Amy,
Remember me? I think you might know me, in fact I believe we met in some womb somewhere. Yes, yes in fact I’m sure of it. One might even say we’re sisters. Ask your children, I’m sure they’ll recall something of our relation.

Still nothing? Come on you remember me. Close your eyes and think back…can you see two 4 year olds sitting at the back door watching the light show of a bug zapper? Fast forward a few years and feel the cold of your 3rd grade desk against your cheek, can you hear the voice of Hank the Cowdog in the back ground? I can.

Too far back? How about something more recent. Try grabbing a tree branch and leading your own “Tree Parade”.

Or remember when you lived in Dalhart and I would stop by your trailer wearing my K-Bob’s uniform? We would go get a snow cone from Melanie in between my shifts. Then you moved back to Springfield. I was so pitiful when you left, I cried so hard I couldn’t breath.

Remember holding the phone to your ear as I told you I was pregnant with Kaleb? You danced for me. I did that same dance later when you first told me you were pregnant. My heart broke for you when you miscarried; once again my tears took away my breath. Later you announced a third pregnancy, this time it was too scary to dance. Oh but I danced 9 months later as I waited for the first picture of Jeremiah to load on my monitor.

Remember the looks the two of us got a few years later as we walked through the Wonders of Wildlife with both our belly’s bulging. It was May and Joshua and Sarah weren’t far away. With all the attention we identical expecting moms got we might as well have have been one of the exhibits there.

Awh yes it’s coming back to you now. You do remember me. I understand you’re a bit busy and perhaps a bit worn. I know you have limited “minutes” and limited sleep; being a mom/student/chaplain candidate/army wife/web master sure can take it out of ya. Oh, but hey! I’ve got an idea, give your ole’ sis a call, an email, an IM or even drop me a post card. Let me know you’re out there and how you’re doing. I love you and I miss you.

Link: Are you sisters or twins?

You’ve been asking for pictures of Charleigh. Here they are:

To any newcomers I implore you, please pay no attention to the shallow posts that have made appearance in recent history. I assure you if you dig deep you will find much more hearty posts than the recent weight related ones. While I make no claim of literary grandeur this blog most certainly has had it’s better days.

Oh, but you love me anyway. Don’t you?

I saw my dear friend Robin Groen at Mazzios in Dalhart Sunday.
She let me know she’s been reading my blog and also reminded me I haven’t been posting in a while. That’s not all she reminded me of either. While I filled my plate with pizza she walked past and reminded me of my 6 pounds I’m trying to lose. Thanks Robin.

Speaking of said six pounds if you check the ticker today you’ll notice it’s now 7.6 lbs I’ve got to get rid of. No, I haven’t been doing to good. I’ll do better today I promise.

I’ve been posting in the comments everything I’ve been eating each day, it’s not too inspirational. Here’s an excerpt of Sunday’s comments:

Ok, lets see. Sunday…what did I eat? What didn’t I eat? Speaking of that doesn’t it count? I mean what I didn’t eat doesn’t that count?

For breakfast
I did eat a low fat string cheese stick. I didn’t eat a donut at church.
In between services I found 3 little kids eating Oreos in the hall. I didn’t take their Oreos and I didn’t ask where they got them. I just turned my head and pretended I did see them.

For lunch
I did eat a salad and 3 pieces of pizza at Mazzios
I didn’t eat 5 pieces and I didn’t have chocolate chip desert pizza

At Hope’s Baby shower
I didn’t eat any of the various cakes available and I didn’t drink the punch.
I did have water.

For Supper I did eat 3 tacos from taco bell
I didn’t enjoy them
I did have a diet pepsi

That night I did eat two little pieces of chocolate, I didn’t eat all of it.

I did eat something else but I don’t remember what it was.

I didn’t post Monday’s meals, I started out so good, it seems it’s around evening that I start messing everything up. Except for today I blew it before 7Am. I ate 3 lovely bacon quiche tarts. Yum! So here it is 8:38 Am I’ve already stuffed my self should I count the day a loss and continue to indulge myself for the rest of the day? No. I’ll start over again right now. Perhaps I’ll even exercise, did you notice the exercise ticker is showing absolutely no progress at all?

Wait a minute, this is a post for Robin not for diet discussion.

So, since we are speaking of Robin, I’ll tell you a little about her. She’s quite a wonderful woman! Strong, compassionate and hardworking; she has tenacity and heart. One thing I love about Robin is that you always know where she stands. She’s genuine and bold. She also has a servants heart, she sees what needs done and does it. She gets it organized and finished before most people realize it ever needed done. She doesn’t always have to be the star in the show but most often the show couldn’t go on with out her. Caring, responsible and trustworthy, that’s just a sliver of who she is, how I see her anyway. Thanks Robin. I love you.

Tonight we hug Sarah and Jeremiah goodbye. They’ll be heading home early tomorrow. They had a fun “cousin” night and posed for a “goodbye” picture. The kids thought it’d be a good idea to have a “sad bye” picture as well. We sure will miss them.

My kids are having a hard time saying goodbye, they’re happy that their cousins will soon be home with their mommy but they can’t imagine being so far away from them. They said their farewells with giggles and tickles but as soon as they got home the tears began. That was an hour ago; they’re still crying. Kaleb keeps asking if he can go back and get one more good bye. Charleigh asked if she could have something to hug that would remind her of them.

I’m not much better off, I snuck over and grabbed another “good bye” from Jer. We talked for quite awhile about his trip tomorrow; how excited he is to see his Mommy and how sad he is that his Daddy won’t be there. We talked about going back to school in Springfield and about seeing all his friends. He told me all his favorite parts about being here and all his favorite parts about going home. We ended it with 31 hugs and he promised to pass some on to Amy for me.

We miss them already.

There has been an explosion at the Valero plant outside of Dumas, a major fire has erupted. Please be in prayer for these families; those working there and those helping with the rescue efforts.

I turn 30 in 1 month 3 weeks and 2 days. I’m fine with that, I don’t mind being slightly older so long as I can be slightly lighter when I get there. I want to start this next decade out healthier and well yes to be honest a little skinnier. I’ve set a modest goal. I won’t tell you the exact weight I’m shooting for cause I don’t want the comments. When ever I tell someone my goal weight I generally get one of two responses. The lighter folks think I’m not shooting low enough and the heavier gals think I should be happy where I am. Instead I am posting the desired poundage loss as well as the previous, current and goal BMI.

I know this holds little if no interest to you, but this after all is my site and I thought the visual would help motivate me. So here goes, I’ve got 1 month 3 weeks 2 days to lose a measly 6.8 pounds. Seems pretty attainable don’t you think? I do. See already I feel better about the whole thing.

Update: I’m going to post in the comments everything I eat each day. That way if I eat 22 0reos I’ll have to deal with the fact that someone somewhere may find out. 4yrs ago on Amy’s Chic Chat message board I did this and lost 20 lbs.

All evening Kaleb has been quizzing me on Texas history. Sorry kid, I went to school in Oklahoma and my Lone Star knowledge consists mostly of quick facts on Dr. Pepper, Yellow Roses, and The Alamo. I could also tell you about the armadillo, the Cadillac ranch, and how Texas is the only state that can fly it’s flag at the same height as the American Flag. Besides that my state history is a bit lacking.

After realizing I had no Texas background Kaleb asked me what I knew about Oklahoma… Well, er…ummm…. Ok, how bout this:

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I just asked Joshua how to take care of a little boy.

He said you just hug them, feed them and make sure they go to bed on time.

I asked him if there was anything else a Mom needed to know about little boys and he said: “Nope. Hugs, food and sleep is all we need”.