Day 4 of tonsillectomy recovery.

I somehow managed to get pretty good sleep last night with no pain which is always awesome! But I stepped on the scale today and it looks like I havent lost any weight. :( That was my silvery lining and i'm a little dissapointed. Haha. But oh well. I guess once this is done and over with I will just go back to my exercise/eating routine and back on my weight loss plan. No biggie. I'm done getting stressed out about things and if I get a couple of weeks behind, i'm not gonna sweat it. The only timeline i'm under is my own so I can take as long as I want to lose this weight. My throat is still inflammed and it still hurts to swallow but if this is the worse of it, i'm doing good! God is definitely blessing me with good pain tolerance and hopefully it's just uphill from here! (:

He got the job!!!!!

He did it!! He got the promotion up to Administrative Manager yesterday! We are definitely counting our blessings and plan on starting our church going again on Sunday. After everything God has given us, we need to do it. I am on day 3 of my recovery and i'm starting to feel scabs form (gross) and my throat def feels like when I had my abcess. The bright side of things is that I will probably never have to feel this horrific feeling again and for that I am thankful. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel. So after I finished my homework and posts for the day I decided to do a little bit of online "window" shopping and found the bag that I hope will be my reward for when I reach my goal weight. My husband already said he would buy me the Louis Vuitton purse I want next year but I want to "earn" it. How good will it feel wearing my purse with my NEW body!!

Tonsillectomy and life.

It was this morning. And I was scared silly. I would have bet my life that I would never have fallen asleep with the GA but I did and while it's sore the pain is manageable. I think it's just the anxiety of going through with a surgery that had me in a panic. I'm sure the worse is still to come but I thank GOD that I made it out ok. I was seriously chanting in my head "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" on my way to the OR and you know what, I believe God was with me 10000%. Dr even came out and told Chris that I barely bled and everything went perfect! Now i'm just looking forward to getting rid of strep throats and no more abcesses! And if anything good besides my health will come out of this, then atleast i'll have a little bit of weight loss. lol. Look at the bright side of things.

On another note, Chris has his interview for Admin tomorrow and I'm nervous but I'm learning to put things in God's hands. He has a plan for our family and whatever happens, happens. I truly do believe that God will bless Chris and our fam with this promotion though because it's his turn. He works so hard and he deserves it. So please pray for him tomorrow and that he knocks his store manager out of his socks! =)

Potty training. Take 1,344,453.

My two oldest boys who are 4 and 5 are on the austism spectrum. And i'm having one HELL of a time trying to potty train my oldest. He is the one on the lesser side so he's not as behind as his brother. This past year he has really started opening up as far as trying to talk, forming sentences, following directions, etc. But this potty training is killing me. I dont know how to get him to understand that you NEED to pee in the potty. And that wet underwear is not a good thing. I'm just frustrated so off to google I go. Hopefully i'll be able to update here with progress. My goal is to have him potty trained before kindergarten starts in September.

WooHoo!! Weight loss success!

I have managed to lose 2 pounds this week AFTER a lunch at ShoGun's and a night of burgers! (Granted, I only had one burger on Friday night and for lunch at Shogun's I did order the regular meal but did not finish everything.) I was really thinking I was gonna screw up this week because I hadnt managed to get much time at the gym and i've been kinda nervous about my upcoming tonsillectomy. But i'll take 2 pounds! yay!! :)

Easter

Eater was a great day! We spent it with my in-law's and the boys had so much fun egg hunting with their cousins!! We are very blessed to have a great family that lives so close we can get together all the time. This was Julee's first Easter and she looked SO adorable!! Maybe i'm a little biased but hey, pictures dont lie. :)

One more time...

I havent updated this thing in over a month but i've managed to make some changes! I was having a really hard time trying to stay motivated and on track when low and behold, I find out about SMART MEALS! They are Weight Watchers frozen meals you can buy at the store and they are full meals that have the calories already counted up for you. NO MORE LEAN POCKETS! yay! I was starting to get sick of just eating them. So while I didnt join WW, I did join the gym and have started to work out fully again. So my weight loss routine is now eating less than 1500 calories a day while trying to burn off 500. Sometimes I dont find time to go to the gym but I do have my Wii and within this last month I managed to finally break into the 170's! I'm SO excited! I feel like this time its for real. I have also started reading my bible again with my cup of coffee in the morning and doing my homework in the morning while the baby sleeps. I definitely think i'm on the right track. Our house is now actually clean everyday and the boys ar making so much progress. I'm in a really happy place in my life now. My big project today is to hopefully get all of the laundry done. I HATE laundry. =)