Week 2 and Conference

So week 2 was kinda rough! I was having an emotional up and down week, and that didn't bode well for my weight loss efforts. Yes...I am one of those emotional eaters. There is no feeling sugar cannot heal...well except the feeling of being too fat LoL You only think it helps till you're done eating a gallon of sherbet then the guilt- OH the GUILT! It wasn't too horrible though. I am still down 1 lb, but I need to get a better way of weighing myself. At work there is a scale we cheat and use, but it is a scale for laundry LoL Sooooo I really need to get my wii fit game up and running so I have a scale here at home. But all in all I've been doing better than I have in past, and my lovely sister in laws and I are going to do a self made weight watchers thing with each other, AND my hubby hopefully is buying a bike this weekend and we can pull the kids around and go biking about the neighborhood. So we are still on the way to a healthier Meggie! Second is I just got done listening to part of the 1st session of general conference. I only caught the very last talk all the way through, and I loved it. I have felt the stirrings of wanting to do service and implement it into my life consistently for quite some time. I think soon I will be on the hunt for something I can do each month that will serve others. One that I wanted to do when Jax was little was Meals on Wheels- they take meals to widows and home bound people, but Jax was a newborn and I didn't think dragging him around int he car would be fun for him lol But I think I'm going to re-look into doing that. It is one of those things that touches my heart, but also makes me get out of my comfort zone. But that is what makes us stretch and grow like a muscle. You gotta tear it up a bit, but it grows back stronger each time! I'll have to keep you updated on that project too. I look forward to what the next 3 sessions bring- I'm excited for conference! I must be growing up! :D Hope you all can listen in too! Peace out!!!

Week 1 and some Sat night fun!

Well first off I had a pretty good workout and watch what I eat week to start out. I might have killed it with a little of the Saturday fun, but hey- I needed some fun! I did my dance workout 3 times, and walked my daughter to school on one of the nice days :) I also kept track of everything I ate till Friday on my iPhone. SO I am starting at my 0lb lost or gained- let us see what I can post next week! Now for Saturday! I had a girls night! WOOT WOOT!! I love escaping for a while to chill and be a crazy lady! I went out with my Husband's boyfriend's wife...yes you read that right :D but aside from being car widows together we are buds too! She has a 4 month old so she needed the break too! We went and saw Red Riding Hood, and it was pretty good. I am totally shallow when it comes to movies. Give me a "happily ever after" anytime! And I am WAY bad at guessing the outcome LoL I'm the one who totally didn't see THAT coming! So after eating popcorn, drinking a Dr P, and a candy bar ( Yaaahhhhhh not helping the weight thing, but hey) and drooling over the 2 hotties in the movie- OH YAH! We went and grabbed a Jamba Juice AKA heaven in a cup! And we were kinda crazy and gave the cashier an alias instead of our real names HEHEHE! Next time we're planning for another crazy Jamba night- like break out into a fake fight! We're planning another escape in April so if you have any ideas send them my way! Till then!!

For REALS this time!

So my little sister is getting married! :O Say what?!?!?! Yep- Anisa Marie is getting married this summer my friends. But as much as I love my sister this post is not about her :D hehe This post is about how in 4 months I am going to have to be in a dress (I'm more a skirt and shirt gal) and there will be photographic documentation of this event! These two factors together have made me decide that I am doing it for REALS this time! Doing what you may ask? Oh you knooowwww! The big loose the weight battle! I am hoping that this time I can get it done because I now have an event that would be great if I lost some weight for AND a deadline! So here is the deal. I am going to find the time to blog every week and keep a sort of accountability record here for all to see....crap :) I don't like to disappoint people (unless it is me! That's ok!) so maybe if I feel like I have people rooting/counting onme I'll actually make this happen.

SO- the plan! I'm not going to be telling you my weight because I'm not quite there LoL Instead I will tell you the amount I am thinking I can loose in 4 months... 15-20lbs. And this I would be happy with in a 4 month period! And every week I will give you a running total of how many lbs I am down- not up! I plan on exercising M-F to my Just Dance game, to eat out way less and cook more at home, I have a food intake and exercise app on my phone that I will be utalizing, and for now Dr. Pepper is restricted to Friday and Saturday- I am going to try and work it out all together, but I think it is going to be a weaning thing.

If anyone has any tips of loving/harsh advice to give me I am ready! Let's go!!

wiggle wiggle

Hi there!!! So I know it happened almost 2 weeks ago, but guess who lost a tooth!? Hard guess huh? Daae Daae!!! She woke up one Sunday morning with a way wiggly tooth, and I swear it was firmly in there one minute and hanging on for dear life another minute! So after a week of checking the tooth every morning, one Friday I just popped that sucker out! She was jazzed! I totally forgot how much a tooth whole can bleed though! Thankfully it didn't freak Daae out. So we put the tooth in a cute little tooth bag I made, and the tooth fairy visited and left $.50 and a pack of bubble gun ( you know- to rot out the rest of the teeth :) Greedy freaking fairy!) I think I was just as excited as Daaelynn when her tooth was wiggly! The next tooth over is now loose too so we will be getting a visit again soon I am thinking! And let's hope her mouth gets bigger- her big kid tooth is kinda growing in behind her other teeth because it has no room! I have had a few veteran moms reassure me so I think we'll be alright. We will see!!!

WILL IT NEVER END!?!?!?

So guess what I've been doing today! No...not taking the kids to payless like I wanted to. Guess again! No no...not enjoying Jaxon's nap while Daae is off enjoying kindergarten. OK you give up right? I was preforming one of the lowly things of motherhood....cleaning up pukie. Oh yah! Miss Daae Daae woke up this morning and off we went with puking and what we call "squirty poops"...I am not fond of the clinical word that rhymes with mama mia :D And the poor thing has thrown up ALL DAY! Literally! There has been no breaks! If anything went into that little tummy it was back out within the hour. I am actually kinda worried about dehydration. We've been giving her pedialyte and she keeps asking for a drink but KABAM! Up it comes....DAH! So let up hope that in the morning she is feeling like keeping some food down. And back to my title...we have been sick for a month and a half- oh my! I seriously hope that we are packing it all into the beginning of the year just to feel wonderful the last 10 months! Cross your fingers for me and wish on a star!!!!

Sniff Sniff Cough Cough

Ah the melodic sounds of the Keele house! LoL my poor little blog has suffered and I am blaming illness- yep! The first 2 weeks of January I was knocked flat by the cold from hadies!!! It started with chills and shakes on a Monday and increased through the week to a lovely dazed and drugged up stooper on Saturday and Sunday- thank you crappy equate! And THEN attack of the killer sinus infection!!! Fortunately I got to take my kids to the Dr's on Friday ( Daae-cold and Jax- pink eye!) and my awesome pediatrician took care of the kiddos and gave me a sample of Dimeatapp to shake the infection- love that stuff and it didn't knock me flat!!! And although it shook THAT sickness Monday morning rolled around and so did a new cold! GEEPERS! So now my whole family still it all stuffy and sniffy and boogery....again/still! Fortunately Riley and I seem to be getting the brunt of it right now- I hate it when our kids are the really sick ones :p We sound like happily married froggies lol So hopefully this sickness works itself out quickly and we can get back to life and blogging! Wish us luck!!!!!

The Magic Christmas Mice!

Have you heard of Elf on the Shelf? Weeelllll I kinda thought a little person watching us was creepy! So when I came upon a post on a blog I follow about a family tradition with a mouse that watches the kids, I thought that sounded right for us! In the other person's tradition they had an advent calender with little pockets and the mouse moved from pocket to pocket as the countdown till Christmas, and if the kids were good the mouse would leave a treat from Santa! Well I kinda took the 2 traditions and combined them to get our Magical Christmas mice! We had once mouse originally, but my daughter found the other 2 mice that came in the packet and decided they must be the lil white mouse's parents LoL So we had to put them in there too. Anyhow- all I did was take an old jean pocket and sew it to a piece of Christmas-like cloth leaving a place for the wire to go through- push the wire through and twist it off and WA LA!!! They move around from here to there in the living room and watch the family! Sometimes there is a note form Santa and sometimes a treat. It have been way fun and hey! The mouse is so cute! BONUS! Check out the Christmas countdown blocks in the background!