My weight...

So my weight as of Friday morning was 245.6. WOOO HOOO!! Hopefully this next week is good to me as I cannot get outside because it will be nasty but I am hoping that doing all my spring cleaning will help get my butt moving.

Saturday

Well our day went ok. K refused to get her haircut and threw an enormous fit in the middle of the salon. O got her ears pierced and only cried for a couple minutes. K did not want to get hers done...until we got almost home then she decided she wanted "pretties" like her sister. AYE! Needless to say we did not turn back around. She will just have to wait.

K and I went for a short walk today. I wanted to go longer but K did not feel like being outside. So we went home. I think she and O are getting sick.

I ended up getting about 1/2 inch off my length. I just needed a trim. I also got some exercise pants and some shirts. The shirts were $1 each and the pants were $5. Not too shabby.

My parents took K and all of us to McDonalds. K had a blast in the playplace. She was playing with some little boys. She is such a bossy little thing too.

Anyway I am off for the rest of the day. I have a headache

6 miles!!!

Yesterday the girls and I walked over 6 miles. We walked from our end of town all the way to the other side. The girls were really good other than Livy getting a bit fussy the last mile or so.

Today we are getting haircuts and maybe getting the kids' ears pierced. I have always wanted to get Kait's ear pierced but I wasn't sure how she would react. I will probably get hers done first and then Livy. But we'll see. I have to buy all the other stuff we need first so we can just get them done and get outta there.

Please think of my friend

Melissa had a baby 3 weeks ago. She is a member of an online group of mommas that I belong to. Melissa's daughter has RSV and is in the ICU. Last night that baby took a turn for the worse. Please think of this little girl and her family. They have been in my thoughts almost constantly. I couldn't imagine dealing with what she is going through.

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We walked to McDonald's today, the girls and I. We had fun. We ate lunch, I fed the baby and then we headed back. McDonald's is about 2 miles from our house. Then we took Daddy for a walk tonight too. We got about 1 mile in with Daddy before his knees started to ache. Tommorrow is another beautiful day so we will get out again. Next week it is supposed to be cold, rainy and/or snowing everyday so we will not get out much if at all. It is really great to get outside with the kids. They enjoy it and I enjoy the exercise. Hooooray for spring!!!!

today

Today the kids and I are getting out for a walk again. Going for a walk, even a short one, has greatly improved the mood and sleeping of K. She is much better now in the evenings. Today is a double walk day. We are going out during the day today and this evening for a short walk with daddy. Daddy said he is getting a gut on him so he needs to get out and exercise. He showed me his belly last night and he is starting to put on some weight.

My garage is flooding. The melting snow is running under the garage door and refreezing at night. OH joy. I have started parking in the driveway because the ice is about 2 inches thick in spots and I am afraid it will either freeze the garage door shut along with my car in the garage, or freeze my tires to the garage floor. We are not forecasted to get any accumulating snow for at least a week. Maybe by then I can get the garage cleaned out. I went through yesterday and checked out what we had in there to make sure nothing would get ruined if it got wet.

ouch!

a little chilly out but we went for a walk anyway. The baby had layers on. 2 pairs of pants (1 leggings and 1 pair of jeans), 2 shirts (1 long sleeve t-shirt and 1 sweatshirt) and then her winter coat. K had on some layers too. Granted it was 38* when we went out but there was a slight breeze. We just needed to get out, all of us. We only walked 1 mile today because I am feeling the muscles today. I am so out of shape. UGH!

FINALLY

The weather was warm enough that I could take the kids outside. We still have much snow on the ground but it was warm enough to be outside. We walked almost 3 miles today. It was wonderful to get outside. Tommorrow is supposed to be even warmer sooooo bring on the sunshine!!

Different paths, different lives (AKA I miss my friend)

It seems as we grow and age, we lose touch with people that used to be important to us. We may still be in contact with them but we lose touch nonetheless. Things that were once important in person A's life and still important in person B's life changed person A no longer feels these things to be so important. Person B cannot understand why Person A has changed so much and feels like she (person B) is no longer as important to Person A as she once was. So that pretty much sums up my weekend after the concert.

There were 5 of us that went out for a couple drinks after the concert. Myself, SR, MV (my army friend), M (MV's army friend), and S (a friend of MV and M). SR, M and MV are all single. S is to get married next month and I am married. M has a 4 year old but the others, besides myself have no children. I was going to go home at midnight and come back to get SR and MV at the end of the night. SR decided she wanted to go home at 11:30 so I drove her. I went back and MV was trashed. So I decided to stick around even though I was tired because I know how MV is when she is drinking. I decided to keep an eye out for her. MV and M did a lot of dancing. S and I sat at our table and talked. It was good to have someone at least a step closer to my level than the other 3. MV met a friend of mine, KK. KK wanted to take MV to an after bar party. MV was supposed to get up at 7:30 to do a family thing so I reminded her. At bar time MV and KK were all over each other. I waited in my car for her for a few minutes. Then I drove over to where she and KK were. I was getting really annoyed. Because of the time change it was already 3:30 am and the kids would be getting up in 5 hours...max. I wanted to go home and go to bed. I had only had 2 beers and 2 shots all night. I was not drunk, I just tired. I told MV twice to get in the car but she didn't even acknowledge me sitting there. So I said you have 1 minute to make up your mind otherwise I am leaving. So KK said he would take her home in the morning. Fine. I have 2 kids at home to worry about and do not need to be worrying about a 28 year old as well. So I went home. Hubby was asleep. I got about 3 hours of sleep that night. The baby woke up when I came in the door so it took about an hour to get her back to sleep. I know it was my choice to go out and that is fine, I take responsibility for that action. I do not however take responsibility for not getting home until 4 AM. I was not about to just leave my friend. I told her when we talked the next day that I will not be going out with her next time she is home. We can go to eat or a movie or something but I will not be going to the bar. Our lives are way too different now and it is no longer fun for me. I love seeing her and spending time with her but I cannot do so in that type of context. I felt used, bored, ignored, out of place, ridiculous, and frustrated. Why put myself through that?!?!

PICS!!!!

K won't sleep sooooo while I wait for her to be tired here are some pics....













I took a ton more but will have to sort through them. All these were taking from the 2nd row in the balcony with my zoom lens. I don't know why they are not showing full view but I will mess with that later.

The concert

OMG what a rockin' show. Here is a short video snippet of the end for you. I will post pics tommorrow. I am beat today. It was a LOOOOOONG night. I will post a story tommorrow too.



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Awesome huh? Here are a couple pics anyway.