Today mostly SUCKED but there was a bit of good to the day.

THE BAD:
– Katie was TERRIBLE 95% of the time at church today, just whine, cry and at the end she was so tired she just kept crying and driving me INSANE.
– My SUNBURNED BACK! It has ALSO been driving me insane!! It itches so bad and It’s the kind of itch that makes you twitch and just want to pull your hair out!!!
– During church there was a whole big scene with this Mexican guy who came into our church saying he needed help. Long story short, he got taken away by the cops since he was already previously in trouble.
– We load up to leave from the church parking lot and Brad hears something from his truck… then we realize the sound is AIR. GRRR. After one of the guys from church coming to look at it and It was confirmed that there was a hole from the inside of the tire. We go ahead out to Wal-Mart for a new tire. Like we have the extra money! *sigh* Instead of getting home like usual on Sundays around 12:30PM or so we didn’t get home till 2PM. I WAS GLAD TO BE HOME.

THE 2 GOOD THINGS:
– After we got home, I put on some laundry and ate my lunch I went outside and talked to my Mom for almost 2 hours, that was so nice.
– Tonight at 6:30PM I put Katie in her stroller and then me and Brad took her into the backyard with us while we played BADMINTON!!!!!! Seriously I LOVE THAT GAME. I’ve always loved it since I was a kid and now that I can RUN, I have a blast with it!! Brad was out of breath after a little lol and we played for a little over 30 minutes! I wanted to play more but Brad was ready to go in haha

That was my Sunday. Sigh. Katie is finally in bed after her very fussy day and I’m cooking some Tuna Helper for us! I was hoping to find a live stream of the MTV Movie Awards so I could watch that but no such luck yet! I look forward to getting on the treadmill tomorrow! Yahooooooo!!!! :]

I feel SO BLESSED. First, here’s Miss Katie D in her swimming attire from Fridays swim!

Thought that bathing suit was so cute!
ALRIGHT! I gave my food plan a lot of thinking this week with measuring my food and logging almost everything I eat on sparkpeople.com so all this week I’ve been doing all that I can! I was so anxious about getting on that scale this morning. I told myself I wouldn’t even really think about it this morning but just to get on the scale and see what happens and so I did. After my weigh in last weekend I was scared I was going to gain again.. BUT! I guess I’ve done great because I got on the scale, closed my eyes then opened them AND…

I LOST 6 POUNDS !!!!!!!! I couldn’t believe it! I had to make sure I was counting right! I was shaking as I went down the stairs to the living room to tell Brad! AHHHH! WOW so THAT’S how well I’ve done this week! Incredible! Now I know exactly what to do so I’m gonna RUN with it and KEEP GOING! I’m so thrilled and feel so happy!

A lot of people including family and online friends have been inspired by me and that to me is just so humbling! I have a friend online who is asking me for advice on weight loss and then one of Brad’s younger sisters has also been getting advice from me but I just hope I’m helping them the best I can and I’ll definetly try! ANYONE can do what I’m doing!! It just takes getting the right food and exercise plan for you and that can be tough to accomplish and adjust to at first but once you get that, your set!!!

6 pounds, wow!!! Definetly makes up for my +3 weight gain last weekend!

I was hoping today would be good swimming weather… wrong! Got up this morning and got things ready then I got Katie up, fed her then we headed out. The further we drove, the more overcast it became and the less sun we saw until there were semi-dark clouds and no sun PLUS some wind and It wasn’t even hot. Tried to think on the positive side of things though since we had all this planned out and who cares! We were gonna get to swim. Katie hasn’t felt the best these last few days I think with teething but we were gonna try this out anyway. We arrived to our overcast swimming hole and carried our things out to our stone bench on the sand. Katies little swimsuit is so cute and we also bought her a little circle blow up floatie! Once we sat down, I gave Katie some food but she was tired seeing as It was right around her morning naptime but we tried her with the water anyway. Of course it was a bit cooler today so It was colder in the water and yeah, she did not like it one bit! Sigh… we’ll have to try again when the weather and timing is right AND when shes had a good nap. Brad was sitting in the shallow water with her while I went out to swim. I got in a few pretty big laps so hopefully I burnt a good amount of calories haha. Eventually while I was out swimming, Brad got Katie out of the water and back onto shore. He wrapped her up in a towel and leaned her back in her stroller. I think she might have dosed off a little but not much. Too afraid she’ll miss something! We took turns swimming while the other stayed on shore with Katie until a little after 4PM. I had a LOT of fun sitting on the sand and burying my legs! The sand was so soft and I felt like a kid again. I went in the water one last time but only stayed in a little because I was getting really cold. We decided to head on home and I know Katie was SOOOOOO glad to go home. We changed her into dry clothes and diaper then packed up and headed home.

Even though we didn’t have hardly any sun and It wasn’t exactly swimming weather, I did have fun. Any time with my family is time cherished and memorable. I was glad to be home too! Man, I’m WORE OUT from the swimming too! I almost fell asleep on the ride home and then later this afternoon I did fall asleep for a few minutes while waiting for my hair straightener to heat up. We’ll have to go out and try again when we are more certain we might get some good swimming weather and make SURE that Katie has had a nap.

I finally watched the season premiere of Jon and Kate plus 8 tonight. My oh my. My heart aches for them.. so very badly. If they REALLY want to make it work as a couple – as a MARRIED couple, they need to take atleast a DAY and go away together, If only for half a day and really, really talk about their feelings bit for bit. I hope they can make it work. It tore my heart out to see Kate at the end of the episode crying about how thinking back she thought she and Jon could NOT end up questioning divorce like a lot of the multiple married couples. Makes me look at Brad and hold onto our love and work towards being even closer.

Well, I’m gonna go watch the rest of Jay Lenos last show! Have a good night!

Last night I watched Enchanted through online Netflix and OMG. It is definetly now one of my favorite movies! I think they did a very good job at combining the Disney animation with reality! How bubbly was Giselle? Haha!! Loved it.. I’d actually like to own that movie.

Today has went by so fast! I can’t believe It’s already almost 9pm. I had to rush to do all my morning duties with breakfast, Katie, lunch, exercise, shower, feeding Katie again then fixing my hair! Shew!!!! Not to mention when I got Katie up this morning she was SOAKED from head to toe from her diaper. Ick… so I had to bathe her, untie the crib bumper, put a new bedsheet on, tie BACK the bumper. Ugggggh!!! And guess what Brad was doing this entire time??? SLEEPING. He slept past 1pm today! Ha, he doesn’t know how lucky he is but I feel blessed to feel as good as I do from all I accomplish during my days. Katie’s forehead felt hot so we took her temp this afternoon and It was 101!!! She had been fussy this afternoon so we gave her some Tylenol then loaded up to go to the grocery store to buy foooooood for the rest of the week and part of next week. WE ARE GOING SWIMMING TOMORROW, YAHOOOO! I’m so excited, I can’t even explain!!! We picked up Katie a CUUUUUTE little bathing suit and some little swimmers diapers and a little swimming donut tube and I’m STOKED to get her into the water!!! I just hope she feels good enough but hopefully with the Tylenol she’ll start to feel better. I’m pretty sure It’s her teeth coz she’s been chewing on everything she can get her hands on.

Brad’s Grandparents were waiting for us in their car when we pulled up from the store so we took the groceries in and I put those away then fed Katie real quick before we loaded up to go to a little country restaurant near our church. I ordered a fillet mignon steak, sweet potatoe fries and some baked beans! It was all very good. Katie did pretty well but she was TIRED. Tired tired. It was almost 8pm when we left and so came back and said bye to them. I came in, gave Katie some milk, went upstairs and changed her diaper and usually after the second I’m done changing her diaper she is flipped over and pulling up but nope, tonight she was so tired she just laid there, lol. I gave her some Tylenol and said nite nite to her. I bet as soon as her eyes closed, she was out. I don’t think she’s hardly moved since I put her down and she’ll probably be just as tired tomorrow night too from the sun and swimming!

It’ll be the first time I’ve gotten to swim this year and I am taking ADVANTAGE of it! :] Not sure what time we’ll leave but probably pretty early, maybe about 1PM or so since it takes about 45 min to get there but hopefully we can get 2-3 hours of SWIMMING and fun !!!! WOOHOOOOOOO!

I have NO idea what to blog about tonight…

We have two busy days ahead of us, I know that. Well, possibly busy. If we intend on going swimming Friday then we need to go grocery shopping tomorrow. I just know I want to get some sun! I finally got finished doing laundry for the week! Put away the rest of Katie’s clothes tonight and I’m DONE with laundry until Sunday! I still have some dishes to wash tonight and I think I wash dishes atleast 4-5 times a day haha.

I’m getting quite hungry and can’t wait to start cooking dinner! I have this leftover frozen shrimp so I’m thinking of putting that and a few things together as a side dish with our chicken sandwiches. I was looking to add more protein for today so as a snack earlier today I fried an egg and put a piece of cheese on top and it was actually very good! Ohhh and my turkey breakfast sausage is VERY good. I loooove to have eggs and sausage for breakfast. I might look into hashbrowns too but I bet those have a lot of carbs. Hmmm. Logging my food really opens my eyes to look more carefully at everything I put into my mouth. Didn’t realize that there are so many foods with loads of carbs!!!

I’m so happy that we’re close to SUMMER. My favorite season! I know the heat can suck at times but I love it because of flip-flops and shorts, swimming, green grass and full trees and I just feel so much more alive because of the SUN and how everything is so active during summer. Love it!

What a scattered post haha but best I could come up with. Think tonight after Brad gets home and we sit down to eat dinner, I’m gonna watch a Netflix movie online. Possibly Enchanted or Made of Honor – both of which I really want to see or possibly Happy Feet! Also want to see that one to see the cute animated penguins! Anyhow, have a good night everyone!

I’ve felt really good today!! I sweat soo much today on the treadmill and I love it! I’m literally soaked when I finish. I’ve been doing laundry today and I got all Katies new birthday clothes washed and while getting those together I got her new crinkle teether book that me and Brad got for her and she LOVES IT. She played and played with it in her walker until of course the book winds up on the floor. I picked it up twice? Then when she threw it down again I didn’t get it. Not gonna play the Mommy I’m gonna throw this down over and over game, haha.

Last night Brad stopped by the store before he came home and bought a few things including some breakfast turkey sausage for meeeee! I LOVE sausage and it’s great for protein so I’m really happy about that! Yes, happy about breakfast sausage. Haha. I think my meal plan is looking very good now but just depends on how my body reacts to it.

Bah! I was hoping to go SWIMMING for the FIRST TIME in a loong time this Thursday but we’re going out to dinner with Brad’s Grandparents but I’m thinking maybe we can work in the beach time earlier in the day because I really, really, really, really want to go swimming!!!

What else? Not much really! I gotta go clean our baby turtles tank soon coz I know he needs some fresh water and food. Have a good rest of the day!

Questions –
What’s your favorite exercise to do?
Do you like breakfast sausage?
Do you know how to swim and If so, do you like to?
What’s for dinner?

Yay

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! Let us all remember all those who fought for us and lost their lives!!!!

The weather was nice all day up until this afternoon when some clouds rolled in and then so did the rain! I can still hear the rain outside. Looks like the BBQ’s and boaters are gonna get wet! Speaking of Memorial Day, Jon and Kate plus 8 have a new season starting tonight! I really love that show even though Kate can be a bit crazy sometimes but can you blame her with 8 kids?! I’ll have to dig around online and see If I can find the episode hopefully tomorrow or in a few days since we don’t have cable!

So after my weigh-in this weekend I was happy to get back on the treadmill today and boy! What a workout! I only did 60 minutes but I’m doing a harder workout so we’ll see how this all adds up for this week. I’m now keeping track of just about EVERYTHING I eat with SparkPeople.com! My MIL told me about the site and so I checked it out and it’s GREAT! You can log EVERYTHING from your food to your exercise and can communicate with other people who are trying to do the same. I was thinking I needed around 2,000 calories a day but now I don’t think so… before I KNOW I wasn’t getting 2,000, I was getting more around 1,300 a day MAYBE and I’ve done that for the last 4 months! Then last week I was trying for almost 2,000 calories a day and GAINED 3 pounds so that tells me right there that I don’t need that much so I’m trying to go for 1,500-1,600 possibly but again, we’ll see how this week pans out and then If I have to I’ll rework it again!

Last night Brad and I watched Sling Blade online through Netflix and I haven’t seen that movie in years and years! He’s never seen it and he said in the end that It turned out to a way better movie than he thought It was going to be. I love that movie. I think Billy Bob Thorton did a good job portraying Karl and the little boy was just too cute!!!

Well, everyone enjoy the rest of your Memorial Day! I could go for some BBQ food!!! Brad was “supposed” to be off work today but then they changed the holiday rule to having had the job for 10 months instead of 6 months so he had to go in BUT the good thing is, he gets paid time and a half so WOOHOO, more money for his paycheck! Oh now the sun is gonna come out again!

I feel much better about the whole +3 weight gain now that I’ve thought over and analyzed everything. Today was a very good day! I’ve been tired all day since we went to sleep a little after 1AM and got up at 7AM to get ready for church but other than that, the day has been great. Ate my breakfast this morning then got ready in a hurry for church. Katie was actually VERY good at church and that is great because usually she’s a little pistol sometimes but she just wanted to crawl everywhere lol. When church was over, Brad had to go attend to some church stuff so I walked Katie around a little bit by holding her hands and she liked that, even tried to jump when I was walking with her.

Pretty average day! After church, came home and did a few house chores then ate some lunch. It had rained earlier today but by the time I had got home and ate some lunch the sun was shining brightly and the clouds were clearing up and It felt good outside! While Katie was down for a nap I took the time to go outside and enjoy the weather while talking to my Mom. Skip ahead of all the other daily boring things and this evening I laid on the couch and HAD to take a nap because my eyes just would not stay open. I didn’t get up until almost 7:44PM and I usually feed Katie between 7-7:30PM so I got up and fixed her dinner. Now she’s done eating and wandering around in her walker making random noises. I’ve got fish sticks in the oven for dinner! Once dinner is done then I’ll put Katie to bed and we can eat! Speaking of… BEEP!

Gonna go take dinner out and put Katie to bed, have a great Sunday night! I’m looking foward to sleep TONIGHT!

Today has not really been a good day. At all. I got on the scale this morning and GAINED 3 POUNDS. I know why. I was trying to up my calories and protein and I know I had TOO much. GRRRR this really pisses me off. I’m a lot more calmer now than I was this morning. Oh well. I’m gonna start recording my food and counting my calories and go from there. GRRRRRRRRRR. Been reworking my meal plan and seeing what I can do – can’t go back to my old menu because I had too many carbs that made me feel dizzy and disoriented so I’m trying. This junk is hard to balance !!!!!!!! I need Bob Harper at my front door, lol.

I was going to go into detail about Katie’s party and that day but short and simple version? VERY busy day.. most of that morning was spent with me running around the house doing a million things and then rushing rushing rushing to get to my MIL’s house in time to decorate for the party. After the main party, Katie went down for a nap in my MIL’s bedroom while we all went and sat on my MIL’s front porch and It felt so good outside! My MIL, Brad and his 2 sisters were all acting silly haha made for a good laugh.

Thank goodness I have today and tomorrow to relax and rethink everything. I’m gonna go finish cleaning the house. Everyone have a good Saturday night!

Katie had her 1st birthday party today! I will go into more detail possibly tomorrow but for now I leave you with a picture of the birthday girl !!!!!!