I am proud...

of myself!
and I wanted to blog about it. For YEARS...I have had the lowest self confidence in the world, and been so unhappy. no more! Last November, I decided to take control of my life, go to the gym and make a difference. Well...I can finally look in the mirror and say....wow! is that me?! When did this happen? Im very very proud of what I have accomplished. Granted, I'm not there...my goal weight...yet. But, I think I have done pretty good! I'm going to share some old photos...and some new ones!
(sorry about captions messed up. try to follow...lol...i hate the new blogger!)
september 14, 2009

  September 2011 December 2011 March 2012 (beginning of month) March 2010 (end of month) April 2012 (right before hysterectomy surgery) i was TERRIFIED the surgery would hinder my progress!!!! nope....im back and good as i've ever been! BETTER even ;) I ran 3.7 miles this morning! wow right? just 6 weeks after major surgery! May 2012 (omg..is that a bikini!) irealize i don't look perfect...but the fact that i can put this on and go to the beach? im proud ;) May 2012 So yes....I am proud of my accomplishments! and I will continue until I reach my goal! Today, I was cleared by my doctor and told i'm 100% healed. My trainer warned me she is starting a new workout regimen tomorrow.....eeek!!! wish me luck! and thanks for visiting my blog, comments are welcome ;)

A few of my favorites...

Since I haven't been able to do much crafting lately, thought I'd share a few of my favorites !  These appeared in the March issue of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. (speaking of which....a special double issue is out fresh TODAY! click here to check it out!)
Anyways....so here are a few of my favorite projects from back in March....



Hoping to get the energy to get back into my craft room real soon! Thanks for stopping by!

oh no!

So, the other day, i got a new phone. And it is a google phone. So the phone synced all of my google stuff, including these odd albums that i had no idea how they got there....one of which contained alot of photos from my blog. I was like...hmmm...why do i have these albums??? and....i deleted them. oops. yeah. apparently they were important. as now all my photos are missing on my sidebar!!! ugh....
Im going to put the ones back that i can find, but looks like all my rewards are gone :( all the challenges i've won over the years, I don't have all my badges anymore. oh well. and since i rarely have time to play along with challenges anymore....i probably won't be replacing them. anyways....ignore the ugliness until i can fix the mess i created. thanks!