updates

I have had a lot of moments lately where I think, "I should blog about that later" and then almost immediately forget. I will try to recap those thoughts tonight while sitting here with whitening strips on my teeth. Have to kill 30 minutes somehow!

* Today was a good day filled with friends from high school and their children. It was a good distraction as I should be 20 weeks pregnant today & should be having an ultra sound to find out the gender this week. I was so excited to start out 2010 with the knowledge of whether Isaac would have a brother or a sister. I am now determined to find other things to be excited about for the start of the new year.

* Sorry, another sad one. We did Christmas with my parents on Christmas eve with our traditional roast & potatoes dinner with homemade chocolate pudding & real whipped cream for dessert. We eat the pudding out of little glass dishes that my mother and her family ate pudding out of every Sunday as she was a girl. I love certain traditions! Anyhow, as we sat around the fire to begin opening our stockings, my mother pointed out that there was an extra stocking hung on the mantle. It was for her grandbaby who she never got to meet. I was in joyful and mournful tears at the same time. It means so much to me that my parents wanted to recognize our missing baby at Christmas. Thank you Mom & Dad.

* Moving on to happier thoughts, I have this whole week off! I'm using up the last of my vacation days before I loose them. My goal is to work on my list (see previous post) and to stay away from playing bejeweled all week. So far I have cleared out the garage so Marc can park his car in it & we have shopped for flooring for Quimby & bought new lights (on sale!) for the Quimby kitchen. Anyone want to paint a kitchen on Wednesday?

* Speaking of Quimby, we have decided to put it on the market. We have no potential renters yet, and supposedly January is going to be a hot market time with some homebuyers tax credit kicking in. If we sell it, we'll take a loss & still have to make monthly payments to pay off our mortgage, but that might be worth it to have the stress of it gone. Who knew as a newly engaged couple buying our first home that it would become such a headache!

* I'm hosting a reunion for all my old Sunshine co-workers and volunteers on Thursday morning. We did it last year and it's become a sort of traditions. Well, I'm not sure how many times/years you have to do something for it to be a tradition, but it's well on it's way! It's interesting as almost all of the people who will be there no longer work at, volunteer or even attend Sunshine anymore. Even funnier is that I'm hosting a SUNSHINE reunion at PLYMOUTH!

* I have been praying for God to renew my faith. As I have been weighing in physically each week, I have also been weighing in spiritually, and have found myself a little too light. With the trials that have occured over the last few months, I have been praying more, but somehow that has not translated into trusting more. My prayers have become like a 3 year old at Christmas; "I want this, and this, and this...oh, oh, and PLEASE let me have THIS!" Rather than praying for peace about God's sovereign plan and faith in that plan, I have been demanding things of my heavenly Father. Yes, I need to ask, seek and knock, but I also need to trust when God's answers and timing are not my own. So today, I choose to trust in God's plan: for our family, for our Quimby house, for our finances, for my health and for next semesters craziness!

Weigh in Wednesday

Down another pound, bringing my total in 8 weeks is 7.5lbs. Not too shabby! I'll find out tomorrow where I stand in the ranks for the competition.

a few pictures

a bit late...

So weigh-in wednesday is happening on thursday this week. Final exams will do that to you!

Anyhow, I weighed in 1lb less than last week! It's small, but I'll take it. I am now tied for 2nd place in my biggest loser challenge. We have 4 weeks left until the end and if I win, I get $110! Let's hope I continue to do well and, well, is it bad to wish the other ladies don't do well? Probably, but...

Marc finished up his finals this week and I had my final exam today. It went okay. I am just relieved to have it done and not have to read anything for the next month.

Now, I am on to wrapping gifts and creating my list of goals for the next few weeks. I am taking the last of my vacation days between Christmas and New Years and have a lot I hope to accomplish:

* Finish Simon's baby blanket
* Start Olive's baby blanket
* finish removing wall paper from our 1/2 bath
* watch the LOTR trilogy (Christmas break tradition)
* do a thorough cleaning of my entire house!
* spend as much time as possible with my family!
* work out a few times

Hopefully that is a realistic list and will allow for plenty of relaxation and visiting all the friends that will be in town!

Ideas for Mom & Dad

I am happy to report that I have almost all of my Christmas shopping done and mostly wrapped. The one gift yet to be thought of & bought is for my parents. I know they are not expecting much, if anything, but I want to get them a little token of my love and appreciation.

There isn't much they need, so I want to go the more sentimental route. Any ideas?

Can there be a snow day for life?

I may need to go buy a Kit Kat bar, cause I'm in need of a break. :)

So, I have strep throat for the 2nd time in 3.5 weeks.

I just found out tonight that our potential renters for Quimby street have backed out.

We have money to buy the flooring for our Quimby kitchen from insurance, and after that, life goes on credit cards.

Marc & I both have finals next week.

I'm stressed.

Still, God is faithful and I will try to rest in that promise.

Weigh in Wednesday

Stayed the same this week. At least I haven't gained.

That's all I've got for now.

Things I unintentionally teach my son...

It's a month or so old, but still funny!

Weigh In Wednesday

Up another .5lbs.

I have, however started drinking a lot more water and less caffeine. I have also worked out twice this week thus far. It's a start.