I Should Be Folding Laundry

Where I am not

I am NOT at the gym. Why? Because Noah is sick. One week, friends. one week. I had to cancel my appointment at the gym today so other kids won't get sick. How very polite of me.

Anyway, on a happier note, I lost 4.2 lbs this week. YIPPEE! I'm pretty excited about that! Brian lost 9 lbs. NINE. whoa. My first week of WW in February I lost 8 lbs. We are good competitors. I'm so proud of him.

In 75 minutes, I'll be at the pediatricians office getting the kids their flu shots. I am not looking forward to that, but I'll glad they are getting them. Every time a news report comes on I think about how it can be prevented and how they haven't received theirs, yet. bad mom! But today is the day. Will they still give Noah his shot if he's sick? I guess we'll find out.

must move legs. hurts so bad.

We went to the gym again today.  I did some shopping over the weekend to help me prepare:

-New shoes.  (in blue) Check.
-New pants.  Check.
-New shirt.  Check.
-New headphones.  Check.
-Menstrual cramps.  CHECK.

The kids love going to the gym.  The daycare allows you to be gone for 2 hours. I'm typically gone for 75 minutes.  I think I'll do more for my workout because the kids never want to leave when I pick them up, guess I'll take advantage of the time I have by myself.  I plan to go to the gym 3 days a week.

I love my shoes.  I walked for 50 minutes today, over 3 miles.  My trainer from before approached me today while I was on my treadmill.  She was very excited to see me and even more excited that I hadn't gained weight.  In fact, she asked how much more weight I had lost.  The answer, obviously, is none.  She said my waist looked much smaller.  That may be my favorite compliment.  :-)  She talked to me for over 30 minutes while I was on the treadmill, it made the time FLY BY!  It was great, although it was difficult to speak, that's okay!    I purchased new Sony headphones on Friday from Circuit City.  They are SO much better than the ones I had prior to this set.  The last set were made by Koss and they cost $4.99 from Wal-Mart.  You totally get what you pay for, they were way too quiet, so uncomfortable and always fell out of my ears.  If I don't have music, I do not workout.  So, I was very excited for today, but my headphones don't work well, they are a little bit static-y and sound like the plug has been removed a little from the iPod.  I'm going to exchance them, they're really nice and loud.  My current favorite workout song is Sexy Back, by Justin Timberlake, it has a great beat.

I'm totally exhausted right now.  My lower back is killing me, I did 80 sit ups today and strength training.  My legs are weak and my feet hurt.  It's going to be really hard to do laundry and clean.  but I will.   Will you come over and help me?  great. thanks.

Brian and I want on a date on Friday.  We totally used our Flex points at Don Pablos.  It was quite good, the margarita was outstanding.  out.stand.ing.  We then went to Target and Circuit City.  I love that Brian understands that I need to buy new workout clothes, shoes and headphones.  Makes me happy.  He's doing ridiculously well on WW.  I'm totally going to lose our contest, by far.  You will FREAK OUT when you hear how much weight he has lost in his first week.  (check back on Wednesday)  It's unbelievable.  I really didn't expect to win.  I've been on Weight Watchers since February 8th...I didn't expect a huge loss.  And the Hershey bar on Saturday night didn't help either!!  (Hershey with caramel, no less)

Saturday night we babysat two of my friend's children.  My friend has been very sick and desperately needed a break, so I picked up her kids for about five hours.  We had fun.  Brian is a good sport, he played with the 7 month old boy almost the whole time.  The older girl, Anna and Noah did crafts almost the whole time.  It was a great night.

Guess I'll put the kids to bed, clean the livingroom, fold laundry and watch Oprah!

3 minutes 55 seconds of your life...WATCH THIS.

Please share this. Thank you to Penny & Elisa for sharing this on your blog. Importance of a 5-Point Harness Carseat

Friday in pictures

You're not going to tell Daddy I'm wearing two necklaces are you?

Great, thanks.

Lovely hawaiian dancers.

Presenting Jack Black

Going back on Weight Watchers has been interesting, but very good already--just after 24 hours. I entered my weight onto weightwatchers.com yesterday morning and my weight was up 6.5 lbs. HOLY CRAP. wow. It goes on so quickly and so easily but comes off like it's superglued to your body. total bullshit. I'm so thankful for this great program, truly I am.

Anyway, I had a great day of not eating (is there really such a thing?) I followed my points, I planned them in the morning and this morning I was 2.6 lbs lighter than yesterday. (yes, I weigh myself everyday) What a difference it makes when you are not eating pizza and chocolate. Speaking of chocolate, I did not eat a single morsel of halloween candy. In fact, I asked Anna if she would rather have some Halloween candy or would she rather we get rid of it and we go buy her a present instead. She opted for the present. HOORAY! So, I gathered up 3 gallon size zip loc bags (each filled half way) to donate to where my Mom works, where my Dad works and where Brian works. all gone--no more temptation and the kids can stop asking for candy! I also returned to the gym yesterday and I am so happy I did. While I was walking and stretching and doing strength training, all I could think about is how nice it really was to be alone, with loud music and doing something so amazing for my body. My body is awfully sore today, but that is temporary. We are returning tomorrow. I do need new workout clothes, I had to safety pin my pants at the waist because they continued to fall down and my shirts are XL...I'll be heading to Target tonight...

I leave you with two photos: The first is a picture that Anna drew of Jack Black. I don't know why she drew it, I'm guessing she learned his name from a commercial on Nick Jr. She has the most amazing memory and I think she is a very talented artist, she's only three, people!!

The next is a message from our troops. Speaking of our troops, this is a really cool program by Xerox, it's very quick and easy to complete, I hope you take the time to do it, it's the least one can do!

Goodbye October

We have been so incredibly busy. Seriously. I'm beat. Plus, Noah is sleeping like crap again. Over the weekend we re-did our little master bathroom. For such a small room, it took FOR-FREAKIN'-EVER! But, it's over and I think it's fabulous! I have been working on the Friends of Allie November newsletter which has taken up my time, as well. It's due to be released tomorrow. And, Halloween has us running all over the place! I've kept my kids away from candy for pretty much their whole lives. not anymore. Noah thinks Chocolate is the bomb and Anna loves suckers. so.much.candy.

Tomorrow, I am returning to the gym. It has been a long time. The last time I was there was June. Can you believe that crap? Anyway, I'm excited, with it being colder outside, physical activity is down to cleaning, which is alot, but not enough, soooo off the to the gym I (we) go. All I can think about is how the kids are going to get sick now. Mark my words. Brian and I are going on Weight Watchers again. I'm up about five pounds, I better do something now before it's too late!!!!!! (like stop eating Halloween candy)
P.S. Do you see how close I am to 10,000 hits! WOW!
Anyway, lots of pictures for you.

This picture was taken on Sunday at a Halloween party at my Mom's.

pretty Belle. (and yes, you had to call her Belle.)

Handsome Bob the Builder. (and yes, you had to call him Bob the Builder.)

Anna before school this morning. She had a very exciting, fun filled day at preschool today. Noah was a little jealous that she was dressed up and he wasn't. I let him get dressed early and wear his costume to the Post Office and to pick Anna up from school.

Helping decorate cupcakes. We were heading to Brian's Grandma's retirement community to share cupcakes and show Great-grandma their costumes.

Great Grandma wound up taking the kids trick or treating. Even the people in their apartments were surprised. It was sooo funny.

But some people were ready!

And some people were not. Someone gave Anna a box of Fiddle Faddle.

Noah was very shy today.

Eating suckers after their nap. I bet they LOVED Halloween.

Brian and I carved pumpkins during their naps today. Brian did the spider.
Isn't that crazy?!?! (for those that don't know Brian...he's not very...arty.)

The kids and their neighbor friends. (Noah was disturbed by the Yoda creature.

Trying to get a good family picture is just too difficult anymore!
(actually...it's never been easy)

Not this one either.

Definitely not this one.

Just forget it.

FINALLY!!! Time to TRICK OR TREAT!!

First house! HOORAY!

still going!

And the inevitable costume switch!

Yep, even shoes. Noah in heels. Happy Halloween!