Day 2: First Love

First Love:
I don't really like talking about my first love. There is not a happy ending to this story. We lived a block away from each other when we were in elementary school. It started out with him giving me his rock collection when we were in the 4th grade. He also carved me a pumpkin for Halloween and always brought me little notes and left them on my porch. In 5th grade he gave me a ring. It was fun, cute little elementary school crushes. After 5th grade he moved and I didn't see him much because he was homeschooled. We met up again when we were both juniors in high school. We were both in traffic school. Lol. We started hanging out, and then we started dating, and fell in love. Out of respect for him, I won't go into details, but he had some problems and I didn't know how to deal with them, so, I ended it with him. I broke both of our hearts, but I felt it was the right thing to do. A year later he passed away. It was a very devastating time for me.
That is the story (in a nutshell) of my first love.

30 days of Me!

Introduction:

My name is Natalie. I am a shy and quiet person, which most people mistake for as being snobby and stuck up. I have been married for six and a half years. I have two beautiful girls. I have two dogs named Niner and Lulu. I love to read, sing ( I can't sing, but I still love to do it!), listen to music, play with my kids and be outdoors. I love the sun and summertime!! I help teach a preschool that my daughter attends. I love to watch comedy movies. I have a hard time trusting people and I chose my friends carefully. I love to help people, and I am the person my friends come to when they want to vent, or get advice.

15 facts (can't promise they are interesting!):

1: I live in the same house I grew up in

2: I take care of a person with disabilities in my home

3: I have worked for the same company for almost 9 years

4: I love to help people

5: I love to work out

6: I can't whistle

7: I can't go cross eyed

8: I can't wink

9: I say the number "3" funny, and everyone always asks me to say it for them all the time

10: I love to sing in the shower and in the car (even if I am alone in the car)

11: My favorite comedy movie is Dumb and Dumber

12: I love the TV show Friends, and I own all ten seasons

13: I have had two miscarriages, one at 16 weeks, and one at 14 weeks

14: I love to cook desserts, which I can't do very often, since I am trying to live a healthier lifestyle.

15: I love to put Hot Tamales candy in with my popcorn!

30 days

I know I haven't posted anything for a long time, and I apologize. I haven't been feeling very inspirational lately, and so I feel I have nothing to write about. I was reading my friend's blog and she is doing a 30 day project where she will answer questions about herself so people can get to know her better. I thought it was a fun idea, so I am stealing this from her (THANK YOU!). Its also to help you find out things about yourself and to be more positive towards yourself, which is something I am trying to work on. So here are the topics for the next thirty days, please feel free to do the same, I would love to learn more about you all also! :)

Day 1: Introduction, recent picture of yourself, 15 interesting facts of yourself
Day 2: Your first love
Day 3: Your parents
Day 4: A song to match your mood
Day 5: A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 6: A place you have traveled to
Day 7: Bible verse
Day 8: Something you miss
Day 9: Put your ipod on shuffle, first ten songs that pop up
Day 10: Bullet your whole day
Day 11: Somewhere you'd like to move, or visit
Day 12: Your highs and lows of the past year
Day 13: Give pictures of five guys who are famous and who you find attractive
Day 14: Someone who fascinates you and why
Day 15: A photo of something you ate today
Day 16: A letter to someone who has hurt you lately
Day 17: A youtube video
Day 18: A photo of you ten years ago
Day 19: Your favorite quote
Day 20: A regret you have
Day 21: Explain how you got your scars
Day 22: Talk about the cuteness of your pet
Day 23: The last thing that made you cry
Day 24: Talk about the last "random act of kindness" you encountered
Day 25: Ten things you want to do before you die
Day 26: How do you think others view you?
Day 27: Picture of your family
Day 28: Your favorite musician and why
Day 29: A photo of you as a child
Day 30: Something you learned (if anything) about yourself in the last 30 days

Proud Wife!

My husband Lee has been working hard on trying to lose weight, with out any nagging from me, (I want everyone to know). He has been doing the Insanity workouts at work during his lunch break, and has encouraged many of his co workers to join him. Last night he has finally joined the 100lbs club, after 8 years of trying to break that 200 lb mark!! He is now down to 199.0 lbs!! I am so proud of him, for working so hard and being such a great inspiration to those around him!

Superbowl weekend!

This Sunday is the Superbowl! Time to get together with friends and family and watch the big game, and eat, and eat, and eat some more.
What is everyone making for their snacks? Lee and I are going to try and make healthier snacks this year. We might still over eat because we do that, but at least we will be overeating healthier foods. Our snack list for Sunday is: home made pizza, made with wheat crust, and lots of veggies; and chips and salsa. Tyra really wants summer sausage (GROSS) and cheese and crackers, and I will make a veggie tray. That is about it. We don't drink soda, so there will be none of that, probably just water, or maybe I will make some Crystal Light.
That is what we are planning on eating, and hopefully we don't let cravings get in the way, and go out and buy more.
Please leave comments on what you are eating, I like getting ideas!
P.S. Is anyone as excited as me about the half time show this year?? I love Black Eyed Peas, and I think the past half time shows have not been the best, so I am super excited this year for this one!
Hope you all have a great, fun, and safe weekend!

BIG THANKS!

I would like to thank everyone that left such nice wonderful comments on my last few posts. Thank you for letting me vent. It felt good to let it all out, and now I am committing myself to having positive thoughts only circulating around in my head, after all I am Natalie freakn Bowman Pierce :) and I can do anything I set my mind too!
Love you all!

Word

I have started reading the book Eat, Pray, Love and I am loving it so far. I just finished the chapter where the author is trying to figure out what the word is for her. In the book she says that the word SEX is Rome's word, and the word ACHIEVE is New York's word. She is trying to find her word. It got me thinking, what is my word? What word do I want for me? Then it clicked, my word is INSPIRE. I want to inspire those around me, family, friends, co-workers, strangers.
Now what is your word? I want to know what it is. :)