12/365

Like I said, I didn't know about the 365 thing until January 11th...so the 5/365 -11/365...a week of nuthin' (okay wait, i found pics from Jan 9 and 10) Tonight I went to TOPS (see photo for 1/365 and you'll understand what TOPS is without following the link...lol) I've been with this group since about June 2008. Each week there's a prize of donated items brought in and won by the "Slenderette", the person who lost the most weight. This week, ***I*** was the Slenderette! Only the second time I've ever managed it. So there's my stash. And the watercolour in the frame behind it? That was done by one of the TOPS members. I pulled that puppy out of the gift-draw basket when my "magic number" of 2.75 lbs lost came up in the draw. It was my lucky night tonight! Hopefully sets the tone for the rest of the year.

10/365

Today was a seriously laze around the house day. Because Jones' room is overflowing with books, toys, etc once again post-holiday-season, I asked her to go through just ONE shelf on the bookshelf tonight with me and pull out some books to give away. Here they are, under the bed, waiting for a new home. We'll likely try to sell them in the Thrift Sale on base this spring.

9/365

Friday...ahhh. We've had this box of semi-permanent hair dye waiting to be used on Jones' head for over a month now. She wants *red* hair. So we did it tonight. It uhm...doesn't really show that much....LOL. In the sun, yes, but inside, no. Baby's first dye job!

4/365

Jones on day 2 of the O-Cup. What did she get out of this meet? Well, she came in last, every single race except the last one. But this is the picture I treasure...she made friends this weekend. The other skating parents have told me about this...that they make friends with their competitors and they look forward to seeing them at the meets. So here we have the Bantam Girls pre-race social session (without their DSes, that's for between races)...Jones from Kingston, number 372, along with skaters from Waterloo, Sudbury, Belleville and Gloucester. Her new friends :)

3/365

Spent the day at the arena. My friend Jane is the mom of the kid in 4th position there. She takes *amazing* sports photos and has a Nikon with a huge lens. My Rebel gets outperformed., full blown. Since Jane had to stay home for this meet (as she is now a grandma and was helping with the new addition to her family) I did my best to get a few shots off for her. What amazes me about the big kids skating is the fact that they skate so *close* considering they are also going so *fast* they have to touch the ice to keep themselves from tipping over. And when the zamboni has just done the rink, you get the awesome reflection of them in the ice.

2/365

Cheater pic...this is from 3/365, but it's the team at the cottage. Jones is one of 5 Kingston skaters at the Ontario Cup meet this weekend in Waterloo; the others are teenagers. Jones brought a few of her games with her, but didn't think the teenagers would want to play with them. She thought wrong. Magnetix and Rush Hour proved very popular! Our cottage was located on the outskirts of Cambridge, great idea for a rental. Certainly beat the hotel.

1/365

So uhm, yeah...these are the types of pics I took on Day 1, without knowing I'd be doing the 365 challenge. They're my "before" pics obviously. Too much work and not enough "me" time in 2008 has left me starting 2009 at the heaviest I have been in my *lifetime*. That coupled with some sort of weird hormonal imbalance I have going on...means BIG TIME focus on cleaning out this body and putting it back on track this year.

Groan

I'm a bad blogger. Not my bag. Does anyone read this anyway? I may pack it in...

365...er...50?

Gawd, I have the noblest of intentions. Really I do. But then...no follow through. Which would explain why I never post here. And why I haven't been taking my photo-a-day. And also why I weigh more now than I ever have in my LIFE (including the day I gave birth to my kid...it's bad, really bad)
But that's it. No more laziness or excuses. Here's a picture I took based on the theme "Rock Music"...desaturated to try to hide those freckles. I'm posting it to my blog after my 18-km bike ride tonight. Time to follow through! I will be much happier in front of the camera once I've shed at least 20 lbs, but until then...we can think of these as my "before" pictures.

She actually SCRAPBOOKS

Well, a rainy day with nothing planned = online crop for me! I did the challenges for the Scrapbook Star online crop and woo hoo! Got some stuff done!

The backyard has BEGUN!

Okay, well, somewhat. Superman built the 1st part of our deck last week, this weekend we put up the railing. Well...most of it. One section left. It looks FAAAAAH-bulous, IMHO.I did the little bit in the corner almost all by myself. Not that this photo shows much of it, bit of a gratuitous butt shot of my man who refuses to pose for the camera...LOL...I love watching him work. And I did help some, I did!

365 self portraits

Okay, so I got lazy and didn't do the first half of the year. But I will try this second half! Word of the day on July 1 was bashful...and yep, those are my real eyes. Trying to play up the good parts, wish I could do away with the freckles, but hey...you win some, you lose some ;)

The Holter

So, the past week has been a bit stressful around here. Long story short, DD has been having unexplained, sudden and severe chest pain. According to her, it's like "someone is just grabbing in there and squishing my heart really REALLY hard". So 2 trips to the ER and several tests later, we have an appointment with a cardiologist...in August. So evidently it's not serious enough to be urgent. Phew. But it's still wearing at me a tad. Thankfully it's been 3 days since her last episode. Hopefully they will dissipate and it will all be explained away with some reference to a muscle spasm or something. Hug your kidlet and their healthy heart today, you just never know.

Oh Canada

Terre de nos...
Oh Canada, terre de nos ai...ai-...ai-eux...ton
Oh Canada...ton histoire...UGH!!
STUPID NUMBER 4 FINGER NOTE IDONTKNOWWHATITISANDIHAVETOKNOWBYTOMORROWWWWW

(this is what I'm hearing as Jones prepares for her first ever piano recital)
THANKFULLY, Oh Canada if not her piece, just something she still has to learn. It's taking a while, but not bad for 2 months of lessons.

Mind you, she blows another fit about it (which she just did) we may re-evaluate her ability to handle piano lessons...

Pure Evil. Word.

OMG....read this. My name is Melanie. I am a Cinnamon Melt addict....They definitely need a 12-step program to break people of this one. No wonder I gained so much weight in Jan-Feb-March. Ack.