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?

BiRtHdAy

I will start this blog out by saying I have the most amazing, thoughtful, selfless boyfriend...ever. For my birthday, he planned a special day, and for the most part, kept it a suprise. For those of you who know Cam, keeping a secret is not easy for him :)

I will fill you in on the birthday festivities, but first, I must tell you about Fwannie. As I had told you before, my 9 year baby girl, had surgery on my birthday. She had "stinotic nares" surgery, it pretty much opened her wittle nosey so she could breath better. More importantly (for anyone within 5 feet of her) she got her teeth cleaned!! They were nasty. Just to give you an idea, they had to remove 4 teeth that were causing crowding, and allowing HAIR to get stuck inbetween them. (insert barfing noise here) Anyways, here she is after surgery, if you look closely, you can see the blue strings/stitches in her nosey..


Ok, onto the fun part. So, Cam had secretly been planning my birthday. Of course, I blew it when I scheduled Fwannie surgery on my birthday, not knowing there was anything planned. So, we had to drop her off the night before. Anyways...for my birthday, Cam got me this necklace that I had been wanting for a while...I LOVE it!


Then, a couple days before my bday he tells me that he had made plans for us. He had gotten us a hotel at Ameristar in KC! So, the day before my b-day we drove up to KC, stopped at Legends on the way to do a tad bit of shopping. Are you sitting down?.... I didnt buy anything! Then we went on to the hotel, Cam had gone to the liquor store and got "supplies" for the night of fun! Then we got ready, went to dinner, and Cam gave me $ to gamble, knowing full good and well that I would NOT spend my own $ gambling :) So, I ventured out a tried something new, and didn't do slots, but I sat and played black jack! It was so much fun!! I even went over and played craps with Cam, and got to throw the dice (even though I don't fully understand what was happening)

Here is Cam making one of the bathroom sinks into a cooler of sorts..Oh, and we made a new drink, its UV blue and the blue Monster drink...it turns green, so we named it the green dragon!


Us before dinner

Ok, so if you know me, you know my hair is super straight, a curling iron is worthless on this mop, b/c it just falls back to straight in an hours time...so before bed I showered b/c I smelled like a smokey casino, and I decided to roll tiny sections of my hair into little buns all over my head, in hopes that when I woke up, it would be curly!! FAIL...I woke up, took out all the bobby pins, and I looked like I stuck my finger in a socket! Yikes!

So, after I got this hair under control, we headed back to Topeka, had lunch, and Cam had gotten me a birthday cake from coldstone, some coffee lovers ice cream, and a card (up until my bday, I had never received a card from Cam) Inside the card was a handwritten note (the best part was that he had gotten into my scrapbooking stuff and used stickers and rinestones on the card) saying that he had made reservations for us on April 7th to go to Row House, a shmancy resturaunt I have been wanting to try, but they are only open Wed-Sat (Cam works all those days) well, he will be in training during the day that week, so he will be off the 7th evening with me!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day out, so we decided to enjoy outside, and go to the lake and drop a pole in and see what we could catch. End result....nada

Isn't he handsome?!! I just wanna kiss his face!

Before we go to the next picture, I must explain that I was CLUMSY on my b-day...not sure why. So, we are on this dock, had a couple of lawn chairs set up, and Cam's bucket to put his fish in (it was empty) so I stand up and am doing God knows what, and I fell, not just tripped, I full on face dove, onto the dock..I've got bruises as proof. In the process, I knocked the bucket into the water. Cam was more concerned about that bucket than me laying there like a dummy! It was sooo funny, you had to be there. Anyway, I made it my goal to get that darn bucket! While I was trying...apparently Cam was taking pics..

I got the **** bucket!!!

ABC

My girl Molly did this, and I thought I'd join in on the fun

A. Area code -785
B. Bed size- king, now I just need a bigger room to put it in so I dont have to crawl on top of Cam to get out of it
C. Chore you hate-cleaning toilets
D. Dog's name-Frannie pronounced Fwannie
E. Essential start the day item-its sick, but my computer addiction gets the best of me
F. Favorite color- pink, but I like a lot of black, that sounds gothic, huh?
G. Gold or silver-SILVER
H. Height- 5'8
I. Instruments you play-LOL, if you know me well you know I have NO rhythm, so instrument playing/reading music is out!
J. Job-Deputy
K. Kids-none
L. Living arrangement- Cam and I live in a house I bought when I was 20
M. Mom's name- Ladonna
N. Nickname: none really, my family calls me Jen, but thats not really a nickname?
O. Overnight hospital stay-I dont know that I've stayed overnight?
P. Pet peeve-wow, I have a ton, the first one that comes to mind is when someones drink is empty, and they keep sucking the straw FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET A REFILL YOU ARE OBNOXIOUS!
Q. Quote from a movie-I love so many comedies, its hard to pick just one
R. Righty or Lefty-righty, you may as well take my left hand, its useless
S. Siblings- 2 older sisters, Amber the oldest who lives in Denver and is a nurse, and Laura who is the middle, who lives in KC and is an accountant. I have a step brother Adrian, and a step sister Jenni too
T. Time you wakeup-whenever I want usually
U. Underwear-yes please
V. Veggie you dislike-brussel sprouts or lima beans
W. Reasons you are late-procrastination
X. Xrays-arms, fingers, toes, teeth
Y. Yummy food you make-I really like to cook, so I have quite a few things that I love if you ever wanna know
Z. Zoo animals you like-thinking Omaha zoo- anything in an aquarium