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.

Snow Day

So about 5 days after the last bit of the big snow-plowed mound of snow melted, we have an even bigger mound today! It's about 12 inches and counting so far. Today only a high of 19*, but tomorrow's supposed to be high 37* and sunny. See, that's the difference between VA and MI winters..MI, it would be grey, black piles of snow until April. Here, not so much:)
So, now that I've got the weather report out of the way on to Hill Family Adventures. Well, the Girls just joined the Boys for their first "expeditioning" adventure. (Yes, I see now that that's not a word, but that's what Caleb and Leon call it.) Caleb loves when his dad takes him into the woods across the street (because the back yard woods aren't big enough now). They take along their "grub" (random candy and Oreos usually) and hike over the creek and up and down steep hills all while looking for "bear" tracks and whatever else seems interesting. Today, the girls went along...did I mention we have about 12-13 inches of snow right now? Well, we went across the street (with both dogs too!), climbed down a hill, over a creek, then up "Mt. Hill." WHEW!!! We made it to the top with much ado. Most 2 1/2 year old couldn't even fathom this feat and most parents of 2 1/2 year old wouldn't consider it either...but it was fun. Ask me tomorrow when I'm sore from carrying Em home on my shoulders. We took the long, flat way back and let the boys slip down Mt. Hill.
So, we're all back home, unthawing watching Snow White and now I must make dinner. *Side note* Does anyone else's husbands wear long underwear? (and really enjoy wearing them?) Long underwear as in the butt has a flap that buttons. Think "Old Man Tucker".. I'm thinking this should be unusual, yes?
Time to make the tea for father-daughter tea party :)
D

nothing new

So, I've been waiting for something interesting to happen for me to blog about...but since that hasn't happened, I'll just blog anyways...this is supposed to be a "real" reflection of my life anyways for me to look back on years from now to see what life was like way back when.
Today is MLK Jr. Day. Caleb had off school and we went to two parks. I walked with the kids about a mile away to a church playground, spun my kids around the merry go round (you know, those are quite hard to come by these days. And teeter-toters (sp?) are extinct, f.y.i.) Other mom's probably think I'm crazy for swinging my kids as high as they request to go on the swings, and spinning them till they fall down from dizzyness on the spinny things. But whatever..they like it and it makes them tough, right? Then it was home for lunch (well, I sorta make random foods at random times of the day since we have a weird dinner schedule with Leon having bball practice at all times of the evenings.) Em took a nap then we went to another park...since it was high 50s today!! Take that Michigan! Then (how bad is it for an English major to start several sentences with "Then"? I DO know how elementary that sounds..but I don't care...just trying to get this down before the boys get home and bedtime routine begins). So as I was saying...THEN the boys went to bball practice, Em and I went to Angela's (my friend), now she's here in preperation to watch THE BACHELOR. Lovely run-on of a day, eh?
I do believe I am once again splurging on the diet (more on that another time? basically I'm "OFF" the diet..but have still been working out and feeling much more guilty, at least, about the 'bad' food I've been ingesting.)...and making carmel popcorn to watch The Bachelor tonight. YUM!
peace. D

live strong

So, I've been tracking my caloric input and output at Livestrong.com (it's free). It's been one whole, long, week, and I've lost a total of (drumroll......) nothing! Can you believe that? Maybe this is my body's way of telling me I'm perfect just the way I am? ha..don't think so. My wise owl of a husband tells me not to worry about the number and just go by clothes and how they fit. Well, in that case, maybe they feel the tiniest bit better? But I can't tell if it's just because I need to do laundry to "shrink" my stretched-out pants?
Also, it's tempting not to plug in every tiny bit of "exercise" I do throughout the day just so I can eat more. Did you know sitting in church burns 44 calories?
At least I'm more consious of what I'm putting into my mouth.
In other news...um....uh....not much going on this last week or this week...my hubb's leaves for a business trip this Thur-Sun...wonder what the kids and I will do to pass the time? I'm not big on staying in all day.
Since this next topic blends so well, anyone know how to get my 2 1/2 yr. old to want to poop in the toilet? She's peepee trained, but not poopoo. I always know she's poopin' when she's under a table or in a closet. That's her fav. places. (yes, she still wears pull-ups).
G'day.

The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love

Seriously? CHEESY is the best word to describe what will be this entire season of The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love (including its title). Bare with me on this one. I've been a fan of the show for the past few seasons..not missing an episode, but I haven't seen many a bachelor from the previous years. I KNOW it's fake and very produced, but I still find it quite pleasurable to watch. I couldn't believe "they" picked Jake to be the bachelor "because of all the fan mail requesting him." Yeah right! Ok, I just deleted the list of adjectives describing how annoying he is to me, but on the other hand I think it makes for an entertaining show...just roll with it, ya know? Let's just point out some of the most memorable highlights from last night's season premier.
A.) He CAN NOT throw a football. SO Girly. uck! *my friend, Angela, and I had to replay this several times and each time it looked worse. Then we got the professional opinion of my husband and he was in shock, and then quickly left the room. and by the way, didn't it look like he was lying when he told the chick he played football in highshool? (yea, maybe like 9th grade when everyone made the team and he sat the bench the whole time)
B.) Jake has some sort of eye spasm....let's watch for it some more, shall we?
C.) He repeats the question before he can think of something to say.
D.) That crazy girl! Although it's probably all editing.
E.) the one chick with the face that didn't move
F.) Are breast implants a prerequesite to be on the show?
And my prediction as the winner is... (drumroll please)...Tenley... the divorce' who's husband cheated on her, he's the only guys she's kissed (besides Jake last night) and the disney princess impersonater. They're perfect for each other, yes?
Let me know your thoughts.