Recovery/Disk Utility/Verifying Partition

Hello and thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
My 1 year old started typing away as I booted up my laptop yesterday morning (MacBook Pro). Somehow she sent me into Recovery Mode and I can't get out. I haven't used Time Machine, I can't reinstall osx via the internet because my backup harddrive is the only one visible, and now (not initially) when I try to verify in Disk Utility so that I can back up via external drive the partition (disk0s2) has errors. I foolishly tried to find answers and terminal command fixes so I don't know if I've irreparable caused damage that way. The errors I receive when I try to verify and fix the partition: invalid content in journal; invalid b-tree node sizes; volume could not be verified completely; invalid content in journal; error: disk utility can't repair disk... M'aidez!

When I reboot this way (holding down Shift) I do get returned to Recovery Mode. In Disk Utility, here are the drives listed:
500.11 GB Apple HDD...Media
   disk0s2
HL-DT-ST DVDRW
disk1
   OS X Base System
disk0s2 can't be verified...I get these errors when I try to verify or repair:
Invalid content in Journal
Invalide b-tree node sizes
volume could not be verified completely
invalid content in journal
error: disk utility can't repair disk

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    2014-06-15 02:16:43 -0600: Checking file system
    2014-06-15 02:16:44 -0600: Performing live verification.
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    2014-06-15 02:28:20 -0600: Type of the filesystem is NTFS.                                               
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    2014-06-15 02:28:28 -0600:      65860 KB in 22860 directories.                                           
    2014-06-15 02:28:28 -0600:          0 KB in bad blocks in 0 fragments.                                   
    2014-06-15 02:28:28 -0600:     231124 KB in use by the system.                                           
    2014-06-15 02:28:28 -0600:         64 MB occupied by the log/journal file.                               
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    2014-06-15 02:28:28 -0600:   17488312 allocation units available on volume (66.71 GB).                   
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    Message was edited by: Barney-15E

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  • I reinstalled osx 10.8.2 from recovery disk, now verify disk says my hard drive is there but wont boot into it regardless which partition i select to boot into , everytime it boots me into the recovery, i need help!

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  • Disk Utility Verify/Repair options

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  • Disk Utility, Verify Disk & Repair Disk unavailable

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  • Disk utility: verify selection- which to choose

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    Given the situation you described:
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  • Using Disk Utility to partition drive

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  • BootCamp nor' Disk Utility will Partition my Drive.

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    If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
    Your error suggests some major defect with the hard drive. If it cannot be repaired you will have to re-partition the drive. This will erase everything on the drive, so be sure to backup first.
    Also, you cannot install Windows on a partition your create with Disk Utility. You must use Boot Camp Assistant on a drive with a single partition/volume using GUID partition map and formatted Mac OS Extended, Journaled.

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