Gobble Gobble..

wow, when I go on a blog writing break, I really overdo it!! It's been a couple of weeks since my last post and there's no particular reason for the lapse in posting, life just gets in the way.

So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I gotta be honest, I'm just not feeling it this year. Could be a myriad of reasons:

• I'm sick as a dog (not really but I like to exaggerate a bit) but really, am not feeling well and have no motivation to cook/eat anything
• I have to spend it with my asshole brother in law.. because that's just the right thing to do....but he pretty much ruins any holiday or any occasion I get to spend with him
• I miss my family. I want my brother and niece and nephew to meet Mac. I want him to see Nana and Chief.  We're not spending Christmas together either and that just makes me sad.  I hate that it costs the same as a flight to Japan just to go to Michigan these days.. ridic. I miss my cousin Karen. Holidays always meant spending time with her.. 
• Thanksgiving is about family and since it's just me, Timmy and Mac, it just doesn't feel like it should..
• My band is so tight lately. could be the mucous built up in my throat and draining or it could just be that I need an unfill..  so mashed potatoes will be my BFF tomorrow.

Despite my pathetic Thanksgiving avoidance above, I am still thankful for lots of things, including:

• My sweet husband who took care of me and Mac last night when I was lying in bed, pathetic from the sickness (and takes care of me daily!)
• My sweet little Miracle Mac, who, despite our faults, loves us completely unconditionally and has changed out lives in unmeasurable ways.
• My friends.. both here and all over the country, but especially the ones who live here in AZ who provided me with such support, guidance and love over the last year..and as always, my sisters in Chicago!
• My lapband - it single handedly gave me back myself, helped me have a baby and brought me to the people here in blogland.. Antonio is my hero!!

I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and eat as much as your lapband will allow!! :)

xoxo,js

Halloween, Half-Marathons and Crazy Hair..

Hi All!! Just when I think I'm going to start blogging regularly, I can't seem to make it happen!! I've been wanting to do a blog for the past week but work has been pretty steady and I don't get anything done on the computer at home..  

So, anywho.. how are ya'll? We are good here!  Winter arrived in AZ this weekend and didn't really give us any notice.. I mean, for most of you who live in the Midwest and East Coast, what we have for weather would be considered Spring-like but in AZ, when it gets into the 40s/50s.. it's COLD!!!  I don't know what happened to my thick skin but I'm a complete wuss now! 

Halloween was good.. not a whole lot of excitement since Mac is really too young to enjoy any of the trick or treating or candy free-for-all that comes with Halloween. He was a lobster for Halloween and Michelle took these super cute pics of him:

How cute is he??  I just loved these pics of him!!  It was too warm for him to wear his costume on Halloween though.. 

He's awesome and super fun these days.. he's just so smiley all the time! I think I really lucked out with an easy peasy baby!

This weekend we did the Women's Half Marathon again.  It was fine but my legs are killing me today!! I am going to try to start a running program so that I can maybe do the "Pat's Run" which is in April. It's 4.2 miles and that gives me 6 months to train so just maybe I can become a runner and then next year, at the 1/2 marathon, I could do a mix of both running and walking b/c I gotta tell you, walking 13.1 miles BLOWS!!! So boring!! And if I can figure out a way to be on my feet for less time, I'm doing it.. 

here we are at the starting line.. it was 41 and chilly! 

 And here we are at the finish. I have to say I hate these pics of me, and am not happy with the way I look, but I know I'm going to keep working at it to get to where I need to be.

I got a fill last week and am happy to say I'm finally really moving down the scale a bit.  I was down 5lbs in two weeks on the Dr's scale! Woohoo!!  This level of restriction is really really good. I just need to get my mind to remember that I can't eat breads and pastas or I'm stuckity stuck big time.. 

So, that's about all I have. I still wanted to do a 2 year band anniversary post but now I'm a few weeks out from that.  maybe I'll get to it sometime soon!  Hope you are all well.  Here's one last pic of my crazy haired little cutie!  

xo,js