Who knew?

Who knew that eating a grapefruit could be such an experience!?  I forgot how much I enjoyed grapefruits and recently have been buying them again.  But seriously?   So messy - I swear I take a bath in their sweet juice every time I open one.  But it's so worth it!  Delicious!!

Who knew a year ago that my whole way of grocery shopping would change?  That now instead of filling my grocery cart with packaged products, high-sugared and carb-loaded snacks, my cart is mostly full of produce, whole-grains, and healthy proteins.  I am loving this time of year when the fruits are just a bit juicier; the veggies just a bit more fresh.  I place my groceries up on the belt each week and for the past few weeks, I just take a moment, a short moment, to look at my purchases and be proud of myself for the changes I've made. 

Who knew a year ago that I would be able to open my refrigerator today and find it full of fruits, my favorite Chobani yogurts, and a vast array of veggies to throw together a salad at any moment?  Lunches for work are easy now - open the frig - and my choices are only good ones.  I will admit that sometimes when I really want a cookie or a danish, I get a little cranky that I don't have any in the house.  But I'm lucky that way - only I control what comes into my house.  So I get over my crankiness pretty quickly and am thankful that I don't bring those types of foods into my house any longer.  Don't get me wrong - I still indulge occasionally, but those times are far and few between.  I try to really follow my plan, but don't deprive myself when there's something I really am craving.  But instead of eating a whole sleeve of cookies, I do try to control myself and have a normal serving.  Doesn't always work, but much improvement has been made since last year at this time.

Who knew a year ago that one of the first thoughts each day now is how I am going to fit my exercise into my day?  A year ago, at this time I was on the WW plan, but really hadn't figured out the exercise, or "move more" part.  Now when I wake up every day, one of my first thoughts is how or when I am going to fit the "move more" piece into my day.  I've mainly been just walking more or a little gym work, but I want to bump that up to include yoga, zumba, bike riding, and more.  I am just feeling that as I get thinner, I really want to move more and that's such a good thing!

I'm so happy I am on this journey.  Why, oh why, did it take me all these years to figure out this part of my life?  Who knows, but I am so glad I am figuring it out!!!!

I guess today is "someday"!

Hello there!  I spent a good part of this morning sorting through my closet yet again to rid it of clothes that are now too big for me.  Love that feeling, but I'm not a huge fan of clothes shopping.  But I've been putting it off for too long and really need to get out there and buy some new outfits. 

So here's another pile of clothes heading to Goodwill sometime this week:

I need to say goodbye to these below as well.  I wrote about them here: Well hello my favorite pants! 

I waited so long to finally fit back into these and then only wore them once or twice before they were then too big!  WOOHOO!  I do hate to see them go, but I have to be happy that I'm getting smaller and can finally have a chance to add some new clothes to my closet. 

 

These pants below?  These are the jeans I wore just a little over one year ago.  I remember at that time that I felt like there were painted on my body.  They had gotten so tight and were so uncomfortable every time I wore them.  One day I had just had enough and decided then to finally get control of my weight issue and make some better decisions about my life and health.  But I saved these jeans - I mean I know in my head that I have lost almost 50 pounds (so close, but still not there yet, topic for another post), and I know when buying new clothes they are smaller and smaller each time, but to actually see what I used to wear on my new body now - WOW - just really made my day perfect!  These will not be going to Goodwill.  I am holding on to these to always remind me where I came from and how hard this journey was.  I do NOT ever want to go back there and these pants will remind me of just that.

 
 


These black pants below?  They have been in my cedar chest for quite some time, just waiting for me to fit into them and for them to be worn.  I've tried them on over the past year and have always just said "someday" as I tried to get them to zip and button.  Each time I've tried they were still too small.  I swear last time I tried I couldn't even get the button to get near the buttonhole.  Today though - today was that "someday".  Not only did they zip and button, but they zipped and buttoned comfortably !  I love believing in "someday"!!!! 

 

Have a good one everybody! 

 

And a couple more......

Well I guess if I wake up at 5:30 on a Saturday morning, I better scan some more layouts and get them up.  I got such an early start on my day that I may just be able to fit in some scrapping time later today!  WOOHOO!!

I have always LOVED this photo of my son and finally had a chance to scrap it.  A mix of various products here, but I especially love my new button embellishments from Ormolu.  So very much like the American Crafts Flair buttons.  I am so addicted to Flair that I just couldn't pass up these cute button embellisments from Ormolu. 

This one below....well what can I say?  I love this photo and always have!  My sister and my son have always had a very special relationship and this photo says it all!  Just look at his cute little face and the way he is looking at her and her expression is just priceless!

Again loving my new Ormolu button embellishments!  Didn't want too much on here for embellishments.....really wanted my photo to stand out.

That tag tucked under the right bottom of the photo?  That's a package tag from Ormolu.  I'm loving her stuff!  Printed this tag on sticky back canvas and love using them on my pages.

Suppose to be a rainy day here today.  Yuck!  So I guess I will just have to stay in and scrap....what a bummer....LOL!  Have a great day everyone! 

A few more to share....

Some additional layouts I've done recently that I thought I'd share.  Love some of these:

My adorable niece turned 8 this year.  Just had to scrap her special day!

Guess who again?  Love this photo of her too!  She so completes me...she really does.  I love this kiddo so much!

 

My boy!  I always have just loved this photo of him.  He is such an awesome kid!

Different photos of my boy!  Wasn't he just a cutie?  Love these Sassafrass Felties...the cars ......so cute!!

 

Still working on scanning some layouts and have a couple more I'll post tomorrow!  I'm really loving that I'm catching up on some of these and getting them scanned and loaded.  Feeling such accomplishment and ready to create some new art this weekend!

 

Layout share.....

Thought I'd just pop up some recent layouts I did.  Worked on a bunch of layouts recently and trying to get all of them scanned and uploaded is a bit time consuming, but I'm finally catching up.  Here's a few below I'd like to share.   Hoping to get a few more scanned and up this weekend.  Maybe, just maybe, I'll actually get to scrap some more this weekend too.  I have a few ideas and photos I'd like to work with. 

Off to work - have a nice day all!