Asked on a date and a dare by the 'OTHER MAN' and I went XP

  Yup... I did ... I went out on a date and accepted a dare  ... that is... the other man in the house ... the one I "made" and love more than I love myself ... he is handsome and sweet most of the times and a major PITA at other times but overall ... with all his issues (and they are many) .. he is a good son and I would trade him for none other...  I forgot to tell you, this young man is my artsy fartsy child ..just like me.. whereas my daughter 4 years his senior is industrious and an awesome business woman ..hmm just like me too LOL ... both of them are adults ... both of them are tall ... and they both have an ongoing love hate relationship with each other as in everlasting sibling rivalry LOL and they all live in our big house ... although independently in their own quarters...

So this morning and afternoon I was totally busy backing my DD at Zumba at 3 different studios ... we had a session at 9:15, another one at 11:30 and another at 1:00 pm ... by the time I got home I was drenched ..my clothes totally wet with sweat despite changing clothes in between sessions and was sooooooooooo beat as in TIRED ... I was so not expecting to get asked out on a date by my son ... lawd I was TIRED ... but he asked and as I started to turn him down his big green eyes and dufus look that he gives me when he wants something just melted my heart. This goofy boy stole my heart from the moment he kicked in my womb ... and when I saw him after my c-section that was it ... stole my heart forever... just like my DD ... these two grown kids of mine are my world .. and they know it .. and they take advantage of it sometimes to the point I have tell them 'get out of my face and space for a moment please' LOL... so tired as I was I could not say no....

My son asked me out to the Festival of Arts and Ideas and sure why not? I am glad I went and I so thoroughly enjoyed myself ... compounded with the morning and afternoon exercise I added miles of walking and strolling and having fun ... with the other man in the house ... my son...

He had to keep telling all who asked that I was his mom... they won't believe him... LOL....
 
Many on here have met him IRL as he is always tagging along with me to meet and greets and events and such because I DO NOT PUMP GAS ... YIKES I REFUSE TO PUMP GAS ... I don't want to get the mess on my hands and am afraid of the pumps go figure.

To those who have not met him I introduce you to my son, my blood, Ken, I call him KenKen
 
I cannot believe this goofy kid DARED me to hula hoop on the green with these gals that were hula hooping and dufus goes up to them and tells them that his mom (me) makes hula hoops and loves to hula hoop ... One of the gals comes over with this small light hula hoop and I take the dare KNOWING that I do not work with these light weight hulas ... 

 The lightweight hula just was not 'woiking' LOL... but the heavier one did as in the above pic...
 

I fill my hoops with water and steely weights .... Again my son dares me ... and as the apple did not fall far from the tree and I am just as goofy or goofier than him .. why not... don't dare your goofy mom cause you may just lose your last $1 ..and I took it too LOL... and rocked the heavier hula and it did not drop ... I did it around my waist, head, legs and arms too LOL...

 
I would have never done this at my highest weight of 327 pounds ... I used to love hula all the way up to my young adulthood but then life happened and then obesity and morbid obesity came along and somehow someway hula was not heard of again ... until I incorporated it to my workout ... until I started making my very own hulas that I shared on here a year or so ago...

Seriously he dares me and has his eyes on the gal LOL....
 

We took tons of pics ... I have to make a slide show... but here are a few..
 

 

 

We then went on a stroll from the Green to all the stores in the area and we bought a few extra prezzies for DH .... so after 3 sessions of zumba ... farting around at the festival and enjoying some awesome Jazz ... we strolled around me in high sandals go figure ... more exercise YAY .. exercise all around ... 

We strolled and strolled... this is behind the Shubert..
 

Past Ann Taylor's on the way to Samurai for Sushi... AND NO I DID NOT HAVE CALAMARI lol..
 

and after having Sushi we sat on the green and listened to music.... by this time my dawgs were TIRED...
 

AND BECAUSE I LOVE PICTURES I DOWNLOADED THEM TO MY DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT JOURNAL .. A PICTURE A DAY KEEPS THE POUNDS AND THE INCHES AWAY... AND I MADE COMPARISON COLLAGES ... AN EMPOWERMENT COLLAGE FOR THIS DAY ... MY FAT GIRL IMAGE KEEPING MY EYES FOCUSED ON MY CONCLUSION... A LIFE OF HEALTH AND MOBILITY POST WLS .... 203 POUNDS GONE THAT I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO KEEP AWAY FOR-EVER ... IT IS WORKING CAUSE I WORK IT! 

BEFORE AND TODAY...
 
and before and after...
 

LAWDY I AM SO TIRED I AM TYPING CAPS CAUSE I AM CROSS EYED RIGHT ABOUT NOW lol...

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SNIPPETS OF MY JOURNEY ... AND THE OTHER MAN IN MY HOUSE... MY DEAREST SON...

Did you have your hose thingees on? And your son is very handsome - but I'm sure you already knew that.lol

 I certainly had on my hose... Debbie I put those jokers on even in the pool... LOL ..

What a good looking boy!  You must be as proud of him as he obviously is of you.  Glad you had a good time.

 We had an AWESOME time! and tomorrow we all get to take the Main Man out for Father's Day ... he wanted to come to the Festival with us but could not because of restraints on his feet .. he can't be up and about for long period of times.... 

WOW you look awesome! What an inspiration you are to me. WOW. I love all the pix. WOW, AWESOME JOB 

 Thank you Oesnana for allowing me to share!!!

Oh my gosh, that young man is so handsome! You done GOOD woman! You look like siblings!

How tall is he? My son is tall, too. He's about 6'1".

Where were the pix taken?

You are beautiful! My friend just asked me 2 days ago to come hula-hoop with her with the heavier hoops! I couldn't do the light ones when I was young. I'm looking forward to being able to do it now!

 Son is 6'4" and daughter is 6'2" and husband is 6'1" and please do not let me go on about how myself, my mom (RIP) and my uncle are the shortest ones in the family ... I am 5'5.5" I lost an entire inch over the years to figure..

We were on the New Haven Green at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas followed by an awesome jazz concert on the Green ...

 

it was TONS of fun ... we met up with other yalies like us and had a blast...

HULA HOOPING IS FUN AS YOU KNOW.... YOU SHOULD GO.. IT IS AN AWESOME WORKOUT ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEAVIER HOOPS ... OMG ... I LOVE LOVE LOVE MAKING HOOPS ... I GOT THE INSTRUCTIONS ONLINE ... AND MADE THEM ... I LOVE MAKING THINGS... AND GIVING THEM AWAY AND USING THEM TOO....

I LOVE HULA HOOPING .... I HULA HOOP ALL THE TIME .... Check me out last year making a batch of hula hoops.... it is sooooooooooo easy.... this is a link on how to make them this guy is AWESOME and it is his instructions I follow when making mine ... I fill mine up with water to make them heavier.... http://www.jasonunbound.com/hoops.html  it is an AWESOME WORKOUT....  here is a simple hula routine:  http://www.realsimple.com/health/fitness-exercise/workouts/h ula-hoop-exercise-00000000057576/index.html 

I made these  hoops last year ... for me and my friends ... and the youth at the outreach center where I volunteer....

OH PLEASE TAKE YOUR FRIEND UP ON HER OFFER ... I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I COULD HULA AGAIN ... IT WAS AN AWESOME NSV...

 

What a nice looking young man.  Someone did something right raising him .