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Frugalmommy2012 · #1 January 28th, 2012, 07:01 PM

Hi everyone. My name is Ashley.

I have one daughter, her name is Alexis. She is the light of my life, even when she has me pulling out my hair lol. She is 5 years old, will be 6 in May. She is winding down her Kindergarten year and loves school. Her favorite things to do are read and do arts and crafts.

I am 25. I work at a county dental office as a dental assistant. I love being able to help people, even if the ones who aren't grateful for the help we provide can frustrate me sometimes. I have been married almost a year. My husband plans to adopt Alexis in the future. I like to do hand crafts like embroidery and cross stitch, I sew some, I love to cook. My current challenge is to cook food to help me lose weight (I want to lose about 50 pounds) and help my husband gain weight (he needs to gain about 40).

I'm hoping to meet other mothers who can relate to what I live every day. It seems like I just don't know many people around here but I'm such a homebody (other than church, and even then I keep to myself) that my only friends are my sister and my daughter's paternal aunt. And there are times I feel like they don't understand either because they have multiple children (my sister's favorite line is "but I have more") and are sahm. This is totally respectable but different from working out of the house...

smashley8 · #2 January 29th, 2012, 06:31 AM

Hi Ashley! My name is Ashley and I'm new here too. I'm 26 and pregnant with my first. Just thought I would use your post to introduce myself, and to the rest of the boards too!