Wednesday

Stuff in general.....


I am in my first full week of being an employee of Curves. We just had Curves Smart installed. It's like your own personal coach and it will really enhance your workout. It's kickin' my hiney! It's great! I work 9-1, 4 days a week. I'm planned to work through September.




We have quit buying bread. *gasp* I have been making bread for 3 weeks. I have yet to have a good loaf turn out! I either don't let it rise long enough.. .or go too long. My loaves are about 2" tall. Not good for a big sandwich. I have my dough rising the first time right now. We'll see how it goes.

The dining room is finished! Paul got the trim up around the window and A/C yesterday. We do have a tiny bit of touch up paint to do, but it's done. Now I can do a good vacuum, shampoo the carpet, and we are ready for a B.R.E.A.K.! We are so tired of painting!

Okay... not much newsy stuff. But it's been a bit since I updated. Karen has one week of school left. Curtis is fully potty trained. His speech is doing well. We are all happy, doing well, and loving life.

Goals

As you may have heard by now, the Steven Curtis Chapman family lost their youngest child on Wednesday. I've googled her and read about her, watched videos of her... she was a precious little girl; Maria Sue. She was 10 days past her 5th birthday.

Steven had a song released not too long ago called Cinderella. If you haven't heard it, find it, read the words, listen to it. I've had part of the chorus going through my head a lot today.

So I will dance with Cinderella, while she is still in my arms.
Cuz all too soon, the clock will strike midnight, and she'll be gone.

The song is a story of a little girl going to 'the ball'. Then prom, then dancing at her wedding. The story says to spend time with your daughter before she's married and out of your home. But this chorus says over and over to me... cherish, love, spend time with your children now, because you don't know when your midnight will be.

So today I had a lot of To Dos on my list. Some of them got done, but when Curtis called "cuddle me!", I did. He helped me make bread. We tossed the ball. Because I don't know when midnight will come for him. Hopefully he'll be a grandpa when the clocks strike twelve.

Praying for peace and comfort for the Chapmans. Rest in Jesus' arms, Maria.

Healthy Me!

I started working at Curves 2 weeks ago. I worked out 3x this week so far and am already seeing good muscle tone. It's kicking my hiney!

Three weeks ago I finally went in to get my blood drawn for labs that my doc ordered 9 months ago. Oops. I got my results today. My hemoglobin, blood sugar, liver, kidney and thyroid function tests all came back normal. My cholesterol was 182, my LDL 122 (under 130 is good) and my HDL was 48 (over 50 is good). So yay for me! I think high cholesterol runs in the family. I should ask. But I'm glad it's low!

General Life Stuff

My aunt Jeanne is up from Cali for a week to visit before my parents leave for another 3-months in Africa.

This is Grandpa Cecil listening to J's iPod.

My first peony is about to bloom!

We got up to about 85/90 yesterday

Shameless Product Plug

I saw these in my new Parents magazine last night, then today a friend mentioned it on our bulletin board. I think these are a great idea.

http://www.safetytat.com/



I used to write my number on karen's hand with a sharpie, but that's not the best idea. These are temporary tattoos that you apply to your child's arm (forehead?) when you are in public areas... amusement parks, the mall... and if your child comes separated from you, they can show an adult your cell phone number to call you.

Happy Mother's Day

From my sweet babies.

Karen's first spelling bee

The Altrusa club had their first Spelling Bee during the Balloon Stampede. Karen was one of 35 spellers. She did a great job and we are so proud of her. The most tenseful moment... when her word was /pleasure/... she spelled pleasur....[pause]...e. You could hear everyone hold their breath until that last e. Then they all cheered. She ended up getting 3rd prize... a $25 gc to Book and Game. She was pretty bummed tho; 1st prize was a laptop! Next Year!

Grinny Pigs

Karen's friend brought over her pet guinea pig. Curtis was in heaven over it!























Then karen took it.

Living room... finally!

Mom and Dad brought the entertainment center over last Saturday. My gf's dh Ralph helped move it in.


















And here are the final pictures! I am so happy with how it turned out.






I do want to put an iron decoration above the TV, so that's still to come.