Brayden is here.

So after a long wait for us all but especially his mother.  Brayden O'Neil Willis finally made his entrance on February 21, 2013 at 10:47 pm.  He weighted 7 lbs 9 oz and was 19 and 3/4 inches long.  I am biased but I think he is sooooo handsome.  I am very proud of his mother, Sharlene.  I love them both.

Not so patiently waiting.

I have this friend, who I love like a daughter, and she is at the hospital waiting to give birth.  This is the second round of pitocin and they are going to break her water (or they might have already).  I just hope her and baby Brayden are both healthy.  I'm at work and will not get off until 5pm.  I am hoping that when I get it off it's to drive to the hospital to see them both.

UPDATE:  At a little before there she was at a 4.  I haven't heard anything else.  I'm headed that way when I leave work.

Got my package in

So yesterday when I got home from work I had a package waiting.  My DDP Yoga came in.  Open the box and but did not start going through it yet because I had Psychology 499 home work to do.

I plan on reading the beginning information tonight after church.

Ccccccc Changes on the way

I am a little more than up set right now.  I am down right angry.  I will get to the reason why in a bit but first I need to give you some back story.  I am fat.  There is no other way to say it other than I'm fat, obese actually.  I  have always been large.  As a child I wore husky size.  I don't think I can ever remember not being bigger than the people in my class.  As an adult I look back at those pictures and see someone who was healthy but not obese.  But I was always told that I was too fat.  That I need to not eat and loose weight.  My very favorite was why couldn't I be more like my older sisters.  The oldest one was a cheerleader, on the dance line, and cheered in collage.  The second oldest one was a pageant queen, and on a dance line.  I love my sisters but at times it was hard.  I have struggled with my self image for a very long time.

Now lets fast for to today.  I will be forty years old in March.  I have been divorced for a year. And I am what most people would consider morbidly obese.  I weigh two hundred and eighty pounds.  Now before I go on I need to say that I love the person who I am.  To me weight does not matter at all, weight does not make the person, the personality and spirit makes the person.  Let us move on to what has got me so very very mad.

I was told by my sister (the one who was the pageant queen who is now a mother of eight and weighs as much as I do now) that my Mother was running me down to a slight acquaintance.  My Mother was telling someone who went to the church I grew up in but have not seen since junior high, how fat I am.  My Mother was saying how ashamed of being seen with me she is.  How I have to be way over three hundred pounds and how she doesn't know how I get around.  THAT'S RIGHT MY VERY OWN MOTHER WAS SAYING THIS ABOUT ME.

My sister of course doesn't want me to say anything to my Mother about this because it would only cause problems between them.  I was and still am very angry about this.  But I think this is what I needed to put a fire under my butt and make me do something about my weight.  Today I made a decision to change and by all that is in me I am going to change.  I think I see DDP YOGA in my future.  I ordered the tapes today.
DDP YOGA 

Second Week in January 2012

Hello all.  This week I have pieced the bandanna quilt top for my nieces birthday quilt next week.  This weekend I will add the quilt batting and the back.  Lynne's birthday is Monday.  I might be a little rushed but I will get it done.  I am also working on two crochet projects right now.  A ripple afghan in chocolate, and ice blue; and a scarf for my friend Christina in a variegated blue yarn she bought.  It is very pretty.

I hope everyone is doing great.  God bless you all.

Welcome 2012

Here is my New Years Resolution, are you ready?  To blog once a week. To do something creative once a week.  To read my Bible every day.  To finish all the projects that I have laying around the house half finished.

Happy Monday!

Well happy Monday.  I have had a OK weekend end.  I ended up working.  That sucked but I got to hang out with some good friends.  I however was lazy and did not crochet anything this weekend but I did make a beef stew that rocked.  After I fed the guys here at work, I had very little left.

Oh, I am working on a quilt.  I have started pinning my blocks together.  Will keep you updated on that.