Achievement for our son and a snowstorm lol.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Last night my seven year old son had a huge honor. He was chosen out of all the first graders at school and two friends to read a story they have written. They read it in front of the school board, principles, teachers, parents, adminstrators and others. I was unable to go but my husband went and he said Zachary did so well and he was very impressed. He was such a stud and star I am sorry I missed it but I am very proud of my son with all his problems that was a huge honor for him.

Today it has been snowing all day and we are suppose to get another 5-7 inches tonight. We could end up with a total of 12 inches. I can not wait to go sledding with the kids.


Shrinking Shannon feeling good.

  

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KRZYKAT3 2/10/2010 8:15AM

COngrats to your son!! WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO! What a wonderful job! Must be all that good parenting! Got 7-9" here....

SOCALKAL 2/9/2010 7:18PM

Congratulations to your son Shannon!!!!! Those are the things that make motherhood so gratifying!!!!

SOCALKAL 2/9/2010 7:18PM

Congratulations to your son Shannon!!!!! Those are the things that make motherhood so gratifying!!!!

49 Questions

Monday, February 08, 2010

If you are reading this, you have the honor of copying all these goofy questions and writing your own responses! Paste these instructions in the body of your blog.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00 am

2. How do you like your steak?Medium rare

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Fourth harry potter movie

4. What is your favorite TV show? Biggest loser

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? and if money were no object: Hawaii

6. What did you have for breakfast? multgrain cherrios, blueberries, banana, sandwich thin, nutella, milk
7. What is your favorite cuisine? mexican

8. What foods do you dislike? brussel sprouts

9. Favorite Place to Eat? Clark lake golf course
10. Favorite dressing? used to be ranch now tomatoe basil

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Kia Sedona

12. What are your favorite clothes? Sweats and long sleeve shirts

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Hawaii

14. Glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Half full

15. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere warm

16. Favorite time of day? night after kids are in bed

17. Where were you born? Grand Rapids Michigan

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football and nascar

19. How many siblings? two

20. Favorite pastime/hobby? reading, soduko, computer, facebook

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? no idea

22. Bird watcher? yes.

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? night

24. Do you have any pets? No

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I have kept of 80 pounds for more than four years now.
26. What did you want to be when you were little? A mother

27. What is your best childhood memory? Staying with the grandparents and getting spoiled.

28. Are you a cat or dog person? dog

29. Are you married? Yes, almost eight years

30. Always wear your seat belt? ABSOLUTELY.

31. Been in a car accident? Yes

32. Any pet peeves? sure, who doesn't?

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? veggies, pineapple, candaian bacon

34. Favorite Flower? roses

35. Favorite ice cream? vanilla

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendy's

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? zero

38. From whom did you get your last email? Vicki

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? none

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Me?! haha, no...

41. Like your job? The children part yes, the adults I answer to no...

42. Broccoli? oh YES!!!

43. What was your favorite vacation? Honeymoon in Arizona 2002

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? My family.

45. What are you listening to right now? Wizards of Waverly place

46. What is your favorite color? Red

47. How many tattoos do you have? zero

48. How many people will fill this out? No Idea.

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 7:14 pm

  

  Member Comments About This Blog Post:

WALKERSSS 2/9/2010 4:28PM

Shannon - Thanks for sharing. Arizona is beautiful. Mexican was my favorite food forever till I tried a spicy tuna hand roll. Yum. Congratulations on keeping the 80# off, forever I'm sure. It's wonderful having you as a partner to keep losing weight with, You spark my desire to workout on a daily basis! I'm sure we'll hit the finish line. We can do it!

SHANTODD420 2/9/2010 12:40PM

April 20th

KRZYKAT3 2/8/2010 9:19PM

thanks for filling out the answers! We will have 9th anniversary in September, how about you?

SHANTODD420 2/8/2010 7:31PM

They were watching it but the one kid is in bed. The other one is at the school board meeting reading some of his writings.

NICOLE1071 2/8/2010 7:22PM

Wizards of Waverly place? Must be the kids watching it right?! I was in AZ for our honeymoon too! 1991 for us

I think I am finally hitting my stride lol.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Well went to my ww meeting with my daugther because my mother in law was sick again. I knew I needed to go to keep myself accountable. I am happy to report I lost 2.2 pounds this week. Woo hoo I think the exercise is finally catching up with me and the scale lol. I am going to put bob in tomorrow and workout with him. I think the best thing for me is to keep my body guessing and moving at all times. Need to workout before the super bowl tomorrow night.

Shrinking Shannon may be on the right track finally.

  

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LENGELKE 2/8/2010 11:50AM

Awesome! Doesn't it feel good?

R.FRANKLIN 2/7/2010 10:49AM

THats awesome Shannon!! Keep it up girl!!

NUSL8T 2/7/2010 10:36AM

KRZYKAT3 2/6/2010 8:39PM

SUPER Glad you are finding your stride, hope it keeps working for another year or more!

NICOLE1071 2/6/2010 7:34PM

FANTASTIC! Keep up the Wonderful job you are doing taking care of YOU!!

If you do not have it get it?

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

I would recommend if you have a wii then get the game ea sports. It is a lot of fun and very challenging. Today was my first day on it and boy i can tell you my legs are hurting. You do squats, lunges, strength training and all sorts of things. The time really flies going to do it again tomorrow. I am hopping to get wii sports resort for my birthday. I am hoping to show a loss at ww on Saturday. I am not sure though eating more with more exercise but I think I am doing something wrong. I will just keep pushing at it and changing things up.

Shrinking Shannon feeling sore lol.

  

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LENGELKE 2/4/2010 10:11AM

Oh, I want both of those games! I'll be buying them Saturday since my boyfriend doesn't know it yet, but I'm going shopping all weekend long

MASTERCARE 2/3/2010 8:31PM

One day...I hope to be able to afford to get one! Sounds like FUN...especially during the Winter months! Hang in there my friend!

WALKERSSS 2/3/2010 7:46PM

Shannon - EA sports, good to know. Don't get discouraged, your doing really well. Look at your weight ticker and it says it all. I know it's frustrating when the scale isn't going down, believe me I know. lol You're changing and the healthy you is working out! Glad you got the EA sports and you'll have to let me know how you like the EA sport when you get it! How many steps today! You rock...whoohooo

KRZYKAT3 2/3/2010 4:45PM

I really like the fit+ as well. Have been looking at the EA more - does anyoen have that?

07SANDYT 2/3/2010 3:43PM

I've been looking for an excuse to buy a Wii, now I have one... thank you.

Goals for February and Birthday

Monday, February 01, 2010

Wow february already and need to make goals for the month. I would like to lose 7-9 pounds by the 17th of this month. I am turning 34 and want to keep changing my body. Going to have to avoid birthday cake and junk this month lol. We have valentine's day, Zachary's b-day and mine all in one month. I will plan and pre plan for the weeks. I feel I do better when I plan and when I do not. Still trying to figure out how much I should be eating with the amount of exercise.


Goals:
1. Walk five days a week 30-60 minutes.
2. Get on the wii every day for 30-60 minutes.
3. Strength train M/W/F 30 minutes plus abs and circle pro
4. Eat my fruits and veggies.
5. Lose 7-10 pounds this month


Shrinking Shannon

  

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WALKERSSS 2/2/2010 5:13PM

Shannon - You have a great plan. I couldn't agree more about knowing what you'll be eating on those celebration days. Today's my birthday and I decided to have sugar free mint patties instead of cake. I had one for breakfast with coffee. 2 or 3 more after dinner. I'll bbq scallops and fillet migion. The 7 to 10 pounds a month...oh boy that is a great goal. I'll try to hit that with you. Taking a deep breath and thinking I'll need to workout 2 to 3 hrs a day. I'm not sure how many cal. to eat eaither. It's telling me on the biggest Loser Wii I need 1900. Are they kidding? We can do this and what better place to hit it hard then today!