One of my FAVORITE things....

I used to be terrified of thunderstorms as a child, and remember many a time when I would cry to my mom that daddy shouldn't be leaving during the storm. Whether my dad loves thuderstorms as much as I do now or if it was just he wanted to get out of the house, I can now as an adult relate to his passion of thunderstorms. My dad showed me how to appreciate them and kind of study them as a hobby.

He cured my fears of thunderstorms one summer eve by driving me down to his work and taking me up on the roof during one. My mom probably wanted to murder him, but to me it was one of the very first times (at least that I can remember) I've ever felt that close to my dad. It was "our" moment. Just him, me, and the sky. It took a while for my dad and I to have the relationship we do now for reasons I could not begin to list in this blog, but thunderstorms are a very special way for me to tie memories to him, friends, families, moments, and most of all home.




What is it about thunderstorms that excites people? Especially me? I wonder if it is the unrelenting power of Mother Nature and the threat that it could all come crashing down just like the thunder does as the clouds roll in. I love the way it smells right before the rain, and I'm always half mesmerized at how still everything gets right before the sky opens up and lashes out at us. This picture above reminds me of staying at a friends house on Lake Minnetonka and watching a good one.




I mean look at that. Currently we are under a tornado warning, and when some would be worried, I am tempted to go for a walk down the middle of my street and look for one. I just love the power of it. When I was a teenager, my best friend and I would hear of a severe weather warning we'd hop in her Pontiac Sunfire with a bunch of our favorite tunes and go try to find the worst part of the storm. I love how this pic shows the city line. Makes me think of home, and how the skyline looks there during a storm.




There's something amazing and indescribable about a good storm. Usually whenever a sever thunderstorm/tornado warning hits this area, I get let down and it's a barely-there one or none at all. Tonight I wait for 35 more minutes until the warning is up, and I'm anxious. Something big is stirring not only outside, but somewhere inside of me. I just have to figure out how to let it all out......I wonder if Mother Nature feels like I do, just ready to unleash everything to just let it go...Oh how I love the rain...

Pollen Pollen everywhere...Damn Allergies!

Allergy season blows. There is so much pine pollen in the air down here, it's pointless to wash your car. You can wash it and 5 minutes later it will be some shade of your car only with a lot more yellow. It's so gross, and my sinuses hate it.

On another note, I'm thinking about applying at the passport center. I think it is just what I need at this point in my life. Quiet, off the phones, don't have to deal with people too much, and it would be Mon-Fri with holidays off. I think it's exactly what I need. In fact, I'm posting my resume tonight. Oh yea, there's the perk that it gives me security clearance and gets me into the government system, so that could help me avoid a few hoops in the future when I try to be in the education system. Maybe, I don't know. But I do know that I'm ready for a change.

To be even more random, I'm getting my eyes checked. I'm thinking geeky but chic frames. LOL

I have too much crap in my brain right now to post a coherent blog. Hope everyone is having a great week.

Come see my new spot!

Hey all! I know, I know, I barely have time to keep one blog up, but I realize that since my life is changing around my diet, I haven't had much else to think about lately besides school. So once I get used to the lifestyle change, things will be back to normal so-to-speak with having more to talk about.

I will be keeping this one up as much as possible as well, but come visit to see my journey through shedding pounds, sharing recipes, and probably a lot of funny workout stories! You can find all of this and more at http://skinnyme2morrow.blogspot.com/

Hope to see everyone there!

I can see clearly now the rain is gone......

So far, I have not fallen off the wagon. Things are good, I'm down a total of 11 pounds from when I originally started (before I got sick)and I'm growing to love turkey. LOL I know this may sound silly, but you can make a lot of good stuff with turkey.

Last week I had my first encounter with sweet Italian turkey sausage (much like a brat) and it tasted really damn good. Then I tried turkey burgers, also very yummy. Finally, this evening, I tried ground turkey and made it into tacos and am convinced I've been eating like a moron for a long time. It's not that hard to stay on track with Weight Watchers. Especially when there are so many yummy recipes out there. Granted I don't have all of the staples yet for a full blown healthy eating kitchen, but as I try new things, I'm getting there.

Next on my list is incorporating some exercise into my life to help speed up the weight loss. I bought a yoga DVD for power Pilate's and have yet to try it. I WILL find time among the other things I love to do so much like work, hang with Logan, do homework, write/read blogs, and play my online game. LOL I figure if I take it baby steps and concentrate on one thing at a time, it will be easier to incorporate the new stuff like more exercise at some point.

As discouraging as it seems since I don't have that much free time, as the pounds come off, I am feeling the burst of energy I should have at 27 come back to life. Today is a very optimistic day. Yay for wacky Wednesdays!

Alone on a Saturday

So me and lil man have today to ourselves. I have mountais of laundry to do. I need to go get some clothes for little man. He's growing like a weed, but I don't really know if I want to shop the gammut of Saturday shoppers with a four year old in tow. I hope Jayk gets done with his class early so I can drag both of them.

I need some new work clothes and play clothes for that matter, not to mention shoes, but I'm waiting until I drop a few more sizes. I'm down one size already, and that was motivation enough to keep going with Weight Watchers. I lost 10, then when I was sick gained 5, and now I'm back down 5. Either way when I bought a new pair of jeans last week and they were one size smaller than what I used to wear, I put the diet into high gear.

I decided to pay for Weight Watchers online for 3 months.Not too bad, through work it was only $55 vs. $69.95. They say my healthy weight is between 115 and 140, but my target goal is 115! I can't imagine being that small again, but we'll see. ;) I hope to at least get down to 130. I've been so good, I haven't cheated, not even once. I've stuck to my points and went grocery shopping accordingly and it so far has not been that bad. The only thing I think I'll pass on next time is fat free cottage cheese. It's only one point less than the two percent cottage cheese, but the taste difference is SO huge. I honestly never thought I would pay to have someone help me lose weight, but honestly since I'm a cheapskate when it comes to pinching pennies, if I pay for it, I'm going to use it. Therefore paying makes more sense to me.

I personally think that Mags should move to SC and open up a Weight Watchers restaurant. She would know exactly how to prepare food that us WW people could eat and stay on our point system, AND it would taste scrump-diddly-umptious! Applebee's only has a few items from WW, but I will admit it was pretty good. Mags, you could do a WHOLE MENU of your own creations!

OK, I'm babbling again. So, here is my dilema, shop or laundry? Shop or laundry? Maybe I should make my head ache go away first....Happy Saturday!