Wednesday, December 17, 2008


December 17, 2008
Weight 12/15/08: 359.75
Weight 12/16/08: 357.5
Weight 12/17/08: 355
WOOT!
I’m just thrilled! I would like to be 345, so lose 10 more by the New Year. I could lose more, but I know I will indulge a little on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

GOALS:
TODAY: NO sodas today
THIS WEEK: Weigh 350 by Monday morning J
THIS MONTH: Weigh 345 by NEW YEARS! (and hopefully fit in my jeans!!!)
LONG TERM: Weigh 300 by April 1st
But I’m going to just take it one step at a time!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

I’m on the RADIO???!!!!

LISTEN TO ME ON THE RADIO:
GO TO:
http://x96.com/music/podcast/rfh/ or www.x96.com and click on PODCASTS link
1. METHOD ONE-Click on HERE link under itunes logo (View details about podcast) and then select the following shows (times are listed)
· December 8, 2008 Show-Time = 1:39:22 (one hour, 39 min, 22 sec) (they read 1st email)
· December 10, 2008 Show-Time = 2:09:51 (2nd email read)
· December 11, 2008 Show-Time = 46-47:17 (me calling in)
· December 12, 2008-Time = 28:40-40:30 (me in the studio being “kept” or dumped”)
2. METHOD TWO-click on Here link (3rd one down-headphones icon) to listen WITHOUT itunes). Days & times of shows:
· December 8, 2008 Show-Time =99:29-100:5 (they read my email)
· December 10, 2008 Show-Time = 130:4-133:1 (they read my 2nd email)
· December 11, 2008 Show-Time = 46-47:17 (I call in)
· December 12, 2008 Show-Time 28:48-40:26 (me in the studio-funny)

MY EXPERIENCE:
DAY ONE:
So I sent an email last week to Richie, the producer of X-96. They are looking for people to come help with the show-interns what have you. I thought this might be fun and have always loved radio, so I sent the email and told my boyfriend Adam about it.
So last week, he IM’s me exclaiming “Hon, they are reading your email on the radio”. I thought he was joking and laughed, and then he started typing my exact email:
Hi Richie!
My name is Holly McAffee and I would be thrilled to be a part-time intern! I love your show, thanks for letting me listen!
About me:
I’m energetic and really fun! I’m a cute chubby girl, even though Bill says you can’t be cute if you are chubby lol. I am a people person, love to give talks etc.
I’m assuming you need interns in the morning. I could from 5 AM to 8:30 AM, or anything from 6 PM to Midnight.
I have ALWAYS been interested in radio. I have attached my resume.
I was so embarrassed. I listened and was dying laughing! I meant to say I like to talk! Not give talks. So they were teasing me about that. And then they claimed Bill NEVER said I couldn’t be chubby.
Richie emailed me back and said they wanted me to come give them a talk!
I emailed Richie back as follows:
Dearest Richie,
Thank you so kindly for emailing me back. So I just heard the program from yesterday as I am computer ‘savvy’ enough to listen to the podcasts……….(and trust me, I’m laughing so hard I’m crying from embarrassment)
So which “Talk” would you like:
-The “honey we have to talk” talk
-The “when we are in public don’t call me mother. Call me Jill.” Talk
-The talk your son gives you about how he likes boys
-The “sex” talk
LOL I can give you any talk you like! For the record, I actually meant that I like to talk!!!!
On a serious note, would you like a presentation or really a talk? How about Thursday or Friday morning? Can you give me the address and time that works for you!
PS. Bill DID say I couldn’t be cute one day off the air when I called in once. But I am more than chubby-I’m more like morbidly obese, but who wants to describe themselves as such?
This video (if he actually watched it at the time) may refresh his memory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ounQqzjmxpY

DAY TWO:
So on December 10th, they read my second email on the air and Bill remembers who I am and says I am cute though I’m chubby lol
DAY THREE:
On the 11th I call in and am on the air and we set up for me to come the next day to be on the radio and give my list of things that must go (pet peeves)
DAY FOUR:
So last Friday I was on the radio! Went it and met the Radio from Hell DJ’s and was on the show. It was so much fun! Too hilarious to even describe. You must listen to the podcast.
CURRENTLY:
I made them some homemade ornaments that I'm going to take in tomorrow or the next day.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Laugh all day!!!!


Bizarre Sense of Humor……….

Do you find yourself laughing at things that aren’t supposed to be funny? Do you ever make jokes that no one gets but you? Welcome to my world!!!!! Thank heaven I found a man who is just as silly as I am!
I think I’ve had this “oddity” since I was a child. I remember my mother being furious at the airport when I told security that yes, lots of strange men had indeed asked me to carry things for them. I was so young and though it was such a strange question that security MUST be joking. My mother didn’t find it so funny.
Other things that have made or make me laugh: (some I’m ashamed to admit, others just REALLY are funny)
• When ice-skaters fall. (Oh come on, there is a part of you that finds it funny)

• My step mother’s version of the “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” song (It goes-“Chipmunks roasting on an open fire, jack frost ripping off his clothes…………..Merry Christmas you jerk)


• When we got life insurance offer for my mom a week after she died. (In hindsight, we should have applied!)

• The time my best friend from high school and I went to visit my uncle in Cali and at the grocery store when asked if he wanted paper or plastic he replied “I don’t care. I’m bisexual”


• Random movie quotes: “Sometimes I bleed”; “Charlie belch, it’s the only way”; “You have the handwriting of a serial killer.” Or the movie “40 Year Old Virgin”. I can’t stop laughing the entire time even though I should probably be repulsed.

• My coworkers were talking about their mothers and since mine died years ago, I didn’t have much to contribute…….they went on about how their mom’s looked etc. They were saying how tall their mothers were……One said “my mom is 5’6” and the other replied “My mother is 5’9” and I stated “My mother is six feet under”.

• The time at Dans when I put ketchup, mustard, and napkins to go with my corn dog in a bag and the checker looked at it confused and I told her it was just condiments. She said “Oh hon, you don’t have to be embarrassed”

• The time when I worked at Harmon’s and walked out without paying for my drink accidentally….

• The time I had prepared so painstakingly for a monologue to try out for the school play and when I saw everyone from the stage, I ran off crying.

• The time in grade school when I went home just sobbing to my mom saying “Mom, this boy kicked me in the nuts.”

• The time my father stuck a tampon in his nose disgustingly and got a bloody nose.

• My favorite journal entry: I wrote the entire way driving to and from California from Utah, stating the time I would begin to write and end to write (which was like every 3 minutes). I wrote what everyone wore, what they were saying. Every stop, every argument. Sometimes I drew the signs or scenes I was passing. One was particularly funny………I was complaining how my mom had to pee again. Then I wrote how my sister Jen was telling my mother that I was writing down everything in my journal. My mother said (which I wrote in my journal of course)….don’t worry Jen, no one will read her stupid journal anyway. Ha ha ha

WHAT ABOUT YOU? What funny memories do you have or what makes YOU laugh?

Monday, December 8, 2008

Making it a Holly Jolly Christmas!!!!

A friend recently asked me if I was happy, and it led me to much pondering. I really AM happy! Lol. I am so happy, so much happier than I have been in a long time, but isn’t it funny how we over-dramatize and put undue stress on ourselves for really no good reason at all?
Here I’ve been stressing about a Christmas project. I wanted to make some videos for my family. There were going to be two videos. I bought some nice software and began the process of putting all the video footage in my computer and scanning all of my pictures.

I had NO idea how much time this process would take. I had the week of thanksgiving off, and I literally lived in the office that week and have spent hours in there. I have most of the footage in there now, but I’m still scanning pictures. Then I have to learn the software, and I want to take some time to make it special. Anyway I was totally stressing and just in tears that it wouldn’t be done for Christmas. For example, we have 4 parties this week-work and family. But what a silly thing!!!! Is it really that important that it be done by Christmas?

It made me think of the weight issue, and that has really stressed me out as well. I just keep thinking how much we want to get married, and how I keep going up and down with the weight, and how my heart is set on being at a better size. I don’t want to have my bridal dress “special made”, and I don’t want to have to use a tent to make it lol. No but seriously, just want to have lost like 100 from this weight. I could live with being like 250. I went up a little at thanksgiving. And I guess I was so let-down by the meds. Couldn’t handle being dizzy and nauseated all the time. Then on the new pill, I keep forgetting to take it! Also been stressing about money because I don’t have anyone to help me with the wedding and I’m in debt to my eyeballs, so we are looking at 2 years from now.

But again, I had to stop and really think about it. We have such a tendency to see the negative. But really, what an opportunity! I can do this. I started weighing every day, and it makes me more conscious of what I’m eating. I lost 1 ½ pounds from yesterday and that is exciting. Yesterday we did 40 minutes cardio and then 2 weight lifting workouts. I just need to eat good and exercise. Its not rocket science. And I will set the alarms on my phone so that I remember to eat my snacks and take my pills 30 minutes before I eat lunch and dinner. I want to be healthier and feel good about myself.

And I am such a lucky girl. Adam loves me for who I am. He doesn’t pressure me at all. He really helps me, because he loves me and he knows I would be happier being healthy. But I love that he sees who I really am and loves me for me. That means the world to me. He is so supportive and so understanding. And he is a great example to me. For example, he is supposed to do push-ups every day and was going to do them at night, but he kept missing it. So what he does now is does them at work under his desk. So in other words, if something isn’t quite working, tweak it and make it work….on that note, I just set my alarm for snack, for 30 minutes prior to lunch, and for lunchtime.

So much to look forward to! Getting my success and being healthier! Getting married to the man I love, and having babies one day!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008