day 3 of origami owl

today is day 3 of my origami owl and i made a facebook page for it today and got my stuff in the mail and made one necklace and order some more stuff for another necklace or two. i really do hope that things will keep up with it soon. count down the days until i have my first party which will be my launch party that is unless someone else doesnt call or message me about a jewelry bar party. that is what they call it a jewelry bar party. i so can not wait. maybe this will help me get out of my shyness some.

anyways here is a couple of pictures for you. this first picture is of all the stuff i got. the second is of me wearing the first necklace i made. kind of a little to short for me but that is okay it is still pretty. good thing it is easy to change up haha.

day two of origami owl

today is day two of origami owl. finally got it where i can log in and buy the things i need to. started planning my launch party. got the date and time and place sit. also got my guest list wrote out. now working on the wish list of the things i need to get for the party. tomorrow i should be getting my first kit ever from something like this. i really can not wait to get it and share it with you all and share my experience with selling it with you.

i know must people aim for a higher money made back within the first 30 days but i am going to aim for making $50 back. i will be happy if i can just make that much back. maybe i will make more but we will seen. then for 60 days i hope i earn a total of $75 more days back. and go up $25 each month after that. i am trying to be understanding as not everyone can afford to buy things and they are living on a budget. but we will see how well i will do.

nicknames and how i got them

well the first nickname is pooh bear and my dad gave me that. the next is little sister and my grandpa used to call me that all the time. then there is beth which i just go by beth on the internet a lot. i have a friend that calls me bethie pooh. she is pretty much the only one that calls me that. then one of my nephews calls me aunt lizzy. and he gets mad if anyone else calls me that.

that is pretty much all my nicknames. at least all the ones that i know about lol.

starting to sell origami owl

follow long on my journey thru selling origami owl. (here is my the link to the shop if you want to buy from me.http://elizabethseats.origamiowl.com/shop/  i am still trying to get the hang of it so please bare with me.)

today marked day one of my journey.  my order that i order last night was shipped to me. and hopefully i will get it soon. i am still trying to figure it all out and maybe once i get all the stuff i had to order here i will get it all figured out. i really  hope that i can do really good with this and that it wont turn out like it did with the avon when i was selling it. i dont think it will but you  can never tell. so far it is going okay maybe in a month or so i will be able to see at least a little profit from it. and be able to help mike pay our bills.

plans/dreams/and goals

right now my plans are getting a job, getting my part time photography business off the ground, and getting started with origami owl. cant forget to find us a place to live and get settled into our new lives really good outside of the military.

dreams to become a parent. there is nothing in this world that i want more then become a parent. that is my only dream
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goals. save money for adoption. get the adoption process started. make money from my part time photography business and from the origami owl.
 loose weight and become healthy.

those are my plans and dreams and goals for now.

who i would want to switch lives with for a day and why

hmm.... a good question i suppose. i have been sitting here thinking of someone i would want to switch lives with and i can honestly say that there is no one i would want to switch lives with. because my life is my life. and i dont want to be someone else. my daily struggles are what makes me who i am and i dont want to change who i am. yes i would like to be at a healthy weight and be healthy but i am still me.

so no there is no one who i would want to switch lives with for one day.

sorry about the blog challenge

sorry that i havent kept up the blog challenge like i have wanted to.  we are still staying with my parents and i am using my mom’s desktop  and i just havent wanted to take up her computer too much.  not only that i have pretty much been busy since friday. friday morning went to some yard sales with my mom, sister, nephew and a family friend. then that afternoon my nephew and i spent time together. i really didnt do a post on the blog challenge friday. and saturday i spent time with mike, one of my nieces and nephews. we went to this fest in town called founders day fest. it was okay. probably would have been better if we had waited a little longer to go up to town then what we did. i did see where i had won second  place in the photo contest i had enter. so that makes twice i have gotten second place. then saturday evening mike and i went to the fair and did a little shopping. runned into my oldest niece and her family in the halloween express store and then at the fair. it was really good to see my great nephew’s reaction to the fair. he just didnt know where to look lol. then yesterday mike and i had to go buy a couple of long sleeve shirts. all our jackets and winter clothing is in storage (will be glad when we will have a place of our own) it is starting to get cool in the mornings and at nights so we needed a few sleeves. and today i just feel like curling back up in bed and going back to sleep. i am just so tired and sleepy today. i hate it when i have days like this. i slept pretty good last night. well at least i thought i did. will be so glad when my old doctor office sends my medical records to this one i am trying to get into see. she will not see me until she gets my records and i am tired of being sick off and on and being tired all the time. i just want to feel better.

i hope you all are doing good.

oh yeah check out my amazon store and tell me what you would like to see more of on there and would like to buy and share it with your friends and family. most of the money that i will make on there will be going in savings for adoption. http://astore.amazon.com/httpthedail0e-20 so please help us as much as you can

part 3 of pcaos awareness

part 3 of pcos awareness and probably my last post on this subject until next september.  this post is going to be about my experience with it.
my experience could be the same as some others but this is my experience. ( dont forget that pcos is going to effect each young girl and woman different. there maybe some that may go thru the same as you but everyone feels differently about each experience) my experience with it some days very frustrating and others not so frustrated. there are some days i dont know if it is the pcos or my thyroid problem one that is making me feel the way i do or if it is both of them. on the days i get up and my clothes are tight on me i get so frustrated. and the days that i have shave parts of my body that no woman should have to shave. it all is so frustrated. now i am not ashamed of it but i do wish that it wasnt happening to my body. yes i can feel that way and not be ashamed of it to. why should i be  ashamed of my medical problems. that is almost like telling someone who has something worse that they should be ashamed of their medical condition. i get to loosing weight and then i just get so tired that there are days i just dont want to get up and go (this part could be because of my thyroid problem.) just about every doctor i have seen for the pcos has put me on metformin. even though i have told them and told them that i can not take it. it doesnt work on me. i am staying sick on even after a few months of taken it i stay sick on it. and to me that isnt healthy. i finally got a doctor last year to listen to me when i say i cant take it. had to prove it to them but they finally listen.  there has been times thru out the years that i have felt like i have failed as a woman by not becoming pregnant. yes i am one of the ones that suffer from infertility with pcos (not everyone with pcos suffer thru infertility but that is probably a select few out of a hundred lol. well dont know the exact amount. ) if you follow my blog here you will see my struggles with infertility. i just wish that i could just become pregnant so much. i want to be a mommy so much that my heart breaks at times. at least that is how it feels. i think that is the most frustrating part of pcos is the infertility. i am glad that i have a good support system in mike (he has been my biggest supporter thru out it all. ) and my family and friends and the group of ladies that i talk to with pcos. hopefully one day soon i can get my weight under control and i cay get the symptoms of pcos under control also.

letter to someone who has hurt me

okay today's day blog challenge is a letter to someone who has hurt me. there has been more then one person who has hurt me and i just can not pick just one person so i am going to write to them all.

dear person or persons who have hurt me,
i dont know if you actually realize how much what you have said or done has hurt me. dont know if you really care if you have hurt me or not but i just want you to know that you have hurt me.  but i know that i will be okay. just dont come looking to me for help you anymore. i can only take so much from people and it is now time that i think of myself and my feelings and not worry about what others think or do to me because it will come back to you. it always does.
to this one person, what you really said and did behind my back was uncall for. i was always there for you when you need someone to talk to. i was there for you alot. and you had the nerve to say one thing to me but then go around telling others something else. i dont wish any thing happens to. i hope and pray that you get good things in life and not bad. but dont look to me for being there for you anyone. i dont like back stabbers and i am not going to take being stabbed in the back by someone who says they are there for me and then them not be. my life is so much better without you in it.
peace to every one who has hurt me and i hope and pray that  you learn your lessons on hurting people you claim to care for.

part two of pcos awareness

what to do if you have pcos or think you have pcos. is to find a knowledgeable medical practitioner. then get involved with a support group (there has been some support groups on facebook that has helped me a whole lot. ) do your research. stay active and involved with life. and find ways to cope with the stress.
dont forget that there is no cure for pcos but you can control the symptoms so that the effect of pcos on your body is minimal. to decrease symptoms of pcos, you need to tackle some issues. which are improving insulin sensitivity, restoring normal ovulation, which helps restore normal fertility, stopping androgen levels in the blood from rising.
there is some medications that you can take like metformin but you can also help control by diet exercise and emotional well being. 
you also can have pcos at a normal weight also.
treatment should be tailored to you and the symptoms you're experiencing but it should also take into consideration whether you're aiming to get pregnant. if your not planning on having a baby just yet treatment needs to focus on correcting abnormal hormone levels, losing weight, managing cosmetic concerns.
if you are hpoing to get pregnant treatment needs to focus on losing weight because a healthy diet with increased physical activity allows more efficient use of insulin and decreases blood glucose levels and may help you to ovulate more regularly. promoting ovulation with ovulation induction medications.
a pcos friendly diet helps you to lose weight to get to a healthy weight, or to maintain a healthy weight, reduce insulin resistance and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, ensure a balanced and nutritionally adequate dietary intake.
diets to avoid
avoid diets that restrict the intake of certain groups of foods or ban them completely. also avoid diets that advocate you take certain supplements. such diets are likely to be unbalanced. low carb diets are often advocated in popular books and websites for pcos. these diets arent recommended by many doctors and dietitans.
when you do start a diet make sure you talk to your doctor to figure out the right diet for you and your body.

also dont forget to get physical and no i am not talking about sex (well unless you are trying to get pregnant i guess that you would need to do that haha) but exercise is very important in loosing weight. also with this do not forget to talk to your doctor about what all you can do. and then maybe go to a gym if you can afford it and talk to a trainer and they may can come up with a some workouts that will help you loose weight and maintain a healthy body weight. if you can not afford getting out and going for walks will help. and when you can use stairs instead of elevators and things like that. you can also you use a water bottle for weights and can goods for weights also.

okay tomorrow i will write about my experiences with pcos

how i heard about blogger/wordpress and why i made one

well i first heard about blogger from some friends. i had asked some opinions on it when i wanted to start a blog for our journey thru trying to have a baby. and everyone i talked to recommended blogger. and blogger has not disappointed me at all.

for wordpress i had heard it from some friends to and thru a search on google. and i love it. i love everything about wordpress and blogger to. and i decided to make one on wordpress just to really write about our every day life. and the struggles and the good things that we go thru every single day.

september is pcos awareness

september is pcos awareness month.( should have made this post at the beginning of the month and did some other little posts for it to but havent felt like posting to much ) maybe you are wondering what pcos is. pcos is ploycystic ovary syndrome. it is the most common ovarian function disorder in pre-menopausal women.  until recently it was one of the least understood conditions. research into the causes and symptoms of pcos has shown it to have consequences more far reaching than the obvious physical symptoms;the long term effects extend into menopause and beyond (quoted from pcos for dummies. i may quote a lot from this book as it is the only book i have at hand to make some quotes and then i will tell you about my experience with pcos and what i am dealing with on a daily bases. ).
defining the condition.
according to the american society for reproductive medicine, pcos is defiend as having any two of the following signs and symptoms:
oligo-ovulation( irregular ovulation) or anovulation (a complete lack of ovulation)
clinical or biochemical signs of high androgen (male hormone) levels
polycystic ovaries, which means many small cysts on the ovaries (normal ovaries have five or six follicles, whereas polycystic ovaries have ten or more)
the hormones involved in controlling periods and reproduction are produced in the pituitary gland located in the brain. in women with pcos two of these hormones are produced in abnormal proportions. the imbalance of these two hormones prevents the follicles in the ovary from developing properly. the follicles tend to remain small and dont mature enough to release an egg. as a result a string of small follicles, or cysts, form on the ovary giving rise to the characteristic polycystic ovary that gives the disorder its name.  polycystic ovaries alone are not enough to diagnose pcos.  around 20 percent of women have polycystic ovaries but no symptoms of pcos.

statistics of pcos
around 5 million american women have pcos (which i am very sure that this is in other countries to. )
pcos can start in girls as young as age 11
about 5percent ot 10 percent of american women have pcos.

there has also been some researches that has showed it to be a in the genes. so if your mother or someone on your dad's side of the family has there is a chance you could have it also.
the most common pcos symptoms
weight gain, especially around the tummy
increased hairiness on the face and other regions.
male pattern baldness or thinning hair
oily skin with acne
absent or irregular menstrual cycles
insulin resistance.

okay i think this will be it today and i will post more on this subject tomorrow or friday one.

I did it again didnt I

I did it again didnt I. I forgot to write my blogs didnt I. I have forgot to do it three days in a row but I will make up for it. 

Okay on Sunday it was suppose to have been about something you're proud of in the past few days. Truthfully the only things I can think of that I will be proud of is mike getting his first pay check from his civilian job  and if we can find a place to live and if I can get a customer in my photography business going to give it until the new year and nothing I may have to give up on it but going to keep trying. Oh yeah I will be proud if I can get a job. And loose weight and so on lol but other then that I can't think of anything else. 

Yesterday's blog was suppose to be about songs you listen to when happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad. Well I don't have sort songs I listen when I feel those things. I like to listen to all kinds of music. 

Today's is about another picture of me and my friends. Well I don't have a picture of me and my friends. At least not one where I can post from my iPad. But I will share a picture of mike and I. Even though he is my husband he is still my best friend. 

my short term goals for this month and why

my goals for this month are to find a job and find a place to live. and hopefully get my part time photography business up and running good.

you ask why i want to find a job. well because i want to help mike pay our bills. it isnt just on him to pay them. i should have gotten one a long time ago but i do love being a stay at home wife but i cant keep letting him be the one to make the money to pay our bills.

well the reason i want to find a place to live. well because we need a place to live dont we. we want a place that we can have our own stuff and be able to live outside of suitcases. we are still having to use are suitcases for our clothes.

and yes i started my part time photography business but it is slowly getting off the ground and i mean slowly. i really hope that i can get it to pick up soon. maybe it will soon.

that is my short term goals for this month and why. lets hope that they happen before this month is up with.

some or something that has the biggest impact on me.

today's blog is about someone or something that has the biggest impact on me. well actually there is suppose to be a picture of that person or something but i dont have a picture of it or them. there is more then one person that has had a big impact on me. but i think i will write about my nieces and nephews. they have impacted me more then they probably will never know. i first became a aunt at the age of 13 my oldest nephew was brought to me and he was the first to show me that i could love more then just my parents and siblings. then came my oldest niece and she has helped me see that i can be a girlie girl. then came the two nephews that my family has lost. they are now up in heaven and they are looking down on us and watching out for us. then came nephew number 4. he was a little pain in the butt but he should me that i could protect someone. then came nephew number 5 he has showed me that kids can be smart and still be a kid. then came niece number 2 she has showed me that no matter what goes wrong in this world that there is always someone there loving us. then came nephews 6 and 7 they have showed me that there is laughter in this world (well all my nieces and nephews can make me laugh but theses two all you have to do is look at them and smile. ) and now to my first great nephew. he has impacted alot. he has showed me that even though i have struggled with becoming a parent myself that just one look at him has helped heal my heart with my infertility.
so there is my someones that has impacted me. and i know that every day that i think of them or on the days that i get to spend time with them will be greatest moments of my life and i hope that they read this and know how much i love them.

my favorite superhero and why

maybe you think i am going to write about batman, superman or some other superhero like that but nope i am not. my favorite superhero doesnt fly or has xray vision. he cant bend steel and he doesnt wear a cape (even though he does want a dark vader cape oh i shouldnt have said that hehe) my favorite superhero mike. he is all the superheros rope into one. he is always there when i need him. he cheers me on in what ever i decided to do or learn. he goes beyond his limits at anything he does.

he will always be my superhero. and i will love him always.

Ugh forgot to post yesterday

sorry i forgot to post my blog for the blog challenge  yesterday i have been trying to get rid of a headache since monday it is almost gone.

so today is going to be two blogs in one haha.

so for yesterday's post was suppose to be a habit that i wish i didnt have

well that would worrying to much. i am always worrying about things even about things that are not in my control. i am just a big old worry wart.

today's post is a picture of a place i have been

which should I use there are so many. I guess I will go with this one.  Is of the rodeo we went. It was so much fun will defiantly go back to another rodeo. 

picture of my pet (which i dont have one)

day 3 is suppose to be a picture of my pet but i dont have a pet of any kind so i am just going to write about what kind of pet i would like to have.
i am a dog person. i would whether have a dog over a cat. i want a husky. a full blooded husky. those dogs are loyal to you and so pretty. if i can not find or afford a husky then i want a German Shepard those dogs are loyal to.
i hoping that one day within next year we will be able to afford a pet.

The meaning behind my blog name

First of all I have three blogs and that isn't counting my photography business blog. 

The first blog is our journey though trying to have a baby and beyond. I started this blog back in 2008. It is like the name says our journey though trying to have a baby and beyond. When I first started this blog I wanted something that was going to show our struggle to have a baby and our life beyond that. 

The second belong is books books and more books. This is my blog on books review. I started this blog back in 2011   I wanted something kind of catchy and I liked this name for it. Because it is all about books. 

My third blog is the dailylifeofusdotcom. I was just wanting the daily life of us but it was taken so I just settled for this one. I like it though. 

The fourth one and my photography business is called two turtles by the sea. I just love that name. It is so catchy. The turtle part is named after my great nephew. I call him turtle. So I had to think of something to go with turtle and two turtles by the sea works. I actually came up with that from turtles in a half shell but I really love two turtles by the sea. 

A recent photo and fifteen interesting facts about me

15 interesting facts about me. This one is going to be a little tough. Maybe have to ask mike if he can help me on this. 

Fact one. I am 33 years old and I have never really had a job. Yes I did work in a sewing factory once but I probably didnt even work 2 months and then I quit. That was probably about 13 years ago if not over 13 years. Then I worked at a gas station cooking breakfast and then pizzas for lunch and dinner. That only lasted a month and that was like over 12 years  ago. Then I babysit one of my nephews that lasted two years and half. Then I got married and became a housewife and now I am looking for a part time job. 

Fact two. I have two medical conditions (at least so far)  one is hypothyroidism and pcos. I am still trying to learn how to deal with both of theses every single day. 

Fact three I love to read. I may not get to read every day but I do love to read

Fact four. Was a military wife but now I am not. I know it is hard for mike to adjust to the civilian world bit it is hard for me to. I know he has it harder though. 

Fact five. I am a worry wart. I worry about a lot of things. My health, how we going to pay our bills. And so on

Fact six. Mike told me that I am sweet person and that is a fact for him. But I do try to be sweet

Fact seven. I was born and raised in Alabama and I love living here

Fact eight. I love living in a small town/country. I would whether live in a small town/country then a city

Fact nine I love to watch movies and tv shows. So far my favorite movies are twilight, hunger games, and the host. My favorite tv shows are true blood and the walking dead

Fact ten. I love to go hiking. Three years ago mike and I use to go every weekend. We are just now trying to get back to that. 

Fact eleven I love to travel. It is really nice and fun to visit places I have never been

Fact twelve. I love taken photos. I love it so much that I decided to start taken online classes and I have started a part time photography business

Fact thirteen I am having problems with getting pregnant. We have tried and tried and nothing. So we have decided to adopt

Fact fourteen my favorite football team is auburn. Win or lose they will always be my favorite team

Fact fifteen no matter what goes on in my family I will always love them. 

About a new challenge I am going to do

Decided to do another blog challenge. This time it is a 30 days of me challenge. This should be interesting. I hope I can keep this up. 

But I wanted to take a little time to do a quick update. Things are okay. Mike has a job finally. After about six months of looking he finally has a job. Sept 1 was his last day in the military. It feels a little weird not being able to call myself a military wife but that is okay because I still know who I am. Mike's wife. I have started looking for a part time job. Hopefully it won't take me too long to find one.