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Good Afternoon fellow Weight Loss Challengers!
I have stayed the same this week. Which like I said last week...I'm happy with my weight loss total. I have ran a total of 20 miles this week since Saturday! I ran on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and today.....4 miles each day. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I also take a muscle flex class for an hour after I run. I can tell that I am loosing inches and gaining muscle tone. That makes me HAPPY!!!

Ok....now you guys leave a comment with your numbers. Some of you have been slacking on sending in your numbers! {GASP!} I have just left those numbers the same....so if you have had a change....just let me know. Thank ya...Thank ya...Thank ya!

Here's a few more things that have been going on around here.....
Yesterday, Blake had a field trip to the park. His class met at the park for lunch at 10am and stayed until noon. Blake is no stranger to the park.....so it wasn't that big of a deal to him. He did have lots of fun with his buddies. I didn't take my camera because I have OODLES of park pictures already.

Yesterday evening Jarrett had a baseball game....which he didn't attend. Why? You may ask.
Do any of you guys have any dinner drama at your tables??? We have lots of it here. It's like pulling teeth to get Jarrett and Blake to eat sometimes. Unless it's tacos, pizza or chicken nuggets! Yesterday I had cooked a pork roast in the crock pot all day on low. It was soooo tender....it just fell off the bone. So we had barbecue pulled pork, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, peas, green beans. Now does that sound so bad?? It took Jarrett 30 minutes to finish only half of his food. Blake had only taken a couple of bites. This really frustrates me. It makes me not even want to cook.....and I love to cook.
So I called Michael and we decided that if Jarrett didn't finish eating he wasn't going to his game. By the way.....Jarrett is NOT a first time offender at all. This happens all the time. Most of the time we will wrap up what he doesn't eat (this goes for Blake too) and when he gets hungry he can finish the rest. I do not like to see food go to waste. I never put a large amount of food on their plates either. I don't expect them to eat ALOT....just what they have. I also don't make them eat stuff they don't like....but, I DO expect them to try it. (If you have any advise/strategies on this subject....I'm all ears!)
He did finish finally....so he could go to his game.
I went to get his baseball pants out of the dryer and I couldn't find them in that load of clothes. I thought "Am I loosing my mind??!!!!" I KNEW I had washed them and put them in the dryer. So to make a long story a little shorter......we searched everywhere and couldn't find his baseball pants. He has 2 pair and I had washed both of them in the same load. We tried to get him to wear shorts....but, he didn't want to.
So he missed his game. He was very sad.
I continued to search the house up and down.
Then later yesterday evening I put another load of clothes in the washer. Then put that load in the dryer....got them out to fold and,there they were, both pair of baseball pants magically appeared. The only thing we can figure out is that they were both stuck to the inside of my washer. I have a front loader washer and it's hard to see in there sometimes when I'm unloading a wash.

Then I had Mommy Guilt. I felt so bad that Jarrett had missed his game because we couldn't find his pants.

We all wound up watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on television and getting some rest.
I cuddled with Jarrett on the couch....and scratched his back......one of his favorite things.

Jarrett had a bad day at school on Wednesday. He fell outside at school and banged up his knee pretty bad. His library teacher had gotten mad at his whole class and made them put their heads down for 20 minutes because a little girl had torn a piece of paper out of a magazine. Then I told Jarrett that I would be picking him up at carpool on Wednesday instead of riding the bus and he forgot. I had to go in and get him. He got so aggravated at himself because he had forgotten. He is pretty hard on himself sometimes. I didn't think a thing about it.....I forget stuff all the time....that's what I told Jarrett. He wasn't as easy on himself.
All of that stuff may not sound like much to you.....but, to Jarrett is was a VERY bad day for him. Jarrett is such a good student. He came home with all E's on his report card again this past Tuesday....they don't have number grades yet. That comes next year.
I'm afraid that Jarrett's going to be one of those kids that are so hard on themselves....that we don't have to say anything. He tries his best at everything he does. That is good I know....but, I don't want him to grow up being so hard on himself

So...anyways....the way I'm thinking is the Lord knew that we needed some time to just REST and to have some cuddle time.
Everything happens for a reason!

My plans for today consist of washing sheets, dusting and cleaning all of my windows. Sounds like so much fun doesn't it!! Please...I beg you....try not to be jealous!! LOL!!
Then this evening the Blakester has a T-ball game.

Oh and BTW....I LOVED reading all of your answers to yesterday's question! You bunch of 80's FREAKS!! We were just crazy weren't we!!
Oh...and don't worry Tn Tyke Momma....I would NEVER delete you from every corner of my computer...maybe just one. LOL! Just kidding!

I hope you guys have a WONDERFUL weekend!
AND....thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my ramblings.