My Life, Uncensored.

Thomas and I got some bittersweet news today. Our little baby Chase is in the process of potty training at his daycare. I guess this means I can't really call him baby Chase anymore.. although I really should have stopped calling him that a long time ago. I am excited and blah about it all at the same time. I am going to be saving serious $$ on diapers but I'm not looking forward to all the accident clean ups. With the good comes the ugly, right? Take a stroll back with me for a moment and let's look at our diaper years. Sniffles...

So the whole Hallanderson family was hanging out last night when I noticed Chase's nose was bleeding. My initial thought was that with this funky weather and all the heaters going his nasal passages were dry. A while later I noticed a bruise on his head.. this made my Mommy Radar go off the scale and all these scenorios started going through my head. "OMG. Chase fell, hit his head, broke his nose and has some internal injury that is slowing messing up his organs." or "OMG! Chase hit his head and now his nose is bleeding! He must have brain trauma! He's slowly becoming mentally damaged and I didn't even notice!" and "OMG! CHASE HAS A CONCUSSION!!!!! HE'S SLOWLY TURNING INTO A VEGETABLE! CALL AN AMBULANCE"  OK.. So I'm extreme.. You get all of me or none of me. ANYHOO! My first thought.. well.. rational thought.. is to check his pupils. So, I got a flashlight and checked them! They were A-OK! My next move was to call the doctor wh

  So, you know the cartoons where they show the brain of a dumb character and there is a hamster wheel and the hamster is asleep or something. Yeah, that's about how my metabolism is!   I would L<3VE to be the skinny person everyone hated for once! Instead.. I'm the oompa loompa in the background of all pictures trying to hide behind 3 other skinny people so you can't see me.   That's alllllllll going to change though. I am officially a Calorie Counter. That's right.. you can call me.. Fran, The Calorie Countin' Bandit.. OK my name needs a little work but HEY!   Let's get a little background here. I've always been overweight. There was a short stint where I wasn't but unfortunately in order to be at a normal weight I was convinced throwing everything up was a good idea. While I lost weight, I destroyed my health and my own personal body image. I got it under control for a while and then gained a ton of weight. I then joined the Metabolic R

Hello my little followers! Look who officially has a blog! At the suggestion of a friend, I am now a blogger. As awkward as that sounds.. I am pretty pumped. Be prepared for lots of rambling, random facts, and non-sense. Ready? Sweet! Let the fun begin... I'll start by introducing you to my clan. Meet - Me! I like diamonds, money and chocolate. (In that order) Tom Tom, aka "Mini Man of My Drama" and Chase, aka "Indian Chief" Put us all together and we make, "Hall. Party of 3. Your table is now available." Ahhhhh.. I <3 my life.