Ten Things Thursday.. (or maybe less, we'll see how it goes)

1.  I made a deal with myself that I would not buy myself any clothing item  for the whole month of June. Do you know how hard this is for a shopaholic like myself? I'm going CRAZY!!!  I just got annoyed with myself for buying so much when I already have a closet full of clothes that I don't even wear and I've decided that until I'm down to the next lower size, I need to zip up the wallet.

2.  Of course, now that I'm on a spending hiatus, I need some things.. like some new sports bras. No lie, I think the sports bras I have are from circa 1996.. seriously. They are literally hanging by a thread or a misshapen hook if you will..  but, I have to will suck it up until July.

3.  Part of my spending hiatus also has to do with the fact that I want to save save save these days. For what? nothing in particular, just want to keep building our savings..  we do have a lot coming up that will probably require dipping into the savings so better to have it there than freak out that we don't.

4.  I'm going to my parents house in Michigan in less than a month and I can't take the wait!! We will be there for 6 glorious days!! We are celebrating Mac's 1st birthday there and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some of my girls from Chicago are going to be able to make it up there the first weekend we are there to help us celebrate. We are also getting him baptized while we are there as well.   Lots of fun packed into those 6 days. Just excited to get away from this heat and be with my family. I also can't wait to introduce him to the things that I love about being Up North!! (even if he doesn't really remember much now!)

5. The weekend after we get back, we are having Mac's big 1st birthday extravaganza here in AZ.  I'm going to admit, that I'm going a little bit overboard, but how many times does the little guy turn 1!   Total Baseball theme (big shocker I know) including ball park food (hotdog machine, popcorn machine and cotton candy) Invites were sent out yesterday so there's no turning back now!! I have a couple of girlfriends who are coming into town for it which is a huge bonus as well!

6.  I have a big Endocrinology appointment tomorrow. I've had Thyroid issues for a little over 12 years now and have Hashimoto's which I know is pretty common along with it.  I'm getting an ultrasound done on my thyroid and I recently had a full blood work-up so it'll be nice to see where I'm at with everything. I'm definitely hoping that they up my meds since I've been on the same dosage for several years and I can always tell when I need more.. and I need more. I'm also hoping that their workup included some hormone level testing so that we can talk about the "pause" that I'm in the throes of.  Would be good to just start feeling great again!

7.  I made an appointment with the lapband doc for next week. Excited to go in and see how I'm doing and get some motivation to keep going downward. B/C lord knows I haven't had the motivation this week!!! MUST.GET.BETTER!!!!

8.  When Amanda and Jenn and I got together the other day, we were talking about our favorite blogs. It was hard to come up with a few b/c I love reading so many and there are so many people I connect with.   BUT, I would definitely say that my most recent favorite blog is a blog that has nothing to do with weight loss  at all.  It's "Enjoying the Simple Things" and you can find it here.  Thanks to Michelle for introducing me to this AMAZING woman.  I'm also reading her book, "Bloom" and don't want it to end. Plus, right now she's vacationing in Michigan and it's bringing up all the little things I love about "Pure Michigan"!

9.  Work is overwhelming (maybe not so OVER but just a little whelming (thanks for the new work Amanda!!) but I don't want to go there on this post..  mainly people are just driving me bananas.

10. I can't believe I came  up with 9 things to say.. I hate that I talk so much about myself (I'm definitely not someone who really enjoys talking about themselves or making themselves the center of attention) but I guess that's what these blogs are for. I'll leave you with a pic of my little munchkin who turned 11 months old yesterday! WOW!! Where did the time go? I couldn't believe it when Sarah posted that today was little Liam's first birthday! Happy birthday big guy!!!

xo,js