How U Doin??!!!!

Good Morning!
We have made it back safe and sound.
We pulled into our driveway last night around 1 am.

We had a FANTASTIC time!!!! We loved every single second of Disney!!
The only bad thing about vacations is that they have to end =-(.
The weather was Awesome!!
We enjoyed 70 and 80 degree temps the whole time. I am in full Summer mode!
Now I am FREEZING in TN with highs in the 40's. UGH!!!

I took 1247 pictures...to be exact.
My Disney post will be a LONG one with lots of pictures.

I won't have an opportunity to post again until Tuesday. ( I will update the Weight Loss Chart on Tuesday also....if I have everyone's numbers)
We are going to church this morning, then going to see our parents in Big Stone...and won't get home until late tonight.
Tomorrow I have several appointments to take care of (not to mention LOTS of laundry and grocery shopping to do), then Jarrett and Blake have baseball practice tomorrow evening.
On Tuesday Michael is flying to Kansas for a business trip and won't be home until Friday =-(.

Can you say back to reality??!!!!!

Thank you so much for all your comments wishing us safe travel and to have lots of fun.
I had a HUGE smile on my face while I was reading those.

I hope you guys have had a great week. I will catch up with you starting on Tuesday...leaving lots of comments along the way =-).
While Michael is out of town I will have lots of late night computer time.
I'm thinking of designing myself a new header too.
That takes a couple of hours...for me anyway and I will have the time while he is gone.

I Bid You Farewell....

I bid you farewell my blogging friends....
but, not for long.
This will be my last post for the next several days.

I will go through blogger withdrawl! What to do...What to do....
Surely there MUST be some medication that I can take!!! LOL!!

I will miss you and I hope you will miss me too! ;-)
If you don't, just humor me and say you did and it'll make me smile. =-)

I will have alot of catching up to do, when we return.

I hope you all have a great week!!
I look forward to reading all the fun things you guys have been doing.

I hope that you have a wonderful Easter!

Please say a prayer that we have a safe trip.
Thank you so much.

DISNEY HERE WE COME!!!!

Good Morning Fellow Weight Loss Challengers!!!!!

I will not get to update the chart on Monday because we will be gone, but please go ahead and leave a comment with your numbers for this week.

I would like for you to also leave your numbers for the 28th on this post too. Then I will update the chart on the 31st reflecting both weeks.

I am still on a roll with my 1 pound weight loss for the week. While we are on vacation I'm going to TRY to be careful and not eat too much junk. Usually when we go on vacation we eat like crazy.

Ok....Looking forward to seeing your numbers. I hope you have had a great week!!!

Have a great weekend!!!!

Also....I have a special unspoken prayer request that I am asking for you to remember today in your prayers. Thank you so very much!

Spring Is In The Air!!

Blake's Easter Party

This morning we had Blake's Easter Party at preschool.
He couldn't wait!!
They made a craft and one of the Mom's brought Resurrection Eggs to tell The Easter Story to the kids. They all really enjoyed that.
Then it was out to the playground to hunt for Easter eggs.

Blake wasted NO time!!

He found lots of eggs and he was very happy!

Blake was working on this craft. It says...

This isn't just a bunch of chicks as you can plainly see.
I made them with my thumbs which God made a part of me.
It comes with lots of love especially to say.
I hope you have a very special Easter Day!
Blake
Easter 2008

Yummy-Yummy cupcakes

Me and the Blakester. Blake was absolutely thrilled to get his picture taken AGAIN! NOT!

Here's YOUR questionS of the day.......

When YOU are sitting at a red light, do you sit and stare at the light until it turns green then punch the gas....or....are you one of those drivers that get honked at by the impatient driver behind you because you are fumbling around in your purse??

ALSO.....Does the yellow light mean SLOW DOWN or SPEED UP???

These are TRULY random aren't they!!!
AND two in one day!
This is MADNESS I tell you!

My answers would be.....I usually don't take my eyes off of the red light . I am normally running a little late and for ME every second counts!! In other words....I might just be that impatient driver behind you. UNLESS you are over the age of 75 and I take pity. I'm a sucker for kids and elderly people!! =-)

and.....of course YELLOW means speed up!
Anybody knows that! LOL!

Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That....

Yesterday I took Jarrett and Blake to get their haircut.
Jarrett had decided to grow his hair long for the past couple of months.
I liked it, but I'm not a big fan of the long hairstyle on boys.
But, it was his decision...so I just went along with it.
Yesterday he went back to the haircut that I LOVE.
With no pressure from Mommy...I might add.
He decided to do it himself.
Ain't he just a cutie-pie!

I couldn't get Blake to sit still long enough for a good HAIRCUT picture.

AND.....
Blake got some new shoes yesterday that he's mighty proud of.
He even slept with them on last night! AND....
Jarrett had to take some type of bread to school today for reading class. He said they had read some stories about bread this week...sooooo his teacher asked them to bring a bread of their choice to school tomorrow. He decided to make cornbread. He made it ENTIRELY by himself! Read the directions...measured it out...mixed it up and popped it into the oven.
He just might be a chef one day!! You just never know!

Waaaa-Laaaa! Great Job Jarrett!!

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Updated Chart

I have updated the Weight Loss Challenge chart. =-)

I have got to give some kudos to Stacey!! She came in this week with a 5 POUND weight loss for last week!!!!!! WAY TO GO STACEY!!!! WOO-HOO!!

Our leader this week is Sonya....she is still going strong. You are doing awesome! She is keeping her weight loss very consistent each week. Please remember Sonya and her family in your prayers. Her brother-in-law passed away last week unexpectedly.

If you remember a few posts ago....I asked if anyone would want to extend the cut off date for the challenge. From the comments that I received....everyone wanted to.

Sooooooo.....I'm going to extend the cut off date to Friday, May 30th.

Yesterday I started to get things together for our trip to Disney. We are really getting EXCITED!!! (I think I have said that b4....but that's because we are really getting excited! LOL!!)I have our luggage in the living room ready to be packed. I'm trying to get a head start on things this go around. I usually wait until the last minute to pack....and it does nothing but stress me out!

Yesterday evening I went to the park and ran with, my friend, Tracie. She has been running on her treadmill at home for some time now. She did great!! We actually ran a little over 2 miles yesterday!!!! YEEE-HAW!! I was panting like a dog by the time we were coming down the home stretch. I told Tracie that the people we were passing could obviously see the AGONY written all over my face!!! LOL!!!! It's one of those things that hurts but when it's over it feels GREAT!!

Michael stayed home with the boys and they rode our 4-wheeler. Yes...we have a 4-wheeler now. I have never said anything about it before simply because I don't like it! It scares me! Another reason I don't like it too much is because Michael bought it before we made the FINAL decision TOGETHER whether to get it or not!! BOO MICHAEL!! I wasn't happy. But, that is a whole other post in itself! ;-) We've had it for over a month now. I haven't ridden on it once. Of course ALL of the boys LOVE it. You hear nothing but laughter when they're on it. Soooo...that alone makes it worth it.....I guess. ;-)

After I made it back home from the park....Michael began his "before vacation" car maintenance. He gets pretty obsessed about it. Everything has to be checked, double checked and triple checked. All the fluids have to be full, tires rotated, oil changed....etc. We wash the car, inside and out...including the windows. It has to be spotless. I get a little obsessive while we are on the road about the inside of the van. I CAN'T STAND to have trash in the floor or toys rolling around everywhere.....the way I see it everything has a place....and it needs to stay there....especially while we are traveling.

Anyway....back to Michael's maintenance obsessiveness , I think all that's good....because it makes me feel nice and safe while we are on the road. Except for the other CrAZy drivers out there. Michael is a great driver....so I really don't worry too much about that either.

We are going to leave on Friday and will be gone until the following Sunday.
We decided to drive and take our time. It's a 11 hour drive from our house....so we are going to stop on the way down and on the way back. I love a road trip!!

The weather looks nice for next week in Orlando too. Yipeeee!

Our Weekend

Good Morning and Happy St. Patricks Day!!

I haven't gotten everyone's numbers for the Weight Loss Challenge yet.
So I will update the chart as soon as I receive those.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

We had another great one together.
We (I use that WE loosely, I'm not much of a fishing gal) took the boys fishing on Saturday. Jarrett and Blake always love to go fishing.
Then on Saturday we spent the evening with friends. We grilled out and watched a movie.
Sunday was church...we had another great service. Came home and ate lunch then took our regularly scheduled Sunday naps...then back to church on Sunday evening.

Yep....I think that purty much sums up our weekend.
I kept it short and sweet......I'm running late again.

I hope you have a GREAT day!!!

How Fast Can YOU Type??

I found this on Amy's blog.

64 words

Speed test

Take the test....leave a comment with your results.
This means YOU too...you bunch of LURKERS from LURKVILLE!!! LOL!!

I actually thought I was alot faster than this! Oh well..

I Can RUN!

You guys will be so proud of me.
I got up this morning, met the girls at the park to run and I hung in there with them for 2 miles!!!!!
I couldn't believe I ran that long on our first run together!
WOO-HOO!!!
These chics that I'm running with are in AWESOME shape. They completely motivate me!
They ran for 3 miles this morning. I just speed walked the last mile.
I really enjoyed running.....this just might be my thing!

I patted myself on the back on the way home!!!

Good Morning Fellow Weight Loss Challengers!!!
I hope you have had a GREAT week!!
We had a beautiful day here in TN yesterday. We had a high temp of 73 and lots of sunshine.

We stayed outside ALL day long. I'm not exaggerating either. We came in for a couple of hours yesterday, but the rest of the time we were out enjoying the beautiful day.
Blake had preschool yesterday so after preschool we met some friends at the park.
We took lunches and ate, then they played for a couple of hours.
Michael came home from work early and we went back and stayed until dark. Jarrett and Blake were completely worn out!
The second time we went we took 3 of Jarrett's friends with us. They all played football at the park....including Michael. I didn't play....I took that time to do some running. Yes....running. That has become my new thing. Some girls that I go to the gym with are going to start meeting at the park and running on Saturday mornings. They asked me to join them. So last night I gave it a trial run (no pun intended) to see what I could do. I did pretty good. So I'm going to give it a try. I'm excited about it. I used to do alot of running in my younger days...but, I haven't in quite some time.
I'm also still taking the muscle flex classes at the gym and I also incorporate cardio before the class.

I am also still caffeine free! I haven't had ANY caffeine. Not a drop, since I decided to quit. My new favorite drink is ice water with lemon and Splenda. I drink probably 96 ounces of water a day. My kidneys thank me.

Ok.....let's get down to the real reason for this post.
I hopped on the scales this morning and I am down 1 pound. I still can't believe that I haven't lost any more weight than I have. I work out 5 days a week (yes I'm addicted!) and I eat VERY healthy and watch my caloric intake very carefully. I'm TRYING to be patient.

So, if your weight isn't coming off like you want it to. I feel your pain!
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED!!! It will happen. (I was looking into a mirror when I said that)

Ok.....I can't wait to see your numbers!

I LOVE THIS SONG!!

I heard this song the other day and I instantly loved it!
This is Leona Lewis she is from the United Kingdom.
Simon Cowell discovered her!
Good ole' Simon...he knows talent!!

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (U.S. version)

This is the perfume that I wear and I absolutely LOVE. It is Givenchy Hot Couture. It is my all time favorite perfume. It has a combination of amber, vanilla and jasmine....it smells clean and refreshing. It's wonderful....I get so many compliments anytime I wear it.

Sooooooo...here's your question for the day.

What is YOUR favorite perfume??

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