Spring, a time for new beginnings and making Good Habits!

It has been some time since I last wrote, but what is new. I thought I better get in the habit of doing it since I will be taking a class this summer on HTML and becoming a Web Master. Maybe I will be able to practice and hone my skill with my new HTML knowledge on my blog site. We shall see. Anyway, spring brings new beginnings and therefore a reason to get into new habits. I must get in habit to floss, use my teeth whitener kit, jump rope, do sit ups and hula hoop, stay on my WW's plan, keep up with my summer on-line class, keep up with my blog, read my sister's blogs, scrapbook, do the boring laundry, dust and scrub toilets! Yikes, that is a long list of habits to undertake! Nevertheless, I must do them!!!!

I just finished reading my sisters blog and she is, and I say this all the time, a great writer. Many times I shake my head while reading her postings and think to myself, she is wasting her time; she really needs to be writing professionally. I hope she does that one day. Really, I do! She is a good model to follow for making it a habit, to keep up with the blog...for her it is a strong desire and therapeutic as well, I think. She is drawn to do it. For me, I love to do it, just like I love to read for pleasure, but far to often I don't make time for myself and just do it! Honestly, if I am sitting down for too long at night; I begin to think what should I be doing. Even while my husband and I watch TV there is always a pile of laundry or a project near by that I am doing while we sit. Many times he will say are you going to "JUST" watch TV with me? Put that down, it will be there in the morning....but what he hasn't figured out yet, is that is what I hate...waking up to a chore...straight away! Ugh.....off to get on one of my habits! I hope you are working at or on one of your many habits, too!

Tally HO-

Gloomy-Busy-Day

Well, I have been running the roads since 9:00 a.m. this morning. First, off to G.F.E. to sneak a reminder letter in my oldest classmates homework folders regarding Teacher Appreciation Week. I ended up checking her homework folders just to help out and for basically dropping by unannounced. Thank goodness they were going out for a bathroom break and then recess. Then off to WalMart to pick up the last minute things for the American Girl Club activity for the day. Since it is the last day of clubs we are having a tea party for the girls and their dolls. I do hope they all have a good time. I know my oldest is super excited about the event. As the final activity they are going to be making the orange scented clove hanging ornament and maybe a Molly color page if time permits. We have really gone all out and for this round of clubs and the girls have been involved in many really neat American Girl Activities.

My youngest didn't sleep well last night and needed an early nappy and I am glad, as he will have to go with to the last club session and I want him to be in the best mood and on point with his behavior! One can only hope things will go well, once you have done ALL you can to make that very thing happen. We shall see how it goes. I am sure we will be fine.

I need to get cracking on my May calendar, as I feel very lost without it on the fridge! So, off I go for now! The warm weather didn't hang around for long. Today is doom and gloom; a good day for book reading and maybe a few crafts if time would allow for it. Unfortunately, my busy life only allows me to do what is needed at that given time, or shall I say whatever my calendar declares needs to be done, despite the wishes of book-reading or crafting!!!! Regardless, I am having a good day, accomplishing much and having fun with my little guy along the way! I hope you, too, are doing well and having a good one!

M-

So, Here I Go!!!

I was just on my sister's blog and I am so very impressed! Well, let me clarify which sister I am referring to, the youngest! She has redesigned her blog spot and I LOVE it! Both my sisters are really cool with making neat things happen with their perspective blogs. Another thing they do really well with their blogs is WRITE! Yeah, my youngest sister told me tonight that she wouldn't help me make my blog jazzy with music and such until I used my blog spot more and wrote! So, here I go, again!!!

I want to also take a minute to say I loved my youngest siste's painting she did for her roommate's birthday. What a wonderful gift from the heart and so very thoughtful, too.

OK, today was a busy day. I did loads of things around the house. My youngest and I did a lot of preschool prep today...puzzles, colors, shapes and ABC's and 123's and we rounded the time off with his fave "Reader Rabbit" computer game. He is a whiz with the computer mouse. I hope he is as quick to pick things in life like his daddy. On that note, today at my oldest t-ball game he was so into what his big sissy was doing, as per the usual. However, after the game was over he went on the field with daddy and had his sissy's bat in hand and slugged the ball off the tee 4 times in a row, without any help from his dad. No one has ever helped him or showed him what to do, he has just been soaking it all up at practices and games. Oh how his dad was beaming from ear to ear; I think I could just read his mind.......it would go something like this...that is my boy, a doer, a thrill seeker, an adventurer, a slugger, a future athlete! I love that little tyke! Yeah, he is a proud papa! When we got home and started our nightly routines for shower, bath, teeth, stories and bed, my husband stole a moment away from the kids and asked if I saw my youngest on the field earlier that evening, and I said why yes, I did! I saw you both and I told him how the both of them looked so happy having fun out there! It truly was a moment in time that I wished I had a camera or maybe even a video camera, yeah that would have been much better!! Anyway, our kids grow up so fast. We should all enjoy it while we can. Heck, you may not believe this, but often I say out loud to my husband, I can't believe we have two kids and they are already 2 and 6! Wow, time flies by so fast. Hug and love your kids right now and always!

K, I also banged out a stack of really cool thank you cards for a group of awesome volunteers at my oldest school. The cards look really cool and I am so glad I got to make them rather than giving them a store bought one which the coordinator wanted to do. I feel like they take time out of their lives and give that time to us, the very least we can do is put a little time into a nice thank you! And so off I went and got them all done today! What a good feeling of task complete and task done for a good cause, too!!!

My day was complete with good family times, good deeds, and fun, too! I just wish I was a little more motivated to exercise more and EAT less sweets!! Lord, I pray for that strength and motivation I need to get myself healthy.

Oh, my husband, who is just a big kid, told the daycare kids that they could swim today. Yeah, he opened the pool two Sundays ago and it has been his hobby ever since. Well, I said no one gets in unless the water temperature was 75 degrees and our pool clocked it at 76. So, with great reservation I let them all go in for about 25-30 minutes and not one of them complained of being cold, and yet I saw one little bean pole of a sweet day care kid shiver her lips many times. She was the first to say she wasn't cold, but she too, was the first to get out!! In the end they all had fun and I suppose if I were a kid, I'd be excited about a pool opening and want to get in it too! Perhaps they were just simply giddy with excitement about being in the pool that they didn't pay any attention to the fact that they were a slight bit cold. Oh well, I hope no one gets sick and all is well with everyone for the next few weeks. I continue to remind everyone that all pools don't open until Memorial Day and then my big kid of a husband kindly reminds me that this is OUR pool and OUR rules rule!

Good night and we shall see what Wednesday has in store for all of us! And gosh it feels good to have an entry on my blog in the current month! Grins and Giggles~

Tally Ho

A Last Minute Play-Date with Sissy and Jaco!!

Well, I had originally woke up with the intention of staying home and keeping the little guy out of the crazy freezing temperatures today. I mean it was crazy cold today!! I woke up and it was a brisk 18 degrees and I only witnessed the thermometer go up to 29 at my abode. But all that went out the window after talking to my sister early this morning. I told her we were staying home, but after I got off the phone my youngest just kept saying his cousin's name over and over!!! So, I asked if he wanted to go play with Jaco and his face filled with elation and he continued to say "play Jaco" over and over!!! And so it goes........we jumped in the car and off we went! It was fun and I think the boys enjoyed themselves. I know I enjoyed visiting with my sister. So, the moral of this story is don't be so set to a plan and go with the flow sometimes and then you'll have fun and enjoy the time. Life is short, soak it up! Live it, be in the moment and have fun and love as much as you possible can. So it was a wonderfully fun day.

Then after getting home, I began to clean and rearrange things around the house, and did laundry and made a yummy Taco Bake for dinner! Wow, I really got a great deal done and had a fun time with family,too!!!!!! How was your day? I do hope you, to made the most of your day.

BTW for anyone who was wondering, I have taken my own advice and have started letting a lot roll and doing only what I can and controlling what I can and then if I can't, simply moving on!!! Good advice! I won't be caught by one of the many "silent killers" STRESS!!!!! I am really trying to let a lot of the unnecessary stress go. Goshh...this sure feels good!!!

What CanYou Do? Only So Much, I Guess!

Lately, I feel like I can't get it right. I can really only do so much. And while I am only doing so much I think it is only "right" for me to keep my family's needs and priorities on the for front at all times. I think that is a good way to live, don't you? Well, why is then that some folks make you feel like you are such jerks for not doing MORE!!

I just think that it is simply a question I won't get ya'lls answer before I finsh and publish this entry. At any rate, I thnk I need to go back to this advice an old and long lost friend gave me and really a friend of recent said it to me as well,....don't make someone else's problem yours! I think I do that a lot and then I enternalize unneccessary stress that causes my life to be abnormal. I need not do this any more. I can only control me and my life and that of my familys. I can help my friends and family( outside of my immediate family) by giving advice and help if necessary and what they do with it is their choice and then I need to step back and move on.

On a different note, I am starting a new diet with my mom, sisters and girfriend. I hope we all find great success!!!! Good luck ladies.

More later....ugh!!

Workin' OUt

Yes! I finally did it. My husband and I joined a gym just down the road on Wednesday evening and he has been 2 times and I only just went today! But I went, if you know what I am saying. I have felt like crap on and off since December 26th. I want to take back my body and health and today I did it! I got up off my rump and went straight to Fitness 19! I feel good! And I am sooooooo proud of my honey for joining and going too! I hope this is a turning point in both of our lives, health wise.

I guess this is a fresh start to the new year....getting in shape...it is a good thing.


Cheers and happy weekend!

OK, so last night was "Girls Night Out" for me. I was asked to be a "sub" for Bunco Circle. At first, I was reluctant, because it had been like 3 years since I last played. And the last time I played was the first and only time I have played. Nevertheless, I agreed to go and join in the fun. I must also say, we had to bring $5. So, yup, you guessed it, we won CASH MONEY! Anyway, it turned out to be a fun night of good food, big girl drinks, loads of laughs, squeals of excitement, and buckets of fun! At the end of the night everyone counts up the number of Buncos (3 of the same number on the dice), wins and losses and then prizes are awarded based on that information and guess who won the big pot? Little of me, the sub for the night...Yes, I won $25 cash money!!!! And I ended up the the "bean bag" which floats around all night from person to person. You get to take the bean bag from someone every time you get a Bunco! You also get the second highest prize for having the bean bag at the end of the night, but since I had the most "Bunkos" the prize went to the person who had the bean bag before me!!! Fun times! I love it, I am hooked and want to be a "sub" all the time. They gather once a month and have a blast! I do hope they will call me again. A great way to start my work week!!!!

Have a good week! Tally Ho

GMU vrs. ODU

So we went to the Ted Constant Center for the game today and we were with the family minus my sister and her youngest. I had fun watching the game, and my youngest was a pretty good boy..not to wiggly or bored. Well,he cried a little when Pa Pa scolded him for leaning over too far on the seat in front of him (for fear he'd fall or get hurt...I am sure). Actually, he tried several times to hit Pa Pa after he told my youngest not to do that! What a naughty boy!!! And my oldest, our daughter, was Miss Grumpy pants! Grammy even said she didn't see her smile once the whole day! Why she was this was I am not sure. She "said" she was really hungry and her tummy "hurt." That is not like her to be soo hungry; she ate popcorn and pizza and had lunch before the game. Hummm... maybe she is having a growth spurt and is needing the nutrients. Well, we need to do better than that for nutrients, you all are thinking! 4 sure!!
We were invited to go and dine with my parents, but opted not to since the kids were in some kind of funk. Specifically, Miss Grumpy pants. Anyway when we got home, I washed my car with my littlest help! He was so cute dipping the sponge in the bucket and getting soap all over himself. I wished I had the camera with me out there. We had fun and it was a good time for us. Miss Grumpy pants went inside to get in a better mood. Later it was dinner and a round of UNO Attack...well, it was 3 rounds! We love that game, it is so much fun. If you are a gamer then you will love this one. It is worth the $22! I think we will start a family game night tradition. You know what they say...families that play together, stay together!!!!

It was a good Saturday with family, fun times and wonderful weather!!!

I hope tomorrow will be as nice.

So, Here I go....

I just recently found out that my sister's blog is source of enjoyment for several of my friends. so, I thought I'd try my hand at this writing thing, again. Yes, I think it was the beginning of the summer my older sister helped me set up a blog site and I went to it 2-3 times and then never again. In fact, I even forgot my site web address. Sad, it ids true. But I think I was busy doing so many things that I never had time to read my sisters blog let alone write my own.

Today, I have done all of nothing. I feel like the weather, doom and gloom. I really can't shake this sinus thing. I just feel so tired today. Yesterday, I did so much around the house. I had wonderful help from my younger sister. We were busy decorating the house after having taken ALL the holiday decorations or shall I say the nick knacks down. Sadly, I still have the ornaments on all three trees to take down, too. But the house is back to normal as far as the day-to-day decorations getting back up! A big thanks to my sister. Because, now that I think about it, I wasn't motivated yesterday either and if she wasn't here to make me think about getting things done, I NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE A THING! My older sister is keeping her Christmas decorations up 'til the 15th b/c she is having friends over for a late holiday gathering. I suppose she will have many of my same feelings about NOT wanting to take the decorations down. Why is that? I can't wait to get it all out all over the house making me feel in the mood ever second of every day b/c the holiday cheer is all around me!! I guess maybe it is b/c I have so much of it! But change is good. The house decorations get a change for a short period for Christmas and then another change for clean up. Yes, change is good. As a child I was always rearranging my room and all the rooms in my house. It is kind of funny thinking back to those days. I remember I would change things around in the den so much that I whenever I would start to do it I would make sure no one was home to scold me about doing it, and then hurry to get it done before anyone got home. I would do the same thing to my own mothers room too! Sometimes, I would recruit my friends to help and many of them were crazy enough to do it with me. My mom was appreciative, but probably thought I was crazy! And then off I went to college, and my roommates and I would do the same thing...move things around at least 2-3 a semester. It always felt like a fresh clean start every time. Even when we get things together yesterday. When I went to bed last night, I felt a sense of a fresh clean start! Thanks for that feeling.
Well, I will try to get the things on the dining room table packed up and then tackle the trees. Hopefully, I will get that accomplished-fresh-clean start-feeling again, soon.

We will see!