About Me & Mine

Me - Mir. I'm 26 years old (27 in February, getting close to the big 3 0 eek) and married for eight years now. I have three children, all boys. I am planning on training to become a doula later this year, we'll see if I actually can though.

I am very opinionated about certain subjects, hence the "fanatical" in my username. :p The subjects I'm pretty fanatical about are: circumcision (anti), CIO (anti), breastfeeding (pro), and that's all I can think of at the moment, though I'm sure I'll think of something else in the future.

I love to read (favorites include anything by Nora Roberts and her pen name JD Robb, Harry Potter (of course!) and true crime novels. I'm working on broadening my horizons though in the reading area.

I love to watch television. I already know I watch too much, so whatever. Thanks to DVR though, I can do it on my time and when it doesn't interfere with my time with the family. I love How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, LOST, NCIS, CSI, Supernatural, Jericho, Criminal Minds, The Amazing Race, Medium, Hell's Kitchen, & Bones.

I'm looking forward to: The Big Bang Theory & Power of 10 (seems there isn't much coming out this year. Hm. Well, I didn't even bother looking at ABC or CW because those bastards wouldn't approve my waiver for cable. So it's DVD or internet for those shows. *cry*)

I also like to dabble in HTML, though I'm a bit rusty. It's been awhile since I coded anything so I haven't (as of yet) done anything to the layout of this. We'll see if I can do something to it.

My favorite past time is just cuddled on the couch with my hubby after the kids are in bed reading a book or watching a movie.

D - my husband, 27. He's in the Army, though currently hoping to get out. It changes all the time though, we have major separation anxiety when it comes to this. On one hand we're tired of the deployments and other separations, we're tired of moving, we want to buy a house and settle down. But on the other hand we're scared we won't be able to make it outside of the Army, financially. We'll see what happens though.

Dennis likes to read (science fiction and classics) and he likes watching a little bit of tv. And, of course, rough housing with the boys.

R - my oldest son was born September 23, 1999. He completed first grade this year and will be in the second grade this coming fall. He loves to learn about animals - his favorite channel is the Animal Planet. He also likes to read - he's currently reading Junie B books. He loves sports - this year he played lacrosse and he plans to play again next year. This fall he'll be playing soccer and he's super excited about that.

K - my second son was born November 11, 2002. He completed the Kid Start program this year and is currently in the "Summer Get Ahead" program through his school. He will be starting Kindergarten (which is full day here) this fall. K will be playing soccer with his big brother this year and he can't wait for that. K loves to run - he's starting to like story time. We've been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and he loves it (R reads with us).

S - my third son was born August 4, 2006. At nearly a year old he is walking, saying "mamamama" and responds to his name. He loves to play with toy cars and loves to be tickled. He loves to play with his brothers and with me or his daddy. He has started to spin around in circles and thinks it's the funniest thing in the world. Ah, the innocence of the infant. Toddlerhood is just around the corner though and that's when the real fun begins. :p

We all live in Northern New York, somewhere near Fort Drum (but not too) with our family dog.