CIRCLES AND MORE CIRCLES .... laughing at my goofy

As I sit here thinking YAY it is midweek the Geico Camel crawls into my head and I cannot help but smile at that goofy commercial that makes me laugh ... As I laugh I am thinking what an awesome time I have had since last week entertaining my very own niece, my youngest sister's daughter, as she came for a visit and is leaving back out tonight ... I am thinking I am having sooooooooo much fun with the younger gals (my DD and her friends and my 26 year old niece) BUT now I am TIRED ... I can't keep up with their endless source of energy .... I am old LOL ... and this ole lady needs some sleep after getting in very few hours this past week...

I am also thinking CIRCLES and MORE CIRCLES ... why? just the other day my journal entry focused on life being a full circle ... and I shared a pictorial of me going from skinny, to overweight, to obese and to morbid obese and right back down those stages post RNY to a total loss of 203 pounds down from a highest of 327 pounds and maintaining for 6 years and 6 months and loving it...

Keeping circles in mind, my youngest sister and my niece's mother Rosita send me some of our childhood pictures ... LOL ... here we are teen agers in our senior year in high school.  Rosi is wearing a beautiful dress my mom made for her and her white go-go boots ... and I am wearing a beautiful blouse that my mom made for me and a lavender crochet skirt that I made for myself .... YIKES check us out? Anyone remembers those granny square crochet vests and purses we used to use? fringes and all? LOL .... 

Me and my sister Rosi in our senior year at high school ... Rosi in her go-go boots and me in my self-made crochet skirt... ROFL we do look sooooooooo goofy and thought then we were just fly LOL....

and here comes the CIRCLE ... can you believe it? This is me in a pair of CROCHET pants that I MADE MYSELF totally forgetting that skirt from my teenage years I made this pants a couple years ago after my gastric bypass surgery ... and strutted off to work in it too LOL ... and WHAT A COINCIDENCE .... check out the color and the fact that here I am YEARS after doing one of the creative things that I like ... full circle...

See? I am wrapped the same way pre and post op ... totally GOOFY LOL ... 

and it is HUMP DAY!!! YAY ... where is that GEICO CAMEL in the commercial? he makes me laugh .... I took off for work after flinging a black blazer over my dress... enjoying my mural and my dollies ....

I also took a close up with my second doll-gift from my son ... BUT I am so keeping my broken doll and I WILL repair her too...I also made my full lace piece from start to finish and I just love it ...

I am also so happy that we were able to take my niece for a closer look at Lady Liberty before her departure today...

Thanks for allowing me to share goofy snippets of my journey .... in MAINTENANCE post RNY Gastric Bypass 6 years and 6 months .... I am embracing Joy and MAKING it happen to me .... with 5 co-morbidities in full remission and health and mobility I am living my life like it is golden ... there has been loss, and challenges and ups and downs ... but overall Life is GOOD and I am blessed with a miracle every day that I open my eyes to a new day ...

This was me BEFORE Weight Loss Surgery...

I am so happy for today ... and for EVERY NEW AWAKENING I am so grateful!!!!

HAPPY HUMP DAY ALL!!!! Embracing LIFE ... embracing JOY ...and MAKING IT HAPPEN!!!! that is my MO to try to fulfill every day ... joy that is not contingent upon personal feelings nor material things ... . a joy that I can't even explain ... I AM GRATEFUL...

I love that commercial too! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and pictures with us today. Hope you have a great hump day!

LOL, Karen, I have that camel stuck in my head .... Have a wonderful day too!!!

Ha ha your pictures bring back memories! I had a yellow and brown poncho that my mom knitted...with a matching hat! I LOVED that poncho! Thanks for sharing!

LOL... I remember the ponchos too ... mine was made in multicolored yarn WITH a matching pocketbook LOL .... and we had bell bottoms to wear too ... we thought we were looking fly too .... then we shared some of the pictures the other day and were laughing sooooooooooooo hard at ourselves ...

I had a crocheted poncho in red that I adored when I was little. lol Thanks for sharing your beautiful stories and pictures with us. As always, so inspiring to me. "What's today????" LOL!

A red poncho ... AWESOME ... I bet you rocked it too....  I remember having a red pocket book made with two big red granny squares and a strap .... we used to have fun making those ...  I love picture memories ... thanks for allowing me to share ....

You were and still are so fly!

LOL ...at looking 'fly'  ... my daughter says 'mom no one uses that word nowadays you guys are OLD' LOL  ... OMG we even had bell bottoms that we had all these ruffles on the bottom of ... hmmm I feel like making myself one of those one day soon too... 

I would have thought you were younger then me, except I know we both have adult children.... I refuse to grow old (at least in my heart, pink and sparkles will always be my 2 most favorite colours no matter what numbered age I am) I think we need to bring the word fly back!