Well, it's officially official...

We're a homeschooling family *gulp*. I've enrolled the kids in Kolbe Academy. Everyone keeps telling me that I will love it and I'll be great at it and not to worry. I am chosing to believe them. LOL! Now, I'm hunting up used textbooks, so I can order what I don't find by July 31 so I can get free shipping from Kolbe. Fun, fun!

As requested, here's a P90X update. I really like it! It's hard. Really hard. But...according to my coach/internet friend I'm completely normal. We had to skip legs and back yesterday since we were sitting for 2 extra kids, but we'll hit it today. It's probably good cause I'm just now able to go down stairs in a somewhat normal looking way after Wednesday's Plyometric workout. I really enjoyed the Yoga X workout, too!! Ab Ripper X is aka Hip Flexor X-- good to know. I'm finding that my hip flexors are really limiting me in that workout more than lack of ab/core strength. I have to do a lot of pausing to finish the reps and I don't finish the reps for two of the moves. I'll get there eventually.

So, there's my boring old update for all of you! Hope everyone's having a great weekend!

Today's the day...

Chris and I are embarking on our P90X journey. Today is watching the overview DVD and doing the fit test. I'm so excited. My mini-goal is to be able to wear a halter top and feel good in it by the end of summer. I think that's pretty reasonable.

Killian is pretty excited about starting too, which makes ME excited. Since his best buddy moved to the next town over he hasn't really had anyone to ride bikes with or roller blade with or anything, so it's cool that he's gonna try this with us. He's not necessarily going to work the program like a grown up, but he said he wants to do it several times a week with us. Neat, huh?

So, there you have it. I'm getting seriously serious. I won't be doing a ticker or anything cause with P90X the scale is NOT what you're supposed to use as your gauge. I'll be using my clothes and inches lost as my guide.

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Thanks to all the soldiers, Air Force, Navy and Marines who gave their lives so that I can be free. God bless you all and your families!

I am a loser...

Seriously. I obviously need to be on some sort of structured eating plan and exercise schedule for the rest.of.my.life. Why? Why can't I just absorb the things I learn and know are good and work and continue them without such a concerted effort? It sucks.

So, I'm dragging my out of shape husband (who has done a great job of dropping some serious lbs over the last 6 months) into a new intense exercise program. We are going to get strong and fit and STAY that way...dammit.

I shall not post pictures. It's not my thing, but if I like the way I look in two months or so, maybe I will. I'm hoping to finally LIKE how I look in a tank top. Since giving up my dream of bikini ready tummy, I'm going to focus on my arms and back. That's almost as good as hot abs...ok, not really, but it's a solid second.

Death...good for your diet

Death. That's what I feel like. You know that feeling where even your hair hurts? Yep. I got that. My face is on fire, my throat feels like sandpaper and I can feel the tickle starting in my chest...all this in addition to the horrific body aches. Nice. But...the thought of food makes my mucus filled tummy turn, so at least I'm doing well jumping back on the eating less and better train. Mucus would be a protein, right?

I must go to the store...with the Littles. UGH! We have no bread, no toilet paper, no kleenex, no band aids...you get the idea. I have to go. There's no getting out of it. My coffee is making things slightly better. I have to go eat some solid food and take an ibuprofin and then maybe I'll feel like something close to human...maybe a chimp?

Please God, let the kids be good in the store and not ask for every other thing they see. Also, please place something quick and delicious in my path so I don't have to cook dinner or feed my children fast food. Amen.

Happy Mother's Day to me and you and...

you and you and you! This is MY big day. My birthday takes a backseat to Mother's Day for me. I mean, really, I didn't really do much to earn my name or to get myself here, but I do bust my butt in the motherhood category.

I was awakened with breakfast in bed (a first since my honeymoon) and the kids are chomping at the bit to give me their homemade gifts. We're going out to dinner at Outback tonight (really craving those yummy veggies!!) with my mom and little brother. I'm also hitting the MOA this afternoon with a friend to purchase a spring scent Yankee Candle. The sun is shining...though it's a tad chilly for May 11. It is a good day.

I hope all of you have a great family celebration day with your munchkins!

Strange things that I like...a lot

As I was washing my kitchen floor with Windex I got to thinking that there are some things that I really, really like that are kinda strange for someone to really, really like. Thought I'd post about them for your enjoyment:

1- the smell of Windex-- for some reason it just screams clean to me

2- the back of a man's neck-- sexiest body part beside eyes and smile, IMO

3- a brand new, unbent or creased spiral bound notebook-- must be college ruled and the thicker the better

4- brand new paperback books, but not the pocket sized ones, the wider ones-- especially if they have that matte finish cover

5- Big faced clocks with pendulums and chimes-- not grandfather clocks or anything...just those really big round wall clocks

So much to do....

UGH! I have so much to do and just no energy to do it. I'll be gone all day tomorrow with my mom. She's having a D&C to determine whether or not she has endometrial cancer. I have to drive her to and from the hospital and keep an eye on her until my brother gets home from school. So, that means I won't get much done tomorrow at all.

I can't shake this hideous headache that started last night and nothing is helping. It's better than it was last night, but still making me dizzy and slightly nauseaus which does not help me move around with ease.

Well, I suppose I should stop complaining, grab an extra cup of coffee and get moving. *sigh* Hope the days is perkier for everyone else!

Well, you are all failures at motivation...

I *still* haven't done that stupid DVD. UGH! It's a gorgeous day today, though! WOW! Of course, I'm down in the basement shipping orders, but the kids are having a ball...dogs, too.

Went and saw my brother in his last high school musical. He did a fabulous job. He was a minor lead and his girlfriend was the lead actress. It was great, as always. St Agnes really does a fine job on their musicals every year. Poor Thomas is depressed now though. The spring musical is the highlight of his year and this was his last. Oh, I remember how hard and at the same time how exciting those last weeks of high school were! Poor guy. He's got a lot going on at home and all the uproar of the final days of senior year mixed in with college finals...YIKES!

Well, off to ship and obsessively check the board for news of a new little bundle coming into the world!

You MUST make me do this...

I MUST do my Core Max DVD today. I know that once I do it once, I'll be able to start doing 3 times/week, like I used to. But, I just can't seem to make myself do it. So, I'm posting here cause if I say to all of you that I'm doing it...I just *might* feel like I should actually do it :p.

Rainy days and teacher workshop days...

DO NOT mix...especially on May 2. We've been so looking forward to this bonus day off school and it's a yucky, wet, dank, chilly day. It's barely 10:30 and the kids are already stir crazy. I don't blame them one bit. They're watching Water Horse, but I'm not sure how much they're actually WATCHING based on all the noise I'm hearing from up there!

Well, they'll be assigned their cleaning tasks soon (more tidying than cleaning, but I'm really working on having THEM pick up after THEMSELVES) and that should bring a whole new level of angst and frustration. Fun times!

Perkins...BLECH!

I haven't set foot in a Perkins in YEARS. I've never been a big fan. Today, the kids were starved after our appointment and I just couldn't hack McD's and Applebee's was too crowded, so we settled on Perkins. As some few that I know and love say, *HORK*. That was the nastiest food I've paid for in quite some time. I had a turkey melt. The cheese tasted like Velveeta, the turkey tasted like pork...and dry pork at that and the soudough was unrecognizable due to the slight rancid taste of whatever they grilled it in...and it was NOT butter. The fries were tolerable.

Thankfully, the kids did enjoy their chicken, so all was not lost.

On the endocrinology front-- the dr doesn't think it's blood sugar related, but agreed that there was enough ambiguity to schedule a FOUR HOUR GTT for Miss Z. That's scheduled for May 21. That should be pure torture, but what are you going to do? If that all comes up normal, she thinks that we should head to a neuro. She did check for increased pressure in Zay's head via her eye and said everything looks just perfect, so not to freak out too much. I did feel good that the dr agreed that it is definitely troublesome enough that the, "Some kids just suffer from chronic headaches" diagnosis is no longer sufficient.

She doesn't really think allergy related either cause, luckily, Zélie started to get a headache while we were there and she was able to describe it and show where it hurt. Didn't seem at all sinus related, but you never know, so I'm still gonna try the Claritin.

So, there's the update... Enjoy your Thursday, everybody.

Ouch! Her aching head...

Today's our long awaited appointment with the endocrinologist for Zay. I'm hoping it's a good doctor. I hate having to "fight" for good medical care. We just really need to get to the bottom her pain, so if it's not blood sugar/hormone related, I think we'll give Claritin a good trial and see if it's all just been sinuses.

I kinda doubt it's allergies just based on the timing of her pain, but Claritin won't hurt, so we'll see.

So, off to get everyone ready for the big appointment. I'll post later if we find out anything. Please keep your fingers crossed for us!