Day 8: A place you've traveled to

I haven't been to a ton of places but the picture below was my favorite and only family vacation...

Knottsberry Farm in California! 

We had such a great time!

Wish we could go again one day.

We will when hubby and I get out of school.

Day 7: Favorite movies

In no particular order. But I love all in the following series.

Harry Potter Absolutely Rocks in my book!

Because I am a fan of series in general I enjoy the Twilight Series.

Totally Team Jacob!

I have to say the next movie is my absolute favorite comedy series that keeps me laughing. 

In fact I am watching the 3rd installment tonight when hubby gets home.

The Fockers are always good for a laugh!

Last but not least is my favorite love story. Not to mention I am a huge Adam Sandler fan!

This movie made me laugh out loud and cry all in about 90 minutes. If you have not seen it you really should!

It is a very good movie, probably one of my favorite.

So tonight we took hubby out to dinner at Hometown Buffet and it was absolutely delicious. We were having a great time until it came time to come home. Some moron <me> locked their keys in the cars and some other moron <hubby> forgot his keys at home. We then waited nearly 2.5 hrs for AAA to come unlock my car in less than 2 minutes flat! The entire time we had to listen to Nina whine and complain that I was stupid and she was missing her show blah blah blah. Guess who went straight to bed as soon as we came home for being a rude brat.. Yup you guessed right if you guessed Ms Nina.

We still had a good meal and a few laughs so that is all that matters. I have never ever locked myself out of my car before this for the record and I am in no hurry to repeat the situation. Now on with the 30 day challenge.

Day 4: Your parents

I suppose that I was a lucky person in some ways. My parents never divorced and only my father's death separated them from one another. My mother was born in 1950, and my father was born in 1934. They met when my mother was babysitting for my dad and his first wife. I can still remember getting into quite a bit of hot water for saying my dad boinked the  babysitter. She was I think 15 when they met. My dad died in 2000 when he lost his battle with brain cancer, not that it was really a battle he refused treatment and well it killed him. I was never close to my father, sure I think about him from time to time but I don't necessarily miss him. There were some abuse issues and I will leave it at that. My mother did her best that she knew what to do, she had already been raising 6 children by the time I came along and well I literally broke the family's pocket book. I did not have the best childhood but I imagine it could have been worse. My mother now lives in Missouri, where she moved to be closer to her grand son whom she helped raise. She is dating a very nice man (that I introduced her to) that I truly consider to be my step-dad. He has been more supportive of me and my decisions than most people have and he does so by choice. I don't get to see my mother and step-dad very often but then again that may be best because my mother and I do not tend to see eye to eye for long periods of time. We love each other but we bump heads quite a bit.

Since I got off track I will do this one early and therefore be on track again. For how long is the question though ?? That remains to be seen.

Day 3: Your first love

 I think I thought I was in love a lot of times. But I really don't think I was ever in love with the person just the fact of being in love. So in all honesty I can say the my husband was and is my first true love. Sure I have been with other men, after all my daughter is proof of that. Even with her father I think I was in love with the idea of being loved unconditionally and that just was not him. The first man I ever kissed on the lips is believe it or not my hubby. He makes me laugh every day, and he is always here when I need to yell or cry or just need him. I can see myself with him forever, in fact I can't see my life without him. That to me is what real love is.

Sure I had a crush on a guy named Ryan Slaughter in 6th grade who ended up just being my best friend at the time.  Of course I thought I loved my daughter's father but every day I can remember being afraid to say anything that might set him off. I have fondness for her father, that can not really be considered love, but only because he gave me her and i love her. Perhaps she is my first love.  I had to learn to love myself, which sounds like such a cliche, before I was able to really find my first true love. 

Summer has started for me! I am very happy about this. Nina and I are both enjoying the beginning of our summer. Hubby started school and has successfully completed his first full week, so far he likes it. 

I still have not gotten my final grades but I suspect that I have gotten a 4.0 overall.However in my Sociology class one of my assignments were eaten by the college's server and the instructor gave me a zero on it. I am pissed about the entire situation and she refuses to email me back. She claims I did not do the assignment. I know for fact I did. More than half the assignment did post properly and she still gave me a zero. It would not have been a big deal however, she 1 and 2 pointed us to death. So the 2 points that that assignment was worth dropped my grade by 5 points. I aced the final 100% and aced the essay 100% other wise I would not have gotten a 4.0 in that class. I went and spoke with the dean and naturally it was a waste of time.

I am not returning to that school in the fall. On July 13, 2011 I am taking the entrance exam for the ITT's Registered Nursing Program. I am beyond ready for this exam! I will (provided I pass) start the nursing program in the fall! 

Kristeena is having her g-tube removed, permanently on July 18th. We have her pre-op on July 11th and I am very happy for her. She is happy about it except for the fact that it happens to be on her best friend's birthday. So being the awesome momma that I am I have agreed that the weekend after her friend's birthday that we will go up and get her for the weekend and have a mini late celebration. Of course that means my special peanut butter pie has been requested.

Well I guess that about wraps it up for now. Hope that all is well on your side of the screen..

PS I want to thank my Big "brother" and his amazing wife for being back in my life, we did not loose contact by choice but I am thankful that we found each other again. Facebook isn't all bad.

Ok obviously its not gonna happen EVERY day, but in my defense it was really late at night so I consider this day two... even though its not technically lol.

Day 2: Meaning behind your blog name 

Well it is probably a very corney but hey you should be used to it by now. The day I created my xanga account back in 2004, my hubby had told me I was one hot momma! For some reason I thought one-trached-momma would be just as clever.. Of course now that I look back on it I don't think it particularly clever but I wanted to include all aspects of my life.. My trach, the fact that I am a momma, and I guess I figured if I laid it all out up front then people would either be intrigued or repulsed. I think that back then I cared if people read my blog, cared if I had a purpose for blogging but now that I am older (not necessarily wiser) I blog for me. 

My name is Samantha, and yes this is the most recent photo I have of myself. It was taken about 3 weeks ago (if that). 

15 facts about me (not sure how interesting they will be)

1.  I am a Taurus, but I rarely if ever read my horoscope.
2. I obsess over everything school related, no matter how good my grades are I am never happy unless they are 100%.
3. I did not really want a dog, but now I can't imagine my life without him.
4. My daughter and I share the same medical condition, which finally has a name. It's also not as rare as we once thought but still pretty damn rare. It is called Auriculo-condylar syndrome.  It is good to finally have a name for it.
5. I named my daughter Kristeena before realizing I had an half sister with the same name, but when I am asked if I named her after her then I usually say sure!
6. I got married on Halloween, none of my family bothered to show up much less congratulate me. It was STILL the best day of my life.
7. My hubby and I are currently trying to have another baby. However, this is the first my family will have heard of this. (If they don't like I don't care its our life) If they read this they can keep the negativity to themselves.
8. I realized today that I have allowed my fear of failure effect my life, I got really lucky and have since gotten a second chance. In April I was supposed to test for the nursing program but I think I let my fear talk me into "taking the summer off" I found out today that I was just scared I would blow it. Now I know I will pass it and NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP ME FROM MY DREAMS!
9. I met my hubby online, it was the best oops of my life. Neither of us were wanting much more than a "fling" then it backfired (hence the oops)
10. My closest blood relative to me is about 700 miles away, not counting my daughter, sometimes even that is to close.
11. I am specialize at procrastination, hence the reason this was started tonight and not 3 days ago or when ever I said I would start lol.
12. I paid only $300 for my car and it has so far been the BEST running vehicle I have ever owned. My Plymouth Sundance rocks!
13. I hope to write a book one day, I have it in my head but I think for now I have alienated my family enough... oh wait no FEAR! When I finish school I will write my book!!
14. I love to read but so seldom set aside time to do so. I have been reading Anne of Green Gables for more than 3 months on my iPad, when it used to take me only days to read books like that.
15. I have always known I would work in medicine ever since I was like 10 yrs old, but back then I wanted to be a doctor until I found out it was like another 12 years of school at least. Then I decided I would be a nurse. 

Not sure how interesting this was but hey that's 15 folks!

I have not gotten my final grades, but I trying to not stress on them. Since My summer officially starts tomorrow I have decided to TRY to do this 30 day challenge for my summer. Between studying for the HESI entrance exam. 

I will endevour to start this tomorrow.

Day 1: Introduce, recent picture of yourself, 15 interesting facts
Day 2: Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3: Your first love
Day 4: Your parents
Day 5: A song to match your mood
Day 6: A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7: Favorite movies
Day 8: A place you've traveled to
Day 9: A favorite picture of your best friend
Day 10: Something you're afraid of
Day 11: Favorite tv shows
Day 12: Something you don't leave the house without
Day 13: Goals
Day 14: A picture of you last year - how have you changed?
Day 15: Bible verse (i will most likely be useing a quote instead, due to the fact that im agnostic)
Day 16: Dream house
Day 17: Something you're looking forward to
Day 18: Favorite Place to Eat
Day 19: Something you miss
Day 20: Nicknames
Day 21: Favorite Picture of yourself ALL TIME Why?
Day 22: What's in your purse?
Day 23: Favorite Movie
Day 24: Something you've learned
Day 25: Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs
Day 26: Your Dream Wedding
Day 27: Original Photo of the city you live in
Day 28: Something that stresses you out
Day 29: 3 Wishes
Day 30: A picture of yourself this day and 5 good things that happened since you started the challeng

my body is driving me crazy

im to tired to go into the details.

I am almost done with school for the summer

I test for the RN program on July 19 and hopefully start in September

I am so ready for a summer off

OH and we moved.

more later hopefully I dont forget this time

i miss you all or both LOL