I Moved...AGAIN

I learned a few things with this move...
* This was my 15th move (8 in MD and 7 in TX)...scary! I really need to stay in one place for longer than a year or 2. :-)
* I am too old for this crap. Every part of my body is sore and I have more bruises/scratches than I can count.
* I wont live in an apartment again...ok well maybe but the first floor only (I may need to when I am old and in an assisted living/nursing home or something LOL). No more stairs!
* I will not move in the middle of summer (in over 100 degree heat), what was I thinking?
* I should have lost about 10 lbs from going up and down the stairs to move out of my 3rd floor apartment in the 100 degree heat. I will verify this once I find my scale...its in one of these boxes here.
* Dont tip your movers until you are sure they tried their best to get EVERYTHING in the truck. (not only did I tip them but I tipped them well because I felt so bad about the heat). Dont get me wrong, I was happy with my movers, not only were they on time but they were early. I just wish they had tried a little harder to get it all on the truck for me and I certainly wouldnt have given as big of a tip as I did, had I realized how much didnt make it.
* My brother in law is the best for coming over and helping me move the rest of the stuff the movers couldnt get on the truck.
* My mom and sister are the best for helping me pack/unpack and declassify myself as a hoarder. :-)
* And I am really glad to be in a house again...so much space and I may actually unpack all my boxes this time. Believe it or not I still have boxes that I have not unpacked since I moved from MD. So most of that stuff will probably go in the yard sale box but at least it will get unpacked finally!

slacker

just noticed how much of a slacker I am! Cant believe its been a year since my last post...I promise to get back on the blog wagon. There are lots to catch up on. So all 2 of you reading my blog, stay tuned!

If You Post It...

it will happen...Shortly after my last post about my weight, I finally broke thru the 200lb mark and am below 200 for the first time in a very long time. Woo hoo, yay me! I think one of my most recent changes I have noticed is that I now can see my neck, as in the structure of my neck like musles and stuff. Before it was just like a thick piece of flesh holding my head up. LOL

In a few weeks I will be headed to MD for a week. Gizmo is coming with me this time, so excited! His first airplane trip and he will be traveling with me in the main cabin. Otherwise he would not be going. I am excited for him to meet Sandler (my parents dog) and spend some time with his Granny and Pop-Pop.

Its weird, I havent really been homesick for MD since I moved to TX almost 5 yrs ago, but for some reason the last year I have been feeling just a little homesick. I think it has a lot to do with Facebook and reminicing with old friends (by old, I mean long time friends) and fun memories of growing up in Frederick.

I guess it could also have to do with turning 40 this year. Or as I like to call it the 19th anniversary of my 21st birthday. :-) I remember when 40 sounded SOOOOOOO old. where did the time go???

I honestly thought I would have been married with kids by the time I was 40. what happened? Well now that I put that out in the blog-o-sphere maybe that will happen sometime soon too :-)

Slacking Again...

What a slacker I am...I have a long blog started about my move but that will get posted later. Lets just say everything that could go wrong did. :-) Glad its over.

So its been a year now since my lap band surgery and still no regrets. Its been a tad slower than I expected but thats ok since they say it takes at least twice as long to lose weight than it did to gain it so its all good. I have lost 31 lbs so far and I am 1 lb away from being under 200....and that is one stubborn pound too! The best part is clothes shopping again. I can shop in normal stores again and it feels great. In fact I did a little retail therapy today!

My birthday is this week and I am not looking forward to it. Its the big 4-0 and I have been dreading it for the last year. I think a lot of it has to do with thinking that I have probably lived more than half my life so far, kinda scary. Plus I really thought I would have been married and had kids by now. In fact I always thought I would be a young mom and well that doesnt seem to be the way it will be so that bugs me. Oh well, not much that can be done about that now. Just need to find that Mr Right For Me and soon! Getting tired of looking/waiting.

I am off to Austin this weekend to hang out with my gal pals from San Antonio. Cant wait should be a great time!

Blog Slacker

Geez...didnt realize it had been so long since I blogged...things going on...


• had a scary episode where my lap band swelled shut for over 48hrs in Jan...not fun! It’s made me very nervous about having it filled again. Its about half filled now and I think I am doing ok for now. I am one pound away from 30 lbs and 3 lbs away from being under 200.

• job is going well.

• dog is doing good too...he is taking his first airplane trip with me back to MD this summer for a visit. He will be traveling in the cabin with me (I wouldn’t even do it if he had to ride with the luggage, I just could not deal with that). I bought his carrier for him this weekend. At Petco I put him in it to make sure he would fit and he went right in just like a pro and laid down. So I waited a few min to see if he would try to get out, etc. but he didn’t he just laid there like he knew that is what he is supposed to do. What a good boy he is!

• moving to a new apartment complex...why may you ask? more space for the same money, change of scenery, closer to my work (not that I had a really long commute to begin with). The new complex is a little older than the one I am in now, but has been recently upgraded and has a few more amenities (tanning beds, individual tvs on gym equipment, and dog parks. oh and they have an indoor basketball court, not that I would be using but hey, when dad comes to visit, he can check it out. oh and they also have a putting green, again not that I will be using but hey another thing for dad to check out.)

• babies are all doing good. Ashlynn and I usually have a date once a week except when she went on her first spring break with her mommy and daddy to CO for YL ski trip. Grammy got to go on that one too. Jailynn is doing good too. I try to see her every couple weeks, at least once a month. She and her mommy stay pretty busy. Both babes got their first tooth/teeth and are eating baby foods. They are so much fun now as they start interacting more and are all about putting everything in their mouths.

• oh and we got snow 4 times in Dallas. One time it was 12 inches a new record for the history books. Crazy weather.

Christmas Already!

Its been a while since I blogged. I cant believe it is almost Christmas already! Where did the time go??

So since my last blog I have started a new job and so far I love it. It makes going thru the last 1 ½ years worth it. I guess going thru being unemployed and working as a contractor has made me really thankful for my new job all the more. I also think my experience at Chase also made me realize how much I was working before I moved to Dallas. I think if I had continued down the path I was on back then, I would have become burnt out.

Here is a cute pic of the babies with Aunt Amy from Thanksgiving.

Arent they just adorable?

Oh and my new favorite thing is to Skype. I got to skype with Dad and Chrissy recently and that was a lot of fun. We are going to try to do it on Christmas too!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

FINALLY...

...I was offered a permanent job last week. I start on Nov 30th. I am very excited. I will be working as an Analyst II for Conifer Health Solutions. They are a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare. The cool thing is my aunt works for Tenet, but we will be working in different sites. So finally after 1 1/2 yrs I will have benefits again, woo hoo!