys!

October 4th is a BIG DAY around our house! Its not only my Husbands Birthday but also my Sons!

15 years ago I gave my husband the best present he ever had received, now every year I can never get him anything close!

This year my Son got a Huge Birthday Present and gave his Dad an even bigger one.  He scored 2 TOUCHDOWNS- the First and the Last, had 3 First Downs and carried the ball for over 40 yards!

All I did was make him this AWESOME banner!

When we finally got home we celebrated with some cake.

Got a picture with the Grandparents.

And then one with the family.

Well there you have it, a not so typical Birthday!

Post it Tuesday

My Niece.....The Homecoming Queen!