Giveaway at a friends...

hey ya'll!  Check out my friend over at The Toy Box Years is having a birthday giveaway.  Her blog is now a year old...check it out!  The giveaway on day 7 is from my etsy store!  Check out my etsy store here.  I've been adding things...so if you've looked before and it's only been earrings, check again!  In a week or so i'll be doing another giveaway so keep checking back!  If you are interested in my sponsoring a giveaway on your blog, let me know!  I'm totally for that. :)

dowdy motherhood and weight loss dreams!

hey ya'll.  So, am I alone in my quest to want to be thinner?  Give a shout out ya'll, after birthing many babies, the weight just doesn't fall off anymore!  I'm not sure it ever did...but don't tell!  So yeah, after all the children...i was huge! (this is pre-miss v days)

I've now lost around 30 pounds.  But there were many years when I tried thing after thing and nothing worked.  Believe me...I tried it all!  So, two and a half years ago, I decided to try running.  yup.  running.  got the shoes.  check.  got the clothes.  check.  got the spot to run.  check.  got the hubby to come home and watch the children...no check.

you got it.  while MM was thrilled that i wanted to get in shape, he wasn't so good at coming home in time for me to run.  so two years ago, i decided to join Curves.  My husband asked why.  My answer is simple...if you are paying for it, you're more likely to come home!

So I joined.  It's been two years...and i've lost almost 30 pounds.  In that time, i've gotten pregnant and given birth to a precious 11.5 pound baby girl...all the while losing weight.  Trust me, I have plenty to get rid of! lol.

So for years I've wished I could pull off those cute spring time fashions...you know, the sleeveless little dresses that are so cute...and my arms just were NOT going to agree to that.  After two years, my arms are finally decent enough that I tried on one of those cute lil spring dresses.  So I tried one on, and came out of the dressing room...and MM's face was....amazed.  He said that he loved the way I looked in this dress, and we *had* to buy it!  So we did.  And today, I'm wearing a lovely springtime dress...see?

 If my other computer would let me get to the pictures, i could prolly find an older one. :)  Anyway, I know it might not be thrilling to ya'll, but I feel great!!!

May 3

Today is May 3.  It was 13 years ago today that my maternal grandmother passed away.  My baby girl, Miss V, is named after my Grandmother...we called her "mawmaw".  seems hardly possible that it was 13 years ago.

How she'd enjoy these great grand babies...

I can hear her say how much AJ, CG, and V look like me...and my mom....and her.

All the memories I have from so many years ago...

I wonder if somewhere there is a pic of my grandmother and me...like this one of my mom and miss v.

Amazingly...there are so many memories...like the time that I wanted to enter a cooking competition with my grandmothers shrimp stew...and needed a recipe.  and she didn't have one.  My mom drove us to her house to measure while she cooked....so i could have a recipe.  won a blue ribbon with her recipe.  Miss her so much.

She would love these babies.  AJ looks so much like her...and me...and my mom.  AR LOVES to cook...she'd love that!  CM loves to eat...she'd love that too!  CG...looks a lot like her too...and Miss V....oh how she'd love Miss V.  The giggles, the eating, the playing....she'd love it all!

I miss her...so much.  and i see so much of her in my mother...you know....she spoils her grandbabies just like my grandma did.  so looks forward to seeing her grandbabies, and cooking to their preferences.  How blessed are my children to have such time with their grandmother.  I love my mom...greatest grandma ever, next to my gramma that is.

Playing along with Keely over at MannLand5...check her out!

The questions..

1. Are you superstitious?
   Not really.  OCD yes...

2. If you were an animal..what kind would you be?
   cat.  so i could own the world and not worry about anyone else!

3. You would never catch me wearing.........?
  spandex.  fat people just shouldn't...

4.  If someone posts a VLOG..do you watch it?
  what's a VLOG? ha!

5. Have you ever waxed your girlie/manly parts..or any other part of your body?
  nope.  i get my eyebrows waxed though.

6. Are you a spender or a saver?
a spender.

7. If  you were starring in a movie..who would you want to play your leading man/woman?
does my husband count?  if i have to pick...sean connery.  or richard gere.

8. Smoker..never smoked..social smoker..or smoked back in the day?
never.