Ten On Tuesday....Late

1. Since I don't have a gym or diet buddy, myfitnesspal.com has been a lifesaver for me. Sometimes Tyler helps me stay on track but he mostly lures me away with his peanut butter m&m's, ha. I track what I eat and all my excersize online and it seems to be working for me.

2. We watched Julie and Julia last night. I'm glad I saw it but I didn't love it. Julia Child's voice is very annoying!

3. Our office is looking for a robot who will cater to my every want and need someone to assist me during tax season. It would be Monday through Friday, 10-4 (hours may increase as the deadline approaches) during March and April. The pay is $11 per hour since it's a temp job. If any of you know of someone reliable, flexible and interested in short term work please let me know. Krista, I know you have a lot of college friends so let me know if you hear of someone!

4. I love that I practically just posted an ad on my blog. What is this, Craigslist?

5. We carved pumpkins this weekend. The kids helped clean off the seeds to bake them. Cole still hates touching the pulp which is totally hilarious to watch! Tyler made chipotle flavored seeds and garlic ones. They were fantastic!

6. Cole and Kayley switched beds. Cole's on the top now and he's loving it! I feel like he's so much bigger now. I'm pretty sure we've reached the point of no return on having more kids. I'm choosing to be content though. Starting over would be such a huge deal for us now that Cole is almost five. Three months until Kayley is 7 (eek!) and Cole is 5!

7. I'm so happy that the Stachurski's will be in California so soon! I'm probably the most excited about being around when the baby is born!

8. Two months until Christmas!!

9. Kayley wants to be an astronaut and Cole wants to be Batman for haloween. I'm still not a lover of the day but will always be a lover of the candy.

10. I'm glad we got Kayley's inhaler because she woke up sick and wheezy this morning. Remember when Kayley was a baby and we called her wheezer?

Photobooth

Steve posted a bunch of photobooth pictures on Facebook yesterday. I couldn't find any of the the ones of just Tyler and I but I did find one of us with Krista and some random little guy. He was a cute kid!

I'm feeling weird today. Perhaps it's the starvation mode I have entered because of my extreme calorie reduction. Or maybe it's because I've been grinding my teeth so much my teeth are being pushed up into my brain. Or maybe it's because I'm allergic to the adhesive on band aids and I'm all red and itchy around my stitches. Or maybe it's because work has been so slow that I want to pull my hair out. Or maybe it's because there is nothing grammatically correct about beginning a sentence with or.

Whatever. It doesn't matter. Right, Kim?

So I've been dreaming and here it is:

Krista, Kim, Hillary, Joanna, Lindsay and I all end up on a cul de sac somewhere up North. We all love Jesus and go to church. We watch each others kids (or my kids can watch theirs, ha), play bunco on Friday nights (poker when we're feeling wild) and take pictures of us taking shots with sippy cups sitting next to us on the table. Our husbands can go on camping trips, talk about brewing their own beer and go hunting and fishing with our boys. We have pot luck night every Tuesday and we force the men to watch Glee with us. When it snows we help shovel each others' driveway and when it's scorching we can all jump in my pool and sip margaritas and have lemonade for the kids. We all go to the same gym and are all our goal weight no matter what junk food we consume. There's a house on the beach in California where us girls go a few times a year to get away. We reflect on our teenage years: youth camps, toilet papering houses, eating at Snapper Jacks, watching kids at church, consuming McD's ice cream, working but not paying any rent, leg ballet, getting way to consumed with boys and buying and wearing clothing and accessories that were very ugly.

Hey, a girl can dream, right? I'm not complaining about my life, I love it. I just wish someday, somehow my friends could be less than a plane ride away. You know how sometimes people end up not staying in touch with friends as time goes on? I just don't see that happening with us. In fact, as time goes on, I seem to like them even more. So here's a tear for you guys tonight. Now I'm sucking it up and going to bed.

Happy Girl

Kayley called me right after school yesterday and told me that she and five other kids from first grade (including Brianna) were picked for the craziest hair style! They got to go up on stage and said their name and who did their hair! Of course, Kayley was the only one who said her dad did her hair!

Ten On Tuesday

1. Wow, Tuesday comes so quickly.

2. We had a garage sale last weekend and made a good chunk of change. It took people a while to start coming (it was really misty in the early morning) but around 9 things started picking up. I've never done so little work and made so much money at one of our sales before.

3. Driving to port hueneme to do a huge shopping trip is totally worth it. The prices are low, plus I can still use coupons.

4. It's red ribbon week at school. As Kayley describes it, "it's where we learn to not to drugs or sonething." Today is crazy hair day because you would be crazy in the head to do drugs. I wish I could take the credit for this hair style but I have to give it all to Tyler.

5. I miss being at home with my kids.

6. 26 days until the ball! Here's a sneak peek of the dress:

I know it looks brown in the picture but it's black. It hugs my curves at the top and then flares out past the hips. Mermaid is the style I think.

7. Krista and I saw The Social Network on Saturday. It was ok, I suppose. I just don't really love the guy who created Facebook. Of course, who knows if his character was even portrayed truthfully.

8. It's a drink hot chocolate and snuggle up on the couch kind of day. I had hot chocolate but it's hard to snuggle up in my swivel chair:)

9. When I went to my Grandpa's house last week I saw a picture of Grandma Eve up on the wall and it made my heart ache. I miss her.

10. I don't know why ten is so hard for me!

Monday Madness

Ok, well there's nothing really crazy about today I just thought it was a catchy title.

My boss is on vacation for two weeks. My supervisor is always here before me and she still isn't here at 8:45. I bet everyone will wear jeans today, too. Not me, I'm just that dedicated to my job. Now that the deadline for extensions has passed that means more thumb twidling, solitaire playing, nail filing and Glee watching on the clock. Jk.

I made a couple of resolutions for myself and so far they have been a success! One of them is to lose two pounds a week until the ball. The dress I'm wearing is a bit snug. I can fit into it but I can't really sit comfortably. So, I started back on track last Monday and met my goal for the week! If I lose what I want to lose I will have met my goal for 135 pounds.

It's time for the sweet nectar, the sustanance, the joy of my early morning: COFFEE!!

Ten On Thursday

1. I thought I would throw ya'll a curveball and do ten on Thursday, too.

2. Tomorrow is the tax deadline for people who filed extensions. We're having pizza for lunch in the office!

3. I'm not loving the story line in Glee right now but I still do love the music. Love, love, love it!

4. Last night I woke up in the middle of the night, threw up and went back to sleep. I woke up this morning fine and dandy. Weird.

5. Today was picture day for Cole man. He's such a cute kid. I'm excited to see the pictures!

6. I love the way my kids pray these days. Their prayers go on forever, thanking God for everyone on the planet and asking Him to help them make right choices. I have to record one sometime, it's wonderful. Tuesday night Kayley asked God to help her pick out the best pumpkin at the pumkin patch.

7. A coworker gave me a sample of Kim Kardashian perfume. I now smell like a giant rose.

8. My excision went well. I have five stitches. It's uncomfortable but not unbearable.

9. I cannot keep fishy crackers in the house. I love them too much.

10. I love that most of my close friends now have blogs. It's fun being able to see what's going on in everyone's world!