"I see a difference too. Especially in your face. :P just kidding." ...
I laughed so hard I snorted.
Some things just really strike you as funny, and this did.
Thank you for the laugh, Kelly.
4.15.2009
Kelly Made Me Laugh!
In response to my progress photos, Kelly stated:
I laughed so hard I snorted.
Some things just really strike you as funny, and this did.
Thank you for the laugh, Kelly.
I laughed so hard I snorted.
Some things just really strike you as funny, and this did.
Thank you for the laugh, Kelly.
Tagged
(Please excuse my messy post, I didn't take time to do the links properly.)
MackAttack http://fatbusterv2.blogspot.com/, Kelly http://happytexans.blogspot.com/ and TJ http://fatbusterv2.blogspot.com/ have all tagged me for the Only 8. See, I am so behind on reading blogs, I'm just now seeing these! Thank you, I am honored to play along.
Only 8
8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. The end of the school year!
2. Going South Dakota to visit family and friends.
3. Great reduction in pain.
4. Better health.
5. Being thinner.
6. Being with my son. I'm with him every day, but I look forward to him waking up in the morning.
7. Going home one last time to visit my parents' graves, Casa Bonita, my old stomping grounds.
8. Playing with my doggies.
8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Took care of a sick son.
2. Picked up my taxes.
3. Said yes to the persistent library volunteer who desperately wanted me to work the library book sale. Ugh, I'll take my Xanax.
4. Took a nap.
5. Trained my puppy.
6. Cleaned the floor after my puppy pottied on it. Several times.
7. Scrounged for food while remaining within points.8. Cracked a window and enjoyed the fresh spring air.
8 Things I Wish I Could do:
1. Bend over.
2. Tie my shoes without having the bows end up on the side rather than centered.
3. Make a quilt.
4. Live in the country.
5. Buy a motor home, take a year off traveling the US, teaching my son geography and history along the way--visiting Civil War battlefields on their anniversary dates, etc.
6. Further my genealogy research and visit graves, places where they lived ,etc.
7. Time travel, so I could visit my parents, grandparents, ancestors, Abraham Lincoln, other great people.
8. Buy clothes in a regular store or out of the fat-lady department.
8 Shows I Watch:
1. The Real Housewives of New York.
2. The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
3. The Real Housewives of Orange County.
4. The Real Housewives of New Jersey. This one I'm not so sure I'll keep watching, though. lol
5. Top Chef
6. NCIS reruns
7. House reruns
8. Survivor
8 People I tag:
1. Ang at Get Fit After 40. http://getfitby40.blogspot.com/
2. SeaShore at Weight by the SeaShore http://seashorerose.blogspot.com/
3. Dutch at My Ups and Downs of Everyday Life http://myupsdownsofeverydaylife.blogspot.com/
4. wildfuffysheep at In[fat]uation: It will eat you http://infatuationwilleatyou.blogspot.com/
5. Fat[Free]Me at Fat [free] Me http://fat-free-me.blogspot.com/
6. bbubblyb at Fixing Myself Thinner http://bbubblyb.blogspot.com/
7. Debby at De-Puffing Pixie With Weight Watchers http://puffypixie.blogspot.com/
8. HopeFool at Praying for Lightning http://prayingforlightening.blogspot.com/
I love memes, but I always hate being limited to a certain number of people to tag.
MackAttack http://fatbusterv2.blogspot.com/, Kelly http://happytexans.blogspot.com/ and TJ http://fatbusterv2.blogspot.com/ have all tagged me for the Only 8. See, I am so behind on reading blogs, I'm just now seeing these! Thank you, I am honored to play along.
Only 8
8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. The end of the school year!
2. Going South Dakota to visit family and friends.
3. Great reduction in pain.
4. Better health.
5. Being thinner.
6. Being with my son. I'm with him every day, but I look forward to him waking up in the morning.
7. Going home one last time to visit my parents' graves, Casa Bonita, my old stomping grounds.
8. Playing with my doggies.
8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Took care of a sick son.
2. Picked up my taxes.
3. Said yes to the persistent library volunteer who desperately wanted me to work the library book sale. Ugh, I'll take my Xanax.
4. Took a nap.
5. Trained my puppy.
6. Cleaned the floor after my puppy pottied on it. Several times.
7. Scrounged for food while remaining within points.8. Cracked a window and enjoyed the fresh spring air.
8 Things I Wish I Could do:
1. Bend over.
2. Tie my shoes without having the bows end up on the side rather than centered.
3. Make a quilt.
4. Live in the country.
5. Buy a motor home, take a year off traveling the US, teaching my son geography and history along the way--visiting Civil War battlefields on their anniversary dates, etc.
6. Further my genealogy research and visit graves, places where they lived ,etc.
7. Time travel, so I could visit my parents, grandparents, ancestors, Abraham Lincoln, other great people.
8. Buy clothes in a regular store or out of the fat-lady department.
8 Shows I Watch:
1. The Real Housewives of New York.
2. The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
3. The Real Housewives of Orange County.
4. The Real Housewives of New Jersey. This one I'm not so sure I'll keep watching, though. lol
5. Top Chef
6. NCIS reruns
7. House reruns
8. Survivor
8 People I tag:
1. Ang at Get Fit After 40. http://getfitby40.blogspot.com/
2. SeaShore at Weight by the SeaShore http://seashorerose.blogspot.com/
3. Dutch at My Ups and Downs of Everyday Life http://myupsdownsofeverydaylife.blogspot.com/
4. wildfuffysheep at In[fat]uation: It will eat you http://infatuationwilleatyou.blogspot.com/
5. Fat[Free]Me at Fat [free] Me http://fat-free-me.blogspot.com/
6. bbubblyb at Fixing Myself Thinner http://bbubblyb.blogspot.com/
7. Debby at De-Puffing Pixie With Weight Watchers http://puffypixie.blogspot.com/
8. HopeFool at Praying for Lightning http://prayingforlightening.blogspot.com/
I love memes, but I always hate being limited to a certain number of people to tag.
Lazy A$$
I am having a terrible case of lazy a$$.
Who died and made me queen?
I don't feel like doing anything! And the scary part is I'm NOT doing anything.
I have laundry to do, dishwasher to unload and reload, floors to vacuum, bathrooms to clean. Supper to thaw. I have bills to do and a major project to finish.
Most importantly, I have groceries to buy.
Here I sit. Doing nothing.
I got up before 6 this morning -- that is amazing, if you know me. Drove the new used car to the shop to have something looked at, dropped DH off at work. I even bought coffee and milk, as we were out. I didn't bother to get other things we need.
Came home, started trying to get caught up on blogs. I got sleepy. Checked my son, he was still feverish and sleeping, so I didn't wake him. I took a nap for a half hour.
The alarm went off, I got up, checked my son, played with the dogs, and then set the alarm for 45 more minutes.
That went off, I got up, got my son up. (He's feeling better today, but still not 100%.) We started school. He was doing his work, I was trying to catch up on blogs. I read a few, and got stopped at Ang's blog. I clicked her link and watched Richard Simmons on QVC and decided to order the DVDs. QVC's website kept screwing up. Froze my computer twice as I was trying to make my account. Finally got that figured out, and it wouldn't let me order. I tried for a half hour. Waste of time, because in 30 seconds I ordered on the phone. Go figure. The DVDs are a gift to myself with love. =)
Eating wise, I am starving. I knew that would happen. 1) I got up way early. 2) Yesterday I was not hungry at all. I had to force myself to consume 18 points to get to my target last night. Just wasn't feeling like eating at all. When that happens, the next day I am ravenous.
So the question is: Will I get off my lazy butt and get something done? Will the lure of the internet catch me and devour me? I am feeling guilty I'm behind on blogs. I love to read them and offer support. Or, will I channel my type-A mother, go on a cleaning frenzy and get it together?
I don't know. I have eat lunch first.
Excuses, excuses.
Why can't I ever have the whole package...doing well on eating, exercise and my "job"? I always seem to do well in one or two areas, but never everything.
I do know this: I am being purely lazy. There's no way around it, call a spade a spade. Lazy isn't good.
Who died and made me queen?
I don't feel like doing anything! And the scary part is I'm NOT doing anything.
I have laundry to do, dishwasher to unload and reload, floors to vacuum, bathrooms to clean. Supper to thaw. I have bills to do and a major project to finish.
Most importantly, I have groceries to buy.
Here I sit. Doing nothing.
I got up before 6 this morning -- that is amazing, if you know me. Drove the new used car to the shop to have something looked at, dropped DH off at work. I even bought coffee and milk, as we were out. I didn't bother to get other things we need.
Came home, started trying to get caught up on blogs. I got sleepy. Checked my son, he was still feverish and sleeping, so I didn't wake him. I took a nap for a half hour.
The alarm went off, I got up, checked my son, played with the dogs, and then set the alarm for 45 more minutes.
That went off, I got up, got my son up. (He's feeling better today, but still not 100%.) We started school. He was doing his work, I was trying to catch up on blogs. I read a few, and got stopped at Ang's blog. I clicked her link and watched Richard Simmons on QVC and decided to order the DVDs. QVC's website kept screwing up. Froze my computer twice as I was trying to make my account. Finally got that figured out, and it wouldn't let me order. I tried for a half hour. Waste of time, because in 30 seconds I ordered on the phone. Go figure. The DVDs are a gift to myself with love. =)
Eating wise, I am starving. I knew that would happen. 1) I got up way early. 2) Yesterday I was not hungry at all. I had to force myself to consume 18 points to get to my target last night. Just wasn't feeling like eating at all. When that happens, the next day I am ravenous.
So the question is: Will I get off my lazy butt and get something done? Will the lure of the internet catch me and devour me? I am feeling guilty I'm behind on blogs. I love to read them and offer support. Or, will I channel my type-A mother, go on a cleaning frenzy and get it together?
I don't know. I have eat lunch first.
Excuses, excuses.
Why can't I ever have the whole package...doing well on eating, exercise and my "job"? I always seem to do well in one or two areas, but never everything.
I do know this: I am being purely lazy. There's no way around it, call a spade a spade. Lazy isn't good.
4.14.2009
Tuesday Afternoon (Off Topic Stuff)
It's a beautiful day, the birds are singing, the sun is shining...and we're stuck inside.
My son is sick with some virus. He was up all night, and I think I got about three and a half hours of sleep. My sweet 13 year old still needs his mom when he throws up. I don't do anything, other than clean up the bathroom, but I think he still needs my comfort. That I will gladly give.
My dogs have pink eye. We have to skip this week's obedience class.
I'm tired and overwhelmed.
I've been in a mood since Friday.
I just feel like being completely selfish right now and holing up in my home, avoiding everyone and everything. Instead, I have one the busiest weeks I've had in a long time, and I'm dragging.
So much to do, no desire to do it, and I just don't care. lol
UGH
Eating within points, need to go to the grocery store, but doing fine with no cravings or desires to go off plan. Today. This weekend I had a few evil thoughts that I had to stomp out.
I am way behind on reading blogs. I hate that, as I like to keep up with how everyone is doing.
Life goes on, I gotta get caught up.
My son is sick with some virus. He was up all night, and I think I got about three and a half hours of sleep. My sweet 13 year old still needs his mom when he throws up. I don't do anything, other than clean up the bathroom, but I think he still needs my comfort. That I will gladly give.
My dogs have pink eye. We have to skip this week's obedience class.
I'm tired and overwhelmed.
I've been in a mood since Friday.
I just feel like being completely selfish right now and holing up in my home, avoiding everyone and everything. Instead, I have one the busiest weeks I've had in a long time, and I'm dragging.
So much to do, no desire to do it, and I just don't care. lol
UGH
Eating within points, need to go to the grocery store, but doing fine with no cravings or desires to go off plan. Today. This weekend I had a few evil thoughts that I had to stomp out.
I am way behind on reading blogs. I hate that, as I like to keep up with how everyone is doing.
Life goes on, I gotta get caught up.
4.13.2009
4.12.2009
My Banner Photo
I love this template because it matches the coffee cup my son made me, but I haven't been happy with the header. I put a photo in last night. It still doesn't zing and pop, but it has a lot of meaning to me.
One of my hobbies is genealogy. This photo was taken in Kansas. The property is where my great-great grandparents moved to in the 1870s. They owned the section to the left. My grandmother was born there in the late 1800s. The house is gone, but I know some of the trees are the same. And the road...I look at that road and I know that my ancestors walked it many, many times. Directly behind me is the cemetery, where their baby daughter was buried. I know they traveled that road to visit her grave.
I can envision my great-grandfather as a child, running down the road. I can see him getting cleaned up and courting my great-grandmother. I say that as I sit at their kitchen table. This oak table has hosted meals for six generations, with more to come. I can only imagine the fat and calories this table has held!
I haven't worked on genealogy for some time. I miss it. I love traveling, walking cemeteries, searching records to see where my family lived. As I'm losing weight and feeling better, I know walking those cemeteries will become easier for me. Especially due to the fact I usually do this in the hot summer sun. I think to how my grandparents walked and walked. Even my mother was car-less with two small children, so she walked, too. Necessity. Now I hop in a car without thinking.
I think of them sometimes when I'm walking my dog at night. Something I force myself to do, which was something they didn't even think about: they just did it.
So the photo is a special part of me.
One of my hobbies is genealogy. This photo was taken in Kansas. The property is where my great-great grandparents moved to in the 1870s. They owned the section to the left. My grandmother was born there in the late 1800s. The house is gone, but I know some of the trees are the same. And the road...I look at that road and I know that my ancestors walked it many, many times. Directly behind me is the cemetery, where their baby daughter was buried. I know they traveled that road to visit her grave.
I can envision my great-grandfather as a child, running down the road. I can see him getting cleaned up and courting my great-grandmother. I say that as I sit at their kitchen table. This oak table has hosted meals for six generations, with more to come. I can only imagine the fat and calories this table has held!
I haven't worked on genealogy for some time. I miss it. I love traveling, walking cemeteries, searching records to see where my family lived. As I'm losing weight and feeling better, I know walking those cemeteries will become easier for me. Especially due to the fact I usually do this in the hot summer sun. I think to how my grandparents walked and walked. Even my mother was car-less with two small children, so she walked, too. Necessity. Now I hop in a car without thinking.
I think of them sometimes when I'm walking my dog at night. Something I force myself to do, which was something they didn't even think about: they just did it.
So the photo is a special part of me.
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