want to know what i did?

Thanks to my sister, i've been on a "get rid of the junk" kick for a while now. Ryder's closet was redicalus (ya gotta say it like my dad who also calls Oprah...Ofrah and Al Denson ...Al Dennison-old school christian artist..."will you be the one to take His light into a darkended worldddddd? tell me will you be the one?"). There was so much stuff in his closet that i would literally open the door throw something in and close it real fast. seriously. so after going to Connie's to help her get reorganized. and let me say this, she is VERY organized. EVERYTHING has a place. down to her crafty stuff and gift bags. too cool. mia and jules and i were cleaning their room and all i had to do was give them something and they knew exactly where to put everything. so after being around all that organization i came home and started organizing - takin it slow mind you - my home. back to ryder's closet...my mother-in-law was here for a couple of days so i took advantage of the extra help and just dove in. i started pulling everything out and put it in our bedroom. i should have taken a picture but it would have been too embarrassing and i'm serious about that. i was watching hgtv organization shows in between unloading the closet so that gave me even more encouragement and inspiration. well, ryder now has a nice organized closet. i repurposed (that's a neacy nash from Clean House phrase) his dresser that was in two pieces. now the drawer part holds his imfamous blue jeans and if you know him, which i think only connie does out of my readers, he has to wear blue jeans with buttons and zippers. he's tries to talk me into cutting the sleeves off of every t-shirt he owns but i have to talk him out of it. he has a pair of camo shorts that i have to peel off of him to wash. we have regular melt downs if he cant wear his camo shorts or blue jeans. remember they have to have button up and have zippers, oh and pockets. you think i'm kidding. occasionally i say "this is rediculous" and make him wear other stuff. stress occasionally. but we refuse to let him tell us what he's wearing so he doesn't have as much control as i'm letting on....ANYWOO....back to my story. the shelf part of the dresser w/ doors holds sheets, blankets, and toys. his shoes are on a little shelf that sits on the floor, all his shirts are on a hanger and toys that used to clutter up his bedroom floor now sit on the shelf in the closet and the shelf in his room. sue and i "flipped" his room which now gives him more floor space. chasing another rabbit...today we are going through his toys and he's picking out the ones that he doesn't play w/ and giving them to "toys for tots". i'm trying to instill (sp?) the spirit of giving and i believe he understands. ok well all the stuff that was in his closet is now junking up my already junked up bedroom so yesterday ryder and i pulled everything....everything out of my room and under our bed that wasn't a part of our bedroom set. our room kind of echoes now. our backporch now holds all the junk and i get to go through it this week. i feel like just tossing it in the back of brian's dads truck and taking in to the dump but there's some good stuff amidst the junk so i'm going to go through everthing. i'll take some pictures for yall later.

on another note....i've been battling weight gain...loss...gain...loss for 3 years now. i know that some may think its vain of me because i'm not that big but when all the weight sits on my gut and i get mistaken for a pg mom it gets a little upsetting. last year i got down into the lower 140's gained back up to the 150's (let me interject here... i cant stand it when other people "down" the weight that you think is too much for you. for example some would say, "i'd kill to be 140". well that's you and your situation. don't put me down or make me feel like my weight isn't an issue bc it is to me) now that that's off my chest. and i must say i've been guilty of doing that myself just last week.) well, in the spring i started on my weight loss journey again and got down to 141. then through the summer august and september i gained back up to 146. i was sick about it. too many caramel fraps w/ extra caramel and whip cream. so i just cut back and lost 4lbs then gained 2 lbs. so basically i was 146..141..143..and now i stepped on the scale this morning and it read under 140. i'm thinking i'm 139.5 but i'll take it. i'm sooo excited. i can see the light at the end of the tunnel. saying all that to say that hopefully my battle/journey will encourage some of those that read my blog to "keep on keepin on" if you are battling w/ your weight.

how's that for a post!