QOTD - Tuesday

Hi everyone... I have to admit....I've been having mixed feelings about doing the QOTD today as Deanne is having surgery. Then I thought about her awesome attitude and realized she would say not to skip it today. So here is what I came up with.... Warning...some of these are meant to be essay questions. Go a bit more in-depth with your answers today! 1. How many keys are on your keyring? 2. How often do you stay up late watching tv or a movie? Essay question: 3. Do you want to do a face and/or fashion make over once you reach your goal weight? Which? Why/why not? 4. Do you like to wear big ear rings or small ones? 5. Do you know how to skateboard? Essay question: 6. If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why? Essay question: 7. Do you feel more confident since having surgery? Why/why not? 8. Do you let people take pictures now without protesting? 9. Have you ever worn hair extensions? 10. How many rings do you wear? Hope you enjoy these!! Susan

1. How many keys are on your keyring? 5 2. How often do you stay up late watching tv or a movie? 11 -- or 12 midnight -- especially after I have had a B12 shot!! I've got all sorts of energy then! Essay question: 3. Do you want to do a face and/or fashion make over once you reach your goal weight? Which? Why/why not? Hmmmmm....haven't really thought about that much. My daughter is a cosmetology student....she may be interested....something to definitely think about! 4. Do you like to wear big ear rings or small ones? small 5. Do you know how to skateboard? no Essay question: 6. If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why? hmmmmm....you asked some tough questions today!!!!! I think I would want to zap meanness out of people....especially when it comes to heavier people.....I hate to hear someone say something mean about an overweight person -- especially since I've had surgery -- because I know what that person is going through and possibly feeling -- not sure if "zapping" if a super power...but, it sure sounds good! Essay question: 7. Do you feel more confident since having surgery? Why/why not? Definitely. I think its because people are looking at me -- and not my weight. My mom laughs at me because I kind of have a "take charge" attitude that I never used to have. I feel like I am more confident in getting things done! 8. Do you let people take pictures now without protesting? Sure do! 9. Have you ever worn hair extensions? nope! 10. How many rings do you wear? none at the moment, they are all too big! I asked my hubby to buy me a new one in October for my b-day and my one year anniversary!

Morning Holly!! Didn't mean for them to be tough questions. Just thought it would be fun to get a little more in-depth for a change. Hope you enjoyed them!! Susan

Hi Susan! They weren't really hard, just made me really use my head and think! LOL....I always enjoy the QOTD! Holly

Yes, Deanne will be on all of our minds today. Please keep us posted as best you can. 1. How many keys are on your keyring? Right now I just have 3 on there but over the weekend we bought a new truck so I will be adding another key real soon. 2. How often do you stay up late watching tv or a movie? I am not a movie watcher but I will watch a show sometimes between 11-12 and then go back and read a bit. Of course that was before I joined the working world....... 3. Do you want to do a face and/or fashion make over once you reach your goal weight? Which? Why/why not? Never thought about it. Fashion will be evolving as I go along and I doubt if they could do anything with this face anyway..... 4. Do you like to wear big ear rings or small ones? I do the little ones, again that my evolve along the way as I gain more confidence in myself. 5. Do you know how to skateboard? I grew up with one and was on it with my kids, but haven't been on one in a long time. When we didn't have enough bikes when young we would get on the skate board and be towed by someone riding the bike. Back then too we did not do all the tricks. Riding it was enough back then. 6. If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why? Wow, that is a tough one. Maybe teleportation. Being able to get somewhere real quick with the snap of a finger. Come visit you guys, go to my favorite fishing lake in no time at all. Then hopefully my fishing gear would come with me though. 7. Do you feel more confident since having surgery? Why/why not? YES YES YES I have done things lately I never imagined that I would ever do again. My weight really kept me back and now I am starting to feel more confident in myself. Not being the fattest person in the room is a great feeling. 8. Do you let people take pictures now without protesting? I have actually asked to have my picture taken but that way by my girls who are documenting this weight loss for me. But I still don't like myself in pictures. Never have. 9. Have you ever worn hair extensions? No, have worn wigs though and just Sunday Kristen told me that I scalped myself while trying to cut my own hair, so maybe I do need them now. She had to try to fix the bald spots from my butchering job so I am pretty short right now. New hair style to cover up the losing of my hair. 10. How many rings do you wear? None, I outgrew them all but want to get back into wearing them soon.

1. How many keys are on your keyring? 4 2. How often do you stay up late watching tv or a movie? I'm up late almost every nigh****ching tv. It's MY time. I know I'm alone all day, but I'm cleaning and doing things for the family. Then everyone is home and I'm at their beck and call. After they all go to bed, it's time for me to relax and enjoy. So, I do! Nightly! LOL Essay question: 3. Do you want to do a face and/or fashion make over once you reach your goal weight? Which? Why/why not? YUP!!! Both!!! I love to watch them on tv....and try to incorporate their tips, but I don't really feel like I am doing it properly (especially the makeup, very dated!!!) so I'd like someone to teach me how to do it for now....and as I have to buy new clothes anyway (YIPPEE) why not get some great advice and buy things that will be really flattering and modern? Now...whether I'll have the money to do this, is another question. But, I'd LIKE to. 4. Do you like to wear big ear rings or small ones? I usually wear small ones. 5. Do you know how to skateboard? Nope. Tried with my kids a few times, but couldn't stay on. Might try again now that I'm smaller. Essay question: 6. If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why? Hmmmm...this is a hard one...How about being Super Mom? LOL Then I wouldn't make mistakes raising my kids....Sometimes I just don't know what to do or say....or what the "right" thing is at a particular moment. I hate feeling inadequate....and at times I feel inadequate when it comes to parenting. Essay question: 7. Do you feel more confident since having surgery? Why/why not? Yes and no. I've always been fairly confident and that has never really changed. I think now I feel as if I'm perceived as more confident though. I always smiled, talked to people, etc before, but it always seemed as if they didn't pay attention to me - like I wasn't worth the effort. But, now people are smiling at me first, talking to me, etc and actually paying attention when I speak. Makes me feel good...and then angry. I'm still the same person, only my exterior has changed.... Having problems dealing with that some days.... 8. Do you let people take pictures now without protesting? Sometimes. Depends on whether I have on makeup and my hair has been brushed. LOL 9. Have you ever worn hair extensions? No...but it looks like it could be fun. 10. How many rings do you wear? 1 - a wedding band. I bought it a few years ago because I couldn't wear my real wedding band (size 6). It's loose now, but the "real" one doesn't fit yet. When I'm at goal, I should be able to wear my wedding and engagement rings. YIPPEE!! Until then, this will have to do.

Today is a MUCH quieter day at work, nice time for some good questions! 1. How many keys are on your keyring? 5: my car, my house, the boys house, my parents house, and my church key (I direct the kids choir so am often there at "off" hours). 2. How often do you stay up late watching tv or a movie? Not very often, the latest I stay up is 11, and that is only on Friday nights. I am one of those people that requires at LEAST 8 hours of sleep a night, and with my busy schedule I seldom get to sleep past 6. Essay question: 3. Do you want to do a face and/or fashion make over once you reach your goal weight? Which? Why/why not? Yes, fashion. I wore fat clothes since the 4th grade (hated those "huskies"). People have always assumed that was my "fashion sense" - now I am trying not to spend money on clothes, so friends are donating, friends of friends are donating. Even my parents older friends. Yesterdya I wore a sweater that had belonged to a woman in her 70's! With that said, I still am not able to dress like the "true me" nor do I have a good idea as to what my true fashion sense is. I'm hoping someone nominates me for "What Not To Wear" when I reach my goal! 4. Do you like to wear big ear rings or small ones? Neither, at the moment the holes in my ears are closed up, I may repierce them before the wedding. 5. Do you know how to skateboard? I tried it once in high school. This past summer (at 300+ pounds) I tried one of those Razor scooters, because of the weight it didn't go very fast, I plan on trying again this summe! Essay question: 6. If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why? invisibility, that way I could spend my lunch hour here in the office and be left alone! (oh thats not an "essay" answer is it). I guess I would have the power to fly then. I have a severe fear of heights. I think, if I were able to fly, I would be able to ditch that fear as I know that, if I was high up and fell I could just kick the flying power in and not have to worry about falling. There, thats a little bit of a longer answer. Essay question: 7. Do you feel more confident since having surgery? Why/why not? Most people, who know me, would say no, that I was plenty confident before hand as well. Thats one thing "The Boy" said drew him to me. I never let the excess weight be an excuse to avoid things or to hide. Or so it seemed. I made other excuses. I avoided physical activites because of MS (a diaganosis that later proved wrong), or because it might hurt my neck etc. I avoided flying because I "couldn't afford it." I avoided letting The Boy (or any man) know how I felt because it "wasn't proper to flirt." etc. All of these excuses were me hiding behind my fat. Now, little by little the "new me" emerges and the excuses are falling away. As I gain the confidence I reach out and try new things and step by step I'm taking back my life. I'm looking people in the eye. No longer am I thinking that people are snobs because they aren't saying hi to me, I'm realizing that they are probably like me and waiting for ME to reach out first. I am starting to walk with my head held higher, standing straighter, so yes..I guess I have more confidence. 8. Do you let people take pictures now without protesting? Sure, I even "strike a pose" 9. Have you ever worn hair extensions? No, but someone came at me with them once as a joke...ick. 10. How many rings do you wear? Just my engagement ring (which is too big already) ...in less than 7 weeks I'll be wearing a wedding band too!

PATRICIA!!!!!!! I haven't even made it past Q#3!!!! I keep telling my hubby the same thing....that after I lose all my weight I want to go on that show so I can learn how to dress my body correctly! I'm so sick of dressing to camoflage my body....yeah, like that could REALLY be done!! Big in a tent looks like big in a tent no matter how you try to hide it! So...here's to hoping we BOTH get to do the show. Now I'm off to read the rest of your replies. Susan

1. How many keys are on your keyring? 7 2. How often do you stay up late watching tv or a movie? almost never Essay question: 3. Do you want to do a face and/or fashion make over once you reach your goal weight? Which? Why/why not? nope =0) Its not my thing... 4. Do you like to wear big ear rings or small ones? neither usually but if I do its usually small ones. 5. Do you know how to skateboard? not yet Essay question: 6. If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why? The ability to make people be nicer to each other, to be able to make people think of others before themselves more, have better manners and to magically make the words Thank You and Excuse Me not be so extinct. Not sure what I would call that super power though. Essay question: 7. Do you feel more confident since having surgery? Why/why not? Not yet but I am working on it. 8. Do you let people take pictures now without protesting? yup 9. Have you ever worn hair extensions? No need. I have an abundance of the stuff... 10. How many rings do you wear? 0 but hope to have a new wedding band one day when I stop losing...

LOVE your super power Felicia!!! Can we start calling you "Ms Manners"???? Or...maybe Super Mom? No, Wait...that's who I wanted to be..... Either way, they would accomplishe the things on your list!! Susan