Little tid bits..

I have a few pics to post. I just wanted to give a quick update on some things and post my pics.

Sierra and I went to Michaels the other day to find some craft ideas for them now that they are homeschooled. We found Silly Putty and CC wanted some so I bought each girl a package. This is what Emil and Lena do with her silly putty.....

On thie kitchen chair...


Lena's "lips" look like Bratz dolls!!


We got a pretty decent amount of rain last night! Boy were we excited!!! We sat on the porch and watched it and listened to it fall. It was so relaxing! Here are a few pics...

My babies really enjoyed the fresh rain water..

Luigi saw the door open and seized his chance to run out...
Don't you love the way he squeezed himself in the middle?

I love the way the falling rain looks!

Our grapevine enoyed the rain too!

If you look close at the house across the street you can see the water on the road.

My CC and Emil.

Today when I got home I asked Lena to turn in her homework that I had given her last night. One of her assignments was to write some words in cursive. Since the capital "A" was one of her letters I had her write April five times. Well, her Math homework was writing her multiples of 2 and 3 five times each. When she gave me her handwriting paper she said, "The reason all of your "a's" for April are lower case if because you made me really mad. I know my 2's and 3's forwards and backwards and you still made me write them again. So since you made me mad all your "a's" are lower case." I had to laugh! Too funny! I gave her the paper back and made her rewrite it the correct way!

CC wants me to go watch Quarantine with her. I guess I better go.

Oh real quick... tomorrow I go for my barrium swallow. Emil knew I would chicken out and never reschedule so he took it upon himself to reschedule us both. Great!

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I'm up early going to my lapband appointment!

******UPDATE********

Ok... Our appointment went very well. We were in and out fairly quickly. The last time we went we got there at 7am and we left around 4 pm. NOT FUN!! Today we were in and out by 11:30!! NICE!!! I am good. He said I carry my weight evenly throughout my body. The only thing I will have to do before surgery is a barrium swallow. I already have that scheduled for Saturday morning. They are going to get my five year weight history and I shouldbe good to go! Dr. Pilcher said he thinks my surgery should happen soon. I am excited. Nervous? Yes! It's surgery... but... I think the way my weight continues to escalate I am headed to a heart attack or stroke. I am already pre-diabetic so this will cut that out completely. We will see. I am a bit scared. It is surgery and I have never had a surgery before. I've never been "out" with anesthesia. It's scary but I think the end result will be worth it. I want to be healthier and I want my children and my family to be healthier as well.



Emil has a bit more to do before he can have his surgery. He has to do a sleep apnea test, cardio test, barrium swallow (Saturday as well), lose ten pounds and begin following a strict diet now. He is very excited about this and really looking forward to us starting a new, healthy lifestyle.

We had to see a psychologist as part of our evaluation. The doctor asked me what did I think will be the hardest part about the life after the surgery. I thought about it... I think the hardest part will be learning how to cook afterwards. We know how to cook now, really good, all the bad things, lasagna, nachos, brownies, cakes from scratch, ribs... oh I could go on and on. We know what to buy at the store, we know what and how to prepare it. But we don't know how to make the good stuff. And by good, I mean healthy. This will be a learning experiece for both of us. We both love to cook and I know that once we learn WHAT to cook and HOW to prepare and cook it, it will be a sinch for us. No problem. When we went to Central Market the other day and I picked up a schedule for their cooking classes. Lisa and I have talked about doing this together. She wants to learn to cook for Stas. I want to learn to cook more healthier things. When she gets back from San Diego I guess we'll have to find us a good class.

I will post pictures of our trip to the beach in a bit. Emil is on the couch sick. We just got back from the ER. They say food poisoning from the oysters we ate at the beach. I don't know. It's been five days and he can hardly keep water down. He's lost eleven pounds since Saturday. That seems like more than food poisoning!

Changes

Last year I went to a weight loss seminar and the all day evaluation with the nutrionist, mental therapist, dietician, surgeon.. and everyone else under the moon. All I had to provide for the lap band surgery was a five year weight history and my ins would have paid the rest. I chickened out, like I had in 2007, and never went back. Now, another year later and another 15 pounds heavier I am going at it again. This time I think, I am pretty sure, I almost know I am going to go through with it. Mostly because I want to incorporate a healthier life style for my children and force them to develop healthier eating habits. I will post some before pictures... trust me.... there's a reason there aren't too many of me. Hopefully soon I will be able to post some "after" pics as well.

The girls are spending the night with my mom. This is the first night Emil and I have had alone in probably more than a year. What am I doing on the computer you might ask???? Well, I promised I would try to be more active on my blog....and Emil is on his "throne." So there you have it. And we have a friend coming over in about fifteen minutes.

I am going to post more pics here. The only reason I havent done more is because its so confusing. I cant figure it out and then I get frustrated!!!

Ok.. I think I want my Cinnabon (way to prepare for the Lap Band!) that Lisa brought back for me from her trip and make me some decaf coffee. Tomorrow will be a looooong day at work.