The day after Boxing Day...

How was everyone's Christmas? Mine was awesome, Calvin and I definitely got spoiled. My Mom got us a Kitchen Aid stand up mixer and a digital picture frame, I'm really excited to get using both of those things. I also got some gift cards to Ricki's, which I will use when I go down another size. I bought a few button down shirts at Ricki's Boxing Day sale - size 8 - and was oh so happy to find that they were too big! Yaaaay!

We've decided that we're going to start planning a trip to Jamaica (shown above) sometime in May. So, I'm going to start kicking my butt onto the bike/elliptical to hopefully try and lose 10-15 pounds by then...and tone, of course.

I don;t have much else to say - I'm going to try to post more when I'm back on the weight loss wagon :).

Who's ready for Christmas?

I am! I got tons of stuff done at work today, but I was soooo not in work mode.

Everybody is gearing down to go on holidays, including me - even though I only get a few days off; I'm ready. I'm trying to take as many appointments and make as many phone calls as I can, to compensate for the fact that most of next week is a write off. So far, so good.

I had an awesome weigh in this morning: 137.2! I'm not too concerned about the scale right now, other than trying not to gain the obligatory 5-10 pounds that everyone else seems to think you need to put on over the holidays. I was happy to see that I was down a bit from the lats time I weighed - my focus in the new year will be toning up. I think that getting on the elliptical and doing weights will make more of a difference than if I were to drop the last 10 by osmosis...

How's everyone else??? Hopefully avoiding all the treat baskets....

Not a bad trade...

I don't know how the rest of you get your housework done, but it's a real challenge for me. I was going to wash floors and clean some stuff up on Saturday night, but Calvin ended up not having to go to work, so I did nothing. So I sat here this morning, pondering whether or not I wanted to wash the floors - then my Mom called....

She's getting better with using her computer, but there's still a few things that she's not too sure about. Sooooo...she came over with some fancy paper and asked if I could help her write her Christmas letter if she washed my floors. Haha...no contest. I wrote the letter, no questions asked. I really need to come up with a system to make sure that the nitty gritty things get done every week.
I'm trying to upload some wedding pictures, but blogger won't let me, I'll try again later :).

I was spoiled...rotten

I had an awesome birthday. Calvin made me breakfast in bed before I went to work, which was accompanied by some birthday cards that he'd hidden from me over the last week. He also sent a dozen long stemmed roses to work; I can literally stop to smell the roses while I work now :).

I got some GC's & money to shop for new clothes, and a new outfit from my Mom (a size small sweater & size 8 pants.) I'm not shy anymore, I'll gladly tell anyone what size I'm wearing lol. Also got lots of Body Shop stuff & a "mini" bunt cake pan; I wanted that, but I'm not sure when I'll get to making mini bunt cakes.

I've decided that I'm taking steamed broccoli & cauliflower to the pot luck on Wednesday, it's easy and better than canned veggies. Hopefully my bank account is still alive by the end of the week; there are a bunch of things going on at work and they all require money (secret Santa, food hamper, Christmas gift for boss..etc) gotta love that eh?

My weight is holding steady, hopefully I'll be able to get back into exercise mode soon - I think that'll help me to feel better and get rid of a few more pounds.

Secret Santa & Pot Luck

As usual, I'm doing more reading than posting...but I actually have a reason to post tonight.

We're doing a Secret Santa at work, and our limit is $10. I want to be creative and get something neat for my mid-thirties gal...but I'm stuck for ideas. She's into healthy living and an organic diet; hmm.

We're having our usual Christmas dinner at work next week, I got signed up for vegetables. Would you be boring and take canned corn, would you do a casserole, or maybe a veggie tray? I don't want to spend a million dollars, but don't want to be too cheap either.

My birthday is on Tuesday, the big 2-2 lol...

Long time, no post!

Wow, am I ever lazy - blogger-wise.

Work has been keeping me really busy lately, I've been having to stay late quite a bit, just to get my work done; can't win, either I'm bored out of my skull, or I'm crazy busy. I've also been training someone for the last 6 weeks, so that's starting to get to me, I'm definitely not as productive/efficient as I normally would be.

Good news: I got my $150 prize from my girls at work - woohoo! My suit is finally paid for....

Thankfully, my suit is fitting a lot better now too; my last weigh in was a svelte 138! I haven't been 130 anything for about 4 years...THAT was a really great feeling, even better than when I hit the 140's. 138 is also 30 pounds lost for me, which feels like a pretty freakin' good too!

That's about all I have to say for now, I'm going to go and update my virtual model :).

Got Balls?

Don't want to offend anyone out in blogland, but I sure don't have any. Why, you might ask? Because we had the final weigh in for our work challenge a month ago, and I still don't have my money yet!

I have e-mailed both of the girls once, in addition to asking them once in person when they were gonna pony up. Nothing. One of the girls is always broke, and the other really doesn't have a reason for not paying, I think she's just oblivious to the fact that I actually expect to be paid.

This is starting to upset me, because if the tables were turned, they would have had their money from me as soon as they stepped off the scale for the last time; I just don't understand why people would buy into a bet that they can't buy themselves out of if they lose; you should never be too confident :).

Any ideas on how I can get these two to pay up?

Back to work...

The days leading up to my return to work were agonizing, I DID NOT want to go back; I want to retire :P. Once I got back to work, everything was fine, a couple of the girls in the branch decorated my office with streamers, wedding bells, and balloons, I've left them up all week. The girls had also planned a pot luck breakfast for the morning that I came back, which was awesome, everybody pretended that they didn't have a bazillion things to do and had breakfast together.

Everybody in the branch put in some money and got a few gifts too, it was like a wedding shower! They got us a king sized light blue serasoft blanket (sooooo soft!), some hand towels and face clothes to finish our set, and some cute Christmas candle holders. How nice is that? On the days that I hate my job and want to run away, I'll just have to remember what awesome people I work with, that was too sweet of them.

Still no professional pictures yet, but they will be posted when we get them!

Some pictures

After we saw each other for the first time before going for pictures - there was a "reveal" lol
Cutting the cake - I had just licked frosting off of Calvin's nose :)
First dance, I think
The shoe game - that was hilarious!
Dancing - 2nd dance

Sorry the pictures are a little out of order lol. I will post some of the professional pictures when we get the discs; our photographers said they took about 1200 pictures. I can't wait to see them and start making an album :).

I'm all rested up now, but soooo do not want to go back to work on Tuesday; maybe I'll feel better about it when I get there? lol.

Quick Post

Just wanted to give a quick update, I've been so terrible for going AWOL lately.

The wedding is on Saturday, My Aunt from Cornwall, Ontario Arrived yesterday, and My Cousin from Victoria, BC gets in tomorrow.

Things are a wee bit nuts, we bought our new car yesterday, we ended up with a 2008 Mazda 3 GT. It's the best color, in my opinion, Phantom Blue Mica. It's awesome, we've taken everyone for a spin in it already, I'm so glad we were semi prepared to buy a new car, although the timing could have been better lol.

I can imagine that we'll have to replace our second car within a year or so, it's getting up there in age too - 1994 Cavalier.

I'm still reading all of your blogs, I promise, I'm just not commenting all that much right now.

Oh.My.God.

Question: What are the chances that two cars would crap out on the same day?
Answer: 100%

Yesterday on the way to my Mom's house for turkey dinner, Calvin's car started smoking; still not sure what's wrong with it, it's parked for now.

Calvin had to work 2 hours out of town today, so he took my car; 1/2 an hour out of town, he lost all power and heat. Diagnosis: Alternator.

$400 later, my car has a new alternator, and we're shopping for a 2nd vehicle. We didn't really want to buy the new car yet, but I think we should before winter. So, my partner at the bank is trying to work me out a deal with the Mazda dealership; I'll keep you posted.

I also felt kind of uncomfortable today in my new suit. The blazer was fine, but the pants are a bit tight around the waist. I'm thinking of 3 possibilities:

1. PMS
2. I don't know how real clothes fit because all of my others hang off of me like limp dishrags
3. I need a size 9

I dunno. lol.

Cheers!

Wow, was I ever MIA

I have no excuse, I've just been paying less attention to blogland and getting more sleep lol. This is a good things post, I'll make is short and sweet:

• I was 143 this morning
• I won the work challenge - still waiting for my money!
• I bought a new suit yesterday, the TOP and BOTTOM were an 8
• 12 days until the wedding

I'm still in shock about the suit. Granted, all of my size 10 stuff is hanging off of me, but I never would have thought that I could wear a size 8 jacket. The only reason why I took an 8 to the change room and not a 10, was because they didn't have a 10 lol. I'm extremely happy about this; one of my clothing goals was to be an 8 in dress clothes...scratch that, maybe I'll be a 6, I still have some weight to lose :).

Happy Turkey Day!

Wedding Shower!!

Today was that big day, my Mom's good friend Sharon, and her daughter, Kim (my Mom's God Daughter) threw a wedding shower for me, it was an awesome day! I must also mention that I started my day off right with a weigh in of 141.8 :). I ate well this past week and got some work outs in, but I think I'm starting to lose a few stress/fatigue pounds lol.

Here's my day in pictures:

Me with my bow hat :)

Cutting the cake

My Mom and I

Calvin's Mom & I

Look! I have 2 Moms!

....and Rocky has the balloons

I'll post all the loot tomorrow, I'm waaaaaaaaaaay to tired to do it now. I'm going to go veg with the balloon-y eyed kitty.

Too many carbs Tuesday

Well, the title says it, I had a very carb-y day today.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Potato Soup, 3 saltines
Snack: Banana bread
Supper: Beef Stew, 1/3 cup mashed taters, 1/2 a bun

Jaysus! I really didn't mean for it to be like that lol, it just happened.

We had our work weigh in today, I was down another pound from last week; 10 pounds in total, or 6.5%. Our final weigh in is next Friday the 5th....can't wait!

I'm on the Christmas Party committee at work and I've been slated to make a website for the big event, somewhere that everyone can RSVP and tell us about their drink preferences. I did this for our wedding, but I'm not too sure of a way that I could do something similar for this, any ideas?

Weigh In: -2.2

Wow, finally! TOM is on his way out, so that helps for this weeks weigh in. That brings me to 143.8, only 3.8 to go for my wedding goal; I think I can make it, if I put my mind to it..

I can't wait for this competition at work to be over; when we started, I thought it would be a fun, lighthearted kind of thing, but it didn't turn out that way. Next time the other two want to have another competition, I'll be proud to say "no, that's okay, I actually don't have any weight to lose."

Haha....don't dish it if ya can't take it :).

On another note, I really need to step it up in the exercise department. I worked out twice earlier in the week and haven't done a thing since. I'm thinking I'll probably do my weights video, and possibly some floor washing, that should definitely break a sweat.

Mwahaha...12 days and counting....

Until the final weigh in at work! God was on my side this morning, so I showed a 1 pound loss for the weigh in, woohoo! Here's the stats this week:

The Yo-Yo: + 2.0 overall
The Cleanser: the same
Moi: -9.0

Most of all, I'm just happy that I got the motivation factor in check to lose a few pounds before the wedding, not for the sake of the other two girls, but for my own. When I look at pictures from 10 pounds ago, I didn't look good, and trust me I didn't feel that great either. I still have 20 pounds to go until I reach my goal weight, but I'm definitely glad that I'm no longer the 157 pound girl that I was a couple of months ago....

Off to the bike :).

Weigh In: +0.2

No too shabby, considering that I feel like I'm +10 today lol. God Damned TOM, I STILL don't have it yet, but I can STILL feel it coming and I feel awful. I've got a Dr's appointment next Monday, I'm going to go back on the pill, even just for a short time, so that I can make sure I don't have to be in the midst of TOM hell on my wedding day.

A couple of my Mom's older lady friends are having a mini-shower for me tonight, so I'm just about to change and go to that. I'm going to do my best to eat like a normal human being, so that I don't show a gain for tomorrow's work weigh in.

I'd be ecstatic if I could lose 5 more pounds before the wedding, but I think it'll be a miracle if I can just maintain; we have so many things to take care of in the next few weeks, so I think weight loss might be shifted to the back burner; as long as I don't gain, it's all good.

Have any of you girls ever had major issues with TOM? I just feel absolutely horrible, this has only started happening in the last few months. Usually I'd just be meowy the day before and it would be here the next day....not anymore, TOM rules my mood (and my weight loss!!) 2 weeks out of the month now....grrr

Tired Thump Day

I just couldn't shake it today, I snoozed for an extra 15 minutes this morning and was still bagged all day. I survived.

I'm doing well foodwise, but have no idea where I'm at on the scale lol...oh well. I feel good and that's all that matters. My goal for the work competition is 144, which is about 2 pounds more; I think I can do it :). My yo-yo co-worker seems to think that she can lose enough to beat me in the next 2 1/2 weeks, but I can't see her dropping 13 pounds (we're going by the percentage lost) because she still eats a lot of crap, despite exercise.

We'll see what happens; I'm going to try to get a few more workouts in this week and stay on track the best I possibly can. I have 2 big dinners, 2 wedding showers, and a baby shower in the next 2 weeks. Think skinny thoughts....think fat money :).

Arg...It Didn't Stick....

I somehow knew that it wouldn't: I was 145.8 this morning, down a whopping 0.2 from last week. I can feel TOM coming today though, isn't it crazy that it could put me up that much in ONE day?

I told Calvin that I need to stop obsessing over the scale. I'm doing the best I can; granted, I have a few treats a week, but nothing too crazy...an ice cream, 2 teas, and a grilled chicken sandwich at Applebees - not all on the same day - definitely not overindulging myself ladies!

So, Calvin hid the scale this morning. I have no idea where it is and I really don't care. It is what it is; I'll keep plugging along, and I'm sure I will lose more weight, I just don't need thoughts of the iron monster taking over my brain all day....

I'm off to swimming! Anyone else excited for The Biggest Loser tonight?

Doing more reading than posting...

I think I like reading all of your blogs more than I like posting on my own sometimes. Most of the time I don't feel like I have anything earth-shattering to say, so I don't bother posting, but today is an earth-shattering day. I peeked at the scale this morning, I was 144.6!I haven't seen a number like that in about 3 years.....hopefully it sticks for tomorrow's weigh in at work.

I made beef stew in the slow cooker yesterday, it turned out really good and I got a few extra lunches out of the pot for the rest of the week, so I'm happy about that. I'm so over Smart Ones and prepackaged soups; I'm going to try to make my lunches for the week on my days off.

Today I'll be doing laundry, watching TLC Baby Stories, and making banana bread (mini ones :P) Monday is such a lazy day for me, but that's what days off are for :).

I Smell Money...

The other 2 girls weighed in today....

The Cleanser: -1.0 overall
The Yo-Yo: same
Me: -8.0

I'll be glad to have some money to buy some new jeans, but I'll also take great satisfaction from beating my yo-yo co-worker. I'll prove to her that my "dieting technique," or lack thereof, really works!

We did deep water aerobics tonight and I am zonked. We basically swam lengths, but incorporated all kinds of movements. That was the best workout yet :).

Off to bed, g'night!

Weigh In: -0.8

I'm happy with that, although I liked my mid-week peek that had me down 1.4 for the week. Why does that happen? My cleansing co-worker was off sick today and the yo-yo didn't want to weigh in without her, so I weighed all by myself and tracked my 4 pound loss since our last weigh in.

I'm hoping next week I'll break the barrier - 145. I haven't seen anything lower than that in about three years. 150 was my mental barrier, so I guess 145 is something of a physical barrier. I'll do it, so long as TOM doesn't get in my way lol. I hope that the other two weigh in tomorrow just so I can see where I stand with them; I think I'm okay, but ya never know.....

Dun Dun Dun.....

Tomorrow is the almighty arse kicking weigh in....

We haven't weighed in as a group for 3 weeks, so it should be a real shocker...the suspense is killing me!

I picked up my wedding dress today; it fits really well, the straps just need to be shortened a bit and it needs a good hem...of course. My little satin jacket should be in by the end of the week, I can't wait to see the whole ensemble together :).

I went for an hour of shallow water aerobics tonight; it was a really good work out, I'm definitely feeling it in my calves and thighs, which is a good thing. I think we're going to try deep water again on Thursday - the bottom of the pool is really slippery, so shallow water exercising is a bit of a drowning hazard.....

I'll be back tomorrow with my results!

47 days and counting....

We finally picked our vows today, we'd definitely been putting that off for far too long. I'm happy with what we picked, but I don't know why I'm so nervous about saying our vows in front of everyone, must be my shy side :).

Wednesday is my 1st weigh in at work in about 3 weeks, I should hopefully be down 4 pounds since the last weigh in. I sooooo need new jeans, I don't have a single pair that fits me right now, so I definitely need to beat those girls lol.

Strangely enough, it seems the more I eat, the better my losses are. For the last few weeks I haven't been religiously counting points because they drive me batty, but I've been eating anywhere up to 30 a day and I'm still losing, so I'm happy about that! I avoided cake at work twice this week....I can't believe how rude people can be when you turn down food, almost like I have to eat it, just because its there. Did it ever occur to them that maybe I don't like store bought cake, or Dairy Queen ice cream cake? Maybe I'm lactose intolerant lol, gimme a break!

I could easily gain a pound a week if I gave in to every doughnut, cake, or cookie that was offered to me....

Deep Water Thursday

Not much to say today....
I went to aquasize tonight; we did the deep water class, which was more fun and actually seemed to be more of a challenge than the shallow water one. I found out tonight that one of our facilities here offers an aqua-spin class, which I think would be A LOT of fun and a great workout. I would only be able to go on Mondays though because it runs from 1-2, so maybe I'll see if they'd give me a price break :).

I went a little off course with my eating for the first two days of the week - had a spicy chicken from Wendy's on Tuesday and a very fattening dessert with our dinner out last night. I shouldn't have bothered with the dessert, which was frozen banana cream pie by the way - but I only ate half of my dinner and refused birthday cake at work today. We seem to have so many birthdays lol......must refuse cake....

Hopefully I can redeem myself from my not so stellar choices early in the week...

On another note, my cleansing co-worker thinks she's going to kick my butt in the weight loss competition. She hasn't lost any weight thus far, so I'm not sure how she plans on doing that, but we'll see....I'm cautiously optimistic that I'll take the cake on this one - no pun intended ;).

Weigh In -2.0

Yaaaaay, more than a pound this week! This weigh in brings me to 146.8, 6.8 away from my wedding goal. I'm also 2 pounds closer to beating my co-workers, which is awesome :).

I called in sick today. I hardly ever call in sick, but I have a lovely tension headache and didn't think that sitting at work for 9 hours would make it any better. Hopefully I can rest today and be ready for aquasize again on Thursday night!

I'll also keep you posted on the shoe dilemma....

Update: Sterling has decided that they will exchange my shoes for me because, "at the end of the day, it's really no big deal."

That's what I thought, fank you very much...

Isn't the customer ALWAYS Right?

Apparently not.

I bought a pair of shoes for the wedding from Sterling Shoes at the end of June. I tried them on in the store, they seemed to fit alright, so I bought them. About a week later, I tried them on again at home and they just wouldn't stay on my feet; they would slip up every time I took a step and were just really uncomfortable.

We were in the midst of moving at the time, so I wasn't able to take them back until shortly after we moved; I'd had the shoes for about 3 weeks, no big deal, most places take things back within 30 days right? WRONG! Sterling's return policy is only 15 days, so when I tried to exchange the shoes, I was promptly told that there was nothing that could be done and that I should have read my receipt. Yes, I should have, but I'm human for crying out loud....

I left the store with these shoes, since I'm not one to cause a scene, and decided I would e-mail Sterling's customer service to try and get some help. I sent the first e-mail on the 8th of August and was told that my problem would be referred to the store manager for attention. 2 weeks went buy and I didn't hear anything, so I sent another e-mail...same thing. I really wanted to avoid going into the store and getting all huffed up, so I sent one more e-mail today and finally got a call back.

I was repeatedly told that I was way over 15 day time frame and that I should have tried to speak to the manager right off the bat because she likely would have exchanged the shoes for me. That's really fucking nice. The last thing you should do is tell a customer that "there's nothing that can be done" and that "you should have...."

We had a client at the bank a while back whose mortgage payments had been screwed up for TWENTY YEARS and we fixed the problem - I should think they should be able to help me out after 2 months, especially since I've been waiting for a response for one of those months. I'll likely never shop at Sterling again if they don't help me, the manager is supposed to call me tomorrow, so we'll see.

Jesus!

Recent Picture

This picture was taken a couple of weekends (and pounds) ago, but I liked it a lot

Double NSV & SV

For my non Weight Watching friends, NSV is a "non-scale victory" and an SV is a "scale victory."

SV

Shortly after rousing myself from our oh-so-comfy bed this morning, I decided to take a peek at the scale; it read 147.6! It feels so good to be that much further away from 150. I think 150 is my new 160, I don't ever want to see it again...unless I'm pregnant.

NSV #1

I got dressed up in one of my usual wanker-banker outfits that I wear all the time, only to find that I was swimming in the size 10 pants and shirt. I wore the outfit anyway, but decided to make a celebratory trip to Ricki's after work.

I got....

• royal blue button up shirt - size 8
• grey pin stripped suit - size 10 jacket and pants - last time I tried on the pants they were super tight and the jacket was a size 12 before
• purple Lacy short sleeved shirt - medium

NSV #2

When I was measured for my wedding dress, my measurements were

38/32/42

Today they were

36/31/40.5

Not too happy that I'm losing my boobs, but I don't think I'll ever be flat chested, so no worries lol.

Short "good things" post

• Aquasize starts tomorrow
• It's payday
• My body fat has gone down 7% since starting the work competition
• Tomorrow is "thump" day
• My wedding goal of 140 feels attainable today
• The wobbly bits are slowly melting from my arms

Who's Pumpin' Iron?

Catty Kristen is :).


I've been doing "Get Ripped: Slim & Lean," with Jari Love - aka double zero skinny bitch. It takes about an hour to do and incorperates light weghts into the workout; it's tough and it really works your whole body. I'm hoping to see some results by the wedding, because I'm kind of feeling crappy about my body right now; even though I'm over 20 pounds lighter than I used to be, I still have nice silver-ish stretch marks to remind me of what I used to be and how I got there. I'm hoping I can tone my arms up enough that they might shrink a bit and not bug me so much.


My bridesmaid and I are starting aqua aerobics on Thursday night; she's 6 months pregnant and I have bad knees, so the water workout should be good for both of us. Hopefully I don't down too much saltwater lol.


I weighed in at home this morning because one of the girls at work is away on holidays. I was a little miffed that I was only down 0.4, but learned to accept my measly loss when TOM made an early appearance this afternoon - I feel pretty good about my 0.4 now - 148.8 it is. I'm hoping to drop a pound or so next week

P.S: I tried to post this last night but Blogger wouldn't let me :P

Ahh, much better than yesterday

My work day was much better than yesterday, no nasty falls or witchy bitches. I didn't have 6 million appointments and was able to get some of my weekly phone calls made; perfect.

I ate really well, despite a going away party for our beloved Customer Service Manager, I was cool as a cuke and made a good food choice. We went to a pub - pubs are notorious for yummy greasiness - and had a turkey wrap with mustard dressing on the side and got raw veggies instead of fries. It's nice to have a meal out and not leave the restaurant feeling like a a tub of goo.

I'm going to take the night off from walking and watch Intervention while I sip my semi-weekly steeped tea.

Cheers!

Just one of those days...

I must say, I ate very well today, I'm totally stoked about that; here's to being comfortably below 150! Other than that, today just wasn't my day...

I fell backwards and landed on my hip this morning, get ready for a bruise post, similar to the one I had 5 months ago....ouch. I usually take 4 appointments a day, sometimes 5 on Friday's because we're open an hour longer; today I had 6. I managed to get most of the paper work done without staying too late; I'm off at 4:45 and I have a 5:00 rule - I pretty much lock up and call it a day regardless. I don't get paid for overtime, so I try not to work it.

Yo-Yo co-worker made a point of criticizing my lunch today, she said it was unhealthy.

Chicken Quesedilla Lean Pocket
celery sticks
2 tsp cheese whiz

Could I have had something better than a lean pocket? Sure, but my lunch was very point friendly, I probably should have eaten more if anything.

Yo-Yo's Lunch

bologna, cheese, and mayo sandwich
cheezies
rice crispie bar
regular pepsi

Would you be slightly offended/annoyed if this person was criticizing what you were eating? She also said I'm not "really" losing weight, because I've only been losing a pound a week. the key word would be losing, which is something that I've been consistently doing and she hasn't. Why do some people even bother talking? It goes back to what your Mom told you when you were 3, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."

I must be PMSing, because this really got under my skin. We went for an hour walk tonight, and I hope we can do that 4-5 nights a week; that should boost my measly pound a week :).

Sorry for ranting again, but I feel better now.

'Nuther 30 point day....

That's the bad news; I ate at least 30 points today.

My last appointment was a real %^$&*, so let let myself get carried away at a wine and cheese social thing that was held after the branch closed. Normally, I don't really eat the processed meats, or cheddar cheese (by the slice - they were small slices at least)

I think the main reason why I let myself fall victim to the cheese tray, was that I was soooo hungry; it was almost time for supper. So I think I need to replace my usual mid-afternoon cadbury thin with some fruit or veggies, something with substance anyway.

I'd also like to say, that I hate counting points, or calories, or anything. I can stick to the points for a few weeks, and then I start to get hungry, and feel restricted, which leads me to episodes like I had today, sometimes much worse...

So I think I just need to make healthy choices, watch my fat intake, and drink lotsa water...oh, and exercise too. I lost my first 23 pounds that way - no special plan, I just did what worked for me.

Anyway, enough of this rant. The good news is that I didn't eat anything else after I came home from work, except for a cadbury thin. I drank some water and went for a 45 minute walk; I'm trying to redeem myself, really.

:)

Keeping me honest

I'm going to tally up my points for the day - it's not pretty, but I got my good ole spicy chicken, so I'm happy and satisfied; I haven't had one for sooooo long.

Phood

yogurt, granola, honey (4)
hazelnut coffee w/splash of creamo (0.5)

fiesta vegetable soup w/crackers (3)
carrot bran muffin (3)

carrot bran muffin (3)

spicy chicken w/cheese & mayo - the worst, I know...(11)
small chili w/sour cream (6)
1/2 of a steeped tea (1.5)

Total: 32.5 points + daily points + 10.5 flex

Rawr! Victory is mine!

For this week anyway...
Here's the stats as of todays weigh in:

Kristen: -4.0 ----> 2.60%
The Cleanser: -3.0 ---> 2.0%
The Yo-Yo: +1.0 ---> +0.50%

So, I lost a pound today, which is great, I'd be happy to lose a pound every week, honestly. It's not too much, just right. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I see another pound lost - or more - next week :).

Blah

I feel gross today, hopefully it will have a positive effect on tomorrow's weigh in :). I was 150 this morning when I peeked at the scale, exactly the same as last week; kind of frustrating when I stuck to my daily points + FPs this week. I only worked out twice though, so that's probably where I need to get my act together.

Yesterday, we went to Westlock for my great aunt's 90th birthday. I initially thought that the entire day would be a write off, since we were also visiting with Calvin's family after the party. We stopped for lunch at Swiss Chalet before the birthday party, and I had 9 points worth of yumminess; pretty good for a restaurant meal if I do say so myself.

It ended up being a 30 point day; not the best, but it definitely could have been a lot worse. I'm hoping and praying for some kind of loss tomorrow, but I really need to get my shit together....I will not be beat :).

Eeeeep! Thank God for Flex Points

Today was a 33.5 point day, which is 11.5 over my daily points, but its all good, I guess that's what flex are for. All is not lost; we went for a 50 minute walk tonight, so that earns me 3 thigh toning activity points.

Food

yogurt, granola, honey (4)
hazelnut instant coffee w/tb creamo (0.5)

chicken stir fry (4)
celery w/2 tb cheese whiz - oops! (2)
cadbury thin (2)

2 cups cheeka crackers (2)

chicken stir fry....(4)

marble slab kids size ice cream in a cup (10)
jalapeno cheddar chips (5)

Total: 33.5 - 3 APs = 30.5 points

8.5 flex used, I'm doing okay for the week, so glad we went for that walk tonight, I don't feel so bad about my oinker tendencies today :).

TGI Friday

For me, it's more like TGI Saturday, but I get excited when Friday rolls around because it means I only have one day left to work. I'm such a slacker, I know its an excuse, but I am SO tired this week and I just can't seem to find the energy to work out when I get home.

Menu

whole wheat toast x2 + 2 tsp cheese whiz (2.5)
cappuccino (2)

lean pocket - chicken quesedilla (5)
bell pepper strips (0)
small grapefruit (1)

cadbury thin (2)

chicken stir fry (6)

steeped tea 2 cream 2 sweetener (3)
3 tim bits (3)

TOTAL: 24.5

I feel like I've eaten kind of junky lately, but I need my daily treats to keep me from binging...whatever works, right?

Yawn....

I'm zonked and ready for bed. I had a crazy-busy day at work today, back to back appointments; I had paperwork coming out my @$$ by the end of the day.

FOOD

yogurt, granola, honey (4)
coffee -- didn't have time to drink most of it (1/2)

smart ones fettuccine (6)
bell pepper strips (0)

Chili w/crackers & hot sauce - Wendy's (8)
jalapeno & cheddar chips (4)

Total: 22.5 points

I'm good with that number. I came home from work tonight and immediately laid down for a nap; I was running after something for someone all day, and I felt it lol. No exercise for me tonight, but I think we'll go for a nice long walk tomorrow night, or I'll hop on the elliptical after work.

Cheater Cheater, I'm gonna beat 'er :)

I will NOT be beat, not without a fight anyway. Cleansing co-worker weighed this morning, up 2 pounds. HAH, looks good on her :P. We're going on percentage of weight lost, so I technically only have to lose another pound to steal my lead back. If I keep my pound a week losses up for the next 8 weigh ins, I'll be down to 143 on the work scale, for a total loss of 11 pounds - 7.14%. I really can't see the other 2 being committed enough to pull that off.

Food

toast x 2 + 2 tsp cheese whiz (2.5)
mocha (2)

fiesta veggie soup + crackers (3)
2 small nectarines (2)
sliced cukes (0)

cadbury thin (2)

1.5 lean hamburgers on 1.5 ciabatta buns w/cheese & 0 point condiments (12)
LF fries (2)

30 calf burning, thunder thigh melting minutes on the bike (+2)

Total: 25.5 Points

over by 1.5....oh well. I'm really full, but might treat myself to a steeped tea tonight...or maybe pudding.

Food...

Today was a good food day, hopefully I'll be comfortably under the 150 mental barrier by next week. I found this cool little snack at Sobey's tonight, they had roasted garlic or roasted red pepper hummus with flat bread for only $1.99. It's 4 points by my guestimation and it's an awesome tasting snack, let me tell ya!

whole wheat toast x 2 (2)

2 tsp cheese whiz (1/2)

mocha (2)

fiesta vegetable soup w/crackers (3)

large grapefruit (2)

cadbury thin (2)

chicken breast (4)

corn on the cob (2)

s&s sauce (1/2)

hummus & flat bread (4)

right on target today @ 22 points

exercise --- mmm, no thanks

Weigh In: -1.0

by some miracle, I lost a pound this week. One of the girls lost 2 - the same 2 she's been gaining/losing the whole time - and my cleansing co-worker was down 5. She's decided, after 3 days of fasting, that she isn't going to continue for the full 10 days...surprise; nope!

I'm still pretty annoyed that I could potentially lose the competition to someone who resorts to starvation; hopefully my fear doesn't turn into a reality. We do still have about 7 weeks left, so my steady pound a week losses should hold up in the end.

Semi Domesticated....

"The Shark" was our main reason for making a trip to Canadian Tire this morning, it was featured in their most recent commercial and claims to steam clean your floors without any cleaning products. I must say, it works pretty good. As long as you give the floors a good sweep before you start, the shark does what it's supposed to; the floors feel and look clean, so I'm happy. The only thing I would change, is to put a little bit of Mr. Clean in with the water, but I fear that would wreck my handy dandy little machine....

The shark proves that I'm not a domestic goddess, however, the fact that I'm excited about my new multi coloured set of stoneware mixing bowls, contradicts that. Everybody needs a good set of these bowls, they'll last forever, and this set in particular was a steal at $14.99!

Nothing more to report, I ate well today; yogurt for breakfast, soup & tea for lunch, and turkey for supper. I watched my portion sizes at dinner tonight, as I have my weigh in tomorrow at work...dum dum dum...

Layzee Blogga

Sorry for my lack of post these last few days, I've been trying to get rid of my various aches and pains via copious amounts of sleep; seems to be working. One of my customers on Saturday was a registered massage therapist, who was telling me that some people have arthritic pain whenever they are stressed or overwhelmed. I would go so far as to say that I am either one of those things, but I took it with a grain of salt and got some sleep; no more late night blogging!

Looks like I'll probably stay the same for tomorrows weigh in - I deserve it. I was pretty bad this week, food wise. It's definitely better than gaining, although I would have liked to keep the 149.8 that I saw on Wednesday.

I'll keep you posted...

I want to cut my hand off!

Seems I have a pretty nasty case of tennis elbow, probably from the crazy arm movements on the elliptical. Man, is this ever painful; I'm gonna have to avoid the elliptical for a while and stick to the bike or walking....

Work was crazy busy today, but I like it better that way, my day goes by so fast :).

FOOD

oat bran muffin (3)
coffee & creamo (1)

smart ones cheese ziti (6)
large grapefruit (2)
'nuther muffin (3)

Louis sub chicken tenderloin wrap - call it an 8 pointer
small yogen fruz LF chocolate (2)

APs - Ouch, tomorrow....I promise!
Total: 25 points

On another note, I'm pretty annoyed about one of my co-workers who is in the weight loss challenge with me - the one that could lose me $75 or win me $150 - she has decided that she is going to do a 10 day "cleanse," where all she does is drink lemonade. I don't think that's a cleanse; a cleanse to me would mean 2-3 days of just fruits & veggies or something, this is just starvation! I can't compete with that, I won't. We'll see what comes of it, I think she'll cave in and eat after a day or 2, but if she doesn't, I might just bow out of the competition. I'm not going to reward someone for losing weight via starvation, it's just wrong. I'll keep you posted.

Mmmmmuffins

Today was an extremely BUSY day at work; the madness started when my first appointment ran half an hour into my second, I am now a doctors office instead of a banker. The customers were really understanding, which was great, and I survived with only a minor headache; also important.

GOOD NEWS - I peeked at the scale this morning because I felt so good yesterday - 149.8 yahooooooo! One mental block overcome, two more to go.

After I read Lindz' blog this afternoon, I decided to make some oat bran muffins, it just so happened that I had some Low Fat Quaker mix- voilla - instant yummy muffins! They are so much more filling with the bran, thanks for the tip Lindz!

Food

yogurt, honey, granola (4)

coffee & creamo (0.5)

fiesta vegetable soup & crackers (3)

oatmeal muffin - no bran (4)

cadbury thin (2)

fish sticks x 4 (4)

celery & 1.5 TB of PB (3)

beans (0)

oatbran muffin (3) - sweeeeeeet!

steeped tea 2 cream + 2 sweetener (3)

APs: Haha, wha?

Total Points: 26.5

Weigh In: -1.0

Woohoo! I'm in the lead for my work competition AND the $150 prize! I had new motivation when I came home today, so I went on the bike & elliptical trainer for about 1/2 an hour while supper was in the oven.

It's amazing what a difference a little bit of exercise can make in the way you feel; I just feel better in general...and most importantly, I have fewer wobbly bits :).

Eats

yogurt, granola & honey (4)
coffee & milk (0)

fiesta vegetable soup & 4 crackers (3)
bell pepper strips (0)
nectarine (1)
oatmeal muffin (4)

chicken breast + 2 bites (4)
1/2 cup corn nibblets (1)
celery & 1.5 TB of PB (3)

fruit & yogurt parfait - McDs (3)

Total: 23 Points
Target: 22 Points
APs: 2

Ever Jealous of Your Cat?

I am, at least a couple times a week. He doesn't work or have a mortgage to pay, he doesn't have to worry about how he looks or what other people think of him, or if anyone even likes him. He doesn't have a care in the world; he knows that his food bowl will be re-filled every morning and that his water will be freshened up every couple of days. The only question mark in Rocky's life is whether the sun will shine in his eyes as he lounges in the top floor of his kitty condo.

It's a no brainer, in my next life I will come back as a cat!

I don't have much else to say today, I did as little cleaning as I possibly could and was lazy for the rest of my day off :).

Much better today :)

My extreme pissyness yesterday was related to 3 things:

• Irritating co-worker
• Lack of appointments
• PMS

Today was 200% better than yesterday - aside from the fact that I ate 2 hot dogs for lunch- eeek, free BBQ was supposed to be for the CUSTOMERS! The rest of my food day was good, I didn't have anything else with my dogs at lunch, nor did I have any afternoon snacks. I had an add supper; about a cup of couscous, a couple bites of chicken, and a flax pita with PB & J.

I had 5 appointments booked today and they ALL showed up, what a miracle! I spent about an hour and a half outside for the BBQ, so that broke up my day quite nicely, hopefully I got some colour....hah, I doubt it.

Anyhoo, I'm off to bed; one more day of work!

Ugh....

I want a new job! I sit at work all day - with spurts of craziness - but mostly bored out of my mind. Half of the appointments that are booked don't show up...more boredom. I feel like I'm locked into a job that I'm not happy with because I have to have 18 months of tenure before management will consider moving me into a higher position. What if I'm bored senseless, not challenged, and not happy...does that count for anything?

I sit in my little office all day, doing my own thing, not really bothering anyone...and it's starting to get to me. Everyone else seems to get feedback from the manager when they need it, but when I try talk to said manager, I almost feel like I'm imposing. Hell, the only reason I know why my numbers are half-ass decent is because I check them myself; I haven't had a one on one coaching session in at least 2 months.

Grr, I'm just not happy - hopefully just for today, but I feel like there has to be something better out there for me.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaack

We were without phone/internet for a few days after the move, thanks Telus! We're obviously reconnected now and are almost finished unpacking. Its been extremely hectic these last few days, thank God for our new king size bed :).

The majority of the last 4 days has been spent cleaning, doing laundry, and eating. I think I've cancelled out most of the eating with the excessive cleaning - there were renters living here before and they left the place fairly dirty.

Rocky spent the first couple days under the bed, poor kitty was beside himself. He's back to his good old self now and I think that he's having a love affair with the stairs. It's so cute, we can hear the pitter patter of his paws when he's on them.

That's all I've got to say for myself at the moment, I think I'll go make some breakfast.

Hot Day

But what else is new? Ontario called today, they want their weather back! It rained for about 15 minutes this afternoon, but I don't think it helped much..

I had such a lazy day, it was great. I got up at NOON. I missed breakfast, so I had left over soup from yesterday's lunch lol. I watched the most depressing movie: Griffin & Phoenix. It's a love story about two people with terminal cancer. This movie should have a disclaimer on it: individuals who have suffered from depression or are overly emotional should NOT watch this movie! It put a dark cloud over my mood today lol. Anyhoo, here's what I ate:

Brunch

fiesta vegetable soup (2)
crackers (1)
WW toast with 1/2 TB of PB & J (2)
pudding (3)

Supper

turkey smokey (4)
couscous salad (5)

Snack

Tims tea 2 cream + 2 sweetener (3)
cadbury thin (2)

I might play with a couple slex and have some nilla cookies or something too

Today's Eats

yogurt, granola, honey (3)
cappuccino (1)

smart ones rice & beans (6)
small grapefruit (1)
100 cal pack (2)

BBQ'd chicken breast (5) - big!
1/2 cup canned pork & beans (1)
potato (4) - had butter
watermelon (1)

Total: 24 points Target: 22 points

+2....flex :).

I'm sooooo hooooooottttttt, it's 33 degrees here and it's gonna stay that way.

Calvin is bringing me home a carmel apple from the Calgary Stampede tonight (he's working there this week) so add another 4 points or so lol.

I can't wait!!!!

I can't wait to move into our lovely new townhouse, so that we can set up our exercise equipment in the basement....

How weird, I actually want to exercise. I'm feeling kind of soft and jiggly at the moment, not to mention that my weigh loss has pretty much come to a halt - down one, up two etc...

I think that an hour on the elliptical/exercise bike everyday will definitely rid me of my wobbly bits; I know my eating isn't the problem, I know that for sure!

anyway, just had to say that. 5 more days!

Today's Eats

B-Fast (4)

1 cup FF yogurt
1 TB fruit preserves
1 TB granola
1/2 TB honey
Cappuccino

2 cups fiesta veggie soup (4)
nectarine (1)
Cadbury thin (2)

'nuther grilled chicken wrap (7)
Tim's 2 cream 2 sweetener (3)


Total: 21 Points Target: 22 Points

Woot!

I'm proud of my food day

Instant oatmeal (3)
coffee w FF ID (1)

Smart Ones rice & beans (6)
apple
Hershey Stick (1)

Grilled chicken sub - Louie's Sub (7ish)
Yogen Fruz - medium (4?)

23 points for the day...I'm not religiously counting points, but am watching what I'm eating and do a "surprise count" on myself every few days or so. I'm determined to win the competition at work and I only have about 10 pounds to go to reach my wedding goal of 140. Totally do-able!

Oh...My...God

The racy thoughts of a compulsive budgeter....

I was talking to our mortgage lady today - my office neighbour - and she was giving me the final numbers as far as our mortgage payment. I just about DIED. We pay a lower interest rate because I'm staff, but our mortgage payment is still calculated at the higher rate (a percent and a half higher I might add)

What this means for us, is that our mortgage payment is $140/month MORE than we had originally planned for; greeeeeaaat. On top of that, when we went to the lawyer a couple of weeks ago, the amortization period on our mortgage documents was 5 years less than what we had agreed on at the bank; apparently that's what head office had approved us for, we just weren't told.

Anyway, I'm just going to continue my puke-fest now. I kidd...

Weigh in -2.0

Yesssssssss....a month into the competition, I'm finally down a pound from my starting weight lol. What a joke, I need to start exercising more. That'll come when we move though, I'll actually have room to exercise.


I am SO tired today. Everyday for the last week, Rocky has been getting me up around 5am, whining and crying....just wanting to be petted. I am absolutely exhausted and don't really have much else to say for myself today :P.

Frig....Its HOT

Its 33 degrees here today and I think I might melt. I'm living up to all of my goals for the week except the exercise, unless packing counts as exercise. Its just too hot to use the exercise bike in our cramped quarters right now, but I think my Mom and I will be going for nightly 5k walks while Calvin is working at the Calgary Stampede.

Poor Rocky is beside himself in this heat. Right now, he's sleeping in the Aldo bag that my newly exchanged shoes came home in (!). He also wakes up sometime between 3:30 and 5:00 every morning, walks all over us while meowing, just to let us know how hot he is...and how much he hates the stand up fan.

So, thank God for my air-conditioned office, without it, I think I would die! Ironically enough, I actually got cold enough today that I considered turning on a space heater; how warped is that lol.

Weigh in: +1.0

Damn! I ate so well this week, drank a ton of water and even got some exercise in; stupid TOM!

Ironically, even though I gained a pound, I had the best results out of the 3 of us this week. One of the girls was up 2 pounds and the other put on 3. Here's to a new week....

Goals:

• Stick to TWO Tim Horton's double doubles
• Work out 4 times for at least 30 minutes
• No eating past 8:30
• Drink at least 10 glasses of water everyday

I don't think there was too much I could have done to avoid the gain this week, so I'm just gonna move on and hope to be rewarded on the scale next week.

Computers are great

When they work, that is. Right now blogger doesn't seem to want me to have pictures with my posts, so you'll have to do without my "exploding-computer" image lol.

Just a small rant today. The computer systems were down at work today until 2pm; great, the tellers couldn't post anything, and I couldn't even print documents or pull a credit check. I'm glad they came back up before the end of the day though, I was able to catch up without staying too late :).

Second BEEF: Why do I ever spend more than $30 on a pair of shoes? It seems like every time I do - and this applies mainly to my nice leather work shoes- I trip on the cement within a couple weeks of getting them and they're scratched or scuffed. This upsets me! Not that anyone ever notices it, but I notice and I hate the fact that I'm so friggin' clumsy and can't keep a pair of shoes in good shape for more than a week.

Mini-Rant over....

Weigh In Results

I lost 1 pound this week, which simply evens out the 1 pound gain I had last week; I'm essentially even for the purpose of my weight loss challenge at work. One of the girls is down 3 pounds and the other is down 5.

The Problem: I have to eat right AND exercise. I can count points and calories til I'm blue in the face, but that alone won't give me real, permanent weight loss. Simply eating right will help me to lose a few pounds of water weight and make me feel good about myself one day at a time, but it ain't gonna change my life lol.

So, I got on the exercise bike tonight - I only lasted 20 minutes due to sore ass syndrome - but 20 minutes is better than no minutes. I also did about 30 push ups and 3 or 4 30 second wall sits. It's a start.

We go to the lawyer tomorrow morning to sign our lives away....


Exciting...but nerve racking...

Ohm....Ohm...

Our massages were wonderbar, very relaxing, I feel loads better now. My posture feels great and I feel like I've lost 10 pounds lol. The great thing is that Calvin and I have health and wellness accounts through our employers that will cover a one hour massage once a month.

I'm really looking forward to having a spa day with some of my girls before the wedding, I think it'll be tons of fun. I'm going to go drink some more water; the therapist told us to drink lots, and I would imagine it's because all of our internal organs and tissues have just been relocated lol.

You Like?

I felt it was time to shake up the colour scheme on my blog, whaddya think? I like earthy tones, so I think it'll grow on me.

I've had a semi-productive day off thus far, I called the lawyer: we will be signing our lives away on Wednesday morning! Hard to believe that we move in 3 weeks and will be married in just a few months...nuts.

For my Weight Watcher friends, this is my new breakfast obsession:

1/2 cup FF yogurt (1)
1 TB Honey (1)
1 TB granola (1/2 - 1)
1 TB Strawberry Rhubarb Twice the Fruit PC jam (0)

yumm!


I also called and booked us in for massages tonight, Calvin is having some crazy back pain - possibly a slipped disk - and I just decided to tag along for a massage lol. We'll find out more about his back on Wednesday when his x-rays are back...


I was going to make soup this morning for lunch, but he have no onions, so I think I'm having couscous, grapefruit, and toast :).

Boring Blogger

I'll be filling up my glass today in an effort to show some good results at tomorrow's work weigh in. I haven't been bad, but I definitely haven't been as disciplined as I could have been; where's my motivation? We went out for supper on Saturday night (and ice cream at Marble Slab - yummy, but baaaaaaad) however, we did go for an hour long walk after dinner!

I've calmed down quite a bit since my last post regarding the work drama...what can I do, I guess I just have to sit back and see how things play out. I really don't have a lot to say, maybe I'll think of something else later.

Piss

Oh Dr. ZenZen, thank you for coming to my rescue!

I had a good day at work, minus one medium sized shit bomb that was dropped on me, said shit bomb will remain unexplained.

I went through the McDonald's drive-thru after work to get a grilled chicken sandwich without mayo and a fruit & yogurt parfait. It took me 40 minutes to get through the line, only to find that they were out of parfaits - not to mention the fact that my sandwich had mayo on it - so I decided to strap on a set and ask for my money back; I got it!

So, then I went to the liquor store and bought a bottle of Dr. ZenZen wine...and tootled home with my incorrect sandwhich....When I tried to get into my wine, the corkscrew broke off in the cork...grr. A couple hours later my Mom called and told me to push the cork IN to the bottle...where was she 2 hours earlier?

Oh well, now I have my wine and feel significantly better, given the circumstances.

GRR..

Random Musings...

I bought a 2-serving container of vanilla dibs the other night, and boy are they ever good! If you're looking for a fun ice cream treat, you need Dibs. They are about 200 calories for 13 of them - or 5 Weight Watchers Points- so they're a little high, but a cool treat.

I bought a new shirt at Wal Mart tonight, it's really cool, looks like a Roxy knock off lol. The kicker is, it's a small! The last shirt I bought at Wal-Mart was an Extra Large, woohoo! I'm having a competition with a couple of my co-workers, to see who can lose the biggest percentage of their body weight by September 1st; I'm happy to say that I'm already down a few pounds and almost in the 140's...Who'd a thunk I'd ever be happy to be 140 anything?

Anyway, there are three of us in the competition, so the two losers have to cough up $75 EACH for the winner to go shopping. I'm motivated now; Not only do I want to go shopping, but I want to be swimming in my wedding dress when I go for the fitting...

Best diet plan ever

Its called a heat wave. It has been between 30 and 35 degrees for the last week! Man, I can't wait for it to cool down and rain. I haven't even wanted to eat because of the heat; my supper tonight consisted of miniwheats and grapefruit.

Rocky has been doing much better these last couple of days, other than being incredibly hot, he is glad to be living life sans cone. His paws don't seem to be bugging him too much, he's back to his young playful self :).

Not much else to report, just HOT.

Poor Puddy Tat.....

Okay you assholes, I'm not going anywhere with this piece on my head...I'm out.
Grrr...double rrrrr...

We really didn't want to put the cone on him, but he needs to give his paws a chance to heal for a few days, which means no licking. He slept under the bed for quite a while, until I lured him out with chocolate pudding, then he layed on the couch with us for about an our...and he is SO not a lap cat!

Poor guy; hopefully we can ditch the cone by the weekend so he can get back to his good ol' self..

I Miss Rocky...

Mr. Rocky The Kitty is having a sleepover at the vet tonight. He went this morning at 8 o'clock to be declawed...


Awful, we know, but we have honestly tried everything we can think of to deter him from scratching furniture and carpet; it's just a game to him.


It's amazing how obvious it is that he isn't here, man I hate it when he has to stay overnight at the vet. Ah well, he'll be home tomorrow morning and hopefully won't be too mad at us..

I need a kick in the arse!

And here it is...

I found a couple of old cameras in my dresser at my Mom's place, one of which had this picture on it. This was taken about 4 years and 20 or so pounds ago. Until you have proof, it's hard to admit that you've really put on some weight. Unless you have some pictures to compare, it's really easy to convince yourself that you just look different because of your hair style, your age, or the way you were sitting when the picture was taken.

Bridal boot camp begins tomorrow! I should just be thankful that I only have 20 pounds to lose to get back to my old self and not 120..

And then there were fleurs

My bouquet, the girls' flowers and Calvin's boutonniere will have yellow orchids and white mini-orchids in them. They'll also have some fall-ish berry thing - can't remember the name to save my life. The Mom's and Dad will likely have flowers too, but we just didn't know what to order them.

This isn't exactly what our arrangement will look like for the guestbook table, but these are the flowers. They are called Alstemeria and they will be fall-ish colours arranged in a vase that is a bit taller than the one used for our centerpiece.

This is what our centerpieces will look like, except they will be made with white roses and have navy blue bows.

We Also got a 3 foot swag for the head table that will have all kinds of different flowers in it, most likely in fall colours. Would you believe that we are getting our wedding flowers from Safeway? We've been getting flowers from them for years and they have always been so nice and fresh...and very reasonably priced I might add; about 1/3 the cost of Growers Direct!

My Dress!

My dress is going to be very similar to the one pictured above. I also ordered a nice satin shrug to wear over top of it - since it will be October and likely chilly. It fits really nice and isn't super heavy, like some of the others I tried on. Although the poufy ones look gorgeous, I don't think I would actually be able to walk around in one of them for an entire day.

New Bedding: Round 2

We got this bed-in-a-bag at Wal-Mart tonight; I totally hated the one that we got from Sears, so it's already on its way back. This bed and bedding will be in our spare room when we move to the new place, so it won't be used all that much. It wasn't overly pricey a $74.99, but seems very comfortable - more so than the one we got from Sears!

Cat sold separately...