Wowser

So I've come to realize that I haven't posted a blog in over a month. Yikes. Let's see my last post was April 20Th. Since then we are just now a week or two away from being out of school for the summer. Let me tell you that not only the kids got the end of school-its but I do too! I am getting so antsy to be on summer break it's ridiculous! We are also preparing for my Mom's arrival with her new boy friend. The kids don't have ANY idea that she is coming in two weeks and we are going to keep it that way. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they see her. We plan on taking the kids to our good friend Carrie's house and dropping them off and then going to go get my Mom from the airport. On the way home we will bring in some dinner. I think just for the fun of it we are putting my Mom in Andrew's closet and letting him "discover" her. Can't wait!

Well we had the two youngest children's birthday parties which was a combine party on May 2Nd. I will elaborate more later with pics. They had a great time and a bounce house and all that. We also BBQ the next day and used the bounce house for some more fun!

Other than reorganizing and doing some much needed spring cleaning we are down to the final stages of prep before my Mom gets here! Mark was great and re-arranged the boys rooms and it looks awesome! Their room is actual nice and clean and dirty laundry free! Woohoo! Elora's room is looking good too and hopefully we can keep on top of it so we don't need to do so much "frenzy" cleaning before my Mom gets here. We do have to clean the bathrooms and the office but those are simple and can be done over the weekend. Well off to do some more laundry!

sneaky sneaky

So I get up, been off and on up since 6 something this morning. I finally decide to get up at 7:18 am lol. Was later than expected but still won't make us late. Of course I do my morning routine and can't help but sneak on to the scale this morning...Sure enough I was pleasantly surprised!!!!! I got on there and the scale read 199.0 even, I got off the scale and though it couldn't be (digital messes up too sometimes), so get back on after a few min and reset it and another 199.0!!! I'm so stoked. This week's "official" weigh in is going to be AWESOME!!!!!! This motivates my day completely!!!! I got up got some work out clothes on, got my yogurt and getting breakfast into me. I plan on going to the gym after I drop all the kids off since it looks like it is going to rain for sure, I was looking forward to walking to the beach and back but definitely not in the rain so I will head over to the next best thing, the on base gym which looks over the beach! I will work out there and hopefully go home in time to shower and get dressed to get Elora! So "unofficially" I've lost 5.4 lbs!!! I'm sure it's water weight but still I'm extremely happy with how my journey has begun! After I loose the official 10 lbs I will post a picture. I am looking forward to being 188 by June if not sooner!! Happy Monday everyone!

walked to the beach

Im really excited. Today I decided to walk to the beach and back minus Ellie and I did a great job, didn't want to quit, did a good pace and it felt great! Im slightly sore and got a little sweaty but think it might be on my routine 3 days a week and then housing two days a week and one day rest! Looking forward to next week's weigh in!

It's been one full week...

It's been one full week since I started back on my journey of excercising, eating better, and loosing the weight. I started at 204.4 (eeeeeek). I thought I was going to weigh myself daily, since I am usually addicted to weighing in but I was good and didn't. I ate smaller portions, didn't snack on junk food often (I did snack on junk food though), and walked as much as my schedule allowed me. I got on the scale this morning and fully clothed I weighed

::Drum roll please::

202.2!!!!!

I lost 2.2 pounds this week. I am excited for it. Now just got to keep it up.
Breakfast is so hard for me. I bought oatmeal to eat in the morning, omg I had to CHOKE it down. I'm not a morning eater AT ALL. But I will keep trying. This morning was a yogurt and it was a bit better but still hard to eat when I first get up! Hope it gets better!

Stats:
HW:210
SW:204.4
CW:202.2
GW:145
Weight to loose:57.2 lbs

Easter Weekend

For those who know me very well all know I'm not a religious person and we'll just leave it at that. We do celebrate Easter though with the kids and explain it's origin, ect. We had a pretty relaxing weekend. Mark had Friday off, the boys went to the youth center from 1-7 pm and we gave them some money for snacks and drinks ect. Since the boys got to do something "fun" we decided to take Miss Elora to the zoo and see the new Japanese Garden with the Kamodo dragon. We walked around some, fed the birds in the aviary, but it was a humid day so we didn't spend too long there. We went and had pho noodles for dinner, came home picked up the boys and spent the evening playing games. Saturday the boys cleaned up their rooms, went to the youth center again, while Elora played outside with her friends. Elora did get a nice surprise from her Uncle Kevin and Aunt Nicold! They sent Elora & Caleb Birthday presents and All three got Easter toys and candy. It was a pleasent surprise and we are very greatful for such friends. Sunday the kids got their baskets, went egg hunting, played outside and in (since it was 85 outside), and had a relaxing weekend. Mark and I did some cleaning, and went to bed. Over all it was a lovely weekend and looking forward to many more.

Spring Cleaning is on a roll

So we're finally on a roll in our spring cleaning, it all started with the spring consignment back in March. Got rid of all the kids spring clothes, toys, ect and made a nice chunk of profit off of it. This past weekend Mark was a doll and did the boys closet by himself (it was a miracle lol), we did the linen closet last night after the kids went to bed, and today were doing the master bedroom closet and we will be done with all the closets (woohoo).

Our linen closet looks a little naked since I got rid of some stuff but I have an idea for it (Mark said "oh no" when I mentioned my idea LoL). I want to get some linen lined baskets and clean out from under the bathroom sinks in both the kids room and our bathroom and put stuff in the linen basket and put it in a shelf in the linen closet. This way when we have guests anything extra we have will be in a nice location. That is the plan for that space.

This coming weekend I would like us to work on the kitchen cabinets and re-organize them as well. I want to take everything out of the bar area and trash all the junk, put the appliances we dont use ever in the yard sale. I'd also like to go through our dishes and get rid of mismatched sets as well.

The goals I have are to sell most of it at a yard sale the housing is having and get new matching dishes, some new bath towels, and just a few house hold decorative items.
I would also like to be better organized before my Mom gets here too :) Until next time!

Stuck to it...Need to keep sticking to it.

So, yesterday I wrote a blog stating I need to get off my ass and get back into walking. I went walking around 5 pm tonight, the evening couldn't of been better. The air was crisp, it wasn't dusk yet, so Ellie and I went on our 30 min walk. It felt good to be walking in the cool crisp air. Got home, made the familia dinner, and relaxed. For the first time in a long time I feel optimistic. I might make an appt with the firstcoast clinic this week, still undecided about it. Here are my stats:

Starting Weight: 204.4
Highest weight ever: 210
First goal: 6/12: 188
Date started 4/12