Back to..Something

So no more tres leches, fudge, m&m's, and endless chips & salsa! You'd never guess I was at a get together for other weight-loss folks. Or.. maybe you would. Mwhaha!

Time to get back to....
Now I'm not really complaining, I admit this chef salad is pretty darn good. I haven't posted all my Violets trip info yet, there's SO MUCH to share, I haven't had time to sit and blab. That'll be soon though.. with pics & all. The gist of it, it was ABSOLUTELY wonderful, I can't wait to do it next year, and I so wish I lived close to these ladies. Especially my BOO HAYDEE. She was such a wonderful driver (mmhm) and kept me from going nuts sitting in an airport all day. She is so gorgeous too, I can't get over it. Then there's Terry who was such a trooper.. and by trooper, I mean hardass on wherever we stayed, she made sure we got what we needed! Our momma hen. I wish I could have recorded her talking to Drury Inn, I was about to cry and I didn't even give us the room with no view! Judy was a trooper too.. she went into Coyote Ugly with schmexy girls hooching it on the bar, while screaming the lyrics to "Killing In The Name Of"--this is by far my husband's favorite story. Judy is our resident pastor's wife. Atta girl Judy!!
Jane for being the brave little toaster on the rapids, Tracy M for saving her, other Tracy for not smoking, Jen for getting on the plane, Michelle for taking our polls, Kat for being such a doll, and Pam for being one of the funniest chicks I have ever met. I'll post more later, in fact I posted more than I meant to already!

Back to work, school started up.
I AM GOING TO BELMONT!! I can hardly contain myself. The day Big Brown won Preakness my mom got my dad to arrange for us all to go to Belmont. It's not that expensive either (thank goodness) since Russell doesn't want to go. I hope to see a Triple Crown, what an amazing part of history that would be.

Mother's Day!

Happy day-late-mom's-day to any of you who are moms!

I even got a "Happy mother's day!" from my granny. Granny moments, remember? I just laughed and said "Not yet!".

Here's a picture of me and my husband yesterd, we rarely take pictures, but I am on pain meds for my teeth extraction (yow), and was feeling goofy.

When they pulled my tooth on Friday I was in no pain, but slowly but surely it's getting painful. Thank goodness for Lorcets!!
Only a few more days till my Violet's Trip!! I am sooo excited. I can't wait to go tubing.. and get a tan?!

Oh, in this pic the lady behind my head is my mom. I took a picture with her too, but she would kill me if she ever saw me publishing pictures of her on the internet, so I won't.

They found ANOTHER set of human remains near us. Eek. Now it's getting a lil' creepy. I am making sure to lock all my doors during the day now.

Went to lunch with my g'ma and my cousin(who I never see) today, and I had beef queso & chips. Not a lot, wasn't too hungry but needed to eat something with the pain meds. Thirsty as all get out, so downing lots of water (yay), and suppose to do the gym afterwork with dad today.

Workin' it!

Alas Tooth, I Knew Thee Well

I have a lot of random things to post today, and on pain meds, so kiddies this should be fun!!

This morning I went to have a back tooth removed. My jaw is small so I have issues with back teeth, they already took one out. I told them please knock me out, I hate being aware when they do those things. So dentist, nurse, and anesthesiologist are in the room and I brought up the news article I read 2 weeks ago about the lady who was put to sleep for oral surgery and they forgot about her and she woke up in the middle of the night freaking out. We were all laughing and next thing I know I wake up. I guess I was annoying them! Russell drove me home, we got my pain meds on the way. I feel great, I can't believe it. This guy rocks. Unless I bite down on the gauze, I don't even notice it.

The human remains found near our house, are in national news right now. Because of Nancy Grace. Some reason (makes NO sense) the other night on her show, she says she thinks the remains are probably Stacey Peterson, the cop's wife in Chicago that is missing. Why? No idea. They don't know anything about the body, male, female, etc. But to stir up news, she said that. So now CNN & Fox are all over the area.

If you watched Survivor.. can..you..believe...it. Ozzie's face when Erik gave up the necklace was priceless. Poor young, naive, ice-cream scoopin' kid. My husband knew at 21 that women are evil.. this kid must not have ever had a girlfriend, the only thing I could come up with to explain his stupidity. And then James standing up and saying "I'm finally not the dumbest survivor ever!!" and the girls LAUGHED at him, if I was them I'd feel so bad, I'd probably cry a little.

Everyone ready for mom's day? I ordered flowers she should be getting any minute now, and then my brother called yesterday, he and my sister decided we should go in on something.. and I should handle it because I'm better at those things. So during lunch break me and husband went to the mall. My husband is like a kid in those situations. A bored kid in the mall with his mom. He kept huffing, pacing, staring, picking at things, then when I'd say "Knock it off" he'd go "But I'm booooored". He did the same thing at the dentist this morning, they were running behind and I had to hear how put-out he was that he's having to sit there. Like I didn't?
Anyway, so we went to Belk's and I asked to see some necklaces, they were having a mom's day sale. Everything was $400+ 'originally', I hate how you can't just see the price without having them bring it out and try to sell it on you. So I finally said, my budget is $100, I want something ornate and not flashy. I saw this really cute ornate gold ring, with tiny diamond chips in it. My mom needs a new thumb ring (currently wearing an old pewter one I had in high school). It would look great as a thumb ring. I ask to see it (and the price) and it's like $350. I said, nope.. so she plays on her calculator talking about "I can take it down to $180!" and she's very proud of herself. I didn't budge, I said "My limit is still $100, I'm going in with siblings and can't change how much we spend". So she plays with her calculator and it's a miracle! She can sell it for $90. Mmmhm. I don't haggle, or like to haggle, I say yes or no. I don't counter offer, or except prices to go down. But I will say no and stick to it, if it's not what I wanted, so it works sometimes. So, got the ring for $90.

Pain killers knocking me out, guess I'll have more random thoughts later!

The Dove Chocolate Diet

No really.. no, I mean no. Maybe.

I seem to be creeping in weight loss again. Working out, making good eating choices, water water water. But then Tunica happened. I couldn't eat well, so I ate lot of dessert (tsk tsk) instead of meals, and I had Shirley Temples, and quite a bit of alcohol. And when I ordered coffee & Baileys with sweet-n-low.. I know they put sugar, every time.
I got back from Tunica avoiding the scale, then decided I better face up. And I lost another 1lb. Figures right, I stop all the "good" stuff and I lose weight.
Since then, I figured to feed into it. Just a shameless excuse, duh. I have been eating Dove Chocolate caramel things since I got back from Tunica. I keep it to 5 a day, which is still 200 calories, but it's not the whole bag!! I am trying to take in more protein too, eating canned chicken in a chicken salad, egg salad, etc. So today, my weight loss is back to kickin ass and takin' names. 226! I feel like giving an Oscar's style speech. I love my band. I would never have ever ever dreamed I would weigh 240's.. or 230's.. or 220's. I haven't weighed 'this much' since gosh.. middle school? My body seemed pretty comfortable in the 300's for the past few years. I say comfortable, even though I was a cripple, because my weight wouldn't budge.

Update on my office, I got to keep it, my husband got the big conference room next door to me.

On our way home today, traffic was horrible. It's always horrible, but it was even more so. Found out, we're backed up 10 miles due to GAWKERS. "Police activity" on the interstate's access road blocked us up. Then I found out, it was 'human remains', so I forgive the gawkers a little. We took 20 minutes to go .5 miles to our exit. Waiting for the news to explain what happened since it was new while we were driving home.

I guess that's it. Hope all you current banders & bandsters-to-be love your band as much as I do. It's completely changing my life.

Meeting My Violet Sistahs!

I am so stoked!!! On Lap Band Talk, if you're from there, you know about the monthly groups.. Well our group, the Shrinking Violets (April '07- mostly) have planned a trip. The planning started out rocky, but we actually pulled it together. We finalized plans in January I guess, and we're going in May.. and today is a day in May! That means we're almost there! I am so excited!!

These ladies have become so important to me, I feel like I've known them forever. I don't think I'd have stuck with my band so.. patiently (for the most part!) if I didn't have them to lean on.
We're going to Gruene, TX. Why you may ask? Everyone else asks me that, so you may be wondering too. Frankly, I forget how it was officially picked out, maybe because there's a lot of the V's in Texas and they suggested a good touristy place. But they have TUBING (I love me some tubing), and we're going to do a Tex-Mex eatin', and.. Riverwalk shopping. I hope we are going to the Alamo too, it was mentioned but I'm not sure if it was pushed to the wayside. Lots of fun & relaxation with a big group of funny girls. Margaritas won't hurt either!

Ok, just realized how close the trip is, so I had to make a post about them! I guarantee some fun pictures when I get back. We leave May 16th, and wouldn't you know my last semester starts the day I get back (at 10pm), so it's going to be one of those days. Hopefully, I'll be loaded enough by then!

Oh one more thing, if you watch the Kentucky Derby, hope you enjoy it as much as I will!!