Shall We Shrink??

Well first of all, thanks for all the birthday wishes! I hada perfect day, and I didn’t even get one present to unwrap. Crazy how that works, isn’t it?! The ballet last night was AWESOME!! The orchestra was amazing and we were SO close! We had the bestest seat ever.

Today was supposed to be my present… I go shopping for Christmas all day while the men clean the house. Well, the shopping went GREAT! We had a smaller (MUCH smaller than usual) budget, but I managed to find the coolest stuff, and all pretty much on sale, including batteries! I guess the one good thing that has come from this bad economy is the Christmas sale! Anyhow, I come home and the hubby is playing on the computer and the house is about halfway clean. I was so mad!!! I was gone over 4 hours!! So, I made him feel like crap and then he took the oldest to basketball practice. Guess we’ll see what comes of it. It just frustrates me that he says he will do something and then doesn’t. Had I come home to this house without any expectation, it would have been fine, but I was expecting sparkling and the smell of clean!

I talked to my ex husband the other night for nearly 2 hours. I think it was the first adult talk we have ever had. I feel so bad for him… he doesn’t have a lot going for him these days. He hasn’t seen the boys in over 3 years and though he says he wants to, he never makes an effort to do anything that would change my mind. Drugs, alcohol, and a good time have taken priority. Anyway he really opened up to me about how it was difficult for him to get over our breakup and I was feeling the Christmas spirit so I was nice to him. I hope he does change, but past experience tells me he will not. Which is sad for him, but fine… Since that talk made me feel much better I thought I would pull a “my name is earl” and talk to other hearts I had ravaged. I had another almost 2 hour talk today with my exboyfriend right before I met my husband. He is a nice guy, but also had a hard time with us being over. Apparently he is over it now, but he said he just was talking the other day to his current girlfriend and was thinking “aghhhhhh why can’t you be like Cat?!” and said he actually has asked her that before and then told her how I would have responded. And we wonder why all my exs have gf’s that HATE me! Anyway, I think I made him and I both feel better and that was the point of the call. I think 2 is good for one Christmas… I’m not sure how many more emotional talks I can stomach in one year!!

Confession: I ate 2 pieces of german chocolate cake yesterday. That shit was RIDICULOUSLY good! Alas, is is gone now, and good riddance!!! Actually my calories were fine yesterday and I am on track today, too. No exercise yesterday, unless you count building cabinets!!! And none today either, unless you count FOUR hours of shopping with the crazies!

Hope all you chickies are having a great day!!

So, it has begun… I am now perpetually 29. Actually, I am really only 29 this year, but it’s good so far and 30 scares me, so I’m sticking. I am now the same age as both my mother-in-law ans my grandmother! ha!

I have NO idea about yesterday’s calories. I need to look them up. With the exception of the THREE pieces of cake I ate (which I totally got sick after the piece at 9 o’clock last night… seriously, what was I thinking?!?) I did really well. Yes, I do realize that is a large exception.

I got a box from my Aunt with a really touching card and an album of photos she put together of me when I was younger. She also sent the boys really nice things too, like stockings and ornaments. I have missed her so much, and I am so thankful to have her back!!!

This morning I was startled awake by the boys and the hubby all climbing into bed saying “shhhhh,” “not yet!” and “move over, i want her to hear me, too!” What the heck?! Oh, they were giving me my homemade cards and singing Happy Birthday to me! How sweet are they?! Then they took me downstairs where they had my breakfast all made… and they even left out 2 of the 3 yolks, just the way I like it! I am so blessed.

Today is gonna be a great one. We are doing Habitat for Humanity (just the hubbs and I, of course), then coming home to get dolled up for the ballet!! Yay for birthdays!

I hope you chickies all have half as great of a day as I have already!!

Today has been a great day. I’ll go into more detail later, though. I am about to leave for my son’s basketball game, but wanted to confess that I have had TWO pieces of german chocolate cake in the last 2 hours. Somebody STOP me!

Yeah, so today was my weigh in and… down 1.1 pounds. I’ll take it! Slow and steady wins the race

Thanks for the birthday song, getupnow, but technically my birthday isn’t until Friday! We were supposed to have cake today, but unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it!) the bakery had a miz up, so now my party is going to be immediately following the department party tomorrow. Can we say NOTHING is getting done tomorrow but the padding of my booty?! AGHHHHHHHHH

So Eileen and getupnow, you ROCK! Your comments made me feel loads better. You know the craziest thing about all of this? My husband and I do pretty well financially and have little debt. Yes, he is in the military, so he doesn’t get paid much, but we also have no rent or utilities to worry about. I’m a well paid accountant. If this Christmas is hard for us, how hard is it for the people who make even less than us? Or the minimum wage workers? That makes me sad. We did donate extra food and toys this year, so maybe that will help…

I went over my calories by 100 yesterday! Grrrr It was a total accident. I spaced and forgot I ate that Kashi bar until this morning! Well, at least I think I ate it. I really can’t remember! ha. So yesterday was (most probably) right at 1600 calories. Workout? None. Know why? RAIN! It is torrential, nasty, puddling rain. I HATE it! But, we have BBall practice later tonight, which means the hubbs can watch the other boys AND the gym will be less crowded. No less than an hour of cardio will be accepted. I am so pumped! I thought the rain had stopped, but when I got up this morning and was getting ready for my run, I looked outside and WHAM. So, I am anxious to workout. I would have hopped on the treadmill, but for some reason that ALWAYS wakes the boys up in the morning, and boys awake at 5:45 = BAD NEWS.

In other news, my work birthday party (not lunch, just party… lunch will be later, I’m sure.) is this afternoon, and I have heard rumors of a german chocolate cake (my fave after cheesecake). Tomorrow is our department party, and the director sent out a menu for where we’d be going, but I haven’t looked yet. I need to check it out and get some calorie info.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

I am so bah humbug that it isn’t even funny. The thing is, we have had one extra expense after another come up, so we have been putting off buying Christmas presents. Well, here it is, almost Christmas and WHAM, yet another expense. This sucks. Guess I’ll redo the budget again tonight. This soooo makes me wish I worked full time. 3 kids = a lot of money for presents. Any ideas of things we could make/give that are inexpensive? We thought about making little coupons good for alone time… like 1 free one on one BBall game at the time of your choice (not good within 30 before/after dinner and or bedtime!) or something cutsy like that. I dunno. Maybe I’ll do some reserach after I figure the budget damage.

Diet is great. I am uber motivated to stay on track, mostly because I am sad that I can’t do the things I want to do for Christmas. Apparently I am an emotional non-eater, too. Who knew! Yesterday’s calories were right at 1500 and I’m on track for about the same today.

Running wise? BLAH! I can’t remember the last time I ran. I did hop on the elliptical yesterday, but there was a line so the 20 min rule was enforced (at least I felt like I should be honest) so I only squeezed out 23 minutes total. Ugh.

Ick. Boo! Blah. Okay, enough feeling sorry for myself and my situation. SO many people have it worse than us, and we are ultimately happy and healthy. Really, things are great for me. I am just an uber baby!!

It’s raining outside. It NEVER rains here, and I want to stay home and snuggle in bed with a book. Boo for having responsibilities! So, remember when I was telling you that I emailed my Aunt? Well, we finally got to actually talk yesterday. We talked for a couple of hours, and it was so nice. I have missed her so much. She is kicking much ass, as usual. She moved to Dallas. I wish I would have known; I would have gone to see here while we were home! Ah well, just gives me a reason to take another trip soon. She kept apologizing for leaving me with my Mom… telling me she tried to get her to let me live at her house, and that when that failed they even spke to an attorney. I know my childhood was effed up, but I have a feeling it was worse than even I remember. Repressed memories, much?

Yesterday I didn’t get out of my jammies. All day! How lazy am I? I did no exercise, obviously, but my calories were right at 1500, so at least that part is good. I am actually excited to weigh in this week. My son has basketball practice, so I’ll get my workout in at the gym during that time.

Alright, I’m late so that’s it. Hope everyone has a good Monday!!

Well, today started nice and early, and instead of relazing, I thought I’d try to take all three of the boys to the track with me instead of just the oldest two. No good. About 3 seconds after we started running lil man fell down and scraped up his legs really bad. I got him settled and he wanted to run still, so I made it for about 4.5 laps before he saw b-l-o-o-d. That is like THE thing to fear according to my boys. So, we left. I played nurse mom and cleaned him all up as soon as we got home, after which I promptly left to continue my run I got in almost 2 miles for a total of 3 miles for the day. The track is about 15-20 minutes from the house, so my total run (including nurse time) took almost 2 hours, which is cool only because I hadn’t eaten yet. Why is that cool? Cause I have stayed totally within my calorie range today, even though it’s Saturday and I am usually the snackiest today.

Yep, that’s all I got. I am SO incredibly uninteresting lately. Sorry.

2 caramel apples later I have a belly ache. And it started so innocently… I made them, and then stayed low on my calories so I could have one. I only put on a thin amount of caramel. I only made enough for us each to have one. Ah, so much for planning ahead. The lil man came and didn’t like his. So I took a bite. 387 trips into the kitchen later, I was shocked to realize it was gone! haha So, no big dinner for me. Some french onion soup and a cheesestick will do. Total calories for the day are right at 1800. Thank goodness I ran…

Night!

For I have only to pay a $6.82 convenience fee to process it online today. Thank the LORD!! I was so worried all night about that. It is such a relief to have it taken care of. Maybe next time I will pay more attention when I am pulled over.

This mornings run was a no go. I started running and the stroller was pulling to the right horribly. I couldn’t control it. I stopped to check it out and Wham! Flat tire. I came home to fix it and no chance. The tire is messed up or something because I can’t even get the air to go into it. Grrrrrrr Looks like I’ll have to wipe the dust off the ole treadmill. Boo! It’s so gorgeous outside today. I feel like I’m wasting it.

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Okay, got the treadmill all ready to go and put in a half hour of running. I was aiming for three miles, but I forgot how much sweatier (is that a word?) I get in here. I can turn the fan on, but then my hair blows in my face and that bugs me too. ha! Anyway, I got in 2.5 miles and that is good enough for me! Now I’m off to clean up and get ready for the older two’s parent teacher conferences. It’s report card day… which means it can either be a really good night or a really BAD night, although I am a lucky Mom and my kids always (thus far) have done really well. I hope I didn’t just jinx myself…