One Week Results

Well I have been working out and eating better for a week now.  I started last Monday.  I wasn’t sure how I would do because I don’t have a lot of will power.  But I weighed this morning and the results were shocking to me.

I’m trying to lose 27 pounds but I haven’t given myself a deadline since I want to lose it the right way.  However, I would love to lose 10 pounds by the honeymoon… so I’m almost half way there.  So excited!

 

This weekend was a productive one for the wedding.  Mom was able to get out of the house with me.  We went to Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and Walmart on Saturday before going to the florist to pay the balance on our flowers.  Then Sunday we met with a cake lady and I’m so excited.  Our cake will be gorgeous and will cost very little. 

 

The wedding planning is coming along and we only have 19 more days!

Getting physically fit.

This weekend Michael and I decided that we wanted to start eating better and working on almost daily.  We have gone through phases where we will go to the gym almost every day and we don’t eat so much fast food.  But it always fades away.  Although we mainly want to get healthy, our honeymoon is also a good motivator.  My overall goal is to lose 27 pounds.  I’m going to do it healthy though.  I don’t want the weight to fall off fast because I want it to stay off.  I am going to track it with my little fish and see my results in that way. 

We started working on heavily on Monday and watching what I eat…. I will try to remember to update each Monday.

Update

There has been so much going on lately.  Jennifer’s wedding was Saturday and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!  She was a gorgeous bride.  Mom had her surgery Monday and it went sooo well.  She actually got to come to Jennifer’s wedding so Jennifer stopped and gave her a pink rose. It was so sweet… I don’t think there was a dry eye in the church.

Today we received GREAT news.  Mom went to her follow up doctor’s appointment and……. THERE WAS NO CANCER IN HER LYMPH NODES!!! That means no chemo, no radiation.  Such a blessing.

Now its time to focus on the wedding which is now only 26 days away!!! I can’t wait for the wedding and I cannot wait to go on our honeymoon.  We will be going to Montego Bay, Jamaica and staying in a suite at the Grand Palladium. We can’t wait!  So to get ready for the honeymoon we are both working out like mad to get skinnier.  My overall goal is 25 lbs but I am just hoping for 10 pounds before we leave. 

Hopefully it won’t take me so long next time to update.

The Race for the Cure

Dear Friends and Family,

As many of you already are aware, my mom was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma on March 19, 2009.  Therefore, to honor her in her fight against this disease, I recently accepted the challenge to raise funds to support the Komen Atlanta Race for the Cure on May 9, 2009 in the fight against breast cancer.   Our team name is  Flutter of Hope.  My mom has an obsession with butterflies because she loves the changes they endure during this life.  We hope that through our support and the contributions that we receive, we will be able to assist in providing hopeful changes in the lives of other men and women that are impacted by breast cancer in the past, present, and future. 

The Race for the Cure raises money for  the Atlanta Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to give back to fund breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs in the community and support the national search for a cure.

Please join me in the fight by pledging in support of my participation in the Race or contributing generously to Komen Atlanta. Your tax-deductible contribution will fund innovative outreach and awareness programs for medically underserved communities in Atlanta and national breast cancer research. It is faster and easier than ever to support this great cause – you can make a donation online by simply clicking on the link at the bottom of this message. If you would prefer, you can also send your tax-deductible contribution to the address listed below.  Whatever you can give will help! I truly appreciate your support and will keep you posted on my progress.
Thank you so much for your time and support in the fight against breast cancer! Every step counts!
Donations can be made online by clicking the link below or sent by mail to:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Atlanta
4840 Roswell Road
Building D, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30342

• *If mailing a donation, please print a participant donation form and include with your check.

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Nothing can prepare you…

This has been some week.  As most of you know, my mom had an abnormal mammogram and had to go in for another one and ultrasound.  The second one also came back abnormal so they sent her to a breast specialist.  The breast specialist scheduled a biopsy.  So we have to wait another week, mom has the biopsy and then we have to wait another week.  Well the week goes by and there is nothing that could have prepared me for the news we received.

 

I had been telling myself from the start that it was breast cancer so I would be “prepared” but in the back of my head I kept saying you’re just telling yourself that… its not going to be that at all.  Well, unfortunately on Thursday my future mother-in-law got a call and had to break the news to me.  I’m so glad someone was at work that would comfort me through it all. 

 

The doctor told mom that it was grade 1 stage 1 which means they caught it early.  It is invasive ductal carcinoma.  The fact that it is grade one means they caught it early,  but the fact that it is invasive means it can spread.  They will be doing a test to see if it has spread to both breast soon.  After whatever procedue she decides to do then the oncologist can do a full body scan to see if it has spread anywhere else in her body.  If so she may have to have much more serious treatment such as radiation or chemotherapy.  She has to decide how she wants it to be treated.  There are several options and  I think now she has made her decision.  I keep thinking I’m getting married in less than three months an d my mom is going to be going through treatments for breast cancer.  I feel so selfish so I just don’t really want to do things for the wedding or have mom doing things for the wedding.  Well anyone that knows my mom knows that she is a very selfless person.  She is never thinking about herself.  In fact when she found out she had breast cancer all she cared about was that someone was there when Brooke and I found out.  I can’t help but feel guilty for worrying about such minor things when she is battling this.

 

I know that God is in control and he couldn’t have picked a stronger woman to have to go through this.  My mom is one of the more head strong people I know and she will make it through this with a story to tell.  Please just continue to pray for strength in this situation.  I know she is scared to death and we are to we are just trying not to let her see us be.  I have tried to only get upset when I’m by myself so she doesn’t know.    There are no words to say to explain what it feels like to know that your mom has such a serious condition.  She is the one I look up to and nothing is supposed to be wrong with her like this. 

 

 

my mom and I

 

 

 

Busy Life

Well things have been crazy lately.  I have been busy planning the wedding and working non-stop.  I am nervous about getting a teaching job as there are counties laying off teachers and everyone says they won’t be hiring.  Not to mention there are hiring freezes all around us.  So, I started a job at McCamish Systems.  It is crazy busy but the day flies by because of it.  Michael and I have still been house hunting as well.  We shall see how that goes.  We are managing to get stuff done for the wedding, work, and Michael is going to school so we don’t have time for much else.  We are both getting so excited about getting married.  It is only 3 1/2 months away! YAY! They day we’ve been waiting for since we started dating on Oct. 4, 2003.  Amazing! I’m sure we will continue to stay just as busy until and even after that day.  But I wouldn’t have it any other way. 

On a different note… last week was not very good for me.  My mom got a call from her doctor and was told that something had shown up on her most recent mammogram.  She had to go in on Friday morning for another mammogram and an ultrasound.  We of course had been praying about it since we found out… and of course the selfish side of me wanting the YES answer to my prayers.  Unfortunately I got the dreaded WAIT!  I hate when God tells me to wait.  Mom’s report Friday wasn’t any better than the one she got on Tuesday.  There was definately something there and the doctor indicated that it was not a cyst of any kind.  He told her that he couldn’t say she didn’t have cancer.  Cancer… thats my mom, she can’t have breast cancer.  I don’t want her to go through that.  So of course I start being selfish again.  Please continue to pray for my mom and my family.  She of course is scared to death and posing the worst case scenario.  But right now it is all what ifs.  Her appointment with a specialist is schedule for Tuesday.  We will know more then.  This is a hard concept to grasp and it makes me get a knot in my throat when I even think about it.  I don’t want my mom to have to go through anything like that.  But only God knows what will happen.  We have placed it in his hands and he is in control.  But that still doesn’t make it easy.

Disappointment

Well we found out Monday that we did not get the house.  After all the work of getting pre-qualified and sending in our bid.  We were the highest offer but someone else had a cash offer so they took it over our offer.  There was nothing more we could have done.  We could have offered a fortune and they still would have taken the cash offer.  We areaccepting it although it is still very disappointing.  We will continue on our hunt for our future home.

House hunting

So we have been house hunting a great deal lately.  Wednesday we put an offer in on a HUD home in Temple, GA.  We won’t know anything until Monday the 8th.  Since we put this offer in we have had many conversations and prayers regarding our future home and life as a married couple.  I am asking those of you that read this to say a prayer for us regarding a future home.  Please do not pray that we will get the house we put an offer on.  Pray that God’s will be done in the situation.  Don’t get me wrong, we love the house and truly hope we will have the winning bid.  However, we want to do what is right for our lives together.  Thanks in advance.  We are praying the same thing daily.

Going to the chapel…

With the wedding quickly approaching, we decided to start a blog to keep everyone up to date with our lives as they are about to be joined. 

We are very busy planning the wedding and house hunting with little success.  Michael is going to school 5 days a week and trying to get finished.  I am subbing and looking for something full time to fill the time between now and the 2009-2010 school year.