hi
here im in the apartment life still - house is getting close maybe another 2 weeks. coming together pretty well. did i mention im getting my OWN scrapbook room! soooo excited! i love each and everyone of you who reads this all 5 of you! * wink will look forward to getting things back to normal when we get in the house!
kiss kiss
le anne

well here i am - 4 months later, and alot of things to talk about. i will start with these pictures and work from there. 4 cheer compititions and 4 - 1st places later! these are a few of my favorite photos of tucker.

i will stop and say that our family is doing well, alot of struggles and hard times. but hoping the first of the year will bring a fresh start!

love to all...le anne irene

well here we are 184.4 now down total of 4.4 pounds
i thought it would be more... but eric said i'm doing well!
heading off to little rock this week-end
got the cheer schedule this morning... getting closer!
see you next week
leanne

well with the help of eric... (to keep honest)
186.4
i lost 2.4 lbs.
new goal to loose 3 more lbs. by next wednesday!
wish me luck!
love le anne irene bull

can you keep a secret????
this is ellie bull - a boxer puppy
tucker's birthday gift from eric and i
she is getting a picture of her tommorow in her birthday card and we will pick her up friday.
she is so tiny!
le anne irene

HAPPINESS found... my new bag!
love le anne irene

well i lived throught the evening... *wink wink
after work went to tuckers's swimming lessons last night, she is doing so good! after that went home, tucker had cereal (i knew i ate to much of that stuff when i was pregnant) for me a multi vitamin and 2 eggs (scrambled w/ 1/3 cup cheese) & 2 slices of tomato w/ black pepper and a water. worked around the house, stared at my mmm entry and tried to put the last layout i need together... didn't happen!
this morning up at 5 shower and off to work. where i work there is a big circle drive. got here at 5:10 walked until i had done 2 miles 5:45 went to coffee beanery had my coffee only this time w/ low fat carmel and no whip (did NOT taste the same) but i will only have 2 of these per week where i was having 5 a week. breakfast yogurt and a red apple and water.

eric says after 14 days of change that this will be cope habit. i hope in 14 days i see a diffrence. i WILL see a diffrence.
thanks for all the love and support.
leanne irene

what is the hardest thing you have ever had to do??? for me i'm sure it's not the hardest but it is a really bad struggle. WEIGHT!
i'm going to give you a little history and tell you my plan... do i have one? i think so. and since only maybe 10 of you read this NO need to be embarrassed!
the year 2003 i have be struggling with LOTS of female problems and after 3 diffrent doctors it became obvious that a hysterectomy was in my near future. feb 2003 i go into have my surgery weighing 139 lbs..... fast forward today, my metabolism is in a coma! seriously a sleep.
i have had many battles in the last 2 years of my life that i think i use food as a healing agent. well not that my battles have gotten away but i have... aged, and aged bad. i look at my face a see alot of wrinkles and my skin just don't have that same look. i do drink ALOT of water, wash and moisturize my face everyday. but main problem is i have let my weight and how i feel about myself when i look in a mirror (YUCK) yes nak** (i know you are saying YUCK or did i really need to know that?) is not pleasing to me.
so today i bought a scale and i'm gonna start using it! i know that i will never have a runway models body.... but i could stand to be ALOT thinner and healthier with my eating habits. so since i bought the scale, i brought into my office and took it out of the package and weighed myself 188.8 lbs (there i said it, for all the world to hear) i will be setting small goals and letting you know what they are.
today 7-11-07 goal 1 - to weight 3 lbs less than i do today, i will eat no sweets, and eat healthier meals, and i will walk 5 days in the next week, at least a mile.
i'm not starting tomorrow, i started today. wish me luck.
i'm sure i will be here before the week is up.... see you soon!
le anne irene bull

will this gucci bag go with my gucci shoes? handbag $2,135.00 WHAT! fun to look
le anne irene bull

who really spend $635.00 on ONE pair of shoes... if i was rich i would on these! they are HOT! i would have to learn how to walk in them too! *wink wink
see you after the 4th - tucker is having a friend stay the night and i'm going to crop ALL night long!
le anne irene

miles said "to grab a drink" and "come kick it at the pool"
miles you are so cute! fatty!
love you
libby

hang on to your panties, i'm bloggin two days in a row!
i stole this from elsie flannigan's blog and thought it would be fun!

1. what is your favorite word? mommy
2. what is your least favorite word? work *wink wink
3. what turns you on creatively - spiritually - emotionally?
creatively - a great photo - and new products
spiritually - hearing a sermon from my pastor that really hits home, one that make me realize i'm not as nuts as i think i am.
emotionally - for me this is easy, i'm a emotional basket case so tucker sometimes touchs my heart with something so sweet and just out of the blue.
4. what turns you off? bad breath - bad teeth - rude people - people who eat with their mouth open.
5.what is your favorite curse word? sh*t or he*l
6. what sound or noise do you love? tucker when she is laughing so hard, and when she tells me she loves me.
7. what sound or noise do you hate? tucker talking back, rude people.
8. what profession other than your own would you attempt? paralegal - would have to go to school, but always wanted to do this. i'm way to emotional to be a lawyer.
9. what profession would you not like to do? mine *wink jj i could never be a nurse, poking people and seeing someones insides YUCK!
10. when you reach the pearly gates of heaven what would you like to hear God say? you may have slipped, you may have fell a time or two. but you prayed asked for forgivness, and my child i still loved you. you have made me proud.

let me know yours!
love
leanne irene

good morning fellow bloggers....
grab you favorite drink.... mine for now MONSTER!

i'm again a bad blogger! smacking hand!
i will go back as far as i can remember and tell all....

well tucker is out of school and currently going to girls inc. here in fort smith. it is a summer program for young ladies. tucker seems to like it. they can go swimming everyday if they would like, arts and crafts projects, cooking classes, hiking, going to the park, ect. what was such a blessing about this is, we were paying $65.00 a week at daycare. this whole summer program YEP you guess it $65.00 FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER! able to save alot of money and put it towards school. (tucker goes to a private christian school, if you are new to blog) we are on a 2 week break from cheer, kinda nice i still leave at 3 and spend the afternoon with tucker. speaking of cheer gonna get going full force in about 4 months, starting to learn parts of what i think might be the routine and tucker is looking real good for flying again. its so hard to believe she will be in 3rd grade this coming year. but you know they grow up right before our eyes, sometimes just a little to fast. speaking of that.... she lost a tooth the other night and placed it under her pillow, knowing that the tooth fairy was sure to come. but the tooth fairy was EXHAUSTED from having a yard sale in the house (more on this later) and having to clean it up.... that she went to sleep and didn't wake up till it was to late. sunday morning we go off to church and i tell tucker that i will call the tooth fairy and let her know that she had lost a tooth. when we get ready to go to bed that night tucker asked the question that i fear and know that she is growing up. "mom are you and dad the tooth fairy?" WHAT? i ask NO! (no i don't lie to her but here YES) why would you think that? i ask "just cause" she says. eric says he doesn't like lying to her, well i don't either but she is the last little on that i will have and i don't want to loose this, my luck next she will ask about "the big guy" you know!!! any how tooth fairy came and left $5.00. tucker was happy and nothing else has been said.
went off to gasc (great american scrapbooking convention) in arlington a couple of weeks ago with rhonda and melanie to teach for www.chatterboxinc.com i was just the cute girl handing out the kits and doing door prizes. had alot of fun. met up with april on friday only, and met with angie, brit, and mandi all week-end. {{love these girls}} and met my twin look at pic below miya and her mom alice. they were a BLAST! and a big shout out to jeannie, and my ever so sweet friend heather ales met up with her sunday at the store she works at www.scrpabookpad.com ok are you ready they have shopping carts IN A SCRAPBOOKING STORE! ohhhh THANK-YOU Jesus! I only spent about $40.00 but the whole shopping cart thing was tons of fun. wanna see a picture www.chatterboxinc.typepad.com and scan down you can see rhonda with one. ate at this killed mexican food place in the same shopping complex and the scrapbook pad! SERIOUSLY need one of them in fort smith. i kept eating and eating and when i felt it was stopping in my throat i knew i could not eat any more. all and all was a great time. i really missed julie and monica who went with us last year.
this coming week-end i'm preparing to go to pittsburg kansas (my hometown) it's my grandparents - nannie & popo's 60th wedding ann. (see pic of them below) get to go eat at chicken annies... mmmmmmmmmm can't wait and the saturday off to th park for some family fun and visiting. my aunt melinda and uncle carl and their children hans and anna with their spouses are here and can't wait to see them. will post pics when i get back.
my julie is turning 30.... we had her surprise birthday party saturday at her house. was a BLAST! she was so surprised! we had hamburgers - hot dogs - all the fixin's and great cake with fun drinks. i think a few people got pushed in the pool, maybe by accident.... NO - NO accident! with pink ballons and surronded by here friends i think she had a wonderful time. love you julie!
ok on to the yard sale, was going to have a yard sale saturday, but with the chance of rain.... i did the craziest thing ever! i had the yard sale in my front living room. moved the rug and couch into the dining room and with eric's help got it all set up by 10pm. the nest morning was a little slow, but my time it was all said and done $267.00 dollars and eric would not let me put ONE box back into his garage. so divided it all up community rescue mission, clothes closet, good will, and a trash bag. it's all gone! have added some new things while going room to room in the house but most of the stuff has been though 3-4 yard sales. was so good to clean it all out. when we got home sunday from church and to sweep and mop the floor twice to get it looking good. but with it clean, dining room new paint and all SLAH decorations out, clena sheets on everyones beds, a whole LARGE bottle on pine sol, and laundry caught up (don't look and the back room - will be done this week) the house looks so nice. smells SO clean. i {{love}}it!
having a small get together in july and the big one....
tucker's 8th birthday party coming up july 20th. sending out invitations to 18 little girls to come to our house for a sleep over. eric is SOOOOOOO excited! i think it will be a blast.
so i'm glad to get the house cleaned up alittle bit. would like it all looking nice before my little gathering, and tucker's party.
scrapbooking personaly.... cleaned out the scrapbook room and have better than half of it purged and cleaned out and sold it all in the yard sale! have finally got a system that i think will work big ziploc bags went through 3 huge boxes and labeled them with events and laid it all out on the floor, i think i have it all sorted out and can start working on albums or mini albums for all of them. i have some great ideas running through my head.... if only i had the time to make them all happen! speaking of that....
i have some really big desires in my heart and really trying to put the foundations down to make thoughs desires and dreams come true. please say a little prayer for me. i continue to ask God if He is putting these desires in my heart to show me the path He would have me take to make them happen!
well i think my fingers are numb.... julie i posted girl and posted BIG!
i love you all (all 10 of you) *wink wink
le anne irene

hi blogland... would you like to be moved...

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i hope he wins the whole thing!
kiss kiss

dang it can't get link to work click on her name on right side of my blog cathy zielske

well i told julie i would try to update - it will be very short and very sweet. tomorrow i will share everything that has been going on...ALOT!
i just got back for gasc in arlington - this is my new friend miya - YES she is as crazy as me!
see you in the morning!
le anne

to my nannie & popo (i know you all have seen this before) but i REALLY miss them.
i love you both..
le anne

mornin...

i have a question for you.. the cintas uniform man every monday when he comes has to ask the dumbest questions (so not his fault, some ding dongs who wants more paperwork to do and well ask dumb questions)the question is... are you very satisfied?

with what you drop of uniforms? (rude i know)

but my question in response... are you ever really satisfied? really... i have good times and bad times and times where i just ask myself "self, why do you try so hard, with so sense happiness"... just numb!

this kinda goes along with a sermon that pastor holden preached this week-end. i truely believe we are living in the end times, and Jesus is soon to return. are you ready? when i stand in judgement of my Lord what will i say to Him? i was so moved with this sermon...
i know i have family members that are not saved, am i doing my job in ministering to them... no. there are some days i feel that i don't even set a good enough example to share my walk with God to anyone. i know we all have days that we slip, but somedays i want to remind Jesus "Jesus my plate is FULL" and "i don't know how much more i can do and or take." and in my heart this is what i hear back "you bring it all on your self"
i so wish that the word "simple" would come into my life. how do you find it, where can i purchase it at? soooo...

my answer "are you very satisfied?" No, No i'm not.....

hi ya.... guys (eric my husband and maybe keith (another cheer dad) and gals... all 10 of you maybe! *wink

doing ok here, a little stressed... but for the most part doing ok!
well this last week-end i was off to www.paperdillies.com "Croppin In The Wild" at ferncliff camp in little rock ar. I met april half way and followed her... had a great time. was so beautiful, and i was full of ideas so i got ALOT done. 3 layouts, finished my austin mini album, and entered a few contest's the abouve layout got me first in the sports contest! yea! i have another that won over all layout, i think i will save it for my mm master's entry. i was saving this one to BUT is has hit the web... so i will let everyone enjoy.

yes i will play victim to mm masters contest again this year, with a full year of finding my style i think i might have a better chance this year... crossing my fingers and toes.

was excited to be asked by rhonda of www.chatterboxinc.com to travel with her and melanie to gasc in arlington in june. my friend melanie was just named one of the new chatterbox storytellers you can see it here http://www.chatterboxinc.typepad.com
will sure be alot of fun. we will be cropping each night. so if you are ther please come by and say hi!

in other good news i have a layout featured on http://www.hamblyscreenprints.typepad.com it's of my dear friend julie's pug "Miles" wsho is the sweetest puppy ever! thanks allison for the wonderful opportunity to be on the hambly blog!

other than that just work work and yet more work. doing pictures, proofing pictures, and trying to get alot of personal matters resolved.

my friend karen came through her surgery the other day and so thankful that it was not as serious as we all thought it could be. my other friend dana is having surgery before end end of the week i pray for the same outcome. blessings, many blessing!

please check out www.paperdillies.com and if you live in the fort smith area join us for national scrapbook day, would love to spend the day with you!
gotta get back to work
love and kisses
le anne

one month and 10 days later you get an update....
i will start with the www.memoryvilla.com 2nd annual crop.
on march 29th i started my drive to peite jean mountian (right outside of morrilton arkansas) was a beautiful drive... by myself time to turn of the radio and enjoy the drive. i of course was expecting the croppers to stay up till all hours of the morning so stopping and getting my 'monster' energy drink WAS A MUST! the poor little girl died when i came to the register with 6 of them...'you are not going to drink all of these? are you?' to myself 'yes i want to run around like a chicken with my head cut off!' but instead she got 'no i don't plan on drinking them all in one setting' DUH! back into the truck to finish my drive. when i got there... of course i was the last dt girl to make it. but jumped right in and was up till 2:15 in the morning getting everything ready. then off to bed! up at 7:15 yes i got out of bed put on undergarments and brushed my teeth and hair up in ponytail. off to finish what needed to be set up... gross but why take 2 showers? my thought... got everything done by 10 and off to look cute... ok as cute as i could get! *wink wink by time the croppers got there i was so excited to see there faces when they got to see everything that was in store for them. MANY surprises, enough door prizes for everyone, great classes, and TONS of fun. day one friday up at 7:15 to bed at 2:45am! day two saturday up at 7:15 fun all day and the food.... well ROCKED! all homemade food with love and care to details. to bed at 2:25am! day three up at 7am and ready for the last day, yes and no. YES because cement floor and my knees and ankles were KILLING me! NO because this year we had 41 croppers, they never got out of thier chairs they were waited on hand and foot. it is so much fun to see their reaction to being pampered. NO i can't go to the bathroom for you! *wink wink but i got to meet some really great ladies and i have attached so photos i ripped off from april. ladies i hope you had as good a time as i did and can't wiat to see you all real soon. got home about 8pm (we stopped and ate dinner and a great mexican food place... with NO margarita's WHAT) when i got home the house was spotless, eric and tucker had worked really hard to have everything caught up so i could come home and well SLEEP!
i will post more on personal issues later.
kisses and huggs
le anne

i'm sorry but do you see that woman over there, bags under eyes, and a really bad hair day, in the getting tight jeans and frumpppppy sweatshirt... she's right over there... oh crap that's me looking in the mirror.
i'm tired, real tired! but here we go with the blog reporting...

1. last week-end tucker's squad won first and class champion! her stunt group got second. i'm so proud of her. my cousin hans and his girlfriend kim came to watch and then took us to dinner at a very cool place in memphis 'big foot burgers' YUMMY!
2. this week-end eric is off to drill and tucker and i are off to oklahoma city... YES to cheer. we have had 3 week-ends in a row and i got to go back to texas next week-end and then off the 17th and the last compitition of the year here in fort smith on the 24th. wow then try outs are april 21 then we start all over again!
3. have been doing ALOT of house cleaning, having a HUGE yard sale at eric's grandma's house on the 16th of march. will be much easier (we don't have a big garage) moving everything to her house and set up and have one big yard sale. when we have one at our house we have to put it all up in the back yard and pray it don't rain, and then i never get it all out of the house. i have been going room by room and eric has been moving as he gets a truck load. we have now filled his truck 3 times and mine 2 times... we have alot of USELESS crap. wish me luck!
4. with the yard sale money we hope to pay off some little bills and get a head start on tucker's school bill for next year.
5. going to order some windows and now that eric's work area will be cleaned out he can get to trimming out our bedroom! hope to get tucker's room, dining room and living room ripped out and done this summer. that lowes credit card will get a work out! again wish me luck!
6. starting back up with the photography starting the 17th all day cheerleaders! and one senior picture setting.
7. scrapbooking... well wednesday night was the first night i have scrapbooked in about a month! have had no time. got tons of stuff to get done... i need a whole day with everything in front of me and get it done. i have the memory villa crop in 4 weeks and then several conventions after that.
8. be thinking of my friend melanie she is having some surgery next week, and needs our prayers.
9. well i guess i should get back to work.
kisses
le anne