THIS TIME, IN TWO MONTHS

My daddy’s Birthday was Friday and we went to Longview to see him and say Happy Birthday. He was like, "I thought you were coming tomorrow?" I told him, "No daddy! Today is your birthday and I wanted to see you on your special day!" I love my parents, I don’t know why I ever wanted to move out of their house. I guess you just have to deal with your past mistakes, and learn to correct them as you move on. I definitely want to improve my relationship with my mom. I think my dad and I are already there:)
Speaking of my mom, she asked me if I had been dieting, she said my stomach looked slimmer. I told her yes, but I had only started on Monday… I am excited! I guess it’s working already:)

This small portions thing is working it’s magic. I knew I would blow it on the weekend, but Friday we went to Jack In the Box and had a speedy dinner since it was late already and I had to go to my dad’s. I told Lo to get me two tacos and 3 stuffed jalapeños. Usually I would be starving by then, and that’s ALL  I ordered. I used to eat a WHOLE LOT MORE than just that. And I know that isn’t the best "DIET" choice, but just the fact that I ordered that amount on my own without feeling like I was depriving myself amazes me. It’s like my stomach finally said, "That’s all you need, Karina."   Usually I want to go wild and order everything I can and feel miserable after eating it all… Nope. Not anymore.

I keep dreaming about my grandparents. I need to go see them soon.

Saturday was fun. Did some cleaning in the morning, I made CORN CASSEROLE and took it over to my in-laws. NE’s birthday was Thursday so we celebrated that day with some drinking, some dancing, and some fajitas! It was fun. I really enjoyed it. Didn’t really diet that day… or the day after…

It was actually COLD this morning and I had to go warm up the car before coming to work. I’m so excited.
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving this year, and the morning after. I know everyone hates getting up so early, and thinks that the sales are not worth it, but its so worth it to me. Not the sales, the quality time I get to spend with my husband. If you can believe it! 
It’s the same every year. We have like, a "game plan."  The week before Thanksgiving we start looking through the newspaper, we look for the best deals on stuff we need, and don’t need…  We get up as early as possible, put some warm clothes on… it’s always freeeezing that morning. We rush around and get some coffee on the way to Longview. First stop is Walmart for the $2.00 DVDs. Everybody and their mama is there already, and we are trying to beat them to the good ones… Then we make it over to the kitchen stuff, and we get whatever we need.  A new coffee maker, a new blender, etc. Then we hit the stores. We go get some lunch, hit up some more stores, we get stuff for ourselves mostly, but we also start on some Christmas gifts.  Then we go home, and talk about our day, and we have tons of DVDs to watch together for the next few months.

I always have so much fun when its just the two of us, and I am looking forward to that day soooooooooo much!!!