Oh lordy ...

I'm so so sorry I haven't posted in April, and now we're ending May with out a new update.

I promise to get something up soon ... the last day of school is this Friday.

What am I going to do?

Death in the family

I received a frantic call today from Lily around 3:30ish.

She couldn't find her hamster. I was confident it was somewhere in the house, but I didn't know where. It had gotten out of it's cage by chewing through some duct tape that Ian had put on a hole. Hamsters can escape from *anything* ... duct tape might as well be cobwebs.

After searching the house, Lily found the hamster in the kitty dungeon. 'Hamstey' was found in the kitty house-carpet thingie. It wasn't eaten. My guess is Kitty somehow broke it's neck or something because if Sammy or Kisper found it first, it would be kitty poop by now.

Poor Lily.

When I finally got home she had take photos of Hamstey and created this tribute video.

RIP Hamstey.

Blue Hair

Thanks to Ashlee, my niece, I got my hair done!

As you may remember, the previous color was red, now it's blue in honor of nothing in particular. I also had her dye my regrowth, etc.

Looks pretty good huh?

Meredith

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