Yup, weight watchers tonight, weighed in and lost another 3.2 pounds. I was so excited because I didnt really think I had lost any. So anyway, after the meeting we all went out to dinner. Bubba got to choose because of his good report card, and he chose Chinese. I get there and ate way too much, the food tasted like doo-doo, then I got my fortune cookie and this is what it said:
"Use your abilities at this time to stay focused on your goal. You will succeed."
You can imagine, I felt like a complete ass sitting there stuffing my face with crappy food. So anyway, no more crappy Chinese. If I eat Chinese, its going to be somewhere nice like P.F. Changs.
Word.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Hi!
I am looking for a part time job.
If anyone has any leads on one, let me know.
I am available on evenings, and weekends.
I am a good worker.
Have a nice day.
If anyone has any leads on one, let me know.
I am available on evenings, and weekends.
I am a good worker.
Have a nice day.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Before......
This is me.
Photo taken 8/10/2005, just a little over 2 years ago.
This is what I looked like with long hair, and NO double chin.
I had a tan, and a good self-esteem.
I had makeup on.
My hair was black, I miss that hair.
I want to look like this again.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Whats up dogs?
I am coming at you first of all from HOME!!! YAY!!!
And second of all from my almost new, but VERY improved computer. I got my new monitor, keyboard, and speakers hooked up tonight.
I have been doing a lot of cleaning up and taking off several un-needed programs and files. And I need to back up all my pics on to DVD to free up some more space.
In other news, I dont have a Weight Watchers report because our meeting was cancelled tonight. BOO!!
We are all still trying to get back to normal life around here. The house is a disaster, the washer and dryer are working overtime, and the kids are bouncing off the walls because of the snow and the whole school closure thing!
Just wanted to do a quick check in and let you all know that we did make it home this morning.
And second of all from my almost new, but VERY improved computer. I got my new monitor, keyboard, and speakers hooked up tonight.
I have been doing a lot of cleaning up and taking off several un-needed programs and files. And I need to back up all my pics on to DVD to free up some more space.
In other news, I dont have a Weight Watchers report because our meeting was cancelled tonight. BOO!!
We are all still trying to get back to normal life around here. The house is a disaster, the washer and dryer are working overtime, and the kids are bouncing off the walls because of the snow and the whole school closure thing!
Just wanted to do a quick check in and let you all know that we did make it home this morning.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Praying to the gods of almighty snow plows
I know I said I love Portland. But I miss home, and I am ready to go home.
I cant believe the beautiful day we had yesterday, and today a giant storm is coming through, I mean GIANT, okay not like the midwest giant blizzard storm, but giant enough to scare the shit out of me about driving across the mountains to get back home. Its nasty out there. Chains are required. HA! We dont have chains.
Somethings gotta give.
Think happy thoughts. Warm thoughts.
I cant believe the beautiful day we had yesterday, and today a giant storm is coming through, I mean GIANT, okay not like the midwest giant blizzard storm, but giant enough to scare the shit out of me about driving across the mountains to get back home. Its nasty out there. Chains are required. HA! We dont have chains.
Somethings gotta give.
Think happy thoughts. Warm thoughts.
Friday, January 25, 2008
The city she loves me....
I love this city.
It is absolutely freaking gorgeous.
It was a beautiful day. We did hit Niketown but was unsuccesful in finding a pair of shoes for me. I found one pair that I loved and they didnt have my size it was so disappointing. Niketown isnt as cool as it used to be, so we made our way up to 23rd street and treated ourselves to a piece of the best chocolate in the world.
I found the coolest little shopping spot up on 23rd. There is a whole section up there that is kinda hidden and I cannot wait to go back with the girls and explore.
We saw this on the way out of Portland. I am still looking for someone brave enough to ride it with me.
It was just an awesome day. I love the city, I love the art, I could walk around all day long and be completely happy. Tomorrow we head to Salem to my mom's house for dinner. Stopping at the outlets on the way to continue the shoe quest.
UGH I dont know why the pics dont show up right, I had a bunch of pics in here but Blogger is cutting about 1/2 of them off so you cant even see the main subject of the picture. But I was able to get one of them on here.
It is absolutely freaking gorgeous.
It was a beautiful day. We did hit Niketown but was unsuccesful in finding a pair of shoes for me. I found one pair that I loved and they didnt have my size it was so disappointing. Niketown isnt as cool as it used to be, so we made our way up to 23rd street and treated ourselves to a piece of the best chocolate in the world.
I found the coolest little shopping spot up on 23rd. There is a whole section up there that is kinda hidden and I cannot wait to go back with the girls and explore.
We saw this on the way out of Portland. I am still looking for someone brave enough to ride it with me.
It was just an awesome day. I love the city, I love the art, I could walk around all day long and be completely happy. Tomorrow we head to Salem to my mom's house for dinner. Stopping at the outlets on the way to continue the shoe quest.
UGH I dont know why the pics dont show up right, I had a bunch of pics in here but Blogger is cutting about 1/2 of them off so you cant even see the main subject of the picture. But I was able to get one of them on here.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Hey everyone!
I am here at Dennis's moms house, finally got done with training today.
The training was 10 hours long so it made for a really long day. I did win a 25.00 safeway card so that was fun. The drive up here last night was long, got a little lost on the way to the motel but finally got in before 9pm and up to my room. I got to watch that new show "the moment of truth." Did anyone else watch this? I can't believe that people would subject themselves to that kind of embarrassment. One guy had to answer the question if he had ever peeked at his teammates privates in the shower while on the college football team. OMG! And he actually admitted to doing that. Their poor wives having to hear the brutal truths about them acting innaproriatly toward female co-workers, and their honest opinions about marriage, and children, etc. So sad, yet so funny at the same time.
Tomorrow will be a fun day, hanging out with my sweetie in downtown PDX.
The training was 10 hours long so it made for a really long day. I did win a 25.00 safeway card so that was fun. The drive up here last night was long, got a little lost on the way to the motel but finally got in before 9pm and up to my room. I got to watch that new show "the moment of truth." Did anyone else watch this? I can't believe that people would subject themselves to that kind of embarrassment. One guy had to answer the question if he had ever peeked at his teammates privates in the shower while on the college football team. OMG! And he actually admitted to doing that. Their poor wives having to hear the brutal truths about them acting innaproriatly toward female co-workers, and their honest opinions about marriage, and children, etc. So sad, yet so funny at the same time.
Tomorrow will be a fun day, hanging out with my sweetie in downtown PDX.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Leaving tomorrow
Tomorrow I work part day and then I have to head out to Beaverton for a training class on Thursday.
I did the treadmill tonight for 30 minutes, I was hauling ass. I almost didnt do it. Like, I came very close to saying screw it. But I was sitting down in this exact spot getting ready to blog and I told myself NO, I need to get on the mill, and after I do it, then I can sit down and blog. I knew I really needed to get on there. I knew it tonight when I was at Safeway buying stamps, I was in the line and looking at the rack full of candy bars. They were buy 3 get one free. So I grabbed a York patty for myself, a milky way for Den, and a Twix for each of the kids. Then I thought "what am I doing? I cant eat this!! Ok so its the most low fat thing in this rack, but still, its not worth it!" So I calmly, but sadly, and proudly put them all back, bought my stamps and high tailed it out of there. I am going to Portland this weekend so I really need to save my WPA's, its going to be hard to stay totally CORE at Den's moms house. I am going to take my oatmeal, and she always has tons of fruit so that is good. I might have to hit the store for a few things.
I am also going to go to one of my favorite stores Trader Joes. That have a ton of quirky health food stuff. I will most likely get a bunch of my favorites and hit the FLEX program next week.
Also on the itinerary for this weekend, going to hit Niketown downtown Portland to look for some new shoes. Havent been there in years and I looooooooove downtown Portland so any excuse to go there and I am down!
I did the treadmill tonight for 30 minutes, I was hauling ass. I almost didnt do it. Like, I came very close to saying screw it. But I was sitting down in this exact spot getting ready to blog and I told myself NO, I need to get on the mill, and after I do it, then I can sit down and blog. I knew I really needed to get on there. I knew it tonight when I was at Safeway buying stamps, I was in the line and looking at the rack full of candy bars. They were buy 3 get one free. So I grabbed a York patty for myself, a milky way for Den, and a Twix for each of the kids. Then I thought "what am I doing? I cant eat this!! Ok so its the most low fat thing in this rack, but still, its not worth it!" So I calmly, but sadly, and proudly put them all back, bought my stamps and high tailed it out of there. I am going to Portland this weekend so I really need to save my WPA's, its going to be hard to stay totally CORE at Den's moms house. I am going to take my oatmeal, and she always has tons of fruit so that is good. I might have to hit the store for a few things.
I am also going to go to one of my favorite stores Trader Joes. That have a ton of quirky health food stuff. I will most likely get a bunch of my favorites and hit the FLEX program next week.
Also on the itinerary for this weekend, going to hit Niketown downtown Portland to look for some new shoes. Havent been there in years and I looooooooove downtown Portland so any excuse to go there and I am down!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Word Wagon
Most of the folks in the scrapping biz do this thing every year and its to have a word of the year.
Ali Edwards might have been the one that started this whole thing, but I have known some people to do it in the past, and now its my turn.
Carrie's word is BRAVE, and she is going to work on her bravery issue all year.
Stacy's word is SUCCESS, as she works to succeed in reaching her goals.
I wanted a cool word, and I kind of tossed around the idea of having "execute" be my word. Which I really liked, and it has a lot of meaning in the way I live my life. But, it just sounded so boring you know? I wanted something to better fit my personality and where I wanted to be by the end of 2008.
So the word I chose was.......SPARKLE!!!!
As you can see, my blog is titled "sparkle" and what this means to me is that ultimately I want everything around me to just sparkle and shine.
This is going to include, my house and keeping it clean and working on stuff that needs fixed.
It is going to include my car, my job, my hobby, my credit score ( he he ), and most of all, myself!
It seems that I have really lost touch with my self image, I have been struggling with the weight thing for some time now, and not only do I want to improve my weight but I need to get some of that youthfulness and feminism back. Do you know that I really do love wearing makeup and jewelry, and skirts and cute shoes? I at one time in my 20's was smokin hot! And since 2008 is my last year being in my 20's I need to get that back. Its a good goal to reach for 2008, and also a good goal to reach before I turn 30.
Ali Edwards might have been the one that started this whole thing, but I have known some people to do it in the past, and now its my turn.
Carrie's word is BRAVE, and she is going to work on her bravery issue all year.
Stacy's word is SUCCESS, as she works to succeed in reaching her goals.
I wanted a cool word, and I kind of tossed around the idea of having "execute" be my word. Which I really liked, and it has a lot of meaning in the way I live my life. But, it just sounded so boring you know? I wanted something to better fit my personality and where I wanted to be by the end of 2008.
So the word I chose was.......SPARKLE!!!!
As you can see, my blog is titled "sparkle" and what this means to me is that ultimately I want everything around me to just sparkle and shine.
This is going to include, my house and keeping it clean and working on stuff that needs fixed.
It is going to include my car, my job, my hobby, my credit score ( he he ), and most of all, myself!
It seems that I have really lost touch with my self image, I have been struggling with the weight thing for some time now, and not only do I want to improve my weight but I need to get some of that youthfulness and feminism back. Do you know that I really do love wearing makeup and jewelry, and skirts and cute shoes? I at one time in my 20's was smokin hot! And since 2008 is my last year being in my 20's I need to get that back. Its a good goal to reach for 2008, and also a good goal to reach before I turn 30.
Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays
But its not me! Today was actually a pretty decent day.
I had my WW weigh in tonight and I am 4.8 lbs down from last week so thats a very good thing.
I bought a food guide book so I can keep track of what I am eating and make sure that its a CORE food. After looking through the guide I have discovered that some of the foods I had been eating are infact NOT a CORE food. Damnit! Take for example the pudding, you can either buy fat free, OR sugar free, but not both. Neither of them are CORE, but if it was both fat free and sugar free it would be. GAY! I can buy the pudding mix and make it at home myself, but really, does that ever taste good?
In other news, Boots has made almost a complete recovery since her surgery last Thursday. Its healing up really nicely and she is back to her sweet sweet self. I am so glad that we decided to go through with the surgery and have her fixed.
I had my WW weigh in tonight and I am 4.8 lbs down from last week so thats a very good thing.
I bought a food guide book so I can keep track of what I am eating and make sure that its a CORE food. After looking through the guide I have discovered that some of the foods I had been eating are infact NOT a CORE food. Damnit! Take for example the pudding, you can either buy fat free, OR sugar free, but not both. Neither of them are CORE, but if it was both fat free and sugar free it would be. GAY! I can buy the pudding mix and make it at home myself, but really, does that ever taste good?
In other news, Boots has made almost a complete recovery since her surgery last Thursday. Its healing up really nicely and she is back to her sweet sweet self. I am so glad that we decided to go through with the surgery and have her fixed.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
A tribute
Thanks Stacy, Carrie, and Cindy.
The dawning of a new........
everything.
Ok people I am going to start blogging.
I am still trying to register what its going to be like to have all my thoughts in one place.
What to expect? family stuff, weight loss stuff, creative stuff, home stuff, pet stuff, etc.
I am new at this. I am working on making a blog that fits my personality, something that I am going to want to visit everyday.
And I hope that all my posts dont look like this one, like I am writing an email at work.
Ok people I am going to start blogging.
I am still trying to register what its going to be like to have all my thoughts in one place.
What to expect? family stuff, weight loss stuff, creative stuff, home stuff, pet stuff, etc.
I am new at this. I am working on making a blog that fits my personality, something that I am going to want to visit everyday.
And I hope that all my posts dont look like this one, like I am writing an email at work.
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