Protein, Complex Carbs and Vegetables

I don't know much about the 3 things in the title but I learned a little today. I know that chicken has protein and fruit has carbs. I know that my husband needs a lot of protein for his boot camp that he has joined but other than that I'm still pretty stupid when it comes to all this dietary stuff.

Lisa you can help me out anytime if you got the stuff better than me.

I am so proud of my husband...he has hired a personal trainer and has started working out twice a week and we are having to totally change our diet. I say WE loosely b/c I'm modifying my diet but will be able to enjoy things more than E. I had my last coke today. I've known I needed to stop but just haven't. There is just something about that carbonated Coke....man I'm drooling right now! It's actually going to be easier for me to cook I think...GRILLED CHICKEN....GRILLED CHICKEN AND MORE GRILLED CHICKEN.

E and Lisa's husband are doing this together. I think it's going to be really good for them because they both are highly competitive...did I say highly? I meant HIGHLY competitive.

Well we'll let you know what the progress is....Hoping to be down 20lbs at least when the 12 weeks is up....I wouldn't be surprised if he is down 40 lbs. Me...I want to lose 15...I know people don't think I need to but they don't see me without my clothes on...I do! I'll still be about 15lbs more than my pre-baby weight but I needed to gain.

Well off for my total lifestyle change!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...and Pretty Toes!

We had a girls night Saturday night and let me tell ya...it was a much needed girls night! Amber, Lisa and 4 others went to eat at Chili's. It was really good but really slow! I enjoyed by chicken tenders and corn...they have some yummy corn on the cob and you could tell I enjoyed it in my smile!

Well after we left Chili's we headed to the mall to get pedicures....They had 5 chairs lined up for the 5 of us...that was perfect. Boy did I enjoy that massage chair but reaped the consequences the next day(Amber, Lisa and I all felt like we were hit in the back in the same place). Here's a pic of our pretty toes...Ignore my dirty kitchen floor...I hope I get to it tomorrow!



We then went to Books A Million and closed it down....I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time. Love my peeps!!!!

What have I gotten myself in to?

Ok....CALL ME CRAZY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm having a yard sale next week...well we're (Amber, Lisa and others) having a yard sale. We're doing it next Friday and Saturday. We decided that we would do in Friday afternoon and evening instead of Friday morning. It was just too much work getting it all out and set up on my own.

Also, we're having a shower for some friends next week too on Sunday AT MY HOUSE!!! So what does that mean? It means that I've got to get ready for a yard sale and clean house and do my everyday stuff next week. I also have something Friday-Tuesday night of this week and next.

I think I can, I think I can....I'll just repeat that non stop for the next week.

My little athlete and other randomness

Today has been a busy day. It started out with us getting up at 7:00, making sure sweet boy wasn't running fever. Getting everyone but me was ready and my husband says...aren't you going to take a shower...you're going to be late. Well I was going to go work out after my sons mile run at school so no reason to take a shower...his response was "Have you seen your hair?" I did look rough so I went and tried to do something with the hair and brushed my teeth. We were out the door at 7:20. That's pretty impressive for my bunch...but sweet boy was so excited about his day!

We got to school about 7:30 and went and set up his science project. I forgot to take a picture today but will tomorrow. He didn't place but that's ok...he got 50 pts for just doing it.

We then headed to the high school track to wait for the kids from his school to get to the track to do their mile run. Yes you heard me right...Kindergarteners doing a mile run. We thought he was going to be there at 8:00 but no such luck. Sweet Cuddly girl wanted to stay b/c one of her favorite moms was there. I decided since I didn't get to go to the gym that I would run and encourage the kids to run. So off I went and sweet girl too. She ran and ran and ran and ran....By the time the morning was over I had lost count of her laps but I do know she ran 2 1/2 - 3 miles. And yes she is only 3...well almost 4. It's hard for me to get a mile in. MY LITTLE ATHLETE! Sweet boy got there and finished his mile in 13:14. He could have done better but he was busy socializing.

We got home at 10:00 and sweet girl says...

"Mommy my legs hurt"....hmmm I wonder why!

We head to a birthday party and then to school.

I forgot I was supposed to meet with her literacy teacher today. I was super excited to hear what they had to say. My 3 yr old is working on Kindergarten level things. They are supposed to work for 10 minutes once a week. She wants to do it twice a week and sometimes up to 30 minutes. Oh...I hope this continues until she is out of college! I owe it all to her brilliant older brother.

I then ran a couple of errands, ran home for 10 minutes and back to school to pick up the boys for Warrior Training (I'll save that for another post)

After Warrior Training, we had a baseball game and home about 7:00. It's now 9:00 and I'm about to get the kids to sleep. Can you believe that Sweet Cuddly Girl is still awake?

See you all soon!

Third Time is a Charm....I hope!

It's Science Fair time in Kindergarten...Yes you heard me right Kindergarten. So all of us mommies have been conversing over the past couple days about our kids projects that are due tomorrow.

Well I started a month and a half ago on sweet boys project. We planted tomato seeds and we put one in the shade and one in the sun. We were going to see which one did the best. Well let's just say that project flops b/c we couldn't remember to water it. Plants are not my best friends.

Project 2-started last Wednesday. Planted Bermuda seed in top soil and potting soil. Said it would take 2-5 days to grow. Well nothing and today was day 5. So what do you do when you are in this situation?

So we started PROJECT #3

We set up 2 tracks using some of our Thomas the Tank track and books. We put small skateboards, golf balls and thomas trains on the track to see which would be faster---the track that was higher or lower.

So we spent the afternoon (he was home sick) cut, sticking and handwriting our science fair project. All in All I think it turned out pretty good for our first one. Needless to say we won't be waiting until the last minute next year. Also we won't be using dirt or seeds next year either.

I should have been a travel agent!!!!!

I love planning trips...only if I get to go though.

We've got several things lined up for this summer. One of them is a trip to TN to attend a wedding of some dear friends. Well this trip was going to be me and my husband and then a girl trip for the others. Well something happened to make it a 3 couple trip. I am super excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're going to NASHVILLE!!! I've been but it's been years ago....8th grade I think. That was when they still had Opryland. I pricelined our hotel and just order our tickets to the GRAND OLE OPRY. If you were in high school or college in the early 90's you can't help but "heart" some good ole country music. Right now it's not really someone that we want to hear but they say they don't know for sure until 2 weeks before. So I'm hoping we get to hear us some GOOD OLE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man I should have kept my boots from high school!!!!!!!!! Just kidding. I've got a cute little outfit picked out for the night.

Where is the owner's manual!!!!!!!!!!11

Why don't kids come with owners manuals? I love my kids but sometimes the just try me so hard. We went to Pizza Hut with Amber and her boys tonight courtesy of Book It! I don't know how many times I told them to stop, sit down, and eat your food. Well when I saw a lady I highly respect turn and look at the kids I knew it was time to get out of there. My sons excuse was "But I have seen THE BOYS in so long". Um excuse me you saw them Sunday. Wait. No. You saw them Tuesday.

So I'm reading this book...



So far I am enjoying it but it's also confusing me. I want to make my kids mind for the right reason but how often do I get on to them because I want them to act right so it makes me look like I'm a mom that has it together. Well I've decided that I've got to get this discipline thing down. Just when I think that they are getting better I have a night like this. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!

I really enjoyed visiting with Amber...we don't get to do it often enough. We mainly communicate via email and the blog world because life is just crazy like that. So guess what we decided we need.....................

GIRLS NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!