St. Pattys Day

So this year I got to finally go to a St. Pattys Day Party!!!Yeah Yeah I know what you are all thinking...you have never been to one....yes I lead a sheltered life!!LOL

There is a party every year held in Dublin, no not Ireland(I wish) Dublin, ON. Small townin Huron County. Well its held every year on St. Pats Day. It was a blast. I went with two of my good friends Jo and Lisa. Then met up with more friends when we got there. Everyone was having such a good time, most of them were very drunk, and it was hillarious.

So hear are some pics from the dance!!!

My friends Jenn her boyfriend Mike and bruce
My good friends Jo and Lisa
Lisa and me
Jo her neice and Mike
The band. They were great!
Cheers to a good time!!

Curling

So every year our group of friends decide to make an attempt to curl!!!

I'll go back to last year....I had a blast curling, dont get me wrong, but I couldnt get down adn actually throw the rock like everyone else. That was a disapointment for me. Well this year not the case.

This is my very good friend Colleen. She has her surgery in July and to date has lost over 150lbs. Im so very proud of her!

So I am posting a few pictures from our curling party. So enjoy and I cant wait to do it again next year!!

Stirkin a pose for the camera!!!LOL
Was so excited I could actually do this!!!

SWEEP, HURRY, HARD!!!Everyone was yelling that, it was hillarious!

A Big WOW

So I came to the conclusion that I had to go and get some new clothes. I love shopping dont get me wrong, but having to buy clothes every month or so sucks, so I have learned to shop CLEARANCE!!!

So my mom and I go to Goderich every Friday pretty much and usually do grocery shopping, so yesterday I said I have to get some t-shirts and a few other things. So off to Walmart we go. As habit I head right for the plus size department and start looking for 1X to a few 2X items, well needless to say NOPE that aint working. So off to the REGULAR department. That is such a werid feeling. XL Im staring at the size tag and thinking to myself is this really going to fit me, I havent wore these sizes since highschool. So off to the change room I go and THEY FIT!!!WOWSERS......and they arent tight either. So I am so happy. Words cant describe it seriously. For those of you who are overweight know what I am feeling. So I ended up buying 2 t-shirts, 2 sweaters, comfy pants and this is a shocker a winter vest(my other one I have is a 3X) that is a size LARGE. That is a little snug, but in a couple weeks it will fit perfect.

So that is my wow moment. This is probably the first real big wow for me.

This journey for me so far has be awesome with a few thoughts of OMG what am I doing. I am so grateful I have such wonderful people in my life that are so supportive. If I didnt have this support it would be awful, Im sure I would fail. There are times where I think to myself why did I do this.......times when we are on the road and me trying to find something to eat, its frustrating and hard, but then I tell myself its okay I can do it! Most of the time I am glad I have choosen to take this journey!

Hugs

4 months already!!!

Well can you actually believe it.....my goodness look at that, im actually kind of skinny, I think!!LOL

4 months have passed since I have had my surgery, 4 MONTHS. Im amazed that I look like that. I can remember that I looked like that at one point in my life. Im totally and utterly thankful for Dr. Schram and the whole Barix team for changing my life. Im thankful that the Barix Clinic is allowing all of us Canadians to come to the US and have this life changing surgery done. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

Okay so numbers.......drum roll.........................down 70lbs since surgery in Nov and 84.4 since Oct.OMG, down a total of 38.5 inches since Dec. Im slowly fading away LOL!

This past weekend my sister was home and said something to me that I have I dont think ever heard before she called me skinny, what me are you kidding! She was just in shock the look on her face was priceless. It was awesome.

Hugs

Kel

A dear friend..............

Hello everyone, I hate to write such sad news on here, but I need too. A dear friend to many of us from the Barix Family has lost someone early Sunday morning. Shelia AKA Rusty was such a kind hearted individual. I believe she had her surgery early last week with the CROC gang as they called themselves. Im not sure what her cause of death is as that is being concluded sometime this week if not already.

I only met shelia once at our Barix Luncheon in Jan of this year, but from the time I met her I knew she was such an amazing and caring women. Like many of us she was having surgery Im sure to change her life and start over. She seemed eager with anticipation of having surgery. I know there are risks to any surgery more than others and we all know this. Somethings always happen for reason. Everyone has a purpose for being here on earth and when our time is up its up. God has many reasons why he needs us and he needed Shelia for some amazing job. You always ask though why, why did you have to take someone that was just starting over again? We will never know. I hope she passed away peacefully with no pain.

Rusty you will be extremely missed by us all. May you continue to bring joy and happiness where ever you are.

Hugs Kelly