CoCo's Corner

I am done feeling sorry for myself and done ranting, so I thought I would move on. We had a bridal shower for Rustie on Saturday. I think we ended up doing a pretty good job. She had a lot of people there and she got a lot of cool presents and fun stuff. I told her it was up to her whether or not her fiance got to come and in the end, she made him show up. We only did one game and mostly because I thought it would be fun to do it. It was a trivia game all about wedding trivia. Crystal did an awesome job on it. We also did something while Rustie was opening presents; we asked her questions about her and her fiance, the answers were compared to how Rodger would answer them and if she got the answer wrong, she had to eat a piece of bubble gum. Now, I have to say, it was pretty dang scary - she only had to eat like five pieces of gum - the two of them know each other so well that she only got a few of the questions wrong. I couldn't have anwered the same questions about Ted and...

OK - My mind has been spinning. My life is a whirl. I don't know what side is up or which side is down. I have a lot on my mind. I can't enjoy much right now, because other thoughts start to crowd out any thing fun or funny that start to creep in. I am on the edge. I want to blame the wedding. And, to be honest, it's about all I think about and I cannot wait for March 14 to get here!! That is the day I go back to work and plan to start a normal life once again. We hosted a bridal shower last Saturday. I think it turned out quite fun. A lot of people showed up and Rustie got a lot of fun presents and gifts. I had some sadness that went a long with it, too. I thought a lot about Kara that weekend. I am so sad that she has chosen the life she has and is missing out on a lot of memories that she will never be able to get back. This bridal shower, her brother's wedding. I know that she has some people convinced that it was me that kicked her out of my life, b...

I had an awesome birthday!! Thank you very much for asking!! I started the day by going to water aerobics. Now, that was an hour in the water and I really enjoyed it. I got out of the water and went to put my clothes on and realized I had forgotten my bra. Now, I'm not 20 and perky anymore, it was quite the quick trip out the door and to my car - wet hair in the 30 something degree weather. My family all met up and we went to Pei Wei for lunch. YUM YUM!!! Lettuce wraps and edamame for me. It was lots of fun. After that, we headed to the aquarium. I hadn't been there since it had been moved. At the Gateway, it was this little building that took about 15 minutes to get through - now it's quite the large building. I watched the octopus get fed, I touched the stingrays and starfish. I watched the jellyfish. I absolutely LOVED the penguins. They were my favorite. That was my annual kid party. This year, I also had a grownup celebration!! My son got a gig doing li...

So, I am working on week three of Weight Watchers. Now, the weight loss is not going so great, I am following the plan, but the weight isn't falling off. That's ok, I'm loving the plan and I know that it' going to be a little more difficult than previous runs at it, so I'm not so worried. I'm eating good (other than stupid little candy hearts and cake bites - damn tempters!!). I'm loving that I can eat all the fruit I want - it really does help with the sweets craving. Today, I did my first ZUMBA class. Holy cow, it was fun!! I looked like a fool!! But, I kept up (kind of) and stayed the entire hour!! I felt really good about myself. There was this other woman there, don't know if it was her first time, but she kind of stood there and threw her arms around a little bit. Next thing I knew, she was gone. Must not have been her thing. The effects were kind of crazy, the arches of my feet felt like they were on fire. My arms felt like they weighe...

So, I have decided to try and take control of my life. I really have no clue if I will be successful, but, I am in need of some control. There is really very little I can control outside of my own little world, so, I may as well try and control what I can. First line of business: I am trying to regain control of my health and well being. I have re-joined Weight Watchers for the umpteenth time. I am going back to my roots. When I first started on this journey, Weight Watchers is where I began. I had success on it. I felt great for the first time in a "brazilian" years. They have an awesome new plan where you can eat all the fruit that you want. I'm LOVING it!! OK, so I've only done it for a little over a week, but, so far it's been great!!! I am really scared that I am not going to lose weight like I want to; according to the leader I talked to, my use of HCG probably is going to make it more difficult to lose weight. I decided when I signed up, thoug...