Finally Done!

Woo Hoo! I am done with my mom's scrapbook which will be called "A Life of Memories 1952-2009." If you want to see pictures you have to go to my facebook page to see my photo album. All of my pages in the scrapbook are posted there. I will also post them on my myspace page as well. And if you want to see them in person, I will be at Scrap-n-craft Monday night to show you all. I am so happy that it is done. Once I got more adhesive it went great. This is short. But i just wanted to let you know that it is done. I will post pictures spuradically with all my blog posts from now until I am done posting them. So here are five of them.











Hope you all enjoyed them. Until my next post more pages from scrapbook and also pages from the wedding. So bar with me. It might take a week for you to see all the pages.

Jodes

What the Ef?

Okay I thought we were supposed to have snow you know 5-10 inches in our area. So I was prepared to see more snow on the ground, see it snowing, what not when I woke up this morning. Nope. I heard it raining. I was like 'what?' This can't be good. Crap! This might make the number for the Ash Wednesday Leneten Supper down from last year. Since it is freezing rain, and then turning to scattered rain or snow showers. Wouldn't that be just perfect? Have us covered in ice, and then it snows. Of course it will happen. We are in WI, and we have to get this stupid rain, ice, and snow. I love winter with the snow, but not the damn ice. I will walk carefully tonight, and will drive carefully to church. That just means me not taking the highway, I will be going through town. Don't you just love having the College Ave. bridge out? I sure do! It makes my commute to church even longer. Great! Thanks city of Appleton. You could be working on it now and off and on. So it will be done in less time than scheduled. But wait a minute. That would be too damn easy for them to do. They are government workers, and what do expect from them. They don't work longer than they have to. Hold on! That is Ryan talking! Wow! For some reason I channeled Ryan in my rant, we know each other all to well. And it throws us off at times when we say what the other person would normally say. So we really do know each other well.

But I was being a smart a$$ in the begining of my rant if you didnt pick up on that. I hate driving all the way to Calumet street when roads are crappy. Then go to Tellulah, to College again. I have to leave that much earlier, and then have to deal with stupid people in the city. But I will do it when the weather is like this so I can get the food to church. Well, I will see most of you tonight. Drive safely and slow. I just had a semi go passed my house going really fast. And I wonder if he slowed down in time for the stop sign. I didn't hear any squealing of tires. So it can't be ice yet. We are at freezing right now. Talk to you all soon!

Jodes

What a busy weekend!

Man this weekend I was busy, granted it was spread out, but still it was busy. I had plans through out the day. First off, I got my first massage yesterday. 'Wow' and 'AAAA'! Is all I can say. I told Ryan he can get me a gift certificae to get one done again anytime. And I am thinking of doing the same for him. But when I put my clothes back on, I smelled like Peppermint oil, really smelled like peppermint oil. But it faded as the day went on. Then I went to the Johnson's house to hang out and shovel snow for them. Since Todd was out of town and obviously Tanya and Kathleen are in Idaho. I left about 12:30 or earlier to be to Seymour at 1 for my final fitting for my dress. I will pick it up either tomorrow or Tuesday. Went back to The Johnson's. I left there about 4 or so to go to Ryan's and hang out with him before we had to go to my cousin's house by 6pm. We watched my cousin's kids. They are so much fun. We have so much fun playing hide-n-seek, and trying to beat Ryan up. And just basically chasing Ryan and the kids around the house. Picture this hardwood floors, and you wearing socks. What do you think happens next? Take a guess and the winner gets a $1 from me (granted it will be a dollar from my Monopoly game but it still is a dollar. you just can't spend it. haha).

Today was Education hour and then church. Then went to Ryan's to chillax. Next weekend is going to be crazy busy. My future sister-in-law is setting up appointments for us to get nails done on Friday during the day, then it is the rehearsel at 6 and dinner to follow at Frank's Pizza Palace. I can't wait. Saturday is getting ready for the wedding, and then the wedding, drinking (water at least me) being on the party bus, and then the reception. Woo Hoo! Then Sunday March 1st Ryan and I were thinking of being able to come home and sleep. Yeah NOT! We have fellowship for the junior class, and then we have the Spaghetti Dinner worker pizza party and movie. So it sucks that I can't drink caffiene that day. Damn lent coming so early. But I think I will be able to handle it. Not sure though.

This week we will be pretty much at church every day except Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. M-I have scrap-n-craft, T-Ryan has dartball and I might come since I am scorekeeper (not sure yet. my cousin and I might go to see Twilight b4 it leaves the cheap seats, and W-Youth Lenten supper-Lenten service-safe haven.

Now onto the common theme for Lent. What are giving up this Lenten Season? I will be trying to give up soda or caffiene (at least caffiene that is in soda not chocolate), swearing, gossiping (if I do this), and letting the small things bug me (mainly when I am tired). So with this next weekend coming up, I am SCREWED I think. When I don't drink alcohol, I drink soda. Damn! And then on March 7th we are getting together with Ryan's co-worker's and I normally drink soda. Damn! But my reason for giving up soda is to help with me losing more weight. I am happy to report that since Christmas, I have lost 11 lbs. Woo Hoo! I am so happy. I feel pretty, and love my jeans feeling like they are going to fall off. My goal is to be able to fit into my size 14 jeans that I haven't been able to wear since 2000. And another goal for the weight loss is too look damn good for Ryan. I don't want to be a bigger size when we get married. I told that to Ryan. So he is also keeping me in check. If you are around him or us, and he says a comment like "you don't need that" or close to that. Don't get mad at him. He is helping me to keep in check and on track. Also, mainly to be healthy and happy. Healthy for myself and my kidney, and happy.

Can't believe how when you lose weight that it boosts your confidence level. I mean Ryan tells me all the time that I am pretty or sexy. I am like 'yeah right'. I think that in my head. I think I am pretty and sexy being fat? I don't feel pretty no matter how much he tells me. He gets mad at me when I say this to him out loud. Becaue he tries so hard to get me to listen to him. But since I lost weight in my face, thanks Prednisone (damn drug), and am noticing it on my hips and fat rolls. That I lost weight. Another cool thing is that the seamstress needs to take my dress in more with me losing weight. I was like wow on Saturday. Cool.

So for my dress I just have to make sure 'the girls' get put into place after the dress is tied up. Ladies, remember this please in case I forget. NO CORSET TYPE OF DRESS WHEN RYAN AND I GET MARRIED. FOR ME OR MY GIRLS. NO WAY! I couldn't get the dress closed over my fat a$$ so I took it to a lady in Seymour who added fabric to it and now it fits perfectly, and the girls don't cooperate with me. I hate strapless bras. Damn things! Well, that is it for now. Hope to see some of you tomorrow night at church. I will be to church by 6 to unlock the door to Room 5.

Talk to you all soon!
Jodes

Low-Key Week for once!

Well, this has been a low key week for Ryan and I. Last week we were really busy, either I was busy or he was busy or we both were busy at the same time. Man last week we only had Monday and Friday to chill and relax together. Now that the Spaghetti Dinner is over, we can take a big breathe and spend time together. Which is what we really need to keep our strong relationship well, strong. Not saying that our relationship whithers with us not being together that much. No, us being apart makes our relationship grow stronger. For us that goes into effect when he goes hunting in November at his parent's house, he goes up north with his dad to go fishing, or whatever makes us be apart for more than two days. Which is usually 4 to 5 days that we are apart, and in that time, it kills me when he is not here. He is my all time best friend, and we do damn near everything together. So when he is gone I feel lost, just like he feels lost when I am stuck in Madison in the hospital beyond my control. But me being in the hospital will not be happening.

Okay now back on track. This week we are able to spend more time together. Well, everyday this week, even if I have something going on I go to him either before or after my plans. Like tonight, I am meeting Diane at Barnes and Noble for our Bible Study on Exodus. Not liking Exodus now, I did before, but not when we talk about the offerings, describing an alter, describing a tent, and whatever they describe. Becky, can you ask Tim why we have to know that? This is were I gave up the last time I read Exodus. I gave up on Chapter 28, and we are on I think 23 or 24. Not sure, my bible is in the car.

Ladies, any idea on what Book of the Bible Diane and I should read next? Please help me with this. Talk to you soon!

Check out this picture that Jessie and I took last Wednesday night before we left church. This is a really cool picture. I have two. So email me if you want a copy of this picture I am happy to share. Are you intrigued now? I know you are so ENJOY!




These were taken, obviously of the cross in front of church when Jessie turned on the cross. Then she turned it off after I was done taking a picture of it. Again, ENJOY!

Jodes

More pages done!

Enjoy! These are the pages that my cousin Lauren and I did last Friday before we went to her high school to watch the Girls Basketball Game (1st half) and then watch her perform with her band. She is in the color guard.

Jodes

Spaghetti Dinner 2/15/09

Hope all who came to the Spaghetti Dinner had fun, enjoyed the food, and also enjoyed the service. The kids really did do a good job. And this year is the first year that Ryan and I don't feel majorly stressed out after the event. See we let the kids do more than in previous years since it is there event. Which seemed to go good, and they were willing to do it. I have to say we had a bunch of good workers this year. No problems came about during the Spaghetti Dinner. And only heard one bad complaint, but everyone that was working it heard the same complaint over and over. "I don't want to be seated in Room 3, that does away with tradition, and it just isn't the same." What the hell is what we all were thinking. Sorry if it isn't the same. It looked damn good in Room 3 and it was quieter than being in the gym. Oh well, we can't make everyone happy. Especiall at our church. Someone is going to complain about something. We know that.

And having the one shift seemed to go better, also with opening at 10:30 seemed to go good also. We had about 10-15 people in the restaurant when we opened at 10:30. Which I think helped so we didn't get the rush. And from what I have heard about how we did, is we served more people than 2 years ago, and we made more money than two years ago. So that is great. So I am thinking we are going to be keeping it at one shift. The hours will more than likely stay the same for next year. So come to our Spaghetti Dinner next year on February 14th in the gym. Have good food, great fellowship, and just have a good time. Until next time!
Jodes

Spaghetti Dinner 2/15/09 #3

Aww! Cute picture of Pastor Tim and his beautiful wife Becky.


Gabi getting beverages for Room 3 and almost running into the desert cart


Our amazing soup servers!


Our amazing soup servers 2!

My final entry for the Spaghetti Dinner. Sorry it is soo many. If this blog would take more than 5 pictures at a time, then I wouldn't need to do more than 4 blog posts. Hope you enjoy looking at the pictures!
Jodes

Spaghetti Dinner 2/15/09 #2

A Dessert Room worker(Kimmie Mulemans)


Our loyal customers!


Our loyal customers!


Our loyal customers!


Our loyal customers!

I will be doing one or more posts on the Spaghetti Dinner. We have a lot of pics. So please bare with me. Enjoy!
Jodes

Spaghetti Dinner 2/15/09 #1

Jessie and Alishia


Joey and Owen


Alisha and Joey taking a break!


Ryan in the dessert room


Ryan pooring more minestrone soup into the Nesco

I will be doing one or more posts on the Spaghetti Dinner. We have a lot of pics. So please bare with me. Enjoy!
Jodes

Spaghetti Dinner Set-up #2

Salad bar


View of Stations 1 and 2


Room 3 counter set-up


Room 3


Room 3

I will be doing one or more posts on the Spaghetti Dinner. We have a lot of pics. So please bare with me. First I will do set-up and then it will be the meal on Sunday. Enjoy!
Jodes

Spaghetti Dinner set-up #1

Station 1 set-up


Station 2 set-up


Station 3


Station 3


Station 4

I will be doing one or more posts on the Spaghetti Dinner. We have a lot of pics. So please bare with me. First I will do set-up and then it will be the meal on Sunday. Enjoy!
Jodes

High School Basketball at its finest!

Well, last night Ryan and I went to Hortonville's Girls Basketball game for the first half. Actually, the Vasity Girls, but we caught the end of the JV game. Wow, being in my old high school was so weird. I felt old, and bigger. I remember our commons, the gathering area before you walked into our Field House was much bigger. Last night, not so much. Anyway's our main reason for going to the game was to watch my cousin Lauren perform in Color Guard at half-time.

When the Varsity game first started the band played the fight song, Wow! That is all I can say. I used to know the song really well, now I can only remember a couple lines. I am drawing a blank. All I remember is this: When Hortonville sets out to play the game, you'll find the competion's not the same....... That is all with the you raw raw tone. Oh and I should say. We didn't know that it was a girls game until Lauren told us last night on the way to the game. So Ryan got cheesed big time. See he doesn't women's basketball at all. And now I don't either. They move slow, are affraid to get rough, and don't take shots when they should. But we had entertainment for awhile. There is a girl on the Hortonville Girls Varsity Basketball Team that I swear looks exactly like a boy. I had to take a double and triple take. Ryan was like WOW! She looks like a boy, and has the stupid boy haircut. But sounds like a girl. I mean she is majorly butch.

So anyway's, after my cousin performed and the awesome Poms dance team performed. We left. Ryan was so happy then. He was starting to piss me off. I was telling him about when I was in high school, and he would say in a pissy attitude, I don't care. I was kind of hurt and offended by that. I actually do like my high school. I may bad mouth it at times, but I can do that. There were certain I didn't like about high school. But I miss going to the games, dances, being with friends, and being in choir. Plus one or two classes that is all. Ryan said last night on the way home. That I told him for the first time in 8 years that I like my high school and miss it. I have told him that before. See I can put down my high school, he can't. He gets sometimes, the I'm better than you attitude or my high school was better than yours. Being that they were higher ranked academically, but we weren't stuck up and all pot heads. But I just told him that I would appreciate it if I am showing him my high school, he could at least be a little more receptive about it and say that's cool. Or something supportive like that.

Men are putz's and don't think before they speak. They complain and complain. Pissing you off. Then when you say simmer the attitude down, since they are doing something they don't want to do, you tell them that you have done many things that you didn't want to do. But did it anyway's without complaining. So Ryan asked me what. I could have said some stuff, but didn't it would have hurt his feelings. So I said the last time we went to The Bar. I didn't want to go and neither did he, but we did to be nice. Then he says that I do complain when I am doing something I don't want to do with him. I was like whatever not true. Then he said I guilted him into coming. I only said this, "Lauren would like it if you would come to see her perform, but you don't have to come if you don't want to." Ladies, is that a guilt trip? Please tell me. I think it could be partially, but I left the decision up to him. I really could laid it on thick, but I didn't. Anyway's, enough of my venting about last night. By the way the JV girls won, and the Vasity girls lost. Talk to you all later!

Jodes

Four more pages here they come!

Page 11


Page 12 behind 11


Page 13


Page 14 behind 13

Here are four more pages. Enjoy! Oh, and I am so organized that I have all the sheets I want to use already in the sheet protectors, now all I have to do is just work on the pictures and adding stuff to the pages.

More pages done! Woo Hoo!

I am on one heck of a roll! I am just plugging away at the pictures. Beck, I know you asked me how that is possible. I thought about that today. I have an answer for you. One, I am taking an online class, so free time there. Two, I have no kids. I work on it at Ryan's when watching tv, at home when my dad is gone, and at my aunt and uncle's house next door to me with my cousin and aunt. We are going to do more pages tomorrow night as well. I am hoping to be done by February 27th. And then my next scrapbook will be.... Shhh! Don't tell Ryan. This is an idea from my really good friends Jen and Becky. I am going to do a book for Ryan about us. I might need to talk to Becky or Jen about that one before I do it. I can't wait. I am a natural. I can't help it. My grandma is the crafty lady, and now I am. These are the traits she has handed down to me and taught me to do. Sewing by hand and on a machine (have one coming to me when Ryan and I get married. It is a desk type thing were the machine pops up and down pretty cool), cross-stitch, crocheting, cooking, playing piano (actually organ, don't tell Leann. I am not that good. I only know how to play easy songs, and I have to write the stupid letters on the keyboard in pencil to know were I am and write the notes on the page. Not the greatest. Yes I do have an organ as well). Man Ryan and I will be set when we get a house in the future with an organ and sewing machine unit desk thing. Not sure what it is called. So I will take more pictures of my pages that are done. Here they are.


Page 7


Page 8 right behind 7


Page 9


Page 10 behind 9

I will show you ladies and everyone else this scrapbook on February 23rd. I plan to have only a page or two to do that night at Scrap-n-craft that day. So I can let my brother and future sister-in-law Melissa (after the wedding she will be known as my sister so you aren't confused. we already call ourselves sister to each other)at the rehearsel (sp?) dinner so they can let me know if they want it at the reception. Will take more pics as I get more pages done. I will be either cracking out two or four tonight before I go to bed. My dad isn't home he is at the bar. And you ladies don't have to worry if he is drinking his sorrows away by getting drunk. He always went down to Kountry Bar even before my mom was dead. Wow, that is the first time I actually said that she was dead. I normally say passed, gone, whatever. But not dead.

Question: Is anyone annoyed when they add pictures in their blog (more than one of course) that the first one is on the bottom and the last one is on the top? I am annoyed. I have to remember every time to change that. Unless I am doing something wrong. Or I could just add them in reverse order. Becky and Jen, Help me with that one. You guys add pics on your blog. Tell me how you guys do it. I am flustered on how to change it. And what does it mean when it has none, left, right, center, bottome. What does that mean? Is that were we want the picture posted? I am an idiot with that part. PLEASE HELP! Now okay. I am off to crack out four more pages tonight. I will take pics when I am done. Then put them in the book. I work quick when I have the radio on. No quiet sounds for me. Talk to you all later!
Jodes

Pages done for my mom's scrapbook 2

This is page six behind five

Pages done for my mom's Scrapbook

It goes black white black white. Just so you know! Enjoy! There will be one more post with my final page on it and it is a white page.


This is my 1st page


This is my 2nd page right behind 1


This is page 3


This is page 4 behind 3


This is page 5

Hope you liked these pages. There is more to come.
Jodes

My mom's scrapbook!

Okay, I am happy to report that I have four pages done already. I am so proud of myself and Ryan said "Jodie is so creative." Not sure if he was being serious or being a smart a$$. But I made him look at the pages done thus far, and he said "Wow!" No that was a smart a$$ comment.

But I am so proud of myself and can't wait to work on more pages. My cousin and aunt will be collaborating pages with me, ie helping to do some pages and doing what they want, on Friday when my cousin gets home from school. Then Ryan and I will be joining my cousin, aunt, and uncle to go to her high school to watch her basketball game and to also (mainly) watch my cousin perform in Colorguard. I can't wait. Ryan is acting like a man with this. His comment was "I don't like basketball." I was thinking then why in the hell did you go to the UWGB Men's Basketball game with the group from church. Ummm DUH! Right ladies? He will have fun. My aunt, uncle, and cousin really love Ryan. And he is practically family anyway's he is just not "offically" family yet.

Back to my mom's scrapbook. Becky I ran out of adhesive the kind you use. I was like damn it. I was just attaching a picture of my mom in her wedding dress and then ran out. Don't worry I am not out, I am just out of clear adhesive. So no more vellum right now. Crap! But I will make it work. Well, that is enough for now. Talk to you all know. I am off to start the dishes, finish them tomorrow, and then off to bed tonight.

Jodes

Weekend plans!

My plans for Saturday is this going ice fishing with Ryan being back before the bus leaves. And then going to Becky's to have them help me with my mom's scrap book. I can't wait. We will have a lot of fun then. I mean since the boy's are going to the UWGB Men's basketball game and we are doing a chick thing. And I agree with Becky and Jen it is a squeaky game. And they have squeaky feet. I don't understand basketball, but if Ryan remembers I might go with him next year. Not sure. See I have never been to a college basketball game or professional game. I have only been to high school games.

My plans for Sunday is going to church, going to bible study, and then just chilling out with my beloved. Driving each other nuts, which happens sometimes. I like having a day to just chill out and relax with Ryan. Maybe I can convince him to watch a movie or something. Who knows what we will do.

Well, that is about all. Right now we are spending soem time together since we haven't seen each other much this week. So that is what we are doing tonight. Well, I am going to get back to spending time with Ryan. Talk to you all on the flip side.

Jodes

Heat wave is coming!

Well, it is finally nice outside, but a little chill in the air. But there are no below zero temps, below zero wind chills. Nope. We are creeping ever so closely to the freezing temperature. Which will feel like a heat wave to us frozen Wisconsinites. I love winter, summer, fall, and spring. Call me a "Girl for all Seasons." I don't know what I would do if I didn't have my four seasons. The change of the seasons is so pretty. When the snow melts and the birds start coming alive and all the animals start to do their thing (ie get twitter patted from bambi). In the winter the snowfall that makes everything a sheet or blanket of white. Covering all the trees and everything is so pretty to me. Not the ice mind you. Damn ice! Will shed light on why I hate ice later. When flowers start to bloom, leaves turn colors and start to fall. I think I described all the seasons. Not sure I might have doubled up on one. Don't know. Summer is warm, not too warm hopefully and you can go swimming and stay up late. Since it doesn't get dark until like 10pm. Which is awesome.

Okay now onto why I hate or dispise ice. See I feel on the ice the day before my mom's funeral. So that has left a lasting memory in me that receiving lines suck big time. First off people don't move quick enough, they get caught up. Talking way too much when you have no damn idea who the heck they are. Then there is no chair to sit down, since you are completely and totally sore all over mind you. I didn't feel comfortable and myself until the funeral was over. And everyone left. Then we could sit on the pew in the entry way. Felt good to sit. Then we got to loading the plants, all the damn plants. After that we left. I changed into comfy clothes. Felt really good to get out of dressy clothes. My mom would have been proud of me. Then we could finally eat lunch. See I only had a nutragrain bar for breakfast that day at like 8 am. So I was starving by the time 1pm came around. Then the next night I went out to my garage with my slippers on, fell on my a$$. Didn't hurt myself though. Must have enough padding back there or didn't fall that hard. I was like "Damn it mom!" "Stop tripping me!" Which I swear she did the day before her funeral and after. My cousins agree with me as well. Ryan just looks at me like I am smoking something funky. I am not. Think about it though. I did. And now I am also like crap I can't get away with anything now. My mom will know and see everything I do. Crap! But all is good. Well, that is all for now. I better get moving so I can go to Barnes and Noble to meet Diane for our bible study. Talk to you all later!

Jodes

When will I feel like my old self?

Hmmm, that is the question that I have been asking myself since everything happened with my mom. I thought this when she was in the hospital, and then after she died. Wow, it is truly amazing how much I miss her. And miss talking to her. I miss her ticking me off, and her smart a$$ comments. She was a pistol and I miss that. I miss just hanging out with her as well. But my dad is having a harder time with it than I am. Which is to be expected. He was married to her for 34 years, had two kids, and now only has us left. He has told me many nights "what if we would have done the tracheotomy?" I tell him that we followed what mom wanted and that if she could talk she would have said the same thing. And there are times when he tells me that I have no clue what he is going through. I have gotten mad at that, and have told him this. I may not know what it is like to lose your better half, I don't, but I do know what it is like to lose a mom that I loved so much that there aren't enough words to describe it. He says I know, and then says the same damn comment again. I tell him that if he thinks he is the only one having a hard time with her lose, which he thinks sometimes, then he is dead wrong. Jeremy and I are having a hard time with our mom's loss. The only thing that is different with us than my dad, is we are in the word of God, and we stick by our decision. The one my mom said to all of us. Granted I had doubts after her death, about the "what if" questions. Then I just remembered what she was like in her last hour of life. And then that answers my question. So I also tell my dad that as well.

He only seems to have a harder time with her death when he is drinking. I have tried to give him the word of God, and thought that with having Pastor Tim and Pastor Marty at the hospital with us. He would get a change of heart, well nope. He is one of God's lost sheep. And I just don't know what to do. I don't know anymore I can say to him about this. I know that we all grieve in different ways, obviously. But he thinks that with him seeing me the way I am, that I am not having a hard time with her loss. I told him that I may not look like i miss her, but I do. I just have a different way of mourning. I don't like to cry in public, makes me feel weak. But if you would have seen me pre-super bowl. When they were interviewing one of the players on the Cardinals team, whose mom died. You would have seen me with tears in my eyes. That really hit home for me. Or if we see a sappy movie, with the youth or young adults, then I will have tears. Or just by what people say sometimes. But I am getting better with the crying thing. Trust me they are on the surface. It doesn't take much these days in church to make me cry. Okay, I needed talk about this. I will talk to you all real soon!

Jodes

PITTSBURGH STEELERS Super Bowl 43 Champions!!

All I can say is "Woot Woot!" And what a game. Holy crap I thought the Cards were going to pull out a victory, but nope. The Steel curtain came crashing down on the Cards. Okay, enough trash talk and sports talk. I have had my fill for now. I don't follow basketball, so don't care about the NCAA, Final Four or whatever they do. Don't care on bit. Football is my sport. And I ask stupid questions to Ryan just to tick him off. But today I asked logical smart questions. Like for instance, how many personal fouls can a player have before they are ejected (he said either 2 or 3 he isn't sure Tim how many?), what does XL stand for (40 i didn't know that until today), what is the difference between encrochment(sp?)-false start-i can't think of the third one (but they basically mean the same damn thing so why not call it one damn word?) Ryan said to that last response I had, he said just so I would ask a stupid question like that. Now that isn't a stupid. I can think of more stupid questions that, obviously. I do when I want to tick him off or get him going. ;) That is what women are for. Right?

I am so tired. I couldn't fall asleep last night until about midnight. And that totally threw off my sleep schedule. If I go to bed before midnight I can get up in the morning like at 8 and not be tired all day. Past midnight, crap I am draggin all day. I need caffiene to wake me up. Which I have been cutting back on. Per Ryan's request. That is part of my "Healthy Lifestyle" that I want. If I need a soda, I try to be very good and have one a day, today that got screwed up. I have more when I am tired. Then I try to only eat when I am hungry. That seems to be working. I read on an article about weight loss. And they asked skinny people how do you maintain you fgure. Well, they said I only eat when I am hungry. So that is what I am trying really hard to do. And eating more salads at lunch and dinner really helps. Oh, and if I don't have soda I drink seltzer water or sparkling water. I try to stay away from sparkling flavored water. That stuff has added sugar in it. And seltzer water has no calories, no sodium, no sugar, no nothing. Very good for you. And I am drinking now Caffeine Free soda. Since I can't drink Diet soda. I can't because it gives mea migraine for two straight days until it is out of my system. So I just avoid it all together. And Ryan wants me to cut out soda completely. Well, that needs to happen in baby steps. But I said I will try. He said okay. So far with cutting back on soda, drinking seltzer water, eating when hungry, and eating healthier I lost 6 lbs. Sweet. Ryan said he hasn't noticed. I have in my clothes. I look much better, sort of. I notice it though. Well, that is enough on that for now. This week I am starting back up with water aerobics. They will be back to normal hours. Woo! Hoo! Can't wait. Going to bed. I am flipping tired. Nighty night all!

Jodes