Hello World!!

Hi everyone! :) My name is Raquel and I have decided to delve into the world of blogging.  I am dedicating this blog to the F words of my life: Family, Food, Fitness, and Fun!!! I have to say now that I am putting pen to paper this is a bit intimidating writing for others to see.  I am hoping to use this as an open forum of sharing my experiences, the good the bad and the ugly (hey I have three little boys under the age of 6! trust me it gets ugly sometimes!) So I guess to start with I will tell you about me?

FAMILY
I am 27 years old. I like long walks on the beach and....just kidding lol.  Except for the age part yes I am coming dangerously close to that 30 year old mark! Yikes!  So back to the REAL me.  I am 27 years old.  I live with my fiance Rod and we have been together for almost 3 years now.  He and I have 2 little boys Lucas who is 2 and Jamie who is 6 months.  And just so you get that we are some crazy, nerd people our kids' full names are Lucas Skylar and James Tiberius...yes that is their real names! Shout out to all my Star Wars and Trekkie fans! Ok so you are probably saying that I thought you had three boys? Well I do, Tristan is my oldest and he is 5.  I was married and pregnant at 21 (that was a great idea! *eye roll*).  Needless to say it was very short lived and I found myself divorced and a single mom at 23. As you can tell I am not conventional in my life or my writing style.  So if you are used to the normal status quo then this blog probably isn't for you.  Also English wasn't my strong subject in school so excuse the appalling disuse of punctuation and probably a few run on sentences here and there. Hey at least there is spell check so you don't have to worry about my spelling! :) Ok so let's see what else to know about us.  Rod and I are very active theater people.  He is the drama teacher at the local high school and I do the vocal directing for his musicals.  We love to go see live theater and are normally involved in at least 4 play productions a year.  Weather it is acting, directing, building sets or just generally contributing to the area and high school theater's.  I am not currently working but looking for a part time job to help get us through those summer months.  The goal is to go back to school (no...no college degree just a couple years of gen eds under my belt).  I want to get into Nursing and I am hoping to start school again in the next year.  So this blog might turn into the F'S of My Life...Family, Food, Fitness, Fun and School!  So let's see I have covered Family.

FOOD & FITNESS
Now Food...ok I LOVE food.  I am an avid pinterest pinner who is always trying out new recipes. I'm getting pretty good with some things I am finding too (except baking I am REALLY bad at baking).  And believe it or not doing bigger meals at home and pre-planning my shopping for the week has really cut our grocery bills down! Yay! Ok BUT here is my dilemma...the things I like to make and love to eat are NOT the healthy stuff.  It's the cheesy, carbs, and sugary stuff. SO GOOD BUT SO BAD!  This is where the fitness comes into my life or should I say out of my life.  I am not at a good weight and am VERY unhappy with my body currently.  Yes I just had 2 kids in the last 2 years but I am done having kids (for now) and I am done looking and feeling the way I do.  So you will hopefully start to see a difference from recipes that I will be posting and sharing with you guys as I try to start eating better and more healthy. I also have a big plan on how to lose weight that I will be starting soon and sharing with you all to see how it goes.  I need to lose *drum roll* 85 lbs to reach my goal weight! Ouch...told you I was not happy with my weight.  So that will be another consistent thing you see me writing about.

FUN
As for the Fun you know I will share all of the fun adventures and activities I have with my family and in my life!

Ok...that was a bit long winded for my intro but hey I'm a complicated gal ;)