Part One-The Weight

Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty AND the real reason I started this blog.  I’m going to address the elephant in the room- myself.  Oh Julia! Unnecessary roughness!   Where should I begin? I have been denying that I needed to lose weight and get healthy for about the last say five, six, seven years. I think to myself, "Oh, you're fine. You’re only in a size 8, size 10, size 12!" THEN, I see a picture of a bleach blonde dumpy person myself and am shocked!  When did this happen?

 Let's go back in time, shall we? I've been lucky and growing up never really had a weight issue. In high school I ran cross country, played softball and other shenanigans but I would not say I was really all that athletic. I mean in cross country I was at the back of the pack. If it hadn't been for athletics I would have been hefty because I have a strong devotion to consume calorie enriched foods. 

Hello my name is Julia and I am a Reese’s peanut butter lovin’, nacho hoarder, Dr. Pepper guzzler, passionate junk food devourer and hold the unofficial honorary title of Donut Queen.   And my family is fantastic cooks of homemade cinnamon rolls, buttermilk pancakes, & cornbread.  We never met a carb we didn’t like.  Fast forward through high school and wham bam thank you ma’am I’m twenty & married with two kids.  The first kid I walked into L&D weighing 150 pounds and four weeks later was back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 105 pounds.
Then came the second kid, exactly two years later, and the weight after that continued to creep up and up and I completely ignored it by eating more food.  That’s the first problem.

The second problem is…a hereditary circumstance.  I’m a hobbit.  There I wrote it.  It’s true and I can’t deny that somewhere in my bloodline, I am first cousins to Frodo.  Other than the fact that I am not hairy and have relatively small feet, my physique is pretty spot on.



See the family resemblance?  I'm the one on the left.

Road Trip-Germany style

Dear Texas,

This past weekend we went on a road trip- Germany style.  Which means Autobahns, high speeds, and paying to potty. A little FYI on Germans and public toliets (WC or water closets to them), Germans will go to the bathroom anywhere.  I have seen more streams than I care to count.  I've learned to divert my eyes.  Hubster once saw a woman squatter.  Why do they all pee on the side of the road?  BECAUSE I don't know why, maybe because you have to pay to pee at gas stations.  I think it's well worth it because that means they have attendants which means clean water closets.  Well, worth the money honey!

 

It was spent in the beautiful Bavarian Alps.  It's about a five hour drive from home.

 

We spent Friday at the Partnach Gorge.

 

 

It was  a hike to the gorge so since Mama's lazy we were lucky enough to hop a board a horse & carriage.

(Of course, the girls were the most excited about it.)

 

 

 Brr rabbit.  It was cold.  You would think by now we would be use to the everchanging Germany weather but we are still learning our lessons.

 You walk through the gorge on a very wet, narrow AND

 

 

sometimes pitchblack path...

 

 

After getting wet and cold, we found the carriage left us so we had to hike back down on our own.

Miss. Priss thinks walking is for the birds.

 

Welcome

Dear Texas,

I thought it would be fun to do 21 questions & see how the answers change a year from now.

1. The TV show I never miss is…The Office when it was still on or reruns.

2.  The most memorable thing I have ever seen is…Paris, absolutely beautiful.  I did not realize how mesmerizing it would be until I saw it in person.

 

3. My favorite comfort food is…nachos & chocolate chip cookies.

4. How many siblings do you have…seven, five sisters & one brother!

5. If I could do one thing over… it would be March, 2011.

6. The best gift I have ever received was… my four children!

 

7. The place I would most like to visit is…Ireland!

8. The one thing I always wanted to learn how to do… is play the piano.

9. The best thing I ever bought myself was…snack size bag of Reese's cups haven’t gotten it yet!

10. If I could design a perfect day, it would be spent with …my husband & children in London.  "Look kids Big Ben, Parliament..."

11. The person I would most like to meet, living or dead, is… Mother Teresa.

12. What do you do when you get bored…Bored,what's that?

13. The thing people always think about me that is wrong is …that I’m snobby or a bitch.

 

14. If I could be reincarnated I would come back as….Harper Lee.

15. My worst bad habit is… procrastination!

16. What are you most scared of…a shark attack.

17. If I had a million dollars that I had to spend in one day I would buy donate it to Giveforward and max out as many fundraisers as possible.

18. Where we’re you born…in a small East Texas town.

19. The best book I ever read is Gone with the Wind.

20. The most important goal I hope to achieve in my life… is to write a famous novel or be this...

21. The biggest “YES!” moment in my lifetime was… when I said “yes” to hubster’s proposal!

Ciao, Julia

Unofficially Numero Uno

Dear Texas,
Well, here goes the first unofficial post & I am officially not blogless any longer!

Can I just say, "I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!"  I don't know why I'm nervous.
 
Anyways, I'm starting this blog to keep my mom  family up to date on our lives, hold myself accountable to finally lose that stubborn baby weight, and document our day to day.

So mums, since you'll probably be my only dedicated follower.  We are doing well. Hubs is still gone for another week.  And I am still freaking out over the upcoming BIG D, but it's just one of those objectionables that go along with being married to the Army.

Other than that we are having a relaxing weekend... which is our code for watching reruns of Downton Abbey and me not fighting Haley to wear pants.

Ciao, Julia