Big wedding news, other good news, a little bad news

So life has been pretty crazy lately, so I haven't written many blog posts about what's going on. Here are some updates:

Wedding news

An official wedding date has been set. I'm not going to announce the exact date on here because my exhusband's prying eyes are always on this blog, but I will say it's in fall 2012. We have colors picked out (dark red, black, and white). We've got a flower girl (

Puppy is bringing me happiness

This is my 2,000th post in this blog. I can't believe it's lasted that long. Actually, I am more just shocked that I've stuck to something for four years (The blog was started on July 4, 2007). So much has changed in that time, some really bad things, some good things.

For this milestone post, I'm writing about something that has brought me great joy instead of my normal depressing talk. I'm

A new baby, and a new puppy

I've had two little bundles of joy enter my life lately.

My brother and sister-in-law had their baby late Sunday night after an entire weekend of labor drama.

The baby's due date was not until August 1st, but the doctor decided to try inducing her Friday because my sister-in-law's blood pressure was in dangerous levels.

Well the inducing did not work. The doctor tried two sets of whatever they

My future nephew-in-law was born

My boyfriend's brother and his wife's baby was born Wednesday night. It was stressful delivery, but both the baby and the mother are doing well. I'm happy I'll get to be this little guy's aunt once my boyfriend and I get married. He's quite the cutie. I won't, of course, get to meet him in person for a while, but I'm sure he'll be just as cute in person.

My brother and his wife's baby should

Why I ended my longest friendship

Sometimes when you want to become a better person, you need to rid your life of the people who are holding you back. Sometimes ending a friendship is healthier than staying in it... when the friendship is toxic.

Two weeks ago, I went to church, and the minister gave a sermon about how you can overcome the "labels" of your past. He kept stressing the point that no matter what people have thought

Reasons I love my boyfriend

Every week the marriage preparation class that my fiance and I are taking gives us "homework," and for this week's class we were supposed to make a list of 10 reasons we love our partners (minus any physical attributes). I figured since I had to do it, I might as well post it on here...

1) He is great with my dogs

2) He is not abusive

3) He has a strong Christian background

4) He values

I am seeking new therapy for abuse/rape

I've alluded to the fact that I'm not doing well lately, but I haven't explained. I'm not even sure how to explain what's happening. Always in the past I had a pretty good understanding of my own mind and what I was going through, but now I'm at a loss. I set out on a path of self-discovery a while back. I've been trying to face all my issues in an attempt to overcome them. Somehow by facing them