Journey to the new me (2)

GOAL REACHED

I have reached the 10 pound mark. I got on the scale this morning and couldn't believe it! Whoo Hoo! (that's 2 bags of sugar)

New goal: 10 lbs and get a new pair of jeans

Journey to the new me

I've been debating posting about this......I feel like everytime I say outloud that I'm going to lose weight I set myself up for failure. But there is something different about this time. With my 40th birthday upon me, (and believe me, I don't feel like what I thought 40 would feel like -- I still feel like I'm in my 20's -- I'm young at heart and always will be) I told myself it was time for me to take care of me. I always make sure the kids go to their dr's apts every year. I take care of everyone but me. So on February 1st I had my first physical since I don't know when and I put myself, for lack of a better word, "diet". I've been watching what I eat, using smaller plates, making better choices. The other night we had pizza, I had one piece instead of 2-3 pieces. Yes, I have had a small chocolate here and there, but I haven't eaten a whole candy bar. I'm striving for portion control. I have also started exercising on a more regular basis. I'm making goals, each 10 pounds I lose I will treat myself... When I lose the first 10 I'm getting a new pair of sunglasses (my favorite accessory). The good news......Since February 1st................I have lost 7lbs. Ok, so at first I say only 7 pound but then I think....that is 7 packages of butter or a 5lb bag of sugar and 2 packages of butter. Thinking of it that way makes 7 pounds seem pretty significant. I also feel better mentally, knowing that I am doing something good for myself. So in the end the big goal is to lose 100 pounds but we will take those 10 at a time. So I have 3 pounds to go until those new sunglasses....goal is to do that by 2/29. So begins the journey to the new me. . . . (to be continued)

Happy Valentines Day

So here we are Valentines Day, 2008. I told Rick last week that I am boycotting Valentines. I mean first of all it's just another day for card companies to make money. Even if you just wanted to go to dinner, the restaurants are crowded. I just got a small box of chocolate for Lauren and Matt. Cost me all of 2.00. Rick gave me a big hug this morning, said Happy Valentines and I love you -- well that's all I need on Valentines day. So to everyone else Happy Valentines Day.

Visit to the Doctors

Today Lauren and Matthew both had their annual apt. They are both growing beautifully (those were the doctors words). Matthew weighed in at 40lbs and was 42 inches tall. Lauren weighed in at 67lbs and 55 inches tall. They said Matt was 50 percentile for both height and weight and Lauren was 50th percentile for height and 25th for weight. The skinny little thing! Matt got 3 shots and didn't even flinch. He's a brave boy. He also had a hearing and vision test which he passed with flying colors. So Matt is done with shots until he is 11. (I can't even imaginge him being 11) After the doctors visit I dropped Lauren off at school and I had my own doctors apt.

I had my very first mammogram. All I can say is OUCH!





I'm very proud of Matt because he had to sit outside the door all by himself. He was so patient. He's such a good boy.

The Sickies are visiting today

Lauren started complaining last night that she didn't feel good. This morning she still doesn't. She has a headache and feels like she's going to throw up. Poor Baby! I hate when they are sick. Matt is fine. He, however, has a dentist apt this morning and I had planned on taking a half day today at work to bring him. Because it is a half day experience; by the time you get to the dentist, and then get back him back to school or daycare and get to work, it's already a couple hours. They both have apts next wed too at the dr's so that's another half day of my vacation time. Oh well. It's ok because Rick has done most of the apt's this year. Anyway, now I have to figure out what to do with Lauren this afternoon because Rick is home until 12 with her so I can take Matt to the dentist. I wonder what I'm going to do with myself when the kids are all grown up. I'm going to have so much time on my hands. Of course then I'll be very sad because the kids are not little anymore. I guess that's why they make grandchildren. lol.

How was lunch? What lunch?

I got back from "lunch" today and my co-worker asked "How was lunch"? Lunch? What Lunch? My day starts at 6am. Rick wakes me up. I have 30 minutes to get the kids, up, dressed, teeth and hair brushed. (this is why showers and baths happen at night) we leave promptly at 6:30am. Drive to the other side of town (5 min) and pick up my nieces Nicole and Steph. Drive to the next town - Bristol - (15 min) drop off Nicole at High School, go up the street and drop off Matt at his day care provider. Then I Drive back to Warren. If it's a Monday, Wed or Friday, Lauren gets dropped off at a friends house to catch a ride to school for her chorus group (school is back in Bristol where we just were but it's too early to be dropped off) A Tues or Thurs she gets to come back home with me for a half hour. I get ready for work, we leave the house again at 7:55 where I will go 30 seconds up the road and bring Steph to Middle school. If Lauren is with me she goes to the bus stop for 8:20. I then go to work - I work in Somerset, MA. that is about 10 minutes from my house. I work until 11:45 and then leave to go get Matt in Bristol bring him to school in Warren and then come back to work (that is my lunch hour). Work until 5 and then go the next job at the cable company until 8:30. Lucky for me, Rick will clean and cook and do the laundry. I go home eat, make lunches and maybe watch some tv. Then start it all over again. Next year won't be so hectic. Both kids will be in the same school and we'll actually get to sleep until 7a. Matt will be in school for the full day. So when I get asked "How was lunch"? I have to ask....What Lunch?

Pats are still #1 to us

Well, the Superbowl has come and gone and the end result was certainly not what we expected or hoped for. It was fun, house full of company and good food that is what was important. The Giants played a great game, you have to give them that. So to the Giants Fans, Congratulations! We know what it means and how it feels. Enjoy it. To Tom Brady and the gang, you had a great season, the superbowl would have been the icing on the cake, but hey cake with no icing is still good! There's always next year. To Patriot Nation, show the class that Tom Brady would and be happy for the winners! Red Sox season here we come............................