02.09.2006 at 12:04 pm
spaghettios
okay. it's been a while since i wrote anything of real meaning in here. but...here it goes.
first...here is a picture of janie after her bout with a bowl of spaghettios.
now....on to what's been going on lately...
chris and i have found a house and property that we have fallen in love with. in love to the point that we are having someone come to our house this afternoon to look at it because we heard through the grapevine that this person might want to buy a house like ours. (can you say, run-on-sentence?)
there are some things about this property that chris and i have fallen so desperately in love with that i knew my parents would have some qualms about. such as that it is far away. far away from town. from them. from a real grocery store. from them. from civilization. FROM THEM.
notice anything?
i knew when i married chris that we would never, EVER, live in town. because he was raised in the boonies and he loved it. where we live right now is sorta out in the boonies, but we still have neighbors. � something that chris doesn�t want.
this other property doesn't. the closest neighbor is over 3/4 of a mile away. close enough to run to if something was really wrong, but far enough away that we would feel like there weren't any neighbors for miles.
*sigh* i do feel bad that we are talking about moving away from the house that my father just put a brand new dishwasher in. a Christmas present. and i will be leaving it in the house. sorta sad, huh? BUT I PROMISE. if i had known that we would be THIS SERIOUS about a new house, i would NOT have let him buy it for me. PROMISE.
i have been on (and off...and on again) a diet since january 9. that's a month today. so far i have lost 14 pounds. i have NEVER lost weight like this. NEVER. not even when i was pregnant and throwing up AND on a diabetic diet.
i'm not complaining. don�t get me wrong. i am starting to see little changes. my pants are getting loose. some pairs don't fit at all anymore (because they were already big to begin with � that'll happen if you wear the same clothes for 3 years and through a pregnancy). my bras are becoming strangely large � but not in the cup size. only in the band size. and i expected to lose my chest first. but still. NOT COMPLAINING.
so here's the thing. if i can lose ANOTHER 14 pounds this month... AND i can continue this for the rest of the school year. i will be the sexiest matron of honor in the friggin' universe! i started this because of jami's up-incoming wedding � because i didn't want to be the FAT bridesmaid next to all the skinny bridesmaids.
but now, it's not just for that. i have more oomph. i think my personality has changed some � for the better. i completely LOVE to hear people tell me how good i look. i even love to hear my students at school talk about how my clothes are too big for me.
i just hope i can keep on keepin' on.
here's a pic of janie and me. i get up every morning at 4:30 and i get janie up around 6, and this picture was taken around 6:05. i had just gotten her dressed (she hadn't even eaten breakfast yet -- which usually consists of a pbj sandwich in the car with her sippy cup of milk). that's why she looks so solemn and pouty. actually.... she looks mad as hell. dontcha think?
xoxo
tell me i'm beautiful...
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