Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Hey Everyone! How are you? Yes, I know it's been a while since I've blogged but you all know how the holidays go. Let's see......Christmas was great. My mom came down from Vermont on December 22nd and stayed through December 26th. We were on the go a lot. She wanted to finish her Christmas shopping, so we were out til midnight on Saturday night and at the store by 7:00am Sunday before church. It was fun though. The kids were very pleased this Christmas, thanks to Grandma & Grandpa. They got pretty much everything on their list. Favorites were Miranda - American Girl doll (Julie), Be Bratz computer doll, Pixel Chix, Purse pal and for CJ - Transformers, transformers and more transformers (Bumbleee, Power Ranger,Star Wars) oh and an Avatar Gameboy game that he only stopped playing when Mommy wanted to play Super Mario Bros. We went to my friend Steph's for Christmas Eve dinner and then to church after, then we came home and opened one present (pajamas of course) and watched The Nativity Story. Christmas day my mother-in-law came over and our friends Gaby & Naida and we had a wonderful Christmas Dinner. The food was great and I managed not to overeat. Then mom left the next day and we all got sick!! The kids just for one night...they threw up and that was it they were all better. I on the other hand, didn't throw up but have had a weak & uneasy stomach since Wednesday. I think I'm on the mend now. Chris took the kids to see National Treasure while I was home sleeping and then we went to see Alvin & the Chipmunks with a couple of CJ's friend. It was actually a pretty cute movie. I wasn't looking forward to seeing it, but was pleasantly surprised. We have two more days before we go back to school and we're going to try to make the most of them. Miranda went to Gaby's after church yesterday for a sleepover and CJ went to his Grandma's to sleepover, so Chris and I got a day (and night) of football to ourselves. We watched our Cowboys play sooooo POORLY!!!! It was really discouraging. They better get into shape in this bye week. I made some homemade soup yesterday, the first time I ever did that. I used the ham bone from Christmas. I think it came out really good. I'm by myself today until the kids come home, so I decided to blog. I woke up when Chris left and I'm not really a sleep in kind of gal, so I've been up since then. I read & prayed and now I've blogged, so I think I'm going to head out for a walk. I have a loop that I do around my neighborhood and it ends up being about 4 miles, so I'm going to do that this morning. Then I guess I'll come home and clean and do laundry. I won't weigh in again until Jan. 8th, but I'll let you know how that goes as soon as I do. We're heading to our friend's house for dinner and to ring in the New Year tonight. Can you believe it's 2008 tomorrow? I can't. I pray that this is a BLESSED New Year for all of you. My resolution this year is to serve God better than I did last year. I love you all!!!

Weight Watcher Update

Hey Everyone! I got weighed in last night and lost .6lbs. That brings my weight loss total to 21.2lbs. I'm really excited about that. The next two Tuesdays are Christmas & New Year's Day so my Weight Watcher meeting will not be open. So that means I can either wait 3 weeks to weigh in or I can go to the Thursday meetings. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. I like to get weighed on the same day and on the same scale so I can be consistant on the numbers, but I'm not sure if I want to wait 3 weeks................we'll see! Anyways, Christmas is 6 days away! Can you believe it????? My mom is coming down from Vermont and she will arrive Saturday night and stay through Wednesday. I'm going to pick her up at the train on Saturday evening and then head out for some last minute late night shopping. We're thinking of having an early Christmas dinner on the 25th and then heading into the city to see the tree. I'm thinking it probably won't be too busy on Christmas day!! I have 1 1/2 days more of school and I'm so excited. I think I definitely need the Christmas vacation. I'm hoping for lots of snow so the kids and I can go sledding and build a snowman. Did I mention I love the snow? Oh yeah, I mentioned it in a previous blog...well I do. Sorry for you "snow haters" out there!! Yes, my Cowboys lost last weekend to the Eagles :(. It was so boring and discouraging to watch, they could just not get anything going offensively. I think Tony Romo was too busy thinking about Jessica Simpson in the stands!!!! That's just my opinion. Anyway, we have Carolina this Saturday so I hope we'll be able to do better then. Okay..well I'm off to figure out what to do for dinner....talk to you all later. Love you!!

Weight Watchers Weigh - In Tuesday

Hey All!! Sorry I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, the night was kind of busy. I only have a few minutes because I have to get to school, but wanted to let you know how I did at my weigh-in. I lost 1.6lbs, which puts my total at 20.6lbs!!!!
I was so excited!! I'm praying that I can keep it up (actually down :)) over the holidays. I managed to survive Thanksgiving & the buffet at The Manor so I have hope. My Christmas cards came in today, so you should all be getting the cards by the end of the week. Oh...and the cowboys pulled it out this weekend and they are now 12 -1....Super Bowl here we come!!! Anyway, Have a great day!! Love you!

Good Morning!!! It seems like afternoon already because I've been up since about 5:45am. We had a sleepover last night with my friend's 3 children and they like to get up very early. So, we had 5 kids in the house from last night until today. It was pretty smooth I must say. Everyone seemed to have a fun time and I managed to remain pretty calm. LOL. I made pancakes and eggs this morning and they all seemed to have big appetites. I've done the dishes and we should be getting ready for church, but it's still too early, so I decided to write on my blog. I don't really have a lot to say though. We're thinking about getting the Christmas tree today, but not sure. The Cowboys are 11 - 1 and they play today at 1:00pm. The younger kids have there little singing thing at church today. Oh....I know....have you all seen this website called www.elfyourself.com ?? It has to be the funniest thing I've seen in a while. You go to the site and you can insert pictures of yourselves on elf's bodies and then they do a little dance. I thought it was so cool. I'm elfing everyone. Okay well that's about it for now. If anything else exciting happens I will post it, but if not I'll give you my weekly update on Tuesday. God Bless.

Weight Watchers Weigh-In

Well last night was Weight Watcher Weigh-in Tuesday! I lost another pound which puts my total weight loss to 19lbs. I was hoping to hit 20lbs this week, but it didn't happen. I should definitely hit it next week though. It's good though, as long as I keep losing. Tommorrow night Chris and I have a Christmas Party @ The Manor in West Orange. It's fun because we get to get all dressed up and the food is really good too. I'm excited because I can wear a dress that I love, but haven't been able to fit in for some time. We went last year and I wasn't crazy about my outfit, but this year I am. I have pictures from last year so it will be interesting to compare them to this year's pictures. We have 13 official school days until Christmas break (not counting weekends) so we're all counting down. Maybe a snow day in between.....:). Alright, gotta get ready for school. Hope you all have an excellent day!!!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow.....

It's SNOWING!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the snow. We woke up this morning to a beautiful blanket of snow covering the ground. Only about 3 inches, but very exciting. The kids and I headed out early to play. We had so much fun. I took some pictures and you can view them at http://www.pixagogo.com/8781684131. By the time we came in it stopped snowing, but now it's started again and even harder. I don't think I appreciated the snow when I was growing up (except for school closings), but now I just love it. I love to get up and get all bundled up, get the kids all bundled up and go outside. I hope we get a lot of snow this year. I still appreciate the school closings, although I don't think we'll get one tomorrow. Here's hoping though!!! I'm off to my friend's house to bake today. We're continuing our cooking baking and what a great day for it. Hope you all enjoy the snow!!!!!