I am just jotting a quick post today...
so excited.
going to pick up some things for our new puppy today.
Yes.
A new cockapoo mix puppy...
I think I am going to name her MARLiE.
Maybe.
I've been reading up on puppy training.
A friend is giving her pups away, and I couldn't resist.
Anyhow, wish me luck! (and Maggie Boo, too!)

Now what do we love???

THE OFFICE.

Oh yes my friends this is sooooooooo funny.

You have to get over the initial quirkiness, and adapt to a different brand of humor.

Then it is all over.

COMPLETE HILARITY AT IT"S BEST!!

You must see the office.

(another thanks to little bro for the intro!)

Okay... I am bugged.
I accidentally forwarded a very politically loaded email to my address list on hotmail.
I only meant to forward it to my brother.
If you recieved this accept my apologies.
It is not my OPINION on the matter.
Please forgive me.
And anyone who doesn't know me well enough to think that I would think that way...
SHAME ON YOU!!!
I have recieved some less than kind replies.
So I am bugged.
One reply ending with ...hopefully we can still be friends.
I lost sleep over this.
Because I do want my FRIENDS to think kindly of me.
I can't help it.
Anyhow, maybe this is half anxiety over the situation, half PMS.
Who knows?

BAH!!!

PS: Grandma made it through her mastectomy with flying colors!! She is doing great, and is having a FANTASTIC attitude about the whole situation. I am so PROUD of her.

So, you wanna know what I did yesterday, instead of cleaning the black hole (my home)

I redecorated my entryway!! (with old stuff, and some fabulous baskets from home depot)

I simply took the old shoe racks that were collecting dust in the basement, and added some inexpensive baskets from Home Depot ( I have more to put in the cubes, if I need them!!)
You should've seen the place before...A ghastly heap of winter boots, gloves, hats, and coats. And I think that I have solved the problem, of always losing my keys... They are hanging on the hook above the baskets!! YES! Whaddaya think?

This is a Sagehen inspired entry...After I saw what you did yesterday, I had to post my project too! (I admit yours is much prettier!) Hopefully, this project (and hers as well.) can be counted as some form of cleaning and organization.... I think mine does!

So, I have solved one organizational dilemma in my life. Now, does anyone know how I can get rid of this cold sore blooming on my lower lip? OUCH!

I HAVE LOST 12 lbs!!!

( I hear the halleluia(sp?) chorus in my head right now!!!) Just thought that I would share...

Hoping to say goodbye to the double chin fairly soon!

The Birthday that lasted 3 days...

Sometimes DH pouts. This is really annoying to me. I think that he had a wonderful birthday, but he was mumbling the whole way into SLC Saturday about how his b-day was supposed to be special. yada...yada....yada...

After being pinned as the problem, I blew up! "I bought you a birthday cake! I bought you the second season of LOST!! I am taking you on a DATE!!! We are going to have a great time, and YOU are ruining it!! WHY ARE YOU POUTING??????"

......sadly, I realized what the real problem was.

(It's all good now...)

LET US ALL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE LOVE ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY!!!

I think that is a new goal for me this year. I am going to be purposeful in mind, and remember those I love on THEIR day.

***By the way, we still had a FABULOUS time, and ROCKY BALBOA was TOOO cool!!

I ate a lot of MEAT, and DH ate everything that I couldn't. (Including a Bananas Foster!)

...........Damn him! (J/K)

So still feeling like he needed to be doted on, we continued the birthday celebration for Three DAYS!! Having a cake and Ice Cream party with family on Sunday, and having a home birthday dinner (CAFE RIO STYLE) on Monday. I think he feels like his bday was SPECIAL now!!

doesn't he look tired from all the partying?

BEST TO YOU!!!

Hey....I cheated. No not on my diet. I cheated on not weighing myself until Tues.

I have lost 7 lbs since last week!!! I know that I was going to wait, but I needed a comfidence boost (or I probably would have cheated on my diet) and boy did it help!! I am feeling so

GUNG HO about this gettin' skinny JAZZ!

Okay, so tonite is DH birthday, and after helping me out with a primary activity this morning (thanks honey!) A friend is watching the boys, and My madre is letting the boys sleep over tonite...So to OUTBACK we go, and the ROCKY BALBOA at the movies, and a LATE night of LOST watching is on our agenda. We are pumped!

DH is currently teasing me with his birthday cake (kids picked out at Walmart bakery yesterday) and I am not tempted!!

Have a good nite!

Cute DS A fell asleep with the cat a while back... so cute. had to post it.... ANYWAYS....(in the words of Nacho libre)




So I have discovered the south beach way of eating, and I think that Iam doing a great job...even if it is only two days into my diet. I am a little frantic about what I should eat, because I am worried I might not get it right. I think that this will pass though, as I become more familiar with what choices are availiable to me. PHASE ONE of this diet is VERY strict!!


I am also off caffiene for 4 days now......WOW! I didn't realize how addicting that stuff is. Water is my new best friend. I am hoping that (like my friend Marie says:) If I drink a ton of water I'll be able to keep the caffiene headache at bay. I think it is helping. only dull headaches so far!!


So, I think that I have already lost weight, although I am not sure how much, because I am not weighing in at "biggest loser" until tuesday.


The boys are doing Awesome! They actually put hemselves to bed last night! I was so tired after a crazy Relief society effort last night, that I hit the couch hard when we got home. DH was tired from work, and he crashed as well. MY POOR NEGLECTED CHILDREN!! Awesome that E was able to put A to bed by himself....(pullups, teethbrushed and all!!) I love these boys.





Totally in LOVE with LOST still. watched 2 more episodes late last night, to help unwind.





Today is insane. tomarrow is DH birthday, funeral today for great aunt, DIRTY HOUSE NEEDS CLEANING!! bills need mailing...you name it!



Found out Grandma does have Breast cancer. Scared for her. Waiting for good news after her Mastesctomy. Thinking that she made a wise choice to have the surgery.


Have a great day.

Howdy!

So have you ever seen the TV series LOST? Well, by hubby and I are totally LOVING it!! My little brother and his wife gave us the 1st season for Christmas, when we told them we had never seen it before. IT ROCKS!! DH and I have cruised thru the 1st season, and as a surprise for DH I bought the 2nd season from Amazon, as a birthday surprise! He was THRILLED, because he (and me too) has been dying to see what happens next. If you have never seen it, it is an INTENSE, and THRILLing ride, that is NOT predictable. SO DANG AWESOME

Loving LOST, and Cuddle time on the couch with DH after the kiddos have hit the sack.

AND...

DH and I joined a BIGGEST LOSER Group with some friends in our WARD (our church group), and are planning a weight loss competition. We all weighed in yesterday, and I was SHOCKED at how much I have gained! I am hoping that the pot of $500 we are planning for the biggest LOSER, will be a great motivator for me. read: SPENDING money for our HAWAII trip. YES, UNCLE RICO.....SWEET MOLA, BABY!!

Cheers!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So, I am trying to get things organized, and putting Christmas Stuff away. Getting rid of boys old clothes, and trying to decide what is too small, what should be saved, etc. I am also doing this with DH and my stuff as well. Going through toys, junk drawers, and cabinets, trying to figure out why I save all the JUNK (or JUNQUE as I like to refer to it) and then, later have to convince myself to purge it all... It really didn't have a use after all.

I learned something about myself a couple of years ago. I learned that I like to HOARD things. Insignificant things that really have no use. I have been resolving to change that about myself for two years now, and I think that I am making some headway. It isn't so hard to throw things away now. It just takes me time to get around to it. So my first resolution will be:

1. THROW IT AWAY!! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT,

JUST THROW IT OUT!!

I think this will help, although I still have major guilt issues about throwing away the boy's old school work. I think that I need to buy a couple of med sized totes, just to save the special stuff that they make. Not all the mundane busy work papers that they bring home.

Next, my resolutions will be to get (you guessed it...) My Body in shape for our HAWAII trip in June. This will require the following:

2. Lose 35 lbs. (DH and I are starting THE SOUTH BEACH DIET on Saturday)

3. Join the gym (DH and I are joining SWEAT FITNESS)

4. Cut down the diet coke, and drink MORE WATER....

My final resolutions are simple:

5. LET GO...stop worrying so much about the small stuff.

6. Be still, and calm. be kind to my children....and patient.

7. Make DH #1 (so this should actually be goal #1)

8. Make DS E&A #2 (and goal #2)

9. Organize and Schedule my routines, and life a little better.

10. Home can be a Heaven on earth, when it's filled with LOVE.

Bring the spirit into my home EVERYDAY.

Hope that you are making some great resolutions, and that your new year is a blessing to you! I know that I feel blessed to have a fresh start every year!!