Since I went back to work this week to set up my classroom I can honestly say that today feels like a Saturday. When you aren't working all the days seem to mesh together and a particular day never stands out. Sometimes Ty and I would have to check a calendar to find out what day it was, but now that's over.

Saturday morning in my house are not as mellow as I wish. Addison wakes up at 5:30 on the dot and is usually cranky until her nap time because on Fridays we're up a little later. Aiden is a pain at breakfast. I have to pull teeth to get him to eat anything, and all he wants to do is watch cartoons. I just try to get some kind of housework done. Doesn't usually happen though, those that get up Saturdays and have their house spotless by 10 o'clock are my heroes. I wish I had the motivation to do that, but instead I'm a lazy slob......or I would like to say, a "recovering" lazy slob. I have actually gotten better over the years. (You should of seen our house after Aiden was born, OMG! how I stood having a house like that I'll never know! )

Last night I went to Oregano's with some friends to celebrate one of them having a baby VERY soon. I love girl's night they are so much fun. Having random conversations is something I live for. Our conversation started out about our children's middle names to how much we hate the Octo-mom. Dinner started out with some Artichoke Spinach Dip. Their "Boom" dip. For my entree I had a spicy beef sald (YUM!), and for dessert we split the pizza cookie....I also had an alcoholic beverage because when the kids are away, the mom will play! All in all I think I did ok nutrition wise.

Speaking of watching what I eat, I lost 5 pounds last week. WOOT!! WOOT!!! I only have 3 pounds until I'm back to my pre-vacation weight. I really want to get out of the 190's It's been WAY too long. like Dory say, "Just keep swimming...... Just keep swimming.........."

Wordless Wednesday

Summer's over :(

Today I got my keys to my classroom and began getting ready for the new school year. I'm actually going a week earlier than I thought I would. I believe it's because going back to work is going to be more relaxing than our summer vacation, don't worry you aren't the only one to think I'm nuts for saying that.

I guess I should feel guilty because it's like I'm saying that I don't want to be around my kids anymore. Truth be told I LOVE and ADORE my children, they bring a smile to my face everyday. I just feel like during summer vacation I need to do something with them ALL the time, it takes a lot out of me. I also feel like they have been WAY overstimulated by our running around this summer and they probably need to find some kind of normalcy before they both start spending evenings running in circles around our island in the kitchen. Oh wait! They do that!

So now that I'm back to work I can say that I don't think I could post pics of what I eat everyday. I am still taking pics of what I eat and I promise I will post them as much as possible. Today I forgot to take a picture of my Gyro at lunch and I just feel like it wouldn't be the same without it. (Or could it be I'm just too lazy today to get up and get my purse out of the kitchen with my camera in it....hmmmm.) I did great eating, and I even managed to get off my big butt and hit the gym. I have more to say about that but my dryer just stopped and I need to put my wet clothes in there before I hit the sack. Peace!

My daughter has 2 new holes on her body, and I meant to!

Today my daughter went through a common rite of passage...........she got her ears pierced. I was going to wait until she got older so that it would be a special event that we could share together, THEN I saw a mother and daughter actually have that special event where the daughter was crying and the mother was trying to convince her to go through it, I decided our special event will be a day at a spa with NO crying. Ok, the "event" did have some crying after the gun punctured a hole in my poor baby's ear ;( but it only lasted long enough to unwrap a sucker and stick it in her mouth. It was all worth it! Her little earing is so cute!

My food journal today consists of all meals made with love by my hubby. I don't know what I would do without him! He is a wonderful cook who is teaching me how to eat healthy. I promise to add more details about him on a later post.

Breakfast today I had a waffle made from wheat pancake mix with a sprinkle of snow (powdered sugar) and light syrup. The drink is an iced coffee.

Lunch was a grilled turkey sandwhich with colby jack cheese and 1 slice of laughing cow. I also had some cottage cheese and carrots (I added those when I realized my food needed some color!)

Dinner was black beans and dirty rice with steamed potatoes, zucchini, and red pepper.

After I took this BEAUTIFUL picture of my hubby's dinner, (he plated mine first and wasn't good enough for the picture, his words) my son says, "There goes mom taking pictures of her food again!" My son is the most unpredictable 4 year old you will ever meet. The next thing out of his mouth was for me to take a picture of his food.





Ahhhhhhh the little moments that you treasure.

Saturday Food Journal

Ok, Jenna from the blog "Eat, Live, Run" has a gift! Her pictures of her food our amazing. They look as though I can reach in the screen and sample her meals. My pics however are quite boring. I don't know if it's my food choices, or the fact I suck at taking pictures of inanimate objects. Whatever it is I apologize, I'm going to do this anyway!

For breakfast I had some leftover eggs and veggies from yesterday. They were sprinkled with Feta Cheese and were deelish! I also had a bran muffin my husband made and a glass of all natural apple juice.

Lunch was some Lentil w/Feta Cheese. I used it as a dip for tortilla chips and washed it down with a Mountain Dew.

Dinner was yummy Salmon Patties made by my hubby. I added pesto on top and they were soooooooooooooooooo good. He also cooked some spinach, pretty good but I have no idea what he put in it. The blue cup is filled with good old fashion water.

Productive Day

Today my husband was kind enough to take the kids out of the house and hang with his mama all day. I don't know what it is, but I always NEED to clean the house when they're gone. It's probably because my house is ALWAYS a mess, and the only time I can get things done is when my 3 children (2 plus the hubby ;) ) are out of the house. Today I concentrated on organizing our office, or junk room as it has come to be. It is also home to my scrapbooking area which has not been used in quite some time. I am very proud of myself for sticking to it and actually accomplishing what I wanted to do. Here are before and after pics of the 2 areas I got done.

Area #1: The Computer Area

Before


After

Area #2: Scrapbooking Area

Before

After

There is still one area left in that room that needs some shaping up. It is called the "Bursting Closet" area. Stay tuned!

Pics of what I eat

I've been inspired. I read a blog called Eat, Live, and Run and everyday she writes about what she eats and even posts pics of her food. She is a WONDERFUL cook and is very creative about her HEALTHY food. I am so amazed at how she eats. I really want to be that way. I've decided that I too will TRY to post pictures of what I eat everyday. I'm not promising anything though because with two kids and school beginning to start very soon (shudder) I don't know if I will have enough time EVERY night. I really think that it might be a good idea though. It might actually detour me away from some bad foods. Like if I see a cupcake and take a picture of it before it goes in my mouth, I'll look at the picture and it will process in my mind that eating this cupcake might make the scale go up, or add more bumps to my face and because the blog site I use only has so much room for pics to upload per post, means I can't eat more than so many times a day because I can't upload them all.

My husband thinks I'm crazy if I do this, but he's also very supportive of my weightloss. He wants the whole family to start eating healthy and becoming active, and will try about anything to get us there. He's just doesn't want me to use my camera more than I already do!

Flashback Friday

My computer crashed before Addie was born so I can only go as far back as May 2008. This is their first photo session together. You can't tell, but this was during her break between screaming her head off. I can't believe how tiny she was!

My Love

Yesterday I got to see one of my loves......Harry Potter! I bought a black shirt with Muggle across it in big white letters for the occasion. Surprisingly, I was the only one dressed up in our theater. That's ok because I have learned that being a nerd is cool. Anyway, the sixth movie was wonderful! It really made me want to pick up the seventh book and read it again.

At the movies I devoured a bag of twizzlers, and some reeses pieces. After the movie we went to Olive Garden where I had 2 breadsticks, a salad, a glass of wine, chicken & shrimp carbanara (some is in my fridge though), and 1/2 a dessert. Did I also mention before the movie I had some chips and dip at the mother-in-laws??? UGH! Here I am trying to lose my vacation weight and I'm acting like I'm still on vacation. It's just so hard training yourself to stay away from temptations over and over and over and over. Let me take a deep breath...............

Ok, today we are going to a friend's house to go swimming. We are having sandwhiches for lunch and we are bringing the chips and goldfish. I plan to bring a plum to have instead of chips. I also am planning on having lots of water, and staying away from snacking while laying by the pool. Ty and I purchased some food journals and I want to make sure to be very honest. One of the things we have to do is measure and count everything. How annoying is that! I really don't feel like counting every chip or fishie I put in my mouth so I think I will just stay away.

Wordless Wenesday (A day late!)

I'm done with vacations! (Until the next one of course!)

We got back from vacation last night and I really wanted to jump on and bloggity blog, but my body was in some sort of physical coma. It ached and I could barely move. After the kids were in bed (almost 2 hours past their normal bedtime) I layed in bed and fell quickly asleep. Even after our Missouri trip I didn't feel this exhausted. But then again, we did only wait one week after that one to head out once again.

For our trip we headed to Lake Havasu first. My parents live there and we were able to spend a day on the lake. Aiden loved it! He would shout "I'm free!" as he floated in the lake with his lifevest on. Addie grew to enjoy it. She HATED having a lifevest on, but as the boat got up to speed she smiled as the wind blew in her face. Of course when we stopped to go swimming she acted like she was a pro and would try to get as far as possible in the water before mommy stopped her. She is my little dare devil. She is always wanting to do things that she is too little for. We are in so much trouble.

Next up we headed for California to visit with my brother and grandparents. Friday night we had Vince's Spaghetti my FAVORITE restaurant of all time. I ate like a pig! Saturday we went to Capistrano beach where the kids enjoyed their first time playing in the ocean. I forgot how messy sand was! As soon as we got to my grandma's we dumped them in the bath and they could make sand castles still with the amount of sand they accumulated. My grandma's place is my favorite place to visit. She has this luscious green backyard that is beautiful! I was very thankful that Addie never discovered her little pond, that would of been a disaster. My uncle made a mexican dinner that was to die for. I really stuffed my self by sampling every entree, but it was well worth it.

Finally on our vacation we stayed in Long Beach for a couple of days. We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific and had a great time. Addison is so into animals. She was so excited to see all the sea life. She would laugh, scream, and point to the fish. That girl is going to do something that has to do with water one day. Aiden was really into touching all the creatures and he really loved the sharks. We have his hair in a mohawk right now and we call him sharkboy. That night we went to Bubbagump shrimp for dinner and walked around the pier.

I haven't weighed myself yet, but I am really afraid. I'm going to wait until my weigh-in day Friday. I just don't want to know. I acted like I could eat whatever I want for the past month. I hope that by eating right for 3 days maybe I'll shed a few pounds.

I'm a blog-a-holic

So after a month of not posting I am once again on a quest to blog everyday. I have become so addicted to reading other people's blogs! I want to inspire someone just like others have inspired me...................or I would just like to be one of the many blogs they follow when they're are bored and have nothing else to do. I would be ok with either one.


I'm starting back into my blog the day before we leave for another vacation. Only one week ago we took the kids, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law on a two week road trip to Missouri and back. All in all we traveled 3,600 miles through 7 states. Definitly an interesting adventure. This time we're just taking the little ones to my parents house in Lake Havasu, then to brother's in California, then to grandmas, then I promise you a couple of days without any extended family to Long Beach. This will be our final trip before we head back to school. In fact, we'll only have 2 weeks left before we both have to go back. It's amazing how fast summers go. I wanted to do so much this summer and it just never happens. I guess I shouldn't say that, if my Honda Odyssey heard me he would probably take his battery and throw it at the back of my head. Don't worry I did take care of him, he got his 60,000 mile service before the big trip, and I plan to give him some fresh oil and a good bath inside and out when we get back from Cali.