winkers said:I guess I'll introduce myself now, this reminds me of moving and going to a new church for the first time and being asked to "introduce" myself at the pulpit! But this is so much easier since I'm in my comfy, stained , maternity night gown and there's no microphone or people staring at me! I have a huge fear of public speaking...............anyway, Hi my name is Cherie and I'm fat!!!!I'm 32 and have a great dh and 4 kids. Ranging from 13 to 7. I'm a stay at home mom. Don't you just love that term. As I tell my kids all the time, yes I just sit around watching soaps and eating bon bons all day! My dh, who is 38 just started back to school last quarter plus working a full time job at night, so I feel like a single mom. In my spare time
, I work with the young women at church (LDS), which I love!! I love to scrapbook, buy things for scrapbooking, read, bake, do crafty things. I'm a bit of a britophile, so I totally agree with the Pride and Prejudice junkies! I love the older bbc version, didn't care for the one that came out last year. My favorite chanel is bbcamerica. I one day dream of going to the UK. I've been trying to loose 50 lbs for over 3 years. After losing 15 from walking I hit a plateau and can't seem to loose anymore, so I started jazzercise. Which reminds me a little of being back in highschool. My favorite days are when it's the "lite" class and I'm about the only one there who doens't have silver hair. There's a few ladies in their 80's who go and have more stamina than me. Such a self esteem boost! I'd post a picture but I don't quite get how, sadly that's not all I don't get! I'm excited to get to know all of you, and hoping you can help keep me motivated!
UtahMama said:Winkers! Another LDS peep! I was Young Women's Secretary, as of this week, though, I am Laurel Advisor. Our ward is massive and about to be split so I was hinted that I am headed for "bigger and better" things...yikes! I get to hand-pick my babysitters, which is nice.
I'm a stay at home mom too. I really enjoy sitting on my bum-bum all day eating bon-bons and watching soap operas too! Which is code for doing 20 loads of laundry and 3 cycles of dishes, take care of 4 kids under age 2 1/2 (daycare), cook, clean, scrub, organize, etc.
Very nice to meet you!
I've been in there before and it's my favorite place to serve, I've just never benn "in charge" before! 
UtahMama said:
(Sending sunshine because there isn't any around here today. 
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UtahMama said:
YES, I like the movies...but I was hopin' for something a bit more touching to commerate my very first Mother's Day as a mom...He has since redeemed himself and given better gifts ). Dh and I celebrated our 11th anniversary this past September. I love dh but he kills me with his NEVER gain an ounce thing. I swear that man eats double what I do and I am the one with the weight problem.
I am the manager of my eldest son's select traveling soccer team, I am the head of our home school co-op, on the board of a home school support group, help run the servant evangelism outreach at our church, teach a "Books Alive" class at a home school co-op and in general get suckered in to a ton of things I didn't even know I wanted to do 
BUT, I do enjoy doing almost all of them...I just need that 25th hour in every day to fit it all in. 
jaycns said:Hello Skinny Minnies!! I thought I would do the whole intro thing myself...
Feel free to call me Jay. Lots of people do. However, that is not my given name. It's Jennifer...but NOBODY uses that. Jenna is the only form of Jennifer I answer too.
I am in my early 30s and up until about 10 years ago...I really was a skinny minnie... 4 stressful, bed ridden births later I am NOT a skinny minnie...in fact...POOH sized is my new size. I am the mom of three little boys who are my sun, my moon and my stars! They are 10, 7 and 5. We lost a daugther at birth between our first and second sons and had three other miscarriages. I am an emotional eater...thus...each one of those losses set me back at least 15 lbs. ISH.
But back to the happy stuff...I have my boys and I love them dearly. I also have a most wonderful dh (although he has his quirks as they all do....for my first ever Mother's Day gift I got the Die Hard Trilogy on DVD???!!!
I am a SAHM and I home school the boys. I love doing it. It's awesome to see those little lights click on in their eyes when they learn something new. It's also hard as heck and sometimes I wonder about my own sanity for doing it. But...the good is far better then the bad for our family so we keep doing it. My boys are really into soccer so on any given night/weekend you would find me at a practice or game. It's exhausting but fun.
And while my family is "me"...I am other things too. I am obsessed with Disney. OBSESSED! I love all things DIS. I scrapbook (never as often as I want but I always promise myself to make more time) and love doing that as well. I also love writing trip reports. I have only written two and my first one was sort of plain and had no pictures...I have since improved (hey, I am the one judging here) and my current report is full of pictures. In fact I am sort of sad because my second one is almost at an end...however, I think I will have to start a pre trip report for our upcoming year's vacation as soon as I am done with this one.
I also love being outdoors. I like to walk outside, hike, canoe, snorkel (one of my all time favorite things to do...too bad I live in a land locked state) and swim. You would think with all of those physically active things I enjoy doing...it wouldn't be too hard to get exercise...but I still find myself doing way too little by way of exercising.
Other things I love include autumn (I love the smell of fallen leaves, the leaves themselves, the colors, pumpkins, spices, dressing up, cuddling up in a blanket...ahh...the fall), reading, ceramics (both painting pottery that is already made and working with clay through firing through painting it on my own)traveling (not even just to Disney), candles, I love taking pictures and have recently given thought to joining a photography club.
The thought I gave to joining that photography club was short lived because I am one of those suckers...you know the ones...YES, sure I can do that.
Here is a picture of my middle son (he just turned 7 the week before this picture was taken) at WDW (at AKL) and me.
That's me in a nutshell.
. You say you are land locked-are you also snowed in today?
jaycns said:Hello Skinny Minnies!! I thought I would do the whole intro thing myself...
Feel free to call me Jay. Lots of people do. However, that is not my given name. It's Jennifer...but NOBODY uses that. Jenna is the only form of Jennifer I answer too.
I am in my early 30s and up until about 10 years ago...I really was a skinny minnie... 4 stressful, bed ridden births later I am NOT a skinny minnie...in fact...POOH sized is my new size. I am the mom of three little boys who are my sun, my moon and my stars! They are 10, 7 and 5. We lost a daugther at birth between our first and second sons and had three other miscarriages. I am an emotional eater...thus...each one of those losses set me back at least 15 lbs. ISH.
But back to the happy stuff...I have my boys and I love them dearly. I also have a most wonderful dh (although he has his quirks as they all do....for my first ever Mother's Day gift I got the Die Hard Trilogy on DVD???!!!
I am a SAHM and I home school the boys. I love doing it. It's awesome to see those little lights click on in their eyes when they learn something new. It's also hard as heck and sometimes I wonder about my own sanity for doing it. But...the good is far better then the bad for our family so we keep doing it. My boys are really into soccer so on any given night/weekend you would find me at a practice or game. It's exhausting but fun.
And while my family is "me"...I am other things too. I am obsessed with Disney. OBSESSED! I love all things DIS. I scrapbook (never as often as I want but I always promise myself to make more time) and love doing that as well. I also love writing trip reports. I have only written two and my first one was sort of plain and had no pictures...I have since improved (hey, I am the one judging here) and my current report is full of pictures. In fact I am sort of sad because my second one is almost at an end...however, I think I will have to start a pre trip report for our upcoming year's vacation as soon as I am done with this one.
I also love being outdoors. I like to walk outside, hike, canoe, snorkel (one of my all time favorite things to do...too bad I live in a land locked state) and swim. You would think with all of those physically active things I enjoy doing...it wouldn't be too hard to get exercise...but I still find myself doing way too little by way of exercising.
Other things I love include autumn (I love the smell of fallen leaves, the leaves themselves, the colors, pumpkins, spices, dressing up, cuddling up in a blanket...ahh...the fall), reading, ceramics (both painting pottery that is already made and working with clay through firing through painting it on my own)traveling (not even just to Disney), candles, I love taking pictures and have recently given thought to joining a photography club.
The thought I gave to joining that photography club was short lived because I am one of those suckers...you know the ones...YES, sure I can do that.
Here is a picture of my middle son (he just turned 7 the week before this picture was taken) at WDW (at AKL) and me.
That's me in a nutshell.
) since you like to Scrapbook, and have loads of spare time to do so!
WHAT?????!!!!!!Bee said:Pumba- a moderator has a message out stating boards will be down tomorrow from 5pm for 24 to 48 hrs while they upgrade...
