Living Large in FL!

Here it is!  The beginning and end of my modeling career!

The night I received these pic's, I just laughed and laughed!  Could they be any bigger?   Thankfully, the Mall that this is in is about 100 miles from where I live!

Other than this, our summer is going along just fine.  We spent 5 days in Las Vegas with our family and had a wonderful time.  We also met up with Stephanie from Dreams of High Heels, and her husband who was also out there celebrating their anniversary.  We joined them at the Graceland Chaple to witness their vow renewal ceremony conducted by Elvis, himself!  Lots of fun.

On August 7, we are heading to Long Island for 6 days for my niece Elayna's graduation party.  She is the baby in the family and we can't wait to help her celebrate!

Wow...this is the longest I've every gone without posting!

Seriously, this is a very long time not to update my blog!  Shame on me.  No excuses.

The last time I blogged I was getting ready for my "Modeling Gig" for my surgeons advertising campaign.  I have to say, it was a lot of fun but boy was it exhausting!  I have a new appreciation for models.  It is hard work!  We did the shoot on Vero Beach.  It was me, my husband, the hospital publicist, make-up and hair lady and photographer.  It was about 3 in the afternoon and the beach was pretty full for an afternoon in April.  People were staring, trying to figure out who the heck I was.  It was pretty funny!  I can't tell you how many photo's this chick took but the following is the one I keep seeing on Facebook!    I laugh out loud every time it pops up too!  I am still waiting for the CD with all the pictures.  I'll post more when I get that.

The whole day was a lot of fun and it ended up with Steve and I having dinner at the Disney Vero Beach Resort with me in a wet skirt!  I had changed two times during the shoot and I just didn't have it in me to change again so I sat through dinner worrying if there would be a wet spot when I got up.  Good times!

Doing the photo shoot was a real motivator for me and couldn't have come at a better time.  I had gained 6-7 lbs during my whole SI Joint fiasco and I just couldnt get my head back in the weight loss game.  However, being asked to do this was just what I needed.  I not only lost those lbs but lost 2 more to bring me back to my current weight of 140-142.  This is the weight that I am most comfortable at.  I am still exercising 4-5 times a week and all is well in my weight-world.

Life has been crazy around here.  Steve was in the hospital two weeks ago for a couple of days but he is back to normal now.  Dr thinks it was Diverticulitis or Gastritis and he lost 8 lbs!  I have him drinking  ensure every day in addition to eating to put that weight back on.  If there is anyone who cannot afford to lose weight, it is my husband!  All I kept thinking was Damn!  Last June he was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer (thank God he is fine now!) and now this.  June is not my husbands month for health.  Next year we are going straight from May to July!  That will take care of that.

This Sunday we are flying out to Vegas to meet up with my girls, their guys, my sister and her two children and its all Stephanie's fault.  She had told me she was going to be in Vegas with her husband in July to renew her wedding vows and knowing that Vegas was Steves favorite place on earth, asked if we could make it.  Steve jumped at it when I brought it up and the next thing I know, he had invited the girls to come with us.  My sister than jumped on board with her kids and there ya have it!  

The girls and I are meeting Steph for breakfast on Monday and then we will see her again on Tuesday night for the re-nuptuals as only Vegas knows how to do it!  This will be our second wedding with Elvis as the officient!  After that we are all heading down to Freemont Street for lots of fun!  We have tickets for dinner at the Wynn and than we are seeing Le Reve' which is at Wynn also.  The guys are all going four-wheeling in the desert, God love them!  107 degrees in the desert is not my cup of tea.  I will be shopping with my girls!  Its going to be hot but it will be fun, fun, fun.

We get home from Vegas on July 11 and than we are heading down to Delray Beach for 3 nights to meet up with Steves brother and sister-in-law.  Than, a few weeks later we will be heading to Long Island in August for my niece Elayna's High School graduation party.  I can't wait to see all my Island peeps as I haven't been up there since March!  This is a record for me.  Don't worry though.  Steve will be with me in August and we are only there for 5 days so I will be heading back by myself in September!  So I have a very hectic Summer coming up and right now the fall doesn't look much tamer as we will be going on a Halloween cruise in October.  

You know what the best part about all this is?  Since I've been maintaining my weight these past 2 years, I don't have to fret about what to wear or what will fit.  I am not freaking out about having to wear a bathing suit in front of people either.  I am not skinny by any means but I am comfortable in my skin now.  Not a day goes by that I don't thank God and my husband for believing in me and helping me get to today!

Have a great 4th of July!