Why did I do that?

First of all...

Good afternoon from Abby and Leia! I know you've missed our faces, so here you go!

I'm on my happily beloved lunch break and I'm resting with a heating pad on my ear. Yes. My ear. My allergies are so bad that it feels like I have an ear infection. Can that happen? It's always my right ear. Any time I have drainage, my ear always throbs. Weird, isn't it?

Last night, I went to Jason's Deli with the girls in my small group. Love these ladies. I didn't get a picture last night, but these were all taken from our dinner date a few weeks ago.

Sarah, me and Jennifer at Walk Ons:
I got the cross the Sarah is holding up for the girls. It says Proverbs 3:15--saying that a woman is more precious than rubies. And it has a fake little ruby on there. Precious.

Ladies, you are far more precious than rubies. Scripture says so.

The three of us with Sarah's daughter, Jasline:
BTW...I HATE LOATHE DESPISE bunny ears and photo bombing. My hubby photo bombs every picture he's in because he knows I hate it. He does this awful constipated smile and it drives me crazy. Absolutely crazy. Anyone who's seen Jamie knows he's an absolute fox with the cutest smile in the world, so I don't know why he chooses to smile like a gooseball.

Sooo...I had us take another one:
Much better, isn't it? Pretty smiles. No bunny ears. No stupid smiles. Cute picture. Love.

In the news:

• Smash and GCB are my favorite shows of 2012
• My in-laws get in town tomorrow! Stoked!
• I've been on a quest for a church home (be praying for that please)
• I REALLY want to go see Titanic in 3D...who will go see it with me?
• I took pictures of me in my swimsuit today.
• Leia is still flea-free

Wait wait wait....let's back up a couple steps here. I did what? I took pictures of what? What in the Sam Hill was I thinking??!?!?!!? Here's why I did such madness. Last night, I stepped on the scale.

I stepped off.

I stepped on again.

I scratched my head and stepped off and on again.

I stepped of and did a round of squats, lunges and leg lifts.

I stepped on again.

Dangit.

The same number was on there every time. A number I haven't seen in a while. A number I don't ever want to see on the scale unless I'm 6 months pregnant. Guess what? I'm not 6 months pregnant, so something's gotta change.

I took front, side and...gulp...back pictures of my lumpy body in a swimsuit.

***Quit scrolling through the blog to find a picture of me in my suit, because those pictures are for MY eyes and MY eyes alone.***

So, I'm going to get a little more serious about my diet. I've got the exercise part of "diet and exercise" down pretty well, but that whole eating right thing is sometimes hard for me. So, I'm going to buckle down and quit eating like an NFL football player.

Each week, I'll take another picture of my front, side and behind to see how/if I've changed. And until I look like Jillian Michaels or Jennifer Anniston, those pictures will NEVER be published on this blog. NEVER!

So, that's what I've got going on.

Also...I got this in the mail yesterday:

A laptop cover for my new MacBook Air for only $8.99 from Amazon:
Love.

Okie doke. Lunch break over. OH! For lunch, I had a green smoothie complete with: strawberry yogurt, 1 banana, 5 strawberries, 1/2 cup pineapple, 1/2 cup mango, 1/2 cup skim milk, 2 big handfuls of kale. Yum.

Love you guys. Have a great day!