I finished my 50

Walmart was a bit too much for me at this point.  I wasn't in any pain or anything, and it did feel good to walk, but boy did it wipe me out.  I had to go back to Mom's and nap for a few hours before I could even think of driving home and putting away groceries. 

Jeremy, Cassie and the girls came out to see our new house.  They came over for a wonderful supper of frozen pizzas and a salad!  I was pooped, so I wasn't cooking, and we were all too lazy to drive to town to get pizza from Casey's so we just had frozen.  I ate the toppings, and scraped off the sauce.  I couldn't even finish 1/2 of  a 1/2 a slice.  Brody and Ally helped me finish it!  I couldn't eat any salad yet.  It's not part of my diet yet.  I am allowed meats and cheese though, high protein, so I ate toppings and got full. 

I am on average losing a pound a day.  Today when I weighed in I had lost 2 lbs yesterday.  That was a nice treat.  I am pleased with my progress so far.  I am really starting to notice in my face that I am losing weight.  It's getting more defined with my cheek bones.  Who knows what I will look like when I finally start to level out get to goal.  I bet I will look really really funny.  Nobody remembers me thinner.  It's going to be shocking.   Cole is ready to take some pictures of me again, so I will be posting new ones again soon I'm sure...

Well I better work on finishing up the 50 random things about me.  Here's where I left off...

26. I love the smell of Play Doh. 

27. I like to listen to it rain. 

28. It doesn't bother me to get my blood taken.  I am a hard stick and usually take more than one try to get blood out of me, but I don't mind. 

29. I am the WORST person to start and IV on.  I have horrible valves and nobody ever gets it on the first few tries.  It usually takes 5-10 sticks to get one IV started on me.   Hospital staff hate me. 

30. I love to cook.  I don't like to follow recipes though.  I like to just throw stuff together and see what I come up with.  9 times out of 10 my family LOVES it and when I go to make it again, it's never the same!

31. I love playing board games.  Yahtzee, Monopoly, Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Cards, Clue, Trivial Pursuit, anything fun!

32. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Asparagus.  I love SPINACH too, as long as I can splash a little vinegar on it!

33. Fresh food from the garden is YUMMY.  I love picking garden food and making meals out of it!  (I don't have much of a green thumb, but I enjoy helping others)

34. I love pictures.  I have them covering my fridge, and every open space available in my house.  I just LOVE looking at them. 

35. I hate to sweep and mop, but love to vacuum. 

36. I believe in spirits.  I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I sometimes think people don't go there right away and get stuck here.  I think they lost their way.  Sometimes I think they are holding on to something or are too scared to pass.  This fascinates me. 

37. I reward my kids for good behavior.  I believe in positive enforcement.  The better they are the better they get treated by me.  I also like to play on their emotions and make them feel super guilty for being bad.  I think this teaches them compassion and obedience.  Cole is the best behaved, most well mannered, and loving little boy.  He has been raised this way by me for 7 years now,and he's so compassionate.  I love it.  He will make a good husband some day.  Feelings matter to him.  He has a soft spot for the under dogs in his class too.  He will never be a bully, because I won't allow it. 

38. I never wanted my kids to go anyplace but Carthage school, but now that they go to Southeastern, I wouldn't have it any other way.  We LOVE our school and Cole's classmates and families. We would have not bought this new house had it been in Carthage school district.  We wanted to keep him where he was.

39. My kids happiness is the most important thing in the world to me.  If you mess with my kids you have to answer to me, and it isn't pretty.  I am a mean momma bear, my cubs are my world.

40. I usually start all conversations on the phone with Bill like this... "Hey love..."  and when I want something from him I usually call him babe.  Yep, those are my pet names for him.  Love, and Babe!

41. I sleep with a fan.  It has to blow on me.  I have to have it or I don't sleep. 

42. I drink a LOT of iced tea. 

43. Reality Tv ROCKS. 

44. I sing a lot.  Music is a daily staple in our lives.  I listen to it all the time.  My kids both love music and thankfully so does Bill. 

45. I have a phobia of driving next to semis.  I am afraid they will blow over on top of me and crush me.  It's awful.  I get all sorts of anxiety when I pass them!

46. I am on my 6th vehicle since I turned 16. 

47. I love to oil paint, but never do it.  The last time I touched a brush was high school.  Bob Ross amazes me.  I could watch him for HOURS.

48. I enjoy hearing about family tales.  The history of my family amazes me.  I love talking to my grandparents and listening to their stories of the good old days!

49. I love having fake nails on, but don't have the time to maintain them. 

50. I'm a sucker for Internet quizzes and surveys... Looks like I just completed this one.  Hope you enjoyed my 50 random facts...


Whew.  I am glad I got that done!  That was LONG.  It was getting harder to think of things about me.  I'm not that interesting of a person!