Curtains

So I have my bathroom curtains completed and hung up. They look so good. I, however, keep forgetting that they are there and always surprise myself when I see them hanging up. So I think that I need a girls night that way people can see them or you can just show up at my house.

Biggest Loser is on tonight!! I'm excited. I'm wondering who the drama queen is going to be this year. The silver team or if someone else is going to come out of the woodwork.

I'm sorry that my blogs are kind of lame I just can't think of anything else to say.

Week 3

So my weight is now 221. Yay I lost one more pound. I have started counting points you know for weight watchers. A friend printed out what foods are and how many points they are. So all the girls at work are doing it with me as well. Then another friend is later today is going to tell me what point I should start at. So we will see how this works out. It's like counting my calories but instead of calories its points.

Three Day Weekend

So it was incredibly nice to have a three day weekend. It was so nice not to have to go to work yesterday. The start of the weekend was normal just hanging out with Bill. We had plans to go to a movie for cameo mans birthday but Bill was called out to work. Sucky. Then when we got home coming down the huge mountain Bill got called out again. Before that second call we could have gone to the movie.

Bill called me close enough to the movie that we decided that maybe we could get there. The showing was at 2:45. I drove up to Bills office, since he dropped me off at home before he went back to work for the second call out. I met him up there he jumped in the car and we raced off. It had to be a really nice weekend driving down the portlanders to the coast clogging the highway to snail speeds. So when the clock struck 2:45 we were at Home Depot picking out curtain rods and new hose sprayer. The curtain rod I was thinking for the kitchen window but when we got home it was to short so I'm going to use it for the bathroom.

Which leads me to Mondays activities. For the first time in my life I bought fabric. I got a deep rich green for my bathroom and a shimmering red for the kitchen. I started on the bathroom curtains and if you look really closely to the top I can't freehand so for the life of me. I was free handed it because my sewing machine wouldn't go through all the layers of fabric. Then you can really notice that I'm new at sewing because my curtains and different widths. I love it. I'm not the picky sewer like my mom. I'm not going to redo anything because it takes to long. However the way that I'm going to hang them in bathroom I don't think that you will be able to notice. The curtains are only about a 1/2 inch difference between each other. I'm so excited though for them.

The good thing is that I got to hang out with the decaf addict which was so nice. I love days off.

Week 2

Well my week 2 went better then last week. I've lost a pound. On my way. Hehe. Well it is a place to start and makes me feel better. I'm now 222. I hopefully will lose maybe 2 this week and 2 the week after to get to my 5 lbs.

It's only 8 months away going to Utah. I think that once I have my doctors appointment and get onto good meds I might be able to lose 10 lbs instead of 5 lbs in a month. I don't know I just don't want to get my hopes up. I'm going to ask my doctor about maybe a different drug if there is any.

If I was a Criminal what would I be...

So, I was thinking this morning about things that I could write about because nothing really happens. So there I was in the shower actually thinking if I could be a criminal I would be in the Mob. It sounds more alluring the a triad, or the IRA, or an assassin. So anyway, I was at work thinking the whole thing over. I would be in the mob because they have a brotherhood almost, territories everyone goes to a don and the same don. There's loyalty within (sort of). You can go to nice restaurants and sit in the back booth and have it on the house. You have your hands in everything that is interesting and important. You usually have really nice houses and you have a construction company so you can dispose of bodies. You can eat as much Italian as you want. You get to wear nice suits all the time. Obviously this is all based off of movies that I have watched or even books that I have read. It sounds the most interesting at of all the crime organizations. There's just so many pros to it. Of course I would be the boss so that I would have my own cronies. And of course I would be really rich because I am a good criminal. I could hide things really well. I would do my own bookkeeping that way no one could take advantage of my money because even though I have my loyal followers I wouldn't trust anyone. I think that it would be pretty nice. Well anyway I hope that it was fun to read.

Was Stressed A Little Bit

So I was a little stressed the past couple of days. Bill has a commercial drivers license (CDL) and with that he has a hazmat endorsement. Since his birthday was yesterday his license expires. So knowing that he went in on Monday because to get another Drivers License (update it anyway) he has to take a hazmat test. So Monday he went in to take the test and he didn't pass by one question, He went in on Tuesday and he didn't pass again, He had one more chance to take the test so we crammed like mad Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The reason that I was stressed was he gets three chances to take the test before he has to weight a month to take it again and with that in mind he would have lost his job for at least a month or more. Bitting my fingernails waiting for him to give me a call when he went in on Wednesday the 14 to see if he passed his test. HE PASSED!! I am so glad that he passed. It has relieved my mind he can keep his job. You have to know Bill as well, He hates tests and he's not a good test taker.

Also, I do have to say that I'm the worst wife ever. I forgot to say Happy Birthday to him yesterday. I had it all planned out the night before that I was going to wake him up and say happy birthday. But yesterday morning I woke up and the only thoughts that I had was of working out. I was so upset when he made the comment that he was tired and asked if I remembered what the date was. When I realized what I had done I broke out into tears. I couldn't believe what I had done. That tops my charts of the worst things that I have done. Forgetting to say Happy Birthday!

So today is the 15th and and 1:30pm I was married to this wonderful, handsome man in a beautiful church 4 years ago. Yay. I'm excited. I have to go out shopping today so that I can get Bill a present. I'm not sure what to get him so I'll peruse aisles waiting to find the best thing for him. Anyway, I going to go get ready for work.

Week 2

So this is the start of week two and so I weighed myself. Ugh. So disappointing. I'm the same blasted weight. I think that I have to step it up a notch and work out even more. I have been counting my calories and only eating between 1200 - 1500 calories but I think that I am not working out enough to burn even more calories then I'm taking in. I have been working out for a half an hour almost everyday. I haven't been doing weekends though because I haven't been home. Anyway, I'm not going to bore you with anymore of this. Hopefully next week will be better. Anyway, off to work out.

Fun filled weekend

Well it all started yesterday when I made a Chocolate Truffle Cake (HM, so good.) I love making it. It is so fun to make a cake or really anything from scratch. It takes longer but oh is it good. I finished it today. The frosting, the coffee syrup that goes in between and on top and then the decoration which is really taking the left over cake that you cut off the top of each cake to make it flat you crunch it all up and put it on the sides and on the top of the cake. Well crunch is the wrong word but I think that you get the point. I love making it. The reason of making this delicious cake is for this weekend. Tomorrow night we are traveling up north to have dinner and dessert and spend the night at a friends house. I'm excited their house is immaculate. Such detail in everything. They are apart of Bill and my car club that we belong to and the he is president of. They have a gorgeous house. Their kitchen is my favorite room of the entire house. We are meeting them and our other friends there. I think that on the way up there we are going to stop by mama Griffith's house and visit for awhile. We come home on Sunday afternoon sometime.

Tangent,

Bill is starting to be upset that I am scheduling so many things on weekends when he has so much to do around the house. All I can say is that pretty soon I'm going to want a weekend to relax since almost every weekend is filled up. So I think that he is right. I just think that it is so much fun to go places and do things with friends. Especially go places. I think that I have a heart for the road. I could go anywhere and I would be so excited even a lousy trip up north 30 miles. I love going places. I think that it came from my parents. We were always going on vacations, new cities, new areas that I have never been. I think as a child I hated going on road trips only because of sitting in the car but now that I am older I can appreciate all the things that I have been able to experience and do. I can only thank them for all the trips that we took when I was younger.

Talking about trips Bill and I have two vehicles that we do most all of our driving in, his truck and my car. Bill was adding up all the miles that we put on this year to both the truck and my car. It was ASTRONOMICAL! 70,000 miles in this past year alone! Crazy, huh. It was even worse I'm sure a couple of years ago when we went to Louisiana. Anyway, I think that you can tell that we really like to drive. I would hate to think about how much we spent on gas or propane this last year. Of course that 70,000 miles also includes going to work and back. Anyway, I'm babbling now.

Flooding Update

Well they said that the flooding was supposed to occur today at 10am. I have gotten up several times tonight to look out the back window from our bedroom noticing that it hasn't changed all night long. There is a little more water in the back but not enough to get the day off from work. Urg. I was hoping. They said that the river is supposed to crest at 10am at 21 feet. The flood stage is at 14 feet. But that 21 feet isn't close to our house at all. When the house flooded in 1996 the flood level was at 27 feet (I found all this out a couple of days ago when they were saying flood, which is nice) and that put 3 feet of water in our house at that time. So when they said the flood stage was at 26.5 feet yesterday I was noting a waive of panic. Then it was dropped done to 23 feet which would be the edge of our house and then this morning it is 21 feet which means that it will be at the edge of the slough maybe a little higher. Yeah. I am so glad that the house isn't going to flood. It makes me all nervous and jittery. Although the good thing about it is that I think I'm going to go through everything and start throwing all the crap away that we have acquired over the years. I usually am not a pack rat but I will say that I save things up for awhile and then after a few months I go through things and throw stuff away after I see how cluttered everything is. It's like purging your life of things that were once valued but not anymore. Times change, you change, everything is always changing.

Flooding

So today has been a day of ups and downs. It has been nerve wracking hearing the weather reports that we are going to flood. The river earlier today was supposed to crest tomorrow at almost 27 feet but slowly it has gone down to 23 feet which puts it at the edge of our door step. It's nerve wracking always all day do you think it will flood, should I go home and pack up the house, do we wait? Those are some of the questions that I asked through out the day. Of course there's my husband that is the reassuring calm one of the family saying no we will wait it out and look at it later in the night. It's so nice that he is here. If I were by myself I think that I would have already packed up the house.

Now the thing with me is that I don't want it to flood in my house but I love the anticipation of the flood. I put markers in the backyard to see the progress of the flood. I know I'm crazy. I also wouldn't mind if it flooded the slightest bit in my house that way I could get some new flooring. Just a little skim of water on the surface of the rug to ruin it. I know, I know, I'm crazy. One day though I'm going to get that new flooring. However I'm going to want to raise up my house when that day comes so that my new flooring won't be ruined. Anyway, for those people that are out of the flood area. Be grateful. It is an instant headache when you are in the flood area.

Challenge

So at my parents house this last week for Christmas. I have noticed that I'm getting even bigger. Started out walking down my parents hallway which has a mirror at the end of it. When I was younger and skinnier I used to walk up and down the hallway like it was a cat walk. When I saw my reflection yikes, the whole body view it was disturbing. Next my husband and I went to Sears to spend some Christmas money and I decided that I was going to buy clothes. I have no t-shirts and I was going to buy some Jeans. Well the t-shirts were fine but the pants size, I don't want to go to the next size at all. I refused to buy the next size up. So in my desperate attempt to lose weight and look great when I go to Utah Mama Griffith and I are going to count calories, workout and post our weight here on our blogs.

I know that I have a reason for being overweight, well real but the most that is there is that I have hypothyroidism. It makes you gain weight, lose your memory, it controls your metabolism needless to say. I used to walk with Mama Griffith everyday but she moved away about a year and a half ago almost two years now and it's been grueling ever since to try to remain active.

I have thought of other ways to help my lose the weight. I thought about putting a picture of me in just my underwear and put it onto my fridge but I don't think so. I wouldn't want anyone to say that and I probably would forget to take it down if someone came over. That would be more embarrassing then anything. So I decided to go for this route. Something on screen that could never go away because I won't delete it. And I will have to log on and put the weight on the screen once a week.

So for my new years resolution I want to be between 145 to 165. Closer to the 145. So here it goes mortifying me forever. I am 223 right now.

I often wonder what happened why me but I know the reasons. My mom was gone when I was in elementary school. She would come back from OSU every weekend but it wasn't the same. I think that it started there. When she came back we knocked heads all the time. Even when I moved away. Through high school and even during my wedding when we were fixing my dress, hemming it up and all that, she has made comments of me being fat. I think that that hurts the most. Even my brother a couple years ago made a gesture that I was fat. I think that all of it has to play a part in over eating and not losing weight but gaining it. Well there's my sad little tale. Jillian would be proud from "The Biggest Loser". I told my story in the short version.

New Year

Today is the first day of the year 2009. Exciting isn't it. I have big plans of paying off debt and going on vacations and refinancing my house. I'm up here just getting done with a video camera cameos, OK not really of just me of everyone up here asking questions of what our new years resolutions would be, where we would live fantasy and real, what kind of car we would drive, what we would do if we had a million dollars, you know those nice questions. Then we are going to send it to mama Griffiths brother. It will be exciting. He he.

My new years resolutions are to pay off some debt, go on more vacations, of course the obvious for most people; lose weight, and buy more shoes, hats, and accessories. I would love to see my husband and friend open a shop where we live. It has always been a dream to have my own business so hopefully some day it will happen.

I have a 2 to 3 year plan for paying off credit cards and my car so as long as it continues to keep happening it will be great. Once we get those paid off Bill and I will start having kids. Either naturally if we can or adopting a couple. But needless to say I'm satisfied with my life right now. I couldn't imagine it being more perfect besides having things paid off. I have great friends, nieces and nephews, family, a job, and a house.

I think that this year will be great.