week 1...

Let me just say... I am very proud of myself! I'm doing a weekly weigh in at my dad's house because he's got the 'fancy' scale and... well... he's throwing a little insentive my way if I make it to my goal! Yay! Sooo, I headed that way to do the ol' weigh in. Success!!! I lost 4lbs this week! No kidding! And no, I'm absolutly not starving myself! I've changed 3 things in my life...

#really watch what I eat, including portion control
#run/walk every night 1.5 miles (I have a loop!)
#don't eat after 7pm

Now, I know that 4lbs a week is probably not a realistic amount to lose each week but I'll still be happy with 2 or 3lbs. I'll update again next Sunday! :o)

I'm putting it out there...

I'm putting this out there for all the world to see! I figure if I do so, I may be less likely to fail... right? I'd like to think so anyway...

ehem!

On October 2nd we are headed to Seattle for a quick 5th anniversary trip with some friends and I am soooo excited! Although, I'd be more excited if I could fit into a cute pair of jeans while I'm there... minus the love handles.

Now... going back in time. From last December to about February I lost 15lbs. Since then I've totally plateaued and maybe even gained a few back.

So I'm putten it out there for all the world to see! I am going to lose 12lbs by October 2nd. That gives me 5 weeks and breaks down to almost 2.5lbs per week. I think it's do-able... right?!

So... I need YOU to ask me how I'm doing once in awhile... or every fricken day maybe! I'll try & keep a little update now and then but in the mean time... just watch my little ticker on the left hand side here and you should see it start going down (insert hopeful face here).

I'm excited! I have my plan in place & my goal in mind. I am going to do this! I am sooo incredibly sick of feeling icky about myself. GO ME!

ohhh... somebody's gonna be sooooo fired!!!

Ok, this is REAL... REALLY REAL!!! I saw this this morning on the actual Sears website. It has been taken down now, obviously. Ok, really?! LMAO! LMAO! LMAO! I think someone was super-duper mad at there boss. Fortunately for them, they probably won't have to worry about that pestery boss anymore because something tells me they will no longer have a job at Sears. OMG LMAO again!

http://community.babycenter.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2Ftag%2FCookingBabies%2F

Ok to set things straight... I'm not a supporter of baby cooking, nor do I think it's funny... but this, this is funny! Someone has some serious balls and no need for a job!

backyard projects...

My dear Timmy has been working, what seems like, endlessly on our backyard. You see, when we first moved in here the backyard was not complete. The previous owners only completed half the backyard and left the other half totally neglected and without sprinklers. I just don't understand... 5 years... 5 years these people lived here! Soooo... when we moved in, that was basically one of the firsts on our 'to do' list.

This is sorta how it looked, except the weeds actually used to stand up to our thighs. This is what it looked like after we sprayed & weed eated and installed a sprinkler system (now... when I say 'we' I actually mean Tim). Ehem...

Here we are after we laid sod...

And this poor pathetic excuse for a tree didn't make it into the new landscape plans....

Instead... we made a cute little fire pit out of it! Lol! Really, this tree had no chance. It was dead. We just laid the brick around it, Tim cut the tree level with the top of the brick and we plan on burning our first fire in it (including the tree) tonight!

I'm pretty proud of our backyard and I'm pretty darn proud of Tim for taking on such a long, frusturating project. There were many times that we thought this project would never end. I'm so glad we're past the icky part and I can just focus on planting flowers, trees and shrubs. I can't wait for about 4 years when everything is full grown, big & pretty.

Andddd... just for fun...

Allie wearing funny glasses yesterday...

Kole enjoying some bbq'd corn on the cob for the first time tonight...



I just love summer... don't you?! :o}

I have a stalker...

He showed up at my living room window several times yesterday. I called the authorities (my mom). She pretty much just told me to shut my blinds and hope he goes away. I tried it but no, he just moved to the back door so I shut those too. He didn't come back at all yesterday. I thought maybe he was gone for good. Then... 6:20am this Saturday morning... he was at my bedroom window!!! Peeking in on us while we were sleeping! When will this end? When will I ever find peace in my own home???

Not only does he look in my window... he also knocks.

aint she purdy...

Ohhhh she's such a friggen joy. The thing that I'd like to know is WHY oh WHY do they make such a big deal about the age of 2? Terrible 2's?! Huh! They should call them 'a walk in the park 2's'. 2 is nothin! Not only do we know everything at the age of 3, we also don't need any help at the age of 3 and we also get a little sneaky at the age of 3.

Another new 'thing' of hers is changing her clothes 856,000 times a day. a typical outfit for Allie one minute may be a long sleeve shirt with one arm through the sleeve & one arm through the neck hole, a ballerina skirt & some dress shoes on the wrong feet. However, look away for 5 seconds and that outfit might very well change.

At least I still have my sweet snuggly little boy. ;o)

dance dance dance...

Allie had her first dance recital a few weeks ago. All of the little girls did so good and believe it or not, there was no crying on stage. None of em'! At first, when the curtain opened the girls were all stunned and just kind of stood there in ahhh of the crowd. Once the shock wore off they all started dancing. It was funny, the whole time Allie was a little off from everyone else, as you will see in some of the pictures. But hey, I was just glad she didn't just stand there and cry. We were so proud of our little dancer!

(below... Allie is on the far left sitting)

(below... you can see Allie is the only one going to the far right. LOL!)