3.09.2009

:BUSY BUSY:

I HAVE BEEN A BIG SLACKER LATELY. THESE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN CRAZY BUSY! MCKALL'S WEDDING WAS GORGEOUS ALONG WITH MCKALL! IT SNOWED ON US AFTER THE TEMPLE FOR PICTURES SO, THAT WAS KINDA MISERABLE. BUT, FAYE DID A GREAT JOB ON HER PICTURES, SO WHEN WE GET SOME I WILL POST. YESTERDAY MY GREAT GRANDMA DIED at age 92! SHE WAS A VERY STRONG LADY, LOVED & EXCEPTED EVERYONE SHE CAME IN CONTACT WITH AND NEVER JUDGE ANYONE. SHE WAS ALWAYS JUST GRANDMA TO US. I KNOW WHERE I GOT MY SWEET TOOTH FOR CHOCOLATE FROM. SHE ALWAYS HAD A STASH HIDING, AND SHE WOULD PULL IT OUT WHEN WE WENT TO VISIT. SHE ALWAYS MADE TIME TO PLAY A GAME OR TWO WITH US WHEN WE WENT TO STAY OR VISIT. I AM SO GLAD I HAD A CHANCE TO RUN UP TO THE HOSPITAL ON SATURDAY WITH NATE TO TELL HER I LOVED HER AND SAY GOODBYE, KNOWING SHE WASN'T GOING TO LAST MUCH LONGER! SHE WAS A VERY SPECIAL LADY, AND I KNOW I WILL MISS HER, BUT IT WAS KINDA A BLESSING SO SHE WASN'T SUFFERING ANYMORE. SHE WOULD ALWAYS GRAB MY ARM AND TELL ME, "DON'T GET OLD, IT'S FOR THE BIRDS!" I THINK I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER LITTLE PHRASE. WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA AND WE WILL MISS YOU!

:MY SKINNY JEANS:

I HAVEN'T UPDATED FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS BUT, FOR THE WEDDING I WEIGHED IN AT... 125.8. NOT THE GREATEST BUT ALMOST 10 POUNDS IN ABOUT 6 1/2 WEEKS . I AM GOING TO BE HAVING SOME SURGERY IN A WEEK , AND WON'T BE ABLE TO RUN, OR WORKOUT FOR 8 WEEKS SO HOPEFULLY I DON'T GAIN ALL MY WEIGHT BACK. SO KEEP THE MOTIVATION COMING!