New Job!

I finally got a new job. Yay! It is a contract to perm postition with JP Morgan Chase in Lewisville. I will be a Business Analyst working in the home loans division. I used to work for Chase in the credit card division so now I will be learning a whole new part of the company. I start on Mon 6/8. So I have one more week before I start. I cant wait!

20lbs!!

Yay me! I have hit a small milestone of mine...I have lost 20lbs. Bye bye, dont want to see them again! This just made my day and I wanted to share it. :) Its the most I have lost in any previous weight loss attempts. Only 12 more pounds til I hit my next milestone.

Rangers in the Rain

This past weekend I met up with a few fellow FHS (Frederick High School) Alumni. We met up at the Rangers baseball game on Sat. The game was supposed to start at 3:05pm however it was delayed by the rain and didnt start until almost 4:30pm. We still had fun despite the rain and it did taper off as the game started. We played Wingo which is a form of bingo using baseball plays. It was sponsered by Hooters Wings hence the name Wingo. We had really good seats behind right field and they were cheap too! We went to Humperdinks afterwards to grab a bite to eat. Here are a few pics from the day.

Jeannie Shaw Sessums, me, Craig Bowie, Devin Sessums

Zac Thomas, Karen Lease, Greg Lease

Jeannie Shaw Sessums, Greg Lease, Zac Thomas, Craig Bowie, me

Girls Weekend

Last weekend a couple of my friends from San Antonio came up to visit. Teresa and Lynda were also part of the group that I went on my cruise with last year. In fact Lynda and I were roomies on the cruise.


We didnt really have a set agenda of what we were going to do for the weekend but one thing we knew we wanted to do was chill, relax and catch up. One cool thing was that Teresa had gastric bypass last fall so it was good to get some pointers from her on snacks, protein shakes and other eating tidbits.


One thing we had to do was to drop off my neighbor Candace at the airport on Fri afternoon. She was going home to NY to visit her family for a long weekend. On our way back we decided to eat at The Cheesecake Factory. It was yummy and we got some cheesecake to go which we nibbled off of all weekend. (And yes I still lost weight after this weekend :) )


The gals came prepared with lots of wine that we started out with on Fri evening. We also played some Wii with our wine. I only had a little since I am not a big wine drinker. It was fun and although Teresa had never played Wii before, we had a hard time believing her since she was did so well.


Then Sat morning we checked out the complimentary breakfast at my apartment complex clubhouse. (The first Sat of every month they bring in a couple chefs to make specialty pankcakes and made to order omelets and fruit and mimosas. They also have a coffee bar featuring Starbucks coffee available all the time.)


After we filled up on brunch we decided to head out to Southfork Ranch. For those of you that lived under a rock in the 80's and 90's it was the house from the TV show Dallas. I hadnt been since I was little. We just thought we would be able to see the house from the road and take a few pics. Boy were we wrong. They have really made it into a tourist attraction now complete with tours, gift shops, a deli and banquet halls. So we decided to do the tour. We were surprised on how small everything looked. Teresa took pics so I will post them once she has them developed (yeah we were all dorks and forgot our cameras and had to buy a disposible one.). A photographer was there as well take pictures before you start the tour (kinda like at an amusement park) and of course they were for sale after the tour. Teresa and Lynda both bought one, but I didnt really have the money to buy one so the photographer gave me one for free. Wasnt that nice? Here is the picture. Kinda funny how the backdrop doesnt really reflect anything about Southfork or the show.


Then once we finished up at the ranch and Teresa bought a few Mothers Day gifts for herself ;) we decided to skip going to Billy Bob's in Ft Worth since we were at the ranch a lot longer than we thought we would be and we could see storms were coming. So instead we stopped off at the mecca known as Sam Moon. It started to get cloudy while we started out at Sam Moon and once we got done it was really dark out and just starting to rain, so we decided to just go back to my apartment and chill for a little while before dinner. As we were driving home the weather just kept getting worse and worse, sheets of rain, lots of thunder and lightning. After we got in my apartment the tornado sirens went off which was a first experience for them. We also had the TV on and heard about the collapse at the Cowboy training facility. Crazy time!


Once things cleared up we decided to head out to dinner before the next storm was supposed to come thru. We went to Texas Land and Cattle which was also very good. Between that and The Cheesecake Factory, I had my meals set for Sunday with the leftovers.


It was great to see my friends and we definately had a great time even though we didnt do a whole lot.

Weight Loss Update

I am now under the 215lb mark which I havent been below that in I dont know how long. Yay me! So far my total weight loss is 17lbs. I also got a Wii Fit this week (Thanks Dad and Chrissy!) so that will also help with the exercising I should be doing.

I also had 2 friends from San Antonio come to visit this weekend. I will post more about that later. But even with eating out a few times I was still able to loose a couple pounds. It was also good to compare notes with one of my friends that was here since she had gastric bypass last fall and has been very successful. She looks fantastic. Yay Teresa!