I normally wouldn't post anything like this because most of them are false schemes. This one however is not. Please click on my link for my friend Mags on the left hand side of the screen to get to the donate button! If I can donate I know everyone can! Please help Linda bring her girl home! No child deserves this!

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She tries to sleep, but she can’t-the noises coming from the only bedroom in the trailer are too loud, too embarrassing. Rolling over she faces the wall and hopes that her father will finish what he’s doing and that her step-mother won’t make any more noise.




She’s living every teenage girl’s nightmare.

It’s bad enough that she was torn from her friends in Kentucky-but living here, in this cramped, dirty trailer with no privacy and no indoor shower is the icing on the cake. Fitting in at school was out of the question-her father made sure of that by not allowing her to socialize outside of class & eventually, she woke up one morning knowing that she would no longer walk the halls of freedom, but instead would be taught in the very trailer she slept in.

It’s probably for the best, she thinks-if anyone ever found out that they make me wear hand me down underwear I’d be the laughing stock of the state anyway…


She wishes she could move home-to her real home-with her mother and sister in Connecticut. There she would be nurtured and cared for, and allowed to be a teenager…allowed to have opinions and ideas and to cut her hair the way she likes it.


But she knows she can’t. He’s making sure of that too…




Jamie wants to come home.



Many of you know Linda from Are We There Yet? And perhaps you know that she has two daughters, Amanda and Jamie. Amanda lives with Linda here in CT and Jamie lives in Florida with her father and his wife.


Life for Jamie is not going well.


Jamie is living a lonely life in a cramped, dirty trailer with guardians who won’t allow her to be an individual. She is not allowed to have friends. She can’t choose her own music or movies and she can’t even cut her hair. She has to shower in a common area of a camp ground because her “home” doesn’t have a shower.

She is homeschooled by her stepmother-a woman who is not qualified to take on such a task and Jamie is, for sure, behind other kids her age academically. No doubt, she will also fall behind socially as well.

Though Jamie has expressed to her father that she wants to move to Connecticut to live with her mother, he will not allow it. His reasoning is that Linda is not a good mother.

His reasoning is bull shit.

When Jamie visits, it is easy to see that she flourishes. Her smile is bright and it’s clear that being allowed to smile and laugh and to be a little quirky is the reason. Anyone who reads Linda’s blog knows that she is a caring and attentive mother who strives to give both of her children what they deserve.

The man that Jamie and Amanda call Dad is not a good man. He remarried and is completely wrapped up in his new marriage and does not care what happens to Jamie. If he believes that Linda is a bad mother because Amanda has blue hair, then I wonder what he would say if she were to cast her daughter out of her life simply because she was a little different…

Of course, Linda would never do that-but he did. Amanda lived with her father at one time, and was sent back to live with Linda because she didn’t “fit in” to the family he wanted to create. He no longer speaks to her. Now tell me, how can a man who disowns one daughter ever be a better parent than one who loves unconditionally?

He can’t.

And that’s why Jamie needs to come home.

Being a single mother who makes “too much money” (read: she makes over the poverty level) Linda does not qualify for financial assistance for legal aid, and therefore is having trouble getting a lawyer’s attention. In CT, courts consider a custody award as subject to change until the child involved grows up, and in most states proof of a "change in circumstances" may overturn an earlier award. This flexibility is intended to allow for the correction of poor or outdated decisions.


Jamie has vocalized to both parents that she wishes to move. Her dad has vocalized that it will never happen. Linda made a promise to Jamie that she would do anything in her power to get here home.

But she needs our help.

On my sidebar I have posted a magic button-this magic button allows you to donate to the Get Jamie Home Legal Fund. The faster you click, the faster you will help change the life of one little girl who very much needs a new life.

Please help. We’ve seen in the past that every penny helps…even if you can only donate $5, please consider doing it.




Jamie needs to come home.

The countdown is on...

So, I've lost 6 pounds in the first week. Which is awesome. Only 12 pounds until I hit my first goal. I found out though that I was not eating all of my points that I'm actually allowed. Originally I thought I was only allowed between 20-22 points but actually I'm supposed to get 25-27 points. Then 2 more pounds and it drops to 20-25 points per day.

This is probably why my partner in this lost 8 pounds and I only lost 6. Plus she has a little bit more to lose than I do. I'm not comparing myself to her, but now I know why I am struggling a little bit with cravings and such. I was depriving my body. Oh, well six pounds later I'm not complaining by any means.;)

Work still sucks, but oh well. Until I get my bachelor's I'll be a VZW mouthpiece. C'est la vie, right? ;)

Time old cliche

Ok so everyone usually has a new year's resolution to either 1)lose weight or 2) quit smoking or some other nasty habit society frowns upon.

I on the other hand do not believe in resolutions because it is like setting yourself up for failure. You have to do something or quit something because you want to; because you need to. Whether it be for yourself or for your health or even both, when you want to change something you have to do it for the right reasons.

Recently, 4 days ago to be exact, my friend Michelle and I have made a life-style changing decision. We are going to lose weight and be a support system to each other. I'm obese compared to any medical charts though thankfully I only look "thick" according to most opinions. Michelle and I have decided to do the Weight Watchers diet. She had done it a couple of years ago and had very successful results, but then gave up on it because she didn't have much of a support system.

Since she already had the materials (the point counter/slide thingy)we opted not to pay to go to meetings, but to meet once a week for weigh-ins and follow our point guidance system. I'm not by any means trying to advertise for WeightWatchers, but I will say that so far this has been my favorite method of losing weight. I don't have to cut anything out that I don't want to, I just have to make healthier decisions.

For example, if I'm starving and all I really want is a junior cheeseburger from Wendy's, I can do that but it will take 9 points! I am currently allowed between 20-22 points a day based on my beginning weight. As I drop in pounds, so do my points. So if I want to eat that yummy cheeseburger, I have to consider anything else I've eaten that day and what I will be allowing myself for the remainder of the day. Since I know that one cheeseburger is not really going to satisfy the hunger, and it will cut me short for what I can eat for the rest of the day, I move on to other options.

On day one I weighed in at 182 ginormous pounds. (To me that is humongous). Today on day 4, I'm already at 178 pounds! 4 days=4 pounds! The greatest thing is, I haven't starved myself at all. You are supposed to eat all of your points so-to-speak because if you don't you are only hindering your weight loss abilities by slowing your metabolism down; therefore not losing weight.

I also am aware that the most rapid weight loss happens in the first few weeks. I'm prepared for it, only because I'm just thrilled enough to be losing it at all! My first weight loss goal is 10% of my weight, so aproximately 18 pounds. My lifetime goal is to be back in my healthy range of 140-146 according to what my doctor says for my height and age. So my ultimate goal is approximately 40 pounds.

So here we go! I know it's been a while since I posted, but I really have not been myself (no pun intended) for a long time. I've not been happy with myself. I love my life, don't get me wrong; even with all the bullshit that's in it reminds me I'm alive, but my appearance has brought my confidence and my overall motivation to do anything to a stand still.

So for anyone out there reading who is looking for a decent diet plan, try WeightWatchers. It's not a fad diet, and you don't have to be morbidly obese to do it. There is even online WeightWatchers where you can get the support you need for a fee. (I have yet to get to that point, because I cannot afford it.) I am so excited about this though, I felt the need to share. =) Hope all is well my blogger buddies! I will keep you posted on the pounds peeling off! =P