Well, It's been a while but here goes.. Here in Nashville we have unseasonably cold weather for this area. Monday we experienced an ice storm that shut the city down, thankfully it was President's Day so schools were out, however my homeschooled kids also missed out on a day away from Mom because the Nashville Children's Theatre Drama Day was cancelled as well. All my plans for the day were ruined as well.  I had planned on staking out post Valentine's day sales, going to get new running shoes, going to JoAnn's to peruse fabric remnants and other craft items and do some planning for our Summer, but instead we were hanging out as a family and that's ok, but I hate missing a sale. On Tuesday the cold temperatures and some more snow caused the ice to remain, schools closed and pretty much everything else closed as well. Let me explain, our driveway is up a 45 degree angle and it is complete ICE, so we are pretty much stuck in the house until our driveway melts so...

When you see me, I want you to regret that you let me go Jealous of the love I now have Jealous of the love you missed out on Trying to replace me I'm irreplaceable Guess you didn't realize it soon enough I am the truth You are the lie I am Love You are Hate I am the Light you sought You are the Darkness, I ran from I am Peace You are Chaos I am the Yin You will never be my Yang

Yesterday I alluded to making changes to lose a few things, those things are un welcomed, unwanted pounds. Pounds I have been carrying around since Charlotte was born 4 years ago. Let me start this off a little differently, I graduated high school weighing 120 pounds. I graduated college with an almost 1 year old in tow and 130 pounds, which is my ideal weight. Fast forward to meeting my meeting, falling in love with, moving in with and then marrying my husband. We were married in May 2004 and I became pregnant in September 2004, I was pregnant or nursing from then until May 2009. I have pretty much weighed around 170 give or take since I gave birth to Charlotte in November 2008. Considering that it's 2013, and I still weighed that amount, it's a good thing, but not a good thing. Now that we've gotten a little background, I have been trying to figure out how to get into the groove of things and lose this excess weight, mainly for health reason (I have High Blood Pressur...

When I post photo's of myself on Facebook, oft times friends from high school comment that I look like I haven't aged a bit. Well, my body knows I'm aging, however I am doing my best to make sure my face doesn't change that much, LOL.  I don't know if I necessarily have a secret, I try to eat natural and organic foods as often as possible. I do not drink soda nor do I smoke or do any drugs, legal or illegal. I do my best to drink as much water as possible and I rarely wash my face with soap. I actually was my face with Oil, yes Oil. I use a mixture of castor oil and I can't remember if I added sunflower or grapeseed oil, but I think it's working. My face seems soft and I don't need to apply any moisturizer; the area around my eyes is extremely sensitive, so whenever I applied any time of moisturizer, if I got too close, I ended up being teary-eyed for the rest of the day. This issue is also why I can not receive facials.  I use witch hazel with a few ...

Six years ago, I went in for a scheduled C-Section to meet my First daughter to be named Olivia Camille Walker.. She came at 9:46 am weighing in at 6 lbs 6 oz and 19.7 inches long, I was Shocked.. I just knew she was going to be at least 8 lbs because my Belly was HUGE...But that's another story... Olivia is named after my Grandmother, Olivia Augusta Greenwood who died in 1999 well before my Princess was even thought of.. So she only has memories of her namesake, but memories and photo's will sustain her. Olivia actually has always been a favorite name of mine and I honestly didn't realize how popular the name was when my Olivia was born. Olivia has remained in the Top 10 Girls Names since, I believe 2000. But luckily my Olivia has not been in a class where she had to share her name. Here are a few other women and girls who sold me on the name Olivia. Olivia Hussey as Juliet in the 1968 Movie: Romeo and Juliet Olivia Newton-John as Sandy in Grease...

Ernest Everett Just was born August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina, he was a pioneering Biologist, Academic and Science Writer. His primary legacy is in his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms. In his work within marine biology, cytology and parthenogenesis, he advocated the study of whole cells under normal conditions rather than simply breaking them apart in a laboratory setting. When Just was young he became dreadfully sick for 6 weeks with typhoid fever. He had a hard time recuperation as his memory was greatly affected. While he had been lauded for learning so much at a young age, he now had to relearn everything. His mother worked with him but became impatient and gave up on him. He persevered and finally read by himself, however he kept the information from his mother for a month because he felt betrayed by her when she had given up on him and stopped teaching him to read.   He was sent to an all black ...