My Graduate and I!

I'm proud of him, I love him!
My Uncle Tim, he's my GodFather, also graduated on the same day!
(The pic is washed out, but I LOVE it anyway!)

My Graduate! My Husband!

So tomorrow my Husband is graduating from SouthWestern Community College and we've got a whole day planned for him! I have to work *BLAH* until noon, and Charles's sister told us that she will help us with the food prep and what not! We're excited! We're having a small get-together with some family and friends from the area! We're having a turkey roast with lots of goodies! Cake, ice cream, the whole deal! I'm very, very proud of my Husband and his accomplishments!

This week has been full of work... work... and more work! Not just my job, but work on the house! It's coming along quite nicely! We're still iffy about the carpet smelling like cigarette tar... we dont' know if we just want to tear it out or not just yet... it's an AWESOME carpet... so we're TRYING to salvage it. The bathroom gets the leveler laid down after we prime the walls to be painted on Saturday! We plan on laying the tile down Monday and then painting sometime next week. :D I'm excited!

Mother's Day is this Sunday! WOO HOO! Charles got me a card! I don't know what it is of, but he told me not to look at it when he put it in the cart! Haha! I got my Mom and Nana necklaces that say "Mother" and "Nana," and we got Charles's sisters the same book, 'Chicken Soup For the Soul; Life Lessons for Busy Moms', and we're still undecided about Charles's mother... we'll find something, I'm sure!

I've lost 2 lbs already doing the Curves program! I've gone everyday this week and it's awesome! I love it! I feel more positive about myself and I'm happy! This is a HUGE change! Haha!

Anywho, I just thought I'd let everyone in on my week and what's going on this weekend! I love and miss you all!

Time for a change!

So in the recent year or so, I've gained about 45 lbs due to major stress, miscarriages, depression, and in general, marriage. After my shower a few days ago, I walked pass my vanity that has a HUGE mirror on it, I never look at myself but this time was different, I caught a glimpse of myself, naked, in the mirror. I went into tears.

Now, Charles tells me constantly that I'm beautiful and that I look fine, and that's great! But I don't feel "fine" or "beautiful" anymore. I don't know how I let myself get so far along this path... but things are going to change, and fast.



I am going to be attending the Curves downtown starting Monday. I figure I can jog/walk to the Curves building, do the 30 minute Curves plan, and jog/walk back home EVERYDAY of the week (minus Sunday, cause they aren't open then anyways!). Charles is willing to completely rearrange our eating habits for the better to help me out. I don't like how I am anymore, and I just want to be happy... FOR ME. So I'm excited about Curves and starting to do something with myself again. It's hard to find time in my busy life, but I'm going to do it.

I'm just tired of always complaining about how I look and not doing anything to help. Times are changing. And so will I! Wish me luck!

Fun Stuff!

REWIND!

10 YEARS AGO: Hmmm 1998 - I was 11 and I had the world ahead of me! My parents were going through their divorce and I was spending most of my time hiding my feelings and emotions from people. This was also the year I realized just how talented I was in art and decided there and then that I would be an artist!

5YEARS AGO: Hmmm 2003 - My sweet 16 was spent in New Orleans with my Aunt Megan, Grandma Jean, and Grandpa Gary! We toured Louisiana for a week! The day of my birthday, we went on a river boat tour of the Mississippi River!

5 MONTHS AGO: Hmmm December 2007 - Charles and I spent our very first Christmas together! We had loads of presents to buy for both sides of our family and we about went broke! It was awesome! We stayed in Cedar Falls the few days before New Years so that I could see my friends and hang out with my family!

5 THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST:
1. Continue packing
2. Paint the bathroom
3. Pay rent
4. Remember my CD player for work tomorrow
5. Make love to my husband!

5 SNACKS I ENJOY:
1. LemonHeads
2. Animal Crackers!
3. Doritos or any other snack chip
4. Skittles
5. Any kind of fruit!

5 THINGS I WOULD DO IF INSTANTLY A BILLIONAIRE:
1. Pay off my debts (college, medical, loans, etc.)
2. Go to Tuscany for a month or so vacation!
3. Put a million dollars into savings for each of my future children's college fund!
4. Get a 2008 Jeep Liberty!
5. Tear down and rebuild the house! Same floor plan, but maybe put in a dining room and extend the back porch/hot tub area!

5 BAD HABITS:
1. Biting my finner nails! I am getting better, but I use to be HORRIBLE at it!
2. Putting myself down... all the time.
3. Buying Avon stuff... It's more of an addiction, but I think it counts.
4. Not returning phone calls... I'm really terrible about that :(
5. Getting mad really easily... Charles gets the worst at times :(

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
1. Omaha, NE
2. Red Oak, IA
3. Nodaway, IA
4. Corning, IA
5. Where I am now! It's a secret ;)

5 THINGS PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I LOVE Hannah Montana! I even have a Hannah shirt!
2. I listen to Air Supply religiously
3. I collect straws, unused ones!
4. I have over 40 purses
5. I shave my belly.