Deal of the Week July 1-6 2009!!!

Deal of the Week: Scallop Edge Punch
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Carrie

WHAT A DAY!!!

Well, I thought since we are all just sitting around waiting for SU! to update their sites and systems I would do a weight loss update. Today is the mark of SU!'s New Year and I am kinda taking that literally in my life too. It's no secret that I have been busting my rear in the gym since January. This week is the 60 Day mark of my workout with my coworkers. Here is the update with pictures.

Here is the current "Before" taken at the beginning of June.

Here is the "After" taken today.

I must say....I am pretty pleased. Here is the low down...

Last Month This Month
Weight 200.2 199.5
Chest 41.5 40.5
Hips 47.5 47
Upper Arms 15 13
Thighs 28.5 24
Calves 16.5 16.5

Here is the three of us all together...

June's "Before"...

Here is June's "After"..

This will be a multiple post kinda day. As soon as SU! finishes with the updates, I will post all of the wonderful happenings and new links.

Stay tuned.....

Carrie

Can you believe it!!

Well, well, well...Baseball is finally over. The end of season was wonderful. I was able to make the coach as COACH book out of one of those cardboard word albums. I looooooved how it turned out. Can you believe that I didn't even take a stinkin' picture!!! I will get a pic and post it once I do. Moving on....

I finished another class last week and got an A!!!!!! I WAS SOOOOO EXCITED AND COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!!!!!

I am getting ready for a vendor fair in July and would love to hear some suggestions if anyone is willing to share. I do have a ton of stuff that I could get rid of. I am going to make some brag books and such.

My weight loss is still going great!!! I am still going to the gym 6 days a week. I had the most horrible news last week. They are closing our location of Bally's next week. They at least gave us 2 weeks notice ( I say that rolling my eyes). If you are a member of Bally's BEWARE! They are starting to shut down many locations. They told me they were not willing to do anything about my 2 year contract because technically there is another location within 10 miles. Yes, true...but driving there after work and trying to juggle the boys would cost me at least another 1 1/2 of my already too short of nights each week. So I paid the $75 cancellation fee and went down the street and joined Lifetime Fitness. Where have they been all of my life?!! I know I was only able to afford and join because of the amazing deal that they are giving us Bally rejects. I am totally loving it!!! The verdict is still out on "My Melissa". We are not sure if she is staying with Ballys or not.....sniff....snifff. Life would such without her!!!! But......drumrolll....

I AM OFFICIALLY UNDER 200!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!

Granted, it may vary on some days but it is now staying under 200 with a pm/all clothes on weigh in. I AM SOOOO EXCITED!!!! I even took my bathing suit wrap off at the waterpark and have started riding the waterslides again.

So this weekend was our first official weekend off. Nothing planned. It was great! Although I pulled a muscle in my next and move like a robot to look around I actually got some stuff done.

Here goes...

I used Stampin' Up! kraft paper and Trendy Trees stamp set. The white cardstock was embossed using a Cuttlebug embossing folder on my Big Shot. The contrasting green is Bazzil dark green. I should have made this on Earth Day. I am loving the Kraft paper lately.

The next one is made using a stamp that I found at The Great American Scrapbook Convention that was in Arlington, Texas. The stamp is from Heartfelt Creations. I bought quite a few of their stamps and really like how they have turned out so far. Here is a daisy-ish stamp using some scrap paper and nesties. Inside the card says Happy Birthday. I used Copic markers to color the image.

The last card that I made today is from Unity Stamp Company. A few months back when I went on my shopping spree I bought the cutest set called "Cuter than Most". The color didn't come out as bright in the picture as in real life. This stamp company has awesome monthly specials and weekly specials on Monday and Wednesday.

Thanks for listening and allowing me to cram all the weeks I have missed blogging and put them into one enormous one. I hope to be able to stay on track for a while now.

Have a great week!!!

Carrie

Miss Me?

It has been a few weeks since my last post. I have been really super busy. I made a few cards a couple of weeks ago, but don't have pics here at work. I just wanted to give a quick shout out and let you know how things are going.

It's baseball season and we lost a game last night. :-( We still have a few weeks left, so who knows how it will play out. Hahaha...play...get it? We traveled to our very first tournament 2 weeks ago and really got our rears handed to us. I had the most fun decorating my mini-van...which is stiiiiil decorated. LOL!!! I HAVE to wash it tis weekend, I am starting to get made fun of.

School is still going...just doing what I have to do to get by. I know it is soooo horrible to say, and I received some grief the last time I mentioned this buttt......I don't understand what the big deal is trying to pay someone to write a paper for you. Yes, I work for a school district....Yes, I am trying to become a teacher...... yes, I know what a HORRIBLE example this is for my children and any children I hope to teach someday. But DARN IT!!! I have have stuff to do!!! I know I should have done this earlier in life, but honestly If I followed everthing that I started back then I would be a bigger mess than I am now. Thats how I became a Veterinary Assistant and then a Flight Attendant...and then dated the Tatto Artist.....not good. So I am TRYING to do the right thing, but it is so stinking hard!!!!! Just had to vent about that one, thanks for listening.

Now for the better news!!! I have officially become a weight loss maniac. Just see my list for the week...

Monday - 1 hour on the eliptical

Tuesday - 1 hr with Melissa (Personal Butt Kicking Trainer)

After Melissa I got my new game "Active" for my Wii Fit. If you have a Wii Fit, you HAVE HAVE HAVE to get this new game. I just came out on tuesday May 19. I thought I could easily handle the High Intesity option. I did finish it an hour later, but it worked me just as hard as Melissa. It even tells you how many calories you burn. I did 254 calories....not counting Melissa's.

Wednesday - 1 hour of Aqua Areobics and then went bike riding with my neighbor.

Thursday - 1 hr with Melissa then Baseball game

Friday - Tonight I will do Cardio (eliptical/stairclimber) for and hour and also the pool for 30 mins.

Saturday - Bootcamp with Melissa and B.J. and the girls.

Sunday - Day of Rest

Rough huh? So I weighed in this morning. It is our last week of Biggest Loser here at work and I only lost 2 lbs. in the last 2 weeks. I will find out what the total amount is and let you know. The girls I am doing this all with "unofficially" measured ourselves yesterday. The official measure will be in 2 weeks with Melissa. Then it will have been one month since starting hot and heavy with Melissa. It looks like I have lost almost 3 inches in my waist alone. I can't wait!!!! The word around camp is that I am losing more inches....I sure hope so.

I still haven't made it under 200. I am just about there, but can't seem to make it to that magical point. Believe me, when I get there EVERYONE will know!!!

I better get going. I plan on cleaning my house tonight (really overdue!) Since we have a 3 day weekend maybe I can fit in some scrapping too!

Thanks for listening,

Carrie

Mid Week Stress Relief

Woweeee! Today my workout buddies and I got measured and did the official weigh in. They weren't too excited....I SURE WAS!!!!! I have lost a total of 34 pounds so far!!! They have only started, I've been doing this since January 8th.

yeah for me! yeah for me!! yeah for me!!!

Don't unplug your ears from my squealing just yet!! I am really hoping to loose 4 by this friday, if not the next. This will bring me to a very important part of my journey. If I loose anything over 4 lbs. by Friday, I will be under 200!!!! This is a really huge deal for me. I wasn't going to share my "personal" information, but after watching Biggest Loser last night, it hit me. If someone, just one person gets inspired by my weight loss then this is worth it.

I know a lot of moms can relate to me out there. I was sooo hot in High School (full of myself huh?) Somewhere you loose yourself and get lost inside a shell that really doesn't belong to you anymore. I miss me.

I think it really hit me when my twin sister told me about running into some longtime friends. I don't think she realized it at the time, but what she said really got to me. She told them "She has moved to Texas and is a completly different person". Yes, I did settledown. I lost my blonde hair, and it is shorter ("Soccer mom do"- is what she called it). But I have also gained 100 lbs in 3 years.

Well, with each class that I finish I know I am getting closer and going to have to spend a summer in Cali and see all of my friends and family. The last time I saw my friends, I was still hot---ish. And the fact that my boys started a game of running into my butt and bouncing off of it for fun. Annnnnd singing "Momma got a big 'ol butt". I know it is all in fun but now I am so happy for my sister saying that, and to the boys for bringing my butt to my own attention....although....I couldn't miss it even if I wanted to.

I am now lifting my bottle of water to me and everyone out there that got hit in the butt (hahah..lol!) and woke up and smelled the scale. Here is to all of us working hard, falling down, and getting right back up there. Here is to us women who struggle with food, diet and excercise but still manage to do it when all there is for dinner is chicken nuggets and mac & cheese.

Most of all here is to my wonderful husband who pays my gym bill, paid for MY Melissa (Personal Trainer), goes grocery shopping and gets me my skinny cow ice cream, who makes chicken nuggets and mac & cheese for the boys...but also makes me a salad and my own dinner. Here is to the same man that acts soooo surprised when I told him what I weigh and said "NO Way you weigh that much" , but meant well Snort!! And here is to MY man who hugged me and said he would love me no matter how much I weigh and that butts are IN!!!!!

YIPPPEEE!! to Mr. David Hajnal and the other two Hajnal's that love Big Butts!!!!!

I know this is a long post, I just had to share my excitement. I just had to give a "shout out" to my wonderful hubby and spread some excitement and encouragement to my friends, sistahs, and anyone else out there who might be listening.

Big Hugs,

Carrie

Oh How I LOVE my Big Shot!!!

Does the month of May scream card making season to everyone else? I have a ton of Birthdays, Mothers Day, Graduation, Weddings, Teacher Appreciations...OMG!!!! OH! and NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING MONTH WOOO HOOO!! Don't fret......I have a solution!!!

TAAAAAADAAAAA!!!!

I used SU! cardstock (Huge Sale coming up on paper!!), Textured Impressions Manhattan Flower and some simple stamps on both cards

Cherish:

Paper: Basic Grey SU! and Vellum.

Stamp: "Cherish" from Baroque Motifs, this is a very versitile set for so many occasions.

Ink: Tuxedo Black Momento Ink

Mothers Day:

Paper: SU! Pink Pirouette

Stamp: Verve

Ink: Regal Rose

After just trimming a small portion from the vellum, add a couple of small zot dots in the corners and a couple of random places and VOILA! These can made so fast, in any color and in large quantities. Just change the sentiment to match the occasion. I have had this embossing folder for at least a month......what a waste of time. I could have solved a lot of problems a whole lot sooner.

I am in the final week of my English Lit. class this week. Get ready for MAY!!!! I have a ton of stuff planned. Start saving your pennies and making a wish list.

Hugs,
Carrie

Mmmm Coffee

I am finally starting to ink up some of the sets that I bought during my "spending spree" a month or so ago. I can't believe this is my 3rd post for the day. I though earlier about posting and setting them to go out during the week...that thought quickly passed...I had forgot what I thought....hahahaha! This is "Lets Get Together" from There She Goes. My cousin showed me a couple of sets from this company almost a year ago maybe. I finally remembered to order them and now remembering to use them.

Stamps: There She Goes "Lets Get Together".

Paper: SU! Kraft and Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Basic hobby twine, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots

Original Inspiration found here.

Have an awesome week!

Carrie