Inked!

So.... I had to get fingerprinted for my state teaching license (not getting a new job just more qualified for my current job!). I went down to our town's finest facility to get fingerprinted. I met a young woman probably my age who was going to fingerprint me. She was in this little room off to the side when you walked in. I thought oh, this is going to be quick and easy. Wrong. So she proceeds to empty my pockets and take me back into the jail. Great. So there is another room I have to go to. No big deal. Wrong. I have to go through 4 locked doors and past 5-6 men in the attractive orange suits. Then we get to the last room that is pretty much FULL of these lovely men in orange suits.

I am not sure that you are getting the full picture of this situation. So let me describe what I am wearing. I have on my open toe patent leather heels, my pencil skirt, a cute little suit jacket, and today of all days was a day I decided to wear my hair and big pretty curls. I was totally legally blond walking into the jail cell! They start hollering at me like a bunch of idiots! "Whatchu in for baby?" I, terrified, followed VERY closely to the woman (who I forgot to mention was probably a size 2 115 pounds!) who proceeded to yell, "Up against the wall!" to these men. Lucky for me, they listened!

She locks me into a smaller room and takes my fingerprints. I feel guilty for even being here! I am shaking like a leaf! I proceed to tell her I promise to never, ever, ever see her face again! She laughed at me and tried to make small talk, but I was too terrified! When she was finished I followed her (again so close that I kicked the back of her shoe!) back out past the men in the lovely orange suits and stepped over what I am pretty sure was a puddle of urine! I thanked for her time and literally ran out the door to my car! I poured an entire bottle of germ-X on my hands and breathed a sigh of relief! Let me just tell you jail is NOT for me! I promise to never even speed again!

Stupid teaching certificate!

Weigh-In

I have gained over 30 pounds since John and I have gotten married in June 2007. Whew... there I said it! Most of those pounds have been over the past year during our pregnancy struggles. I eat when I am sad. I eat when I am happy! I eat when I am [insert any emotion here]. I am just an emotional eater. As you all know we are about to the point where we will be trying to conceive and I have vowed to get back to my fightin' weight! No, I will probably never be a size 2 or 115 pounds. Let's get real here! Baby got back! I am usually so embarrassed about how much I weigh or have gained, but the first part of recovery is admitting you have a problem. Right? So I think that it is time to get real with you. I weighed in last Friday for our work's Biggest Loser Competition. I weighed in at 173.2 pounds. The most I have ever weighed... ever! More than most of you have or will weigh 9 1/2 months preggo! So now that that number is out there you can be my motivation! I don't want to be embarrassed any more!

Initial Weight: 173.2 - February 26, 2010 (33.2 lbs to lose!)
Week 1: 169.8 - March 5, 2010 (-3.4 lbs, 29.8 more to go!)

Also as part of the journey I am going to give you some tips you can use! I am going to journal each meal I eat (including the nutritional value & cost!) and all of my exercise. I want to prove that you can eat healthy for a reasonable price! Right now our monthly grocery budget is around $400. Which is pretty high for two people, but that includes every meal and snack that we eat. (Plus Princess too, but seeing she only weighs 6 lbs I can't blame her for much!) We only eat out once a week. My goal is to cut that number down closer to $300 per month. So starting next Friday I will have weekly updates on my weight, what I ate, and how much I spent.

So gotta go eat some lunch now! Pizza buffet here I come! Ha! Just teasing. It's Wolfgang Pucks' Minestrone soup for me! .....But really pizza does sound kinda good!

A day in the life!

Check out this cool lady's blog!

http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/2010/03/show-us-your-life-what-is-your-typical.html

Today is "Show us your life - A Typical Day"

Here is my ideal typical day.

6:00-6:30 - Wake up (depending on if I have to wash my hair ha!)
7:30 - Get to work
7:45 - Eat Breakfast at work!
Work til 11:00
11:00-11:30 is lunch. Some of the time I stay at work, but a lot of times I run errands
Work from 11:30-4:00 or 4:30 (Depending on what is on my desk!)
5:00-6:00 - Try to run or lift weights
6:00-7:00 - Cook dinner (or usually there is some meeting at the church)
7:00-9:00 - Work at home. (We don't watch t.v. very often so this time is spent on house project, laundry, video/photo editing or playing wii)
9:00-9:30 - get ready for bed
9:30-10:30 - laugh and giggle with John. We have to actually get into bed early because we usually end up talking and laughing for a good hour before we fall asleep.

Newest member of our family!

We are proud to present our newest "member" of our family!

Attached is a photo of Mufano Kazungu! He is our adopted Compassion International child!

Here is his info!

Birthday: February 1, 2003
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Region: Africa
Country: Kenya
Program: Victoria Baptist Church Child Development Center

Personal and Family Information:
Mufano lives with his mother. His duties at home include carrying water. There are 4 children in the family. His mother maintains the home.

Soccer is Mufano's favorite activity. In kindergarten his performance is average and he also regularly attends church activities.

If you would like to adopt a child like Mufano. Please go here http://www.compassion.com/

Your monthly contribution will provide:

* Ongoing Christian training
* Educational opportunities
* Treatment & training to maintain child health
* Development of self-confidence & social skills
* Key life skills & vocational programs

Be the Biggest Loser!

At my work we started our Spring Edition of the Biggest Loser. Everyone pays 5 dollars and the winning team gets the money. I have vowed to lose 30 pounds. (I know that sounds like a lot, but trust me I have it to lose! It's been a rough year! Ha! Look at me making excuses for myself!) But if you have made a commitment to lose weight join with me and pledge using the Biggest Loser's Pound for Pound Challenge. For every pound you pledge, 14 cents will be donated to the food bank of your choice. There is one in Tulsa! So get up off that couch and get moving!

http://www.pfpchallenge.com/

My Tiny Little Giveaway!

I have been trying to build a small photography company for the past few months. I have taken several senior pictures, a few weddings and one family. In order to get some more business going I am going to make you and your friends an offer you cannot refuse. If you post a link to this post on your blog and leave me a comment telling me you have done so, I will do a photo shoot and edit the pictures for you for FREE! That's right all you have to do is tell others about my business and I will give away one free photo shoot. Be sure to tell your friends about this offer! I will select the winner on Sunday at 8:00 pm central time. Good luck and get my name out there!

Happy Valentine's Day to me!

John and I stayed in Tulsa for Valentines Weekend. This is the second year we have done this and it may be one of our favorite traditions. It is just far enough away from home to feel like you are on a mini vacation but close enough that you can keep the cost relatively low. Friday night we stayed in and play a board game and ordered a pizza. 

Then we attempted to watch the movie we brought on the DVD player we brought only to discover that we brought a BlueRay disc and a regular DVD player. We couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work. Duh! 

We got up early on Saturday and ran the Sweetheart Race together along with our friend Jason. John and Jason wanted to know if they could register as a couple to get a better time than John and I would! I only ran the 5k but John and Jason ran both the 5k and the 10k. But they are weird. 

 

I might mention that it was butt cold. The wind chill was around 20 degrees.

Then the boys and I went to eat at Teds. Afterward John and I took a shower and a nice long nap. John had ordered us Kupcakz ahead of time so we stopped and picked them up on our way to the movies. We saw Valentines Day. It is the only time of the year I get to pick out the movie. :) Then we headed to Pf Changs for some yummy yummy dinner. Then it was off to the room for some more relaxing.

We slept in on Sunday (which is a rarity in our house!) and took our time heading home. We stopped by Whole Foods (which is my favorite place in the world!) and Fleet Feet for some new running shoes. Well, only I got new shoes. The poor salesman spent 2 hours fitting John for shoes to no avail. He has weird feet and he couldn't find any "perfect" shoes. It took me maybe 15-20 minutes. I am pretty easy to please.

Last night we had home group with some of our youth group kids and we celebrated Valentines Day with heart shaped Papa Murphys pizzas, cup cakes, candy, Crush soda, and a huge mixed up game of Compatibility.  I love them. They are the best!

It is going to be an insane week at work so this may be all you hear from me for a few days. We are having our State Evaluation this week!