Fat Ass Friday 4

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Starting weight: 257.4
Last week's weight: 253.2
Current weight: 250.0
Weight +GAIN / -LOSS this week: -3.2
Total weight lost: -7.4

My Weight Watcher App - so pretty.

My goal weight up there is my 5%. My mini goal to focus on this week is to get out of the damn 250s.

This week obviously went WAY BETTER than last week. I'm still blaming being a girl for last week. And the fact that I wanted to meet a life size chocolate easter bunny  in a dark alley and gnaw off its face.

I have a recipe for y'all - woohoo. Pizza Bake - It's easy peasy and AMAZEBALLS - it's 8 points+ if you do six generous servings.

I went to Zumba TWICE again - I KNOW! It's becoming a habit or something. And I really am doing better in class. I feel like I'm gonna die after 20 minutes instead of 10 now. I even bounced which I've been avoiding because I was afraid a boob would pop out. But I got a new sports bra - which keeps the girls all snug. TMI? deal.

The linky is gonna work like this - ANY post you wrote this week referring to your weight / losing weight / being healthier CAN be linked up. I would appreciate if you mentioned me but meh - whatev. Then random.org will pick someone from this week's link and I WILL SEND YOU A PRIZE (or something) Just a little initiative for you to link up and spread the love. Last weeks winner is (insert drumroll) MIMI!!! YAY - you won some Pear Tree Address Labels.

What to wear for my big GNO?

I've been using the initials GNO for Girl's Night Out ALL week. I try to work it into normal conversations too.

I tend to overthink things. Mostly because my life is super boring and I have nothing better to do.

So I was thinking winter casual?

I would probably be a big hit in this cupcake dress! Who doesn't LOVE cuppycakes?

Or maybe just a standard party dress? with fancy bling?

Too Sexy?

Black is great standby. I just don't know!

Yes I am crazy but my friend JennyKate told me Crazy is the new black. So maybe I should wear black.

I weighed in today. So if you want all the details come back tomorrow for FAT ASS FRIDAY!

2011 Calender {finally}

I finished the 2011 calendar. ummm...yesterday. I did on Scrapblog and found out scrapblog is getting purchased by mixbook and is probably gonna be totally lame.

And you people said you wanted a swap! so sign up for the lollipoppin swap already. Or I will be super sads. and G will be super sads. Look at that face. DO IT!

Oh and I forgot to design a cover for the calendar so it's entirely possible that everything will be off a month and December will be blank.

I will also upload these pictures to Walgreen's and put them in a little album that I keep on my desk.

Swap. ALL the cool kids are doing it. If I can guilt talk them into it.

Cheer up already!

Do you have the winter blues? Ready to fast forward to Late Spring? ME TOOO!

Sheila and I have teamed-up to bring you the CHEER UP SWAP. We want you to send fun things to your partner that help spread the happy. Think FUN BRIGHT colors and pretty much anything that makes you happy!

• RULES:
• You MUST be an ACTIVE Blogger!!!
• Spend $20- $30 BEFORE shipping
• SHIP your item on February 16th or 17th
• You can SIGN UP here or at Sheila's through January 30th
• You'll have a partner and details by February 2

Fill out the form - we'll give you the ok - then grab the button - and do your post!

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Ra-Ra-ooh-la-la Tuesday

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I often wonder what random people's FB statuses would say.

Like the lady behind me at the grocery store might FB update with  "The lady in front of me needs to get her brat under control - he just threw a grape at me"

Or maybe i'm at target and the cashier might update with "Just saw a chick with the CUTEST boots - but wow that sweater was NOT flattering"

Grayson yodels now. Oh-Da-Lay-EEEE-OOOOOOH. yep - cutest.thing.ever. and he says "love your face"

and "Welcome" in place of Thank you.

I AM going to the RHOK out that I mentioned last week. My sister is going to come help with Chris with G because Chris is obviously incompetent.

Now I'm freaking out because they ALL have better hair than me and WHAT am I going to wear?! and I haven't had girls night out (GNO) in a million years and what if I get REALLY SUPER drunk on my 1-2ish drinks and make an ass out of myself. It's been known to happen. Like when I danced in the cage at a tax party. or when I passed out on the hood of my car.

AND I suck at small talk. I always say something totally offensive or outright dumb. And I'm going to drink to get over my nerves. This is going to be a train-wreck. Don't worry - I will blog all about it.

I'm reading Dean Koontz - What the Night Knows - it seriously gives me the heebie jeebies. because not only did I have weird "what if I run into somebody in the middle of the night on the way to the kitchen" feelings before reading it - now I don't want to look in a mirror (and not for the normal reasons). shudders.

 I also ordered myself a Silhouette SD for my upcoming birthday (February 4th). I haven't told my husband or anything. And *might* only tell him if he gets home before me the day it comes. HAPPPPAYYYY BIIIRTHDAAAY to me.

I'm thisclose to having 500 followers. I know I've talked about how the number doesn't matter. But it's just there taunting me. I like big fat round numbers. They give a completely false sense of "you like me - you really like me" OR you just enjoy the ride on this crazy train. Whatev  - I'll take it and I LOVE YOUR FACE!

Gettin' crafty up in here

I love when I come across a craft that looks awesome AND easy enough that even I can do it.

I saw this craft on Ucreate which linked to The Secret Stitch Club Rosette Frame Tutorial. It also came with the free printable.  Mine is 5x7

I feel like it's great for me because sewing is a definite Go-To for stress relief.

I showed Chris and he said "Pretty - what picture are you going to put in it?" yeah really.

Fat Ass Friday 3

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I did really bad this week. I took my husband on a kid-free date to the movies and Red Lobster. And I ate movie popcorn and inhaled cheddar biscuits. I used pretty much ALL my extra weekly points on Saturday alone. and the rest throughout the week. But I kept track of everything - Good and Bad (cheddar biscuits) and I did go to Zumba TWICE.

I have not weighed in this week YET because of a snow day shutdown. BUT I will be weighing Friday sometime somewhere and will update THIS POST.

Starting weight: 257.4
Last week's weight: 252.6
Current weight: 253.2
Weight +GAIN / -LOSS this week: +.06
Total weight lost: -4.2

F You weight watchers. I'm totally blaming "Girl Stuff" for this week's gain. And will do better next week. the end.

My kinda sorta goal for this week was to lose the 2ish pounds and get out of the 250s but I have no lollipoppin idea if that happened because of the freakin snow.

The linky is gonna work like this - ANY post you wrote this week referring to your weight / losing weight / being healthier CAN be linked up. I would appreciate if you mentioned me but meh - whatev. Then random.org will pick someone from this week's link and I WILL SEND YOU A PRIZE (or something) Just a little initiative for you to link up and spread the love.

*Thanks so much to Kim at seven thirty three designs for the new fat ass button and the navi bar and header update* I also have a mobile version of my blog now so if you look at it on your iphone - it's super awesome. just sayin.

2nd Quilt EVER - DONE!

I finished my 2nd Quilt - YAYAYAYAYAYYAY. Which I had said was going to be a quilt for me - all MINE but actually ended up being a quilt for Chris. That just means I get to buy more fabric (secret yay)

I used this tutorial / recipe from Moda Bake Shop. I used the same fabrics that they recommended because I don't like to venture out too far on my own. I DID add 2 more rows of squares because Chris wanted BIGGER.

At first I was super excited because it was so much easier to cut and sew than my FIRST one.  

Then I got to the quilting. SHOOT ME IN THE HEAD! My first problem is that I used cheap thread. And it kept breaking. And the bobbin kept getting catching weird and I would have to undo and redo like 50 freakin times.

Finally got the quilting done and that's when my machine broke and I almost died.  

Got my machine back. YAY. Went to sew on the binding and sewed it on WRONG !ALL.THE.WAY.AROUND.ALLLLLL. 4. SIDES. F ME - so I had to spend an afternoon seam ripping so that I could sew it on the right way.

I referred to Care's 1st Quilt Ever Tutorial at Obsessively Stitching about 4,722 more times to do this quilt. It's a GREAT resource.

This is Chris holding up his quilt so that you can see how big it is.

PS - I'm using the new blog post editor crap and it makes me want to slit my wrists with my staple remover. It took me hour to write this lollipoppin' post because the pictures wouldn't do what I wanted them to.

Holla Holla woot woot

Wow - I gained all kinds of new followers while I wasn't here. Hi - new followers and old followers and newish/oldish followers. ME LOVE U LONG TIME.

I took off work Thursday at noon and didn't come back until today. And of all those days - I only had Grayson on Sunday. wooofreakinhooo.

I love the little guy - but I needed a mental break.



I was thinking of him while I spent all those kid-free hours doing crafty-type stuff - see... I made him a pillow case.

Oh and Chris was watching Terminator Salvation and G came in the room and watched like 5 minutes of it. And now he says the "robots are coming" and is traumatized for life.

So a bunch of my bloggy friends are on The Rhok - which is the Real Housewives of Oklahoma - which means they are local to me. The Rhok is having a Rhok-out - girls night out - at a local restraurant / deuling piano bar. Are you following all this?

I asked Chris if I could go Rhok-out. And he said that he doesn't like their name and the whole thing sounds shady. He's completely irrational. That "they probably act like those Real Housewive of Orange County" KA-RAZY

Do you see why I needed a mental break?!