Hello October

October was a little more eventful.  We went to Paintsville, Bella played soccer, we went to the pumpkin patch, did some other fun fall things, and, of course, went trick-or-treating.  Let's all enjoy this little stroll down memory lane, shall we?  ;-)

Bella waiting patiently for the parade to start.

They really do love each other.  =)

Bella and Alex feeding the donkeys.

Fun at Lynn's Paradise Cafe! (so sad it closed!!!)

Pumpkin picking fun

Waiting patiently to ride the brown horsey.

Happy Halloween!

Way back in September...

That was the last time I was here!  And my last post was about how I was going to FINALLY get off my rear and get back in shape!  HA!  That didn't happen.  I ate, and ate, and ate some more.  I got up to a number that I was so disappointed to see.  Did I finally take initiative to do something?  You will have to wait and see because right now we are in the fall of 2012!

In September we had my birthday and our anniversary.  Not that these two things aren't special, it's just that we didn't do anything special to celebrate them.  SO, here are a couple of pics from September of the kiddos.  =)

It's been a LONG time...

Since I've been on the blog!  It's been so long that they have changed so many things I wasn't sure I knew what I was doing.  Are you ready for a recap of the past five months?  Well, here we go.  See if you can keep up!

How are you doing?

So, have you had enough like me?  Are you going to start down the same path as I am?  We can do this!  WE CAN DO THIS!!!!  I have done much better with my eating this week, but have not exercised like I wanted to.  I will not beat myself up for that though.  It's HARD to get up at 4:45AM every day and WANT to work-out.  All I want to do is go back to sleep!  Instead I try to do a few things around the house before I work-out so that I will be somewhat awake and not just "going through the motions".  Tomorrow is a new day and it will be what I make it!   Just remind me not to splurge too much for my birthday this weekend.  There will be some homemade broccoli casserole and chocolate cake in my future...just hopefully not the entire pan!  =)

Enjoy this beautiful Thursday friends!

I've Had ENOUGH!

So I finally went and bought some clothes for me (yes, it was a task since I don't enjoy spending money on myself).  And I found that I'm in the same pants size BUT I am way more flabby than I would like to be.  I feel like my a$$ is hanging down to my knees and my belly just jiggles and jiggles all over.  SO tomorrow I am starting on my new journey to do something about it.  I have decided that my end goal is to run in Fast Freddy's Five on Thanksgiving day.  I will be watching what I'm eating (and paying attention versus just shoving it in my mouth) and working out 6 days a week.  I can do this because I have set my mind to do so.  Any help, support, and encouragement you can give me along the way is GREATLY appreciated!  I will not be weighing myself every week, but I will be keeping track of my measurements and seeing how my clothes fit.  To me that's the most important thing.  The number on the scale can stay at 155 for all I care, but I don't want to be flabby anymore!  Besides, muscle weighs more than fat, right?  =)
No more looking like this and being embarrassed by how I look in pictures with my family.

CRAZY Storm

At some point over the summer we had a CRAZY storm.  It turned the sky orange-red and I felt like we were on Mars.  It was crazy-strange-cool!

Putt Putt

More pictures to come as soon as I can get Skyla Marie to send them to me!  =)