Weigh In

I don't normally weigh in on Wednesday but I missed it yesterday. So I did it today. I'm not down as much as I'd like this week but the 4th of July snacking and cupcakes and the assortment of other goodies that day did not help.

I am down another 1.2 lbs!!

So another 6.2 lbs to go, and only 18 days left till vacation. That's probably not going to happen. But I'm gonna try!!!

July 4th celebrations

We had a blast on the 4th. We got up early and met a friend at the parade. The kids had fun catching the beads, candy and the flyers with free stuff, especially the free milkshake flyers! We were able to get a great spot in the shade towards the end of the route which was good because all the people in the parade passing out stuff were giving out handfuls to everyone because it was the end and they wanted to get rid of the stuff. The kids made out like bandits!



At the very end of the parade were the the fire trucks. The kids went to stand with some other kids on the other side of the road. Those other kids had water guns and ... well, the firefighter didn't like get sprayed so she took out her "watergun" and got the kids back for spraying her. The following is what the kids looked like when the firetruck moved and we could see what happened to them. LOL!!! They were SOAKED!!!!

After the parade we went back to our friends house and ate lunch and cupcakes and played with fireworks (the kind you can do in the day) until the sun went down (literally).



That yellow gun that Stella has is the kind that shots out confetti, like a champagne popper only in gun form.


This poor, poor mailbox.....


had some not friendly visitors....

Whoa!!! I wonder what the mailman would think about this?!


Just killin' time by playing around


The game was called "bounce the ball off Stella's head"

My mom might not like this but it's funny anyway

So last night I was reading a dinosaur book to Hunter and the conversation went something like this:

H: So ... there aren't ANY dinosaurs alive?

Me: No, honey they are all extinct.

H:What does extinct mean?

Me: There aren't any left, they died millions of years ago.

H: You mean, like, before Grandma was born?!

Me: (laughing) Yes honey, way before Grandma was born!

I'll get there this time!!

So After being invited to the beach I remembered that back in January I was on weight watchers. I never got to my goal weight. I did lose about 10lbs. And I stayed there for the last 4 months.

But in light of the up and coming beach vacation I feel that I would benefit from losing the remaining weight that I wanted to lose which was a grand total of 16.6 lbs. I am happy to announce that today when I weighed myself at work I am down 3 whole pounds from last Tuesday and down a total of 14.2 lbs (since January). I am now only 2.4 lbs away from my initial goal but now I have a new goal of reaching 135lbs.

I think I can lose 7.4 lbs in 3 1/2 weeks. Maybe. I just have to remember I'll be in my bathing suit for a week. Next to my friend who is a skinny mini.

I'm hungry!LOL!

bad mom in 3 seconds

My sister called me today to tell me some not great news about her unborn baby girl. She has been put on modified bedrest until further notice. The baby is not growing as expected so they want her to take it easy so the energy does not get restricted from the baby. But at the end of the conversation she had the ability to make me feel like a bad mom in about 3 seconds.

How? you ask....

Well I shop at the Wal-mart because we, like so many others, are on a tight budget. I am not able to afford the organic everything and she made some comment about her kid was going to eat organic (and vegetarian) and her husband makes enough for her to do that. Ugh!! If I could afford to buy organic, I would. It makes me feel crappy that I can't do everything I want for my kids.

A few months ago she also made a comment about her kid not watching TV, well, mine watch TV, and probably too much TV sometimes but darn it, I'm sick and don't feel like doing arts and crafts today (or yesterday for that matter).

All right, I'm done whining for today. I'm gonna get the kids out from in front of the TV now and take them swimming while it's not raining.

Hardly ever

I hardly ever get sick, but here I am with a full blown head cold. I feel like my head is just getting bigger and bigger and that any moment it will explode. On top of that my hubby has been either working late of had some obligation that kept him out past 8pm every night this week and this weekend he has his motorcycle safety class all day Saturday and Sunday. UGH!!!

The kids have been relatively good at keeping themselves entertained and letting me rest, but today I HAVE to go to the grocery store. I hate shopping on the weekends its so crazy busy.

Just venting about my sickness.

Just over 4 weeks until my beach vacation!!!!! Yeah!!

Totally Excited

I'm going to the beach for a week!!!

I'm am totally excited about going. It's just me and the kids going with a friend. All I have to put in for is groceries. I can afford that right?!? I mean I would have to feed the kids at home too! We are going to Cape San Blas for a week. I just had to share because I'm excited.

That's all.

You can resume your regularly scheduled activities now......