#1 We are on day 15 of the first 17 day cycle...JR has lost about 15 pounds. His shirts are fitting better, I can actually throw them in the dryer without worry that they may shrink! Also, I feel that I need to correct myslef from earlier posts....I have said that my scale only goes up to 350 and so we had no idea of how much JR weighed, but apparently it was more than 350...Well, I was wrong my scale only goes up to 330, and so - we know he started off at more than that...he is still not under 330, but by placing a hand on the sink and taking just a slight bit of pressure off, the number will come up, so I am hoping he is only a week or less away from getting on the scale with no hands!!!
During the move, we cheated - We both had Chick Fil-A Grilled chicken salads both for Friday and Saturday night...but we removed the cheese, and had low fat balsamic dressing that we each only used a third of...hopefully we will be okay! LOL
I have cheated 4 times by having a snickers bar - I know, I know...but I wanted it, and its just that time that I NEEDED some chocolate! LOL
#2 We are almost done with the move. EVERYTHING is out of the old house and into the new one, the old house is spotless from top to bottom, and all that is left is to finish putting away the things at the new house. We are going to have to by some furniture...JR and I decided that we are going to try and do piece by piece, instead of going in the hole trying to get the whole house done in a week. Maybe - Hopefully, when we get the deposit back we can, buy a few more of the bigger ticket items. I am hoping that they will get this house leased out SOON..oh yeah - they decided to put the house for lease or sale and they raised the amount on the lease. Anyway, I dont care if someone buys it or leases it...I just want it done FAST. That way they can pro-rate the last months rent and send that back to us too! It really sucks to be paying rent for a house you dont live in anymore! LOL - OH well - had to finish out the lease agreement...unless of course they find someone to move in. Fingers crossed.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday Frustration
So its sunday....we are all moved out, but there are still just a few more things to clean at the old house...and then we still have to put the new house together. The frustration comes in because I took Logan to the old house yesterday to start on the cleaning and JR stayed at the new house with Landry because she was taking a nap....Two and a half hours later they finally showed up to help. Well I was really pissed to find out that I had been working my ass off while JR was at the new house watching tv. Really??? he couldn't have found ONE thing to unpack or put away. Ughh - his excuse...he was really worn out. HMMMMMMM HELLLLLLLOOOO. So anyway...its irritating, but its typical, so it isn't worth arguing over...Today, while I take both kids back over to finish up the house - JR had to go into work for a few hours...its 8:30...Why didn't he leave at 6:00. I have been up since 7:00 working on the house! He really is frustrating sometimes...but it doesn't help that I am tired and sore, and TIRED!...So - trying to stay positive and upbeat. It isn't hard to figure out that at this point EVERYTHING is going to get on my nerves!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
8:00 on a Saturday morning
Well, we are up early this morning....after breakfast we are headed back over to the old house to finish up. All that is left is the garage and cleaning...and the bedframes. JR brought the mattresses last night so we wouldn't have to sleep on the floor. I had brought Landry's crib yesterday afternoon so she would be able to nap so we really only had two choices...the floor or JR would have to move the mattresses by himself.
My sister was supposed to come over around 7:00 last night to help us out. But of course she flaked out...JR and I were and still are pissed. She has said all week that she could come by to help out but hasn't made it yet. It's not as if we even asked her to help us move or pack or unpack or clean anything...we were simply asking her to keep an eye on the kids so that we could do the work. Landry goes to bed around 8:30 and we were still working on bringing stuff over - we couldn't leave Landry at one house while we went to the other...DUH! but she didn't come and then she couldn't even be bothered to answer the phone and tell me...or better yet, instead of waiting for me to call her asking where in the hell she was...she could have just called to let us know she wasn't going to make it. I really am so sick of her. She came over on Thursday morning because she needed to use my internet...It was about 9:30 in the morning (she had just gotten off work and she was stoned out of her mind and drinking beer...seriously???At 9:30 in the morning? and she says she doesn't have a problem...hmmmm So I ask myself...should I even be upset with, should I expect anything different? Do I really want to leave my kids with her? NO...but I reasoned with myself and said that it would only be for 30 minutes at a time and that it would be okay...Landry would be sleeping and Logan would be watching a movie..it was just about having an adult in the house just in case. But she isn't an adult...she's a 30 year old drug addict and alcoholic.
How sad, can you imagine being 30 years old and a mother of two and not having a single thing to be proud of. I mean at the end of the day she can't sit back and say, "Man, its been a rough few years, but I handled it well and no matter what I am a great mom." Seriously, she can't even have the pride to say she's a good mom...does she love her kids? ABSOLUTELY Does loving your kids make you a good mom? not really. The thing about having kids and loving them means that you have to put them first...ALWAYS - their needs come before yours. You dont call your 2 year old a tit bag when she falls down and scrapes her knee...you dont tell you 8 year old that she is stupid and is going to a loser her whole life when she get a math problem wrong. You dont hug and kiss your 5 year old when he kicks another kid and tell him that the other boy needs to be tougher. You dont drive around drunk with your kids in the car, you dont take your kids with you to meet up with your dealer. I dont know - I thought these were pretty easy to figure out. Here's another one for you...you dont let your kids play out in the front yard, run across the street, and all over the neighborhood while you are sleeping. (at least not at their ages) She has no home, at least not one that she can call her own - not one that she pays for. She lives at home with mommy and daddy who pay for her and her kids. The roof over their head, the food in their bellies the electricity they use, the cable they watch, the water they use to bathe, EVERYTHING - she has NOTHING...Nothing to call her own, nothing to be proud of. How sad.
ANyway...enough of that....Hopefully we will be all done today with the moving...its going to be another long one, and I am still so sore! Ughhh! On a good note - Landry slept great in her new room last night!!! So happy it didn't take much for her to get adjusted!
Happy weekend everyone
My sister was supposed to come over around 7:00 last night to help us out. But of course she flaked out...JR and I were and still are pissed. She has said all week that she could come by to help out but hasn't made it yet. It's not as if we even asked her to help us move or pack or unpack or clean anything...we were simply asking her to keep an eye on the kids so that we could do the work. Landry goes to bed around 8:30 and we were still working on bringing stuff over - we couldn't leave Landry at one house while we went to the other...DUH! but she didn't come and then she couldn't even be bothered to answer the phone and tell me...or better yet, instead of waiting for me to call her asking where in the hell she was...she could have just called to let us know she wasn't going to make it. I really am so sick of her. She came over on Thursday morning because she needed to use my internet...It was about 9:30 in the morning (she had just gotten off work and she was stoned out of her mind and drinking beer...seriously???At 9:30 in the morning? and she says she doesn't have a problem...hmmmm So I ask myself...should I even be upset with, should I expect anything different? Do I really want to leave my kids with her? NO...but I reasoned with myself and said that it would only be for 30 minutes at a time and that it would be okay...Landry would be sleeping and Logan would be watching a movie..it was just about having an adult in the house just in case. But she isn't an adult...she's a 30 year old drug addict and alcoholic.
How sad, can you imagine being 30 years old and a mother of two and not having a single thing to be proud of. I mean at the end of the day she can't sit back and say, "Man, its been a rough few years, but I handled it well and no matter what I am a great mom." Seriously, she can't even have the pride to say she's a good mom...does she love her kids? ABSOLUTELY Does loving your kids make you a good mom? not really. The thing about having kids and loving them means that you have to put them first...ALWAYS - their needs come before yours. You dont call your 2 year old a tit bag when she falls down and scrapes her knee...you dont tell you 8 year old that she is stupid and is going to a loser her whole life when she get a math problem wrong. You dont hug and kiss your 5 year old when he kicks another kid and tell him that the other boy needs to be tougher. You dont drive around drunk with your kids in the car, you dont take your kids with you to meet up with your dealer. I dont know - I thought these were pretty easy to figure out. Here's another one for you...you dont let your kids play out in the front yard, run across the street, and all over the neighborhood while you are sleeping. (at least not at their ages) She has no home, at least not one that she can call her own - not one that she pays for. She lives at home with mommy and daddy who pay for her and her kids. The roof over their head, the food in their bellies the electricity they use, the cable they watch, the water they use to bathe, EVERYTHING - she has NOTHING...Nothing to call her own, nothing to be proud of. How sad.
ANyway...enough of that....Hopefully we will be all done today with the moving...its going to be another long one, and I am still so sore! Ughhh! On a good note - Landry slept great in her new room last night!!! So happy it didn't take much for her to get adjusted!
Happy weekend everyone
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday - Move Day
So yesterday morning I decided I was going to do some toning exercises. So I did some squats, lunges, push-ups, 3 different types of sit-ups/crunches, arm dips, hip exercises, etc...I honestly didn't do too much. I just pushed until I could feel the burn and then I did 5 more. I didn't feel like running, and to tell you the truth, of the 11 days we have completed of this diet, I have only exercised 3! So I figured I needed to start a program that would speed up how I wanted to look at the end of this. Let's face it, I can lose weight and still have a flabby ass at the same time! LOL The biggest problem with me working out yesterday was that we moved a LOT of heavy furniture last night. Our dresser, both the kids dressers, the IRON bakers rack, the big screen tv, the entertainment center, the kitchen table, another dresser type thing...and something else...today - I can barely move...I am so sore! EVERYTHING on my body hurts!
Every morning when I get up, I like to spend the first hour to myself (well pretty much) Of course, I make breakfast for myself and the kids and get my coffee...but this is the time of day that I get to read other people's blogs, write my own, check my email and my facebook. Usually if I dont write a blog, its because I was too busy to sit down and use the computer. This morning, afternoon, and evening is going to be busy, but I told myself that I would have my me time...We plan to get the rest of the house moved over today except for the couches and one large dresser/picture table....these things are far too heavy for me, and there is no way I can do it. So we have to wait until Saturday when a friend of ours can help JR...but I guess if a friend called me up and asked me to help her move, but we only had to move 4 items...I would call that an eady move LOL - However, these things weigh a TON!!! So, it looks like we will be sleeping in the new house tonight! I better get busy....I have a lot of stuff to get done- I have to be at the new house from 12 - 5 (unless, they finish before 5) because the cable and the internet people are coming to set up! Woo hoo!
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Every morning when I get up, I like to spend the first hour to myself (well pretty much) Of course, I make breakfast for myself and the kids and get my coffee...but this is the time of day that I get to read other people's blogs, write my own, check my email and my facebook. Usually if I dont write a blog, its because I was too busy to sit down and use the computer. This morning, afternoon, and evening is going to be busy, but I told myself that I would have my me time...We plan to get the rest of the house moved over today except for the couches and one large dresser/picture table....these things are far too heavy for me, and there is no way I can do it. So we have to wait until Saturday when a friend of ours can help JR...but I guess if a friend called me up and asked me to help her move, but we only had to move 4 items...I would call that an eady move LOL - However, these things weigh a TON!!! So, it looks like we will be sleeping in the new house tonight! I better get busy....I have a lot of stuff to get done- I have to be at the new house from 12 - 5 (unless, they finish before 5) because the cable and the internet people are coming to set up! Woo hoo!
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Finally Thursday..
Being Thursday doesn't really mean anything except that the week is almost over. Which is great - not that its been a particularly hard week...its just been long...and a little rough, boxing, cleaning, moving, Logan being sick, JR's work has picked up and isn't getting home until after 7:00. It makes it a little rough for me. When I have these really long weeks, I just want it to be over so I can start again on Monday and hope that it goes by a little faster.
We haven't moved anything over to the house in the last two days....Tuesday, Logan was vomiting all day long, and I didn't get much packed..we were going to move over some furniture, but I just couldn't get my butt in gear. Last night, JR didn't get home until 7:30 - I had dinner ready, but after dinner we were both so worn out that we decided we would do it today. So tonight for sure, we have to get the TV's, the box and remotes over, because they are setting up the cable tomorrow, and we also have to get the computer and modem over for the internet. Hopefully we can move over a few other items as well.
Oh, while cooking dinner last night, we had 2 families come to look at the house...apparently the owners are impatient and I am guessing that they may not have the resources to pay the rent in the apartment that they are in and pay the mortgage for this house, so they just put the house up for lease/sale...Plus, I heard one of the realtor tell the family how much it was for lease, and the owners are asking for more than what we pay.
There is still a lot of stuff we need for the new house - We need two sitting chairs for the den, two twin beds for the guest bedroom - or one queen size, a futon for the office...there are a few other things that we could use - but for now we just have to work on one thing at a time. I was hoping to find a sander so that I could sand my kitchen table and restain it. It was handed down to me from my parents which was given to them by my grandparents...and it was plenty of wear after being with my parents! LOL Its not an antique or anything...its probably about 12-15 years old...but it could just use a little freshening up. I am thinking about going to the salvation Army to find some chairs, and then just buying the fabric that JR and I like and upholstering the chairs myself. But that means that I would need to buy several new tools and I dont think I can afford that yet. We looked on craigslist and found two that are okay, so we have a bid in on them and maybe they can just work out for now and overtime I can get the chairs that I really want.
Anyway, we have a lot to do today...hopefully someone will want to lease or buy this house by tomorrow and then we can end our lease agreement and get refunded for the month of March plus the deposit...whew - wouldn't that be nice!
We haven't moved anything over to the house in the last two days....Tuesday, Logan was vomiting all day long, and I didn't get much packed..we were going to move over some furniture, but I just couldn't get my butt in gear. Last night, JR didn't get home until 7:30 - I had dinner ready, but after dinner we were both so worn out that we decided we would do it today. So tonight for sure, we have to get the TV's, the box and remotes over, because they are setting up the cable tomorrow, and we also have to get the computer and modem over for the internet. Hopefully we can move over a few other items as well.
Oh, while cooking dinner last night, we had 2 families come to look at the house...apparently the owners are impatient and I am guessing that they may not have the resources to pay the rent in the apartment that they are in and pay the mortgage for this house, so they just put the house up for lease/sale...Plus, I heard one of the realtor tell the family how much it was for lease, and the owners are asking for more than what we pay.
There is still a lot of stuff we need for the new house - We need two sitting chairs for the den, two twin beds for the guest bedroom - or one queen size, a futon for the office...there are a few other things that we could use - but for now we just have to work on one thing at a time. I was hoping to find a sander so that I could sand my kitchen table and restain it. It was handed down to me from my parents which was given to them by my grandparents...and it was plenty of wear after being with my parents! LOL Its not an antique or anything...its probably about 12-15 years old...but it could just use a little freshening up. I am thinking about going to the salvation Army to find some chairs, and then just buying the fabric that JR and I like and upholstering the chairs myself. But that means that I would need to buy several new tools and I dont think I can afford that yet. We looked on craigslist and found two that are okay, so we have a bid in on them and maybe they can just work out for now and overtime I can get the chairs that I really want.
Anyway, we have a lot to do today...hopefully someone will want to lease or buy this house by tomorrow and then we can end our lease agreement and get refunded for the month of March plus the deposit...whew - wouldn't that be nice!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Slow going
This has seriously been one of the slowest weeks in a long while. I didn't do a thing. Logan wasn't feeling well. He seemed fine...then about noon, I tried to get him to eat, but he said he wasn't hungry...I asked if he wanted some apples and he said okay, so I cut some apple slices. He ate a few before vomiting all over. The poor guy couldn't hold anything down...Of course, I packed up all the medicines on Monday and moved them over to the new house! PERFECT! So Logan and I spent the day cuddling and going back and forth to the potty. I just rubbbed his little back until he would fall asleep. Poor little guy.
I seriously can NOT believe that it is only Wednesday. JR gets paid this Friday...and payweeks are always a little slow...but this week is extremely slow. I forgot to hit the post office yesterday...so I guess I need to get that done today. I want to go down to my parents today, but dont think I am going to be able to. I am having some issues with thte electric company. See we have what is called a co-op. Basically you actually become a MEMBER. When we first moved down here I paid a $125 deposit. Actually, $75 is a non-refundable fee and $50 is the membership fee that is refunded when you cancel your service. There was another $150 dollar fee that was waved because of my good standing with my previous electric company. So, now I want to move a mile up the road and they are telling me that it is going to cost me $225 up front in order to schedule the connection...but WHY???? I am already a member..I dont get it! So I have to call again today and see if they will explain it to me. JR says he is NOT paying the fee..that he would rather put it in his mom's name and pay the 125, cancel my membership and get the $50 back...I guess that makes sense, but I dont really like having bills in some one elses name. We had some bills in his moms name when we first started dating, and it was always a hassle when I needed to call the company for something. Anyway, hopefully I can get it worked out today...if the $225 is a refundable deposit, then I will pay it....but if its a $225 FEE jjust to move from one house to the other....well I guess I will consider JR's idea.
I seriously can NOT believe that it is only Wednesday. JR gets paid this Friday...and payweeks are always a little slow...but this week is extremely slow. I forgot to hit the post office yesterday...so I guess I need to get that done today. I want to go down to my parents today, but dont think I am going to be able to. I am having some issues with thte electric company. See we have what is called a co-op. Basically you actually become a MEMBER. When we first moved down here I paid a $125 deposit. Actually, $75 is a non-refundable fee and $50 is the membership fee that is refunded when you cancel your service. There was another $150 dollar fee that was waved because of my good standing with my previous electric company. So, now I want to move a mile up the road and they are telling me that it is going to cost me $225 up front in order to schedule the connection...but WHY???? I am already a member..I dont get it! So I have to call again today and see if they will explain it to me. JR says he is NOT paying the fee..that he would rather put it in his mom's name and pay the 125, cancel my membership and get the $50 back...I guess that makes sense, but I dont really like having bills in some one elses name. We had some bills in his moms name when we first started dating, and it was always a hassle when I needed to call the company for something. Anyway, hopefully I can get it worked out today...if the $225 is a refundable deposit, then I will pay it....but if its a $225 FEE jjust to move from one house to the other....well I guess I will consider JR's idea.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
up early!
I seriously hate to wake up so early. I am very blessed to have children that love to sleep as much as I do. Landry goes to bed about 8:30 every night and wakes up between 9 and 9:30 - sometimes (about once a week) she will sleep until either 10 or 10:30! Logan usually goes to bed anywhere between 10:00 and midnight (yes, I know that is incredibly late for a nearly 4 year old) but to be fair, he goes to his room at 9:30 but he just doesn't fall asleep...I dont know how to fix that. He doesn't take a nap during the day, most likely because he doesn't wake up until about 10:30 sometimes 11:00. Anywho, I dont get up until one of them does. I enjoy sleeping far too much! So now that we are up so early I get the priveledge of waiting around for an hour before I can call the places I need to call because they dont open until 9!
I got most of the utilities either cancelled or transferred for this Friday. Although now I am scared that we will actually be in the house by Thursday! LOL oh well. I think I may take it a little easy today. We got the stuff I boxed up yesterday plus some of the small furniture moved over yesterday. We actually still have quite a bit to do...JR was kind enough to let me know that I didn't HAVE to box anything today...I could just go over to the new house and unpack the boxes that are already over there! Awww so sweet. Anyway its, Tuesday - the weeks is already moving by at a a snails pace...ready for it to be over. Plus I have to find some more furniture for the other house. geez
I got most of the utilities either cancelled or transferred for this Friday. Although now I am scared that we will actually be in the house by Thursday! LOL oh well. I think I may take it a little easy today. We got the stuff I boxed up yesterday plus some of the small furniture moved over yesterday. We actually still have quite a bit to do...JR was kind enough to let me know that I didn't HAVE to box anything today...I could just go over to the new house and unpack the boxes that are already over there! Awww so sweet. Anyway its, Tuesday - the weeks is already moving by at a a snails pace...ready for it to be over. Plus I have to find some more furniture for the other house. geez
Monday, February 21, 2011
Packing and moving. We had some people come and look at the house yesterday at 4, so we decided to start boxing up some things and take them over to the new house at that time. Of course I was pretty irritated with JR for saying they could come over because 4:00 is her second naptime. I swear they always make the appointments during naptime. So anyway, we took a small load over yesterday, and today I am back to packing and moving some things. An added bonus is that today I get to call the cable, internet, electric, water, sewage and trash people to transfer it over. I still have to figure out what day we will be moved in - LOL. For sure we will be completely moved in by Sunday...but maybe before that. We are going to start moving over some of the small furniture tongiht and whatever I get packed up. So I better get busy! Oh man...I gotta get to the post office too! ughhhh
p.s. we have officially completed the 1st week of the diet...I have lost 6 pounds in 7 days. I am going to try to order a scale that goes up to 400 lbs. this week so that we can actually track JR's weight loss. He says his pants already fit a little loose, but I want to know the number.
p.s. we have officially completed the 1st week of the diet...I have lost 6 pounds in 7 days. I am going to try to order a scale that goes up to 400 lbs. this week so that we can actually track JR's weight loss. He says his pants already fit a little loose, but I want to know the number.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
hell on earth...
OKay, so maybe the title is a little dramatic....Last night I got my hair cut. I decided that since my face is already slender and only getting skinnier, having really long hair wasn't helping matters. Not to mention that I have an extremely long skinny neck...also not helping the sunken in look - which also makes me look OLD, or maybe too young - I haven't decided. Some days it makes me look like a fifteen year old, others, I look 45. Today is definitely a 45 year old look. After getting my hair cut I started to get a headache which just progressed. I got in the shower to get any stray hairs clinging to me and hoping that maybe it would help the headache. Instead it just got worse. I took some tylenol...but it just got worse. As a kid, I suffered severe migraines. By the time I reached 4th grade I was getting them at LEAST once a week. Over the years, they have quieted down to about 2-3 a year. I have learned how to handle them for the most part before they become full blown. Usually it starts with a bad headache but then I start to have blurred vision, I see halos or stars and I can head off the migraine by taking medicine. Last night however, I had no tell tell signs that it was coming, just a regular headache that developed into a migraine over the course of an hour. I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I tried, nothing was working. Any slight light was deblilitating. Noise made me nauseous, trying to move was like pushing a semi uphill barefoot with the road covered in nails and broken glass. So at 3:00 in the morning I decided to take more medicine. When I got up from the bed I was disoriented, it was very bizarre. Not only did my legs feel like 300 pound weights, but I was so dizzy I had a hard time even walking straight. I was sure I was going to be sick, so I got to the bathroom...I finally made my way down stairs, took the medicine, and tried to make it up the stairs. I was basically crawling up the stairs. The nausea was terrible, the dizziness was so much worse. I seriously felt as though I had been drinking heavily - to the point of vomiting..except all I had to drink yesterday was lots of water and a glass of green tea.I made it to the bed and just fell over...I had to lay there for a few minutes with only my torso on the bed..my legs and arms were just kind of hanging off. I was covered in sweat, and freezing cold at the same time. After about 5 minutes (which felt like 30) I finally got my whole body on the bed. The last time I looked at the clock it was 5:45.
Today, we were supposed to take Logan to a T-ball meeting at 10:00, which meant that I needed to be up at 8 to cook breakfast, get lunch ready so that it would be there at noon when the meeting was over, and get myself and the kids ready. So, I did get up at 8, got breakfast made, and talked to JR about last night. I fed Landry...who by the way is a little piglet, LOL...and JR said he would take Logan and I could stay here with Landry, since her naptime is 11:00. This way I could some sleep and Landry wouldn't have to push back her nap.
I feel much better, I only have a slight headache, and honestly I exhausted but can't sleep. It's 11:00 now, and I just put the baby down, so I should try to sleep...ughhh. Since waking up at 8...I made breakfast for JR and I - egg whites with onion and tomato and 1/2 cup of fruit...today I chose blackberries and apples slices. Then I made Landry and Logan's breakfast, 1 egg (they split it) with onion and 1/2 cup of fruit...They chose apples and blueberries...although Landry usually only wants grapes! Then I started on our snack for today, so I cut up carrots, broccoli, and celery. Last night I started the prep work for today's snack, which making your own veggie dip. I will put the recipe at the bottom if you are interested. So after cutting those veggies, JR asked if I would have lunch ready when he got home from the meeting, so I started on our lunches which is a spinach salad with squash, fresh green beans, cucumber, onion, carrots, and onion. Anyway, the point is I finally finished food preparations after working for an hour and a half....this diet is seriously demanding in the kitchen - which I like on one part, but on the other part EVERY SINGLE TIME I head to the kitchen to start preparing a meal...Landry goes strait to her high chair, and climbs in and then starts demanding food! Geesh! I will say that I am really happy with the diet because it has really forced me to give my kids really balanced diets, which has cleared up Landry's constipation problem! I am also very happy with the fact that I am so incredibly blessed with my kids and the food they will eat. Landry really seems to love bell pepper, but not broccoli...Logan loves broccoli (he calls them trees), but isn't a fan of asparagus! LOL... But they both love fruit, except bananas, they love veggies...and they will pretty much eat anything you put in front of them! They have even taken to my chicken nuggets...which is just baked chicken breast cut into chunks and seasoned with seasoning salt - instead of the store bought nuggets. I am a proud mamma!
Recipe: spicy yogurt dip
ingredients: 32oz. fat-free plain yogurt, onion salt, garlic salt, seasoning salt.
Using a strainer, line it with a white paper towel or a coffee filter. Place over a bowl. Scoop all 32 oz. of yogurt into the coffee filter/strainer. Cover with foil - but in refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight. The liquid from the bowl can be discarded...place the "yogurt-cheese" in a bowl and season to your liking.
Today, we were supposed to take Logan to a T-ball meeting at 10:00, which meant that I needed to be up at 8 to cook breakfast, get lunch ready so that it would be there at noon when the meeting was over, and get myself and the kids ready. So, I did get up at 8, got breakfast made, and talked to JR about last night. I fed Landry...who by the way is a little piglet, LOL...and JR said he would take Logan and I could stay here with Landry, since her naptime is 11:00. This way I could some sleep and Landry wouldn't have to push back her nap.
I feel much better, I only have a slight headache, and honestly I exhausted but can't sleep. It's 11:00 now, and I just put the baby down, so I should try to sleep...ughhh. Since waking up at 8...I made breakfast for JR and I - egg whites with onion and tomato and 1/2 cup of fruit...today I chose blackberries and apples slices. Then I made Landry and Logan's breakfast, 1 egg (they split it) with onion and 1/2 cup of fruit...They chose apples and blueberries...although Landry usually only wants grapes! Then I started on our snack for today, so I cut up carrots, broccoli, and celery. Last night I started the prep work for today's snack, which making your own veggie dip. I will put the recipe at the bottom if you are interested. So after cutting those veggies, JR asked if I would have lunch ready when he got home from the meeting, so I started on our lunches which is a spinach salad with squash, fresh green beans, cucumber, onion, carrots, and onion. Anyway, the point is I finally finished food preparations after working for an hour and a half....this diet is seriously demanding in the kitchen - which I like on one part, but on the other part EVERY SINGLE TIME I head to the kitchen to start preparing a meal...Landry goes strait to her high chair, and climbs in and then starts demanding food! Geesh! I will say that I am really happy with the diet because it has really forced me to give my kids really balanced diets, which has cleared up Landry's constipation problem! I am also very happy with the fact that I am so incredibly blessed with my kids and the food they will eat. Landry really seems to love bell pepper, but not broccoli...Logan loves broccoli (he calls them trees), but isn't a fan of asparagus! LOL... But they both love fruit, except bananas, they love veggies...and they will pretty much eat anything you put in front of them! They have even taken to my chicken nuggets...which is just baked chicken breast cut into chunks and seasoned with seasoning salt - instead of the store bought nuggets. I am a proud mamma!
Recipe: spicy yogurt dip
ingredients: 32oz. fat-free plain yogurt, onion salt, garlic salt, seasoning salt.
Using a strainer, line it with a white paper towel or a coffee filter. Place over a bowl. Scoop all 32 oz. of yogurt into the coffee filter/strainer. Cover with foil - but in refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight. The liquid from the bowl can be discarded...place the "yogurt-cheese" in a bowl and season to your liking.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Early weekend
JR has the day off today, so our weekend starts early. We are going to go pick up some boxes today and start boxing the house. Looks like we will start moving this weekend - but it will be slow going over the next two weeks. The part that sucks the most is we will have two houses to pay electricity, and water for. It is part of our lease agreement that all utilities must stay on until the end of the lease...which isn't until March 31, but we plan to be completely out by February 28...oh well. It shouldn't be too much considering nothing will be plugged in, and I am going to leave the A/C off. The weather is nice enough to do so. not looking forward to the move...but excited about throwing a bunch of stuff away!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
the house
OKay, so I left off yesterday telling you that we found a house! It was pretty quick, and I am honestly scared that I will regret it later. To be honest, I was really tired, and JR really wanted it - so I just said yes. To tell the truth I was, and still am at a point where I just dont really care! JR is so excited, he wants to move this weekend! I have to keep telling him to slow down a little...our lease isn't even up until March 31...another month and a half. We are going to try to get out before the end of this month though, it will just make it easier. We wont have to deal with people coming to look at the house. Logan will be in t-ball practice and games on Saturdays which will make it hard to move...so it's just better to get it done now. JR says we could just move a little at a time over the next 2 weeks...but I think thats crazy! He says we would only need a few boxes and we can fill the boxes, take them to the new house, unload them, then come back and reload them....HE IS CRAZY! Then again, he has never had to box up the house before.
About the house - it is in the next neighborhood from this house. It is a manufactured home neighborhood. At first, I was totally against it because most of the manufactured home neighborhoods I have ever seen remind me of a seen out of the movie "8 mile". It's what's commonly reffered to as "Trailer trash". BUT - I was really surprised that it is really nice, and the people that live there are on the up and up. In fact there are 4 police officers living in the neighborhood. Many of the houses are really nice...but there are a few that could use some maintenance. The house is 2100 sq. ft. It has a den with a fireplace, a great sized kitchen, a living room, and a dining room. Three of the bedrooms are on the right side of the house as well as a bathroom. The rooms are about the same size as the kids rooms here. The bathroom is not really what I would call suitable, but hopefully we can save up some money and replace a few things...like the tub, toilet, mirror,sink, tile, linoleum...pretty much the whole thing! LOL Actually, they are supposed to be replacing the toilet today....whew! Let's just say the bathrooms are not great...but I just have to deal with it! To the left side of the house is the master suite. I call it a suite because it has the bedroom, closet bathroom...the normal - but then off the bedroom is another room (about the same size as the kids room) that is called the lounge room. It could be used for an office, or it would make a great nursery. Anyway, the house is huge. It needs some work, but I am fine with that. It is a lease to own, so for the first year we will be leasing it. At the end of the year if we decide to purchase it, then 50% of all the rent we have paid goes toward the downpayment on the house (which will actually be more than what we would have to put down) If we decide that we still want to live there, but aren't ready to purchase the home yet, the second year 25% of the rent will go to the downpayment, on top of the 50% from the first year. The house is $44,900, so if we decide to buy it, it shouldn't take too many years to pay it off. JR really wants to buy it because his plan is to pay of the house, buy some land, live in it while we build our dream house, then rent it out. I am not totally sold on it, but we will see how the next year goes!
About the house - it is in the next neighborhood from this house. It is a manufactured home neighborhood. At first, I was totally against it because most of the manufactured home neighborhoods I have ever seen remind me of a seen out of the movie "8 mile". It's what's commonly reffered to as "Trailer trash". BUT - I was really surprised that it is really nice, and the people that live there are on the up and up. In fact there are 4 police officers living in the neighborhood. Many of the houses are really nice...but there are a few that could use some maintenance. The house is 2100 sq. ft. It has a den with a fireplace, a great sized kitchen, a living room, and a dining room. Three of the bedrooms are on the right side of the house as well as a bathroom. The rooms are about the same size as the kids rooms here. The bathroom is not really what I would call suitable, but hopefully we can save up some money and replace a few things...like the tub, toilet, mirror,sink, tile, linoleum...pretty much the whole thing! LOL Actually, they are supposed to be replacing the toilet today....whew! Let's just say the bathrooms are not great...but I just have to deal with it! To the left side of the house is the master suite. I call it a suite because it has the bedroom, closet bathroom...the normal - but then off the bedroom is another room (about the same size as the kids room) that is called the lounge room. It could be used for an office, or it would make a great nursery. Anyway, the house is huge. It needs some work, but I am fine with that. It is a lease to own, so for the first year we will be leasing it. At the end of the year if we decide to purchase it, then 50% of all the rent we have paid goes toward the downpayment on the house (which will actually be more than what we would have to put down) If we decide that we still want to live there, but aren't ready to purchase the home yet, the second year 25% of the rent will go to the downpayment, on top of the 50% from the first year. The house is $44,900, so if we decide to buy it, it shouldn't take too many years to pay it off. JR really wants to buy it because his plan is to pay of the house, buy some land, live in it while we build our dream house, then rent it out. I am not totally sold on it, but we will see how the next year goes!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
weekend fun
So JR and I signed Logan up for T-ball a few weeks ago and he had his first "practice" this past Saturday. It wasn't really a practice, but rather a skills demo for all the 3 and 4 year olds. It was pretty funny. It was crazy to see how most of the kids saw other kids and just headed straight for them. My child, and a few others, were more content to stay with their parents and not interact. So we have a ways to go! All Logan wanted to do was hit the ball off the tee! he didn't want to run the bases, or try fielding a ball, or even throw the ball. JR was pretty irritated, but I told him to relax - it will get better.
Afterwards we went to lunch and then Sports Authority to buy Logan a left handed glove and some balls. We tried to find a tee, but couldn't find one that JR LIKED...LOL Poor Landry didn't get to lay down for her nap because of the errands, and she was trying so hard to hang in there. We would have just gone home after the practice, but we had people coming to look at the house at 1:00, 1:30, and 2:00. So we drove around for a bit, and I just couldn't take her little whimpers any longer, so I told JR to get us home, and the people would just have to deal with it. Of course 10 minutes after putting her down, the doorbell rang and woke her up. Finally, after the people left I put her back down and she slept for 2 hours. Poor little thing. We had to tell 2 other realtors that they couldn't come by that day. Ughh...I hate to do that, I know the owners want to get their house sold, but I wont make my baby wait to take a nap again...it was so sad.
Sunday, Landry slept in late, so we had to adjust her naptime a bit. So instead of going out for lunch JR went and picked up mexican food and brought it home while Landry slept. It was really good...we were trying to fit in as much of the greasy stuff before we started the diet on Monday - LOL. After Landry woke up, we headed to San Marcos to the movie theater to watch Gnomeo and Juliet. It was a cute movie...not one that I would enjoy watching over and over again like (Finding Nemo, Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Cars, Etc.) but it was cute and funny. Logan didn't move or day a word through the entire thing. He just sat there with his eyes glued to the screen. Landry, was really good through about half of it...then she got a little restless, so I took her over to the entry way and let her walk around for about 10 minutes. We got back to our seats and she still wasn't to pleased, but I gave her some more popcorn and she calmed down pretty quickly! LOL She was good through the rest of the movie...so it was actually a pretty pleasant experience for us! After the movie we got home, put Landry down for another nap, and then I headed for the grocery store!
Monday, we started our diet, so I cooked dinner - which was great...and we gave the kids little Valentine's. That was about it!
ps. I weighed myself this morning and I was at 137.5 - but I am not sure whether to count that as weight loss just yet, because my weight fluctuates so much between 135 and 140. I dont plan to weigh myself again until Monday...so we will see what the scale says then, and hopefully I will have a better gage on it!
Yesterday, we found a house and we close on it tomorrow! I will tell you more about it in a bit, but for now I have to get going!
Afterwards we went to lunch and then Sports Authority to buy Logan a left handed glove and some balls. We tried to find a tee, but couldn't find one that JR LIKED...LOL Poor Landry didn't get to lay down for her nap because of the errands, and she was trying so hard to hang in there. We would have just gone home after the practice, but we had people coming to look at the house at 1:00, 1:30, and 2:00. So we drove around for a bit, and I just couldn't take her little whimpers any longer, so I told JR to get us home, and the people would just have to deal with it. Of course 10 minutes after putting her down, the doorbell rang and woke her up. Finally, after the people left I put her back down and she slept for 2 hours. Poor little thing. We had to tell 2 other realtors that they couldn't come by that day. Ughh...I hate to do that, I know the owners want to get their house sold, but I wont make my baby wait to take a nap again...it was so sad.
Sunday, Landry slept in late, so we had to adjust her naptime a bit. So instead of going out for lunch JR went and picked up mexican food and brought it home while Landry slept. It was really good...we were trying to fit in as much of the greasy stuff before we started the diet on Monday - LOL. After Landry woke up, we headed to San Marcos to the movie theater to watch Gnomeo and Juliet. It was a cute movie...not one that I would enjoy watching over and over again like (Finding Nemo, Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Cars, Etc.) but it was cute and funny. Logan didn't move or day a word through the entire thing. He just sat there with his eyes glued to the screen. Landry, was really good through about half of it...then she got a little restless, so I took her over to the entry way and let her walk around for about 10 minutes. We got back to our seats and she still wasn't to pleased, but I gave her some more popcorn and she calmed down pretty quickly! LOL She was good through the rest of the movie...so it was actually a pretty pleasant experience for us! After the movie we got home, put Landry down for another nap, and then I headed for the grocery store!
Monday, we started our diet, so I cooked dinner - which was great...and we gave the kids little Valentine's. That was about it!
ps. I weighed myself this morning and I was at 137.5 - but I am not sure whether to count that as weight loss just yet, because my weight fluctuates so much between 135 and 140. I dont plan to weigh myself again until Monday...so we will see what the scale says then, and hopefully I will have a better gage on it!
Yesterday, we found a house and we close on it tomorrow! I will tell you more about it in a bit, but for now I have to get going!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Day 1
Today is the first day of our 17 day diet. Of course, it has 4 cycles so it lasts more than 17 days. I thought about starting another blog...just so that I can write about my and JR's progress without boring the hell out of other readers. I promise I will try not talk about it everyday, but I am really excited about it right now! Just hang in there, the excitement will wear off!LOL
So I am going to tell you a few things about this first cycle:
#1 NO Beef...chicken, turkey, and fish (catfish, salmon, tilapia, light tuna, and sole) so here's the thing - I dont like fish - I have never tried ground turkey - and I am not a huge fan of chicken...AWESOME
#2 Apparently yogurt is a big factor in breakfast and snacks....I dont like yogurt...it isn't the taste - the taste is fine, its the texture the way it feels sliding down my throat that makes me want to vomit!
#3 No wine or alcohol for the first 17 days...I NEED my wine on the weekends. I love to have a few glasses of red wine on the weekends...but for the next 17 days...no wine! I can do it!
#4 No sugar...so while I can still have 2 cups of coffee per day, I cant use sugar in the coffee - I hate sweet n low or equal...I want the real stuff...the only type of sugar you can use on this diet is called Truvia...so I used it this morning - and it is actually good! woohoo!
#5 this is more expensive than I thought. I spent $160 on food for only 4 days of food...of course that covers, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner...plus food for the kids, and there were a few other items I had to get but still...geeeeesh! ALSO - checking out in the grocery line, I felt a little funny - there were so many fruits and SO MANY veggies I felt like a health nut. But seriously, this is how people should be eating, so I should feel like the normal person, but instead it felt crazy to have so much healthy items being scanned! LOL Hopefully the next grocery bill wont be so high!
Anyway, I am really excited about this, I like knowing that I am putting healthy foods into my body!
I weighed in this morning at 140 pounds...all the chocolate I have eaten over the past week has really made its mark! LOL but according to the results of this diet I should drop 10 pounds in the first 17 days...JR should drop somewhere between 20 and 30. Also, apparently I am supposed to weigh about 119 pounds due to my height and body type. I think I will look sickly at 119 pounds, so I am a litte concerned about getting down that much...the median weight for my height is 135, so we will see. JR is supposed to weigh about 225...ummm I dont think that will work for his body type, but HOPEFULLY we will see what 300 looks like, and my best case would be for him to get down to about 250! That will definitely take some time, but I can have big dreams I guess! LOL
Now, no diet is for food only, but also incorporates exercise. But thankfully, for the first 17 days they only ask you to have 17 minutes of aerobic exercise per day...so brisk walking, or jogging, or anything that gets your heart going for 17 minutes a day! So this is SO doable, for both JR and me! I am just hoping that this continues to be as exciting 2 weeks from now as it is now. I am going to try to take a body photo later today, and again at the end of 17 days and see if there is a noticeable difference...I would love to take one of JR since I think the results will be much more observable, but I can guarantee that he will not allow a photo!
Anyway...I will try to keep the diet talk down to a minimum over the next few weeks!
Wish us luck!
So I am going to tell you a few things about this first cycle:
#1 NO Beef...chicken, turkey, and fish (catfish, salmon, tilapia, light tuna, and sole) so here's the thing - I dont like fish - I have never tried ground turkey - and I am not a huge fan of chicken...AWESOME
#2 Apparently yogurt is a big factor in breakfast and snacks....I dont like yogurt...it isn't the taste - the taste is fine, its the texture the way it feels sliding down my throat that makes me want to vomit!
#3 No wine or alcohol for the first 17 days...I NEED my wine on the weekends. I love to have a few glasses of red wine on the weekends...but for the next 17 days...no wine! I can do it!
#4 No sugar...so while I can still have 2 cups of coffee per day, I cant use sugar in the coffee - I hate sweet n low or equal...I want the real stuff...the only type of sugar you can use on this diet is called Truvia...so I used it this morning - and it is actually good! woohoo!
#5 this is more expensive than I thought. I spent $160 on food for only 4 days of food...of course that covers, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner...plus food for the kids, and there were a few other items I had to get but still...geeeeesh! ALSO - checking out in the grocery line, I felt a little funny - there were so many fruits and SO MANY veggies I felt like a health nut. But seriously, this is how people should be eating, so I should feel like the normal person, but instead it felt crazy to have so much healthy items being scanned! LOL Hopefully the next grocery bill wont be so high!
Anyway, I am really excited about this, I like knowing that I am putting healthy foods into my body!
I weighed in this morning at 140 pounds...all the chocolate I have eaten over the past week has really made its mark! LOL but according to the results of this diet I should drop 10 pounds in the first 17 days...JR should drop somewhere between 20 and 30. Also, apparently I am supposed to weigh about 119 pounds due to my height and body type. I think I will look sickly at 119 pounds, so I am a litte concerned about getting down that much...the median weight for my height is 135, so we will see. JR is supposed to weigh about 225...ummm I dont think that will work for his body type, but HOPEFULLY we will see what 300 looks like, and my best case would be for him to get down to about 250! That will definitely take some time, but I can have big dreams I guess! LOL
Now, no diet is for food only, but also incorporates exercise. But thankfully, for the first 17 days they only ask you to have 17 minutes of aerobic exercise per day...so brisk walking, or jogging, or anything that gets your heart going for 17 minutes a day! So this is SO doable, for both JR and me! I am just hoping that this continues to be as exciting 2 weeks from now as it is now. I am going to try to take a body photo later today, and again at the end of 17 days and see if there is a noticeable difference...I would love to take one of JR since I think the results will be much more observable, but I can guarantee that he will not allow a photo!
Anyway...I will try to keep the diet talk down to a minimum over the next few weeks!
Wish us luck!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Parenting..
So, after I had Logan, I didn't have ANY friends that also had children. I tried to meet other parents, but it never worked out. I really didn't have anyone to compare my child to...except from the magazines that I read. We got to a point where I was concerned about Logan's speech. He said basic things but couldn't string together 3 word sentences. I took him to the doctor who looked at his ears and suggested I get his hearing checked. I made an appointment. Logan passed with flying colors. That doctor told me I should see a behavioral specialist. I made an appointment. She asked me all kids of questions and spent an hour with Logan before telling me that he was not on the Autism spectrum. She said that I could try a speech therapist to help him with it or I could just wait and that he would talk when he was ready. So we waited. And waited. And waited. Finally around 2 1/2 he started going and by 3 he wouldn't shut up. He talks constantly now...seriously, CONSTANTLY! He is NEVER quiet. LOL I, however, am still concerned about how far behind he is. The truth is - he never leaves the house without me. I was visiting with a friend the other day and he was talking to her...she understood most of what he was saying, but every once in a while she would look at me and I would have to "translate". That was the first time I realized that other people might not understand everything he is saying....I do - because I am always with him. The past couple of days I have read a few blogs where my friends have listed their kids accomplishments. This is a love/hate thing for me, because I love to know what those kids are up to and how they are doing...but then I ALWAYS compare them to my child and then feel like a crappy mother when my kid cant do something their's can. If the kids are the same age, it isn't such a hard pill to swallow. But, for example, Blair - will be 3 at the end of March and Logan - will be 4 at the end of March. Logan is a full year older than Blair, and yet Logan can only count to 10...Blair is up to 20. Logan doesn't know all of the alphabet...Blair has been singing it for a while now. This just makes me feel like a horrible mother. I should be spending more time a day working with him on this..he is going to be so behind when he starts school this year. He has his first T-ball practice on Saturday...what if all the other kids make fun of him...I dont know what to do. Have I completely screwed up my child?? Pretty much, yes. Awesome! I am terrific.
Moving on to Landry...she says Mama, Dada, baba, and butter (which is brother for Logan) but that is it. She babbles all the time, but never tries to form other words. So I guess she will be behind as well. She is in to this copying stage right now, so I try to get her to say some words, sometimes it works, but mostly she just ends up making noises. I hate to sit here and worry so much about it, but I do. I wish I could sit back and relax like the doctor told me and let them do things on their own time. But what if their own time is SLOW...School was always so easy for me. I never had an issue until college calculus...and perhaps if I would have gone to class, I would have done better!!! JR tests at an almost genius level...so they have smart parents...what is wrong with them...Have they inherited my sister's genes? Oh, geez - I know I sound pathetic, but I am really worried. I know how mean kids can be and I just dont want my kids to be picked on for being slow. I guess we will be working an extra 30 minutes on counting past 10 and Letters...
ps...no, my book is still not here. According to UPS website, the sender requested that it be sent to the local post office for delivery...so maybe I will get it today..I stopped counting on it though. I love that I paid extra money so that it would get here faster. I didn't want to have to wait 7-10 days...I wanted in 3-4! Glad I wasted the money, because it gets here to day, that means it took 8 days...YAY! An extra $6 for nothing! My husband better drop 15 pounds in the first 17 days...that is the only way that this will be worth it! LOL
Moving on to Landry...she says Mama, Dada, baba, and butter (which is brother for Logan) but that is it. She babbles all the time, but never tries to form other words. So I guess she will be behind as well. She is in to this copying stage right now, so I try to get her to say some words, sometimes it works, but mostly she just ends up making noises. I hate to sit here and worry so much about it, but I do. I wish I could sit back and relax like the doctor told me and let them do things on their own time. But what if their own time is SLOW...School was always so easy for me. I never had an issue until college calculus...and perhaps if I would have gone to class, I would have done better!!! JR tests at an almost genius level...so they have smart parents...what is wrong with them...Have they inherited my sister's genes? Oh, geez - I know I sound pathetic, but I am really worried. I know how mean kids can be and I just dont want my kids to be picked on for being slow. I guess we will be working an extra 30 minutes on counting past 10 and Letters...
ps...no, my book is still not here. According to UPS website, the sender requested that it be sent to the local post office for delivery...so maybe I will get it today..I stopped counting on it though. I love that I paid extra money so that it would get here faster. I didn't want to have to wait 7-10 days...I wanted in 3-4! Glad I wasted the money, because it gets here to day, that means it took 8 days...YAY! An extra $6 for nothing! My husband better drop 15 pounds in the first 17 days...that is the only way that this will be worth it! LOL
Thursday, February 10, 2011
today
I am sure you are tired of hearing about this, but my book did not arrive yesterday:( It was in San Marcos this morning at 3:32am...so it BETTER be here today. I talked to JR, and I was right...he says you should never start diet or exercise on a weekend..you should always start on a Monday! Whew...that guy is weird. By starting on Monday, it gives up 11 full weeks before Mother's Day at the beach! This will give us nearly five cycles of the 17 day diet. I am hoping JR can lose 50 pounds by the time we hit the beach. The thing I am most concerned about however is the exercise. Every diet shoul have exercise involved - but JR doesn't want to exercise...hmmmm! I am hoping that once he loses some weight and gets a little more energy in him he will change will mind. Until then, I will have to beg him to go for walks with me...hmmm
Please think good thoughts for us...I really hope this works. If not I am going to talk to him about having the lap band....
Please think good thoughts for us...I really hope this works. If not I am going to talk to him about having the lap band....
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Book and stuff
Hahaha....the titles of my blogs lately have been AWESOME!
So I tracked my book a few minutes ago and I am happy to say that after a 4 night stay in Georgia it has finally reached Mesquite, TX today before 6 this morning....soooo it should be here today! Woohoo...This is awesome because I only have enough groceries to last until Thursday nights dinner. So I will have a couple of days to read it and hopefully JR will be ready to start the diet on Friday, although I am sure that he will ask me to wait and start on a MONDAY...I just hope it works! I weighed myself this morning and it was 134...of course by tonight I will be back to 137...who knows. As I said before, I am not looking so much at the number on the scale as I am the product of the number. I am truly hoping this diet will at least help to lose some of the belly fat. I am not looking to weigh 120 pounds - trust me it doesn't look so great on me...in fact 135 looks a little odd. My face gets really skinny, my arms get skinny and strange looking...and in pictures I just end up looking sick...by my belly...well that area has enough fat to warm a polar bear!
I was running a few weeks ago..but it lasted 2 days, then I got sick, and then the arctic freeze came in. I couldn't walk outside let alone run around the neighborhood. As things warmed up I ran another 2 days, but yesterday the cold air and the 40 mph winds kept me inside...now the arctic air is back, so I guess I wont be running for a few more days. I decided not to be too hard on myself, at least I am doing something. I have been doing a little yoga every morning and chasing the kids around...but hopefully I can get back to running soon. I really wish JR would go with me...but its kind of hard to go running together...we can't exactly take the kids!
So here is a random question for you...I was discussing this with a few other people - but lets see...
At what age do you think YOUR child is old enough to stay home alone?
Not while you make a quick trip to the corner store...but lets say, for you and your husband to go to dinner and a movie...or 3 hours. At what age is a child old enough to stay home alone for 3 - 4 hours.
So I tracked my book a few minutes ago and I am happy to say that after a 4 night stay in Georgia it has finally reached Mesquite, TX today before 6 this morning....soooo it should be here today! Woohoo...This is awesome because I only have enough groceries to last until Thursday nights dinner. So I will have a couple of days to read it and hopefully JR will be ready to start the diet on Friday, although I am sure that he will ask me to wait and start on a MONDAY...I just hope it works! I weighed myself this morning and it was 134...of course by tonight I will be back to 137...who knows. As I said before, I am not looking so much at the number on the scale as I am the product of the number. I am truly hoping this diet will at least help to lose some of the belly fat. I am not looking to weigh 120 pounds - trust me it doesn't look so great on me...in fact 135 looks a little odd. My face gets really skinny, my arms get skinny and strange looking...and in pictures I just end up looking sick...by my belly...well that area has enough fat to warm a polar bear!
I was running a few weeks ago..but it lasted 2 days, then I got sick, and then the arctic freeze came in. I couldn't walk outside let alone run around the neighborhood. As things warmed up I ran another 2 days, but yesterday the cold air and the 40 mph winds kept me inside...now the arctic air is back, so I guess I wont be running for a few more days. I decided not to be too hard on myself, at least I am doing something. I have been doing a little yoga every morning and chasing the kids around...but hopefully I can get back to running soon. I really wish JR would go with me...but its kind of hard to go running together...we can't exactly take the kids!
So here is a random question for you...I was discussing this with a few other people - but lets see...
At what age do you think YOUR child is old enough to stay home alone?
Not while you make a quick trip to the corner store...but lets say, for you and your husband to go to dinner and a movie...or 3 hours. At what age is a child old enough to stay home alone for 3 - 4 hours.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
my my my
#1 I think Landry is starting to look more and more like JR and I am getting REALLY FREAKED OUT! It isn't fair...she is mine! Hopefully it is just a temporary thing, but I dont like it. JR has his little look-a-like - LOGAN...I want mine too! LOL (yes, I understand that this is ridiculous)
#2 Logan will have his first t-ball game on March 26...I still dont know when the first practice is or what team he will be on, but I am so excited for him! That is also the day we were planning to do his birthday party, so we will have to figure something out, since we were just planning on taking him bowling...he may be tired after the game! I can't believe that in just 40 days my baby will be 4 years old! UGHHHH!
I have put on about 6 pounds...AWESOME! Putting at about 138. I am not too happy about it. Not because of the number, but because I can feel the weight on me. It seriously just grosses me out. I am so ready to have the money for a tummy tuck. Also, my 17 day diet book has still not arrived, which I am pretty ticked about because I paid the extra money for the express shipping, and yet it has been stuck in Doraville, Georgia since Saturday due to inclement weather! What happened to "rain, snow, sleet, or shine?"
Also, I fell off the wagon for smoking...it was the superbowl, I had a few beers, followed by a few cigarettes...i know I know, I have no will power...pathetic!
My kids are seriously amazing! I couldn't ask for better children. Landry keeps me laughing ALL DAY long, and she tries to annoy her brother as much as possible...Logan puts up with a lot of it, he loves on her so much - but eventually gets annoyed and then the real fun begins! Haha!
I am going to start looking at houses this weekend...Woohoo! So Happy (yes, I am being sarcastic) I love my house, and I dont want to move...but we have to find something cheaper :( Oh well, I would rather have extra money in the bank anyway!
#2 Logan will have his first t-ball game on March 26...I still dont know when the first practice is or what team he will be on, but I am so excited for him! That is also the day we were planning to do his birthday party, so we will have to figure something out, since we were just planning on taking him bowling...he may be tired after the game! I can't believe that in just 40 days my baby will be 4 years old! UGHHHH!
I have put on about 6 pounds...AWESOME! Putting at about 138. I am not too happy about it. Not because of the number, but because I can feel the weight on me. It seriously just grosses me out. I am so ready to have the money for a tummy tuck. Also, my 17 day diet book has still not arrived, which I am pretty ticked about because I paid the extra money for the express shipping, and yet it has been stuck in Doraville, Georgia since Saturday due to inclement weather! What happened to "rain, snow, sleet, or shine?"
Also, I fell off the wagon for smoking...it was the superbowl, I had a few beers, followed by a few cigarettes...i know I know, I have no will power...pathetic!
My kids are seriously amazing! I couldn't ask for better children. Landry keeps me laughing ALL DAY long, and she tries to annoy her brother as much as possible...Logan puts up with a lot of it, he loves on her so much - but eventually gets annoyed and then the real fun begins! Haha!
I am going to start looking at houses this weekend...Woohoo! So Happy (yes, I am being sarcastic) I love my house, and I dont want to move...but we have to find something cheaper :( Oh well, I would rather have extra money in the bank anyway!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
what I haave learned
Since I quit smoking I have learned a few things....Granted its only been a few days, but here goes.
#1 I can go all day long without a single craving - but once it get's to 8:00 at night....I can barely make it minute to minute. It's terrible!
#2 Part of the addiction to the cigarettes is the nicotine, the other part is a hand to mouth addiction...so the one thing that I have found to curb that addiction is Hershey's Chocolate Bars. Seriously, I have tried ice, sunflower seeds, peppermints...but the only thing to help the craving is Hersheys....so now I know why people gain so much weight when they quit smoking! AWESOME
#3 Everyone is much more annoying!
#4 I need the cravings to go away soon because I am not a nice person.
I really dont get it because I was able to quit both times I was pregnant. In fact, it wasn't even an issue. So why can't I quit now. Technically I am on day 4 smoke free....but geez...I just hope it gets easier and SOON!
#1 I can go all day long without a single craving - but once it get's to 8:00 at night....I can barely make it minute to minute. It's terrible!
#2 Part of the addiction to the cigarettes is the nicotine, the other part is a hand to mouth addiction...so the one thing that I have found to curb that addiction is Hershey's Chocolate Bars. Seriously, I have tried ice, sunflower seeds, peppermints...but the only thing to help the craving is Hersheys....so now I know why people gain so much weight when they quit smoking! AWESOME
#3 Everyone is much more annoying!
#4 I need the cravings to go away soon because I am not a nice person.
I really dont get it because I was able to quit both times I was pregnant. In fact, it wasn't even an issue. So why can't I quit now. Technically I am on day 4 smoke free....but geez...I just hope it gets easier and SOON!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Day 2 & random
Today is day 2 without smoking. Its kind of funny, because JR and I just said lets stop smoking, and we are doing it cold turkey. If we dont buy cigarettes, then we can't smoke them! We both seem to be doing fine so far...in fact, I wasn't even bothered by it until after dinner last night. I usually smoke after I eat. It didn't bother me at lunch - but after dinner was hard. Then last night I woke up around 3:00am coughing up a storm...luckily I had cough drops due to being sick last week. Anyway, that is how day 1 went! Hoping day 2 does as well, or better!
Yesterday was also JR's and my 5 year anniversary. Pretty crazy. we didn't celebrate or anything...avtually I was pretty bitchy all day -probably due to not smoking - in fact I only remembered this morning! LOL But eh, its only our first date anniversary...we will celbrate our 2 year wedding anniversary in a month and a half! Woohoo!
JR and I have been keeping an eye on Egypt, and now Yemen...this is pretty crazy, and I am really worried that our country will be yet another war, just as we are finally getting to exit other Arab countries! Geez! We can't afford another war right now. One thing that REALLY PISSES ME OFF....those damn pro- govt. protestors attacked my Anderson Cooper. I love that man and can't believe that he was seriously attacked yesterday! My prayers are with everyone over there. Hopefully they can work something out. But I ahte the fact that Americans are going to use this situation for political gain...I am already hearing from Obama haters about how he isn't doing the right thing...he needs to get in there. I would just like to encourage THOUGHT! Seriously people, lets just think. He has to walk a really tight rope right now so that we DONT end up in another war. So lets just sit back, see if it can be worked out - and then you can start bashing the leader of our country.
Yesterday was also JR's and my 5 year anniversary. Pretty crazy. we didn't celebrate or anything...avtually I was pretty bitchy all day -probably due to not smoking - in fact I only remembered this morning! LOL But eh, its only our first date anniversary...we will celbrate our 2 year wedding anniversary in a month and a half! Woohoo!
JR and I have been keeping an eye on Egypt, and now Yemen...this is pretty crazy, and I am really worried that our country will be yet another war, just as we are finally getting to exit other Arab countries! Geez! We can't afford another war right now. One thing that REALLY PISSES ME OFF....those damn pro- govt. protestors attacked my Anderson Cooper. I love that man and can't believe that he was seriously attacked yesterday! My prayers are with everyone over there. Hopefully they can work something out. But I ahte the fact that Americans are going to use this situation for political gain...I am already hearing from Obama haters about how he isn't doing the right thing...he needs to get in there. I would just like to encourage THOUGHT! Seriously people, lets just think. He has to walk a really tight rope right now so that we DONT end up in another war. So lets just sit back, see if it can be worked out - and then you can start bashing the leader of our country.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Done!
Well I ordered the 17 day diet book about 10 minutes ago. Hopefully it will arrive before we run out of this weeks groceries. I watched Dr. Phil yesterday and he had an update with some of the people on the diet...they are doing really well. It seems like the men are dropping a lot of pounds one guy has lost 23, another one 34, while the women are at 12, 9, and 14. I am interested to see what the other 5 contestants have lost. JR made a commitment to not eat fast food for breakfast or lunch, so I hope that book has some sort of recipes for taking a cold lunch!
Also, we are going to try to quit smoking. JR has been really wanting to stop for a while, and I dont really have the desire to quit...but I told him I would quit smoking if he would lose weight. Now I feel like I am going to do my part. Since I am the grocery shopper and the cook in the house I know that he will be gettinig healthy meals...BUT he will have to find some way to exercise, and some way to control his portions. I mean seriously, I dont want to be the nag...."um, dont you think you've eaten enough?" "Have you worked out today" I was hoping that he might go running with me, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. Also, I really wanted to weigh him before we start but the scale in our house only goes up to 350...so we really dont know for sure how much he weighs. At this point I am just trying to talk him in to going to the doctor, but I dont think I am making any progress there!
I will let you guys know when we start!
Also, we are going to try to quit smoking. JR has been really wanting to stop for a while, and I dont really have the desire to quit...but I told him I would quit smoking if he would lose weight. Now I feel like I am going to do my part. Since I am the grocery shopper and the cook in the house I know that he will be gettinig healthy meals...BUT he will have to find some way to exercise, and some way to control his portions. I mean seriously, I dont want to be the nag...."um, dont you think you've eaten enough?" "Have you worked out today" I was hoping that he might go running with me, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. Also, I really wanted to weigh him before we start but the scale in our house only goes up to 350...so we really dont know for sure how much he weighs. At this point I am just trying to talk him in to going to the doctor, but I dont think I am making any progress there!
I will let you guys know when we start!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Family
hmmm....it seems as though my sister is going down a dark path in life and I really dont know what to do. For the last week, JR and I have been talking about how irresponsible she is. I seriously hate to say this or even right this...but here it is - She is a terrible mother. I know she loves her kids but I dont think she loves them more than she loves herself. Two weeks ago she took her kids with her to meet up with her dealer to get her weed. What in the hell she was thinking - I have no idea. But then again, she drinks while she drives - with her kids in the car and when I say something to her she responds with, "I never drink enough to get drunk when I am driving." ummmm...ok! She is stealing prescription medications from my mom, dad, and her patients at work. She carries around aderol, vicadin, hydrocodone, xanax, anxiety medicine, and other stuff I am sure...I try to explain to her that if she was to get pulled over for a tail light or anything and they smell alcohol on her breath - that is an immediate search of her car - which means they will find the weed, and the drugs. This in turn, means she is going to jail - possibly prison - she will lose her job, she will lose her kids, she will lose her home because she can't live with me, and my parents aren't going to keep her, she will lose EVERYTHING. She will never get a job in the medical field, so she might as well forget about finishing school to be an RN...not that I think she will finish anyway - but whatever...she doesn't listen. It wont happen to her.
So last night JR and I start talking about her again and as if on cue she calls. She says she needs to "rent out my room for the night" I asked her what was going on, she repeats herself tells me she needs to rent out my room and that they will be gone early in the morning to get her kids to school. She already called in to work so its no big deal, she has everything worked out except for a place to stay. HMMMMM - so why can't you go home? She says something about how Dad isn't going to be home...WHAT? Why does that matter? She says, sara - I need a place to stay tonight, Todd is stranded and he's been with me since this afternoon. We will only be there for a short amount of time.....WAIT....HOLD ON....Todd? you want to come stay at my house with your children who have school tomorrow and a man that I dont really know????? Ummm, no I am sorry, but I am not comfortable bringing in a man that I hardly know around my children. Of course this shocked the shit out of her...and she tries to guilt me into by saying, "so you aren't comfortable with your sister and neice and nephew staying with you" I told her I obviously didn't have a problem with that since they are here all the time, but I am not comfortable with a strange man staying in my house. SORRY.
Really??? Am I crazy? HELL NO I am not crazy, she doesn't make good choices, and if it was anyone else I would give them the benefit of the doubt, but she if friends with pot heads, drug users, and registered sex offenders...so nope - she doesn't have a good track record on friends. I am not saying that Todd is a bad guy, but I just dont know him.
I am so pissed that she even put me in the position and asked, and JR is almost positive that Todd didn't have a place to go because his baby's momma probably walked in on him and Randi in some compromising position and kicked him out, which is why Randi was so compelled to fix the problem....Now I think its a good possibility that is what happened but I dont know for sure..but seriously your going to be 30 years old in August...Grow the fuck up. I called my dad and told him the whole story...I am not going to help her get away with lying and manipulating. Of course, my dad did nothing. And Randi, finally arrived home and spun some story to him which he chooses to go along with. I am seriously contemplating writing the Dr. Phil show. I can't help her...I have been here for nearly a year, and my influence hasn't changed her. My parents cant and aren't helping her...she has lived with them for 3 years in May and she hasn't shown any signs of responsibility, and while she needs help - the people that are suffering the most are an 8 years old little girl who is behind in reading and has to go to a special class and given extra reading help and homework, who has no idea what it means to respect someone because she sees no examples of it and a 5 year old little boy who is the biggest manipulator I have ever seen at that age (I wonder where he learns it). My prediction for these kids...both will be drinking, doing drugs and having sex by 14. Isabella will be pregnant by 17 and Isaiah will get his girlfriend knocked up at 16. Makes me want to cry...oh wait I already have.
So last night JR and I start talking about her again and as if on cue she calls. She says she needs to "rent out my room for the night" I asked her what was going on, she repeats herself tells me she needs to rent out my room and that they will be gone early in the morning to get her kids to school. She already called in to work so its no big deal, she has everything worked out except for a place to stay. HMMMMM - so why can't you go home? She says something about how Dad isn't going to be home...WHAT? Why does that matter? She says, sara - I need a place to stay tonight, Todd is stranded and he's been with me since this afternoon. We will only be there for a short amount of time.....WAIT....HOLD ON....Todd? you want to come stay at my house with your children who have school tomorrow and a man that I dont really know????? Ummm, no I am sorry, but I am not comfortable bringing in a man that I hardly know around my children. Of course this shocked the shit out of her...and she tries to guilt me into by saying, "so you aren't comfortable with your sister and neice and nephew staying with you" I told her I obviously didn't have a problem with that since they are here all the time, but I am not comfortable with a strange man staying in my house. SORRY.
Really??? Am I crazy? HELL NO I am not crazy, she doesn't make good choices, and if it was anyone else I would give them the benefit of the doubt, but she if friends with pot heads, drug users, and registered sex offenders...so nope - she doesn't have a good track record on friends. I am not saying that Todd is a bad guy, but I just dont know him.
I am so pissed that she even put me in the position and asked, and JR is almost positive that Todd didn't have a place to go because his baby's momma probably walked in on him and Randi in some compromising position and kicked him out, which is why Randi was so compelled to fix the problem....Now I think its a good possibility that is what happened but I dont know for sure..but seriously your going to be 30 years old in August...Grow the fuck up. I called my dad and told him the whole story...I am not going to help her get away with lying and manipulating. Of course, my dad did nothing. And Randi, finally arrived home and spun some story to him which he chooses to go along with. I am seriously contemplating writing the Dr. Phil show. I can't help her...I have been here for nearly a year, and my influence hasn't changed her. My parents cant and aren't helping her...she has lived with them for 3 years in May and she hasn't shown any signs of responsibility, and while she needs help - the people that are suffering the most are an 8 years old little girl who is behind in reading and has to go to a special class and given extra reading help and homework, who has no idea what it means to respect someone because she sees no examples of it and a 5 year old little boy who is the biggest manipulator I have ever seen at that age (I wonder where he learns it). My prediction for these kids...both will be drinking, doing drugs and having sex by 14. Isabella will be pregnant by 17 and Isaiah will get his girlfriend knocked up at 16. Makes me want to cry...oh wait I already have.
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