It's been THAT long?

So it has. Much has happened since then, but not much has really changed. The kids continue to grow like weeds, I'm now a Zumba Instructor (that's the biggest change I suppose), my husband and I are doing well. When I posted last, I still had a full time job. December 08 brought many changes. On 12/5, I was laid off from my old job that I worked at for 7 years. I found and fell for Zumba. I spent a good amount of time training for it and teaching. I'm studying for medical transcription currently to work from home, and am also a ghost writer for a company out of California. My husband still works for the same company, and we've made many new friends. I miss a lot of friends from my old job. It's hard to get together with them...but I still love them as much as ever. That's really about it for now!!

November 5, 2008

So last night Barack Hussein Obama won the Presidential Election last night for the 09-12 term. We had gone to our weekly meeting and afterwards came home to see the news. Shortly after we saw Senator John McCain give a speech congratulating him and asking people to come together and support our new president. This was followed by Obama giving a speech right around midnight that was very eloquent, well-written, well performed, and riled up the people. Yes, the Obama supporters must have been very proud. I do appreciate the things he SAID. I just don't know if he really believes them. I just can't shake this bad gut feeling I have abouth him, his ties, his church, his affiliations, his wife who he is scared of who seems racist according to what I've seen. I just hope I'm wrong about all the bad stuff. I really pray and hope so, because if even one ounce of it is true then the USA will spiral downwards while the wool is pulled over so many eyes.

Dear God, I pray for our country.

aaah! how to handle it all

so i'm sick, which I'm NOT used to. tonight I'm supposed to go out with friends, supposed to get my house clean, and also have to take my daughter to her sleepover. it's insane. tomorrow i have my first own spa party with my skin analysis certification which should be cool. i have a lot coming up! next weekend is my son's surprise Medieval times dinner (can't WAIT for this!), and the weekend after that i'm out of town.

October I have to plan 2 events, plus one for Early november, figure out halloween costumes, and host an event. crazy.

I'm still trying to lose weight, but it's so slow. Which is ok, as long as it keeps going that way. I love my life. Our business is about to grow exponentially in volume and right after that our team's gonna explode! I have so many things going on w/that which are awesome!

Then there's Christmas!

things are crazy....but good!

ok so here's my week this week, what's been, what's coming.  and things i need to figure out how to get done.

Monday - work, organize office and tax paperwork, recup from weekend away

Tuesday - meetings

Wed - Derek had pool, I took a lot of naps in the evening, totally missing church, then I worked on delicates, cleaned up the coffee table and kitchen (except dishes!), and played a game with the kids.  This game is so bizarre.  You have this little dude and he has to go around the board, he's carrying a gold coin. after every turn you gotta push on the treasure chest, the whole board shakes, then this skeleton comes out and grabs (or tries to grab) someone's gold. then you gotta start over. it's like mr. bones or something. fun!  well after the kids went to bed i planned a spa afe party and watched this past sunday's sermon online that we missed from being in DC.  

Thur (today) - kids have football and cheerleading orientation.  should be very entertaining.  that's 6-8 (say goodbye to the evening) 

Friday we're having family movie night.  time for relax.  Shayne also has psych dr.'s appts in the morning.  one at 830 and the other at 9.  after kids in bed we pay the bills.

Saturday - swim lessons 9:45-10:30. Summer audition at 10:45 (she might miss swim this week!), kids have a bday party at 2pm. Derek and I will probably hit the gym after that then stay home and get some crap done!

Sunday - sunday school 9:15, church 10:30, picnic 1pm.  oh i think i'm also supposed to bring a dessert to said picnic.

so but now what i've realized is that i never plan our meals out anymore and i really need to.  so i want to try and start posting that up.

it's Friday!

so it's been awhile since i've made entry. oh well. been busy!

so i just completed 4 weeks of physical therapy on my good ankle, things are going better with my son, and the summer is treating us good.  we just finished installing our carpet tiles in our bedroom closet, which rock, and we want to get the kitchen tiles done next.  don't know yet if we might remove the paint or paint over the paint that's already on them. ugh! we also need to clean out our gutters...yuck!

we took the kids to our city's music fest last weekend. tomorrow my daughter is going with my mom to the American Girl Place in NYC.  She's so excited! Tomorrow we're going to take my son on a boat ride since he loves them so much.  Then go swimming. Hooray for the weekend!

woo hoo!

I have to say I'm completely shocked to step on the scale this morning and weigh THAT!  That's like 2 lbs. in a day. But I bet it's water consumption. I drank more yesterday than I have in weeks.  Either way I LOVE IT!  Now if it stays, I'll be splendidly happy!

it's been awhile

so yeah it's been a good while since i posted here.  since my last post, my son has been in the mental hospital and diagnosed with ADHD and put on meds, his behavior during the day is VASTLY improved.  We went to Disneyworld shortly after that.  Now we're trying to put things back together to start our summer.  This is the kids' last week of school and next week they will be w/my mom and then the week after they start "Summer Camp".  I hope they both do well there. They won't be together.  This is their first summer apart during the day.

As for me, I have been diagnosed with "Posterior Tibialis Insertional Tendonitis"...here's a good site for info on it: http://www.myfootshop.com/detail.asp?Condition=Posterior%20Tibial%20Tendon%20Dysfunction

Anyway, I have to wear a large uncomfortable ankle brace when I will be on my feet (like going to the store) and go to Physical Therapy 2-3x/week for 2 months.  Oh....goodie.  My first appt. is next Wednesday.

So, with regard to exercise, we wish to do much more, but life has been SO busy it's impossible. However, we are going to be swimming more so we can get max calorie burn!  Who knew!?