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Pops meets Annabelle

March 11 is a very special day in the Wheat family. 
You see....Pops and our second little GRAND princess - Annabelle -
share a birthday on this day.


When Princess Belle entered the world on Pops birthday - two years ago.....it became an even more special birthday. Pops is very proud to make a point to EVERYONE, that he and Belle are birthday buddies.


She is a very special little girl.
She is beautiful and lovable and we love her very much !

Can't get enough of that sweetness!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS AND BELLE.....LOVE YOU !!

Back to my original plan....

As it goes, I am blonde...and so I use that excuse when I wander from my intended path. When I started this blog, along with wanting to be a "blogger" I also thought it would help me on my journey with weight loss. Seems, it is on everyone's mind. I just read my daughter-in-laws blog and remembered my original plan. (whew - blonde moment) I haven't written one blog about my weight loss (or lack there of). So - along with an occassional sidetrack, I will blog about my weight - loss - and hope it will help me along my path. Bear with me....
I started the infamous weight watchers 8 weeks ago. I have to be accountable to someone when I am losing weight and I have to know that someone else (any one but family that is) will see what I weigh. I pay a monthly fee to have this done. The first 6 weeks - 5 lbs. going, going, GONE! The last two weeks, 4 ozs. on, 2 ozs. off.....BLAH BLAH BLAH...
I am finding that the weekends seems to be my downfall. I do great during the week, even eating out lunch everyday. Walk 2 miles with a co-worker each morning (this helps to catch up on the office gossip)
and ride my stationery bicycle 2 -3 nights a week.
But, man o man, the weekends - is not working so well. Now the next weekend is approaching and I am having a family pot luck, game night, celebrate birthday Saturday night...WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO??

My weigh in day is Thursday - wish me luck ! I am open for any ideas. The WW plan is good, it teaches you portion control, healthy eating and the fact that you write down every morsel you put in your mouth (ooooppps, I forgot to do that part) helps you to realize how much you are eating. I am off plan, need to get on plan, must get on plan.....

Weekend Fun...

My husband and I love camping. We have camped with nothing but bedrolls, no bathrooms, no running water, to a 27foot trailer that is a home away from home. I love camping and I am so happy when it involves good friends and good places. This past weekend we went to the 1st Annual Outlaw Legends Music Festival....in Abilene, Texas. IT WAS A BLAST!!
Besides great friends....there was great music. 
Backstage passes.....

Cody Gill

Matt Martindale, Johnny Bush, Tommy Alverson and Gary P. Nunn

Stoney Larue and ME !!

Life is good.....

Happy Independence Day - Texas

Happy 175 years Texas.....

Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation
in every sense of the word
- Author John Steinbeck


Texas is the crossroads of the world. Everything here is big - Bobby Lee.

I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
-
Author Mary Lasswell


I think Texans have more fun than the rest of the world - Choreographer
Tommy Tune


For a few precious moments.....I am back in Old Texas, under a high sky, where all
things are again possible and the wind blows free
- Larry L. King  




I love Texas.

It is a great honor to be a true TEXAN...

God Bless the GREAT STATE OF TEXAS !!

My First Little Princess...

I come from a family of four children. I have three brothers....no sisters. My mom and dad were both only children, so I have no first cousins. For the most part, all my best friends in school and life have been males. I married my best friend. I was blessed with two of the most lovable, generous, kind, strong, intelligent sons. I have great sister-n-laws, and two of the BESTEST daughter-n-laws a mom could ask for. But the most precious of all things that God has blessed me with is my first grand daughter - Jaycee.

She is my little princess.

On Monday - Feb. 28, 2011....Princess Jaycee turns 8 years old. Happy Birthday my sweet little princess....


You surely are the apple of your Boo's eye.
You are beautiful, smart, funny, lovable and have all the qualities of a true princess !!

I LOVE YOU......

Happy Birthday...


Today, 33 years ago....I was blessed with my first born...A SON!
What a blessing he has been. There is no relationship like that between a mom and her son.
It is a very special one.
He has brought laughter, proud moments, tears, anger, happiness, scares, ups/downs, in/outs, blessings, and I can't imagine a life without him.

Thanks for the past memories.....
from BIG OLE TRUCKS, Poopon(shampoo) Kermit, soccer, t-ball, baseball, football, basketball,
hunting, girls, cars, trucks.....


And thanks for the memories to come!!!


Love ya!!


START

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu



START: Something
Stop: worrying

START: Living
Stop: waiting

START: Talking
Stop: texting

START: Exercising
Stop: dieting

START: Trails
Stop: treadmills

START: NOW
Stop: procrastinating

START: Breathing
Stop: smoking

START: Doing
Stop: planning

START: Simple
Stop: complicated

START, Just START

-Missy Park

I love the sentiment expressed in this simple poem by Missy Park that I came across recently.  It is sometimes hard for me to remember that getting started really can be the hardest part. 

As an example: when I am out of the habit of exercising, starting again sounds like the worst thing in the world.  Getting up early, getting to bed on time, and the prospect of sore muscles all seem like impossible obstacles to overcome.  However, once I just start, I realize that I enjoy exercising, I like getting to bed early, my days are more productive when I get up early and sore muscles represent progress.  Taking one step in the right direction makes what at first seemed unattainable, feel achievable.

I tend to spend more time and energy planning that first step than the whole journey would require.  So, I have decided that I will:

START: Achieving
Stop: worrying about failure

START: Finding ways to serve others
Stop: stewing about things I cannot change

START: Magnifying my strengths
Stop: focusing on my weaknesses

START: Recognizing housework as a way to express love to my family
Stop: Seeing housework as drudgery

START: Appreciating the little things
Stop: wanting more

START: Cultivating my talents
Stop: comparing myself to others

START: Taking better care of my healthy body
Stop: making excuses

START: Reconnecting
Stop: being too busy

START: Making "BEST" my priority 
Stop: settling for "good" or "better"

I will START, Just START

What will you be STARTing?

AMAZING...

Anyone that knows me, knows that MY FAMILY is very important. I have an amAzing husband who is also my best friend (almost 37years). We have two AMAZING son's. They brought to us,  AMAZING daughter-in-laws and to top off all that AMAZEMENT - we now have 4 AMAZING grand kiddos ( Jaycee, Cody, Jaxson and Annabelle !)
My life is AMAZING. This past weekend we got to spend AMAZING family time (even had an AMAZING neice along with us) together in Austin.......We celebrated birthdays,shopped, ate (Schultz Beer Garden and Stubbs Bar-b-q and of course, HEY CUPCAKES, went to the UT basketball game ( they won), visited the capitol, swam, ate, played games, had pedicures, enjoyed the AMAZING weather, and most AMAZING of all, spent good family time together.



Thank you guys............I love my family and am so blessed.
(Thanks for pics Corey.....)

I think I can, I think I can......


I have been inside this house for 3 DAYS! I have cleaned, cooked, done laundry, watched TV, played with the dogs, rescued a cat, rode my stationery bicycle, talked on the phone, played WWF, and then..started over and did it again.
So today, I thought I will venture to the local WALLY WORLD in my little red bullet (Miata)
It is about 20 miles from my COUNTRY home, but I thought, its' been 3 days, my husband said it "isn't too bad", surely I can drive 20 miles, on the country road.....slowly.
So I hit the road. My first clue should have been that it took me 10 minutes to get out of my subdivision...it's a 2 mile drive!!
OK...not too bad...18 to go - I can do this...slowly I attack the corners, watch the traffic, slide thru the stop sign. I let all the cars go around me, I was so proud of myself. THEN...a hill, so I get some speed, hit the hill, halfway, I stop...I slide..I panic! Looking in my rearview mirror....a long line of cars coming...everyone stops, slides, one goes in the dtich! Three incredible men immediately jump out of their vehicles and come to my rescue. They rock me back and forth, go forward, slid back...stop...do it again! 20 minutes later...these 3 BRAVE men, literally pick up my little red bullet, (with me in it) turn me around, heading back down the hill......tell me to go back where I came from! So....I did. It took me an hour to go 7miles...in one big circle. This is the one BIG drawback to living in the country...no sand trucks.
I thought I could, I thought I could !

Sports, I love SPORTS..

Most females don't like sports, don't know anything about sports, don't watch, don't listen and wouldn't know ESPN if it hit them in the face. ME, on the other hand, LOVE IT, LOVE IT I say. I had two amazing boys that grew up a small town, where sports is a way of life. I never missed an event they participated in.....if at all possible. I enjoyed watching them and enjoyed being there. Today, I haven't changed.
I made it a must do and went downtown Fort Worth this past weekend to take in all the ESPN set-ups. Amazing.

Monday, my husband and I drove to Arlington just to say "we were there." I won't be attending the superbowl, but I will be watching it on TV and loving it. Most of the females in my family think I am weird - I am sure of it - but be it as it may..I love sports!! Ok.Ok...I love to shop too....but DUH - I am female!!

Have I lost my mind, have I gone MAD.......

I wonder sometimes what possess me to do things I do. I am sitting here, reading everyone else's blogs...my son, my daughter-in-law, a neice, a friend, a distant relative and people that I have no idea who they are. I decide I must join "that world". Now, time will tell how well I do.  I think it helps one's self to put words to paper. Sometimes, you should do this before you open your mouth and insert your foot. I am guilty of that!!
So here goes nuttin' honey. Bear with me, I am always open to guidance from those that are way smarter than me.
In the famous words of my dear mom, "You can get happy in the same pair of pants you got mad in!"