I did have a nickname in highschool for a while - Tween
I will take the 12 shorts too, including the cargo shorts for shorter folk... I have good legs (about the only thing I do have) so I am not afraid to show 'em off.
I will pass off the 12s to Liz when I no longer need them (hopefully because I have reached 10 status!), and she is ready for them!
Liz, I am going to go through all my summer stuff in the next couple of weeks, so I will definitely be sending 14s your way. I have some 16 shorts too that fit like 14s, if you want them. I find some shorts to be strange that way.
Anyone need real 16s?
Okay, I bought a new CF card. I took this one this morning. Excuse the weird angle shot, I can't ask Mr Kat to take one because he will laugh at me! I may take Erika-style bike short photos on Thursday night but not sure yet if I will share in public (I am not as BRAVE as she is!!).
Here goes:
Yup, time to break out the bike shorts! 
I will post one of those again next month. This month you got to see my waits... ...then it will be back to bike shorts for next month.
Anyway, it was a good way to end the night. 
I go by Kathryn, usually, but Kat is the only nickname I will tolerate... it is definitely easier to type, too. People shorten and mispell my name constantly, Katie, Katherine, Kathy, Catherine, etc... drives me batty. Especially at work when it is in my signature line AND you have to type it into the "to" line, and they *still* spell it Katherine. Morons.
I get to spend from noon-6 tomorrow in a meeting (well, hour to get there, 4 hours in meeting, hour back), so I will be somewhat MIA.
Sarah,.
She even uses that as her log in to webkinz ) As for nicknames...I really like my name. But growing up, I was...get this...Ricky (or Ricki), as in eRIKa. I liked it for about a year...then I was over it. No one else was. My parents still call me that once in a while. Or just Rick. Fun. Not. Like Pixie, I was also sis or sissy and I am still that to lots of family members as well. I do the same thing to my girls. The older one is Sissy. No worries...I am already saving for her therapy bills.
My next trip is May 17-23. 17th is CSR, 18-23 is BCV. Our 3rd anniversary is May 21, and we have V&A reservations. Wow, I guess we are about a month away now.
My last weigh-in was 172. I have actually stayed away from the scale this week (for once!) so I have no idea what I am right now. I do know that my landmark 12s are fitting almost loose. And that I have lost 2.5" from my hips since Jan, and 2" from my waist.
Oh, btw, I am pretty sure that my tummy problems are a pulled internal ab muscle. I am feeling much better, and it has resolved itself into a pretty obvious thing rather than just allover pain.
I understand ....Last night I came home from the bar and passed out. When I woke up I found that someone broke in, stole all of my stuff and replaced it with exact duplicates.....I called the police to report this but they didn't take me seriously
Actually no one ever called me either of those, guess my friends couldn't see the obvious
I hated my name when I was little. I couldn't find it printed on anything and anytime my Mom would order something special with my name they always got somethine wrong. Now I love that my name is so unique. We gave both of my DDs unique middle names in case someday they to want to be a little different. Although I think people would say I am a lot different!
Okay, I bought a new CF card. I took this one this morning. Excuse the weird angle shot, I can't ask Mr Kat to take one because he will laugh at me! I may take Erika-style bike short photos on Thursday night but not sure yet if I will share in public (I am not as BRAVE as she is!!).
Here goes:
Kat...lookin smokin...
Erika...Back that @ss up!!! - your new song...
Sept girl..I may want those sizes in about 2 months...
Grumps...you missing stuff huh??? Maybe it's me???
Okay...the Giant Turd has stooped to a new low...
You guys will not freakin believe this one...
I am sleeping in the basement family room..Chad comes in to wake me up..says...
"we have a ghost outside"
I say..
"What"
He says.."There is a gray cat ghost outside.."
I say..."Is it Smokie??"
He says..."I can't believe it found it's way all the way back here.."
A little background...We had this cat for the past 3 years and Chad hated it...it dissapeered last Sept....
Baylor upset...we drive around looking for it...think it got hit by a car..etc...etc...
I find out this morning is that jack@ss unilateraly decided he wnted it gone...drove it about 15 miles away near a farm...dropped it off..never said a word to me..never talked about the NO kill shelter in our town...nada...
Now this is not my favorite animal...it was dropped at our doorstep by 20 neighborhhod kids who found this kitten in the rain...and no other parent said yes...so all the kids form every house that said no...kept joining the troops in search of a home...and thus 20 kids and .."Please Dawn..you are the nicest mom ever....and thus this cat..
It caterwahls like you cannot believe..no worms..no nothing..just loud as heck always...we talked about getting its voice box removed because it is that loud all the time..people have said they have never heard a cat b!tch like that ever...
All that being said..I am not a cruel person to animals...cannot imagine dropping it somewhere not knowing it would be cared for..etc...and I could not have done that to my kids...
Now..I am wondering does it have worms...could it have gotten rabies..it was current on shots...is it farrel now??? I am not a vet..I am supposed to leave in 4 hours for a 10 hour drive for a socccer tourney...and I got all this dumpd on me..
Does it need to see a vet??
Can it wait??
It does not lok like it has fleas..I searched...
When I asked Chad these questions..
he says..
"There you go again..starting a fight..."
Is it illegal to throw hard objects at someone???
We had a summer house on the Outer Banks growing up...loved it! Haven't been to that area in years, but we are planning a trip with the whole clan next summer (all 5 of us kids with my parents, plus all of our spouses, and all 15 grandkids)!
Wow--only in one town? I cannot imagine, though it must be cool to have so much history somewhere.
My mom is an anthropologist (thus the bizarre treks they always go on that I mentioned earlier), so I got dragged everywhere. Lots of really cool experiences and I wouldn't trade it for anything...but it had a major impact on my life. I have a really hard time, sometimes, with the sedentary and "traditional" nature of my life. We don't go to exotic places. We are the "all American" family and we go to Disney....
Ah but the trade off...I am an "older" mom.
Kat--OMG! Total transformation! You look so so so good! WOW.
Do you have a pic from your heaviest? Post a side by side if you can. AWESOME progress!
Ok, last quick post before I head off to bed...
So today was my day up on campus (when I teach "live" as opposed to online). It is a class of seniors--I have had these guys for years, know them all well, and we joke around alot, etc. A good group.
Anyway, I was right in the middle of lecture and one of the girls pipes up and says, (totally interrupted me...which is fine as we have a really casual atmosphere), "I just have to say...you look awesome! You have really changed over the course of the semester." And then it was a free-for-all of comments like, "I noticed too but I didn't want to say anything..." It was really flattering, but also pretty embarrassing. It is hard when there is a status differential...the whole teacher-student dynamic thing. We ended up having like a 10 minute discussion about running and eating habits and weight loss, etc. It was pretty funny, and I have to admit, it felt great.
I totally love being a professor and know that it is what I am meant to do, but it comes with drawbacks. Like when I am writing on the board...the overwhelming fear that my a$$ is facing the class, etc.
More in the morning...sleep tight!
Kat, OMG the skinniness!!!! Love it!!!
Erika, I LOVE that your students noticed and told you! What a great feeling that must have been. It gives me the warm fuzzies!
Has anyone else noticed how amazing we all feel when we get those positive comments? It makes me want to compliment people more - spread it around. "I'm proud of you" means so much when we hear it - I know it means SO much when you all say it to me. Especially since I think a lot of us have been raised by parents who love us and are proud of us but don't say it. Saying it means something. Even a "you look great", which we can say to any acquaintance, can make their day and validate their choices.
Your words of encouragement have meant SO much to me - all of you, all of you words. I'm so happy to see my friends being praised for their hard work!
Tolerate?! You don't like nicknames. I was gonna call you kittyKat
I am not Beth either. I know some good Beths, but I am not Beth. It is Liz. And actually, when I was in high school, changed it to Lyz. (super cool dork) and my dad ordered vanity plates. LYZ-1. So, now that I'm an adult, and would probably go by Liz, I am forever Lyz. (I am still using the plates.) (When I was a youngin' my name was Lizzie.)
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V&A, oh la la.
You're so good on your diet/exercise aka lifestye. I wish you'd get in my head and tell it how to live.
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Again, you look great. Has hubby noticed? How's he doing on his weight loss?
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He is so selfish. He literally knows no other way to act. Even coming down to wake you up was selfish. And above reproach. If he was any kind of sly, he'd have grabbed the cat and gotten rid of it again. He was marking his territory with this little gem. Grrrrrrr...I'd like to... Dawn, you are a saint for not having castrated him yet.
I would not be at all surprised if you have an ulcer considering the stress of your job. Take care of yourself, lady (said in my strong mommy voice)! BTW, you look great!!! 
Who saw BL finale last night? Didn't the winner, (don't know her name) look hot hot hot!!! That show gives people hope.
Nothing exciting in my life.
I'll tell you what I was up late doing. 6th grade homework. Homework is the bane of my existance. I HATE HOMEWORK! Hate it!
My daughter is not a student. She is a social butterfly and can handle herself brilliantly. But when it comes to book learning, there is a disconnect.
I don't have time for it. I remember doing my own homework growing up. She literally cannot do it without me. If she is paying attention in class when they explain the work, you'd never know it.
She has to bring her math book home, so I can read the chapter just to learn how to do the worksheet. After we do a few together, I expect her to finish. You'd think I was asking her to step on hot coals. It's a fight most nights.
And, half the stuff they are learning in 6th grade is crap I could barely understand in 9th grade.
AND- that as an adult, I really don't care about. I mean really, who cares about the perimeter of a polygon. Not me.
I know you're laughing because that is the exact kind of stuff my husband uses for our bread and butter, BUT I DON'T!
I HATE HOMEWORK!
And on top of that. She has to do a conservation presentation for her 6th grade "project." We picked Whaling. (Erica and Dawn you'll love this.)
For starters, we (I) picked Whaling, because I listen to the Unplugged Podcasts here on the DIS. (And if you aren't listening by now, you are seriously missing out on BIG FUN.)
Pete had gone to Seaworld and taken a behind the scenes tour. He had lots of good facts and one that stuck with me was that, "Every year over 100 million whales are killed." 100 million. That's a TON.
So we pick whaling, sign our contract to have this, that and the other, done by such and such a date.
A couple weeks later, I go back to listen to Petes podcast again. It's not Whales. IT's SHARKS! Over 100 million SHARKS are killed each year. I have based my daughters 6th grade conservation project on a fact that I MADE UP!!!!!!!!!
So, we (meaning me, because we need to get a good grade to make it to junior high) have been researching and writing facts and what not.
And had I thought of it before last week, I probably could have gotten alot of useful info from Erica, but we are pretty much done with fact collection, and have moved onto presentation.
Oh the drama. So, I am off to order a "save the whales" t-shirt for her to wear during presentation. We're gonna kill em with visuals.
