A lil piece of me

Monday, July 12, 2010

Long time overdue!

So it's been forever and a day since I've updated on here...so I thought I would a little.  First off I would like to say how proud of myself I am!  This past Saturday Terry and I went to the mall for like the first time in forever.  I saw in Old Navy that jeans were on sale so I thought I would try some on to see if I could wear any in the store ( I had gotten bigger than they carry in stores and I hate buying jeans online unless I know they fit me right) I hate saying it but I will cause nobody really reads this anyways lol...I was a size 22 and i know last time I tried new clothes on awhile ago I was still a 20 but I always stay in between sizes.  I can lose 30 or 40 lbs and not go down a pant size.  Well i took a 18 and a 16 in the dressing room just to see.  Last time I wore a 16 was shortly after I got married when I started gaining weight back.  the smallest I've ever been was a 10/12 my senior year.  Well i didn't even know for sure if the 18s would fit me but i wanted to see how far away from a 16 i was...well I was brave and tried them on first.....and to my great suprise...they zipped ALL THE WAY...and they buttoned....and they didn't squeeze everything out the top just to make them fit either....I almost had a heart attack!  a 16?!!!  Honestly I'm still in shock...so now I gotta keep busting my butt so I can wear that 16 and keep going on my weight loss journey....Overall I've lost about 36 lbs and apparently 3 dress sizes!  It's giving me sooo much motivation to keep going!

On the book goal...I was doing really bad....it took me over 3 weeks just to finish a book that should've taken me one to three days at the most lol but I've slowly started getting back on track....I have completed 42 books and I'm working on 43 and 44. I should have read 50 books about 2 weeks ago so I'm about 15 books behind schedule! lol....but I'm working on it! 

Me and the hubby went to the Tim McGraw/Lady Antebellum/Love & Theft concert about a month ago at the OKC Zoo Amphitheater.  It was totally amazing!  We both had a blast!  Looking forward to the next concert with the hubby now!  It's actually the first concert we have went to together!  Then we stayed the night in Edmond and almost got flooded in the next morning....like for real!  We had to wait it out awhile in the hotel room and then we had to go straight home because you couldn't drive anywhere because of the flood waters. Parts of the interstate were shut down and when it had reopened and we started going home....we saw all the abandoned cars everywhere...there was a mustang sitting on top of another car both pushed into a concrete wall from the force of the waters.....it was sooo crazy!  But we made it home safe and sound....just a lot earlier than we intended lol. 
                                                  Tim McGraw!  


             Lady Antebellum



Well this is the first summer in like 4 years I didn't get  a kiddie pool for my yard...but there was good reasoning behind it....mom and dad finally bought an above ground pool!  So we go visit their's when the weathers nice enough....it's been a little crazy lately with all the rains we keep getting.  It also delayed our fireworks a week.  And then this was the worst show I've ever seen Marlow put on.....totally bad....if you missed it well be glad cause it was a big waste of time! lol
 

                                                                   Tim McGraw

k well i think that's about all the rambling....oh wait that's not all...worst of all my car....the one I've had since I first got my license 9 years ago...died....so very sad!  I was and still am sad about it.....but we ended up getting a new one (or new to us) we bought mom and dad's silver escape from them.  I love it!  Even though I feel guilty since I feel like I'm letting the old car down moving on so well! lol....jk well sorta!  K that's really all the news now...any  ?? and I'll answer!  Until who know when...Ciao!

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Winter Storms!!!! Please be over!!

Let me just start by saying after 12 days of no electricity in Marlow, I for one, am SO EXCITED to have it back!  We were more fortunate than others in town since we at least had a gas stove to keep warm by!  So glad I don't have a total electric house!  But man, its so crazy!  We just had an exceptionally bad winter so far....and even as I write this we are still getting more snow!  But we had a really bad ice storm come through (which caused the LOOONNNNGGG blackout)  and I for one now panic each time the lights try to even flicker!  We're all getting flashbacks and going no!  Not again....although we did have 3 hours of no power Monday (we got our electric back on Sunday)  and it was slightly scary even though I knew it was only going to be out a couple of hours!  LOL....who would've thought it!  Also doesn't help that our towns substation is from the dinosaur era!  But all is hopefully well even though I'm still leary to restock my fridge and freezer of which we lost everything....even though we were able to keep some stuff for the first few days on the back porch and it kept cold!  lol...then it warmed up too much but no power still so it went bad!  Oh and I don't think I ever even mentioned the blizzard we had at the end of dec....it was nuts too!  We got over a foot of snow and snow drifts up to 2 or 3 feet deep!  Craziness then too....I'm worried about the end of Feb! LOL.....anyways....enough about snow, ice, and winter in general....or electric!!  (which I've found a new apprication for!) 

Well on the diet front....I have now gained all but 2 of my pounds back...I know this is probably just an excuse but it's very hard to eat on a diet when you can't keep cold foods or frozen healthy meals or well when you just can't cook right.  So I have packed the pounds back on and am in desperate need to get back on the bandwagon....  I'm going to try to set a mini goal for myself and see if I can't lose 20 lbs by April 17th.  That's 9 weeks from this Saturday.  It's also our good ole Woodystock weekend!  We'll see if I can do it!!  It's gonna be hard work but I know I can if I set my mind to it!  Also, my mom said I can have her treadmill (which is currently at my mema's house) but I just have to make room for it in our house now.....I know where I want it but we have to get rid of our big computer desk and find a small one that can fit in the bedroom or something.  And I also have to find room to put all the stuff that is currently on, around, or under the desk....and it's quite a task!!  So pray I get motivated and get organized and can get this baby here!  Also, I think Terry and I have decided to rejoin the Simmons Center....but we've yet to get there and get it started between money and well weather! LOL....so lets hope we can get that underway too!! 

On my book goal 100 in 2010....I have currently finished book # 10 and am halfway finished with 11 and 12!  Right now I'm reading Black by Ted Dekker...it's really interesting....I've been wanting to read it for awhile now but I walked in the library Tuesday and it was sitting on the table right when you walk in the door along with the second book in the series Red....(there are 4 total)  now I'm hoping that they will get the last 2 books and I can read them too...If not I'm going to have to buy them!!  He's my favorite author!  

Well tomorrow night is the Eli Young Band concert in Norman at Riverwind Casino and I'm excited!  I'm going with my cousin Erica and we've been planning this since Thanksgiving!!  I'm pumped!!  Now we just have to pray the weather and road conditions hold out (which they should since it will be above freezing tomorrow) so we can go!  Even though Erica said we're going no matter what!  They are her fav and she's never got to see them yet cause something always happens!  LOL.....Let's hope for her sake and mine her luck will change!!  Plus they are non refundable tickets so lets really hope it works out!  And I love them!!! WOO HOO!!! 

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