Weight discrimination...

I have not always been a big girl. I was always "athletic", but not fat. I have been watching all of these shows like entertainment Tonight and Tyra where they wear a fat suit and see how people treat them. Well, I already know. These skinny girls can take off their fat suits and be fine, but I can't.

I have been going to a "regular" gym for almost 2 years now and have experienced a lot of weight discrimination. When I am on an elliptical trainer, people will go on one that is not near me, tonight was the worst. There are only 4 elliptical trainers at my gym with TV's. Well, I had been on mine for 35 minutes, the skinny girl next to me had been on for 45 and the two guys next to her had been on for at least 20 minutes. So this guy walks up behind all of us and checks out our times, he obviously wanted to find out who he thought would be done first so he could get on next. Well who does he put his stuff done next to? Me of course. I guess he figures that since I am the fat girl that I will be getting off my elliptical before anyone else. I wasn't! Not only did it piss me off that he did this, but it made me want to go even longer just to show him that fat girls can work out too. I did my usual 45 minutes and one extra just to make a point since he had gotten on one of the others already. It just makes me mad that people assume that since I am a big girl that I can't work out like the skinny ones. WTH! Sometimes I just want to tell these people to go screw themselves.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great day today. Our family went to my Mom's house for Thanksgiving as we do almost every year. I helped cook some of the little things like the mashed potatoes (Martha Stewart garlic mashed potatoes), biscuits, corn on the cob and the appetizers. We had a lots of yummy food and a great time visiting. Uncle John, Kenny, Dora and Anthony were also there. I am glad that we have a small family so we can all get together for holidays like this. Here are some photos from today.

I want to see this movie so bad!

Walk The Line



Ok, so I am not a big country music fan or anything, but obviously I have heard of Johnny Cash. My Mom loves Willie Nelson and they were in the Highway Men together so I heard a lot of Johnny Cash when I was younger. I hate to say this, but the reason I want to see it the most is because of Joaquin Phoenix.
I mean does he not look just like Johnny Cash here?



I grew up loving his brother River, but when he died I fell in love with Joaquin. He has become such a great actor and I really hope that he wins an Oscar for this movie. He was nominated before for Gladiator and I loved him in that movie. For those of you that don't recognize his name, here are some of his movies:

Walk the Line (2005) .... Johnny Cash
Ladder 49 (2004) .... Jack Morrison
Hotel Rwanda (2004) .... Jack Daglish
The Village (2004) .... Lucius Hunt
Brother Bear (2003) (voice) .... Kenai
It's All About Love (2003) .... John
Signs (2002) .... Merrill Hess
Buffalo Soldiers (2001) .... Ray Elwood
Quills (2000) .... The Abbe du Coulmier
Gladiator (2000) .... Commodus
The Yards (2000) .... Willie Gutierrez
8MM (1999) .... Max California
Clay Pigeons (1998) .... Clay Bidwell
Return to Paradise (1998) .... Lewis McBride
U Turn (1997) .... Toby N. Tucker a.k.a. TNT
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) .... Doug Holt
To Die For (1995) .... Jimmy Emmett
Walking the Dog (1991)
Parenthood (1989) (as Leaf Phoenix) .... Garry Buckman-Lampkin
Secret Witness (1988) (TV) (as Leaf Phoenix)
Russkies (1987) (as Leaf Phoenix) .... Danny
SpaceCamp (1986) (as Leaf Phoenix) .... Max
"Morningstar/Eveningstar" (1986) TV Series (as Leaf Phoenix) .... Doug Roberts
Kids Don't Tell (1985) (TV) (as Leaf Phoenix) .... Frankie
Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984) (TV) (as Leaf Phoenix) .... Robby Ellsworth

This is amazing!

Someone on a scrapbook website showed this to me today and I was so amazed that I just had to share it. It is an amazing Christmas light show and I think that you have to have Windows Media Player to see it. Watch the whole thing because it is amazing! Oh and Dad, if you are reading this, this is what I expect your Christmas display to be like this year. I think you could do it. :)
Christmas light show.

Our 5th wedding anniversary...

Matt and I had a great time on our 5th wedding anniversary on Saturday (actually it was on Friday, but we went out on Saturday night.) We went to our favorite restaurant on the waterfront Ivars Acres of Clams on Pier 54.


They have the best fish in the world there. We both had halibut, but made in different ways. Mine was the rede wine bacon beurre rouge and Matt's had a holondaise sauce on it. Both were very yummy!

Next we went to the Market Theatre to see Theatre Sports. I had been to Theatre Sports twice before with my church youth group when I was younger and loved it so I knew that Matt would too. It is similar to the show Who's Line is it Anyway for those of you that don't know what it is. Improv comedy is the best. Before the show we walked around Pike Place which was closed, but saw a lot fun things that I hadn't seen in a long time.


We saw tha famous Pike Place newstand which carries every magazine and newspaper known to man and was feautured in the movie Singles. We saw the The Pink Door which was a place that my friend Andy took me for dinner once before our high school homecoming dance. I really wish I would have brought my camera, but I was a little afraid of taking it since it was raining and I don't have a bag for it yet (hint hint). We walked behind the famous Pike Place sign which would have been an awesome photo. We even stuck gum on the famous Gum Wall in front of the Market Theatre.




All in all, we had a great time. Every time I go downtown I feel so proud to be from Seattle. I truly believe that it is one of the greatest cities in the country. There are so many fun things to do and see and it is so clean and beautiful.



The photos of Seattle were taken by a local photographer named Chuck Pefley. You can see his photos here.

Halloween...

The kids had a great Halloween this year. It did rain a little bit, but they toughed it out and it eventually stopped. Monica's friend Brooks and his Dad went trick-or-treating with Matt, Riley and Monica this year and I think it was nice for Matt to have a little company and to meet someone new. Riley lasted only 30 minutes, but the rest of the gang stayed out for 2 and a half hours. They had a lot of fun and got a lot of candy. Monica was Raven from a tv show called the Teen Titans and Riley was of course Batman.