stuff and a joke...

this blog is so cool to me...love
the pictures...click here to see it!

also,this artist, Sabrina Ward Harrison....
does some pretty cool stuff.


{joke of the day}

What do whales put on there toast?


jellyfish

heehee....

{to do} liSt for tHis weEk

1* read the Bible
2* buy some shoes for working out
3* buy frames for glasses
4* clean/organize scraproom
5* cook for the week
6* visit Michelle
7* watch prison break,
csi miami,
dancing with the stars,
top chef,
america's next top model,
grey's anatomy, csi (thanks michelle!)
and i might
give heroes a try...
8* go to the gym 2 times this week
9* start working on Christmas cards

{quote of the day}

i saw this quote on Ali Edward's blog
by Anna Quindlen
and i really liked it...just
thought i'd share

...but the biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three on them sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4, and 1. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in a hurry to get on to the next things: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.

we are in such
a need
for
rain...
here is a picture
of a tree
that
is outside
my
apartment
complex.
what looks
like
fall is
unfortunantly
just
dead leaves...
sad.

{Patti & Nolan}

my dear friend
Patti & Nolan
are on
their way
to
Germany!
for a whole year...
bittersweet.
they will be
teaching at
a boarding school
for students of
missionary parents.
God has worked everything
out for them. my prayer
is that God blesses
them and keeps them safe
while they are away.
love you guys!!!

scrapbooking

so my local scrapbook
store is looking for someone
to teach classes...i
would
{love}
to
do
this. but
i wonder
if i really have it in
me...not to mention the time
to do it. or is it that i
just
{love}
the thought of doing it.
all i have to do is call the lady
at the store to set up an appointment,
bring some of my stuff in to leave at
the store. she
is going
to
have
customers vote. have i called her...no
have i gotten my stuff together or
made anything new...no.

so...if i do end up taking some
of my "work" i'll let you
know so you can vote for me!!!

i want to be a scrapbook superstar...

slacker...

that's me...
a blog slacker.
i often feel like
i just have nothing to
say...that nothing interesting
enough happened during
my day. so i don't
blog. i am
going to
try
to start
blogging
more on a regular
basis.

today i joined the Y...finally.
Michelle
and i
went to a
Zumba class...good times.

i need a vacation...

i so badly need to get out of
this place for a while...
i long to visit my
hometown...see my friends
and family...enjoy the
simpleness of my
small town...

blah, blah, blah

last week was
such a yucky
week...at least
at work...i was
sooo ready for the
weekend. i felt all better when i left
the parking lot Friday afternoon.
unfortunantly the weekend is over
before you know it and it's back
to work. this week will be better...
with all the bday outings, deserts,
Easter and my weaknesses (mexican food, pizza
and ice cream) i have blown
my "lifestyle" change for the past week.
it's so easy to fall back into old habits...
i wonder how it's possible
to break them for good. it has
to be done.

things that make me {smile}

coffee
the smell of peppermint tea
fresh flowers...i love all the colors and shapes
pink stuff...not the pink frilly stuff...i especially like the solidness of pink. Like my pink pepper mill and pink coffee maker...


clouds...i love the shapes and the way they look with the sun setting
cooking...of course it does help having so much pink stuff in my kitchen.
returning to a good book you're
reading that you've had to put down for a while
scrapbooking and stamping...it can be so fulfilling and so much fun
among many other things...
these two make me smile too

so, what makes you smile?

american's obsession with weight

do you ever wonder when
exactly America became
obsessed with being thin
& losing weight???
i find this to
be very interesting...
i'd also like to research
this some more. if you know
of any books or sites about
this subject let me know.

speaking of weight...
i lost 3.6 pounds
this week.

also, i said i would be
posting a new pic
of Mr.Kitty and Nike...
unfortunately i didn't
have my memory card in my
camera when i took a picture, so
i'll have to get another one.

the messy cook

i am the biggest
mess in the kitchen...
i {love} to cook, but
i can tear up a kitchen.
i also love Rachael Ray, but the meals
that she cooks in 30 minutes probably
takes me an hour or sometimes longer.
oh well, she's a pro.
here are a couple of pictures of the mess
i have created all by myself...


i am sad to say i did that...granted
some of those dishes were already there
before i started cooking tonight.
i do try to cook 2 meals at a time...
that way i will have something
for lunch and dinner for the week.
so...i guess i have to give myself
credit for that.

rantings

during hip hop class
tonight i got VERY
discouraged and frustrated. i had to fight
back the tears that threatened
to roll down my face. this is no big deal,
but i am wanting to pick all the
moves up real fast and be
able to bust them out right away.
TOTALLY UNREALISTIC...TOTALLY i know this.
i can't get this one certain
part that we have been working on since
i started this class. it makes me so
discouraged that i can't get it. i wanted
to cry...how silly is that? so then i
felt so bummed...had the typical thoughts
of why am i doing this?
then...i'm looking at all of us in the
big barfy mirror wall, and i am the largest
girl in the freakin class. i felt gross
and disgusting. i know i'm doing something
about it...finally, but it's going to take
time. i can't tell that i've lost 12 pounds
really...maybe in the way i feel (i breath better),
but NOT in my clothes or in my mirror. nothing really
can be said besides...keep it up, you can do it, etc.
i know and i will. however, i still feel yucky.
sorry this post is so negatroid.

I have now lost....

a total of 12 pounds!!!!
I lost 1.8 last week.

a new pic of Mr. Kitty
and Nike coming soon...

i'm a bad blogger

i did not
lose weight
this
week...
i did not
stay the
same
this
week...
i gained...
only .6, but
it's still a gain.
it happens...oh well.
disappointing, but not a
deal breaker...i say i win.
it's a process.
i will be an after
and I will stay an after.

tonight i am going to Vandy to
watch my dear friend Patti
belly dance. she has been
working hard for this
performance. she will
do great!

i finished the book i was
reading by Ted Dekker called Thr3e.
it was a great read...hard to put down.
i still think of the characters. the movie
is coming out in April...definately will have
to watch and compare.

ramblings

i lost .8 last week...
but i didn't
do hip hop
i didn't
keep up
with my
food journal...
at least i
lost some.

i finished The
Girl's Guide
to Hunting
and Fishing this
past weekend.
pretty good book...
different.
i
started
another book...
it's called Thr3e by
Ted Dekker. it
is a great read...
very full of suspense.
it's a book you just want
to keep reading
and
reading...

Happy Valentine's Day

aka...Happy Not Being With the Wrong Man Day!!!
this is how i must
celebrate until this
happens...

a kiss between
me and the love
of my life...

a laugh shared together...

kissing & smiling...

an after lunch kiss...

weigh in...

i lost
2 lbs
this
past
week.

that
is
a
total
of
10...
count'em
10 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i made some cookies
tonight from
a Weight Watchers
recipe, so i can
eat them instead of the
cupcakes and cake
at work tomorrow
for Valentines Day.

Woo Hoo!

reading...

yesterday i finished
reading
To Kill a Mockingbird
by
Harper Lee
such a wonderful
book.
{wow}
i did not have
to read
this book in HS.
i'm not too sure,
but it may have been banned
from our schools' libraries
~i'll have to check on that~
anyways, i think that
if i did read it back then in
my teen years
i would
not have
appreciated it as
much as I do now...reading it
as an adult.
i probably would
have read it out of necessity...
just paying attention enough to
pass a test.
but, maybe i would have surprised myself
and really enjoyed it. i can't go
back to find out so
at any rate...I'm so glad I
read it at 31...i mean twenty eleven.

woo hoo!

i'm a day late posting this
but
i lost
2.6 pounds
this past
week.
that is a total of 8 lbs.

another night of dance

did the
hip
hop
thing again.
good times...hopefully
by the end of the semester
i will have it all
down and not
standing there or stumbling
around while the others
are hipping and hopping.

tomorrow will begin
with changes at work in my
department...
i hope it will all work
out, but it will
probably be
chaotic
in the beginning.

-3.2 for a total of 5.4

woo hoo....i was actually nervous to
weigh in
yesterday.
good results.
i'm on my way.

Hip Hop

so i took a hip hop class tonight with a friend.
it was at a church in Brentwood. it would actually
probably be nice to try that church one Sunday.
i really enjoyed it...

also, last week i joined Weight Watchers...again.
I am going to do this thing...
i lost 2.2 pounds this past week.
i think i will start blogging about this journey
each Tuesday.

things are looking up...

well....

not much happening right now
work it going well
cats are out of jail

there are a couple of churches
i am
going to try out
i think a friend from work
is gunna go with me....
that will be cool.
hopefully i will
figure out where to
go soon. i need to....

Profiles & headshots of my boys...

not the best pics in the world, but cute.

today...

i feel better...not so
drab. i have to
admit
that
going
back
to work has helped.
i guess just being around people...
next time i feel that way
i am going to experiment...i'm
going to go out
and do
something...
coffee
out to dinner with a friend/s
to a movie
so friends out there...i
may be calling you to
participate in my
experiment...hee hee haw haw haw

New Year 2007

my drab mood has
following me into
the new year.
totally not excited
about going to
work tomorrow.
i could stay home
for another week...
but that's not going to happen...must make money...
i feel like i'm so unhappy
in all areas of my life
because of how i look...my weight...
{there i said it}
i know, i know...i'm the only
one who can make the changes...
i know i can do it...i've done it before
i was almost there...then i let it all come back
it scares me that i will not be able to "keep it off."
i haven't been able to do so before. once my goal
for getting the weight off is over...so are all
my efforts. Or my unhappiness could be
from not going to church lately. where do i go?
then i also want to hide from the world...hide from
my life...from living...because of my weight. i think i will
be so happy when i'm at my goal weight...i'll go to a new church
and make new friends...i'll go out more...i'll be more confident.
but i probably shouldn't wait to live my life until i loose all this
weight. today i had the thought that i am only taking up space....