Happy Easter

Oh, I just enjoy Easter so! I love the getting dressed up and going out to eat. I had a great time getting my kids ready for today. My son really enjoyed wearing his suit, and my daughter looked precious in her first easter dress. She even wore a gold bracelet that is only for special occassions.

We went to church, then out to brunch. It was very nice. The kids got their Easter treats. I think my mother in law is coming with some more. At any rate, I took a lot of pics. My favorite ones all came out blurry (isn't that always the way!), but I will be scrapping them anyway.

I WON!!!!

That's right! I am the Biggest Loser of the E-Commerce department! LOL! I won $800, but I gave $200 to the girl who came in second.

I spent all of the money already. I took my family out to dinner, bought a bunch of scrapbook stuff, got my kid's Easter stuff and my husband some Blu ray discs and a PS3 video game. I took my mom out to lunch. Oh, I bought a new dress, shirt, and pants. I got a magazine subscription and bought some custom hair bows for my baby girl. $600 sure does go fast!

Anyway, I am so proud of myself! I really accomplished something. Even though I have been eating out of control since I found out I won! LOL! I am giving myself a week off and then it is back to low carb and exercise.

Thanks to all of you who supported me!

Inspiration

I was inspired by Ali Edward's weekend project and created one for my friend Simone. Take a look:





Here are the instructions: http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2008/02/weekend-creat-4.html

It was a fun little project and I will be making more in different colors.

In other scrappy news, they have some really cool challenges over at Bad Girls this month. I can't wait to start my projects. I have a few ideas in mind. I feel such a surge of creative energy and I have to let it out! Stay tuned because I plan on posting a bunch of new layouts and projects this week. I am going to stay busy this week!

Disappointed

I only lost 2.8 this week (according to my boss's scale). So now my biggest comp is beating me by .4%. I am at 8.6% body fat lost and she is at 9%. I feel like I am going to be sick. I really, really want to win this! Does anyone have any suggestions for what I should do? This is the last week of the competition and I have been following a low carb diet and exercising at least 30 minutes every day. What can I do to close that .4% gap? *sigh*

Just a little something. . .

Just a quick little layout of my daughter. I just love this picture and how she is peeking out from behind the covers. I haven't had a lot of time to scrapbook for some reason lately. I was happy to have had a moment to put something down.

Another "little something" is that I won a $10 shopping spree at SB.com. I was so excited! I never won a contest on a website before. I got my winnings:

I decided to just go with black letter stickers. You can never have enough, right?

In other news, I am terribly anxious about the biggest loser competition in my department. I really don't see my biggest threat eating that often and I'm worried. I REALLY want to win that money. I mean, I've already got some serious scrappy plans for that money! But, I guess I shouldn't worry about it too much. If it is for me, it will be. (That's what I keep telling myself anyway). I started exercising as much as I can and I am eating plenty of veggies and drinking 100+ oz of water a day so I don't think there is much more I can do. We'll have to wait and see what the scale says.

Genes are tricky things!

No one could have ever told me that I would ever have a daughter who looks like this:


She's beautiful, I know, but look at me and my husband:



When the nurse first handed her to me, all I could think was "What the #*&%!" I never could have imagined I would ever have a daughter with light skin and blue eyes. Why would I? I am a Black woman married to a Black man. I would have expected my daughter to look like a mix between us. But she doesn't. People ask me constantly is she "mixed". They want to know when I'm out with her if my husband is a white man. Hell, even the nurse at the hospital had to double check and make sure she had given me the right baby. She told me, "Your baby looks white." They also assume my children have different fathers. I want to yell at them and say, "Hey, Black people come in all different shades!" It gets kind of annoying.

But in all honestly, I don't blame people who assuming comments. I mean, prior to having he I would have thought the same thing. But, that just goes to show you genes are tricky things!