I won an award :>

The lovely Katie J from Katie J is on her way gave me an award...

The rules for the blog award are as follows:

• Thank the blogger that gave it to you
• Post 10 things you don't know about me
• Pass it on...

So thank you, Katie! :>

Hmmn 10 things?

1. My sex drive has dropped considerably since I had Baby Girl.  Hubs and I get lucky maybe 2x a week now on average whereas it used to be 4 - 6x per wk.
2. When I get to a weight I am happy with - I want to look into a slight breast reduction (if it's covered by health care) if I am still a D-cup or larger.
3. Currently I am an "E" cup.
4. I hate soda fountain pop because it's always watered down and gross.
5. I've been reading a lot of Nora Roberts novels lately.
6. I get Hubs to scratch my back almost every night before we go to sleep.
7. I find it disconcerting changing Baby Girl's diapers - I think changing Son's diapers were easier.
8. I have 3 weddings to attend this year.  I think I know what I am wearing to two of them.
9. I was more excited when I saw an ad for the upcoming season of "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" than I was during "So You Think You Can Dance"'s current season.
10. I think I look pretty today.

Now as for passing it on...  I need to think on that a bit more.  I'll edit this post later and then notify the bloggers I am going to pass the award on to.

OK so I've been lax -- so if it's been awhile since you've received an award - please award YOURSELF with this one and then post a reply and tell me or email me :>

Thanks!

Passing on the versatile blogger award & some things about my day

Alright so 5 bloggers I'd like to pass the award on to PLUS 6 things about me that people don't know...

The Blogs (and the Bloggers who write them):

• Dark Mother Goddess
• Goodbye, Fat Girl
• I Am That
• Finding my Fabulosity
• and this one I'm leaving blank because there are so many blogs I read (even if I don't always have a comment) that I think deserve some kudos and award-type love so if you want this award or think someone else deserves it - I leave this spot for you to snag it and pass it along!!!

6 Things about me most of you don't know

#1 - I own exactly ONE g-string and it was actually comfortable even if I did not think it looked as sexy on me as Hubs thought it did (and yeah, I've only worn it once).

#2 - I bought a belly-dancing coin belt today at the Farmer's Market because I still remember telling Ellen that I'd try to do a belly-dancing vlog for April 7th.

#3 - I have HUGE feet for a woman, especially since I got ripped off in the height department (I'm 5 ft 5 and 1/2 inches tall). My new Reeboks are a MENS size 9.5 (aka a women's 11.5).

#4 - I am going on a trip to Calgary with one of my BFFs for the long wkend in May. It will be my first time on a plane since the year 2000.

#5 -I'm really enjoying the new show, "Mad Love" on CBS because I adore Tyler Labine (Larry) & his chemistry with Judy Greer (Connie), who I adore in a different way, is fantastic.

Yes, I know the "main" couple of the show are supposed to be Jason Biggs (Ben) & Sarah Chalke (Kate) but, although I enjoy the actors and their characters - for me it's all about "Larry" and "Connie."

Also, I love seeing Connie-obsessed neighbour, Clyde (Martin Starr - who I loved most as Bill on "Freaks & Geeks" ).

#6 - I'm not wearing a bra right now (I just breastfed Baby Girl and I wasn't wearing a nursing bra today).

There - 6 things - done!

I only have 4147 steps so far today - but it's kind of yucky outside so I didn't go for a walk with S-girl.

I am happy with my Reeboks (on sale from the outlet store!!! $50 cheaper than the ones I tried on at the mall).  I also got a hoodie for $16.50 (down from $59.99).  And I picked up Son a pair of size 4 kids Reeboks for 19.99 (they should fit by summer).

We caved and bought bacon for the first time since, I actually think last July when I started this journey.

It comes from a local farm.  We buy various meat products from them because they aren't feeding the animals food enhanced with chemicals and such.

Everything we've ever bought from them has been really tasty - cooks up well and doesn't have a lot of fat or grease.

Also stopped by Walmart and grabbed a 3 sleeper set ($12) and a 2 pair set of stretchy pants ($5) for Baby Girl and 2 "Twilight" shirts for Step-Daughter (on clearance for $3 each).

Oh and I replaced a long-lost Jude Deveraux book of mine and picked up two more Kathy Reichs at the market.

Almost forgot - we got some soybeans for snacking on.  My naturopath turned me on to these...

The website for the soybeans is:  www.beanladies.com

Edited to add that I've received some great comments on this blog post but they are not showing up on Blogger...

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!#@@@##!!!!!???

*sigh*

I'm adding the comments:


Tim (Site/Blog URL: http://timmoyoungfatboythin.blogspot.com/) commented on Passing on the versatile blogger award & some things about my day - http://fat-angry-blog.blogspot.com/:

I like your trainers, they're really nice. I've never had Reebok ones before but I've had my eye on a pair for a while now after quite a few people have said how comfortable they tend to be.

Congtats on the reward!

Grace (Site/Blog URL: http://healthyxdreaming.blogspot.com/) commented on Passing on the versatile blogger award & some things about my day - http://fat-angry-blog.blogspot.com/:

You have the nicest hourglass figure! I would kill for a defined waist like that. i stumbled on your blog and I LOVE IT!

als (Site/Blog URL: http://dancingtowardsmyself.blogspot.com/) commented on Passing on the versatile blogger award & some things about my day - http://fat-angry-blog.blogspot.com/:

I love your new hip belt, and LOOK AT YOUR WAIST!!! Gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see you dancing in your Belly Vlog! :D

lesley (Site/Blog URL: http://sheddingthiscocoon.blogspot.com/) commented on Passing on the versatile blogger award & some things about my day - http://fat-angry-blog.blogspot.com/:

Your waist is just FANFUCKINGTASTIC. i know i say this every time you post a picture, but you are such a great hourglass shape. You are looking really good mama!

xx
lesley

Good morning! A weigh-in and an award post

weight: 204.2 lbs

Slowly but surely - I'm getting there!  It's been a struggle lately but I did receive a number of compliments yesterday... from my friend's childcare provider and from some of the other parents at Son's Kung Fu class (two of them, about an hour apart said to me, "Oh my God, you are shrinking every time I see you.  You look fantastic.")

It's hard to believe that on April 4, 2010 I was 286 lbs.  I am down 81.8 lbs since then! (And yes, I know I'm really only tracking from when I got focused on July 23, 2010 when I was 278 lbs but I need to celebrate all the weight I've lost since just after I had Baby Girl).

I received The Versatile Blogger Award from the lovely and talented Ellen @ Fat Girl Wearing Thin yesterday.  She couldn't remember the rules & neither can so I'll have to edit this later because Baby Girl is squirming and I have to get dressed so we can go to the Farmer's Market.

Also, I need to post my previously prepared music post...

awards, tmi girl stuff, general thoughts and Fraggles

OK so my head and back are killing me...

I can't promise that this post will be strung together with any sort of meaning.

First, the lovely and verbose My Big Fat Super Super Obese Blog (soon to be: My Getting Skinny Super Super Teeny Weeny Blog gave me the stylish blogger award.  As I've already received it - I say thank you very kindly and again, invite those who don't have it to snag it out of my sidebar.


Though I have never received a Versatile Blogger Award or a Life Is Good Award (and there may well be other blog awards out there that I don't have) though I really don't write my blog for awards or even to have X amount of followers (I was pleasantly surprised to see I have over 100 followers now - and I appreciate all your comments!)


I blog because it's a good outlet for me.  For years I had a livejournal.  Then when I left Son's father, I abandoned my first LJ and started a new one but then I just strayed away from using LJ so much and I got into Facebook and then Blogger, but not as much as I am now - if you know what I mean... and Babycenter when I found out I was pregnant with Baby Girl.


I started my FIRST post-partum period today... ugghy!


After Son my period was back super-fast but I was actually hoping it just wouldn't bother coming back this time...


*sigh*


Now I'm watching the Dr. Oz ep we taped earlier.. the guest is some guy I've never heard of Dr. Joe Mercola.


I did my Wii Sports Active workout and I think I'll still be going to the track with the girls later.


I've still been kicking around the idea of doing a vlog but I'm still too nervous.


Oh and coolest of cool - I bought 3 Fraggle puppets today.


Baby Girl (who has EIGHT teeth now if I didn't mention it before - I can't remember) loves Fraggle Rock.


She first saw it on Teletoon Retro and then we bought the DVDs but I was astounded to find Fraggle Rock puppets!


So we have Red, Boober and Wimbley.

OK - Can't think of what else to say... ciao for now!

Thank you very much!

The lovely Stacy awarded me the Stylish Blogger Award.

Since I've received it already - this time I will take a page from some of the other bloggers I adore and say that whomever out there who reads and enjoys my blog and has a blog of their own --

Award yourself!

You deserve it!


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Now, tonight I had an odd NSV... Hubs wanted to get subs for supper.  From Subworx.  I love those but they don't love my body and my body doesn't love digesting them.

So instead of a pizza sub with double meat, double cheese, extra sauce on sour dough bread, I had baby spinach with grilled chicken breast, ham and a bit of cheese and tzatziki sauce in a whole wheat wrap.

Ooh, another award

Though this one is a lil sneaky since the tres awesome Big, Fat Gini posted it as such:

"And, since I adore each of you, I'm just going to pass this out to everyone. I think you're all stylish, sassy and irresistibly sweet!

Go on. Take it. The blogging po-po ain't gonna come for ya for breaking some little old rules. Um. Right? " on her blog post.

The rules:

- List five guilty pleasures
-Pass this on to three fabulous bloggers that you know and love

Five guilty pleasures:

- a bubble bath with an "escapist" book (vampire-related, romance or erotica or some combination of the 3)
-  getting a pedicure (though I've only had a professional one done once b ut I enjoyed it)
- watching some of my fave TV shows on DVD
- a portion of chocolate with hazelnut or almonds 
- singing at the top of my lungs, with the music cranked when I am alone since it's not a talent of mine - LOL!

Hmmn, to 3 fabulous bloggers?   All of you are fabulous but I'll pick out 3 of my girls I adore who I haven't awarded lately.

Sarah @ My FAB Challenge 
Ellen @ Fat Girl Wearing Thin 
Stephanie @ She's in there Somewhere 

I won an award - edited to add winners

So my thanks go to Kelly from Life in the Fat Lane for giving me the Stylish Blogger award.

According to her instructions... I am to do the following:

• Post and link back to the person who awarded you this award
• Share 7 things about yourself
• Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers (or as many as you can)
• Contact the bloggers and tell them they won

So this is the post...

Share 7 things??

There are some (sex-related) things I don't blog about because Hubs has asked me not to.

Baby Girl has 7 teeth now -- all the better to bite me with (she left marks in my arm!)

I have already had a bubble bath today and it's not even 6:30 p.m.

I am supposed to go for a 5 k walk tonight with M & 1G1D1Y but I am not sure I feel up to it.

I am now on "Dead to the World" of the Sookie Stackhouse series (yes, I read rather quickly).  I like book Sookie MUCH better than TV's True Blood Sookie.

I am having (comfort food) Alphagetti for supper.  Yes, Alphagetti.  And I have to spell my first name and eat that before I eat any of the rest of the letters.

After I exercise strenuously it tends to have an uncomfortable effect on the behaviour of my stomach and/or my bowels.
I will edit this post and add the bloggers later tonight or tomorrow.

And now...

The award also goes out to the following blogs (bloggers) whom I do not think have received this award before:


The Big, Fat Gini Blog
Life as a Caterpillar
Cankles and Carrots
Totally the Turtle
Fat Like Me
Goodbye, Fat Girl
Two Years to Happy Weight After
On the way to Onederland
Plump Nonfiction
Teena in Toronto
The Woman Inside Me

What's Eating You **since Digger also got this award from Stephanie... so I'm giving it to Gina @ Mostly True Stories
Polar's Page
Healthy Schmealthy
and
My Winning Year - 2011

So my blogging friends - please complete the following things...

• Post and link back to the person who awarded you this award
• Share 7 things about yourself
• Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers (or as many as you can)
• Contact the bloggers and tell them they won

Honest Scrap award

From Nut in a Lifeshell.

How it was passed on to me may be a bit nontraditional but I do think that this award does tend to suit me and my blog.

OK, 10 honest things...

1. I snore but I hate when Hubs snores and I will wake him up and then try desperately to fall asleep before he starts up again.
2. I have a hard time disciplining the kids because sometimes their excuses/reasons really crack me up and I have to leave the room and laugh.
3. I would always choose to have a pet cat over a dog.
4. When I was a child, I thought I could see the sleep sand being dropped into my bedroom by the Sandman.
5. I hate going to shopping malls at ANY time of year but especially now.
6. I get afraid that I am being followed by random strangers when I am driving alone.
7. I worked at a gas bar for almost 4 yrs and if a gas pump is properly calibrated I can always pump to an exact amount without programming the machine.
8. I had a burner fire here once and when my fire extinguisher didn't work -- I googled how to put out a burner fire.  Thank goodness I had backing soda in the fridge!
9. I have wanted to go get a professional massage for years but I don't out of fear that it would be like the episode of "Friends" when Monica got the massage from Phoebe.
10. I sneeze REALLY loudly and it boggles me to be around quiet sneezers because it is so bloody foreign to me.

And the Award goes to... (yes, 5 of you are getting an award)

OK so I received clarification from Sarah that yes, I should choose some people/blogs to pass the award on to.

Let me add that it was very difficult to pick 5 of you as I could have easily handed out many more!

#1 Is my friend, Ellen @ Fat Girl Wearing Thin because she writes from the heart, she really cares about people and I just love her blog - plus she has an excellent hate-loss challenge for 2011 that I think everyone should join.

#2 Is Colleen @ Goodbye Fat Girl because although she doesn't have a lot of followers yet, I think she has a lot to say.  She also has another blog about her kids, that I've been back-reading and enjoy though it hasn't been updated in a bit.

#3 Is bd160 @ Dancing Towards Myself because although she hasn't been blogging for long, when she updates - she's interesting to read.

#4 Is Life as a Caterpillar because I enjoy her blog and she is really dedicated about tracking her food intake, which is one of the things that I think has really helped me thus far on my own journey.  Plus check out how nicely she rocks her new dress!

#5 Last, but not least, is my homegirl and one of my BFFs of many years, H. @ 1girl1dress1year because she makes me get my ass out of the house to exercise as well as she gets me out when my anxiety and panic make me want to hide away from the world.  She is smart, sarcastic and a damn good friend!

So ladies, enjoy your award!  And please pass it on to 5 other bloggers you admire.

My first blog award

The lovely Sarah from My FAB Challenge gave me my first blog award!

This is what she said about me:  "FAB @ Fat-Angry Blogger... I love reading about her life.. her kids, her weight loss, even her BM's.. and love that she doesn't really give a IT about what she writes.. :)"

Now I left her a message to ask if I am to now to award this to 5 bloggers that I follow and when I have that clarification I'll either update this post or make a new one.

Thanks again, Sarah!

:)