crystal's little corner

whew.. it's been a whirlwind few days! time to start getting ready for the holidays! i just have to say, i have the best hubby EVER. thursday night, i took off by myself and headed to bridgewater. alex has been asking for a bounce back racer for Christmas, and it's not an easy toy to get your fingers on. i've been told it's like the equivelant of what cabbage patch kid dolls were back in the day when i was a little girl! anyway, i got one! yay! it was a great way to start my shopping. saturday we both had to work, but only until 3 pm. we left work, dashed home, grabbed alex and drove out to meet some friends who have a couple of boys that alex LOVES to pieces. the 7 of us then headed to new minas, for more Christmas shopping and the Santa Claus parade. the boys had a great time, and played hard together. we got home around 10 last night... expecting to have a quiet day around the house today, getting ready to put decorations up outside and doing some housewor...

the weekend started out on a crappy kind of note, but whatever. it's in the past, and i'm now sitting home, comfy cozy with all my family wrapped up around me... :) dad's home from thompson, mark, alex & i are in river philip, and adam & krys come for turkey day tomorrow. we all have much to be thankful for... as cheesy as the commercial is, we really are richer than we think. i've been blessed with a beautiful boy who is a happy, healthy, smart little man. i love him more than life. i have a husband who loves me, and appreciates me, and a family that i adore. i may do alot of complaining about things, but i am taking the next two days to reflect on what others dont' have.

i was down to 158.8.. that is 8.8 lbs to goal! it's hard to believe that i can get so close, and then ambition disappears. argh. oh well. another day, another start. dad got home from thompson last night, so looks like we're heading to oxford for thanksgiving weekend.. i work until 3 on saturday, but have sunday and monday off... ahhh! i love this holiday. i think it's only 2nd in my books to christmas, and really, who doesn't love christmas? heck, any holiday that involves turkey, i'm pretty much in for.

i'm not so good at the blogging thing... either that, or i just have nothing of interest to talk about! quick recap .... august: adam & becky's wedding.. went fantastic! mark & i celebrated another year of marriage :) september: my baby boy turned 3! as for the rest of the month, that's pretty much been it... work, come home, cook, clean, sleep. how many of you want to read about that since everyone else pretty much has the same routine?

things are soo busy these days.. between work, and planning for A&B's upcoming wedding, i've had very little time to do much of anything! we're still working on potty training.. today alex decided that it's the day for peeing standing up. too funny to see that! tonight i'm off to hali - bachelorette party for one of krystal's friends. so far, it sounds like dinner @ moxie's, then drinks & a penis cake back at her apt.. then off to taboo. should be an ok night.. i hope. i remember what the last night ended up like when we were all out together. so, we'll see.

i haven't forgotten about you.. i just really haven't had time to update... i'll update later today.. i promise!

forgot to post after TOPS last week... the meeting i led went well - lots of conversation. i don't have to do another one until July 9th. and although i had a gain, it was only 3/4 of a pound. i went tonight, and lost 2.5 lbs!!

Soooooooooo.. Check me out. I lost another 2.3 lbs at TOPS last night. I now have only 13.4 lbs to go before I hit goal that the doctor set for me when I first joined back in November 2007. My problem is this: I don't know how to get below the weight I'm currently at. I've weighed this before and then ballooned back up. So, if anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears! And, speaking of ideas... I'm leading the meeting next week, and have decided that my meeting topic is going to be on the myths of dieting & weight loss that are out there. I've found some interesting stuff on the web, but I'm curious... what are some of the myths that are out there that you've heard?

happy mothers' day to my mom & grandmother... and all the otehr wonderful mom's out there today! xox

today alex got out of bed, and instead of his diaper, asked me to put his "big boy underwear on". his words exactly! since then, we've had 2 successful pottie trips! this is VERY exciting news in our house. i never thought i'd see the day i was so excited about pee.

down 1/2 lb last night! out of the last 8 weeks, i've lost weight at 7 of the weigh ins.

i am now an employee of chester building supplies. it amazes me how much i enjoy this job! trying to settle in to a routine now... i've been working out like crazy, and decided that tonight was goin to be some down time.. much needed down time! the scale hasn't shown much of a decrease, but not much more i can do about that. next update will likely be thursday evening - after TOPS & weigh in.

it's been a roller coaster of a week... whew! last tuesday i was "ousted" from the sales department at OIR and given the opportunity to either go back to working in the kitchen, or going to work front desk. THEN, i had an offer from chester building supplies (where mark works) to go work there. so, thursday & friday last week i worked at front desk, and then monday-wednesday this week, i was at CBS. this morning i have a meeting at the hotel and i'll decide where i'm going to be working. surprisingly enough, i LOVED working at the building supply store. on another note, my son is driving me insane, but because he's so cute, i need to post a new picture!

i'm not in the mood to update, play with alex or do anything much for that matter. the sun was shining all day saturday so alex & i were outside, and today i went for a walk early this morning. i'm EXHAUSTED at this point and just want to have a nap!!! but, the laundry fairy hasnt' come to do the 3 loads in the basement and there's no way alex is going to let me rest... his new favorite thing in the entire world is "crystal mommy", which is great because normally he wants mark over me, but today, i wish he'd just call for daddy. on the weight loss front, i gained last week... so no 5 weeks in a row for this girl... i did however join a cardio class, it starts tomorrow night. if i don't die, i will let you all know how it goes! now, i have to go do some research for a TOPS meeting, marcie asked if i would lead the meeting on may 28th.... so i need to go google for some inspiration!

for the last 4 weeks in a row, i've had a loss at weigh in.. i was down 1.8 last night... i can hardly believe it!! this week was ok.. long, and i'm totally stoked that i get a long weekend. i can't remember the last time i had a holiday off. we're heading for river philip this weekend, then home on sunday to do an egg hunt & dinner at marcie & terry's. i'm really looking forward to some family time!

amazing how fast time goes through the week. this week has been just as crazy as the last few, with very little down time to post on here! i'm SO glad it's saturday... gave me some time to spend one on one with alex, so i took him over to work for a swim. that didnt' last long though cuz the little monkey was tired out! we've been home for less than 15 minutes, and he's already out cold in bed. :)

whew... this household has been under a wrath of cooties for over a week. it started with alex & the flu last thursday night. then i got it on saturday. and today, a week later, i'm just starting to feel better! it's time to get some housework done! it's amazing how much doesn't get done when you cant' move for a week! happy saturday! it's a beautiful spring like day today!

spent this weekend working at the sports & rv show here in halifax... looong days, lots of men in camo. lol. i'm glad it's sunday though, and i get back to regular work hours tomorrow!

up 3.4 lbs this week. nice way to start my re-inventon huh?

it's been a long few days. my grandmother is yet again in the hospital, and things didn't look very good for awhile. good news though, she woke up, and was talking/moving a bit, so the stroke wasn't as bad as originally thought! :) work is insane, and i'm soo busy there that by the time i get home and make supper, get the boy ready for bed and settled, i'm much tooooo tired to update this. i skipped my weigh in last week and instead went to dinner with a friend. probably not the best way to start my re-inforced diet plan huh?

17 lbs to go before goal. :) i'm back in the headgame.

just so you know, according to the TOPS scales, i gained 3/4 of a pound. i'm also the new co-leader of the group.

i've been having a bad couple of weeks, diet-wise. but, i need to lost 1/4 of a pound this week to meet my monthly goal, so the plan for the next 3 days is plan, exercise, drink water. :) i WILL do this.

i'm drained. i haven't been sleeping, and when i do, my dreams are soo messed up. add to that, that i'm eating like a cow and not exercising, and i feel bloated and yucky. i also made a visit to the bulk barn and found that they sell mini eggs in bulk. oh lord. my one weakness. but, it's friday. cat had surgery today and it went really well. if all goes well, she should be home by tuesday. no plans for the weekend really, just going to hang out with my boys, do some scrapbooking, and we need to get a replacement fish. alex's fish "boo fishy"died a couple of weeks ago, and he's been asking us to keep feeding him every night before bed. he finally stopped asking, so we took the fish tank out of his room, and he found it tonight. here's the conversation: A: "mommy, where's boo fishy?" Me: "he had to go away for awhile." A: "did he go see his mommy & daddy?" Me: "yes buddy." A: "will he come ...

cat is gonna be ok. it'll be a long road, both physically & mentally after the accident, but she's going to be fine. i went to halifax last night and driving past the place where her accident took place just gave me a the creepy crawlies. she had an angel with her tuesday morning. it's the only way she survived.

please keep a close friend of mine in your thoughts this week. she was injured yesterday morning in a HORRIBLE car accident on a local highway here. here's the newslink to the story.

mom called last night on my way to bed. everyone is home, nan included. they want her to have a CAT scan but couldn't find anything else wrong. i'm in meetings all day today, working lunch, so that means i have NO idea what to expect for lunch today. hoping it's something diet-friendly!

mom just called. they had to take my grandma to the hospital tonight via ambulance after she fell down the stairs. did an EKG on her at home and didn't like whatever it was they saw. they're going to call me again later when they know more. :( its' days like this that i hate being so far away.

so, it's only saturday and i already feel like this has been a rough weekend. i did get my haircut yesterday (and it's FAB btw!), BUT then I got up this morning early, bundled Alex in to the car, and headed for Oxford. The original plan was that we were going to come here, hang out 'til lunch, and then head for Moncton to visit with some friends and their new baby. However... Things with my grandmother are not that great, and we put in a rough afternoon. Mom didn't feel comfortable leaving Nan here by herself, and she decided that she wasn't going to go to Moncton with me. Now, after spending 2 1/2 hours in the car this morning with Alex already, I wasn't keen and eager on driving another hour with him by myself. So, I called my friends and explained the situation and of course they understood because they are AMAZING people. Mom, my bro, Alex & I took a quick run to Amherst instead this afternoon because Mom's computer konked out and she ended up ...

So, it's time for a change. I have my hair longish after growing out the inverted bob that I always have my hair in. So tomorrow, I'm heading to the spa on my lunch hour for a cut. I'm thinking some bangs, and some choppy ends, and a little shorter? Thoughts?

Alex loves playing in the snow.

that i'm DONE with winter. these words would never normally come from my mouth, because i actually enjoy winter most of the time. but man! if it doesn't soon stop snowing & throwing chunks of ice at us, i'm going to lose my mind. i ended up with a 1/2 a snow day yesterday, the GM of the hotel sent non-essential staff home at 12. took me close to an hour to get home by the time i stopped to get alex from the sitters. looks like i'll have a full day in today though, the roads are plowed, just looking a little icy.

Yesterday was one of those great moments in history.. You remember where you were when certain events happen... for those older than me, it's when Neil Armstrong did his thing.. or when Elvis died.. For me, I know just where I was on 9/11/01.. I'll never forget it. Yesterday, I watched Obama's inaugaration with the entire management team here at Oak Island, sitting in the lounge.. What a great day :) Besides that.. I got Rock Band. How cool am I? A quick update.. work is ok.. I don't feel like I'm bogged down and drowning.. there might be a light above my head.

well.. this has been one very overwhelming week at work.. it's good but soo much to take in, and so very different from what i was doing in the kitchen. :) lots of learning about so many different aspects of the hotelling stuff! i was very glad to see friday come and give my brain a break from everything. hopefully next week i'll feel like i've got a grip! spent yesterday in halifax.. had a manicure at kara's .. a birthday gift from my bro & krys, then to bubbles mansion for supper (meh.. won't go there again!), then the mooseheads game (we won 6-2!), and then over to the four points sheraton for a few minutes for my brother's going away party. he's moving back to good old river philip because he got a job as a prison guard in springhill . overall, the day was ridiculously busy, but just what i needed to take my head away from the work stuff! today's agenda: breakfast with the boys, getting my scrapbook pages organized and ordering pictures, a...

wow.. the hustle of the holidays and then the after christmas slump.. it's been awhile since i posted! christmas was good.. not long enough with us only getting 2 days off over the holidays and too much travelling to fit in. alex got sick this week, and i finished my last shift in the kitchen at work.. i can't believe that i start my new job tomorrow. it seems like a long time ago that i was stressing about not hearing anything about it. but i have an office, a new wardrobe, business cards and am uber-excited... hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to post about my "grownup" job. but it's sure goin to take some time to adjust to not being home to clean/laundry/cook supper.. wow!