Lame-O

So, I didn't take any photos in January. How lame is that?! How do I miss taking photos?! I'm such a lazy jerk.

Well, good news, I got the job in Motors. It's going to be a great opportunity and great move for me. Even thought it will cost me more in daycare. I'm excited to have my weekends back with Ian and never have to ask for a holiday off. wwweeeee!!!

Weight watchers is going well. It's still easy, but it sucks that I will have to watch what I eat for the rest of my life. NO FAIR! Okay, so it is fair, it just sucks. I love food so much. >.< I'm on track to loose 5 lbs a month. It's very reasonable, and I can still have some yummy food that's important to me.

It's official that Laura and I are going to FL in October! This will be the first time I've gone to FL since I was 16, with out trip revolving around Disney. I don't know what to do with myself. ha ha ha. No, but really it will be nice. We'll be staying at the number one rated beach in America - Clearwater Beach, FL. We're staying at a fabulous beach house: http://www.vrbo.com/262139 and it's literally walking distance to the beach, BUT it also has a pool. The kids are going to love this place. I'm not taking the boys at this point, unless something changes. I've asked Mary, my SIL if she wants to babysit, so we'll see if that works out.

We will go to Disneyworld for ONE day however since they are running their 'Give A Day, Get A Disney Day' promotion - http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=Give-A-Day-Get-A-Disney-Day ... so, that will be awesome, and since it's October, I think I'll go on a day when they are also having Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, too. SOOOO COOL! Everyone needs to go!

Also, my birthday was this past Tuesday, the 2nd. I am 32 years old. I can't believe how young I am, yet how old I am too. Weird. My mom was 33 when she had me, and she still had TWO kids after that! I'm glad I was done by the time I was 30. I was 29 when I had the boys.

Well, that's all for now. I promise to take some photos for next bloggy post.

Update

So, weight watchers is going very well! It's slow, steady and manageable. Hopefully within a year I'll be down to 150 and it won't have been very difficult. wwwweeeee!!!! I have also walked for an hour on the treadmill THREE TIMES! It's a miracle. ha ha ha. I'm only walking at a 2 mph pace though.

My birthday is next week. I'll be 32 years old. I like getting older, personally. I truly feel like I become wiser and calmer. Ian and I are going to Indian food. I'll have to figure out how to chart that with my points.

We also have Valentine's Day coming up. I told Ian just to send flowers to my work for my birthday and that will take care of Vday and my birthday.

I applied and had a second interview in the eBay Motors dept. I have a good feeling, but until I'm actually offered the job, I'll just have to wait. It was a pretty popular job and a lot of people applied. A lot of qualified people. If I don't get the job, I'll just stay in TCC until something else pops up.

Laura and I am trying to plan our Florida trip. Who knows who will show up.

Mer

I started Weight Watchers!

So, last night was my first meeting. Laura and Ashlee are also joining in! The program is SUPER SIMPLE ... the not so simple part it following the plan. I am allowed 27 points per day. Everything you eat is assigned a points value. For example, I'm eating a turkey sandwich right now for lunch. It's two slices of whole wheat bread, two tbls of Miracle Whip and 3 oz of sliced deli turkey. Super delish and it's 6 points. If I wanted to, I could add tons of veggies and it wouldn't raise the points, or if it did, it would be like 1 point. I also get 35 extra points every week to 'fudge' with. So, I'm going to try and NOT use those. Maybe when I go to dinner or something.

I'm hoping to get down to 150lbs. We'll see ... only time will tell.

Recap

Guess who didn't take photos on Christmas ... yup, that would be me. I was too busy filming with the video recorder, I forgot about the camera. Oh well, at least it was document.

Today is NYE and I won't be doing anything fun. I have to work in the morning so I'll be in bed by 10:00. I'm so lame. I promise myself that next year I will not work Christmas or New Year's Day. I'll see if I can talk Ian in to taking off the time as well.

So, this is embarrassing. My new year's resolutions for last year were to loose weight and have an orgasm everyday. I'm sure you think that's lame, but it isn't. Husbands and wives need to be together more. Maybe some of you have time to be intimate, but I/we don't. I'm not embarrassed to say that if we can do it once a week, I'm surprised. It's so damn hard! I hate that Ian and I don't have the relationship we used to have. I can't imagine that anyone has the same relationship they had when they were childless and new wed. Ah, those were the good ol' days. Now I have kids who come knock on my door while Ian and I are, ahem, "occupied", saying, "What are you guys doing in there ..." ... "come out, I need to talk to you".

Oh lordy.

Anyway, this year my only goal is to loose weight. Laura, Ashlee and my co-worker are joining weight watchers. If anyone wants to come along, you're more than welcome. I would LOVE to get to 150lbs. I don't know if it's even possible. I love food so much. It also means I have to stop drinking because of the empty calories. Totally sucks. I'll have to 'celebrate' every 8 weeks or so.

I'd love to travel in the new year, but I'm not sure that will happen. Ian and I are saving for my 'mommy makeover'. We're saving money AND pto from work. I always struggle with travel, too. Should I take the kids or not? I hate that I feel guilty if I don't bring them with, but then when I do, I don't enjoy myself. *sigh*

So, no photos this post ... just rambling.

Meredith

Disneyland 2009

Halloween Pics!

Ian was a pirate, I was a witch, Lydia was a vampire, Lily was a dark fairy, and the boys were Nemo and Squirt. I don't remember which was which ... oh, wait, Duncan was Nemo and Arik was Squirt. We went to Rosemary's because Lily was trick or treating there with their family. We also stopped at my parents house for a photo op. We came back home and I took Lydia on the street, came home then Ian took her out for a few more houses. We didn't take the boys because they were very, very sad. It wouldn't have been worth it. Still too young, I guess. We'll try again next year.

Cornbelly's

We went to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point. We took the boys and Lydia and met up with my friend Kami. It was a lot of fun! I'm glad we had discount coupons and a free entrance for Lydia. It only cost us 12.00 or something to get in. If we had to pay full price it would have been like 30.00 or something ... that's pretty steep.

There's a lot of fun things to do there. The boys loved playing on the wooden train. We walked through 'the creature' which scared Lydia and the boys temendously ... don't recommend that for little kids. We went on a little train ride and also went in these pedal go cart things. Super fun! We'll definitely go again next year.