SHAMELESS AND OWNING IT!

 ...TOTALLY AW ...AND OWNING IT WITH ATTITUDE ...

Nope I won't forget ... no obsessing here ... having major fun doing me ... with health and mobility give me my paintbrush, my canvas, a sewing machine and some fabric and I AM OH! SOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!! Coming up on Monday it is my 4 year 7 month monthlyversary and over here it is celebration time ....

You see... for me it is all worth it ... we have been celebrating each month the anniversaries of my husband's kidney transplant and along with it the anniversary of his partial foot amputation which should have been a total amputation but miraculously was not ... Over a year go we  together we ventured out to purchase Mr. Black foot (we nicknamed his prosthesis we were trying to find in his dark skin tone) ... his prosthesis ... and today he has a fully functional transplanted kidney and he has a partial foot with only trace of a limp ... I HAVE HEALTH AND MOBILITY TODAY and together tonight we are going out with the members of our Oldies Keeping the Flame Going Club of friends in partnerships/relationships/marriages and rocking it ... we have a dress to impress night and are going up to Foxwoods woot woot ... for a late show and some casino fun...

So this morning I got up and rummaged in my closets to find something that I had not worn before to wear tonight ... and also decided to post my before and afters and my entries in my empowerment journal a picture a day keeps the pounds and inches at bay....

Don't know whether to wear this tonight...


Or this ... of course I will put on stockings ..just threw the dress on for pic...


I will fart around the house in this today ... gotta run to the fish market too... making seafood bouillabaisse today...



I LOVE COLLAGING MY PICTURES IN BEFORE AND AFTERS ... I HAVE NO REGRETS AND I AM NOT OBSESSED ... I LOVE KEEPING MYSELF IN REMEMBRANCE ...  I HAD A VERY AWESOME BEFORE .... HAD TONS OF LOVE AND FUN UNTIL I GOT SICK ... MORBID OBESITY KILLS .... IT TOOK ME NOT BEING ABLE TO CLIMB THE STAIRS TO GET TO MY DAUGHTER WHO HAD TAKEN A BAD FALL TO GET MY ACT TOGETHER.... AT 327 POUNDS MAX RECORDED WEIGHT WLS OFFERED ME A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME AND I GRABBED IT ... WITH MY LONG HISTORY OF GERD RNY WAS THE BEST CHOICE I FOUND FOR ME...







I DO NOT PLAN ON FORGETTING ME ... MOST OF MY FRIENDS CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ME LOOKING ANY OTHER WAY THAN I DO NOW ... I DO NOT WANT TO FORGET ... 


Since 2007 the year of my WLS I have taken a picture a day ... before that I took pictures ALL THE TIME TOO .... the picture a day is for my digital empowerment journal A Picture A Day Keeps the Pounds and Inches Away ... it works for me ... I take pictures of my food too ... 




FOUR YEARS SEVEN MONTHS POST RNY I AM DOING ME ... NO  REGRETS ... EXCEPT FOR A MAJOR COMPLICATION ON POST-OP DAY 2 WHICH LANDED ME BACK IN THE OR I HAVE HAD NO COMPLICATIONS WHATSOEVER .... I fall in the percentage of RNYers with dumping syndrome so I try to be very careful... 

I will never forget my before because it encourages me to live in my today ... that fat woman is me ... her release is my deliverance and my deliverance is her release ... NO MORE DIABETES... NO MORE SLEEP APNEA... NO MORE DYSLIPEDEMIA, NO MORE GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX ...NO MORE HYPERTENSION ..... I MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO EVER GO BACK TO THAT.... 
woot woot and I got a prezzie too ... hold up ... this is a family prezzie what's up willis?


I AM LOVING IT .... CAN'T HAVE BOTH SO KEURIG UP FOR GRABS come pick it up somebody or I will drop it off ... my kitchen counter can't fit both and don't want to.... I love this one better already .... SOMEBODY COME HOOK IT UP!!!!

So Im gonna leave it on this table to see who hooks it up .... oh wait ... let me disconnect the Keurig first otherwise no one will ... LOL ... gotta love 'em ... thank you dufuses ... I LOVE MY PREZZIE THAT IS YOURS TOO...

EDIT UPDATE...

 Hi Marti. I think you should wear the short pink one, it's very cute. You and Al have a great time at Foxwoods!

 OMG ESP LOL .... I JUST WAS GOING TO EDIT TO ADD MY PREZZIE .... CHECK IT OUT FINI... Dufuses gave me a prezzie that is one for them too LOL now that is good looking out ... they can have their coffee ... I can have both decaf coffee and tea ... woot ... putting my Keurig up for grabs on SI ...  I am adding this to my post ... 

woot woot and I got a prezzie too ... hold up ... this is a family prezzie what's up willis?


I AM LOVING IT .... CAN'T HAVE BOTH SO KEURIG UP FOR GRABS come pick it up somebody or I will drop it off ... my kitchen counter can't fit both and don't want to.... I love this one better already .... SOMEBODY COME HOOK IT UP!!!!

So Im gonna leave it on this table to see who hooks it up .... oh wait ... let me disconnect the Keurig first otherwise no one will ... LOL ... gotta love 'em ... thank you dufuses ... I LOVE MY PREZZIE THAT IS YOURS TOO...

I love anything made by Cuisinart Marti and I'm sure this is going to be really nice. Let me know how it works for ya. I just got a new coffee maker a couple months ago but maybe I need a new one. I like the idea of single serve. I drink a lot of coffee though so how many ounces is a single serve?

 Fini it is AWESOME and easy and guess what? there are these containers that you fill with a scoop of your fave coffee if you don't want to use a pod ... you can also use ho****er only if you want tea and it brews STAT ... LOVE IT ... I love it better than the Keurig and I was on my second Keurig we replaced the first one I got about  a month ago because it just stopped working or so Al told me ,,, we got a new one just to realize he had not placed the water container in properly so we gave that one away ... and now I have this Cuisinart the Keurig is up for grabs ... I LOVE THIS BEST!!! YES!

Check these features out:

Product Features Brew basket can accommodate coffee pods as well as ground coffee and 75 ounce water reservoir holds enough to ten 6 ounce cups of coffee. Low pressure pump and boiler system with patented tamping and sealing method for better tasting coffee Cup selector 4 to 12 ounces and can select regular or bold coffee flavor. Removable drip tray can accommodate coffee cup from 4 ounces to Cuisinart travel mug (170mm) 2 minute pre-heat time and charcoal water filter removes impurities. Auto shut-off (2hours from last use) Water level indicator on front. Scoop with brush included and easy to clean.

You can use your own coffee instead of pods ... these came with it..

WOW!!!!! Grrrlfriend, you are gorgeous and HOT!!! Plus wonderful with your courage, love, and attitude!

I vote for the short pink dress, too.

 Thank you neighbor!!!! I love love love your siggy line.... 

Your beautiful inside and out Martita!

Smokin' Hot. Have a great time sis.

 Thank you sis! So are you!!! You are certainly rocking that loser's bench already woot woot!!!

Your beauty glows from within!

You look like a long, cool glass of water in the full length pink.

Have great time celebrating tonight! You've earned it.