Let the Countdown begin!!!

Yep, I'm counting... counting the time till my vacation! Sitting here at work right now, wishing it was over.... only one more working day after today, and I am OUTTA HERE! We are heading to the beach for a few days of R&R. A much anticipated retreat for us! We will be staying at the Springmaid Beach resort and I can't wait!

After leaving the beach, we will be heading to Columbia to visit family! Hope you all have a great week here without me!!!

My dirt Road...

So, we were talking one day on Scraplovers.com about living on a dirt road... don't much remember the entire conversation, but it got me to thinking.. (dangerous...LOL) I live on a dirt road... for now. I love living in my peace and quiet with no traffic... for now. Why the for now? Well, they are building an Elementary school down the end of my dirt road! Keep in mind on this dirt road there are only 6 houses... and that is stretching it a bit since one doesn't even access his home by this said dirt road! Anyway, I am watching the progress and wanted to share the start of it here! This first picture is before... looking at the end of the road! This was taken sometime in March before anything was done except some surveying... Keep in mind at the end of this road is all woods... I didn't get that so well in the shot.



This next photo was taken tonight! There has been A LOT of progress in less than 3 months of working. Actually the clearing started around May 10, so in just over 1 month... this is what I now see looking at the end of the road....



This is only a part of the area they cleared. Picture a school, 2 soccer fields and at least one baseball field in this area...



So, if you are one that lives on a nice quiet, peaceful dirt road, enjoy it! It may one day be taklen away!!

Today's Favorite!

OK, so I think I will start posting my favorite page of the day every day... course that means I have to scrap.. and more than one to pick a fave right? We'll see. Today's favorite is a page about Katie playing softball. I used Carolee's Creations papers and cardstock softball stickers! Never saw this paper till I went to Archivers, and I fell in love! I actually scrapped 4 pages with these patterned papers... well, just using parts of them!!! OK, no more chatter... here it is:

Today...

has not been the best of days for me! Such is life right? Anyway, I did manage 2 pages today!!! Here's my favorite of the day... it is of this bird we named Stupid, cause he came to the garage window and was "attacking" himself... just trying to defend his territory, but still he looked mighty stupid up there. He was around for about 3 weeks before we finally placed a sheet of cardboard over the window so he couldn't see himself anymore!

Productive day!

I actually found my Mo Jo and scrapped today!!! Here are 4 of the 6 pages I did today... all of my boy who thinks I only scrap his sister!!! LOL I hope to keep the momentum up tomorrow!

Thanks to Mackey...

I have been tagged! Well, never been tagged before that I know of, so here goes.... Here's the rules:

I must post the rules, 7 random things about me and then tag others to do the same. Sound fair enough, right? These are the rules…. each player starts with 7 random facts about themselves on their Blog. People who are tagged need to blog 7 facts about themselves and post the rules as well. At the end of their blog list 7 people you are tagging. Let them know that they are tagged by leaving them a comment.

1. Hmm... I am already stuck on Number 1, does that count? No? Well, ok, let's see... I have 4 brothers and 3 sisters, but I am an only child... can you figure that out? LOL

2. I am a Christian. I have just recently (see post below) refound my love of God and doing His work!

3. I will probably never have a new car again... with a child entering college in 3 more years, and then the other right behind her after she finishes, well, I may never have ANYTHING new again! LOL

4. I LOVE cats! I have 3 cats, but would love to have more!!!

5. I am so not a morning person!!! I hate to get out of bed before 9 am, but I do it each and ever day. In the same token, I am such a night person! I love to stay up late!!

6. I lvoe to play online games! Yep, to the point of addiction it seems at times!!! Battle Phlinx on Pogo.com is my favorite right now!!!

7. I often wonder if I will ever find that "special someone" for me again... I have been single for gosh... almost 13 years now, and it just seems that I will be alone forever... me and my kitties I guess!!!

OK, I am tagging: Amanda L, Erin W., Joy, Cindy, Amber, Heather, Jamie

Blessings Come in all Forms...

Yesterday was a day I had planned to have some ME time... to scrap, and to enjoy the company of some scrapping friends. As fate would have it... those plans changed. Or rather, God had something different in mind for me. Over the past several months, I have been so "noncommittal" when it came to church, and doing anything involving the church. Because of some issues there, I wanted to stay as far away as I could. Fortunately things are improving there and the Spirit of God seems to have taken over again. So, there is a point here... yesterday my church had our first BBQ plate sale (chicken and pork). My intentions were to go get some lunch and then drop the kids at home so I could go crop. Well, we got there at 11, and had lunch a bit later. There were people there I hadn't seen in awhile (also those not commiting due to issues...). My quick lunch turned into about 8 hours of service! We stayed and helped all day. It was such a blessing to me to feel the Spirit of the Lord working in all those people there and most especially in me! It was a great feeling that I still carry today... a feeling of wanting to be more active, of wanting to be around everyone, of wanting to serve God. It is a feeling I hope never leaves me again!

ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Everyone watch out! She's on the ROAD! That's right... today, Katie entered the driving portion of her Driver's Ed Class. How exciting for her... and scary for us! LOL She drove in the parking area at school for a bit, then they drove up to the Garner McDonald's and back. (of course after going in for a snack!) So, if you're out there and you see something that looks like this photo.... GET OUT OF THE WAY! And don't say I never warned you!! LOL

I couldn't help it!!!

OK, so I cheated... I couldn't help myself! I had been so good, but I couldn't resist!!! I had an icecream cone from Chick-Fil-A. OK, so while eating it, I thought I was in heaven, but now I am hating I did that! But onward from here.... BTW, today I was down another .5 pound for a total of 6 pounds! I don't anticipate any loss tomorrow... but that's the price I will pay! LOL

My Boy!!!

Wanted to share some photos of my sweet boy. He asked me the other day why I scrap more pages of Katie than I do of him. I told him I would love to do more pages of him, but he doesn't like his picture taken as much as she does! So, tonight I made him pose and we had a photo shoot. Still he didn't smile so much... which is not unusual for him, but that's ok, I LOVE these photos I got! These are my favorite poses. I can't wait to scrap the pages with the first photo shoot he COOPERATED with! LOL

Day 4!

Well, good news.... I am down a total of 5.5 pounds now!! How exciting is that? Today was the hardest day for me... I haven't felt any motivation whatsoever. I have been craving sweets like mad. I have been good and restrained though. I made myself go for a walk and play about 20 minutes of non strenuous tennis with my son this evening. I pray this gets easier as I go along, cause I just don't know how long I can hold out! The scales moving in the right direction is a BIG motivator though!!! So, I will continue on as long as I can!!!

Day 2

Well, today started off on a positive note! I stepped on the scales and was 1.5 pounds less! I think that is great! Kept me all excited to keep the momentum going!
For breakfast I had an omelet with broccoli and garlic, and one piece of turkey sausage. I drank lots and lots of water again today. Lunch was 1/2 can of chicken breast mixed with one hard boiled egg and a couple teaspoons of mayo. and then a big salad. Dinner was a salad, squash and asparagus and a portion of pork BBQ. I can't wait till my snack later of a cup of jello. I am starting to really REALLY crave sweets. This could be my downfall, but I have to remain strong! I am such a sweets eater... hence the reason I am so overweight! I can do this right?

Tomorrow, I go to work... this will be hard, because we always snack around and eat well at work, and I am honestly more hungry there than at home. I have my food all cooked and packed for the 2 days of work though... again, I can do this, RIGHT? I am hoping to reap the rewards of sticking with it by seeing the scale move to a lower and lower number!!! So here is my new Mantra... I CAN do this!!!

Starting New things...

OK so I have been neglectful.... as usual. That is certainly nothing new for me when it comes to this blog thing! LOL BUT>.. I am going to try again. I want to say I have started a new diet today. Yes, a diet.... pure and simple torture. Not a "way of life" but a simple diet that with enough hell, I will hopefully lose some weight and look better! What am I doing? Well, I decided to try thje Kimkins diet as seen in Woman's World Magazine. I am not a big fan of diets at all, but if these people can lose the amount of weight they say they are losing, then I am up to try anything!!! Basically, no carbs. PLain and simple... no carbs. (and really not much of anything else either... but that is ok LOL.) So here's what I had today:

Breakfast: 2 eggs
Lunch: big bowl of lettuce with a few grape tomatoes and that spray dressing
2 slices lean ham
1 oz cheese
Snack: a stalk of celery with 1 Tbsp dip (1 carb)
1 slim jim (1 carb)
Dinner: A big ole grilled chicken breast
cooked squash and onions
salad with lettuce/tomatoes and spritzer dressing
After dinner snack: 1 hard boiled egg
4oz sugar free jello.

Also, I drank about 100 ounces of water today. AND... a biggie for me, I exercised!!! I did the One mile walk on my walk away the pounds video. Plus I made myself stay somewhat active today!

We will see how this thing goes, but my goal is to try to lose 20 pounds before I go on vacation July 2.

So here I start at 250.5 pounds..... Wish me luck!!!