So I have to say that I’m WAY excited about this Saturday! This weekend we have the Purdue Football game IU vs. Purdue at Noon. So Tait and I will be in attendance with that. I happened to win tickets to the Men’s basketball game on Saturday evening for Coppin State (have no idea) but it’s a sold out game and I have tickets and the basketball team is GOOOOOOD! So we are going to that! So I have both Football AND basketball THEN after that Tait and I are going to go to La Costa which is an Italian restaurant here in Lafayette. I’m SOOOOOO EXCITED! Tait’s parents are coming down to watch the girls overnight so we will have an entire day of KID FREE! I’m so very excited. I LOVE my children…. But I love having breaks too. I think this will be a good time for Tait and I too b/c it’s a break for us to get out and enjoy sports and be with one another. I can’t wait.
So I have to say the past two weeks I have lost NO weight… I haven’t gained but I haven’t lost so it’s okay… but still sad L I was hoping to be at 30 lbs by Thanksgiving… I’m only 4 lbs away so maybe if I exercise EVERY day and stop eating like a horse for the next couple of days I can do it… Wish me luck! Tait lost 4 lbs last week so he’s catching up to me! Men loose weight SOOOO much faster than woman anyways… I mean it’s not fair we have to be pregnant with the children gain then lose in a 11 month period of time… then have some “left over” THEN Men can just snap their fingers and lose weight and women don’t have that luxury… Of course I think part of my problem is my exercising has been dismissal this week AND my eating has been on HIGH gear… I hate stress… I eat… (sigh)
Overall we have been doing pretty well at our home. We have hit some major pot holes but we are working through it. The girls are doing really well. Maya is still chatting away. We don’t always know what she’s saying but she is doing much better at talking. Lehna is growing and growing and growing. It’s hard to keep her jeans right now. She doesn’t fit in 5 & 6 in the hips and thighs but 6x’s don’t fit her in the length… so she has had lots of jeans that have been hemmed but we will have to lower when the times comes. Hopefully she will keep her current jeans for awhile they are bigger on her but the regular 6’s you could tell after ONE wash you knew that she wouldn’t be able to fit her again… It’s crazy!!!! I broke out the 2T’s for Maya last night. Mostly b/c her 24 month clothes are all short sleeve and warm weather clothing. And since it’s pretty cold around here right now… they said it’s 10-20 degrees lower then normal, but it Indiana for you.
Well the election is over. I did do my civic duty and I voted. I didn’t know where I was supposed to go but I found out (they changed it from the last time we could vote) so I voted and so it should be an interesting change. I am kind of excited about having a democrat back in the white house… not that I’m a Democrat nor am I a Republican I sit somewhere in the middle. I just am glad that we are going to have a new face in there hopefully he will bring new ideas and we will progress forward making a better tomorrow. LOL well that’s the idea anyways.
So in my car I have been listening to the Messiah. I have to say I like to try to remember my parts and sing while I’m driving down the road. It’s very relaxing. I of course probably look like a total IDIOT but I don’t care b/c its fun. I know it’s not Thanksgiving and it is Christmas music but it just puts me in a good place when I listen to it. I am thinking about adding some more Christmas music to my car so I can sing more as I go back and forth to work everyday. I have given up my daily chats on my cell phone I only talk to Jackie randomly and it usually isn’t very long before her signal goes out… sooooooo I have to do something in the car for 35 minutes!!!
So let’s see what else is going on. Thanksgiving is next week. I’m very excited about it. I can’t wait to eat turkey and I think perogies (I’m assuming grandma is helping make those) I hope to not gain a ton of weight but a few pounds won’t totally kill me. You know what I mean. I want to enjoy myself… but not overdo it. J See it’s this type of mentality that hasn’t let me loose any weight for the past TWO WEEKS! (sigh)
Well that’s all that’s going one… do you like my background? Yeah it’s groovy… the website was I got my background apparently is having bandwidth problems I’m hoping the fix the problem soon… I mean as much as I love the bandwidth warning on my screen… Jackie is supposed to change the background sometime soon… sooooo all will be well.
Okay well that’s all I have for now…
Have a great Thanksgiving if I don’t see you over the holiday!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Two Week Update!
Well it is time for another update.
I have two weekends to write about so let’s get too it.
Two weekends ago the girls and I took a brief visit to Wisconsin. We went to see my mom and Terry and to visit a few sites when we were up there. We went to this place call the Discovery Zone. It was a little museum type thing but it was full of activities for the girls to do. We happened to be there the weekend that Star Wars had some displays. There were lots of men in star trooper outfits, there were a few RTD2 machines that were controlled by Remote controls, Jedi’s were running around. It was a neat display. There were actual costumes that were on display for everyone to look at, which I liked that. Lehna didn’t want to be down on the ground at all in the room. She kind of freaked out around the robots and the star troopers. Maya didn’t look too impressed either by the cool robots but I liked it. It’s like a big “machine” type of museum so it really hands on it was kind of cool. They had this HUGE ship that is mounted from the ceiling and you get to go in and crawl around on it. This was really cool. Lehna wanted NOTHING to do with going on the bottom level where the crew slept. The end of the museum was this REALLY COOL AQUAIUM. I really liked that. Lehna seemed to too we would point out the fish and Lehna would go “look mommy, look at this first” so it was really cool. That was definitely the best part of the Discovery Zone.
Then this past weekend we went to Williamsport for Tick or Treating. We went on Halloween to take them around. That was pretty fun. Lehna wasn’t shy at all this year… she didn’t like scary masks, but neither did Maya… not a fan either of them. Both of them would try to climb up in your arms when we saw them. I was really surprised about the lack of lights that were on around Williamsport. The kids got TONS of candy but I just was surprised about how many houses that didn’t have lights on it were a little surprising. Lehna went as a princess and Maya was a leopard, (she didn’t wear the ears, and the nose and whiskers was whipped away in moments after application) but she was cute. By the end Maya had gotten the hang of it. She was holding out her bag and saying her version of Trick or Treat. It as a good evening Helen and Tim kept Maya and Lehna over night and Tait and I went on a date. There wasn’t anything playing at the movies we wanted to see so we went out to eat then got a movie and game to play. The next morning Tait and I went out for breakfast and we headed back to Williamsport to spend some time with his family. It was a nice visit. I didn’t get a chance to visit his grandmother so I felt bad about that. The girls were able to see her and Tait went over to her house for a brief visit to watch the Notre Dame Game in which ND was beaten YEAH!!!! Purdue actually won this weekend so that was a good thing. I mean when you have to of the lowest playing teams in the Big Ten and play one another it is exciting… at least they were equally matched… LOL
Then on Sunday we had Helen, Tanna, Deklyn, and Landyn come over for some hot dogs on the fire and smores. It was a nice afternoon. I was woke up so early on Sunday and went to the grocery store I think that if I’m going to do lots of grocery shopping that is DEFINTELY the time to go… the store was totally empty and that was wonderful! I hate pushing through people at the grocery store.
Good news I did go down in weight over past two weeks. I am down 25 lbs! YEAH my first big landmark. I actually had someone comment on it this weekend… which always makes me feel good! I also measured myself and I believe I’m down 14 inches overall. I lost 5 inches in my hips alone so I’m really excited… I definitely can tell in my clothing. My butt does feel smaller and my tummy smaller too (not gone just smaller) so small steps to victory I guess. My diet was HORRIBLE this weekend so hopefully I won’t stretch my tummy back out again… that would be REALLY SAD if I did that. I have to say we did the Winsor Pilates last week and man the horrible lady gets you in these HORRIBLELY HARD positions and then talks for a few minutes it SUCKS! But the exercises she gave are just like the ones from the Core Pilates we have been doing so I was excited about that at least they are the same exercises. I’m going to have to start getting some more cardio today. I was reading an article that said that the more you increase your cardio the more your metabolism increases and I defiantly want that. So I’m going to do that. I just have to get on… (Sigh) It’s really had with two kids and a household to run… but I know we can get the goal accomplished. I want to have lost 104 lbs in a year… so far I am up to month 2 and so far I’m about a ¼ of the way there… only ¾ more to go… then I will be really happy. Keep me in your prayers man b/c I’m going to need all the help I can get.
That is pretty much all the update news that I have. Enjoy your week!
I have two weekends to write about so let’s get too it.
Two weekends ago the girls and I took a brief visit to Wisconsin. We went to see my mom and Terry and to visit a few sites when we were up there. We went to this place call the Discovery Zone. It was a little museum type thing but it was full of activities for the girls to do. We happened to be there the weekend that Star Wars had some displays. There were lots of men in star trooper outfits, there were a few RTD2 machines that were controlled by Remote controls, Jedi’s were running around. It was a neat display. There were actual costumes that were on display for everyone to look at, which I liked that. Lehna didn’t want to be down on the ground at all in the room. She kind of freaked out around the robots and the star troopers. Maya didn’t look too impressed either by the cool robots but I liked it. It’s like a big “machine” type of museum so it really hands on it was kind of cool. They had this HUGE ship that is mounted from the ceiling and you get to go in and crawl around on it. This was really cool. Lehna wanted NOTHING to do with going on the bottom level where the crew slept. The end of the museum was this REALLY COOL AQUAIUM. I really liked that. Lehna seemed to too we would point out the fish and Lehna would go “look mommy, look at this first” so it was really cool. That was definitely the best part of the Discovery Zone.
Then this past weekend we went to Williamsport for Tick or Treating. We went on Halloween to take them around. That was pretty fun. Lehna wasn’t shy at all this year… she didn’t like scary masks, but neither did Maya… not a fan either of them. Both of them would try to climb up in your arms when we saw them. I was really surprised about the lack of lights that were on around Williamsport. The kids got TONS of candy but I just was surprised about how many houses that didn’t have lights on it were a little surprising. Lehna went as a princess and Maya was a leopard, (she didn’t wear the ears, and the nose and whiskers was whipped away in moments after application) but she was cute. By the end Maya had gotten the hang of it. She was holding out her bag and saying her version of Trick or Treat. It as a good evening Helen and Tim kept Maya and Lehna over night and Tait and I went on a date. There wasn’t anything playing at the movies we wanted to see so we went out to eat then got a movie and game to play. The next morning Tait and I went out for breakfast and we headed back to Williamsport to spend some time with his family. It was a nice visit. I didn’t get a chance to visit his grandmother so I felt bad about that. The girls were able to see her and Tait went over to her house for a brief visit to watch the Notre Dame Game in which ND was beaten YEAH!!!! Purdue actually won this weekend so that was a good thing. I mean when you have to of the lowest playing teams in the Big Ten and play one another it is exciting… at least they were equally matched… LOL
Then on Sunday we had Helen, Tanna, Deklyn, and Landyn come over for some hot dogs on the fire and smores. It was a nice afternoon. I was woke up so early on Sunday and went to the grocery store I think that if I’m going to do lots of grocery shopping that is DEFINTELY the time to go… the store was totally empty and that was wonderful! I hate pushing through people at the grocery store.
Good news I did go down in weight over past two weeks. I am down 25 lbs! YEAH my first big landmark. I actually had someone comment on it this weekend… which always makes me feel good! I also measured myself and I believe I’m down 14 inches overall. I lost 5 inches in my hips alone so I’m really excited… I definitely can tell in my clothing. My butt does feel smaller and my tummy smaller too (not gone just smaller) so small steps to victory I guess. My diet was HORRIBLE this weekend so hopefully I won’t stretch my tummy back out again… that would be REALLY SAD if I did that. I have to say we did the Winsor Pilates last week and man the horrible lady gets you in these HORRIBLELY HARD positions and then talks for a few minutes it SUCKS! But the exercises she gave are just like the ones from the Core Pilates we have been doing so I was excited about that at least they are the same exercises. I’m going to have to start getting some more cardio today. I was reading an article that said that the more you increase your cardio the more your metabolism increases and I defiantly want that. So I’m going to do that. I just have to get on… (Sigh) It’s really had with two kids and a household to run… but I know we can get the goal accomplished. I want to have lost 104 lbs in a year… so far I am up to month 2 and so far I’m about a ¼ of the way there… only ¾ more to go… then I will be really happy. Keep me in your prayers man b/c I’m going to need all the help I can get.
That is pretty much all the update news that I have. Enjoy your week!