Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Weight loss round who knows anymore


I have had one heck of a hard time losing weight this round. It seems that I have more cravings than I thought I have had in the past. I usually go walking outside but its been too dang cold so I thought to myself that I would wake up early in the morning and workout. Well all that that has done is make me too lazy to get out of my warm bed.
I know I can do this.
Tyler needs me to do this to stay healthy. I will try harder. I need to.

Friday, January 23, 2009

8 Things

Liz tagged me, so here I go:


8 Shows you watch:
  1. The Biggest Loser
  2. Private Practice
  3. Greys Anatomy
  4. The Office
  5. Lost
  6. The Mentalist
  7. As the World Turns
  8. Ghost Whisperer

8 Restaurants I love:

  1. Red Robin
  2. Olive Garden
  3. Cheesecake Factory
  4. Subway
  5. Wendy's
  6. Taco Time
  7. Gia Como's in Oklahoma
  8. Claim Jumper

8 Things I did yesterday:

  1. Fell asleep feeling loved
  2. Played with my son
  3. Checked email
  4. Watched The Office with Karl
  5. Changed my sons diaper
  6. Called my sister
  7. Gave away banana bread
  8. Went to work

8 things I look forward to:

  1. Watching my son grow up
  2. Having another baby
  3. Going back to college
  4. Moving into a house
  5. Talking to Tyler when he gets older
  6. Giving gray hairs to Karl
  7. Getting out of debt
  8. De-junking/getting organized

8 wishes:

  1. To keep my friends close
  2. Go to Disneyworld
  3. To have faith in the world
  4. To not worry about money
  5. For good health
  6. That I could go visit all my friends
  7. I can lose weight and be happy with my body
  8. Tyler grows up healthy and strong

8 People I tag:

  1. Sunny
  2. Rachael
  3. Julie
  4. Jennifer
  5. Morgan
  6. Rachel
  7. Jennie
  8. Rachael

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Post 51, 51 things about me!

I had a great idea after Superwoman posted 100 things about her and her family that I would do the same at my 50th post, because I don't blog as much as her 50 was pretty reasonable. What I didn't realize on my last post is that it was the 50th post so I will do it on this one. Enjoy!

1. I have 7 nieces 5 of them are red heads.
2. I met Karl 4 years before we got married. Poor Karl.
3. The farthest east I have been is Branson, Missouri.
4. I wanted, when I was little, to marry a twin and have two sets of twins, so I would only have to be pregnant twice.
5. I love to do pottery, but it is expensive.
6. My first friend when I moved to Washington, in second grade, was Amber Baird.
7. I loved being in Oklahoma but I am terrified of tornados so I will not live there.
8. I love the feeling of complete relaxation right before I fall asleep.
9. My first phone number that I remember is 276-1444.
10. I only had my first cell phone for two weeks, then I cancelled it because I decided to go on a mission.
11.I will forever be teased by this by my sisters, but my first boyfriends name was Bo-Bo.
12. I love Pendleton Oregon.
13. I like cats and frogs but you will not catch me wearing apparel with animals on them.
14. Rascal Flatts is my favorite country singing group.
15. I want to be more organized but I feel lost getting there.
16. I love football when nascar is on but I will not ever miss nascar. (Sorry Superwoman)
17. I love being in nature.
18. I love waking up when the snow has just fallen and no one has messed it up.
19. I have eaten menudo.
20. I love Dr Pepper.
21. I love being a mom, its the only job I want to have, where I don't get paid in monies.
22. I don't like nuts in brownies or banana bread.
23. If I could have a piece of chocolate, big or small everymeal I would.
24. I have been to see Savage Garden, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith, Bill Engvall and Kenny Chesney in concert, 3 out of five were with Superwoman.
25. My favorite childrens movie was Mary Poppins, I used to have the record and I would play it and dance in my room to it.
26. I have always wanted to know, not just meet, but know my fathers mother. She fasinates me.
27. I am proud of the fact that I can budget pretty good. Just need more money to budget.
28. I don't like to leave Tyler with other people because I always feel like I am going to miss out on something awesome happening.
29. I am the second of five in my family.
30. I turn 30 this year.
31. I like strawberries and I like bananas but I do not like them combined.
32. I am most comfortable in sweat pants and a t-shirt.
33. I have a scar on my forehead from when I had spinal menongitis when I was a baby.
34. I cannot fall asleep in a car.
35. My grandma is a wonderful painter, if I could decorate my whole house in her paintings I would.
36. I am scared of being alone.
37. I always know what I want to spend my money on when I don't have it, but when I do have it I forget.
38. I drove a moped when I was little up a tree stump and got stuck.
39. Karl and I fight over who's turn it is to cook not because we don't want to but because we do.
40. When I was little my heros were Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Brite, not the new version.
41. My nickname in 4th grade was caves, it was when I learned the ability to flare my nostrils.
42. I have a secret handshake with my brothers.
43. The snow falls best when I do the snowflake dance.
44. I was born in the same hospital as my brother Louie, they tore it down afterwards. No more Peterson's could be born there :(
45. I broke my toe, or just severely sprained it, on my mission while playing soccer.
46. My feet are huge, I have to wear mens shoes to be comfortable.
47. I don't wear any makeup, it feels too thick on my face.
48. I have to have music on when I am in the shower. The silence drives me crazy.
49. I played the clarinet in junior high, I wish I didn't quit.
50. I have always wanted to play the piano but my piano teacher moved :(
51. When I was little, like 5, I remember being mad that men could take off their shirts outside but I could not.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

If you had $100 to spend

If I had a hundred dollars to spend in my current situation I would want to use it to pay off bills. Spending money specifically on fun things makes me feel guilty all the time I mean ALL THE TIME. Karl hates it when we go grocery shopping because I always ask him if he really needs the name brand, yes I will admit name brand tastes better, but I have resigned myself to store brand things because I can use my money for other things that lasts longer than food. This argument works on everything food related except for dr pepper and chocolate, don't get me started. Anyway so we were given $100 to spend but it had to be on something fun. We did go out to Jimmy Mac's last night and it was nice to see our friends and I explained the situation and how nice it was for the person to think of us and give us the money, but it was still hard for me to justify spending the money on something fun. It was Sunny's birthday so Debbie, my bestest sister, watched Tyler while we went out. After dinner we all decided to go to walmart, to find something fun. Well it didn't serve the whole purpose, but Karl and I did enjoy spending time together, we bought a new scale, hopefully this will jump start me on my diet, which starts tomorrow. The only sad thing is is the scale I was using at home before was 20 lbs off. This makes me very sad.I am starting off higher than I thought I was and it makes buying more clothes more difficult.
Thanks for reading my rambling, thanks to you for the $100. We loved the time we got to spend with my friends.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

My New Years Resolution

I am going to lose weight AGAIN. I know I have done this many times and it does seem to be a yo-yo effect sometimes, but the fact is I HAVE done it so I know I can do it again. When I lost weight before I lost 30 lbs. I weighed myself last Saturday and I have gained 10 lbs back. I was surprised that that was all I gained because it seemed like more.
I am very sad because my most favorite pants are broke! I have worn these for years and for most people it would be time to get rid of them but they lasted so long that they became my favorite.
I am excited and nervous about this round of weight loss, but I have a goal to lose 70 lbs by August 21, my 30th birthday. I can do this.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

ZooLights 2009

I love this picture. Tyler is completely bundled up. Two pairs of pants, a onesie, long sleeve shirt, coat, hat and two blankets. It was a very cold night.

Karl was having fun with the camera and he got a picture of Sunny's favorite tree.
We went with Superwoman and her sidekicks to the Point Defiance Zoo. We bought the tickets a LONG time ago but then the white stuff happened and it was pushed back until last night. We were supposed to have more come with us but Jennifer had a baby earlier this week so that didn't work out for her.
It had been a long time since we had gone to the zoo and so I was just going by my memory and that proved to be wrong. Thankfully it didn't put us too far behind. Tyler had a lot of fun looking at the lights and clapping his hands at random things. When we were in the shark aquarium room Tyler just wanted to climb the stairs until we caught his attention with a giant shark going by.