Harry Potter and the Deatlhy Hallows

This is my post for the day! This took my breath away! I mean WOW and this is just Part 1!  Oh my goodness!  This will so be a midnight showing!

It has been too long ...

I enjoy blogging and it is very relaxing to me.  It is a great way for me to get all that has been floating around in my head out.  I wish I had time to do it more.  I think I might make some time to do it more.  So tonight I just have some random things I want to say!

This month has been really good so far as weight loss for me.  My food has been good but my exercise has fallen off a bit.  I have thought about starting to blog about what exercise I do each day.  I did that at the beginning of the year and it seemed to help some.  Who knows I might try it?  I was running a lot and I still do some but I got off track and I can't seem to get back on it.  I know that I have been making it weight loss wise but if I don't get back on track then I will not be able to keep this up.  Maybe I need that accountability again of blogging about it?  Hmmm... something else to ponder!

Mamaw is not doing well.  They did a bone scan this past week and they are doing an MRI.  The cancer is affecting her bones and it is the 1st thing that has caused her pain specifically from the cancer.  Most of the other has been from chemo or radiation.  They are talking about more radiation now but we will know more this week.  She has been really weak and tired, more than normal even with the steroids.  I am not sure how this is going to go but I am scared.  No matter how much notice you get it doesn't really make it easier. It just doesn't make it a surprise. 

I have been baking and probably have gained at least 2 lbs back this weekend alone.  I made my dad a birthday cake and I made cupcakes for church today.  They all tasted good and I had 1 slice or 1 of each only so I didn't do bad but it is more than my normal! 

I got to meet Lily Barbour Friday! She is so sweet and so little!  It is so hard to believe that Nisee was ever that small.  There are so many babies and babies on the way that it makes me ALMOST want another one now but I still want to wait and enjoy Nisee more.

Well its Sunday night and tomorrow starts a new work week.  I pray this is a good week for the family!

Finally I am going to do it!

So I have decided that since I have lost 40 lbs I am going to post a few pictures. I have been avoiding it but I think I look ok.  Here goes nothing ... All pictures were taken in the past 2 weeks.

 

It has been a rough weekend/week so I have not been exercising like I should have been but as long as I get back in the groove I can stay on track.  I am hoping that by have the guts to post these then I will get the extra motivation to get back on track no matter who is sick or how busy I get. I am far from done with this journey!

Now that I have lost 40 ... ONLY 40 more to go! 

Aversion

So I have an aversion to dealing with things sometimes.  I just want to read or watch my soaps and not think about all the stuff going on right now.  So things are busy at work and of course stressful as always.  But I sort of feed on that so I can't complain about that too much. 

More than that things aren't going well with Mamaw.  It will be 1 year October that she was diagnosed.  She is having a bad spell right now and it's hard to handle.  Since she has been doing so well it is easy to trick yourself into believing that she isn't sick and that everything will be ok.  Then she has a bad spell and it's like a reality check. Actually it's like she was just diagnosed all over again.  It sucks the air out of you and then you realize she's dying. So yea that feeling is what I am trying to avoid.  Each time she has a bad spell if she does gain any ground back she always loses more and never gets back to where she was.  We will know more this Friday after she goes to the doctor but either way it seems like things are starting to go down hill faster. 

My time will now be spent in Statesville as much as possible.  I am asking that all my friends understand this.  We do not know how much time we will have with her going forward so I am going to spend as much time as I can with her.  So if I break plans or I can't do something there really is a good reason why.  I hope you all never have to go through this.  I also ask that you pray for her and my family through this.  Thanks to all of my friends that have already been there.  I am glad to have you now and I am going to need you all more than ever soon.  Good night all! 

The Goals Update

My official weigh in is tomorrow morning but I also had to weigh in this past Wednesday for my Healthy Dividends screening. When I did I had reached my next goal and actually surpassed it.

My next goal was to Lose 6 more pounds by Labor Day September 6, 2010. I have actually lost 7 lbs for a total of 37 lbs.

Now it is on to my next goal which is lose 16 more pounds by Halloween. This one I am not so sure I can do. I have 8 weeks and I have lost more than that before but things are going to slow down soon! Also starting in October I will no longer be taking the appetite suppressants. These require at least 1 month off after 4 months of taking them. So we will see! I hope that my exercising and watching my food will pay off and I can continue my weight loss on my own!

I had a great weekend and I am sad to see that it is ending tomorrow. I am excited to finish what we started at the house and see my almost new basement!

I also want to say that I am blessed to have a great family and some great friends but sometimes I can't help but feel left out. Just things maybe I only see but still I notice them and it is a little tug at my heart.

Good night to all and here are a few pics from this wonderful weekend!

Painting the basement!

So today we spent the day working on one of our House Projects! Chad and I started working on our basement. We bought the paint for the walls and decided on what we are going to do about the floors. To start the day we removed the furniture and wall items and then we removed the carpet!!! It was the best decision we have ever made! I hate carpet except in bedrooms. It was so great to see that concrete! We made the decision last weekend that we are going to stain the concrete. It is a really cool way to use the floor and there are tons of options for color and texture and since anytime you stain concrete it finishes different it will be unique. Only problem is we haven't decided on a color yet. We got 2 coats of paint on the walls on the larger side of the basement! Not all of the horrible Carolina blue is gone but A LOT of it is! We also got 1 coat of paint on the bottom paneling! WE LOVE IT!!!! The colors open and brighten up the room. We still have more to do as far as painting. We have to paint the bottom paneling again, paint the base boards, paint the chair railing, paint the window, and paint the door and door jam. That is just on the Bigger side. We have to do it all over again on the small side! We also have to clean the concrete and stain it! For 1 day we got a lot done! We are both so exhausted and we couldn't have done it without my mom who stayed all day and watched Nisee for us! Below are some pictures. Enjoy and Good Night!

The Concrete! Just needs the Stain now! ... Hmmm What color?!?!





Before and After Colors! The After is so much better! :)


Nisee and Me (Notice the paint on my face! Yea I am a messy painter)