WW

This past Friday I managed to weigh in BEFORE I consumed large pieces of cake and ice cream and before date night dinner. So, I'm down another 3.2lbs..... 12lbs so far. I will be finishing my leftovers from last night today and then with the cake gone it will be back tothe grindstone for me. Last week work was crazy busy and stressful and I put in a lot of extra hours (yay overtime!) so I had little time to think about food. This coming week should be somewhat similar, as the lead rep in my market is out on berevement and I am doing much of her work. At least it's only a 4-day week next week. But anyways, I'm already starting to feel a difference in my pants and THAT feels so great!!!

Date Night

Woo Hoo! So Dave and I actually got to go on a date tonight! We got a real live babysitter and ate at a real restaurant with waiters and then went to a real non-dollar theater movie. AND we came home to clean sleeping children and a standing house. I seriously cannot remember the last time we did this. I don't even know what the going rate for babysitters IS anymore.... but anyways we saw Chronicles of Narnia and had dinner at Red Lobster in celebration of 8 married years togther. I look forward to more opportunitites to celebrate!!!

So, it's my Birthday

Yeah so it's my birthday today. Bla. Now that I'm in my thirties I have to say that birthdays are not fun. I don't want to get older. Today was very depressing. I think that once you hit a certain age, like....26..... perhaps you should just stop celebrating a year older and instead just pick one (or even two!) days a year to celebrate you. Where people gather together and have a nice dinner and give a toast in your honor or do something nice for you, but not because you're old but because they like you. As far as this extra candle on my cake..... I'd rather skip it all together.

Is it the weekend yet?

Ugh, it's been a very stressful week this week. Particularly at work, but mostly because other coworkers have been out sick, which makes my daily load that much more. My back hurts, my neck aches and my left hand wants to give out from all the typing. On top of that BOTH boys have had to be shuffled back and forth to the doctor this week. BOTH boys have been covered in dirt from top to bottom pretty much every night this week, and Seth has been in a season where he just can't fall asleep until like....11pm!! Darn those naps!

A Daytrip to Visit Relatives

Dave took a vacation day on Friday (ie Friday night to Sat morning). So, we decided to trek up to Columbia for the day to go to the zoo. Last month Seth's class had a week where the "theme" was the zoo, and ever since then he's been asking to go. On our way up there I asked Seth which animal he wanted to see first.....his response....I want to see the Dragons!! John overall enjoyed the reptiles and aquarium section more than anything, probably because he could walk right up and look at them up close with his little self. John had no fear at the petting zoo area, where Seth was happy to look at them at a distance. Here are a few pics.

Week 2

Friday's weigh-in at cheeseburger rehab brought me down 3 more lbs. I celebrated with a McD's cheeseburger for lunch (only 7 points!), and still didn't go over my daily points for the day. Isn't it nice to still be able to eat your fav foods when you're on a diet?

Proud Carolyn

We were very proud of Seth today when his teacher told us that today on the playground one of his classmates fell down and hurt himself. Some of the other kids were laughing at the him, but Seth was the only boy who ran over to him to help him up and asked if he was ok. It gives me warm fuzzies.