Down 10 pounds. WOOOHHHHOOOOO!!!!! And I am so proud of myself. We went to La Madeline after church last night to see my sister. Tony ordered cheese cake and the boys got cookies. I DID NOT get one bite. Did not even want it really! I feel accomplished. So I have made it to day 5 and now just have about a week left on this phase. It will be hard at the wedding, since there will be so many sweets there.
Tomorrow we go here my new brother in law to be speak. That should be fun. All the boys are excited about hearing him speak. The church we are going to is having a potluck dinner afterwards. I miss things like that. I grew up in churches that always did that.
I am watching Kaitlyn walk around. ooh she is so stinkin cute. I just love that girl. All her little mannerisms are starting to come out. She is so precious. Every morning when she hugs me. She wraps her little arms around me neck and says, “mama”. It just melts my heart.
I have never craved sweets so bad. I have been eating lots of salad and chicken, and broccoli, cauliflower,eggs, and cheese. I am down 7 pounds…Woohoo!!! I am trying very hard to be consistent. IT IS SO HARD!!!! I did not realize how much I snack during the day. I must have snacked alot, cause I want to go in the kitchen all day and just grab something. 
So another day done, and I begin day 4 tomorrow. Almost to day 5…
So today I begin the south beach diet in juction with lots of working out in attempts to look half way good for my sisters wedding. ( since the wedding is a week and half away, I probably wont loose that much before then and now! ) I am doing this with my friend Alisa. So I do have someone to be accountable too. I am sitting right now at 7 am eating my eggs and turkey bacon and glass of water. I am eating but I am so hungry for sweets. It is going to be a long day. If I am grumpy to any of my friends in the next few days, just know that it is only because I am getting rid of all the bad sugars in my body and it makes me kind of wacky! I just need to get through day 3 and I will be good.
The biggest thing. I am an emotional eater. I eat when I walk in the kitchen, when I am happy, when I am sad, when I am working, etc. So this is more a mind thing for me more than anything. Tonight I am going to take my before picture. And at the end of Christmas I will do my before and after. Target weight loss goal by the end of Christmas: 48 pounds. Go Heidi, Go!!!
So here’s to lots of eggs, bacon, and veggies…
So my eldest has tons of homework to do. To get him all caught up from when he missed school. Um, this has been a refresher coarse for me. Some of the math….UM I don’t get. It is horrible. I have to say to my son, well lets just wait for daddy to come home, so he can help. That is just embarrassing. I am the mom. I am supposed to have all the answers.
Life this week is some what back to normal. Back to work. Making dinners. Lots of homework. Baths. Cleaning. Being the mediator for my kids. Did I mention laundry yet…ugh I hate laundry. Can I please just wish it away. Please, someone just zap me into the Jetson’s movie.
So my clothes situation is do or give away. You know what I mean…when you have like 5 different sizes in your closet. And you are wishing that you were one of those sizes. Or how about when you try on some of those size 6 pants, trying to squeeze those buns in, but then it wont buckle do to the fact that you have too much belly fat. Let’s be real, who needs different size clothes in there closet. So I am giving myself till January to get my self in gear, and then I am giving all the smaller sizes away. They are probably way out of style anyway. I have tried to go through them and give stuff away, but I just cant part. It is almost like I am having to say goodbye to a part of myself. My skinny self. But I want my skinny self back. I really do. It was very eye opening to see a picture of myself and see how overweight I am. My mirror must be lying to me every day, because I dont look that big in the mirror!!! I am motivated though. So is is just me or are there lots of you out there on this cyber world that have many size clothes in your closet. Come on now, speak up. This is your chance to come out of the closet!
So my eldest started to not feeling well again. More chest x rays, more medicine, and a shot in the leg though has helped him to feel much better. Has not had a fever all night. He coughed all night , but no fever. It is amazing to me how fast he can turn from starting to do okay and then take a turn for bad again. I think the Dr. had him go back to school too soon. Hopefully we will continue on that road. Cause momma is tired.
Last night after getting all the homework done, baths, dinner, and all the kiddos in bed. I went and got me and Tony Pei Wei (Chinese food) and chopsticks. We sat in bed and ate our food, man chopsticks are hard to use. We watched the movie A Boyfriend For Christmas. It was very cute and clean. Highly recommend it. It is hard to find a good movie nowadays. It was so much fun to just relax with my best friend.
So can anyone else believe that it is almost October. I sure cant. When I was a girl, time went sooo slow. Now I blink and it is a new day and then they year is gone. I am working on getting my menus ready for the fall. Like all the different things I want to make such as cookies, or ham, or sweet potatoes, etc. Martha Stewart has the cutest boxes at Micheal’s to put cookies in. I think I am going to be getting some of those to put cookies in. Speaking of cookies, we are trying to find a nursing home, or something like that me and the kids can make cookies and give this season. I might call our church and get the address of some elderly families and we can deliver to them.
Anyways, I have lots to get done with Bryce as far as all the work he has missed.
Oh the new season The Making Of A Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader is back on. You could not pay me a million dollars…well maybe a million, to go through the training that they go through. It is an interesting show. Speaking of training, it looks like I will be joining Jay Johnson boot camp. I tonight for a preliminary trial….we will see if i leave walking!!!
So we came home last night around 7pm. Let’s just say I am happy to be in my own bed, eat my own food, use my own bathroom, hug all my kids, and kiss my wonderful hubby. i was only there 3 days, but it felt like two weeks. My son is doing much better. I am thankful for modern day medicine. And lots of prayer of course!
So my eldest has been sick all week, and was admitted in the hospital yesterday. Not sure how long he will be here yet. He has pneumonia and is very miserable. And mommy is very tired. But we are going to make it and everything will be okay.
So if you are visiting my site, please say a little prayer for him, he and I both need it. It has been quite the bonding experience.
Okay I am going to go down to the gift shop and buy him a balloon!
So my eldest is home sick again and I decided to take him to Blockbuster to rent some movies. So we are checking out and the lady says, “would you like to renew your rewards thing it is going to expire” Now I know we have the online thing and I thought it was the same thing. So I said “sure”, so i paid the extra 10 dollars and came home. I told Tony what I did (I was all proud that I took care of something that he would not have to worry about) and he said, “we have never been signed up for the rewards thing at blockbuster” I WAS SCAMMED!!!! She made me think I had been signed up. So later tonight I will be going back in to have a chat with her! Not cool…
Remember when I said that I flew into the Harrison, Arkansas airport. Well here it is. Yep that is all of it. AND they take there job very seriously at this place. I was searched. Kaitlyn was searched. They went through ALL my bags. Then they put them on a conveyor belt that went no more than 5 feet and another guy picked them up and put them on the plane. NO JOKE. It was hysterical. I was like why not just hand the dude the bag. Because it is his job…that was her response.
This was my home away from home. It is my cousins house. Beautiful home!
The family:
My sister and new brother in law!!! He is a gem and so sweet. Kyle we love you!!!!
Holly, my dad, and me outside of Saltgrass:
So much is going on. My dad was here with his wife. It was a good visit. We got lots done. Got a new microwave installed, a new light fixture in the dining room. It looks good. The kids got to play on there spider man slip in slide. They had loads of fun. I was going to post some pictures and then realized that I had deleted them all.
Kaitlyn is trying to walk everywhere. But I am okay with it. She is so stinkin cute and when she does her little waddle up to you and wraps her little arms around your head…it is so worth it. She has the sweetest little temperament. I just absolutely adore that girl!
Work is going good. I feel like I have our routine down. I am still a bit tired but I know that will be better in the next few weeks. I just love my little class. They are all so cute.
I was sitting at the computer last night and Ben brought some praise music and put it on. Sat on the floor and lifted his hands, and began to sing. I was like what are you doing Ben? He said I am worshiping God mom. It made my heart happy to see how absolutely tender his heart is. He was not prompted to do that. Not asked too. He just wanted to worship God. He sat there for about 15 minutes singing. He then got up and said All done Mom. I was like okay. It is moments like that when I say, Oh I am doing a good job raising the kids. They are getting it. I prayer is that they always stay pure before the Lord. And that they love them with all that is in them.
So fall is my favorite time of year. I broke down and went to starbucks yesterday and got a Pumpkin Spice Latte…YUMMY!! I love all the smells outside that come with fall. Crisp mornings. I love getting up when it is cold inside the house a bit. The mums. The pumpkins. The falling of leaves. Kids playing in the leaves that have fallen. Homemade chicken noodle soup with bread. It is all my favorite. Sometimes I wish I lived somewhere like the east coast for falls. The leaves that turn colors are amazing. Just beautiful. All the kids bought pumpkins yesterday night. I have my mums planted out front. I love driving up to my house. It just makes me happy! God is so creative. I am sure he looks down at all of this and just smiles. If it makes me happy, I can only imagine how he feels. When we drive up for my sister’s wedding we are going to go through Arkansas. It is going to be beautiful. I cant wait to see all the trees.
Speaking of wedding, I am going to have to do the South Beach Diet to drop about 15 pounds before the wedding. WHY….well let’s just say my dress is a bit tight. I dont want to show off all of my love handles. So I am going to be reading about that today and see if I can do it. I have not been going to the gym. Just because I have not had the time. Anyways, mommie duties call.
