Shopping list – check; Good shoes – check; Cash – check; Kids at mom’s – check … In the morning my plan is to finish my Christmas shopping, then come back to mom and dad’s and wrap everything. I am excited about a few hours by myself. I move faster that way. I am just hoping that all the crazy people finished theirs this weekend.
I do get a bit apprehensive during this time of year. It seems that many people lose their minds and put all courtesy on a shelf in their closet, and just act like idiots! No one holds the door for you, especially if your hands are full of shopping bags (or you’re pushing a stroller!). Red lights mean “only two more cars can go,” just to make sure they stop traffic flow. And no one is smiling, just rushing around. The whole experience of shopping kind of takes the joy out of the giving part of the holidays – initially at least. And that brings me to tomorrow. I think this is why I have waited till the last minute.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Me and JC - 7 week update
As some of you may recall, on October 15th I started on Jenny Craig. My progress has been slow, but steady. I have lost about 11 lbs to date and have lost 5 inches all over in less than 7 weeks. And had Thanksgiving during that time! To me that is exciting! Today, I put on a pair of my sister’s “fat jeans.” They are a size 12 and look pretty cute on me. One might even consider them baggy, except around the waistline.
Some of you know that I consider myself to be built like a brick. I am as wide as I am thick. So, this leads me to wonder, does your ribcage ever go down after having three kids? My ribs/chest are really just huge. And I am wondering, will they stay that way? I have 34 more pounds to go, but if my ribcage stays blown up like this, I will look hysterical.
After I had Major I was what I call “skinny fat.” I had lost so much blood and all that I really dropped about 30 pounds in about three weeks, but I was so flabby. I don’t want to be like that. Mom thinks that if I go below that weight I will not look good. We will just have to wait and see. Christy weighed over Thanksgiving and is at my goal weight, and I think she looks good. She is just an inch or two shorter than me, so I should be ok.
Can you tell a difference yet?
This is today:
This was our family reunion on October 9th:
Some of you know that I consider myself to be built like a brick. I am as wide as I am thick. So, this leads me to wonder, does your ribcage ever go down after having three kids? My ribs/chest are really just huge. And I am wondering, will they stay that way? I have 34 more pounds to go, but if my ribcage stays blown up like this, I will look hysterical.
After I had Major I was what I call “skinny fat.” I had lost so much blood and all that I really dropped about 30 pounds in about three weeks, but I was so flabby. I don’t want to be like that. Mom thinks that if I go below that weight I will not look good. We will just have to wait and see. Christy weighed over Thanksgiving and is at my goal weight, and I think she looks good. She is just an inch or two shorter than me, so I should be ok.
Can you tell a difference yet?
This is today:
This was our family reunion on October 9th:
Baby, Its Cold Outside
We woke up this morning to find a lovely layer of snow over our neighborhood. Mark woke the boys up early so they could go out and play in it before it all melted.
We left before Major got up, so I don’t know if he saw it at all. Today was the day that I took the boys to see “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town” at Casa Manana. It was very cute, and I always enjoy going down to that part of Ft. Worth. It brings back wonderful memories!
We left before Major got up, so I don’t know if he saw it at all. Today was the day that I took the boys to see “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town” at Casa Manana. It was very cute, and I always enjoy going down to that part of Ft. Worth. It brings back wonderful memories!
el Tigre
Two Tiger Woods jokes:
heard Tiger crashed his Escalade on Friday...think he'll blame his caddy?
heard Tiger was changing his name...to Cheetah!
OK, I really do hate it. He made some very bad decisions, but haven't we all.
"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
John 8:7, The Bible
heard Tiger crashed his Escalade on Friday...think he'll blame his caddy?
heard Tiger was changing his name...to Cheetah!
OK, I really do hate it. He made some very bad decisions, but haven't we all.
"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
John 8:7, The Bible
Saturday, November 28, 2009
We've almost made it to December!
We are back home now. The laundry is almost all done, and the house is on the way to not being a total disaster! I love going to the farm, or just about anywhere for that matter, but coming home, and the first day or two back are just a beating for me. We drag a mess in just with our luggage and laundry, and getting everything put away and washed is a job. But we had an awesome few days at Mom and Dad’s!
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. Mark drove over and Christy’s in-law’s joined us. We had a fantastic dinner, with lots of delicious food! When everyone settled in to watch the Cowboys win, our family headed back over to Frisco for our annual Thanksgiving evening with Wayne and Buena. We got there in time to see the 4th quarter on the big screen. Then we had a nice little visit and watched some of the Longhorns beating the Aggies. It was a great day!
I am really looking forward to December. I am trying to find things for the kids and me to enjoy and not spend a fortune! So far, our list looks like this:
1. Bass Pro Shop’s Santa Land
2. Grapevine’s Parade of Lights
3. Lewisville’s Christmas Parade
4. Weatherford’s Christmas on the Square
5. Farmer’s Branch Lights Show
6. Make Ornaments at the Arthouse
7. Flower Mound’s Holiday Stroll
8. “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” at Casa Manania
9. The Trains at North Park Mall
We will probably go spend a few days before Christmas at Mom and Dad’s too. We didn’t get everything done that we wanted to this time. When I am there I love to work outdoors. It is kind of funny, because at our house, outside is Mark’s domain. Anyway, there are fences to paint, cookies to bake, leaves to burn and all kinds of good stuff to look forward to. . . I can tell, December is going to FLY by.
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. Mark drove over and Christy’s in-law’s joined us. We had a fantastic dinner, with lots of delicious food! When everyone settled in to watch the Cowboys win, our family headed back over to Frisco for our annual Thanksgiving evening with Wayne and Buena. We got there in time to see the 4th quarter on the big screen. Then we had a nice little visit and watched some of the Longhorns beating the Aggies. It was a great day!
I am really looking forward to December. I am trying to find things for the kids and me to enjoy and not spend a fortune! So far, our list looks like this:
1. Bass Pro Shop’s Santa Land
2. Grapevine’s Parade of Lights
3. Lewisville’s Christmas Parade
4. Weatherford’s Christmas on the Square
5. Farmer’s Branch Lights Show
6. Make Ornaments at the Arthouse
7. Flower Mound’s Holiday Stroll
8. “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” at Casa Manania
9. The Trains at North Park Mall
We will probably go spend a few days before Christmas at Mom and Dad’s too. We didn’t get everything done that we wanted to this time. When I am there I love to work outdoors. It is kind of funny, because at our house, outside is Mark’s domain. Anyway, there are fences to paint, cookies to bake, leaves to burn and all kinds of good stuff to look forward to. . . I can tell, December is going to FLY by.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A Truely Wonderful Day
This day started out with me waking up with Major in my face, just as most days do. But this day, as with the two before, we woke up at the farm. There is something about being here that is so peaceful for me. It is coming home for me. Me and the boys came over late Sunday and are going back with Mark tomorrow (T-giving Day). We have really enjoyed ourselves, but done nothing that we had planned on doing. I brought our History books and new books for the boys to read. We have done no History, and I think the boys have read just a little bit.
Yesterday, Christy and the babies come over. My big thing for the day was bricking our fire pit. It sounds like a much bigger deal than it actually it. Out in the back we have half of an old metal trash can sitting on the ground. It was so old and rusted that it actually rusted in half. We have the top part sticking up out of the ground and have burned in it only one time before. That time, the ashes came out around the rough edges. So, Mavrick and I moved about a hundred broke-in-half bricks around our old rusted half trash can. It really looks fantastic. We had a late lunch yesterday afternoon and cooked some hot dogs on it. It really was a lot of fun, and cooks some good dogs!
Today, after straightening up things just a enough to move around, me and Michael and Mavrick went outside. Mom wanted them to clean out the gutters. Mav was all about climbing up on the roof and going for it. We carried the ladder around front from the back, propped it on the roof and Mavrick climbed up. Then it was Michael’s turn. He went about halfway up the ladder and got scared and came back down. Mom and I were both telling him to go back up, and he turned to me and said “you go!” So, I did. After about three minutes he was up there with us. We blew off the roof and then they cleaned out the gutters. After a while I had to remind them that if they were going to be on the roof they needed to be working and not playing.
During the roof excursion, Mom was burning leaves out front. So when I got down I started raking leaves in the back yard. It was probably about 11:00 when I started. Finally, about 3:45, I stopped because it was time for me to go to yoga. I don’t know why, but it was so fun and felt so productive to rake those leaves into piles and then to burn the piles. I have recently had just too much on my mind, and it was so nice to spend a whole afternoon focused on something else. It was amazing what a difference it made in the backyard also!
Then tonight after dinner, we went back out to one of those areas of burning embers and cooked us some marshmallows and made s’mores! What a fun day we have had. This really has been a wonderful day and wonderful trip to see Mom and Dad.
Yesterday, Christy and the babies come over. My big thing for the day was bricking our fire pit. It sounds like a much bigger deal than it actually it. Out in the back we have half of an old metal trash can sitting on the ground. It was so old and rusted that it actually rusted in half. We have the top part sticking up out of the ground and have burned in it only one time before. That time, the ashes came out around the rough edges. So, Mavrick and I moved about a hundred broke-in-half bricks around our old rusted half trash can. It really looks fantastic. We had a late lunch yesterday afternoon and cooked some hot dogs on it. It really was a lot of fun, and cooks some good dogs!
Today, after straightening up things just a enough to move around, me and Michael and Mavrick went outside. Mom wanted them to clean out the gutters. Mav was all about climbing up on the roof and going for it. We carried the ladder around front from the back, propped it on the roof and Mavrick climbed up. Then it was Michael’s turn. He went about halfway up the ladder and got scared and came back down. Mom and I were both telling him to go back up, and he turned to me and said “you go!” So, I did. After about three minutes he was up there with us. We blew off the roof and then they cleaned out the gutters. After a while I had to remind them that if they were going to be on the roof they needed to be working and not playing.
During the roof excursion, Mom was burning leaves out front. So when I got down I started raking leaves in the back yard. It was probably about 11:00 when I started. Finally, about 3:45, I stopped because it was time for me to go to yoga. I don’t know why, but it was so fun and felt so productive to rake those leaves into piles and then to burn the piles. I have recently had just too much on my mind, and it was so nice to spend a whole afternoon focused on something else. It was amazing what a difference it made in the backyard also!
Then tonight after dinner, we went back out to one of those areas of burning embers and cooked us some marshmallows and made s’mores! What a fun day we have had. This really has been a wonderful day and wonderful trip to see Mom and Dad.
A Couple of Yogi
So, I have really gotten into Yoga lately. I am going to my gym on Saturday mornings and Monday nights. I really do enjoy it. You really must focus on your body for an hour. It is always fun to see if I can push myself to the next stage. There is always one step further to go, and you can’t think about anything else and do the poses too.
When we decided to come to the farm for the days before Thanksgiving, I decided to try to find a place in Weatherford to take Yoga. I looked on the internet and found a cute little shop right on the square called “Heartstring.” (www.heartstring.org ) They do yoga and beads. I went last Tuesday night by myself to see how it was. You never know what you are going to find at a new yoga studio. It was pretty normal, but nothing like the sessions I have been going to at LA Fitness. At my gym there are always at least 20 people there and it is HOT. They turn off the air! At Heartstring, there were 4 of us, including the instructor.
Feeling safe about it, I asked the instructor if I could bring my kids. She said that would be fine, and recommended the 4:30, because sometimes no one else comes. Yea! When it was time to go today, Mavrick wanted to go. He did really well and said that he LOVED it! He probably told me 20 times on the way home how much he enjoyed it. He can’t wait till we come back at Christmas so he can go with me again. I am thrilled that I have found a studio in Weatherford that I like and that will allow my kids to join us. We are both hoping that Michael will join us next time!
When we decided to come to the farm for the days before Thanksgiving, I decided to try to find a place in Weatherford to take Yoga. I looked on the internet and found a cute little shop right on the square called “Heartstring.” (www.heartstring.org ) They do yoga and beads. I went last Tuesday night by myself to see how it was. You never know what you are going to find at a new yoga studio. It was pretty normal, but nothing like the sessions I have been going to at LA Fitness. At my gym there are always at least 20 people there and it is HOT. They turn off the air! At Heartstring, there were 4 of us, including the instructor.
Feeling safe about it, I asked the instructor if I could bring my kids. She said that would be fine, and recommended the 4:30, because sometimes no one else comes. Yea! When it was time to go today, Mavrick wanted to go. He did really well and said that he LOVED it! He probably told me 20 times on the way home how much he enjoyed it. He can’t wait till we come back at Christmas so he can go with me again. I am thrilled that I have found a studio in Weatherford that I like and that will allow my kids to join us. We are both hoping that Michael will join us next time!
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