Okay, I've got a problem. You all know that I quit smoking, right? (Like how could we not, you bring it up all the time, whoot, whoot, whatever, okay) Now, although I am pleased as proverbial punch to be coming up on my 4th month as a non smoker (as of 11:30 Sunday night:)), there is one thing that I am not pleased about and I was thinking that maybe you guys or girls or any in betweens could give me some advice.
I have gained a buttload of weight. Not just a buttload, but a stomachload, a couple of armsloads, and definitely a thighload or two. I'm not talking a couple of chocolate pounds....I'm talking like around the 35-40 pound mark. I have never been so uncomfortable in my life. I have never been a heavy person (except for my two pregnancies and I don't count that) and I have never had to go on a diet. But, oh how times have changed.
Thing is, since I have never had to go on a diet until now, I really don't know what I am doing. I tried to cut back on intake but everything just looks so darn good! Especially now that I can actually taste it:) If I could just lose the first 10 pounds, that would be motivation enough to kick in on the rest. It's just I don't know how to lose that first 10 pounds. If anyone has any advice, other than the eat less and move more advice (which I really don't need), please send it my way. This is gonna be a lot of fun I can tell! (insert sarcasm here.....)
And on a completely different note:
Congratulations to my best friend in the whole wide world Rachel on becoming a GREAT-GRANDMOTHER on July 23rd to Amore Deshaun. Welcome to the world, little one!! Now this IS gonna be a lotta fun!
Peace allllllllll..............
P.S. RIP Estelle Getty.......you made my teenage years much more bearable, and I have many memories of me and my mom yukking it up while you were on. Thanks so much. You will be missed.
Peace.............
Friday, July 25, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Checking In
Hi everyone!! Sorry I haven't been around lately. Well, around blogland that is. I've been around here, at home of course. Otherwise, I would have been missing and there would have been a national call to arms and so forth:).
I never realized that getting 3 kids ready for school would be so much work! Bear in mind that for the past 8 years, I've only had to get Josh ready but that was so routine I was used to it. This year, we had to get the boys registered, get blue cards, fill out forms, get supply lists, buy said items on supply lists and on and on and on and on and....well, you get the point. Not to mention the fact that Josh has decided he just MUST have $100 shoes this year. That's fine though. We kicked in $50 and he's working odd jobs around the neighborhood to come up with the rest. He only has $20 to go and those unnecessarily expensive Nikes are his. Not happy with the price tag, don't think any shoes should cost that much;HOWEVER, I am quite happy with his enterpreneurial spirit. This time next year, he wants to have a real job (as in a paycheck and all) so he can buy his own school clothes without our help. I am thrilled at the prospect, even though he has an ulterior motive. See, he thinks that just because we don't buy them for him, then we won't be able to say anything about what he buys. WRONG! As I have mentioned before, this is not a democracy in our household. It is a sprinkleocracy. We're lenient enough, but we're not crazy.
And I am trying to cram as much fun into every day that we have before school starts. (Because this is the last free summer that my babies will have for 12 (at least) more years!! The rest of them will just be mini-vacations in between grade levels.) And I must admit, I am actually having a great summer, the first one I have had in a long time! Must be something about being smoke-free I can actually go out and DO more without having to take a smoke break every 20 minutes.
And speaking of doing more, I am going out to play now. What, you thought 40 year old women didn't do that? Think again!:)
Peace allllllllll....................
I never realized that getting 3 kids ready for school would be so much work! Bear in mind that for the past 8 years, I've only had to get Josh ready but that was so routine I was used to it. This year, we had to get the boys registered, get blue cards, fill out forms, get supply lists, buy said items on supply lists and on and on and on and on and....well, you get the point. Not to mention the fact that Josh has decided he just MUST have $100 shoes this year. That's fine though. We kicked in $50 and he's working odd jobs around the neighborhood to come up with the rest. He only has $20 to go and those unnecessarily expensive Nikes are his. Not happy with the price tag, don't think any shoes should cost that much;HOWEVER, I am quite happy with his enterpreneurial spirit. This time next year, he wants to have a real job (as in a paycheck and all) so he can buy his own school clothes without our help. I am thrilled at the prospect, even though he has an ulterior motive. See, he thinks that just because we don't buy them for him, then we won't be able to say anything about what he buys. WRONG! As I have mentioned before, this is not a democracy in our household. It is a sprinkleocracy. We're lenient enough, but we're not crazy.
And I am trying to cram as much fun into every day that we have before school starts. (Because this is the last free summer that my babies will have for 12 (at least) more years!! The rest of them will just be mini-vacations in between grade levels.) And I must admit, I am actually having a great summer, the first one I have had in a long time! Must be something about being smoke-free I can actually go out and DO more without having to take a smoke break every 20 minutes.
And speaking of doing more, I am going out to play now. What, you thought 40 year old women didn't do that? Think again!:)
Peace allllllllll....................
Saturday, July 05, 2008
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