tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48533937902815563042024-03-12T17:38:28.129-07:00A Giggle Says It AllPebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-32218244171281646962012-08-27T07:27:00.000-07:002012-08-27T07:27:06.052-07:00Weigh in time! I missed weighing in last Thursday. I though it would make more since to weigh in on Mondays. I'm very happy with my weight loss so far.<br />
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Starting Weight- 225<br />
Current Weight- 217.<br />
Goal Weight 125.<br />
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I'm now down 8 lbs from my starting weight. My little guy starts preschool 4 days a week from 12 until 3:30. Today will be his first day. I plan on heading to the park and the trails and getting in a good walk, and trying for some brief jogging.<br />
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I'm feeling pretty good on the Phentermine. I haven't had an incredible surge of energy like I thought I would, but it's a little easier to make it through the day. It has worked amazingly at curbing my hunger. I've been doing extremely well at sticking to around 1200 calories a day, and getting in at least 8 glasses of water. <br />
<br />PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-39213807535113150272012-08-22T14:35:00.000-07:002012-08-22T14:35:21.652-07:00The start to successSo I've been doing good at sticking to my diet plan for the most part this last week. I've also been doing a little working out. Slowly getting a little more accomplished at Day 1 of the 30 Day shred. And I've also done some major walking. Today I went to the dr. to talk to her about my weight gain. In the last week thanks to a lot of hard work I've dropped 5 lbs. She says that I'm doing everything right. She prescribed phentermine for me, which I will start tomorrow. I will update on here as much as possible so I can let other people know how phentermine is working for me. I'll also post about how it makes me feel as well, and any side effects I may have. Hopefully it'll work great and I won't have any bad side effects. PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-66032622204953368772012-08-17T07:30:00.000-07:002012-08-17T07:30:16.184-07:00Of CourseOf course things don't work out my way. I was planning on using the Amazon gift cards that I've earned online to order the Body by Vi shake mix. Well once again my husband can't even pay for pull-ups for our son, so I had to use my Amazon gift cards for that. It's so disappointing because he told me that I could use them for myself this time. I'm so sick of my husband being lazy and not finding a real job. I pay for everything for the house and everything for the kids. I buy nothing for myself. Just this once I wanted to spend it on something to help improve myself. I even sold every bit of my sewing and craft stuff, including my sewing machine, so that I could get the kids school clothes and supplies. He's not there for us financially, emotionally, or physically. I really don't know why I stay. It's like I'm a single parent with the shell of another person taking up extra space here. PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-59339812189193522612012-08-16T17:19:00.002-07:002012-08-16T17:19:43.735-07:00And it startsAfter a lot of thinking and a lot of time. I KNOW that I desperately need to lose weight. The big problem for me is that I don't really know how. In the last week I've really changed my eating habits, but I know that I still have a long ways to go. I started on my actual diet today. I supplemented two of my meals for Slim Fast shakes. I did snack on more popsicles and beef jerky than I should have. Tomorrow will be better. Tomorrow is day one to a new me. I know that I've said it before, but this time I'm determined to stick to it. I have to. This is not how I want to live my life. <br />
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I've decided that I'm going to try the Body by Vi again. I did not like the taste of the shakes, but I've realized that I can deal with it if it's going to help me to lose all of this weight. I'm also going to be doing the 30 Day Shred. I've tried it before and I failed. I can't make it through the first day. I will just keep doing day 1 until I can complete it. I have to do this to make a better life for my children. I don't want to be scared that I'm going to have a heart attack at any time because I'm so overweight.<br />
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Today I'm officially putting my weight out there. Something that I've never done. Something that I'm afraid for even my own children to see. And I'm sure that if any of my family sees this post they'll be gossiping about it. I hope that one day I will be able to look back and this weight will be just a bad phase of my body. I hope that I can shed it.<br />
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When I entered my height and weight into the BMI calculator I wasn't surprised by the devastating news it gave me. 42.5 = Heavily Overweight. My current weight is more than it's been in my entire life. 99 lbs more than it was when I was 9 months pregnant. My goal weight would be 115. My current weight is 225. That means that I have 110 pounds to lose. That means that I have a LOT of work ahead of me. So on to my first official weigh in posting:<br />
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Goal Weight- 115 pounds.<br />
Current Weight- 225 pounds<br />
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Each Thursday I will weigh in and post my weight loss. I really hope that I can see some significant loss each week. PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-75253564727937216062012-08-15T12:22:00.001-07:002012-08-15T12:22:40.603-07:00Last week of summer before schoolSince this is the last week of summer before the boys go back to school we've been trying to make the most of our free days. Yesterday we visited the Children's zoo. It's not a big zoo, but the kids enjoy it. B really loved seeing the lemurs. C loved doing the dino dig. We spent a good hour just digging in the sand for bones and reburying them. Moon loved the bug house. The favorite for all of them was the little train.<br />
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I hope that I can start blogging more regularly when all of the boys are in school. It'll give me something to do while I have a few hours to myself. My sister and her kiddos have been up here for the last week. The kids were all at each other often but overall it was a pretty great visit. I enjoyed spending time with her and was sad to see her have to go home.PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-54860978205479255952012-06-08T18:25:00.001-07:002012-06-08T18:25:30.682-07:00Summer funLately it seems like I haven't had much time to do anything except to slave around the house and have fun with my boys. I try to take them to the park at least a few times a week. They immediately head straight for the ball field. I had asked them earlier this spring if they wanted to play baseball this summer. Both of the older boys completely refused. Yeah I was a bit sad about it. So what do they do out on the baseball field? Play kick ball of course. If kickball was a sport here they'd be playing everyday. When soccer season starts up again I have to make sure to sign them both up. They will love being a part of the soccer team.<br />
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<br />PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-91607688521686014882012-06-01T14:45:00.001-07:002012-06-01T14:45:26.224-07:00It's Been a Long TimeIt's been so long time since I've made a blog post. So many things have changed in our lives. My husband and I almost divorced, but somehow made it through. Then we lost my father-in-law to suicide. There's been other events that have happened that haven't been so great since the last time I posted. But I'm not going to get into all of that. We can only pray that our hearts will heal from all of the hurt that we've suffered.<br />
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Now it's summer vacation and my boys are home all the time with me. I'm so happy that I get to spend more time with them, but it's sure a challenge. I'm finally getting back into sewing. I haven't sewn much for awhile, but I have some blankets and quilts that need to be made for a couple charities that I need to get busy on.<br />
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On the last day of school we got pics done of our boys. The guy that took them has only had his business for about a year, but I think he did a pretty good job. He doesn't charge much so we got a heck of a deal.<br />
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I plan on getting back into the blogging world. It will be nice to have a place of my own in this house full of boys. Glad to see that I still have some followers after my time away. PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-70300552825366658532012-01-18T13:13:00.000-08:002012-01-18T13:13:43.939-08:00Lately I've been catching up on sewing projects that are long overdue. I sewed new striped curtains for Chandler's room. I also made both of the older boys no sew fleece blankets. Bastian's is skateboard and Chandler's is monsters. But the biggest project that I've finished is Cam's I Spy quilt. It's my first quilt and I love it.<br />
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This is our new kitty- Miss Piggy. She really wants the quilt for herself.<br />
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1. Be more considerate of my husband.<br />
2. Preschool with Cam 3 days a week in our classroom.<br />
3. Declutter- each day I need to take at least 10 solid minutes to do some decluttering<br />
4. Try at least 1 new recipe a week. Either one that I find, or one that I create myself.<br />
5. Have a game night with my kids AND husband once a week.<br />
6. Take time to sew at least once a week. <br />
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It's only the 3rd, but I haven't failed yet. lol. I decided to start my decluttering in my sewing closet. For awhile now I've been wanting to get the game Guesstures. Well I guess I bought this game already and had completely forgotten about it. I discovered it in a box in the sewing closet. I can't tell you how excited that made me. Big score for the new year goals!PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-35494137937900027782011-12-11T13:10:00.000-08:002011-12-11T13:12:24.191-08:006 months of Therapies!Tomorrow we have Cam's 6 month meeting for a new IFSP. I can't believe that it's already been 6 months since he started with his therapies. When we first got Cam's diagnosis of Autism it was like a wall came tumbling down on us. Now he has speech, OT, and a teacher that comes and works with him each week. He has made so much progress. Each day I see him learning new things. He is still so far behind, but so much ahead of where I though he would be. Each time I hear him say a new word I swell with happiness. He can repeat most words, but getting him to use them on his own, is quite a challenge. <br />
Eating used to be quite the challenge too. He's still a very picky eater, but now he will eat chicken. In the past he wouldn't eat any meat at all. Once in awhile he will even try something new. He usually spits it out, but at least he's trying. <br />
He still doesn't like wearing clothes. Most of the time he will strip his clothes off. But now he at least keeps his diaper on. <br />
He no longer headbangs or runs into walls. He doesn't gag himself either. He still acts like he's choking. And he still spits. The better he becomes at communicating the less of these behaviors we see. His teacher put in for a grant to get him an IPAD2. We are keeping our fingers crossed that eventually he will get one. That would be a tremendous help with his communication. They make apps that will help him to communicate with us, even though he doesn't have the vocal words to express himself. <br />
He still doesn't respond to others outside of our family, or the people very close to us. He does so much better with meeting people for the first time if it's in our home. He used to go hide under the table when people would come over, even if he had seen them many times before. Now he will stay in the same room most of the time. If there's more than 2 people he will still go and hide. Over time he has become attached to his aunts and cousins. Earlier in the year I wasn't sure if he would be accepting of anyone other than our immediate family. I'm so happy to see that he will actually play with his cousins and kiss his aunts. <br />
He is such a wonderful little guy. He has come so far in the past 6 months. I'm extremely proud of him. I know that Autism isn't going stop him from living a wonderful life. He has so much potential. He is such a smart little guy. My little Moon Man is such an amazing gift from God, just like his 2 big brothers. I'm such a blessed mama. ♥<br />
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I do need to make Advent Calendars for my boys, but I've never done them before. If you have any links to some that I could make I would love to check them out.PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-43968631799525348982011-10-24T20:41:00.000-07:002011-10-24T20:41:32.776-07:00The fat girl has got to go.For quite awhile now I've been gaining weight. I used to be the skinny girl; even after 2 kids. I was even skinny after number 3 came along. But something happened since then. I've just continued to gain weight. I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that I quit smoking. I quit smoking during my pregnancies with all 3 boys, but picked it up again afterwards. Well I didn't start smoking again after Moon was born. He's 2 1/2 now and thankfully I am still smoke-free. When I was stressed in the past I would just head outside and light up a cigarette. Now I find stress relief in food, which actually just ends up stressing me out more.<br />
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I've been looking into different weight loss plans and I think I may have found one that may actually work for me. I just need to get my husband on board to let me go for it. He wants me to lose the weight, but he's not really supportive of me doing it. I'm not doing this for him though. I'm doing it for me. I don't want to be the fat girl anymore.PebblesGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00527125524896598738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4853393790281556304.post-18435210288509881212011-09-27T12:55:00.000-07:002011-09-27T12:55:24.202-07:00Time for a xanaxWhen I'm really stressed out I sew. I find that sewing something from start to finish is like taking a xanax. Most of the things I sew take time and can't be completed in one sitting. These cute little pinafore's that I made for my cousins baby can be sewn start to finish in one sitting. They are completely reversible so it's like 2 pinafore's in one. Hopefully one day I'll have a little girl of my own to cute little clothes for. Until then I'll just enjoy making them for other baby girls in the family. <br />
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Who am I? I'm Mommy, Honey, Pebbley, or Sista. Call me whatever you'd like; none of these are names I was born with. All have been bestowed upon me, and I accepted happily. I'm a SAHM to 3 boys who I'll tell you about in just a bit. I love crafting, and discovering new things to make. I get bored easily so I'm not likely to make the same thing more than a couple times. I love reading, but I don't find a lot of time to do it anymore. When the weather gets cooler I will spend more time curled up with a good book.<br />
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The loves of my life:<br />
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B- My firstborn. He is 9 years old, and already only an inch shorter than I am. He is the brains in the family. He does so well in school, and I'm very proud of him.He loves learning about anything and everything to do with Science and Space. He is my helper, and normally a great big brother. Lately he's gotten quite a mouth on him. I'm hoping he outgrows that soon and turns back into my sweet boy. I see the mouthiness come out much more when others are around. When it's just me and the boys at home he's usually the best kid you could ask for. I love sitting and talking with him. <br />
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C- My middle child, and the biggest handful. He is 7. He can be the sweetest little boy you've ever met, but he can also be very trying at times. He has severe ADHD. Most of the time it's controlled pretty well, but there are periods where we go through some very rough spots with him. He has a few other issues which I'm sure we'll get to in time. Like my older boy he is very smart as well. He has a harder time in school though due to his ADHD. He loves making people happy, and easily can bring a smile to your face. <br />
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Moon- My youngest son, the baby. He is 2 years old. He has led us down a road that we never thought about. When he was born he was the happiest and best baby I'd ever seen. He hit all of his milestones on time, and was turning into an amazing toddler. At his 1 year check up he was doing very well. A couple months later things started to change. He started to change. He no longer talked. He avoided people. He started banging his head. He quit eating most things. etc.. etc... The list goes on and on. Before we received the news I knew.... I thought I had prepared myself to hear the words, but I hadn't. After several doctors we were sent to the last doctor who would give us the final answer. The same answer that the other doctors had given, but this is the one that would stamp the label on our son. Our precious little man is Autistic. Even though we knew, it was still like the walls came crumbling down. But we realized that we wouldn't be helping our son at all, by wallowing in the diagnosis. After more observations, testing, and all that he started in therapy. He has a great teacher that comes into our home and works with him. He also has speech and occupational therapy. These therapies have helped him so much. Every day I am amazed by how much he has progressed. Every time I hear him say a new word I feel like crying tears of joy. Although we never imagined that Autism would affect one of our kids, it has, and we're dealing with it. It's hard but so is life in general.<br />
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Besides my awesome boys, I don't have too many family members that I'm close with. I have my amazing sister who has been with me through so much. I have my beautiful niece and nephews. And I have my dear husband. He can be a real pain in the rear some of the time, but I don't know what I'd do without him. He works very hard for our family. And he is a pretty great guy!<br />
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That is the basic sum up of me. :)<br />
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