Playing catch-up

I have many friends that blog and I envy them greatly. I wish I could wake up and do this everyday (for my job of course!) But that isn't happening. At least, not yet!

I have started back at UALR and taking a handful of classes to get my GPA back up. I let it slip big time this past semester. I have made my mind up to go (hopefully) to UAMS in the fall for Radiologic Imaging Sciences .. I would love to work in a sports clinic.

I started Weight Watchers again because I am 280! Well, now I was a little bit larger but I have lost a few pounds. I hope to keep at least a weekly post of my struggles and my achievements.

Slowly but Surely,
Holly

7 years later...

This won't be a sad post, just a strong one. If you would have asked me at this time 7 years ago what I was going to do. I would not have been able to answer because I was running out of Baptist Health and wasn't going to stop until somebody stopped me. I have lost my mother, my protector, my answer giver, my sometimes bipolar best friend, my biggest fan, my personal trainer, my one-on-one basketball partner. But after years and years of questioning, depression, anger, doubt, I know she isn't here for a reason. Whether or not it was a God thing, or the doctor thing. Anyways. I feel more hurt for my little sisters than I do myself. I had 13, almost 14 years of her motherly ways. Corbin only had 7 and Emery had only 2. Throughout all the heartache and headaches I am very thankful for who are raising Corbin and Emery and wouldn't want anyone else to do it. And who have been there for me through all my proms, boyfriend heartaches, sporting events, and whatever else I needed. Even though I lost my father and my mother, I gained so many other mother and father figures in my life, most times I feel like the luckiest 20 year old alive.

Mom playing basketball

Mom, Dad, and I 

Shannon, Mom, Corbin, and I

First day of 7th grade for me, 1st grade for Corbin 

One of the last pictures we had together

7 years later...

Slowly but surely,
Holly J

It's been a little while

Well, hello there blogger friends. I realize it's been awhile since I updated. I have decided, in my free time, to start blogging several times a week. Soooo bare with me! A lot has happened in the past 6 months. It's been rough and tough but I will get through it all. I bought a house, moved out of my now ex-fiance's house, withdrew from Nursing school, gained too much weight, had several nervous breakdowns, a few hospital visits, and now slowly trying to get back to my normal not depressed all the time self! So like I said, bare with me. Hopefully this won't just be a venting blog the whole time!

Slowly but surely,
Holly J

One Year

One year ago today.
I got the most horrifying phone call,
I lost my best friend,
I lost my role model,
I lost my backbone,
I lost my grandmother/mother bond,
I lost my every day phone call,
I lost my eating buddy,
I lost my late night Wal*Mart runs for milk and oatmeal with peaches & cream,
I lost my gossip friend who knew stuff before I did,
I lost my “hey, I got this for you just because I wanted to”,
Most days I feel like I’ve lost it all,
I have my other family members but it just isn’t the same,
I lost my random drop-ins at the office,
I lost my cheerleader,
I lost my “Just Do It” attitude,
I have gained new friendships but,
I lost my Bunny.

I'll make it through,
Slowly but Surely,
HJG

Yard Sale Time!

Need I say more?? Lots of good stuff! A lot with the tags still on it!!
Friday April 1st 7am - ?
Saturday April 2nd 7am - noon

"Spring Cleaning"

Well, I did the one thing that almost every woman, well most women hate to do... Clean out closets! I didn't do this because I couldn't fit one more thing on a hanger into either of my walk-in closets but because I can't fit into the majority of them! UGH.

Do you ever get where there is something just bugging the crap out of you and nothing else will get completed until that one thing is done?? My over stuffed closets have been that one problem for me for weeks.

You couldn't see a piece of carpet in the living room there were so many clothes everywhere!
Now I guess is the time to have a massive yard sale. Yep, so who wants to help me?

I finally got brave and ordered some stuff from the Container Store, yay! I'm pumped. I can't wait to be FULLY organized! 

Slowly but surely,
Holly

Starting fresh

Well, I haven't seem to be on the ball with much of anything these days. But I took a few minutes to redo my blog and hope to start keeping it up. Probably not daily but close :) ...

I am still trying to decide what to do with my life. Why does that decision have to be so hard?

Slowly but surely,
Holly J.