Hi all! I'm still around. Sorry I'm such a deadbeat, I don't enjoy it either. It's just that life has put me through the spin cycle lately and I'm totally exhausted. I've got sore throat/cold 3.0 and am wore out by unexpected stuff hitting me left and right. Got about 24,000 steps today just doing all the stuff that needed to be done. DH has return ticket for two weeks from now. I need him so I can tag out for a little bit!

Only good thing I've got going on right now is complete re-programming of how the kids and I eat. We've always eaten fairly healthy when Dh is away, but this time I took it to the next level...wholewheat pasta and sandwich bread (the bread was a tough sell on my lil girl--finally discovered it was the whole seeds in the multigrain that she didn't like, but plain soft wholewheat she's ok with), fruit & nuts (occasional mini dark chocolate bites) replacing chips and cookies, a juice replacing son's 1xdaily Sprite soda (has always been water the rest of the time). The kids have totally acclimated...now, just to get DH to keep it going.