Beauty Girls Mom

Pay No Attention to the Shrew Behind the Classroom Door

January 21, 2012

Yeah, it was me. In what will not go down as my finest hour, I laid into a 70 year old chemistry teacher. To hear outsiders tell it, I was quite a bitch. I disagree. I NEED to get a good grade in this class. While I have already been accepted into a nursing…

What Happens When You’re Gastrically Altered – Clothing Challenges

January 17, 2012

Oh yeah, I went there. That is a picture of my “Before” underpants and my “After” underpants. I took that picture because I was so tired of seeing people post-op sticking both legs into one leg of a pair of jeans. I thought my post-op clothing picture needed to be jazzier. So yeah, drawers are…

Staking My Claim – This Desk is MINE!

January 16, 2012

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” ― A.A. Milne When I worked outside of the home, my desk was immaculate. Everything had a place, and everything was in it’s place at all times. Of course, the desk was entirely mine. I didn’t have to share it with…

Thrifty Tip – January

January 14, 2012

It’s kind of a crappy economy, in case you hadn’t noticed, so I’ve decided to add a monthly feature this year on how to be a bit more thrifty. I gotta tell ya – you’re not going to find out how to buy $12,000 worth of groceries for a used piece of gum and some…

Disney Holiday Weekends – Worth the Trip?

January 12, 2012

As if I’m EVER going to say there’s a time when it’s NOT worth the trip! People ask me, especially during the school year, when you don’t want to yank the kids out of school, if they’ll have time to see and do what they want on holiday weekends during the school year. With the…

Some of the Ugly – What Happens When You Don’t Follow Orders

January 11, 2012

Everyone is different with regard to how things will go for them following gastric bypass surgery. And today’s post op lesson is all about how you should do what you’re told with regard to your body and the nutrition you require. I struggled with what to eat, and as an option to conquer the fear…

Re-learning How to Spell Inspiration

January 10, 2012

Awakening before dawn, they arrived. There was Captain Jack Sparrow. I saw a few Tinker Bells. Buzz and Woody were represented, and there were even a couple of the 101 Dalmatians. Some of them, by mile 24, where we patiently waited, were still wearing smiles. But more than smiles, they wore blood, sweat, and tears. …

What Happens When You’re Gastrically Altered – Protein and You, Perfect Together!

January 5, 2012

There are really only two words you need to know right now if you are recently post-op. Pro. Tein. Yeah, okay, so it’s only one word, but doesn’t it look much easier to swallow broken up that way? Good, because for some of us, protein is not easy to swallow at all, and we spend…

Gastric Bypass Surgery – What Happens When You’re Gastrically Altered?

January 5, 2012

Yep, that’s me. It’s July 2006, just one week before my Roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery. Yeah, I tipped the scales at over 300 pounds. I was a big fat ass. Can you believe I thought I looked good in this photo? Can you imagine what photos of me that I didn’t like looked like? But…

I’m Baaacckkk! Answering questions and sprinkling pixie dust with the Walt Disney World Moms Panel!

January 3, 2012

Remember that whole retirement thing I did at the end of 2010? Turns out that Brett Favre and I have WAY more in common than I thought we did! Beginning January 1st, I’m back answering Walt Disney World vacation planning questions with the Walt Disney World Moms Panel – and I’ve been too excited to…