WW: Week 10?

So I am down another half a pound. I didn't reach my November goal of reaching my 5% goal but I am now one pound away from it. So perhaps next week. Not bad for Thanksgiving week though! And walking the half marathon probably helped too (that will be another entry entirely). So here is a song that is supposed to be sung to "Oh Christmas tree" to inspire you for the holidays!

Oh Pumpkin Pie by Susan K Benjamin

Oh, pumpkin pie! Oh, pecan pie! How filling and caloric!
Oh, chocolate cake! Oh, breakfast bake! How fatteningly tragic!
Once I was slim in summertime, but now I'm lost in food sublime
The treats are everywhere and I'm much tempted by their magic!

Oh, cookie sweet! Ohm fugge complete! It seems a shame to waste it!
Oh, crackers, cheese! Oh, roll-ups, please! Can hardly waist to taste it!
Once I had trim waistline. but now my tummy's over-dined.
My tummy aches, and yet I pine for turkey when I taste it!

Oh, taco chips! Oh, chocolate chips! I snack on dough, pot-licker!
Oh, topping whips! Oh, veggie dips! I'm eating more and quicker!
My toes are lost below the sight of belly weight much over height!
Yes, Weight Watchers will know my plight, I know I'm getting thicker!

Oh, high fat foods! Oh season's moods! We have such great traditions!
More calories! More drama, please! And each year more ambitions!
Our houses clean with much decor, our families loving evermore,
Our children grateful, pleased for sure, And charities fine missions!

Oh, read and green commercial scene, it's everywhere with caroling
Would I be mean to ask for lean when I eat out while shopping?
Do you suppose that Auntie Grace would get her nose bent out of place
or Grandma B would lose some face if they tried lower fat on something?

Oh, what if I could give a try to eat less food this season?
Still have some treats, but waaay less eats, is this committing treason?
I'll still enjoy the season's joy, but skip the fats that do annoy.
I'll miss the high caloric ploy? My health is good reason!

What are you thankful for?

I have been thinking about this a lot this morning. There are so many things to be thankful for even when things aren't quite going your way. For one, my fiancee Jim, who is ever supportive when it comes to me and my melt downs with school. I am also thankful for his mother who is so playful and keeps me laughing. My family and friends are also at the top of my list especially lately as I've been a basket case and we have kind of leaned on each other for support. I'm grateful that my sisters are so close to me and I get to see them on a regular basis now. I'm also thankful for baked cheetos! :)

It has been bought

The wedding dress.

My mom and I went shopping last night and this morning she called me and said go take your sister right now and try your three favorite on and pay the deposit. And so I did. It has really finally hit me, I'm getting freaking married! And am so ecstatic. When I tried the dress on I kept thinking about Jim and what he will think. I just wish it was here but am taking small little joys in planning. I'm just now really starting to get into it. For example I stayed up way to late looking on all the wedding sites for silk leaves and aisle runners, etc. It's getting fun kids! And the wedding dress is superb. It was more formal than I originally wanted but it just doesn't matter it is beautiful from every angle and I love it.

WW: update

I am down over 10 pounds! yeah! I still can't see it but I'm down. I am almost to my 5% goal. I hope to be there by next Monday but not entirely sure. I am soooo close!

Window Walking

So tonight I had to walk ten miles so I decided to do it at the mall because it was cold and windy outside. I got there at 5:45 and while everyone else went to see a movie I walked and walked and walked. Pioneer children sang as they walked and walked and walked. Except I didn't feel like a pioneer child.

You know when you are trying to be real good and not spend any money and you've been like that forever and you just want to buy like even something for one dollar just to make you feel better. Well, after all that walking in and out of stores you really start to notice stuff you want (see below). But since you don't have a wallet on you and even if you did you couldn't really afford anything you keep walking. Then the mall is only so big you keep walking around again and again and again and it eats at you...that wanting to spend.

Now at this particular mall there is a target on one end so I literally walked up and down every single aisle as I had to keep up a certain pace as well, which is kind of quite difficult when the mall is filled with tweeners and gang bangers. At one point I seriously thought that someone would open fire on the mall but to my surprise it didn't happen. Thankfully.

Notes for next time, don't walk in a mall on a Saturday night that has a theatre attached with the opening weekend of New Moon and Blindside. It equals chaos personified. Anyway, window walking sucks.

I'm a loser

I have about 30 friends that have blogs. And when I procrastinate I tend to peruse them, however no one has updated theirs in quite awhile so here I sit twiddling my thumbs waiting for updates. I'm such a loser.

Jim vs.the giant Tumbleweed

I think Jim won! He had to move it a few times out of the way as it kept blowing back into my dad's long driveway!

3 jobs and counting...

So I have another job from January to April. Tack it up to being insane, but someone has to pay the bills for the wedding. I'm just a grader for an assessment course but hey it pays!

Perhaps the most productive day ever!

Got up walked 6 miles
Ran errands
Dyed my hair
Wrote a paper (not quite finished yet)
Disinfected the bathroom
Cleaned bedroom/dust/vacumm
Talked with my brother for an hour
Took care of iTunes music! I have music again!
Laundry
Cleaned out desk
Wrote in my blog
Read some research
Scored some tests
Planned for tomorrow for practicum
Tookall out garbage in the house
Packed for being gone tomorrow night
Cleaned kitchen
Planned some wedding stuff
Paid some bills
Will watch the CMA awards
Redid entire closet (will have to hold off until the weekend, sad)

Bad News Bears

Today I got home from being at Mr. Rainier for the weekend. It was nice to get away from the tv, phone, and computer. My sisters and I stayed at my Mom's place she has up there and literally slept, watched West Wing, read, and played a game of boggle. We also got to hang out with my aunty who lives up there!

But when I got back tonight I had an 8 mile walk to do on my treadmill and it up and quit on me! I am SO BUMMED. I was going to test out my new shoes and everything. Now I have to hold off walking until Wednesday!

I am so behind here!

2 years and counting...

Yesterday was Jim and I's second anniversary. We started dating two years ago on election day in Chicago. That is where we officially reconnected. I was there on a business trip from DC and he came to see me from Seattle. I can't say that it was love at first sight because I met him in elementary school but I did fall for him there. Then two months later I drove across the country in December to try to give it a go. And go it has!

Last night was pretty low key. I came from class and he had brought home a pizza and even got my favorite root beer which I only eat with pizza. I definitely ate into my extra points but that was okay! We got each other scrabble, skip-bo, and dominoes for our anniversary along with a basketball and he got me new walking shoes for the half marathon. We played skip-bo and then I was off to my house to do some studying. It was a nice quiet evening and that is just how I like it.

I love you Jim Owen!

WSASP conference

I attended the Washington State Association for School Psychologists conference in Spokane last week and into the holiday weekend. I networked as I'm trying to find the perfect internship. I presented as I'm trying to build a resume and I skipped a lot of boring classes and hung out with all my school friends! They weren't boring per se they were not new to us as students. We get the most updated info. in school and so we knew a lot of it, this was more for those psychs that have been practicing for years and have no idea what's going on to some extent. My favorite professor won the most prestigious award from the state and of course she gets up there and to some degree states "I hate awards I think they are too exclusive." So her! I love her so much! So here are some pictures of the event! I couldn't afford to stay in the amazing hotel so we quadrupled up at the Ramada Inn baby. And guess what was right our door. That's right folks a freakin' train that passed through about 50 times a night (totally not exaggerating)to keep us all awake!

WW: Week 5

Down Again! I'm almost to my 5% goal! woo-hoo!