Happy Saturday,
Well our crappy weather just keeps on coming here. Why it's snowing here people? SNOWING!! All our snow just melted and now we have white everywhere. Sickening people I tell you. Sickening. BUT....I'm not letting this get me down I've been munching on healthy food all night and drinking my water so I'm happy about that. The only thing that suck for me is is visiting and boy is she making me miserable with cramping and lots of bleeding (sorry TMI) . I just want her to go away and leave me alone. I'm much more rested tonight cuz of the weather DH got home earlier so I was able to go to bed. I woke up to get ready for work at 10pm and had my little one Ava in bed with me sleeping. Who knew but she loves to snuggle I just adore that little cutie.

How is everyone. Maria? Are you on a K Bug birthday hangover still
Allison- How's the homework coming? It's only a couple more weeks.

Susan- Where are you?

Amy-I'm sure you'll be lounging around in your pool today you lucky gal

I have company coming on Monday (actually Jen from our board and her daughter who's Ava's age) and we have some fun things planned like a children's museum, shopping, scrapbooking (cuz I'm an addict) and just lots of laughing and talking and catching up. Oh and Dad said I have to wait til my May 4 birthday to get my new shoes and WW products. Oh well I tried. I'm feeling good today. One more night of work and then I'm off til Thursday night. I need a couple days off

What's everyone else up to? I'm bored so write to me

Kara

LOl gotta wait til your bday Kara. I attempted Yoga this morning, but I simply dont feel good. I got in half an hr, but stuffy head stopped me. So teh boys are going through and attempting some of the videos.

I think we are loading up junk and taking it to the junk yard. Requires energy that IM not sure I have.

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Our weather is nutty too. They say snow/rain/wind for today. WTF?!?!?!? It is supposed to 70 all the time by now! My brother gives me so much crap. The live in sw Florida.

Well yesterday was busy. Went to Pasta House. Only had the salad and 1 roll. I did go over points cause I was craving cereal last night. At least it was a halfway healthy snack.

Today I am going to the YMCA for healthy kids day. My Moms Club is setting up a booth and I need to help out. I am going to try an workout but they only keep the kids for 2 hours. Plus I am trying to potty train Adam and they will not take him to the bathroom at all!

Off to have my Slim Fast shake as I make Adam waffles.

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Kara - Yes I will be out by the pool later today. I'm at work right now, working some overtime. Yesterday I was too tired after work to get to Yoga so that means I need to go today and Sunday to make up for it. We also had a graduation lunch for my dh yesterday at Olive Garden. Dh just finished his BS in Human Services Management and we took him out to celebrate. I only had 1 bread stick but I couldn't resist the ravioli with alfredo sauce. I shared the dish with my dh, but I know that was LOADED with bad calories. I felt bad that I was too tired to go work out, so today is a new day and I will do yoga right after work and then relax in the pool.

I hope everyone stays on track this weekend. Lets keep those pounds coming off!!!

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Amy- Think of us freezing all over the country as you are out sunning yourself out by the pool (laughing) Can you tell I'm jealous. As for eating maybe not the best weight loss food at Olive Garden yesterday I wouldn't sweat it (cuz you will sweat it off today). It was a very special occasion. Congrats to your DH..what a wonderful accomplishment! I actually got a little suprise of my own today...found out my friend is actually coming tomorrow with her daughter and I don't have to work tonight after all I'm so jazzed. I do have to clean all day today, though. Yuck. Sounds like you have a fun day planned

Kara

Im with kara Amy... every once in awhile is fine, sounds like you didnt do bad at all.

dh is drivign me crazy lol. First hes bugged me to break out of my shell. Now that IM out of the shell hes decided he doesnt like it. Ugh. I think if I were heavier again then he would have as much of a problem with it. Whats funny is Im doing the same things he does, though not near as bad as he is. He doesnt see it that way though, and Im finding it rather annoying. He keeps asking me if I plan on leaving him, I keep telling him no. The other day he compared me to my mother. I could have killed him. When I was 16 my mother got a job, from there she got wild and started partying all the time. I was in the hospital a lot in high school and I spent most of that time alone. Then she divorced my dad when I was 20. My dad locked himself away a lot too. But I was ready to kill dh when he said that. I am trying so hard not to be like her, I cant stand her. And he knows that. The biggest difference... him and I go out together.

Think IM going to get off here and see if I cant finish up a quilt for next weekend.

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Kara - Yeah it is funny that most of the country is still cold or having mild weather and we are in the high 80's low 90's, but you all can laugh at me in a few months when it is 115 degrees in phoenix and you all are having mild 70's and 80's. I won't be able to go outside unless I am in the pool or into a building with air conditioning.

I was so happy that Dh finished his degree but I was a little jealous. I finish my BS degree in Business Management in 5 weeks. I just wish I could be done at the same time. We both go to the graduation ceremony on May 3rd and we will be having a big graduation BBQ pool bash at our house.

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Dulcie - Sorry to hear about your dh. Men can be funny sometimes, especially when you start to make big changes. My dh makes comments about that sometimes as well. They want you to make changes and be more social, but once you start losing weight and acting more social, they get insecure. Dh probably didn't mean to compare you to your mother, but he may be a little scared. My mother sounds a lot like yours. She divorced my step-dad who was the best thing to ever happened to her to go party and be with other men. Be proud of who you are and know that you are nothing like your mother.

Have fun with your quilt!

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Quilt took me 15 minutes to finish lol. I have had it almost done for months now, go figure. I always do that. Wed I am going to have to do some major sewing on Wed as I have an order that will have to go out Thursday, and I have nothing done...grr. This cold has just taken a lot out of me. The one thing that would take awhile is almost done, so thats good.

About dh.. I dont know whats going on with him. Men are fickle lol. You havent been here long enough to know my troubles with my mother. Shes all about her boyfriend. We moved from MO to PA in Jan 07... before then we lived 2 blocks away from her, yet only saw her a few times a yr. Well.. I have sent Mothers day cards, bday cards, so on and they have all been refused by her. I heard from my sister a few weeks ago and she siad that Im being disowned because I havent called or setn anything. I have held onto everything that has been refused. Plus the only phone # I have has been disconnected. My sister said that shes not allowed to give me our mothers phone #, I was like... umm. how do I call her then? She likes playing on the woe is me card. Goign to be interesting if we do move again lol. She has my info now, but I wont be able to give it to her since shes constantly refusing everything I do send.

I think part of dhs problem is that I have not only lost the weight and gained confidence, but now Im working on to get the flat abs. And well... guys look at that. I know its going to help me though. Im working on getting on the volunteer fire department. I dont plan on doing any house fires, they know I have no desire to go into a burning house. Im joining to become first responder and EMT. But I am going to go through all 4 fire fighter classes. I am required to have 3 of the classes, might as well have all 4. I know the strength Im gaining from my workouts is going to help me with all of that. I think me in fire fighters gear is goign to be comical as it is. But basically Ill be set up to make sure the guys are staying healthy... keep an eye on their smoke intake, make sure they start hydrated, that sort of stuff.

I have made a few decisions, Im not going to post them. Hopefully they will help dh feel better.

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