Friday, January 04, 2008
the new do
The daughter got a new do - she is growing up so fast! Four inches cut off - it looks great, she's geeked. I'm geeked - we're all having fun. Hope this pic works?!
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Have you ever....
...started to explain or tell a story to someone, and about quarter of the way through, you realize it's not going to come out the same, and as you thought originally that it was funny, or poignant, you realize as you are talking that it's just not working, and you are going to look stupid for even mentioning it?
...seen a policeman on the side of a big-rig truck, on the side of the road, climbed up so he can talk to the driver, totally looking like a little kid whose truck is too big for him?
...seen someone you care about get sick and wish you could do something for them IMMEDIATELY - not wanting to wait for a doctor, or the trip in the car to the doctor, or ANYTHING. IMMEDIATELY.
...had a friend who truly understood you, and when you mentioned something to them that you were embarrassed about or weren't sure how they'd take it, they took it in the best way you could have possibly imagined, making you feel super relieved and thankful?
...laughed so hard, you couldn't breathe?
...had a friend who continues to lie to you, and you can't understand why cuz really it's not that big a deal in the first place?
...been so excited about spending time with a friend, you actually count off the days on your calendar until she comes?
...missed a friend so much that it actually hurt a bit? All the little things you used to tell each other every single day, you don't have anyone to talk to like that anymore, and you miss that fabulous way of dumping all your thoughts in your brain to someone, and being able to just randomly throw out thoughts and she'd understand, laugh, and completely "get it" ???
...seen a policeman on the side of a big-rig truck, on the side of the road, climbed up so he can talk to the driver, totally looking like a little kid whose truck is too big for him?
...seen someone you care about get sick and wish you could do something for them IMMEDIATELY - not wanting to wait for a doctor, or the trip in the car to the doctor, or ANYTHING. IMMEDIATELY.
...had a friend who truly understood you, and when you mentioned something to them that you were embarrassed about or weren't sure how they'd take it, they took it in the best way you could have possibly imagined, making you feel super relieved and thankful?
...laughed so hard, you couldn't breathe?
...had a friend who continues to lie to you, and you can't understand why cuz really it's not that big a deal in the first place?
...been so excited about spending time with a friend, you actually count off the days on your calendar until she comes?
...missed a friend so much that it actually hurt a bit? All the little things you used to tell each other every single day, you don't have anyone to talk to like that anymore, and you miss that fabulous way of dumping all your thoughts in your brain to someone, and being able to just randomly throw out thoughts and she'd understand, laugh, and completely "get it" ???
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Snow Day
Today was supposed to be the kids' first day back at school after the Christmas break (Yeah, I still say "Christmas" break instead of "holiday" or "winter" break - sue me)...but we got too much snow, so school was cancelled. Oh darn!
Today was going to be the first day I started my boot-camp style workout as well, and I almost decided against it with everyone home (hubby stayed home today, too, sick as a dog)...but I thought that would lead to me just giving up the entire week, so I attacked. I found a circuit of workouts that really killed, about 35 minutes total. I was hoping for an hour, but I think I'll need to work up to that. The exercises are very intense, and an hour of that probably would have landed me in the E/R...I'm assuming I'm gonna be very sore and stiff tomorrow, so I'm planning on just doing cardio tomorrow, and laying off the "intense" exercises until Friday.
I really want to do well in the 3-Day walk this year and it's depressing beyond belief that I've been off work 3 months and have only lost 5 lbs. I'm not as concerned with the NUMBER of my weight, as I am with the distribution. I don't even own a scale. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone complains they've lost weight overnight, or heaven forbid, GAINED weight overnight. YOU DIDN'T GAIN THREE POUNDS OVERNIGHT! It's called water weight fluctuation, people. Read about it. I believe in the old "weigh yourself once a week or some other regular time-frame, same time of the day, and keep track"....only then, by COMPARING long-term, can you really determine if you are losing weight.
And me, I can tell when my clothes start fitting better, so I just use that as my scale. The only time I get on an actual scale is when I'm at the dr. I would like to get a scale, but at the same time, it helps because I know my doctor's scale is constant and I can use it as a good measure. I don't go to the dr. much, but I was just there a few weeks ago, and I had lost 5 lbs since the last time, so that's ok by me.
Anyway, I'm so sick of this extra weight I'm carrying around, and lately, I've been much more "aware" whether it be the other moms at school who are just oh-so-skinny, or while I've been Christmas shopping, just people watching in general...I know I'll never be rail thin, and I don't want to be, but I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to lose about 30 lbs. That's do-able, isn't it? Yes, I think it is.
http://www.mibootcamps.com/
I found this and thought it would be REALLY great, cuz my problem has always been motivation (oh, ok, that and chocolate chip cookies)...and I would love a structured, really intense, every-day workout. Alas, I do not have $300 to blow right now, being unemployed. So I'm making the best with what I have: Weights, Staionary Bike, Lots of room in my basement, and lots of knowledge of specific exercises, and TIME. Heck, I'm home all the time now, there's no excuse for me to not execise every day. Plus a couple new videos and routines from Comcast On Demand....anybody else have any "fail safe" procedures, tips, or tricks they wanna share? Please feel free!
And this concludes the typical, cliche, "new years resolution-gonna lose weight" blog. We now return to your regularly scheduled program.
Today was going to be the first day I started my boot-camp style workout as well, and I almost decided against it with everyone home (hubby stayed home today, too, sick as a dog)...but I thought that would lead to me just giving up the entire week, so I attacked. I found a circuit of workouts that really killed, about 35 minutes total. I was hoping for an hour, but I think I'll need to work up to that. The exercises are very intense, and an hour of that probably would have landed me in the E/R...I'm assuming I'm gonna be very sore and stiff tomorrow, so I'm planning on just doing cardio tomorrow, and laying off the "intense" exercises until Friday.
I really want to do well in the 3-Day walk this year and it's depressing beyond belief that I've been off work 3 months and have only lost 5 lbs. I'm not as concerned with the NUMBER of my weight, as I am with the distribution. I don't even own a scale. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone complains they've lost weight overnight, or heaven forbid, GAINED weight overnight. YOU DIDN'T GAIN THREE POUNDS OVERNIGHT! It's called water weight fluctuation, people. Read about it. I believe in the old "weigh yourself once a week or some other regular time-frame, same time of the day, and keep track"....only then, by COMPARING long-term, can you really determine if you are losing weight.
And me, I can tell when my clothes start fitting better, so I just use that as my scale. The only time I get on an actual scale is when I'm at the dr. I would like to get a scale, but at the same time, it helps because I know my doctor's scale is constant and I can use it as a good measure. I don't go to the dr. much, but I was just there a few weeks ago, and I had lost 5 lbs since the last time, so that's ok by me.
Anyway, I'm so sick of this extra weight I'm carrying around, and lately, I've been much more "aware" whether it be the other moms at school who are just oh-so-skinny, or while I've been Christmas shopping, just people watching in general...I know I'll never be rail thin, and I don't want to be, but I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to lose about 30 lbs. That's do-able, isn't it? Yes, I think it is.
http://www.mibootcamps.com/
I found this and thought it would be REALLY great, cuz my problem has always been motivation (oh, ok, that and chocolate chip cookies)...and I would love a structured, really intense, every-day workout. Alas, I do not have $300 to blow right now, being unemployed. So I'm making the best with what I have: Weights, Staionary Bike, Lots of room in my basement, and lots of knowledge of specific exercises, and TIME. Heck, I'm home all the time now, there's no excuse for me to not execise every day. Plus a couple new videos and routines from Comcast On Demand....anybody else have any "fail safe" procedures, tips, or tricks they wanna share? Please feel free!
And this concludes the typical, cliche, "new years resolution-gonna lose weight" blog. We now return to your regularly scheduled program.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Ring in the old routine...
Some routines are just that: Routine. Which sounds boring, dull, overused. But our New Years Eve routine always starts out that way, then turns into fun and craziness. This year was no exception.
Taylor spent the night at a friends house on the 30th. Staying up til 2am, she was tired, plus she started getting sick. All day, we were off in our little corners, watching Law & Order Marathon on TNT (Me), or Twilight Zone Marathon on Sci-Fi (Chris) --with me flipping back to the Jon & Kate plus 8 shows on TLC....and the kids playing their new computer games. About 6pm, we decided we should have something for dinner TOGETHER, as all week meals have just been hodgepodge, get what you want when you want it...
Chris cooked spaghetti. Yummy spaghetti with fettucine noodles, plus aromatic garlic bread. The kitchen smelled great. Taylor practically fell asleep during dinner. But we had decided to start playing board games (the beginning of our NYE routine) right after and she didn't want to miss that. So, she bucked up. We played Family Feud, which was new for the kids, and it was fun, albeit stressful, as we dont' have a buzzer and Alex would take up to 3 minutes to think of an answer. Sighhhh....
After a few rounds of that, I suggested to Taylor that she could take a nap, and I'd wake her up about 11, so she could be up for the New Year. She agreed. She went upstairs in her clothes, the lights on, and crashed on her bed, asleep in about 2 minutes.
The rest of us went downstairs, Chris and I to start playing the DVD version of The Newlywed Game. A few years back, Game Show Network played a plethora of those old shows and Chris and I LOVED them. The last time we had a family reunion, we tried to make up some questions for everyone to play. It's a great couples game, and it can get silly and embarrassing in no time flat. My mom got us the DVD version, and we popped it out. You get to play against old TV couples from the show. Just watching the hairstyles and clothing styles from the 60s was enough to make us laugh....but then our answers were something else entirely. We were giggling pretty hard by the time we were done.
Alex was bored, though, so we started playing Password, another of our fave games, and one the kids are JUST starting to learn. About 30% of the words are above their heads, but they try. Of course when you dig into Alex's brain, and you start to sort out his thinking process, it can get quite interesting. For instance, the word was "Permanent" - I have to say one word that will get him to say "Permanent".....so I used the opposite tactic and said "Temporary" as a clue. He said "Quicksand" - I was astonished. I said "WHAT?!?!?" HE just started laughing in that awesome belly-guffaw of his, trying to justify that Temporary only means for a short time, and if you are Quicksand, you would be in there for a LONNNNNNNG time....My face must have showed the incredulty of his thought process, cuz he could not stop laughing at why I couldn't understand.
But the kicker was when I did say something stupid, and it reminded Chris of this other time he tricked me into playing HIS side of the points on our electronic Air Hockey Table, and whenever he thinks about this, he seriously cannot. stop. laughing. And Chris rarely laughs hard like this. When he does, his whole body shakes, he's quiet except for gasping for breath, his face turns beet red, and tears start streaming. If you don't know what's going on, you may think he's in trouble. But oh it's one of the best sights ever. It makes me laugh just thinking about it. He was on this kick for a good 10 minutes, and Alex and I couldn't stop ourselves laughing at him. Fabulous.
At 11, Chris went to wake up Taylor, but she wasn't having any of it. The light was still on, she was still in her jeans, and she was out. He tried several times, but uh-uh. Nope. She was out. All for the better, I thought, cuz when she gets sick, she gets S-I-C-K, so she needed the rest.
We missed the ball dropping, but then watched Alex kick ass on Guitar Hero (after Chris and I repeatedly stunk) for a while before going to bed. Taylor woke up at 3am, coming to my room crying cuz she missed out on the activities. She was truly upset. I comforted her a bit, but she was just sad. I told her we'd make up for it today playing games all day. She's going to need a nap, however, cuz it's 845 and she's still up. But with the snowfall we got last night, we aren't gonig anywhere today, so it's another lazy fun day on the schedule and I'm more than fine with that.
Happy New Year everyone :)
Taylor spent the night at a friends house on the 30th. Staying up til 2am, she was tired, plus she started getting sick. All day, we were off in our little corners, watching Law & Order Marathon on TNT (Me), or Twilight Zone Marathon on Sci-Fi (Chris) --with me flipping back to the Jon & Kate plus 8 shows on TLC....and the kids playing their new computer games. About 6pm, we decided we should have something for dinner TOGETHER, as all week meals have just been hodgepodge, get what you want when you want it...
Chris cooked spaghetti. Yummy spaghetti with fettucine noodles, plus aromatic garlic bread. The kitchen smelled great. Taylor practically fell asleep during dinner. But we had decided to start playing board games (the beginning of our NYE routine) right after and she didn't want to miss that. So, she bucked up. We played Family Feud, which was new for the kids, and it was fun, albeit stressful, as we dont' have a buzzer and Alex would take up to 3 minutes to think of an answer. Sighhhh....
After a few rounds of that, I suggested to Taylor that she could take a nap, and I'd wake her up about 11, so she could be up for the New Year. She agreed. She went upstairs in her clothes, the lights on, and crashed on her bed, asleep in about 2 minutes.
The rest of us went downstairs, Chris and I to start playing the DVD version of The Newlywed Game. A few years back, Game Show Network played a plethora of those old shows and Chris and I LOVED them. The last time we had a family reunion, we tried to make up some questions for everyone to play. It's a great couples game, and it can get silly and embarrassing in no time flat. My mom got us the DVD version, and we popped it out. You get to play against old TV couples from the show. Just watching the hairstyles and clothing styles from the 60s was enough to make us laugh....but then our answers were something else entirely. We were giggling pretty hard by the time we were done.
Alex was bored, though, so we started playing Password, another of our fave games, and one the kids are JUST starting to learn. About 30% of the words are above their heads, but they try. Of course when you dig into Alex's brain, and you start to sort out his thinking process, it can get quite interesting. For instance, the word was "Permanent" - I have to say one word that will get him to say "Permanent".....so I used the opposite tactic and said "Temporary" as a clue. He said "Quicksand" - I was astonished. I said "WHAT?!?!?" HE just started laughing in that awesome belly-guffaw of his, trying to justify that Temporary only means for a short time, and if you are Quicksand, you would be in there for a LONNNNNNNG time....My face must have showed the incredulty of his thought process, cuz he could not stop laughing at why I couldn't understand.
But the kicker was when I did say something stupid, and it reminded Chris of this other time he tricked me into playing HIS side of the points on our electronic Air Hockey Table, and whenever he thinks about this, he seriously cannot. stop. laughing. And Chris rarely laughs hard like this. When he does, his whole body shakes, he's quiet except for gasping for breath, his face turns beet red, and tears start streaming. If you don't know what's going on, you may think he's in trouble. But oh it's one of the best sights ever. It makes me laugh just thinking about it. He was on this kick for a good 10 minutes, and Alex and I couldn't stop ourselves laughing at him. Fabulous.
At 11, Chris went to wake up Taylor, but she wasn't having any of it. The light was still on, she was still in her jeans, and she was out. He tried several times, but uh-uh. Nope. She was out. All for the better, I thought, cuz when she gets sick, she gets S-I-C-K, so she needed the rest.
We missed the ball dropping, but then watched Alex kick ass on Guitar Hero (after Chris and I repeatedly stunk) for a while before going to bed. Taylor woke up at 3am, coming to my room crying cuz she missed out on the activities. She was truly upset. I comforted her a bit, but she was just sad. I told her we'd make up for it today playing games all day. She's going to need a nap, however, cuz it's 845 and she's still up. But with the snowfall we got last night, we aren't gonig anywhere today, so it's another lazy fun day on the schedule and I'm more than fine with that.
Happy New Year everyone :)
Monday, December 31, 2007
New Years Stuff
I"m hoping this new year finds me more blogging, more exercising, more reading and less worrying, less eating, less lazying-about....I want to do MORE. I want to figure out what I want to be when I grow up! I want to be a better friend, a better parent, a better wife - all those things I know I AM but sometimes am too lazy to show the rest of the world.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Happy New Year Everyone!
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