In my purse...

Let's talk about the purse it's self or rather all of my purses first.
I am a purse junkie. No closets just for shoes for me, no I would rather have a purse closet. I LOVE PURSES! Cheap, expensive, trendy, hippie, traditional, tiny, large, in between, two straps, one strap, over the shoulder, cross body, back pack style; you name it I've got it! I like to rotate my purses every couple of weeks. I'll pay full price if I like it enough but I love finding bargins!
As for what's in my purse? Well pretty basic; wallet, check book, couple of chapsticks, pen ( or two or three) safety pin, meds, girly stuff, cell phone, sunglasses, regular glasses. That's about it!

Most proud moment

Well, I have a couple but I'd have to say my proudest moment is the day my babies were born. Oct 8, 2007 was a beautiful day and unseasonably warm. We had a planned C-Section that day but when we arrived all the blizzard babies were being born and we got stuck standing around for a couple of hours waiting for a room. What was to be a 9 am appt ended up as nearly 11. The previous December there had been a couple of blizzards that shut Denver down and well there were A LOT of babies born 9 months later. My girls were not blizzard babies but they were born 3 weeks and 2 days early bringing them into the world at the same time as all the blizzard babies. Anyhoo, my babies came into the world crying  although honestly I was so hopped up on all the drugs they gave me that I barely remember that. But I do remember my first "coherent" moment which is when I asked when I could nurse and I instantly had FOUR nurses "helping" me nurse two babies in the recovery room. LOL! It was actually kind of funny. I didn't really think it was funny at the time but in retrospect it's pretty funny. Anyhoo, I remember looking down and thinking, "wow, I did that" Of course I did that with my hubby but you get the idea. It was amazing to me that they came from me. :)

My favorite quote

Part of the price of getting to where you are going is leaving where you are.

That has been "my quote" for as long as I can remember. Once upon a time there was something called potshots  in the local comic section in the Sunday paper. I cut that quote out about 12 years ago, I still have that little scrap of paper. It's important for me to remember that sometimes moving on is hard to do but it's important.

I recently ready a quote that goest like this:

"Missing someone isn't about how long it's been since you've seen them. It's about the very moment when you're doing something and wishing they were right there with you."

This made me cry becuase I  know exactly how this feels. I can't count the number of times that I've had this feeling becuase I wanted my mother to hear about something that had happened with my girls but when I reach for the phone I remember that she isn't on the other end of the line.

I've remarked to a friend a few times that my mom is somewhere looking down laughing beucase of something the girls did.

My first celebrity crush

This boy was my high school crush...


Yep, totally and completely hot! I had my room plastered in his pictures....And now, well his a pretty hot man. :)

If I won the lottery....

Well, this may not be a post most would write becuase my wishes are pretty simple....
1. I'd pay off all of my bills
2. I'd buy my hubby the newer car he wants (notice I said newer, not brand new)
3. I'd get braces and a tummy tuck (come on, got to have a little fun!)
4. I'd quit my job and go to school to get my masters in library science so I could fullfill a dream I have.
5. I'd pay off my house
6. I'd go to Paris becuase I've wanted to go there since I was a middle school kid
7. I'd set up a trust fund for my daughters to make sure all of their needs were covered (college, braces, etc)

I'd save the rest becuase though I would be working once I finished school I'd want plenty of cushion for rainy days.

Piercings and Tattoos

So this will be a short post because I have my ears pierced once and that's it. I've had a second hole and my cartilage pierced and once upon a time (umm think pre-baby) I had my belly button pierced. I loved it. Then I spontaneously conceived twins and a friend of twins freaked out and made me take it out when I was like 22 weeks. Now my stomach is very unpretty and I have no belly button piercing.
As for tats I was going to get one right after I moved out but for whatever reason I ended up not doing it...turns out that was a good thing because my hubby HATES tattoos...

My guilty pleasure...

So I would have to say my guilty pleasure is Starbucks I mean cake I mean Starbucks. Ha! It's so hard to choose which I love more...I love frapachinos from Starbucks- almost any kind but it has to be decaf because caffine and I DO NOT get along! I also love cake, white cake white frosting. The real stuff buttercream frosting all the way! I love the frosting as much as I love the cake. Yummo!

10 favorite foods

1. Mashed potatoes and gravy
2. Biscuits and gravy
3. Cake
4. Pizza
5. Mexican food of any kind
6. Qdoba- again any of it, all of it is SO good!
7. Strawberry Lemonade and Sweet Tea ( I mostly drink water but both are very good)
8. Grilled Cheese yum comfort food!
9. Cinamon Sugar poptarts
10. gaucamole and chips
11. Starbucks

I assume that this list is suppose to be junk food items, I normally eat very healthy but this is my junk food list. And I couldn't just do 10 items I had 11. :)

3 traits I'm the most proud of....

1. My stubborness, I know some think that is not a good trait to have but I love that I'm stubborn it has served me well in my life and I'm proud of it.
2. My strength- mental strength not physical. My childhood was less than easy but I powered through it and now I'm a self suficent, confident woman. I know a weaker person wouldn't have made it through the way I did.
3. My type A personality, I'm by far the most organized person I know. It's a source of pride for me. I have even meen known to organize other people. I've joked often that if I could make a living organzing people or managing sonemone famous' home I would do a stellar job.

My earliest childhood memory...

I have an excellent memory, always have. I remember kindergarten and my teacher, Mrs. O'Hara perfectly. I also remember the swingset we had out back and my aunt Hilda's house which was a couple doors down. I also remember going on a drive at night with my mom I think I was about 4.

Post 3

Post 3 doesn't apply because I don't own my own business....I do work for a large manufacturing company in the accounts payable  department. Last January I became a lead in my depatment and helped to centralized 18 plants. I like what I do...most of the time!

20 facts about me...

1.  I am afraid of heights, I try not t be but it makes me dizzy.
2. I love to read, it is my favorite activity by far.
3. I am a bit obessed with vampire/werewolf/fairy books, I just love them!
4. My favorite color is blue.
5. My favorite food is mashed potatoes followed by mexican food.
6. Qdoba is favorite fast food.
7. My daughters are named after a character in a book and one from a tv show. (Allie from The Notebook and Madison from a show called Everwood)
8. I dated/met my husband in high school.
9. If I could have any job in the whole world I would be a librarian.
10. My first kiss was at age 17 and the boy who gave it to me? My husband : )
11. I am a huge klutz, I have flipped over bike handlebars(twice), sat in chairs that were not there,  been hit in the head with a metal bat. You name it I've done it and I have passed that trait on to my daughter Allie.
12. I have never been out of the United States, a fact that I hate. I so want to see Europe.
13. I love quotes, funny or thought provaking, I have them all over my cubicle.
14. I love phoyography, in my pre-baby days I even had a few gigs.
15. I have not been to college, a fact that disappoints me.
16. I did, however, buy my fitst house at 20, a fact that makes me proud!
17. My favorite books are the Twilight series
18. I recently took up running, having never been athletic this is big news to my friends but I love the rush I feel when I run. And I run just for me, no one else.
19. Becuase I am a klutz I have never participated in group sports. Ever.
20. This is a harder exercise than I thought possiable....

Introduction

I've had a couple of blogs in the past but thought I'd give it another try and I'm using  the 31 day blog challenge to get me started on this blog.

My name is April and I'm a mother of identical spontaneous twin girls. I've been married to my favorite person in the whole world for 7 years. We have two cats; Cassie and Leo. Both were named after star constellations. Cassie is a "crotchety old lady" and Leo is a young tiny thing, when he gets scared, his tale actually shakes (pretty funny to see!) and live in a small town in northern Colorado. My hubby is a native but I'm from Ohio, although I've been here long enough to call myself a native, I think :) Besides being a wife and mother I'm a full time working professional and have been with a major manufacturing company in the accounting department for over 5 years now. In August my babies will start kindergarten the thought of which makes me weepy. In my spare time (hah!) I am an avid reader. If I can get my hands on it I will read it! I also really enjoy listening to audiobooks as well, in fact my ipod is mostly audiobooks instead of the usual music.
Well I think that's it for now....

April

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