I don't even know what day it is...Wednesday? the 13th? 14th? I don't know - ah, yes, Wednesday the 14th - so in another day, my good friend, Katie, will be released from captivity (she prepares taxes for Americans living in foreign countries). Maybe a girls weekend is in sight! Speaking of, we have had 2 really outstanding trips home to Tipton in the last couple of weeks. The first was our first venture out of the house with a 6 week old and DD#1. We made a stop in Munster, IN, at a good friend's house and made it to Tipton at a normal hour (10:30pm on a Friday night, not bad at all!). Had an open house for DD#2 and got to introduce her to the family & friends we have at home. It was truly wonderful. In true Kendall fashion, something that was just going to be "cake, pop, and beer" turned into a feast of Panera soups, cheese plates, Girl Scout cookies, fruit trays, and of course the cake, pop, and beer already on the menu! My family is pretty amazing and they're givers...if I can say anything about them as a whole, they all give and all the time. My dad's girlfriend spent days and days cleaning up the pole barn for us (she always takes good care of us too) and it looked fantastic. I don't know what happened to me, but I saw the glimmer of freedom in being with so many responsible adults, grabbed that freedom by the reins and rode that b***h into the ground! Drank what was probably way too much but we were surrounded by sober friends and family members that generously watched the girls so Mommy & Daddy could have a night off and we took it. Don't think it was easy - I was quite concerned that any time we go home, someone is watching them for us so we can go out and do something else...my drunken emotional self was having a hard time understanding it was ok. It still doesn't feel ok, but I know they don't really mind. I was kidnapped by some friends I knew from high school (who I never had the pleasure of actually hanging out with then) and we all went to the Crossing which I had never been to. Ran into an old friend but couldn't really have a conversation with him by that point so I'll have to FB him and see how he's doing. Anyway, the point is that it was the most fun I had in months. Husband, my brother, and my friend's boyfriend (who I didn't remember being there, oops!) showed up later and we just had a laid-back good time. Sunday was Easter, 8:00am mass, then a day of familial gatherings - all of which were a good time. DD#1 was cracking us up while egg hunting. I'll try to post the picture- she just didn't realize that the big white thing her hand was on was a giant egg. She looked and looked for the last one. We had a great weekend that time around and were eager to go back the next weekend for DD#2's baptism. Father K graciously allowed us to have her baptized there after getting a letter of good standing from our church in Wadsworth. We filled 3 or 4 pews with family and friends so it was a good thing we decided to change the location to Tipton. Everyone thought it was a beautiful service and they were right, we are so very blessed...life doesn't get much better than those moments. We even got to stay at our grandparent's house with my mom, cousins, aunt & uncle. My brother had a cookout the next day for everyone and we had such a great time- corn hole, friends, family, good food, it was so much fun. We're never ready to leave and at the same time...it wouldn't be the same if we lived there. Being away teaches us to cherish each other or at least, it has certainly taught me that but the leaving gets no easier.
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On another front, I am starting Weight Watchers again today. Going to try the Core plan this time as the thought of counting points just stresses me out. It's going to be hard to not eat breads...so hard, but I can do this. I want to lose 50 pounds in 5-6 months, which I've done before. When I did WW the first time, I was 30 lbs heavier than I am now, so though I lost 50 lbs that time around too, I put 20 back on. I think I've got about 50 to go to get back to my high school weight, and 50 from there until I'm in my proper weight range. You do the math and you can figure out just how bad it is. But, posting it here will help me stay accountable. My perception of myself is that while people see me and know I'm fat...it isn't necessarily the first thing they see about me. I've always been active and I'm trying to get back to that activity level along with eating more healthily.
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As you know, I am a photography enthusiast. I finally purchased my first dslr - a Canon Rebel XSi, this past week. I bought an EF 50mm f1.8 II lens as well and have been having a good time getting to know it. It was great to just pull the camera out and take "snap shot" types of pictures at the cookout that were worth something. I've taken some nice shots of DD#2 as well but not with the better lens - those were shot with the kit lens. It's good to get a feel of how a zoom and fixed lens differ. Definitely good exercise to take shots with a fixed lens! I started a photo blog,
www.chromaticmusings.blogspot.com but I haven't posted there in almost a year. I plan on picking that back up again too and really making something of it. We'll see where the photography stuff takes me...but for now, it's something I just love to do, for anyone, at anytime!
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