Christmas......The Good & The Bad.....

Let's start out with the GOOD! I had to work on Christmas Eve...but was o.k. had it not been for a teller out of balance which caused me to have to stay an extra 1/2 hour....ho humm....went right over to my sister, Aimee's, for the big Christmas Eve celebration with the White/Heath/Erickson/Carson Family! It was a great time...lots of kids running around playing, opening gifts, great food...great people...just really nice! We left around 7:30ish..got home, put the little cute to bed and then finished the wrapping and "Santa" visit! The next morning...it was great! Alyson made out like a bandit, but was a bit overwhelmed I think. She's only 2 and all the gifts were too much (note for next year). :)

Mike, Alyson and I went over to our friends home in Antelope to have a nice brunch...it was very relaxing and great!

Then, it was time to get to work....we were preparing Christmas Dinner for the 1st time for Mike's mom, sister and sister's fiance. They were supposed to be here at 3:30ish....didn't show up until almost 5...did I mention this was the beginning of the "BAD" part of Christmas?? They got here and his Mom said hi to me...but that's it really for the entire night except when they left early, she did give me a hug and said Merry Christmas. Now...sister is another story. I must have said Merry Christmas to her about 3 times...she never once acknowledged me the entire night. She didn't even say goodbye. I was so mad...and it ruined the nice evening. So...after dinner, Alyson was playing with her new dolly and I was in the kitchen and had said I was getting dessert ready...I washed up all the dishes and had plates, forks and pie ready to go....just then..."oh...we have to leave now". WHAT? Just rude. And, to top it all off....I got a pink ceramic pig from his sister as my gift. Now..I don't collect pigs....I think it was a pig bank and I work for a bank...but who does that? Knowing the little that I do know of her...and her sarcastic nature, I know it had a different meaning. I'm smashing it later today :) The only one good thing about that whole evening, other than Alyson having a good time and Mike's awesome Apple Walnut Stuffed Pork Roast, was the sister's fiancee who was pleasant and he made a great homemade mac and cheese. That's about it. Not once, either, did they congratulate either Mike or myself on our pregnancy. They are not welcome any longer in our home.

Hope whoever reads this had a nice holiday. Most of mine was good anyway! :)

Angel

It's Official...and other stuff....:)

We had another doctor appointment today and ultrasound! It was very exciting! I saw the heart beat!!!! Just a little flutter from the dot within my uterus...but it's there! According to the doc, I am 6 weeks and 1 day along and my due date is August 7, 2008. Yeah!
I had to take all the blood tests today (like 6-7 tubes). When I did this with Alyson, I just about fainted (saw spots and got extremly light-headed and couldn't see). So, when I went up to the guy today, I told him what happened to me last time just to warn him in case it happens again he is prepared. Well...he got all up on his high horse and said it was all in my mind and now I'm setting myself up to actually faint because I'm already expecting it. He moved me into the room with the bed and I layed down and proceeded to argue with him for the next 5 minutes....and it was done...no fainting. I think that's a good tactic for them to piss off the pregnant woman and get her mad so she's not thinking about the blood they are taking from my body...maybe he is right about it being all in my mind? hmm...anyway, no fainting. I had to do the urine test and the drinking of the sugar soda testing for gestational diabetes. Well, I just got some test results posted to my kaiser sign on....looks like my urine is high for glucose and high for protein. I am fearful that I may have gestational diabetes. I have a few of the risk factors (Large first baby over 9 lbs., overweight, over 25). I emailed my doc to see what it means and what the next steps are. I think I may have to go in for a longer test to confirm that. We'll see....positive thoughts, right?!!!

On the school front...I'm almost DONE! I just finished my 16 page research paper for my Accounting class (due tomorrow...whew!). My group and I are almost done with our Research project for the Business Statistics class..and that Final is this Saturday morning at 8 a.m...yuck! I have to schedule my accounting final at the Consumnes River College (in Elk Grove) Lab sometime between now and next week. And, my Econ final is next Wednesday. ALMOST DONE!! I am enrolled for next semester...2 online classes and one that I go to once per week.

O.k....done for the night...I'm tired now. Off to bed!

Angel :)

Surprise! (Again)!

I am pregnant. I can't remember the last time I had my period and I thought for the past week or so that I was sure to get it....all the symptoms....last night, I got out the one prego test I had left (it's old...so maybe I'm really not pregnant, but I doubt it at this point) and those two pink lines showed up almost immediately. Now, all those symptoms are making sense to me. I would estimate I am about 4-6 weeks. I went to the doc yesterday to do a urine test....got the results just this morning...POSITIVE!

I can't tell you how many people asked me over Thanksgiving..."So, when are you going to have another baby??"....We had a plan...after next year! We were going to take Alyson to Disneyland for her 3rd birthday (I guess that might be out because I think I'll be due just about then) and then in the Spring of 2009, we were going to start trying. I guess God doesn't always take our plans in mind. The other things (and I know I'm complaining right now..but I just need to get it off my chest so I can move past it) is we just lost our house and still have all this credit card debt. By that Spring 09 when we were going to start planning, we would have had that debt paid down over $10,000 and would be able to "see the light" to being debt free (we are doing a debt counseling program right now so we pay them monthly and they pay all of our credit and got the interest rates lowered and all). Then, personally....I'm going to be a fat pregnant woman. I have been trying to lose more weight and finally got down to 233 (my goal is 185)...by next year, I would have been down to at least 205 or lower....and I would have been happy getting prego with that starting weight....but now I'm still fat and now I'm pregnant.

*Sigh*...O.k...yoga breathe.... I liked being pregnant for the most part with Alyson...

So, I told Mike and I started crying. He sat up and put his arms around me and said, "Why are you crying?"...he is so wonderful and I think he is excited to be a daddy again! So, now that it is all confirmed with the doc, I need to make an appointment and start taking those prenatal vitamins.

I go for my first doctor appointment tomorrow (Monday). I am hoping I get an ultrasound to see how far along I am (and maybe a picture of the dot!). :)

Angel and baby on the way

It's been awhile.....

Hi, This will be short and sweet...I've been swamped with school, hopefully I'll pass my classes. I haven't been on my JC since the beginning of October due to school and work and life really. I've maintained at about 235 this whole time...so at least I'm not gaining, right???!! Anyway, trying to have a little fun here and there. I LOVE the holidays!! Thanksgiving is this week and we are headed to my sister's in laws up in Shingle Springs. Then, I think Alyson and I will take a road trip to Fresno to see my mom, dad and bro! Mike and I have been shopping for our christmas present....we are getting each other a BIG SCREEN TV!! We can't wait! Attached is a video of my little Alyson...she is getting so big!! (She's out of her crib now, too and in to a Toddler Bed!!). O.k...that's all......gotta run! Angel :)

I'm BACKKKKKKK.......

Hello! Well, I've had quite the time recently. My computer crashed....I had to bring it all the way down and re-install the operating system...which sucks because I lost all my email addresses (I had them plugged in to Incredimail...but forgot to take the off...dummy!). Anyway, the computer is getting better so I'm happy.

School is HELL...I don't know what I was thinking taking 3 upper division finance classes this semester. Again, dumb! It's aweful and makes me not even want to go anymore. I normally enjoy school, but I've put myself in a somewhat bad situation in that I am constantly working on school work, thinking about, or going to class and I made a bad choice to cut into my family time. It's too much. I'm going to finish this semester as best I can and next semester, I will cut back to 2 classes and search for those that are online or TV.

Since starting school, I fell off the wagon with my diet and the ALLI pills. I went back last Monday, the 8th..starting Jenny Craig food again on Tuesday and the pills. As of Saturday, the 13th, I was down 6 lbs!!! 239.5 to 233.5!! WOOHOOO!!! So, I'm back on track! I had a little hiccup last night as it was Mike's birthday party! I took him to Tahoe Joe's and we had big steaks (YUMMMM), but starting tomorrow again, I'm back on track! I now weigh in every other week with JC (due to schedule), so I officially weigh in next Saturday and my goal is to be under 230...which I haven't been since before I got pregnant!!!! When I found out I was pregnant, I weighed about 210-215 if I remember correctly. That was right before I found out and I could not lose weight...I was trying. My body likes to pack on the pounds!! Anyway....I am optimistic about getting under 220 by Thanksgiving! That's my goal!

Have a great week!
Angel :)

Rants..

I've neglected my blog for a couple of weeks since starting school. I don't know what I was thinking taking 3 classes this semester. I hate hate hate my DS 101 class (Statistics for Managers) and the teacher isn't very good. He's all over the place and doesn't let us ask any questions..it's weird. I thought it was just me thinking this, but it's not. My first quiz....I got a 5 out of 20...that's not good. Well, so did just about everyone else in the class so I know I'm not dumb. :) My other classes are fine...Accouting (online) I just struggle to find the time to sit down at the computer and do the work for the week...but I'm caught up this week! Econ 135 (Money, Banking and Financial Markets) is the other course...I like it, but I don't know if I'm good at it yet...good enough to do well on the test tomorrow, which is not multiple choice..it's bluebook. We'll see! Work is good-I think I get my review pretty soon...I'm interested to see what my new boss has to say about me and my work. The funny thing is, he never asked for any of my production numbers in terms of how many spreads I've done (credit analyst world, when we analyze the financial statements, we are spreading...I know, it sounds dirty). I'm thinking it must be good if he didn't even care to have those numbers. But, I would think he would want some gauge on my progress...we'll see. I hope I get a raise. I barely got one last year.

O.k..MY RANT! MY COMPUTER is my RANT!! It's been infected with all kinds of spyware, adware, viruses....I finally got them all cleaned off I think last night...come on this morning...another f&*(&*(&ing pop up! Sorry....it's just making me so mad....I want a laptop...one can hope right!

The diet! With my busy schedule during the week and on the weekend (I go to class on Saturdays), I haven't made it in to Jenny Craig to get food and all that. My home scale says I'm holding steady, so that's good. I haven't taken the Alli pill since I ran out of JC Food...I don't want to risk the side effects. I need to call JC today and get back in tonight to get food!

Here's a picture of me and my baby...she is doing well. She's actually come in to what people say is the "terrible 2's". She's starting to talk back, say NO, hit me when she's mad and scream loudly. Most of the time she fine, but probably once every couple of days, we have a "situation" as I like to call it.

Happy October!
Angel :)

What a week!!

This was quite a week...went by really fast. I started School again at Sac State (2 classes) and working on my Acct. class (through community college...online class)..>WHEW! Still working and having a ball getting ready for Alyson's 2nd birthday party next weekend!

On the diet front, I was really good this week! I weighed in this morning a 236...but my official weigh in with Jenny craig this afternoon was 237.5....so I've lost another 2 lbs. since last week! My goal for next week is to get under 235 and I know I can do it! I'm still taking the Alli pills every day and I haven't had any bad side effects. :) I can tell my clothes are starting to loosen up a bit and I just am feeling better already dropping this weight! I figure that if I can lose about 2-3 lbs. a week, by Thanksgiving, I can be down to maybe 200-210 (10 weeks x 3 lbs. each week=30 lbs.)...I can do it!!! :) That would be awesome if I can stick to my good eating and the Alli pill. My goal weight is 180-185...i just feel like I'm going to make it!

Confession.....I have an obsession...I am a scale addict! Kirsten knows this...I get on every day and sometimes twice each day....just to see the fluctuation in my weight. I think it really keeps me on track, along with teh pills....:)

On to a new week!
Angel :)

Going Strong!

I'm going strong with my diet...although I have hit a few road blocks this week. We went to the Fair last Saturday...I had a baked potato w/cheese, sour cream and bacon (hold the butter), ONE onion ring, and a soft serve. Now ,I think that was pretty good, don't you? Yesterday, I picked up dinner for me and a friend (I was weak...I think it's that time of the month coming up) and it wasn't the best choice...CHINESE FOOD!
Today, the scale says I am up a couple of pounds, but I still have a few more days until official Jenny Craig Weigh in...so if I stick to it and drink TONS of water, I should be o.k. And, if it is that time of month coming up, I retain water like you wouldn't believe! Usually like 3-5 lbs....REALLY!
So, on to a new day. I'm not going to let a little slip get me down!! It's a work in progress and my goal is to get down to 230 by the end of September....then maybe work on getting close to 220 by the end of October...then 210 by Thanksgiving. I CAN DO IT!
Angel :)

9 lbs??????

Hi! So, as I mentioned in my last post, I started taking that diet pill, Alli, along with following my Jenny Craig program. I've been on it now for almost two weeks and as of today, I am down 9 lbs.!!! That's crazy! I haven't had any treatment effects...well one...which isn't very pleasing to hear about (it has to do with poop and oily stools...)...but it wasn't bad at all.

So, I'm excited and committed to staying on program with JC and taking the pills. I am especially pleased that this may be the kick start I needed to get back in shape...I'll be happy with my weight when I get closer to 215...then 200 and then finally, my goal, of 185 (I'm 6 feet tall by the way)....

Nite nite....time for bed.
Angel :)

Am I crazy, or are people taking crazy pills?

o.k...o.k...i know what people are going to say....I shouldn't be taking diet pills. Well, I am and that's just how it is. Along with my low fat/low calorie Jenny Craig program, I have begun to take the new Alli diet pill. I've read all about it and feel good about my choice. So...BACK OFF! haha i'm just kidding. :) No, I'm not kidding about taking the pills. I take one at each meal (3x a day). I have the starter pack which will last me about 50 days. In that time, with sticking to my J.C. (Jenny Craig) and taking the pills, if I'm losing I'll buy more...if not, I won't.

Today was my first day. And, I have to say, it definetly keeps you accountable! Because, let's just say, if you don't...they call it an Alli OOPS!! If I eat too much fat for one meal, bad things will happen....I'm not going to spell it out...you can guess. So far today...no "treatment effects"! Yeah!

On to a new day tomorrow...I have like 65 to lose...If I can lose maybe 7-10 lbs. a month, I'll be a happy camper!

Angel