Lisa's Blog!

The boys Hey there, my die-hard readers! I wanted to let everyone know that I have picked up a blogging gig at Portland Family Magazine. It is a really cool magazine for the Portland area, but they have great articles (and great bloggers) so everyone should check it out. I will post a link here when I post there, so that my merrellblogger readers will get all my bloggy goodness.

Hopefully, one day soon I will start posting here more often. In the meantime, here are some other delightful links to keep you busy:

Taste for Taste

Fashionably Harrison

Fail blog

Go Fug Yourself

Enjoy the links and the gratuitous picture of my boys!

 

Dad, on this Father's Day, I would like to let you know how much you mean to me and how much I miss you. Here are just a few of the things you have taught me over the years:

1. How to be Independent

2. How to work Hard...and Smart

3. That I can be Successful anywhere

4. How to Work a room

5. That I should always expect the Best from my partner

6. To always strive to be Better, even if it takes awhile

7. How to be really really Funny

8. How important Relationships are

9. Instead of trying to change people, show them you Love them

10. How to be awesome at Road Tripping

and so, so much more.

Thanks for being a great Dad with so much to offer.

 

Rock 'N Roll Party Ok, this is only out of pity to the unemployed, but here it is...


--> Spell your name without vowels: Lsa
--> What is the date 2 days after your birthday?: April 18th
--> How many pairs of jeans do you own?: 5, if you don't count shorts and stuff
--> How many are designer?: Ummm....
--> What color do you wear most?: Gray
--> Least favorite color?: puce, mostly because of it's name
--> Last song heard on the radio?: I can't remember, it is usually on because of Asher
--> What's for dinner tonite?: Chicken stir-fry, boring
--> Are you happy with your life right now?: Yes, I'm very lucky in a lot of ways.
--> Tell me a secret about one of your siblings: Well let's just say that I will never forget jumping someone's fence in heels and fancy clothes in the rain at 2:30 am with Kendra and Nicole.
--> Anyone ever said you resemble a celebrity?: My roommates just to swear I looked just like Jody Foster, but I never really saw it.
--> Who did you last call on your cell phone?: Asher's doctor. I am so boring.
--> Do you own a..
- PS2?: No.
- XBOX 360?: No.
- PSP?: No.
- SIDEKICK?: No, but I did just get a G1.
- DIGITAL CAMERA?: Yes.
--> Do you shop at stores like Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, or Aeropostale?: Not usually.
--> How do you make money?: I don't make it, I spend it.
--> Last thing you bought over 50 dollars?: Google phone.
--> Are you missing someone right now?: I might be missing a chocolate chip cookie...CAN YOU HEAR ME BRIAN?
--> Finish this sentence. I wish: I had a pair of Chucks.
--> One word to describe you: Indescribable.
--> Favorite pair of shoes: Black Nine West slouch boots...they are almost worn out and I am sad.
-->Whois the first person in your Blog Links List?: My cousin Angie.
--> What would you rather be doing right now?: Watching a movie and knowing that I didn't have to get up in the morning and that Brian didn't have to go to work.
--> What should you be doing right now?: Looking for jobs or doing the dishes.
--> Have you kissed your significant other lately?: A little, but you should ask me after I finish this post...
--> Last IM you recieved?: Can't say for sure, because it was probably months ago.
--> Last text message you recieved? From Brian, saying I had to wait to talk to him until he was done working.
--> Who did you hug today?: My kids, my husband. I don't actually think I saw anyone but them today, isn't that sad?
--> What are you going to do now?: You don't want to know.


Alrighty, now I have to name two people I want to think I'm annoying...I pick Matt and Genesee!

 

This isn't the last post for the weight loss challenge, but I am in the final week of the program. I would like to say that my weigh in was a happy event yesterday, but it was not. I have put off an "official" weigh in for a little while; due to skipping my workout lately I barely have time to put on pants before getting the kids out of bed when they wake up, let alone do a weigh in. Another, more insidious, reason is that since the cookie exchange a couple of weeks ago I have been eating nothing but a steady diet of cookies and english toffee. There was some hummus in the beginning, but that ran out pretty quickly, leaving only 5 or 6 dozen cookies.

While this was extremely delicious and made meals very easy to prepare, it did nothing good for my health. As of yesterday, I was 138. That wasn't as big of a gain as I was expecting, so I guess that is nice, but I'm a little sad. Just a little though, because this is an just an aberration from my regular lifestyle, which will be back fairly shortly, and I don't want to feel guilty for something I made a concious choice to do (I can stop whenever I want, I swear!). I am already back to working out in the mornings, so as soon as that takes effect I should be back on track. Here's to hoping to be back to 136 by the end of the year.

Start weight: 155
Goal weight: 125
Goal date: December 31, 2008

Weeks left: less than 1
Left to lose: 13

Week 30: 138

 

Asher is pretty much potty trained now, which has been a great relief to me ever since we finished. However, now he refuses to use the bathroom unless he absolutely has too. He will tell me when he needs to go and I'll take him into the bathroom. He will then take off his pants and underpants (sometimes his shirt and socks too, if it is that kind of day) and then he will run around in a circle yelling "It's coming out, it's coming out!" To which I will reply "get on the potty!!" His response is to yell louder and faster. At this point I usually run into the bathroom and pick him up and put him on the toilet. Sometimes he has already peed, but most of the time he doesn't pee until he is safely plomped down on the seat. Needless to say, this does nothing for my desire to be uninvolved in his bathroom needs. Oh, well.