I'm trying...honest, I am!

Once again, I am attempting to incorporate exercise into my life on a regular basis. So far, so good but I gotta' tell ya, it makes me kind of cranky. Plus I'm trying to cut back on the Dr Pepper and the headaches are killer. Notice I said "cut back" not quit. I have been walking w/ a friend at the park & that's been fun. I also bought myself "My Wii Fitness Coach" and am going to give that a whirl tomorrow. I figure I don't have any excuses that way b/c the weather will no longer be a factor. Most of my local friends go to either the Y or to Curves....my budget can't afford the Y and I tried Curves before but many of their machines are primarily abdominal and the whole ostomy thing just doesn't jive w/ that.

Taylor has been doing some sort of Healthy Heart thing in PE this month and it's all about jumping rope. That's been a hoot. I loved to jump rope as a kid & spent every recess doing just that w/ my friend. So when Taylor was having trouble, I decided I'd show her how her sweet momma could jump.....Uh, not a good idea. I could still do it, but good grief, my body weighs a whole lot more now & it was like major impact to my entire body...head to toe! So then I let her daddy help after that!

Wish me luck w/ the exercise thing, I'm so NOT good w/ self-discipline!

What a week!

I haven't posted anything for several days, thought I'd add a quick update......

I am the current PTA President at Taylor's school (Bolivar Primary) and spent most of this week doing a major book project. Our profits from our Scholastic book fairs allowed our PTA group to buy approx $6,000 worth of books for the 27 classrooms! That's a really awesome thing, however, it means a lot of labor for myself and 3 of my buddies. That $6,000 bought about 2,000 books and each one had to be stamped twice (prop. of school, donated by PTA, etc) and then 'leveled' based on reading difficulty. I'm very proud of this project but it has meant about 20hrs at the school this week plus some from home. Good news is that I should finish up on Monday....YEAH!

Mike is playing a bunch of music this weekend, Springfield tonight & Lake of the Ozarks tomorrow.

Both kids have learned to shoot a bow this week...IN DEREK'S BEDROOM. Yes, they have missed the obscenely large target more than once & there are holes in Derek's wall but lucky for my husband, he's a plasterer and can repair those. Otherwise, they would all be in trouble. I gotta' admit, it's pretty darn cute to see Taylor in her pink pj's shooting a bow.

Happy thoughts, good wishes & God Bless to all!

Restraining Orders

Derek & Taylor are exhausted from a full day of playing w/ their Nana.....thus, they are bickering non-stop. Eventually that led to wrestling and Taylor came up the loser, she lost her balance & pretty much bashed her head into the wall. So she's crying the crocodile tears & carrying on like nobody's business and I say, "Is there anything I can do to make it better? Would you like to take a warm bath?" Her response (as she's still moaning & crying)...."I think the only thing that will make me feel better is if I can get a restraining order against Derek so he has to stay 10ft away from me." I must have showed some confusion b/c then she proceed to define 'restraining order' for me. "It's something you get that means the other person has to stay 10 or 100 or 12 feet or something away from you."

She's SIX!!!! Restraining orders are not a topic of conversation in our home, where does this come from? Mike will be home soon & I can't wait to discuss his children's legal situation with him. :)

The Birds & The Bees...almost

Yesterday Derek asked me what is the minimum age to have a baby....well, I didn't really have a response for that. So I just told him that some girls have babies as young as 14 or 15 but that it wasn't a great choice & it's better to wait until you get an education, get married, have a job, etc. Taylor (in all of her innocence) says, "But Mommy, how could it ever be a bad choice to have a baby?" Again, I didn't really know how to respond. There are some things I'm just not ready to talk about w/ my kids, they pretty much think you go to the hospital to pick out the baby, kind of like going to Wal-Mart & choosing a new Barbie or Legos set.

The above conversation makes me thankful for their innocence, the next one scares me to death. Derek is NINE & in 3rd grade and began talking to his six year old sister about FRENCH KISSING recently, I nearly wrecked my truck, thank goodness for the straight stretch of road. He said something about French kissing and Taylor says "You mean they kiss different in France than in America?" He says, "Yeah, they use their tongues & get each other's spit in their mouths, doesn't that sound disgusting!" She agreed & on they went to some other topic. It took me two days to recover from that discussion. Thankfully, Derek still thinks girls have cooties & Taylor thinks most boys are dumb, so I've lucked out so far.