Day #62 - The Million Dollar Question

Today is Day #62 of being smoke-free.

*pats self on back*

I stopped taking the Chantix. I was sick of the sour stomach. I'll take one every now & then if I'm having a craving really bad, but I don't think it's the pill changing the craving. I think it just puts my mind at ease.

So I've been asked a few times.... have you gained weight since you quit smoking?

Well... for those of you who know me in real life and haven't seen me in awhile.... sit down.

Seriously, sit down. You'll want to.

Let me first tell a story to those of you who don't know me. I was 140lbs when I graduated high school. All muscle weight. My parents bought me a trampoline when I was 10 or something... and being a bored teenager with friends who didn't have a trampoline - it was our "hang out spot". Anyway... when I got pregnant at 21 with Demon #1 I threw away all my size 9 jeans. I mean, who is ever going to get back into those after a baby, right?

I'm glad I threw them away because I was right... they didn't fit me anymore. 3 months after Taryn was born, they were too big.

Yes, too big.

I had gone down to a size 5.

I got preggo with Demon #2 and threw away my size 5 jeans. I mean, who is ever going to get back into those after a 2nd baby, right? Dumbass I am. Within 2 months I was back to a size 5 and I was 120 lbs. I lost some more weight after that - I'd just forget to eat.

Yes, you can forget to eat. With 2 munchkins running around.. it happens. I'd sit back and think "when was the last time I ate?.... Tuesday? Monday?". I think my lowest wieght was 105 if I remember right.

Well, one night I was sitting on the edge of the bed in just a bra and the husband stuck his fingers between my ribs.

I knew it was time to do something. I wanted to get back to around 130-140 lbs. Demon #2 is almost 12 years old - it took me this long to get back to 140lbs. I don't know what it's like to try to lose weight, I've never had to worry about what I ate before. But I do know that it's a bitch to try to gain weight.

Yes, I'm back to 140lb. I passed 140lbs.

Two months ago I quit smoking. I was 135lbs. I am now 149lbs.

I guess smoking was my diet.

Now I have to lose 10lbs.

Come on, brat-dogs, we're going for a walk!

Demon's 1st Communion & Earth Day

My girls are having their 1st Communion tonight. They are both pretty excited about it. We are behind on church things because the girls were only baptized last fall. Long story - maybe someday I'll tell ya about it!

I'll take pics & maybe post them tomorrow.

I've been busy the past couple days getting some Earth Day designs/Earth Day section in our holiday section in InsanityWear. Need an Earth Day t-shirt? You know where to go now!

Here's a preview:

Nothing to say

I have absolutely nothing to say today besides that I like jelly beans.

Hiding from Mom & pure randomness

Kristina Demon #2 hiding behind her Tomagotchi (this is the "thing" that I don't know how to feed or clean it's poop)


Taryn Demon #1 hiding behind a slinky.

Nope, neither one are good at hiding.


random shot of Demon #1

Every met Miss Serena Rosabella?

This is the queen (bitch) of the house, Serena Rosabella. She's 9 years old and we've had her since she was a kitten. She knows she's pretty and she uses it to her advantage.


Just some paws...

Where or where have those t-shirts gone?

So I got an email today from someone looking for those Team Tweed & Team Simmons t-shirts that I had posted a few days ago. Seems they couldn't find them. Well here they are. There is also Team Shannon & Team Gene ones too.

All it ever takes is an email - kitty@insanitycafe.com Go for it... ask me anything!

Ok, not anything.

By the way... anyone know of a home remedy for fricken pimples? At 35 years old I'm finally getting the little buggers. Or do you know of a certain product that I should try?

The husband's ugly green sled

This is the big project that he worked months on... it's a Kawasaki Invader that he made into a race sled. He hasn't raced it yet though.

Time flies when you are having fun

Demon #1 had an orthodontist appointment at 9:30 this morning... got outta there at 10:00 and we headed to WalMart.

I let her skip school the rest of the day because

1. I am Mom and I have the power.
2. She's getting close to straight A's
3. It was a Taryn & Mom day

I called the husband to tell him we were going... he told me to remember peanut butter & bread. Ok.

So we get to Walmart at about 10:30 and start shopping.

We get done with shopping and head home... I call the husband on the way home.

Him- "Where are you?"
Me- "Driving."
Him- "Where from?"
Me- "Walmart."
Him- "Just now?"
Me- "Yeah, why?"
Him- "Do we have any money left?"
Me- "Yeah, why?"

I look at the clock.... it's after 12:00!!! We spent an hour and 1/2 in Walmart shopping! I didn't even notice until he said something!

Things that make you go "Yeaaaaaaa!!!"

Lucky Charms was on sale at the grocery store yesterday... 3 for $6!!! Now thats something to get excited about. We are talking orgasmic excited. Yes, it's that exciting. It's Lucky Charms! Geez, don't you understand?

If you know me, you know that I love my Lucky Charms. It's one of the only cereals I'll eat. I love Peanut Butter Crunch, but it tears up the roof of my mouth so I don't eat it. I used to love Honey Nut Corn Flakes, but like many products that I fall in love with, they quit making it. I have now resorted to Honey Nut Chex. They are not Corn Flakes, but they'll do.

If they ever quit making Lucky Charms.... we don't want to go there.

No, seriously, we don't.

All GM cereals were on sale, so Demon #1 got her favorite - Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

See? I'm not a bad mom - I think of my kids.

Occasionally.

Good Morning

It's 5:30 in the fricken morning. One of the downsides of the husband getting up at 2am is the husband gets up at 2am.

Dog starts whining, she has to go outside.

Dog comes in, jumps in bed. When the hell did she get so big?

"Honey, why are my shirts folded?"
"I ran out of hangers"

Kiss on the cheek and away he goes... driving the big truck into the sunrise.

There's no sunrise at 3am. But there is a huge feeling of being upset pissed off when you are lying there in bed realizing that you are in no way going to fall back to sleep.

So upstairs I go to see if the internet functions at 3am. It does, did you know that? People are actually awake at 3am, other than me! Ok, she doesn't count. She lives in the UK. But alas! I hear a voice coming from the end of the hallway....

"Mom, what time is it?"
"4:00"
"in the morning?"
"Yeah"
"Ok."

Demon #2 proceeds to get up, get dressed and go downstairs. So she's awake now, too. Great. Crabby kid alert at 6pm tonight!

Oh... and the dogs are now sleeping on my bed.

Wanna Treat?

KISS - Family Jewels

I'm a KISS fan, so is the husband. We saw them... THEM, the original 4, when they first went back into makeup. Our best friends & us went to the concert in 1997. Thats a whole 'nother blog post - cool concert. We got within feet from the band.

So it's only right that we watch Gene Simmon's reality tv show. I'm not a big reality tv show watcher because, well... it's scripted. I don't care how many times you tell me it isn't, it is. Plus you are watching, what? 20 minutes of out of their weekly lives? (gotta take 10 minutes for commercial breaks, ya know!) You can't know someone's personality or personal habits by looking into 20 minutes of their weekly life. Even 20 minutes a day would be difficult to really learn someone!

But still... I watch. I love Gene and I love Shannon Tweed. Like my husband, I have a thing for her. She's hot, it's not like it's not well known information or anything.

So last week is the whole thing about Gene taking the lie detector test - I think this is going to change the opinions of many people once we find out the results. If he hasn't been with that many women - men aren't going to worship him anymore as some type of sex god. If he's has been... people like me are going to be pissed off at him for doing that to Shannon.

Either you are on Team Tweed or Team Simmons - just like the shirts Shannon found on the show. Now after the show I searched for those t-shirts and couldn't find them to save my life! But now, they are findable, thanks to me.

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