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.