Let Summer Begin!

This semester is done.  Honestly, I really enjoyed my classes.  A little after I started the semester I dropped from 3/4 time student to 1/2 time student.  After that I could handle my homework.  I know, I will never get done at this pace....  I wish I was super mom and all that, but honestly online classes kill me.  I don't get to go to class and listen, everything I learn has to come from me reading and trying to work it out in my head.  I would use my kids as excuses but there are so many mommies going to school full-time, I don't know how you do it.  I am not sure on my grades yet, I know for sure in Anthropology I got a solid A.  This class surprisingly was awesome.  I never thought I would be interested in learning about other peoples cultures...BUT I do.  All I can say is, even on my poorest day, I have food to eat, unlike much of the world.  It really made me realize a lot, mostly how blessed I am. My history of dance class was good, but nothing I was super interested in, but I needed it.  I think I got an A- possibly a B...but I am done and glad to be.

This summer, I have not much planned.  We have a lot of work to do, we are moving again and getting our new place ready.

I am working for Tony this year.  I am driving a swather...yeah it should be interesting.  But I will work 1 week every 5 or so weeks, 3 times.  It was really kind of him to give me a job, an am really nervous, but i am just a nervous person.  And bonus, I hope to not have to worry about baby sitters because Shyla and Kaitlynn said they would work it out.

I hope to walk/run a 5k in July.  Kade and I were training, but the wind and our stroller braking kinda stopped our progress. I use to be able to run that far without training, but I haven't run in 6ish years and havin babies killed my stamina.


I am still part-time watching kids...but when West Jefferson gets out of school it will only be random.  YAY.

I am at a record low with my weight (since kids).  I am down 31 pounds since starting weight loss.  I am now 162!  Feeling good, but wanting to fit into some of my old cloths again.

kids at G&G Kunz's exploring

Soon to be CRAZY.

Did I mention I switched majors?  No, because it is new...because I live in the middle of nowhere and all I have are prenursing classes I was unsure what to do.  I can't do clinical rotations and such when I don't live in Pocatello.  Sorry not driving 2 hours one way everyday for school for a few more years.  After talking with a councilor, we decided I can get a general studies associates degree in a few more (part-time) semesters.  Not ideal, but I would like a degree instead of quitting now and having nothing to show for it.
ISU has limited online classes, so I can only take certain ones certain semesters. So 10 credits this semester and I hope to register full time come fall, and I'm DONE.  Light at the end of the tunnel. I may have to take a few in the summer in case I can't get them this fall??? I wish it was more then an associates given that I have taken enough credits for a bachelors, but hey not everything works out the way you hope, especially for me...had some bad luck all my life :)  But if i go back to ISU later I will have the credits and if I decided to go somewhere else I have a start.....


Otherwise, I am starting a new round of biggest loser, Kade joined in.  He is the one motivating me to work out, SO AWESOME. I have 20+ pounds to lose and I hope to make it.

All of my classes are online and I am not looking forward to 2 semesters of French, the book costs more then my anatomy and physiology book...yeah not happy.   No book should cost close to 400 bucks unless it is made of gold :)

ANYWAY HAPPY THURSDAY!

a random picture

30 Days of Thanks Day 12 - What I won today!!!

Yeah, I am excited to say that the biggest loser competition I was in on facebook paid off.  I am super excited.

This is what was posted for me.Stephanie Kunz Bingham! You had a HUGE 10.88% weight loss perecntage and a whopping 21 pounds lost!  You were very consistent every week!  You offered a lot of encouragement and you earned your 80% $$$161.6!! WOW!!

I won 80% of the money people sent in.  It was required to pay at least a dollar a week, so only 8 bucks...not bad!  It really paid off for me in the end.

I am excited to keep on going with my weight loss.  I am halfway there...then I will be close to my prebaby weight.  YAY, for me :)

Here are some pictures, they are okay.  Not the best, these are only 6 weeks instead of 8 weeks apart...in a few more weeks my weight loss may be more noticeable.


So I am very blessed to be doing well in my goal to be more healthy.  I am also blessed to be able to wear my wedding ring again.  

Stress

Did I mention that I joined a biggest loser FB club?  Yeah, and so far we have been doing it 5 weeks, 3 left in the time I have been doing it I have lost 15 pounds!  I have been in 1st place the last 2 weeks...so maybe I will actually  win the $230 prize.  I will keep my fingers crossed, and keep off the chocolate.

These are my before pictures....except I took them about 2 weeks after I started.  These are motivating because they remind me of my maternity pictures I took, what a belly!   

I don't look any better and it discourages me because all I have done to lose weight is have my appendix out, stayed sick for 2 weeks following that, and cut out most of my sugar.  :D

I wasn't going to post about it at all but I got excited that I am in the lead 2 weeks in a row!

Apart from procrastinating my midterms in school, we have been moving a lot lately   Kade doesn't get off of work until six and it only stays light for an hour after that.  So, every time we go to move and get stuff done, we don't get a lot done.   We are out of the little white house in Mud Lake, all of that stuff is in boxes in the new house in Mud Lake.  We went last night to the house in IF and the upstairs got cleaned, and the downstairs got pushed into a corner???  Yeah, Kade's alternator went out in his truck so we were unable to pull a trailer to haul the rest of our stuff.

His alternator? In his new truck?  Yes, that is our luck.

But he can replace it himself so it will be about $120 for a new one :( but that is all it will cost and that is with his parts discount....at least we wont have to replace the batteries as well.  It would have been 400 for new batteries  whooo, good thing we didn't need to replace those.


On a happy last note, because not much is happy on this post, my friends Brad and Nikki Black are in the hospital right now having baby number 2!