M*O*M*M*Y needs C*O*F*F*E*E

Ok, so my title of this post is from a children's song by Ralph's World.....he really isn't too bad for childrens music. Anyway, Grace decided to wake up at 4am this morning so I am up. This is going to be a LONG day. Mike usually gets up at 4:30 for work anyway so I at least got to see him off.
Tomorrow is halloween and the kids are excited, even though we did a daytime trick or treating thing on Saturday. Dalton's school is doing a little parade and then a party tomorrow, then we will go trick or treating. After trick or treating we are going to stop by this guys house that Mike works with to check out his Haunted GraveYard that he sets up in his front yard. I do not think Grace will enjoy that too much, but we'll see how it goes.
I am really starting to get excited about this weekend. I am anxious about leaving the kids but I know they are in good hands with my mom so I need to relax about that. They will have fun and probably won't even notice we are gone.
Ok so my brain isn't functioning too well right now so that is all I am going to write.
Here is a picture of the kids in costume from Saturday for those of you that haven't seen it yet. And HAPPY HALLOWEEN in case I don't update tomorrow!

***Grace is a Bat Princess and Dalton is Speed Racer***

I got Tagged!

What I have to do is share 7 random things about myself and tag 7 more people.

1)I graduated in 1993...14 years ago, holy shit!
2)I'm gonna see Dane Cook in Toronto this weekend!
3) I wear size 12 now!
4)I hate cleaning.
5)I seldom go into a store without my coupon bag....yes bag!
6)Just found out another person I graduated with lives pretty close to me.
7)I talk to my mom AT LEAST once a week.

Now I tag Melanie, Julie, Charlie,Ginger, Brandy, Sherry and Nicole
(None of these guys have posted on thier blogs in ages(except Ginger) so if they are checking in on me, maybe this will give them something to do!)

25 Pounds Lighter!

Well, actually 26!

I weighed in this morning and I lost another pound and a half and I am absolutly thrilled about it! I really didn't think I did as well as I could have-eating wise-this week. Oh it really does feel good. I really feel like I am on track this time around.
Thanks so much for all the encouragement!

I am halfway to my goal....It took me 4.5 months to get this far so we'll see if I can lose the next 25 by March!

just for fun

PICTURE COMPARISON

Ok haven't posted a photo in awhile so thought I'd do a comparison. I am wearing different clothes, but all the same, almost 25 pounds lighter, I just don't see a huge difference....but I know its there :)

JUNE:





OCTOBER:

1 am

So here it is 1am and I am awake still. Had tons of laundry and just didn't want to deal with it tomorrow so that is what I have been doing for the last few hours. But it is done now and I am happy I have that off the list for tomorrow. I cannot believe this weather lately. It was so nice out today. Mike mowed the lawn and I pulled some weeds, the kids played. It's still very nice right now too. I just took some trash out and it is a beautiful night out, I just wish Mike wasn't in bed and had to get up in 3.5 hours for work so we could sit outside and talk.
Anyway, we went out and saw Yonder Mountain String Band the other night. They were great. I had forgotten what it was like to see a band for the first time. I totally enjoyed their music, but found myself wanting to leave before the end of the show because I couldn't sing along. It was fun though. We got to go out to dinner with Mikes friend and his wife---super nice people. My age, and seemed like we had enough in common to maybe be friends outside of work. Dinner was good, some Asian joint in Rochester. They all had Sushi and I had chinese....I'm boring what can I say. After dinner we went to the show. Good Times and I hope to hang out with them again.
Really looking forward to Toronto. Booked our hotel, now we just have to wait!
Hmmm, what else is new? I went to a craft fair with my sister and got some really great smelling homemade soap, isn't that the most exciting thing in the world....God I hope not!
So I am grasping at straws here to think of things to write about so I guess I will end this until the next time and hopefully I will have something a little more interesting to say!
Have a WONDERFUL week to anyone that is taking the time to check in on me!

Just a quickie!

So I did my good deed today. I took a carload (literally, a carload,front seats all the way to the hatchback)of stuff down to the Cameron Community Ministries in the heart of Rochester. I feel good in a couple ways. One, that these totally useable pieces of clothing and tons of toys that we no longer need/use, are going to be used by people who don't have the money to even go to a thrift store to purchase used items (I've kinda given up on donating to thrift stores-they overprice the stuff and a lot goes in thier dumpsters too) and secondly, I have freed up a good chunk of my basement!!! Yippee! So I think we will be doing another Toy Sweep through the house before christmas too and clear out some more, our kids have way too much stuff! So I started my day off by doing good :)

Also I weighed in today since we are going out tomorrow. Lost ONE more pound. Feels good. I've lost 24.5 pounds so far!

Enjoy your day!

Went to Norwich

So we went to my home town this weekend and it was a blast. The kids had SO much fun with Grandma and Grandpa. I got to see my grandma and my aunt and uncle--and their entire family.

Mike and I went to the Bohemian Moon to eat. Nice little place. 66 bucks for 2 appetizers,2 entrees and 4 beers, so not too bad. Needless to say, the rest of the bars in Norwich need a lot of help.

We started at Main Street Music Pub--I think that is the name. Nice Bar, and we were waiting to check out the band for the night. But after them running out of Amstel Light(I had 3 I think) and 9:30 coming around and no band we decide to leave.

So next we ventured to the Grill. Which is called something else now. But let me just say, this was the place you couldn't wait to turn 21 so you could go to it. Well HOLY SHIT, this place sucks now! We walk in and there is NO pool table, NO dart board. A "DJ" is set up with Dance lights going and all the sudden it is a Gangsta club. Who the hell knew this existed in Norwich. So needless to say, we had one beer and got the hell out.

It was fun though. I love going home to visit.

Today Is THURSDAY...

Ok so the kids are keeping themselves busy in the other room and the wash cycle on the clothes is finishing up so I thought I would do a post on here while I have a little time....

I honestly don't know what is going on, the stars are aligned in my favor I guess because the next few weeks are going to be FUN FILLED for Mike and I. This is very rare for us. So let me start by saying I weighed in bright and early this morning only to find out I didn't lose any weight. That is ok though. I usually weigh in on Saturdays but since we are going out of town this weekend I weighed in today--this will be the case for the next couple weeks because of our schedule. So my goal for next week is to lose 1.5 pounds and that will put me at 25 pounds, so send some positive vibes my way for the next week.

So what exactly is going to be happening this month with us? Well, this weekend we are going to drive to my parents house. Mike hasn't been there since Christmas, and he really enjoys seeing Norwich and my family. Most likely we will get the chance to go out for dinner and/or a movie or drinks or something. The kids LOVE seeing thier cousins too so it is a win/win situation whenever we go back to the homestead. So that is this weekend.

Next weekend....Friday night the kids will be hanging out with their Aunt and Uncle while Mike and I go to the city (Rochester that is) and check out this band-YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND (check them out here:http://www.yondermountain.com/) with one of his friends from work,Dave and his wife. I have never heard this band nor have I met Dave yet. I jokenly call him Mikes boyfriend though because he seems to have more in common with him than with me. They like the same books and music and are always loaning things to one another. I am just happy he finally found someone to connect with at work. Hopefully we all hit it off as a group. I do know that they do not have children-which can sometimes cause problems in social aspects of friendships, BUT, they are our age so who knows. He sounds like a nice guy, so I am looking forward to meeting him, and most of all hanging out with some cool people who I can relate too. I will update on the show at a later time. What I have heard of them online, they sound pretty good.

So then the week after that I guess nothing exciting really. But then the last week in October....well, we have Halloween which is always a good thing. Dalton is super excited about that. Then that weekend-first weekend of Novemeber we are heading up to Canada, Toronto to be exact, to catch Dane Cook. I cannot wait. I still have to book a hotel room. This should be a blast even though I paid entirely TOO much for the tickets. But once upon a time the exchange rate was very much in our (americans)favor, that is no longer the case...not right now anyway and I paid, well lets just leave it at WAY TOO f'ing much!

All that being said, it is almost overwhelming to think that Mike and I will be participating in so much adult activity in the coming few weeks...so exciting!!!!!

SATURDAY

Ok, so I can't believe it is October and 80 degrees outside....I'm not complaining though. So today I am doing yet one more last minute Garage Sale. I can't believe how much stuff we have. I was supposed to participate in a consignment sale but due to poor organization on their part, I dropped out of it. So now I have a ton of kids stuff to sell, so wish me luck. Hopefully Craigslist helps me out and gets people here.**UPDATE** Broke 100 bucks, that made me happy, and got rid of some clutter!

I have to weigh in today, so I will be back with an update later on that. **UPDATE** Lost one more pound! Very happy about that.

Mike and I are FINALLY getting out of dodge without the kids. I just purchased 2 tickets to see Dane Cook up in Toronto next month. I am an idiot though and should have checked the exchange rate. Oh well, it will be fun and Mike and I NEED THIS! We still have never been away overnight from the kids. Mike has independantly traveling for work etc...I never have other than when I was in the hospital with Grace. So I'm nervous but SO looking forward to it. Mike has never been to Canada, I have once for a concert back in 93 or 94 I think it was. Toronto is very nice.

So that is just a quickie. I will be back later to update this post with my weigh in results........

For your viewing pleasure:


(Mike brought his Fire gear home from work yesterday so Dalton has been loving the mask. He also takes pictures of himself on the computer all the time, and this is what I found on there this morning :) )