Shape Up Or Ship Out

Yeah little buddy I feel the same way about you!

The other day I got a call from my Mom inviting me to go with her to Weight Watchers, when she offered to pay for everything all doubt vanished from my mind. I went. You know what, this is doable! I love a diet that has cheating programed in! I'm not going to diet everyone to death with hourly updates on what I'm eating, however, I thought it may be fun to update everyone once a week how I doing.

Its noon on my first day and I have eaten twice and only have used up 4 points out of the like 35 I'm allowed, gotta make this short cause I got a lot of eating to do! Ha!

I plan on kicking my Mom's ass, she made a comment last night that she could loss more weight than me. Its time to drop it like it hot!

The sweet thing is that my child, when he found out what I was doing, said "Why do you want to loose weight? Your perfect the way you are!" *I raised him right*....Lets get one thing clear, this is a "make yourself healthier" choice. I like the fact that I'm a thick girl, gives me character. I just have a little too much character right now, gotta tone it down a little!

If anyone wants to join me...we could do an email support group! That would rock, and we could cyber high-five each other.

I Got A Second Blog!!!

I got another blog...its for my floral design. It will be a photo blog with tutorials and shop talk, but its mainly going to be for my portfolio! Check it out and let me know what you think!

http://thefloraldepartment.blogspot.com/

Pumpin' Out Pretty

Today I did this beautiful arrangement for a lady's dinning room table. I am proud of it and thought I would show it off. These photos really turned out well considering I have no clue how to work this camera of mine! I want photography lessons!


On another note...I am now able to put my hair in pigtails again. So what they're "Cindy Lou Who" pigtails, I'm going to rock them anyway!! I'm glad I cut my hair all off and donated my hair to Locks of Love, but I miss my hair!

The Birth of Baby Jack

Well we had a beautiful sunrise this morning...hard to believe I was conscious for it! I woke up at about 6 am, I was excited about the birth of my best friend, Rachel's baby boy.




It was so nice to see this lovely face at the hospital!! That's right Alia traveled all night (literally) to be here this morning.



Rachel's Dad was another surprise, he also traveled most of the night to get here in time. We kinda scolded him because he isn't supposed to be driving anywhere by himself (he has a bad heart). But it was a nice surprise all the same!


Everyone was excited and we were glad to have Delilah there to keep us occupied! She thought it was a party for her!




Jackson Charles Crisman was born at 10:16 am, he weighed 6 lbs 3 3/4 oz. And he is 17 inches long....what a cutie!






We are so glad this little guy is finally here! Today is supposed to be a lucky day for births 8-08-08....that will be easy to remember. I can't wait to hold him, but I'm going to let mom rest and get some time in for herself first.

Stormy Weather

It has been so hot the last week or so that I am happy to see storm clouds on the horizon. As a child and teenager I was always fascinated by weather. I was brave to the point of stupidity when a storm would roll up, where most would stay in a safe place, I would be out in it looking for funnel clouds and watching lightening.
It caught up with me once, in about 1999. It was a stormy Sunday afternoon in September. It was thundering and I wanted to walk across the back yard to my grandparents house to get a coke out of the little fridge they kept on their back porch for us kids. So no shoes, I'm walking threw the back yard when a lightening bolt struck a tree about twenty 30 feet away from me. I saw a bright flash of light and a ball of fire go down a power line, then I felt something hot hit me in the head. I have never ran so fast in my life. My mom met me at the back door and checked me out. I had been hit by a hot piece of bark from the tree...bleeding like a stuck hog, we went to the ER and I got glued up. (I have a 1 inch scar in the hairline of my scalp).
Needless to say, after my near "Come to Jesus Meeting", I am a lot more respectful of the forces of nature. But I will still look at clouds and take pictures. So here are a few fotos I have taken in the past week or two of clouds and approaching storms.

Lack of sex in something short of a city

The dating scene here is lackluster. The problem being in such a small town is that the dating pool tends to run low. There aren't many guys here that are dateable, and believe me I have waisted a lot of time trying to make the undateable, dateable. That just made me miserable. So I have been hibernating and licking my wounds for a while, which in retrospect was a bad idea. But I can't dwell on whats in the past I must learn from it and let it go so I can move forward.
I have a friend who wants to set me up with someone, but I am really weary about blind dates (I think they suck). Who needs the anxiety?? She wants to set me up with someone who is way above my age comfort zone. She says thats the ticket to happiness...I say thats the ticket to feeling like I'm hanging out with my Dad.
Don't get me wrong, I have had my fair share of fun here lately *aahem...flirting and even licking a guy*. It always makes me feel better about myself to be out and about and flirty! But I am not and will never be the *one night stand* kind of gal, too many labels come with that. I really can't enjoy myself unless I am emotionally attached. Thats just how I'm wired! So here I am stuck in rut. I guess I'm old fashion or I have read too many romance novels, something, but I am still waiting to be "swept off my feet". I have had a lifetimes worth of disappointment in this area of my life and I am ready for a change, but wait, I hate change! Oh crap! Damn I am screwed!