Another Year Older

On this day 31 years ago my parents welcomed their little bundle of joy. They kept the bundle's birth a secret until it was announced on the local radio station. Then grandparents were alerted, and the bundle was forever more spoiled with love. And even though the grandparents were deliriously happy with the new bundle of joy, they were still highly pissed at its parents for not letting them know of her arrival.

Today I turn 31. My birthday present to myself is not counting WW points, and I have successfully scarfed down about 100 and I have not yet ate my birthday meal and cake. You only turn 31 once, so you gotta eat it up. Going out tonight for some chicken tenders. I know this sounds crazy, but I avoid chicken tenders (which I love) due to the horrendous amount of points they have. Tonight I shall eat chicken tenders and I may even dip them in ranch.

Now on to bigger and better things. CAKE! My family is making me a cake. Not just any cake, but Better Than Sex Cake. Some of you may doubt that cake could be better than sex, but you just haven't had this cake. I can't wait to eat a piece or two (or maybe three because today is a no points day).

Off We Go

Hi Ho Hi Ho off to see Colie and Tasha we go. Can't wait to spend the weekend at the beach. I NEED A BREAK! I love the sand and the sun, and I can't wait to put my toes in the ocean.

Weekly Weigh In

No worries (not that you were worried). I have not given up on my weight loss journey. I am still just STUCK. Not really going forward and not really going backward. This week I have done well staying on plan, so hopefully I can keep it going through the weekend. Maybe the scales will go down Monday.

Tending Our Garden

This year we decided to plant our own garden. In years past we always mooched off of everyone else, so we thought it was now time to give back.

I love watching things grow and I LOVE fresh produce, but gardening is a lot work. Especially if you have no idea what you are doing. My husband acts like an expert, but I am pretty sure that he is clueless like me. Add a four year old who knows everything about everything to the mix and you have gardening chaos.

We are just now doing most of the planting due to a threat of frost the past few weeks. Once the frost warning was over it rained and rained. Then it rained some more. But last night we planted. We hoed. We weeded. We gardened. And Kev tried to run the Carolina Mule (the tiller), but it ran him more or less. Gardening = hardwork. Things darn well better grow.

I Hate Bedtime!

I hate bedtime. I hated bedtime as a kid and now I am beginning to hate bedtime as an adult. Jordi hates bedtime too (thus the problem).

Starting at 8:30 it ain't nothin but heartache at my house. Jordi hates to settle down for bed. Sleeping equals not playing, and that is so not cool in the mind of a four year old. We finally moved him to his own bed in hopes that bedtime could be more structured, but now he is just angry and he avoids trying to lay down.

His bedtime needs include reading ten million books (literally), having a "snick snack" (who can say no to that), getting a drink of water, needing to brush his teeth again and using the bathroom multiple times. This is all before we turn off the light.

Once the light is off he needs to potty AGAIN, he is still hungry, "lets make up our own story," he has to rearrange all the pillows and blankets to make his "nest" and then we have to sing and sing.

This may sound cute, but after an hour and a half of this it ain't so cute anymore. I hate bedtime. Any suggestions?

The Run Down

It has been awhile. Things have been chaos as usual in our house, but hopefully they are getting ready to slow down. So a brief update on life in general.

I survived my sister's graduation party and graduation. Not only did I survive, but Amy and I made a cake for the festivities.
No one showed up the adoption meeting that Kevin and I hosted.
My bff has officially moved and we celebrated with chowing down on some awesome ribs.
Jordi met with his speech therapist for the first time (and it went very well).

Now to focus on -

Another adoption meeting
Getting the garden planted
Going to Kansas
A June wedding
Summer Reading Program


We are going full speed ahead through Spring and into Summer.

Busy! Busy! Busy!

This Spring is keeping my household running wide open. Birthday parties, graduations, adoption meetings, best friends moving away. My mind and body are overworked and overwhelmed. I have cakes to make, presents to buy and emotions to deal with. But who has the time? I feel like I am devoting a little bit of me (and my time) to each event when I really want to put my whole heart into all that's going on. I want to be overwhelmed with joy for my sister who is graduating from college, but all I can focus on is making sure everything is prepared for her graduation party. I want to take the time to overly prepare a heartfelt presentation for an adoption meeting that I will be hosting, but who knows if anyone will come. Why spend so much time getting ready when no one has signed up to be there. I want to feel the emotion of my best friend moving, but my mind is so crazy that its not really registered (which is probably a good thing). I just need to remind myself to step back, take a breath and enjoy the chaos of life.