Putting it out there...

Ok, don't tell anyone, but I'm overweight. Shocking, I know! I understand that I have pounds to lose, and I have accepted the challenge head on. For about six weeks now I have been kicking my rear into gear at the gym. I am eating better and more often. Learning to eat more often has actually been a hard lesson. I wasn't consuming enough calories to actually burn fat.
As a result of all of this effort, I have lost eighteen pounds. EIGHTEEN! My doctor told me to lose thirty before thinking of having another baby to help manage my blood pressure and to avoid preeclampsia, again. Well, I am over halfway to that point! As for planning another baby, we go to see ANOTHER doctor in August to get his opinion on the subject. I have seen two other doctors about this subject, and I'm not satisfied with those visits. Call me an overachiever, but I want to do everything in my ability to make sure that I get the best information to make an educated decision. If you think I'm crazy, go back and read the posts from 2008 to see the craziness that we dealt with!
Until that decision is made, it couldn't hurt to drop a few more pounds. Perhaps, one of these days I'll be brave enough to show photos! Gasp!

In a Bath

Things that crossed my mind when I was taking a "relaxing" bath:

1) I only see Stephen 10 hours a work week

2) I'm so tired

3) What is in this mud mask, and why is it green?

4) Who's crying and why?

5) Wow, steam is so soothing.

6) I'm so tired

7) Did I put the clothes in the dryer?

8) What's the name of that song?

9) I can do math better with a wash rag over my eyes.

10) Why can't I ever relax?

11) I should blog this.....

Things I know about me

Things that I know for sure about myself. The Good, Bad, and just plain Ugly.

1) I am an organized person in thought and execution, but not housework

2) Thinking a lot and trying to organize makes me tired

3) Un-organization apparently annoys me because I don't understand it

4) I love when school is in session; it gives me more of a purpose and activity

5) People who can't drive in the rain aggravate me in a way that is surely unhealthy

6) I must unload my thoughts good/bad on whoever will listen and nod

7) I lack tolerance and patience more than I thought

8) I'm super stubborn regardless if it is logical to others or not

9) I try to make things work when its needed

10) I cherish my friends and time spent with them

11) Time has no bounds or effect on my friendships, either. I pick up where we left off, usually.

12) I care more than I think that I do about things....apparently, when I believe in or about something I am passionate about it

13) I need people to agree with me...even if they don't...just don't let me know about it

14) When my mind is on something...it will be done right away or I can't function

(Stephen added that one)

15) I just can't keep my opinion to myself if it starts to slip out....its like a leak in the dam...it can start off small, but turn into a massive wave and flood

16) I am a realist....not by nature but by life...

17) My family is important to me...and I want to be important to them

18) I am more sensitive than I thought or want to own up to

19) I think about the legacy I'll leave behind one day....and I hope that the stories told about me after I'm gone won't entail the negative things on this list

11 Reasons Why Today Was Weird

1) Three Different Men Came to My House Before 8:30 in the Morning in Ten Minute Increments...Randomly

2) I Saw a Miniature Burro Being Pulled in a Lawn Maintenance Trailer

3) My Blood Pressure Raised Twenty Points in Less than Twenty Minutes (from the parking lot to the doctor's office)

4) My Blood Pressure then Dropped Ten Points in Less than Ten Minutes

5) I Think My Doctor Reasoned My Low Blood Pressure at Home to "Resting All Day" After I Told Him that I Stay At Home with My Children....and Also Considered My Being at His Office as "Out and About Activity".....?

6) The Doctor Drew My Blood Today (because the nurse was busy?)

7) I FELL on the Doctor's Office Floor...In Front of the Doctor...

8) I Think that He May Have Blamed My Falling Because of My Flip Flops While He was Cleaning Up a Wet Spot on the Floor....?

9) The Drive Through Window Worker at McD's Told a Man that He Didn't Understand Because He was White While Looking at Me and Handing Me My Food....awkward....

10) At Arby's I asked For a "Turk-N Bake-IE" Instead of a Turkey Bacon with a Pepsi

11) I Honked my Horn on Accident in the Drive Through Line and Made the Manager Mad...and I Think I got a Trainee Into Trouble....

The Me Questionaire

What was i doing ten years ago?
I was seventeen years old on the verge of graduating, and I was about to be shipped off to an university that I hated!
5 things on my "to-do" list...
1) Fold Laundry 2) Clean out car
3) Grow Baby in Utero 4) Feed and Clothe Everyone Daily
5) To spot clean at least 30 min. daily
Snacks I enjoy
Nutella, Golden Apples, Ice Pop, and Baguette
Five things I'd do if i were a billionaire...
1) Pay of Debts 2) Buy/Build dream home 3) Give & Donate to missions/churches 4) De-burden parents financially 5) Extend our family further by adoption
5 bad habits...
1) Being too blunt 2) Remembering Everything
3) Worrying/Anxiety 4) Biting my nails
5) Obsessing
Places I've lived...
Fayetteville, NC
Casselberry, FL
Cullowhee, NC
Oviedo, FL
Orlando, FL
Sanford, FL
Five jobs I've had...
1) Compliance Clerk w/ Sears 2) Donations Services @ CCC 3) Starbucks Barista
4) Cheerleading Coach 5) Substitute Teacher
Who's Next?
Cindy Harle
Danielle (formerly Dahl)
ummm....anyone else that hasn't been mentioned from Jen's blog???????

Is it really me...or?

Am I really cocky? Am I really intimidating?
I have been told this by a few different people. Weird, but I never thought of myself in that way.
Is it my body language? Is it the way I approach conversation?
Is it that I don't seek out people immediately; that I wait for people to come to me?
What is it? Thoughts?