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Meanwhile, look at my cute baby:
Thursday, January 11, 2007
any more lurkers out there?
Well, it looks like i'm going to have to donate at least $9 to girlsinc.com which really is nothing. that is $9 unless a lot more people de-lurk by tomorrow.
Are there any more lurkers out there? Say, "Hi!"
Meanwhile, look at my cute baby:
Are there any more lurkers out there? Say, "Hi!"
Meanwhile, look at my cute baby:
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
fat girl running
do you remember Steve Vaught? he was the guy who decided to walk all the way across America to lose weight.
well, he made it.
he also gave me a lot of inspiration. it was unimaginable to me that someone would have the kind of dedication it took to quit their job and totally commit months of their life to get healthy. i would read his online journal pretty regularly to see where he was in his journey and basically just sit in awe of his coolness.
every once in a while i still check back at his website to read his latest thoughts and see his ongoing progress. and besides everyone who has ever lost weight knows that the hardest part is living a regular daily life at home trying not to put the weight you've already lost back on - just ask Erik of The Biggest Loser (another of my heroes).
anyway, my weight loss goals are moving along. as of this morning i've lost 10.5 pounds since the middle of December. i'm back to running three times a week and i have a 5K and a 10K on my calendar. yesterday i ran 2.25 miles straight! i like to think of myself as the Fat Girl Running! :) i just want to be able to run the whol 5K without stopping to walk and i am satisfied with that as my first goal.
i still have about 24 pounds to lose to get to my big goal, but my first goal is to just get back to my pre-baby weight before Julianna's first birthday. that means i've got to lose another 6.5 pounds over the next 2.5 months. i can definitely do that!
well, now my sister is getting closer and closer to moving out and it makes me really sad. she has been the biggest encouragement to me to start running and keep running and eat healthy. maybe if she buys this house she's looking at then i can run on over and see her sometime. it's only 11.4 miles!
well, he made it.
he also gave me a lot of inspiration. it was unimaginable to me that someone would have the kind of dedication it took to quit their job and totally commit months of their life to get healthy. i would read his online journal pretty regularly to see where he was in his journey and basically just sit in awe of his coolness.
every once in a while i still check back at his website to read his latest thoughts and see his ongoing progress. and besides everyone who has ever lost weight knows that the hardest part is living a regular daily life at home trying not to put the weight you've already lost back on - just ask Erik of The Biggest Loser (another of my heroes).
anyway, my weight loss goals are moving along. as of this morning i've lost 10.5 pounds since the middle of December. i'm back to running three times a week and i have a 5K and a 10K on my calendar. yesterday i ran 2.25 miles straight! i like to think of myself as the Fat Girl Running! :) i just want to be able to run the whol 5K without stopping to walk and i am satisfied with that as my first goal.
i still have about 24 pounds to lose to get to my big goal, but my first goal is to just get back to my pre-baby weight before Julianna's first birthday. that means i've got to lose another 6.5 pounds over the next 2.5 months. i can definitely do that!
well, now my sister is getting closer and closer to moving out and it makes me really sad. she has been the biggest encouragement to me to start running and keep running and eat healthy. maybe if she buys this house she's looking at then i can run on over and see her sometime. it's only 11.4 miles!
she can now officially walk
i'm going ahead and declaring that my daughter is now officially walking. she can willingly take 8, 9, or even 10 steps on her own across the room. she inevitably falls, but hey! she's still walking. she will let go of whatever she's been holding on to and just stand in the middle of the room for 3 or more minutes at a time before she decides to sit down and then immediately go crawling off, but lately she's been standing there for the 2 or 3 minutes and then deciding to venture out with a step or two. with some encouragement we can get her to walk all the way across the room.
WAH! WAH! WWAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
sometimes i tear up thinking about how fast she is growing up and changing!
i never thought i would be the kind of sappy mom who cried over dumb stuff like this, but it really tugs on my heart when i think about how last year this time she was just a little softball- sized wiggleworm in my belly.
WAH! WAH! WWAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
sometimes i tear up thinking about how fast she is growing up and changing!
i never thought i would be the kind of sappy mom who cried over dumb stuff like this, but it really tugs on my heart when i think about how last year this time she was just a little softball- sized wiggleworm in my belly.
start spreading the news
i'm leaving today.... errrr.... in October...
the hubby and i have been planning (well, more like contemplating) our five year anniversary trip this October. it will be our first overnight trip without little J and we're planning on going to NYC for three nights. *sigh* i don't know how i'll do it, but at least i have 9 months to think about it.
plane tickets have been coming down so we're excited about that because we've been counting on spending no less than $2500 on everything for those three nights. we hadn't really talked about hotels or anything like that but then yesterday one of the students in my class gave a power point presentation on NYC and she told all about the hotel her family stayed in on one of their visits. i was mostly just listening and grading her presentation until i heard her say there were eight Starbucks in the hotel - one on each of the first eight floors. that got me curious to say the least. so last night we looked up that hotel and it looks really nice. restaurants and shopping on the first few floors and then very nice looking rooms on the forty or so floors above that. it's a four-star hotel right on Broadway and the rates aren't too terribly expensive, so i'll be keeping that one in mind.
anyway, we've got lots of details to work out with the little girl. where will she stay? how will we get her there before we have to drive to the airport? etc.
i am excited about the trip, but i know i am also going to worry like crazy about jules!
the hubby and i have been planning (well, more like contemplating) our five year anniversary trip this October. it will be our first overnight trip without little J and we're planning on going to NYC for three nights. *sigh* i don't know how i'll do it, but at least i have 9 months to think about it.
plane tickets have been coming down so we're excited about that because we've been counting on spending no less than $2500 on everything for those three nights. we hadn't really talked about hotels or anything like that but then yesterday one of the students in my class gave a power point presentation on NYC and she told all about the hotel her family stayed in on one of their visits. i was mostly just listening and grading her presentation until i heard her say there were eight Starbucks in the hotel - one on each of the first eight floors. that got me curious to say the least. so last night we looked up that hotel and it looks really nice. restaurants and shopping on the first few floors and then very nice looking rooms on the forty or so floors above that. it's a four-star hotel right on Broadway and the rates aren't too terribly expensive, so i'll be keeping that one in mind.
anyway, we've got lots of details to work out with the little girl. where will she stay? how will we get her there before we have to drive to the airport? etc.
i am excited about the trip, but i know i am also going to worry like crazy about jules!
Monday, January 8, 2007
UPDATED - the going's on during delurking week
I had a great weekend, but I really don't know where the time goes. We had nothing to do really this weekend and then it was just POOF! Over! We went to the grocery store, also to a funeral visitation, watched Pirates of the Caribbean, I did a little school work and some cleaning. Saturday we even spent some time outside at the park. It was a beautiful day and I was getting a little bored with the treadmill so we decided to go to the park. Julianna enjoyed it I think. It's unusually nice for January.
Anyway, this week will be another busy one. I have two meetings after school this week. I have to take a meal to a family in our SS class that had a baby. I have an appointment at Dream Dinners. Two nights I have to run and I have to get a baby gift sometime for a friend who's pregnant that I'm going to visit out of town on Saturday.
And I realized that I've never mentioned our goals for January (you know I've always got to have goals). We're trying to put aside my pay check each pay period and see how well we live off of only big J's. We've planned to eat out for dinner only two times a week (major cut-back for us), eat lunch out only once per week for each of us, and spend one night each week gathering and posting some old collectible stuff and recent bridesmaids dresses on Ebay. This means a lot of cooking at night and packing lunches for me. We've also changed our phone service to Vonage to save a few bucks each month. We'll see how it goes at the end of the month of course.
You know what else? My baby's growing up. She's moving up to the older babies sunday school class. They don't want her to be pulling up on everything and get hurt (translation: pull up and then walk on another baby). She also moved into a bigger car seat this weekend. I cannot believe how fast time goes by!
One last thing. Today is the start of Delurking Week. That means that if you read a blog regularly but hardly ever comment, you are considered a “lurker” and this week you need to change that. Don't worry though, there are many of us that lurk regularly, myself included. (Especially with the popularity of feed readers like Bloglines and Google's fabulous reader services). I read 10+ blogs daily, but only leave comments on a few of them. Therefore, I too am going to set a goal to make sure that every blog I read today gets a comment. I hope you will join me. To encourage you to comment here, I will follow Zoot's lead and donate $1 to charity for every comment that I get on this post. As she says, "If you don’t have anything to say to contribute to the entry you’re commenting on, just say, 'Happy De-Lurking Day from a Lurker!' Or maybe, 'You’re totally hot and smart and brilliant!' That always works too." :)
I'll give $1 for each comment to Girls Incorporated - a "national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold."
Anyway, this week will be another busy one. I have two meetings after school this week. I have to take a meal to a family in our SS class that had a baby. I have an appointment at Dream Dinners. Two nights I have to run and I have to get a baby gift sometime for a friend who's pregnant that I'm going to visit out of town on Saturday.
And I realized that I've never mentioned our goals for January (you know I've always got to have goals). We're trying to put aside my pay check each pay period and see how well we live off of only big J's. We've planned to eat out for dinner only two times a week (major cut-back for us), eat lunch out only once per week for each of us, and spend one night each week gathering and posting some old collectible stuff and recent bridesmaids dresses on Ebay. This means a lot of cooking at night and packing lunches for me. We've also changed our phone service to Vonage to save a few bucks each month. We'll see how it goes at the end of the month of course.
You know what else? My baby's growing up. She's moving up to the older babies sunday school class. They don't want her to be pulling up on everything and get hurt (translation: pull up and then walk on another baby). She also moved into a bigger car seat this weekend. I cannot believe how fast time goes by!
One last thing. Today is the start of Delurking Week. That means that if you read a blog regularly but hardly ever comment, you are considered a “lurker” and this week you need to change that. Don't worry though, there are many of us that lurk regularly, myself included. (Especially with the popularity of feed readers like Bloglines and Google's fabulous reader services). I read 10+ blogs daily, but only leave comments on a few of them. Therefore, I too am going to set a goal to make sure that every blog I read today gets a comment. I hope you will join me. To encourage you to comment here, I will follow Zoot's lead and donate $1 to charity for every comment that I get on this post. As she says, "If you don’t have anything to say to contribute to the entry you’re commenting on, just say, 'Happy De-Lurking Day from a Lurker!' Or maybe, 'You’re totally hot and smart and brilliant!' That always works too." :)
I'll give $1 for each comment to Girls Incorporated - a "national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold."
Friday, January 5, 2007
words
These are all words that Jules knows. She hasn't really said any of them except maybe hey, bye, ma ma, and da da. We know she knows these words though because she does respond appropriately to them. She probably knows dozens more, but we just don't know it.
| kitty | no | eat | ma ma |
| light | window | bite | da da |
| fan | bye | wave | Wa Wa |
| milk | up | book | Nanna |
| baby | juice | hey | Papaw |
| sunshine | bird | truck | treehouse |
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
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