So, 2010 is coming to a close. My first year as a married adult, the first year of living in a house, the first year I have actually known what I TRUELY wanted to do and went for it, and the year I lost 25lbs & can fit into a size 16 again. And, the year of our first real family vacation.
What a year it has been!
I have so much I want to try to do in 2011. I'm going to attempt taking 3 classes, we want to go to Minnesota for Aidan's spring break. A new state and my first airplane ride!
I started doing the HCG thing for about a week right before Thanksgiving and have decided to wait until the new year. I'm back to WW and hopefully that will help keep the Christmas weight at bay. We went hiking this morning and it felt so good. I haven't done that in a long time. We took Monster with us and he had a blast. Kyle and I talked about it and have decided that we will hike every other week and go to church every other week. We just need to find a church in our area that we are both comfortable going too. We will see how that goes.
I'm going to create a goals list for 2011 I think. Just some things that I feel are reachable and will be worth working towards. I don't know what exactly it will include yet, but I have about 24 days to work it out.:-)
We are going to have a New Year's party again this year, so I am pretty excited about that. I love having partys!!
I guess that's really it. I have an essay and a final to get done!
Have a great week!
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12.05.2010
5.27.2010
I'm going to try to update more, I promise!
well.. I figured out how to change my background. I like it! :-)
Things have been a bit hectic the last week or so... with work and school... and Monster's last week of school. Please excuse me while I go cry because my baby is now a 1st grader. I know... he is getting so big. I can still remember holding him and loving on him when he was a itty bitty baby. :-(
And now... he looks like this....
It's just not fair... I want him to stay a little itty bitty baby forever.
I absolutely adore the new computer. I feel like we are apart of the real adult world again. We have a computer that is amazing and we aren't stealing our Internet connection from someone else!! Woo hoo!! Look Mom, we are grown ups! :-)
I have a lot coming up... Monster's birthday party being the biggest on my plate. We are doing a simple Peter Piper party... when I say simple.. I don't mean simple. lol It's going to be crazy and hectic. But we will get through it and be completely exhausted at the end.. We got some amazing Super Mario party decorations!! They are awesome.. he is going to flip when he sees them. No, we haven't let him see them yet, I want it to be a surprise. Evil Mommy, I know.
You can see them here!! (Yes, I am LOVING all my new options that I am getting by blogging from a real computer and NOT my phone. :-))
I am doing AMAZING with my weight watchers. I realized today that soon I'm going to have to buy new clothes for work. The capri pants that I practically live in, are about to start falling off of me. I can seriously pull them down with out unbuttoning them. TMI? lol So, if anyone would like to get me some work clothes I would LOVE this cute outfit. I'm not sure how I would look in it...but I am fond of it from here.lol Did anyone else know that Lane Bryant sold shoes? Because I didn't and I am in LOVE with these. I might have to go get them!
Well, I am off to go and see Shrek the Final Chapter with my 2 favorite boys. I will leave you with this picture so you can truely understand why I love them so. :-)
Notice that Kyle is completely ignoring me.. lol
5.01.2010
April In A Nutshell
Holy cow, it's already May! I can't believe it.
So, for my April to do list I got 3 out of 5 things accomplished. (waiting for applause.....)
1. I got a Wii fit! (thanks again to my awesome family)
2. Started Weight Watchers. I started it last week & have done pretty good. 2.5lbs down.... only 77.5 more to go! :-)
3. Date night! We had date night last Saturday. It was good to relax and spend time with Kyle.
April was a good month. My birthday, Easter, I got back in school, it was the 3 year mark since Kyle & I moved in together and quite a bit of family time. I got myself organized to start my weight loss off right and it actually worked!
May is so far looking to be a good month too. It will start with Monster's end of the year performance. I can't believe he will be a first grader! That is insane. My financial aid will be coming, woo hoo new computer! I will be starting my classes, yes I am looking forward to that. I like school, I'm a total nerd. Planning Monster's 6th birthday party. And, of course Mother's day. I'm looking forward to the struggle of keeping up with my weight loss and getting closer to my goal!
Woo hoo time to make a new to do list.
So, for my April to do list I got 3 out of 5 things accomplished. (waiting for applause.....)
1. I got a Wii fit! (thanks again to my awesome family)
2. Started Weight Watchers. I started it last week & have done pretty good. 2.5lbs down.... only 77.5 more to go! :-)
3. Date night! We had date night last Saturday. It was good to relax and spend time with Kyle.
April was a good month. My birthday, Easter, I got back in school, it was the 3 year mark since Kyle & I moved in together and quite a bit of family time. I got myself organized to start my weight loss off right and it actually worked!
May is so far looking to be a good month too. It will start with Monster's end of the year performance. I can't believe he will be a first grader! That is insane. My financial aid will be coming, woo hoo new computer! I will be starting my classes, yes I am looking forward to that. I like school, I'm a total nerd. Planning Monster's 6th birthday party. And, of course Mother's day. I'm looking forward to the struggle of keeping up with my weight loss and getting closer to my goal!
Woo hoo time to make a new to do list.
4.17.2010
It's Been Awhile
With Easter, my dreaded birthday (that turned out being pretty good thanks to my awesome family & amazing husband), being sick & hectic life, I have completely forgot about blogging. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me.
So, we'll start with Easter. It was nice. Kyle wasn't feeling good so he didn't go to work. Monster is getting a little older so we were able to make his egg hunting a little bit more difficult. We went to my Mom's for dinner and had a birthday celebration all in one. My awesome family got me a Wii Fit! Which I adore, thank you monks and everyone else!
My birthday was good. My desk at work was decorative which made the day feel special. Complete with flowers and chocolates! Kyle brought me lunch and a new cd. Then I came home made Tacos for the monster and I & watched dvr'd episodes of Nurse Jackie & US of Tara. I took Wednesday off to celebrate with Kyle. We went to see Repomen & had lunch at The Cheese Cake Factory. Delicious! We were also semi celebrating our 5 month wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has already been THAT long. So, we decided that on the 7th of every month we are going back to The Cheese Cake Factory to try a different kind of cheese cake. At least until our 1 year. I don't think I have told you about Kyle's deep love for cheese cake. I'm pretty sure he would divorce me to marry it if it was legal.
I have also recently enrolled for online classes. I really enjoy school. So, once again I'm going back. That made me think of the song at the beginning of Grease 2. Ha ha, now I want to watch it. Anyway, back to school (ha Ja I'm totally singing that in my head everytime I type it), I'm taking prerequisites for the nursing program. But I have also been thinking about going further in English and writing. It has always been something I enjoy and have been pretty good at. I guess we'll see how it goes.
But, with the financial aid we will be able to get a new computer! I'm totally excited. It's going to take 4-6 weeks for the award to go through, which I really don't understand. I was approved in April of last year! That's the government for you. My first class statred on Monday and the next on May 12th. I'll be going to my Mom's to do the work. So, if anyone wants to buy my computer now, I'll pay you back in 4-6 weeks. No really, I'm serious. :-)
We got a new dog last Sunday. Her name is Bella. She is 2 years old and is a mix between an American Bulldog and Boxer. She is beautiful and very active. Although, if you saw her curled up snoring right now you would call me a liar. Kyle told me he wants to eventually have a dog rescue. My first reaction was "Absolutely not! OMG all that dog hair, are you CRAZY?" Then the more I thought about, it wouldn't be a bad idea WAY later in life, when we have a bigger house with a BIG backyard with enough room to have rescue dogs. My problem would be getting attached and not wanting to give them up.
And, finally the best part of all. We get to vacation in July!!! Kyle's work had to close down for 12 days. So, I took the 2nd week of July off and we are going on a real vacation. We will be driving to Houston to see Kyle's sister's new house. But, we are stopping on the way in San Antonio to go to Sea World and The Alamo. We are very excited. Not only for our vacation but 10 days of no work! OMG!!
I guess that covers everything... oh wait! We finally got Monster's rooms unpacked. Yes, he has 2 rooms, don't judge. He's an only child with entirely too many toys. And, we are happy with that. Unless we are unpacking them, then we are cursing the fact that he has so many.
Hope everyone else is having a good weekend I'm gonna go play my Wii Fit!
So, we'll start with Easter. It was nice. Kyle wasn't feeling good so he didn't go to work. Monster is getting a little older so we were able to make his egg hunting a little bit more difficult. We went to my Mom's for dinner and had a birthday celebration all in one. My awesome family got me a Wii Fit! Which I adore, thank you monks and everyone else!
My birthday was good. My desk at work was decorative which made the day feel special. Complete with flowers and chocolates! Kyle brought me lunch and a new cd. Then I came home made Tacos for the monster and I & watched dvr'd episodes of Nurse Jackie & US of Tara. I took Wednesday off to celebrate with Kyle. We went to see Repomen & had lunch at The Cheese Cake Factory. Delicious! We were also semi celebrating our 5 month wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has already been THAT long. So, we decided that on the 7th of every month we are going back to The Cheese Cake Factory to try a different kind of cheese cake. At least until our 1 year. I don't think I have told you about Kyle's deep love for cheese cake. I'm pretty sure he would divorce me to marry it if it was legal.
I have also recently enrolled for online classes. I really enjoy school. So, once again I'm going back. That made me think of the song at the beginning of Grease 2. Ha ha, now I want to watch it. Anyway, back to school (ha Ja I'm totally singing that in my head everytime I type it), I'm taking prerequisites for the nursing program. But I have also been thinking about going further in English and writing. It has always been something I enjoy and have been pretty good at. I guess we'll see how it goes.
But, with the financial aid we will be able to get a new computer! I'm totally excited. It's going to take 4-6 weeks for the award to go through, which I really don't understand. I was approved in April of last year! That's the government for you. My first class statred on Monday and the next on May 12th. I'll be going to my Mom's to do the work. So, if anyone wants to buy my computer now, I'll pay you back in 4-6 weeks. No really, I'm serious. :-)
We got a new dog last Sunday. Her name is Bella. She is 2 years old and is a mix between an American Bulldog and Boxer. She is beautiful and very active. Although, if you saw her curled up snoring right now you would call me a liar. Kyle told me he wants to eventually have a dog rescue. My first reaction was "Absolutely not! OMG all that dog hair, are you CRAZY?" Then the more I thought about, it wouldn't be a bad idea WAY later in life, when we have a bigger house with a BIG backyard with enough room to have rescue dogs. My problem would be getting attached and not wanting to give them up.
And, finally the best part of all. We get to vacation in July!!! Kyle's work had to close down for 12 days. So, I took the 2nd week of July off and we are going on a real vacation. We will be driving to Houston to see Kyle's sister's new house. But, we are stopping on the way in San Antonio to go to Sea World and The Alamo. We are very excited. Not only for our vacation but 10 days of no work! OMG!!
I guess that covers everything... oh wait! We finally got Monster's rooms unpacked. Yes, he has 2 rooms, don't judge. He's an only child with entirely too many toys. And, we are happy with that. Unless we are unpacking them, then we are cursing the fact that he has so many.
Hope everyone else is having a good weekend I'm gonna go play my Wii Fit!
4.03.2010
Who Needs A Title For This? Not Me.
I always find Saturday afternoons to be my favorite part of my week. There is still plenty of time ahead before the dreaded Monday and I have already accomplished something with my weekend, or at least this weekend I have.
I have realized a lot this past week that I have really been struggling with lately. I'm not sure what route I'm headed with this or how to map it all out for you, so hang in there this might get a little bumpy and all over the place.
With my looming birthday I have realized that getting older is becoming an issue for me. I know I'm still considered young, but I feel like I'm getting too old to be unsure of what I want to do. I know, I'm not even 30 yet, blah blah blah blah. But, still! I seriously feel like I should be somewhere by now. I had a plan when I was younger, but somewhere along the years of rebelling and moving in with my then boyfriend, getting pregnant, moving home, moving out, moving home, then out and so forth I lost sight of my plan. I know it's my fault, so it's time to fix it. Hopefully, by Monday, I will be on a good path in the right direction.
On to my next realization. I hate Kyle's schedule. Hate, hate,hate... did I say I hate it? I spend a lot of time with Monster which is awesome, but not enough adult time. With this pure hatred for his schedule it has made me irritable with Kyle. I know full well that it isn't his fault. Which then makes me feel guilty for being irritated with Kyle. It's a horrible cycle. It isn't like we aren't used to not seeing each other. That has been our relationship from the start. We have pretty much always worked opposite schedules. So, why the new irritation with it? I guess I'm just starting to feel like enough is enough. I want a life. I want to do things with our friends, have date nights, see each other more than 2 nights a week and a couple hours over the weekend. Who knows when this will change. Sooner rather than later I hope.
I feel like I'm whining. But, dang it, this is my blog and I will whine if I want to. In spirit of whining, on to my next subject;
My weight loss struggle.
It feels like my weight has always been something I have fought with. There was a period of time in high school where looking back now I was a good healthy weight. But, to ask me then I thought I was fat. And then right before I got pregnant I was at a decent size, but again I thought I was fat. Fast forward to now, I'm relatively 100lbs heavier than I was then. Maybe even more. I have always struggled with this. It is depressing and hard to deal with. My fault? Absolutely. I don't have a medical condition that causes it. Unless laziness is a medical condition. I was doing really well with weight watchers last year. But, I found some excuse for why I had to stop, like I always do. I'm notorious for excuses. You would think that my repulsion for myself would push me harder, but it doesn't.
I'm going to start it again. I'm going to do this. I have been told it gets harder to lose the weight the older you get. I need to lose it, before it turns into a medical problem. There will be excuses, I know it. But, I need to. To not only be healthy, but because I don't want to look at myself in the mirror anymore. Because, seeing what I looked like on my wedding day grossed me out. Because, I'm INSANELY insecure. Because if I don't now I might always be this way. And I'm not ok with that.
Now with all this being said it might seem like I'm having a pitty party or think my life is so hard. I don't. I know I'm better off than a lot of other people. I know just how lucky I am. I'm just unusually depressed at the moment.
Well call me Betty Downer. If you actually made it this far into this I commend you and wish I had some sort of prize for you. Until next time, Have a great day and Happy Easter to you!
I have realized a lot this past week that I have really been struggling with lately. I'm not sure what route I'm headed with this or how to map it all out for you, so hang in there this might get a little bumpy and all over the place.
With my looming birthday I have realized that getting older is becoming an issue for me. I know I'm still considered young, but I feel like I'm getting too old to be unsure of what I want to do. I know, I'm not even 30 yet, blah blah blah blah. But, still! I seriously feel like I should be somewhere by now. I had a plan when I was younger, but somewhere along the years of rebelling and moving in with my then boyfriend, getting pregnant, moving home, moving out, moving home, then out and so forth I lost sight of my plan. I know it's my fault, so it's time to fix it. Hopefully, by Monday, I will be on a good path in the right direction.
On to my next realization. I hate Kyle's schedule. Hate, hate,hate... did I say I hate it? I spend a lot of time with Monster which is awesome, but not enough adult time. With this pure hatred for his schedule it has made me irritable with Kyle. I know full well that it isn't his fault. Which then makes me feel guilty for being irritated with Kyle. It's a horrible cycle. It isn't like we aren't used to not seeing each other. That has been our relationship from the start. We have pretty much always worked opposite schedules. So, why the new irritation with it? I guess I'm just starting to feel like enough is enough. I want a life. I want to do things with our friends, have date nights, see each other more than 2 nights a week and a couple hours over the weekend. Who knows when this will change. Sooner rather than later I hope.
I feel like I'm whining. But, dang it, this is my blog and I will whine if I want to. In spirit of whining, on to my next subject;
My weight loss struggle.
It feels like my weight has always been something I have fought with. There was a period of time in high school where looking back now I was a good healthy weight. But, to ask me then I thought I was fat. And then right before I got pregnant I was at a decent size, but again I thought I was fat. Fast forward to now, I'm relatively 100lbs heavier than I was then. Maybe even more. I have always struggled with this. It is depressing and hard to deal with. My fault? Absolutely. I don't have a medical condition that causes it. Unless laziness is a medical condition. I was doing really well with weight watchers last year. But, I found some excuse for why I had to stop, like I always do. I'm notorious for excuses. You would think that my repulsion for myself would push me harder, but it doesn't.
I'm going to start it again. I'm going to do this. I have been told it gets harder to lose the weight the older you get. I need to lose it, before it turns into a medical problem. There will be excuses, I know it. But, I need to. To not only be healthy, but because I don't want to look at myself in the mirror anymore. Because, seeing what I looked like on my wedding day grossed me out. Because, I'm INSANELY insecure. Because if I don't now I might always be this way. And I'm not ok with that.
Now with all this being said it might seem like I'm having a pitty party or think my life is so hard. I don't. I know I'm better off than a lot of other people. I know just how lucky I am. I'm just unusually depressed at the moment.
Well call me Betty Downer. If you actually made it this far into this I commend you and wish I had some sort of prize for you. Until next time, Have a great day and Happy Easter to you!
3.29.2010
It Could Be Worse
As much as I hate to admitt it, My name is Kassie and I'm a tv junkie. I would love to be able to say I spend my nights being the only adult (the husband works nights) by reading w/monster, doing crafty projects or taking him to the park. But let's be realistic here when Life Unexpected, Dancing with the Stars, Vampire Diaries or America's Next Top Model are on, you will find me right infront of the tv. Yes, I have a dvr, we wouldn't survive with out it. But we all know you can only record 2 shows at once.
My guilty tv pleasure is Dancing with the Stars. I'm not sure how I feel about the cast yet this season. I can tell you that I totally am loving The Bachelore's Jake dancing with Chelsea Hightower. I hope he falls for her and ditches that skank that won The Bachelor. I can't think of her name to save my life. She's always been a slew of vulgar and very unlady like words to me.
I'm also totally psyched for season 2 of both Nurse Jackie and US of Tara. Mondays are great tv nights!
I really wish I could be one of those Mom's that was Mary Poppins-esk. But I'm not, and I'm coming to terms with that. Maybe when he's older I'll be looked at as the cool mom. Eh, probably not, I'm still a book worm. I'm probably always gonna be a dork. But, at least i'm not shiney vest glee club dorky, yes that's my husband I'm referring too. Ha ha, love you honey!
I'm going to go watch Dancing With The Stars now
My guilty tv pleasure is Dancing with the Stars. I'm not sure how I feel about the cast yet this season. I can tell you that I totally am loving The Bachelore's Jake dancing with Chelsea Hightower. I hope he falls for her and ditches that skank that won The Bachelor. I can't think of her name to save my life. She's always been a slew of vulgar and very unlady like words to me.
I'm also totally psyched for season 2 of both Nurse Jackie and US of Tara. Mondays are great tv nights!
I really wish I could be one of those Mom's that was Mary Poppins-esk. But I'm not, and I'm coming to terms with that. Maybe when he's older I'll be looked at as the cool mom. Eh, probably not, I'm still a book worm. I'm probably always gonna be a dork. But, at least i'm not shiney vest glee club dorky, yes that's my husband I'm referring too. Ha ha, love you honey!
I'm going to go watch Dancing With The Stars now
3.27.2010
My First Blog & Blog Site!
So, I have been reading other blogs for a few years, and I have always thoght to myself "I can do that!" Well, here I am, doing that. It's a work in progress. I'm learning as I go. So, bare with me if it seems a little amature. Because, it is.
I don't really have a theme or anything in particular I plan to write about. Just mainly the crazy things that goes on, or whatever seems to be on my mind that day. I'm excited and can't wait to get started.
So, here's an overview of me and my life. I'm married, for almost 5 months now, and we still like each other! That's a pretty big accomplishment I think. I have a son who is 5, he is the one thing I'm really proud of. He is a sweetheart and so smart. I'm not sure how that happened. My husband, Kyle, and I are hoping to have a baby soon. I guess we'll see what happens. I'm actually a beauty school drop out. I gave it a try and realized I didn't like digging through people's heads. Not to mention cutting a skullet isn't as fun as it sounds. So, now I'm back to trying to figure out what to do as an adult. I have a job that isn't completely horrible. But, I don't want to work in a cubical forever. So, that's me in a nutshell.
I hope you stick around and read about our crazy adventures, or probably more like not so crazy and not that adventurous. Entertaining though!
I don't really have a theme or anything in particular I plan to write about. Just mainly the crazy things that goes on, or whatever seems to be on my mind that day. I'm excited and can't wait to get started.
So, here's an overview of me and my life. I'm married, for almost 5 months now, and we still like each other! That's a pretty big accomplishment I think. I have a son who is 5, he is the one thing I'm really proud of. He is a sweetheart and so smart. I'm not sure how that happened. My husband, Kyle, and I are hoping to have a baby soon. I guess we'll see what happens. I'm actually a beauty school drop out. I gave it a try and realized I didn't like digging through people's heads. Not to mention cutting a skullet isn't as fun as it sounds. So, now I'm back to trying to figure out what to do as an adult. I have a job that isn't completely horrible. But, I don't want to work in a cubical forever. So, that's me in a nutshell.
I hope you stick around and read about our crazy adventures, or probably more like not so crazy and not that adventurous. Entertaining though!
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