Work It

I am still at a 16 minute mile and was all depressed about it
but this made me feel better!!!

So I have to brag a little about myself here...
I have been at the gym at least 3 times a week for the past month, and I have made it to spin class every week--wooo


This is sssoooo true foe me!!

Sometimes it is very hard for me to get mortivated and I have no one to work out with to push me and I have a problem pushing myself, so the classes seem to keep that push!!!

Oh yeah and down 6lbs...it's not much (I am very impatient with this) but a loss is a loss!!!

I am putting this on the fridge hahah

Tax Time

another love hate relationship I have...BUT this year I will pay off all our debt and bad stuff on our credit report AND take the kids to Disneyland!!!
Ian is not happy about either one..but oh well, I will the kids by myself and we will ahve the best time ever!!!!

There is a parrot in the backseat..

She repeats everything I say, and I have been known to say a bad word every now and then..so when I said"stupid dumbass" I heard it repeated in the backseat--ooops
I also here alot of "whats that?" and she keeps going till you answer her, so sometimes I dont see what she sees so I make something up--ha

I was on a Rollercoaster

Now normally I love a good rollercoaster ride, but this past week my roller coaster was with my emotions--ugh
I was up and down, happy and sad, mad and glad--all at the same time--it totally sucked
NO one died, a few got pissed but oh well!!

Now here is to a better week!!!!

Kyndal-ism

I gave her an old phone to play with.. That lasted 2 minutes before she came in and said "no workin" "bokin ix it mom"
Can't fool her!

Mohawks

I have been busy this past week making hats--a good way to make some extra moolah!!! I had an order for 4 bright colored mohawk hats...Finally done!!

Can you sew??

Why yes I can!! so that was my answer to the play director, who cant sew....so she sent this home with Zach yesterday....what was I thinking!! But I will get it done (with lots of help from grandma!!)
Wish me Luck!!!

Ball pit fun

Today B had a field trip to Kidzplex, they had so much fun!!!
Poor K had never been ( I feel bad cause when A & B were 1-3 we went a lot) but she finally got the hang of it!!! 

Buttercup

Buttercup is Grandmas new doggie, she is a very good pup and tolerates the kids!!!

This video is of her when she is ready to lay in her bed, she is hillarious!!

Maraschino Cherry White Choc Chip Cookies????

UM YES PLEASE!! They are delish!!! AND I have only eaten 2 (that's will power right there!!!)

My helper

Crimpy Hair

Who remembers those crimpers, yeah I do--lol Last night we braided B's hair so it would be so pretty and crimpy this morning.  When I said crimpy she looked at me like I was nuts and said "Um you mean curly" SURE why not!!!

Stay close Cookie

Poor Aydan got a fever last night of 102....he slept till 130am and came to tell me he was hungry, so He ate yogurt and we watched cartoons till 3--lol This morning he is back to normal..thank you lord!!!

Music to my ears

Dad, daddy dad dad dddaaaaaaaddddd daddddy dad dad
Love when he is home and the kids call on him!!!

Although he is still learning that you MUST make eye contact, just saying "yes" doesnt cut it and they will keep calling your name till you look at them!!

Car seats are gross!!

So we took the car seats out to adjust straps and the nastiness under them, and under the seats...gag
So we went to the car wash and vacuumed it all up....it is a little better, we will have to scrub when the weather gets nicer!! 

before

after

Lets paint

so to keep busy body busy we painted today!! Kept her happy for about 45 minutes--yay!!

she is very precise

she is not LOL

Finished!!!

Lets dance

I took some videos a while back of the kids dancing!! HIllarious!! They wont turn around because they are watching themselves in the TV....

 

Brooklynism

Me: Brooklyn eat your dinner, you are the last one at the table again
B: but mom my tummy hurts
Me: ok then you better go get your jammies on and go to bed
B: but why
Me: well if you are sick you need to sleep
B: but I am not sick, my tummy just hurts and at school my teacher said I don't have to eat or go to bed when my tummy hurts
Me: really? I don't think so--eat!!
B: but mom GOD said I do not have to eat if my tummy hurts
Me: oh he did, I didn't hear him
B: well he only talks to me, when you and Kyndal are in the other room
Me: Oh yeah...what did he tell you
B: that if my tummy hurts I don't have to eat and I don't have to go to bed

Shaking my head...I guess I can not argue with God!!!

Who did this??

NO one wants to admit it but I think I know exactly who--LOL

I tried...

So a few months back I talked to my Dr about my not being able to loose weight no matter what I do...and he thinks it might be my happy pill ugh
SO I thought I could be good enough to stop taking it..well I think I am wrong, it's not that I am not happy, just overwelmed with life I think, and surrounded by too many negative people or stupid people everywhere...
So I have not been taking it for 2 weeks but decided this morning to start taking it again and call the dr Monday to see about a different one (so I can loose some weight) I thought with exercising and eating better would help--um NO
By the end of this week, I have been irritated with EVERYTHING adn ANYTHING, people, things, drivers, kids, animals and so on..wanting to cry and lash out about everything... My mind is racing, thinking too much about things and people that I should not be caring at all about, I have been having the strangest dreams ever--so I get very restless sleeping, I am sssooo tired and shouldnt be!!
So jusge me if you will, It is all about me on this one (well and the fact if you are stupid enough around me I might kill you--lol)

No good deed...

Goes unpunished! The main thing I would do with more money is more random acts of kindness!! I love doing this!!
Every single day our crosswalk lady is out in front of the school making sure kids get across safe.. And it has been freezing! So today to bought her some hot chocolate... She seriously had tears in her eyes and kept going "thank you, you didn't have to do that" but I did!! She has been out there before and after school every day... In the high heat to the below cold!!!
People who keep our kids safe need more appreciation!!!

Dinner time

So I am trying something new this year--I am making weekly menus!! I am working on getting a menu board put together too...It is nice for the past 4 nights we have eaten dinner at the table--YAY!!
I am shooting for well balanced heathier meals and that we all eat at the table!!!

Hawiian Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans

Chicken Marsalla with rice and green beans

Boy's room

ugh so I finally got sick of looking into Q's room and seeing a mess....So today I tackled it!! Quintin is a pack rat!! He reminds me of Tinkerbell who likes to "collect" lost things...seriously--string, paper clips, balls of paper, you name it--it was probably in there!!

SO 2 LARGE trash bags of trash, a LARGE trash bag of donatable stuff and I think we are close--it is a work in progress!!

before

Before

nasty stinky sock--does he not know where the laundry room is???

how many deodorants do you need???

After--still working

much better

Get out of the Living Room

SSOO I moved my laptop to the basement where I have my office set up....I know this may be hard to believe but I seemed to be on the thing ALL the time!! So I moved it, now if I wanna log in, I have to move my butt downstairs out of my cozy chair--hahah
Let's see how long this works ahahha

from the couch

to the office

Hall Closets

I think we have more than our share of towels around here!! Grandma got the kids each 2 towels in their own color--so time to clean out that closet--I saved a few for the camper and will take the rest to a local vet clinic. 

Before

After

The other closet is the coat, catch all closet--I got rid of about 20 hoodies that no one has worn in almost 2 years--they are outta here!!!

Before

After

Jabber Jaws

The almost 2 year old is full of words already! She repeats everything we say!!

she says: mama, daddy, boopie (brooklyn), eat, baby, rella (cinderella), ouse(minnie mouse), meow (cat), aggie (maggie), popop (grandma), papa (grandma), NO, stop it (mostly to quintin), all done, ruit (fruit), doing, why, ite tream (ice cream), upake (cupcake), sit down, adyn (aydan), tintin (quintin), zach, tummy, butt, nose, air (hair),eyes, and so on....
There are so many more but I cant think of then--lol

Lets Do this

Ok back to the gym for me...I know I know I do this every January BUT I MUST stay at it!!! I am hoping to get into a routine--and for me once I am in a routine with it--I will stick with it!! I am putting K in the gym daycare so I am good to go on Mon, Tues and Wed!! I am really excited to get going and feeling better!!!
One of my goals or wants this year is to Run (or walk) 5ks...I am hoping to improve my time each time!! First one is Feb 9th in Fruita!!!!
The gym does a 12 week challenge BUT they charge you for it--not in my budget SO I am doing it myself..today I weighed, measures and took before pics (well I made Zach take them--now that is punishment right there--taking pics of your fat mom in a bikini hahahah)
NOW my biggest downfall is that I have this LOVE for food, and when I think of dieting--it makes me eat more--lol So instead of a "diet" I am just gonna go with smaller portions and better options!! and not deprive my self!!
Alright enough talk about this.....gonna get out there and get it done!!
Wish me luck and pray pray pray

My Bedroom

Before

well you all know I HATE laundry!! And I am really really bad about putting my own clothes away--it is easier to pick out of the pile....Today I cleared it up--everything is hung or in a drawer and a ginormous bag went to the goodwill!!!

after

all clean