UNhappy Thought

So, I have been trying to lose a few pounds. Since November I have lost SEVEN! (Cyber-High 5!!) I have good days and bad days. I will go three days where I eat the best things I can eat and do all my crunches and then some. And then... then there are days where I am not such a good girl. Those are the days where I eat peanut M&M's for breakfast! :)

Last night, I was wearing a pair of blue jeans that typically are very snug. You know, the kind that you have to lay down on the bed and suck in to get them to button. And yet somehow, when you stand up and see yourself in the mirror wearing these "skinny jeans" you feel fantastic. No one knows your secret about how you got in them. The point is, you got in them, they are securely buttoned and zipped, and you look fabulous. End of story!

Anyways, last night, I realized that these "tight" jeans were actually pretty loose on me! HOLLA! I walked into the kitchen and said to Grant "Babe, look at these jeans! They are normally so so tight, but look how loose they are! They are sagging and everything, I keep having to pull them up!"

Sweet husband said "That is so great babe. You're gonna have to buy all new clothes!"

"I know!" I said.

"You may even have to buy a new swimsuit!" said my husband.

I just stood there. I'm sure I had a pitiful look on my face. For those of you who know me, I HATE buying a swimsuit. Hate it hate it hate it. I am not "proportioned" well and all swimsuits look goofy on me. I either look like I am wearing something from Little House on the Prairie or I look like a total hoochie mama. Swimsuits are my unhappy thought. It makes me cringe.

So I said to sweet darling precious husband, "Honey, when I am all motivated and excited about losing weight, please don't remind me that swimsuits even exist. Remember when we went shopping for a swimsuit for me last year right before Disney World?"

"Oh, yeah, that was awful. That sucked. You cried all the time" said husband.

" Exactly. So let's not bring that up anymore okay?"

"Okay baby"

I feel better now :)

It's Been Awhile!

Hey ya'll!

Guess what?

I go to go to TEXAS this weekend! And what a blast we had!

We got in very late Friday night and pretty much went straight to bed. Saturday morning I got up and went to the Willowbrook mall with my mom. I didn't buy anything, but I truly enjoyed just walking through and seeing all the new stores. It's amazing how much that mall can change in just a short period of time!

Then we met my sister Jaclyn and baby Grace at Chili's. I have been aching to hold that baby girl and I was so excited to get some quality time with her precious face. She is doing a new smile now where she scrunches up her nose. You can see pictures of it on Jaclyn's blog. It is truly precious!

My parents had wedding to go to on Saturday afternoon, so I stayed at the house. To make a long story very short, my mom's car got stuck in the mud and it took 2 husbands (mine and Jaclyn's), one jet ski rope and one Chevy truck to get the Lexus out! Yay for the husbands! But poor Lindsee was trapped in my driveway for a few hours. This was a fun conversation that took place between Lindsee and my husband:

Lindsee: Grant, I really need to get my car out.

Grant: Why, do you have somewhere to be?

Lindsee: Yes, I have to be somewhere at 5:00, and I am still not ready.

Grant: Oh, well, it's only 4:15, so you're good.

Don't you love men? :) So Saturday night we all went out to Napoli's for italian food. There is an item on Napoli's menu that is described as follows: "Tortelinni ala panna: tortellini served in our white cream sauce. Not for the weight watcher". But, to be real honest, that "not for the weight watcher" doesn't scare me. That just means "This entree is amazingly good and you will feel fulfilled after you have eaten it".

Sunday morning I went to Cypress Bible Church! I love going back to my home church from time to time and hugging everybody I see! I got to go to the Newlyweds class and see all of our old friends. What a joy!

Sunday was the bridal shower for Emily! I had not seen this gorgeous girl since I got married (over a year ago!) and hugging her neck was long overdue! I am stealing a few pics from Lindsee:
Here is Linds and I with the blushing bride to be!

You have no idea how much I love this girl!

Grant and I got back on the road really really late yesterday and didn't get back to our apartment till almost midnight. Needless to say, I am not functioning at a very high level this morning.

Back to work, back to the week! Love you ladies!

Just Call Me Ariel

Last night I took a shower after a day of heavy cleaning and some crunches as well. When I got out of the shower, this was our conversation:

Grant: Did you have a nice shower?

Me: Yep.

Grant: Do you think it was long enough?

Me: I'm sorry, I didn't know you were timing me.

Grant: I wasn't, but I think you sang every Disney song that's ever been written.

Me: I was in a Disney mood!

Grant: APPARENTLY!

:) I just wanted to be Part of That World! :)

Happy Birthday Sister!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACLYN!

Oh how I love my sister... Let me count the ways....

1. I love your dark hair and dark eyes.

2. I love the way you clap your hands when you get excited.

3. I love the way you love your husband. It has been such a beautiful example for me to watch and learn from.

4. I love to see you be a mommy. I feel like you've been a mommy since you were twelve. You always took such great care of me and I knew that you would be amazing mother, and I am SO right!

5. I love the way you dress up baby Grace.

6. I love your voice. It is so sweet!

7. I love your laugh. I love when we get laughing really hard how you start crying. I remember a specific incident where we were both dying in mom's kitchen and you had to sit down on the floor you were laughing so hard. I was laughing more because watching you was hysterical.

8. I LOVE that when we were little you couldn't say your "R's".

9. I love the way that while watching American Idol in two different states, you will call me, I answer, we don't say any words to each other, we just laugh for 30 seconds and then one of us says "OKAY BYE!" And then we hang up.

10. I love how even though we haven't lived in the same place for 8 years now, we are still as close as ever.

So Happy happy birthday to a beautiful sister who brings SO much joy to my heart! (By the way, I am bringing your gift next weekend. Consider this your birthday card!)


I LOVE YOU!