Ok,so it's Friday and it's WI day again- I'm up .2 this week so I'm 132.4- again... I'm not real concerned with it. I know that I've kinda hit a plateau again even though I lost last week. I've been bouncing back and forth between 132 and 134 lately and I'm not real crazy about that. But I will get my act together and get moving more.Although it's a good thing I didn't buy roller blades this week like I had planned on. I fell over my dishwasher last night in the complete darkness of my kitchen and it's a wonder I didn't impale myself with all the knives (2 huge butcher knives and 3 steak knives and a few forks as well).
There's a new rule in my house, the dishwasher door must always be closed and locked- no matter what. I fell and I messed my big toe up on my right foot. I tried putting on my tennis shoes this morning when I went to walk the dogs and I couldn't stand it. I am now gonna be wearing sandals for the next week or two. I can't even put my weight on my toe when I walk, so now I walk funny. I'm sure I'm a sight to all who see me hobbling along in my yard. So even if I got them this week I wouldn't be able to wear them and enjoy them. So in a way, I'm actually kind of glad I didn't get them. It would have agitated me seeing them sitting there, knowing I could just throw them on and go off roller balding if it weren't for my big toe... *LOL* That sounds funny-- like my big toe is revolting against me or something...
We had thunder-storms here last night, so that's why I wasn't able to get online. My son wasn't happy about it either. He was trying to play a game online from his PC in his room and the storm kept making the power flicker, finally he gave up like I told him too and he read a book.
So I'm going right this second and I'm gonna be reading over everyones blog and catch up. I've been neglecting this for far too long!
I hope that each one of you have a truly great Friday and that you have a fun, relaxing, happy, weekend!!!! I am just feeling so good here! I hope you all feel good too!
I'm still here!! I am so sorry about not being online and posting on here. I have been so busy. I know that's not a very good excuse but I really have been burning the candle at both ends the past 3 weeks or so.
All that should change tomorrow.I'm taking my mom to get her driver license- I'm paying my mothers 118.00 ticket she got back in 2003 and never paid and the 140.00 reinstatement fee, plus the cost of her license which I think is 25.00 so if I pay 283.00 she'll be able to drive herself to her doctors appointments and my grandmother (which is her mother) to her doctors appointments. That right there would be a load off me. So it will be worth every single penny.
* NOTE * My mom has been driving the last 4 years on a suspended licenses and we had NO idea!!! If she was pulled over they could have arrested her right there on the spot! Plus, since she doesn't have her own car she drives my mini-van and they could have impounded that and I would had to pay to get that out of impound. Not to mention there's no telling what my insurance company could/would have done if they found out a person with basically no license was driving one of our cars. They could have upped my premiums or even canceled our insurance. I'm very thankful she never got pulled over!!! * End of Note *
So today I've not got to go anywhere at all. I've taken my SIL to the doctor on Monday got her Rx's filled along with my MIL's Rx's and I've taken them to Wal-Mart so they could get some groceries. I have today all to myself, and guess what I'll be doing.. Yep that's right, I've got to cut the grass (1 acre) - finish cleaning the kitchen, clean the bathroom and clean the living room. After that I'm making baked spaghetti, french garlic bread, and a big salad. But that doesn't bother me at all. I'm not real crazy about all of the cleaning I've gotta get done today, but I actually like cutting the grass. It's almost like a reward because I feel so good once I get it finished- I guess it's like a de-stresser for me or something.
I'm doing good on eating, I discovered at the bridal shower I went to last week that I love raw yellow squash and raw zucchini. I've ate them both fried before, baked, steamed, but never just raw. I bought some the other day when I took my MIL & SIL to Wal-Mart and I've been slicing it in long slices and eating them throughout the day. I've even added them to my salads and they really are great. I have no idea why I've never tried them raw before, but I would highly recommend it. You can even drizzle a tiny bit of olive oil over them and add a little bit of fresh sea salt and fresh ground black pepper, it's yummy that way too! ** Olive oil is high in fat, but it's the good kind of fat- so only use a tiny bit if you plan on eating it like that** I usually just eat them raw with no oil,no pepper,no salt-just for the record.
I'm gonna start making 2 hours a night "my time"- meaning I'll have time to put up a post, read all of your posts and comment. I feel like I'm so out of the EP loop, it's unsettling. I don't like feeling like I've abandoned y'all. And that's really how I feel.
I want to know how everyone is doing, and what's going on in your lives. Inquiring minds want to know! *LOL*
So every night after I've cooked, cleaned, laundered, and done everything else, I'm gonna make sure I take 2 hours before I go to bed and catch up with everyone. I feel like I'm not being a very good friend to anyone at all.I don't like that feeling.
**Change of subject**
I'm posting a pic of me from the bridal shower. We played a game where 3 people were on a team, and 1 of them had to be the "bride" and the other 2 had to be the "dress makers" and it's all done with toilet paper and 5 paperclips. It was really funny and fun to do, even though I felt a little silly. Then the real bride-to-be picks the bride that has the best "dress" and that team each gets a small bridal shower prize. Our team didn't win but we had a good time doing it! So be sure to check out my bridal shower pic in the pic section.
Ohhhhh!- guess what. I've been looking at roller blades online for the past week or two, and I've found some I liked and could afford. They were around 70 dollars but I ain't real crazy about spending that plus having to buy the helmet, elbow, knee, and wrist pads too. That would have been close to 160.00 total.... Well, of course while I was @ Wal-Mart the other day I went over to the camping and fitness section and found a pair of VERY NICE roller blades for 35 bucks! I can get the roller blades, helmet, and all the pads for under 100.00 bucks! So guess where I'm going tomorrow after I take my mom to get her license- that's right, Wal-Mart! I'll post pics of my new roller blades tomorrow when I update my blog!!!! I'm SO EXCITED!!!! I've been having so much trouble trying to lose these last few pounds and I think this just might be the ticket. I don't like walking and I get bored with that very easily and quickly so this is my solution to the problem. Plus my vet said my female dog (Scully) needs to lose 7 pounds or she'll die sooner than she has to. I love my dog, so I'm gonna try and help her lose that 7 pounds.
I'll be taking her and my other dog Mulder for daily roller blading excursions. I'll have to start her out just doing 10 minutes or so, or she could end up having a heart attack- She is so fat- she weighs 33 pounds last time she was weighed, she may weigh even more now. But she's supposed to weigh around 20-23 pounds. The vet said if she just got 7 pounds off she'd be ok. Also, she doesn't ever get table foods or anything like that. Plus she and Mulder on diet dog food. She gets fed like the directions say and the way the vet told me to and she still hasn't lost any weight in the last 6 months, so exercise is the only option here. Also, I'll hopefully kick my metabolism up a notch or two and I'll hopefully lose the rest of my weight by July or at the very least the first of August.
We went and seen Spiderman 3 on Saturday, we all liked it but think there were 2 very corny parts in the movie that should have been cut. Our favorite Spiderman movie is still number 2. I read where they were gonna make 3 more!!! Yes THREE MORE. I think this should have been the last one. Just my own humble opinion. :o)
So that's what's going on in my neck of the woods. Tonight I'm taking my 2 hours of "me time" and I'll be catching up on y'alls blogs and leaving comments. But right now I've got to get started on the yard, it takes a while to cut an acre of grass, and it's 85 and sunny out and I'm looking forward to being outside and not having to go anywhere today!
I am so sorry it's been since Friday when I last posted, I'm not gonna go that long without posting again! I miss y'all and I want to know how you all are doing. So I'm just gonna make time where there is none! I hope that you are all having a great Wednesday!
What you do today determines your results for tomorrow.
((HUGS))
~Tink~ P.S. I had TMJ for 3 days this past week, and could not hardly talk, or chew food. I'd never had it before, here what Web MD had to say about it:
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw (mandible) to the temporal bone of the skull. Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) occur as a result of problems with the jaw, jaw joint, and surrounding facial muscles that control chewing and moving the jaw
What Causes TMD? The cause of TMD is not clear, but dentists believe that symptoms arise from problems with the muscles of the jaw or with the parts of the joint itself.
Injury to the jaw, temporomandibular joint, or muscles of the head and neck such as from a heavy blow or whiplash can cause TMD. Other possible causes include:
Grinding or clenching the teeth, which puts a lot of pressure on the TMJ Dislocation of the soft cushion or disc between the ball and socket Presence of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis in the TMJ Stress, which can cause a person to tighten facial and jaw muscles or clench the teeth
***I don't have it now, although I do have pain in my left side of my neck, I think I have a swollen glad, if it's not better by next week I'll go to the doctor- I think I've been clenching my teeth in my sleep due to being stressed. So I'm ok now, no worries here-- I'm off to cut grass.***
TGIF everyone! Today is WI Day- and as of this morning I am now 132.2 for a loss of 1.2 pounds since last week. I'm very happyand thankful. I went to a bridal shower last night and used it as my Free Day, so I wasn't expecting a loss of any kind at all for today.
I'm dead tired and so this is gonna be a short post. I hope that you all have a great weekend, I'm thinking about having a couple of margaritas in honor of Cinco De Mayo! Have a great weekend everyone. I'll update on Monday.
Good afternoon to everyone! Oh man, am I a bad blogger or what? I've been so busy here this last week it's hard to take even just 30 minutes to write a post or read anyone else's for that matter.
I like keeping busy. but this is ridiculous. Monday I cut our yard, Tuesday I cut my MIL's yard and I was supposed to go back today and weed-eat, but I simply don't have time today. Hopefully the rain they are calling for tomorrow wont get here until late tomorrow night and I'll be able to do it in the morning.
I'm taking my SIL to the eye doctor today @ 2:30 and then I've gotta go get a wedding shower gift for my cousins son and his fiance. I feel like a rubber-band that's being stretched to it's limits. As soon as my feet hit the floor in the mornings I'm off and going breakneck speed.
I not only take care of our yard and home but my MIL's yard and some of her home chores as well. I have to plan lessons for my son, walk my dogs, do laundry, cook, shop, pay bills, run and pick up prescriptions for various family members, I take my MIL, SIL, Mom and Granny to all of their doctors appointments, and I just feel so tired and stretched.
I know that a lot of you out there do way more than me, but for me this is overwhelming at times. Especially for someone who didn't leave the house for almost 2 years like myself. I only left it once a week to literally RUN through the grocery store and throw food in the buggy.
Now don't get me wrong, I love getting out of the house and going places now and helping my family members, but I just feel like this is almost like having a job or something. It consumes so much of my time. I just feel like I am always on the go- constantly.
I'd like to stay home a couple of days a week and maybe sleep in without my home phone and or cell phone ringing off the hook. I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm belly-aching, I'm just tired.
But I have been feeling GREAT mentally (aside from the stress I just mentioned.) My weight and eating habits are right on track and I just feel awesome mentally about food and all that. I feel that I'm slowly getting to my goal. It's taking forever for my body to let go of the last pounds, but I know it will get here in it's own due time. It's just I'm an immediate kind of person, I want things done right then, I want that right now, kinda like Veruca Salt off Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie.
Sings ~~~~> "I want it nooow!" *LOL*
So I'm gonna have to go, I've gotta hop in the shower, get ready, take my SIL to the eye doctor and after that I have about a million other things to I need to get done today. I'm so looking forward to fighting the mall traffic this afternoon when I have to go shopping for the shower gift today. <SIGH>
I hope that you are all having a GREAT day! Be sure to use today to get closer to your goal!! I'll check back in and check on you all hopefully later on tonight.
Keep on rockin' it!
~Tink~
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.-Thomas A. Edison
Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. -Dr. Zimmerman
Just a quick update, I've checked up on a few of you, but now hubby and son are demanding I come watch a movie with them, LOL --- Ohhh the joy of being wanted!
So, to the ones I've not gotten to yet, I will. It's just gonna be later on tonight before I get a chance to check up on y'all.
*** LOL ok, so I know it's Saturday afternoon, but it's finally up- I hope you all have a great weekend!!!!***
Oh My..... it's Saturday morning and I didn't post a Friday weigh in did I? Shame, shame on me!! Well, believe it or not I lost! I didn't believe it @ first. I weighed on my scales 3 times in 3 different rooms of my house and I weighed on the doctors scales @ my 2:00 appointment yesterday and they both showed a loss. My scales said 133.8 and his said 133.4. I'm gonna go with his scales ! (HAHAHA)
Since I only weigh monthly on his scales they say I've lost 5.1 pounds since last month when I went on the 23rd of March weighing in @ 138.5- but since I weigh weekly on my own home scales I change my weight every Friday on my EP weight loss tracker since it's my "official" weekly WI day. I have another visit with him and that is on March 26th on a Saturday. It may be my last visit, I'm not really sure just yet. I hope it is.
I did lose my water weight I had gained when TOM was here and I am so happy about that. My rings are fitting me like they normally do once again, which is loose and they twist and turn and slide down a little bit. When I get this last 13.4 pounds off, I'm gonna have to go and have my rings sized down a half size. I don't want them sized down a full size, I want to account for future swelling and water retention. My rings are size 7 right now.
So, as you can imagine I'm ecstatic about the loss- naturally, and I plan on trying to lose this last 13.4 pounds in the next 6 weeks. That equals up to about 2 and a quarter pounds a week. Can I do it? Well, I wont know unless I try. My plan is to continue to drink at least 100 oz. of water each day, I have been getting a little over that these past 4 days. I've been drinking around 120 oz. a day so I'm really proud about that!
I've changed the pics in my photo album again. I'm also working on another Kodak Gallery album for you all to look at, it should be done by tomorrow morning and if it is done by then, - then I'll post a link to it.
This coming week I plan on eating 3 cans of tuna each day, a big healthy salad each day and lightly grazing on my raw fruits and veggies as well. I'm going to try my hardest to get at least 2 pounds off a week until I reach goal. I'm going this coming Friday on May 4th and I'm going shopping for roller blades. I was supposed to buy some this month (April), but things didn't go as planned and I am just gonna get a starter pair before I invest any real money in them. I know they can be quite expensive. I'm gonna try and not pay over 60.00 or 70.00 bucks for the starter pair. I've been looking online and they have some close to that price range. I'm really excited about the fact I'm gonna be doing something that looks fun to help me get the rest of this weight off.
I gotta tell you about my NSV (non scale victory) I had yesterday. My cousin's son is engaged and his little fiance is 18, & she is cute as a button. She's pregnant and due in September, they are getting married on May 25th- anyways, I went to my cousins house yesterday evening and we were sitting on her couch talking and her son and his fiance came in from having dinner with her parents. She looked at me and said "My gosh!" How much do you weigh now- about 105 pounds?!" (I that little girl !!!) I jumped up off that couch and hugged her and thanked her profusely! I laughed and said "no" and told them I was 133. She didn't believe me and I had to go weigh for them, and she just couldn't believe it. That was an awesome feeling! It really made me feel good. I'm glad I have been applying the "tan in a bottle" I've always said having a nice tan will make anyone look 5-10 pounds lighter, depending on how dark you are and how you carry weight in the first place.
(( I would not recommend tanning beds, even though they give you the best looking tan, they can cause skin cancer in SOME people- not everyone who tans in them will get cancer but 100% of people who use them DO get skin damage which causes premature wrinkles and who wants to look 50 when you are 40?))
I use to go to the tanning beds all of the time, I don't now since I'm in my mid 30's. I can already see the damage I've done to my skin over the years and I am trying not to add to it. I want Botox for my 36th birthday in August. Just my forehead and in between my eyes. I do NOT want to look plastic or expressionless, I just don't want to see those damn lines I have in my forehead. They mock me when I am looking in the mirror to put on my makeup. I swear they do *LOL*
So I'm once again "on track" with the weight loss. I am 3.6 pounds away from being in the 120's (If I lose 3.6 pounds I'll weigh 129.8)
Do you have any idea how amazing that is for me to type out those numbers? I'm sure a lot of you can understand, it's just almost unbelievable to me. I know that some people can lose weight easier than others, I know that some people think to themselves "Yeah, but she's different from me, she has willpower, or she has a different lifestyle than me" But I promise you, no matter how much money you have, or how little money you have you can lose weight. I don't really have "willpower" I haven't had it for 14 years, why would I suddenly get it over night? It's because I didn't. I just woke up one day and said, I can't live like this any longer, I don't wanna end up blind or sick due to diabetes."
And I started with a single step, and each day I just tried to eat sensible. At first I didn't know what eating sensible was, I had to learn how to eat the right portions, I was eating 3 or 4 times what a "normal" person was eating at each meal. I was hungry all the time when I first started out. But I tried hard each day and after almost 17 months I'm finally at a "normal" healthy weight. I never thought I'd be able to say that in my lifetime. Ever. But it can be done. My staring BMI was 41.8 @ 236 pounds and now it's 23.6 @ my current weight. I'm so proud of that!!
Weekends are fun, but try and stay on track for the most part, it's not a free pass to gorge or binge on food. If you have a "planned cheat" then enjoy it! But keep your head on straight and you will be proud of yourself @ your next weigh in!!
I hope that you ALL have a GREAT weekend!! I'm going to check up on all of you right now!! Check out my EP photos, I've got new ones!!
Keep on rockin'!!
((HUGS))
~Tink~
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.-Thomas A. Edison
Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. -Dr. Zimmerman
Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard (My salute to the Three Stooges)
***Posted after midnight will show as Thursday post***
Hi everyone, I am feeling much better than I was! I have to send out a big "Thank you!" to each and every single one of you that sent me well-wishes and much needed prayers.
I was so moved by all of the responses that I got, it is truly amazing to get online and check my E-mail and see that I have met some of the nicest people I've ever encountered either in real life or online life. I'm so thankful for everything each one of you took the time out to send me a personal message. Thank you, everyone, I really mean that.
I don't wanna get all sappy here or anything but I did have a little bit of a cry when I seen everyone was worried and sending their well-wishes and prayers. You just can't imagine how good that made me feel. &
I'm updating real quick, I am doing the juice and water fast to get that 5 pounds off, but I did eat a very beautiful salad today and I did eat a can of Albacore solid white tuna with the salad. I am drinking lots of water and avoiding the sun like the plague. (My meds the E.R. doc put me on says no sunlight or artificial sunlight) -which I love sitting out in the sun, but I'll be off the pills in 8 more days, plus we have an 80% chance of rain on Thursday, so I can manage the no sunlight policy for a few more days.
I just really was so moved by all of the comments and personal E-mails people sent me. Thank you all so much!! I just had to update and let you all know I am doing much, much better and that I feel like I'm at 95% of my regular- normal self.
So don't worry about me, I am doing just fine here. I'll probably post my tattoo experience on Friday night or early Saturday morning, but I'll post regular updates every day starting with this update. I am still working on my tattoo post, I want to make sure I get it right so you'll know how I emotionally felt while I was getting it.
I miss each and every single one of you, I promise I'll get caught up on blog reading tomorrow (Thursday).
I take my MIL & SIL to Wal-Mart tomorrow and then I don't have to take them to see the family member I do every Thursday and Saturday. So that means the 3 hours I am normally gone on Thursday nights and Saturday mornings I'll have back to myself. I'll have 6 whole hours total back to myself! WOW, I'm really gonna get caught up on reading everyones blog again- quickly!!
I hope you all have a great Thursday! Use today to get closer to your goal. It can be done!!!
Thank you all again, I feel like-- who was it? Sally Field who said "They like me, they really like me!" *LOL* that's how I am feeling right now!!
((HUGS))
~Tink~ P.S. Please look over any spelling mistakes, I'm tired and off to bed, no spell check tonight****
A trip to the Emergency Room.. the adventures never end!
Well, I had an impromptu visit to the emergency room last night at around 8:00 p.m. and we got home at 3:00 a.m. this morning. I lost consciousness for about 45 seconds. My husband freaked out badly and my son who's 14 was in tears and they were both yelling my name and shaking me when I came to.
Istarted my period yesterday right on schedule and was experiencing the "normal" pain I've always had with it. Except this time the pain kept getting worse and worse, I had sweat pop out all over my body and I got deathly sick at my stomach. I was talking to my husband about hurting and I was in the process of sitting down in the chair in our bedroom and that's the last thing I can remember. I didn't realize that I had blacked out.
The next thing I know I'm sitting in the chair all lopsided and my husband and son are screaming my name and shaking me. My husband checked my pulse and found it to be very rapid. My son was crying and holding my hand rubbing it. I came to and was confused about why they were right there and the looks they had on their faces worried me. He said my eyes were open the whole time and that I was just not responding to them at all- not blinking or anything.
My husband said we had to go to the hospital, and I said no that I was fine, that I had just had a wave of pain rush over my body. He disagreed and started putting clothes on and so did my son. I want to take a quick shower before I go, so my husband helps me in the shower but will not leave me because he said I could pass out and hit my head on the faucet or the hard ceramic tile we have in the bathroom. So I take a nice cool shower, get out and put on some shorts and a bra and a tank top and we leave. Yes, I left without shoes, but I did have a pair of socks so that's a good thing.
The pain seemed to come in waves and it would be ok for about 2 minutes and then all of a sudden it would be the worst pain and the sickest feeling I've ever had in my 35 years on this earth.
When we get to the hospital I am unable to walk because of the pain and I'm feeling extremely dizzy. My husband pulls right up to the ER entrance and runs in and gets a wheelchair. He picks me up out of the passenger seat and places me in the wheelchair. We wait in the lobby for 2 hours before I am called back.
During our 2 hour wait my son who is normally a very, very well behaved teenager and very quiet was voicing his dissatisfaction about no one having seen me yet. He was also going to the bathroom every 10 minutes or so and throwing up. He takes that after my husband, when my husband was a kid and even a teenager when we started dating if something stressful happened he'd throw up. So my son comes by it honest.
I've never seen my son or husband look so worried or out of place before, not like that. So anyways, once we get back there they run a full blood panel, a urine analysis, chest x-rays, and an EKG, they were gonna run a CT scan depending on how the other test results came back, but thankfully they didn't have to run one. And I got a my first pap smear I've gotten in about 12 years. So that was fun (I'm being sar-cas-tic like Ron White the comedian says) *LOL*
So what they think happened is I had an ovarian cyst that burst and the pain of it bursting made me unconscious for a little while. So I'll be making me an appointment for the next week or two to see a new gynecologist. The ER nurse asked me after I got back in the ER room last night how long has it been since my last pap smear and I said about 12 years, maybe a little longer. She said that was bad and they she too went about 5 years without getting one because of anxiety like mine. She said she found a female doctor that she's been going to for the last 2 years and she gave me her name and recommended her highly. So I'm going to call today and see if I can get an appointment in the next couple of weeks.
I'm fixing to go get 2 prescriptions filled that they gave me at the ER last night/ this morning. One is for pain and the other is an antibiotic, the doc said my white cell blood count was 14,000 and it should have been around 10,000. He said stress and pain can make that number jump up and be off, so that I shouldn't worry about it too much. He said i also have a small infection.
I'm so sorry that I've not posted about my tattoo experience in detail like I said I would. I've started a post on my notepad and saved it, but it's not finished yet. I promise just as soon as I have the time and I'm feeling up to it, I will post it.
I'm also way behind on checking up on everyone. I'm really sorry I've not been there to support you all and encourage you during the last week or two. I'm gonna try to get caught up with each of you this week. Please understand that I've not abandoned any of you, I care very much about what each of you are going through, because I know it's so very hard to win the weight loss fight. It can be done, but we need all of the support we can possibly get.
I'll be taking a few days off from blogging more than likely, I'll try to update Friday which is my WI day, but I'm not looking forward to it at all. I already show a 5 pound gain as of today, the doctor said I could have a gain due to the stress and pain and also my body holding on to all the water I am consuming. He didn't say why I would hold on to it, but that I should not be shocked if I did. All I know is that I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this lightly. I am going to start a juice and water and yogurt fast starting today and lasting until Friday. I may throw in a salad each day for good measure.
I know that a lot of you will not agree with this method, but I have come too far and gotten too close to my goal to blow it all now. I do not think this will have any impact on my ovaries or anything like that. If I did I wouldn't do it. I just can't being gaining weight like this, even if it is water or whatever. I'll be very careful and monitor my myself over the next several days. Please know that I am thinking of all of you and I miss you all greatly and I miss seeing how you are all doing.
Well, I didn't get the time to post Saturday evening or today (Sunday). I'm just not going to say when I am going to post again because when I do, something happens and throws me off and then I end up not being able to write for one reason or another. So I'm gonna say I hope you all had a great weekend and that I hope each one of us starts tomorrow off so we can all have a great weight loss week!
I'm gonna try to write about what I felt while getting the tattoo, but I've got to have the time to devote to it. I have started a post and I've saved what I have so far to my notepad. So when I go to post it,- it will be all done and ready.
I hope each one of you are doing fantastic and staying OP!!
Ok y'all the pics are here.. I've added what I could to my EP photo album, but all 18 pics can be seen at the Kodak Gallery. I'm going to try and add a link to it at the bottom of the page.
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I am adding a link to Kodak Gallery. You have to have an account to view them, it's really easy to sign up and the account is 100% FREE. You can upload your own pics and send all of your family and friends an E-mail to view your latest photo album. I have about 22 albums on there and it's SO easy and a very cool way to share photos in a snap. OR you can just have an account to view other peoples pics, you never have to upload you own pics if you don't want to.
My ink looks BEAUTIFUL. I'll of course take more pics after it heals in a couple of weeks or so. Right now it's raised and kinda red looking. But it's still BEAUTIFUL!! It took 3 and a half hours and it was worth every second of it!
It was a very moving experience for me. It was like I had made it. I had made it further than I ever have before and it was a beautiful experience... I'm very tired right now, and I'm not feeling all that articulate right at the moment because of the fatigue... But I will go into detail about how the physical pain made me feel emotionally and what I was thinking about the pain while I was getting my tattoo.... It was amazing, that I can tell you. I'll explain more in my next blog that will be posted *hopefully* Saturday night.
I'll also be telling you about 2 more people who know me, but didn't recognize me, and one of them is pictured with me in the Kodak Gallery pics. I hope that you all take the time to make an account and look at all of the pics, I believe there's 18 tattoo pics total.
I had a truly amazing day, I hope each one of you did as well!
Here's the link to the ink, -don't forget to make a FREE account so yo can see all the pics!!
I hope I am doing this right, and I hope the link works!! If not I'll try and figure out another way so you can see all 18 of them.
Shame, shame on me!! Well, believe it or not I lost! I didn't believe it @ first. I weighed on my scales 3 times in 3 different rooms of my house and I weighed on the doctors scales @ my 2:00 appointment yesterday and they both showed a loss. My scales said 133.8 and his said 133.4. I'm gonna go with his scales !