Yeah, My Jeans Are Shrinking! WOOT!!

I haven't posted for the Wednesday Weigh In for a while. BUT, with the exception of last week, I have been steadily loosing. Oh, yes I have!!!

I am so excited to tell you that I have lost 24 pounds!

Ahem ... did you hear me ...

TWENTY FOUR STINKIN' POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah! I am sooooo excited! I hit a MAJOR milestone two weeks ago. Last week I held steady. And this week I lost two more.

Now, truth be told, I broke my "weigh only once a week" rule and weighed myself on Monday. I KNEW that the weekend had taken a ginormous nosedive and I wanted to know how far I had fallen. I was more than a little freaked out to see that I was actually two pounds UP!

Yeah, I knew I had to kick into high gear. I went on a carb fast - which I do NOT recommend for long periods unless you are being overseen by a doctor, but I only had to do it for a couple days. I also only ate very lean proteins and fresh fruits & veggies, upped my water intake and did a little extra workout per day.

I also worked VERY hard to resist every urge to do the emotional eating thing. And, given that there has been left over lemon chiffon pie in the fridge mocking me all week, that was no easy task!!! But, I am learning that I can allow myself other emotional outlets. I can be an emotional dancer (Sophie is always a willing dance partner), an emotional stair climber, an emotional reader or an emotional prayer/praiser - which is the best outlet of all. After all, I do get all my strength from Him anyway, might as well give Him my emotional times too.

I also have to thank some WONDERFUL peeps that He has placed in my life to get me through this ... I know if I mention names I will forget someone, so I won't. But you know who you are! (Especially you, my morning "wake up, get your hiney outta bed and get movin'" girl and you my own personal Stacey/Clinton personal shopper buddy who is always there to help me look my best, no matter what size I am!!) You know I could not do this alone! Believe me, I have tried ... and failed. The only reason this time WILL succeed is all of you!!!!

So, there ya go. I am one tiny pound away from a new button, but for now ...

There ya go!

Project 365 - Weeks 12, 13 and 14

OK, you may wanna pull up a chair, get comfy and maybe even pack a lunch for this one. I have been a VERY bad blogger lately and have not even posted the 365 in three weeks. No excuses, just plain busy ... and lazy.

Whew ... confession is good for the soul. I feel much better now.

With that said ... here we go!

March 14 - Jewelry - although not the kind I usually like. After a trip to the urgent care/emergency room and four prescriptions later, I came home and crashed for the day.

March 15 - Heaven - For this girl Heaven will have a toothbrush for every hour of the day. It is her favorite activity!

March 16 - Helper - I was still havin' a hard time bending over (stupid ear infections!) so Sophie took it upon herself to help with the laundry. She pulled the basket from the bathroom all the way through the house to the gate that leads down into the laundry room. She then, piece by piece, threw every last speck of laundry down into the room for me!

You KNOW ya wish you had one of these!

March 17 - Bed Head - this is what it looks like!

March 18 - Hangin' out - Literally, she was hanging out of the climber in the backyard.

March 19 - Heaven - In mama's opinion, Heaven on earth is warm sun, a cool breeze, a good book and some Jesus. THIS was a good day!

March 20 - My Man - We were Blessed with the opportunity to attend a marriage conference.

I REALLY do love my man!

March 21 - Minnie - This is Sophie's BFF. She cannot sleep without her!

March 22 - Pants On The Ground - She's lookin' pretty cute with her pants on the ground!

March 23 - Rain, Rain, Go Away - That would be a touch of blue sky in that puddle's reflection! And I LOVE it!

March 24 - Blanket Fort - This is one of the girls' favorite activities!

March 25 - Bag Ladies - The girls LOVE to put things into bags and carry them around. I give them purses but they would MUCH rather have an old paper bag.

I LOVE my little bag ladies!

March 26 - Fly Baby - Sophie is, in general, a very unadventurous girl. But she LOVES to play airplane!

(PS - Shout out to SuperModel who took similar pics of her kiddos and gave me the idea!!)

March 27 - Sharp Dressed Girl - THIS is what you get when you tell a 2 1/2 year old to go get something to wear.

It IS interesting, is it not?

March 28 - Uhhhh ... Yeah - So, ummm, I DO still have Christmas cards up ... please, don't judge me!

March 29 - FUN!!! - They also love to bounce on the bed!!!

March 30 - Could It Be? - Spring is really on it's way!

Which, in this part of the country, usually means we have one more big snow to come!!!

March 31 - Mile Stone - I passed a BIG one this day. Whew! That felt good!

April 1 - I Got Nothin' - She just wanted to wear her daddy's hat ... backwards ... and over her face ...

April 2 - Hangin' Around - She also likes to hang upside down.

I have NO idea why.

April 3 - Adventure Girl - Hattie, unlike Sophie - does like a little adventure. At the Easter carnival at church Hattie climbed a rock wall.

Yeah, she did.

And she loved it.

(And, yes Grandma, she IS wearing a harness!)

April 4 - Eli - These precious baby feet belong to young Mr. Eli.

And I am already in love with him!

April 5 - Easter - these shots are just previews of the Easter pics ...

... Hopefully you will come back for more!

So how was YOUR week?

Or, I guess I should ask how was you MONTH?!

That's My King!!!

I wonder, do you know Him?

If not, can I help you with that? He is everything you could ever need or want. Please contact me and we can talk! I promise He is someone you want to know!

And, He Is RISEN!

Risen from the grave ... so YOU can rise too.

Yes my friend, True Love is alive and well!!!