LOVED IT!

I can't stop dancing around, and can't stop thinking of how awesome this was. I tell you the way they put this together was genius. It was a great night. I am very tired but running on adrenaline.

A son with a permit....

Remember this book? I do. About 1987 on my 16th b-day I took this test and passed and 22 years later so did my son Stephen. So weird to think he is legal to drive or I should say learn to drive. Wed before we were leaving for FL. trip we wentr to the registry and when he passed he said I don't expect you to let me drive home b/c I know how stressed you are already b/c we are flying in two hours. He had a really good point though I did get to St. Agnes parking lot and said he could from there. It is about 2 miles and a really sharp turn onto our Street from Boston St.. He did well but was way to close to the curb for my liking. I am going to stick to having his father take him b/c my stress is too high and I really do not want to freak the boy out. Besides going with the driving instructor I would go with Nana T who had nerves of steel back in the day. lol I will keep it posted in the summer when it comes time for his road test. My my time flies....he was just learning to ride his first big wheel...lol

Velveteen Rabbit

On our "date" the other night Michael and I went to Barnes and Nobels and to Starbucks after dinner. I spotted my most favorite kids books besides The Polar Express. I love to sit in the book store with the new book smell and see all the possiblities there are out there to read. I don't enjoy reading but I do like a good book now and again. Short stories are more my style. I loved when the kids were little and when I had daycare kids and worked int he school and would read to them. I love to get them into the book. Well I reread the Velveteen Rabbit in a comphy chair while Michael looked at some travel books. As my eyes filled with tears I got up and felt like a kid again. I love that story. I love just how loved it makes you feel. I have read it to the boys years and years ago and would now...BUT lol that would be freaky...lol lol lol I do love to read out loud to kids and love to share the passion for a good kids book. Go read this book it is sooo wonderful!

Define Whiney Woh....

Here goes...a "whiney who" is someone who willingly knows and chooses to do a certain thing....by choice now BUT has to make the biggest fuss and issue about what they can or can not do. So many of the post grads at the H&W class Phase 3 mind you are moaning and complaining about all the whahhhh whahhhh things they "can't" have. Well the director of the program put it to them nicely and said feel free to "do what you want" we here at this program are giving you the best possible program and tools to loose and maintain for life. When you choose to be apart of this program this was told to you. If you choose not to that is your perogitive BUT you have come this far and made this much progress why NOW would you have the need to rebell. I am 100% on her side I tell you. Three weeks ago I left class thinking if I have to hear one more "I can't blah blah" I was gonna rip my ears off. How about I said today we say we can have x,y & z. Be happy about what you CAN do. I also said remember when you could not walk to far without getting winded and NOW U CAN! so that is a CAN that far out weighs the I can't eat an entire pan of brownies per say. AHHHHH so frustrating I tell u. I need the class of non whiney wohs.....As of Feb 24th I think it is a Tuesday that is my very last class. I still ck in once a month with the nutrist. and the exercise dept. for the next 2-3 years. After 1 year it goes down to every 3 months. So I will still be very much connected along with the monthly support group meetings for people 8 months out of the program for maintence. Hope all the whiney wohs get a grip and put things into proper perspective.....by then

I got crack a lackin.....

I am cracka lackin from Katie...lol
I live: on a steep hill but love our house. just not the hill. I would LIVE in Maui or some place warm if M and the boys would move.
I work: but have much fun entertaing and creating memories that last a lifetime.
I smell: of garlic....ewww b/c I made lots of food todya with chopped garlic. lol
I listen: when people talk b/c I can not stand whne people only have seem to listen or care.
I hide: my weight loss journal even though the men in the house know what I weigh and what I weighed but still it is not out in the open.
I walk: fast, even befoe I lost weight. I am speedy walker,I dislike being behind someone who walks too slow for my liking.
I write: to express my feelings.
I see: with my glasses on or my contacts but I need new ones all of my others are gross.
I sing: aweful in Mass but still do it b/c singing praise is prayer with song. I know my kids are mortified..lol
I can: cook and bake my days away and be happy as a clam...though I do not like clams..lol JK
I watch: a lot of hockey and Lax in the spring but so don't mind b/c it is for my sons.
I daydream: before I fall to sleep to get to sleep.
I want: to live in Hawaii.......
I cry: for people who are suffering
I read: when I have too.
I love: my sons and husband and feel blessed to be loved.
I rode: to Florida and MB South Carolina in a mini van and was much happier than flying, I also took Amtrack for 36 hours once home from FL...M said NEVER AGAIN...lol so I take planes but HATE it.
I sometimes: get OCD about things...ok ALWAYS..lol no that is not true
I fear: that this country could be hit again by terrorists
I hope: that my boys are happy and healthy always
I eat: tons of foods from the land....healthy
I drink: only water
I play: Wii Fit....it is so cool
I miss: Nana T being around like she used to be. She doesnt knwo anymore. IT IS SO SAD : (
I forgive: but I have to work on forget part. I try but I am ITALIAN
I drive: so very carfully, I have my CDL but no longer use it...with age comes fear I guess.
I lost: 128 lbs so far...MORE TO GO? OH YEAH THERE IS!
I dream: of a world of Peace.
I kiss: my hunny b/c he has great lips.
I hug: so tight I love those boys
I have: the urge to clean....cook and bake often,
I remember: the smallest of details when it comes to things.
I don't: drink or smoke...no no b/c Paula (my mother) did enough of that for a bunch of people
I believe: in Faith, Hope and Love the greatest of these Love...the greatest gift given by God Our Father
I owe: my health to the team at Salem Heart and Wellness
I know: I WILL walk and help contribute to the end of Breat Cancer, it will not beat us WE will beat it.
I hate: when pople spoonge off others.
I wish: the world were a more peacful place.
I wear: clothes that are way too big but I have been doing better these days with that issue
Maybe I should: move to a warm place but can't.
People would say that I'm: a person who really cares..I hope....or OCD with cleaning...lol
I don't understand: why the world has to be so aweful in a way.
My past is: what made me the person I am today.. I DID OVERCOME AND WILL COME OUT VICTORIUOSLLY!
I get annoyed when: Snow comes
Parties are: when I cook up a storm and feed others.
Tomorrow: is Sunday, I love Sunday........I will be taking the first of many training walks.
Never in my life have I: smoked a cigg or pot....not EVER and will NEVER
When I was younger I: worked lots to make cash to do things that were not afforable.
When I'm nervous: I have t odeep breath or I will go nuts.
My life is not complete without: love from the boys and Micahel
If you visit my hometown: you would see it changed so much but if you visit my hometown now as an adult you will see it is a great subrub saught after and with the BEST Ice Cream around...lol GO RICHARDSONS.....
The world could do without: peole who commit hanis crimes
If I ever go back to school:I would want to study exercise phisiolgy and then learn how to spell it...LOL LOL LMAOF I crack me up...I hope I do u too...LOL LOL LOL
And, by the way: You know the drill...get crack-a-lackin'!

Feel free to get crack a lackin yourself....

50* Sunday ..we hope and 5 miles...

Off to Breakheart Reservation tom morn early to do a 5 miles training walk. Since the weather is going to be nice that is the plan with my 3 day walking friends. I do 2-5 a day on the treadmill but we all know that does not compare to land. The roads have differnt balance issues and we need to aclimate to that when doing the 20 miles a day. I really hope for warmth and look forward to making these miles count.
I look at this as yet another leg of my weight loss journey, I should say life journey. You know those surveys in the e-mails? Well one question was "who inspires you?" I can say now WITH MUCH PRIDE>>>>>ME, MYSELF...really I am so proud I inspire me

Lots of good foods to feed my body

I eat these 4-5 items everyday. I have about 7 items that I rotate. I love the crackers crushed up in the yogurt o% Fage (fayah) Greek plain no fat, Some may say it is a bland type of eating but my taste buds have done a 180 and these items are really yummy to me. He its been working for some time now. I now use Wii Fit to weigh me and I am now down 126 lbs since 4/29/08. Yesterday I saw a neighbor at the gym with her daughter who is studing to be a personal trainer and they both came up to me and said we were not sure if that were you and then we saw it was. OH my. So the daughter and I got to talking and if I were 21 again I would so go to school for what she is going for.(Melissa was a student of mine on the bus way back when, so weird she is now in college) It sounded so interesting and I have this new found love of exercise and whole food nutrition. Ah to be 21 again...lol I would have an infant.....I must say that I feel even better than I did at 21 now at 38. Now that is an awesome thing. Hey! ; )

B-day recap

Thanks to all of you who sent the well wishes for my b-day yesterday. In the am aftre the house emptied I enjoyed a long spa bath with epsone salts and bubbles in the jetted tub I said we did not need. HA I am so glad he got it now. btw it is like a swimming pool to me now since I dropped the weight..lol then I enjoyed some Passion Tazo Tea...love that stuff. Watched the crap snow come down thinking I have to get S at school, got a call early he got out at 1 instead of 220. Dropped him off got ready for work and off I went. I hate to drive in the snow but hey I had to do it. I did an awesome b-day party for Zoe and had lots of fun with 18 6 years olds. The mom was so impressed and happy offered my a $20 tip BUT we can't take tips so I asked if she would donate it to a cause and she said she would. Just wish I could of taken it for my breast cancer 3 day cause but once again can't take tips. So I freated with Pam about driving in the snow. We were gonna go to the gym after work but I was not staying out later than needed to drive again in the snow. I got a call from the BILs singing me a happy b-day..lol put them in speaker so Pam can hear. lol
Got hugs from Paula and Michelle B who also have the same b-day. I was so excited M stopped by...so miss her. So happy to see Paula too. My night ended with laughs from Tom on Facebook and about 25 mins of Wii Fit. Then off to bed to find a really sweet card from M on my pillow and a gc to buy a new bathing suit for Fl. He so said I want you to pick it out I did not want to pick one out and not have you likeit. See after 19 years knowing me he gets it. LOL So that is the b-day recap. I really do not ever make a big deal of my b-day except for 20 years ago in 89 when I told Nana T I WAS going to school on my 18th b-day b/c Pope John announces ur b-day on the loud speaker and I HAD to be there. Well my cute Plymouth Horizon Pwder blue only one year old got reemmeeeed about 4 times by 4 seperate cars b/c of black ice. So now u see why I HATE to drive in incimant weather? UGH....that was so sad when that happen.

Another blast from the past

So Ryan comes to me last weekend and says "I really want a rubix cube" I was like huh? where did that come from. Well did you know these days no store has them? We had to order it off Toys R us the website, Not avlbl. in stores. Ok so we wait and yesterdya it came. First off I have always hated them, second I really don't see the need to focus and focus to get frustrated for so long but hey he wanted it and had his own cash to get it. He is enthralled with it and can't wait to get home after curct. training to use it again.