To blog.... or not to blog?

Well, that IS the question!

I've recently been considering starting a second blog devoted to my weight loss journey.

I'm glad to say I'm nearly a month into this trek and still going strong! Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I've shed like 15lbs of blubber since I made up my mind to get healthy! I officially started this new chapter in my life on Dec 30th. I'm beyond proud of myself for the progress I've made and for remaining focused on my goals.

So... back to whether or not I should begin a blog about me trying to get fit.... Well, if I do it'll include my bi-weekly stats (weight and measurements). Perhaps pics tracking my physical results? Tips for healthy food choices and exercises I've found on the internet, some of which I'll be implementing myself. What exercises I'm doing and how often. Things that inspire me along the way. Hmmm.... pretty much anything and everything revolved around me adopting a new healthy way of living. I'll chronicle both good and bad days, struggles and triumphs, I'll lay it all out there.

Personally, I find weight loss/ fitness blogs to be very inspiring and if I write one it'll be in the hopes of providing inspiration to others... Hell, if I can do this then anybody should be able to... Even when I wasn't "fat" I was still nowhere near fit. My ultimate goal here is to drop the excess baggage I call flab, become fit and healthy, and to finally be happy with me for once!

My wonder is... Would anyone really care to read my Flab to Fit blog??? Anybody? Anybody at all?? Don't y'all speak up all at once now!

K, that's all... Peace out!

Uh Huh Oh Yea!

Got great news today! You know, doin' the 'happy dance' sorta news... Hubs got a call back from the place he interviewed with.... HE GOT THE JOB!!!! Woo freakin' hoo!!!! Better pay than the last job too! Yay! I knew we'd be ok, but it's such a relief to know he's already got a new job!

Have to say, now that we're at this point... I'm like so proud of myself for not freakin' the freak out when he told me he was fired. Looking back on it, I handled the situation quite maturely. Not that I'm some immature 30yr old woman child, but I do tend to stress much and be a bit dramatic at times. Now that I think about it, I've seemed to mellow a shit load in the last 6mths or so. My temper has gone way down, and my super power to cry for no damn good reason has weakened to being only effected by those darn sappy country songs.... ah sad country songs, my kryptonite! And Hallmark commercials... what can I say, I have no excuse for my ability to cry only over the dumbest shit ever! 

Anywho... Hubs goes in next week to do paperwork and a drug test... Lets hope he hasn't been shooting heroin behind my back! LOL! J/K... He'll also find out his schedule. We'll see how we'll work my working around his new job after that I suppose. I'm just glad I'll be back in the drivers seat as far as the running of this house goes.... No offense to hubs, but he's a lousy house-husband! Nobody had to give me To-Do lists to get shit done around here! He's just simply not made for staying home.... Me's thinks it's something to do with the xbox 360 hmmm.... 

On to other news... Another thing causing me to 'happy dance' is the fact I've lost 10 fucking pounds thus far!!!! Oh yea! Go me! I made up my mind in prob Nov that my resolution would be to rid myself of all this fat I've collected in the last 5-6yr or so. I mean, I wasn't a tub of lard when I met my hubs and I certainly don't think it's fair to reel him in at bout 140 only to balloon to where I am now. In all honesty I'm doing this for me, not him.... me being a sexier wife is just gonna be an added bonus ;)  I want to be proud of my body for me and I want to be healthy for my kids... and future grandkids. Hell, I'm 30 freakin' yrs old, bout time I get my ass in shape! So, I'm eating a whole lot healthier, taking vitamins, walking a lot, and starting to exercise. I plan to increase the exercise as I shed fat and gain stamina. Eventually I wanna be able to work up to running daily... eventually. It's gonna take time that's for sure! But I'm pretty damn proud of myself for staying on track thus far. I'm not just trying to lose weight here, I'm making a lifestyle change to better my health. Looking good in time for summer, well that's just icing on the cake! Ah cake.... how I miss thee... and bacon and chocolate and burgers and steak and gooey melted cheese and pizza and anything fried and... and well I better quit while I'm ahead... Damn I'm drooling! 

K, well that bout sums up shit here! Oh, except for what's been going on with the boys.... First Caleb, then Micah, and finally Chaser all came down with some stomach virus... Puke everywhere! Ugh! I know I can't smell, but the sight and sound alone is enough to make me ill a bit! And to top it off, Chaser's also got strep... Love the child dearly, but I'm like "don't you dare spread those cooties my way!". Hopefully everybody gets well soon and doesn't infect me... or hubs! 

I'm out... no seriously, that's all I got! Tata! 

Have ya heard of FREEDOM OF SPEECH?????

I'd assume so, I mean who hasn't? .... But evidently I'm not free to blog about whatever the fuck I want! Really? Like really really?

So, I got a delightful call from a family member DEMANDING I remove my sex blog... Umm, how's bout not? According to them that particular blog reflects poorly on my father??? How the hell ya figure that? I, Michelle, have sex with my husband... wonderful, plentiful sex! There I said it! If that's a crime, then might as well come arrest me now! Oh, and I blogged about it! My bad! Guess the warning prior to entering my blog, and the warning at the beginning of my blog regarding it's content weren't efficient enough for ya! Yep it was a sex blog... deal with it! I mean seriously, there isn't a fucking damn thing wrong with me writing about any and every part of my life if I so choose.... It's my life! Not like I'm out there posting video instructions or some shit! I wrote a blog.... I didn't do porn, I didn't shoot meth, I didn't kill some one, I didn't rob a bank.... I wrote a blog about sex! So the fuck what! Get over it! So what if anybody on the damn internet can read it? There are far worse things out there than a housewife talking about cumming. You can easily Google your way to pics of naked folks, and porn is a click away! These written words aren't going to scar anybody! And if you don't wanna read about my sex life.... well then don't read it! Simple as that people! Don't call me up and tell me I have to remove my blog... or post it somewhere private so children can't read it. Last time I checked I didn't have any children on my FB... assuming that's where they're linking to my blog from. Your teenagers already know sex exists I promise, my blog wasn't a big revelation I'm sure. As for people young and old searching the web... well there's this warning posted before you enter my blog in which you have to click a button to continue if you wish to perhaps be exposed to non PG material. If you're an adult and ya push the button to continue, well ya get ya what get. Now, my kids don't go lurking around on the internet unsupervised, so as far as I'm concerned an actual kid (other than my own) shouldn't be either. I'm not even sure if that's what this is all about... Honestly I have no clue why someone felt the need to call me up and lecture me over a  stupid blog.... All I know is different people in my family have been reading it and talking about it, I guess talking to my dad about it. Like they have an issue or some shit??? Well, let me say this now... I'm a grown woman, if ya got a problem with something I post then take it up with me, not my dad. And certainly don't be gossiping about it amongst yourselves. Not that anything you say will suddenly make me delete my blog, but at least be adult enough to confront me instead of doing the whole "so and so wrote this" "oh no she didn't!" "let's go complain to her dad" "oh guess what your daughter wrote" blah blah blah crap!


I will say this once and once only.... I will NOT be censored! This is my blog! This is my life! This is me, take it or leave it! I live my life on my terms! I don't cause harm to others, so there's no good reason why I should get a call threatening me if I don't remove a blog... It wasn't about anybody else, I very seldom write about anything other than myself, hubs, and our kiddos... SO... Get that stick out of your ass and quit trying to boss me around! My Life = My Rules!!!!!

Good News... Bad News

Isn't that how it always is? There's the good news and the bad news.... I'll start with the bad.

To put it bluntly, my hubs got fired on Friday.... Wow! Great that's all we needed! Hell, he's already been in search for a better job... now he's got no damn job! And the reason is so beyond retarded! Like 3mths ago he backed into a pole or some shit in the forklift. They wrote him up and told him if he hits anything else he's gone. Now let me tell ya, he's not the first and he certainly won't be the last forklift driver there to bump something. Well, he hasn't had one single accident since he was written up. But before that incident he had one or two much more minor bumps... BEFORE the one he was written up for! They knew this! Then they wait 3 damn mths with him not having one more freakin accident to fire him???? WTF?! My only thought on this is they decided since they are well aware he's been in search for a better paying job that they'll just go ahead and let him go... Assholes! Correction: Asshole! His two bosses directly above him think he's a great worker and weren't even aware he was being fired. The big boss made the decision and did the firing when hubs main manager was on vaca. Heck, his main manager person has written up employee recommendations for hubs to add to his resume because he's such a hard worker and she knows his worth as an employee! She's not happy one bit that he's been fired.... Neither am I! Stupid shit I swear!

Now for the good news.... One of the places hubs has recently applied for contacted him for an interview! Yay! He got that news the same day he was fired.... weird, but awesome! Praying his interview with them Friday goes well! Not banking on him getting hired there or anywhere immediately... gotta play it safe. So, he's already applied for unemployment and I've gone back to full time at the hell hole called McDs. Gotta do what we gotta do! Even if he doesn't get hired by them, him not working frees him up to really delve into the job hunting process.... guess that's the silver lining here.

Keeping our heads up and pressing forward. We've dealt with hard times before. I know we'll get past this just like we have other shit. We will overcome! Our attitudes will remain positive. We're gonna be ok I'm sure. Got a rough road ahead, but we're tough :) Don't worry bout us, we got this!

On totally unrelated news.... We put our worries aside and partied with friend for New Years. Had a blast drinking and letting loose! Even though 2011 ended on a not so happy note, I believe 2012 has great things in store for us and our family! Happy New Year 2012 y'all!!!!!!!