Well, it's been a while since I did this so it's time. I weighed 277 this morning.... Yay me! which was nice cause I was up a couple of pounds last week due to inertia and ice cream. LOL.  That makes the grand total 36 lbs. since I was able to weigh myself plus five or so... puts the weight loss somewhere between 36 and 41. WOOHOO!!!!!! I taped myself day before yesterday and the results were awesome... have lost 12 inches all over since last month. Hips: 2 3/8 in. loss, waist: 2/8 in. (which sucks but we can't have everything), thighs: 1 1/2, ribcage: 3 in. (which is why none of my bras are fitting anymore), neck: 1 in (didn't even know I had an inch to lose there), shoulders around (4 inches), no loss anywhere else. Seems like I'm losing inches everywhere except where I want to. LOL. Was very sad about that lousy 2/8 inch in the waist. That's barely noticable, but it's all coming off slowly but surely.. patience is just not one of those virtues I'm famous for, if ya know what I mean.

Patrick and I have resumed the remodeling projects. Right now he's pounding away in Dayanera's room. Putting in a new floor, then we paint (am going to do a mural in her room of castle, fairies, stuff like that), new carpet, needs a new outside door, but we can't afford it. Have had the stuff to do her room for a while, but wouldn't let Patrick start it till after court. Am glad I did that, would have hated to have her half finished room and him in jail. Would have sucked. Anyway, it should be cute when we get done. The next project after that is going to be connecting up these trailers... God there is so much to do in that trailer... Some days I think I made a mistake buying it. It was a good deal, but it needs alot of cosmetic work. We considered selling it, but since no one is pounding on the door to buy it we are just going to go ahead and do what we planned to do, which is a good thing. We could use the spare rooms for when inlaws visit or god forbid we have another baby... *shudders*.. LOL That trailer needs new panneling/dry wall (theres a kick/punch hole in every wall), new door knobs on every door (where someone tried to lock themselves in and the knobs were ripped off), needs new floor in room joining the bathroom (looks like water heater leaked), and the carpets are all terrible. It's all cosmetic but cosmetic can add up to some serious dough. Hell, new carpet is like 300$ a room. Am going to put tile down in kitchen and living room in there and turn that living room into my dining room. The end bedrooms are huge so we are thinking about moving into one of them and leaving our bedroom as a guest room. They have huge closets in them too, I could just drool over the closets. My closet is way too small. Both bedrooms have double closets that are twice the size of the ones we have now. The ceilings are higher in it too, which means I could put my canopy bed in one room for a spare room, or move maverick into one of them. We also have a king size bed I inherited from my brother that we could put in the master bedroom... So lots of possibilities. I know that I can't wait to remodel the kitchen in it, but that won't be till next year. We are going to put in all new countertops, cabinets, everything. My old kitchen is going to become either a sewing room or bedroom/bathroom. Dunno, there's already water in there so we could have a bathroom if we want without any trouble at all. I know I'm looking forward to have wider rooms.. these two trailers only have 12 ft. wide rooms.. that one is either 14 or 16 ft. Patrick says he thinks 16 feet. Makes a big difference in how one can set up their furniture if a room is wider. With all these extra rooms I can have an entire room dedicated to sacred space, which would be really really nice, can even put my books, and all that stuff in there away from kids.

Well, am trying to set up going to Cowboys tomorrow night with some friends. Amanda doesn't think she'll go, but my friend Francis is thinking about it. My hubby is babysitting so, it will be nice. If anyone wants to go let me know. You only live once. LOL.

Gotta run.

Blessings,

Natalie/Em