5 all time Favorite movies...

This is going to be hard for me!! I have so many favorites!!!! But I'll try to just bring it down to 5. Here we go....

Men In Black! Who doesn't like Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones!???



X-Men Origins Wolverine...Hugh Jackman...need I say more??



Titanic...I saw this the day I got engaged!



Harry Potter!!! Probably my 2nd favorite movies ever!



A Few Good Men...This is my all time FAVORITE movie!!! I watch it everytime it is on, and I own it....




So there you have it. I am suprised I narrowed it down to just 5. :)

Day 12 Ghost story, yours or someone elses

Boy, who knew a daily blog could be so hard!? I think I am 2 days behind, so I'll start with Day 12.... Ghost story...

Not sure if you'd call it a ghost story or not, but it's something that DID happen to me a few year ago.

My beloved Nana passed away a few years back. 2009/2010. I can't remember exactually what year, but it was a couple years after my mum passed. I got a call from my cousin tell me that Nana was very ill, and wasn't expected to last the night. Of course I was devestated! She was my NANA! So I made plans to have my son taken care of, my sister was coming up from South Carolina to make the 8.5 hour drive with me to Kingston, MA. I think it was 2-3 days later I got a call in the middle of the middle of the night on my cell. My beloved Nana had gone to join her beloved husband and my mum. I didn't answer that call, as I was asleep and didn't have my cell in my room. But I remember waking in the middle of the night, about midnight or so, because I heard this noise. Or I thought I did...I saw this figure holding a baby backing out of my bedroom...ok...freaky right?? I couldn't tell if it WAS my Nana, or why she was holding a baby. Needless to say I didn't sleep the rest of the night. When I spoke to my cousin the next morning, I told her what I saw..she told me that was around the time that my Nana had passed...

I'm not one who believes in ghosts, or spirits or what have you...but....I know what I saw....

Untill next time....

Earliest memory

This is a tough one for me, as my son will tell you I can't remember what I did yesterday. :)

My earliest memory is from the 1st grade..I remember my teacher's name was Ms. Rosie. She was lovely!! AND I don't think I had to ride the bus to school. If my memory serves me correctly, the school was just across the street from where we lived, so I got to walk with my older sister, who was in the 4th or 5th grade at the time. Kindergarten I had to ride the bus, but 1st grade?? No bus for this chick! It was cool to "walk" to school!

A regret

A regret?? Something that I regret?? I try not to dwell on things that I regret, as I rarely regret anything that I do. I do things for a reason and move on.

There is ONE thing though... I wish I had more children. I have my man-child and I love him with my very being, and would seriously die for him. But when we moved into our house in VA, he has just turned 2. Two months before in fact. I remember lookiing at his sweet little face one night and thinking, "My God. We MADE this wonderful being, why not make another one?" Ok, doesn't sound all that romantic, right? The next day I brought the subject up to my husband. He looked me dead in the eyes and told me no. He has never denied me anything since I met him when I was 17. I asked him, "why not? It's not fair to him to be an only child, and despite the fact that children weren't in my game plan, I don't want to have just one." Needless to say, he DID talk me out of it. I'm not saying it's HIS fault we only have one child, because I went along with it. I love my man-child and I wouldn't trade him for the WORLD, not even on his worst day. And he knows this. :) But I do wish that I, who has the biggest balls on the planet, had even bigger ones that day.

Guilty Pleasure

As a mom who works inside and outside of the home, I am super busy. But...that doesn't mean that I don't take tme for myself. I do. I do the whole massage, pedi, mani, the rounds of home parties...but my biggest guilty pleasure?? Meeting David Baldacci. He is my FAVORITE author, and when I had the chance to meet him and sign one of my books, I jumped on it!! He's smart, used to be a lawyer, funny, generious, and his hotness doesn't hurt at all!! :) So this people, is my guilty pleasure!! Enjoy!

Late again!!! Sorry!!! I hope that all the links work!!

The five songs that bring back memories....

The first one would have to be Sweet Child of Mine. Me and my bestie sang this at the top of our lungs going to our Senior Breakfast!
http://youtu.be/1w7OgIMMRc4

Number 2 would have to be I'll be there for you, Bon Jovi concert 1988
http://youtu.be/mh8MIp2FOhc

Number 3, Perfect Fan, this describes my mum to a T!
http://youtu.be/5grQrz5uTTw

Number 4, Candle In The Wind, tribute to the late Princess Diana. I remember watching her funeral and hearing this version for the first time, and crying my eyes out.
http://youtu.be/QUTr3YgKzb8

And last but not least number 5! Paradise by the Dashboard Lights!! Me and my friend Kate used to sing this at the bar we used to go to in Philly! Damn good times!!!
http://youtu.be/TG5YyWbij28

Damn but that was HARD to do!!!! But these 5 songs mean the most to me right now.

My most treasured memory

My most treasured memory would have to be the birth of my son. I wasn't one of those people who wanted to be married, or have kids... it all just kind of happened....all at once. :)

He took an awful long time in getting here that's for sure! I had alot of problems being pregnant with him, so I was put on bed rest in Sept...his due date was 11/24...Thanksgiving day that year...So no one was more surprised than I when on 10/17 my water broke....and noooooooo. Couldn't have broken all the way now could it?? Nope...so I called my OB and she told me to come on in to have a look see. Well she had a look see, and it completely broke....hummmm, yea, not going home now am I?? :) About 22 hours later, she told me he was in a bit of a struggle, and if he didn't come out on his own soon, she was going to have to "take" him. 1 1/2 hours later my sweet baby boy was born...no C-section BTW...I fell in love with this tiny bundle of ours straight away. He was so beautiful, and had the perfect nose....then they took him away....I didn't get to see him until the next afternoon. He was 5 weeks early at that point and a bit jaundiced. But everything else was perfect. It finally hit me that I had this beautiful child when they told me he couldn't go home just yet. I cried for 2 hours...who knew someone like me, who didn't really want a child, be so upset that he couldn't come home. It was truly love at first sight! He stayed in hospital for 4 days before I got to take him home. I was at hospital every day all day until they finally gave the word we could go. The day we finally got to take him home, was the last night of Lamaze class. The day you get to tour the L&D floor. So we're getting him ready in the NICU and we see our class outside the glass. We took him to the window so everyone could see, and while Rob finished getting him ready to go, I went out and spoke to everyone.

14 years later, I am STILL stupid crazy in love with my son, who I now call the man-child. He is funny, smart, and a huge pain in the butt!! A totally normal teenager, and I love him with my very being!!!

So this is my most treasured memory. I hope you enjoyed it.

5 things you don't know about me....

There's not alot of things that people don't know about me. If you ask me, I will either tell or I'll tell you it's not your business. :)  But here are 5 things that most people don't know:

1. I have a mild case of claustrophobia...  This started a couple of years ago when me and my man-child went to do some sort of simulator ride in DC. I did really well until they put the straps over my head. Then the breathing quickens. The man child asked if I was OK. Sure I said, I got this. Way I ever wrong! As soon as he closed the door, I told the man-child I had to get out. It took they so long to get to us, they had to carry me out, because I couldn't walk.....not fun at all..

2. The place I most want to go it Europe. England to be exact. I want to walk in the footsteps of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. I want to go to every castle, every town. Might be a bit hard..the claustrophobia thing....

3. I read everything I can get my hands on...all kinds of books, mystery, history, historical fiction. Doesn't matter. If it will hold my attention long enough to read the jacket, I'm in! I just got rid of over 1,000 books to make room for more!!

4. I am not a sit at home and do nothing all week kind of gal. Sure, couple times a week is good maybe, pop in a movie, troll FB...but I can't do it every day all week....I need to interact with people!!

5. I don't like to be corrected. It really bothers me...like alot! So don't tell me that the sky is purple when clearly it's green! Don't correct me on a history question either, you'll be wrong and we'll just end up fighting and never being pals again..and that my friend, would be YOUR fault.


So these are just SOME of the things you don't, or might not know about me....Stay tuned tomorrow for what's next....

Happy Reading!

The story of my Life

I was born in Bridgeport CT on March 25, 1969. I have 2 sisters and a brother. I am the middle child .With that comes alot of responsibility.

My father was in the military so we did move around some during my childhood. We lived in Kodiak Alaska until I was 14. We then moved to Chesapeake VA, where I finished HS.
During my Junior year I met the love of my life, my soul mate, Rob. We met on a blind date, set up by my youngest sister. Shortly after I graduated, I moved back to Kodiak so Rob could finish  the last 2 years he had left in the Navy. When he returned we packed up and moved to Philly, where he is from. Soon after we moved to Philly, Rob got a job and off to Greenland he went!!

When he finally came home, off to California we went. This is where we got engaged, married and had our most precious joy ever; our son. I now call him "the man-child", as he is 5'11" and sounds just like his father.

We've moved around a few times, finally ending up back in VA with our son Nick.  I am currently working at the middle school that Nick attended as a Special Education Paraprofessional, and I can't imagine doing anything else!

We have had our ups and downs, but I can't imagine our life turning out any differently. Things turned out the way they were supposed to, and I am grateful they did.