Wow what a night!

Its Tuesday Ladies & Gents... I had a FABULOUS date with my fantastic husband!
So your probably going to think this is nerdy, weird, odd what ever... I had a blast... Ready to find out where we spent our date night!?!?

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We went to the Barack Obama town hall meeting! It was so much fun! It was amazing to see the support he is receiving from KC(KC K & KC Mo) Its awesome to see the diversity of people supporting him. Young, Old, Male, Female, Black, White, Mixed, Hispanic, Asian, You name it you saw someone of each demographic. It seemed like every person in the building was 110% in support they were all so jazzed to hear him speek.
Which I have to say he is an awesome speaker. He is so genuine. There was a point in his speach that there was a person in the front row that for some reason needed a chair(I was on the 2nd level way back so I dont know why they needed a chair) but he stopped his speach & asked someone to get this person a chair & made sure they were ok once they sat down. Big deal right? I think it is a big deal it shows he cares about people.
He addresed the rumors of him being a"crazy muslim" he said " I have attended the same christian church for 25 yrs, believe in Jesus, I am not going to preach about Jesus but I praise Jesus."
He adressed healthcare FOR EVERYONE, tax changes, social security, teachers(he wants to pay them more!!!) minimum wage, the fact that no working person in America should be POOR.
He was motivating. I look forward to next tuesday's date night to go to the CACUS.

I have never payed much attention to politics. But Because John understands it, explains it to me in english- not polititian, I understand it better, I understand its importance, I understand what issues matter & what issues matter even more to me.
Sure there are issues he supports that I am not 100% on board with but there are issues to me that are 100 times more important to ME(yes its selfish) that he does support. Not only does he support them he has a plan to make changes for our country to try to make things better for Americans.


I skipped Weight Watchers tonight, BUT I am going thursday night so look for a picture & an update on how that goes! I also didnt get Tuesday's picture done... sorry...
I was so excited about my evening that i didnt think to take a picture of myself at this great event! However I took several pictures while we were there(About 100!). I was to scared to take my Nikon so I took the crappy point & shoot. The pictures SUCK! But I will pick the best ones I can & post tomorrow(I am to tired tonight!). you can see them on my flickr pages.

Good night friends!

Week 4 WI Was great!

This episode my friends is loaded with babble... lets get started!
So I have good news & bad news... lets get the bad out of the way....

Sorry there is no Photo this week(YET!!!) because I was lazy. Pretty simple huh. Well I dont want to make excuses. (wait, we'll come back to this thought in the good news part of our post)

More bad/sad news... last week the friend I mentioned a few posts ago Jerry... she lost her fight with Cancer. Stupid Cancer. I have been so fortunate to not loose someone in my direct family to cancer but I still hate it. Two of my best friends have had loved ones taken by cancer. I think its one of the worst things ever to have to go thru.
Now another friend & her family has had to deal with cancer & a loss to it. All the more reason to do the little things to support what ever Cancer fund you can. American Cancer Society, Susan G Komen, your local hospital- what ever. Even if it means buying something so that $ goes to the charity. Give a little now, you may be the one who it saves later. Ok can you tell this has been heavy on my heart all week.
My sweet friend Jer- though I have never met you here I hope to meet you in heaven.
*sorry if this is hard to read it is purposly posted in pink in honor of Jer!

I am done. Lets move on to a lighter note.
More bad news... my camera is dirty. Dangit... that is what you all say right??!?!? OK maybe some of you dont care, some dont understand why its a big deal. Some might. Its sucks that I have to send it off for 3 wks & pay $65 to clean it. The bigger deal is I have to be nikonless for THREE weeks. That is an eternity. The other option is to google how to clean a sensor & risk doing it my self & really jacking it up. Not worth the risk to me so I havent done anything yet.

Enough bad news... lets get to the good stuff... ok so remember when I started this post I said we would get back to the fact that I was(am) lazy .... well when I got some mojo (from watching biggest looser) I stepped into my nikes & walked. I walked 30 minutes. It seems like the first 30 minutes are the hardest. I was tired, ready to quit but I was very inspired tonight by the yellow team on BL. I like them. I like the guy(Paul?) He is awesome. He kicked butt tonight- no he kicked everyother team's butt tonight(with help from his partner!) So i thought if he can get up at 3 am to walk & go the extra mile, I can go the extra 1/2 mile while I am already there instead of sitting on the sofa for the rest of this show. Then I thought hmm what would Jillian & Bob say If I sat down on the sofa right now after walking for 30 minutes? They would scream at me! I dont react well to screamers so I did an extra 1/2 mile tonight! Go me right!

That is what my picture was going to be of tonight the screen of the tred showing I did almost 40 minutes instead of 30... but I hit the button & it erased my stats! Take my word for it I did it. Then when I was done it was to late & I was tired so the picture didnt happen at all... then Angela had a paint emergency so I went to help with that?? (We'll see if it comes out)

Lets keep the good news flowin'.
WI- I was worried about going to WI tonight... again I didnt do as good as I could. I need to stop the thought process I have of -oh I have a week, certainly what I do wed morning wont effect next tuesday... oh yeah wanna bet! It does. When you eat junk it shows regardless!
Well I went to WI, I LOST!! I would say yeah me but not I dont feel like I deserve it this week because I didnt nothing to try. But it is another 1.8 down! I am going to try for an even 2 pounds this week & see what I can do. I have a goal & to keep me honest this is what needs to happen, I need to walk. At least every other day. I need to Drink- no not rasberry margaritas ladies & gents, water. I am not doing so hot on that. Its not as easy in the winter when its cold. But its important.
I need to count my points & journal. I havent journaled since before Christmas! What a slacker!
So next week I need to make sure I can say I did these things! Feel free to ask me this week!

I have made some other plans this week.
John & I have some challenges with fertility-I have accepted that(its sucks but I accept it) I am so thankful I have a loving husband who is willing to go thru all the crap we have been thru(never complaining once) and that he has a heart big enough to open it to children who biologically are not ours. Not everyone is that awesome. So I made it my goal this week to find out what we need to do to get our home study started. I have made a few calls, sent a few emails, I am working on it.
I hope to be atleast on an adoption waiting list by mothers day. I havent really told John about that timeline but he will find out when he reads it here! :) (iluvu)

Next plan... my friends Lindsay & Kim both have children who were preemies. We had a loss at 14 wks, March of Dimes helped my grandparents when my mom was a baby/child with polio(google it if you dont know what it is) I plan to walk the March of Dimes walk & try to raise some funds for this charity. If I can spend time walking in place on a tred mill watching tv, why not walk in this awesome event to help save babies or help families who have babies to save. That could one day be our baby who needs help! ** So watch for the links to donate to the walk comming soon to a blog, a myspace page, my website near you! **

My last bit of good news goes back to my latest passion, yep Photography. I love it. It is so much fun. I dont care if I never ever can go full time professionally & make tons of money. Ok yes thats a lie, I so want to quit my job tomorrow & for the rest of my working life carry a camera around! But really, I am having so much fun.
I have a friend from one of my classes who is doing a wedding in March (an experience job not so much a paid job) but she is going to let me 2nd shoot it! Awesome. I am very excited.
Even better than that-
Desiree Hayes, she is a fantastic photographer. Serious I love her work she is so fun spirited with her clients(I only know because it shows in her work) she is casual & my gosh she is creative. Well one of the websites I chat on is doing a mentor type thing... guess who my mentor is... Desiree Hayes! Seriously, I prayed for this. Silly I know & maybe I shouldnt be so selfish with my prayers but I know I will learn so much from her!
Ok lets stop there this is sounding stalker-ish (but I really just want grow up to be like her some day!)
If you made it this far with out falling asleep.. COOL! Thanks for reading... I will try to post something tomorrow but again no promises to that. :) its 11:18 pm & im super tired. Night friends, on to week 5!

Wow, Its um, Short!

Yeah this was my reaction to my hair cut today!
I will post more Tuesday!

Happy week 3 my friends

Tuesdays Treat... after going to UNO-where I had a wonderful personal size veggie pizza. It was wonderful! Then I had a 1/2 a small kit kat blizzard... It just wasnt as good as it sounded... but then I felt guilty so I

Walked.... 32 minutes -almost 33. While we watch American Idol I walked. Its a good show to watch while walking. I recomend it! :)

Here is my proof that I realy did walk!

So WI wasnt so good this week... it was up. At first when I left WW I thought oh gosh I cant blog that I gained, then I look like a shmuck like I didnt try. Well I gained 3 pounds! 3 stinkkin' pounds. SO obviously I didnt try hard enough. I didnt exercise one time this week- partially because I have had a head cold which has now turned into a sinus infection. I didnt have much desire to do anything but lay on the couch.

I was looking forward to pizza tonight since it is my free night to eat what I want. I had pizza, enjoyed it & tomorrow starts week#4 & I will try this week to loose those 3 pounds AGAIN.

Other than being sick, & gaining 3 pounds I had a decent week. I had another photo shoot, not sure how they feel about the pictures- they havent ordered anything but its only been a few days. I personally think I bombed it but we all have our good & bad days. Practice makes perfect & I am going to dust myself off & try again! Goodnight friends... see ya next week!

Week 3 of 52

Just a cell phone picture & its a day late. I promised a photo on tuesday. I felt like road kill yesterday. So though my intentions are good, its become clear to me it isnt always going to happen.

This picture was taken this morning at work with my cell, so that I could blog while at work... Its been super slow. Well then work got in the way & I was busy. So here it is wed night & just getting around to the blog...

Good news... went to WW even though I felt like poo yesterday & I was down 1.8!!!! Yeah that is a total of just over 11 pounds I have lost in 5 wks. Ok not as good as I should be doing but I did pick a horrible time to start this... the week after thanksgiving...

Bad news... an online friend who I have known almost as long as John is loosing her fight with cancer. It makes me very sad for her & her family. I send her cards, specifically butterfly cards. She once told me her feelings about butterflies is that they are sent from God to show new life. So every time she saw one that she felt God was giving her new life. I have bought lots of butterfly stamps over the years just to make cards for Jerry... I am sad that she may not be able to enjoy them much longer. (Jerry's blog is in my sites I stalk if you would like to read a little about this great, strong woman)


So on to week 3 of 2008, i hope to clean out my polo bag so that my camera fits into it so i can start to carry it with me more often. Then I will have no excuses why I cant get my tuesday picture done! See ya next week!

2008 Word for the Year!

fo·cus
–1.
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
2.
Physics. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation, meet after being refracted or reflected.
3.
Optics.
a.
the focal point of a lens.
b.
the focal length of a lens.
c.
the clear and sharply defined condition of an image.
d.
the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image: in focus; out of focus.
4.
Geometry. (of a conic section) a point having the property that the distances from any point on a curve to it and to a fixed line have a constant ratio for all points on the curve.
5.
Geology. the point of origin of an earthquake.
6.
Pathology. the primary center from which a disease develops or in which it localizes. –verb (used with object)
7.
to bring to a focus or into focus: to focus the lens of a camera.
8.
to concentrate: to focus one's thoughts. –verb (used without object)
9.
to become focused.

I have so many things I need/want to focus on & many other things to stop focusing on. Confused? Yeah me too! My focus needs to be on me, myself & I. I am not a selfish person. But I need to try to be. Atleast to keep myself & my goals in focus.
I need to stay focused on what I want to accomplish this year & push everything else to the side for now. I want to learn more about photography. I learn more everyday but there is still so much to learn. I love everything I am learning but its a complicated hobby!
I want to be healthy & i take baby steps toward that everyday, its going to be a long road!
I want to use my time wiser... i have no idea where to start with that. It seems like there is never enough time in the day.
With all that being said, i need to go change the laundry & not spend so much time on this computer!! :)

Happy New Year!!!

Ok I am already behind... Its only the first week of my 52 week project... I am going to post a picture of me (or me & someone/something) every tuesday. Why tuesday because each tuesday is when I go to Weight Watchers to weigh in... I will keep you updated on each weeks loss or gain... but I really want to be a looser!

This picture was taken Tuesday, but I am just getting it posted.
John & I met (kinda) on New Yrs Day 6 yrs ago! So its appropriate to include him in my picture this week! iluvu