I gave up on Thankful posts.

I really did try, but I went to Vancouver for a week and get way too far behind. It doesn't mean that I'm not thankful, I'm just lazy. I did see this post today and I wanted to try it too!

I'm weird because:

I don't like veggies..except for potatoes.
I'm a crazy cat lady. legit.
I'm 21 with a 7 (almost 8) year old.

I'm a bad friend because:

I live in a different country than all my friends.
If I don't feel like talking to you, I won't.

I'm a good friend because:

I will drop anything to help you.
I love to buy presents.
I'm a good listener.

I'm sad because:

I don't have too many friends up here in Canada land.
I don't make nearly enough money.
I'm not a very good cook.

I'm happy because:

I have a very loving husband, who loves me no matter what I look like.
I have a great support system.
I have a job I love.

I'm excited for:

Christmas. Christmas. Christmas.

Day 10. Baby!

Today I'm thankful for my new little niece Chloe. Tom and Crystal have been struggling for over 10 years to have a baby, this little miracle baby was born last week, and I couldn't be happier for them. She really is the little miracle baby, and I can't wait to see her on Friday. I get to go to Vancouver for the first time with Randy and his sister Tara this weekend. I really can't wait!

Thirty Days of Thankful: Day 2-8

I admit I'm horrible at blogging. I had something come up and I've been off the computer for a while. Here's my list!

Day 2: I'm thankful for my parents. They're always there for me and pick me up when I fall down.
Day 3: I'm thankful for my cats. They're hilarious, and they are so precious (yes, I said that word) to me. I love them so much!
Day 4: I'm thankful for my brothers and sisters. That includes my sisters in law! They're all hilarious in their own ways, and I love them all so much!
Day 5: I'm thankful for my bed. It's nice to have somewhere comfy to sleep!
Day 6: I'm thankful for Desiree. She's my best friend, and my shoulder to cry on. She has a pretty cute baby too, and I love my godson soooo much!
Day 7: I'm thankful for my car. It gets me from a to b, and it's a very dependable car!
Day 8: I'm thankful for Randy's and my job. Without them we'd be on the street! :(

Thirty Days of Thankful: Day One

I just stumbled upon the idea to do "Thirty Things I'm Thankful For" for November. I've already had Canadian Thanksgiving, but I think I'm still okay to do this one. Everyday I'm going to post something I'm thankful for.

So today I'm thankful for my husband! It's kinda obvious why I'm thankful for him, so I'm just going to post a picture of him :) Love you babe!

Pumpkin Carving (and some cookies!)

We had our Halloween weekend with Annaleen last week. We went to my parent's house and carved pumpkins and made sugar cookies. It was definitely a lot of fun. Annaleen LOVES going to "Jeanne's house" as she calls it. She loves my mom so much, and why wouldn't she? My mom always has little presents for her and does things like makes cookies for Annaleen even though my mom can't even eat them! She's the best grandma to her grand kids.




These were the end result of our cookie making. Annaleen had so much fun making "hockey pucks" for her dads, and flowers for her moms. It was really fun to bond with her too.

This is after we had gutted our pumpkins. I hate the feeling of gutting a pumpkin. Annaleen is the same way too. Randy just laughed at us.


Of course I made a kitty pumpkin. What else would I make, really?
Annaleen made a creepy spider. Notice Randy's concentration in the back.

My iphone is broken so I have the WORST camera, but Randy spent a ton of time on his pumpkin. We were all sitting around playing and he was probably carving for another half hour or so.






This was Annaleen's favorite part: lighting the candles.

My mom told Annaleen to trick or treat so she could give her candy. Annaleen came upstairs wearing my sister Megan's halloween costume from when she was five. Annaleen is seven, so you can see how small she is for her age. Funny story: I told her to go next door and trick or treat as a joke, but she took it seriously and came running back scared! I guess the teenage boys opened the door and were really confused.

We had a blast, and now I can't wait for real halloween this weekend! :)

Calgary Corn Maze

Today Randy and I went to the Calgary Corn Maze. It was seriously so much fun. We've wanted to start some traditions, and so we headed to the Corn Maze. Since it was Canadian Thanksgiving we both had the day off.


The Corn Maze was pretty large, and we decided we would go through the whole thing!


The Corn Maze had a game called the Maize-O-Poly and that's what kept us going. We had to finish a Monopoly board by finding all the stations and hole punching our board. We didn't really mean to do the whole thing, but after we had all but five we had to keep going. We almost gave up with one left, but we REALLY wanted our "Farmer of the Year" sticker!
This is us with our FINISHED BOARD! We acted like agents, and made it through the whole thing following the whole map. We felt GOOD!


And our proof: our STICKER! It took us an hour, and dang we felt good! The whole park had so much to do, there were trampolines, a corn husk shooter, and a ton of kid games.

We were going to pick out pumpkins, but honestly it's a rip off. So instead we went and picked up some pumpkins to get a picture. Yeah, we're cool. Over all, it was such a fabulous time, and we can't wait to do it again!

This whole weekend was really fun. Randy and I stayed home all weekend (except I worked) and we made all our food, and watched seven. Yes, seven movies. I'm doing a post about it, because I wanted to give my reviews.

So, that was my fabulous weekend, What are your traditions?

Weight Loss.

I'm jumping back on the weight loss bandwagon. I tried before and I did lose quite a bit of weight. Then something horrible happened and I got neck surgery. I seriously couldn't sweat for months. That meant no working out, no nothing. It was the worst. I've been trying to eat well but gradually some of the weight came back. I want to be happier with myself so here I am proclaiming it to everyone so that everyone can hold me accountable that I WILL SUCCEED!!!

I'm currently at 179.5 lbs after eating with my clothes on.
When I lost weight I was at 162.5 before my surgery.

THE PLAN:
My plan is to eat breakfast.
30 minutes of Zumba every morning to start
NO SNACKING! (I'm THE WORST!)
One cheat day a week, but I won't overdo it.

I'm not putting too much pressure on myself, but I want to feel better!

I will be posting my stats every week. Hopefully I can do this!