This Is Our Month - PMA's

We haven't done PMA's in a long time and i think it's time to do them. PMA stands for positive mental attitude, instead of focusing on the negative nonsense going on in your life you strive to focus only on the positive: 1. I went out for lunch AND dinner yesterday and i made good choices, i laughed a lot, the food was great, i enjoyed the company thoroughly and i've got enough little styrofoam take home boxes to feed the kids lunch today 2. I went out and bought two new outfits (as opposed to Salvation Army and begging friends) and i've gotten nothing but compliments on the one i wore and the one i'll be wearing this evening is really very nice 3. I bought myself resistence bands for when i can't get to the gym. I've got some news to share that will prevent my going to the gym as often as i'd like (pma #4) so I need things i can do at home or in my office 4. I got promoted at work, i'm now going to be the Guest Services Manager of our hospital in my county, very exciting, a bit frightening and all together FABULOUS! 5. Things with my husband are just really good right now YAY TEAM 6. My oldest boy made the preliminaries for Jr. Olympics in discuss so we're off to Rutherford, NJ next weekend to compete ... pray for him please I'm excited about life, we're going away next weekend to celebrate my one year anniversary and things are just so exciting. ANDI

Thats great Andi,that things are going so well for you,your husband and job and all!! !!! I went out to eat the other night and I told a gal I work with I made 3 meals out of what I got!! Who ever would have thought??? A year ago I would have ate the whole thing and came home and be looking for some more food!! !! I have been going to goodwill for my clothes,I paid out money when I started to lose weight on new clothes and that was silly!! Now garage sales are going on and it feels good to be able to find some clothes in my size!! well Have a Wonderful Mothers Day tomorrow!

Karen thank you so much for your kind response and back atcha for Mother's Day! Today i gloried in buying a new size and my middle son goes "Thank G*D Ma, the droopy drawers look is killing me".....great now i'm offending the children! ANDI

Congratulations on you job promotion. I know how hard you work and its nice to see you get the credit you deserve. I am grateful for so many things. I no longer have others wonder why my husband is with the "fat" girl. They now wonder what I am doing with the older guy...LOL... a few people have asked if I was his daughter... (we are 10 years apart) Someone thought my daughter and I were sisters...LOL A woman from Ireland fell in love with one of my necklaces , bought it and had to ware it right away... That was a wonderful feeling. I am feeling so full of energy.. and I am grateful for that Thanks Andi, I am very grateful for you and everyone in this May group for being their. You are all very special people.

Thank you for the laugh about the old guy! I'm so glad your jewelry business is taking off, it's no less then you deserve! What are you wearing in the fashion show in Orlando, make sure you wear some of your jewelry pieces so people will buzz about them and make sure you take pictures for us please! Hugs, ANDI

LOL it was funny... Canceled the fashion show, due to problems with the store doing the show, too bad I did not know ahead of time I could have done it with stuff from my store... but I did have on my jewelry and did get allot of attention... so when I get a web page up and running I have peoples e mails to let them know. My sister is worker on getting that running for me.and I have been taking lots of pictures

Doesnt that feel so nice.. I know you are happy. I am so happy you are doing something you want to do in life (jewery) and you are succeeding at it.. I know you love having that new attractive look.. It feels good when people start noticing.

Thank you, and you are so right! we all are doing so well and its a bit shocking but also so much fun... you are the perfect example of what can be done....

Wow.. you have had some great things going on for you lately.. I am so happy for you.. I hope the promotion comes with a real increase and full time position as they are already working you full time and not paying enough.. that is so great.. Wow your son is doing great.. What is he competing in and for.. Wow.. wow.. wow.. sounds like is truely going your way right now.. I am so happy for you.

I have a lot to be happy about right now.. I had a great week at my meeting and felt more confident than I have in years. My employeer that I only see twice a year.. only once this year cause he missed our last meeting had no idea who I was. That was so nice having him make over me like he did.. My oldest daughter who is a thin as a rail actually asked me to start trainning her. she likes the way my muscles look and even wrote it on my mothers day card to please help her build her muscles so she could look like me.. I couldnt believe it. That was such a boost for me that she now admires the way I look. I went and bought some batteries for our skis this week and the guy who sold them to me said.. do you need some help with those.. not that you arent well built and I can see that you could carry. I was so happy, I smiled the whole way there as he carried them for me to the car. The muscle stories go on too.. Jo come in yesterday and flexes her muscles at me.. She says, see these big guns you need to get that big.. she builds.. i am all about toning and getting any muscle.. Moral of all this is.. I actually looked at my muscles today.. and I discovered.. I DO HAVE SOME MUSCLES.. i never really looked, but seems like everyone keeps telling me I do so I thought I would check them out...lol.. wow.. I got some really nice muscles going on. Yesterday we went to the lake to ride the ski's. Now last year was much better, but this year.. wow.. i climbed up on that bad boy and it didnt even rock. I use to have to keep it balanced with that extra 130 pounds on it.. now it just sits there calmly like I am not even on it.. I can also get closer to the handlebars, which was big.. it always hurt my arms to haod the thing so far away. my kids climbed on and said.. mom.. look at all the room we have now.. it was a great moment for me. and jo actually took me sking with her.. that has never happened because it was just to much on the ski for both of us.. what a great day. My family life is so great now.. Jo is attentive and involved in the kids now.. for so long she never came home and was just mean to me when she was here. It's nice seeing her be part of the family and share in and creating a better life for all of us. I was offered a program at work that would license me through all the RC to right full behavior plans.. that is big cause I can use that to do work on the side for a nice fee... life is looking great on the work front. I could keep going but it's mothers day and need to do mother things with the kids.. they are making my lunch and dinner tonight.. of course with a little supervision..lol.. it will be good I am sure..