Sit Around Saturday: A Few Days in The Life of Courtsie Ann B

 

IT”S HERE!

My absolute FAVORITE day of the week! Saturday’s are so much fun these days! I am loving getting to know more about my favorite blogs to read 🙂

This week we will be sitting around with the lovely, wonderful, amazing, totally epic Courtney from

Okay, you guys know the drill by now. First the typical interview questions (with my random thoughts) must happen before the fun stuff!

It journals my life as I reclaim my health (while working and raising a family).

I technically started my blog back in July of 2012, but I did not really stick with it — I think it was because I wasn’t really sticking with my plan to get healthier either.   So, I guess the “rebirth” of my blog took place in April of this year, and I have not looked back since.

I am very shy and soft spoken.  I have a kid voice too. When I answer the phone, I get, “Is your mommy home?” too.  I always feel bad when I have to tell the person that I am the mom.

Hehe, okay now I want to call you! 

I work full time as a high school guidance counselor (starting back to work next week from summer break).  If I am not working, I love reading, movie nights with the family,and cooking.

In the beginning it was putting myself out there and open to other people’s opinions about my life.  It is hard to come up with fresh things to write about too, but just when I think I am out of ideas, I get inspired.

All of the great people that I have “met.”   To have someone that have never even stood in the same room with offer words of encouragement is so incredibly touching and offers motivation in a way I cannot even describe.  Also, the inspiration  that I get from reading other people’s stories is just pure awesome…not to mention all of the laughs.  I love reading something and going, “Me too!!!”

I know exactly what you mean! I love the “virtual hugs” that other bloggers and readers give all the time. It definitely makes it easier to keep going when things get rough.

What post are you most proud of so far? Link it please 🙂

I think the one I am most proud of is “Chin up, Sweetheart.” 

It is an entry where I talk about how my weight impacted me when I was young, up until today.  The reason I am proud of it is because I put out there some things that I had never told anyone — not even my own mother.  It was kind of like releasing a burden off my shoulders, while at the same time allowing others to see into parts of my life that have influenced who I am today.

1. Royal from Royal Proclaims — she has a great blog about being a young mommy.  I enjoy reading her blog each day. She is great because in one post, she will move me to tears, and in the next I will be laughing out loud.

2.  Andrea from Two Kids, a Husband, and Six Pets — I must admit, she is my sister-in-law, so I am biased.  She is a new blogger and I would love to allow new readers to get to know her.  She documents her life as a stay at home mom, but she is currently focusing on her efforts to lose weight.

If you had to relive the same day over and over again, what day in your life would that be?

Watching Emalee love on her newborn sister was a priceless moment that I will never forget. She was so super proud to be a big sister and you could tell by the look in her eyes that she was totally in love from day one!

She was such a big girl. She wanted to feed her and play with her and show her all of the wonderful things that she had gotten for her. It brings tears to my eyes still today to think back to that day. 

What makes it even better is knowing that Emalee is still just as much in love with her little sister today as she was the day she met her! She has yet to want to go somewhere without her. She keeps telling me that she even wants to share her room with Annaliese some day!
If you could have any one toy what would it be? Why?

One of those cool remote control helicopters that are always at the kiosks in the mall.  They look so fun. (As I kid, I always wanted an Easy Bake oven, but never got one…now I have to settle for my grown up oven…)

I worked at Radioshack in college and I got to play with one of these! They are really cool! My hubby has one and uses it all the time…I however have a tendency to break stuff like that!

I would be able to turn invisible — think of all the shenanigans you could get into.  You could cut in lines, spy on people, get into the movies for free — ok this makes me sound more like a criminal than a super hero.  I swear, I would use it for good too!

lots of produce, too many varieties of salad dressing, lunch meat, Brita water pitcher, milk, eggs, cheese, probably a science experiment in the back that I have not discovered yet because it has been too long since I have cleaned out the fridge…

A fudge brownie — just to look at it is very simple, but when you take a bite you see a whole new, delicious angle.   (Also, because my husband has told me that I make the best brownies in the free world, and we always have to put our best foot forward, right?)

Usually work…sad, I know.  My commute is a little over an hour each way.  I do get my best ideas in the car though.

Bulletproof by David Guetta because I am feeling stronger now than I have in my entire life.

Princess Leia — and for very superficial reasons.  Those reasons include:  She has great hair, she looks awesome in a bikini, and she got to make out with Han Solo.  

Bugs Bunny — cause he always seems to win and for an old bunny, he sure has aged well!  😉

My rant is coming from my professional life. As I mentioned above, I am a school counselor. I work very closely with high school students and their parents to make sure that they get where they need to be so that they are successful after high school. I can remember being a high school and when I did things wrong, it was on me. My parents held me accountable. I feel like nowadays so many kids are not held accountable for their behavior. If they are getting bad grades or misbehaving in school, it is the teacher’s fault. Many parents do not take a moment to acknowledge that maybe their kids are the ones having the problem and that they, as parents, should be part of the solution. There is also this feeling of entitlement that drives me absolutely batty. They don’t have to earn their grades, they are entitled to them. I just think that priorities are all out of whack. Like, a kid says they did not have money to pay to take their ACT exam, but they sure do have a pretty, fresh manicure. I know this is random and all over the place. I am so glad that my parents did not raise me this way. I hope to raise my kids the same way they did me – understanding that hard work is the key to success in anything that holds importance. We are the makers of our destiny and the decisions we make are directly related to outcomes. I kind of like to compare it to those books I always checked out at the school library in elementary school. You know, the ones where you could choose what the character did next? You would have to flip to the page it told you to in order to see where that decision led you? I just wanna be like, sorry kid, you chose to walk in the haunted forest instead of taking the path through the countryside. ..not my fault you were attacked by giant killer spiders! 

Simple Heavenly White Chocolate Chip Fudge Brownies