The Harbaughs :: Amanda & Josh

Ok, so here in cincy there is a site ran by the local newspaper called cincymoms.com. I LOVE that site. Everyone on it is a local woman either trying to have kids or is already a mom. There is a portion of the site dedicated to those who are having trouble getting pregnant (like me!). Last night a bunch of us from that part of the site got together for dinner. I met many wonderful women.

A couple of ladies even have PCOS, like me! It is wonderful to know I'm not alone. It's even better to know that I'm not alone, and in a strange city. We spent the entire evening talking about Dr.'s and in vitro and sticking ourselves with sharp, shiny objects, all in the name of trying to get pregnant and stay pregnant.  They are called pee on a stick dinner's because we all obsessively check to see if the medication worked, to see if we are, indeed, pregnant.

"Seliethia Parker always saw her role as protector for her 7-year-old daughter, Alexis Goggins. But it was Alexis who ended up saving her mother's life by using her little body to shield her mom from a fusillade of bullets. Doctors told Parker that her heroic little daughter, who was shot six times, would never walk or talk again."

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Lately I have been surfing the web a lot. Looking for anything I can that might be of interest to me. Recently, I came across something that - to put it mildly - scared the ever-loving out of me. If you've never seen the feline breed known as "Sphynx", well then, you my internet-loving comrade haven't experienced life. Continue reading to make all your dreams come true …

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"A rash of subprime loans and adjustable rate mortgages still makes a housing market dicey, but even more risky are cities where job growth is lagging, transaction volume continues to plunge and unsold homes are piling up."

We've lived in two of the metro areas on this "Top 10 Riskiest Real Estate Markets" list. Phoenix clocking in at tenth, and Sacramento at seventh. The state of Florida has two major metropolitan areas on this list (which is not the sort of accomplishment you want).

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