Destin 2013 Part 1

Friday -
left home at 3:30pm
drove to Grenada Miss
stayed at Holiday Inn Express
we get in the elevator and
coco looks at the panel of buttons
and exclaims "We can go sideways?"
She was looking at the open/close door buttons
I really think she was serious!! She has been on
elevators hundreds of times

Sat-
left Grenada at 7:05
Got to just outside Mobile, AL and hit bumper to bumper traffic all the way through the tunnel in Mobile.
We got to the house about 4pm.
Before anything was done Coco and Scott were in the pool
unloaded the car and Nana/Papa
got us pizza

Sun- Rain Rain Rain all the live long day. We didn't get out to do anything

Mon- Rain Rain Rain again- we did go out to the mall in Mary Esther but the rain really dampened our spirits since we couldn't be on the beach or in the pool.
 ate at Mexican place that was delicious.
Celebrated Coco's upcoming 13th birthday
Scott and Coco got in the pool late that evening.

It has been 10 years since we first went to Destin and rented this house. We went that first time to celebrate Scott's parents 40th wedding anniversary. We have been back many times since and this year was in celebration their 50th anniversary. Coco was 3 the first time and I will be uploading some photos from then and now. Wow have we all grown so much and not all in a good way LOL...

TIME GOES BY TOO FAST

I now have a 8th grader in the house.

 

 

This year has been fast and furious!

 

Coco has grown so much in the past 10 months. She is not my little girl any more.  We are still really close but I feel it changing as I have to be the parent and guide and discipline, while she is stretching her wings as she is growing and maturing. To be quite honest not in every way that I had hoped. Maturity has different meanings for me than for her! We are both having to learn and grow as this new relationship grows. What scares me is that I only have this one chance.

 

 We have struggled in school for the first time and not because she had a hard time grasping the concepts. She had a hard time grasping the need to do her best. She ended the year with 1 A and the rest B's but I know she could have all A's. Too much time worrying about what friends were doing. To much time worrying about what the boys were doing.

 

When I was 12 going into 8th grade I was still playing with Barbies and Babies. There are no Barbies or babies, they have been replaced with Ipod's, Instagram, FB , school dances and boys, boys, boys! It is not just her, all of her friends are the same way.  They seem to have this fascination with body parts, not the actual parts just the names of them. Is this normal? I sure don't know but my friends that teach this age group say it is. She also told me they seem to grow out of it in the 8-9th grades. She no longer has any social media as she lost those privileges a few weeks ago. I found some words that were not in allowed being used and I deleted it all. What is scary is that it doesn't seem to bother her.

 

I pray these next few months I will be the person she is with the most and I can influence her more so than friends do. I have a new bible study and 8 great dates with my daughter that I plan to work thru with her. I covet your prayers for us to grow and mature in a Godly way before another school year comes and those influences become most important.

 

Any tips for a new TEEN mom??
Would love to hear them!!

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY

saturday started out just perfectly

sleeping in past 8am

nothing but time on our hands

i used that time wisely

i watched pioneer woman and trisha on food network

i love both those shows

then i don't even remember what i watched

took a nap about 11 to 1

got up started watching lifetime

until the very last minute that i had to shower

and drive to work our shift at the girl scout cookie booth

at our local harley davidson shop

that was interesting to watch the harley clientele come and go

entertaining and the friendliest people eveh

coco and i left there, went to ross for a little shopping fix

we both found the cutest rugs we wanted

a cute blouse, leggings, hair accessories

we got in line to check out

it was going to be sunday before we got to the end of that line

so we left our cart and went to zaxbys

sure hope they have those rugs when i go back during the week

when it is slower and i feel bad for that worker that has to put it

all away, then again they should have more people working on a

saturday evening.

we did find some really cute summer things for our destin trip

this summer.

i just have to get BUSY on this weightloss

that is a bad word this week.  all i do is gain and lose the same

3 pounds every stinking week

i know what the problem is  i just don't want to do the work

then we came home and need to separate girl scout cookies

so we can drive all over the country spending $4 dollar gas to

deliver them tomorrow.......................

cheers my friends
Pam

WEEKEND MEMORIES

We have had a wonderful weekend.

Coco attended her Middle School Valentines Dance

on Friday

Getting gussied up

Beautiful girl

Love this one

 

My favorite her Daddy taking her to the dance.

She had a little date that met her there and gave her a rose.

It was the most beautiful rose that was ever grown!!!!

I had her put a vase in her room to start collecting all the rose petals she is sure to get as she grows up.

 

I spent the evening watching season 3 of Downton Abbey. My sister bought all 3 seasons so I am all caught up and sad that I don't have anything else to watch.

 

Saturday was a day filled with work for me. I have been working at another office while mine was being remodeled and Scott helped me move back in. So glad he was there to help me. Now I will spend Monday settling in. Loving my new desk though.

 

Sunday we slept late and didn't make it to church. We cleaned house and prepared several meals for the week. I organized my daytimer hopefully to get better use out of it.

Then we all went to the movies.

Scott and I saw:

 

Oh my I have a new favorite movie. It was so good and romantic. It was funny, happy, sad! My favorite kind!!

They had great chemistry and are both such beautiful people.

Definitely go see it if you get a chance.

 

We ended the evening at Academy Sports getting new workout gear.
I bought calf supports that will hopefully help me with the shin splints.

 

Watched Honeybooboo for the first time. What a train wreck. My mother thinks these reality shows are actors. I would have to say no one could write that stuff!! Crazy what our world has come to.

 

Oh and I also started Big Mama's Sparkly Green Earrings.

I am surprised that Scott didn't wake up last night, I was LOL truly laughing out loud at her stories. Great book!!

 

Tomorrow a new work week and it will be a busy one for me. Scott and I are going to get serious about our weightloss. Only 4 months until our beach trip and we have a long way to go!!

 

Happy week to you all!!

Cheers

Pam

 

 

WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY WEEK 2

I am learning that weight loss is not something you do with a lackadaisical attempt.

If you do YOU DO NOT LOSE WEIGHT

Loss this week -0- 

Gain this week -0-

Today as I pulled into Mcd's for a sausage n cheese biscuit
I actually thought in my head "will it be that bad if I go to the
beach looking like I do now?"

Apparently I don't care because I got that biscuit and I ate it with strawberry jelly.

I am not even mad at myself.

I am hopeless

I have to decide I really want this and make it happen.

Everyday that i let go by is a day closer to June and a day I can't get back.

However I did eat good the rest of the day.
Lunch- Smart Ones meal 7 points
Snack- Cheese stick 2 pts
Dinner- Egg sandwich with 1 egg 1 egg white pinch of lowfat cheese and 2 slices of turkey bacon. I think it will be about 7 pts
Snack - 1 square of chocolate

The hardest things for me is COKE fully leaded and breakfasts...

Oh and I have only walked 2 days since Sunday.......

This is depressing me so I am going to give myself a pep talk and start anew tomorrow.

Cheers
Pam

WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY

not a good day

gain of .4 lbs

this has been hard

i feel like my life is revolving around points

well it kind of is

i do well most of the day and then about 9 i have
this huge carb craving

tonight i had used all my points before dinner but
still had my 6 free foods that i could eat.

i had a can of hominy and a banana

one good thing is I have got up the past 2 mornings and walked/rode the exercise bike before work.

tomorrow is a new day and a new day to do better!!!
next week my goal is a 4lb loss.....

i saw this on my facebook today

so funny and so true



have a great week

xoxo
pam

WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY

I took the leap today.

I joined Weight Watchers

I am really excited about it this time.

I am not ready to disclose my actual weight just yet

 

Their scales and my scales are .5 Ibs off.

Mine is actually .5 higher

anyhoo since last week

I have lost 2.5 lbs that is fully dressed with shoes

I weighed once this week and it was down

4.5 unclothed.

 

I am going to use the 2.5 loss since I will be weighing

in each week fully clothed with shoes

I pray I can do this or more each and every week.

 

My goals are to be healthy and active.

we are also going back to

Destin this summer

and that gives me a

little more incentive.

I want to feel and look good

this year. One of my goals is

to be able to paddle surf while

we are there. it looks so fun

and I don't want to sink !!!

That mental picture just made me

laugh out loud!!

 

I am in it to win it!!!!

Say a pray for me if you think of it!!

 

xoxo

Pam