tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68188592766249025782024-02-21T09:45:51.779-06:00The Godly Gaudy GirlA dazzling snapshot of my life of faith, marriage, decorating & doggies.....a blog that captures my adventure with PCOSAnnie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-77199067082847956602015-01-01T20:43:00.000-06:002015-01-01T21:03:27.612-06:00One word. 365 days. 6 facets.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zHOVJ1gs5oHv8rFYCZIjicQxt6iYnVg_6klAAJ1yZfXSqmgFIBoaHkcQszX_yCmUsyXqTCyy5zQTe_p_V08HU-sg5F8DeY3Z1v_e4N08vnYc2IPIUKWe13KkyZ6Rr5YV7Jl5F1ltotQq/s640/blogger-image-1353268024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zHOVJ1gs5oHv8rFYCZIjicQxt6iYnVg_6klAAJ1yZfXSqmgFIBoaHkcQszX_yCmUsyXqTCyy5zQTe_p_V08HU-sg5F8DeY3Z1v_e4N08vnYc2IPIUKWe13KkyZ6Rr5YV7Jl5F1ltotQq/s640/blogger-image-1353268024.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div>Happy 2015 to everyone. I'm grateful that this year has come. A few days ago I blogged about our family pyramid- if you did not get a moment to read that blog, <a href="http://godlygaudy.blogspot.com/2014/12/2015-goals-and-plans.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br>
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Okay, now that you're caught up... We can move on to my new post: One word. 365 days. 6 facets. For the past few years I've chosen, not only resolutions, but a word to represent my year to come. Over the years my words have changed based on the status of my life and what I have going on at the moment. It's nice to reflect on New Years Day to see how much I've changed in my adulthood. One year my word was "still" one year it was "brave" one year it was "overcome." </div>
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One thing I enjoy about the app "time hop" is that it takes you back to moments that you've posted on social media. It republishes Facebook statuses, photos taken, tweets, and pictures from Instagram. It updates daily and shows what you posted from years back! Wow how <i>awesome</i> it is to see how you've changed- through friendships, hardships, and overall as a person! If you don't have it- I highly suggest you download it! </div>
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This year's resolution word is: <b>BALANCE</b>. </div>
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2014 was a year of extremities for me in so many ways- and towards the end of the year I could feel my body craving more balance. I need to find small balances 365 days a year, to accumulate more overall balance in my life. </div>
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In my last post I mentioned 6 facets that Cody and I meet to discuss each week; these facets make up our family pyramid. In order to create more overall balance- I'll need find balance in each part of my life: faith, finances, function, fitness, field, and fun. </div>
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For example- in the health and fitness area of my life- I tend to workout 6 days a week or no days a week. My perfectionist mentality plays tricks on me and I get too wrapped up in one facet, leaving the others behind. </div>
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Another example of finding balance is in our function. I'm either Mrs. OCD USA and everything is spotless, organized, organically created- or I'm driving through Taco Bell, on the phone with xyz company paying a bill, and coming home to a crazy mess of a house which drives me to planting on the couch for hours at home each evening. I need to accept that some times my home can be a little disorganized. Even though it's clean, it sometimes doesn't appear so and that is okay. I need to pencil in more cheat meals or dates instead of binging on drive-thru dinners days at a time when I am too busy to enjoy the cheat itself!</div><div><br></div>
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I would like to blog once a month about how I find balance in my focus areas. Just a small commitment to keep me on track. </div>
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2015 is wide open. It's ready for my mark. In order to get to where I need to be in 2015 I must breathe. I must find balance. I must trust the process of balance- even when I do not want to. </div>
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<div>I need to balance "existing" with plain ole <i>living</i>.I need to balance work and exploration- sadness and joy- fun and focus. For in balance, lies the real treasure. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8t6WHXVDcSDPg0Uex-LuJujRvXQR3rROGlmuQTxFqpZmUxZpKbaXyTRNPUOsjwImjdQpQT55k34flCM0jjOXAYYNHuODifB8vkER0f9kuOd6HFBnTEli6Eugs2mL9iCBSw_8bYLh67Hu/s640/blogger-image--1047559379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8t6WHXVDcSDPg0Uex-LuJujRvXQR3rROGlmuQTxFqpZmUxZpKbaXyTRNPUOsjwImjdQpQT55k34flCM0jjOXAYYNHuODifB8vkER0f9kuOd6HFBnTEli6Eugs2mL9iCBSw_8bYLh67Hu/s640/blogger-image--1047559379.jpg"></a></div><br></div>
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Happy New Year Y'all!</div><div>Annie B</div>
Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-54825243242870117782014-12-29T16:56:00.001-06:002014-12-29T18:00:51.305-06:002015 Goals and Plans<div>A<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">s our next year approaches, Cody and I sat down with our family binder and evaluated each aspect of our lives. Originally we set up this binder system in 2014 but failed to meet some months, thus we didn't meet all of our goals for 2014. Here is what our binder looks like. We have a divider and extra information for each part inside:</span></div>
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Inside our Castillo Family Pyramid binder, at our meetings we discuss 6 Fs that our family is based on. In order for our family to function we have to address the 6 elements at each weekly meeting, determining weekly goals and monthly goals to meet. The 6 most important aspects in out family are: FAITH, FUNCTION, FINANCE, FIELD, FITNESS, and FUN. That pyramid makes up our FAMILY. </div>
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We have some ground rules for our meetings- first no texts, calls, or social media during our meeting. Next, we start each meeting with a small prayer. Last- set the next meeting time/date at the end of the meeting. Let me take you through what we discuss in each divider tab, what we write down in our calendar, and how we communicate.</div>
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<u><b>Faith</b></u>: this is our first tab and most important, or base, of our family. Here we discuss what we want to do weekly to become stronger in our Catholic faith. Our weekly goals add up to one overall monthly goal. (Example: this month we want to memorize and learn 2 Latin prayers. Our weekly goal is to memorize the confiteor in weeks 1-2, and the Gloria in weeks 3-4). Our monthly goal will change in February and can be anything we decide it to be that helps us grow in our faith ( individually and as a couple). We also set small personal faith goals here (for example it may be to say a rosary 1x a week, extra scripture study, or go to Eucharistic Adoration 1-2x a week) sometimes our personal goals are the same and sometimes not! </div>
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<u><b>Function</b></u>: this is our second tab. It's important we know our roles and goals and how we will operate weekly. Here, we review the weekly chores and decide who is doing what -that week. We have 10 chores, so we each have 1 small chore 5 days a week. We can choose the day we do each one, but we don't write that in our calendar...rather we mark them off with a dry erase marker in out binder (the chore list is page protected for easy wipe off)! We also have an "other" section where we pick from a list of alternating tasks-- things that don't need to happen each week but maybe only twice a month (bathing dogs, washing the cars, cleaning the pantry, etc)-- you decide! We also make a "To do" list of tasks for the month in our calendar (like getting an inspection, or ordering contacts...) you get the idea! Here we make our grocery list and plan our weekly meal prep ideas/ dinner ideas. </div>
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<u><b>Finances</b></u>: Studies show that for most couples, finances are burdensome. Cody is in charge of budgeting expenses, while I am in charge of our bank account balance- we both pay the bills depending on who is home or what our day looks like. We look at our budgets to see if are over or under budget, what bills are coming up soon. Cody uses the app called "mint" and "mint bills" where he has set up budgets for our spending (example we have 200.00 a month for gas; he puts our bank transactions in each "budget title" to see if we were under, met, or over budget. We have about 20 categories. Some of our categories include things like: rent, gas, personal fun money, church...you get the idea! After checking each budget, we then plot <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">pay days and "bills due" on our family planner/monthly calendar... Because writing it all down </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">just</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">helps</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">! This meeting, we also set our 2015 BIG savings account goal and how much we need to save </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">each month to get there. Any money not accounted for at the end of the month goes straight to savings! We have 2 pretty BIG things we are saving for this year and we are excited to start both of those processes...but that's a post for another time ☺️</span></div>
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<u><b>Field</b></u>: here we set weekly goals for our careers/ field of expertise. The better we succeed in our career, the better our family will function. This month, mine is to stay late at work 1 day each week to grade so my papers don't stack up, while Cody's is to watch 1 video each day for work. </div>
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<u><b>Fitness</b></u>:it's important for couples to be healthy for themselves, one another, and their children. At this point we evaluate our schedule and set 1 monthly goal- it may be to lose 5 lbs or workout so many times that month! Then we look at our week and write in our calendar what we plan to do, to meet that goal. For me, it's to find more balance- so my goal for January is work out only 3 days each week- that way I don't get overwhelmed with working out plus all my other busy weekly activities! Each month, our goal changes... For example you may choose to be dairy free for a month or workout each day- whatever works for <i>your</i> lifestyle!</div>
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<u><b>Fun</b></u>: this is our last tab but one we look forward to! It's important for couples to set a time to be together or to do something they look forward to each month. For us, we find that weekly date nights work best! Here we discuss upcoming events for the month. We plan a date night each week unless we are scaling back to save money, and we also discuss trips for the year or quarter and details if necessary. We discuss our date night ideas and what our plans are for when friends spontaneously show up and want to have fun. We discuss an increase or decrease in date nights based on our money flow for the month. Then we plot our dates on the planner/ calendar.</div>
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After going through all 6 parts, we quickly recap goals and set up our next meeting based on how our upcoming week looks. We usually try to meet on Sunday, but if one is out of town or we are gone, we look at the calendar to set up a better time to meet! I hope this will help you and your family in setting SMART goals for the 2015 year! </div>
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Also, check out Dr. Taylor Marshall's planning tips in this <a href="http://taylormarshall.com/2014/12/how-to-make-unbreakable-goals-for-the-new-year.html" target="_blank">video</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Family planning y'all...</div>
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Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-78986576457191421102014-11-18T09:07:00.001-06:002014-11-18T21:37:41.205-06:00Dear Love,<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe2QbYbPCsjxaYZ741SPdCtQyEUi8TBErzW147bOy6JNXzzmPxYAUMBNUL_Ce3VWfbg847Ie0Iqxs1yVRqwUPcmTJkrUqtDLpZxy8ANs0wOVXUSdZ4mCZrgEmdc5eIqUS4KGp5gWXh7E_/s640/blogger-image--830086562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe2QbYbPCsjxaYZ741SPdCtQyEUi8TBErzW147bOy6JNXzzmPxYAUMBNUL_Ce3VWfbg847Ie0Iqxs1yVRqwUPcmTJkrUqtDLpZxy8ANs0wOVXUSdZ4mCZrgEmdc5eIqUS4KGp5gWXh7E_/s640/blogger-image--830086562.jpg"></a></div><br></div>8 years ago today it wasn't this cold out, but it was a beautiful fall day full of sunshine. <div><br></div><div>I walked down the aisle to the sound of trumpets; it was gorgeous. At the end of my journey, you were there waiting for me with a half-smile-half teary-eyed look. </div><div><br></div><div>Today marks 8 years as your wifey. That's so weird to me- mainly because after 8 years of marriage and 15 years together, it's still just "us." I never it thought it would still be just me and you babe, but I'm so thankful it has been all these years. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52oe3sXVumDcHHJ391DcNddjuWZzy8rjC1ENqApFQUuunfcPhd12WoE7kJ46_GOodlSCS2NKJCrNJgwVgKFVfYZazPyLlr3cLSHBKkmRUrBHY936tIdZvdMF5ryEaOWIRwOxvFktCzdzX/s640/blogger-image--1264768458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi52oe3sXVumDcHHJ391DcNddjuWZzy8rjC1ENqApFQUuunfcPhd12WoE7kJ46_GOodlSCS2NKJCrNJgwVgKFVfYZazPyLlr3cLSHBKkmRUrBHY936tIdZvdMF5ryEaOWIRwOxvFktCzdzX/s640/blogger-image--1264768458.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>This year we decided to buy a mutual gift for our anniversary; probably an iPad or maybe a trip over the Christmas break- we aren't sure yet, but one thing I know for sure is how much a gift you've been to me babe. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmmTfig1SHTU4SQB8uRASLcU5vTAkW7DLRwfmWhG3ADLbGTWrIba48TEyEd0LkuToVHH5czX5z0MEwaGxtKcSt9c3R2tp8kJWh5S4xUJqYTkym9Rd3jmLTgPmVLbWodhvPctgVt7JEZDn/s640/blogger-image--1420978250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmmTfig1SHTU4SQB8uRASLcU5vTAkW7DLRwfmWhG3ADLbGTWrIba48TEyEd0LkuToVHH5czX5z0MEwaGxtKcSt9c3R2tp8kJWh5S4xUJqYTkym9Rd3jmLTgPmVLbWodhvPctgVt7JEZDn/s640/blogger-image--1420978250.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You've loved me when we first met </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YznowNFaorLH1TE714VVDFEYDJf6Bakwdlpz2ngpeL3gzGvWro8WHaDiz4M8Cu0VQrbrA_YkegUdHtg5Nmh4Cndqw9GOo4mv-SyUZuIsvG9rBR-GkAwIFJ4MSnSRLeRgK0aO6zMGksNU/s640/blogger-image--698301732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YznowNFaorLH1TE714VVDFEYDJf6Bakwdlpz2ngpeL3gzGvWro8WHaDiz4M8Cu0VQrbrA_YkegUdHtg5Nmh4Cndqw9GOo4mv-SyUZuIsvG9rBR-GkAwIFJ4MSnSRLeRgK0aO6zMGksNU/s640/blogger-image--698301732.jpg"></a></div>And after 15 years </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4a3gpD15Le9znRhuIYtocUCRY1mzVNNrbbVLKdeDbf5j4Wa_-wqeOu952-JygyCHuL0uP6lfZ5pjzFA6ggAVcMpOjopYYq4VWMPwlymIwF_S469DC6gCFx-u7MOvMlCcZH6x2urdn5iSw/s640/blogger-image-1104742156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4a3gpD15Le9znRhuIYtocUCRY1mzVNNrbbVLKdeDbf5j4Wa_-wqeOu952-JygyCHuL0uP6lfZ5pjzFA6ggAVcMpOjopYYq4VWMPwlymIwF_S469DC6gCFx-u7MOvMlCcZH6x2urdn5iSw/s640/blogger-image-1104742156.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You've loved me when I was unhealthy</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD4KksPptH_CQUyMkNEZoJdvoRz8IWFXUP9NEmrskcYf9C5DTXS4GcGa7PuFBNABCUo0xpEMJ_UqPHJlXWCwQoDMJIQdh421xOOdwrHVXHQIefyJVZPCDb1Gf2JNbKJj6TH5iQJ_XLLJq/s640/blogger-image--307952195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD4KksPptH_CQUyMkNEZoJdvoRz8IWFXUP9NEmrskcYf9C5DTXS4GcGa7PuFBNABCUo0xpEMJ_UqPHJlXWCwQoDMJIQdh421xOOdwrHVXHQIefyJVZPCDb1Gf2JNbKJj6TH5iQJ_XLLJq/s640/blogger-image--307952195.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div>And medium</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfDGodB3NSaGPZds7wEsjF6TnoaLzaNETtMt2UGBJ5V2h_pycz_zzUqIDF64GhVDNEXpjtnkTBG4x3OIAarNDykmbrFDN0y_xDeZr0e5k8jYhdDaM4vBq5LR0H9HnJftni4t6bvDMrnsQ/s640/blogger-image-423840889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfDGodB3NSaGPZds7wEsjF6TnoaLzaNETtMt2UGBJ5V2h_pycz_zzUqIDF64GhVDNEXpjtnkTBG4x3OIAarNDykmbrFDN0y_xDeZr0e5k8jYhdDaM4vBq5LR0H9HnJftni4t6bvDMrnsQ/s640/blogger-image-423840889.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You've loved me when I was thin</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKSoCgwZL4SjDbc1VDVoAviAaAgVfRzEt6x3GQn4PjKMlV42pKUpQ0DhmTHuApdDclDq3_-JEYbfAxpupyIb1-m5bM1G4UJPm4gFCPcmAaFPZLiTTQndaPxUqFIVNtFPQfBsgph8oAzub/s640/blogger-image-1423781175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKSoCgwZL4SjDbc1VDVoAviAaAgVfRzEt6x3GQn4PjKMlV42pKUpQ0DhmTHuApdDclDq3_-JEYbfAxpupyIb1-m5bM1G4UJPm4gFCPcmAaFPZLiTTQndaPxUqFIVNtFPQfBsgph8oAzub/s640/blogger-image-1423781175.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>You've loved me as a young man</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHm4vftQdo5IHRt_tc1baORTJnLGWW2upWo9K8h7JyWMD2a-dx01ipQdo5oRsvdo1ouVrGUsMG6D8T1XhZKXGrZWj4eZOm3sFmUz3IC8IESmu0gNYMIGmUSZl9A9qP3dHWkM3lWXd9JKSC/s640/blogger-image--1522596923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHm4vftQdo5IHRt_tc1baORTJnLGWW2upWo9K8h7JyWMD2a-dx01ipQdo5oRsvdo1ouVrGUsMG6D8T1XhZKXGrZWj4eZOm3sFmUz3IC8IESmu0gNYMIGmUSZl9A9qP3dHWkM3lWXd9JKSC/s640/blogger-image--1522596923.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And you love me now as a grown </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUUvOqWhYfQQjYjmfyjR0nD7G-cDDmPjk1rBqfqk4I_VsgnK7Kj7FR746wUfLoFsOf_o0tC5nFGvDdPjdxMLiYC8zGdD0MWG4429uSTHHLrRVlUT2j8tXaOj9DoT4JBFC8rjohq-cYrZm/s640/blogger-image--884335813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUUvOqWhYfQQjYjmfyjR0nD7G-cDDmPjk1rBqfqk4I_VsgnK7Kj7FR746wUfLoFsOf_o0tC5nFGvDdPjdxMLiYC8zGdD0MWG4429uSTHHLrRVlUT2j8tXaOj9DoT4JBFC8rjohq-cYrZm/s640/blogger-image--884335813.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You've loved me when I'm fancy </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBm1InakeKinFbq9tnWuhy2l_Z9p8fWzgE3H4V3Mhk2oxtVpMFRdb2OwuY5DCOHPHAm1A6DHgx666sd3_fdK0OCPMT5JX3bc-o855VbTogfCyTgF9rNqZaatNFFYmES6z0qHwUlUBUwai/s640/blogger-image--1819971029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBm1InakeKinFbq9tnWuhy2l_Z9p8fWzgE3H4V3Mhk2oxtVpMFRdb2OwuY5DCOHPHAm1A6DHgx666sd3_fdK0OCPMT5JX3bc-o855VbTogfCyTgF9rNqZaatNFFYmES6z0qHwUlUBUwai/s640/blogger-image--1819971029.jpg"></a></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And you've loved me when I'm down</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fkUJxscuDh6cH7HUfoKe0u6mj2qurOyz03L8RAK7pCJ8G6Sorb-auuDwJIUotYlEPqDX72_r_JUdwQxFEWYNW-0E8mMBXLoZHpAibqAGkF5wxtUUzjMMDe5gfO5E0jgRmfDwz_ovNOL9/s640/blogger-image-805915509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fkUJxscuDh6cH7HUfoKe0u6mj2qurOyz03L8RAK7pCJ8G6Sorb-auuDwJIUotYlEPqDX72_r_JUdwQxFEWYNW-0E8mMBXLoZHpAibqAGkF5wxtUUzjMMDe5gfO5E0jgRmfDwz_ovNOL9/s640/blogger-image-805915509.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You've loved me when I felt unloveable</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDvfjQxlb8eeyrm2Zl2tEkY3Xdmra3EIUg9fUbaZxIY1P21ifKmvrjn1AXN5PHl-D3wvsrc1STYoYuqFhI8eTWgmoC0hSTwybryWSKkCiQKP1B-prHX-coVA953qOCfmDDQXHpYAriVn9/s640/blogger-image-845852124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlGAXNjWX0gufZQNNPcmThFKSjES8tUgOaArYAOzhSWbFmZTGHcxfBbqT3NY6MYSTpi6MMbnqLZ8WmOaA-_iemKH0qsw7tcE6aKkt1ktS5zsn9faUlr6kaJAHbjsNLq08UqVySIykdPGX/s640/blogger-image--1281099410.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And when we moved far away</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kKzBEroJ7I2ELmaYJqHkFap0h1hMgnyOlSnQ1pBrF878eQo4az-qfz6W3lbdJuQxsyc7mXCka9t-TU2qjAm6RfTIHHBs80DGbY1_e1PjIyTwyB_Jq9MBNbEz4i8BXiV-aqf_yp8a2_oE/s640/blogger-image--2058818128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kKzBEroJ7I2ELmaYJqHkFap0h1hMgnyOlSnQ1pBrF878eQo4az-qfz6W3lbdJuQxsyc7mXCka9t-TU2qjAm6RfTIHHBs80DGbY1_e1PjIyTwyB_Jq9MBNbEz4i8BXiV-aqf_yp8a2_oE/s640/blogger-image--2058818128.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br></div><div>You loved me when we tried for a baby </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vfRliTrz2nriIt0gmGxWKAC65UuZz2elcXxoBOI59ts8Mlg3RnFURqcZP3BFHAK0qKcb3pASyjr-kWFS1XXaG-Nwxjn3PdXSzNPdSmE1lDefW782rxCrSmXdqOCEyWOcMZHg-WqicApF/s640/blogger-image--1497076538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vfRliTrz2nriIt0gmGxWKAC65UuZz2elcXxoBOI59ts8Mlg3RnFURqcZP3BFHAK0qKcb3pASyjr-kWFS1XXaG-Nwxjn3PdXSzNPdSmE1lDefW782rxCrSmXdqOCEyWOcMZHg-WqicApF/s640/blogger-image--1497076538.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And when I gave it up</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXrCJG5qnvZN_dGuITI2GETDXFQvnNVDxPMPd3ISI7QDWNGWq1YytbSAIfDsaxCuwrR1DVomDfvA3-d35CmIjeXj66_XPdB_A5IZIcR6T09ZcL33u2n4V_5fNg7AOuSnVLRIjVJibDwwE/s640/blogger-image--350491894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXrCJG5qnvZN_dGuITI2GETDXFQvnNVDxPMPd3ISI7QDWNGWq1YytbSAIfDsaxCuwrR1DVomDfvA3-d35CmIjeXj66_XPdB_A5IZIcR6T09ZcL33u2n4V_5fNg7AOuSnVLRIjVJibDwwE/s640/blogger-image--350491894.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You loved me through pain and heartache </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd85IYZ3IzCsHKFvTssRA35gOji_nX5Rld7TMZkJfztGSGETpAMZEQPOQbE1_deWtWW3E6gm-ETBh4e9B2U2KH0iUqm5qWSvCUhaALaoGJiNWGRsKAcKYJcZgde9MtKdVhYTtfYBKJpoac/s640/blogger-image--1869345953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd85IYZ3IzCsHKFvTssRA35gOji_nX5Rld7TMZkJfztGSGETpAMZEQPOQbE1_deWtWW3E6gm-ETBh4e9B2U2KH0iUqm5qWSvCUhaALaoGJiNWGRsKAcKYJcZgde9MtKdVhYTtfYBKJpoac/s640/blogger-image--1869345953.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And you've loved me through tough love</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ7f_FT3e_HnWVp3tiepmQFOcXDMFhDzxpyT95sdZ1V3HsoSKt9gRUiLu7bU9QNRxA8WGKJXo1CNmug1canpzAy7NCETMX2RaI2czAvvEgwA7ZagsJ5WBcZmWvHg1aSJVlRJIjtyQ56t8/s640/blogger-image-1110081782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ7f_FT3e_HnWVp3tiepmQFOcXDMFhDzxpyT95sdZ1V3HsoSKt9gRUiLu7bU9QNRxA8WGKJXo1CNmug1canpzAy7NCETMX2RaI2czAvvEgwA7ZagsJ5WBcZmWvHg1aSJVlRJIjtyQ56t8/s640/blogger-image-1110081782.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You have loved me all these years and no matter what's going on, on the outside the one thing that's remained the same </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9hQIOr_j2scUBKhNy4r3xlXw4PQo5a3XnrxmuE6LLgI_-Wv6l4FWu0oWZcUGvvdIY5akg7JPVdSwuIzpSLDuGdGQlfPzy55u69nOaRHRT0y33hp7MqbkDAl3zKqCvzR9XBWfwxw_qrCa/s640/blogger-image-440744959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9hQIOr_j2scUBKhNy4r3xlXw4PQo5a3XnrxmuE6LLgI_-Wv6l4FWu0oWZcUGvvdIY5akg7JPVdSwuIzpSLDuGdGQlfPzy55u69nOaRHRT0y33hp7MqbkDAl3zKqCvzR9XBWfwxw_qrCa/s640/blogger-image-440744959.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>is how you look at WE and I see how wonderfully lucky I really am- if it is just you and me. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOtKDRYdF6otxWQcocoKmLOO26a9-XhNfZ73raDbyIGSeq1uoMBKK3-359EbMvLaImZ6HZRvV9CVOurdM4vmXB17gfjW7fXjKNW0z1_5mnrQpqTt9l4HCzZiRFAfMjMdQnCpt8rc1tIw-/s640/blogger-image-1400061907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOtKDRYdF6otxWQcocoKmLOO26a9-XhNfZ73raDbyIGSeq1uoMBKK3-359EbMvLaImZ6HZRvV9CVOurdM4vmXB17gfjW7fXjKNW0z1_5mnrQpqTt9l4HCzZiRFAfMjMdQnCpt8rc1tIw-/s640/blogger-image-1400061907.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I love you...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mPxWcLtco3rpvor_nugyP45m-u2uxlS-0TdCUcd3kq02P4o4UX9zg69fFVAgKPXOBg0EJFRW1W3L_QvSjlTeVZ_cG_C1a6u1DjFimcf3xJ_IxbBdoYel7QKQU2L4mmA-vBYm0Mvqkwdv/s640/blogger-image--1603396488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mPxWcLtco3rpvor_nugyP45m-u2uxlS-0TdCUcd3kq02P4o4UX9zg69fFVAgKPXOBg0EJFRW1W3L_QvSjlTeVZ_cG_C1a6u1DjFimcf3xJ_IxbBdoYel7QKQU2L4mmA-vBYm0Mvqkwdv/s640/blogger-image--1603396488.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-1284706354126862062014-11-02T13:32:00.001-06:002014-11-02T13:34:54.294-06:00Full of Yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs33OBHI_q1FCGRjhZ3ldtpRsIsDUXv7Yk2kqhlqCleJ353zCgZ5XWKdNdsueakmW9Te8pBYtPUsG6YZ88ojMzUSonGb6v2wiezTAXtNvEZFYVMqq9zwZB_WcilxWiYO1r2DSp5VJiQnTn/s640/blogger-image--284795849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs33OBHI_q1FCGRjhZ3ldtpRsIsDUXv7Yk2kqhlqCleJ353zCgZ5XWKdNdsueakmW9Te8pBYtPUsG6YZ88ojMzUSonGb6v2wiezTAXtNvEZFYVMqq9zwZB_WcilxWiYO1r2DSp5VJiQnTn/s640/blogger-image--284795849.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is where I have been for a while. I've been stuck in "yesterday"-- and I know all about getting out of yesterday, but for a while I haven't had the energy but to only take 1 foot out while the other is still in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yesterday represents the past and the past can be full of happiness or pain, depending upon what glasses we use to look back. We are either yearning for yesterday or mourning in it. Why?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yesterday is a place for all of us that hurts more that it actually does, and seems way more fun than we actually had in the very moment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My yesterdays are full of a myriad of things. Some I can't share because they still sting, and others I wish you could see from my very own green eyes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The scariest part of living in the yesterday, is that it's over. But that's also the most beautiful part. Whatever happened, caused us pain, stung, was uncomfortable, makes us tear in the present, makes us depressed, lonely, not motivated, feel stuck, reclused-- it's all contained in "yesterday."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLPrmzyxOUeZRPxnQ-aUBKNicXmGjPU4oc9QkSVFR9cp0BsQO5He4cC_Y6kuFdEcf4Oznd7ygivHSxfPDvYlpKr-OuPaO_haeTydgnH4YFf7VNTA54c1sZybK6N5QfkmxItgoLUXcCoch/s640/blogger-image--1751743658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLPrmzyxOUeZRPxnQ-aUBKNicXmGjPU4oc9QkSVFR9cp0BsQO5He4cC_Y6kuFdEcf4Oznd7ygivHSxfPDvYlpKr-OuPaO_haeTydgnH4YFf7VNTA54c1sZybK6N5QfkmxItgoLUXcCoch/s640/blogger-image--1751743658.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When I look back on yesterday, I bottle the yesterdays in. They eat at my soul. They make me bitter, sad, and feel that I have to overcompensate in other areas in my life. I feel pulled. I want to share my yesterday's pain, but from fear, I keep it close-- don't we all. To bring one into a raw, personal moment can be scary- what if the world isn't ready to read about pain- most only want to hear and talk about joy. But for some of us, we just can't take the other foot out of yesterday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Yesterday can also be a longing or yearning for us. We all have moments in our lives that are so special, so beautiful, we share them with others so they can have a piece of our yesterday. Moments we want to re-live, re-love, re-create. Moments we can't wait to share with our friends and family- the people that love us most. So why are we afraid to share our hurt? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This week, I'm going to be working on moving on from my yesterdays.... the painful ones and the positive ones. I'm going to try to really live presently. I may need to take a hiatus from social media, step away from distractions and find my way. I may need a day off of work, or a moment of relaxation to myself. I haven't figured out yet what I plan on doing. It's important that we take time to live now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06DwwO-XdLh3LQmEbf29tCQ0z3rCvha4Hf1hCo8I6hqTPVls0-BbZDmYON0vlNTwAbvIOKl8v3hpeZ8x-cp9ae3n3BBC8vTj3KGMtuCZvyz72kGrrsaCSdjqMH0uuw-F876M07vd4qpyS/s640/blogger-image--911645864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj06DwwO-XdLh3LQmEbf29tCQ0z3rCvha4Hf1hCo8I6hqTPVls0-BbZDmYON0vlNTwAbvIOKl8v3hpeZ8x-cp9ae3n3BBC8vTj3KGMtuCZvyz72kGrrsaCSdjqMH0uuw-F876M07vd4qpyS/s640/blogger-image--911645864.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We have to make the choice to wrap up yesterday, tie it with a bow, and send it upon it's way. For, if we continue to live in yesterday, we will be missing all the beauty around us today. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDxMZf_OicJKuTQBwPGEPCx8AXatAE5IKq_UT_aZUGw7tk35Z6f5aHnxIZ3X7Re89FgD3e_dnvUQDh2iOEM1SvbVLZNRAu6Dqof0wVcfQTlTxx2wKerwinpbySoUrG9SRB3OhLA1Dd2sT/s640/blogger-image--1092487093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDxMZf_OicJKuTQBwPGEPCx8AXatAE5IKq_UT_aZUGw7tk35Z6f5aHnxIZ3X7Re89FgD3e_dnvUQDh2iOEM1SvbVLZNRAu6Dqof0wVcfQTlTxx2wKerwinpbySoUrG9SRB3OhLA1Dd2sT/s640/blogger-image--1092487093.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-41681729457843131392014-10-31T18:06:00.001-05:002014-10-31T18:25:49.981-05:00Red Ribbon WeekThis week we said "NO!" To drugs at DHS! It was actually the first week I ever really tried to participate in! I even planned outfits lol! <div><br></div><div>Monday was "Give drugs the boot" so I wore these cuties (we also had permission to wear jeans- HOLLA) </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKB_z_XQN_ZhULQMm5fMbd8vq3hb4ofV6tvkdjVXaqZyuQQkOf2c525mRkhf86YuBeIml1E0lEbTAg3UE4tsqbspZFmhkg6qIfkFZG6Z2PG6ipDVFgaXyUn5tgXbI4pJu9gcVVovP3viw/s640/blogger-image--213938775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKB_z_XQN_ZhULQMm5fMbd8vq3hb4ofV6tvkdjVXaqZyuQQkOf2c525mRkhf86YuBeIml1E0lEbTAg3UE4tsqbspZFmhkg6qIfkFZG6Z2PG6ipDVFgaXyUn5tgXbI4pJu9gcVVovP3viw/s640/blogger-image--213938775.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRaPYx8KgPHZOkFIj_evjuY16YTT8NHAV3muxE4SQd109AyqKf66eNlVTMNPJ8wwDSiFo_r6DHJLpUdVIiNpEV4DAbKjAGNG7rdzbClHGFFLnzm8h20rG9D7qucDbSMmIfU3mN3EfO1xO/s640/blogger-image-1731208485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRaPYx8KgPHZOkFIj_evjuY16YTT8NHAV3muxE4SQd109AyqKf66eNlVTMNPJ8wwDSiFo_r6DHJLpUdVIiNpEV4DAbKjAGNG7rdzbClHGFFLnzm8h20rG9D7qucDbSMmIfU3mN3EfO1xO/s640/blogger-image-1731208485.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div> Tuesday was (and I quote this spelling) "Too brite for drugs" wear neon/shades. Now all the kids told me I spelled "brite" wrong... Duh kids, I know it's b-r-i-g-h-t- but that's what the email said, so.... I guess you can spell it two ways LOL. No jeans this day so I paired my neon with polka dot dress pants:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAdB8b_c-ghnhIvMFVEXz2mhJtFKEXnKZeAHUalwd-HlJgrUD46NVeacemhGTnPhbyyy2q-5wN43C6a7nUBgHgwuscsZn5j3bY2jJbof4GEZbh25uvB2hzuGAPysj_5QltwReVAT9cYlw/s640/blogger-image--228653079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAdB8b_c-ghnhIvMFVEXz2mhJtFKEXnKZeAHUalwd-HlJgrUD46NVeacemhGTnPhbyyy2q-5wN43C6a7nUBgHgwuscsZn5j3bY2jJbof4GEZbh25uvB2hzuGAPysj_5QltwReVAT9cYlw/s640/blogger-image--228653079.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXhm8m6LaW_k_dYtb_36UxK9X6PgcEpWtdjtFX7FDxvSKdnI9H2xGBz4PRozLvDmgcCvr7LutrsrpXKOsFpv-aShksPNtAMQ17Jx4MSUax-RGDRMMjnkfICznTj4LpU37WL4Lf-dc6Pm4/s640/blogger-image--405506492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXhm8m6LaW_k_dYtb_36UxK9X6PgcEpWtdjtFX7FDxvSKdnI9H2xGBz4PRozLvDmgcCvr7LutrsrpXKOsFpv-aShksPNtAMQ17Jx4MSUax-RGDRMMjnkfICznTj4LpU37WL4Lf-dc6Pm4/s640/blogger-image--405506492.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dgOuUaazXlv3oxsf-IyQlE8HFnpjCQ4u7Up0E9pkWv0_xB-P9vLTZtBOrdtE3zOMscyuPr1apXkvNOulZepfdN_M4b6EiizNLXat4pVa97WtweUvTWKb0BvpEe_gq3WNo_oCZ8UQqOE_/s640/blogger-image--1285002964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dgOuUaazXlv3oxsf-IyQlE8HFnpjCQ4u7Up0E9pkWv0_xB-P9vLTZtBOrdtE3zOMscyuPr1apXkvNOulZepfdN_M4b6EiizNLXat4pVa97WtweUvTWKb0BvpEe_gq3WNo_oCZ8UQqOE_/s640/blogger-image--1285002964.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wednesday was (ironically) "Peace out drugs" wear 60s and 70s clothing. Then some kid blurted out in class, "But Miss... That's dumb, why would we dress like that, didn't hippies do hard-core drugs..." And I'm over here thinking (why do you have to be this smart and yea, let's change the subject LOL)! I wore my cute dress from Boutique Twenty-7 in Silsbee! </div><br></div><div>I paired it with neon leggings, a flower headband, and flats! Everyone loved it:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4USsbptpOPVP81w_ku37QYWfZzUV0r0qvyVOlG25m-sL5OHyRHaqf1-VosKsuxEjR0XXf5MHLrLLgwVU3v8zfRjKcXnbyA2xwzMQk6gTihrudL4ymhbyYTPx3nAEcTWWXSXTMz_PzNfy/s640/blogger-image--1014942859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4USsbptpOPVP81w_ku37QYWfZzUV0r0qvyVOlG25m-sL5OHyRHaqf1-VosKsuxEjR0XXf5MHLrLLgwVU3v8zfRjKcXnbyA2xwzMQk6gTihrudL4ymhbyYTPx3nAEcTWWXSXTMz_PzNfy/s640/blogger-image--1014942859.jpg"></a></div>My flower headband is super cute and I might start wearing those types of trendy accessories more often, I loved how girlie it was! Lia Sophia Panorama necklace and Rhumba earrings really pulled this look off!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERcbcq5w9S3shwknuhcGxcs5tDuE7YJBr53guXKwPbwQ6keKNGqCOegkCfnNbW9aGqeVSUOg32mzrYSHkJvhktw1MjCdvsh2qXDDdsxx0Adhe-9VbD5SLweDERI_MTi9RYCCKWA7CbdzQ/s640/blogger-image-1402629717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERcbcq5w9S3shwknuhcGxcs5tDuE7YJBr53guXKwPbwQ6keKNGqCOegkCfnNbW9aGqeVSUOg32mzrYSHkJvhktw1MjCdvsh2qXDDdsxx0Adhe-9VbD5SLweDERI_MTi9RYCCKWA7CbdzQ/s640/blogger-image-1402629717.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hot pink leggings were from Wal-Mart!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-62ecAhrwr6Etvu0obSvXm1vYas9IKZEqSRDSJQ1tX6q3NJ565qfiL17v96X8kyFpr83pBSZKBz9oertta0KT3shUO_BUefKbFfAwDFeYPug2HQzqdsYX9SR-JV8v7ZbacmWySpHssZvd/s640/blogger-image--1605748850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-62ecAhrwr6Etvu0obSvXm1vYas9IKZEqSRDSJQ1tX6q3NJ565qfiL17v96X8kyFpr83pBSZKBz9oertta0KT3shUO_BUefKbFfAwDFeYPug2HQzqdsYX9SR-JV8v7ZbacmWySpHssZvd/s640/blogger-image--1605748850.jpg"></a></div><br></div>I so need a full length mirror LOL I had to get the full shot in a mall bathroom (yea don't judge me)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHB0RZn64IfeSpcXKienb1TK1XFFSWZfewHQkvj0I85E6yi29A5AOLAN-oYB-ivPhooScbbZ5x3Q0FnRQ8umgD5oDjleg6psWjIVIQibfJasHek2o6BMj8gAdySRP56Q0HgoBXfL03Eae/s640/blogger-image-66883308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHB0RZn64IfeSpcXKienb1TK1XFFSWZfewHQkvj0I85E6yi29A5AOLAN-oYB-ivPhooScbbZ5x3Q0FnRQ8umgD5oDjleg6psWjIVIQibfJasHek2o6BMj8gAdySRP56Q0HgoBXfL03Eae/s640/blogger-image-66883308.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thursday was "pop- star, character, superhero day" basically...getting a way with wearing our Halloween costumes - fine by me! The teachers in the English department at my school each chose a pop star, and I chose Miranda Lambert... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKEFRqSpMqRwUu-ebnk9SqgqeBJ407NuBsEZs5OWoUe0XCBve5uodjKx9XWSlz6CHiADwCHwOj_aY4i2ADE-2QV4FH9ey-LizdenwyGqnDNDDeqsFXhkmtmI2oZvcwdmD82igfkv_otq-/s640/blogger-image--1581055374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKEFRqSpMqRwUu-ebnk9SqgqeBJ407NuBsEZs5OWoUe0XCBve5uodjKx9XWSlz6CHiADwCHwOj_aY4i2ADE-2QV4FH9ey-LizdenwyGqnDNDDeqsFXhkmtmI2oZvcwdmD82igfkv_otq-/s640/blogger-image--1581055374.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to Kelly I had some awesomely HOTT boots!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_rAmcOuGQAT3ARtM3E1OT_cv-IxEbnWjKRrEi86uDRcrExT-WQmBmV2WtEEwxAgCJ29zSH-SDyGPYt91PUjX7N7aVvOL-U2KxeQ3rdw2c4l2Yw6okXLZ9TrvE89IaLZtLNkC75RLFMHf/s640/blogger-image-301087606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_rAmcOuGQAT3ARtM3E1OT_cv-IxEbnWjKRrEi86uDRcrExT-WQmBmV2WtEEwxAgCJ29zSH-SDyGPYt91PUjX7N7aVvOL-U2KxeQ3rdw2c4l2Yw6okXLZ9TrvE89IaLZtLNkC75RLFMHf/s640/blogger-image-301087606.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had a long lace skirt that I wore as a dress so that you could see the boots! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to my coworker Aimee, I had a cute cowgirl hat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLGs6um9s9KsSLzL34U-x3nD-x7fnPehDJnMrfYFb2aaptu24D0GgoXu8spQK2i450VjOzTZDFRr2b-UJrU6315tknagzxIKsxO2-PWbXgiTwnEIHO-oYob97-5F7KXXiJJOXP9B5x58e/s640/blogger-image-441910584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLGs6um9s9KsSLzL34U-x3nD-x7fnPehDJnMrfYFb2aaptu24D0GgoXu8spQK2i450VjOzTZDFRr2b-UJrU6315tknagzxIKsxO2-PWbXgiTwnEIHO-oYob97-5F7KXXiJJOXP9B5x58e/s640/blogger-image-441910584.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9LkIRg9ErpZuD8lIgPYLnW9R7am1AXDKZCnYVJyPJYQmw3KY2k5mlulRwrH88islgBaNdy3FUKEsazKMfefwPPSR6Zh-e-5ZtaSGUxg8Y3rRdbsWjYPOurQK3LjDZANWeutNQjJTQYZZ/s640/blogger-image--153519824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9LkIRg9ErpZuD8lIgPYLnW9R7am1AXDKZCnYVJyPJYQmw3KY2k5mlulRwrH88islgBaNdy3FUKEsazKMfefwPPSR6Zh-e-5ZtaSGUxg8Y3rRdbsWjYPOurQK3LjDZANWeutNQjJTQYZZ/s640/blogger-image--153519824.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>My other co-worker Amy was.... You guessed it.... MILEY CYRUS ha ha ha! Spot on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then I found out some kid called me "fat Miranda Lambert" and I was all like, "yea... I agree, tell me something I don't know!" Which didn't bother me at first but now does, so I'm drinking to that comment tonight **CHEERS**</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wish I had a cotton candy cosmo FOR sure! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf8lBXUxUsZCQ2lOHc9jSprUyBx70sW-YM0CtC8dO2cNQ-ROxLi3Ydr2JucxFuj7abHTj78RdiQuaaXSHaQeIu63B9kf8hmdFDlxa3djx5Ube0Ng0AN0Q1vnXkVW4DPQKVdkeOBdRDhcS/s640/blogger-image-2082008710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFf8lBXUxUsZCQ2lOHc9jSprUyBx70sW-YM0CtC8dO2cNQ-ROxLi3Ydr2JucxFuj7abHTj78RdiQuaaXSHaQeIu63B9kf8hmdFDlxa3djx5Ube0Ng0AN0Q1vnXkVW4DPQKVdkeOBdRDhcS/s640/blogger-image-2082008710.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Friday was "Senior day" where we could wear school colors or a shirt promoting one of our seniors (because it's senior night tonight at the FB game). I kept it classy and wore this (purplish) kimono:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNxLSMqKlPyEgQFsMVmZSf3y_kRvx4AhtRC5Y6Hj89_4pZ9pmsUrt0GIBgkeaHZYWJjQye7aO5V2D7d4grL6WliDT_dgIEYX4xhwTOYP9Am2om_X6_-11JwPDn2IUBfpneBNFEPmoQuhF/s640/blogger-image-1574234864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNxLSMqKlPyEgQFsMVmZSf3y_kRvx4AhtRC5Y6Hj89_4pZ9pmsUrt0GIBgkeaHZYWJjQye7aO5V2D7d4grL6WliDT_dgIEYX4xhwTOYP9Am2om_X6_-11JwPDn2IUBfpneBNFEPmoQuhF/s640/blogger-image-1574234864.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZVIfvvk6pOD-9uLJEK26pv8h_0Fa2PUzajce8gqOjJrzgrFYB9W-C8BvzVlhOyu1XQw6I4ErT2XqUEmbwpWMVHlBRYYMs7AD-b4ML_4dXKXEy3fATjvuGmFDVqksLDK7uBuV7e7MKOQ8/s640/blogger-image--548748951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZVIfvvk6pOD-9uLJEK26pv8h_0Fa2PUzajce8gqOjJrzgrFYB9W-C8BvzVlhOyu1XQw6I4ErT2XqUEmbwpWMVHlBRYYMs7AD-b4ML_4dXKXEy3fATjvuGmFDVqksLDK7uBuV7e7MKOQ8/s640/blogger-image--548748951.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Super fun and got it for 10.00 from the Francesca's sale rack!! HOLLA! Everyone loved it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then after work, I did what any "fat Miranda Lambert" would do, and I thoroughly enjoyed a .50 corn dog from Sonic! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUfin9HwqWyrhzBaANgbwhxkJf08Xp3uzegHg_m7Js2UXJmaNz34I9lkoiK5YCUxet06SUBHQjoeNf4Z1FHBxRM149mpzbaPbDTaZoAihj2V2LBdWfLJ8AAEBbVWUj9aLqCW-EQtnu-y7/s640/blogger-image--1886381514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUfin9HwqWyrhzBaANgbwhxkJf08Xp3uzegHg_m7Js2UXJmaNz34I9lkoiK5YCUxet06SUBHQjoeNf4Z1FHBxRM149mpzbaPbDTaZoAihj2V2LBdWfLJ8AAEBbVWUj9aLqCW-EQtnu-y7/s640/blogger-image--1886381514.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was a fun week! Here's to a new month! October was full of fun, challenge, and change. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIlDWuIDKyC1ofXm8NIYK_GxmNM79VLeKZH6QYiwq2f1u9_TiTlz-hpH_tJMk1pQ3tUDctyCZ0kgqYBnW5-F4q4y4xLXs1UfT6QnUdhsCCM9aSc3PgQbMXpSZsspG0xrbeaXySZN_e2kF/s640/blogger-image--1561366788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIlDWuIDKyC1ofXm8NIYK_GxmNM79VLeKZH6QYiwq2f1u9_TiTlz-hpH_tJMk1pQ3tUDctyCZ0kgqYBnW5-F4q4y4xLXs1UfT6QnUdhsCCM9aSc3PgQbMXpSZsspG0xrbeaXySZN_e2kF/s640/blogger-image--1561366788.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hmmm wonder what November will bring? </div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-38412300393197949372014-10-16T17:47:00.001-05:002014-10-16T17:47:55.905-05:00Life's Not Fair<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Life is not fair. And somedays I want to stomp my feet and throw a fit. Sometimes I want to be selfish and cranky and throw a pity party -- hell, just throw my whole "fake positive self" out the window. Sometimes I want to be pouty all day long, be a kid again, live at home where my momma packs my lunch and does my laundry, and my dad fixes things. Can somwbody just make me a PB&J and bring me a Kleenex? </span></div><div><br><div><br></div><div>Being overweight isn't easy and when I cheat on my diet my body takes days to adjust... I never learn that lesson- UGH! How can some people lose weight so quickly and I can't- I can't even go out once without gaining weight... I hate hormones and the fact that my body is basically dormant. </div><div><br></div><div>Being infertile isn't easy and when other people get pregnant all the time- it's frustrating. At the end of the day you aren't mad at them, you are mad at your body for NEVER working. Never. Oh late, yeah.... not pregnant! Let's play the progesterone game to get you "normal" I'm going to throw a fit for a minute and I'm sorry if your don't like it. I'm just frustrated. </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">One of the bloggers I follow, just adorable, got married and pregnant within a 2 month time period. She announced it the moment she peed on the stick. I'm all over here like--- ehhh be careful you're literally announcing it the day of your missed period (which is totally fine but scary at the same time)- totally up to her but I'm a "weird -play it safe" kind of gal. Then the unfortunate happened. She lost the baby. I was sad for her. It's painful to watch loss in others. She's never experienced loss or struggle with pregnancy. She was in pain and talked about it frequently. She was pretty public with it and that's all she could think/talk about. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">3 months later she's pregnant again. And I'm over here like - it's CD 40 and late....I'm not pregnant - why would I think for one minute to even buy a test and waste my time. Ouch. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'm glad to see her experience joy after loss, and this makes child 2. *insert stomping of feet* I just don't understand. I don't get it. She talked about how it "took forever to get pregnant this time...." and SO many times I read what she wrote, I wanted to say "Try waiting to become a family after years. Years." Then I slapped myself silly and told myself to stop being a martyr, a complainer, a victim. I know she struggled, I know she felt pain, why in my head do I think "I hurt worse" because I have no children and she has a few. I'm not sure...and I need to do some spiritual direction regarding that struggle. So pray for me, it's a daily struggle. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Being at home alone isn't easy. When Cody is gone I realize that I'm really all alone. When I'm alone, it's quiet. When it's quiet I start to think of my struggle with weight and infertility... And the reel plays on and on. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">There are moments that I want to stomp my feet, cry in bed, never go to work, and eat junk all day- but all of that won't help me. What I'm thankful for right now is that my moments are just moments. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PueaLDzOAA-ZwTLii_Roa5kcnPDiW58XHs0hSOClYP3VST_hMkDKBP_y3_0ws37Y8oM4sn3-EUvkJ-cwWwmODPk8LQiYi9DJ44k5Cg_K7DgYCiXf7Q68ea0YQTmts6HV0JJzjx7Oaqmc/s640/blogger-image-1221154985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PueaLDzOAA-ZwTLii_Roa5kcnPDiW58XHs0hSOClYP3VST_hMkDKBP_y3_0ws37Y8oM4sn3-EUvkJ-cwWwmODPk8LQiYi9DJ44k5Cg_K7DgYCiXf7Q68ea0YQTmts6HV0JJzjx7Oaqmc/s640/blogger-image-1221154985.jpg"></a></div><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"> I remember a time where set backs, depressions- lasted 1-2 months. And I am not exaggerating. Cody would come home day in and day out and I would be in the same spot as the day before, watching different episodes of the same shows... and he would make me get up and get ready or at least take a shower. It was hard for him I'm sure, to live with a blob--- and duke was always great company.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFXD1o2ZokQFfS7HNpoU2JWimQM8jweKSQ1Z4QNdtjt-oy-xbmryBnZ7ZyHPMq21F77eEZipSHwa6DYpdXbvzuneYdmfet2gZ08lPN6u0uT0HfoYjdycUy4LD65wekQ3ZQI3XaYo6jYZm/s640/blogger-image-474337070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFXD1o2ZokQFfS7HNpoU2JWimQM8jweKSQ1Z4QNdtjt-oy-xbmryBnZ7ZyHPMq21F77eEZipSHwa6DYpdXbvzuneYdmfet2gZ08lPN6u0uT0HfoYjdycUy4LD65wekQ3ZQI3XaYo6jYZm/s640/blogger-image-474337070.jpg"></a></div></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">And I guess I say all this to say, life isn't fair. It's not for me, you, your neighbor, your girlfriend, your coworker. And none of us can really do anything for anyone else except spend time with each other in order to make the silence easier. So don't be afraid to spend time with those hurting. Some of us created pain for ourselves based on choices, and some of us were blessed with pain. Pain is good for us but uncomfortable. It comes in different shapes and sizes and sometimes it's hidden. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Life isn't fair....it was never suppose to be. Buckle up... It's going to be wild ride. </font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cfSh7w8XBK1eEjodydrR7jUg55I4GLS6u_Xoaj_Y7lrGd3Fhl3wF86ao415BovD4qoUIrSWqMGut8rpodfDXmapY8PKULz_KqLQ9nlyjXsfAFiGKKXTmCCX2ZuRUvEbl5UdqVW-nOf_j/s640/blogger-image-377105681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cfSh7w8XBK1eEjodydrR7jUg55I4GLS6u_Xoaj_Y7lrGd3Fhl3wF86ao415BovD4qoUIrSWqMGut8rpodfDXmapY8PKULz_KqLQ9nlyjXsfAFiGKKXTmCCX2ZuRUvEbl5UdqVW-nOf_j/s640/blogger-image-377105681.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-17335335198995152822014-10-11T08:25:00.001-05:002014-10-11T08:25:17.476-05:00iifym: The Lucky 7<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5YMYj9f94IoYhQdwIskxMJwtzsyqIr9ZJMFGp7oelzu4EMkms3WDqvsBVYK_EFz2OljjBgy3wD1AKnfH0L4tFMtnU23xhRbzAZrTt4e6pfJJa4MIesQEliuFypodiO55WXCn1zgPUOa_/s640/blogger-image--1200625726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5YMYj9f94IoYhQdwIskxMJwtzsyqIr9ZJMFGp7oelzu4EMkms3WDqvsBVYK_EFz2OljjBgy3wD1AKnfH0L4tFMtnU23xhRbzAZrTt4e6pfJJa4MIesQEliuFypodiO55WXCn1zgPUOa_/s640/blogger-image--1200625726.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I need to remember this- I can go the distance. I </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">have not been 100% on iifym because when work or stress gets in the way I usually just stop, or eat, or totally give up. But for some reason, despite the below attitude... Iifym was in my favor for this weeks loss!</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQceXEm9o11rzKUPRzI0nN4qQBD3J2864zinaqwkFir5xcA7wsJ8MDMOGDtzAHvjsl5FFBMo9_7XiX_LgXN6RPqwMaSH97UcCXKCBHr7XkbQA1plV51qHnfrdJCR1hZeIVTrPAhfwNO-K/s640/blogger-image-540189205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQceXEm9o11rzKUPRzI0nN4qQBD3J2864zinaqwkFir5xcA7wsJ8MDMOGDtzAHvjsl5FFBMo9_7XiX_LgXN6RPqwMaSH97UcCXKCBHr7XkbQA1plV51qHnfrdJCR1hZeIVTrPAhfwNO-K/s640/blogger-image-540189205.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I could totally eat pizza on the daily! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>My back is back to 100% and to be honest I'm scared to lift. Since July, this is the first time I've had full range moment with zero pain I know if I lift and my back starts hurting, I'll have to see a real back doctor and not just a chiropractor for treatment. </div><div><br></div><div>I have been eating less, not counting my food, but semi-tracking in my head. I need to spend more time on my tracking and planning, but we were kind of poor for a week and had to eat what we had and not what was on plan. That's kind of the awesome thing about iifym- if you eat in your budget of macros it's okay. I mean you can have brownie or a slice of pizza, as long as it doesn't turn into a daily temptation--- like mine started to with corndogs...I know???? I would prefer my macros be based on healthy, clean foods, because you actually get MORE food each time you eat, than, for example, if you ate 1 piece of pizza and a brownie for lunch! </div><div><br></div><div>Today Is the last day of the 7th week of school. I decided to weigh-in today and I was happy to see that despite my poor planning I had actually lost. I weighed in at 180.5!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRVwBj7tl6CILQ33N26JfUVNF5jwixJZ4O05jsni4EsvH_-i8Uig67EeR5l_R86cxEbITD_s24sjiVLtFUE_SCglDxqGwGUGGjis7CyYijEeXxF54vGk8jm0-SffHgMXCMv-DxP1oQuuN/s640/blogger-image--221797316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRVwBj7tl6CILQ33N26JfUVNF5jwixJZ4O05jsni4EsvH_-i8Uig67EeR5l_R86cxEbITD_s24sjiVLtFUE_SCglDxqGwGUGGjis7CyYijEeXxF54vGk8jm0-SffHgMXCMv-DxP1oQuuN/s640/blogger-image--221797316.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That means, in 7 weeks, I've lost a grand total of 8.5 lbs!! I'm very close to my 10 lb goal (1.5 lbs left) I'm going to be very excited the day that comes because Kelly and I are going to have venti pumpkin spice whatever at Starbucks! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6fHjNdRhrBAp7AjXPDR-zBDUTVasmZi2zHzOm0Ksq9ltdq6pQoMokD-LaKeppspB1NvFW3RnQxgtSXuLDvTl2Cb84hIljFO79JcMEqRV7eOH_sfVHxawo_U4rdPGGx5vtp1Bqj2dy47c/s640/blogger-image-996052805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6fHjNdRhrBAp7AjXPDR-zBDUTVasmZi2zHzOm0Ksq9ltdq6pQoMokD-LaKeppspB1NvFW3RnQxgtSXuLDvTl2Cb84hIljFO79JcMEqRV7eOH_sfVHxawo_U4rdPGGx5vtp1Bqj2dy47c/s640/blogger-image-996052805.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And she's pretty fabulous! God put her smack dab in front of my journey and I'm so thankful to actually get to work with her at DISD and have our 5 a.m. chats via text! She's a great friend, and we needed each other! </div><div><br></div><div>In other news- I set a goal to make 166 my number by Jan. 1st--slow and steady may take the win! Currently that is 14.5 lbs away and I have 12 weeks to accomplish it! I'm excited and looking forward to that moment as well. I'm a little worried fertility medicine will make me gain more in the next few months but I'm giving that to God and going to try my best!</div><div><br></div><div>In brighter news, I really love fall- but I was totally thinking of spring this past weekend and how awesome it would be to use the space I have in my apartment and not just for decorating/ I mean to really LIVE in the space. So, I want to make our patio an extension of our livingroom, adding patio lights, a small outdoor rug, a bench, maybe some outdoor curtains, and this (come spring) </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bHiMdh7S0HslMl0Eivq61ZL2IoQQn-cuh3kPrrJFBvuBY70Czr1sfYYmLmc_qG3G713QkcqjzuRHavx8KDFUUSYJaBkccGk4UvSWDGPxyrI6U0SlHq0hiP6Wqwbw-vu9R-i0BPvxzR0m/s640/blogger-image--983471148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bHiMdh7S0HslMl0Eivq61ZL2IoQQn-cuh3kPrrJFBvuBY70Czr1sfYYmLmc_qG3G713QkcqjzuRHavx8KDFUUSYJaBkccGk4UvSWDGPxyrI6U0SlHq0hiP6Wqwbw-vu9R-i0BPvxzR0m/s640/blogger-image--983471148.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I want a place we can sit and relax with coffee or wine or a friend! Super cute and since we cook with fresh herbs, why not just grow 'em! We could hang it over the storage door that currently holds a wreath! So not only will it look pretty but it will also serve a real purpose!</div><div><br></div><div>Also I had a wonderful moment at work this week, being recognized for teacher appreciation at the girls volleyball game (each athlete chose their favorite teacher)</div><div>I was chosen by Brooke, in my 2nd period and she got me an awesome goody basket and this super sweet letter </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJBEtB3CWll2o62TH4mkP9vDDZot0tf65LcUXE7f9bkp_4ThdoI8FzHJIHjQERbuO7y51zbs5JiIwsWxiXc55GFcVoNBlEGqzkK2XslB6MgqWej4uWhmrC8WzeFlzGjYa8-G59_Fya9nz/s640/blogger-image-1444164856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJBEtB3CWll2o62TH4mkP9vDDZot0tf65LcUXE7f9bkp_4ThdoI8FzHJIHjQERbuO7y51zbs5JiIwsWxiXc55GFcVoNBlEGqzkK2XslB6MgqWej4uWhmrC8WzeFlzGjYa8-G59_Fya9nz/s640/blogger-image-1444164856.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVnjsU30llEO227eDQeHENzB_rppD4kn1FY_Y8VH1WqWkdcOMUig_zI4nQVjdVctnBn5_8gavYFCdnub8K26tngrDnuEZ3kZ2Mp-kPIWQbYWpbrxZvzJmzT0N4WeoCl89phy5NFgFUWMD/s640/blogger-image--356584325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVnjsU30llEO227eDQeHENzB_rppD4kn1FY_Y8VH1WqWkdcOMUig_zI4nQVjdVctnBn5_8gavYFCdnub8K26tngrDnuEZ3kZ2Mp-kPIWQbYWpbrxZvzJmzT0N4WeoCl89phy5NFgFUWMD/s640/blogger-image--356584325.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vQOzHLI3PJCOnlz6nHTd0XxuV4s-utjHO-K9fWiMwRIkvl6MkW0E_4Yptip5kYqPpUT2GLqlTvqtvwX3V3eijQyjymLrdvWZcdl9UGWtDjC9LyfN9J-nf8PhyZXdRBCOsEPf7qytn2VX/s640/blogger-image-1447983143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vQOzHLI3PJCOnlz6nHTd0XxuV4s-utjHO-K9fWiMwRIkvl6MkW0E_4Yptip5kYqPpUT2GLqlTvqtvwX3V3eijQyjymLrdvWZcdl9UGWtDjC9LyfN9J-nf8PhyZXdRBCOsEPf7qytn2VX/s640/blogger-image-1447983143.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Overall I had a great week, made it closer to my first 10 pound goal, and I'm looking forward to a busy weekend (oh-- and being off next Wednesday for the local fair)! Really keeping my fingers crossed for another 1.5 gone next weigh-in!</div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-16700691971461343042014-10-01T18:22:00.001-05:002014-10-01T20:12:04.653-05:006 weeks in to iifym<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZB57oPXsln85XbN4Vd05tY_RmTOZm4HU2Tmxq_3V0IuHqXmAj_ajWypC04NqqGB9nEIOkgl-RQJx4KMJdhCbnncRMObZYn8MHo1olPDAsoH4x3BDH5udAFPOuli772zWvHdUsA7VoBuSC/s640/blogger-image-1738789707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZB57oPXsln85XbN4Vd05tY_RmTOZm4HU2Tmxq_3V0IuHqXmAj_ajWypC04NqqGB9nEIOkgl-RQJx4KMJdhCbnncRMObZYn8MHo1olPDAsoH4x3BDH5udAFPOuli772zWvHdUsA7VoBuSC/s640/blogger-image-1738789707.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>I've been doing iifym a little over a month. <br>It seems that with my PCOS, taking fertility medication, and stress, can still lose, IF I log AND eat the right foods 90% of the week. <div><br></div><div>After six weeks in I weighed in at:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VyWXW81qkKvrWTGCObmBDpyvbsj1PFj-9ASxOWes6d-o9bp6u1k4ve-F1djDQ79MKKXaBokx9ZA_yoli6FicuttGlwNYnsk5cH7MJQD-DTKSesN_l1vo5uZGfvBYOlqyE5ckCI2W-Fl-/s640/blogger-image--932243906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VyWXW81qkKvrWTGCObmBDpyvbsj1PFj-9ASxOWes6d-o9bp6u1k4ve-F1djDQ79MKKXaBokx9ZA_yoli6FicuttGlwNYnsk5cH7MJQD-DTKSesN_l1vo5uZGfvBYOlqyE5ckCI2W-Fl-/s640/blogger-image--932243906.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Of course that isn't my lowest ever in the last 1.5 years, I recall being 178.5 in December BUT it's a great deal better than the begining of school!! In 6 weeks I would have liked to lose 10 lbs, and I did not make my goal; I only lost 7 lbs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And I'm okay with that! I feel better, I'm on the right track, and I've got to remember my goals! I'm getting there! Hubby lost 10 lbs and that's great, so even with PCOS and not being able to work out very many days (due to my back) and I still lost! At the begining of the school year I was 189.0 and now I'm 182.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcajPepLcaOB5sV9ih1-iONMPfLqdn4a0cdAnEXC6B3uWW0xuAh7P6dq91OHRXNE4WJlGqbBfMwA8Mh8r7o-iutKU6KR9KOT7pk4IA6oPeathuLavejy-Sd6heM3u_bdu8qPatFGld-Da/s640/blogger-image-943623997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcajPepLcaOB5sV9ih1-iONMPfLqdn4a0cdAnEXC6B3uWW0xuAh7P6dq91OHRXNE4WJlGqbBfMwA8Mh8r7o-iutKU6KR9KOT7pk4IA6oPeathuLavejy-Sd6heM3u_bdu8qPatFGld-Da/s640/blogger-image-943623997.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sure, it took me a few weeks to lose an additional 1.5 lbs but it's all adding up! Plus I finished fertility medication in the middle of September and now I'm off, which leads me to think that's why it took a little longer to budge 1.5 lbs...and I cheated more than planned too (shhh)!! Like this divine French toast from The Black Walnut Café in Houston:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNckFKHkyG-CPwMUncd3m327ceYLsHSXU2pXd8tthNkJSP8gAY_DCy297DiKJaFrMauWqrpPc8aV03p5atkvBhpQtA2HgW1jUM6RE7mKJCDBCi0Ha63-VJC95wsaL986rP-gzS9mwYEWa/s640/blogger-image--3265953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNckFKHkyG-CPwMUncd3m327ceYLsHSXU2pXd8tthNkJSP8gAY_DCy297DiKJaFrMauWqrpPc8aV03p5atkvBhpQtA2HgW1jUM6RE7mKJCDBCi0Ha63-VJC95wsaL986rP-gzS9mwYEWa/s640/blogger-image--3265953.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I starting thinking about making achievement goals- and I thought, I wow, if stay on track better this month, than last, I could lose 8 lbs instead of 7...which lead me to think...if I can lose another 8 lbs in 5-6 weeks I would weigh......<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_tMFFRezY4PWQzpZYg5W58E15AXRU8XXr6n3zQPmjik868smjtkuoIfAEXW6Jv2s4OrVdeC00TuSR3Gjhyphenhyphenjapt5oGsFpBxdeUlh__pnYSG4aSjyewP2c5z7YgPKE9x_-mb5PVbOULbiX/s640/blogger-image-1478823106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_tMFFRezY4PWQzpZYg5W58E15AXRU8XXr6n3zQPmjik868smjtkuoIfAEXW6Jv2s4OrVdeC00TuSR3Gjhyphenhyphenjapt5oGsFpBxdeUlh__pnYSG4aSjyewP2c5z7YgPKE9x_-mb5PVbOULbiX/s640/blogger-image-1478823106.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And that's progress, because you know what comes after that? Another 7-8 lbs! And when I thought of it in small chunks, focusing on meals, daily and weekly...I though- I CAN DO this! I would like to accomplish the 174.4 achievement in 5 weeks as projected in Myfitnesspal. Then I would like to achieve the next 7-8 lbs by the end of 2014. That's reasonable to me- without being too unrealistic (with pcos).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">174.4 minus 8 lbs would put me at a "year end" goal of 166. I like that number. First, I haven't been that number since 2008 and secondly it's 16 lbs away. I can lose 16 lbs in 3 months- I know I can! So, in keeping with my main goals/rewards sheet- now I just have some achievement guidelines in place to keep me better on target! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDruTWdoe6thJ2xZ8g2mD267IaRZRbTaikq1J5S978qCVf4wMUmmMGXU-lIqzFMlBiJ85qG8biKyetn3NjYABG2zUSc3sy6kApoNhBm3q3YGdtrr_-zlmP-x1yINewkn39ceSs7fTm7vb9/s640/blogger-image-2054573923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDruTWdoe6thJ2xZ8g2mD267IaRZRbTaikq1J5S978qCVf4wMUmmMGXU-lIqzFMlBiJ85qG8biKyetn3NjYABG2zUSc3sy6kApoNhBm3q3YGdtrr_-zlmP-x1yINewkn39ceSs7fTm7vb9/s640/blogger-image-2054573923.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Really hoping I get to minus 10 lbs soon, so I can have that white girl "fall drink", Pumpkin Spice Latte with my friend Kelly...isn't she so "hot"...in a totally nerdy way!? LOL (she's going to kill me for this):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mnzd9xX7C12lYFyU0DxqkxZu0wl1i93UlRkWQCBHVTWpMcb4EMvHTwkx0ZCuq8RkirW0kHsPtBoixVXqgFERSm6YoMrfsxmElkczi89EiJLQHG2mK46zXVCkFxZ21LaszvNLUh2Jtumc/s640/blogger-image--1489433504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-mnzd9xX7C12lYFyU0DxqkxZu0wl1i93UlRkWQCBHVTWpMcb4EMvHTwkx0ZCuq8RkirW0kHsPtBoixVXqgFERSm6YoMrfsxmElkczi89EiJLQHG2mK46zXVCkFxZ21LaszvNLUh2Jtumc/s640/blogger-image--1489433504.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In other news, Cody and I are getting creative with our meals! For example we made roast, red potatoes, and carrots in the crockpot on Monday, and tonight we used the ....wait WE didn't do anything... CODY used the leftover roast as our protein for taco soup and added the leftover few slices of potato and carrots! We served it strained, on tortillas with cheese and fresh avocado-YUMM! 400 calories later, I'm super happy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He also made a rendition of what I just listed above, but used the soup as soup, not strained, and added a mini 1 tortilla cheese quesadilla on the side...delish! What a creative way to reuse roast!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-jH6hc089MNuZkAUEvtdzV9vLrAYSlQknexq03rkNEKakQNEWsUYY-MMrPUQKh9H2YGBsSt6aq57Ph9MuEoy63rs6Ga73v87orXp4MEcbwQMarjgnUemqK4TuC2AwmsZ24fZC9a51pt/s640/blogger-image-1872780478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvE-jH6hc089MNuZkAUEvtdzV9vLrAYSlQknexq03rkNEKakQNEWsUYY-MMrPUQKh9H2YGBsSt6aq57Ph9MuEoy63rs6Ga73v87orXp4MEcbwQMarjgnUemqK4TuC2AwmsZ24fZC9a51pt/s640/blogger-image-1872780478.jpg"></a></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><br></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-74368047002523389612014-09-28T18:26:00.001-05:002014-09-28T19:16:11.297-05:00A Weekend with the Tolins<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfXanFeuNc5FemSyxZ1BQUbp-AKWCzc5svsWY8wxwg3XV908YiwAOGwehOZ_iud2v1BR5wc6I2_jo5VCzqxY13h4s9IchMQkdjW_YbiYK7ThU3FJ-iWs2itDm8CH9uF4vsC2NGkEbO04n/s640/blogger-image--930717499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfXanFeuNc5FemSyxZ1BQUbp-AKWCzc5svsWY8wxwg3XV908YiwAOGwehOZ_iud2v1BR5wc6I2_jo5VCzqxY13h4s9IchMQkdjW_YbiYK7ThU3FJ-iWs2itDm8CH9uF4vsC2NGkEbO04n/s640/blogger-image--930717499.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>The house is eerily quiet for the first time since last Sunday. Another week of non- stop activities, appointments, meetings, commitments and fun. Boy, am I exhausted! I found time to complain about it this week and Cody told me, "Anna, God's preparing you for motherhood" at first I laughed at that, but now that I think about it, that sentence has been in my head all week- and with a sliver of hope in me....I think he's probably right. <div><br></div><div>I got a glimpse of what it felt like when our God son came to visit!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TNzli1UyMAZAqdYCRaIRRsT85pZBrc5ICVTnNbGVpWUNIvFkxIROMvY3JK4HGmOAvOY6MxSAJHIo3TnVaijLAsLa7XFXD6Vfu4469xIDUHyqIAHoeiFlB5H0ktLq6uDnJiEPbhWFfFo6/s640/blogger-image--16338702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2TNzli1UyMAZAqdYCRaIRRsT85pZBrc5ICVTnNbGVpWUNIvFkxIROMvY3JK4HGmOAvOY6MxSAJHIo3TnVaijLAsLa7XFXD6Vfu4469xIDUHyqIAHoeiFlB5H0ktLq6uDnJiEPbhWFfFo6/s640/blogger-image--16338702.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Between loading the dishwasher and washing machine multiple times, picking up baby toys and dog toys, cooking, playing and balancing a baby on my hip after a long week of giving my all...to teaching- I asked Cody, "Are you sure I'm cut out to be a mom- I just don't know if I'll ever have the energy." He responded with exactly what ended up happening this weekend, "Anna, God gives mommies extra energy -- it comes from a special place... Because we all know, mommies never rest." </div><div><br></div><div>Well, sure enough - even though I was tired driving home from work Friday, as soon as I saw this little booger I got a burst of God-momma energy (thanks to God and.....spark) </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_W72XivYNEmV9_yfyE9A9RrNSQiYnUt1mQDlNegpC3d1SdpZNVgfbLe2p7Wc-MRl765zxkgOC_IwTC66r-LzRVrOaAl65uAzs-CE-MXG75iUwOZApZ7QasHEgA2LYlRhQ_NgxlC3Yz52U/s640/blogger-image-1214384443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_W72XivYNEmV9_yfyE9A9RrNSQiYnUt1mQDlNegpC3d1SdpZNVgfbLe2p7Wc-MRl765zxkgOC_IwTC66r-LzRVrOaAl65uAzs-CE-MXG75iUwOZApZ7QasHEgA2LYlRhQ_NgxlC3Yz52U/s640/blogger-image-1214384443.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>On Friday, Cody made fish tacos with black beans and fresh salsa... Ashley and I headed over to HEB to grab Dominic some fat baby smootie ingredients! Joe was the smoothie maker all weekend and even braved adding some broccoli (but totally paid for it in diaper duty)</div><div><br></div><div>After dinner we feasted on U-<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Swirl yogurt and the carmel pop-corn flavor was totally yum!!</span></div><div><br></div><div>We tried to stay up late but, we only made it to about 11:30....then lights out! </div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, we cooked breakfast - pork,eggs, and sweet potato hash for our breakfast tacos, and played around the house in our jammies with Dominic! He's totally into balls and anything that resembles them! It's really cute when you ask him things, like "Where's Jesus" and he looks at the Sacred Heart painting we have! He's too smart for his own good (in fact is very picky with his food)!</div><div><br></div><div>A few hours later we went to a local Italian restaurant and dined on carbs, carbs and more carbs... Dominic's favorite (and baby Emmelia's too!)</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKftOnlRyohSSOIrLKXtIKEwVklUGUodfEaFa4UDhbGJaJzm0dszCpUkIlydr4XCwgUTK6fihulF4MzzXda4TwGxcr9QMlEGkJN6pbxSCstyF0wn0E5POAo2Wpi2xdD-G5g0o3MV-DgR22/s640/blogger-image--263548363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKftOnlRyohSSOIrLKXtIKEwVklUGUodfEaFa4UDhbGJaJzm0dszCpUkIlydr4XCwgUTK6fihulF4MzzXda4TwGxcr9QMlEGkJN6pbxSCstyF0wn0E5POAo2Wpi2xdD-G5g0o3MV-DgR22/s640/blogger-image--263548363.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6RyHozTo1DmNSkDJV4KWahW25K0A6EDx-bC0O-3omL9QrROFqbrTfInCv0TyXHhsPDkIh-gL0GA8IhQOfFE97s_tV6ZMODgLiGrSfBSiQloyHok1ZIc4U4N1PP6OQP9RfmWxwIOs3q3a/s640/blogger-image-401751688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6RyHozTo1DmNSkDJV4KWahW25K0A6EDx-bC0O-3omL9QrROFqbrTfInCv0TyXHhsPDkIh-gL0GA8IhQOfFE97s_tV6ZMODgLiGrSfBSiQloyHok1ZIc4U4N1PP6OQP9RfmWxwIOs3q3a/s640/blogger-image-401751688.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We drove over to Veritas Catholic bookstore and played for about an hour while Dominic slept! Then we got a craving for something sweet so we went to The Cheesecake Factory! It was Ashley's first time (that she remembers) and she loved it! Dominic played on our side of the booth and we had fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQz95onyRaLvu5rOEYwCXgsrtHKBqrrd9EzyQmhrxo3UoKcgD0oN3TgtU0Q7xXrxGhhSpWOOSIw5EsMqe3rXXegnMe0HlW1r02RvRdcmBqWulbRRkX9aJERRpMcYhdK2RiK281I9Eq1p0/s640/blogger-image--1449080012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQz95onyRaLvu5rOEYwCXgsrtHKBqrrd9EzyQmhrxo3UoKcgD0oN3TgtU0Q7xXrxGhhSpWOOSIw5EsMqe3rXXegnMe0HlW1r02RvRdcmBqWulbRRkX9aJERRpMcYhdK2RiK281I9Eq1p0/s640/blogger-image--1449080012.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Oda-Q1GYHW4coWe3CJhKa3eRv7m2_RfY_q8YJkpUOm_UwIivOI2K_pU10Lz7s0G4hBNM74a7KeW6y6MVrKngvGM4FzUw-WAXs174KXxf28dg3sfSx8AU3FnIBXe0kheO874iEeC32D4o/s640/blogger-image--494723170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Then headed back home! I carried Dominic in the boba and it was fun! What a workout! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUai6vZ5x8Hqyt7S8qAlSLiRAWLsY2AAY6W7LPD85ck8OdCtVGbMhHezxtdWiQNGiuOJxIIZ2HJB4nfMpMRu6ugJ2RmdfAlea7Q_l0ef9uQRnC9jhqYPZWtGzaMfG5jyHY5_JYDKIw4hkI/s640/blogger-image-391643512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUai6vZ5x8Hqyt7S8qAlSLiRAWLsY2AAY6W7LPD85ck8OdCtVGbMhHezxtdWiQNGiuOJxIIZ2HJB4nfMpMRu6ugJ2RmdfAlea7Q_l0ef9uQRnC9jhqYPZWtGzaMfG5jyHY5_JYDKIw4hkI/s640/blogger-image-391643512.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Dominic's new Mickey:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVHuXmzJM6wcnxJ6TgvW-8QQwJHuQ0JkLFgEaTpctsp3-ASvc4gv9ci835dnomFIpy0aMOAKgKlY1ELyQscELGpx5YN15xobgCwTVveu-8YrhRDWWApWT6D-Zk-rUrs2_lWgLCjY8_458/s640/blogger-image-553034054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVHuXmzJM6wcnxJ6TgvW-8QQwJHuQ0JkLFgEaTpctsp3-ASvc4gv9ci835dnomFIpy0aMOAKgKlY1ELyQscELGpx5YN15xobgCwTVveu-8YrhRDWWApWT6D-Zk-rUrs2_lWgLCjY8_458/s640/blogger-image-553034054.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It was an active night -- around 2 am our smoke detector randomly went off... Long story short it was just a random incident but Dominic didn't care- he was NOT happy! About an hour later he finally went back to bed! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We went to mass Sunday at Annunciation Catholic Church, and after took some pics: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdHSUhvNAHL6mT8h4IsJ4qu1mDNNGboqAE3WNYjU2wuhvP6WuzuQo1hGnLX_zYkAY0BhmyFXw0k9Ks3wOccCE58SqwvZS_DWytzmWNSMq970UjGWNyN_51Txb6zfGCymhS0uhz3C8MxT8/s640/blogger-image-1195219214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdHSUhvNAHL6mT8h4IsJ4qu1mDNNGboqAE3WNYjU2wuhvP6WuzuQo1hGnLX_zYkAY0BhmyFXw0k9Ks3wOccCE58SqwvZS_DWytzmWNSMq970UjGWNyN_51Txb6zfGCymhS0uhz3C8MxT8/s640/blogger-image-1195219214.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Constantly saying "Dominic look here" he is definitely a wiggle worm!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGU-MdV2sbqI9FK7ek8KWhFhZ4Zb8dN3w1CFibpQ7tVnr5Y6rVBxXlwjhMU_ksgf3XfBwMZZSDeJ0Wz9z4avTD6xKT4MOtl_4ytueWW73XZrC1-rn8B_KSU-sZZRx_SIXzDTE9_1AvfSeT/s640/blogger-image--2031118455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGU-MdV2sbqI9FK7ek8KWhFhZ4Zb8dN3w1CFibpQ7tVnr5Y6rVBxXlwjhMU_ksgf3XfBwMZZSDeJ0Wz9z4avTD6xKT4MOtl_4ytueWW73XZrC1-rn8B_KSU-sZZRx_SIXzDTE9_1AvfSeT/s640/blogger-image--2031118455.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcSit-kfLue6t9J4-BTHWk5EXcIXwpgv9SWa_e43AAtYmW_6eSDbS61j2FI_hRpVfBUavpc6ybW6dpMfcngGn-1gIUVAARpUVfQ96z-6tfBdcI-2iLb6Z2WQl6yT3XJLy6PR7AYmOTL2v/s640/blogger-image-855821389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcSit-kfLue6t9J4-BTHWk5EXcIXwpgv9SWa_e43AAtYmW_6eSDbS61j2FI_hRpVfBUavpc6ybW6dpMfcngGn-1gIUVAARpUVfQ96z-6tfBdcI-2iLb6Z2WQl6yT3XJLy6PR7AYmOTL2v/s640/blogger-image-855821389.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Finally he looks:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4jeR3LqJgF2llGjbUwVaZ039T5990eAjJ56LSdnTKV-mMFubPJvPhhyphenhyphenDL59HpJJlA_vjf7OHQCG2nVzEU9o9KiUoEo3hyNwwHV_h04D9rD27E6WuIaUcnwyxmRTfA6hWvVEStiK5NG6C/s640/blogger-image-770906979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4jeR3LqJgF2llGjbUwVaZ039T5990eAjJ56LSdnTKV-mMFubPJvPhhyphenhyphenDL59HpJJlA_vjf7OHQCG2nVzEU9o9KiUoEo3hyNwwHV_h04D9rD27E6WuIaUcnwyxmRTfA6hWvVEStiK5NG6C/s640/blogger-image-770906979.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This has to be the cutest face ever:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDAgTYejd_iAHf9yD6lHcgjYdLDxZdJ5W-CstlY2tITPmd4arRHCyF5EPZj1pzwKHT5o1e71HYwWImiHVnSHJUxEvQ_HxBg3ZQbgbU9eSTZ9e2UXmRQYqLXKUm4OlNXIBRe0o6IP7nr75/s640/blogger-image-1188310105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I tried to make some healthy cookies but... Per Cody, "They'd be really good if you were like from Guatemala and hadn't eaten in a few weeks." I disagree! It was a clean cheat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYy6rZaU_OtUA5NHuGWRySqTMQ_0cToLF2j5TBFJbPSGOmuDCRBsjC3aZ70JGCEZokx1uQWSAYz7ufz63zyS9eul6ExOJe-6GrckfrFL3EGjgOmRXDvdDxjZJMHp7TB5gisGpc0l0bXGw/s640/blogger-image--1155187928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYy6rZaU_OtUA5NHuGWRySqTMQ_0cToLF2j5TBFJbPSGOmuDCRBsjC3aZ70JGCEZokx1uQWSAYz7ufz63zyS9eul6ExOJe-6GrckfrFL3EGjgOmRXDvdDxjZJMHp7TB5gisGpc0l0bXGw/s640/blogger-image--1155187928.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So, whatever- ya win some ya lose some!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dominic and I played in the sink while his momma rested and his daddy and Cody talked boring junk... He loved splashing in the bubbles!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jFUdL-N9hyQE7b3ZIhE42reaRwZaY7VZPyvF5Z8WSNRi4ruD4ZQ22gTtCDiGBFA0dbeAuMtm03jxWKDgi5z461V6gq4DED3HvhswYDLGrpLTTws-zjcLGuS2V7-TfvRQWirhb0lLaMRr/s640/blogger-image-167143220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jFUdL-N9hyQE7b3ZIhE42reaRwZaY7VZPyvF5Z8WSNRi4ruD4ZQ22gTtCDiGBFA0dbeAuMtm03jxWKDgi5z461V6gq4DED3HvhswYDLGrpLTTws-zjcLGuS2V7-TfvRQWirhb0lLaMRr/s640/blogger-image-167143220.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh-AUy0MpEjolCV8o-nNecNVfZeENNHuUnueuERHTnHGTv9NJgpYZw7-uws4iAliPoslgluGM7P97EcT3RfZonzyjlarhCaGKcR06BrxlSEz7ZJskgNOlLXw-KCwqF7aumDX8vi92vT8n/s640/blogger-image--1564575330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCh-AUy0MpEjolCV8o-nNecNVfZeENNHuUnueuERHTnHGTv9NJgpYZw7-uws4iAliPoslgluGM7P97EcT3RfZonzyjlarhCaGKcR06BrxlSEz7ZJskgNOlLXw-KCwqF7aumDX8vi92vT8n/s640/blogger-image--1564575330.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And of course we played with the ball over and over and over again</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJTB_fOLJMLVVMVoDk_owNT3h3-lzNX76UL5hQ0jYeP51EMiARLM61wtCm3MbDKq-peuvV0YDbH7P3ubALSfaEX0zCJG0Eg47NRv2A-_hhekEsnzMcyCyRNkctLdeGeToGvKGp28yMpUn/s640/blogger-image-2045520385.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJTB_fOLJMLVVMVoDk_owNT3h3-lzNX76UL5hQ0jYeP51EMiARLM61wtCm3MbDKq-peuvV0YDbH7P3ubALSfaEX0zCJG0Eg47NRv2A-_hhekEsnzMcyCyRNkctLdeGeToGvKGp28yMpUn/s640/blogger-image-2045520385.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He's quick--- thus the blurry pictures </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKwXo_lV8_O3_B03Yj8Yqfa2f7ARrGF6mRSFIJbiuNciihMWPWMsWHzO_U9E8N4ZlAGSbC0-9hedZOhw-ymx01rEBE-rFbgIBhsIJsHaLFXT8ydTTMspZ9HtB-Nf42dpOmbmDr7INFGoP/s640/blogger-image-518249781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKwXo_lV8_O3_B03Yj8Yqfa2f7ARrGF6mRSFIJbiuNciihMWPWMsWHzO_U9E8N4ZlAGSbC0-9hedZOhw-ymx01rEBE-rFbgIBhsIJsHaLFXT8ydTTMspZ9HtB-Nf42dpOmbmDr7INFGoP/s640/blogger-image-518249781.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQtc-znm7u96D5jRQe6vqwAlWg-6lcl1QcAMu8SDAEAyBiF9B29iyewD_PlTtjjbpVHefdx7YEqkFVTtq5j_aPfSg2rjUSp0uqdE89NLuIjJnPdilXEUcce8ci4g6Z-ihV3_6eiyWMUO1/s640/blogger-image--608272955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQtc-znm7u96D5jRQe6vqwAlWg-6lcl1QcAMu8SDAEAyBiF9B29iyewD_PlTtjjbpVHefdx7YEqkFVTtq5j_aPfSg2rjUSp0uqdE89NLuIjJnPdilXEUcce8ci4g6Z-ihV3_6eiyWMUO1/s640/blogger-image--608272955.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77C6cH8cR1dtmYO__FwbR3EYRNUE_LGbjWhrLrwHpzQhmO0lD6qIy_xZMx3Dg2q37OOWEMGDIUX5T9zTF5uDnIRj47uO4Wl_RpknSak77_YP8ilxn7R_ml5cU01xKogDSxmT9lZRJ8aD0/s640/blogger-image--1504299817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77C6cH8cR1dtmYO__FwbR3EYRNUE_LGbjWhrLrwHpzQhmO0lD6qIy_xZMx3Dg2q37OOWEMGDIUX5T9zTF5uDnIRj47uO4Wl_RpknSak77_YP8ilxn7R_ml5cU01xKogDSxmT9lZRJ8aD0/s640/blogger-image--1504299817.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We watched a movie and drank our "drinks" mine was spark, Dominic's was water ... But he thought it was the same! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hey making a spark, taking cookies out of the oven, and dancing to "Everything is Awesome" the song from the Lego movie, all while a baby is on your hip is challenging... But I have to say, I'm totally looking forward to that one day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4Ze_KuNVRwnz3cFU7vgNssm4ylfZ55xIGgNENCmK8I1eFXkCPyrBuSPKOyvSGSN7gG5EgjTqRrDl3U4Dx0-Z_C2m4d7D5Cp7B-OsePjTwlRNrLn9WganN0Cf3OMr7E66g1tzcv82ggka/s640/blogger-image-2135147718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4Ze_KuNVRwnz3cFU7vgNssm4ylfZ55xIGgNENCmK8I1eFXkCPyrBuSPKOyvSGSN7gG5EgjTqRrDl3U4Dx0-Z_C2m4d7D5Cp7B-OsePjTwlRNrLn9WganN0Cf3OMr7E66g1tzcv82ggka/s640/blogger-image-2135147718.jpg"></a></div><br></div>What a fantastic visit! Thank you Tolins for driving over to see us and let us play with baby D all weekend! It was a treasure I'll remember forever! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's only been 15 minutes since they left and Cody is snoozing! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgU8cJpfjVYp-Tfb9e-Hj3oYaYSTlVHD3f2BeJ4QzTMhFW261VAVwQQmrEtkRTpiu6lt5UgD3iIFSVz4Pigzmv7BpRPyqpyiLil5gkyWrklb43aemWzS4EI9tnr5UA4iaiqexOmxUL2Czw/s640/blogger-image--2023887539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgU8cJpfjVYp-Tfb9e-Hj3oYaYSTlVHD3f2BeJ4QzTMhFW261VAVwQQmrEtkRTpiu6lt5UgD3iIFSVz4Pigzmv7BpRPyqpyiLil5gkyWrklb43aemWzS4EI9tnr5UA4iaiqexOmxUL2Czw/s640/blogger-image--2023887539.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">think I may frame this one... I edited it to black and white and I just love it. Dominic is so special to us! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQhADjAKtqrY_OrS3WaCUeNWX9eZ7jKPrTJ_SzILwYK20zsXaGZDczOdANhZHEdIPDx8J1fbIs4Aea3E9yMfYCNh-w7_xEXc-M4PJxuYP_P9BWCi0zNOf-7Sq4L2nLd-HcZBF_UrxlF2q/s640/blogger-image--1648238074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQhADjAKtqrY_OrS3WaCUeNWX9eZ7jKPrTJ_SzILwYK20zsXaGZDczOdANhZHEdIPDx8J1fbIs4Aea3E9yMfYCNh-w7_xEXc-M4PJxuYP_P9BWCi0zNOf-7Sq4L2nLd-HcZBF_UrxlF2q/s640/blogger-image--1648238074.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-64951792043558442932014-09-27T14:39:00.001-05:002014-09-27T14:41:59.036-05:00My ClassroomThis year I changed schools and with change, came some revamping and redecorating! A lot of the decor I had was over 8 yrs old and was given to me through the years-and some of it was still in good shape but eh, after 8 yrs it was time for a refresh button! <div><br></div><div>Hey, for an ID pic-- this is pretty good, right!??<br><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTyhVcIkoXpLq71t25YSXcr4mcJnCH3OYlk-61eNl9JrAE8IWmQOsQ7jYpgvjjfHkJ-iAEv_9l9w5Tl-jbEhehKAEEOE9Pfb0r115GhHqxkgZJ3Ej_BIKZo53MUexMaQbA3sk0sOgi4Hd/s640/blogger-image-1917563465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTyhVcIkoXpLq71t25YSXcr4mcJnCH3OYlk-61eNl9JrAE8IWmQOsQ7jYpgvjjfHkJ-iAEv_9l9w5Tl-jbEhehKAEEOE9Pfb0r115GhHqxkgZJ3Ej_BIKZo53MUexMaQbA3sk0sOgi4Hd/s640/blogger-image-1917563465.jpg"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div>I went to Mardel Christian store in League City the weekend my nephew was born and shopped 'till I dropped! </div><div><br></div><div>The school year has been busy, and I didn't get around to decorating everything and didn't get a good flow in my room (of supplies, composition book drawers, paper turn in trays, etc...) until just about 2 weeks ago!</div><div><br></div><div>After that I was busy day and night, bell to bell, alarm clock to lights out- and never had time to get it looking brighter!</div><div><br></div><div>Then I found a moment! My color scheme is based of school colors (purple) and I added black and white, yellow, and lots of chevron!! Many of my posters are colorful, so I feel like my room is a mix of mod and rainbow bright... Which is totally fine by me! Take a look at what I snapped:</div><div><br></div><div>View from my desk:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCAldzT4KvAl6mIj69vu0upfy2WAMHbULY7e5o7NJBD5Or22cVrkuBBVJr4hZJ6TPO7LwBQhc87gkgTUCAu1ZgP8GlryH4eyMoWHOR2n4kPzoik4E1hVKQiL1eu5qj9vcJkhXUYGY8OL_/s640/blogger-image-1066065521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCAldzT4KvAl6mIj69vu0upfy2WAMHbULY7e5o7NJBD5Or22cVrkuBBVJr4hZJ6TPO7LwBQhc87gkgTUCAu1ZgP8GlryH4eyMoWHOR2n4kPzoik4E1hVKQiL1eu5qj9vcJkhXUYGY8OL_/s640/blogger-image-1066065521.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Other side:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL_2jfSH_5pEJxZkGsMAe0domrqmMx4fg9mBytb6tkl-SnfkK50NdeJHqpV5jWZM9IyaHctHA0_m3bl95aie7GhK-iH0KF0X2-2OQn4dfF4sKWqKBe0RJPs9u2R-6zvNMpkAvcp_CLMTp/s640/blogger-image--507661501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL_2jfSH_5pEJxZkGsMAe0domrqmMx4fg9mBytb6tkl-SnfkK50NdeJHqpV5jWZM9IyaHctHA0_m3bl95aie7GhK-iH0KF0X2-2OQn4dfF4sKWqKBe0RJPs9u2R-6zvNMpkAvcp_CLMTp/s640/blogger-image--507661501.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">ELPS board, really for all kiddos:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcBp6c6jxiS3ZVpqILUclibfZuJGGOfJzMVm3K91w10z4YryfbZbEkHm4llh-HrRrj5eOXSHu0FfCP_Q7IPqqnjbE0yoHzcRgssDV9PhWbW-uXEzlYwTS21EfNWRTj4SN1qqO2UKi_HW6/s640/blogger-image-177886995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcBp6c6jxiS3ZVpqILUclibfZuJGGOfJzMVm3K91w10z4YryfbZbEkHm4llh-HrRrj5eOXSHu0FfCP_Q7IPqqnjbE0yoHzcRgssDV9PhWbW-uXEzlYwTS21EfNWRTj4SN1qqO2UKi_HW6/s640/blogger-image-177886995.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PQNO83jzVNKbE6nGWEq2kywZgOVsseNXrvf8Xv0cvNDNKckO2PnJJkUxDxox-o1pgI6a7Ue5RGflzioYnbOX2p1N9cUH8TJsm-v2ZetyQ5SpMIgPXOtCaYSRIfIjhlhj3cDCJGhmjh-d/s640/blogger-image-1935601752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PQNO83jzVNKbE6nGWEq2kywZgOVsseNXrvf8Xv0cvNDNKckO2PnJJkUxDxox-o1pgI6a7Ue5RGflzioYnbOX2p1N9cUH8TJsm-v2ZetyQ5SpMIgPXOtCaYSRIfIjhlhj3cDCJGhmjh-d/s640/blogger-image-1935601752.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">More mature (than what I org had and brighter too) thanks Kel!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEDS0ftPJw9kPyYHEnVZ8CoJJczjx_ymSlcfI5NP98Sj-VPiREPvJUn9pJ1uDmb3NboXrYZX8UEg1JW0E6iYElOleLygwnL_FSZtM3DQ8GWYna6xsGCeICG0pU412fdpyfVTskynpiNlo/s640/blogger-image-1791748427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEDS0ftPJw9kPyYHEnVZ8CoJJczjx_ymSlcfI5NP98Sj-VPiREPvJUn9pJ1uDmb3NboXrYZX8UEg1JW0E6iYElOleLygwnL_FSZtM3DQ8GWYna6xsGCeICG0pU412fdpyfVTskynpiNlo/s640/blogger-image-1791748427.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Projector and assignment board! Gotta keep those kids responsible for their work!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7CjvmdoBCmZOqA0S6hKPiS0VsuSHVcVWCEfDKzh68lAbtkiuUGmNmJDL2eVMxhcR6AkqrdHPi-1sI1pn46gGsldFVm5WJC7k8KbG4BPltAVRoCnmzzeBRy3xuPzQxqhHgJre0Q-uSfh/s640/blogger-image--605360611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK7CjvmdoBCmZOqA0S6hKPiS0VsuSHVcVWCEfDKzh68lAbtkiuUGmNmJDL2eVMxhcR6AkqrdHPi-1sI1pn46gGsldFVm5WJC7k8KbG4BPltAVRoCnmzzeBRy3xuPzQxqhHgJre0Q-uSfh/s640/blogger-image--605360611.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Before sticky notes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5Sg1zrw8NIvmD34M6krZPZ8xB_aphimsrlUu9w4CKdldcQhU_fyNPqdsE0crlJg7eSZfc5-Ns29UvIek8uEUunbwVgXfcfNI_cwcO-_s2dzy5JWi27pARe_q98c05DtdpGd3iXO8HU7q/s640/blogger-image--51404838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUIQggprjcFCmlvg2xP7c9dKjCoEFPC7pz_9auy-u3qBUMaJvypWpcREK8DXPr8xtJ11-nvuuteEcO_0huoCQjOzBlfzPyycfwNMksG5tfXkMrnCMgWjIYHgmOtyMf1GKQXYufIbQHHxu/s640/blogger-image--1288701429.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fabrics from hobby lobby:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWnlF4suJfBkgtsdE9qbaOjvp8xJyJ6mKPy7TzOh1tiwUW6EQU6g-eo4Ks3JVF7TG-0u9DDk0lLlHHpcf9vCksJBdq4e2VqXPqYOTbeB3hIu7XhqQQDHqB9Ceq9OxeEPfrG13XWYHJsFY/s640/blogger-image--570050092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWnlF4suJfBkgtsdE9qbaOjvp8xJyJ6mKPy7TzOh1tiwUW6EQU6g-eo4Ks3JVF7TG-0u9DDk0lLlHHpcf9vCksJBdq4e2VqXPqYOTbeB3hIu7XhqQQDHqB9Ceq9OxeEPfrG13XWYHJsFY/s640/blogger-image--570050092.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Princess Mrs. Castillo- who feels like the teacher she used to be!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NLpVzmDk_-Vwllb8fbpeTbTeFQ8IludmXqhpXNpdXFUOK8vNKBmNTBKKCBFkOPNRCDoJ0KlfCgLhGFjSoMhvYkO1x_zai8bV4SRtFGemdywRuCQ6vsdg3YjidK2MMqizoPd_ZUmWKmPa/s640/blogger-image-2138975227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NLpVzmDk_-Vwllb8fbpeTbTeFQ8IludmXqhpXNpdXFUOK8vNKBmNTBKKCBFkOPNRCDoJ0KlfCgLhGFjSoMhvYkO1x_zai8bV4SRtFGemdywRuCQ6vsdg3YjidK2MMqizoPd_ZUmWKmPa/s640/blogger-image-2138975227.jpg"></a></div><br></div>BTW look at this awesome love note I got from the librarian- she's pretty fantastic-- love her and all my co workers!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAyMP81jQJPBrv0FKMVMOFIyB2Xh7QgvSTXClE7pR9mAklcVhfm_Fk44lS75fj26ig7B9MW-zD_ZVhDOdDluUBF8eNrCdE0pOj2u9S2vRXsffA9ckI-R1pcPocKD9u0EvQTIQ24NGsjM5/s640/blogger-image--955892082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAyMP81jQJPBrv0FKMVMOFIyB2Xh7QgvSTXClE7pR9mAklcVhfm_Fk44lS75fj26ig7B9MW-zD_ZVhDOdDluUBF8eNrCdE0pOj2u9S2vRXsffA9ckI-R1pcPocKD9u0EvQTIQ24NGsjM5/s640/blogger-image--955892082.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-67450403262095169162014-09-22T05:21:00.001-05:002014-09-22T05:25:26.781-05:00Rainbows After the Storm: iifym week 4Today was a rainbow day- you know, the kind of day that is warm, glowy, sunny--- a colorful spot after a week of storms. It rained here a lot this past week. And many days I was riding the storm of life, barely hanging on. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8nlYVUFbVQnewNxPYJB3tOWMtqO-4ijCorX3paW0lyLLHnCNp9YlBqzWnddepOGjXWviHrI6vvlcW_N3_R-RHFTwGOGt6T-XB_oVXt2UgrCN8qmtjqewWJy2snq5LiRFDRwQvQPPvrxx/s640/blogger-image--2140947735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8nlYVUFbVQnewNxPYJB3tOWMtqO-4ijCorX3paW0lyLLHnCNp9YlBqzWnddepOGjXWviHrI6vvlcW_N3_R-RHFTwGOGt6T-XB_oVXt2UgrCN8qmtjqewWJy2snq5LiRFDRwQvQPPvrxx/s640/blogger-image--2140947735.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But today was different! I said "yes" to me and divulged in too many pleasantries... It was nice to finally reach my pot of gold this Sunday. <div><br></div><div>I ran myself into the ground, again this week, busy busy with lots of commitments after work. When the weekend arrived I didnt have much to give, but I did and I'm glad about it. I visited my Chas for her small group and we played scrapbooking... I may or may not have had candy corn in copious amounts...and here we are at 11:00 pm drained from teaching all week:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ndNkYpGlwBy3_qeWbnQxJFN5hTeVKaSQitpKVD5R1QdjRMSe_aPlT-DC32jYZOBFILBUonHF4xC50mX5Ae6NmUc4EMrLzFS65QjuB-xnA1EGobvOWuItHMCH9lsHGj-oUKd0oezx3Bfd/s640/blogger-image-553686579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ndNkYpGlwBy3_qeWbnQxJFN5hTeVKaSQitpKVD5R1QdjRMSe_aPlT-DC32jYZOBFILBUonHF4xC50mX5Ae6NmUc4EMrLzFS65QjuB-xnA1EGobvOWuItHMCH9lsHGj-oUKd0oezx3Bfd/s640/blogger-image-553686579.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Finally Saturday night Cody and I went on a date-- it's been too long that we tried something new. We went to the Woodlands Waterway and enjoyed PF Chang's. It. Was. Phenomenal! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Nw0Q3BAbZXQHRUb0fVD2H6xDPyW2drPgTKEeIFDZ8PlBOslkeKfd3BpL-PZv1y4GhbqqPnP1cpRE2m_oq9NQPmXAt-3BiDtqkk2QNyBkO1ZpRX2Cc_HVSbV8OmTWW-Cm5BHL71ncEF0J/s640/blogger-image--464379753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Nw0Q3BAbZXQHRUb0fVD2H6xDPyW2drPgTKEeIFDZ8PlBOslkeKfd3BpL-PZv1y4GhbqqPnP1cpRE2m_oq9NQPmXAt-3BiDtqkk2QNyBkO1ZpRX2Cc_HVSbV8OmTWW-Cm5BHL71ncEF0J/s640/blogger-image--464379753.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS34F5jHCr2MYOSggTsAPYCrxpljxU5lKhenqO7lyH2LHqqdATjDiYPuzLDX8xN5di6qQ1mkQTIBRRNIv9jldm3WcchyphenhyphenTzNJ8zLmX71i3VymMjqmQzwquw4lXas9zFYf_Q_zIeXVEn6TEZ/s640/blogger-image-665104635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS34F5jHCr2MYOSggTsAPYCrxpljxU5lKhenqO7lyH2LHqqdATjDiYPuzLDX8xN5di6qQ1mkQTIBRRNIv9jldm3WcchyphenhyphenTzNJ8zLmX71i3VymMjqmQzwquw4lXas9zFYf_Q_zIeXVEn6TEZ/s640/blogger-image-665104635.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVXj-F_JZagozWsplOe7pSr47GS-irPRxDbydmawIdLTMk-NpRnmc5duPd7Q15-i-XP3ZuuEeqIQ45ayqt0IOb5WmB6UUCwtt45E9_HlC4_QZAnXQjudSMUkeNptz_pWm_FizFc0QuYlv/s640/blogger-image--1881610904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVXj-F_JZagozWsplOe7pSr47GS-irPRxDbydmawIdLTMk-NpRnmc5duPd7Q15-i-XP3ZuuEeqIQ45ayqt0IOb5WmB6UUCwtt45E9_HlC4_QZAnXQjudSMUkeNptz_pWm_FizFc0QuYlv/s640/blogger-image--1881610904.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We relaxed outside with plum wine, shared 2 egg rolls for an appetizer, and dined on Mongolian Beef and steamed rice....I'm still drooling over it! It was my first experience with PFC's, not Cody's... And I'm looking forward to a return visit! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today after mass and a nap, I went to Old Navy. My good friend Kelly and my mom BOTH adhered to the BDAY list and got me Old Navy gift cards! HOLLA!! Let me tell you, it was SO nice sashaying through the store (I rarely have time to shop anymore) and choosing items, trying them on- and having to put things back because they all fit and they all look adorable! I'm proud of how easily I can change my body when I invest the time to cook clean foods and stick with my macros all week. This is the end of week 4 for me. By this time I wanted to reach a 10 pound goal, but the reality is I didn't do everything 100% so I'm not too let down! I have lost a toal of 6.5 lbs in 4 weeks and that's a start. I'm ready to lose 3.5 more lbs to reach my 10 lb mini goal! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have to stop cheating on the weekends and only cheat once a week, or it seems I spend Monday- Wednesday working off Saturday and Sunday! Eh, it happens! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I felt really good today. My body isn't perfect but I'm finding that I accept and love it more when I reach small goals (for ex: losing something each week) I may have only lost 1 lb this past week, but it will add up! I can see where I want to be better with my diet and exercise but I also allow myself error and deliciousness! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today was a rainbow day because I not only chose some really cute things with my Old Navy money, it all fit...well! I even got a pair of jeans in a size 12 to zip! That's a great accomplishment for me! It means I'm making progress... The KEY is not stopping! For some reason I always give in about this time but this time ....so I am trying to keep my eye on the prize! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The 12s fit but they were snug. So instead of buying 14s I'm going to prove it to myself and lose more weight/inches! Hopefully in another 5 lbs lost and I will walk out of old navy with my 12s in a few weeks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Check out what I got: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A super soft baby pink light sweater <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOATOerOlVydWAYoD0uEcFpoS54Y_ND-HP9fAe3yQ7UGauPh1EqQB6yA4bpc7Dl7BQgrjY5MGcJkX4a8q6J3esUg_NEmJ1mnLMGs8GFidYIm6AyqZJ7xwb7x2hnV8kxxeAVWrB2Ijw_3e/s640/blogger-image--1054280997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOATOerOlVydWAYoD0uEcFpoS54Y_ND-HP9fAe3yQ7UGauPh1EqQB6yA4bpc7Dl7BQgrjY5MGcJkX4a8q6J3esUg_NEmJ1mnLMGs8GFidYIm6AyqZJ7xwb7x2hnV8kxxeAVWrB2Ijw_3e/s640/blogger-image--1054280997.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">An awesome orange and black 3/4 flannel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJD4g3fgOYHbF-GO5BwQEibdJqm_G5CV-6EOV91krvRsn-C6Y0e_7QmV78lLRNeTdBMf9BKi7C76uELCKWOGMw5a6tNkndkJg9d9XW6kC44MkW6niot30NiNF6P_g6uwONNLZkLiSEwsB/s640/blogger-image-827730056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmJD4g3fgOYHbF-GO5BwQEibdJqm_G5CV-6EOV91krvRsn-C6Y0e_7QmV78lLRNeTdBMf9BKi7C76uELCKWOGMw5a6tNkndkJg9d9XW6kC44MkW6niot30NiNF6P_g6uwONNLZkLiSEwsB/s640/blogger-image-827730056.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Light grey stone washed skinny jeans (super comfy) and thought my they would be cute with my purple shirts on Friday </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnPAgS8MGUa5k8xQ5Fv3HXW8M7cexL27g2vpYNt15Ba1LLAo2bxtvlRa2OAhj1i3ccdi9uS2GJEeUgSIHawCaKfo3xKMUnvbxLeRFv-tCrCZDZ_mnnge9U9OoERChFSuyK-wE5fDfW4on/s640/blogger-image--2080307383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnPAgS8MGUa5k8xQ5Fv3HXW8M7cexL27g2vpYNt15Ba1LLAo2bxtvlRa2OAhj1i3ccdi9uS2GJEeUgSIHawCaKfo3xKMUnvbxLeRFv-tCrCZDZ_mnnge9U9OoERChFSuyK-wE5fDfW4on/s640/blogger-image--2080307383.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Another regular pair of skinnys for school</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSB1oNYzuEnrigcDUKVP2ARJ2UgFAolxK1Q21zPKu5qQI7n0PskxFGvhW5jn25b07eXME-p0ds52rUh7D-dKFB5kiPiqRBvsg2y7ipHXsU7CdWvkuBMgu4o_bMhCYhEVVEZJCcluTKC-h/s640/blogger-image--2103604883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSB1oNYzuEnrigcDUKVP2ARJ2UgFAolxK1Q21zPKu5qQI7n0PskxFGvhW5jn25b07eXME-p0ds52rUh7D-dKFB5kiPiqRBvsg2y7ipHXsU7CdWvkuBMgu4o_bMhCYhEVVEZJCcluTKC-h/s640/blogger-image--2103604883.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's what I left behind:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A navy shirt dress (getting it in 5 more lbs lost) it was a little snug in the chest </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2biqJN-0vBAJ2jsMim_sf2X0mHF1hvYfX8w8ZAEvvCXnnT1bYRKmyRBcOVmYG8BCEnDW1gLa1DN9g43bTOt9yAFMG1TVJbFn2ixlID8dvid6bJKstL4k1F0Yg0umjqWhv7PlUiWgD6zn/s640/blogger-image-1157432903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2biqJN-0vBAJ2jsMim_sf2X0mHF1hvYfX8w8ZAEvvCXnnT1bYRKmyRBcOVmYG8BCEnDW1gLa1DN9g43bTOt9yAFMG1TVJbFn2ixlID8dvid6bJKstL4k1F0Yg0umjqWhv7PlUiWgD6zn/s640/blogger-image-1157432903.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This grey heavy sweater dress (for winter with tights, boots, and a long sleeve shirt underneath) just didn't want to spend an extra 30.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlU_Q-ZoHKSMfYofhgLKJYn8IFQ4sstVZoVARuaUVG6-47cLXkF0M7FIBcpxXdKrklS6wdd3stLjhz8T2YpH7NrKrxvRON6kUE5ApNyx3ua17PZFd-UXgObgZNqa68pkKCp-6d_T5nPDv/s640/blogger-image-1087825023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdT4jzjIA4yQCuR9L3bl8DVvRDN4iUqtRjqwtOXWHVhdEYIrXnpeXWT2v5DKCKzfIRpck21s5mkFF0zljPiKswe14x7s1hghqb8a1tGALcQZosMzGvsRvP6Y1j0eABOauPxVbBhaUNVd3/s640/blogger-image-1706567713.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lunch:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSPL8mY9g6e9LYisgzKi3rKPaaZsl8PBXBtEfPfkjThfvpoY_oPLcs3oHXdd0JR034cTwyOBrdBozqXpmAx7jcMyqHYVEFbhC4f2VGequ8m5xE3t_I9JgcDmfCAXSNbFwcgUZsCjxIIIn/s640/blogger-image-1194378238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSPL8mY9g6e9LYisgzKi3rKPaaZsl8PBXBtEfPfkjThfvpoY_oPLcs3oHXdd0JR034cTwyOBrdBozqXpmAx7jcMyqHYVEFbhC4f2VGequ8m5xE3t_I9JgcDmfCAXSNbFwcgUZsCjxIIIn/s640/blogger-image-1194378238.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And because most days I ate the same exact things, I stayed on track for the most part ...EEeek!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAiuEt8ZZs2e9Z26wWgxgmNOkyfsOq-q3isV5WjAipfuXjjT4QNRP1SaMMFigylu4LxMcUjRrB2kYHj3LL1VZBaloL074jzC_jotzrZ_0cS7KEXA5P1oOyN9Rwma9tvv3q3KQjnod9IuJ/s640/blogger-image-124235783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAiuEt8ZZs2e9Z26wWgxgmNOkyfsOq-q3isV5WjAipfuXjjT4QNRP1SaMMFigylu4LxMcUjRrB2kYHj3LL1VZBaloL074jzC_jotzrZ_0cS7KEXA5P1oOyN9Rwma9tvv3q3KQjnod9IuJ/s640/blogger-image-124235783.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My new grocery store healthy sweet treat... I rewarded myself with 1 each night and YES it tastes like chocolate mint ice cream!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfQiMxLc5oiK1YTBavteEJoI3vmNVVY7f0Bdh-riKAa8NV2o14tM1xH7Ezcwp8Xp3SSt1KRBPmqxKGgt5YxqVPGGSlo0q7A1arYNYhKHY5pi6RBmM4ZyHSqcqRiypOhCp6Q_umIXRgx0e/s640/blogger-image--1881357716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfQiMxLc5oiK1YTBavteEJoI3vmNVVY7f0Bdh-riKAa8NV2o14tM1xH7Ezcwp8Xp3SSt1KRBPmqxKGgt5YxqVPGGSlo0q7A1arYNYhKHY5pi6RBmM4ZyHSqcqRiypOhCp6Q_umIXRgx0e/s640/blogger-image--1881357716.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Meal prep helped me and Cody stay the course too! Just a few hrs last Sunday and voila </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcvXtLkLJbRF8mteHwSJMpcYXh7RzH2CJMURxe2iHyS4vn2v2VfOGsOfwwac4CF9ZqZWNZRs-thPGK1dSJszXhfGqYprLIGlHGD8MhkINqNfXAVK4zFlQwwJH3Tpvv2gD_PyKT_us56IF/s640/blogger-image--1455607323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcvXtLkLJbRF8mteHwSJMpcYXh7RzH2CJMURxe2iHyS4vn2v2VfOGsOfwwac4CF9ZqZWNZRs-thPGK1dSJszXhfGqYprLIGlHGD8MhkINqNfXAVK4zFlQwwJH3Tpvv2gD_PyKT_us56IF/s640/blogger-image--1455607323.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBATXZy2jzAALJrlvVeF5wYznf-UfXdfyTYFssZ46IzqY_3zAzfAHRx7yYURykYH3LuTdbvgKIF6Pv0yTZeHBNhdN7GGValU09_eewHMW37QlvrYsx-3ryx7fCaCiubTj2DG6KgZGM1lAg/s640/blogger-image-966149983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBATXZy2jzAALJrlvVeF5wYznf-UfXdfyTYFssZ46IzqY_3zAzfAHRx7yYURykYH3LuTdbvgKIF6Pv0yTZeHBNhdN7GGValU09_eewHMW37QlvrYsx-3ryx7fCaCiubTj2DG6KgZGM1lAg/s640/blogger-image-966149983.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>I got a few sweat sessions in and have to devote more time to that this week- which means learning to say no. Is that hard for you too? It seems I'm a yes gal. Which means saying no to myself! I need to change that for sure. It was great doing cardio and sweating it out in the steam room though the few times I did!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEi28WeWSpbqul1ZQ0YzBb-ePW1GrsGYiZq1k1U3KTb0rq279OvKCs3QDp2yVUp-rricVXIeYGD0uW3XqGQsgNxzri_k7UDVrGgik1miOxy6mtXXMf6yByayC63D8J6vtwbX4KlznlwUN/s640/blogger-image-463647973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEi28WeWSpbqul1ZQ0YzBb-ePW1GrsGYiZq1k1U3KTb0rq279OvKCs3QDp2yVUp-rricVXIeYGD0uW3XqGQsgNxzri_k7UDVrGgik1miOxy6mtXXMf6yByayC63D8J6vtwbX4KlznlwUN/s640/blogger-image-463647973.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofAcrE0STuIHZ5qe8_U8fLzGhtpxDDngNcaabmxZzUiQokIIUuoiw085PtQK8vQ8wDxIhzs1y4rHtQqbqjNHE3OoR9Lh1q7A8nsmQqdYQuar-TGg89dwuGN4QPX-EdiTqGLjhMcahbphn/s640/blogger-image--1052457917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofAcrE0STuIHZ5qe8_U8fLzGhtpxDDngNcaabmxZzUiQokIIUuoiw085PtQK8vQ8wDxIhzs1y4rHtQqbqjNHE3OoR9Lh1q7A8nsmQqdYQuar-TGg89dwuGN4QPX-EdiTqGLjhMcahbphn/s640/blogger-image--1052457917.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And last but not least, this week's funny is brought to you by the citizens of Dayton Tx: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6YR43eaUHmYM1lg0RnS9B6xpnEGYThW5Ri8YSMuXdhSZLE4Mbx-J4BL-6KbODbstWaKs8dDAkmGiNzL4rO8eYrfXhed72xvCnb-DzBdcBj3DKPjnJH5a3gzIC1opSQdlGRt3nxcET-Gm/s640/blogger-image-1309760877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6YR43eaUHmYM1lg0RnS9B6xpnEGYThW5Ri8YSMuXdhSZLE4Mbx-J4BL-6KbODbstWaKs8dDAkmGiNzL4rO8eYrfXhed72xvCnb-DzBdcBj3DKPjnJH5a3gzIC1opSQdlGRt3nxcET-Gm/s640/blogger-image-1309760877.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's to another week! I'm setting a golden goal of getting out of the darn 180s!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-64084245790263119372014-09-13T09:01:00.001-05:002014-09-13T09:17:31.649-05:00Week 3: iifym and 31<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZyAWRLv_wrthkEWzmofTC_9LntlgZ6Yc-NaFxyH69GuMXQJ2KTsx1FAf5M7bgjuGFTKln7Sm-LW40nn7Sule-LF4o8IKZNuQI_dVl8dRGy0cZl0qIIDOOWsPh-IV-rH7KprEdJDZoadF/s640/blogger-image-1317695003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZyAWRLv_wrthkEWzmofTC_9LntlgZ6Yc-NaFxyH69GuMXQJ2KTsx1FAf5M7bgjuGFTKln7Sm-LW40nn7Sule-LF4o8IKZNuQI_dVl8dRGy0cZl0qIIDOOWsPh-IV-rH7KprEdJDZoadF/s640/blogger-image-1317695003.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This week was my birthday. I was thankful I made it another year on this journey of life with Cody. 31 was harder for me than 30. When I turned 30 I was excited and determined that in my 30s I would be on a mommy mission/ a healthy mission/ growing into womanhood mission. Then I turned 31 ans felt like I failed. Not because I hadn't been on the tracks I set forth for myself, but because I didn't achieve what I wanted the most. </span></div><div><br></div><div>31 has big shoes to fill! I'm looking forward to that adventure and seeing where I am next year at this time!<br><div><br></div><div>I'm so thankful I have Cody to rememid me that every time we (my words only) "fail" we are one step closer to our goal-- he's right, and I have to hang on to that. It's funny how life works- I found out that we weren't successful this cycle...on my birthday. Yeah. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Then I had cake and a bunch other crap that I ate only because that's what I used to eat-when feeling down and out-- and it wasn't even that good, now that I think about it. </div><div><br></div><div>Which leads us to week 3 on iifym. Ugh. I was good part of the week and some parts of days. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrQFbIWX-gns_rvDKnHnnpS6Nx5x-pz8oeYBeKz9X9MWjYboluKCDuBhJhXeKGNs1DTSIYuxtvreRks4df-k59nAxiLOqSNFcTlKPYyVGOM0JyGy_vqcHIVmbRlERbF6NIQT2muPf8GaA/s640/blogger-image-2049264237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrQFbIWX-gns_rvDKnHnnpS6Nx5x-pz8oeYBeKz9X9MWjYboluKCDuBhJhXeKGNs1DTSIYuxtvreRks4df-k59nAxiLOqSNFcTlKPYyVGOM0JyGy_vqcHIVmbRlERbF6NIQT2muPf8GaA/s640/blogger-image-2049264237.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Then some days I didn't eat nearly enough calories because I ate things like: 1/2 a waffle cone from sonic- (don't try it...not worth it) a piece of cake and a scoop of ice cream at a faculty meeting ( wasn't worth it, I really wanted chocolate so why did I cheat with vanila) dinner out for my birthday at a restaurant that was convienent for both hubby and I (he was in galveston and it would have taken him 2 hrs to get home so we just met somewhere) I really wanted, well heck I don't know. Diet coke- and it doesn't even taste great anymore, and lastly pizza. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AhP7j0CagxN4UoR9Wk4CpZw02dKA_3gZPl31y5CW-CvmZYKhfF3t4_pNTbVbiD_yTlj7udc5Vheoa6WNUpDczoua_XsiVCDpG7VOlPPzTiky3AY_kbsNIS6Cu7O4dYZ6kGOVj-7Pht7n/s640/blogger-image--2114396796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AhP7j0CagxN4UoR9Wk4CpZw02dKA_3gZPl31y5CW-CvmZYKhfF3t4_pNTbVbiD_yTlj7udc5Vheoa6WNUpDczoua_XsiVCDpG7VOlPPzTiky3AY_kbsNIS6Cu7O4dYZ6kGOVj-7Pht7n/s640/blogger-image--2114396796.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I was sick this week, tired, feeling down, it was my birthday and I only calculated some days. It's okay! I'm going to press reset and get back on the ball! </div><div><br></div><div>I am happy to report that my scale didn't go bonkers with all that going on! I only gained a 1/2 pound! Not too shabby for me! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs0L6_yUSsstSxdvXd8K-cJlzGC4eS814D8S_N8hcxMNyDc1JRIBPGr-h0Y8Jf1n8WVP2rklBA0leGI6_moz06WDEMwzc_yVhaMcKIhAQYZBMYzttq0vc32Tq8_tXR3BNGwTXJCw3HCax/s640/blogger-image--1413665578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs0L6_yUSsstSxdvXd8K-cJlzGC4eS814D8S_N8hcxMNyDc1JRIBPGr-h0Y8Jf1n8WVP2rklBA0leGI6_moz06WDEMwzc_yVhaMcKIhAQYZBMYzttq0vc32Tq8_tXR3BNGwTXJCw3HCax/s640/blogger-image--1413665578.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>I revisited my goals page this morning and just as the crisp air blew in over here in BIG A, I am revitalized for a new week! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtxOpJ3kqmqcAKhhcj6fjAnm6mvZwPcW7lCh1hfo39BavwUwGio5jWJkcOrfbXOQ5SSlRcIUwaYVFBBJxMVXGOjPP9JpPQdZd-XmzG6S6Lc0z3IzrisJVg6cxtODvMsTMSndtvqvf2lM0/s640/blogger-image--216588251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtxOpJ3kqmqcAKhhcj6fjAnm6mvZwPcW7lCh1hfo39BavwUwGio5jWJkcOrfbXOQ5SSlRcIUwaYVFBBJxMVXGOjPP9JpPQdZd-XmzG6S6Lc0z3IzrisJVg6cxtODvMsTMSndtvqvf2lM0/s640/blogger-image--216588251.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I never celebrated my 5 pound loss so today I'm going to do that and buy some pretty new shaker cups for spark and protien shakes! Plus I NEED a Pumpkin Spice Latte with my girl Kel- which hopefully will keep me on track until I reach my 10 lb goal! I think it's good for me to make goals, revisit them and keep them in front of me! It's also nice to have a partner in this and Cody has been a great help cooking and meal prepping when I don't feel like it! </div><div><br></div><div>I am considering (now that I know I'm not pregnant and we are taking a break from fertility meds) doing a 10 day cleanse with Advocare to just get the junks from the past out of my body!</div><div><br></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyAzznit8J9b00QfPIhlNUnWWPxjbNdI1OJM-5mJhf386kNYOm02C9Cs1NGEHBBXqBPkcZXi_SKHUBhbb9B2Muj-7DJbG_TQpzKRXJyR3sfZa3y3LbkliW6_N2M2GQJ4vWQlcD905F9sM/s640/blogger-image-497325889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyAzznit8J9b00QfPIhlNUnWWPxjbNdI1OJM-5mJhf386kNYOm02C9Cs1NGEHBBXqBPkcZXi_SKHUBhbb9B2Muj-7DJbG_TQpzKRXJyR3sfZa3y3LbkliW6_N2M2GQJ4vWQlcD905F9sM/s640/blogger-image-497325889.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-45149135095225964932014-09-07T14:40:00.001-05:002014-09-07T14:44:07.845-05:00If It Fits Your Macros: Week 2 ResultsWeek 2 of iifym went pretty good! I definitely learned a valuable lesson: when I'm stressed, my cortisol rises and I eat. I love my job and I'm so thankful for it. If it wasn't for a great learning experience last year, I wouldn't be able to appreciate all the little details at Dayton High. It's a great place to work!<div><br></div><div>I did have a mild stressor on Friday afternoon. Just normal teacher business, and new age challenges with my special ed kiddos, but it sent my cortisol through the roof. Why I decided a Mcdonalds cheeseburger, some cookies, and a diet coke would fix that, totally not sure! It made it all worse because I felt horrible!</div><div><br></div><div>All week I kept in my macros (but I also had a few days where I went a few grams over on fats) and I was determined to stay on track. Every afternoon I had commitments so working out was out of the picture. Then Friday afternoon came and I gave into stress. After work, my hubby steered me back to reality and went running with me - on a Friday. On the 2nd week of school. Yea, all you teachers/school emplyees out there give me props okay!!!</div><div><br></div><div>I was bummed since weigh-in day was Saturday and wanted to give in and eat poorly. But I didnt! We ran and then made grilled fish and broiled veggies! Totally not want I wanted but I ate it! My pregnancy hormones had me hating salt this month so that's been hard too! All I want is Italian food or chocolate....great! Lol</div><div><br></div><div>Some other cool things I ate this week that cured my cravings were: </div><div><br></div><div>Ezekiel, 1 tblsp Nutella, 1/2 banana... YUM!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvyb4KUDqlBjN37IxP4Luyjtn6z33rckvbtV0DWeobPluK_wRY0i001ITi5VF7atgi4mnTYhOwLBWWX9nr0LQugpyfiZLA0qqLIYcVWPLFXe3zc96SfGZILmzmUz8Rgh0CtjZ1LyzUAGV/s640/blogger-image-1158099199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvyb4KUDqlBjN37IxP4Luyjtn6z33rckvbtV0DWeobPluK_wRY0i001ITi5VF7atgi4mnTYhOwLBWWX9nr0LQugpyfiZLA0qqLIYcVWPLFXe3zc96SfGZILmzmUz8Rgh0CtjZ1LyzUAGV/s640/blogger-image-1158099199.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But most mornings this is what I usually eat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcowlsQ5vED0yfcHWJGTVIgewvZYpALRgGuwiQ4KunKY_r0dyGimmHZ8GDmEJ6eTLgzRs9BPNjyEjNVk0A_RH1TedZvurzwK2edBQXIosX7BLmZvbJUBMfudYPimm1JmR2Nn_4zails-E/s640/blogger-image-1917282949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcowlsQ5vED0yfcHWJGTVIgewvZYpALRgGuwiQ4KunKY_r0dyGimmHZ8GDmEJ6eTLgzRs9BPNjyEjNVk0A_RH1TedZvurzwK2edBQXIosX7BLmZvbJUBMfudYPimm1JmR2Nn_4zails-E/s640/blogger-image-1917282949.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For lunch I meal prepped turkey burgers and some days I had salad, some days I had beanitos and fresh salsa, etc:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O5msRzKd6VTBLm7GwryLVnmpQHJvDMc9MhDAidY6MAXHQS4sDyHIZQAibqCoEAKoUlHwB9HJP4U4HV_0zokxnXVRoga5euBrQlY9dpLqUHX7s1lLOp9mxz9nO5NEsr-ioty7kcyTIaIl/s640/blogger-image-782827507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0O5msRzKd6VTBLm7GwryLVnmpQHJvDMc9MhDAidY6MAXHQS4sDyHIZQAibqCoEAKoUlHwB9HJP4U4HV_0zokxnXVRoga5euBrQlY9dpLqUHX7s1lLOp9mxz9nO5NEsr-ioty7kcyTIaIl/s640/blogger-image-782827507.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">One night I was craving pizza, so I made mini chicken pizza and it was yummy too. I popped that bad boy in the toaster and voilá! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAWVqsET2LOoXSG3hhYVpcKrni1IAPgSV6AV1fnzxZP7KgDq7pHBU98bPdWHIm9thgRJ0MKjM5iSc4qK2fPWslRtDzlJ9Iwzpf507v_AQ4cok_Q8PWovv-LTzrNAbOu0pBJ7Ik67-GTFN/s640/blogger-image--2083182696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAWVqsET2LOoXSG3hhYVpcKrni1IAPgSV6AV1fnzxZP7KgDq7pHBU98bPdWHIm9thgRJ0MKjM5iSc4qK2fPWslRtDzlJ9Iwzpf507v_AQ4cok_Q8PWovv-LTzrNAbOu0pBJ7Ik67-GTFN/s640/blogger-image--2083182696.jpg"></a></div></div>Totally worth the 285 calories v. The 2085 from an entire dominos pizza I dreamed of LOL!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This was a good week but I know where I can be better next week! 1. I need to watch my fat intake more. 2. I need to cool down on the after school commitments and appointments so that I can make my 3:30 date with the gym! 3. I need to get a little more sleep! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was surprised on Saturday to see a loss! I wasn't expecting it after the cheeseburger rediculous-ness but I am human so... Things happen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I woke up Saturday to this: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrK-gdMlt2Q6FQy3kn-PJ-4NWcJFDlNZ88Zb5AHmSf6xDi3luKKlIF6cYDvyZS9-GeSDGslNN0F0kQlTxLO5iWgtIZlRa221_XO4FdiJhZpx65N5M6fm8FzTGPEXoE5l7QM98homXiNE8/s640/blogger-image--1777734143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrK-gdMlt2Q6FQy3kn-PJ-4NWcJFDlNZ88Zb5AHmSf6xDi3luKKlIF6cYDvyZS9-GeSDGslNN0F0kQlTxLO5iWgtIZlRa221_XO4FdiJhZpx65N5M6fm8FzTGPEXoE5l7QM98homXiNE8/s640/blogger-image--1777734143.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And you know what- go ME! I'm on pregnancy hormones, I'm in the 2nd week of work, and I ate off plan- and still managed to lose 1/2 a pound from last week! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With my goal list in mind and meal planing today, I'm looking forward to next Saturday's weigh in! I'm hoping to see 181 but I'll take any loss! As of right now I am down 6 lbs from the start of the school year! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Another great thing I got to share this week is a moment with a fellow co worker that also has PCOS- she didn't know you could treat PCOS without metformin! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I told her that I've only taken metformin for about a week my entire life! I've reversed most of my effects and the size of my ovaries ( I know right it's a miracle) with food and exercise alone! (We were talking about why I meal prep and skip the lean cuisines) I told her natural foods of the right type can fix you, but it takes persistence and patience!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I woke up sick Saturday so I am just now blogging. Thank you Lord for sending me a husband to take care of me, especially since mom and dad are far away! He made me a hot toddy and I woke up a new woman y'all! I did not track what I ate yesterday because I slept the majority of the day and I was very dizzy. But I did eat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCoxmosMZ-WabmjAeCGy6la6yK9zFzy3hjr7EP4LrI5ud9OrHi37W2dKZ4e6RuEWpoN-G3vG5cknB37tIlRmYu2N7qu2_uRNxRcP0nBVHO17Gp77XssJZhcSSVADbbCtan2mi5s3LSJAJ/s640/blogger-image--1123087233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCoxmosMZ-WabmjAeCGy6la6yK9zFzy3hjr7EP4LrI5ud9OrHi37W2dKZ4e6RuEWpoN-G3vG5cknB37tIlRmYu2N7qu2_uRNxRcP0nBVHO17Gp77XssJZhcSSVADbbCtan2mi5s3LSJAJ/s640/blogger-image--1123087233.jpg"></a></div><br></div>We had a cheat breakfast this morning at Whataburger since we couldn't go out last night. It was okay, I think I really wanted what I've been craving more- Ezekiel French toast (using egg white and almond milk)! Maybe next Saturday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Clean eating meal ideas? I eat the same thing for lunch all the time- leave a comment if you have an easy <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">fav! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvKkuJfP0S89ZRdcYo4L1R8La906IMhx_YdBvAx7T410MKuf-ATc03nWxVvNxuCq99No3lgJN2fgnR36zf6xe-zyI1TxoEjzD5KX_cmpl1mX52s2tfG7r2ZS8leX2MFdiQ_SK0aL-RVMZ/s640/blogger-image--2085711092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvKkuJfP0S89ZRdcYo4L1R8La906IMhx_YdBvAx7T410MKuf-ATc03nWxVvNxuCq99No3lgJN2fgnR36zf6xe-zyI1TxoEjzD5KX_cmpl1mX52s2tfG7r2ZS8leX2MFdiQ_SK0aL-RVMZ/s640/blogger-image--2085711092.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div></div><br></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-81560723580184767222014-09-01T13:32:00.001-05:002014-09-01T13:32:48.868-05:00If It Fits Your Macros: Week 1 ResultsSo I logged in to iifym.com (if it fits your macros) and completed my calculations. A few years ago thanks to an online friend, Erika, I finally learned that eating minimal calories 1000-1200 is NOT enough to sustain anyone unless you want to drop weight fast, lose all your muscle first and have extra skin...no? Didn't think so! <div><br></div><div>While doing the Jamie Eason live-fit meal plan I do not count calories- I simply eat what my options are on her list. But this summer I hurt my back at the gym and stopped working out....so I added back some already lost weight. (About 10 lbs from my lowest last December). </div><div><br></div><div>I've been following blogger skinny meg on Facebook and IG and after her baby she started documenting her success with iifym! I also follow several others that have had success with it!</div><div><br></div><div>Basically, you go to iifym.com. After you calculate your starting weight and goal weight it gives you your BMR (which I believe is your base line caloric intake you need to function) from there you can choose how quickly you want to gain (bodybuilding) or lose!</div><div><br></div><div> It gives you macronutrients needed for the day--and to most womens' suprise it's going to be higher than you think. I've been eating this caloric range since 2012- around September but obviously have eaten more at times too, thus gaining weight! It also gives you your grams needed for weightloss in PROTEIN-FATS-CARBS.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RCAob7dEtawBB7p9cJnADHd5PqWb4Sslz3RqguNdrtjfoDOGrUrNC926t1TE3zormBfYY_ASiSBeveCF2ObKxkEjtxfe6ta27QGv7cRnYlTFrEcMXXa9qd0AVJHckix5HuuOa0WZuuh4/s640/blogger-image--908901989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1RCAob7dEtawBB7p9cJnADHd5PqWb4Sslz3RqguNdrtjfoDOGrUrNC926t1TE3zormBfYY_ASiSBeveCF2ObKxkEjtxfe6ta27QGv7cRnYlTFrEcMXXa9qd0AVJHckix5HuuOa0WZuuh4/s640/blogger-image--908901989.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>It's a simple equation! Then head on over to myfitnesspal and plug in your numbers! Now they may not be exact (because myfitness pal calculates in percentages of 5) but you can gage it! </div><div><br></div><div>Go here:</div><div><br></div><div>At the bottom go to MORE</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_gdar_Vz3qs_JNhozJqJFXr8KQkGD0uDquqh_P5zVNo8Y7Nuu7UUxZiBwdAlLPccbFwkjdB9pg2Yp5rAOJ-9aYvBLHez1Jtptq0Cf1uyVBsyFjRBGd631hxbXHzFT9ESRbwQKP7HG7Hd/s640/blogger-image--1418286645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_gdar_Vz3qs_JNhozJqJFXr8KQkGD0uDquqh_P5zVNo8Y7Nuu7UUxZiBwdAlLPccbFwkjdB9pg2Yp5rAOJ-9aYvBLHez1Jtptq0Cf1uyVBsyFjRBGd631hxbXHzFT9ESRbwQKP7HG7Hd/s640/blogger-image--1418286645.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Then goals<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhVKXOOoVJfVKuNy5wm7bfr2l7_6IIvJCVSk94SW6YpDoiNpzg4kjOqwPZCcMX2zQfvDcuvxgCj7b7Yi7QK1dCQLORQezHMkPOeU_dDKNmMnQxINIETvBJh-HyMnwbV1dc4KkKv5_qdC_/s640/blogger-image-10278948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhVKXOOoVJfVKuNy5wm7bfr2l7_6IIvJCVSk94SW6YpDoiNpzg4kjOqwPZCcMX2zQfvDcuvxgCj7b7Yi7QK1dCQLORQezHMkPOeU_dDKNmMnQxINIETvBJh-HyMnwbV1dc4KkKv5_qdC_/s640/blogger-image-10278948.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then click on carbohydrates- this will bring up the macronutrients and you can adjust from there, see:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG6pTz8Z9lt-cB7hyphenhyphenuIm9BontQ1NuIYpSrGq32f41K6yOkkVU25LnIF2BOlIhb-mINpfnmvongPOWdv1dRDEZdFxnSk86bC5eYG8_rzEBRIjUXUPo07SfTf1z6a1pjf5xzOoHYb-jEvz6/s640/blogger-image-1365310100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAG6pTz8Z9lt-cB7hyphenhyphenuIm9BontQ1NuIYpSrGq32f41K6yOkkVU25LnIF2BOlIhb-mINpfnmvongPOWdv1dRDEZdFxnSk86bC5eYG8_rzEBRIjUXUPo07SfTf1z6a1pjf5xzOoHYb-jEvz6/s640/blogger-image-1365310100.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And if you aren't eating .5-1.0 grams of protien per your body weight don't expect to keep hard earned muscle or look toned! Muscle is always the first to go when you eat below your needed amount each day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So after a fun summer of half working out and half laying around, I started at 186.5 the day before in service. Then I went back for teacher in service! Of course we had mexican food, greasy burgers, and tons to candy all week so when I weighed in the following Saturday-- I was definitely up 3 lbs 😬 to 189.0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I wasn't going back to the 190s- haven't been there since 2011 - NOT doing it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> here's the deal- I can eat 1600 calories of M&M's, Starbucks, Taco Bell, and pizza- but what is that doing for my body? Or I can eat this type of food- filled with protein- and have great results that maintain all my hard earned muscle: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tvraDxeEI-LedyCYEcGw21Erpemz4fXIBCS_5xXRDA1UWr_5kmHBrGlK-7FYEk-Ft5M-rMY5jHMz_N4ivHulSMOkxWWbHJCa3QxOyJ2l0GsyFwg6j5e5q1TCkE-pL9r1MkK8AzVbMk3f/s640/blogger-image--825855625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tvraDxeEI-LedyCYEcGw21Erpemz4fXIBCS_5xXRDA1UWr_5kmHBrGlK-7FYEk-Ft5M-rMY5jHMz_N4ivHulSMOkxWWbHJCa3QxOyJ2l0GsyFwg6j5e5q1TCkE-pL9r1MkK8AzVbMk3f/s640/blogger-image--825855625.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwT49Npmzn6dALQBxDCA-1_vX03gUYHMcrbcLDORCU6YbhgUlI-K2a6WKI8n-g2kvGuc1EMA4jIrXLR-OJDyzK3W1CYlqkSyM9v2jIj7sG_2fqghgyJQURrIeOmeM70z_7LTsFbmxh-j_/s640/blogger-image-395103448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwT49Npmzn6dALQBxDCA-1_vX03gUYHMcrbcLDORCU6YbhgUlI-K2a6WKI8n-g2kvGuc1EMA4jIrXLR-OJDyzK3W1CYlqkSyM9v2jIj7sG_2fqghgyJQURrIeOmeM70z_7LTsFbmxh-j_/s640/blogger-image-395103448.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I stuck to my macros and tried my hardest to get my protein, fat, and carbs on point each day. I took the week off from the gym- because well, it was the first week of school and I was low on energy and my back was hurting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Saturday morning came- my weigh in day. I was so curious to see what it would be... And then I weighed in and saw this: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_hOKmhT8Z8sB0tck4SPQj4M3CO6QD23wloRAUkc8p2tQXv95e_R9qqGJK1OvygDnHJA8jzqJUkIOhKaiTFNqNpZ7X-abGtuBDyNog9J-MQpsrF5LgaNeaY41HhFq5I14vaiWlX7frNwj/s640/blogger-image-1855386662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_hOKmhT8Z8sB0tck4SPQj4M3CO6QD23wloRAUkc8p2tQXv95e_R9qqGJK1OvygDnHJA8jzqJUkIOhKaiTFNqNpZ7X-abGtuBDyNog9J-MQpsrF5LgaNeaY41HhFq5I14vaiWlX7frNwj/s640/blogger-image-1855386662.jpg"></a></div><br></div>After 7 days of iifym I lost 5 pounds! That's a great start to something new! Am I proud of that weight? No but yes. I still have about 30 lbs to lose but I'm no where near where I was at my heaviest. I know that number means I have a lot of muscle, a big brain (lol) amongst other things... But it also means I can improve! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So after our weekend cheat meal, I'm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">back to iifym today and excited to see what next Saturday's weigh-in will bring! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Post questions in comments if you have them! Here's to a new week of fun recipies and healthy meals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">-Annie B</div></div><br></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-571298530937426572014-08-07T16:23:00.001-05:002014-08-07T16:42:39.938-05:00Braving Fertility Treatments Once Again<div>It's hard to keep fertility treatments and all the stress that comes with it... Inside. No one understands, you want people to, but then again you don't have the energy to explain it to everyone who is rooting for you- because it's exhausting enough in itself... But double exhausting explaining it all over again. I'm still debating if I even want to type all this out... Because I already did once and it was not saved so I lost it. </div><div><br></div><div>We started along time ago in 2011. Doozie of a doctor and a surgery later... We searched for a fertility doctor that honored our Catholic beliefs. </div><div><br></div><div>Caritas Complete Women's Care in Houston Texas opened in 2012 and we began. </div><div><br></div><div>Several months of charting and a 2nd surgery later...landed us to last September- I was (what I think) anemic and was having a lot of bleeding-- for weeks/months at a time. Then I was healed again after surgery! Yay! Thank you God for healing me! <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Every thing was looking spiffy after my polyps, lesions, and tubes were cleared.</span></div><div><br></div><div>More charting happened and some</div><div>grape seed oil progesterone shots several months ago to help my cycles. Progesterone (large amounts of it) is produced by pregnancy- "Progesterone belongs to a group of steroid hormones called progestogens. It is mainly secreted by the corpus luteum in the ovary during the second half of the menstrual cycle. It plays important roles in the menstrual cycle and in maintaining the early stages of pregnancy." </div><div><br></div><div>I've had the joy, once again, of feeling pregnant since March, without the baby. Bloating, acne, mega fatigue, mood swings (although I have to say last month could have been worse and I'm proud of myself), an enormous appetite of unhealthy eating, and a confused, very lost mind! (Who leaves their own purse in another state??) yep me! </div><div><br></div><div>Once back on track 100 % with the shots, we started helping my ovaries grow bigger follicles. In 2011 when we did this minus all the charting.. The dr made us feel like all women should have a 28 day cycle and should ovulate on "said"date- duh that's wrong but we were like, OKAY!!?? We will follow your generic plan lol- no success after a few expensive cycles!</div><div><br></div><div>Forward to present day: Dr. Karges is so great- she has had faith in my body in the midst of a cry session breakdown in her office and her exact words, "you can give up but I'll never give up on you and your body." </div><div><br></div><div>June came. We stared our cycle with 2.5 mg of femara. Read more about that drug here: it helps make nice eggies to be fertilized since mine are never big enough to do this without meds. https://www.femara.com/index.jsp</div><div><br></div><div>My follicles didn't grow to standard and had a mind of their own- in fact I had to stop and find a NaPro dr on my vacation to San Antonio just to get another ultra sound to see if they were ready to hatch :) nope! After the 4th ultra sound they finally were--- and as I always thought... Late! It wasn't until day 18 when I ovulated after my big shot!</div><div><br></div><div>Big shot?? We planned also on an HCG trigger shot-- never had one? Imagine being 8 weeks pregnant overnight.... Yeah... No fun! Because it's 10,000 units of HCG in your system. Thankfully this time I did not get morning sickness. I did get cravings. I do every time I take the HCG shot... It's like it's own pregnancy every month you're on them. In 2011 from Oct- Dec it was fried chicken.... In June.... Well, I hate to admit.... It was hotdogs (gross) lol I even ate a movie hotdog and remember it being the BEST thing in the USA! Then went to sonic 5 days in a row and got 1 plain hot dog every day LOL. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdgKY6X86xiWziVSdDfbtCRu9Oj4VmYMcLUhVyLiZjJKW-iOJ9EjIJmo3RviQomFyDJJ0x14kXC8yErV_pIOibRyoP5e3AY8EU28C8AgzpIUu1-H7pGdS9VFlMJF8vXIz54ChVtvlx5GI/s640/blogger-image-204892917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdgKY6X86xiWziVSdDfbtCRu9Oj4VmYMcLUhVyLiZjJKW-iOJ9EjIJmo3RviQomFyDJJ0x14kXC8yErV_pIOibRyoP5e3AY8EU28C8AgzpIUu1-H7pGdS9VFlMJF8vXIz54ChVtvlx5GI/s640/blogger-image-204892917.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In order to support any pregnancy or supposed pregnancy we continued our progesterone shots on days 18, 21, and 24. They hurt. They take 3 minutes to give, and have to be administered by Cody, in the rear-- I'm sure he just loves that part-- talk about attractive. </div><div><br></div><div>Then the wait. </div><div><br></div><div>2 weeks. Every day I don't start... I think I'm pregnant (finally I thought) then.... Nothing-- I think I'm pregnant. </div><div><br></div><div>Nope not pregnant we aren't sure what's going on. I'm several days late and not pregnant. NOT pregnant- my HCG was .1. That means negative! So we wait. And wait. And wait. Then after a grand total of 5 progesterone shots, 2 more blood draws, 3 more ultrasounds, 10 emails back and forth to the doctor, and 42 days of hormonal hell- well we come to the conclusion it was just a failed cycle. </div><div><br></div><div>My body just didn't want to respond well--- actually I felt pretty good this time around--- but after the 2 weeks wait turned into a 4 week of wait we can now move on. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'm sure by now you're exhausted and shocked that I actually ate like 6 hot dogs last month. (Never in my life have I eaten a hotdog-- never.) </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This post doesn't even contain all the appointments I had, medications I had to remember, and smiles I had plaster on. </span></div><div><br></div><div>And so now you may understand. It's a lot to repeat all the time to every one. But I know you love me, you're curious, and praying for me often so I felt I needed to get this off my chest. </div><div><br></div><div>For me, moving on to a new month is what I can focus on. A new place, a new job, a new adventure. I have a lot of negative comments I want to say and a lot of people I want to "tell like it is" but I think those are the insensitive hormones trying to peek through. </div><div><br></div><div>It's been a hard month--- heck, I mean month and a half. Today I feel like my definition of Infertility is constantly watching others succeed when you can't- to sit alone and understand that idea...to let that soak in- to be so confused by something such as LIFE...that happens so many millions of times a year (blindly for most couples) and still not be able to mix the perfect concoction to make it. It also means to continue to have Faith in God that he's going to lead you where you shine as a beacon of hope for others. </div><div><br></div><div>Infertility means, even though I feel weak, someone else thinks I am brave. I am grateful for that. I needed to write this today. No apologies.... </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF-NKOOlqO9cQQGdBRz7y-6wGCcOA5YQ3K53jziikGrPfV7-Y6465uQDSOfIvX0kc3bjEFRVvN7toK9les_XcYlxR01VY5iv9xJklwp73dMv13kN4uUMBV_Xjp6UHJvS_tGddTu48T9Py/s640/blogger-image-1071379394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF-NKOOlqO9cQQGdBRz7y-6wGCcOA5YQ3K53jziikGrPfV7-Y6465uQDSOfIvX0kc3bjEFRVvN7toK9les_XcYlxR01VY5iv9xJklwp73dMv13kN4uUMBV_Xjp6UHJvS_tGddTu48T9Py/s640/blogger-image-1071379394.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-39312769913425131702014-07-09T18:54:00.001-05:002014-07-09T19:51:51.199-05:00SA Working Vaca: Part IIToday was fun and full of exploring! The alarm went off at 6:30 this morning and we started our day! My morning consisted of follicles and fruit loops--I had a doctors appointment this morning in big ole SA and Cody had to take out the babies and get breakfast! Dr. Karges wanted a follow up ultrasound on one of my growing follicles so I found a NaPro doctor out here and they fit me right in this morning! After the appointment, I came back and the crew was <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">cleaning up the breakfast station....so all that was left was this:</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBAjVyjs1-ygdYM1eKw-L_STiRGD4Jq4exMAmhPGavzuMQFm3-zlCMwMwNwnfqIS7BXgVrpmjY-jM_9gI2LHxHj22ZhO7Ha3i8PH5xHe_2HWv4hosCXywG5gz54p0B6ffQERBZPAIbNDf/s640/blogger-image--2088559485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBAjVyjs1-ygdYM1eKw-L_STiRGD4Jq4exMAmhPGavzuMQFm3-zlCMwMwNwnfqIS7BXgVrpmjY-jM_9gI2LHxHj22ZhO7Ha3i8PH5xHe_2HWv4hosCXywG5gz54p0B6ffQERBZPAIbNDf/s640/blogger-image--2088559485.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kid at heart... So it was good! (And sugary) :p</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some kid pushed all the elevator buttons when Cody got on... He looked at the kid and said, "REALLY!!???" When it got to the very next floor the kid took off running! Ha Ha Ha! That's what he would have done as a kid too! I just know it!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuauVhK-GX1e_ng-tl2OYshfb5BEH9BuLGopdANAk7NMGPXTNg6_tGWsLwYKDmPfTKGun0uNR2ygO1AVTbnTojMbps8DQWxQJJU7DAZbBrsdi2zkI5Po_ZfcW4nnqkeBAYY-dzrWrANxgb/s640/blogger-image-1180685093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuauVhK-GX1e_ng-tl2OYshfb5BEH9BuLGopdANAk7NMGPXTNg6_tGWsLwYKDmPfTKGun0uNR2ygO1AVTbnTojMbps8DQWxQJJU7DAZbBrsdi2zkI5Po_ZfcW4nnqkeBAYY-dzrWrANxgb/s640/blogger-image-1180685093.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Then I explored the city and got a mani and pedi </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaj80ECIber4or1rSHouYrXRxvNTB_XhpmYiu2gMIkL3hyECyjPV94njdTeGBJA7VY75hMqN1EFx5gBHoOxb9FZIQzTgcFr_zXtfOEvtmG82Ep5G5vrCfk8D58JUUagLHMa-caWPwsBpZ/s640/blogger-image--1254003628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaj80ECIber4or1rSHouYrXRxvNTB_XhpmYiu2gMIkL3hyECyjPV94njdTeGBJA7VY75hMqN1EFx5gBHoOxb9FZIQzTgcFr_zXtfOEvtmG82Ep5G5vrCfk8D58JUUagLHMa-caWPwsBpZ/s640/blogger-image--1254003628.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's really HOT pink but doesn't look like it from the pic! Both definitely needed! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOPqbz1B_pVgKgcGLN5pLCOrgmKIuPoqLPhB2aS1GNRG228uu7KNCtxDHBQeI3vYY_q2NyYoTlFn9omj8MGRqhcQdv7lUbNlAIgtc0BK5ynlXhUKwkDePPdMOxOuWMwBEPD5TJSu-oJKg/s640/blogger-image-302892737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOPqbz1B_pVgKgcGLN5pLCOrgmKIuPoqLPhB2aS1GNRG228uu7KNCtxDHBQeI3vYY_q2NyYoTlFn9omj8MGRqhcQdv7lUbNlAIgtc0BK5ynlXhUKwkDePPdMOxOuWMwBEPD5TJSu-oJKg/s640/blogger-image-302892737.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Cody was home when I returned (2:30 woohoo) so we got ready and headed out to the other four missions in San Antonio- we saw The Alamo the first day but wanted to see the others! We started at San José and it was gorgeous! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTRv3KYAVwx1bIehHUPvMv9_wWvyElwIRrr34vqrZ5hfAdbvJ12HaK7idLni7yyBKTqQKPQ70hIHDA2ASQ95eyKO569aLSQSFOVvHpiln4aAqPoIgT9K_zHVIlmtNVO_SHJ472IVhW29j/s640/blogger-image--346956277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTRv3KYAVwx1bIehHUPvMv9_wWvyElwIRrr34vqrZ5hfAdbvJ12HaK7idLni7yyBKTqQKPQ70hIHDA2ASQ95eyKO569aLSQSFOVvHpiln4aAqPoIgT9K_zHVIlmtNVO_SHJ472IVhW29j/s640/blogger-image--346956277.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3OGNa5f5RWKTCTlA3olj7vAUt63Kyy4x3a35bcGq1oIIItamGmZsdpZxPcdAbJITj5V8LXN6bQWdkSEnfCBnSuRhOEtCza7_K4VGmd5XGzty8o5rgOQhyphenhyphenQWlkVFYyUr2J55ZzZfU3qLb/s640/blogger-image-1945309984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Breathtaking! Loved this one! We spent about an hour at this mission.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Then we headed to Mission Conceptìon. It was a lot smaller but still beautiful:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7HRKgoQA6Gwr-xAWbZdzOOBb1jy4OVhNEAbxhtkv80Omlt-MPtc6Rji85jqKxd9MED3y8eH804hsQFclztu4wiCLToK4ckDwj2UcuOQzLedBXBnRRUs5jAQp5Rzv4BacCKaoW8oJAsD-/s640/blogger-image-242515978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7HRKgoQA6Gwr-xAWbZdzOOBb1jy4OVhNEAbxhtkv80Omlt-MPtc6Rji85jqKxd9MED3y8eH804hsQFclztu4wiCLToK4ckDwj2UcuOQzLedBXBnRRUs5jAQp5Rzv4BacCKaoW8oJAsD-/s640/blogger-image-242515978.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYamYxbXdp-8-oS_FFNkTOphodEc6od47GbbwlGGnNEKtnToOKgrGOwnXxpkdHeg4L2UBhJHI27IdOGj5Za5gplVLA2udrF3DprT1d4a8xhB7yG_at9WWaalKGxAkIOkeqXeDumO8VP5Ix/s640/blogger-image--1315613659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYamYxbXdp-8-oS_FFNkTOphodEc6od47GbbwlGGnNEKtnToOKgrGOwnXxpkdHeg4L2UBhJHI27IdOGj5Za5gplVLA2udrF3DprT1d4a8xhB7yG_at9WWaalKGxAkIOkeqXeDumO8VP5Ix/s640/blogger-image--1315613659.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbTBgMcdbCVKoulmpt99LxkRGED4GCupsijpIWpJ8q48x55Rz1fFSIS2r-9U1Lveflhot74htcBE4kb0jemTWjA6rwsTAtjWqAsGgf9GJKDH8EKXYft9hWqiJ9GzyfizMvRWJuZC0ikxZ/s640/blogger-image-31479644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAbTBgMcdbCVKoulmpt99LxkRGED4GCupsijpIWpJ8q48x55Rz1fFSIS2r-9U1Lveflhot74htcBE4kb0jemTWjA6rwsTAtjWqAsGgf9GJKDH8EKXYft9hWqiJ9GzyfizMvRWJuZC0ikxZ/s640/blogger-image-31479644.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKOlq6cGMpAHdnkePL5uWnIfCHJ6SUbeV0IYyCA1Ec7MevHCnzdNUVVErTgcQU1CAzwaWcw6D1_NZNZPfoWT4A6YiKweuugSexssm7l0Y_3zl6pLAKv__KP0Gn1ymaNch3qEkfnNkWPKr/s640/blogger-image--329494874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKOlq6cGMpAHdnkePL5uWnIfCHJ6SUbeV0IYyCA1Ec7MevHCnzdNUVVErTgcQU1CAzwaWcw6D1_NZNZPfoWT4A6YiKweuugSexssm7l0Y_3zl6pLAKv__KP0Gn1ymaNch3qEkfnNkWPKr/s640/blogger-image--329494874.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupASYGrSTstXgGe3gFdwuneQI6m5YI6zZpzC1YmJCslYciOqxJQg76NNNTkQsSCLL2AZIjLI4E7jSt0cZ5NdlDVZO1YsVn60eCs8_7S4vhvJ_LTwQYKtDGrKU-nUXy4Mg1vlFZnII7tvk/s640/blogger-image-1796524334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupASYGrSTstXgGe3gFdwuneQI6m5YI6zZpzC1YmJCslYciOqxJQg76NNNTkQsSCLL2AZIjLI4E7jSt0cZ5NdlDVZO1YsVn60eCs8_7S4vhvJ_LTwQYKtDGrKU-nUXy4Mg1vlFZnII7tvk/s640/blogger-image-1796524334.jpg"></a></div><br></div>It's so refreshing to be in a city and surrounded by your faith! We not only visited, we prayed and spent some time in quiet adoration!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHltgFPUQJZNSQ0hlpbc2dQFX53jYThhD1hmQcTecvZWII1MN00WAhGhwy3NP9-0jC4VM7xGQaH-5PC9gK_n7DHmgmzgTOIBEXH93-_sta0L1Z1tHNTgoqjAaUIZl-eEBZbjrwTBtficr/s640/blogger-image--1269692159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHltgFPUQJZNSQ0hlpbc2dQFX53jYThhD1hmQcTecvZWII1MN00WAhGhwy3NP9-0jC4VM7xGQaH-5PC9gK_n7DHmgmzgTOIBEXH93-_sta0L1Z1tHNTgoqjAaUIZl-eEBZbjrwTBtficr/s640/blogger-image--1269692159.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK24WjZX27CfJPxLXJKJz68rwoiJoFsT8Fb-3Nmp8vRb4K8dsVK1iykvj2FPfCNjsYZzxBMdd6zbELNqZJ3F9d53FmA5DKTe889DCD3-6JKiV9xV6KUPST5w0vA876Jd_-1xihQNlYXsRi/s640/blogger-image-233252478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_svWc11Y1lnlUCsO20qnRsvLeNXHo8QukLuPU0zibctkiOcAlF9NtrfSa7CXaW2z82eolrnsdbdlIuA9nagWucgR2jylVyo9Cp7oNpaLwkYLzPMI0Fwv9b1cuFvaV5yiHLcg9jhiQozoq/s640/blogger-image--385411622.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>We had to make 1 more mission before the close of day (5:00) so we sped over to Missiom San Juan- it seemed permanently closed but had some neat features, none the less!</span></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJVRe4dumt8k3JO6wc8ysAXW1qmI4VxefwmVNB4kC5REN3OwHQMLNE2D2ald2UDeU2csLYHzYeF3ai8XIFppL783WARQEAhNqDeAQHixy1gjVwabn0uYxINbHnWsmRzW2c-ktzDpyI1Nh/s640/blogger-image--1728501134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJVRe4dumt8k3JO6wc8ysAXW1qmI4VxefwmVNB4kC5REN3OwHQMLNE2D2ald2UDeU2csLYHzYeF3ai8XIFppL783WARQEAhNqDeAQHixy1gjVwabn0uYxINbHnWsmRzW2c-ktzDpyI1Nh/s640/blogger-image--1728501134.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stations in the limestone </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8VM9rwsBXMW6kCX8hxt9-hrMscUpiXKuhMLCCzNLmbwy745gdgbP0IpiE3i4RxpBMdgpstXfkYUMqU1aCxjqqrnWWvUOL2vlr_hRFv52aPDfKBQWk3Wf8JHZsIGRA3IyahvqebEdYVFAE/s640/blogger-image-158430260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Loaded potato casserole, sweet potato casserole, and chili beans! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you are ever a prisoner- I highly suggest getting the sweet potato casserole as your last meal- to DIE for (no pun intended lol)!!! I ordered it as a side to my brisket sandwhich and couldn't even finish my plate! So delish!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFof4d8PHJCNmHZ7SZX-7mvWkNHMG8H0hjDtYvu6o_Tguge5eHyy9AQs8-YzfjYuFYJNBm4ATaIXOWjcjJKdHQz5yzPc6PfNjJkSgun9Na1aA-xELhyphenhyphenh9P_qKwfdeio3GYT09sIZTtK0GX/s640/blogger-image--696529587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFof4d8PHJCNmHZ7SZX-7mvWkNHMG8H0hjDtYvu6o_Tguge5eHyy9AQs8-YzfjYuFYJNBm4ATaIXOWjcjJKdHQz5yzPc6PfNjJkSgun9Na1aA-xELhyphenhyphenh9P_qKwfdeio3GYT09sIZTtK0GX/s640/blogger-image--696529587.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Never quite looks as good as it tastes! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was a good thing we were in the hood- Cody loves kool-aid- made with an entire 5 lb bag of sugar- he had his choice of "red or purple" flavors lol </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyd6lXESK02TawfCqiLyLoi6f8q_zOKcbEkIbm1j87UlXgTIieCsFTgWv2NVP1kYYqqpsOdrqfK80OAtVfE60aaGEhbqdCyZaxm6wWh0LXrc5xJuIemtjeaoh4RAXJN7Hw-DUGyNP9F3w9/s640/blogger-image--1256709989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyd6lXESK02TawfCqiLyLoi6f8q_zOKcbEkIbm1j87UlXgTIieCsFTgWv2NVP1kYYqqpsOdrqfK80OAtVfE60aaGEhbqdCyZaxm6wWh0LXrc5xJuIemtjeaoh4RAXJN7Hw-DUGyNP9F3w9/s640/blogger-image--1256709989.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Red or purple is what the people at mcdonalds would call the flavored drinks when Cody worked there- it was always an inside joke between us)!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well that's all folks! Chao for now from San An! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEEONUsrId8helphdE1P1UYp71AP2Bbj9Ooa1LtubHmz6wYL_7Oraz7Kk0W87y3R6UMpdVHyd41Ac2YauufLilyXGg-pIs7cC10AT02b3Qoihpy4Wlmx06ceCdJI_0WlrXznTRW_D2x5U/s640/blogger-image-1316417044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEEONUsrId8helphdE1P1UYp71AP2Bbj9Ooa1LtubHmz6wYL_7Oraz7Kk0W87y3R6UMpdVHyd41Ac2YauufLilyXGg-pIs7cC10AT02b3Qoihpy4Wlmx06ceCdJI_0WlrXznTRW_D2x5U/s640/blogger-image-1316417044.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div>Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-19634004227145084142014-07-08T21:44:00.001-05:002014-07-09T11:47:39.619-05:00SA Working Vaca<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So hubby and I wanted to take a little vacation to San Antonio- it's so special there...but we didn't have the money this month. Lo and behold he was asked last week to go to San Antonio this week! Since I'm off for the summer I decided to tag along- that way when he gets off work we can explore the city! </span></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Duke and Ruby were excited to go bye bye yesterday- by had no clue it would be for 3.5 hrs- <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9jnBn1ll5DMuWNYuwZuepPNcoVp18P8M50F9PmzBJu7Cl5f4uhrF_QTcY0s3Iqe0Pqlx7G-TQ-YWdakUcXj-a9rev-OKI9zNz0y0p5ABU68LYAqBgwNzAy4zdG-SaZ7FvqjPstHZbWNz/s640/blogger-image--149010604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9jnBn1ll5DMuWNYuwZuepPNcoVp18P8M50F9PmzBJu7Cl5f4uhrF_QTcY0s3Iqe0Pqlx7G-TQ-YWdakUcXj-a9rev-OKI9zNz0y0p5ABU68LYAqBgwNzAy4zdG-SaZ7FvqjPstHZbWNz/s640/blogger-image--149010604.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He was NOT happy with me when we arrived! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We met Cody later in the afternoon after he got off of work and we headed to Rosario's Mexican restaurant. It came highly reccomended by his team member from here and BOY was is yummy <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfQnSxXEKtQmRfszzHBMPenxECU5VLXJ8W2a-6beyOSj7ZBLavqcre_EcpCQOt647i_3iASUkE-ceuTiU4DnVBM7xHvJ5F9D5WQobajv0Ki_2Ie9vlWC05tw862bLExqtyNHx9oKV4I1s/s640/blogger-image--1727859241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfQnSxXEKtQmRfszzHBMPenxECU5VLXJ8W2a-6beyOSj7ZBLavqcre_EcpCQOt647i_3iASUkE-ceuTiU4DnVBM7xHvJ5F9D5WQobajv0Ki_2Ie9vlWC05tw862bLExqtyNHx9oKV4I1s/s640/blogger-image--1727859241.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I went balls to the wall like I do every vaca and had a sangria and fajitas! (Speaking of going over board I did it again tonight!-sheesh!) but this place had cool girly decor and I will def revisit <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-67kJEPm3IX1ZSlmZyUGfhp-iZTpq-SUeVuCceatK7oP0G61bEP8gd_gUeUvkvGIQwlBiykj-Wtxlx4nbKMLvWuQX8pCcN-u9nelI3xp6QS7d2jnbUoZRGnqzrkMAJtmkp4QWPgiZ40Q/s640/blogger-image--370295010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-67kJEPm3IX1ZSlmZyUGfhp-iZTpq-SUeVuCceatK7oP0G61bEP8gd_gUeUvkvGIQwlBiykj-Wtxlx4nbKMLvWuQX8pCcN-u9nelI3xp6QS7d2jnbUoZRGnqzrkMAJtmkp4QWPgiZ40Q/s640/blogger-image--370295010.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-67kJEPm3IX1ZSlmZyUGfhp-iZTpq-SUeVuCceatK7oP0G61bEP8gd_gUeUvkvGIQwlBiykj-Wtxlx4nbKMLvWuQX8pCcN-u9nelI3xp6QS7d2jnbUoZRGnqzrkMAJtmkp4QWPgiZ40Q/s640/blogger-image--370295010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Chips, Kiwi, apricot, and pineapple are good dipped in chocolate <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH067WhNXJJHf9rN8WQEHo6Tz3QM_wMLuVJ7LWKD-ZDGKbSx3zEGwDha2-e-wErscoffd57X-LTWlm_HgACkfEuvWkG7mrI0Jvjfe3TY4FW9iNehtRSjoOaiPeSt7431J929R6NboeKGVy/s640/blogger-image-647254930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH067WhNXJJHf9rN8WQEHo6Tz3QM_wMLuVJ7LWKD-ZDGKbSx3zEGwDha2-e-wErscoffd57X-LTWlm_HgACkfEuvWkG7mrI0Jvjfe3TY4FW9iNehtRSjoOaiPeSt7431J929R6NboeKGVy/s640/blogger-image-647254930.jpg"></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Next we had to kick off our trip to the river with a tour of The Alamo<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFzzBp56Z9tmEFM-PB6YSUJMovREOAYsh8YbnvRWS11yhav95HgbfhepoQpRYx5wrHUk70QXIWH2bc1cvEMVSfMA5wglNTF6BvOtkgkM4xhhQoSXfdmyDYch3GUDzcyTthb1jnPOgvrPQ/s640/blogger-image-870119318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is never officially summer without: a day at the beach, lunch with the girls, and of course GOODWILL! Mom called this morning and scored this cute bathing suit cover-up for 3.99!! HOLLA<br />
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I just love the bling detail! Super beachy! So I decided after the rain cleared this afternoon to head on over to my goodwill shopping center...and boy, was I in for a treat! </div>
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First of all- I tried on tons of expensive bathing suits at the beach this weekend (have 1 pair of black bottoms and 2 cute tops from several yrs ago that fit, support me, and are modest) but I wanted more! No luck. But sure enough Goodwill had one! Look what I scored today - a cute brown conservative tankini woohoo </div>
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It was only 7.99 AND it had an under-wire!! I can't believe it! And it was separate but the same brand so she sold it to me as a set!!!</div>
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Then I moseyed on over to the dresses and that's where I hit the jackpot! I found this cute Daisey Fuentes (from kohls) </div>
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It is so soft and comfy for a summer mass or a day out with the girls! </div>
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I thought of how many cute Lia Sophia pieces would go with this ! Love the zipper detail too on the back:</div>
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Size 10 (may I add) and it was a mint, blue, and pink Aztec print...high/ low cut<br />
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<br />Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-77527192247016004132014-05-27T13:40:00.000-05:002014-05-27T15:14:35.567-05:00Riding the Waves When the effects of infertility hit you, they hit like a ton of bricks. It’s like an immediate effect in your air bubble that kills a little part of you, while everyone around you is still living. When it hits me, I feel paralyzed until I vent out that emotion. Whether I am sitting in a classroom full of students, in a meeting, out to dinner, at <br />
church, or even in the still of my own home, infertility comes on like a wave of rushing water, and for a minute, or a day, or sometimes a whole week, it drowns me. And suddendly, when I least expect it, the tide draws out and I am me again. <br />
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I don’t know how many times I have given an analogy for what I feel, but I do know that when I compare my hurt to something tangible, it makes it “okay” rather, easier to see the end of it all. <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It reminds me of those movies where the whole world is moving rapidly, and I am standing still. I am standing in the center and everyone else’s life is spinning. Everything is going too fast to touch or to really soak up, but I am there… In the middle…the unnoticed part of the world- watching and waiting. About a year ago I made a pledge to myself to work on me and to be happy with what I have been given. I've pretty much taken a time out for the last few months and I can definitely feel it! In refelcting this morning, I realized that even though I was hit with a wave of emotions recently, I have learned the most, especially in just the last year of my journey. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">First I learned that pretending like I am happy without children, allows me to be happy for the time being. Sometimes I have to pretend to survive. I can't just stay home and have a pity party when I feel like it. I have to grow up, smile and get on with life. I have to to be happy. And when I say HAPPY, I mean truly, deeply happy for others, watching their lives blossom. And for someone struggling with infertility, things that others don’t think twice about can be struggles that have become big accomplishments for me. Some of those are: going to kids parties, buying baby gifts, planning events around new parents/babies, looking at pictures of other peoples’ children, being happy for those buying bigger homes because they have “outgrown their starter home” from having children. It’s life. And everyone is evolving. There is nothing I can do to stop that- nor would I want to, and I think others who do not suffer with infertility think we do— HEAR THIS: We don't want you to suffer, it’s just that we want someone, anyone to understand us—and for us that means being in OUR shoes (not kind-of in our shoes…but living it currently-- because kind of in our shoes means you don't understand-- and that's okay-- please hear that it's okay that you don't, we still love you!)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The second thing I have learned over the past year is that by pretending I was happy, I discovered that it’s okay to be happy and NOT PRETEND (and that maybe I was happy because I was grateful for the life I have). It’s okay to struggle with infertility and feel happy without children. Let me repeat: <b>WHEN YOU GET THERE</b>, (it took me 7 yrs of marriage to arrive) IT’S OKAY TO BE HAPPY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE-- God wants us to be happy, not at any cost, but because he loves us. And that means discerning <i>His Will </i>in our lives. Just because we WANT something, doesn’t mean it’s good for us NOW—and comparing ourselves to God, we are kind-of like those 2 year olds with our “Give it to me NOW” attitudes! But that’s (to me) what <i>Joy in the Journey </i>means. I learned that when I focus on what I have, rather than what I want, my wants get smaller, and then I had to ALLOW myself to feel <i>that <b></b></i>way. I had to admit to myself that <b>I am <i></i></b>okay with what I have. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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I also learned that not everyone is where I am and I am not where everyone else is, and that’s okay. And as much as we love our friends, the truth is—it’s hurtful to compare your success with someone else’s struggle and I would ask you keep that in mind with your friends who struggle with infertility. The very best thing you could for them would be to pray that they find peace and pray that they are able to discern God’s will in this challenge and that they may be able to overcome bouts of bitterness and envy. <br />
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I think what I learned most in the past year is that it’s okay to forget for a moment “how long you’ve been trying” and it’s okay to forget for a moment your "cycle day" and to just live. Because while everyone else’s life is riding the high tide, you are getting older, and you are missing out on the waves of YOUR LIFE: the life that was designed for you. And above all, I learned that it’s okay to forget everything that I just wrote and sometimes I have to write it all again to remember that I am going to be just fine. It’s okay to go all the way through this “already thought of” realization to remember that I am an overcomer. <br />
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There are big waves and little waves,<br />
Green waves and blue.<br />
Waves you can jump over,<br />
Waves you dive through,<br />
Waves that rise up<br />
Like a great water wall,<br />
Waves that swell softly<br />
And don't break at all,<br />
Waves that can whisper,<br />
Waves that can roar,<br />
And tiny waves that run at you<br />
Running on the shore.<br />
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We're talking life. Life is testing me right now. And it has pretty much won lately. You all know I was doing so great at Jamie Eason's live fit program and eating health(ier) and making better choices. Then I decided I would detox from my lifestyle meltdown, and drink a crap ton of veggies 3x a day and eat 1x a day (fish) well that totally last like 2 days then I had mexican food and a skinny mojito with my work peeps. So life is testing me because I am having such a hard time getting back on track. I lost all the water weight I gained from Valentines day to the last week of February (because I was totally pigging out and my hormones were OFF. THE. CHARTS. after my crazy 62 day cycle-- yes I said 62 days of hormonally cray cray Annie). <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I am looking forward to taking some me time this weekend to get my life right so I can re do phase 2</span></div>
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We're talking testing at the fertility clinic to get back on track-- blood work here and there...waiting on results....testing new products and such...and testing everything else under the sun to see why my body is defiant and hostile. <br>
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I moved, started a new job, and had surgery all in the matter of 4 weeks. I adjusted and met new friends and continued to work out and eat health(ier) 80% of the time even though I was depressed while my husband worked nights and I worked days. My husband had surgery, we bought a car- which made up for him working nights, my dog nearly died--</div>
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As far as good news goes, I am looking forward to my new fertility plan: taking <a href="http://www.pregnitude.com/">pregnitude 2x a day </a>in my drink (probably will take it in my SPARK). This natural concoction will help regulate my hormones and will help my brain tell my ovaries what to do-- it can also help me lose weight-- the weight I should be losing for eating healthy and working out IF I don't cheat! I will also be taking compounded progesterone made with grapeseed oil via a 3 minute THICK shot on cyle days 18 20 and 22 (administered by my one and only). This will help to remind my ovaries to release the folicles that are growing! Hubby is also doing 100x's better at checking my charts and is the "sticker put on" personnel;he is also helping me remember to record my information. Hopefully my body will go back to normal. I got a fresh chart at the doctor. This will be my 3rd set of charts to complete</div>
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If my ovarian reserve test comes back with poor results, meaning my eggs are bad or old, or I do not have many left, we will jump right into the high powered drugs like we were doing in 2011 with self administered shots and HCG along with pregnatude and the Progesterone. If my ovarian reserve test comes back normal, we will give it a few months on just the natural stuff (the least amount of times I have to take fertility drugs, the better for my future).</div>
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If I do not have success by this summer, we are looking at a few options: ovarian reconstructive surgery or acceptance. And since we have been in a place of acceptance the last 6 months or so, I am sure we will live life to the fullest and see what God brings our way. It may be a trip to Rome or possibly a baby to adopt, but until we are there, in that moment, I can't say what we may do. All I know is we are happy and hopeful.</div>
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Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-33227242625685575692014-02-03T19:51:00.001-06:002014-02-03T20:13:01.461-06:00Jamie Eason Phase 1 recapSo in December I began Phase 1 of the Jamie Eason LiveFit program-- you can watch her intro video if you click<span style="color: red;"> <b>here</b></span><br>
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I did weigh myself before phase 1 and after phase 1- my weight did not change much (-.5 lbs) but my physique and inches did. In fact, some people gain in phase 1 because you are growing muscles-- but all that work shows in phase 3 when you are doing a lot of cardio and your fat starts to melt, those muscles really start popping out! I did tell myself after phase 1, that I would not be returning to the scale until the end of phase 2 (4 weeks) and the end of phase 3 (8 weeks from now) just because it plays with your mind, especially when you feel great, but the number hasn't moved anywhere but UP! <b><a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jamie-easons-livefit-phase-1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">CLICK HERE </span></a></b>to see what phase 1 is all about!<br>
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This is a different program-- it's not like counting calories and doing a little cardio-- and if that's where you are, that is great! I think as long as we are moving and making better choices, we are headed in the right direction! This is all about changing your body through phases (muscle building, muscle sculpting, leaning out) and since I am in a different place now, this program caught my eye. In 2012 I fell in love with running and paleo, then I turned into a strength trainer mid 2013. Something about lifting weights makes me feel strong, when everything else in my life is falling apart. When my infertility makes me feel like I am not a real woman, weights make me feel like a powerhouse</div><div>
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<b><u>Biggest challenges</u>:</b> working out when no one else was-- it could have been freezing rain, and I went. Also, lunch with co-workers...Chickfila and a diet coke looks BOMB.COM when you are eating lean protein, complex carbs, veggies and water.<br>
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<b><u>Biggest goals</u>:</b> to lose 10 lbs by the end of phase 2 (now that I have added cardio in 4x a week) and to only stick with PLANNED cheat meals (Valentine's day cheat will be at Spaghetti Warehouse <i>mmmmm</i>)<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3BBIMAzA5UGKVjzE7D5D8rhyphenhyphenco6FVO1MZ1AeB8bxGCm5qax3WAUhlgn9JbB3o7_qbqY4w0NP3dbLo7izf8rai4SEpyiSHJDQe58VgrhVuVIvz0Mu8CC0QOGnMlCH7mYT6ix6VrhwnL46/s640/blogger-image-1224183309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3BBIMAzA5UGKVjzE7D5D8rhyphenhyphenco6FVO1MZ1AeB8bxGCm5qax3WAUhlgn9JbB3o7_qbqY4w0NP3dbLo7izf8rai4SEpyiSHJDQe58VgrhVuVIvz0Mu8CC0QOGnMlCH7mYT6ix6VrhwnL46/s640/blogger-image-1224183309.jpg"></a></div><br>
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Jamie Eason Turkey Muffins<br>
Jamie Eason Cinnamon Swirl Protein Bread<br>
MRM Whey Protein<br>
Egg whites and Ezekiel Bread<br>
3 Bean Chicken Chili<br>
Organic Turkey Spaghetti with Barilla Plus noodles<br>
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Here is a <i>sample </i>day of what I eat , and I change my menu by the week- and if you <a href="http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jamie-eason-livefit-trainer-approved-foods-list.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>CLICK HERE</b></span> </a>you can see the entire food list.<br>
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<li><b>Breakfast</b>: 5 egg whites/ 1 piece of Ezekiel with natural PB/Advocare Spark</li>
<li><b>AM snack</b>: Chobani Plain yogurt with Raspberries and a little truvia </li>
<li><b>Lunch</b>: Chicken, grilled, with a sweet potato, and salad or green beans</li>
<li><u>In between snack because I get home later some days (larabar or uberbar)</u></li>
<li><b>PM snack</b>: 2 turkey meatloaf muffins/ Advocare Spark or plain rice cake with PB and carob and banana- just depends on if I want a sweet treat or not!</li>
<li><b>Post-workout:</b> MRM whey protein shake 8oz</li>
<li><b>Dinner</b>: 3 bean chicken chili with avocado and cilantro</li>
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I encourage you to look through Jamie Eason's Live Fit Trainer Program- EVEN IF you are a beginner! She details out the workouts, with pictures and videos, and she gives you a sample menu with added options on her attached food list.<br>
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I realized that all it took was a little time planning and scheduling meals, shopping and cooking on Sunday, and I was successful at staying on track when stress came my way. Now I can tell within 30 minutes to an hour when I am eating off plan (my tummy hurts and my energy drops).<br>
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I am excited about the next 4 weeks as I enter phase 2, and hopefully this phase, I do a little better- since it isn't the holiday season!!<br>
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Progress pics- The picture on the left is Dec. 2 the day I started/The picture on the right is the last week of January:</div>
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So I'm just now comfortable with everything changing to start blogging again! I've missed the blog world oh so much!!<br />
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Bye bye to my classroom of 5 years! And surprisingly I cried that day!</div>
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And then I realized. I <i>have </i>changed. When I saw these photos, I ran into our bedroom. Woke up my napping hubby, and yelled- hey look!! I really <i>don't</i> look this way anymore- holy cheese cake - I have changed- OMG!!!<br />
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When I look back at the old me- I see a lot of pain, hurt, and swolleness that allowed food to fill the empty hole in my life of not having a child. And as I looked at those TBT photos today- I have to give it to myself, (as hubby always says) "You're healthier than you've been in a really long time babe."<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: medium;">above knee: 19</span></span></span></div>
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<br />Annie Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02680626381776832190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818859276624902578.post-54103386943515706152013-06-05T14:17:00.000-05:002013-06-05T15:39:05.425-05:00Fat Blaster Cardio Interval Workout<div align="center">
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Via <a href="http://www.skinnymeg.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">SkinnyMeg's blog</span></a> it is "<a href="http://www.skinnymeg.com/2013/06/wow-6-how-to-lift-weights.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Workout Wednesday</span></a>." I am linking up with her page and posting one of my favorite cardio, fat blasting workouts. Currently, I am doing the below workout Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, while doing weights and calisthenics on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. I was running, but I found that this was a better calorie blaster and booty shaper, PLUS it is HOT as H-E- double-- hockey sticks- in TX right now!<br>
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0:00-4:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 1.0 incline<br>
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4:00-7:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline <br>
7:00-8:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline <br>
8:00-11:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
11:00-12:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
12:00-15:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
15:00-16:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
16:00-19:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
19:00-20:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
20:00-23:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
23:00-24:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
24:00-27:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
27:00-28:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
28:00-31:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
31:00-32:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
32:00-35:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
35:00-36:00/ 6.0 speed run/ 1.0 incline<br>
36:00-39:00/ 3.5 speed walk/ 9.0 incline<br>
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39:00-45:00/ 3.0 speed walk/ 0.0 incline <br><br><i>*Inclines and speeds vary with treadmill*</i><div><br><div>
On my treadmill, I have a setting</div><div> that allows for "<em>Quick Elevation</em>" or "<em>Quick</em> <em>Speed</em>" so it easier than manually putting in the speeds and elevations each time! I just hit "<em>Quick Elevation</em>- 9.0" and BOOM-- it does it for me!<br>
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****WARNING- you will be totes dripping with sweat when done, but your glutes and hammies will be looking awesome in NO TIME! I am burning anywhere between 400-500 calories, depending on duration. If you cannot go the entire 45 minutes, try it for 25 minutes, and work your way up! We all start SOMEWHERE! Before you know it, you might even increase your time. I found that this also helped me with my runs-- as far as min/mile when I got back on the trail. <br>
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I don't know where it stems from, but I have a habit. A BADDD habit (insert confession): I weigh myself not only multiple times a week, but also multiple times a day. That is not healthy WHAT SO EVES! IT must stop. <a href="http://www.mamalaughlin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Mama Laughlin</span></a> discussed this morning via her <a href="http://www.mamalaughlin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">blog </span></a><span style="color: black;">that</span> she was in 2 lbs cycles or 4 lb cycles (depending on her weight—she gained and lost the same pounds after eating clean all week and going totes crazy on the weekend) – WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I DO. I feel that I am on a merry go round of scales. Depending on the time of day, the day of the week, what I have eaten, how hard I have kicked butt at cardio or weights, how much I drink--- my weight changes—hello, so does everyone’s!<br>
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I accumulate my success with a number. That's 100% wrong. I give advice to others to not do that, in hopes to shield them from the obsessive weighing habit I have. <br>
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I think 1 x a month is sufficient enough to measure and weigh. Other than that, I am sabotaging myself. I let whatever number that pops up at 5:45 am, dictate how I feel the rest of the day. <br>
Today when I get home, I am removing the scales (yes I have two) and I am going to continue on plan. The 1st of every month, I will weigh in and measure. Other than that, I will whole heartedly accept the compliments I am getting from melting those inches off and building lean muscle tone—instead of feeling that “yea, but I gained 3 mystery pounds since yesterday" feeling!<br>
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You might, at this point, be in total shock from reading this post, or you might be right where I am and for the first time, understanding that there is only so many times to convince myself that I am "keeping myself accountable" by weighing in every morning-- the reality is, I am just a prisoner to the scale-- when I yearn for freedom from this exterior shell , why do I still gravitate towards being a prisoner. <br>
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Break the habit of the scale-- you possibilities are endless when you pay attention to how you look and feel, instead of "your number." <br>
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This weekend, I went shopping in Houston. I tried on a pair of size 12 shorts from <a href="http://www.loft.com/loft/cat/LOFT-Apparel/LOFT-Shorts/cat640042" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Ann Taylor Loft</span></a> and they fit. I didn’t say they looked good, but I zipped those puppies up and they fit my body. Now, I probably needed another 5-8 lbs knocked off to wear them in public, but the point is that I haven’t worn a 12 since I was 155 lbs. I am 178 right now, so what that tells me is, that the number CAN be misleading! <br>
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Inches are where you will see your progress. Feeling good all day with energy is where you will see your progress-- NOT A NUMBER! <a href="http://www.skinnymeg.com/2013/06/i-weighed-myself.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">SkinnyMeg</span></a> talks today about how she was surprised after several months of not weighing, to weigh in at 153—and that her body was actually SMALLER than last summer, when she weighed in at 148! I believe it folks! She discussed back in march on <a href="http://www.skinnymeg.com/2013/03/why-i-stopped-weighing-myself.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">THIS POST</span></a> about how it is so easy to become a scale addict-- like me <br>
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Transformation Tuesday Pic (after only 6 weeks of advocare, working out, and clean eating-- with some cheats--(wine, nutella, and the list goes on and on LOL- I feel happier, stronger, and more glowy than before <a href="http://www.godlygaudy.blogspot.com/2012/11/paleo-week-1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">I was doing paleo and running</span></a> only in October-November before the holidays! I think I look a lot more healthier and happier too in just a 6 weeks span.<br>
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