Last Minute Shopping!

Shopping list – check; Good shoes – check; Cash – check; Kids at mom’s – check … In the morning my plan is to finish my Christmas shopping, then come back to mom and dad’s and wrap everything. I am excited about a few hours by myself. I move faster that way. I am just hoping that all the crazy people finished theirs this weekend.

I do get a bit apprehensive during this time of year. It seems that many people lose their minds and put all courtesy on a shelf in their closet, and just act like idiots! No one holds the door for you, especially if your hands are full of shopping bags (or you’re pushing a stroller!). Red lights mean “only two more cars can go,” just to make sure they stop traffic flow. And no one is smiling, just rushing around. The whole experience of shopping kind of takes the joy out of the giving part of the holidays – initially at least. And that brings me to tomorrow. I think this is why I have waited till the last minute.

Me and JC - 7 week update

As some of you may recall, on October 15th I started on Jenny Craig. My progress has been slow, but steady. I have lost about 11 lbs to date and have lost 5 inches all over in less than 7 weeks. And had Thanksgiving during that time! To me that is exciting! Today, I put on a pair of my sister’s “fat jeans.” They are a size 12 and look pretty cute on me. One might even consider them baggy, except around the waistline.

Some of you know that I consider myself to be built like a brick. I am as wide as I am thick. So, this leads me to wonder, does your ribcage ever go down after having three kids? My ribs/chest are really just huge. And I am wondering, will they stay that way? I have 34 more pounds to go, but if my ribcage stays blown up like this, I will look hysterical.

After I had Major I was what I call “skinny fat.” I had lost so much blood and all that I really dropped about 30 pounds in about three weeks, but I was so flabby. I don’t want to be like that. Mom thinks that if I go below that weight I will not look good. We will just have to wait and see. Christy weighed over Thanksgiving and is at my goal weight, and I think she looks good. She is just an inch or two shorter than me, so I should be ok.

Can you tell a difference yet?
This is today:

This was our family reunion on October 9th:

Baby, Its Cold Outside

We woke up this morning to find a lovely layer of snow over our neighborhood. Mark woke the boys up early so they could go out and play in it before it all melted.

We left before Major got up, so I don’t know if he saw it at all. Today was the day that I took the boys to see “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town” at Casa Manana. It was very cute, and I always enjoy going down to that part of Ft. Worth. It brings back wonderful memories!

el Tigre

Two Tiger Woods jokes:
heard Tiger crashed his Escalade on Friday...think he'll blame his caddy?
heard Tiger was changing his name...to Cheetah!

OK, I really do hate it. He made some very bad decisions, but haven't we all.

"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
John 8:7, The Bible