Its Monday morning. I have a to-do list a mile long. I was up and out of bed 7:30am despite the fact that I didn't get to sleep until almost midnight. And my sleep bank is totally deprived from the night before.
The wedding went very smoothly!! My dad performed and beautiful ceremony and Eric and Cassy's vows just about made me cry. So did Brett's toast (that I wrote). Everything and everyone was beautiful and it really was a joyous event. Hopefully I'll have some pictures to post soon.
So here we go- another week. We made it to the Y on Saturday morning. This morning my leg muscles are still *very* sore. Not quite sure whether its from the weight machines or all the dancing :) The scale said I dropped two pounds from Tuesday to Saturday- we'll see if that was "true" weight or not.
Goals for today: Take the kids to Jr. Fitness at 9:30 (with having gotten some schoolwork done before hand), tackle at least half of my to-do list, and clean up my room!!!!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
A little later...and more on "bonding"
So, this morning it was 8am when I rolled out of bed. Hey, I didn't get off of work until 11:40. But, this no drinking caffeine at work or even right before work is helping. I fell right to sleep.
Another good day at the Y yesterday. It is a lot of fun to watch Alyssa work out. She has a Disney Mp3 player that she rocks to. We've had a good time together. Yesterday, I had to tell her to be quiet though because she started singing along out loud. What amuses me so much is that if I didn't have the "social skills" to know better- I would be singing along too. :) Guess she's seen Mommy rock out while cleaning the house one too many times.
Another good day at the Y yesterday. It is a lot of fun to watch Alyssa work out. She has a Disney Mp3 player that she rocks to. We've had a good time together. Yesterday, I had to tell her to be quiet though because she started singing along out loud. What amuses me so much is that if I didn't have the "social skills" to know better- I would be singing along too. :) Guess she's seen Mommy rock out while cleaning the house one too many times.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Good Morning, Fall
I woke up this morning with a very cool breeze blowing throwing my open windows. It definitely feels like fall. I love waking up all snuggled in my bed- the only problem with this is that I don't want to get up. So, instead of being out of bed at 6:30 this morning, I stayed all snuggled up until 7:30. Which still isn't bad for me- considering some mornings of late its been closer to 9. But the difference between 6:30 and 7:30 for me is one thing (well- this morning, three things)- kids. So, instead of sitting here in nice silence, sipping my coffee, contemplating the day, I am jumping up to butter waffles, putting more cheerios on the highchair tray, and helping choose outfits for the day. I guess that's an incentive for getting up earlier: a little alone time.
So, we did rejoin the YMCA yesterday. My humbling realization being that I need to lose 31 pounds. That is my goal. I'd like to drop 11 by my birthday (the end of November), so we'll see how that goes. I'm getting ready to look now to see what time we'll head over there today. Alyssa is able to work out now too, so it was actually a good bonding experience for us.
So, we did rejoin the YMCA yesterday. My humbling realization being that I need to lose 31 pounds. That is my goal. I'd like to drop 11 by my birthday (the end of November), so we'll see how that goes. I'm getting ready to look now to see what time we'll head over there today. Alyssa is able to work out now too, so it was actually a good bonding experience for us.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Water Gremlin
First off, let me say, it is 6:45am as I write this post. I haven't seen 6:45am in awhile now, but Brett convinced me to get up early this morning to see if that helps start our day off right. Coffee is brewing and none of the kids are awake (yet!). Of course, it does help that I was home from work by 10:15 last night and asleep before Conan started.
Anyways...on to my story......
Brett and I are brushing our teeth last night when he looks over at our bedside table. There is Eli, dressed only in a Pull-Up and t-shirt downing a bottle of water. He had been asleep for two hours already, but woke up, walked into our room, didn't say a word to us, and proceeded to chug half of the bottle. He was sucking down the water so hard that the bottle was crinkling up. He didn't even stop to take a breath. Brett and I walked out of our bathroom, trying to hide our laughter, and he looks at me and says, "Mommy" with his half smile. Brett called him a little "water Gremlin". He then crawled up in the middle of our bed and went back to sleep.
On to my day, we are rejoining the YMCA after almost a year of non-membership. The kids are mostly excited (Alyssa is *very* excited- she can use the equipment this year). I am going to try to schedule this into our day EVERY day. Today, we're scheduled to go in a little before 2, so we can sign up and still have time to work out, drop by the store on the way home, have time for me to fix dinner, shower, and be ready for me to leave for work by 5:30. This means, our day up until 1:30, needs to be run a little smoother, hence my sleepy self sitting up, trying to wake up, typing this before 7am.
Anyways...on to my story......
Brett and I are brushing our teeth last night when he looks over at our bedside table. There is Eli, dressed only in a Pull-Up and t-shirt downing a bottle of water. He had been asleep for two hours already, but woke up, walked into our room, didn't say a word to us, and proceeded to chug half of the bottle. He was sucking down the water so hard that the bottle was crinkling up. He didn't even stop to take a breath. Brett and I walked out of our bathroom, trying to hide our laughter, and he looks at me and says, "Mommy" with his half smile. Brett called him a little "water Gremlin". He then crawled up in the middle of our bed and went back to sleep.
On to my day, we are rejoining the YMCA after almost a year of non-membership. The kids are mostly excited (Alyssa is *very* excited- she can use the equipment this year). I am going to try to schedule this into our day EVERY day. Today, we're scheduled to go in a little before 2, so we can sign up and still have time to work out, drop by the store on the way home, have time for me to fix dinner, shower, and be ready for me to leave for work by 5:30. This means, our day up until 1:30, needs to be run a little smoother, hence my sleepy self sitting up, trying to wake up, typing this before 7am.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Scene of the Day
I'm told to sit on the couch to watch Lauri's play.
I watch her hula dance in a bathing suit to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" while Eli does somersaults off of our ottoman in a Power Ranger costume that is three sizes too big, Gavin semi joins in dancing (shirtless, of course), Elizabeth crawls around on the floor with a big smile on her face, and Alyssa sits in the big chair wearing one of my sister's old dresses with a bridal veil on singing along to the music and rereading her favorite parts of Harry Potter 7.
Yes, summer is still in full-force here.
I watch her hula dance in a bathing suit to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" while Eli does somersaults off of our ottoman in a Power Ranger costume that is three sizes too big, Gavin semi joins in dancing (shirtless, of course), Elizabeth crawls around on the floor with a big smile on her face, and Alyssa sits in the big chair wearing one of my sister's old dresses with a bridal veil on singing along to the music and rereading her favorite parts of Harry Potter 7.
Yes, summer is still in full-force here.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Random Posting
Yeah, my post Thursday night was pretty random, but hey, I felt like blogging, so I did.
My Friday night off was spent by first *gasp* having dinner as a family. I decided I would cook up these frozen Tilapia fillets I had bought at my new favorite store (Aldi's). To say that Brett and I aren't fish people is an understatement, but I thought I'd give it a try anyways. The kids did much better than Brett and I. We each managed a couple bites, then I had the privilege of Gavin being stupid and spitting all over my plate, so I just *had* to be done.
Our night continued with an all-family movie. "High School Musical" was my choice- in anticipation of the sequel due out in a couple weeks. It was a riot to watch my little Eli sing and dance along. I have no idea when or how he learned the entire soundtrack, but he knows it pretty well.
Brett and Alyssa headed off to the Borders Harry Potter party at 9pm, I put the other kids to bed and then stayed up reading until they got home....at 1:45 am. I decided to reread #5 and #6 before reading #7, and I'm about 2/3 of the way through it. Alyssa has (of course) finished #7 already.
My Friday night off was spent by first *gasp* having dinner as a family. I decided I would cook up these frozen Tilapia fillets I had bought at my new favorite store (Aldi's). To say that Brett and I aren't fish people is an understatement, but I thought I'd give it a try anyways. The kids did much better than Brett and I. We each managed a couple bites, then I had the privilege of Gavin being stupid and spitting all over my plate, so I just *had* to be done.
Our night continued with an all-family movie. "High School Musical" was my choice- in anticipation of the sequel due out in a couple weeks. It was a riot to watch my little Eli sing and dance along. I have no idea when or how he learned the entire soundtrack, but he knows it pretty well.
Brett and Alyssa headed off to the Borders Harry Potter party at 9pm, I put the other kids to bed and then stayed up reading until they got home....at 1:45 am. I decided to reread #5 and #6 before reading #7, and I'm about 2/3 of the way through it. Alyssa has (of course) finished #7 already.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
You know its your 8th shift in 7 days when....
*You have the sweetest couple in the world leave you a crappy tip
* You had a seven-top of the oddest assortment of people who don't leave 10%
*You end your night being hit on by a drunk 400lb man
Whoo hoo....I have tomorrow off!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* You had a seven-top of the oddest assortment of people who don't leave 10%
*You end your night being hit on by a drunk 400lb man
Whoo hoo....I have tomorrow off!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Running Just As Fast As I Can....
This is DAY FOUR of my attempt at running. I have no long-term goals just yet- my only goal right now is to be out running/walking for 15 min per day, 6 times a week. I know its not a lofty goal, but it is realistic for me right now. I started with 5min of walking, 5min of running, 5min of walking on Monday. Today I ran for 7min in the middle of walking. I even did it with out my new stylish IPOD NANO that Brett won for me last month :)
I checked out two books about "Running for Women" at the library yesterday. I"m hoping to get a better long-term goal set up after reading those. I don't know how hard or how fast to push myself, and I definitely don't want to end up hurt or burnt out. I never pictured myself as a runner, but life is full of twists and turns, and this is what I feel called to do right now- don't know why.....
I checked out two books about "Running for Women" at the library yesterday. I"m hoping to get a better long-term goal set up after reading those. I don't know how hard or how fast to push myself, and I definitely don't want to end up hurt or burnt out. I never pictured myself as a runner, but life is full of twists and turns, and this is what I feel called to do right now- don't know why.....
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Life Happens
Which is why I haven't blogged in awhile. But as I'm laying here typing with one hand while nursing Elizabeth in my bed, I thought I'd write a note.
Poor Gavin is crashed in his bed- the girls are in bed but not yet asleep. They're still settling down from a double-play date. They're laying in their beds whispering to each other. Its so hard because I want to yell at them to quit talking and go to sleep, but this is the one time of the day when they whisper and tell each other secrets and grow that sister bond. So, I'll let them whisper a little longer before hushing them to sleep.
I'm laying here watching our newest acquisition from our biggest indulgence- Blockbuster.com. The movie being South Pacific. I love this movie. I love the songs. I love the drama. I love the cheesiness. I love the sincerity. I love the way they change the colors of the scenes for the moods. Rent it sometime.
Poor Gavin is crashed in his bed- the girls are in bed but not yet asleep. They're still settling down from a double-play date. They're laying in their beds whispering to each other. Its so hard because I want to yell at them to quit talking and go to sleep, but this is the one time of the day when they whisper and tell each other secrets and grow that sister bond. So, I'll let them whisper a little longer before hushing them to sleep.
I'm laying here watching our newest acquisition from our biggest indulgence- Blockbuster.com. The movie being South Pacific. I love this movie. I love the songs. I love the drama. I love the cheesiness. I love the sincerity. I love the way they change the colors of the scenes for the moods. Rent it sometime.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
In Honor of Valentine's Day....
I'll share some stories about Brett. Hard to believe, but these are all just from tonight.
So, Brett decides to teach Gavin a new game. It's called, "See who can hit the softest". If you've ever been duped by this game, you know that you let the other person hit first so they'll hit you softly, then you respond by hitting as hard as you can with the victorious shout of, "I lose!"
How many times did it take Gavin to figure this out? Well, let's see- after Brett "losing" about 6 times, Gavin was still asking to play it 100 more times. So, either the poor guy didn't understand the concept, or he was just so excited to be "winning' a game that he didn't care.
Brett finally stopped, worrying that Gavin might develop bruises on his arms from "winning" so much. :)
After way too much sugar for the evening, the kids were a little wound up, and when are kids get wound up, you practically need a bullhorn to get their attention. They were running around screaming, while Brett was holding Elizabeth. Once they were all on their way upstairs, Brett says to me, "I finally figured out how to get Elizabeth to go to sleep. Anytime I'm holding her and having to yell at the kids, she just falls straight to sleep." Great honey, next time at 6am when she's being fussy, we'll just wake one of the kids up to yell at.
Brett had the "big V" a couple weeks ago. Each of the kids got varying degrees of information about what type of surgery it was. They all knew that Daddy's "privates" were going to be sore. So, while kissing the kids goodnight, Gavin asks, "Daddy, do your privates still hurt?" Brett responds with, "No, I"m feeling better now". Lauri has to chime in, "Why don't you just call it what it is a p-i-n-e-s-s. Isn't that right?" To which Alyssa answers, "Not even close Lauri." Lauri quickly responds, "Whatever. Whatever its called. Why don't you just call it that long thing between your legs?".
As I said to Brett, "At least she said "long"" :)
(Side note- the girls observations on anatomy come from their two not-so-modest little brothers.)
Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!
So, Brett decides to teach Gavin a new game. It's called, "See who can hit the softest". If you've ever been duped by this game, you know that you let the other person hit first so they'll hit you softly, then you respond by hitting as hard as you can with the victorious shout of, "I lose!"
How many times did it take Gavin to figure this out? Well, let's see- after Brett "losing" about 6 times, Gavin was still asking to play it 100 more times. So, either the poor guy didn't understand the concept, or he was just so excited to be "winning' a game that he didn't care.
Brett finally stopped, worrying that Gavin might develop bruises on his arms from "winning" so much. :)
After way too much sugar for the evening, the kids were a little wound up, and when are kids get wound up, you practically need a bullhorn to get their attention. They were running around screaming, while Brett was holding Elizabeth. Once they were all on their way upstairs, Brett says to me, "I finally figured out how to get Elizabeth to go to sleep. Anytime I'm holding her and having to yell at the kids, she just falls straight to sleep." Great honey, next time at 6am when she's being fussy, we'll just wake one of the kids up to yell at.
Brett had the "big V" a couple weeks ago. Each of the kids got varying degrees of information about what type of surgery it was. They all knew that Daddy's "privates" were going to be sore. So, while kissing the kids goodnight, Gavin asks, "Daddy, do your privates still hurt?" Brett responds with, "No, I"m feeling better now". Lauri has to chime in, "Why don't you just call it what it is a p-i-n-e-s-s. Isn't that right?" To which Alyssa answers, "Not even close Lauri." Lauri quickly responds, "Whatever. Whatever its called. Why don't you just call it that long thing between your legs?".
As I said to Brett, "At least she said "long"" :)
(Side note- the girls observations on anatomy come from their two not-so-modest little brothers.)
Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Back from a break (from blogging)
We are back in the swing of things around here. We had a round of fevers (thankfully avoiding the baby), Lauri's eye surgery, out of town visitors, and two weekends with snow/ice. I'm ready for a little peace.
Of course, Brett takes his first business trip tomorrow, leaving me alone for 3 days 2 nights with five kids, we have Eli's birthday this week, Alyssa's next, and Brett's having surgery.
That's life, right?
Here are some pictures from the snow this past weekend. We had a perfect hill to go flying down. The kids had a blast sledding with Grammy and their Florida-born aunts.
We also had our fair share of wipe-outs. Papa was supposed to be catching the sledders from the utter doom of the creek behind him, but sometimes they were going a little too fast.
We had a full schedule day, but we still managed to have time for snowball fights and snowmen.
Poor Elizabeth didn't get a turn this year.
Of course, Brett takes his first business trip tomorrow, leaving me alone for 3 days 2 nights with five kids, we have Eli's birthday this week, Alyssa's next, and Brett's having surgery.
That's life, right?
Here are some pictures from the snow this past weekend. We had a perfect hill to go flying down. The kids had a blast sledding with Grammy and their Florida-born aunts.
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We also had our fair share of wipe-outs. Papa was supposed to be catching the sledders from the utter doom of the creek behind him, but sometimes they were going a little too fast.
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We had a full schedule day, but we still managed to have time for snowball fights and snowmen.
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Poor Elizabeth didn't get a turn this year.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!!!
We celebrated this year by hanging out at our house, just the seven of us. Lauri made us all party hats for our party. We feasted on pigs-in-a-blanket, mozzarella sticks (deep fried in daddy's new fryer) and chili dip.
The majority of the night was spent with our newest toy- a Wii. I was really surprised at how family-friendly it is. As you can see, Gavin and even Eli were able to play games. We just had to tell Eli to do his "Power Ranger moves" for the boxing game.
Here's Gavin testing out his golf swing. He's not quite the next Tiger Woods.
Lauri played us some songs on her new guitar.
Lauri played us some songs on her new guitar.
And, ever the party-animal, Alyssa spent her time between Wii turns re-reading Peter and the Starcatchers.
The kids stayed up to watch the ball drop over NYC. We celebrated with a grape juice toast. After that it was off to bed, but not without incident. Lauri was carrying Brett's half-empty (or I guess, half-full) beer upstairs for him, when she tripped, hit the beer on the stairs, and splashed beer all over herself. Like I told Brett, I guess it's not a New Year's party without someone smelling like beer. I just didn't think it would be my 6 year old.
So, here's a final toast to a great 2006 and an even better 2007! Cheers!!!
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