7/20/07

Ok, so we have a busy day ahead of us today. Change the oil, drop off the dogs,clean and pack the car, clean the house up so it is nice to come back to. Mike just got off the overnight shift so I have to get him up around noon. This should be a fun trip.
Oh and Julie, I think my mom used the same strategy with us as well. We even took the dog with us on family vacations sometimes.....God I can't even imagine doing that now.
So anyway, if I can remember how to log in and remember the web address I may update from Arkansas but I don't know.
Happy EARLY birthday Julie!!! And thanks for the encouragement to everyone that has wished me well on my weightloss.
Have a great weekend!

50 Things

50 Things..........
I got this from my friend NANCY......50 ODD Things about you!
Learn 50 Things about your friends, and let them learn 50 Things about you!

1. Do you like cheese? yes
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? Nope
3. Do you own a gun? NOPE, but my husband does.
4. Your favorite song? Still pay for what you get by Dave Matthews Band
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Depends on what I am going in for
6. What do you think of when you eat hot dogs? No clue
7. What's your favorite Christmas song? Can't say I have a fav
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? coffee
9. Can you do push ups? Not very well
10. Is your bathroom clean? Not really
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My engagement ring
12. Favorite Hobby? Garage Saling
13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite Sex? don't have one
15. What one trait do you hate about yourself? I hold grudges
16. Middle Name? Ivy
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
A) I just heard Dalton come downstairs
B) I should get off the computer
C ) What am I gonna do today
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought.
A) Iced Coffee
B) Donut for Dalton
C) Donut for Grace
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink.
A) coffee
B) Diet Soda
C) Water
20. Current worry right now? How are the kids going to be on the trip
21. Current hate? cleaning
22.Favorite place to be? hanging out with my mom
23. How did you bring in the New Year? Watched Dane Cook DVD with Mike
25. Name three people who will complete this and Return?
a)Brandy maybe
b)Nicole maybe
c)????
26. How many siblings do you have? 3
27. Do you own slippers? Yes
28. What shirt are you wearing? white tee
29. What shampoo do you use? whatever is cheap---right now PRO V
30. Favorite color?green
31. Would you like to be a pirate? no.
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? no singing in my shower
33. Favorite female name? Grace
34. Favorite male name? Dalton
35. What's in your pockets right now? No Pockets
36. Last thing that made you laugh? Dalton doing exercises last night
37. Best bed sheets as a child? don't know
38. Worst injury you've ever had? Stiches when I was 2 and 4
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? Five, only 3 with cable
41. Who is your loudest friend? Thom
42. Who is your most silent friend? Mike
43. Does someone have a crush on you? not that i know of
44. Do you wish on shooting stars? sometimes
45.What is your favorite book? Don't have one
46.What is your favorite age? 21 was a lot of fun---Beer Garden
47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding? ????
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? Something fun
49. What were you doing at 12 am this morning? Midnight?Umm, watching TV
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Wasn't sure what day it was.

Reached my first goal---next goal AUG. 18

Ok so today I officially reached my first goal....10 pounds before vacation! I lost 2 more pounds putting me at 11.5 total, so YIPPEE! One small feat accomplished. NOW, my next goal is to reach my 10 percent-which is 20 pounds. Can't say I have a timeline really so I guess I will give myself another month. So lets say by AUGUST 18 (since I weigh in on Saturdays typically) I want to reach 20 pounds which is 10% of my original total body weight.
Packing is coming along very well, just have to get a few more items together and we will be just about set!

Countdown....

So we leave on Saturday morning bright and early and I am slowly getting things squared away. Getting small things checked off the list. The main thing is packing clothes. I have the snack and cooler situation figured out. All the toiletries are packed and ready to go. I'm in the process of getting the waterpark stuff all in one piece of luggage (that is our first stop).
The dogs go to the kennel on Friday afternoon and I'm getting the car cleaned inside and out on Friday as well....God my car needs it so bad too. Gas tank is filled and should still be ok for takeoff on Sat. morning.
I'm weighing in tomorrow instead of Saturday since we are going to be on the road Saturday. I will be extremely PISSED if I don't lose any this week.
We had 2 (out of 3) toilet seats break in our house this week...what are the chances of that. So I would like to at least have new ones purchased before we go so they can be fixed when we get home.
So I will probably post again tomorrow after I get weighed if anyone is interested. And who knows maybe I will have another post before we go too......
Then we hit the highway!!!!


Dalton the future plumber!

Saturday Ramblings

Ok, so I weighed in today and NO CHANGE! I am half a pound from the first goal I set for myself and today should have put me over that. UGHHHH. It makes me crazy. Although there are some "womanly" things going on right now that tend to affect my weight but still. I know I should be happy I didn't gain....
I have one more weigh in next week before we hit the road for vacation so hopefully I will see some change next week.

I decided to do a last minute yard sale today too without putting an ad in the paper or anything. I made 19 buck. I am RICH! But hey, its stuff that was clutter---quite a bit actually considering most the things I sold were 50 cents, 25 cents and a dime.

There has been a little finch in my garage for a couple days now. That silly bird cannot figure out how to get out. Abby (my cat) went out there and was just hoping it would swoop down by her (Abby is an excellent hunter dispite being inside and declawed)

Next week we head out to visit Mikes family. First stoping in Kentucky-outside of Louisville to see his Grandma. We haven't seen her since Dalton was 6-7 months old, and sadly this will most likely be the last time the kids see her again as her health seems to be declining rather steadily. After visiting there for a couple days we head to Jonesboro Arkansas to see Mikes folks for a week or so. This should be interesting. Did I mention we are driving with the kids? I will probably have as much hair as Mike when we return.
Or else I will look like this:


Still have NOT folded that laundry.....or vacummed....or swept.....God I am a loser!

So those are my ramblings for Saturday.

Picture Update

Ok, so I said I would post a face and body picture on the 10th of every month....I'm a couple days late.
Anyway, can't say I see a big difference myself (look at old posts to find first pictures)

My Early Morning Face :)


Same Shorts but a different top from the 6/10 photo

Thursday.....

Ok, so domestic goddess I am NOT. Though I made the decision, and have always known I wanted to stay home with my children, the "homemaker" part of the deal I have NEVER been good at. This is what I have accomplished today......

*Load of laundry washing
*Dishwasher loaded and running-sink wiped out
*Coffee made, drinking second cup
*Tagged a few things for garage sale in near future
*Fed myself and the two little ones
*Watered the dogs(Mike fed them before work)
*Went through medicine cabinet and tossed some old stuff

So not a whole lot to speak of really. As I look around, my carpets need vacuming desperatly, my floors need sweeping and mopping(swiffer wet jet is my mop), the dog/cat hair is out of control on these floors sometimes. I have 3 baskets of laundry folded but they need to be put away. And dinner tonight, NO CLUE.

Its mild and breezy outside and the last place I want to be is in this house. Garage Sales start on Thursdays around here, so maybe we'll go out for a little bit and look around. So anyway....

Today's Weigh In

Ok so today the kids and I rode down to the church for weigh in again. Another 2 pounds down...bringing me to 9.5 pounds....feeling pretty good about it too. 40 more would be fantastic though! Patience I know. So that is my little update. I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

movie survey

I took this off my nieces MYSPACE page.....

I've seen at least 124, I'm sure I missed a few.

The story is that if you've seen 85 movies you don't have a life. So how many have you seen?

( x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
( x) Grease
(x ) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(x ) Boondock Saints
(x ) Fight Club
(x ) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
(x ) Blazing Saddles
(x ) Airplane
Total:8

( x) The Princess Bride
(x ) AnchorMan
(x ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x ) Labyrinth
( x) Saw
( ) Saw II
(x ) White Noise
(x ) White Oleander
( x) Anger Management
( x) 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 17


(x ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(x ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 20

( x) Harry Potter 1
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
() Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( x) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 23

(x ) Finding Nemo
( x) Finding Neverland
(x ) Signs
(x ) The Grinch
(x ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x ) I, Robot
( x) Robots
Total so far: 30

( x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
(x ) KingPin
(x ) Never Been Kissed
(x ) Meet The Parents
(x ) Meet the Fockers
(x ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x ) Joe Dirt
( ) KING KONG
Total so far: 39

(x ) A Cinderella Story
(x ) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
( x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumb & Dumberer
(x ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween H2O
( x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total so far:44

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
(x ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x ) I Am Sam
(x ) The Whole Nine Yards
(x ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 49

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( x) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( x) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
( x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 53

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
( x) Ocean's Eleven
( x) Ocean's Twelve
(x ) Bourne Identity
( x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star State of Mind
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog [both versions]
( x) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
(x ) Curious George
Total so far: 59

(x ) Independence Day
(x ) Cujo
(x ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x ) Christine
(x ) ET
(x ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss's Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x ) War of the Worlds [both versions]
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 66

( ) Best Bet
(x ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She's All That
(x ) Calendar Girls
( x) Sideways
( x) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x ) Ever After
( x) Wizard of Oz
( x) Forrest Gump
(x ) Big Trouble in Little China
( x) The Terminator
(x ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 76

(x ) X-Men
( ) X2
( ) X-3
(x ) Spider-Man
(x ) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( x) Catch Me If You Can
(x ) The Little Mermaid
( x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
( x) Shrek
() Shrek 2

Total so far: 84

(x ) Swimfan
( x) Miracle on 34th street
(x ) Old School
(x ) The Notebook
( x) K-Pax
(x ) Krippendorf's Tribe
( x) A Walk to Remember
( x) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x ) The 40-year-old-virgin

Total so far: 93

(x ) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x ) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x ) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x ) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 99

( ) Love & Basketball
( ) Hostel
(x ) Waiting for Guffman
(x ) House of 1000 Corpses
( x) Devil's Rejects
(x ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
(x ) American History X
( ) Three

Total so far: 104

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
( x) Monsters inc.
(x ) Titanic
( x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x ) Shaun Of the Dead
(x ) Willard
Total so far: 109


( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
(x ) Dawn Of the Dead
( x) Hook
(x ) Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld

Total so far: 112

( ) Kill Bill vol 1
( ) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
(x ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(x ) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 114

( x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 120

(x ) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( x) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x ) Silence of the Lambs
(x ) Hannibal
Total so far: 124

July 5, 2007

Ok, so yesterday was independance day. We took the kids to thier first parade. Dispite the rain they really enjoyed themselves, dancing and marching. It is still raining today too. Pretty much makes me want to do absolutly NOTHING! Ok, I thought maybe I had it in me to write something worthwhile but I guess I don't. Maybe something exciting will happen later.

Sorry Nancy, I'm a copycat

You Are an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

On the surface, you're a little plain - but you have many subtle dimensions to your personality. Sometimes you're down to earth and crunchy. Other times, you're sweet and a little gooey.

What Kind of Cookie Are You?