1. YOUR SPY NAME: (middle name and current street name)
Dawn 104th!

2. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your dad's side, your favorite candy)
Edna Sour Chews

3. YOUR RAP NAME (first initial of first name, first three or four letters of your last name)
Amorr

4. YOUR GAMER TAG: (a favorite color, a favorite animal)
Blue Dolphin

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Dawn Huntsville

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, last 3 letters of mother's maiden name, first 3 letters of your pet's name)
Morrtzbut

7. JEDI NAME: (middle name spelled backwards, your mom's maiden name spelled backwards)
nwadztrahlieb

8. PORN STAR NAME: (first pet's name, the street you grew up on)
BoBO Rogers

9. SUPERHERO NAME: ("The", your favorite color, the automobile your dad drives)
The Blue RV

10. YOUR ACTION HERO NAME: (first name of the main character in the last film you watched, last food you ate)
?Cheetos

1) Are your parents married or divorced?
My parents have been married 46 yrs

2) Are you a vegetarian?
Nope, carnivore here.

3) Do you believe in Heaven?
yes or something like it

4) Have you ever come close to dying?
I felt like I was when I had a really bad asthma attack and ended up in emerg.

5) What jewelery do you wear 24/7?
My engagement and wedding ring

6) Favorite time of day?
evening

7) Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
I eat ALL of the broccoli. put some cheese on it please :)

8) Do you wear makeup?
If I feel like it.

9) Ever have plastic surgery?
yes I had a breast reduction in 1987

10)Do you color your hair?
chamapagne blonde

11) What do you wear to bed?
i have an assortment of things

12) Have you ever done anything illegal?
ya! but not in a long long time.

13) Can you roll your tongue?
Nope

14) Do You Tweeze your eyebrows?
yes

15) What kind of sneakers?
adidas right now

16) Do you believe in Abortions?
I'd never have one.

17) What is your Hair color?
um I already said champagne blonde

18) Future child's name?
Houdini?

19) Do you snore?
sometimes

20) If you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?
England, Scotland

21) Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
No, achooo

22) If you won the lottery, what would you do first?
take my kids on a trip

23) Gold or silver?
gold

24) Hamburger or hot dog?
i cant choose

25) If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
teriyaki

26) City, beach or country?
beach

27) What was the last thing you touched?
my tea

28) Where did you eat last?
here at my puter..a powerbar

29) When's the last time you cried?
on the weekend when my husband and i were walking on the beach

30) Do you read blogs?
Yes.

31) Would you ever go out dressed like the opposite sex?
for a good reason i would lol

32) Ever been involved with the police?
Involved with them? LOL no.

33) What's your favorite shampoo conditioner and soap?
shampoo. whatever works, soap, babys own

34) Do you talk in your sleep?
Not that I'm aware of.

35) Ocean or pool?
Ocean

38) Window seat or aisle?
Window seat

39) Ever met anyone famous?
Yes.

40) Do you feel that you've had a truly successful life?
No, not yet. But I will!

41) Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it?
cut

42) Ricki Lake or Oprah Winfrey?
to watch? oprah

43) Basketball or Football?
football

44) How long do your showers last?
as long as it takes to get clean and wash my hair

45) Automatic or do you drive a stick?
neither

46) Cake or ice cream?
Neither.

47) Are you self-conscious?
Sometimes

48) Have you ever drank so much you threw up?
Never

49) Have you ever given money to a homeless person?
yes

50) have you been in love?
ya

51) Where do you wish you were?
somewhere inspiring

52) Are you wearing socks?
no, hate socks

53) Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
unfortunately yes

54) Can you tango?
Never tried but i doubt it

55) Last gift you received?
my birthday was last week, i got some speakers or my laptop

56) Last sport you played?
LOL dont make me laugh

57) Things you spend a lot of money on?
groceries

58) Where do you live?
wa state..for now

59) Where were you born?
Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.

60) Last wedding attended?
Chris and Brianne

61) favorite fast food restaurant?
Jack in the Box

63) Most hated food?
hmm turnip?

64) What's your least favourite film?
too many

65) Can you sing?
Yes.

66) last person you instant messaged?
cindy

67) Last place you went on holiday?
Victoria

68) Favorite regular drink?
water

69) Current Crush?
myself
Tags: memes

thanks to rockgoddes for this one!

1. Jordan, my oldest son. He is cute, funny and very smart :)

2. Journalling, writing my feelings down really helps me get through some days.

3. Jokes, I am attracted to people who can make me laugh.

4. Justin Timberlake, LOL he is just too cute!

5. Japan, I love all things Japanese

6. John Frusciante, one of the best guitar players of all time (red hot chili peppers)

7. Jack In The Box, yummy!

8. Jesus, nuff said

9. Jewelry, love me some bling!

10. Jasmine Rics, again, yummy

man that was a hard letter..Thanks though Rockgoddes!

My father recently got a computer and the internet!
I am going a bit mental. I have learned that I would make a lousy teacher. I get messages frequently from him asking me..how do I do this..how do I do that?
Now the problem is not in the teaching him but he never seems to absorb anything and I am teaching him the same things over and over and over. He will write down what I tell him for future reference...but that doesn't help he still needs me to walk him through every little task!
Something as simple as locating a folder in windows explorer takes him forever.
Our conversation goes something like this: I was trying to help him make a shortcut to his files received from messenger and then open his pictures and convert them from tifs to jpgs.( I had spent an hour on the phone previously trying to help him as well then had this conversation on messenger)

Angel: to to the START button, then click on MY COMPUTER.. then MY DOCUMENTS
Dad: OK
Angel: ok, now look down the list of files and look for MY RECEIVED FILES
DAd: I don't have it.
Angel: yes you do
Dad: no I don't
Angel: yes you do..read me what you have there then!!!
Dad: um my pictures, my videos, my received files!
Angel: um dad! MY RECEIVED FILES
DAd: OH
Angel ok now RIGHT CLICK on the folder MY RECEIVED FILES and choose SEND TO..then choose DESKTOP
DAD: ok, hmm there is no SEND TO..OH yes there is, OK
Angel: OK now close down all your progams except this chat window
Dad: how?
Angel: click the little x in the corner of each window you want to close, you want to end up with just your desktop showing
Dad: what is a desktop?
Angel: when you turn your computer on.. it starts on your DESKTOP.. where all your ICONS are
Dad: what is an icon?
Angel: It is a small graphic.. a placeholder that you click on to start a program or file.
DAD: ok
Angel now on your DESKTOP look for the icon that says SHORTCUT TO MY RECEIVED FILES
Dad: I don't have one.
Angel: yes you do
Dad: no I don't
Angel: yes you do..read me the ones you have there
Dad: (reads off several programs) then MY RECEIVED FILES
Angel DADDDDDDDDDDDDD
DAD: OH
Angel: ok now click on MY RECEIVED FILES and it will open
Dad: ok, oh, there are my photos
Angel: ok click on one of your pics
DAd: I don't have any pics...I only have photos
Angel: dad pics=pictures
DAd: OH
Angel ok now click on one so its highlighted then RIGHT CLICK and choose OPEN WITH..then CHOOSE PAINT
DAd: ok, oh.. there is my picture..but you can't use this program for converting.. its for adding colors and stuff
Angel: no dad, you can do several things in paint including what you are trying to do.
DAd: no you can't
Angel: trust me dad
Dad: no, thats not what its for
Angel: just curious..how long have you been a graphics artist again?
DAd: a long time kiddo
Angel: DAd, just do what I say and you will see I do know what I am doing.
DAd: ok
Angel: all you need to do now is in the PAINT Program choose FILE... then SAVE AS.. and scroll down and choose JPG
DAD: there is not jpg only tif.
Angel: dad you have to scroll down in the little box...only one is showing but there are others below it
DAd: ok, didnt work
this is where I instruct him again.. and again..to do the same steps and he just isnt comprehending it
DAd: oh your cousin is here..I will ask her to do it for me
Angel: good..let me talk to her
Lec: hey.. you know I have a mac not an IBM..
Angel: yes but you can do this if you can follow instructions
Lec: ok
Angel: I give her the exact same instructions
LEc: ok it is done
Angel:YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS thank YOU
DAd: ok she did it.. but remember.. I have a different computer than you.. things don't work the same way
Angel: no dad, they work exactly the same, Lec has a mac and she followed my instructions and had no problem :)
DAd: ok I have to go now
cut to 2 hrs later
Dad: Angela!!! Lec wrote down the instructions you gave her, but it won't work for me
Angel: I think I need some rogain!

today is a sad day... hard to believe it was 5 yrs ago.
today would also have been my grandmother's 100th birthday. She was a great woman. When my grandfather was hospitalized for serveral years she would walk the many miles everyday to visit him. She stayed in great shape and I was amazed at her dedication. My grandmother never learned to drive so she really had no choice.
My grandmother was a little eccentric at times but she was also very talented, she was an artist and loved to paint. At any given time she would have several paintings in different states of "finishedness" around her home. I like to think I inherited her love of art and colors... besides inheriting her big boobs...thanks Grandma! lol

anyway..
this past weekend was nice. I spent a lot of time cleaning and baking and just trying to be a better mom and wife.

I cleaned out my computer room. Since I bought this laptop I have spent very little time in there but the kids have their laptop in there and they had taken over the area.
Now the question I am trying to figure out is..or rather the answer to the question... why did I buy a laptop? LOL I have a perfectly good desktop computer with a large hard drive. hmmmm I think it was for the mobility?! I have always disliked laptops for some reason. Now that I have one, I am loving it! It is so nice to be able to sit out in the living room and see what is going on with everyone or watch tv but still do things online. I still use my destop puter, but mostly as my server, I keep all my graphics and mp3s etc on there and then have it shared out so I can access it all :)
Something I have learned about myself since purchasing this laptop is... I have this phobia of not using up the battery power LOL!! Today is the first day I have actually unplugged my laptop and used it by itself!!! I also noticed that with my cell phone..I only turn it on if I am going out of the house and as soon as I get back home I turn it off again. I have had that thing for 2 months and I have only had to recharge it one time!! Wonder what is up with that??

no plans for today.. I was kept awake last night by a very sore belly and my IBS has been acting up with all the stress going on. It probably didn't help that I ate a steak for dinner...first time I have had steak in a LONG LONG time.

My plan is to rejoin WW this thursday as I have no dental appt or further engagements so I have NO excuse! I was 167 this morning so I have gained back 10lbs! yipes!

My dentist called me last night to see how I was doing. I thought that was very nice of him. He said if I was having troubles to come in and see him, but I think I will just hang in there until my appointment on Sept. 7th.

Things are a bit better, the pain is still there enough to be annoying but I can tell it is subsiding. I will be so glad when this whole thing is over..UGH! Which won't be for about a month.

This coming weekend D's brother is coming to the area for business (he is in the Navy stationed in Virginia) and we are invited to a BBQ at the in-laws house. I would really like to go, I haven't been over to the in-laws in ages.

I need to pick up a few more items of the kids school supplies. I usually buy stuff all year round so it's not a big deal when school starts.

sigh..I am still in pain! who knew one tooth could cause such an annoyance!
It almost feels as if it is getting worse not better.
oh well.. I just sit here on my laptop watching the Food Network most of the day. I feel too crummy to do much else.


The kids go back to school in 11 days..not that I am counting. It has actually been nice having them around. I will miss chumming around with K!

Turns out I had to have my tooth pulled :( It was cracked right down to the root.
The procedure didn't hurt, but once the numbing started to wear off then the pain started..UGH...good thing I am on Vicodin. It gave me nightmares last night and I could only sleep off and on for a few mins at a time. It also made me pee every half hour!
My gums look horrid! I have a temporary bridge right now. Let me tell you, it is not too flattering!
I go back to the dentist on Thursday to have the stitches taken out and then access the situation.

I just saw the new video for Audioslave's "Original Fire" song.. I love it, and the song is growing on me.
Original Fire
Check it out if you are interested!

Can't wait til Sept 5 when the album comes out!

we had a great mini vacation.
We ended up going to Port Angeles, then taking the ferry to Victoria, then another ferry to Vancouver.

Parliment building in Victoria BC

We picked up the kids from the airport on Saturday and went straight home.
It has been great to have the kids around again.

I am rejoining WW on Thursday...ugh...I have gained about 10 lbs since xmas and I need to get my ass back in gear!
wish me luck!

woohoo

today we are off on a short road trip. we pick he kids up from the airport on saturday so we have a few days to dork around. i am actually pretty happy just to get out and enjoy the area.

i will be taking my camera and my laptop... i may even post some pics on my journey!

man..time sure flies!
I went to the doctors today. He thinks I have benign positional vertigo! He did do some blood tests to rule out anything wrong with my thyroid again. He also gave me some exercises to do to help get rid of the vertigo. When he did the test to see if this is what I had, I had a bad episode, got dizzy and nauseous..not fun! 

wow.. I forgot about this journal!
but I am back! lol

now to update.. I am still maintaining my weight but I need to lose MORE! You know how it is. You lose a bunch of weight and you are really happy to be a smaller person but then you realise that you still need to lose more! Especially when your father says shit like "oh so you still need to lose about 40 more lbs huh"? More like 20 lbs.. but still..nice thing for him to say to me.

Things are going much better in my relationship. I am a lot more happy now and seem to have let go of all my anger and resentment.

The kidlets have been away all summer at their dad's. They come back next week. I actually miss the crap out of them. It has been pretty boring around here.

I got a new laptop! I am still getting used to typing on the dang keyboard but it is nice not to be a slave to my desk!

Hopefully I will keep up my journaling, not that I have much to write about lately.
Tomorrow I go to the doctors, I have been having vertigo for some reason, it is very strange!

I have been a bad girl.. not updating!!

but I do have good news!
As of this morning I have lost 61.2 lbs! putting me in the 150's!! I am now 9.6 lbs from my goal weight..
I am thrilled!!!
I wanted to get to goal by new years..but I don't think that will be possible :) so I am hoping to do it before my 1 year mark which is March 22nd!

woohoo!

holy framoli!

I haven't been able to access this site in weeks! no idea what was going on. I had the same problem with MSN.. I just kept getting errors :(

anyway.. update time :)
I had a loss of 3.4 lbs..
then a gain of .6 lbs..
so right now I have lost 52.8 lbs and I weigh 168 :)

the scales at WW are still ticking me off.. big time.
Last week they weighed me in with a .6 lbs gain.. while mine gave me a .6 loss!

the week before WW's scale was only .4 different than mine. The week before that it was 2 lbs heavier than mine.
Well I weighed a 10 lb bag of flour on mine and it came out as 10.6 lbs! so that tells me that WW's must be WAY off.. sheesh..
Oh well, not much I can do about it.

I had a friend from the past contact me about going to WW with me. She started two weeks ago.. but wouldn't ya know it.. she flaked on me this past weekend so I went alone. I ended up not staying for the meeting because I had been feeling nauseaus (sp) all morning and felt like passing out..! no idea what was going on there.

will post again on saturday after my next weigh in :)

September 17 2005 - WEEK TWENTY FIVE WEIGH IN
Yee haw.. I have passed the 50 lb mark!! This week I lost 3 lbs! putting me at a total net loss of 50.8 lbs! I now weigh 170.0! I have one more week to reach my goal of getting into the 160's by the weigh in of my birthday!

We take J back to Canada tomorrow. It has been a great visit. I sure am going to miss him. I hope it's not over a year before I see him again.

The kids are all settled back in school. K just got back from 6th grade camp.She really had a great time.

Tonight we are going to go out for dinner and take J to do something since it is our last night together for a while.