Blood tes results

I got the results from my blood test and it all came back normal. The doctor said that I need to eat better and exercise more. I am just going to have to keep doing what I am doing because if I exercise more, I won't have time to do anything at all, and I am eating pretty dang good as it is, so really I am up a creek. Oh well. I just have to be happy with my rate of weight loss... I went to Sam's Club with my friend today. It was just wonderful! I can save so much money shopping there! What a Mecca of huge products! Erin, my friend, saw this HUGE 52 oz. can of chicken. She said she wanted to buy it just because it was so huge and such a good buy! But I convinced her that unless she is catering a party and making a ton of chicken salad, she probably didn't need it. But I am convinced that you can get great bargains at Sam's Club...

After haircut

H: I don't want my hair cut like this anymore M: How do you want it? H: I want it like a bear. M: Huh? H: I want it brown, like a bear. M: Oh. Well, that's hard because you have blomd hair. H: But I want my hair like Christian's! (Christian is Hilton's friend. He has very short, brown hair.) M: Do you think Christian looks like a bear? H: NOOOO, Moooom, but his hair is just like a bear. That's what I want my hair to be.

Sunday and Birthdays

It is Sunday morning and I am sure I should be soing something spiritual, but instead I am blogging. We are in a new ward now and have church at 1:00. I hate it. The only good thing about it is that we get to change in January! I like going in the morning. THen I have plenty of time to fix dinner. When we get home at 4, everyone is starving, and it takes at least an hour to make dinner and by then everyone has snacked like crazy and doesn't want to eat what I have prepared. Just to let everyone know, I have lost those 5 lbs that I gained back. It is not all that encouraging because I am still stuck at 21 lbs lost. I was really hoping to have lost 33 lbs by my 33rd birthday and my birthday is coming in just 2 weeks. So it is not going to happen. But I am grateful I have lost the weight that I have lost. Caroline's birthday is coming up soon. 5 weeks. She told me she wants a pink party. This makes things very easy for me. We will decorate all in pink, she wants pink streamers and balloons and everything pink. She wants a great big tall pink cake, that the girls can all decorate with pink candy. She wants pink food and pink drinks, and pink party favors. THat sounds great to me! Very inexpensive too! Horray for PINIK!

Water Aerobics

My first water aerobics class was today. It was pretty good! It is quite a workout. Mostly because I am so short! But it really works all of your muscles. I was huffing and puffing at some parts. And I know I will be sore tomorrow. So I am glad I am taking it. The only problem is that I get home just in time to get Caroline off to school so Justin has to get up to get her ready. And when Hilton starts preschool, he will have to get him ready too. But it's character building. So I will let you know if I lose a hundred pounds! It is raining today, so I will stay inside and try to get the kids' rooms unpacked...

my morning

I walked this morning and I feel much better. It has been a week since I walked regularly and I was getting lazy. Where I live now, there are lots of hills so it is quite a workout. I loved walking through the neighborhood and seeing all the beautiful houses. We live on what is known as "The Hill." It is apparently where everyone aspires to live. The homes are outrageously priced. Which is typical in Rexburg now... but it is even worse on the hill. We do not live in one of those fancy houses, but it is in that neighborhood, so I guess we get the prestige that goes along with living here. I have a friend who is supremely jealous that I live here now, and she lives in a gorgeous, HUGE house. But it is not on "the hill" so she doesn't think it is a good. Whatever. I said I would trade with her in a second. If I owned this house, I would!!! I am not complaining about my house though. It is cool. Today I have to go grocery shopping in Idaho Falls. We have NO FOOD! And I have a few other things I would like to pick up... so it will be fun. Just me and the boy. I haven't been to IF in weeks. So I am going to go to the mall, and get Hilton's hair cut, and shop. Nothing good, but I like shopping.

My little Princess... um Prince...

Hilton (H): I want to be a girl. Mommy (M): You do? H: Yeah M: How come? H: Because I want princess everything. I want a princess game and a princess room and a princess car and princess stuff. M: Oh. Why? H: Because I like it. M: What else do you like? H: Pink. I like dresses. I like Buzz and Woody and RC and Mater. M: You can still have those things if you are a boy. H: Nu Uh.. M: Uh Huh. H: Oh. Can I have princess? M: We'll see. H: That means YES!!!

A productive day

Yesterday I had a massive migrane all day. It was one of those throw upy yucky, can't function kinds. But today I am all better. Thanks goodness. Yesterday I felt like I might never feel better again. I mostly layed in bed with curtains drawn. But at about 4 I felt bad that we had not done anything for Caroline's day off so I took the kids down to the park. We are 2 blocks from Smith Park, not bad! Not as close as Porter Park was to our old place, but not bad. I was miserable the whole time. We lasted maybe 45 minutes before we had to come home. But today, I am better! I have lots to do and I haven't even taken a shower. I wanted to watch The View because Rosie O'Donnel is on it now. (I just LOVE her!) So now I am avoiding doing anything productive. My main objective is to go get blood work done today. I am not excited about this. It always makes me feel woozy and like I will throw up. And I have the boy all day because it is Justin's first day back at school. So that will make it even more difficult. I have to organize the closets today. I just have to! But it is so easy not to because noone sees them... the doors are closed. For all anyone else knows, my closets are immaculate and perfect. But they are not... and if I don't get them done soon, I will lose it. So those are my goals today. And to fold another basket of laundry. Okay, here I go. I WILL do SOMETHING productive today.

New things

We are pretty much all done. I have to organize some closets and the kids need their toys unpacked, but that is it! Justin has been great about unpacking. I packed every single box, but he has been great about unpacking. He organized the garage and the basement. He just doesn't like living out of boxes. So we look like we are moved in! We still have to hang pictures, though. I do not look forward to that, because we can never agree on that. But for the most part I am very happy with the way things are in this house. It is so cool and old and there are so many neat little things about this house that you may never find in a newer house, that I am very happy to be here. Well, I have decided to not take classes this semester. My grandmother is in very poor health and I am afraid she could pass away at any time. I want to be available if she does, so I will not take classes this semester. I plan on going down to St George to take care of her the first week in Oct, so I would miss that week of class anyway. And in order to be competitive enough to get into the nursing program I have to get an A in the classes I take, and I just don't think that could happen if I missed classes. So I am going to start next semester. If she does hang on until next semester, I will just have to be satisfied with the time I got to spend with her this semester. I am a little disapointed, but to begin with I wasn't planning on taking classes this semester anyway. But it is more important to me that I spend some time with her, and let her know how much I love her... Caroline has been in school for a week and a half and she is ready to be done. On Friday she was already telling me she was sick and wanting to stay home! I just don't get it! I loved school! But she just thinks it is way too long. I hope she gets used to it and starts to love it too. I am going to be a classroom helper on fridays so maybe that will help a little bit. I am really making an effort to get involved with her school. That way maybe she will feel better about being at a new school. It is hard to make new friends. But at church yesterday she found out that a girl in her class at school and at church is our next door neighbor. She is very excited about that! So maybe things are looking up.

I just wanted to let everyone know that my friend did not get the baby. The birth mother changed her mind and decided to keep him. The Kroffs still need our prayers.

Moved

Well, here we are. In our new house. Totally unsettled. Boxes everywhere. The kids are eating breakfast on the cold kitchen floor because the table is not put up. The kitchen is over-run with boxes. Empty boxes, full boxes... just boxes! I finished cleaning the old place yesterday. It looked pretty immaculate to me! So now we never have to go there again. Now I have to walk Caroline to school and get the boxes unpacked. Fortunately the rooms are all set up, so all we have to do is unpack. But the dining room is FULL of odds and ends, a laundry basket full of clean clothes, pictures, you name it. So here I go!