This is what I wanted to be this year for Halloween, a singer from The Lawrence Welk Show! I inherited some hideous (and I mean that in a loving way) polyester dresses from Grammy that she wore in the fifties and sixties and this time of year is pretty much the only time I can pull off wearing such outlandish dresses. I had my hair up in hot rollers, ready to rat to high heaven and was applying my fake eyelashes when Mike called an hour before the ward Halloween party telling me that he bought costumes and that I HAD to go along with it. No matter how much I pleaded and begged he refused to tell me what we were going as. So when he came home with Adam and Eve costumes I was not very happy...AT ALL! My attitude about the costumes did not improve when I finally squeezed into the blasted thing and took a look in the mirror!
ME: "This is going to show all of my rolls and curves!! I can't pull this off!"
HUSBAND: "That's what makes it so hilarious!"
ME: "This is SOOO disgusting! I DO NOT LIKE YOU RIGHT NOW!"
HUSBAND:"You gotta throw dignity to the wind! Just be cool."
ME: "This is SO not cool!"
HUSBAND:"You really look naked!"
ME:" Oh that makes feel SO much better{insert sarcastic voice here}!"
I REALLY struggled about whether I should post this picture at all. No one wants unflattering pictures of themselves floating around on the world wide web. I am not proud of this body and the way I have let it get this heavy but that is a depressing discussion for another day. I figure that if I let what people thought of me or my insecurities prevent me from having fun in life and having a good time than I would never do anything for fear that people might judge me or what they might be thinking or all of the negative thoughts that I have going on in my head. I know thin, athletic women who are not comfortable with their bodies and I just don't get how they can't appreciate what they have because it is beautiful and the positive features of their bodies outweigh the features that they hate but why should I be exempt from that thought process? I have learned that I have to be happy and love my body no matter what shape it is.
Trust me, I came up with every fat joke and comment imaginable to ease the tension cause if I joke about being fat than I am distracting people from actually seeing it. We were a hit at the ward party though! We even won the costume contest! It wasn't so bad and all night I was catching people glancing at my leaves he he! I still feel ripped off that I didn't get to wear my pink polyester dress. Maybe next year
Michael is enjoying himself WAY too much! I am frowning on the inside I promise!
Good and Evil! My friend Liza and I! She isn't really evil...maybe a little wicked!
Doing a Halloween craft! Hallie really enjoyed this!
Yup... he is carving a pumpkin in my living room! You might be a redneck if...
Smiling for Ash the photographer!
This is what it is ALL about! Kids make everything so magical and exciting!
I think I got them all to look at the camera between the two shots! I take what I can get!
Ash was Sharpay from HSM, Mikie was a butterfly fairy with no wings because she didn't put them in a safe place and lost them, Madse was a Jedi Knight, May May was a caterpillar (wowy powy bug), and Hallie was a little white rabbit. The little ones didn't last long and came home with me and were in bed by eight. Mike, Rick, and Tracey took the older kids up to celestial hill where all the good loot was! We are left with candy wrappers coming out our ears and kids with candy induced diarrhea but it will be a Halloween that we will always remember!
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Oh! Great costumes but I'm a little sad you didn't go as a Welk singer too. Next year!
Good Grief woman stop with the comments about your weight already. You are the most beautiful person I know. You always have been. Stop comparing yourself to other people. The only reason that people that that being heavy is not desirable is because our current society bombards us with thin and flawless all the time. Way back when, if I were smarter I would tell you exactly when, but the bigger you were meant your social status was higher and that you were wealthy. The queens were all big and the peasants were skinny. No one wanted to be skinny back then. Which is a big change from today. Just think of yourself as born in the wrong era. Maybe you were pose to be a Queen a few thousand years ago. (although I am really glad you were born when you were...otherwise we wouldn't be friends)
On to another point...You are much nicer than I am. If my husband brought me a skin tight, naked Eve costume home I would be irate. Yes it was funny...but I don't think I would have been as nice as you to wear it and all.
Wow, I'm in your blog!!!! Thnks for the honor of being in your Life. Ilove you. I Love your Fam.
ha ha! Too funny, girl. If my hubby came home with costumes like that I'd tell him to shove them where the sun doesn't shine :) You two pulled it off nicely, though :) You're a good sport.
HaHaHa...I wish I could have been there to see it in person!! I think you looked great!! You are a good sport and such a nice wife. I don't know many people who'd give up a night of Lawrence Welk beauty to be naked at a ward function!!
I have to admit this my dear you are looking soooo HOT. I wish I could've been there to check out your leaves. I love it, and you know I love your GUTS:)
Oh my holy freaking gosh!!!! I started reading this post and I knew it was going to be good for 2 reasons. #1 your posts are ALWAYS good and #2 the subject matter. i just knew i was going to CRACK UP!!! I promised myself NOT to scroll down and peek at the pic early, and I didn't. But once I did.... OH MOMMA!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!! That is like the coolest thing ever and you look AWESOME! Mike is so funny to bring that home. You guys are AWESOME!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!
I think the costumes are classic! you definitly desreved to win that contest so I am glad you did!
Ok I saw that costume @ Wal-Mart and I wanted to do that sooo bad. But I didn't want to pay for it so then I was going to make my own and I went to the old lady underwear section and found those bra/corset thingies in nude color but they were too much too or I TOTALLY would've done that!!! LOVE it. Maybe I'll borrow that costume from you next year since you didn't love it! haha
Thanks for the comment you sweet thing!
I think it's too funny that you dressed up like that! And that your ward thought it was funny! That's great! Abbie insisted on being Hannah Montana so I made Randy dress up like Billy Ray and I dressed up like Dolly Parton. All I got were nasty looks from the people in our ward. I thought it was funny! Guess not, another reason I would redo Halloween!
ramanda i have to praise you you r a good sport but you shouldnt feel bad i am pudgy around the middle to i just count it as battle scars and as long as mike is still putting out than thats all that matters that he still finds you atractive or at least thats what rod tells me. i love ya girl
hey you guys look awesome were did you come up with that idea. That is so funny you guys are so fun I miss you all. the kids are so cute too.
Awesome, Awesome Costumes Ramanda! I think you win the creativity contes. It is so nice to be connected one of my oldest Vernal Friends and still be living so far away. I love your blog. Thanks for writing it. Katrina
Leave it you to have the best costume ever! We only wish we had your charm and personality!
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