Early Morning Talks

Since having two babies, I never sleep through the night. I always have to get up at some point and go to the bathroom. Here's what happened in the wee hours of this morning when I did just that.
Just getting back into bed..
Ian: 'Huh?"
Me: "What?"
Ian: "Why didn't you explain?"
Me: 'Explain what?!"
Ian: ' How the hammer works."
Me: "What are you talking about??"
Ian: "zzzzz"

Change is afoot

My baby started kindergarten yesterday. *tear* *sniff*

 I can't believe she is in school. Luckily, she loves it. Her teacher is wonderful and I know that Ady will blossom in her class. I'm not at all worried about her anymore. A few months ago, I was petrified of her starting school. I was so worried that she would act out in class and not be able to pay attention. After meeting Ady's teacher a few times, those worries have gone away.

Now, I just have to get Ady to tell me about her day. I think that once she gets used to school and isn't totally wiped out after she gets home, it will be easier for her to tell me what she did.

The weight is gone

I've carried this weight around with me for the last year and a half. Today, it all came off! In one quick second. I recieved the phone call Ian and I have been hoping for since he quit his job to pursue his PhD. In a couple of weeks, I will start working again. I will have a full time, benefited, salaried position.
As soon as I got off the phone I sat on the couch and cried. I packed the kids up and ran to town to drag Ian out of his lab so that I could tell him face to face. (No way could I wait until he got off of work tonight!) I scared the poor guy. He thought something was wrong. The last time I told him I had to talk to him, I had to deliver bad news. This time, the news couldn't have been better.
Soon, my family will no longer have the stress of only half of the income that we are used to. We will be back to what we became comfortable living on. There will again be a real savings account (that we won't pull money from to replenish our checking!!). We will save for trips. We will be able to think of actually doing things again without worrying about the money side of things.
I'm so glad that weight and stress is gone!!

Yeah, white girl can't dance!

I just tried Zumba for the first time. I've worked out for over an hour and feeling a bit sore. especially in my abs. I'm certainly glad we live on a hill, so that anyone walking by couldnt see my poor (although I'm sure funny) attempts at Latin style dancing.
The first thing I did was the instructional part of the video. You know, b/c I have no dance experience. I actually found that part harder then the actual workout routine they have put together based on the dance moves. Once I started the actual workout part of the video, I found myself a bit more comfortable with the moves. But I'm sure I still looked hilarious!! Good thing I'm home alone!

Priceless

Saving $800 on plane tickets. (Thanks Alaska Air miles)
Saving $100 on hotel (Thanks Hotwire)
Caribbean cruise, just hubby and I, Priceless!!

1 week down and 5 lb gone!!

I have survived my first week of the diet. I don't think I fared too poorly either. I'm down about 5 lbs. Great start but still have a ways to go.
The food isn't too bad. I really liked the vegetable fajita. Too bad I only ordered one of those! I had two 'non-diet' meals this week. One day I got the rare chance to meet the husband for lunch and then one night I made the family meatloaf for dinner and I just couldn't pass up homemade meatloaf for what I had. But I filled up on my veggies and didn't go over board.
Today will be interesting as well since co-workers are taking me out for lunch since I'm being laid off until mid-October and this is my last week. But again, I will be good and avoid the stuff that I know is really awful for me.
So, down 5 lbs. I don't really notice it. Bummer. I hope the rest of the month, the weight comes off just as easily.
Our elliptical broke for the final time a few weeks ago and we haven't had the chance to look for a new one yet. Going shopping with Ady is near impossible and she is to have a play date this week, so the plan is that while she is playing, we can take Owen and shop for a new 'torture', I mean exercise, machine!

McFatty Monday

First McFatty Monday post here. I'm a littler nervous.
I had my very first NutriSystem breakfast of blueberry muffing and yogurt. Not too bad. Ian had to take my muffin and compare it to the store bought ones sitting on our counter. He concluded they are about the same size.
I'm looking forward to my lunch of tuna salad with carrots and some fruit or something. What I can;'t figure out is this, what the heck is a small multi-grain roll that I can put the tuna on?? We went to the store and I picked out some little multi-grain rolls but they seemed more like dinner rolls to me. We'll see.
I'm kind of nervous about all of this. Nervous that it won't work for me and I'll have to watch all that money go down the drain. I'm nervous that I'll be hungry all the time and find my self cheating. I'm nervous that at the end of this week, I'll jump on the scale and see that I haven't lost anything.
ok, enough of that. Time to be positive and tell myself over and over again that I can do this. That by the time we go on our cruise I will be the hot momma in her bikini's snorkeling on the beach!
Edit: I was really really nervous about this since I wrote my initial post after breakfast and was already hungry. I ate my lunch and I'm feeling much better about this whole thing. I guess when it says to eat 2 veggies or some fruit, I really should!!