OMG It's Wedding Weekend!

No NOT mine, thank god! Altho I would marry my wonderful hubster again in a heartbeat, this weekend is my Brother's wedding! I cannot believe that it is here already. Brother seems to be fine, Bride is a nervous wreck, Matron of honor has pneumonia, and I am crazy excited yet extremely nervous to sing for them!

I'm not nervous to sing, it's what and who I will be singing in front of. I am singing "God Bless the Broken Road" and there is a LOT of inside meaning to this song for both the bride and groom. I have yet to practice the song without crying at some point. So tell me how am I to get thru it on Sunday in front of family and at such a special occasion that I want to be perfect for both of them! AARRGGHH!!!

And let us not forget that I have this Band that NO one in my family knows about except my brother and DH! We ALL know that nerves make it act up, and I am so afraid that mine will prevent me from eating at all this weekend... Hey that might be a good thing tho since I have a Fill appointment next week and am to get a fill NO questions asked! :-( Remember, we (my surgeon & I) agreed to disagree on this subject??? I've been hovering in the high 180's for 3 months now. I do not feel that I have lost anything since I was last in to see him but with all the commotion going on in my life in October and the planning and preparation it isn't any wonder if I haven't. I haven't been to the gym in a month and I am so upset at myself for that! Oh well, some day I hope my life will slow down and I will be able to get back to concentrating on me and Eileen. I am within 25 pounds of my "Happy" goal. I hope I can get there before Christmas!!!

OK, Sorry for the short but rambling post... But I am off to decorate! I hope to post again after the wedding. Maybe even with pictures!!!

Life "CRAP"

Oh Yeah, Life "CRAP" is the only way to put it... My reasons for not being a good blogger THIS time! :-)

#1. Lots of stressful changes at work, to the point where people were demoted and escorted out of the facility. Others left for other jobs with no notice. 2 from my office giving notice that they are retiring sooner than expected, and now the one that just got a promotion to my office is looking to get promoted OUT and that leaves me all alone by myself in the office that is (when fully staffed) is at 6 employees. I will drown and that is not a joke! On top of all that a vacation in November that I have been planning for months will probably get canceled because of all the people leaving and the office not being staffed... someone has to do at lease SOME of the work! Good thing this isn't a choral trip or I would really be pissed!!! (Like I'm not anyway :-(  GGGRRR!)

#2. My Chorus "fun" stress... we are having a show on October 23rd, just preparing, selling ads for the program, tickets, learning the show script and songs, and trying to learn 3 new songs with the quartet.There is so much work that goes into a "show" and it is all over in about 2 hours on "show" night.

#3. Family "Happy/fun" stress... my brother is getting married on October 10th and I am singing in the wedding... I just found out they want TWO (yes 2) songs at 2 different times.  I'm trying to help the bride get organized and stuff done because my brother LOVED the way I put MY wedding together... UGH. Oh, and we are moving her from Harrisburg to Mansfield where he lives THIS Weekend! That in itself will be a feat... Harrisburg is 3 hours away!

#4. Family "happy" stress... I got a new baby... I adopted another kitty! she is 2 months old and boy is she a trip. the 2 older cats don't care for her much but they are getting used to her... slowly. She on the other hand, if she doesn't want to eat, she is scurrying around right under your feet, OR sleeping as close to, if not ON your belly! I forgot what it was like to try and train a kitten what she can or should not climb on!

#5 Family "really Crappy" stress... My sister that I visited in Ohio has moved to Atlanta, GA. and one of her cats, she had 3, when moved from Ohio to Atlanta... had heart failure and died Wednesday night/early Thursday morning! As much as they are animals, they become our children and my sister sometimes has depression issues anyway... She is a mess and they have only been in their new house 4 days. Already a $5000 vet hospital bill and no energy to "move in".

Ok, I'm done with my post of life crap! I was returning an e-mail to our LB buddy BG from work (Oh and btw, THANKS Everyone!!!  for not posting, and for commenting on my few, as I was the wonderful winner of the SWA challenge, hehehe! BG assures me that my winnings (thong) will be arriving shortly) for support and said I should just send this to my home e-mail and then post it as my reason for being out of touch lately, huh? Well here it is. I was supposed to get a fill yesterday, but had lost another 3 pounds so he was ok with not filling again, however, he said let's get you back in 3 weeks and put a smidgen in to maybe "bump up" the numbers for next time. I'm down 54 total pounds now and I am losing inches because of the ZUMBA classes at the gym. I am happy! ;-) Altho' I have started to become hungry between meals, to the point where I eat to fast when I do eat, things get stuck or I swallow air and I end up then having to go the bathroom and slime or actually throw up.  So I'm guessing that a fill in 3 weeks will be needed.

So there you have it... My Life "CRAP"! It really is the only way to put it!

SWA - What's up with U?

Just wanted to take a moment and say "HEY" to all my SWA Challenge folks! What's up and what happenin? Got on the scale today and it said 188! I am a happy girl with that as long as it continues to go down.

I've had a busy weekend and took today off to rest and relax with some friends! NASCAR's race was in my local town this weekend and I spent 2 full days up there selling souvenirs with my chorus pals. Didn't eat as well as I could and should have but I kept it small and I was busy enough to "work" it off. Now I am heading to my friends house to sit by her pool for the afternoon. My regular routine will resume tomorrow. Work, ZUMBA, the right foods... BUT, I will just be glad to be back in a routine! Maybe not so much the work but, the ZUMBA and my regular eating routine will be very welcomed.

SWA - I don't get it!

I just don't get it! Fellow Scale whores! Why??? Can you tell me? I get on the scale this morning right after getting up and doing the normal P & P, before the shower and it says 185... Holy CRAP... Are you kidding me? OMG, OMG, OMG!!! I run to get the camera so I can snap a shot of it and get back on and WTF? It says 190! I'm off and on again...190... Off & On...190! DAMN! Where in the hell did that 5 lbs come from in less than 2 minutes? I guess it just goes to show you that being a SWA really is an obsession, huh? Oh well, I can now mark down that goal (190) achieved at least! Whoo Hoo!!!

SWA - Follow me I'M BEGGING

OK BG here is my first post of the day today... lets see if I can get this challenge right. I'm posting a pic of the scale this morning! Only 1/2 pound to go for my next goal... Comments anyone? EVERYONE?

And PLEASE I need more Followers!!!