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Susi
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My weight loss journey, my dogs, my family, general bit of my life, my refound hobby of scrapbooking and a new interest in making mini books.
About Me:
I am also mom to 6 furbabies, four dachshunds Pica, Pinto, Patches, and Benjamin. Also there's Bella, our HUGE 9 month old black lab puppy, and Oreo the hidden tuxedo cat. (she stays hidden most of the time away from the dogs!)
I am on my journey to WLS (lapband), having started in April of this year.
I am nearing the end of my 6 month supervised diet and exercise program, and have had my psych eval and EGD done already. The rest of the things I need to do will be in November or December. My paperwork will be submitted in January 2011, and hopefully I'll be approved pretty quickly.
It's a bit of a wait, but I have gotten this far, so I can wait a few more months!
UPDATE: I began to have second thoughts about getting the lapband in December, and was reseaching the RNY (gastric bypass) procedure. All month I was in turmoil, not sure what to do. I got a lot of emotional and moral support from my friend Virginia (virginiaann1975),On December 31, 2011, I finally made the decision to have the RNY, and I don't regret my decision at all.
My surgery was done on February 14th, 2011, (my love gift to myself!). On surgery day, I weighed 223 lbs, and today (August 4, 2011) I weigh 165 lbs! My starting weight was 261 lbs on April 7, 2010, and now, one year, four months later I have lost 96 lbs! I still have about 30 lbs to go until I reach my goal weight of 135, I am hoping I will reach that around November.
Recently I rediscovered my old hobby of scrapbooking and paper crafting. Ever since then, I have been working on scrapbook pages and learning how to make mini scrapbook albums (also known as mini books) here on YouTube. Yesterday I learned about junque journals, so now that is another project I have started. I love being creative again, when I stopped crafting 4 years ago, I thought my muse had left me forever. I am glad she decided to return!
Hometown:
Originally Mpls MN, currently Peoria AZ
Country:
United States
Occupation:
I am a kindergarten teacher, currently on hiatus due to disability (mental health issues). I have been working as a volunteer in the kindergarten classrooms of a Phx school, and I love it! I feel that I am ready to go back to work again, starting as an assistant or para-professional to get my feet back into the system again. I'm hoping that I will be going back to work this fall!
Schools:
Meridian Sr. High School class of 1980, Lewis Clark State College, class of 1984, Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education. Central AZ College, class of 1987, Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education.
Interests:
Internet, reading, music, paper crafting
Movies:
My Name is Khan, The Kite Runner, The Sound of Music and others that I can't think of right now!
Music:
Eclectic, ranging from contemporary rock to classical, opera to folk, Latin to Broadway showtunes. I do not like techno, heavy metal, rap, hip hop, or "cry in your beer" country.
Books:
Sookis Stackhouse Mysteries, The Kite Runner, One Thousand Billiant Suns, The Help. The Book Thief and the Hunger Games Trilogy. I also like to listen to audiobooks, which brings a whole new perspective to the books I love!
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In this video I showcased my finished mini album for my granddaughter's birthday. Sometimes when you are creating something, you surprise yourself...
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Here's a fun idea to help your kiddos practice spelling/reading/writing. I'm calling these "Photo-phonics". You can literally make HUND...
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