Crazy Dog Lady Has a Christmas Photo Shoot

Even though I'm just a single crazy dog lady, I still enjoy sending out a Christmas card and I take it very seriously...  By seriously I mean I seriously hope to capture a cliche picture of myself with my two dogs and send it out with a big ol' smile.  Last year, for example, we all wore Santa attire and it was glorious.  Next year I'm thinking we'll need to sport matching ugly sweaters, but we've got time to prepare for that...  However, this year we dressed our best and had a photo shoot with two of my dear friends (the pictures seen here were taken by the lovely Julie Mohl).  Whiskey Jack wore a necktie, Gertie Sue her pretty pink tutu, and I (being the less stylish of the three) sported a sweater dress. 

 

 All puffed up.  The dogs, that is.

 Fluffing Gertie's ginormous tutu.

 

She is such a ham for the camera!  I love it.

  

Whiskey could totally care less.  He'd much rather be running all over the place!

 

Gert' is a solid 40 pounds, so I really had to lean to balance out her girlish figure...

  

We even took some photos of me sans the dogs, 

which was a bit unnerving because I'd rather take pics than be in them.  

However, they did get one "model" pose out of me before I felt super silly and awkward.

 Merry Christmas 2010

I lost my bulldog! Well, kinda…

Last night following my kickboxing class a fellow UBC’er asked me how much my total weight loss was in twenty weeks. When I informed her that I had lost forty-two pounds it dawned on me… Holy Hector! I’ve lost my bulldog!

Before you panic, my darling Gertie Sue is safe and sound. I never actually lost my bulldog you see, but my weight loss is the equivalent to her body weight! For giggles I took some pictures of me holding her. (Please forgive my fashionable look…I was getting ready for bed when these were taken.)

In the first photo I’m clutching her to my chest and belly because those are the areas where my fat goes to first. I have no booty, sadly, and so it's no wonder I could stay upright forty-two pounds ago! My front side was so overloaded with weight you’d think I would have fallen forward nonstop, especially since—in spite of what my first name means—I’m not the most graceful lady you’ll ever meet…

Me with the lovely Gertie Sue

If I lose another twelve pounds, I’ll have lost my wienerdog too! But I don’t think I can manage to hold both my dogs up to my chest for a picture. We shall see…

The handsome Whiskey Jack

In other news, I had a wonderful weekend! It was kicked off bright and early on Saturday morning with my first ATA Fit BootCamp class in Oak Park. Talk about a fun form of torture! It was awesome sweating up a storm on an absolutely beautiful day. Sunday morning I again woke up at the crack of dawn (or a few hours later) and enjoyed a delightful breakfast with an old friend—one of my best friends made a rather impromptu trip to visit family and little’ ol’ me. Then I ended another beautiful day by sipping drinks and eating dinner with new friends… We had an awards dinner on Sunday evening to celebrate the success of all of the ATA UBC graduates. It was fun seeing everyone outside of the gym and out of their work out clothes. We all have much to proud of! I can’t quite remember the statistics, but I believe that combined in ten weeks we lost around 125 pounds (that’s like a person!) and we reduced our body fat by about 45% (say what?!). Needless to say, everyone looks fantastic and it was a lovely way to end a wonderful journey, as well as a wonderful weekend.

Myself and a dear old friend - Marie

Some of my new friends - my UBC life changers!

(L to R: Tina, Kelli, Joni, Dawn and her cutie pie daughter, Rose, Michelle)

My Babies: Whiskey Jack & Gertie Sue