SAHM 11/08/10 to 11/14/10

Hi! I'm a SAHM to a 2 year old daughter and a 6 month old little boy. I love bieng home with them so much, I wouldn't trade it for anything!

My husband is also home right now (he gets VA disability, but he'll be going back to school in Jan.) and our lives are pretty laid back. His birthday is this week so I have to order his ice cream cake and get him a couple more presents. But other than that all I have to do is go to the gym and take care of my kids! Oh, and I have to start working on making this year's Christmas cards.

Hey all. I am also a SAHM and homeschool mom to my 3 kiddos. 11 (almost 12), 8, and 7. Would be great to stay with you all to keep on track. My worst thing is I get frustrated and stressed and want DR PEPPER. Im working thru that and WILL NOT keep it in the house. If it gets bad enough then I will go get one can and that is all. But I go back and forth on it for awhile before actully do it and 9 out of 10 times, I dont end up doing it. We live in the country so there isn't a machine or gas station just around the corner. So that helps a bunch.:happy: Glad to meet you all. :flowerforyou:

Sorry for my absence lately ladies! My husband has been studying nonstop for the past 2 weeks for his midterms. I have been getting training in for the half marathon, and we've just been so busy! I accomplished my goal and finished my half marathon on Saturday! Stats are in my signature, I'm so happy with all that I've accomplished in the past year! I'm hoping to lose another 10 pounds and train for another half on May 1st I started the 20 week TurboFire program this morning, and it was so hard! Must be the cold I caught and the half marathon on Saturday. Hoping it gets easier LOL

This weekend will be bad eating and drinking...my sister-in-law is getting married so we'll be in Chicago over the weekend. Anytime we get with the in-laws, it means good food and good drinks! LOL

Nicole ~ Awesome!! Good luck on your training! Which one are you doing??

Hello NoAdd, Jenni, and Aneajo!!

I am going to try hard to log my calories through Thursday, and be back to the grind on Monday!!

Good morning ladies and welcome all newcomers :flowerforyou:

Still not a lot to report from last week. About the same is going on. Inlaw situation has settled down quite a bit from about a month ago.....for those who know what I'm talking about.

Last couple of weeks, I've been off on my calories and exercising, not sure if I'm getting depressed bc the fall and winter seasons are upon us and there's not a lot to do around my area one the snow comes. My friend and I have been walking the mall (only bc she has a 4yr old and I have my 6 mo old, so its too cold to walk the riverwalk), but as Christmas gets closer, the quiet mall is going to be getting busier and busier in the mornings, and it won't be such a nice walk anymore.....so we haven't been going as much.

Other than that, I think that it....oh yeah, I took my son in for his 6 mo check up and shots, he's doing good and then I had a parent conference with my 6 yr old's first grade teacher and she's having a focusing/attention problem, so we are both doing a check list and then she has a dr appt next Thursday to get evaluated some more and see if she has A.D.D or just being a kid or what we can do to help her, otherwise she's academically up there and can go places if her attention was so off.

I'm getting off for now, need to go clean up and get ready for the day, as me and my friend are off to the mall this morning.

I try to keep the book reading till bed time or I get in trouble and NOTHING gets done. Trying to get in more exercise, but I have a stupid foot that doesn't like to walk outside. GRRRRR

Took the kids for a walk yesterday and had to cut it short cause of the foot, drives me nuts. I wanted fresh air too. Still trying to work around that one. Doing little bits here and there, but then I get tired and don't even want to fold clothes. Working on getting thru that also.

I just started getting up earlier to do a Bible Devotional, so Im even more tired. All a work in progress.

On a good note, I was at a convention over the weekend with only fast food and snacks for 2 days and I didn't gain much at all. I was very happy. Might have been all the walking up the bleachers and half way to the moon to go to the bathroom lol.

Anyway, have a great day all.

Barb~Yay on the inlaw situation! Really glad to hear that one. I know what you mean on this time of the year here you can't do much outside. It snowed here last night. Of course but the late afternoon it had melted.

Nicole~ I have not been able to check books out from the library for a while (fines need to be paid ). I want to be able to again soon but I am going to been to use reading as a reward after I get the stuff I need to done.

Aneajo~I don't always do this but every once in a while I just want to sit and read and do nothing else. Guess it could be worse than reading. But the kids and the hubby feel neglected and than it's really not worth it. Good idea for the reading at bedtime. Hope your foot gets feeling better soon.

So this week it looks like I won't be babysitting. One of the little boys I babysit bit his tongue this morning (when they were getting ready to bring them here). It ended up so bad that he forked his tongue and needed stitches. :sad: Poor thing! They had to do a consicous sedating 2 times. The first time the stitches came out a short time later and then the second time they have stayed in so far. Poor thing is on a liquid only diet for a few days. Hope you all have a great day tomorrow.

good for you amy! and katie--WOW running for over 2 hours!!! you should be so stinkin' proud of what you've done!

just a parenting bit--my kids are not at all obedient. it's getting on my nerves! sooo i decided to train them. every time they do what they're asked on the first time, they get an M&M. yes, my kids are like dogs and very happy with immediate and simple rewards. i really need to cut down on the yelling, and having them listen more quickly could help that.

i am also going to put 20ish pennies in my pocket. and each time i yell/cuss a penny switches to other side. hope i don't run out of pennies! i'm not doing a reward/punishment for me, just trying to REALLY increase my awareness.

wish me luck on all that!

ps--katie in ut--a belated happy birthday!

Hey Ladies! I'm newer to the group, but joined a week or so ago. Sorry I haven't been around in a few days.

To those of you who still have Halloween candy lying around....I have a suggestion, (if you want one.)

I say, have a GOODBYE party for the candy. The kids choose 10 (or less) pieces to keep, and the rest goes in the trash or to someone else's home. Then, for a reward you take them and do something positive and active. Like, say a day at the park for instance. Just a thought! (if it's too cold where you live, choose another activity like roller skating, etc..)


Oh, so for me, I weighed in on Monday, and I had NO LOSS this week. I was kind of disappointed, but on the other hand I was ok with it too. I was so afraid I was going to gain. But, this is a new week. I started going to Jazzercise class. (for some reason the name of the class makes me feel old! haha) Having said that, it still makes me sweat and I can barely keep up! So...I'm burning lots of calories there. I'm hoping for at least 3 pounds this week.

My baby boy has officially started walking!!! He's been toddling around for a few weeks now, but I'm finally comfortable saying that he walks more than he crawls. I can't believe how fast he's growing!! (he is 13 months!) I felt so sorry for him this morning! We were in the kitchen, and I was putting some food away in the refrigerator. I looked up to see him pulling on a cord that was attached to the crock pot. (Thankfully, I had taken the heavy crock and HOT food out to move it to the fridge.) Anyway, he pulled the thing down on his poor little head and now has a big ole knot and bruise! My poor baby!

I'm really proud of you ladies who are running races!! I want to run one by February this coming year. I just want to start with a 5k. I have wanted to do this for years, but never had the commitment to finish it! I'm seriously considering the couch to 5K program!

Well, off to bed.