Snow UGH

This is what I came out to this morning when I got off work at 6am. You could not see the grass and all my windows were covered on my car. Good thing I put the snow scraper back in my car just yesterday. I am so not ready for winter to get here. Fall has hardly had a chance to take hold. Its just not fair. I don't think its going to stay very long as the weather is suppose to be around 60 by Thursday, but I sure didn't want to see this so soon!!!!!

Wreaths

I have been slowly trying to gather things to put in my living room to make it a more country look. My mother made me these wreaths because I just don't have the time or the flair to do the arranging. I love them. They look great on my wall and closet doors. I hung the wreath right next to my front door and I hung the 2 heart shaped wreaths on my coat closet. I plan on moving some furniture around and put a bench under the wreath so that I can use that to sit on when I put on my shoes or take them off. It will come in so handy. It will all take time but I will get it done!!!!! I also have been working on another afghan for my granddaughter for Christmas. The colors are turning out so cute and I can't wait to finish crocheting and putting all the blocks together. I also am going to work on doing some embroidery stitching on some shirts/sweatshirts for presents. I am really in the crafting mood so I figured I better make the most of it. Will post pictures as I get things done.

Crocheting Mood

I thought I would share the pic of the afghan I made for my daughter for Christmas. She doesn't read my blog so I don't have to worry about her seeing it. Its not a really clear picture but at least you can see what it looks like. Its made from 40 crocheted blocks. I really enjoyed making this. It went pretty quickly. Since I work the midnight shift I was able to work on it at work. I had a lot of compliments on it from people at work and a couple wanted to know if they could have it. I am working on another one for my granddaughter for Christmas. I had her pick out the yarn because I know I would have gotten it all wrong. Teenagers can be so hard to please at times. She wanted one done in pink, green and orange neon colors. She settled on blue instead of orange because she couldn't find one that she liked. I am doing it in a seed pattern and also doing them in squares. It will be 6sq X 12sq. She can't have it till Christmas though. I really enjoy crocheting and knitting. I also made a fluffy eyelash yarn scarf for my mother. I forgot to take a pic of it before I gave it to her. She bought the yarn and asked me to make it to match her new coat. It really turned out nice. Those scarves are not the warmest but they sure can brighten up your wardrobe. My mother made me a couple of wreaths for my living room and one for the outside of the house. When I get the pics uploaded from my camera I will post those. I am trying to rearrange my house and pick up things as I see them to give my home a more county look. I have lots of things already I just need to use them correctly. It all takes time.

Shopping

Before I had my weight loss surgery I HATED to shop. Clothing, groceries, Christmas, etc shopping. I would dread going. I didn't really know why but I hated it, really really hated it. Now I don't mind at all. And I surprise myself almost daily when I do some sort of shopping. I could never go into a store like WalMart, KMart or even Goodwill and find something that would fit me. Now I can go and always find something that fits. I never in a million years thought I could find something at Goodwill. But just last week my mother and I went because I really needed some winter tops. Nothing I had from last winter even remotely came close to fitting. I ended up finding about 9 tops that I liked and bought them. My mother even was cleaning out her closet and found some things that she had that I actually can fit into. Now to some this may sound strange but to someone who is a bigger person clothes shopping is just not something you can do easily. A year or so ago I had like 2 pairs of shoes that fit because my feet were always swollen and heaven forbid I had anything cute to wear on my feet. Just some gym shoes were a standard thing you would see me wearing. Now I actually have so many shoes I chuckle. Flip Flops in lots of colors, sandals, slip ons, dress shoes to name a few. I have cute shoes, actual girly girl cute shoes. These are just a few of the things that most people take for granted. And for me I have to sit back and chuckle to myself and remember where I was a year and a half ago. I have a couple boxes going of clothes and shoes that no longer fit me that I plan on taking to Goodwill when they get full. I still have a couple bags of things my mom gave me that I need to hang up and get rid of some more out of my closet. I actually have choices of what I want to wear. I am doing things now that I never actually thought I would have an opportunity of doing. I am sorry I got myself in the situation I was in but I am happy, so very happy that I had the opportunity to get where I am today. I still have more to lose and things are at a standstill at the moment mostly because of my work schedule but I am happy that I have lost 170+ lbs and over 70+ inches. I went to an Avon meeting tonight and my district manager didn't even recognize me. I hadn't seen her since end of Jan so when she came up and introduced herself to me I had to laugh and tell her who I was. She stepped back, smiled and gave me a big hug. She even made a comment during the meeting on how great I looked and had me get up and tell a little about how much I had lost. It was embarrassing but yet rewarding. I had a lot of people tell me how proud they were. All in all it does make me feel good. I still want to lose about 40-50 more and also have the skin removed from my stomach area. Which will take off between 30-40 lbs from what I hear. So by this time next year I will be smaller then I was in high school!!!! I can't wait.

Drill + Thumb = OUCH

My daughter and I were putting some braces on my gate due to the post being split. Well as I was holding the brace while she was using the drill putting the screws in, the drill slipped and yep got my thumb nail. OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!!! It didn't go through my thumb but it did bruise it and my whole thumb is still throbbing. This happened about 7hrs ago. I am wondering if I will end up losing my thumb nail. I hope not and of course its on my right hand. Any pressure whatsoever that is placed on my thumb brings back the pain. I hope it is better by morning. I always knew there was a reason I didn't like power tools.

Awwwwww!!!!

Here is the way my son proposed to his girlfriend. Awwww isn't he romantic.

It's Official!!

It's official, my son Bryce is now officially engaged to Kristal. They came by my work last night and showed me the ring. They say they are not getting married for a couple years because they want to finish up some things on their house and Kristal is going to school and working full time at the moment. I think it will be sooner then 2yrs but time will tell. I ask how he proposed and it really was very sweet and romantic. Bryce took Kristal out for dinner and then they went to her grandmothers and had a bonfire. He took her for a walk and he had gotten 4 pumpkins and carved "Will You Marry Me" onto them. I thought that was very romantic and really what they are both like. Very much nature lovers. I didn't think he could be that romantic but I guess all those years of living in a house full of females finally paid off. He did keep notes in his head on what to do and what not to do. LOL I wish them both luck and look forward to their wedding. This has been a long and stressful couple of years with Bryce and I am glad we are where we are.

This picture also includes my 2 granddogs Oliver and Leonard. They are both adorable and they came to visit me at work last night too. They know me and love to give me lots of kisses.

Midnight Shft

Working the midnight shift is not a fun thing. Your body does not know how to react. For me that is. I have been on this shift now for 3 months now and I still can not get used to sleeping during the day. And even worse is trying to sleep more then a couple hours at a time. I feel like all I am doing is sleeping here and there when I am home. On my days off I don't sleep all night because I am used to being awake but then still can't sleep during the day to try and get some rest. Basically it sucks. I have been stuck on 170lb weight loss from my surgery now for about 4 months. My eating is off, I am not eating enough I don't think or as often as I should. I try and try to come up with a schedule so that I don't get my metabolism back to not working again. I am at a loss and am frustrated. Needed to get that off my chest, or rather whats left of my chest. LOL