One proud mom

So as a proud mom, I stand before you to let you know that I just watched the most amazing human spider in a play ever. He was wonderful!!! Very funny and engaging with the audience.



He came to me about a month ago saying he was going to be a human spider and he needed a costume with 8 arms and he wanted 6 eyes. So my brain kicks into gear about how I can deliver such a costume. Couple of days later I got the vision and then I had to set about executing the vision. I needed a black long sleeve t-shirt, 3 pairs of women's plain black trouser socks, fiber fill and some fishing line. OK so go ahead I'll give you minute to try and visualize the costume at this point.



OK enough time for you to, I'm sure, think up all kinds of visions. So I started by stuffing the socks with the fiber fill. Then I connected the first one underneath the arm, the next one about 3 inches beneath it and a 3rd about 3 inches below that. Did the same for the other side. Then I threaded fish line from underneath the middle of the sleeve down to the first leg and through it to the second leg and through that one to the third leg. Repeat process at the end of the sleeve and on the other side. Stuffed 3 pairs of gloves with fiber fill and put on the end of each sock and viola!!! you have a spider shirt. Did I mention he looked every bit the spider when he put on the shirt? Anyway and then I used face clown makeup and drew the additional 4 eyes on his head.



The play was wonderful and I sat in the audience with a big grin on my face as I watched my amazing son perform his lines and play his part. He pointed out on the way home that this was his 7th play that he has performed in. He has been a shark, dinosaur, turkey, just a regular boy, red Starburst and a spider. I guess we can take heart that so far he has shown versatility in his roles. :) No type casting yet.



So from a beaming WAF mom here is a picture of my star..

And in the beginning......

So here it is my first official blog. I am a wife, mother and friend. I have one very handsome and charming son as well as one very handsome and charming husband. I feel very fortunate to have a great group of girlfriends that support me through thick and thin. For many years I felt I had to be everything to everyone and never thought that one of the people that I needed to be everything for was myself.

January 29, 2008 I went in and had the Gastric Sleeve procedure performed. To date I have lost 139 pounds. Yeah me!!!! The surgery is only one step to the process of getting the weight off. The other part, and the part that I think is the most important, is figuring out you and what drives you. This is the really hard part!!!!! You have to really open up and examine why you turn to certain behaviors. Why do I reach for food when I get stressed? What does it make me feel like when I do? By eating the food does it actually relieve the stress? I have to be honest and say at times the answer to that last question is 'YES', but does it mean that it is the right place to turn to relieve the stress. Obviously not. There are other coping mechanisms that you can use besides food, you just have to find it. Maybe blogging will be my new stress reliever. At one time in my life it was playing the piano. I'm wondering if I should get another piano. I can only ever play for myself, because I will never be good enough to play for anyone else. I barely made it through my piano recitals. (very big grin) I definitely haven't found all the answers yet, I'm still on my journey.

I've decided that sharing this blog with you it will help me discover me and help me learn how to be everything to me by sharing my thoughts and seeing them in print. (I have discovered it makes it more real for me). I hope to share my ups and downs and my joy as a mother, wife and friend. So welcome to my blog and I hope you stop back often to visit and find out what is going on.

They call it a new Social Network

So what are the old ones? Parties, bars, book clubs, bridge clubs, raves, coffee at Starbucks.... Has Twitter, Facebook and MySpace taken the place of the human interaction that we all thought was our social network or is it just an addition to the list? I like to think the later. A new medium by which to communicate with other people who have things in common. Many people with common interest, that we might not actually ever meet in person, given the opportunity to talk and share with others. I only worry that there is the opportunity for some people to use it in place of human interaction. My hope is that it is used to expand our horizons and not limit them. Very funny to see Oprah learning to use Facebook and then Twitter. Ashton Kutcher using it as a platform to further good causes as well as joke around and share with his fans on Twitter.

Interstingly enough over the past week I have talked with several people who are making statements like "I've chosen to stay away from Facebook." "I'm not getting hooked on Facebook." "I keep hearing about these Mafia Wars on Facebook and I'm saying clear." They have a fear of this new Social Network like it was a drug. One that have very addictive qualities. So I will continue to visit Facebook, MySpace and Twitter in hopes that I will stay connected with old and new friends and maybe just maybe be on the cutting edge of some great announcement.

By the way GOOOOOO MAVSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! I will be blogging on Swine Flu tomorrow.