I bid thee farewell...

this blog is shutting down and instead tune to lifeasthemurrays.blogspot.com

Once again...

I have been quite remiss in my posting...I have a ton of pictures that need posted and news that needs to be shared. I assume that most of you who read this blog are my buddies on Facebook as well, so that's why I've been a slackjob. Nevermind the fact that since July 31, I have: gotten married, gotten settled in our new house, became a stepmom, sent my baby to Kindergarten, and found out that we are HAVING A BABY next May! :) Definitely an exciting time! This kid has whipped me unlike it's older sister who was a peach from moment one; now she just talks your ear off! We are all excited and cannot wait to welcome the 6th and FINAL member of the Murray family! And May is the month of Murray birthdays...my husband, stepdaughter, sister-in-law, and someone else, but I forget. So, Baby Murray is due May 19, and we will see how that goes...baby looks good and healthy on the ultrasounds, and we've had 4 ultrasounds already as I was hospitalized almost 2 weeks ago with pneumonia and was being treated for H1N1 as well. We've all been sick, my 2 oldest had H1N1, my baby just had a nasty cold, and my husband had pneumonia after me...good times!!! :)

Anyway, I KNOW I have more to share, but just can't remember it all right now...when I get a chance I will post some pictures from everything, too!

10 days...then 19 days...

In 10 days, we close on our house...I had no idea wha a stressful process this is, and quite honestly it's been pretty smooth. We drove by the house yesterday and the people are moved out! We are hoping that they give us the keys at closing date instead of the 3 days after that. Here's hoping!

In 19 days, it's a done deal...we are pretty much done with everything. And we are going to Miami for our honeymoon...I cannot wait to sit on the beach.

Hope all is well!

I'm not even going to make an excuse...

for not blogging. When girlfriend and I lived with my parents, they had internet and it was easily accessible. Now, not so much...but seeing as I'm saving lives tonight (to the tune of ~$70/hr), and thank goodness it's quiet for the moment, I've got some thoughts running through my head...pardon me if this is a bit personal.

*I'm happy. My life hasn't gone the way I had planned it, but I'm coming to accept that that is okay.
*In 27 days, Dave is making an honest woman out of me...as he says. He also keeps saying that we are going to have alot of fun...I'm a little afraid. :)
*I am completely in love with him. I always thought that someday I'd get married again, but I put that so far into the future and was complacent to be girlfriend and myself even though I'd get lonely at times.
*He makes me feel really good about me...and I've come a long way with this. My self-esteem took a huge hit for about 10 years and Dave has been there to help me rebuild it.
*I really shouldn't have eaten Wendy's for dinner here at work...it made me sick. BUT, I had a leftover chicken sandwich in fridge at work to eat for dinner tonight, but when I got here it was GONE! So, live and learn...should have eaten at home.
*I have made alot of really great new friends this year. I've made alot of great friends since coming to work at OSU in March.
*I love saying to other people at work, "Good enough for government work." They always laugh...probably because I'm crazy for saying it, but hey! It's true!
*I've got the best daughter I could have ever asked for...this kid loves me more than I am worthy of at times. She has no idea how much I love her and have since the moment I found out I was having her...no idea.
*In 3 weeks, 6 days, I'll be privileged to be a step-mother to 2 awesome kids. They, too, seem to love me more than I am worthy of at times. They are good kids, and I truly never thought I'd be in a situation where I'd be a step-mother...never in a million years, but for these kids, I would do anything in this world. Truly.
*I need to get a facial, and need to get it soon.
*I need make-up...I'm low on alot of my things.
* I'm fortunate that I'm able to keep in touch with alot of my friends from my past. They make me think about childhood times.
*I'm so very sad for the loss of the Hewitt kids...I went to middle and high school with their mom and dad...the kids were killed in a car wreck this past Monday and mama is at UGA Medical Center...craighewittphotography.blogspot.com
*I have good co-workers who help and ask for help when they need it.
*In 3 weeks, I will be moving into my first and only home I've ever purchased...you people think I'm being funny when I say they will drag my old bones out of this house. I am not moving, ever, again.
*I think I found our "readings" for the wedding that our friend-turned-reverend has been harping on us to get...hey, tell me when we have the time?!?
*I'm thankful for many of the choices that I have been allowed to make.
*I have the best niece in the world...I absolutely adore this kid!!! And I think there's no one else in this world like her father, either. Always have and always will think that of him.
*I'm glad my patients are sleeping.
*I'm happy that glitter's mama is picking up glitter's daddy from his tour of duty in Iraq...words can't say thank you enough...glittersmama.blogspot.com
*I love that I have great parents.
*I love that Dave's parents have been kinder to girlfriend and I than anyone ever has...they treat us just like we've been around forever.
*Dave and I have dated for over a year...this is huge for me, I get bored quickly.
*I absolutely love him.
*But I will say that while I'm so incredibly grateful to be getting rid of my current last name, the task of changing everything to a new last name seems daunting. Ah well.

I probably should go check on my peeps. Thanks for letting me get that out.

Update

So, again I have been remiss in my blogging...alot has been going on lately!

In the middle of March, I started in the Progressive Care Unit and THE Ohio State University Medical Center. I love it there. I am out of orientation (and thanks to all of you who listened to my whining about being in orientation) and back on nights where I belong.

Girlfriend is done with preschool and registered for Kindergarten. She cannot wait and is so looking forward to riding the bus. I, on the other hand, have mixed emotions. I know it'll be good for her, I do. She is enjoying 3 months off before school starts.

PD and I are getting married July 31 of this year. Yep, we've been together about a year and we'd talked about it several times, and then just decided to just do it. We are getting married on a Friday night at a park in Columbus with just immediate family and a few friends (25 ppl total including the 5 of us) and our friend who's a nurse with PD in the SICU just got his official license (last night at work, thank you) to marry us. How cool is that?!? We are both excited and the kiddos are all excited as well.

We are looking for a house and who knew how stressful that was going to be...I hate that I get so attached to these houses!!! Ah well, we will find our perfect house.

Anyway, that's what is going on with us! Hope you all are well!

And a shoutout to my birthday and stuff

Thanks to all those who hung with us...we have good friends! I love that all of our friends can hang together!