SUNSHINE

I was given this AWARD today by Jen @ http://jenslapbandjourney.blogspot.com/

I would like to say a big ol THANK YOU!

I would also like to give this AWARD to ALL my FOLLOWERS!

That's right EVERY single ONE of YOU have encouraged me!

THANK YOU!

Now go do a post about your AWARD!

It is AWARD season after all!

I love AWARDS!

I got 2 awards today!

FABULOUS!!!!!

“To walk gracefully in high heels, take short steps, as opposed to long strides, and come down in a heel-toe, heel-toe motion.”

Hence, the Stiletto Award…For Excellence in Blogging!

"I want to salute the women who balance life, family & relationships with style & class! Those women who share their experiences with us…who encourage us, inspire us, teach us, make us laugh and basically keep us going! You know who they are! While you read this blog, your family is looking at you wondering what the heck you are laughing about so hard…or why the tissue is necessary for internet browsing. It’s the one that the kids are excited about cuz a new post means a new craft project or family outing. The one that inspires you to be a better mom, friend, person in general. The one that reminds you that we are all “in this life together” and you’re not the only one going through the hard stuff. The one that you secretly wish your blog was like…"

For more on this AWESOME award, http://thehusaileybunch.com/you-have-received-the-stiletto-award/

Thank you so much JEN for giving me this AWARD! Where should I start..... :) Seriously THANK YOU you inspire me EVERYDAY with this lapband process and I truley do APPRECIATE it!

If you don't follow Jen's blog, YOU HAVE TOO! Click on the picture to this award on the right hand side of my blog and it will take you to her's!

So now it is MY turn to hand out these FABULOUS AWARDS.....

Kim @ http://good-byefattymcbutterpants.blogspot.com/ - She is an ALABAMIAN like ME! I love her blog and her comments are so great! Oh, and she is so pretty! Thanks girl for all you do!

Kristen @ http://redmokr.blogspot.com/ - She is also an ALABAMAIN like ME! I think she is BEAUTIFUL inside and out! She is so supportive! Thank you for all you do girl!

Jenny @ http://embracinganewpath.blogspot.com/ - She is FABULOUS! Oh, and she is getting banded TODAY! Thank you for all your kind words!

Amy @ http://cheeseandsunkist.blogspot.com/ - Who can give AWARDS without mentioning AMY! She is FAB, AWESOME, GREAT, FUNNY...... You get the picture? She is often referred to as the Oprah of blogging! Which is fine, because I can still be TYRA! If ya'll aren't following her get to it! SERIOUSLY AMY thank you! You are KIND and FUNNY and I LOVE when you comment on my blog!

Amanda @ http://amandakiska.blogspot.com/ - LOVE your blog! You are GREAT!

LDSWIMS @ http://ldswims-journeytoembrace.blogspot.com/ - She ALWAYS takes time to comment and did I metion she tells me I am BEAUTIFUL!

Bonnie @http://wishingandhopingandprayingforaband.blogspot.com/ - What a SWEET lady! Her blog is WONDERFUL and always UP BEAT! You go girl!

Two people I would have given this award to have already received it, but Jen and Drazil you would have def been awarded! :)

THE RULES!


This blog is meant to be shared, to be given out, to be bestowed upon any and ALL women who exemplify what the stiletto represents. If you’ve received this award, here’s what you do:

1. Display your Stiletto Badge of Honor on your sidebar! Wear it with pride… (grab the badge above)

“Heels this high are not meant for clubbing or walking long distances in. They are mainly used for getting from the living room to the bedroom, from the car to the restaurant, or for a short stroll along the catwalk.”

2. BRAG ABOUT IT! -write a post about your award. Include the link to this page so everyone will understand what it’s all about! http://bit.ly/thestilettoaward

3. SAY THANKS! - include a link to the friend who nominated you for the award.

4. SHARE THE LOVE! -nominate 5-10 blogs that you feel deserve the award. Include links to them in your post -and- leave them a comment to let them know they are nominated.

5. DO WHAT YOU DO! -keep at it. Keep inspiring and encouraging and sharing your life! We love it and we thank you!!!

Can I just say THANK YOU one more time!

This one is really LATE and for DRAZIL :)

Ok, so I KNOW I commented on one of our fellow bloggers posts that as SOON as I got back from LUNCH on FRIDAY i was going to answer the questions from DRAZIL'S post....

GUESS WHAT?

When I got back from lunch my computer had a virus or something and it wouldn't let me do ANYTHING.

I eventually had to call the computer tech guy to come FIX my computer!

So, here we go, the PROMISED post!

1. If you could change your first name would you, and what would it be?

I would never change my name. By now you ALL know I LOVE myself, and my NAME is also included in that LOVE. My full name is MARY CATHERINE MALONE SELLERS. Mary Catherine is my favorite name! I thank my mom all the time for naming me that! I would never change it, and also I WISH people would still call me that. Over the years it has been shortened to Mary, Mary Cat, or just Cat!

2. Why are man cover holes round?

Honestly, I have NO idea, and can I just say I have never even thought about that! I am too much in La La land to even recognize they are ROUND!

3. What are your biggest pet peeves?

Now that I am actually thinking about this, I don't know. I say the phrase "that gets on my nerves" so many times a day I might have to many to process! Gosh, even me not knowing the answer to that is getting on my nerves!

4. If you could be a car what would you be?

??? I don't even know what kind of car I own! JOKING! I do know what kind it is! I am SO not a car person. I can't even name something "cool" because I know nothing about cars! Oh, don't they say cars typically look like their owners. Ummm, maybe that is not true maybe that is dogs. Anyways! It would be something with a big back end!!!! My car would def have some booty!

5. What's the biggest thing you have learned from a blog this week?

I TON of stuff! I read so many blogs and seriously LEARN from each and EVERYONE of YOU! If I haven't ever told ya'll THANK YOU!

Thanks for reading ya'll!

Mary Catherine :)

Facebook!

I was sitting here at work thinking!

I NEED some new FACEBOOK friends!

I would LOVE to be FRIENDS with you on FACEBOOK if you have one!

I am listed as

Mary Catherine Sellers

Leave me comments if you are on facebook so I can find you, or you could just find me!

I think I am BEAUTIFUL

Here is the much PROMISED new post!

I have an announcement to make.....

I THINK I AM BEAUTIFUL and I LOVE MYSELF!

I am being SERIOUS ladies and boys! :)

Yesterday I decided to take some before pictures. I take lots of pictures of myself, but as I started looking for some of them I realized they were all face shoots. Not only face shoots, but face shoots where you hold the camera tilted above your held so you are looking up, you know the ones where they make your DOUBLE chin go away and also make you look like you did a good 75 pounds ago!

Come on ladies, I KNOW ya'll KNOW what I am talking about.

So, like I was saying I had my sweet co-worker take some before shoots of me in front of a door in my office.

Now I was thinking I was going to HATE these pictures when I saw them.

I had imagined how horrible these pictures were going to look, how I would be so ashamed to post them and let the WHOLE WORLD finally see ME!

Guess what.

I LOOKED at those pictures and I thought to MYSELF,

GIRL YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

Not just face pretty, I even thought my body looked BEAUTIFUL.

I know everyone is thinking, how can this be?

How can someone so over weight look at a FULL BODY picture of THEMSELVES and their response be, MAN I AM A HOTTIE!

I really don't know the answer.

Maybe it was because I was wearing really dark jeans and a black shirt???????

Just JOKING!

To be brutally honest I have always thought I was BEAUTIFUL.

SCARY, I know.

When I went to the Weight Surgeon, one of his questions was..."Do you have issues with your self esteem or feel uncomfortable about your body?"

I immediately answered, "NO!"

The truth is I don't, I probably should, but I don't.

To be honest looking at those before pictures kind of made myself question the surgery.

If I LOVE my body so much, why am I having weight loss surgery.

The answer is I HAVE too for my HEALTH!

I want to be healthy! I really WANT to have a BABY!

It does make me worried, because I hope I still LOVE myself this MUCH after I loose weight. I hope I still have this pureness about me. I hope I still can find BEAUTY in EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY! Regardless of size!

I want to encourage all of you to go look in the mirror!

Tell YOURSELF that YOU LOVE YOU!


Find SOMETHING about YOURSELF that you think is absolutely GORGEOUS!

Take that time to tell yourself that YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH YOU INSIDE AND OUT!

I know I am. I think that is why I KNOW this SURGERY is going to be such a success for me. I think I am in a really good place in my life right now. I am COMFORTABLE about who I am as a person! I am COMFORTABLE with ME!

Now here is the pictures I took!

I am going to start taking more full body pictures and post them!

Now as I am looking at these photos I am starting to think TWICE about this post.

MAYBE I don't LOOK as GOOD as I THINK i DO!!!!!!

Just kidding!

I know it's crazy but I can still find BEAUTY in them, maybe not PERFECTION, but definitely BEAUTY!

Now be NICE ladies and boys!

You ARE allowed to comment, but you may NOT use the words conceieted or self absorbed!

Just JOKING, I LOVE and ADORE ALL the comments you ladies and boys leave!

In fact I check my blog 1,000 times a day waiting to see what ya'll had to say!!!!

I LOVE you ALL!

I look at all of your blogs and can't help to think how BEAUTIFUL you ALL are!

Go get in the MIRROR ya'll!

Thanks for reading!

Cat!

Blah!!!

Ok ladies and gentlemen! I am still HERE! I have just had a case of the BLAH's lately. A case of the GRANDMA SHOES! I PROMISE to deliver an awesome blog tomorrow! It will be great and I already know what I am going to write about!

Want a hint?

How much I love myself! Oh and how I think I am beautiful!

I am being serious ya'll!

I have really been thinking about this!

Oh, and I PROMISE pictures!

Not just face shots with the camera titled down while being held above my head, actual full body!

Talk to ya'll tomorrow!

Cat!

Have you ever done illegal drugs?

Have you ever done illegal drugs?

That was one of the questions I HAD to answer on the paperwork I HAD to fill out for my Lap Band Doctor.

HONESTY.

I am so honest it sometimes is not a good thing!

MY answer....... And yes, I REALLY did write this down on the paperwork!

I did do some illegal drugs when I was a teenager. It was when I was like 16/17/18 years old. I feel really bad about it. I used to smoke pot and some pills like zanax and stuff. Sometimes when I used to smoke pot it would make me go crazy. Like get paranoid and black out and stuff. I think I have adverse reactions to illegal drugs. I changed my life, found JESUS! Please don't think bad of me!

Yes, Ladies. I really wrote this and turned it in!

Good thing my Doctor has an AWESOME sense of HUMOR!

He laughed and LAUGHED!

He told me not to worry. When he was getting his medicine licencure he was asked that same question, have you ever done illegal drugs. He marked NO without thinking. He went through the whole interview process and they never mentioned it. He started thinking about it and realized he hadn't told the truth because he had smoked pot in college. He actually felt so bad about it 3 days later he called the interviewer back and confessed! They told him everything was fine!!!!

So, that is why he thought it was so funny that I answered like that!!!!

I guess we have honesty in common!

Thanks for reading ya'll!

Cat