The rough patch

Well as I said the juicy stuff was next.  I defeated smoking.  I no longer smoke and I am now fat! But what ever I am feeling better than ever. 



I will just jump right into it...



October was an excellent month, we bought our first home.  A small very enjoyable cottage on Glenfinnan Lake.  Beautiful, peaceful, and ours.  Things were going great, renos were taking place and we were making it our own.



A little bump in the road........I was expecting again!  Our 2nd child.  Talk about getting thrown a curve ball.  We had both agreed not to have any more children. Oops! 



I will keep this short and brief.  Things got rough......and before I knew it I was a single-pregnant mom who was living at home with her parents.  Not a good situation.  Hormonal - enraged - pregnant lady.  Watch out!



There was no way I was letting that situation bring me down.  I wanted and needed my own house, and I wasn't taking no for an answer.  There was no way I was going to pay more in rent than what a mortgage would cost.  I needed to invest in my future and my children's future.



I put my game face on and there was not one thing that could stop me.  I found myself faced with a lot of negative comments. "You will never be able to do this", "Don't even think about it". You are making a huge mistake".  That was just fuel for my fire.  I just couldn't stand it anymore and I was determined to prove them wrong and show the world that I could do it and I was going to do it, all by my self.  I flipped the bird to the world and said just wait.



Well house hunting......not as easy as it looks.  It is a mean competitive world.  I found the perfect house, bank said yes, I had the down payment. (Living at home allows you to save a bit.) I was super pumped only to have some one burst my bubble!!  I didn't get it, my offer wasn't accepted.  Some A-hole bit 10,000 over the asking price.....Who the frigg does that!  Ugh..... the hunt continues.  It is really hard to be a single-pregnant mom working full time and house hunting.  It felt like I looked at 100 houses and couldn't find one that would suit.



Well once you are beat down, there is only one thing left to do, and that is fight back.  I knew I had to be aggressive and act fast, that is when the perfect little house popped on the market.  The first day there was 6 showings or more, I was lucky enough to be one of the first few and I put in my offer.  Being PEI I was able to find out that she wanted the house sold ASAP, Perfect!  I made my offer and told her I could close in 2 weeks.......Hoping that the Lawyer could do it! lol



My phone rings.....it is the real estate agent.....My heart is pounding....... anxiety sets in.  He takes a deep breath and said, "are you ready?"  Long pause and ummmm ya?  Counter offer,  WTF I offered them only 2 grand off of the asking price and I was able to close right away.  Deep breath....okay?  They wanted 1000 more and it would be a done deal.  I agreed and did a little dance and a freak out.  I just bought a freaking house!!  My own house! My future!!



Papers were signed, lawyer was fantastic and closed just in the nick of time!! and I had my own freaking house!!  Did you hear that all you "Your making a mistakes" "You will never be able to do its"  I am doing it!! And no thanks to anyone I am doing it all on my own!!!



But......a pregnant woman can't move herself, or paint, or cut the grass, or any other maintenance that needed to be done.....But I was lucky to have help after! My mom and dad came every Saturday and cut my grass!! Big thanks!!  I painted a bit but had help in that department as well and I was grateful for every second of it. 



Wow so much for being short with this.  I guess long story short....this is just one bump in my story that turned out alright!



I am now a home owner and I take pride and satisfaction that my determination helped me succeed!



I guess the next part is the pregnancy.  But that will be another day! 

Where my story begins...

I am new to this blogging thing, but here is my best shot at "Writing My Story".
I won't go back too far to bore you, so I will start at one of my biggest accomplishments....quitting smoking. It was definitely not the easiest thing to do, I really didn't think I could do it.  I loved ciggies and that was my getaway.  I had 5 minutes to myself to be in my own little world, where nobody could bother me.  I loved it.  But enough was enough.  I had a beautiful little girl who would always ask why I smoked cigarettes, and she eventually started mimicking me and pretended she was smoking. 


Since this is the boring stuff I will just get down to it.  ~Short Sweet  to the Point~


There was a smoking cessation program where I had a chance of having a stop smoking aid paid for, so what the heck. I was all for it.  After my consult I picked a folder, and as luck would have it my "aid" was not going to be covered.  But I have come this far so I figured I would just continue.


Champix was my drug of choice.  Many people have had great success with it.  So I gave it an honest try, and I did it.  I did it all by myself.....well sort of..... It would seem I replaced cigarettes with food.  Food of any kind, it didn't matter I had to be eating something.  My clothes started shrinking, and I was eventually trying to "sausage" my self into them.  Not pretty!! No joke!  I finally got my eating habits under control and Bingo, I was pregnant with my 2nd child. 


I guess this is chapter 1 in the beginning stages of my story.  Stay tuned the juicy stuff is next.