Candy Apple on Acid

That's what I think when I see my new laundry room color, but let me tell you, I LOVE the color, like seriously, when I walk in there I giggle that's how much I love it. It's fun, lively, exciting, everything that laundry isn't. :)

Anyways, I thought I would share some pics of it for all of you that might not have the amazing priviledge of seeing it in person... :) Don't mind my shelf, it's bare and in need of a good shopping trip and the rest of our food storage is packed away in boxes waiting to find their home once the bathroom wall is built and they have shelves (hint hint Wayne) . Oh and the ugly brown baseboards are going to be history as soon as the bathroom is done!!! YAY!!



The bottom left of this picture is close to the "actual" CRAZY color!!!


Thanks Maja (http://www.thesavvyorganizer.com/) for the tips, my laundry is now going to be done daily, and even put away and all of you that know me KNOW that this is a BIG deal!!! I am totally a once a week laundry doer and then my couch ends up holding the last load till the next week, but now that I have such a FUN room, it's going to be so much fun keeping things done!!!

Bedtime Battles!!!

Wayne and I are bumming around tonight, watching tv in our bedroom. Nathan has been put to bed but doesn't want to be there. It's been funny watching all the different ways that he has been trying to get out of his room. At first he would just slowly open the door, back to bed, then you would see his 1 finger pushing the door open, back to bed. This last time, he slowly pushed open the door and then walked in backwards like as if we couldn't see him....hehe... it is sooo hard to try to not laugh, but back to bed he went.

Poor little guy, it's hard having a Mommy and Daddy that make you go to bed at a decent time. Someday I am sure that you will not want to get out of bed and we will be the ones crying and coming up with creative ways to get a reaction. :)

I must be having a crazy moment but.....

I have decided that I need to be honest with myself and I need to change my lifestyle because I want to be around for a LONG LONG time!!! Sooooo..... it's time to come clean about my weight.... (insert blood curdling scream here) hehe

Actually, I don't really mind telling people how much I weigh but I have been feeling lately that if I write it down then maybe I will actually be committed to the change. I was a "normal" size in highschool, I was a loose size 8, maybe 140lbs at my biggest and just healthy. I was in dance, I played sports (for fun), and was just a LOT more active. Then I graduated and the pesky fat cells started showing up.

I know that it's because my lifestyle TOTALLY changed, I wasn't doing any(or very little) physical activity, I went through some pretty bad relationships and I totally became an emotional eater.

Well, for probably 8 years I have not been any smaller than a size 10, and I haven't weighed anything less than 169lbs. I have been in a little bubble, at first I didn't really realize how big I had gotten, in my mind I was still a skinny girl. What a shock it was when I saw a picture of myself that showed my whole body and I realized that I wasn't as small as I thought I was.

Last year I decided it was time to make a change, I started going to Weight Watchers and I lost 15lbs which felt FABULOUS!!! Then I thought I was pregnant, quit, found out I wasn't pregnant, started the emotional eating again, and well before I knew it I was at my all time high of 199lbs.
When I stood on the scale and realized how much I weighed I just cried. Not only because I was so "fat" but because I want to be around for a long time, and I don't want to put unnecassary stress on my body.

199lbs.... that's 1 freakin pound away from 200!!!! Oh my goodness.... this was my breaking point!!!! I am tired of food controlling my life, I am tired of being sick because of eating fatty food, I am SOOOO tired of feeling tired all the time, I am tired of not being able to chase my son around the house for very long before I am out of breath, I am tired of being fat!!!! I was thinking about how much weight I have put on since highschool and it's like carrying around 6-10lb bags of potatoes all day and night!!! Or like carrying around 2 Nathan's all day, no wonder I am sooo tired all the time.

So, I decided to take control of my life. Food is not going to control me anymore, and let me tell you I am enjoying eating SOOOO much more than I ever have. I am enjoying the "real" taste of food and not the greasy, creamy, processed taste of food.

I have replaced white bread, with whole/multi grain bread, white pasta with whole wheat pasta, white rice with brown rice and let me tell you, the whole grain/brown stuff is WAY better, it actually has flavor. Instead of eating out 1-3 times a week, we now only eat out 1-3 times a month(except this last week). We don't bring the "bad" food into our home very often and if it's there I send it to work with Wayne ASAP!!!

I got down to 184 lbs on my own but kind of plateaued so I decided that it was time to go back to Weight Watchers, and I am proud to say that I have already lost another 5lbs. I am now down to 179 lbs, and excited about losing more. I am already feeling fabulous about myself. I love that I am starting to get a "poopsack" in my pants again, I love that I have moved down 3 knotches on my belt, I love that my skin looks better, but what I love the most is that I am in control of ME!!!! YEAH!!!!

So next time you see me, you will be seeing less of me, and I am SOOOO excited about that!!!

I'm such a slacker!!!

Wayne is always giving me heck cause I am not a regular writer on here, and I admit, unless I have "something" to write about I don't even think about the blog.

Poor Nathan has been sick. On Sunday he was coughing but we went to church and then skipped out on Nursery. By 6pm Sunday night Nathan had a slight fever, we put him to bed and then he woke up in the middle of the night just burning up. I tried to take his temp. but our thermometer sucks and wouldn't give us an accurate temp. so we just gave him tylenol and he and Wayne tried to sleep. However, being a Mom I was really worried since I didn't know how hot he really was so I didn't sleep the rest of the night because I kept checking Nathan's temp all night. For the rest of the day we layed in bed, I watched cartoons, and Nathan just snuggled into my chest and tried to sleep. He was sooo warm that it was not comfy to lay with him. He was VERY lathargic all day, and then last night around 8pm his fever broke and he was goofy again. Actually, it was cute 'cause he was laying on the couch singing some weird song and it sounded like we had given him a shot of ecstasy or something cause he was SOOOO weird.

Well, that was a boring post, but Wayne I did post so I hope you are happy. ;)

Oh NATHAN!!

Today Nathan and I were playing a racing game, everytime Nathan would win the conversation would go like this:

"Yay,me won, Mommy, you lose."

"Yes Nathan, you won and Mommy lost."

"Yep, me won, you lose"

Finally it was time to teach Nathan a lesson.I gave a pouty lip, sad face which usually makes Nathan realize that what he is saying isn't nice, but I must be doing it too much because he kept saying:

"Mommy, you lose, but I win."

Okay, little buddy you don't have to rub it in SOOO far ;)

"Nathan when you keep saying that it's not nice and it makes Mommy sad."

"Why?" (The VERY popular question lately)

"Because I tried really hard and you should say Good Job Mommy."

Nathan thought for a minute

"Good Job Mommy for losing."

Oh my boy!!!