Come on DOWN

So this week was impressive if I do say so myself! This was my birthday week (and i do mean week) Neil and I ate out twice, we had cake and ice cream, My sweet MaMa and DaDa made me a birthday dinner, my sweet Nanny made me an ice cream cake, My sweet parents cooked supper for me on Tuesday night. (one of the perks of being an only-child) NEway... I am down 2.8 lbs. I was totally prepared mentally for gaining this week. I am so excited. My total weight loss is 55 lbs. YIPPEE!

So speaking of coming on down... Neil has come on down with the stomach virus. He has been so sick for the past 12 hours. He is just now beginning to feel better. He finally broke his fever and I think he is on the road to recovery!

The DOWN low!!!

Finally over the hump... this week at WW I lost 4.4 lbs!!!! I am so excited. I guess I am making up for the 3 bad weeks I had. I am at a total weight loss of 53.6 lbs. I weigh about 20 lbs. less now than before I got pregnant with Neilie. I am so thrilled. People are noticing and it is really nice to know that other people can tell that I am working hard. Still drowning myself in water everyday!!!!! that is such a chore but i do it... daily. I don't love it - at all but i do it! I will not weigh in next week because I am going to SCSHA (South Carolina Speech/Language and Hearing Association) Conference. It is 3 days in Charleston.... don't worry, I will be in classes the entire time. My feet will never hit the sand... isn't that a shame?!?!

Thank you all!!!

This is Neil and I want to say thank you to my wonderful wife. She has been so supportive of me. I did get a call back about the traffic postion and they went for the other officer whom they said had a little more expierance than me. They did say that they were impressed with my interview and resume and that they will have another postion opening very soon and want me to apply again. I dont think I am going to give up yet. Thank you all so much for believeing in me. Have a wonderfull day!!!! Neil

Officer Chappell

I wanted to take a minute to say how proud I am to be married to a police officer! Neil had a very important interview today that will effect his job greatly. I am not sure just how much I should or should not say about it. Just know that it was huge and I am so proud that he stepped out (and up) and did this interview. I believe in him 100% and know that he will be the best one for the position. If you read this blog I am sure he would like an encouraging word.

You can leave a comment by typing your comment then typing that funny-looking code (a bunch of mixed up letters and numbers) then click annonymous. If you sign your name we will know it is you!

Keep him in your prayers, we are anxiously awaiting a decision.

I am sure he will appreciate your support with this huge effort.

We'll keep you "posted"!

~ Abee

A Tail of a Tale

I promised a better attitude for my next post... so here goes. This is a funny story that I have been meaning to share with you all.

For those who don't know, we have 2 pets... a dog named Sarge and a cat named Dillon (we call him Dilly).

Dilly stays inside all the time. His food is in our hallway along with his bed and litter box. Neilie and Claire leave the litter box and bed alone...

but the food is a different story. Neilie refers to Dilly's food as "cat cookies or cat pood". (don't worry that /p/ for /f/ substitution is developmentally appropriate, wink wink).

Back to the story... one day Linda, my mother-in-law, a.k.a. Noni was keeping the girls at our house. She had been having trouble with Neilie attempting to eat the cat food. Noni kept telling her not to eat the cat food and she kept trying to eat it. Noni had tried lots of things to keep Neilie from eating it. Noni had one last resort... as Neilie picked up the "cat cookie" and held it close to her lips, Noni said, "If you eat cat food, you'll get a tail!". Noni said Neilie froze with the cat food piece right at her lip. She slowly turned to face Noni cutting her eyes right through Noni and in her most serious voice Neilie said, "I like-a tail!!!". We haven't stopped laughing about that since!

What's UP??????

So I went to my WW meeting and was up again!!!! Only .6 but still up. I am so frustrated with this whole plateau thing! I am changing everything I am eating, I am drinking all 64 oz of water everyday!!! I am doing everything in my power and still going up. People at WW say don't feel bad about it... well i wanna feel bad about it because I am putting forth great effort to lose the weight and not seeing the results. it would be different if i was eating junk and drinking soda! Please pardon my frustration. One of the ladies at WW said this could go on for 5 or 6 weeks. I am on week 3 so maybe only 2 more weeks of this. I am going to try my best next week. It is hard to keep on keeping on when you don't see results. Gain or lose I will find a better attitude for next post... I promise! Thanks for all your support no matter what!!!

Weight UPdate

So my meeting wasn't as successful as they have been in the past. I was up .8 and not thrilled about it. Everyone says you reach a plateau and i guess this is mine... and it is not fun. I am working really hard and drowning myself in water everyday... just a little frustrating when you don't see the results. Oh well, I am changing up everything I can think of for next week. I will keep you "posted".