Im2fun4u
Married with Children
Jun 15, 2009
Anxiety driven failure.
Mar 07, 2008
I am starting a new position on Monday, I am staying with the same company, but just changing departments. I have been in the same position for 4 years and have burnt out. I am hoping the new job with take away some stress and I will be on my feet instead of sitting for 10 hours a day. Plus I will no longer be graveyard, which should help regulate the sleeping.
MY AMAZING MOTHER
Mar 07, 2008
The story above is about my mother. She is the one donating her kidney. She truely is an amazing woman. I posted on the RNY board that I was being troubled because along with all the good, blogs have popped up that have been trashing the story and really being mean. I take everyhting to heart, but I stopped reading everyhting and have calmed down a little. My mom is so not concerned about anything, She knows her actions speak for themselves. She has tremendous faith. We love her lot's and I am so thankful she is my mother, we joke that she is Julie Andrews, we can just see her running up a mountain side and busting out in song~! Just a happy person who loves life.
Her surgery is March 11 so if you have the time please say a little prayer or send a good vibe or whatever you believe, we need all the strength for them that day and the surgeons.
Losing a loved one
Mar 07, 2008
Let's get the bad out of the way.
I had an Uncle pass away about 2 weeks ago. It was my biological Dad's brother, Uncle Willie. I have been pretty estranged from my Dad's family since I was about 10, but this was the only Uncle I had contact with. He had 2 boys that were a year older and a year younger than my son. It was a pretty tragic loss for me, he was only 54 and had hit a pretty bad bump in his life and overdosed on pills. He truely was an amazing person, always had time for everyone and loved people. I lived up in Marysville, near him for a year, and he took good care of me, Him and his wife would babysit for me, have me over for dinner so our boys could play. If you needed anything he would be there for you. When I would be angry and frustrated with my Dad he would set me straight and tell me that he was still my Dad and not to say those things about him. He was an amazing father, he loved his boys so much. He spent time as a drug and alcohol counselor, was into acupuncture, loved to hunt, and was very involved with our tribe, Tulalip. He was the one that helped my mom enroll my sister and I. I have never tragically lost someone and I have to say I think this hit me harder than I thought it would. He was my link to my dad's family. Thankfully my Dad has remained sober the last 9 months and we have reestablished a relationship. The funeral was very emotional and long...a little much for me, and my sister refused to attend so I had to go it alone. My Dad's entire family was there, cousins that I had grown up with until I was 10, and then hadn't seen. It was great to connect with everyone and most didn't recognize me. I think grieving is a process and It takes alot out of you. I still find myself tearing up on occasiona and can here his voice as I am writing this.
FROM THE SUNNY BEACHES OF HAWAII TO THE SNOW OF SNOQUALMIE SUMM
Jan 29, 2008
I am finally under 200. I am 198....4lbs from my Valentines Day goal and that will put me exactly 40lbs from goal. I also have had quit the adventerous January. Michael and I spent a few days in Hawaii on the Island of Kauai. We had a great trip, took a cruise up the Napali coast and saw so many whales, dolphins, and sea turtles. We spent a day hiking to a waterfall in Waimea Canyon, snorkeled, body surfed, and just relaxed in the sun,
This week I achieved one of my goals. I went snowboarding with Mike. Last time I had went I was over 270 and had no clue what I was doing and got stuck, took a few hours to get down the mountain, This time, I took a lesson, practiced on the bunny hill, and then Mike took me up the chairlift and I had 2 great runs. I do need to work on stopping a liitle. But made it down the mountain in a matter of minutes rather than hours.
Loving this new life!
Liz
A new year...some new changes
Jan 14, 2008
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Dec 23, 2007
It seems life has kept me busy and I have not had time to post. I took the last 17 days off from work and have been busy traveling. George and I went to Vegas last week. We had so much fun. It's amazing how much fun you can have when your not worried about how big you are.
This last week I took my son and 2 nephews to Disneyland and we had a blast. I rode every single ride with no problems and On the plane I had about a foot of seatbelt left over. Amazing!
I am now down to 206 so officially 101lbs lost. A comfortable size 14, I can pretty much go into any normal store and shop. This has done a little damage to my pocket book. I ran the 5k Jingle Bell Run in December and had my best time yet. Somewhere near 35:24. It was great!
Life is good just very busy and exciting!
Football! MVP, Rookie, Dawgs, and Hawks
Nov 12, 2007
Lincoln Abes- Season over!
NW Rams 4th Grade team. The regular season is over but my oldest nephew Frank played in the allstar game. He had an awesome game and his team (I believe he was South) won 13-6.
They also had their team Banquet and he was nominated the MVP and my younger nephew Jeffrey was nominated Rookie of the year! He is a 3rd grader playing on the 4th grade team.
Huskies Lost 29-23 to oregon State. Scary moment with Locker being taken of the field in ambulance after a helmet to helmet hit. He is doing better and actually returned to watch the last few minutes of the game.
Seattle Seahawks- Monday night football rocked. We went to the game and sat in the corporate suite. It was an awesome game! 24-0! Way to shut the 49er's
Football Results
Nov 04, 2007
NW Rams 4th Grade 3?-6 it was an ugly loss!
UW- they finally won against Stanford
Seahawks-lost in overtime to Cleveland....we gave up in the end!
On a positive note I ran the 5k this weekend, at the lowest weight of my adult life and fit into a pair of size 14 jeans!
Woohoo! Liz
5k All the Way Baby!
Nov 04, 2007
First 5k Walked 09/09/07 58:27 -Pace 18:49
First 10k Walked 10/7/07 1:47:20 -Pace 17:16
First 10 Run/Walk 10/14/2007 1:19:31 -Pace 12:48
First 5k Run!Run!Run! 11/3/2007.....I ran the whole damn thing without stopping 37:16 - Pace 12:00
I hadn't even planned on running today. Was just going to walk it with the ladies I walk with, started out with a jog and then couldn't make myself stop when the rest did. My mom said "Go for it girl!" and I did. Have not made it 3.1 miles without stopping. Was training to run my first 5k on Thanksgiving day, guess I just did it a little early. I was 3 months out on 11/3 (yesterday) and I am freakin' running a 5k with no problem....it still brings tears to my eyes. I think I was more excited finishing this than the 10k cause I had to stop and walk part of that. Today was about pushing myself that little bit further. May not seem like much to some but a whole hell of a lot to someone that could barely walk down the block 10 months ago.
Liz