I'm wasting away. . .. .
okay okay maybe not .. BUT . . .this week's loss is 5.4 lbs bringing me to a total of 22.2 pounds lost. . .YAHOO hmm that title reminds me of margaritaville. . . i'd like to be there right now hehenothing else really going on. .. i checked today and there were 2 new strongbad emails that I had missed - bottom 10 and records. . .funny stuff :) as always. . .i guess i'm boring other than that. . but it's pretty exciting stuff for me :)oh! and john went to a job fair today. . . fingers crossed that something comes from that too :)
I'm an auntie {again}
and it never gets old :) . I have (through john) a nephew and a niece already. today we have a new member of the family. Please help me welcome baby Joshua:Born this day at 12:17 PM Joshua Daniel Palmer.
7 lbs 10.8 onces
19 " Long, and has a full head of dark hair.EEK :) i can't wait to see my new little doll baby :) :)
High Praise Indeed
So. . over the weekend I finished putting together Michelle’s baby album and gave it to her yesterday. Baby Joshua is coming TOMORROW – I’ll be an auntie again!! She really really seemed to like it. . which made me feel good – it’s hard to make an album as a gift and know if someone really likes it. . .ya know?? Lol anyway. .i digress.
I sent the link to the album to a girl I used to work with who’s actually having a baby in about 4 weeks. Here was her response:
“Amanda, that's beautiful!! I would buy it if I found it in a store!! :)”
WOW. That made me feel SO good. . you can’t even imagine. . although I’m sure some of you can.
I wanted to offer to make her one too. .but then I was like .. hello crazy person lol you don’t have time. .(I have another album to make for another pregnant friend LOL) and we’re actually not like “outside of work” kind of friends. . .. but she knows she’s having a girl and a girl album would be SO fun to do. . hehe
Anyway. . . high praise. . high praise indeed.
drumroll please............
At weigh in tonight i was down 1.6 . .. even after vacation. . for a total of 16.8 . . 20lbs gone is now in sightwow. .. i never stick with it. .i never DO it. .i talk about it a lot .. but it never gets done. . till now:)
OH! I can't believe I forgot!!
Last monday night i was eating dinner (tacos for those keeping score) and the phone rang. since i tend to be somewhat averse to answering the phone (not talking on it. . just answering it) John answered it.i heard his end of the conversation and he told whomever it was that i was eating and could i call them back. . . .then he handed me the phone with a smirk. . . it was Karen from Memory Makers books. .. they wanted a layout of Belle for their upcoming Pets Idea book. . . OMG . . . i was FREAKING out. . . :) it's going to come out in January 2006. this is the 2nd Belle layout that is going to be in a pet idea book (the other one is Paperkuts) - she's going to be even MORE of a diva than she already is (which my mom claims she gets from her mother. .i have NO clue why she'd say that LOL).so yeah. . can't believe i forgot to blog about THAT hehe. . . . belle and i are taking the scrapping world by storm:)
...and I'M BACK!!!!
i'm back (she says to all the readers she DOESN'T have) did you miss me (hmm no readers equals no missing me ROFL :) )anyway. .i'm home from my girls mini vacation on the Cape (Cape Cod for those of you who don't know :) ) it was WONDERFUL. .. i get to see Kerrin a lot but the last time we saw Kim was at my wedding. . ..however. . it felt like we were together 5 minutes ago :) we had SO much fun (random thoughts probably for a scrapbook layout LOL: sundae school, mayflower beach, west dennis, halcyon, winslow gray, 28, HOOTERS, breakfast at Tiffany's - yeah she was a bitch, trick - miss coco peru, buck island road, pirate's cove, damn yankee's fans - why do they come to the cape anyway, can't shut up for a movie, dirty boys, 8 nipples, sleeping in hell, messages in the sand, it's gotta have a bathroom or i'm not going, do you want to scrap this, cookies, s'mores, where's the grill supposed to go, are you sure he's not gay, cuffy's, um spf 15 isn't cutting it - try 30, snack shacks, shantys, seductive madison, hydrangeas everywhere - it's the sea air maybe..didn't we already have this conversation. .. )hehe yeah so it definately was FUN :) :) but i am glad to be back. .. i came home to harry potter 6 waiting for me. . and . . . well. .i'm already done LOL john's reading it nowOH and i weighed in at weight watchers tuesday and i was down 2.4lbs. . i'm over the 15 pound mark. . . . the scale is SURE to show a gain after my time at the cape but i'm still happy :) :) now it's back to work :) :)check in. . tell me what's new with you :) (to my phantom "readers" hehe)
Time Flies!!!
okay so i didn't have a chance to post yesterday. . since i was at one of my best friend's weddings. .BUTyesterday was our one year anniversary. WOW. has it been a year already. it seems like yesterday i was anticipating our big day and now it's been a year. WOW. 525,600 minutes (as they say in Rent). I can't even believe it. i'm so lucky to be married to such a wonderful man. John is more than I could have asked for in a partner - he's my husband, he's my best friend, he's my lover, he's my champion, he's my prince. and i love him so very much. it's odd to me, i tell him i love him all the time - he's probably sick of hearing it. however, the words "i love you" don't seem like enough. i often wonder if they convey just how much i truly ADORE him. how much i've changed and grown because of him, how much i look forward to the day we have our own children for him to lavish his love on. because that's what he does. he absolutely LAVISHES me with his love. and i adore him for it.my wedding day was literally, the happiest day of my life. 1 year ago, 525,600 minutes ago (give or take lol), i had no idea how i could be happier. but i am, every day that man loves me makes me happier than i was the day, hour, minute, SECOND before.so, because i know you're reading, i love you johnathan and thank you. . for everything. . thank you for seeing in me something i still haven't learned to see in my self, thank you for being my everything, thank you for you :)oh. . and the wedding yesterday was BEAUTIFUL. . full of love and meaning. . and Laura looked like a PRINCESS - absolutely breathtaking. watching Laura and Eamonn take their vows and start their life i decided that there is NO better way to celebrate an anniversary - watching 2 people you love and care for start their marriage. it was a beautiful reminder of what i have. the love of an incredible man.
