Stay-At-Home Moms Ringing in the New Year 12/29 to 2009!!!

I didn't get as much exercising done last week either I just was too busy with the holidays and working. But this week I'm going to get back on track and jump back into my routine Hope everyone's week goes well and everyone has a great last few days of 2008! :drinker:

Good morning everyone!
iftcheiaf-Hope that flu has left you and your feeling better now:flowerforyou:
supermom-Nope, punctuation doesnt count here
lexly-Its back to the routine for me today, too:drinker: It seems like the holidays will never end!:noway:
Sara-I havent seen you here this morning, I sure hope all is well with Floyd and you find a place to give him the care he needs Gotta love our little furry friends!
I hope everyone has a great Monday!:flowerforyou:
~Roni

Good Monday morning, Mommies! I can't believe it's almost 2009 already!

Dave usually gets fast food for lunch while he's driving. He's starting the Biggest Loser challenge with me. So he wants to eat healthier. We got stuff for him to pack his lunch.

Last night he was upstairs packing his lunch. He came downstairs with his cell phone open to his calculator. He said, "Okay, so counting my breakfast and lunch, I'll have eaten this many calories." He's all getting into it! This morning when I got up, I saw several measuring cups on the counter. He'd measured his cereal out this morning! I love that he's getting into it this much!

He said the other day that he's gained some weight since we started dating 3 years ago and he can't make up excuses anymore because I am right around the weight I was when we started dating and that's after having a baby.

Harley was so tired after the busy Christmas week that yesterday she passed out on the way home from church and slept almost 4 hours. A couple hours later she took a little cat nap. She still fell asleep easily at bedtime but she must have been having bad dreams or something because she kept waking up crying and it sounded like a scared or confused cry. Then she woke up around midnight. I gave her a bottle but she didn't eat much. Then she slept until 7am. So I know she's still gonna be tired today.

Good Monday morning, Mommies! I can't believe it's almost 2009 already!

Dave usually gets fast food for lunch while he's driving. He's starting the Biggest Loser challenge with me. So he wants to eat healthier. We got stuff for him to pack his lunch.

Last night he was upstairs packing his lunch. He came downstairs with his cell phone open to his calculator. He said, "Okay, so counting my breakfast and lunch, I'll have eaten this many calories." He's all getting into it! This morning when I got up, I saw several measuring cups on the counter. He'd measured his cereal out this morning! I love that he's getting into it this much!

He said the other day that he's gained some weight since we started dating 3 years ago and he can't make up excuses anymore because I am right around the weight I was when we started dating and that's after having a baby.

Harley was so tired after the busy Christmas week that yesterday she passed out on the way home from church and slept almost 4 hours. A couple hours later she took a little cat nap. She still fell asleep easily at bedtime but she must have been having bad dreams or something because she kept waking up crying and it sounded like a scared or confused cry. Then she woke up around midnight. I gave her a bottle but she didn't eat much. Then she slept until 7am. So I know she's still gonna be tired today.

I mentioned to Doug last night how Dave's doing the challenge & on MFP now & he says, "Oh. Well, I guess you'll have to teach me how to turbo jam." WTH? He's been wanting to start exercising & I guess hearing that someone else's husband is doing it with them was the kick in the pants he needed. LOL Goofball. I'm so excited for you that Dave's doing this! He's come quite aways! YAY!

Hi ladies! I was MIA last week, so I don't really know everything that's going on, but first, 3BB - I hope everything is okay with your puppy!!!

I hope everyone had fabulous holidays and had fun with their babies and all the presents!!! Loree - I did see Harley's pictures. My husband was peeking over my shoulder and said, "Dang, that baby made out, didn't she?" Hehe. She's too cute. We got so much loot too. Darrell got a ball pit. Why? I don't know. Where are we going to put it? I don't know. But he does love it. It's in the kitchen right now. :laugh:

We had a very loooooooooooooong week last week. We had to go to 10 (count 'em 10) family Christmas celebrations. And those are just the ones we went to. We missed 2. It's just been so hectic. We have all subsisted on party food for the past week, and we still have a fridge full of it. My body and weight loss journey have taken a huge hit the past month. I am going back to the gym today because I feel like a big flobbering ball of flab. Ick.

Thanks for starting the new thread up! I was in a rush to get out of the house this morning to transfer the dog from urgent care to a hospital that I forgot to do it when I hopped on. :ohwell:

Have lovely weeks, ladies!

Hey, there you are! So I take it you got Floyd transferred successfully?

Here I am! Yep. He's safe & snug at a new clinic & I am blessed with a wonderful friend that helped me out this morning getting him there since I had all the dang kids with me. We're hoping he'll be home tomorrow or Wed. Now, to worry about the $$$ aspect of it. :grumble: The long version of the story is on the proud thread if you're interested. LOL

I just finished reading it Sara:laugh: I sure hope Floyd learns his lesson and leaves things alone that arent in his food dish. Wow, you said hes only a year old. I was picturing a much older doggy that might be losing his wits perhaps? That happened to one of my cats, he was 17 yrs old and totally lost it. Started doing really CRAZY things:noway: Its soo sad and so hard when theyhave to be put down Just wanted you to know that Im rooting for Floyd!:flowerforyou:

Thanks for starting the new thread up! I was in a rush to get out of the house this morning to transfer the dog from urgent care to a hospital that I forgot to do it when I hopped on. :ohwell:

Have lovely weeks, ladies!

Hey, there you are! So I take it you got Floyd transferred successfully?

Here I am! Yep. He's safe & snug at a new clinic & I am blessed with a wonderful friend that helped me out this morning getting him there since I had all the dang kids with me. We're hoping he'll be home tomorrow or Wed. Now, to worry about the $$$ aspect of it. :grumble: The long version of the story is on the proud thread if you're interested. LOL

I just finished reading it Sara:laugh: I sure hope Floyd learns his lesson and leaves things alone that arent in his food dish. Wow, you said hes only a year old. I was picturing a much older doggy that might be losing his wits perhaps? That happened to one of my cats, he was 17 yrs old and totally lost it. Started doing really CRAZY things:noway: Its soo sad and so hard when theyhave to be put down Just wanted you to know that Im rooting for Floyd!:flowerforyou:

Noooo...the dippity do is only 1 & we've only had him since Sept. 1! He's cost me more $ in this short period of time than nearly all the kids combined on dr. visits, hospital visits & surgeries. Insanity! I asked the vet if there could be some sort of imbalance somewhere in him that could be causing this & she said, "NOPE! Some dogs are just ornery when it comes to eating stuff." :sick: Thanks. That helps.

Morning ladies!!!

Wow what a week. I still haven't got up on everything but I just wanted to let you all know how my travels and christmas went.

Well the kids got spoiled of course but what I got is more important right??? My SIL and my hubby bought me a HRM...Polar F4 not the one I wanted but it will do. I'm so excited to use it this morning. I'm waiting for my breakfast to settle so that I can get to work. I also got the Hungry Girl cookbook and Eat This Not That. I got a new workout DVD...Not Turbo Jam but Jillian Micheals 30 day Shred (I'm scared :laugh: ). My mom did give me money so that I could order some Turbo Jam workouts so I will get right on that With that money I'm also going to go get a digital food scale....my spring loaded one is a piece of crap. I now feel like I'm armed with the proper weapons to help me lose the last 20 ish lbs.
I'm so excited that I hit my Christmas goal of 188, even with all the crappy eating I've done. And I was pretty positive that when I got on the scale this morning it was going to say more because of the traveling and lack of water for the past couple days but it still says 188 so I can't wait to see what it says in a couple days

I'm glad that everyone had a good holiday.
Marla-sorry to hear about the accident. So sad.
Loki-if I had 10 parties to attend I would have murdered someone. To me that is way to much stress.
Sara-I missed the puppy story but I hope he's getting the care he needs and will get better
Supermom-isn't diaper watching fun. My DD has gotten to the point where she is going 2-3 days with out a BM. They say it's normal for BFd babies but it sure makes me nervous when we are out and about....blowouts are the worst thing to deal with in a public place :grumble:
Loree-It looks like Harley had a wonderful first Christmas. I will post pics when my computer is fixed (on hubbys right now).

gotta go get my TJ in....and test out the new HRM. We are also going bowling this afternoon so I'll get a litte more exercise in :happy:

Have a great day!

Oh, Melissa, I'm so so sorry. *big hugs* My continued prayers are with you, sweetie. :brokenheart:

I'm sorry to hear that MM. I'm going to continue to pray for you and your family

MM-sorry to hear this news. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

MM - just wanted to let you know that I'm still thinking of you, sweetie. Hope you got to go to Alex's therapy today & it wasn't too difficult on you. *hugs*

Loki - I hope you find a new gym! That sucks about the Y! That's one of the reasons I don't have a gym membership. The only place around that has daycare is the Y & that membership is waaay expensive. Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess. :grumble:

I hope everyone has a lovely Monday evening! I'm off to try to finish Turbo Sculpt. I sent DH to the grocery store by himself for the first time in YEARS some I'm dreading what he'll be coming home with. Probably some twinkies at least. :noway:

I'm glad today was a good day & that you'll have some time to your self tomorrow. Still praying for you, my dear. *hugs*

MM- Its so good to hear that you had a good day, my prayers are with you



Uh-Oh girls I messed up a bit today, 3 peanut butter cookies and some BBQ chips that were not allotted in my calories for today:ohwell: But :ohwell: ast night was horrible with Ayden, he was strugling with gas and trying to poop, I felt so bad for the little guy, I was up til 1:30 walking him around the house, that seems to be his new comfort mechanism, great for me to burn some extra cals but my back is killing me and its just boring n almost exhausting in a way. All that walking and bouncing and burping to get him to nap for 30 min not to mention my room is utter chaos so Ive been trying to clean it during the day while he cat naps but I've barely gotten anywhere and that means Im not napping, n when hubby comes home hes barely a help, I have to ask him to do anything he doesnt just offer to take him so I dont have to pace the floor for the hundredth time today. And sometimes when I try to vent to him about how tired and sore I am, he just tries to prove that hes worse off by saying well I worked all day. and I know that majority of the time hes sitting on his *kitten* doing nothing, ugh he makes me sick!

ugh sorry for the vent I'm just super tired n really stressed and I just want Ayden to goet to bed so I can pump n get to sleep, ugh n I wish he wouldnt struggle to poop.... give me some hope, when does it get easier??? When can I get a full 8hr night of sleep? I feel like an old granny, every joint aches and my musces ache from working out and not having enough sleep to recover and lately Ive been getting migraine headaches A LOT, like once or twice a day, life kinda sucks at the moment, I just want sleep:sad: :sad: :sad: