In about a month...

I have lost 10.6 lbs. Yesterday was the beginning of Lent, and I am giving up the extra calories that I have been consuming that are over my calories guidelines. Hopefully, these 40 days will act as a opportunity to do what I say and me a healthier me, for me and those I love.

2nd Birthday Party

The second birthday party for Xman is more or less planned. Thank you Pinterest and Google. I have found several cute ideas that do not involved a party pack bought from the store and isn't overly coordinated - which tends to make me crazy ... well, crazier!

My next step is working out a schedule for all the DIY fun between now and then. March 3rd watch out! After the party I will post pics and let you know how everything goes!

Challenge - changed

Okay, so I am sure you thought I quit ... and I have quit my exercises ... and lost 9lbs. I am planning on exercising again, but can only focus on one thing at a time, and for the past 2ish weeks I have been focusing on counting calories. Once the weather is warmer it will be easier to drag Xman on walks and other such luxuries I cannot contemplate on a 28 degree morning.

I have been using an app on my phone, and although I over shoot my calories most days, I am still getting a bit of success. The weekends are bad, and I spend most of the week working off the weekend, but fortunately it's the weekend plus a little. I saw a number this morning I haven't seen since I was nursing, and before that it had been about a year before Xman. I still have a LONG way to go, but I have gotten started and I am hoping to build on this momentum.

So the suspense has been killing you ....

I know you have been refreshing this page all day waiting for the moment you would discover my plans today - that moment is finally here.

We had a great family day. We went to the aquarium to see Elmo ... I mean Nemo. Little man was very excited to see the fish. so excited that he napped on the way there.

I think he would have been happy to stay at the Nemo tank all day. He was less excited about the sharks, and the cat. He ribbeted at the frogs, and chomped at the dwarf cayman that was at the glass, but mainly just wanted to see smallish fish - because the big ones are scary - duh!

Then we went to ikea for a few supplies and found Xman's birthday present there also! And I am considered another project for my classroom - large frames with gift wrap inside to work as dry erase boards for class agendas. I think I will look for gift wrap tomorrow. Xman had a great time walking through the plastics ribbon curtain in the kid center.

Wehen we left he peed out of his diaper, so he went home with a new diaper but no pants on. He fell asleep on the way home. I found a movie at redbox and I decided to skip the big birthday dinner and opt for Chicken Express instead. Yes, I know it is bad. No, I do not care.

So dinner and a movie at home. Little one is in the bath right now, which is daddy's job tonight.

Oh I did get to sleep in this morning. I slept til 7 and then just laid there until 8!!! The best gift of the day:).

Oh how your perspective changes with kids and age!

What do I want?

My birthday is Sunday, so I have had a slot of people asking me what I want to to or what I want as a gift. I don't know. I know a few things I need but I am not too excited about ...

The hubby is supposed to me taking me out tomorrow. I don't know where we are going and I am supposed to be in charge of planning ...

I want a game night later this month.

I want a clean house that I don't have to clean by myself.

I want to sleep in until 730 or 8 one morning a week or every other week.

I want my hubby home when we are home more, AND less worries about bills.

I want clothes that I like AND that fit.

I want time to workout without the guilt of pawning the kid off on someone else ...

I want time to go to see a new doctor.

I want an eye appointment and to switch back to contacts.

I want time to play, with my kid, with my friends, with my family and most of all with my husband.

Apparently I want it all ... and I still don't have a plan for tomorrow.

Pee-pee

Xman is obsessed with sitting on the potty! He is not quite two, and Ian sure this is as a result of a little boy at day care who is currently potty training. I hope all of this "practice" pays off when it is time for him to really pee-pee in the potty.

Finding Nemo has taught me so much

Clown fish are not funny

Sea horses do not enjoy being called pony boy (though I find it incredibly funny)

Inverts don't speak ... except for the crab ... and the sea star ... and the octopus ... okay, sea cucumbers don't speak ... except in jokes

Es-cap-ae is spelled like escape

Don't fight over a mask near a shark

Angler fish don't speak ... and though the are fast they are dumb

Clown fish live in an anemone ... Ananemone

You should never tough big butts ... that is when you get kidnapped

Sea gulls are evil drones ... though deep down I always knew it ... Mine!

Just keep swimming!

I think we need to get hooked on a new movie!!!