- Fly, I want to enjoy the new continent!
- I have no idea, you need to ask someone way smarter then me
- That I’m awesome!
- Ocean
- Air: walks (I remember whey those were awesome)
- Meat: is Murder (remember those bumper stickers?)
- Different: Strokes
- Pink: Ink (I have no idea why)
- Deserve: Reserve (maybe it’s a rhyme thing in my head)
- White: Black
- Elvis: Vegas
- Magic: Black
- Heart: Shaped Crush On You (awesome Devil Doll song)
- Clash: families
- Pulp: Fiction (hubs favorite movie)
- My Grandfather, he died when I was 2 months old but I’ve always felt a intense connection with him. I would love to know if he’s happy with the women I’ve become.
- I’ve met all my must meets!
- No
- Laptop, and the power cord, I mean there has to be wi-fi right?
- Nope
- Fruitgoogle: A pair of googles to detect if fruit is good.
- Ambytime: Time for Ambien?
- Asscactus: A butt shapped cactus
- Dinner?
- Barbies
- 2
- Either go running, or playing with Colin (depends on Colin’s mood lol)
- Silly
- Yep lots of times
- Yes
- Being with my family
- No I don’t
Pick your favorite and give me the answer too please
I posted this about Colin’s first month! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year, the idea of him crawling and moving around seemed so far off, now he’s all over the place. Still working on his walking. He can do it but doesn’t seem to realize he can yet. He still wants to have his hand on something just to be sure. And when he’s in a real hurry crawling is just so much faster! He’s working on that chatter too, mostly it sounds like jiberash but it seems to be sounding more and more like words every day. He has the basics down pat though, mama, dada, lala, and hi, and I think we can add yeah to the list too. It’s funny because he’ll mock how we speak. He is just speaking jiberash but it will sound like what we said as far as the beats between words and things like that. He gets louder when no one is listening (just like his mommy). He’s getting more and more focused on things…like he will sit and watch tv now, where as most of the time it’s been a distraction a noise in the background. He still loves to wave at everything! He is very shy around new people though, I think that’s normal (Charles is 26 and the say way hehe). He is also starting to play by himself more, establishing some independance. We’ll sit with him and he’ll just play with his blocks some time we don’t have to be playing too. It’s fun to watch! But of course there are still those times I need to be right next to him or holding him. And he’s still roatating which one of us is his favorite that day, although if Daddy is an option, he’s most likely what he’s taking.
So last week I bought a roaster, the electric kind (just like my gram uses) and last night I made my grocery list to host my very very first Thanksgiving! I’m really nervous which I’m sure is silly, I mean this is going to sound wildly egotistical but I have people that will back me up, I’m a good cook. It’s one of the few things I do consistently well with very little effort lol! I am a little nervous about the grocery bill that comes a long with this duty but I think I’ll be ok. Fry’s as some great deals this week so that will help plus I’m pretty well stocked for our regular groceries which is nice. But I might hit my first trip with two carts . I have been looking forward to doing this for a couple of months, it’s actually really helped me as I’ve been getting past our loss. Something to look forward too I guess. But I digress, my big question for you all today is what was your “I’m such a grown up” moment?
I didn’t grow up participating in Black Friday we stayed home and ate left overs and played games always. But a few years ago we wanted a new TV so we braved Wal-Mart on Black Friday! It was a huge success and well I’ve been hooked ever since. Now we don’t go out and spend the night in tents in front of stores, we don’t get upset if we miss a deal, if we get some fantastic deals great if not oh well. I do however love the energy! This year I’ve been doing something I don’t usually do I’ve been checking out a BlackFriday.info for a sneak peak at the ads. It’s been fun but we will still make our schedule for the day on Thanksgiving. But what I’ve noticed that I’m not very fond of is that some stores are going to be open on Thanksgiving. I just don’t think that’s cool, I mean peeps it’s a real live national holiday! Christmas I’m ok with it’s a religious holiday, that has been accepted by so many it’s become a national holiday, but it remains a holiday for only a portion of Americans. I mean no one closes for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, or even the Winter Solstice for our Pagan friends! I’m not cool with the desperate attempts of stores to make more sales by opening on the Thanksgiving holiday! Which is massively accepted to be an American holiday (except the Canadian one which is obviously a Canadian holiday and has pretty much nothing to do with the topic at hand so stay focused people). I will not be participating in this for three reasons, my obvious it’s not cool reason, because I’m too damn busy already, between the cooking and the cleaning, and the shopping list making. And who can forget the most important part the parade, if I was shopping I would miss the best part of Thanksgiving, the parade, but more on that in my special Turkey day post!
As I like to do, the question of the day, what do you think of the potential of a Black Thursday?
- Both, which I think is really the best, life is all about balance.
- I do, I like to know all the information about things before I decide something so I go in as a blank slate. And then we have the spontaneous decisions that just happen which you have to be open for and those are sometimes the most fun and most productive!
- That I remember, probably cracking my skull open when I was 4.
- My relationship with my dad and all of it’s ups and mostly downs.
- Colin and Charles
- Charles, he’s cooking me lunch, and my mom she made me hot cocoa this morning!
- I hope so or what’s the point.
- Cake decorating
- French
- How to sew
- How other people make me feel.
- Honesty, communication, and fun. And sadly a lot of people forget the fun part!
- Sky dive
- Visit Europe
- Run a marathon
- Going through an audit
- Divorce
- Losing the people I love
- Kids, they can’t vote they have no voice, we have to speak for them and make sure they are save and well educated, they are the future of the world!
- 1920’s: Booze
- 1930’s:Bust
- 1940’s:Music
- 1950’s:Fantastic films
- 1960’s:Hippies
- 1970’s:Disco
- 1980’s:Bad hair, music, and fashion!
- 1990’s: Grunge rock!
- 2000 (so far): A great change
- 2010’s: The future!
- The 90’s it’s when I did the most growing up, it’s the decade of my childhood.
- Anything by Elvis
- The United States, President Obama.
- I’m sorry that the media and the public is only giving you a year to fix 8 years worth of mistakes.
- Does my DVR count as a channel, or Hulu.
- Yes I went from Brownies all the way to Cadets! So second grade to about 8th grade. I loved it.
Head over to TaraSG’s 101 site and fill out the form! I don’t know why but hey it’ll be fun! I’m secretly hoping that Tara and Amanda will tell me why since I sent you all over there .
Thanks guys!
Ok so I’m down two pounds this week awesome! Also I ran 8 miles total for the week, plus a two mile walk with Charles and Colin Sunday afternoon. I know to some that’s not a big deal but for me that’s HUGE! I’m very proud of myself. I ate well, still no soda, indulged in some comfort foods but then again I’ll bring up for the thousands time it’s all about moderation, a life without good food is not worth living! This week I’m going to start adding back in my Wii Personal Trainer game on my off days off running, I’m dropping pounds but I don’t want to be blubber even thin so I’m going to work on some core strength and maybe do some yoga that’s on the game. I think it will help tone up plus I enjoy doing it which is great!
Starting Weight 281
Current Weight 266
Starting Size 20/22 XXL
Current Size 18/20 XL
So I saw that Jennifer over at Tantrums and Tequila was participating in this and I thought it would be fun to join in we both got those questions from LiveJournal. Let me know if you decide to join in with us so I can follow along. I doubt I’ll do the same amount each time but I think today we’re going to start with 20.
1. Who are you?
- I’m Stacey
2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?
- I’m honest, loyal, and always right!
3. When you aren’t filling out 5,000 question surveys like this one what are you doing?
- Enjoying my family and friends, or filling out much smaller surveys on Facebook.
4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn’t like at the time).
- History, English, Science, Math
5. What is your biggest goal for this year?
- To be in good enough shape to run a 5K
6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
- Building my own business
7. What stage of life are you in right now?
- Starting our family, and figuring out who I’m going to be. Although I don’t think that second one ever ends.
8. Are you more child-like or childish?
- Definitely child-like.
9. What is the last thing you said out loud?
- Sweet.
10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?
- Santa Baby, I’m in the Christmas spirit and I love that song
11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?
- Nope never had any interest.
12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?
- Both, sometimes better and sometimes worse, isn’t that how everyones life is?
13. Does time really heal all wounds?
- Yes, but sometimes it takes less time if you’re able to get revenge.
14. How do you handle a rainy day?
- I love them, as long as they don’t last weeks at a time then I get sad, I need some sunshine!
15. Which is worse…losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?
- Losing your luggage, tangled holiday lights are preventable, do a better job of putting them away!
16. How is your relationship with your parents?
- My relationship with my mother is fantastic, she’s my best friend!
Will you miss them when they are gone?
- We’ve already discussed this and she’s not aloud to go anywhere!
17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?
- Generally, I have to be really out of it to not know what’s going on.
18. What is the truest thing that you know?
- My love for my husband, my son, and my mother
19. What did you want to be when you grew up?
- A lawyer
20. Have you ever been given a second chance?
- Yes I was able to reconnect with Charles.
Ok I guess to be fair I should say a great morning since it’s only just now afternoon. This morning I started off with a great 2.7 mile run at an 18 minute pace which means if I for some reason ran a 5K tomorrow then it would take me less then an hour! Fabulous! Then I had breakfast with a great girlfriend of mine from high school. We haven’t talked in a few years and it was so much fun to reconnect through Facebook. Today we promised to hang out again more which I’m super excited about. Ohh and I have to teach her to cook because I just don’t understand not being able to cook, it’s weird. Now I’m sitting here while my little guy naps before we go run some more errands, I’m doing something VERY grown up today. I’m going to buy and electric roster in preparation for Thanksgiving! That way my oven is not being taken up by turkey and I can cook the rest of our meal. I hope you all are enjoying your Saturday as well and I’ll see you tomorrow.
I snabbed this from E. she writes Whining at the World, since I’m already in the Christmas spirit, and honestly it’s already taken over my house I thought it would be fun to participate!
What does Christmas mean to you and your family?
- For me Christmas is all about family, I love shopping and eating of course but my favorite part is the time I get to spend with family. I do love buying Christmas presents, of course I like to receive them as well, but my favorite part of Christmas is buying gifts for my mom. I though that would change when I had Colin, and he is a blast to shop for but there is something amazing about shopping for my mom. First of all she has the BEST reactions in the world! And I don’t usually have her tell me outright what she wants, and if she does then I generally give her a little something else that’s special just so she knows I listen and pay attention.
Have you got some traditions??
- For years the tradition was Christmas morning at home with my mom then over to Grams. Now we do Christmas morning at our house then if we go someplace we go there, this year we’re doing it at our house. Now our traditions are more of things we enjoy doing during the season. We go to Glendale Glitters every year, Charles and I have done it for as long as we’ve been together. We used to go to a movie on Christmas night but since Colin is here now we prefer to be with him maybe that will start again when he’s old enough to join us. Now we’re working on starting new family traditions, since this is only Colin’s second Christmas I guess we have some time before they would be considered traditions . One we will stick with is to pick a Christmas angel off the tree at the mall for a child Colin’s age and he gets to pick out a gift. Maybe one year we’ll even adopt a family. I think it’s important to teach kids the value of charity young, it’s good for them.
What will you cook?!
- At our house Christmas is pretty much Thanksgiving, we do a turkey, stuffing, and the whole rest of the gang. I love it so it’s fine with me . Now that we’re going to be doing it at our house we’re going to start a new tradition, a traditional food from someplace else. Each year there will be a new one added, I think it’s great to learn about different cultures, and food is a great way to start.
Who will you spend it with?
- Charles, Colin, and my mom, and whoever else joins us .
Got a favourite Christmas memory?
- The first Christmas after my mom moved home. It was just Charles, my mom, and myself, our apartment was too small for a big tree so we bought this tiny desktop silver one, we call our white trash christmas tree, we still have it and I love it. It was great to see the three of us come together as a family unit. I think Charles and my mom getting a long so well (seriously sometimes I think she likes him better) was the most fantastic thing that could have happened! I’m so grateful for that.
How are you decorating??
- The usual, our tree is red, silver, black and white. With an awesome bow on top that my mom makes. Out front we’ll rock the old school un-energy efficient bulbs that I love, I feel guilty but I adore them. We’ve got these cute snowmen that line our walk way. And last year we got this adorable penguin that lights up to add this year. Since we’ve only been living in a house for a few years now we’re still building our outside decor. We have been buying things here and there especially at after Christmas sales. It was fun to open up the Christmas boxes this year because we found things that we bought after Christmas last year and totally forgot about!
That was fun! I hope you all do this too, and please leave a comment and let me know if you do so I can come read all about it!
