A Long Day

Yesterday we had a snow day. The snow was nice, but I still went to work for a workday. It wasn't too bad. Ronnie went with me and hung out while I worked. I think it did him good to get out of the house. Since they were out yesterday, my kids were bouncing off the walls! I don't know if we'll make it to spring break, much less to the middle of June! I'm counting down the days.
Speaking of counting down the days. The consultant that is helping me with the trip I'm leading to Costa Rica called today and verified that we'll be gone from June 24 through July 2. We're only 113 days away! I'm nervous, but excited! I can't wait!
I'm still at school because there is a meeting for the upcoming 9th graders and their parents tonight. I have to give my little blurb about the foreign language department. It should be so much fun! Can you sense the sarcasm?
It's good that I have some time though because I'm being observed tomorrow morning and these couple of hours will give me a chance to get some stuff done.
I guess that's all for right now...no it's not! I almost forgot! Yesterday I went walking with my MIL and SIL with Ethan in tow. We walked 2.8 miles!!! Not very smart when I had to carry Ethan on my shoulders for at least half of that! At least I got some good activity points for WW!!
So I think that's all for now. Toodles.

Congrats Card

This is a card I made this afternoon for a couple at church that has found out they are going to have a baby. I also have a picture of Ethan and his finger after he "helped" me with the ink pad.

I'm shrinking!

It's Saturday! So you know I had my weigh in this morning. I lost an additional 3.2 pounds for a total loss of 11.6 pounds!!! Yay me! I feel so good. I have been eating less because I feel full quicker and I've been eating healthier. It felt good to lose this week especially since it was my birthday and I didn't count points that day. We ate at a pizza buffet two nights and I enjoyed cake and a small brownie on my bday. The cake was excellent! Beth, one of my co-workers, made a WW cake that was very low point, but delicious with fresh strawberries!
I guess that's all I have for today. Take care! Toodles.

It's My BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to me! Special little me!
I don't have anything special planned, but I wanted to tell myself to have a great day! I did get a dozen roses at school today. They made me feel special, even if they are a joke from one of Ronnie's friends.
Nina, one of the teachers I work with, told me this morning that I was "shrinking." That made me feel really good. I'm glad others are starting to notice. I haven't done such a great job this week, but I think I'll still show a loss.
Also, we picked out the colors for our house on Monday. I hope it all looks good together. I know the outside will be cute because we saw another house on the lot with the exact same colors. I really hope that the flooring and countertops are ok, though. It's just hard to tell how something will look from a mini sample that looks pretty rough. For the kitchen counter I used the color that they had a sample of in the color room. It looked a lot better on a larger surface.
I guess that's all I have today to offer in my mindless ramblings. Have a great day!

I work at a school!

So I had to go to the DMV today to get my license renewed. Fun stuff. What was once an infamously long wait in our area has been whittled down to less than 10 minutes. Not too bad. I always hate telling what the road signs mean...do I really have to say that the white and red triangle that says "YIELD" does indeed mean that one has to yield? Or do I need to prove that I know what yield means by saying "you have to wait and let the other people go first?" Whichever way I was on a roll until I got to the 3rd blank sign. It is yellow and has five sides, kinda pointing up. I said I didn't know what it was. The lady asked me if I was sure. I was thinking to myself that it really sucked and prayed that I would still get my license. Once I told the lady that I really didn't know she informed me that it was a sign for a school. What? Are you serious? I immediately laughed and informed her that I, the one who didn't recognize this sign, am a school employee and drive by these signs at least 3 times a day! Ironic, huh? So now I have until 2017 to forget this sign before my next sign test.

Randomness

This is my nerdy son wearing his Pa-Paw's glasses.

This is a cake I decorated today.

Weigh-In Day

I did pretty well this week, but excercise has been difficult. My legs kill me everytime I do anything! It has been a struggle to get motivated to walk at a decent pace this week, let alone get any jogging done. However, a loss is still a loss and I'm glad to report that I did lose this week. I lost .4 of a pound. That brings my total to 8.4 lost. Yay for me!

Well, I have to decorate a cake and go pick out the colors for my house!! Later!