The Watkins Girls

Am I Dreaming?

2010-01-20T06:26:00.000-08:00

Dreams are interesting. Do they show your most inner desires?
Well if that is true my most inner desire, is shopping for clothes and
buying shirts that I can tuck in, and pants with big belts! HA
Never owned them, Always wanted to. So the one of the first things that I am going to look for.... Pants with belts!

check it out

2009-07-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

New blogg...
http://shunthefat.blogspot.com/

Boys Boys Boys

2009-07-13T23:33:00.000-07:00

What is up with boys.... It is just like being in High School! Waiting by the phone for him to call! But HE DID call and all is pretty good now in my world!

Dating.... Just like High School

2009-02-11T19:33:00.000-08:00

Dating is exciting and terribly frustrating all at the same time.
So much anticipation, gut wrenching, small talk, It feels like High school! Maybe I'll pass him a note at homeroom! See if he likes me!!

So you finally meet someone that you like and seems to like you back. YEAH!! so you start to date and some of the barriers come down, and you realize that you are dating ....... your ex. NO Really! He is an egomaniac, preferrs to stay at home, plays all sorts of instruments, always want to be right.
And he is adorable!! I know that dosent seem like much, but it is all too close for comfort. I admit it. I like him. He pushes my buttons.
Ok so he is different in a few ways also. Like he has a job, owns his home,
He Thinks that I am short, thinks that I am sexy (and makes me feel like that) Likes me in high heals and skirts,and he thinks that foreplay should last all day.(YEAH)

OK so that was most of the good stuff, but I also know that this is not going to go the distance. Now that I know that It will not be a long term thing, do I stop seeing him? or do I just enjoy it for what it is right now.

Hmmmmm, that is the question.....
Guess we will have to see how this all turns out

Birthday Bonanza

2009-01-12T22:11:00.000-08:00

The New year is here with Wild abandon. I am definatly glad the holiday's are over. However, now the barage of birthday's is here. Every 2 weeks there is a birthday!There are even a couple extra in between ugh! Yippee.
Paige Turned 7 on the 1st of Jan. Then the birthdays are ..... Mom, Kristen,
Laura-Mom, Liz, and Gaby.
Although it can be fun, it is definatly exhausting! I personally trying to ignor my own birthday. I don't like the fact that I am turning a young 39. I do not feel 39. and most of the year I can pretend that I am something else- more what I feel, versus all the sudden realizing that I am really physically .....older.
hmmmmm somthing to ponder.

To Spanky or Not to Spanky!

2008-09-14T10:57:00.000-07:00

I have just realized how much I love ..... and Hate Spanky Pants.
So as you all know, I have been losing weight. 125 to be more exact!
Anyway, so I caved and bought a pair of spanky pants to you know..... smooth out the
Rolls. So I wear them one day and I get SOOO many compliments.
Dont get me wrong I LOVE the compliments!
But now I have to wear them everyday!
The pants that I have are like bycle shorts, they go to just above my knees. They are fine at the beginning of the day, but as the day goes on.... they tend to rise up on me! They are no longer to my knees. However now I have this nasty roll moving up my thigh!!!! So I find that I am constantly adjusting myself. SOOOO lady like!! ugh
So what is a girl to do? be all rolly? Or be forced to wear the Spanky Pants
all the time!

Life in the west: Remember...

2008-09-14T10:56:00.000-07:00

Life in the west: Remember...

Relationships

2008-09-08T00:13:00.000-07:00

I do not think that I will E v e r understand relationships.
I don't think that it is just MEN or Just Women. It is the combination of the
two together that makes us all ...... Stupid.
I sit here and ponder.... What is it that I am really looking for?
I feel sorry for men these days. I can only guess how hard this must all be.
Having to live up to movies, and romance novels, soap operas, ect.
How can anyone live up to that? I can only understand to a certain degree of having to live up to being thin..... Or should I say, being fat. One tends to get ignored most of my life because I am/was Fat. Granted I worked hard at being invisable.... until now..... but Now taht I do not want to be invisable.... I realize that I am having a hard time fitting in? How strange is that?
Anyway.... I am losing focas on where I began. What is it that I am really looking for. Mostly ..... I am looking for a friend, and eventually benifits! HA
I am finding that it is very difficult to find someone that does not get pissed because you are at Chuck E Cheese with a zillian kids, it is loud, and your own kids are asking for your attention. and he is ok with the fact that your conversation is going to get interupted..... LOTS! My conversations get interrupted several times, and sometimes I get lost in the conversations due to inturruptions.... It does not mean that I do not want to have the converstion..... It is just that I have other things that I have to listen to. They do not wait.... there KIDS!
UGH!
So what is a lonely divorced person to do? Internet? YUCK Church? Maybe.....
HoooHum

Summers Over Already

2008-09-02T08:14:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe that Summer is over!

It seems like just yesterday that Alison and Paige were getting out of school. Now it is Labor Day? Ugh. I can still remember my parents telling me that time will seem to just fly by. When all I could think is..... this Life it taking SOOO long!

Now I just miss the easy days! Time does just fly by!

Like I cannot believe that in just a few short weeks (14ish) it will have been 1 full year since I started losing weight! I have lost 128lbs so far. (yeah me)
I don't like to set weight goals for myself, I am just not good at goals! But it does make me think about where I will be at the year mark. Hmmmmm 14 weeks. I can usually lose at least 1lb a week usually 1.8 but to be safe..... we will say 14 lbs in 14 weeks. hmmmm 142lbs......that would be soooo Rippin Cool

Vacation

2008-08-14T00:55:00.000-07:00

W O W ! !
Super fun Mini Vacat! We started off going to Santa Cruz, CA.
But In route I decided that I had to take this opportunity to show the girls where I mostly grew up. I cannot believe it but I passed the house. I drove right by it. In the last 8 years the New owners cut down a 100 year old Eucalyptus tree. They left up a rusty OLD flag pole!!!! but cut down the beautiful tree! Go figure!!

Again while I was in town, I took Alison and Paige to see "Touch-Down Jesus!!"
While we were finishing up up walks Dana and Mauricio!!!! blown away to see such an old friend! OK sorry now old like in OLD.... You know what I mean!!
What a treat! They both look Great! What a beautiful family that they have going on.

Then Off to Santa Cruz. OH MY GOODNESS! Alison Loves the beach . She did not want to get out of the waves! She is hooked! Who cares about the Boardwalk, did not even care about the Gift Shop!!! All that she wanted was the waves!
Paige however, not so much..... she enjoyed the waves but " it smells!!!!" was her biggest complaint. Wah!
And I got to spend lots of time at my favorite beach! Right near the marina. It is by far my favorite sunset location.
Then off to San Francisco We went. Stopped to get gas in Cupertino. OH gosh
It totally blows my mind that So much has changed and yet soooooo much it totally the same!! Some of the shops that I was so sure would have been closed by now are still there and yet others are gone! I realize that it has been like 15 years since I really have spent time there but WOW! It was just weird.

The girls loved San Francisco! I think that there favorite was china town! Seriously It is like the best dollar store in the world! Next time I think that I will have to reserve the entire day there. We did not get to go to any of the food places at all.... boo hoo. I admit it I was super SUPER bummed! But the girls had fun!That is all that matters! Alison got lots of little treasures,coins,meditation balls.
Paige got a Chinese dress, shoes, fan.
So much fun!
This may sound totally stupid but My favorite part..... Was watching Alison and Paige have a super fun time, and knowing I did it all by my self. That they were happy, and when you ask them about there favorite thing? they keep changing what it was... basically it was everything!! Aaahhhh what a treat!

VACATION!

2008-08-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

Aaaahhh yess the time has finally come!
V A C A T I O N
Just about the time for the girls to go back to school. So we are off to do
a little bit of Local Vacationing.
We are off to Santa Cruz!!!! Show them my old stomping grounds, and finally get
them to the ocean. After that we will spend some time in San Francisco.
I am going to take them to the Zoo and the Piers, and of course, the Exploritorium!!!
And don't forget CHINA TOWN!

When I get back I will send out some photo's and updates!
Peace my friends

Whoops

2008-08-04T21:55:00.001-07:00

Well I cannot believe how fast the time has gone by. I am sorry to say that I have almost forgotten about this site.
SORRY

I will try to be better
Just not today.
But I promise.

Random act of FUN

2008-05-16T20:31:00.000-07:00

Gosh! I know that it has been a bit since ....... well since we were all Sick. Ugh! Let me just say that was unpleasant!!!! All that time at home Paige and Alison kinda has a bit of withdrawal. Or maybe it is more a bit of separation anxiety. It was like back to when They started Day Care. Tears tears tears. Talk about guilt when I dropped them off.
Looks like that they are back to ...... 'Normal' ish .
HMMMmmmm I am still walking in the morning. Yeah me. I lost another couple lbs last week
bringing me to about 87!!!!!
I have been getting back to chatting with some High School friends. This has been totally fun!
Some from HS and a bunch from Youth Group. What a treat to catch up with everyone!

All is Well

2008-05-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

Finally ! All is well at the house!!!! Shhhh don't say it tooo loud , but everyone is.....
Healthy! Alison and Paige are Healthy. I am done with Strep. My eye's are white again! No more Vampira!Whoooo hooooo
Guest what ! We have teeth! Alison front teeth are coming in! I know! How exciting is that!
So far it is just 1 on the top ...... ok granted it is kinda funny. She is having to learn how to talk again, and eat and do just about everything. She pretty much has never had teeth!
Alison has gotten very good about brushing also. We are all very excited about out tooth tunes that are due to arrive any day now.
Paige is missing her Daddy Lots these days. He came to our home for, it was suppose to be just a couple days. I begged him to stay since we were all sick and WOW could I use the help. So he stayed. But that meant that Paige got use to being home with Daddy...... for almost 2 weeks. So now she does not want to go back to school. I guess that this will just take some more time to adjust to............again!

Excuses EXCUSES

2008-05-02T00:08:00.000-07:00

OK excuse
#1 -I'm sick! and I cannot taste anything!
#2-I really havent eaten anything for days!..... ok that is true!

Ok so I am at home, already fed the girls..... and put them to bed.
Took My medicine about an hour prior and suprisingly I was hungary!
So I figured I would just pop in a frozen. No prob. also still not tasting
tooo much still. Then I see a rice crispy treat. freshly made by Marco
and the girls. So I took a bite of one. Then I ate the entire piece.
and I was totally weak and ate a second one also. Yummy dinner.
No seriously! It was sooooo good.
Good thing that there is no more of that. Being sick made me weak!
BAck on that horse!!

What! more sicky

2008-04-28T20:22:00.000-07:00

OH MY GOODNESS!

ALison is Sick! Actually so am I . But who cares. right?

Daycare called today to say that Ali-bean had a 102 temp! ugh!!!
Just when I thought that it might be over!

Me? well My throat hurts, my ankle still hurts, I am achy, and sleepy as well

and I am phlemy. Yucky

OH I also noticed that all the photo's were on the other page. so here are some more from,

I think it was Easter.

Ouch Ouch OUCH!!!

2008-04-27T08:47:00.000-07:00

The Lord DEFINATLY has a sense of humor!
Saturday April 25th was the Walk of Dimes 6 mile walk.
I go, and Finally find parking, hunt for coins in the car for parking-cause I lost my Credit Card! I go back to the car and at the capitol they have these big sloping curbs. I go to step off the curb, but it is a slope..... You might see where I am going with this. I steped, hit the slope, and CRASH ! Down I go!
I was so embarrassed! I jumped right up and looked around. I did not see anyone. OH yeah I planned that!
SO, I thought that Maybe it was just sore. Maybe I could just stretch it out and it would be fine. So I walked down to register and turn in my donations.
It was at this point that I realized that I could not do the walk. I was in some major pain. Oh in case you are wondering , these are the colors of my ankle.
so pretty!
It is true Lizzy style to trip and get hurt right before the walk. So I came home and found my big boot so that I could go to work.

I may have been hurt. But I got the best compliment! With all the weight that I have lost, people have been taking some notice. Tammy Cooper (my GM)
walked up and said " I am sorry that you got hurt, but You sure are looking good."
Works for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HA

Booger Central!!!!

2008-04-22T21:34:00.000-07:00

Oh my GOODNESS! Paige is still sick!
She still has a low grade fever! ugh!
Luckily Mom will finally take her for the next couple days. Yeah!!!!
Looks like I will finally be able to go back to work.
I cannot believe that I am actually thinking that! I mean it is not like that
I have been on vacation. There has been no rest her. You would not even believe
how many tissues that we have gone thre. Lets see, Paige has gone thru 2 rolls of toilet paper! and 1 complete box of tissues. You should see my house. Lets just call it Booger Central!
Peace

S T I L L S I C K !!!!

2008-04-20T20:14:00.000-07:00

OH mY good Ness,
Paige is still sick! I Just cannot get her fever down past 100.
DR. said just have to wait till it breaks. But it is taking forEVER!
Pray for me that it is not going to take much longer!!!!!!
Help meee...... I am drowning in boogers!!!

Sickness

2008-04-19T22:19:00.000-07:00

OH my Goodness!
What Crazyness. Alison has Pink Eye!!! and Paige is sitting here with a fever that just will not break under 100. Mom didn't even want to take them!! That is pretty sick!
Oh this was a supper fun day! I almost wish that I was able to go to work. I am just praying that they are all better by monday! OH Please be better by Monday.

Customer Service.....Crap

2008-04-16T23:06:00.000-07:00

Do you ever wonder about people in Customer service positions?
Recently I have. I use to think that it was a totally trainable position. That it was a learnable thing.
I am finding out more and more everyday that that is not true.
You know you can go someplace or call some 800 # to get ... what's that word? OH! I know its HELP! What do you get. I would like to think that about 50 % of the time (probably more like 75%) you get some person that is following policy and proceedure, sometimes they are even just reading a script!! Now sometimes you even get someone that SOUNDS like they care. They have the right Tones in there voice, but it just seems that if it is not on there Troubleshooting list, they cannot think outside of a box. Have you ever found that ???
I have, and I am currently dealing with it right at my own work. UGH! I just don't get it.
There are ,apparently, little know tricks to Customer Service. I would still like to think that it is a learnable trait. However right now I honestly do not know for sure.
Trait #1) Listen to the guests. I know that that sounds SO simple. But really that is all it takes sometime. Your guest is frustrated and just wants to make sure that you under stand and ....
(this leads me to #2)
2) learn the word Sorry. Say it often.True most of the time I really do not mean it. I could care less. But I do honor the fact that they are having a hard time and if I am not sorry and fix the problem. They will shop elsewhere and I will not have a job! Pretty simple Huh? Learn to make it sound like you MEAN IT. even if you could care less! (I got really good at it when I had kids. " Oh I'm sorry you got hurt" 'Im sorry you did not get a candy"
3)Learn the rules of your work. But realize that it is just a box, and there is a whole world outside of that box that is excessable.
4) Dont Judge!!!! Just remember Guests are calling cause they do NOT know what to do!!!
They Need help and you can Make there day!!!! BE the HERO!!!!!! not the villian.

Honestly I think that is really it. 4 things . That is it!!!
I do not understand Why any of that is sooo hard. Yet everyday I hear condisending tones in
other employee's. Comments like...'Why should we help them, They bought it over 1 year ago!!!'

We should Listen to see if either we can help them at the store..... or extended warrenty,
but for the last comment, that guest had the extended warranty. Why not be the hero.
Why be the pain in the customers butt???
Well, this was my frustration today. I just needed to get it down, and out of my head!

Lazy Day's

2008-04-13T22:45:00.000-07:00

Just a Lazy day around the house. We had an inpromptu Playdate. The girls had made all of the plans, and just kinda let me know about it on Friday.
I woke up this morning to Alison's friend calling to find out what time we were coming over.
I did not know what to do with myself!
Decied that my shirts do not fit anymore. I have this one black and grey shirt that last time I wore it ..................... I was constantly adjusting it , cause it was falling off. Now that I realized that I can get a shirt or two at TARGET of all places. Well I am hooked on shopping.
OH yeah I am also realizing That this may not be a good thing. I am hooked on clothes.
Actually that is not entirely true. I like the consept that I will able to buy clothes that I really like .... That are the style that I want to wear. Not just what would fit ok.
My world is shifting because of the weight loss. YEAH BABY!!
ANYway, So I shopped and then got snacks for the girls for school...
I should have come home to clean up and vaccume or something . But I just vegged out!

Peace

God Save the Car!!!

2008-04-09T22:02:00.000-07:00

YEAH!
Thank God the car is going to be OK!!!
Not only was the ignition switch broken, apparently there
were some small plasticy parts that broke off and fell down the
shaft, and were causing problems. ! ugh!
So unfortunatly it was mostly just labor intensive.

Thankfully God sent me his personall Helpers,
otherwise know as Biddy and Pop!
Mom let me borrow her car so that I could get the Girls to
school and of course me to work.
(note to self, when I win the Lottery millions, I am going to buy
one of these Toyota's ! So nice!!!!
Well I guess I will be able to get my Taurus back tomorrow.
All healed and everything!

Another Day Another Pound

2008-04-08T20:22:00.001-07:00

April 8 2008
Gosh only 1 Lb today... bummer. OH Well, At least I am still going down right?
We are at 71 pounds!!
OH but get this ! Went to re-certify for PCOE then to Paige's school to help out.
Then after school.... I go to start the car and NOTHING! It starts to roll over. but then the
ignition switch breaks! At least I hope that is what it is!!!!!!!
Any way the power was on ( not the engine!) but well that was the problem!
no power to the engine!!!!!!
Well Thank Gosh Mom and Dad were around to help me out!
Had to tow the car to shop !
So as of right now No Lizzy Car! waahhhh !
( actually it is pretty good , I have had this car for almost 2 years and this is the first thing that has really happened to it !)
We shall see tomorrow- hopefully it can get fixed right away.

A TOTALLY New experiance

2008-04-06T22:23:00.000-07:00

OH WOW! 4-5-08

OK I had a totally strange and wonderfully weird experiance the other day. I went to Target and for some reason went to look at womens clothes. I can hardly still believe it. I found a shirt, THAT FIT!!!!!

I have not been able to find a piece of clothing from a retail store in like a Zillion years!

OH and I think that It is Totally Cute! I was completly shocked.

I know that other people have comented on how I look, But I just do not see it yet. I know the number. I am Proud of the number. OH Incase I havent bored you with that yet ....... I have lost (so far to date,) 70.8 Lbs! I know!!!

I can hardly believe it sometimes! Look at me go go go !

Weight Watchers Rocks!!

Even though I know that I have a ton of weight to go. I am going to stay happy no matter what weight I am in.

I know that I would not have been able to do any of this with out a ton of support and of course- God. With out Him I can do nothing!

Well that is my new experiance.

I liked it----------- LOTS!

Peace

The ZOO!

2008-03-29T16:24:00.000-07:00

Today was GREAT! The Girls and I went to the ZOO!

Well you know they called and said it was time to come home!! HA !!

Yeah I know, It's an Old joke. Still funny though! (thanks Marco)

Got to see all the animals. We got there early so they seemed to be all awake and active, so that was fun.

You might think that The Zoo would have been enough, BUT NO ...... we also went

across the street to FAIRTALE TOWN!!!!!!

I know, Amazing, but its totally true!!

IN Mew-mory of MO

2008-03-25T15:57:00.000-07:00

IN Memory (or Mew-mory ) of Mo the Cat

Our Wonderful cat Mo has met with a very untimely end. On Monday, March 25th, a neighbor dog escaped his yard and chased and killed MO. Since Mo did not have any front claws, and very few teeth, he did not have anyway to protect himself. A wonderful -other neighbor - saw what was happening and rushed to try and save Mo. Unfortunatly the nasty dog had already done too much damage and Mo was gone.

Mo is going to be greatly missed. He was the loudest cat I have ever known. He very rarely played. But he loved a good cuddle, and LOTS of wet food. He loved to eat!!! Mo also love to sit on you when you went potty. I am convinced that he thought that we were there just to give him a lap to snuggle on.

Well I know that 1 of the photo's of MO is kinda freaky..... but it is classic MO, so I put it up anyway.

Peace and Blessings to MO

March 19,2008

2008-03-19T22:39:00.000-07:00

What A wonderful week. Alison is feeling better. Yeah!! I am feeling better... Yeah!
Finally getting around to figuring out how to do photo's here. OK just starting to figure it out
I should get better. Right ? I should?! Anyway here are a couple photo's of the girls.
Here is Paige right after her Parade at school. So sparkly! The pictures during the
parade she looked so sad. (She was afraid that I was going to leave.) No such luck! After the parade we even went for a Quicky lunch! Then back to daycare.
Alison here has just finished a chocolate feast. Yummy! I live vicarously thru Ali-Bean.
She eats the chocolate for me. Ha!
OH ! on another note................................
I lost 1 more pound!! yippee! So that brings me
to a total of 67lbs!!!!!! YAH!

Just got word that Sister Kristen just had her 2nd baby!!!! YEAH KRISTEN and of course baby Leah! 4lbs 5 oz. OH MY! I am so jealous!! That is like half of 1 of mine!!!

I hope that they are both well. Can't wait to get photo's

All About Us!

2008-03-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

Gosh I cannot believe that I completly forgot to tell you all
WHO the Watkins Girls are!
I am Liz Watkins .... formally Liz Demsky ....... I am the Mom!
I am newly divorced mom of 2 amazing young girls.
Alison and Paige. We also have 1 REally old Cat! Mo!
Mo happens to be the only boy in the house. Although he has been fixed so
I am not sure if that really counts.
We live in Rocklin CA and we love it here.
I -the momma - work at RC Willey in the office. No matter how Crazy it gets,
or more specifically how crazy the Guests get I Love it. Maybe I just like the Crazy?
Even though I totally need to finda a job that is just Monday - Friday and no nights. For now
It is totally great!
Well, I will try to post often to let you all know what The Watkins Girls are up to.

March 8 2008

2008-03-08T23:41:00.000-08:00

Well here we go ! This is the first posting for all of us. The Watkins Girls here!
Soon we can all have the pictures up. I guess I will first need to take some photp's of the girls. Maybe even 1 of myself. OH hey! I can do a before and after photo. Big Momma and
soon to the world Thin Lizzy! HA!

Is it too soon to change the name of this Blog?? I forgot about our Cat!! He is a Boy!
He is neutered though. So Maybe we can keep the name. Any suggestions?

Well Like I said Photo's to come soon
Peace