one hundred things about me...

I copied this from Love Being a Nonny...
but its a good way to get to know me....
1.     I love Jesus.  He is Lord of my life.
2.     I was born in 1960.
3.     I am my mom's only child.
4.     My parents got divorced when I was three...never knew my father.
5.     I have a half brother somewhere out there in the world...have never met.
6.     I have a step brother who is like a real brother to me.
7    . I am the only female in my immediate family who has had more than one child.
8.     I am still married to my first husband and we still like each other....
9.     We have two sons that are adults now...well, kinda.
10.   I want to be a grandma while I still have my mind...
11.   I am a RN and have been for almost 30 years.
12.   I have an addictive personality.
13.   I control my addictive personality.
14.   I am very controlling but I am trying to control that...
15.   I don't eat anything green.
16.   I don't wear high heel shoes.
17.   I don't wear eye shadow.
18.   I don't go out without mascara though.
19.   I don't wear lipstick as a usual rule..not sure why.
20.   I like to be comfortable.
21.   I like to be appropriately dressed.
22.   I like to stand out in a crowd.
23.   I like attention.
24.   I love animals.
25.   I don't like it when men cry.
26.   I have very eclectic tastes.
27.   I never wanted to have a daughter.
28.   I get along better with men than I do with women.
29.   I think #28 is weird.
30.   I like to do things people don't expect.
31.   I was pregnant or breastfeeding for a total of 6 years with 2 children.
32.   I  don't understand why women don't breastfeed.
33.   I do know some women don't have enough glandular tissue to make enough milk for their babies.
34.   I am so sorry for those women.
35.   I don't like to be rejected.
36.   I wish all new moms would read about the hazards of formula before giving to their babies.
37.   I think before they give it to their babies, they should have to drink one ounce.
38.   I am passionate about things I believe in.
39.   I love my boys more than they will ever imagine.
40.   The beach is my favorite place in the whole world.
41.    I am not really sure why I don't live at a beach.
42.    I like to paint.
43.    I like to drive.
44.    I love football.
45.    I love Pinterest.
46.    I am a tennis player.
47.    I am a skinny person surrounded by extra fat tissue.
48.    I wish I had more children...would have preferred all boys.
49.    When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a missionary to Africa.
50.     I still want to be a missionary to Africa, or Haiti or wherever God would have me go.
51.     I care.
52.    I have high expectations for people.
53.    I get disappointed a lot
54.    My favorite color is pinky peach.
55.    I have a tattoo.
56.    I go out of my way for people and really don't mind.
57.    I don't understand why people don't go out of their way for others.
58.    My grandma was an amazing woman.
59.    My mom and I are just about as opposite as any mother/child can be...even how we look.
60.    I have never lived near family since my children were born.
61.    I love to sing and I secretly think I am good...
62.    I am not good at math. 
63.    I am not very patient with some people.
64.    I have a lot of common sense.
65.    I get irritated with people who don't have common sense.
66.    I get irritated a lot.
67.    I am a fixer.
68.    I like solutions.
69.    I used to be very Type A and then I married a non type A and had 2 boys.
70.   Thank God for releasing me from being a Type A,
71.   I don't like to hang up my clothes.
72.   When I do hang them up, I like them to be hung up in the right direction, in the right style and color area.
73.    I live in a log cabin  and love it!!!
74.    I am not afraid.
75.    I tan very easy.
76.    I wish I was more disciplined than I am.
77.    If you don;t see it my way, I want to explain so you will.
78.    I am a Republican.
79.    I almost died in a car wreck.
80.    I prayed for my boys to be like Jesus...since they were babies.
81.    One looks like Jesus, and one thinks he is.
82.    I don't know what people think of me.
83.    I hope when people think of me, they see Jesus.
84.    I know some people don't.
85.    I taught high school health science classes for 6 years.
86.    I was Athletic Director at a high school for .2 years.
87.    I really enjoyed being the AD.
88.    I am trying to learn to crochet.
89.    I wish I read my Bible more.
90.    I really like bread and butter.
91.    I wish I wasn't so critical of things and people.
92.    I am very transparent.  I don't mind telling you my stories.
93.    I like honesty and expect it from those around me.
94.    I like to sleep and take naps.
95.    I go to bed late.
96.    I am finally a pretty good cook.
97.    I am not a touchy, feely person.
98.    I love to plan parties.
99.    Camp Lurecrest is one of my favorite places.
100.  I love being in water.

Wordless Wednesday

Do you remember?

Do you remember these...?

Banana Hair Clips!

I wore one of these almost everyday in the late 1980's and absolutely loved them!

I had one of every color to match my every outfit!

And the girl with the long, stringy hair would look like

she had a mane of beautiful, golden, thick locks of hair!

Well, I found one in the back of a drawer this weekend....

Immediate JOY!

I have been having some "hair" dilemma's.

One of my adult sons looked at my hair the other day and said,

"Mom, what is going on with your hair?

It kinda looks like you got business in front

and party in the back..."

(For anyone who doesn't know, that is the way to refer to 

a Mullet hair do.)

and then,

Blake Shelton sent Kelly Clarkson a tweet that said he would get rid of his

M.C. Hammer pants if she would get rid of her mullet....

So today when I got ready for work, 

I began to unmulletize my hair without a total hair makeover.

 

I like my long locks and even though my mom always said that women over 40 shouldn't have long hair....

 

Well I am over 50 and my hair is as long if not longer than it has ever been in my whole life!

 

So back to the beginning.

 

I got that banana clip out and swooped my hair right up,

did the smooth back the bangs 

and proudly displayed my 

mane of golden locks!

 

So begins my new fashion trend of bringing back the

BANANA CLIP!!!

 

For all of you post banana clip users, who still have enough hair to swoop...

 then go find you a banana clip and start swooping!

Send Pics! 

I would love to see your beautiful manes!

 

My Friend

This is a very dear friend of mine.  Not only is she my friend, 

she is a daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, and most importantly...

she is a "Nonny"!

I thought I had the best grandma ever...

and to me at the time...

she was absolutely the best grandma ever!

I don't have grandchildren yet but when I do, 

I hope to have just a bit of the dedication and love this 

"Nonny" 

exemplifies for her children grandchildren.

My biggest hope  for all of you, "Nonny's" out there is that

your children appreciate the woman you are,

your children teach their children to appreciate the sacrifices of 

LOVE,

TIME,  

and 

SELF.

As mothers and grandmothers, 

we thrive on putting our children and their needs first.

I hope in our world today

we don't lose sight of these loving sacrifices 

and don't forget to say 

"Thanks"

at the end of the day!

Valentine's Day

This man is a saint!

He has stayed married to me for almost 30 years!

For anyone who knows me....

you know that qualifies him for sainthood!

My Saint Valentine!

wordless wednesday

accountability

Friday fotos will be delayed because I think all of the unborn children in this area were born today.

Which essentially means I didn't sit down at work today....but the good news is

Today is Friday!

Super Bowl Weekend coming up!

The title of today's blog is 

ACCOUNTABILITY

I really think that if you have someone to be accountable to many goals can be reached!

That's why I was so excited about getting a text from a dear friend who is also struggling with the fat virus.

But we are in this together! 

   and    

we can do this!  

So the rest of you veggie eating, skinny friends out there...

pray for us!  

encourage us!

and help us avoid temptations!

 

A cake very similar to this was left in the nursing lounge for us at work today.

Left over from another nurse's birthday.  

I do love me some birthday cake with icing...the good crisco icing...

not this fluffy icing they put on cakes now!

My mouth was watering, almost drooling like my dog.

 Miracle--I RESISTED!

Walked away. 

And now as I crawl into bed

 I stayed under 1200 calories today! 

Watch out...I already feel skinnier!

And how was your day?

talk about it thursday...

Wordless Wednesday was a pic of actual FAT!

Growing up as a child I was SKINNY!

When I got married, I was SKINNY!

After I had my first baby, I was fairly SKINNY!

After I had my second baby, I was still, fairly SKINNY!

At the age of 37,

in a period of two months...

I went from

fairly SKINNY

to

fairly FAT.

Some physical things happened from November 1997

to

January 1998

and I have never been the same since.

Now 

all two of my followers out there have only known me in the shape (literally)

that I am now.

but

in my mind...

I AM STILL SKINNY!

Unfortunately, the mirror and my clothes sizes have another version.

And then there is the argument that I just don't eat healthy.

That argument might hold water if this whole fat thing had happened over time, but it didn't.

It happened in TWO MONTHS!

For the past 15 years of my life i have fought this FAT virus,

as I will call it.

FAT virus has robbed joy from my life.

I don't like being FAT.

I have tried every diet out there that excludes eating vegetables and salads.

They work temporarily.

Short term at the best.

I have never returned to that special number on my scales that puts me back in the skinny group.

I go up and down from

 fairly FAT

 to

 bigger than I really should be FAT

 to

it had to be the 3 cartons of egg nog I drank over the holidays FAT.

I have gained

 12pounds

 since the first of December, putting me back to a record high!

Okay, okay...I can hear all of you veggie lover, salad eaters out there right now, saying,

"Well its obvious why you are FAT...you eat all the wrong things."

Well...maybe I don't eat all the wrong things. 

I have totally stopped drinking diet coke and drink somewhere between 75- 90 ounces of water a day.

We have essentially eliminated red meat from our diet,

(thanks to the uric acid crystals which keep accumulating in my husband's

joints causing significant pain for him and irritation for me...

I have to take care of him).

We rarely eat out anymore, and thanks to Pinterest,

I have found about 10 new recipes for how to make chicken taste just a little different this time.

And I don't want to hear the line,

"oh, you're a nurse, you should eat better..."

Do you really think your profession changes your taste buds???

Bottom Line...

I started another diet yesterday.

It is not

 weight watchers,

south beach,

jenny craig

nutra system,

blood type,

or any of the all too familiar ones we all have tried and failed.

It is the

ROBIN doesn't want to be fat anymore diet

and you all are my accountability partners.

Here are my declarations for this project:

I will eat less.  (portion control)

I will eat less sugar and foods which turn into sugar on my rear.

I will do something everyday or at least 5 days a week that raises my heart rate in order to burn more calories.

I will eat a little less bacon.

And if I do have a bad day and break all of the above declarations...

I will admit my guilt and look at myself in the mirror naked

and say three times.

YOU ARE FAT.

YOU ARE FAT

YOU ARE FAT.

So all of you,

 (not my two followers) overweight, exercising, vegetarian salad eaters...

and you know they are out there,

I am going to get back to SKINNY, eating my

white, colorless food with a dash of bacon....just to show you

I can!

looking  forward to Friday Fotos....

Wordless Wednesday