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I got a new phone today!! The BlackBerry Pearl II, in pink of course.



I know what you're thinking - Why didn't I get the iPhone? I just really am not that into it. Yes it has cool applications and it is a touch screen but I think it is just too trendy for me. I don't need to do all of that stuff on my phone. All I need, or at least wanted, is a phone with full HTML and a QWERTY (or however you spell it) keyboard. The Pearl doesn't have the full keyboard but it is close and I thought it was easier to use than some of the others I looked at because the keys are bigger. So far I am really liking this phone. And I got a great deal on it. It was only $100 with my upgrade and then they gave me a $50 mail-in rebate! Woo hoo!

Steve and I saw The Reader last night.



I can't decide if I like it or not. It was not at all what I was expecting. Have any of you seen it? Did you like?

What a week!

I know. I suck at the blog thing. I do so well for awhile and then I just pitter out and stop writing. In my defense, work has been crazy busy and I wanted to upload pictures from last weekend but they are at home and I keep forgetting to move them to my work computer.

Last weekend was great. It was Steve’s birthday Friday. During lunch I went and got him his birthday present – a new grill.



Some friend from work helped me get it home. He left work earlier than I did so I had to tell him to stay out of the office because that is where it was hiding. When I got home I wheeled it into the living room and brought him in with a blindfold. When he took it off, he was super excited. We went to Wahoo’s Fish Tacos for dinner. It was my first time there; I wasn’t super impressed. Then to the Paperwork show where we got to spend time with Shawna and Oliver. After that we went to the Alamo Drafthouse for the Master Pancake version of The Matrix.

Saturday we stayed in bed until 4:30!!! It was awesome. We watch crappy TV and cuddled and slept and it was the perfect way to spend some quiet time together. We got up and met Carrie and Matt at Salvation Pizza for dinner.



It was ok. Not as good as we were hoping. I don’t recommend it. After pizza, we went to Amy’s and got some ice cream. That was delicious!

Sunday we went to Steve’s parents out in Rockdale for lunch and the homemade cookies his mom made him for his birthday.

This week has been so stressful. I had file reviews to complete before Wednesday for a transfer to the client, a client in town for an audit, and my review looming over my head all on top of my normal day to day stuff. I came in Mon-Wed at 7am just to make sure I was getting everything done. I have been stressing so much about everything I end up with a zit and a cold sore. Boo! On top of that, I only lost 0.4 pounds on Monday. Double boo!

I am happy to report my audits were completed on time, my client was happy with what they saw in the files, and my review went well considering everything that happened last year. Now I can look forward to a quiet relaxing weekend with no stress. Happy Friday!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Today is Steve's birthday!!









To celebrate we are going to go to dinner, then the Paperwork show, and then to the AlamoDraft house for The Matrix presented by Master Pancake (Mr. Sinus).

Happy Birthday my Esteban! I love you!

Another pound bites the dust

I lost 2.8 pounds last night! That makes a grand total of 6 so far, 24 to go! Check out my chart:



The star means I have lost 5 pounds; you get one for every five pounds lost. 2 more pounds until I hit my 5% goal (a new thing in Weight Watchers now) and until I hit my original WW weight. I am going to start working out this week so hopefully that happens next week.

Did you miss me?

Sorry I have been totally MIA this week. Work was so busy and I was exhausted when I got home at night.

Let’s see, what happened…

Monday, I went to WW. I lost 3.2 pounds!!! I was so excited! When I got home, Steve and I took my measurements and then I copied the Four Fat Chicks and took my Biggest Loser picture. Advert your eyes if you’re weak stomached.



Eww, gross.

Tuesday, we didn’t do anything. Wednesday was bowling. I did ok and we won 2 games. Thursday was quiet as well. Friday we went to Rudy’s and had dinner with my friend Adrian. I hadn’t seen him in a while so it was nice to catch up.

Saturday was the PPD Holiday Party. That morning I went to my sister’s so that she could do my eyebrows. She is the only person that seems to understand just how much work they need. Whenever I get them waxed at a salon I come home feeling like they are still bushy. Then I went to get my hair cut. I just got a trim and added bangs. Then it was off to the party.

They weren’t serving dinner this year so we went to Manuel’s for dinner before hand. We met Amy & Johnny, Angie & her friend Susan, Alma & her date, this guy Jake & his date, and another co-worker named Kelly. Our reservation was for 7:00 but half of our party didn’t show up until 7:30. Luckily, they sat us before everyone got there but we waited to order. I was starving by the time the food came. When we got to the party they informed us that it was open bar until 11:00. Woo hoo!!! Of course, open bar was only beer and wine, but it was still nice. Everyone in our group gambled except for Angie, Susan, and me. We were bored waiting for everyone to finish so that we could dance. Once they were finished half of the group left to go downtown and the rest didn’t want to dance. Steve and I ended up getting in an argument making the night end on a very sour note. I think I had put too much stock into it being really fun. And to top things off, the only picture we took came out alittle blurry.



Today we are watching the Eagles vs. Cardinals football game. I think I am going for the Eagles, I really like Donovan McNabb. Hope y’all had a great week!

Ahhh Monday...

...my least favorite day of the week.

And what a week to come back to! I don’t think I told y’all but the studies that I was covering for at work officially became my studies last week. It has put a lot on my plate but I think I am handling it well. The person who I was covering for came back to work today and I was told not to say anything. It is the middle of the day and I can tell management still hasn’t told them anything. They are answering emails and even came up to me to get an update. Luckily, this person is the brightest bulb in the lamp so they didn’t think to question my extremely vague update. I hope the managers talk to them soon because it is about to get awkward around here.

Steve and I had a good weekend together. Friday we had dinner with his parents at the UT Club where I made the biggest WW mistake. On Friday’s they have a shrimp happy hour. It is all you can eat cocktail shrimp and cheese. During the day I made sure to look up the points for shrimp but I couldn’t remember what else we ate with it. Looking at the cubes of cheese I thought they were probably only 1 point for 2 cubes. When we got home, I realized that I was waaaaaaaaaay off! It is 3 points per cube!!!! And I had 14 cubes!!!! 42 points just in cheese! Oy! On Saturday I ate as few points as possible so that I could still have something yummy at Carrie’s birthday dinner. I was able to do so; I just couldn’t have any cocktails. We had a great time and Maudie’s and ended up moving to the party to Carrie and Matt’s house to play Wii. It was so much fun! Sunday we went shopping for curtains. I found some I loved at Bed Bath and Beyond but they didn’t have the size I needed at the store so I am going to have to order them. Aren’t they pretty?



Tonight is my first weigh-in. I am thinking even though I was so careful this week (other than the cheese) I probably won’t lose much. Aunt Flow will be here any day now and I always gain 3-5 pounds. Wish me luck!

It's finally the weekend!

This has been the longest week! I would have thought that being as busy as I have been at work it would have gone by much faster. Oh well, 3 more hours and I am free!

Steve and I don't have any big plans this weekend other than Carrie's birthday dinner on Saturday. She is having a joint celebration with her friend Salissa at Maudie's up North. I have been saving all of my bonus points for that dinner!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Back in the saddle

So here we are, Day 1 of Weight Watchers. It is becoming very bittersweet. I was really excited before attending the meeting but once I got there I was so ashamed that I was doing it again. It is such an admittance of failure to be there, in the meeting, counting points. And I can't believe I let it get this bad. The whole time I was slipping I kept saying so long as I don't go over 150, then 155. After I hit 160 I just stopped thinking about it altogether. I am trying to use all of these thoughts as motivation. I made a poster to put on my mirror that has this picture of me:



I put a caption underneath that says "You've been there, you've done that, you CAN do it again". I know it is lame but I really think it is going to help.

On a higher note, I am doing great at counting my points today. In fact I have only had 4 all day. This means I can still have a good snack later and a fairly big dinner. Plus tonight is our bowling night and I will earn 5 points just doing that!

Feeling blah

I am so irritated today. I have been covering for someone at work for the past two weeks. And I use the word covering loosely as what I really did was completely catch them up on what they should have been doing all along on top of the mountain of work I had on my study. When I came into work this morning there was a sense of relief knowing that all I had to focus on were my 3 studies and no one else's. I wrote this person an email this morning listing all of the things I did while they were out. An hour or so after I sent it, my manager emailed me saying the person was in a car accident while on vacation and she isn't sure when he is coming back, didn't anybody tell me? No, no one told me!! What the hell is wrong with my department that people don't relay that sort of information? Especially when they have known for a week! It's not that I mind doing the work; I would just like to know that it needs to be done.

At least I had a great weekend to look back on reflect on during my frustration. Saturday, Steve and I met Steph and Jarrod at Firebowl for lunch. We always have such a good time together; Steve and Jarrod are so a like in their randomness that you never know where the conversation is going to go. Sunday was Carrie's birthday. We met up at Seattle's Best, our favorite coffee, and got pedicures. It was so nice spending time together; I hadn't seen her since the Paperwork show in November! Other than that, Steve and I cleaned all weekend. It is so nice to have the house back to normal and un-Christmasy.

This week - Weight Watchers! Steph and I are going to our first meeting tomorrow!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great time during their celebrations. Steve and I stayed home and watched TV. While waiting for midnight, we watched Robbie Maddison (an X-Games person) jump the Arc de Triomphe in Vegas. It was pretty amazing.



When the ball dropped we had champagne and threw confetti at each other. Nothing spectacular but we had fun. The next day we went to Steph's for brunch. Steve and I always seem to be the first people to the Mackay's house for parties and even though we showed up 30 minutes late, we were still first.

After we left Stephanie and Jarrod's we went home to watch football. Well Steve watched, I kept walking around the house thinking of all of things we still need to do to it. I am always inspired to decorate after leaving Steph's. I think my next project will be curtains in the living room or finding something for the entrance way.

We don't really have anything planned for this weekend. We will probably just finish taking down the Christmas stuff. Oh, and grocery shopping! I am starting Weight Watchers again. I am actually kind of excited about it; we'll see how long that lasts! Ha ha!