The New Hairdo

So this past week I got my hair cut for the first time in 3 years and I have to say that for the first time in my entire life I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my hair!!!!! I got it cut at Cost Cutters in Tucson (near the target on harrison if any of you wanna go there oh and the girl who did it is Dulce she ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) And then I got 3 colors put in it. I got dark brown over most of it with blonde & red highlights. I love it! It's exactly what I wanted and the best part is that it was cheap!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Well today is Mother's day so here's my shout out to all the Mom's out there! Hope it was a beautiful day for all of you. Here's a lil update on my update..... found out what was wrong with my wrist it is very torn and I have to have surgery. I have an appointment for the 21st set with the surgeon. I just hope Im all recovered from it BEFORE we go to Alpine or we can't go this year!!!! :(

Family Update

Hello all, sorry for such a SHORT blog last time but I was sick with the worst flu that I've ever ever had in my life... I didn't squeal like a pig though so I don't think it was Swine Flu! HA HA! Anyway I'm back to feeling better, still cough a little but not bad. Anyway here's an update on us....
Danny (8) is definitely ready for school to be over. He went on a fishing field trip to my Uncle Eldon's pond and caught the biggest fish of the class! He was so proud of the fish, and was sad that he had to throw it back. I tease my parents all of the time saying they have "corrupted" my child because he eats things I have never wanted to. He even eats the dreaded ONIONS! yuck! Of course my nephew Jake likes to teach him to make disgusting stuff like mixing different sodas together or having a peanut butter, jelly & Tuna sandwich. GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That concerns me on a number of levels (lol a line from "Bolt"). He's excited for Fall because he will get to play soccer again! He loves to play. This year he has had my cousin Polly Edington for his 2nd grade teacher and she's been good for him. He's way excited for the summer because he gets to go camping with grandma & grandpa Welker (my parents) and then in July we will be going up to Alpine for a week! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love alpine so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David (10) has his moments when he's seeming to progress with the autism and sometimes he just seems like he is regressing. I am having a really hard time with him right now. Sometimes he'll get where I have little to no problems with him.... but then something will set him off. If he had a bad day at school wether the teacher was hard on him (which is normally the case because she expects WAYYYYYYYYYY too much out of him) or one of the kids at school will call him "gay" which is the it word right now. I swear people just need to take their kids and swat em and wash their mouths out with soap! Kids at school get a kick out of teasing david for everything that is wrong with him including the fact that he has an overweight mother. You should hear some of the things he tells me his "friends" are telling him at school about me. I mean wether it's true or not (the fact that he does have an overweight mom) that's not their place to tease him about it and hurt his feelings. He is an oversensitive child and when I hear things that he tells me they say I just want to march up to their parents and give them a piece of my mind about telling them to teach their children some manners!

Lori Well as far as the weight loss goes I am up to 18.5 lbs lost! I'm so excited and my doctor is too. When he saw the dramatic weight jump he had to do a double take and he said "WAIT A MINUTE YOU HAVE LOST ALMOST 20 LBS IN ONE MONTH!!" Wooo go me!! if i keep that up and don't plateau for the next 12 months i will be at my goal weight in a year!!!!!!!! but I'm sure plateau is inevitable. As far as my wrist/hand goes. Still dont know what is going on. I find out the results from the Orthopedic Specialist tomorrow what the results of my wrist MRI are. Im hoping it's not arthritis but thinking it is.

Anyway till next time

Spring Is Here

Spring is here but so is the Flu Season for me. YUCK! I don't feel great but I thought I'd put some pics of the boys on here. They are the spring pics they take for school.

Sometimes It's Just Better If You Let Go

Well as most of you know my Grandma Welker has been suffering with severe Dementia for the last 6 years or so. She had an operation on her back I don't know how to spell what it was I'll just say how it's pronounced the sy-attic nerve... anyway since then her mind deteriorated and she started out just forgetting small things she'd ask the same question over and over and over again. My mom and dad took care of her day in and day out. Then it got to the point where she needed other people to come and take care of her. She'd forget where she'd put stuff and say that someone stole it from her, or the caregivers would need to drive her car and she'd say they were stealing her car, etc... Anyway, she got to where she couldn't remember being divorced from my grandpa (they got divorced in the 80's when I was like 7). She couldnt remember that my Uncle Dallas passed away and telling her over and over again took a toll on all of us. It was like telling her for the first time each time and it was bitterly painful to watch her cry about it. We would go to visit her and she wouldnt remember we were there. One time I went over and she asked where all her kids were and she didn't even recognize that I was me. It was so hard to see her like that. Anyway.... back in November my parents sent her up to an assisted living community up in Peoria where my Aunt Donna could be near her. She kept sneaking out, because she didn't know where she was and they moved her to a different level where she'd be closer monitored. Well she fell and broke her hip and had to have surgery. Since then she was moved into a nursing home and is now in Hospice. My aunt Donna told me yesterday that they had told her it's not going to be too much longer before she passes away. It's really hard but it goes along with the old saying "Sometimes it's better to let go than to hold onto something that isn't there." And it's true. She's really not "there" anymore. She's not the grandma I've known and loved for 32 years.... she's this frail, skinny old woman who doesn't remember anything. She's not there mentally anymore and she's barely there physically. It will be a huge blessing when she does pass on. We will miss her terribly.... my son David is having a really hard time with this because he is really close to Grandma. I will always remember the good times spent with my Grandma. I'll always remember having fun with my cousins out at the Welker farm in Safford, and getting in trouble with my cousins for playing in the Pomagranant trees (LOL!!!!), I'll always remember her cookies, her home-cooked meals, and all of the cats she used to have out at the farm. I'll remember Christmas' spent there getting pj's and wearing them with my brothers and cousins at the farm. I'll always remember when we helped her move from the farm house after the divorce, not an easy thing to forget because my grandma barney passed away while we were there. I'll always remember the hugs and kisses. Anyway I better stop before I start crying.

Catching Up

Well it has been a while since I've posted so I thought I might better catch you all up to speed. I have fully decided to apply for the Biggest Loser show. I was not going to, but then I've been watching this season and there is a girl on there that when she started out she was as heavy as me.... and she basically has been my inspiration into applying, etc.... I think "well if she can do it, why can't I?" So I'm going into this with the attitude of I may not get it, but even if I don't at least I can say that I tried! If I do get called to go on the show I'm going to need some help with my boys. It'll probably be really hard on them with me being gone for so long and that's the only thing that has kept me from doing this. I've filled out my application and made my video and am sending it in today. It's supposed to be there by the 31st so I'm cutting it kind of close!!!!
Today is David's 10th birthday! This is the first time ever that he has had to go to school on his birthday and he is NOT happy about it. His teacher is not really a nice person and she won't even let him bring cupcakes even though the school said that he could. She's got her favorite students and parents and that is just not right. There's times when she's let kids bring cupcakes there. Anyway.... don't get me started on her.... so anyway as I said he's never had to go to school on his birthday, it's always either been Spring Break, Easter Weekend, Good Friday, etc.... and to add a match to the flame, Report Cards come out today!!!!!! Poor guy! Anyway that's all for now, if I think of something to type again I will. Bye!

Some Questions About Me

1) How many keys are on your keychain?A lot.House Key, Car Key, File Cabinet Key, Mail Key, I guess that's not a lot!
2) If you were given a canvas and watercolors, what would you paint?oh i dont know I can't paint for crap!
3) What do you regard as the most repulsive form of music?none
4) Whose mind, besides your own, would you like to control?the world ha ha ha ha.JUST KIDDING I wouldn't want to control anyone's mind!
5) What is the most dangerous occupation?oh I don't know there's a lot of them
6) What is the first thing you do when you get out of bed?Wake up the boys
7) What do you consider the greatest threat to mankind?Men lol
8) If you could project yourself into the past, where would you go?Theres lots of times Id like to go...
9) What are you thankful you are not doing right now?I'm thankful that I'm not with jerkface anymore!
10) What is your favorite kind of candy?Chocolate.
11) What is your favorite thing about the beach?I havent been to a beach in 17 years and you expect me to answer that?
12) If you were invisible, where would you go?ooooo Lots of places!!!! And no I'm not thinking dirty either!
13) What is one object in your home that you are embarrassed to own?nothing
14) Fill in the blank; When I dance, I look like:no comment
15) Who is one person you wish you would have never met?I really don't want to answer that question.
16) What is your favorite fruit?Strawberries, Grapes & Watermelon! Oh and i love fresh pineapple and kiwi! Fresh blackberries are pretty dang shnazzy too!
17) What is your favorite kind of cookie?not a big cookie fan... however I love cookie dough..... i know i'm retarded ok?!
18) If you were an evil dictator, where would you rule?oh I don't know there's lots of places! ha ha
19) What do you need to get right now at the drug storeIf they sold lives I'd get one!
20) What song do you keep hearing over and over again?"Mouth Shut" by The Veronica's good song! has lots of meaing to me
21) What was the happiest age of your life?childhood and in 2006
22) What is your favorite piece of clothing that you own?my black cami that I wear under my shirts. into the whole layered look.When you have a long torso you have to layer!
23) What two words describe your lifestyle?crazy/laid back
24) Which ocean creature fascinates you most?Dolphins and fishies
25) On a scale of 1-10; how religious are you?9-10
26) What historical figure would you most like to have a discussion with?Several come to mind.... Abe Lincoln, The Earp brothers, Martin Luther King Jr., J Rockefeller (I'm actually in a roundabout way related to him but..... I cant remember how and not close enough to have the money!!!), I'd love to knock Bruce Ismay upside the head (from the Titanic story yes he was a real person and yes he was a yellowlivered snake), people from the titanic (captain, passengers, survivors etc...), lots of people!
27) What colors look best on you?Black, Blues and Greens & purples.Pink does too
28) What is your favorite thing about being sick?ok are you demented? I hate being sick!
29) Whats new?nuttin much whats new with you?
30) Why are you here right now?because I have no life and I'm bored
31) What commercial do you find most annoying?don't watch tv so when I do I would have to say all of them!
32) What was your favorite meal growing up?My mom's chicken fried steak or her pizza (all of you who know my mom would agree to this)
33) If you had to spend the rest of your life in one place, where would it be?Pacific Islands
34) Fill in the blank; I am so much smarter than:a lot of people ... and what they think I am apparently
35) What one person or thing reminds you of the 80s?Tammi. Because we love the 80's.... movies, music, etc...
36) What is college really good for?duh learning, getting a degree, etc...
37) Where is the most beautiful place you have ever been?The Temple... and will again one day! *sigh* oh and the white mountains (fave place to be besides the temple)
38) What body part aches you the most right now?my head from lack of sleep & my hands (think I might be getting carpal tunnel or arthritis)
39) When is the angriest you have ever been?when my ex made me snap a couple of months ago.
40) What do you waste your time doing?internet
41) On a scale of 1-10; how much do you trust people?I trusted too much and look where it got me!
42) If you were forced to choose your own death, how would you die?while I'm sleeping so I don't feel nothin
43) On a scale of 1-10; how photogenic are you?0
44) What aspect of your personality could use a little work?a lot!
45) What is your greatest addiction?men unfortunately!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
46) What issue are you sick of hearing about?that octomom, the economy, barack osama ooops i mean obama, etc.... lots of issues!
47) If you were a professional wrestler, what would your ring name be?i dont know.... blue eyed monster? rofl!!!!!
48) What language would you like to master?Spanish, French & Italian
49) What is your favorite dish at a Chinese restaurant?Chicken Lo Mein, or Sweet & Sour Chicken I LOVE chinese food... those are just my faves
50) Who would you least likely expect a phone call from?the ex.... he better not ever call me again!
51) What is the longest you have ever gone without a shower?ewwwwwwww like a few days at girls camp the year we go out hiking and stay I believe back then it was called The adventurer year..... now its something different
52) What is the saddest movie you have ever seen?there's lots of them steel magnolias, Titanic, The Notebook ( cant get through those 3 without crying)
54) Where is the worst place to be stuck waiting?an elevator if your severely chlostrophobic like I am!
55) What is the cutest animal on Earth?baby animals
56) Name one celebrity that has no right being a celebrity.right now I think Kristen Stewart.... she did a good job on Twilight but I think they should have picked someone else.
57) What hobby have you always wanted to pick up?drawing, painting