B.A.D. (xp)

Yup, I am B.A.D. = Blessed And Delivered and I am claiming it every day ... I am a blessed mess at times but blessed anyway...

Just in the nick of time I finished my dress and my friend's dress for a wedding we are both in this afternoon at 4 pm ... and to think I did a Samba in heels workout this morning and I am heading out to Zumba at Workout on Whitney with my DD at 10:00 a.m. this morning ... then to worship ... then to awesome fun as my friend reaffirms her vows in an awesome ceremony...  

Okay I have to steam and press this with my dressmaker's presser which is warming up ... this is the dress I finished last night...
 

 

and my comparison collage... the back was a PITA and took the most time with adjusting the straps .. DD was asleep and DHs fingers were cramping and he could not help me much with pinning so I had to use my homemade duct tape body form in my size .... 

 

On Saturday night I went out with DH and friends to an awesome gala and benefit dinner dance and I wore an awesome Rubber Ducky dress in a size S that I bought 6 months after my surgery never ever dreaming to wear it ... wore it for the first time Saturday night and had to pull it apart and adjust the TOO BIG SIZE SMALL bodice go figure..... and I love taking pictures of my labels even...

 

I won't ever forget YESTERDAY and TODAY... 203 pounds lighter from a highest weight of 327 pounds ... no more diabetes, no more hypertension, no more sleep apnea, no more gerd, no more hyperlipidemia .. I am healthy and fit and living life to the fullest without impaired mobility and shortness of breath ... I am loving me!

I love love love OH too ...  regardless of all the ups and downs I embrace diversity and the sharing of experiences and information ... I have received many blessings from many on here ... check me out with an awesome pocketbook made from a cigar box by none other than an awesome OH sista Julie .... we traded crafts ..I painted an awesome canvas of her and her beloved partner and she made me a cigar box pocketbook woot ... I am wearing it today ... first I did Samba in heels and I have my sneakers in my bag as I go off to zumba like this....

 

Heel aerobics? HOOT! good for the calves ... started out with Brazilian Samba ... lawd please don't let me break my neck LOL but no ... I GOT THIS... I have been wearing heels all the way from my highest weight ... I got too.. everyone in the house is over 6 ft tall but meeeeeeeee... what gives? LOL

 

 

I love making comparison collages for my empowerment journal A picture a day keeps the pounds and the inches away... 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE BEING B.A.D. (BLESSED AND DELIVERED)  we all are ... it has nothing to do with theism ... I rest assured that no weapon formed against me can prosper ... as long as my heart is in the right place ... as long as I own my actions and my words and as long as I am able to say I AM SORRY AND MEAN IT!!!!

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE..  Another goofy post on the run ... just to encourage myself and someone else ... there is joy and there is misery in equal measures in the world a friend dear to my heart once told me ... I am embracing joy and making it happen to me EVERY.SINGLE.DAY ....

HAVE A BLESSED DAY EVERYONE ... OFF TO ZUMBA AND A BUSY SUNDAY ... THAT I MAY REGRET ON CRAZY WORKDAY MONDAY lol....

you are beautiful and so talented! I love and enjoy reading your posts, thank you so much for sharing!

 Thank you Wendy ... I am dressed and waiting for my friends to roll around in the limo ... I hope to be back home before 10 pm ... Mondays are crazy at the workplace...

WOW. amazing both the dress and you!

 Thank you Dolores... I just edited to add the back in the second picture... I was going too fast and duplicated it ... I am all dressed back from church and waiting for my friends to pick me up in the limo... which should be any minute now.. Thanks for your support!

You look wonderful! You are B.A.D!

 Thank you Dee ... we are B.A.D. indeed!!!

 Wow. I was thinking the blue dress was simple yet perfectly finished, w/out lumps the way my sewing comes out. Then I saw the back. Gorgeous job on a complicated design.

Are you not six feet tall? I would have guessed 6'6"! 

Have a great day!

 Thank you Dagne ... I am dressed and ready to leave in a minute ... decided to answer your wonderful responses while I wait for the limo to pick me up with my friends ... LOL I am 5'5.5" tall thank you veddy much and then add 3-4" heels LOL ...

The dress was picked by my friend who is reaffirming her vows ... she has her 4 best friends in it and I am one of them as she reaffirms 25 years happily married to her high school sweetheart...

I made both my dress and another friend's ... the back was a pain ... the front was plain... I updated the second picture to show the back... I had made a mistake and posted two of the front ... ooops I think I have to go now LOL... here is the back of the dress...