New Year's Resolutions

2013 New Year's Resolution

 

1. Take a DISTANT trip on my next vacation to a beach!
2. Lose 8lbs a month until Sept....  That's right... 72lbs!!!  It's a VERY tall order! 
3. Join Weight Watchers and attend meetings on a weekly basis.
4. Join a gym and work out in mornings before work.
5. Pack my lunch every day for work to save money and calories on meals.
6. Work no more than 40 hours a week. 
7. Read a book to my daughter most nights before bed.  Some nights I don't get home soon enough before she falls asleep. 
8. Work on baby #2 in fall of 2013.
9. Pay off my 1 credit card and keep it paid off (I like to shop).
10. Blog at least 3X a week again.
11. Get baby #1 potty trained by fall of 2013.
12. Start a college fund for Brynn.
13. Repeat from last year:  Run in a 5K.

Some of it is pretty personal, but I don't mind sharing them.  I am an open book most days. 

 

What are your new year's resolutions?  I gave 13 for 2013.  :)   

 

It starts when the ball drops!

 

 

Skinny Gal...  Somewhere.

2013 is almost here!

Hello Bloggies!

I haven't been blogging in quite some time and I have missed everyone so much in my absence.  In my absence though, I've still had the viewers every day, so thanks to all that keep me in mind.  My profile jumped like 6,000 views since my last post. 

Anyways, I wanted to recap this year and give a sneak peak of my new years resolutions.  Here we go.....

I'll start with Brynnie being a 3 month old.  Here she is taking a bath in Jan. 2012.  She now loves baths so much that she throws a fit when the water starts going down the drain. 

 

Here are some photos I took of her at 3 months old at the beginning of the year.  I love peacock colors, so I went with that look when I photographed her in Jan. 2012.

Not much happened over the spring, I focused on my weight loss and lost 34lbs in 2012!!! 

 

Here is a spring photo of Brynnie Boo.  Man, has she grown up so much since the beginning of the year.  This dress was made by my mother and I. 

 

I photographed my first wedding in the spring of 2012.

 

 

Shawn was in the wedding.  Look how handsome he can be in a suit...  :)

 

In September, we had Brynn's first Birthday.  It was Diva-themed. 

 

 

Look how beautiful my lil' princess is in that photo.  Shortly after her Birthday, we had to give her a SECOND haircut.  I often cut my own hair and I have cut my own hair since I was 15 years old, so cutting Brynn's hair was a piece of cake.  I cut her hair in a bob cut.

 

 

I had my first High school reunion that I attended.  It was pretty lame.  No one had really changed from 2002 and it will probably be the last one I attend.  I did have a good time taking goofy photos with one of my best friends from High school. 

 

 

 

 

A week after my reunion, I got promoted at work.....  Why couldn't it have came just a week sooner?  Just like every person on this Earth, I kind of wanted to brag about my new opportunity.  I'm not quite sure it was the right decision for me, but I'm dealing at the moment.  I got pretty beat up the last few weeks before I went on vacation this year.  Let's just say that I am putting in a solid year of it, then I am going to search for a company that treats it's employees a little better than where I currently am at in the education field.  

 

With all the stress and extra hours at work, I gained 10 of my 34lbs back.  :( 

 

At least I get to come home to this face!  This was Thanksgiving 2012. 

 

 

Taking a jump back a few weeks, I went as Alice from Alice and Wonderland for Halloween.  If you are not a long time reader, then you probably don't know that Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite stories.

 



 

 

 Lastly, I made it past made it through my first quarter as a functional director of our school.  Thankfully, I took an 11 day vacation after the quarter ended. 

 

While on leave I took some beautiful photos of Brynn.  I did absolutely nothing after that other than attend family Christmas parties.   

 

 

 

I am more than excited for the New Year.  I've had a pretty great vacation snuggling my baby Brynn, but I am ready to get back to weight loss and routine.  It's difficult with my job, but I have to try to make it work.

 

Since this is a long post, I will have my New Year's resolutions for tomorrow.  To be continued....

 

XOXO,

 

Skinny Gal Somewhere.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A post from your long lost blogger

Well, it's been about 2 weeks since my last post.  I've missed blogging dearly and the girlfriends I have met on here.  For those that are close to me, add me to Facebook.  I get on there just a tiny bit more than here, but not much more.

I've had many questions about my new job, so I guess I will talk a little about that first.  Obviously, I can't say much about it, but I can tell you that it's going pretty well and I am just crazy busy everyday-all day.  Which is why I am not blogging every day anymore.  I lost an employee last week and now I have two positions to fill on my team.  I spent the week interviewing, putting out fires, and trying to generate leads for our team.  It was a pretty busy week, I put about 46 hours in this week, which isn't too terrible.  My goal is to stay under 45 every week, but that won't always happen. 

On a different note, I am more than excited about today's events!  I have a wedding to go to that I think will be pretty fancy-fun and I have an annual Halloween costume party to attend at one of Shawn's friends house.  We went last year and it was a blast.  I will be attending as Alice in her red and white costume from the Newest Alice in Wonderland movie.

If you read my blog long, you would know that I love Alice and Wonderland.  Two years ago I went as the Red Queen and had a Halloween themed party as Alice and Wonderland.  Here is a photo from 2 years ago.  Get ready, I was about 50 lbs heavier:



We had several people that attended that night.  This is just the 5 that followed the theme (all are my closest friends).  I could not for the life of me get Shawn to dress up in Alice and Wonderland.  He still won't this year.  So, I'm going as Alice, and as of right now he has no costume for this evening. 

Pictures to come.....  Hopefully, on Monday!!!

Mixed Emotions

I've considered surrendering my blog.  I know it's going to be difficult to post daily and even every other day with my new position.  Though, I would miss some beautiful relationships I have built with some of my ladies on here.  I feel like every day I miss in blogging, I become less missed in the community.

Ultimately, I will get back on the weight loss band wagon and I will be interesting again.  I mean I look back and think about what I have already accomplished since I had my daughter.  I lost 32 lbs last year after having Brynn and this year I have lost 40 lbs.  I still have 60 lbs to go....  I just needed a break from it for a while.  I hate to make a commitment that I couldn't keep, so I think on Monday I will start working out again, but no programs that I feel I have to be dedicated to while I get used to my new job.

The great thing about this position is that it keeps me so busy throughout the day that I eat way less!  I used to eat a lot of chocolate from our director's candy bowl and NOW I have my very own bowl where he provides me all the candy I want and I don't even think about it.  It sits right in front of me and I am not even the slightest bit tempted. 

So, my first week as boss lady wasn't too terrible.  I feel like I have a lot of support from all my coworkers.  I did run into some issues over vacation request, but I got a quick handle on those at the beginning of the week.  I think my boss is pretty impressed and a little ashamed that he didn't promote me sooner.  I was promoted into a role that has been open for 6 months.  I applied when it first came available, but he didn't want to consider me at the time.

Since Monday I am down 6 lovely pounds.  It makes me incredibly happy seeing that I don't have much time to work out.  Here's hoping for another week next week like this one!

I hope everyone had a good week and I'm sorry to be missing in action this week.  I hope to post more next week. 

Girl Talk Tuesday: Always Kiss Me Goodnight

LAYYYYY-DESSSSSSSSS.  My question of the day is......  Is there something that your man does that NO other man in your life has done before?  It would have to be something that would separate them from the rest.

Whether I am exhausted, sick, already in bed, mad at each other, etc.  My hubs always remembers to kiss me goodnight.  It's weird, but WAY sweet.  If I don't tell him goodnight, he will make a point, wake me up and kiss me.  He'll usually say something to the nature of, "You didn't tell me you were going to bed."

Shawn isn't perfect, but really, what guy is, right?  Just us women can be perfect.  When someone asks me why I am with him, I always have to defend him, because he is the sweetest guy I have ever dated.  He's genuine to me and has his moments where I can tell he just gets me.

It's incredibly charming in my opinion.  I have never had a guy care about me so much that they want to end the night with a kiss-EVERY NIGHT.  Gush. 

So, that is mine, what does yours do that just makes you melt?

XO-Skinny Gal...  Somewhere.

Time To Pull Up My Big Girl Panties

It's time to pull those big girl panties again and take charge.  That's right people, I received my offer for my promotion!!  This is going to take me from an Indian to a chief. 

I am VERY nervous. 

Why you ask?

I work for a company that is very by the book on their policies.  I am going to be forced to do things I may not be comfortable with doing for once in my life, but management comes with responsibilities and it's something I will have to adapt to while I am in this role.

Here are my fears:

• My friends/work family will despise me for policies my company writes, even though I am just the messenger
• The elders will not respect me, since I will be their "younger" supervisor.
• Failure.
• Not accomplishing the expectation that has been set for me.
• Not being properly trained.
• Jealousy.

Is this a feeling everyone experiences when they move up to management? 

On the other end, I am on cloud nine right now!!!  Not one other applicant made it all the way through the interview process and they interviewed a ton of people and had about 200 applicants.  I had a total of 4 interviews to get this promotion, which is why I have been missing in action the past week in the blogging world.  You'd think I was taking a position that made 6 figures given the difficulty of the hiring process.  I interviewed on the local, district, regional, and national level. 

I mean...  WOW.  They picked me.  That in itself is a great feeling and I am proud! 

So now I just have to get past my fear, hold my head high, pull those spanks up of mine and take charge.  GRRRRR. 

I had many employees congratulate me and others who said I was nuts, since it is a tough job.  I spent today working on cleaning my new office.  CHECK. IT. OUT.  I am in heaven!  For the first time in my career I have a freaking door!!!  How cool is that?!?

It's amazing how a door can make someone so happy.  Before my gorgeous new office, I was working in basically a closest space room of cubicles with 10 other employees.  Let me tell you, you hear conversations that you sometimes just don't wanna know about.  You also get frustrated, because sometimes your co-workers won't STFU!  :)

Any who.....  I am nervous, but very happy.  This is going to be such a great opportunity for my career and listen to how snazzy this sounds....  Director of Recruitment....  Awwwww....  I'm stoked.

XO-Skinny Gal... Somewhere.   




 

 

Friday Favorites

The topic: Friday Favorites

I don't have a video up yet, but I wanted to get something in for today.

What's your name?
Stephanie

What's your favorite fast food meal?
Oh, fast food...  AKA "The Devil".  I'd say my favorite fast food has to be something Mexican related.  I like Moe's and Qudoba quite a bit.  For those who live in larger cities, it's like a Subway for burritos.  YUM!  Chicken queso burrito, right up!

What was your favorite music video on TRL?
I was a teen through the boy band era, so I'd have to say "Everybody" by the Back Street Boys.  I would get up and do the dance they do at the end, sing along, and I loved the dress up parts of all the halloween-esk outfits.

If your house caught fire, what is the one favorite material object you would take out with you?
I'd say my albums of pictures.  Pictures are memories and you can't get those back!

What is your favorite workout?
TurboFire!  It's kickboxing and dance and it's the ONLY workout program I have ever been able to stick to every week.

What is your favorite food in your pantry?
At this exact moment???  I'd proabably say there isn't anything, because I haven't been to the store in quite some time.  Usually, I go for chocolate.  Nothing particular in mind really.  I get bored easily with the same foods, so I usually try to change it up.


What is your favorite gift you have ever received?
My gift from God!  My little dumpling daughter-Brynnie.  She is my everything and the only person I need in life.

Girl Talk Tuesday: How I Met My Wife (Part 2)

I had just gotten out of a 2 year relationship with a slut  girl who couldn't keep her legs closed.  I suspected that she probably cheated on me the entire 2 years we dated.  I would often catch her with naked photos on her phone, that I KNOW she wasn't sending me, so why else would she have naked photos of herself on her phone?  It was like she was starting her own bus route and giving every guy a ride.   

Then there's also the fact that she left me for another guy who was twice my size in weight.  She said she was always attracted to a "Burley-type guy", and this guy was no Paul Bunyun.  He was just a plain-fat.  I like to keep my stomach in my jeans and not spilling out the tops of them.  Put it this way, there's no way this guy could see his own trouser snake, I have no idea how he even reached it to take a piss.    

I was out at a local concert with a buddy of mine and afterwards decided to text an old friend to see if she had wanted to go karaoke singing with me.  She said she had to work, but that they had karaoke there, so I decided to check it out.  She said she was at the Brickhouse. 

So, here I am going into my first gay bar...  Not that I would have a problem with it, but I know I'd have a look of "fresh meat" on my face.  It's kind of like that drunk person that everyone has seen or been before.  The individual who knows they're so drunk that they can't walk straight, but yet they're trying everything they can to not show how drunk they really are, even though they still have a "wobble" to them.....  In my mind they were probably all thinking "Look at this awkward straight white guy walking into the gay bar".

I just get there and I have one beer.  The upstairs was dead, because the drag show had just ended.  All of a sudden this girl sits down beside me with this BLUE dress (It was black, I didn't own a blue dress at the time, but he swears it was blue...  God love him...-SGS).  She instantly, starts talking to me about the Yankees since I had a Yankees screensaver on my phone and then she wanted to add me to Facebook. 

All I could think of is, "Who is this weird girl?"  I was taken back, because she was so outspoken and women usually just don't dive in head first with conversation.  It was obvious that she was NOT shy.

So, the bartender and myself go downstairs after all of this and hit up some karaoke.  All of a sudden Stephanie walks back in and tells us her story about Bob and how inappropriate he had been.  My description of Bob would be one of those idiot-young 20 year olds that think they are hot shit and that they can say and do whatever they want with women.

Over time this beautiful girl wore into me and I let my guard down.  I was apprehensive at first, because I had just gotten out of a relationship and felt like women were the devil.  In the end, I was just dating the wrong type of women.  I realized this when I met Steph.  She's driven, responsible, and committed to us.

I love her!

-The Hubs

  

 

The Boob Tube

Ok, so I know I promised Shawn's version of our love story, but it's like getting a cat in heat to stop raising it's rear to get him to sit down and finish it with me.  I'll probably feature it next Tuesday for "Girl Talk Tuesdays". 

On blogs earlier this week, everyone featured their FAV waste of timers T.V. shows.  I wanted to share mine.  Keep in mind I live in another place of mind where fairies and unicorns live. 

Speaking of unicorns, has everyone seen Charlie the Unicorn???  If not, you have to watch this pointless-- waste of 3 mins.  The first week my hubs and I were together he showed me this stupid video and at first I thought it was SO stupid, but Charlie grew on me and now I quote all 5 videos every time unicorns are brought up.  AND...  CANDY MOUNTAIN!!! 

I will show my fav shows in order of my favorite ones to ones that are just.....  MEW.... 

The only show that I will stop everything for is.....  The Walking Dead.  Even if you do not like Zombies, it is such a great show that has a great build of characters and drama.

Shows I watch religiously:

1. The Walking Dead
2. Once Upon a Time-One of my newest luvies.  I enjoy watching all the fairy tales in a different version.
3. True Blood-This one intrigues me at times, other times it's pretty stupid.  The last season was pretty decent.  I mainly like watching all the hotties on the show running around half naked....  Eric=panties dropper.
4. HUNG-Who doesn't love a story about a guy that's hung like a horse??? 
5. Game of Thrones-Awesome drama!
6. Glee-Reminds me of karaoke in a sense.  It also has a good story to it.  I'd love to live in a world where I could just break into song-- out of no where.  lol
7. New Girl-BEST COMEDY ON T.V. PERIOD!
8. Vampire Diaries- Ian Somerhalder  (GUSH), do I need to say more?  I still think he would be the best Christian Grey for fifty Shades.  BOY IS FINNNNNNEEEE!  Who doesn't love a bad boy?

Shows that I watch, but I don't HAVE to watch:

1. The Voice
2. Revolution-I just started this one and I'm wondering how much longer I will continue to do so....
3. Bachelor, Bachelorette, Bachelor Pad-I enjoy watching these idiots make a complete mess of their dignity on this show.  There's obviously a reason they are all single and desperate!
4. Up All Night-This show falls short for me.  I find myself on my laptop more than I actually pay attention to it.
5. NFL football-Anyone else a Giants or Colts fan?
6. Face off
7. Lost Girl
8. Being Human
9. Girls-Slightly reminds me of Sex in the City at a younger age.

Shows I miss:

1. Lost-Yep.  I am a lost junkie.  Again, Ian Somerhalder had me at "I'm Boone" during the first season and I couldn't stop watching. 
2. Sex and the City-It's the ONLY complete series I have on DVD
3. Heroes-I have no idea why they pulled this one...  Anyone know???
4. Friends

Shows that I can't wait to watch this year:

1. American Horror Story-- With the hubs holding my hand.  lol 

It's obvious I am a HUGE potato butt!  Actually, before DVR, I never watched T.V.,,, like AT ALL.  I DVR everything and usually catch up when I have absolutely nothing else to do with me precious time.  I guess I fit in with the nerds, because if you see the theme here, I am a huge Sci-fi junkie.     

HUMP DAY!

Get your hump on ladies....  Was that too much?  LOL

Anyways, just wanted to drop in and say part 2 of my lovely luuvvvv story will probably be up tomorrow.  I got home late last night after work and baby B. was already passed out and I felt obligated to go to bed. 

Things are going well at work!  I am through the first interview for this promotion and I have two more to go, hopefully this week.  It's a waiting game from here. 

The Shred is not going well.  With this promotion ordeal going on, I have had a hard time finding time to work out.  I KNOW it's only 20 minutes and I shouldn't have any excuses, but when it comes down to it, with the nerves/stress I have going on right now, I'd rather spend my time snuggling my sweet child than working out.  I'll get there again, but now is just not a good time. 

I've noticed that many of you are getting into these "Button" ordeals for the blogs to where you can click them and it will take you to that particular person's page.  Does anyone want to tell me how to accomplish this?  I'd like a cute little button that you can click other than the one in my lady parts. 

Oops....  I did it again.  Sorry guys, I never claimed to be modest and I just assume that if it offends anyone, then they have a choice whether they really want to continue reading my blog or not. 

Which brings me to my next point.  If you are a long time reader, you have probably noticed that I have gone from being conservative to saying what I actually want.  How I type my blogs now is really how I talk in real life.  I am be pretty inappropriate at times, I try to find humor in everything I do, and I like to surround myself with individuals who live on the "lighter side" of life.

Why be so serious all the time?  Right? 

Let loose ladies, be yourself--It really is liberating!

Girl Talk Tuesday

How I met my Hubs...  And how he fell....  Sort of. (Part 1) 



My first ever themed day, I'd like to discuss the topic of how we all met our significant others.

Shawn and I's story is actually quite amusing considering WHERE we met. 

So, once upon a time.....

The hubs and I met at a GAY bar.  I'm shitting you not!  You really can find love surrounded by rainbows and fairies. 

I was at a point in my life where I had given up on love.
Newly divorced. 
On a sexual rampage. 
With absolutely no care in the world for my actions.

I enjoyed my time out with my gay boys and I spent the weekends watching the drags of the Ville diva it up on the stage.  I wasn't welcomed there, most of the lesbos called me, "that straight white girl" and so I just sat in the corner with my friend Kenton and drank myself into a stupor.

A guy (let's call him Bob for story telling purposes) that I had no intentions on ever dating decided to show up at the bar and try to molest me.  I was wearing a black dress and he thought it would be fun to try to put his hands up it.  I started freaking out, so I told one of the girl's that worked there (the bartender), who happened to be straight as well, what Bob was doing.  She had invited her friend out too (my future husband). 

So, she tells me to sit down and entertain Shawn while she gave the inappropriate gentleman, Bob, a "talkin' to".  She talks to Bob for a good 15 minutes, which allows me to jabber the huz's ears off.  I'm a chatty Kathy, I can't help it..... 

I was able to add him as a friend on Facebook, so we could at least be "friends", since I felt like he was into bartender.

Finally, I go back to Bob and he is ready to go home.  I walk him out to his car and he precedes to pull me into his truck to talk, then he decides to show me his one eyed pirate.  ARRRR....  He kept trying to get me to look at it, which I would not.

 I guess seeing the size would want to make me jump on it or something???  I am glad it's worked for you in the past dude, but it's not welcomed with me.  Schmuck. 

I'm finally able to get out of the car and he follows me down the rode and yelling for me to get back in his truck.  It was like something you have seen in the movies.

What. A. Weirdo.  It was the last time I talked to him. 

I came back into the bar, scared to death from what I just witnessed, and Shawn was now downstairs and singing karaoke.  I ran up to him and bartender and told them what had happened with Bob.  Freak. 

Shawn sang one song that I can remember, and it was Michael Bubble's "Feelin' Good".  

Was I attracted to my husband before I heard him sing?????  Yes. 

Does the singng add to his overall appearance???  Absolutely!  It's a panties dropper.

I make it home that night and pass out with my puggle- Lilly-Lou. 

The next day I was supposed to meet up with an old friend of mine who was trying to hook me up with his brother.  I had caught Shawn on Facebook the next morning and asked him how his night went with bartender.  He said it went well and that she was a "cool chick".  He said he was going somewhere that evening for karaoke that I had never heard of before.  Right as I was about to give him my cellphone number, my computer crashed with a virus and I could not get back on Facebook.

So, I went out with my old friend who I realized was very lame and his brother was super lame.  I really wanted to know where to find Shawn's karaoke bar.  So, I asked my lame friend if I could use his phone, since I had a basic phone without Internet.  I logged into my FB account and sent him my number.

He texts me shortly after.  I was thrilled to get away from those lame morons.  I get to this whole in the wall bar he is at and we sing, slow dance, and spend the evening together until 4am.  It was sparks.  We were inseparable ever since that night. 

Over two years together, marriage, and a baby, we both lived happily ever after.  The end.  Now, that is my sugar coated love story.  Stayed tuned for his version of the story tomorrow.

LADIES-How did you met your hubby????  I wanna hear about it!

XO-Skinny Gal.....  Somewhere.

 



My 10 Year Reunion

My 10 year reunion......  Was........  LAME SAUCE. 

It wasn't a horrible time, because I was with one of my gal pals that I have been friends with since high school.  She lives in Texas now, so I don't get to see her very often. 

The pretty girls from high school are still pretty, still snobby, still materialistic, still.....  Them. 

I thought people changed after high school???

I asked one of the popular guys what he was doing now after high school and he followed up with, "I'm a lawyer."   STICK FOOT IN MOUTH......  Note to self:  Do not ask anyone else what they are doing now.

We did have a good time taking silly photos.  I don't have all the photos, most of them are on Ashley's camera, so here's what I do have:

Heerow, my name is SGS.  I'm an aspiring MILF.

Here's the outfit.....  I had to give two different poses to really show it off.

The girls and I.

I wasn't one of the most popular girls in high school, I'd say I was on middle ground.  I played high school soccer, I made good grades (I think I was ranked 76/450ish GPA wise), and I really just kept to myself and always had a steady boyfriend. 

This was right after graduation my senior year.  I think I have came a long way and I finally feel grown up.

AND ONE LAST SCAREY/GOOFY one:

So, this was after quite a few drinks.  I discovered a NEW drink that EVERYONE has to try.  It's whipped cream vodka and sprites.  AH-MAZING!  Any other fab.u.lous drinks my sheltered self should try??

Skinny Gal.... Somewhere.

Tomorrow is going to be my first "themed" day.  How about some "Girl Talk Tuesday" in that house???  Bitches be lovin' it!



The Versatile Blogger Award

I blushed a little when I found I was nominated from Erin at Homemade Happenings.   Check out this sweet, sweet gal's blog.  On another note, I am taking Erin's advice and going comfortable for this evenings reunion.  I decided that this was an event to splurge for, so I went to my favorite store, New York and Company, and bought a $68 outfit for this evening that I think is going to be smokin' hot.  I'm just striving for that Stephalicious look in all honesty.  I'm hot in my own way.  Hey, if Fergie can create her name as Fergalicious, I can too damnit. 

So, I know a lot of you voted dress #2 earlier this week, so I wore that outfit yesterday and I wanted to show it off.  This is a dress I bought at Kohls for $10!!!

Dress-Kohls-$10-On clearance NOW, go buy it hookers

Boots-Shoe Carnival-5 yrs old

Belt-New York and Company

Necklace-Body Central

I actually bought the dress for $5, because I purchased the black one too which was $10 and I had a promotional $10 off without a limit purchase from the mail.  Can you tell I am typically a bargain shopper???

OK, here is the big reveal for the hair....  I mean, it's like a red carpet premier in my mind...  lol  Actually, the hubs said he didn't want me to go as dark as the picture from the other day, so I settled in the middle.  I darkened it up for fall so I don't look washed out and I kept the blond.  I had her darken the low light to a dark carmel color which I had her do the entire bottom layer, the underneath portion and low light it throughout.  I had her keep the blond at a platinum color.  I LOVES IT!  I was going for that look where you could tell that I have it colored.  I sometimes get bored with looking natural.  It's really hard to tell the hair in the picture.  I am going to take several pictures tonight and hopefully you will see it better with the off white cardigan I bought.   

7 Random Facts Brought to You By:  Skinny Gal.... Somewhere.

1. I'm pretty sure NO ONE knows this about me.....  I secretly love to dance while getting ready for an event.  I love playing my music loud and being goofy, which is why it takes me so much longer to get ready than for work.
2. I love karaoke and I love to sing too, though my husband trumps my efforts with his golden voice.  This momma went out on Thursday and I sang mostly duets.  Shawn and I sang "Don't You Want me Baby" by the Human League, a friend and I sang "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips and we even did the Bridesmaid's dance along with it (One of my all time favs), and I sang "Moves like Jagar" by Maroon 5 with the DJ.
3. I'm very career oriented.  I am currently up for a promotion that would literally double my salary.  I have 3 intense interviews next week.  Fingers crossed people!!  Along the same lines--There is no way on earth I could ever be a stay at home mom!!  I need adult interaction.  Period.
4. I haven't went on a vacation since I was 18 years old...  That's 11 years people!!!  My mom bitches about not going on a cruise every year, and it makes me want to chuck something at her.  People can be so spoiled!!  I haven't gone on a vacation, because I never have the money and usually my vacation time goes to watching my kiddos.  Before my kiddos it was always work, college, and again - NO money.  I bought my house 4 years ago and it literally sucks the life out of me and my bank account.
5. I think collectibles are pointless.....  Which is one MAJOR ordeal with my hubs.  He collects everything-Hot Wheels, Star Wars EVERYTHING, Tron EVERYTHING, toys, old timey bottles, etc, etc etc.-----POINTLESS and that shit takes up too much space!!!  It disgusts me really.  I even hate buying toys for my girls.  It's just extra junk laying around that is trashing up my house.  Brynn usually plays with her toys, so I am ok with hers.  Sam does not, which is why I hate buying them for her.  She has SO many toys that she takes them all for granted.  That is a story for another day though.....
6. I am not a punctual person.  At work it's hit and miss whether I am on time.  Sometimes I am on time and other days I am anywhere from 1-5 mins late.  For everything else......  Always late.
7. I am so terrified of snakes, that I can't watch them on T.V., see them in zoo exhibits, play with the little snake toys in the stores, etc.  I have a MAJOR phobia with snakes.  Every time I see one, I get chills and have to close my eyes.     

Here are the ladies that I am tagging that haven't been tagged (I don't think):

   Aly from Analyze This

Jenny from Not Just A Pretty Face 

-Fun fact:  Jenny was my 1st follower.  Love her!

MrsD from When Does Mommy Get a Nap

Meagan from Make a Run for it

Mama Laughlin

Megan from Miss Madison's Charmed Life

Here are the details if you are tagged:

1. Nominate up to 15 fellow bloggers who are relatively new to blogging
2. Let the nominated bloggers know they have been nominated
3. Share 7 random facts about yourself
4. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to them in your post
5. Add the Versatile Blogger Award picture to your post

Pictures from the reunion on Monday!!!

Have a great weekend bloggies,
XOXO



Mid Week Check-in

Holla!  I am doing great with the weight loss this WEEK so far... 

I am at a 4 lb loss so far with the new diet and the Shred.  I am SO sore from the Shred.  I usually don't get too excited the first week, because I know it's probably excess water from gorging myself on carbs for weeks and sodium from my lovely Dews.

My large badonkadonk has taken a good hit and is really sore.  I had to get my BC shot yesterday in the buttocks and now my left cheek REALLY hurts, but I told myself as I was getting it injected, "no babies, no babies, no babies....."  LOL  At least not until next year!!  Momma needs to get through a wedding and shed massive amounts of some weight.  :)

I am going to try to avoid measuring my inches until my 30 days of Shred is up.

Getting my hair did this evening and I think it's time to go a little darker.  I thought about this:

Maybe not that dark, but I love the two colors together.  What do you all think?  I'm WAY to indecisive, but I need some kind of change for the fall. 
Just two more days ladies until the weekend!!

High School Reunion????

On Saturday, I am going to crash my High School reunion.  I say "crash", because I didn't buy tickets to go to it, but I am going to still show up at the bar.  They wanted us to pay $20 to go to our small town bar...  That would have been $40 for the hubs and I....  Yea...  Not going to happen. 

I am going with my hubs, one of my besties from high school and one of my EX's!!!!  This happens to be the ex-boyfriend that was my longest relationship.  I dated him for 5 years (through high school and majority of the time through college up until my senior year), he's also the dude that plays the guitar and likes to sit at home majority of the time.

I can't say that there aren't feelings there.  I think there is always some kind of feeling when you see an old ex.  I'm not interested in him, but I have memories.  The good, the bad, and the ugly.  I have to say, he is the only guy that never cheated on me other than my hubbers and we had some pretty good times through out the years, but we also had some ugly times as well.   

Regardless, I am needing the help from my ladies to see what I should wear...

I am about 50lbs heavier than I was in High School which makes me super nervous!! 

Here are a couple of outfits I am thinking about:

So, there are the dresses I have picked out, now I could do black pants, red stilettos and this red silky shirt from NYC found-HERE.  You have to select the red color to really see how pretty it is.  :)

What do you think????

Back to the Bizzzz....

I officially feel "flabby" again even though I have only gained back like 3 pounds and a few inches, but I haven't worked out in about 2 months due to being ridiculously busy and sickness.... 

I have several workout DVD's and books.  One of my hobbies is reading diet fad books just to see what the "big secret" is to them and what they recommend as to how to lose weight.  I saw one of my Biggest Loser books and decided to take a peak at it since my workout routine is going to be around the famous Ms. Jillian. 

One of my major problems is my diet.  I realized over the past 2 months I have fallen back into bad habits...  Chocolate everyday at work, Diet Mt. Dew, alcohol, over eating, etc, etc, etc.  I am a fatty for a reason. 

I think my first major downfall was drinking the diet dew.... Studies show that Diet beverages make you feel hungry, and yes, I totally agree!!!  Since I am dedicated to losing this weight, I decided to dropped the dew.....  I'm sorry Dew...  You know I love you, but you gots to go!! 

Secondly, absolutely no more chocolate!!!  This should be easy.  Chocolate is just like any other addiction I have ever had.  If I don't think about it, then I can easy to forget about it.  Kind of like all my ex's...  It's like they never existed!!!

Oh alcohol.....  You marvelous little dirty deed...    Luckily, my newest game plan for clean eating by Biggest Loser allows up to 200 calories for "Extras".  That's 2 glasses of wine, 1 1/2 bottles of beers, or 2 shots of distilled liquor.  I think I am going to start drinking wine more often than beer.  I love the taste of beer so much that it is sometimes hard to stop drinking it when I am out with friends. 

So here's the pyramid for my food plan:

It's supposed to be all "clean" foods.  Preferably fresh fruits and veggies.  I am trying to avoid frozen and canned foods, but sometimes that is the easiest with children, chores, and my full time job.

I think the hardest part about this diet will be reducing my whole grains to only 2 servings.  I might have to have at least 3 servings. 

My goal is to be between 1200-1400 calories everyday.

Yesterday I hit 1408 calories and I felt like I was starving!!  I hate the new change of starting a diet.  When I eat foods that I don't really like, I seem to notice that I am more hungry on those days.  I didn't get to prep my food yesterday.  I worked from 7:30am-12:00pm then I was back from 3:00pm-9pm.  It's our start week and all of my students were starting yesterday, so I had to be here for majority of the time and I spent my break and the grocery.  It seriously felt like the longest day ever.  Not to sound dramatic, but it sucked monkey balls that have been dragged through the dirt!

Today I started the famous 30 Day Shred,  I also have No More Trouble Zones and 6 pack in 6 weeks.    These are all Jillian Michael DVD's.  I am going to try to do the shred every day and if I get time do the other programs I will alternate those.

I spent quite a bit of money on small individualized Tupperware, where the sections are the appropriate serving size for meat, fruits, and veggies.  Here is my lunch for today.  Nothing very special, but the wrap has peppered turkey lunch meat, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, and fat free ranch which is wrapped in a 100 calorie tortilla wrap.  I also have red grapes, carrots, and cauliflowers.     

 



Ok, here we go, here are my accountability photos and measurements (bare with me, this was early this morning and I had not showered and looked a hot mess, but I don't believe in "looking good" to work out in my own home or at the gym):

I measured today and most of my measurements were the same.  I have gained back a few inches in my hips/stomach, I'm sure it's from my badonkadonk....    If you haven't seen my progression photos from this year, then check out the progress I have made so far-here.

Waist: 39"

Calves: 17"
Neck: 12" 
Thigh: 24"
Arm: 12"
Chest: 38"  
Hips: 43"

Weight: 198 lbs

I am almost half way through my weight loss journey.  I promised myself a 100 lb weight loss.  I have lost 36lbs since Feb. this year.  I have 64lbs left to lose by May 2013.  I hoping that since I took 2 months off, I will hit the ground running and lose quite a bit pretty fast with dedication and hard work. 

Wish me luck!