Blog Challenge - Day 3

My Family…


My family is very important to me. It always has been, even though it has changed significantly over the years.

Growing up, it was me and my mom. I don’t know my father. Never met him, at least that I can remember. My mom’s parents and my maternal grandmother’s mother (my great grandmother) lived close. This was my family. We spent all our time together, my great grandmother watched me in the summer and on the weekends when my mom worked. We moved to Florida and my grandfather’s mother and aunt were also close but they passed away when I was little and I really don’t remember them very well.

When I got a little older, my mom’s sister and her family moved to town. I have three male cousins that I was smack dab in the middle of, age wise. We all got along pretty well. I think I said in yesterday’s post that I was the only girl, so I was spoiled. Two of my cousins are very sports oriented and the other is sports oriented and musically oriented. I only have the musical part. We all were pretty close. Then as we got older, they started to move away. My oldest cousin went out of state for school and now lives in Colorado (he did come back to Florida for a while and has his wife and two littles). My middle cousin moved all over the place and now is in Southern California with his wife and their littles. My youngest cousin remains in Florida with his girlfriend (oops, fiancé) and their little. (I don’t have any littles, that doesn’t seem fair, does it.)

My mom and her sister and I moved to Nevada about 10 years ago. That was my family for a while. My mom’s parents and my maternal grandmother passed away before we moved. Within 2 years of each other (it was not the easiest time, it’s also about the time we were dealing with the hurricanes, see yesterday’s post).

I met my hubby in 2007 and we got married in 2008. In 2013 we moved from Northern Nevada to Southern Nevada but my mom and her sister remain in Northern Nevada. That is very difficult as my mom and I have been very close my whole life (single mom/only child). She visits a lot though…His mom and one of his sisters (who are twins) live in California. The other sister lives in Oklahoma. We don’t see them very often, but my hubby’s father is now living with us. So we see him a lot! We also have the pups, red dog and grey dog.

I have lots of extended family too, lots of second and third cousins, some I know, some I don’t, lots that I am friends with on Facebook…

Then there are the friends that are like family…

So there you have it, my family though the years. Stay tuned to find out about the strange things I do when I’m alone…

Blog Challenge - Day 2

15 Things About Me...

I love to sing, but I have horrible stage fright - I was in high school choir and love to sing, but would always get really nervous when it was time to perform. I envy those people that do not get nervous when about to perform.

I met my hubby on MySpace, does that still exist?!?!

I am an only child, of a single mom, AND the only female grandchild...yeah, I'm spoiled rotten

I've lived in Minnesota, Florida and Nevada. I was born in Minnesota and moved to Florida when I was 5, I do not remember much of Minnesota. Then we moved to Nevada when I was 29. Although Northern Nevada and Southern Nevada may as well be 2 different states.

I graduated #12 in my high school class of almost 900 students...that was 20 years ago this week, wow, I feel old!!!

I am allergic to cats and some dogs, but still have 2 pups (grey dog and red dog, we call them)

We moved from Florida to Nevada because we went through two hurricanes in about two weeks, then got threatened with another a few weeks after that, AND there had been one a few weeks before. At that point, we were done with Florida.

The first time I went to DisneyLand was 3 years ago for my 35th birthday, my hubby grew up in Southern California. But I grew up in Florida so went to Disney World alot. I was shocked when I saw how small DisneyLand is in comparison...

My favorite Disney character is EEYORE

I am right handed, unless I am eating, when I use my left, UNLESS I am eating sushi, I can not use chopsticks with my left hand!

Even though I grew up in Florida, I do not tan, I will burn if in the sun for, like, 5 minutes. So, I hardly ever went to the beach. I have even gotten so burned that I would blister, several times (ewwww!!!)

I hate cilantro, but my hubby loves it, so it makes for some interesting meal times

I changed majors in the middle of my college career, from Psychology to Social Work. I have an AA in Psychology and a BSW/MSW in Social Work.

My favorite flowers are probably Gerber Daisies or Poppies because they are so happy

I am not a fan of snow, but also not a fan of heat so neither Northern Nevada or Southern Nevada are my dream locales. Stay tuned in the challenge when I write about where I would like to live.

Blog Challenge - Day 1

The Meaning of My Blog Name...

So, my blog is called "Plus Size to Downsized" and I think it is pretty obvious what it means. I have always been a big girl, I was always the "fat friend" and really hated that. I didn't have a lot of people that I trusted, no boyfriends in high school (or college, for that matter).

My whole adult life, I would lose weight just to gain it back again. I even went so far as to pretty much starve myself on the HCG diet (whatever it was called). I took pills everyday (that I got from Walmart, yeah, I'm smart) and ate 600 calories. My hubby made me stop when I passed out one day while at the Hot Springs in Carson City, NV.

I have tried really hard in the past, even getting down to about where I am now (my lowest in forever). I look at pictures from THAT time and think to myself, what if I had continued with the weight loss 3 years ago, where could I be NOW if I had not given up.

Well, I have made up my mind, I am NOT giving up this time. I will not go back to all the old bad habits that I had. I have the support of my family, losing weight with someone else is so helpful (even if I do get jealous because he has lost more than me!!!).

The name of the blog actually came to me while I was laying in bed one night, I was thinking about my weight loss journey and where I have come from and where I was going and playing around with words. I actually had to get up and write it down so I didn't forget it! That was the moment that I decided that I would be doing this blog, it all came from a thought in the middle of the night, and the rest, as they say, is HISTORY!!

Stay tuned, tomorrow is "15 things about me."

Blog Challenge

I know I just started this blog, but I want to do something fun, so I have been seeing so people doing blog challenges. I could not find one that I really liked, so I created my own!!



I know that anyone who knows me would be shocked to think of me starting something in the middle of the month (I'm a little OCD like that) but that is exactly what I am going to do... tomorrow.

I decided to do 28 days (4 weeks) since I am starting in the middle of the month. I figure it will get me used to (trying) to blog everyday and will give you a chance to get to know me. So stay tuned...

Thinking...

Well, i have been looking at some other blogs recently and I think I want to do a blog challenge. It appears to be a good way to get me blogging consistently everyday, get the brain going, and introduce myself to you guys... so I am going to have to think on it for a minute, but I do believe that I wilk do a 30 DAY BLOG CHALLENGE! Stay tuned for more.