Day 2 of weight watchers

So, now that it's almost March, I've realized I really have to start this 'diet' NOW so as to be where I want/hope to be for summer. Day 2 of counting points (again). I just keep telling myself the first week is the hardest and eventually food won't be the main thing I'm thinking about. So, back to drinking my large glass of Cabernet (4 points).
Currently in Hill house: plumber is fixing leaking pipe in bathroom (sucks to be him! 7:25 on Friday night), Caleb and Em watching Pinocchio. Leon on laptop with headphones and me on ye 'ole desktop. Caleb got to come home early from school with a stomach and fever..hopefully it won't turn into stomach bug that I hear is going around. He seems quite fine though.
Tomorrow is Caleb's 3rd little league basketball game. not sure what fun we'll get into tomorrow, but I always look forward to a full day off with the kids and nothing really pressing to do. Oh wait..that's pretty much every day of my life :) Lucky me. No, scratch that. How BLESSED I am.
I was just commenting on my sister-in-law's blog ( http://helpyourselfblog.com/) about the 8th deadly sin (yes, there were 8 in the original list during the 4th century) - sadness.
I think. No, I know I'm blessed to be naturally cheerful. At least I think I am! That is definitely one thing I don't have to work at - trying to be cheerful and not chronically sad or continually complain. I never really thought about it before, but read a devotional recently about it. I don't mean to deny the afflictions of others and I am grateful and thankful to not have any dire sadness currently in my life. But here's the thing I need to work on: looking beyond my circumstances (whether that be sorrowful or joyful) and look to the vision of joy that awaits me. (Heb. 12:2)
You alone, Lord Jesus, can true joy impart, For You know the sorrow of the human heart; You came here from glory that heart to win And in love for sinners suffered once for sin. - Anon. (taken from Daily Bread)

Well, I'm not doing so well with blogging frequently. As we speak, the kids are watching yet again, Tom and Jerry whilst eating a cheese wrap/tortilla and just finished off a plate of veggies and ranch. This morning Caleb had his 2nd little league basketball game. He had his first free throw. (but missed by a good 2 feet) Before this, I had yet to see any fouls called in this league of quadruple dribbling (actually, it's more like 5+ steps then a dribble in some players (no, not MY son)..but what's the 'ruple word for that??) Then with about 1 minute left of the game Caleb got a hard pass to the eye with set off some embarrassed tears. He is a good foot shorter then the other players being that I put him on a team that's for 1st and 2nd graders (and he's only in Kindergarten). Hopefully it will make him tougher? After bball the kids, myself and my friend, Angela went to Toys R Us to spend some Christmas gift certificates. Emory INSISTED on getting the Ariel mermaid dress no matter how hard I tried to persuade her otherwise. (She has enough dress-up dresses!) But, I gave in. After she tried it on at home (at little past nap time), she got SOO distraught. She thought her feet would go into the 'tail' instead of it just hanging off the back of the dress so to resemble a mermaid. Well, she didn't like that one bit! So we'll have to return the dress and get one of the thousand other toys I recommended in the first place. Then nap time. ahhhh. serinity. Even though I probably got a good 10 1/2 hours of sleep last night having gone to bed at 7:56!! When did I get so old?? It was a friday night too. Not that that makes any difference to me anymore.
I mentioned in my first post that I would write cute things the kids say so I will have it in writing to look back upon years from now. And I always forget to do it! Well, today, while playing fetch with the dogs outside, Caleb asked, "Does Marley still have black ritis in her back leggs?" And Emory says something funny every day. For example, she walks into the wall on accident, looks back and says, "nice." (which the possum says in Ice Age 2 - which my kids have pretty much memorized that entire movie..very funny for adults too, I must say)
Now, I wait for my hubby to get home. I'm going to my girlfriend's house for GAME NIGHT!!! Yayay. It's her birthday party too. And I was going to bring Leon, but being that he's been gone the last 2 days, doesn't particularly care for games (wha?!?!), and would be the only guy, I'll think I'll let him sit this one out :( But I'm still pretty pumped. I think I take my lack of playing competitive sports out on the poor people I play games with. So, sorry. Ahead of time. *cracking knuckles*
Maybe this week I'll start counting points again? I'm starting to feel the summertime pressure. I NEED the pressure. The 10K training is going alright. I "ran" 4 miles the other day on the treadmill as sidewalks are still snowed in. I'm "running" like a 10.5 mile.

till next time-

I was about to write the lyrics to "Sitting on the dock of the bay" as my intro..but then realized how off it was to my current moment. I wanted to convey the lazy feeling I have at the moment but then realized a.) it isn't even close to being summery outside (more on that later) and b.) there's no "waisting away" of me, unfortunately as "New Year's Diet" seems to have fizzed for the time being...as I drink my coffee with half and half and eat my buttered homemade pumpkin bread. The kids are in my bed watching Tom and Jerry (again). That's their fav. show by far at the moment. And it's something they can agree on to watch together. Caleb hasn't had school all week!! (They call it snow days, but really it's more like "If-the-secondary-roads-are-still-a-little-icy-in-the-morning days.") Don't get my wrong..I like when he's out. It's not like I have to go to work and find child-care. Oi.
So, it's off to the gym to hopefully "run" 3.5 miles with 0 incline on the cushy treadmill to continue my "training" for the Ukrops 10 K for which I signed up. (Notice I didn't end that sentence with a preposition? - Does that annoy anyone else? Does sound a bit awkward though, eh?)
The 10K will be held in Richmond on March 27. My cousin says it's nice and flat. She better be right!
On that note - my dog finally got her polyp removed yesterday!! Yayaay. And just about the time I was going to finally take her in, she somehow sprained her "wrist"?? So, she's all better now. $640 later...
Oh..and before I close...We're getting another snowstorm tomorrow (Fri) and into Saturday! A couple days ago the VDOT rumor was 15-30 inches?!?!? But now I think it's more like 9".
Stay tuned. I may be buried alive. Which means I'm off to the madhouse a.k.a Kroger.