We decided to celebrate Mother's Day Saturday morning and got together after with the in laws went shopping. We drug them around to the different stores helping us pick out the little kids new rooms.

We have been wanting to redo them for the past year and I haven't had the motivation or energy to do it.

After they left I said hmmm Im going to start painting Hunter's room. I painted and cleaned for 9 hours straight! didn't stop for dinner and felt good for accomplishing...

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This is me with Cheyenne (3) and Hunter (5) this is my daughter Amber (19) - my oldest son Justin (20) won't let me take his picture LOL

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I found some shirts on ebay and bought them thinking they would be a bit small and I don't have smaller clothes that I can wear to Disney right now, so I tried them on and other than 1 shirt being too small in the stomach they all fit. I was shocked they were 20's.

I said hmmm let me try on my smallest pants - size 20's OMG they fit - one pair are still a bit small in the waist, thats where I carry my weight --like a pregnant woman I can't get rid of a 6 month uterus!

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I woke up today in horrendous pain ugh! I noticed when I walked yesterday, I had some cramping in my left leg but it went away.

Later last night, swelling started in my left inner ankle to where I had to wrap it and put it up. I got up this morning and the swelling was gone, but major pain there and in my pelvis.

Someone put a link to www.nutritiondata.com and I saw for me I'm supposed to be eating 1800 calories -- WOW . I stay under 1000 cal and under 80 carbs on most...

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I know somewhere there is a thin woman just waiting to emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon....the woman within....


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