New gift!! DAY 20!!
Jul 28, 2018
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everybody welcome to Friday Wow
this week definitely was weird okay this
week flew by like I was just like
sitting there today and the weird thing
is is I keep thinking that yesterday was
Wednesday and today was gonna be
Thursday so when I was talking to ollie
I was like oh well on Friday we need to
do this and we need to do that and he's
like honey that's tomorrow and I'm like
oh my god where is my week been so yeah
this week went a little fast but it was
a great great week like I just couldn't
ask for a better week everything from
staying on point with my journey and not
veering off and staying positive during
flow time which was really trying for me
because that was you know I was just
getting ready to start doing my
exercising and all of that and it was
just like boom it kind of just
everything came to a halt and when you
have such high goals that you just want
to reach so bad it's so hard to really
put yourself at a stop you know and just
be like nope can't do it you know so
that was a little bit tough this week I
would say that probably was one of the
toughest things for me in my journey
part because I didn't get to really do
all the activity movement that I really
wanted to do but you know I have to
listen to my body as well and know that
sometimes that's just that's life and
it's okay we're gonna brush ourself off
and just keep going right where we
stopped you know and that's exactly what
I've done I just you know picked up and
kept going as soon as I felt comfortable
and able to do it safely and not feel
like I was
gonna push myself to a limit that would
be you know not safe and what I'm saying
that is because like when I was standing
up and I was getting that dizzy feeling
and just feeling like I was just gonna
completely pass out it was a good time
to be like yeah we're gonna slow down on
the walking and stuff and just take kind
of a at ease and I think that was
probably the best thing for me I think
where I'm kind of struggling right now
is I think my iron dropped and I just
have been so exhausted and I don't know
why like there's really no no real
reason why I should be but I just am and
I mean I can wake up in the morning and
already be yawning and I'm like what two
days in a row now I've taken them out
for four hours straight and that's just
not me like I do not take naps during
the day I'm one of those people that I'm
like okay if I take a nap I just wasted
away the whole day so and I'm not one of
those that can take a half an hour to an
hour nap and be like okay I'm good no
when I take a nap it's got to be like a
full-on
multiple hours basically nap or just
don't do it and for two days straight
I've taken four hour naps both days and
I'm just like really come on Amy we
don't have time for this we really don't
and so I thinking that that could be
what's going on as my iron might be low
and so I completely forgot to mention it
to my doctor yesterday when I was at the
doctor's appointments but I just assumed
that if it continues and my iron pills
don't start kicking in because I do have
iron pills I'll just make an appointment
and go back in to see them it's not that
big of a deal but I do have to make sure
that I'm maintaining my iron levels
especially when I have not the
healthiest kidneys so with that yeah
that's really like I would honestly say
probably my only struggle this week was
just the the
activity but that was health reasons why
it stopped it wasn't because I just
didn't want to do it I ate out a couple
times this week but it was subway every
single time so I feel like it was
healthy choices it was a healthier
choice than going to Burger King or
Panda Express you know those are all the
places I would normally go to and now
it's just it's not even I don't even
think about it like my kids haven't even
eaten it I excuse me I gave it to them
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Tuesday I want to say it was Tuesday I
got them Burger King but that was the
first time they've had Burger King and
over a month and that's like a shock
because my kids before I started
changing my lifestyle they were eating
Burger King almost every single day
almost every single day because my
three-year-old always in the back oh my
hamburger I won't realize even though
nine out of ten when I would buy it it
would end up on the floor but they would
freak out and cry and throw a fit until
I stopped and got him their stuff and
since mama changed the household to st.
Jean and so when we went to Subway
that was their option you can have a sub
sandwich or you can go home and eat
something from home but we're not gonna
go and get fast food and all of that and
shockingly my entire family ate sub
sandwiches and they were totally pleased
with it happy and ate it just perfectly
fine so I was really happy that was a
good moment that was a that was a good
sign to me that not only am i changing
myself but I'm also looking out for my
family's health
so anyways um it just was a really
really good week though I can't wait to
see what the skills is tomorrow I'm just
like is it gonna be my friend but it's
just yeah I I think I always get anxiety
right before I'm gonna do my weigh-in
just because again I shouldn't play it
on
no I shouldn't but it's always good to
see the numbers going down because then
that's just a security that I it's
paying off
and so that's always a good thing um no
let's see my water I did amazing today I
will say that I drink so much water I
didn't do the gallon because of all the
actual gallon I didn't do that because
my husband forgot to get oh well but I
drink so I end up getting a 20 ounce one
of the snapples and I had drinking the
other day so I washed it out and then I
just kept reusing that and filling it up
putting a few of my flavor drops in it
and I would drink it so I think I got
down total today 7 7 20 ounce bottles so
I feel very much more accomplished than
what I was doing so I was only getting
like 40 ounces of water a day if that so
I think this was a good thing that I I
did that today and oh I got my happy
mail from my husband so yes we are way
early he waited on my birthday my
birthday is in August and so he was like
you know I don't know what to get you
you know because really you know the
thing is with me and him is we know if
we want something we can get it you know
and we're total opposite when it comes
to like presents and surprises he hates
surprises
he hates them and I love surprises
I love getting little goodies and little
things like that and he will tell me
like if I'll get him a gift or something
and I don't tell him look why did you
get this why why did you surprise me you
know I don't like surprises I'm I'm like
oh stop it you know you enjoy it he's
like well I'm grateful for it but why
did you surprise me or he'll somehow
catch me oh oh I cannot have the time I
can't do it because I will
we can Li like order it on Amazon or
something right because he never is on
the Amazon stuff oh excuse me he has the
Amazon account stuff but he doesn't ever
sign in to our account he just looks
through Amazon on its own I don't know I
don't know why any if you want something
he just tells me he sends it to me it
says here order it typical so uh-huh
this year for his birthday I ended up
ordering him his favorite candies and
just odds and ends because if I leave
the house it's it's obvious I'm up to
something if I leave without telling him
or I leave without letting it like him
go with me because I rarely will go to
the store without him just because my
anxiety and stuff I don't like going
shopping by myself very rarely once in a
while I can do it and I'm okay but it's
just it depends on the day really and so
anyways he I went on Amazon I ordered
all of his stuff and I got some really
cool stuff so excited and like later on
that night he's like what are you up to
and I'm like what are you talking about
and he's like I don't know you you're
acting weird and I'm like not doing
anything I'm sitting here like what and
the pack on mind I'm thinking oh you
better you better not be calling me out
on this and I'm like I don't know what
you're talking about like dude you're
you you're delusional and we're going
back and forth plane right and he's just
like you're up to something I'm like no
I'm not so couple days goes by and the
package comes in the Mel well I wasn't
home and he opened it but he didn't tell
me he got it and I for some reason I got
the email that I had arrived but I
didn't see it like I didn't open up the
email so later on that night we were
sitting in there and he's like I just
feel like you're up to something still
and I'm like oh my god I'm like I'm not
up to anything I'm like god I'm like
stop it and he's like no no you're up to
something he's like
so you want to tell me who ordered
almond joys and I'll look to him and I'm
like what he's like
who ordered almond joys and I'm like how
do you know and he goes because they
were delivered today and I'm like yeah
that's not fair so then it blew it
because the rest of the gift he was
gonna know and I'm like man why can't I
ever just surprise him why why can I
never surprise him and so yeah my
husband can catch on real quick real
fast and there's never surprising him
never doing anything nice for him
because he always finds out or he'll get
me and I'll end up breaking and telling
him what it is but for him he can get
away with things and he can do things
and I won't catch on so he got me this
today and it came in the Mellow don't
shine it some people might not like it
but I do it's a purse and you can do it
as like a backpack it has a I don't know
where the it's like made like this and
you can strap it here and then strap it
down here and it becomes like a backpack
but I don't really like backpack purses
I just never have liked them so I
wouldn't use it that way but you can
also put it here and loop it here and
then it could become a shoulder strap
which again I don't really like those
kind just because I'm bigger and so it
just like I feel like something's always
cutting me off but it comes with the
handles so that's probably the way that
I'll carry it and then it has like so
many different compartments there's this
one this one this one the main one
another one down here right there and is
so pretty I was so excited and then and
it's like huge and it's deep I love it
and then he got me I'm matching a
matching wallet well it doesn't look
like it probably matches really well
right here cuz the camera but it's
really
really pretty I was so excited so yeah
so he surprised me before my birthday so
I wasn't expecting anything and got me
my purse for my birthday
so yeah and then he's like well that's
not everything I'm like he's like well
we'll see you know I'm like okay um but
yeah if we don't normally do like gifts
to each other just because like I was
saying we just pretty much can get
whatever we want to get it's not like
you know if we would need something or
we want something we just tell each
other like hey I need to get so-and-so
or whatever X Y & Z and we either go to
the store and get it or we'll get on the
computer and order it however we want to
do it but so birthdays for us and stuff
like that it just we don't really have
like really things that we need to buy
each other so usually we just do like
dinner or something like that which will
be interesting this year because with my
journey you know I still in being very
cautious and so you know we were talking
about that tonight because I was talking
about having the kids get babysat so
that we can go and celebrate my birthday
and do something special and he was like
well or you don't want to go out and eat
and I was like well I don't know I was
like you know it's almost a month away
so we'll see where I'm at at that moment
you know maybe maybe I will be able to
handle going out to a restaurant and
being able to still make a healthy
choice and enjoy and you know and have a
fun experience you know celebrating my
birthday and then again I might not feel
comfortable going into a restaurant
eating and that's okay too so we'll see
where the day heads when that time comes
but that was just something you know
that I was looking forward to and I was
just like what else today was kind of a
fluffy day we did get my dressers so we
are just now getting everything set up
I've got to have the fun of going
through all of my clothes I will show
you guys the pile of my clothes when I
get them all pulled out and put on the
floor so that I can go through
everything Oh
this girl has too many clothes but I
will show you guys what everything looks
like I know how my clothes pile looks
and how it will look once it's done
but other than that we just worked
really hard on getting the dressers
because we had to get a truck to get
everything pulled over here and it was
just like a lot and I was just like you
know it's probably probably not even fun
to pull out the camera and try and do
all of that so I just figured that I
would fill you guys in with everything
that way you guys can see what's been
going on 20 percent on my phone I
haven't been charging it today but yeah
I'm really excited to start working on
this room and getting it all decorated
just for myself I really hate the color
I really really do these are the colors
black wall green wall and it can't just
be any type of room it's gotta be neon
green but this is a rental and when we
moved in we told the the landlord we
were like you know what just don't even
bother painting because I just wanted to
move on I didn't want to deal with
painting the walls and doing all that I
was just like just leave it it's fine
we'll deal with it now it's like okay so
I get the fun neon black room but that's
all right it's okay it will all do and
the only reason I say I get this room is
because at night time I'm gonna be
trying to start sleeping in this room
because to sleep in my room the bed is
really really high and getting on and
off of it it really does hurt my legs
and then the bed that we got for my for
the master bedroom I hate it oh my gosh
I hate it it's one of those Posturepedic
sink to the ground fluffy pillow and
mm-hmm
people say they're so comfortable but
honestly they kill my back and my knees
sink in and so when I get up in the
morning it's like the groove
so bad so the bed that we got now it's
more firmer and it's more comfortable
for my back and so I'm gonna be sleeping
in here with Ezra until I can get hurt
used to sleeping on her own and so in
the meantime I'm just calling this my
room slash guest room slashed whatever
type of room it needs to turn into but
yeah so it's kind of what I've just been
trying to do is just switching things
around moving in rooms organizing and
this coming week is gonna be a busy week
for me because I'm gonna start
renovating all the rooms pulling
everything out getting ready for
back-to-school I was just talking to
ollie tonight about we were gonna have
to start doing some school shopping for
Jeremiah and then I think what I'm gonna
do is starting once school goes back I'm
gonna start doing it at preschool with
Ezra and Omar two days a week I think
that's really important for them
especially Omar's very smart and he
catches on very well and I think it's
very important for us to utilize that
and really you know work with that so
that way when he does go into
kindergarten he'll be you know he's not
gonna be behind at all he'll be ahead
and that will be a great feeling for me
to be sending him into school and
knowing that he's a little bit above
average versus having to tailgate and
you know struggling to to get up catch
up so and also like I told him that's
gonna keep the kids busy a couple hours
on those days just to keep them busy you
know I don't believe in putting kids in
front of TVs and just leaving them there
like that's I you know I I understand
that sometimes that's what we have to do
as moms and dads sometimes turning on
the TV so that you can get home you know
how stores done or make some phone calls
or whatever has to happen I get it but I
don't want them to all week long be
sitting in front of the TV when I can be
sitting with them and doing some fun
activities and stuff like that so I'm
really excited to see
how this year's gonna go with preschool
and stuff with them because they really
love to color and draw and read stories
and stuff so I think it's gonna be it's
gonna be fun it's gonna be fun for all
of us especially because I love teaching
so it's just gonna make it more funner
and I will be able to bring you guys
along and let you guys watch the fun
little activities we have going on but
yeah so there's a lot of things that I'm
gonna be working on the next couple of
weeks with just getting the house
organized and ready for winter because
who knows how this winner is gonna be
last winter was really mild it wasn't
really that bad we didn't have really
any snow days
well the I don't even think the kids had
one school snow day the year before that
I felt like they were out of school like
a lot and here it's really crazy because
like we can just see a couple flurries
in the air and it's like schools are
cold everything's like closing down and
then I've got friends that are like in
Michigan and it's like the snow is up to
their knees and they're still going to
school still going to work living life
and I'm just like we would be lost
and we try not to drive much during that
time because the year before we were out
we have we ran to go get a soda and
something else and we went the back
roads thinking it would be easier and we
end up getting an accident it was a
bumper-to-bumper accident so it wasn't
like too bad I mean it did damage my car
a little bit it was the old one before I
really crashed it but it was it was
scary you know because we were slipping
and sliding everywhere and we just BAM I
mean we just hit bump to bump basically
so now it's like no we're not gonna try
and go out when it's snowing it's just
not it's not even worth it and plus when
you come out of our driveway there's a
pretty good sized hill so it's really
hard when it's icy it's hard to get up
that hill or down the hill otherwise
you're just gonna slide right by smiles
so anyways enough chitter-chatter I hope
you guys are having a wonderful Friday
and again you guys are amazing with the
encouragement you guys have
I mean and I just love every one of you
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messages makes me feel so good and just
the constant friendships that are being
gained I just love it I love seeing
everybody interacting and that's just
what I want that's exactly what I want
and so it's so exciting to see everybody
intermingling and talking and sharing
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personal so yeah anyways well you guys
have a great evening
I am gonna go and get my babies to bed I
just got out of the shower so I think
I'm gonna go and sit and watch a movie
with my hubby
and get ready for my weigh-in tomorrow
and be able to check in with you guys so
you guys have a wonderful evening for
the fifth time that I've said it because
I just want you guys to have a good
night and I'll see you guys again
tomorrow okay
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