Starting again

Well the holidays are almost done with.   My diet had fallen to the wayside but now I am going to try to get back on track.  I was down to 157, but looks like I am up to 163 again.   So I am starting at the begining and drinking my water, tracking my food and trying to exercise (something I have been bad at)

So my goals are

Weigh 160

Excercise daily

Drink water

Advent calendar

Here is our count down.  I think I posted it when I started it.  Ethan and I put together the Santa and johnny our elf brought the cotton balls, glue and wrote a nice letter abour counting down.

We are almost done.  The boys are excired.  All my shopping is done.  I still need to wrap, I may start rhat this weekend.   I love this time of year.

Christmas Play

The boys had their Holiday Program.  I almost called it Christmas program, but they don't technically call it that anymore.  It was very cute, as it always is.  It was a elf and pirate theme.  All of the kids did a great job.  It is only kids k-2nd who participate in the program, so this year was Bry's last year.   Next year will be Nolan's first year.    We have three more years of Programs left to go to.  Hard to believe how big Bry is getting. 

It was kind of sad seeing the whole class of first graders up there (one of which is mine).  It is hard to imagine the pain that the parents and community, who recently lost all of those children. 

Six

Today I read a blog titled "What Six Looks Like" on Huffington Post.  I was touched by this blogger as I have been by others.  Just like others it seems that I have been crying on and off for the last few days.  Trying not to look upset in front of my children.  the news hasn't been on much here, so I have lost track of some of the details, although I do catch some here or there.

But I have to agree with this blog.  I do know what six looks like.  Six to me is whining about homework.  It is being to big to lift anymore.  It is playing soccer and baseball and wanting to win and get better.  Six is learning to read, and write in complete sentences with proper punctuation.  Six is having a teacher you adore.  Six is loving to be cuddled, but yet also wanting to walk up to the door to school by himself.  Six is having the freedom to ride his bike around the neighborhood, but still not being able to go as far as his older brother.  Six is playing in the sandbox, or the pool.  Six is that goofy smile in pictures, because he can't figure out how to just smile.   Six is a wonderful age to be, and like the blogger, I can not imagine not having my six anymore.    It is so full of fun, and hope for the future.  I don't know how I could go on without my six.

oh Amazon

I love Amazon.  I love the Christmas deals.  I have so spent to much money, I should be done.   But Amazon has these great deals like the two weeks before Christmas.  Scott would tell me to stop, But I really don't want to.  I am rationalizing this by saying that I can hold some things back for Birthdays and such... they are just such good deals.. 

(in truth I am not doing terrible, I am barely over budget..)

What I should really do is the  something to wear, something to read, something you need, and something to play with.    

New scale

And it says 160 and it is nighttime.  I always weigh more at night.   Can't wait to see tomorrow.  
I got a new svale because the old one went caput even with new batteries. 
Let u know what it says tomorrow.

HAND PRINT TREE SKIRT

Today we did our hand prints on our tree skirt,  this is the 4th year we have done this.  I wish I had started earlier.      I can't believe how they have grown especially Nolan. 

This Craft is pretty inexpensive.  The red tree skirt, is just that a plain tree skirt.  I don't remember how much it cost, but it wasn't much.  I use craft Paint for the hand prints and tulip paint to write their names and date.   I left the edges of my tree skirt plain, but you can embellish it if you wish.

I loved the idea of the craft when I first read about it.   Now I like it even more as I see how it is turning out. 

Johnny's back

This evening Johnny came back.  Johnny is our elf.  This is the third year Johnny has been comming here.   It is hard to believe that johnny started comming when Bry was 5.  

Earlier I made a Santa picture construction paper for the boys to fill in the beard with cotton balls.  Johnny briugt the glue and the cotton balls, wrote a sweet poem/note on Santa's beard and brought the Elf on the Shelf book. 

He boys are happy to see Johnny again.

Weigh in

These hollidays are killing my diet.   I had reached 160 before Halloween and then gained and lost with Halloween, and again with Thanksgiving.  So now I am back down to 160.

I have a new goal of 155.  I wonder sometimes if I will ever reach it.  But all I can do is keep moving forward and try to make better choices. 

Halloween

Here are my.there monsters on halloween

Pre k field trip

Today was Nolana first field trip.  It was to the pumpkin patch.  So we got one more pumpkin and some gourds.   Nolan had a great time.

Carving pumpkins

We finally carved pumpkins.  The boys have been waiting patiently.

Halloween parade

Just some pictures.

A night away

It has been a wonderful weekend.  On Friday we surprisingly got a night at the Hilton at the ball park in St. Louis.   It was wonderful though everything fell into place.  My mom was able to eTch the boys on short notice.   I drive to St. Louis by myself.
We had a great room with a great view.

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Things are looking up, Weight is going down!!

I made it through.  I have been stuck at/around 165 for almost a month.  But I am now going down again

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My official weigh in was yesterday, and i was 162.2.  Last week I was like 163.2.   I am a daily weigh in person so today I weighed again, and i was 161.2.  

I am so happy to be losing again.  I was trying my best  not  get to discouraged, but I was starting to worry.  I think I had hit not just a platue but also had hit the point where I wasn't making as good as decisions as I was in the past.  I don't know that I really changed my decisions to much (I had two servings of  candy corn yesterday).  The only thing I can say that I have changed is I am drinking more water.  I have always drank 8 glasses, but now I am striving for more like 10 cups (which is about half my weight in ounces.)   But even that doesn't happen every day.

I am so happy I didn't give UP.  I am ecstatic to be so close to my short term goal of 160 lbs.   I will be even more ecstatic to change my goal to 155, and to be bellow 150.  I feel re-energized, and like I can conquer the world, or at least my weight. 


So now just to see what this week brings.


so if you are where I was at, just hang in there, it will pass.  Keep working at making good decisions, and eventually it will pay off!!!

Knitting

  A few years ago I decided that I needed to know how to Crochet, mainly because I didn't want to spend money on cute hats when I figured I could make them myself.    So while looking at all these cute crochet projects, I am also seeing cute Knitting ones.  So now I decided I need to know how to knit too.

I started yesterday, I thought it was hard at least at first.  I am still trying to get the hang of it.  I am itching though to do a small project. 

To Do Today

Today may be a little bit of a busy day.  My oldest two have soccer this evening.  (One has a Cub Scout meeting thatwe will be missing)  I need to run to Walmart so I can buy supplies for Story hour at the Library for this week and next week.  (the Jr. Women's Club in town runs a fall story hour)   I also need to put together sample crafts for those story hours.  So expect some craft pictures later. 

My loving husband will be home after school, but will have to leave again later this evening, he has to be at school for a tournament.  I have my sisters twins till about 4:30. 

My house is a mess, but I am working on that today.  I am currently washing sheets so I can remake the boys' beds.   I have yet to do my house blessings, or swish and swipe my bathrooms.  When I run to walmart I will have to get a belt for my vacuum.  I think this week I am working on Bathrooms and one extra room.  I will probably try to get both upstairs and downstairs bathrooms clean, and the boys room and play room.. for fly lady.  (lets see how I do at the end of the week)

Raingutter Raggatta

So my older to boys are in Cub Scouts.  Today was the Raingutter Raggatta.  We painted their boats last night.  We didn't put to much effort into our boats, some did.  Maybe next year we will take more time, maybe not.  Here are some pictures

Ethan Lost 2 races right away

Bry won the first race, and lost the second.

he didn't participate, but he is such a cutie I am always snapping shots.

This and That

There really has not been that much going on in our household lately, just busy stuff.

The soccer season is almost done.  Next Sat is all boys last soccer game.  Bry and E have a pizza party after.  Today was E's first cub scout meeting, and tomorrow Bry has a meeting. 

My allergies are acting up.  Bry had a reaction to something he ate at school the other day.  I need to remember to send some Benadryl with him. 

My house is a mess today. I was going to work on getting stuff clean,  but all I have wanted to do was sleep, or lay down.  I did get to exercise, so that is a plus.  Oh, I also got a new belt for my vacuum so I can vacuum tomorrow.

In other news I am shocked that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are separating.  But in reality it isn't any of  my business is it. 

I am sure I can think of other stuff to ramble on about, but I won't.  I am going to bed to read for a little bit, and then to sleep.  I am exhausted.

YIPEE

Yesterday the Jr. High Baseball team that my husband coaches won their championship game!!!!

In a funk, weight loss

I just don't seem to be losing.

i need to get better at exercising.

the last days i have been really bad at making choices, so i am going to try to do better for the rest of the week. and exercise (can't forget that)

I am not sure if after 10lbs i am just at a platue, or am just making that bad of decisions. or what is mostly likely, it is both.

yesterday was a wash, as was friday..and today isn't much better. I am going to try to keep it under control for the rest of the day. (no more hot wing dip) and a salad for super then back on track tomorrow.

Hopefully I can get back on track!!

Apple Picking

We went apple picking last weekend.  We went to Mills Apple Farm.  We always enjoy going there.  This year we got some great tasting apples. It was a great day to go, Sunny and not to chilly. Since I am of course more o fa picture person.. here you go!  If you have never been to Mills Apple Farm go visit them.

this is not a good picture of me, but the other one is really bad.  

can you see Bryson in there?

love this picture

playing catch with some apples that had fallen off the trees.

they didn't want to sit with us on the ride back.

in the play structure

they are on the top level.  Nolan is still a little to little to get up there.  He needed help getting up and down.