The ones I love

There are so many things I am so grateful for that I would like to share some of them with you.

My family for starters. They helped shape me into the person I am today and I like who I am. So without them, who knows who I would be.

I am so thankful for my Mom especially. She is wonderful and is one of my best friend always.

I love my little sister. She and I are becoming better and better friends. She is one of the first people I call when I have something I really excited about. She is such an amazing person and I am so glad I get to have her in my life.

I love my friends. There are so many that have meant so much to me but there are some that I have known forever and I would do anything for. 

Sharon...Sharon is amazing. She is my confidant and partner in crime. She gets me and puts me in check. She is so fun and has a love for life that rubs off on those around her. I am so glad that we are buddies. There are way too many memories with her to recall but I love them all. 

Aly, Aly, Aly...my oldest friend. She made an impression on me right from the start. How can anyone not love Aly? She has a heart bigger than anyone I know. She would really do anything she could for a stranger, she is so smart and kind and happy. I love my Aly.

There are so many more people that I love but there is one more that means everything to me that I have to mention on my grateful list.

Brett...

Brett is my everything. He makes me laugh harder than anyone I have ever met. He and I knew we found something special right when we met. He turns a bad day into a great one, he makes me happy. He makes life so much more full and gives each day meaning. He is wonderfully sweet and forever kind. I have never met anyone as genuine as he is. I love him for all that he is. I am a lucky girl to be married to him.

Venting

So the whole baby thing is not happening...still. I am constantly surrounded by people who are pregnant or have kids and I and I cant not tell you how tough it is to be around them and not be jealous. We are trying to stay positive and hopeful and Brett is doing much better than I am with everything. He is always the positive one.

The thing that really gets to me is the prego people who complain. They really dont know how lucky they are. It takes everything thing in me not to go off on them.

It all comes down to me wishing we could have a baby.

Weight loss

So after being miserable about my weight for sometime now, I have decided it is time to do something about it. I am at the peak and I dont like what I am looking at. I am starting to not fit into things that were once so loose I had to take them in. I had to go up two jean sizes...never a fun experience. I dont feel like I have been eating more or doing things different but obviously something is happening so that I am gaining at a ridiculous speed.

So step one to my weight loss journey is to make a goal. I would like to be in the healthy range for my height and that means that at 5'7'' I need to be at most 145lbs. That is going to be tough but I have been there before and I can do it again. I would like to be back in size eights and not have to perform surgery to get into them...meaning I am a true size eight. And I would like to get down to a small D cup or even better a large C. So there you have it...hopefully I can do it. I want to do this by my birthday on September 18.

Now for the scary part. I need to post how big I am currently that way I can motivate myself to not be that size anymore. So here we go...I truly dont know my weight. I do not have a scale and its been forever since I have been weighed but I am sure its a scary number. I do however have my measurements and they are equally scary.

Starting measurments:

Waist: 42"
Bust: 46"
Hips: 51"
Thigh: 31"
Calves: 17"
Arms: 14"

I will keep posting every month on the inches just so that I can mark any changes for better or worse that occur. I am also going to post pictures so that I can track the changes that way also.

Wish me luck

Tutus

Being a Navy wife it is hard to find a job that is willing to work around my husbands schedule. Brett's schedule changes so often that with only one car it makes it impossible to find work so that leaves me with finding something to do at home. My Mom called me with an idea of making and selling tutus since I love anything crafty. So thats what I am doing. I love making them cause they are fun and pretty and I can see any little girl loving to play in them. To kick things off I am going to be giving away one FREE tutu in a raffle here and on facebook. I will add all the names add pull one out and send the tutu over to you.


My tutus cost $20.00 for sizes 14" to 30" and $5.00 for each hand added embellishment.

Please let your friends know! Spread the word!

We got orders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And guess where we are going...

Yokosuka, JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Brett will be on the USS Shiloh!

We are so excited to get to live in another country and somewhere so completely different than the US. We cant wait. I will post more info as I get it but we are thrilled!