Goal pic

I know they say that you should never compare yourself to anyone else (I'm speaking as far as body types..) but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the show Biggest Loser and I fell in love with Stephanie from last season. Anyway, I found this pic, and now Im obsessed with it (yes..its printed off in my planner..and if you know me..that planner never leaves my side)

On with the picture...Stephanie is 5'8, just like me, and in her before picture, she weighed 262lbs (my highest weight was 260+) and in her after picture, she weighs 163lbs..and my final goal is 160! So...needless to say, this seems very realistic to me! I have 19lbs to go..so help keep me on track so I can look as hot as Stephanie here!

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And the tally this week is...
I lost 2.6 and Cam lost 1.2! I am officially at the lowest I've been since jr.high!! I will post a goal pic that I have later...

Cute!

Last night Katie came over to catch-up, and brought The Back-up Plan for us to watch! It is such a cute movie! If you are thinking about renting it..it is worth it!

Just got home from the pool, gonna go run, and spend the rest of the evening crafting! I love my life :)

eh..

I didn't end up getting a purse last night..I didn't fall in love with any of them. I had one in mind that I wanted, and when I didn't find it, I was disappointed. O-well...

This weekend is going to be nice and relaxing! A few errands, a run, then going to lay out at the pool all day and read my book. I think tomorrow night a couple of girlfriends are going to come over and watch a movie as well!

Hope you all have a good weekend!

Babys got a new pair of shoes!

Tuesday night, I got off work and went to Great Plains running to get fitted for running shoes. I was so upset when I got there, and found out they have gone out of business! A guy at work had been telling me about a place in Lawrence http://www.garrygribbles.com/ that I could go to get fitted. So, Wednesday night I went up there, blah blah blah, got fitted, and these are the shoes I came home with! They aren't the cutest things, but I will only wear them when running/working out..so I guess it doesn't matter really. Not to mention, they were orig. $100 something, and clearanced out at $69!! Sold!


Also, my sweet girlfriend Allison is always wearing the cutest clothes (and of course I'm always pestering her as to where they came from) anyways, she had on this adorable green/purple dress in one of her pics, and said she got it from Target this summer. So, in all my free time at work, I was trying to find it online, but was unsuccessful. I ended up stopping by Target while I was out and about this week, and guess what I found on the clearance rack for $5!!!!!!!!!!!!! You got it..the dress! I was stressed tho, because they only had a szs M and XXL; I thought I'd take my chances and try the medium, and I could always use it as a "goal" dress (hey..why not? $5!) but the medium FIT!! I was so happy I could have danced!! I would have added a pic on here, but like I said...I couldn't find the thing online anywhere!

Tonight Ashley and I are off to a purse party at our gf Emily's. I really want a fun purse, so hopefully I'll be back with another post on my purchase tonight at the party!!

ps..9 days left!

WLC

Its Monday again...I lost 1.8lbs, and Cam lost 3.5! Although we are both happy we lost... we are both hoping for much higher numbers next week!

Also, Monday nights are our "cheat" nights if we both lose at WLC. Tonight we met up with Cam's dad at Jose Peppers for dinner...food was good, service SUCKED a fatty...

Tomorrow is work, and I am going after work to get tested/fitted for running shoes. I know it sounds lame, but I am really looking forward to it, my hips will be very excited to have some relief!

Also, running the 5k in 12 days!! We timed it this am, and we'd like to be able to shave off a few minutes, and be able to run it in 30 minutes or less...we will see. I am also running the Washburn Alumni 5k with Ashley on the 18th! I love this new hobby (and I haven't even ran one yet..lol) I got some information on a Mud Run this Saturday in Missouri, but I have nobody that can go with me...if you know of anyone that wants to...let me know!! If not, we will just have to wait until the next one!

Talk soon

Shower.Sushi.Shopping.Movie...I love my life

I think I failed to mention, a couple of weeks ago, Cam suprised me and sent me flowers to work! It made my day!


Onto today...I woke up this am after only a few hours of sleep (thank you lame rap concert at the Expo) and went to my sisters BFF's baby shower in KC. Then mom, Laura and I all went for sushi in downtown Lawrence...melt my heart, I could have stayed there all day, it was yumm-o! Here is a pic of me and Laura at Yokohamas; I should have taken one of our food!


After we rolled out of the booth, mom wanted a "non-old lady purse" so we took her to Target where her and Laura found her a cute purple purse...meanwhile, rude me was shopping for myself, and found this fun new wallet (sorry for the small pic..its all I could find) Im sure it will look cute with a fun new purse from Emily's purse party I'll be going to Thursday!


After Target, we went to see Eat.Pray.Love....it was good!! Of course, movies NEVER compare to the book, so much is left out, but I would go see it again! Laura told us on the way out, even the old man next to her was crying...I think if you've gone through a major life changing event (divorce especially) you will be able to relate to this much more!


I better get for now, tomorrow is the waxing party! I'll be so glad to have my armpits non-european again!

its the small things..

this guy came thru work the other day, stopped, looked at me and asked if I have ever had anyone tell me how much I look like Jenny McCarthy?!?! After I stopped laughing/blushing, I thanked the clearly delusional guy.....I don't care if he is nuts....he made my day :)

Worlds of Fun..and whats on the agenda for the rest of the week

This week at Worlds of Fun is free for law enforcement/military!! So... I took today off so that Cam and I could go! Unfortunately..we woke up to rain. We decided to wait until after lunch to see if it cleared off, then head to KC. When we got to WOF, it was a ghost town! There was barely anyone there, and no rain..only cloudy with a nice breeze!! So, in less than 2 hours, Cam and I had gone around the entire park twice, riding all the coasters that we like! We had to wait in no lines..it was nice!
I was so excited for Cam, he finally got the guts up to try the detonator..and he liked it! He said it wasn't as bad as he thought it was going to be! I still couldn't convince him to get on the Mamba tho, so I had to do that one alone! (With the 50+ year old man behind me telling me to get my arms in the air..lol) Cam told me "maybe next year" I told him great...he will probably luck out and get out of it if I'm knocked up! (fingers crossed/prayers answered)


I can't quite figure him out tho...he is too nervous to ride the Mamba, but his favorite is the Patriot, which we rode over and over and over and over! I don't mind...as long as I'm not front row. What is it with roller coasters the older you get? Is it you realize you have more to lose?


It is back to work tomorrow :( Tomorrow night I'm heading over to Ash's to see her and the kiddos. Thursday I work a couple of hours overtime; Friday I will be at Kela's scentsy party (if you have never bought scentsy...you should check it out..good stuff!) and then I am working at the expo at a rap concert until 3am...don't ask..I signed up for it before I knew what exactly I'd be working...should be interesting.
Saturday I am looking forward to the MOST! I'm going to KC in the morning (I think I should move there as much as we go!) for Laura's friend Des's baby shower...we got her so much cute stuff, IM excited for her to have it! After the shower, mom, Laura and I are going to Lawrence for lunch at Yokohama's (an INCREDIBLE sushi place from what I've been told) and then we are going to see Eat Pray Love. After I get back to town, Jess at work is having a "gathering" as he calls it at his place, so that could get interesting.
Sunday is my waxing party, which I am looking forward to...mainly to get this wild beast that has been growing in my armpits taken care of, and of course, to see some girlfriends! TMI...I'm sure..

welp, thats it for this week..I will probably chat again on Monday after the weigh in!

ps...excited for LOTS of reasons to get to goal weight (me 160 or less, Cam 215 or less) but one of the big ones is, when we reach our goal, we are having our fave photographer (ok..one of our faves..I don't want to dis-credit Bruce) take our pics!

WLC

Update: I lost 2.5lbs, and Cam lost 3.2lbs!

Oceans of Fun

Hey guys! Cam and I just got back from walking around Lake Shawnee, enjoying this AMAZING weather we are having this weekend! I was heading into the living room to watch our Sunday night line-up (True Blood, Kourtney and Klohe take Miami, etc...) when I remembered that I would blog once a week! So..here I am!

This weeks hi-lites were:

Monday: Cam and I started our second Weight Loss Challenge (WLC) so we will weigh in every Monday. (not gonna lie...not looking forward to tomorrow)

Wednesday:I went over to Ashleys and spent some time with Blake (Addi was asleep :( ) while Scott and Ashley had a ball game. I just LOVE that little guy so much. It is so funny some of the things that come out of his mouth..like when he asked me why my hair was white and black (the peak-a-boo hair with blond on top of dark underneath) or when we couldn't find his jammies (he wasn't looking too hard while he was jumping on the bed;) so I put him in a t-shirt and couldn't figure out why it didn't look right, and he looked completely disgusted. lol, until I finally figured out that one of his arms was thru the correct arm hole, and the other was thru a hole in the armpit

Thursday: Cam and I both had an eye Dr. apt at our new optomitrist's office...Dr. Swader!! Derek and I have known each other since we were kids, and went to CCD together. I really liked him as my eye dr, he took his time (unlike Lenahan, who's motto is quantity over quality) I was happy to find out my vision hadn't changed (second year in a row, woo-hoo!)

Saturday: OCEANS OF FUN!! Cam, Laura, Jay and I all went to Oceans of Fun for the day. It was so nice outside, not too hot! We had so much fun, I think everyone's favorite ride was this one..

we would just crack up, and I loved it! We packed our lunch and had a little pinic under the shade trees, it was nice! Cam and I came home and we were pooped! How lame..we were sound asleep by 9pm (and no, this isn't us in the pic, I didn't take a camera :(

Tomorrow our couch is delivered! I am really excited, but sad that my adorable chair isnt going to be with it. o-well, it beats sitting on camping chairs!

First ever romper...almost

Before I get started on the romper topic...I have to talk about Cam for a second. HE IS SO AMAZING!! We have wedding to go to tonight, and he/I realized mid-week that his dress-up clothes now look like "soup salad" as we say (Def of soup salad-your clothes look big and sloppy)

So Friday rolls around, and Cam still has not gone shopping (love the guy, but a bit of a procrastinator) but, it all worked out! I was at work, a PD detective stopped by and gave me a coupon to Khols for 15% of purchase...so off to Kohls we went after work. Ok, ok..I'll make my point...Cam went from wearing a 3X shirt to wearing a XL....and his waist size you ask? 38 baby! I am sooooooo verrrry proud of him! We start our second weight loss challenge Monday, so hopefully we both get closer to our goals!

Ok..onto the Romper. While Cam was shopping, I was browsing, and found a couple of rompers. I had never tried them on before (I am a FIRM believer, unless you have bird skinny legs, or your legs are toned thanks to dedication at the gym...you do not need to be wearing shorts...EVER (unless they are gym shorts...) anyways....so I grabbed a couple of these rompers to try on, not to buy, because I still don't meet the qualifications..my legs need some toning fo sho! Anyways, the first one, that was sleeveless, like your normal tank-top style, was waaay too big, the bottom part fit over my booty-thighs great, but the top was so big (because of lack of boobage) I could have fit another human up there..soo..strike one.

Onto the second one (see the attached picture..the one in the top right corner..in black) OMG, I feel in LOVE! It was sooo cute, and fit so well (may I please toot a little horn here..Im no longer trying on sizes with X anywhere on the tag...thanks) anyways...Ive decided that next spring/summer, I'll get a romper! I think that will be one of my many motivations on toning up my legs, so there won't be any reason not to buy it!

Off to get ready for Culver's wedding...hopefully I get a couple of pics of Cam in his new outfit! (my dress will be a repeat of the flapper dress, because I refuse to buy any new clothes for at least another 10lbs)

So...I have an addiction

CRAIGSLIST! OMG! It started when we started redecorating the house. I realized that I wouldn't need a coffee table and a set of end tables that had been taking up space in the basement, so I posted them on craigslist, and NO LIE within a few hours, had over 8 responses!!!

So, met up with the guy the following day, and had that beautiful green cash in my hand...and so the addiction began (if you know me at all..I never have cash, I just pay with stuff with my checkcard, so this cash in hand was an awesome feeling, it was like a free-for-all because it wasn't money that was dedicated to a bill or anything responsible! FUN!

So, my list of items sold on Craigslist is:

• coffee table/end tables
• patio set
• sheer curtains (people buy ANYTHING)
• curtain rods

I still currently have a king sized metal bed frame for sale (which I just received an e-mail today, someone inquiring) and several other decor items. Almost daily I walk thru the house and look around for stuff I may not need, that someone else might buy! It is so fun!!

Let me know if you are going to throw anything away, I may just take it off your hands and sell it! HA!

The last 5 months..

So, I told my friend Allison that I have decided to force myself to get into the habit of one day a week (at least), blogging so that I don't get this far behind again! Yikes!!

I'll try to do a brief run-down of events since my birthday

For those of you who don't know..I took my house off the market. After a while of being on, I gave it some thought, and I decided why not stay here, and have fun (try to save money) while I didn't have any responsibilities (ie..kids) so...I'm still on Roosevelt until..who knows when?

Since I'm staying, I decided to redecorate the entire house. My very design-talented friend, Melisa, came over and had awesome ideas of what we needed to do with the place as far as paint/furniture/decor...so all the credit to her! Those pics will come later, since we are still waiting on furniture to be delivered! If you are needing help with suggestions on what to do with your house, or just changing things up a bit..I can give you her contact info. My sister hired her, and is in love with all of the fun ideas Melisa has given her!

First, Cam ripped up the carpet and first layer of hardwood floors, and we had http://www.michaelshardwoodfloors.com/ come and refinish the flooring in the 2 bedrooms/hall, and put down all new oak floors in the living/dining area. We couldn't be more pleased with how they turned out! Here are some pics.

Cam ripping up the first layer of flooring (a filthy job!)

boring tan living room, and ugly floors (had to wear shoes or you would def. get a splinter! take note that under that ladder is a giant ugly vent...

B.E.A UUUUUUUTIFUL! Now..see where that giant ugly vent was..he closed it up, and made a flush-with-the floor wood vent...my favorite part of it all!

our bedroom. the colors are this teal/blue and dark chocolate brown

My hallway is a small space, so that is why this is just of the door, but you can see the smokehouse color Melisa picked out for the hall...love it..looks very nice!

More pics to come once furniture/decor is all done!

• Cameron celebrated his 28th birthday in May! We had a BBQ at Lake Shawnee with friends and family, it was a good time!




• At work, I was taken off of patrol, and sentenced, I mean sent to the courthouse. I should return to patrol in November/December..I can't wait! (Its a seniority based thing) but if I have to say one positive thing about it...I am able to read a lot of good books this summer! Ha!
  
  
• We bought an older fishing/tubing boat from my uncle. We have gotten a lot of use out of 'ol blue this summer! Not to mention a lot of our dinners were caught thanks to Cam and the boat :)




• Cam and I went to Vegas for a few days! Cam's brother, Gabe and Gabe's gf Jamie joined us there. (I would post more of those pics, but there are way too many, and as many of you know, posting pics on blogger isn't exactly a speedy process) if you are my FB friend, you can check them out there!




• Cam, Laura, Laura's friend Jay, Dad, Bren and I all spent a few days up at Dad and Bren's lake house in the Ozarks. It was so nice to relax and be out on the water all day with them! I must point out that Cam was never successful at throwing me or Laura off of the tube! And everyone jumped off of the platfrom on the roof of the dock..thank you alcohol-induced bravery! :) I will post pics of this later, they have yet to be developed (and yes..I said developed, I took a disposable camera on the boat for obvious reasons)


• I have decided to grow my hair out (random fun fact)


• I spent Saturday with Laura and Mom in KC, we went shopping, out to lunch (of course we went to sushi train!) and spent the evening sewing fun, hot pink pillows for Lauras newly decorated bedroom! (again...props to Melisa)


• Saturday morning Kela, Lindsey and I all met up at the Farmers Market! It was so hot, but I got hella produce and I was super excited about it! Kela was a trooper and pushed my GIGANTIC cantaloupes around in her stroller while I carried the corn and tomatoes! Nothing is better than fresh produce!



• Sunday Laura and I went to our Aunt's Pampered Chef party. I ordered a deal that scrapes the corn off of the cob for you (I currently hand cut it off, I'm not a caveman, so I don't prefer to eat my corn directly off of the cob) and I ordered 3 wooden kitchen utensils!

I know I have left out a lot of other things that Cam and I have done, but I think I have covered some of the hi-lights! Here are some things I have to look forward to in the next Month and a half:

• A wedding this Saturday (not mine own...a good friend from work)
  
• Going tubing


• Shopping with Laura....again (hey, this is for a shower, not ourselves!)


• Oceans of Fun


• Our furniture being delivered


• Worlds of fun (we get in free, so why not?!?)


• A baby shower, dinner and movie with my mom and sister


• Missy B's with the ladies


• Cam and I running our first ever 5K!! WOO-HOO!
  

And last but CERTAINLY not least, I wanted to take a second to point out how EXTREMELY PROUD I am of Cameron! He has been working so hard at losing weight/getting healthy. When we first started dating, he was 296lbs, he has lost 56POUNDS!!!!!!!!!! If you have not seen him lately..hes dead sexy! We have both participated in a 12 week weight loss challenge, mine ended a couple of weeks ago, and I took 2nd place, and won $, and Cam's ended today, and he won the most inches lost 33.25 inches, in his group, and also won $! We both have quite a ways to go, so we are starting another challenge on Monday...please check back in with me, and help keep me accountable! Here is what I hope we look like when we've reached our goals! lol...jk, but a girl can dream, right?