We finally got Gavin a haircut. I know a lot of you didn't want us to get his curls cut off but it was just getting toooooo long. And it's not like their not going to come back...this was his fourth haircut..so we're positive he'll have curls by Christmas. Just thought I'd share. Hope everyone is having a great week!
So Kenzie's birthday was something else to say the least. Ok, Karen reserved this really big room that accomodates at least 30 people at this really good mexican restaurant for Kenzie's first birthday. So Karen and I go to the restaurant an hour early (with cake and balloons in tow) to start the decorating process. Well anyways, we wait for a couple of minutes because supposedly they were "cleaning" the room for us. Well finally they led us to this room that was not even half the size of the "big room"..and we were like "what the hell?" And then it happened...and I don't think I've ever seen this person before. But I saw the rath of Karen. She went from 0 to 100 in about 5 seconds. I think she was most angry because she had reserved it two weeks in advance and then talked to the manager the night before to make sure that everything was settled. Well needless to say she gave the manager HELL...and when I say hell she was about a curse word away from them calling the police on her. So I finally was able to calm her down and the manager led me around the restaurant to see what was suitable for the party and they eventually sectioned off a pretty good section. But the worst part of all of this...is that the people who were decorating the room for their bridal shower didn't even show up until we were leaving Kenzie's party (which was about 3 and a half hours later.) So that room wasn't even being used that WHOLE time! So then Karen proceeded to blow another gasqet and proceeded to cry and to tell the night manager about all that had happened to her. Well get this. She had told the night manager (which is a woman) that Santos was the man that she made the reservation with two weeks prior and the man that she talked to the night before. Well when she came in that day the day manager was the one she was screaming at...and she's like "Where is Santos????????!!.....I want to talk to Santos????!!!!!" And he was like...Santos is not here. Well the night manager (the lady) told her that the man she was talking to WAS Santos! Can you believe that??! Well Karen is calling corporate tomorrow to air her grievances. But the party actually went pretty well. Kenize got a lot of great things and we had a couple of pitchers of margaritas so we were fine. I just had to tell that story...oh my gosh it was just awful. Thanks for everyone who was there to celebrate her precious little birthday.
School is killing me! My freakin' classes are hard this year. Well Philosophy isn't..but Anatomy/Physiology is kickin' my ass. I don't think I've ever studied this much in my life. I'm putting so much stress on myself because I HAVE to get an A in this class (basically if I want to get into nursing school) and it's going to take everything in me to do it. So I'm counting the days 'til this semester is over (which is around Christmas) so oddly enough I'm counting the days until Christmas!
So Kenzie turns 1 tomorrow. Awww little K-chub. That's what Erik and I call her...it fits her perfectly. I can't believe she's already 1. How did that year pass me that fast? I have no clue. So we're not really doing anything for her birthday tomorrow. Karen says that we'll celebrate it on Saturday (her birthday party) and that's enough for her..lol. We're doing a cool thing this year and not have her birthday party at the house..but at this REALLY good mexican restaurant. They have an HUGE room that Karen reserved and we're going to get there early to decorate and it's just going to be PERFECT. And the best thing...no clean up! Wooohoo!
So Gavin is doing good. He's talking more and more everyday. He's sooo cute. He learned how to say that daddy's at work...of course it sounds like "da-GA werk". And he finally said I love you back to me today...but it sounds like "e-lubu"..no one could probably understand it but me...awww..he's so cute.
Well that's about all that's going on right now...I hope all of you are having a good week!
One of my very best friends is getting married tomorrow. It just makes me feel all warm inside because so many memories just flood into my mind. I remember her being a short/shy blonde haired girl who could barely say two words to me...and now...YEARS later..we're still friends. Ok, so I felt this way when Dina got married..(remember me? crying through the whole ceremony?). Thank your lucky stars that I wont be there tomorrow...boy would the floods gates break! Ohhhh I love you Teresa sooo much!!! I just hope you have to most perfect day tomorrow! You are going to be a Mrs....can you believe that? Well I want to hear every little detail about tomorrow as soon as you can! Tell Alex I love him too...and give Gabby a big hug from me! Teresa...if I was there you know I would give you the "talk". But I can't. I just want you to know that if you ever need me..that I am here for you. Ohhhhh *big big big big hugs*
Have a beautiful day tomorrow!!
I love Dave Matthews everyone. I'm sure you know this by now. But I really do love him. The concert on Saturday kicked ass! Man it was sooooo good! I was able to experience it with Erik, Karen, Jon, and Melanie...it's been a long while since we've all seen Dave together. It was so awesome! Talk about being tired afterwards. I spent 3hrs dancing my ass off.
So God has blessed me today. As you know Erik has been looking for a job for awhile now and we've been getting behind on our car payments, which has really been stressing me out. So yesterday Erik and I were going through the Sunday paper want ads and I found an ad stating that they were needing people for a research survey and that they would pay $300 for two days. Ok, so I go onto the website to see if they are legit..and they are! My mom has actually gone to a couple of their surveys once before. So anyways, I register our names into their website and they immediately call Erik the next morning. And then I called them and they entered me into the survey as well! That's $600 for two days..woo hoo! I had intentionally wanted to have a garage sale at my house to raise some money up for my car....but now I don't have too! Yay! Thank you God!
On another good note I have officially lost 26lbs. I have been maintaining for most of the summer but then was able to get off a couple more pounds here recently. I'm hoping to be at least 35lbs lighter by my birthday...which is definitely reasonable.
Ok, well I hope y'all are all having a great Monday!
Take this pain away!!! If you saw me now you would think to yourself.."Why is Stacy walking with a limp?" It's because I'm in pain...that's why! Ok, I've been really stepping it up a notch when it comes to my exercising. See I'm in a contest with a group of 5 girls scattered around the U.S. We all met on SparkPeople and we all came up with this great idea to have our own version of the Biggest Loser. Whoever loses ten pounds first wins a $25 gift card to your favorite place to shop. So considering I'm broke as hell I really want to win this card. Well I've been doing cardio for awhile now and I decided that it was time to add on some strength training. So I printed out the exercises that SparkPeople assigned to me and I did one each just as it told me to do so. So I'm feeling really good about all of this until the next day!! My quads and my ass are killing me! I feel like I can only walk if I have crutches...it's that bad. So it's been two days since I did this and I'm still in tremendous pain. How do people keep on doing strength exercises? I vowed today that I'll never do forward lunges or squats again!!!! "Owww, my ass"
OH my God..I haven't posted in forever. What's the matter with me? You know what it was? I started a new myspace account and I became a myspace snob and forgot all about my blogger blog over here. I suck.
So then a lightening bolt hit me! (well actually it was Teresa and Manda). And they told me to put on my myspace blog that I have a blog here..and that this is where I update my life from time to time. So I did! Great idea you guys!
So life has been pretty good over here. I finished summer II last week and I found out today that I made an A in my class! And it was a well deserved A because it was toughhhh. Oh my gosh it was like taking a freakin' English class! But I got through it!
Other than that I am still on my healthy lifestyle. WOW. Yeah I know...it's been since January. I've still kept the same weight..I've been in the terrible habit of letting myself gain some..and then losing that weight the next week. Basically I have been maintaining.....but now I've been back on the ball for the past couple of weeks. Working out and staying within my calories..go me!
So we I had an awesome time and Teresa's bachelorette party last weekend. Can you say drunktify? Because that's what I was for about a whole second. And Teresa too! "There's an oh shit grip?...OHHHHHhhhh shit!" That's freakin' priceless...and I just love hanging out with you guys. And I'm going to miss you Dina terribly. How am I not going to cry on Friday?
*sigh*.
Well guys, I'm off to bed. Hope you're having a pleasurable week ;)
enrolled for the Fall semester! Yay! So relieved and happy and did I say relieved? I got all the classes I needed and I wanted. AND I'm actually going to take a class during Summer II (which starts next Monday.) That class will be intro to theater. I normally wouldn't have to take this class but I dropped out of it when I was going to Richland (this is also the time where I quit going to classes so I could go hang out with Erik in Killeen.) Well anyways, dropping out of the class has severly brought down my GPA and I can't afford for it to be low. If all works well I'll be up to 3.8 or 3.9 by the end of the spring semester. Then I'll be ready to put my applications in to nursing school. The two classes I'm taking during the Fall are Anatomy and Philosophy. I need to get A's on those and then get an A in college Algebra during the Spring and I should have my GPA where I need it. I'm starting to get really excited about this. It's like I've been going to school for sooooo long and it's finally getting down to where I can actually do clinical rotation and stuff...FUN! Well, just thought I would express my excitement! Have a great week everyone!
So I haven't blogged in awhile...yeah..I know. A lot of things have been going on here and well...I just haven't found time to blog them down. Well as you know Gavin turned 2 last Friday. We had a two day celebration and he made out like a bandit. I'm so thankful to all of you guys who were there for the celebration! He started his Mother's Day Out program last Tuesday. So he still kicks up a fuss when we leave him but his teacher's say that he does do good during the day. He even decorated his very first t-shirt on Thursday...it was so cute..it was a jungle theme and he wore it on his birthday..cute cute cute. I'm starting to really love this mother's day out thing. He gets to do so many cool things and I get to do errands and EVEN go to the $1 movie with Erik last Tuesday (we haven't gotten to do anything like that in a LONGGG time.)
Ok, so April had her baby yesterday and I'm super excited to meet her!! Her name is Elizabeth but they're going to call her Lizzie for short...isn't that the cutest? Also, Jess graduated from high school...and I can't believe it! I remember when she was "puppy" and she sounded like a munchkin...awwww..memorrriiieeess. Congrats Jess! Also, Congratulations to Teresa, Alex, and Kari on closing their new home last week. I can't wait to see it and I'm so happy for you guys!
So anyways, I'm going to register for my classes tomorrow and I'm really nervous about it. I'm not really sure why but I think it's because I haven't been back to school for a whole year. Yeah, I didn't even think it was that long. BUT I have a reason for not going last semester. I had all my classes picked out and everything perfect until I lost my driver's license. I mean it was lost...like I had to go to the DPS and get a new one lost. I couldn't get it in time to register and they won't let you register without a picture I.D. and that's the only one I had. But anyways, I am excited to be starting back up again. If I am right I have three classes left until I start my nursing program and either El Centro or Brookhaven. Man I can't wait. I'm going to need volunteers to let me do shots and cathiters..ha ha.
Well anyways, that's about all that's going on right now. Oh except I have Simon and Sawyer for the WHOLE week this week and I'm already tired!! No, I'm happy they're here :)
Have a great week everybody!
I hate Ryan Seacrest!!!! What an asshole, the way he kicked off Chris last night. I swear, if it wasn't for Taylor I would give up on American Idol completly. Ryan Seacrest..if you are reading this...you are a jerk and I hate you!
To Chris Daughtrey..if you're reading this...I love you..errr (wait Erik's reading this)...I like you a lot. You brought something to American Idol that no one has ever brought before.......the fact that you didn't compromise who you are just for the fat guy with all the dough. I will indeed buy your c.d. when it comes out and I will see you on tour!!!
To the fat guy with all of the dough. You should have rigged this season buddy.
I am soooo excited right now. I have officially found a Mother's Day Out program for Gavin! It starts the first week of June and ends in the middle of July. If Erik and I agree on it...he'll be going every Tuesday and Thursday/9:30-2:30. I read the little syllabus they have for his age and he's going to get to do so many fun things. He'll get to jump in a bouncey house, and go on a scavenger hunt, and he'll even make his own little tye dyed shirt with his hand prints on it...ewwwwwwwwWWWW..I am so excited! Just had to share.
In other news I weighed in today and have lost 27lbs. I feel really good and just recently Karen bought an elliptical trainer so I'm excited to be adding that to my exercise routine. Yay! Just having a really good day today.
I hope all of you have a great Mother's Day for all of you mamma's out there!
Just felt like saying that..he he he. I was just thinking..is my life really that boring that I can't even blog regularly? I keep thinking of things to blog about..but when I start to blog..they don't seem at all interesting..hmmmm. I'm missing Billie and the kids right now. If you're reading this "Hi Billie!!" I can't wait to see your new house and we can't wait to see you! Hmmm..who else am I missing? I'm missing Erik..he's at work right now..and I'm missing him. I'm also missing my girls. We need to have another slumber party or something..or maybe a margarita/slumber party night?? hmmm??
So Gavin's birthday is coming up. We're thinking about having a picnic thingy at Sandy Lake park. They have little rides and face paintings and stuff like that. This is not definite...but and idea. I can't believe Gavin is going to be two. *sigh*.
Well I guess that's about all that I have to blog about right now. Oh! I'm officially 25lbs. lighter..pretty excited...but not yet ready to go bathing suit shopping if you know what I mean..lol.
Hope everyone's having a great week!
Hey everyone! Yeah, I haven't posted for awhile and I'm sorry. With Easter and having a hellish time trying to get our family portrait done..I've kinda been busy. So Erik, Gavin and I went to Kiddie Kandids to get our Easter pics done..and it was AWFUL. After waiting an hour for our turn Gavin decided that he was going to have a crying fit to the point that he was about to vomit. I was so sad...we all looked so good. It just wasn't meant to happen I guess. In other news, Dina threw a great Easter egg coloring party and we had an absolute blast! Teresa and Alex got Gavin the most adorable little blue animal and furry blue bunny ears (they were a hit on Easter morning.) Thanks you guys. Also! Teresa turned the big 2-5! Happy Birthday girlie...when are we having a birthday dinner for you? Also Gavin officially has an appt. with an ENT specialist to see how his tongue-tied situation. I'm really nervous about it because I know the inevitable will be that he'll have to go under anesthesia to get his tongue clipped "Ouch!" I'll let you guys know more after his appt. And so in case you're wondering.. I am still losing weight! Yay! I guess everyone else has fell off the wagon but I'm here still trying to go strong. As of today I have lost 23.8lbs. I've started walking around the neighborhood which I've really enjoyed. Erik and I are looking into getting an apartment...so we're apartment hunting I guess you should say. If any of you guys know of an apartment complex that will work with your credit let me know.
Ok guys, I hope all of you are having a great week!
we didn't weigh-in this week. Some of you may have already noticed that. Here's the thing...we decided that we would start weighing in back on Monday's again. We switched from having it on Friday because we were doing a hell of a lot better on the weekends knowing that we had weigh-in on Mondays..so we switched. Erik and I did weigh-in yesterday..but decided that we wouldn't post it up because we gained..and we're losers..lol. No really, we did really bad this weekend because of Karen's birthday and all the eating and drinking took a toll on our results. So we're coming back strong and hope that we have a significant weight loss on Monday's weigh-in.
So Karen's party was a blast! Thanks to all of you who came..you really did make Karen's birthday extra special! I freakin' loved the karaoke party...I'm even surprised that DINA actually sang a song...BY HERSELF! Woohoo! You go girl!
So it's today and I'm sooo tired. We had a hell of a night last night. It started off that Gavin woke up right before Erik and I went to bed. So he whined and cried until we let him in the bed with us. Which really wasn't so bad because he fell asleep rather quickly. So Erik put him back into his crib and everything was mellow..right? WRONG! Joe kept going in and out of the house slamming the door which was waking Gavin up..and having us start at square one again. SO FINALLY, Gavin went back to sleep...Erik and I fell asleep...and THEN...Erik wakes up me up frantic asking me if I smell smoke. Ok, so I'm half dazed here..but I definitely smell smoke. We both get up and search the house at 2am mind you, and we find nothing. And then it dawns on me...I bet Joe is smoking in his room and the smoke is coming through the vents into our room. I precede to knock on his door (and I know he's awake because I can hear him talking.) He doesn't answer the door! Asshole. Finally I picked up the phone and he's having a conversation with Janna's answering machine and I tell him to quit smoking or I will kick his ass....(and this is all on Janna's machine..priceless.) We finally fall asleep after all is said and done. But Gavin and I didn't wake up until 11:15am. and our whole schedule is off...it sucks. Woo! Yeah, so that's how my day is going.
I hope everyone's day is going better!
3/17/06 Weigh-in
1st Place-Stacy/lost 2 lbs. this week/22.4 lbs. total/6.68% lost!
2nd Place-Erik/lost 1 lb. this week/16.6 lbs. total/5.06% lost!
3rd Place-Melanie/+2.8 lbs. this week/7.7 lbs total/2.93% lost!
Have a great weekend everybody!
I am sooo freakin' exhausted right now. It's about 9p.m. and I'm just needing to vent. I honestly know how it feels to have three kids. Here's the thing...Simon (my nephew) has been here since Friday..add him on to Kenzie and Gavin...and it's been mayhem! It's like no matter what..they couldn't get in sync. I feel like all I've been doing is feeding kids!! They don't all eat at the same time..and it's like once I get Gavin fed Kenzie's cryin' or Simon's wanting a snack. I just want to give props out there to all you momma's who have more than one child, I honestly don't know how you do it!
So some of you may know that I had an AWFUL habit of biting my nails to the nub..I never ever grew them long. Wellllll, this will be my third week of quitting the habit! (wow, I feel like I've quit smoking or something.) Anyways, it's a real big deal to me and I'm excited. I think I'll reward myself with a professional manicure or something..go me!
I've also been improving more each day on my healthier lifestyle and I'm feeling pretty good. You know when you think about it...there's really no quick fix to weight loss. Yeah, you quit eating carbs for a month and drop 20lbs...but what happens? You go crazy! And then you realize you have a peanut butter sandwich in each hand and your goin' at it! (yes, this is coming from experience.) But in reality everyone knows how to lose weight and keep it off...you expend more calories than you're taking in. But it's HARD...and it's SLOW...and before you know it..you've given up and your draggin' your feet in the dirt. I just really needed to express how hard it really has been. I mean, what I'm having to do is completly change my life. I've had some slip ups and I have actually really thought about how easy it would be to go back to my old self. But I can't. I am going to beat this..and live to tell about it! Thanks for everyone's support...I truly love you guys from the bottom of my heart!
Hope everyone is having a really good week :)
Melanie, Erik and I are happy to announce that we have finally made it to our 2nd month mark and we are soaring!! Not only did we lose weight but we feel great and we feel a huge sense of accomplishment. I'm very proud of Melanie, she has met her 10lb. weight loss goal and then some! Erik has been taking his weight off steadily and is now wearing some of his "skinny" jeans! And for me I have made it past 20lbs. and I feel like dancin'!! Here is this week's weigh-in results!
3/10/06 8th Weigh-in
1st Place-Stacy/lost .6lbs this week/20.4lbs total/6.08% lost!
2nd Place-Erik/lost .6lbs this week/15.6lbs total/4.75% lost!
3rd Place-Melanie/lost 1.6lbs this week/10.5lbs total/4% lost!
Here's to a great 3rd month!!!!!
So Erik and I were the only ones you weighed in this morning. Melanie had an excuse though, considering she was in the car this morning on her way with Jon to Louisianna for Jon's brother's wedding. I don't know what happened to Karen, and well my mom...she hasn't really been showing her face around here lately. So here are the results.
7th Weigh-In
1st Place-Stacy/lost 1.6lbs this week/19.8 lbs total/5.91% lost! (oh my gosh, I’m almost at 20lbs!)
2nd Place-Erik/+.2lbs this week/15lbs total/4.57% lost!
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
