i.did.it

I finally did it. I became a weight watcher.

The reunions are weird. Most of the women are stay at home moms. And all the clapping freaked me out. But it also amused me so I decided to come back.

Today was mi first weigh in.
(Drumroll please)

I lost exactly four pounds!! (1.8 kg)

Once I read someone that hated WW because the program makes you obssessed about food. Which may be true but does not bother me at all. I've been obssessed with food all my life so there is no significant change there.

I went out with my mom last week and took out my list of food points. My mom told me to hide it or everybody would know I was doing WW. So I says to her, I says (heh)
Mommy, eveybody can see me. Everybody sees I'm fat. So what's the problem on everybody seeing me counting points.

And the skyies opened, and the cherubs sang.
It's actually the first time I recognize to someone else I'm fat. I mean, I *know* I'm fat, but it's like every time I thought of myself I'd always leave the fat part out. Fat Denial. So Fat chance I was going to change it. And Fat, Fat, damn! I was on a row.

Anyhoo, I think I'm onto something.

and four pounds, yay me!

2005-11-08 at 5:50 p.m.

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dia.de.muertos

Go look at my pictures! I finally figured out how to make a set! and how to upload multiple pictures at once! and I'm using way to many exclamation points!

I took those pictures at a contest of Ofrendas. I'll be adding comments on all the pictures but in the meantime:

Go here!!!!!!!

2005-11-01 at 4:51 p.m.

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halloween

I read a lot of parents' blogs. And everyone talked about their kids in their giraffes and R2D2 and all the other costumes.

So, to keep up I present you: My baby all dressed up!!!!
mini halloween

And for the past few days I read and read about pumpkings and carving and how to avoid your pumpkin of being eating by squirrels (use olive oil). So I decided this would be the year!

And I bought a white pumpkin. Because white pumpkins are the new orange ones. Or something. And oh the gutting!! it's hard. I started with a spoon then moved to a parisien then scissors and I ended with tweezers. I just can't understand how someone would willingly carve 5! pumpkins.
The I made the eyes and the mouth and had to forget about the nose because I miscalculated.
AND... here it is my awsome creation:
my pumpkin

it's approximately 3 inches in height. I started small because if I failed, it would be a small defeat.
And here is my sister's (also her first pumpkin)
scary pumpkin

And a picture for comparison (please remember that she will earn her living by handling knives)
two pumpkins

what do you think? do we have a future in pumpkin carving?

2005-11-01 at 3:49 p.m.

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coming.next

tomorrow:

pictures of my mini dressed for halloween and a set of pictures of the ofrendas (offerings) for Día de muertos.

I wanted to post them today but flickr gets cranky when you want to upload a gazzilion megabytes in just one go.

2005-10-30 at 10:15 p.m.

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