WOAH! Mah Keed Ees Ah Suuuupah Jean-ee-ous!!!

Shecky's 4 person team WON THE SCIENCE FAIR!!!! Holy...

Their prize? Monday the school is taking all the winners to a Water Park...

Oh... and there was some sort of trophy... and a certificate. lol.

Kids are so blase sometimes! Congrats Sheck!

I just wish I know what the heck the project WAS. I still dun unnerstand it!!!!

Weekend Warrior No More... Almost

This weekend Husband retires from military service.

He was full time USAF for 13 years. Once Shecky was born he got out. He didn't want to be gone as much as the military required. He didn't want to miss that much of Shecky's growth and love. He joined the USAF Reserves. He was based out of Fort Worth for 7 years. One weekend a month. Two weeks a year.

As of this Sunday, May 4, 2008, he will be officially retired. No more weekends playing war games. No more trips hither and yon. No more worries about his unit being called to action during a war. A pension and health benefits waiting for us when he turns 65. Fond memories of his days serving our country and some not so fond...

It's the end of an era. The close of a very long chapter. Congratulations Honey. You did it!

Back In The Saddle Again...

Things are finally starting to settle into routine for us again. Shecky is back in school. I got his progress report and he's making all A's and B's again. Baseball practice has begun. Apparently, he's a left handed batter... he does everything ELSE with his right hang... Huh? Opening day for Baseball is Saturday and he
has a double header. God help us all. May it be quick and injury free.

I'm back to exercising and dieting regularly. I actually managed to LOOSE a pound over the last 3 weeks. During all the turmoil and ... well intentioned food... I managed to still loose. WOOT! I'm down 70 lbs now. I've lost 2 shirt sizes. My ass seems to be the same size though. Basta'd.

I promise I'm back now with regular posts. Hopefully more interesting than THIS one. Heh.

Things I ate today:

Breakfast:

Fresh Fruit Salad

Lunch:

A roasted chicken and cheese sandwich with 2% cheese, Fat Free Mayo and Honey Mustard.

Light Lays Potato Chips. (Less than an oz. Just enough to give my sammy some crunch.)

Dinner:

BBQ hamburger made with lean ground meat and light bbq sauce. 2% cheese, FF Mayo and regular mustard.

Oven Fries

Skim Milk

Home Again

I'm finally back home. The funeral was yesterday. So was my Mom's birthday. Bleh. Hell of a way to celebrate eh?

Everyone still seems a bit fragile. I have to wonder how long that's going to last...

I don't have a whole lot to say tonight. I just wanted to stick my head out and let everyone know I'm home.

Normal routine resumes tomorrow. Shecky back to school. Me back to dieting, exercising and helping mom around the house.

Hi Hi! It's Me Again... Finally.

Sorry about my absence the last few days. Things here have been strained. I've become increasingly annoyed with my father and the way he conducts himself lately. Yesterday we had a huge blow up and now he's not speaking to Mom nor myself. Oh... the joys of being an adult child living with one's parents. ::gags..repeatedly::

Yeah.. I know... Bye-bye Blog365 :(

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. It's going to be a bit of a mixed bag for me. I won't be alone yet... I will. My masculine half won't be around so I'm, on one hand, very meh about the impending Day Of Love. On the other hand, I'll be partying with approximately 30 7 and 8 year olds in the afternoon. :) THAT I can't WAIT for. I'm gonna DIE from "A-Cute Overload". Yes... it is TOO a real diagnosis... Bite Me. heh.

I did get Husband and J and Shecky and my folks some cute stuff for VD though. Husband is getting 2 dozen gourmet brownies. J is getting 4 gourmet caramel apples. Shecky is getting a heart shaped box fulla candy. My parents are getting a Valentine decorated box of candies from the 1950's. HOPEFULLY that doesn't mean they were MADE in the 1950's. Hah!

Everyone, except my folks, are also getting a game. Husband and J got an XBOX360 game (I got myself a copy as well so we can all play online together). Shecky is getting High School Musical Sing It! for the PS2. Heh. Everyone should be quite happy with their loot.

I hope you all have a wonderful, romance filled Valentine's day.

Weekend Wrap Up

Sorry about the lack of post yesterday friends. I was exhausted and fell asleep while sitting up in a chair... waiting for Shecky to go to sleep... at ohhh... 9:30pm.

Yesterday was a LOOOONG day. We had a basketball game at the school which means I worked up there all day. I left the house a 8am and got home around 4. Bleh. I did have some great conversations with some of the other mom's there though.

We walked into the house and OOF... the tension! It was horrible. The parental units had been fighting all day. Made for an uncomfortable rest of the day. It's prolly a good thing I passed out dead to the world as early as I did.

Shecky's team ALMOST squeeked out a win. At one point the score was 8 to 10 in favor of the other team and I was SO excited. Final score was 8-12... However, I don't feel so bad about the near miss. I found out shortly after the game it was THEIR first win ever. They prolly needed it more. :)

Today has been kinda.. meh. I weighed in this morning and I'm.. at 401. I gained. I was so pissed off. Mom thought I should go up to 35 points because of the added exercise. I managed to do it this week and I GAINED. Yeah... we're going on core tomorrow.

I exercised in the pool today. Immediately after Shecky joined me and we horsed around for another 30-45 minutes playing Marco Polo and trying to surf on his kick board. Heh.

That's pretty much my weekend in a nutshell.

The Sound...

of Silence.

Shecky is at school. My parents just left town and won't be back until sometime tomorrow. I'm sitting here... basking in the silence and the peace. Living here has been a blessing. It saved my life. However, its damaging my calm. (Gold star for whoever gets the movie reference.) Dad is always yelling and complaining and bitching. Usually its about nothing. Rarely is it ever justified. Mom is usually this bundle of nerves waiting for Dad's next explosion. Shecky is a ball of noise and energy with spurts of whiney cajoling and inane non-sequitors.

It's lovely to have the place to myself...

So, why is it that I'm bored after just 30 minutes? Sigh...

"HOLY CRAP!" Or "How Did I Get So Friggin' OLD?"

Today I turned 39. ::pick jaw up offa the floor:: Fuck, I'm OLD! lol. I hate saying that but its true. When I was 18... 39 was ANCIENT! Now that I'm 39 I'm like... "errrmmm... Its not really THAT Old... Not... REALLY!" Heh.

I have had a lovely day. Dad finished the pool/deck/pool house yesterday. He's been killing himself all week to get it done for my birthday. (Thanks Daddy. Love you.) *Yes... I'm 39 and still call him Daddy occasionally. Bite me!*

Husband drove in this morning. He brought me a dozen roses and an XBox 360 game with arcade games on it and a lovely card. Thanks Honey. You did a great job this year. :)

Mom fixed a fabulous lunch of fried shrimp (Yeah I know... so not on the diet but so VERY worth the splurge in calories) and oven fries. Thank you Momma. :) You Rock.

J came in Friday and stayed until after lunch. He brought me this wicked cool thing that does a light show with flashing colored lights and a nylon string. Heh. Its awesome. I've been informed there's other things coming in the mail. You're a love J. Thank you for thinking of me.

Shecky set the table for the family lunch. I was so proud of my lil guy wanting to help out so I didn't have to do anything. He was so frickin' cute.

I got calls from many other family and friends with good wishes and "Happy Birthday" greetings. What more could a girl ask for? Heheh how about the 7.8 lb loss I posted this morning as well? WOOT! Its been a damn good day! I hope you all had a day just as great!

Goodnight Sweethearts...

well... its time to go! I'm heading to bed. I'm exhausted. 3 hours sleep and a full day of "stuff" has taken its toll my friends. I hope you all had a great day but I am so DONE. Sleep well.

January 1, 2008

OH MY HELLS! How did 2007 disappear so fast?

Shecky turned 7. I got sick... BAD sick. We thought I was going to die. I changed my life and I lost 60 lbs. I quit my job and moved to the woods to facilitate that. I miss living in Houston but adjusted well. I spent half the year living with my parents... at the age of 38.

Last year was one hell of a bumpy ride. Here's to hoping 2008 is a banner year for us all!

What Fresh Hell....

is this??? After a weekend with a sick 7 year old and today with a feeling much better 7 year old desperately trying to burn off some energy even though I want him to be still cause being off from school sick isn't SUPPOSED to be fun is more than I can handle. I'm done for the day. Nytol...

Eating to Survive...

I have something really... odd... going on. My blood sugars are LOW. Yesterday I crashed twice. Today I crashed again. Its been like this for a week... and its getting ... old.

Last night I had to eat a waffle and syrup before bed just so I could take my insulin. I mean.. COME ON! That's not terribly conducive to loosing weight.

We had BBQ hamburgers tonight. One patty, two slices of bread and a slice of 2% cheese is 6 points. I just had to eat a 2nd one so I could take my insulin... I've NEVER had to work this hard to keep my sugars up... its neat and a pain in the ass all at the same time. I'll be interested to see what my weight is tomorrow and I'll be calling the Dr. Monday to see what gives!

Short and Sweet

I've been sick all day. Fighting Nausea. Feeling like HELL. Doing a bit better now but you'll get nothing of substance from me today! No, I'm NOT pregnant. Don't even think it! I've been attacked by some sort of stomach bug.

Had a huge assed sugar crash today. Blood Sugar was at 52. Ate a brownie. Counted the points. Still have 7 left for the day. Still scared to eat. Meh.

Happy Frickin' Friday.

The Time Change Is Kicking My....

Ass... yeah... I said it! Today has seemed like the longest fricking day EVAH! All day long I've been thinking, "Its only 10am?" "Its only noon?" and now its like... "WTF!!! Its 10pm!!!! Aw, Hells Naw!"

I hate it when the time changes. It throws EVERYTHING off... meh.

Mmmmmm Fall

Today has been a really nice day thus far. I was up till 3am.. ish. Which sucked. Husband was driving to Fort Worth for his monthly USAF Reserve duty. The traffic, due to the start of hunting season which... yanno... I TOTALLY DON'T GET!, was HORRENDOUS. It was bumper to bumper going out of town. Husband decided to go home and sleep for a couple of hours and head out around 9pm. Great idea except since he was driving so late I din sleep. I never do when someone I care about is traveling. I called him every thirty minutes to an hour to make sure he was still awake and not yanno... laying on the road somewhere after smashing into an 18 wheeler ... cough... (And I wonder where Shecky's imagination comes from heh).

I slept till almost 10am. Holy crap. That's unusual. I feel really great today because I actually got some sleep! I got up and Shecky and I made Caramel apples together. That was actually REALLY fun. The kiddo was drooling over them... hehehe... I made him wait till after lunch to have one. Evil Mama that I am.

Now I'm just kinda... chillin. Surfing the web, gonna read a bit, having just a lazy kinda day.

Weight loss wise its going pretty well. I was kinda bad at 2am. I had a donut. I wanted the sugar to help keep me awake. I counted the 5 points as my breakfast. Heh. Whut? It was after midnight and EVERYONE knows your points start over at midnight!!!!

For lunch I had 6 oz turkey sausage in a tomato sauce and onion gravy with 1 cup of rice. I've had a total of 16 points. Tonight for dinner it'll be Meatball Stew (ZOMG do I LOVE that crap! My Mom is the bestest cook EVAH!) with Cous Cous and some sort of veggies. I need to eat some yogurt and fruit today as well. I'm not feeling terribly organized food-wise today. Heh. Its kinda nice really.

Hope you're all having a great Saturday as well!

A Sigh Of Relief

My folks are out of town visiting my grandmother and aunt. Husband is here, Shecky is thrilled and I'm getting a chance to just... be. Ahhhhhhhhhh.

I lost 3 lbs this week!!!

I'm going to experiment and not exercise this week. It seems the more I exercise the less I loose. I just wanna see what happens.

I've been reading a lil bit more lately. It helps me relax.

I seem to be having trouble relaxing lately... not sure if its from living with my folks and always feeling like I'm under scrutiny or...

Its raining here. its chilly here. Perfect weather for napping, relaxing and reading... YEAH!

"Catch As Catch Can" or "Sleep Deprivation Makes Me Cry"

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday folks. Shecky, my darling, adorable, loving, light of my life, woke my butt up at 4:30 AM yesterday... by making his bed. WTF?

He was WIDE awake and ready to rock! I was ready for more sleep. I tried to get him to lay back down but... yeah... that wasn't happening. We got up, got him ready for school, goofed off a bit and I tried desperately to cat nap between sentences. Yeah... THAT wasn't happening either! I would have gladly knocked his lil butt out! (When my Nanny heard about his antics she suggested a nightly dose of Tylenol to do just that lol... She was only kidding.. RIGHT?)

The rest of the day was, basically, a sleep deprived blur. We went to town and spent the morning shopping at The Big Evil Wally-World. I got one of Shecky's Christmas presents. Its a YOOGE Black Pearl Toy Ship. He's STILL obsessed with Pirates of the Caribbean and he was drooling over it at his last trip through the toy aisle. Its not hiding in the trailer.

I also spent a crap ton of money on Halloween Themed Candy to make goody bags out of. A week from Saturday we're having a HUGE Halloween Celebration for the kids. We're doing a "Haunted Woods" ride. The adults are going to create a haunted trail that the kids will be taken through on a hay ride. We're going to have Trick-or-Treating (hence the goody bags) and we're going to have a Halloween Carnival. The carnival should be a blast for the kids. We'll have everything from bobbing for apples to a cake walk to face painting to any number of other things. I'll be spending next Friday baking and decorating 4 cakes for the cake walk. Mom and I will be running it so I figured, yanno, I MIGHT should make some cakes for it. Mom and I will both be in costumes and if I can figure out how to get more than one picture on my blog at a time I'll put some of em up here. :)

But, I digress. After shopping we came back here, unloaded and unpacked all the stuff we'd bought and then kinda just... well... we were much like slugs that have scuttled through a pile of salt. Heh. We just kinda sat around and did not much till it was time to go get Shecky from School.

I helped him study and do homework. We had dinner. Shecky and I snuggled up in my bed and watched Survivor (STOOPID STOOPID PG AND WHATS HER FACE THROWING TEH CHALLENGE!!!) and CSI:The Original (GRISSOM AND SARAH... ENGAGED!!! FISH WITH BOTH MALE AND FEMALE SEX ORGANS!!! CORY'S DAD FROM BOY MEETS WORLD!!!). Shecky went to bed, I read a while then passed. the. hell. OUT!

It wasn't a terribly BUSY day but the lack of sleep had me kinda... disoriented. (Yeah I know... not really all THAT different than usual but it DID make it worse.)

Calling ALL Lurkers!

Today is The Great MOFO Delurk! The Blogaverse is asking all our lurkers and regular commenters to talk to us! (So we know we're not talking to ourselves... but... ummmmm... I kinda do that ANYWAY... but... *cough* Yeah...)

Please let us know you're out there. ALL of you... talk ... to... ALL... Of.. US! WOOT!

Just so you don't feel like a doof with nothing to say, here's a question for ya.

"What is your dream job and why?"

My dream job is to be a professional singer. When I sing for other people its the ONE TIME I feel like I "belong" ... yanno?

The Missing Blogger Has Returned

I apologize for my silence of the last 4 or 5 days. We lost our Internet connection, got it back, spent Friday in town shopping, picked Shecky up from school and promptly headed to Houston for the weekend where we were very busy doing family stuffs.

A few items I want to address:

• The Game Plan is THE perfect family movie. The frickin' ROCK had me tearing up and laughing my butt off all at the same time.
• Today was weigh in day. I gained 3 lbs. I'm pissed. I'm frustrated. I'm depressed. Nothing really NEW there but I thought I'd just kinda... let ya know. Meh.
• We are going to a meeting tonight to sign Shecky up to play in a "Lil Dribblers" basketball league. I'm going to volunteer to be a scorekeeper or a time keeper... Pray For Me.
• The Game Plan is THE perfect family movie... WHUT? I know I'm repeating myself :P Its THAT dang enjoyable.
• I'll post a menu for today later after I have eaten everything I'm gonna. (Its 5pm here and I've eaten all of 9 points... NOT a good food day)

Hope you all are having a great day.

Q&A or Varied Facts About My Being...

Katie over at LePetitChic is doing an interview MeMe. She said if we wanted questions to hollah in her comments... so I did. Here's the interview her asking... me answering!

1. What is your favorite childhood memory?

Hmmm this one is kind of tough. I have a lot of great memories from my childhood. My FAVORITE would have to be the trip we took, as a family, to Florida when I was about 11. We went to Disney world and camped all over the state. My SINGLE favorite memory of that trip was at a particular camp ground. There was a nesting pair of Bald Eagles there and the male of the pair LANDED IN OUR CAMPSITE! It wasn't very far from me and it was just AWESOME to see this bird so close up. Its something I'll never forget.

2. If you could live during any other decade other than the one we're currently in, which one would you choose?

God, politics and political climate aside? The '70's. Vietnam ended and it was like everyone started breathing again and having fun. Disco was King. The Bee Gee's Rocked... heh. I would have loved to have been an adult then... a YOUNG adult. :P

3. What's your favorite snack food?

I can go 2 ways with this. My favorite junk snack food is a Chocolate Covered Potato Chips. It dun get much junkier than that lol. Its the PERFECT PMS food for me. Salty and sweet with a melt and a crunch. Heh.

Since I'm currently doing Weight Watchers I'll give you my favorite HEALTHY snack food as well. Cold, sweet, seedless Green Grapes. LOVE those things. I could eat em all day.

4. What do you like to do on the weekends?

Weekends, for me, are much the same as any other day of the week here. Given my druthers I'd GO somewhere. The movies. A Play. A Concert. Whatever. Just DO something frivolous.

5. What inspired you to start blogging?

Ahhh I explained THAT a while back. Clicky HERE and HERE. It will reveal all.

If anyone wants to participate in this Interview MeMe hollah at me in the comments section and I'll get em to you ASAP!