HoLLa: Update on Life vol.11

happy sunday ya’ll!

well things seem to be getting back to *normal* here at casa de goddess…
although the week started like this…
lots of jammies (lalaloopsy jammies i might add) & snuggies (my grandmother bought me the zebra snuggie for xmas & skylar LOVES it).
and letting my daughter eat whatever she wants – case in point; her beloved funyons!!!

but things got better – more smiles & less fussiness.
and lemme tell ya – miss skylar brought fussiness to a whole NEW level! even though she was on the mend she was definitely just worn down from being SO sick for a week. she spent one whole day crying, screaming, and throwing temper tantrums over everything from what to eat to what to wear. it was not the best day ever but we survived & thankfully she is back to eating pretty normally (for her at least as she is the pickiest eater ever), sleeping better, & her usual chipper self.
then yesterday we saw these @ our local wally world & seeing how skylar’s world revolves around lalaloopsy – we had to buy them! ($6.00 and oh-so-cute plus this mama doesn’t bake so it was a steal!)


happiness = eating a lalaloopsy cupcake!
ohhh & because miss thing refuses to get icing on her fingers she eats them like a dog… heh! yeah, it makes no sense to us either – but skylar is without a doubt one-of-a-kind!!

so yay for my little skylar rockets getting better & being her usual crazy daisy self!

on a side note:
the wedding plans are back on!
yeah i know i have said this before & i have been draggin’ my feet & all that jazz. i haven’t even mentioned it on this blog since LAST april – wow! i had even bought my dress! and finally i admitted the real reason i was stalling – wrote about it here on my diet blog -- misadventures of a chunky goddess.

well after dropping 26+ lbs. i can FINALLY not only get the dress over my ass but i can zip it up too! woohoo!
so yeah – i am a vain as hell but i want to feel & look my best on my special day.
and i am back into the *wedding plans* frame of mind – even though i COMPLETELY lack the bride gene. no dates have been set – i am still trying to digest the fact that I CAN FIT INTO MY DRESS!!!

my sons are pretty much mia most of the time. they have mutual friends (which i am SO happy about) so they are always off at this one or that one’s house. i can distinctly remember being their age & wanting to be anywhere but home – i guess it’s just a teenage thing? but i do insist that every tuesday & thursday night they are home for dinner & we have a SIT DOWN meal where we can all converse & interact as a family. they do it willingly & it’s one of the highlights of my week at least! and skylar’s – she loves her big brothers SO much!

i think that about sums up life as we know it…
♥cyn♥

wanna know more about my weight loss journey, weight watchers, progress photos & exercise regimen?
check out my diet blog -- misadventures of a chunky goddess. (warning: this blog does contain abundant profanity & a no hold’s bar look @ my journey!)

HoLLa: Weight Loss Update

Holla! So the last time I made a “HoLLa” post was March 27th (wowie, really?) and I was up 2 lbs (after being at a standstill for a couple of weeks with no loss/no gain) and slacking at the gym. Well, I continued to slack at the gym (a flu/sinus/cold thing that I allowed to manifest into exhaustion combined with SUPER DUPER long hours at work) up until four days ago. I am proud to say that I am working hard on balancing all the chaos and putting myself and my health in the front instead of squeezing it in when I can. I have been faithfully weighing in every Friday and last week I was down a ½ a lb. (YaY!) Today was another weigh-in and I am overjoyed to report that I lost 2.5 lbs. – so I am back to being ahead of the game with a total of 7 lbs. lost! *w00ts* I totally attribute it to the gym and tracking my food! Funny how that whole tracking your food and being accountable really DOES work! OTHER UPDATES: The Virtual Trans American Trail -- I have walked 54.7 mi and am 5.87 mi from Glendale, VA. Once again I ask – will I ever make it outta VA?!?! MY WEDDING: We set a date – September 9th! Yes, a Friday night, but I am diggin’ that fact. I have a locale and will be forking over the deposit one night this week. Impressive aye? WORK: Still crazy with this weekend being the cusp of our cutoff date to have portraits by Easter and next week being Spring Break. A week from now I will be toasting to another peak season survived!!! (Assuming I make it to then… *heh*) OTHER STUFF: I had an appointment with Dr. W (my ob/gyn) today to discuss birth control. I went in there with every intention of making arrangements to have my tubes tied. But hearing her discuss the details just made me feel weird and I began to seriously second guess my decision. To make a long story short – I am opting for an IUD. While I am 99.9999999999% sure that our family is complete – there is a HUGE difference in choosing to not have a baby and being unable to have a baby. And thus is my life… ♥cyn♥

30 Days of Blogging: Day Twenty-One

Day 21 - A picture of something that makes you happy.

My engagement ring...
Thus becoming *officially* engaged.
One of the most recent happiest moments in my life.

Blessed Be...

♥Cyn♥

The Engagement TV...

Brian and I are officially-officially engaged.
He got his *engagement TV* yesterday – so now we gotta get hitched!

Hey I gotta ring that I love…
He got a 32” LCD TV that he loves…
We are both happy-happy…
Let’s do this wedding thing!

August 19, 2011 here we come…
Dum
Dum
Da
Dum!

Blessed Be…
♥Cyn ♥

Sparks

Every once and again the planets align just so...

Or a full moon rises?

Or perhaps its just the driving force of the human will?

Whatever the case may be...

Brian and I have a little romance planned for tonight.

Wine...

Candles...

Soft Music...

No kids...

(Okay Skylar is here, but she is sleeping like, well, umm... a baby!)

♪ Love is in the air...

Everywhere you look around... ♪

Sadly we haven't gotten to truly celebrate our official engagement.

Can you even believe that?

Have three children and you won't be surprised in the least!

I was thinking today how non-traditional our life is...

All while creating a *wedding website* which in turn makes life really hard for me as it is one more thing to maintain... but SO easy for our wedding guests as everything they need to know pertaining to our wedding is all in one neat little spot. (In purple Verdana font nonetheless...)

But I digress...

Getting back to our non-traditional life...

So Brian and I meet at a nightclub that we both happened to be at with our own respective group of friends...

A mutual friend introduces us...

Sparks fly BIG time...

We never exchanged a single bit of contact info...

Yet somehow he manages to find me the very next morning on a internet dating site of all places...

(Obviously we both had profiles on there.)

He emails me...

We talk on the phone...

And we have our first *official* date that same night...

The night after we were introduced!

Basically...

We have been inseparable since!!!

A true whirlwind romance.

We couldn't get enough of one another and were so madly in love from almost the second we met!

No really... it's true!

From there things move pretty fast. Within four months we were living together and I was pregnant with Skylar!

So no... we aren't your traditional couple with a traditional love story!

If I were the betting type... I would have bet against us!

Most people in our situation would have never made it this far let alone got engaged with plans to marry within a year!

And even after all that, we still love each other like mad and those sparks still fly BIG time!

I adore him with all my heart and soul and cannot wait to be Mrs. Bertenshaw!

329 more days... or so my new *wedding website* tells me!

Blessed Be...

♥Cyn♥

Let's Recap Shall We...

So it's been a wee bit since I have actually written; been letting my photos do the talking for me lately. I think the have done a fabulous job. And my plan was to let this blog be a mixture of my written word and my photographic *word*. But I digress...

So obviously I got *officially* engaged via my remarkable engagement ring. Brian done me good. I wanted an non-traditional ring; an amethyst in particular, and it is beyond my expectations. A 6.15 solitaire cushion cut amethyst with small diamonds on the band which is 14k white gold.

Sheer perfection and EVERYTHING I wanted...

*Sigh*

That ring has me twitterpated. I have been waving it around and showing it to anyone (and I mean ANYONE) who will look! Love, love, LOVE it!!!!

My friend Liisa and I went to Salem, Massachusetts yesterday. (An entire picture post made yesterday in tribute to our trip.) We had a great time; especially catching up. We have kinda been outta touch in the past year or so; we had a lot to catch up on. But of course we also saw the sights, the shops, and such. Honestly... I am SUPER miffed that we wasted an hour and $8.50 on *The Salem Witch Museum*.... what a joke, super cheesy, and a tourist trap and a half. Nex visit we will stay clear of such spots and stick to the historical (and mostly free) spots and the shops.

We have a return visit planned for after the holidays and we both want a reading with Lori Bruno (A psychic whom both of us has heard wonderful things about). We wanted the reading yesterday, but she only does them by appointment only. That alone sold me!

The shops were great but honestly, they didn't carry anything diferent than my friend Angela does? Maybe a bigger stock, but the same items, give or take. I really only wanted to purchase a tarot deck but of course that was the one consistent over-priced item in EVERY shop. Wonder why that is? Everything else I thought was very reasonable for someplace so tourist-y.

So now I am just going to look for the deck I want and ask Angela to order it for me... I would rather she have my business anyhow.

Ohhhh...

I did buy one thing.

A hematite ring for Brian; something I thought was perfect for him.

It wasn't some 6.15 carat amethyst, but nice nonetheless!

Ohhhh...

And one more thing.

I was *up* at my Weight Watcher weigh-in this past week. I gained .8 lbs. Yeah, as in less than a pound.

MUST be my new swanky engagement ring?

*heh heh*

That about sums it all up...

Blessed Be...

~Cyn~

My Engagement Ring...

I got my engagement ring today...

My stunning 6.15 carat solitair cushion cut amethyst with diamonds on its 14k white gold band.

Been floating on Cloud Nine ever since!

*sigh*

Life IS Good!!!

Blessed Be...

♥Cyn♥