Hunger .vs. Eating for Fun

So, two weeks ago I joined weight watchers. Before anyone sighs in disgust b/c you think that I do not have weight to lose let me just say that this is for me. I got on the scale a couple of weeks ago and weighed more than I ever have without being prego. And if anyone else asks if I am pregnant I just might kill them. So for the safety of others around me I decided to do something.

I called my good friend Jen who encouraged me to join and she would do it with me. So I got online and signed up for the free week. It is amazing keeping track of what you eat. It really opened my eyes to the incredible amount of food that I was eating. I would probably eat enough points for a couple people each day....yikes. Just to put things in perspective while I was pregnant with Dani, I practically lived on supersonic cheeseburgers with mayonnaise. That is 24points, my total allowance for the day. That is a huge amount of food.

Another really difficult thing for me has been the avoidance of french fries. If you know me well you know that I prefer french fries to almost anything. Especially mcdonalds. It has not been as difficut as I thougtht it would be. MOst of the time I can ask myself, am I hungry or do I just want to eat becuase I am bored (or emotional). Luckily during those weak moments I have extra points to be able to indulge with some M&M's (my current fav) or a dessert.

Anyway, as for results I have lost 4.6 pounds. I was a little nervous to weigh this last week b/c we spent the whole weekend with Frank and at out most of the time. I wasnt going to weigh, but I thought I better get up there and at least know what a weekend of unhealthy eating looks like. Praise God I still lost. Again, I know I dont have a lot to lose my goal is 15pounds and no more comments about whether or not I am pregnant. So there you have it.

Also, random comment, salsa dancing is hot hot hot. We went to Seattle last weekend to be with a friend and he took us to a lesson and then dancing. We sure enjoyed watching people and I even got asked to dance. I told him, "You know I just had my first lesson tonight, I am not that good. He indulged me anyway and it was fun!" We also took in lots of great food from The Pyramid, Bal Mar and a Thai place. The Mariners game was fun good thing they won!

Canada, EH!

So, my husband afforded me the opportunity to get away with a friend for four nights and five days! We went to Vancouver, BC (hoping to get our passposrts stamped) b/c my friend had a free hotel stay for us at the Hyatt which is right downtown. It was beautiful and truly an experience. Our first night there we turned in pretty early and slept until our hearts content......8:30am. We filled our first full day with a trip to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. This was quite a feat for my friend because she is afraid of heights. It took a pep talk to get her across the bridge and then she wanted to be air lifted back. That did not work, so she resigned to walk and not stop. I included a pic of myself with her in the background not stopping. So funny! After that we proceeded to the "tram" portion of the trip on Stanley park. We rode this ski liftish thing up the mountain, had lunch and went to view the bears. I will say that the bears were held back with electric chicken wire. Not the safest thing if you ask me.

The theme through our trip was the search for all things "Bobbert". We are into the twilight series and as you may know, Robert (aka Bob, or Bobbert in our case) was the main character. We hoped to catch a glimpse of him as they were filming the second movie there recently. Unfortunately no Bobbert sightings, but we did see some people that may have belonged in La Push. We tried to be sly about taking a pic of them, but I think they saw us. While sitting at the beach, we smelled that you never forget once it has been smelled......pot. (Both of our childhood upbringing made that knowledge possible) We looked at each other and I said, "I wonder where that smell is coming from?" and with out missing a beat we both said, "La Push!" We were hilarious. If you are not rolling on the floor laughing I dont know what to say, that was some funny stuff!

Our favorite activity we did was to rent bikes and ride around the perimeter of the Stanley Park Seawall. It was beautiful and cheap. We rode for an hour and a half and it was only $10 Canadian. We later paid for this as our rear ends are yet to recover for being on a bike for that long. We got to see a lighthouse, houseboats, beaches and lots of people. This was a very diverse city and the streets were crowded Thurs-Sun. Our favorite restaurant that we ate at was called Elephant and Castle. The french fries were delish and so were the main dishes. We actually ate there for lunch on Sun and then went back for dinner. They had live entertainment and the music really made the atmosphere enjoyable.

Leilani Turns 3

Three years ago today my baby came into this world all on her own time. It was a fabulous experience to have for my final baby. Here is one of her first pictures and one of her most recent pictures. Isnt she cute?

What Goes Around...

About 2 months ago, Superbowl Sunday to be exact, I had a stitch break in my eye. For those of you who dont know, I have many stitches in my eye from 5 years ago and they just get old and break from time to time. NOt a big deal, really! When this happens I just need to go in and get it pulled out. It is seriously a five minute thing. Well last night I was working in the nursery at the church and I thought the same thing happened. It just feels like i have something in my eye and no matter what I do, it wont go away. The fact of it is, I do have something in my eye and it is sticking up so every time my eyelid goes over it I feel it and it is annoying. Anyways, two months ago it was a pain trying to get a hold of my doctor b/c his answering service was accidently not forwarded. But I ended up going in and having it taken care of.

So last night I paged the doctor and he promptly met me at the eye clinic at 9pm. I have to admit it felt kind of shady because it was night, no one else there, meeting behind the building. You get the picture. Good thing the doc never reads this he would never come in after hours for me again. But back to the point. I feel horrible when this happens because I know what it is like to be paged out for something, or rather to have Chris paged out for something. So I always apologize for the inconvenience, but he says he doesnt mind and I guess that is what he gets paid the big bucks for, right? But come to find out, I did not have a broken stitch in my eye. He did find something in my eye and it was scratching it, so he removed that and I am once again on antibiotics for the eye so it wont be infected. This eye is becoming a big pain.

Well at 6am this morning (I think that was the time, anyway 0 dark hundred) I heard the phone ring and I immediately knew it was his work. I even knew what boss was calling b/c he always calls the home number instead of the work phone. Chris got dressed quickly and left. It is now 2pm and he is still not home. The girls and I have been doing the Easters festivities without him. Pitty party for me I know. But I guess this was due to me because I pulled the doc from his family last night, so it is only fair that Chris gets pulled away this morning. Just so everyone knows, I am really not sour about this, I just thought it was ironic. I hope you are having a happy Easters!~Jaimie

Status Updates

So this is how you speak about yourself on facebook, in the third person. A friend of mine did her blog this way today and instpired me to do mine the same. Here goes:

Jaimie does not like putting the girls to bed crying for one reason or another.

Jaimie did not think that she would get two full weeks of spring break, in the house with the girls, beause it is too cold to go out, where the illnesses can breed and prolong one another.

Jaimie is the master procrastinator.

Jaimie loves to get to bed early although her body tells her to stay up each night and watch the shows that are coming on.

Jaimie hasn't missed the shows at night, she rents them in re reun form at the library for free, whoo, whoo (baby momma).

Jaimie would love to sleep on her right side but doesn't becuase each time she does, Chris seems to roll over and hit her in the face.

Jaimie has a sink full of dishes, a dishwasher full of clean ones, a chair full of laundry, a dryer full of dry clothes, a washer full of wet clothes and guess who has two thumbs and doesnt care????? Jaimie Littrell (shout out to scrubs, I am not naturally that synical)

Jaimie is wondering if anyone from the neighborhood is going to participate in the easter egg hunt.

Jaimie loves nap time each day.

Jaimie loves to see her husbands ears go up (like a dobie) at the sound of a siren or flashy red and blue lights.

Jaimie loves thinking that she is hilarious.

Jaimie loves to dream about living in Kauai and being at the beach each day.

Jaimie loves to play parking wars with her hubby and write tickets.

So , there is what jaimie is up to.

Also, Jaimie loves pink hair.

Book Buzz

So I love to read books that have a lot of buzz about them. Each year Janet Evanovich comes out with about 2 from her Stephanie Plum series and I am always eager for those. Stephanie is a female bounty hunter who constantly messes up on apprehension, destroys her vehicles and finds herself in a love triangle between the suave cop Morelli and the rugged bounty hunter Ranger. These are good fast reads. It is great to start this series if you have not already b/c you could catch up and read all of them before the next one comes out in Juneish (I think).
Another book I flew through was the Shack. This was another amazing quick read that I read b/c I knew that it had some very pointed Christian terms and explinations and I wanted to be able to know what it was saying. This was a great book for Christian and non Christian alike and really opened up my mind to the real vastness of the trinity of God. Read it, you wont be disappointed. I will have you know that that is a fiction book though. After I finished I was googleing people and places b/c I thought some of it was real and the locations are places that I have been.
I just started reading The Red Tent. 2 reasons. First, we are going to visit some friends in June and this is one of Cara's fav. books, so I wanted to read it. She is a doula and so far there is quiet a bit of mid wifery stuff in there so I can see why she loves it. Secondly, a couple years ago it came out that the husband of one of my friends (yes it is the Aldersons) was reading this book. The Red Tent is where the women would go during their time of the month or during childbirth. Basically whenever they were bleeding. So you can see why we razzed him for reading this book that his wife's book club had read. (love you tyler and michelle) Also it deals with old testament chaaracters, spesifically the line of Jacob. Very interesting. I honestly thougth that I would not like this b/c of the old test. subject, but I am loving it and find myself stealing away or putting off an nap to enjoy a few pages.
Lastly is the book and movie Twilight. I heard the buzz going around about this book last year. I wasnt really interested. I saw my future sister in law reading it but still no interest on my part. Well, my friend (Jen) was in from Tacoma last week and she had devoured the book series a couple weeks before, so I thought I would give it a shot. Doing what any red blooded american might do, I rented them ovie first. I do have every intention of reading the book too, but the movie was fabulous! I usually dont enjoy stuff about vampires and such, but I am a sucker (pun intended) a forbidden love story.
So there is my rant. My family is finally on the mend and I am really looking forward to a full night of sleep tonight. It has been about a week since a miracle like that has happened.

shamrock on the shirt

So, for my interested readers, I did not go and rescue my little kindergartener. Cold hearted I know. I went with Chris and decided that this would be a good lesson for her to learn. But, she came home with a shamrock on her shirt. Her teacher gave all the little kids who did not wear green a shamrock on the shirt. Genius woman I tell you. She is amazing! Alli proudly displayed it the rest of the day until it fell of her shirt.