Clean Slate

I have finally decided (yeah... my skull is pretty thick) to wipe my slate clean. All of my "to do's" aren't "to do's" anymore. For the duration of the deployment, I am cutting back on my extracurricular activities. My priorities will be my children, the gym, and young womens. Nothing else will be added (of course grocery shopping is a must on occasion as well as the errands) to my list unless my priorities have been met and I have a) cleaned my house and b) spent quality time with my kids. I'm refusing to run around like a chicken with my head cut off. Done. Believe me, with 3 children to care for, shopping, laundry, cleaning, dr.'s appts, etc. I will have PLENTY to keep me busy!

Physique 57

Ok, guys. I gotta bring out the big guns. I finally ordered myself some physique 57 dvd's and equipment to help me on my weight loss challenge. If you haven't heard of them before, Kelly Ripa really likes their workouts and I think does them regularly. I am excited to try them and just know I will have a blast with them. SO MUCH FUN!!! I'll let you know how it goes. In the mean time... anyone have some really good de-stressing advice? I'd love to hear how you "unwind".

Kidding me, right!?

Just attended an AWFUL "get together":
- awfully chaotic
- awfully attended
- awfully few leaders
- awfully disheartening for the youth


Honestly, come one people! Our youth deserve more than that. If WE can't attend an activity and support them, you can guarantee that they are not going to want to be there. I just feel badly that there isn't enough guidance and support for them. They are our future. Sometimes I think, maybe we are what makes the youths' lives harder.... by not being there for them.

Bi-polar day

Today was quite an intense one. It started off with "I HATE YOU!!" repeated just short of a million times before school. My middle child followed it with "You are the best mom EVER!" upon returning home from taking said child to school. Then I was just told minutes ago that, "You are the best cookie chef EVER and EVER!" (by the girl who hated me this morning). Ugh.... it's been a day. As a young mother, you think that inevitably someday one of your children will say those words to you. I.....hate....you... I thought that I would just be able to shrug it off and continue about my day. I might have been able to do just that had I not continued looking at her as she repeated those words over and over with tears streaming down her face. Ouch... yup, that one hurt me.

Happy Valentines Day!

I hope that today wasn't too much of a bummer (since it is Sunday, and maybe your hubby isn't around either). My dad made heart shaped pancakes for us and the girls helped to make some heart sugar cookies for all of us for dinner. Since I made so much stinkin lettuce for the cafe rio stuff at the baby shower, I went ahead and did cafe rio for dinner tonight for the family (and in-laws). Everyone liked it. I'm still waiting to find out what Jeremiah did for me for Valentines. Due to slow internet and the fact the the ship just can't do anything without my husbands help, I haven't gotten the present yet, but I am WAY excited to find out what he did. I am so grateful for the internet and telephone technology to keep us in touch and make it seem as though he isn't as far away as he is. Plus, you can still receive gifts from them in time for holidays/birthdays/anniversaries! I love that all of you are my friends and I'm so blessed to have you all in my life. Thank you for your friendships!! To my family and husband, I couldn't have asked for a better bunch of people to spend eternity with.