A MINUTE TO MYSELF....

I have gone none stop again all day and finally I have time to sit down for a couple of minutes so why not take advantage and get some much needed blogging caught up. Today is hubby's birthday and of course he has to work tonight so when he was home for supper we had a quick party for him. The kids decorated the house and got his gifts ready ( new clothes for the treadmill and much needed pj bottoms). I made spaghetti and Caesar salad and of course for dessert was his birthday cake and we each had our own little container of smarties ice cream. The kids thought that was the coolest! I did take him out to Pizza Delight for lunch before work (he ate free!) Here it is now only 5:30pm and I have the supper/party mess all cleaned up and the kids are in their pj's and ready for bed but we have a bit of time to put in until then so I think they will play the Nintendo Wii for a bit and I will do some more cleaning then it's off to the treadmill again. I guess I should call my mother to see how she is making out with her LA weight loss. She joined a few days ago and I am curious to hear all about it. Other than being busy as usual their isn't much to talk about. I will post again later :0)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!

OMG.......

.....That pretty much sums it up!

No I can't leave it at that....How did it all start? Right. I woke up this morning....skip ahead....

After running on the treadmill and walking downstairs my husband tells me that we need to take Trinity to the hospital to have her throat checked. She said it hurt for the past couple of days (first I heard of it) and Matt saw a big white spot at the back of her throat and thought that it was strep throat. So I rushed to get ready and we dropped the other kids off at school and went down to his work to say goodbye to one of his staff that has been working there for I think it was 27 years...anyway...after that we sat and waited in the emergency room (we don't have a doctor yet) and we waited from 9:30am until after 1:30pm just to be told that she had a cold....What? I didn't think to check her out before we left home to see what was going on, I just took hubby's word on it. Nope no fever, throat wasn't red, no cough...just a cold. I guess better safe than sorry and with her dance competition coming up he didn't want to take any chances with her getting sick.

So we left the hospital and rushed to get something to eat, I was almost to the point of fainting I was so hungry and McDonald's it was and so much for my fajita combo, I went with a fattening Big Mac Combo and I felt like crap after eating it and couldn't wait to get on the treadmill but first I had to pick the kids up at school, get Trinity's homework, and wait for some of the boys on the basketball team to drive them to their game. Oh by this time I just wanted to go home and curl up on the couch but they needed me to drive so Basketball it was. They were short some players which made it harder and the boys lost but played a great game.

Left there and headed back home with an end in sight to all my running around for the day.....nope I'm almost home and remember that I had a blouse on hold at Reitmans that I had to pick up by tonight so I dropped off the older kids to start homework and headed back to the mall. My God I was beat....After trying on the blouse I was undecided on whether or not I wanted it. With losing some weight and lots of inches I am finally starting to feel good (great) about myself but I didn't get the impression of wow (or anything) from hubby when I tried the blouse on with my little black backless vest (my somewhat sexy something for our dance show lol). I suddenly felt like crap and self conscious once again and left without the blouse and almost crying. Home at last and gave the kids a quick bowl of soup, they got their homework done and watched tv in their bedrooms to settle down while I ran my ass off on the treadmill. I relieved some (lots) of stress and was feeling much better. I think I needed that run earlier today!

So now the kids are in bed and I am going to have a yogurt and wait until I have to pick up hubby at work then it is off to bed for me. OMG What a day! Hubby is off tomorrow and I AM NOT going anywhere!

A FULL DAY OF FUN!

Saturday morning I got up early and got the boys ready for their youth group ski trip. My husband made them pancakes for breakfast and I gathered up all their gear and snacks for the day. The weather was quite cold with windchill of -20 degree but we headed to the ski hills anyway. The kids were excited to be going and it was Jay and his friend Matthew first time skiing. They had a great day skiing and after lessons were off to the bigger hill where we spent the day. Jay caught on quick and Matthew struggled with being able to control his speed....yep a few crashed but somehow he managed not to get injured. I also survived the day and had the time of my life with the youth and would love to go back again soon. I tell you though my legs muscles are sore and I can barely move today and I think Jay is feeling it as well. We left the ski hill around 4:00pm which got me home just in time to get ready for our Valentine's Gala! With minutes to spare our sitter arrived and we were quickly out the door. The Gala was amazing! I am so glad that we decided to go and to be able to talk with adults for the evening was so nice. The dinner was fabulous with stuffed chicken breast, garlic baby potatoes and veggies followed by a buffet dessert. When we arrived we had the option to purchase a prize balloon each for $10 (every balloon won a prize from $10 up in value) It came time to redeem our prize as they called us up in groups of ten. Matt won $10 Tim Horton's gift certificates (being #9) and I won a 19" flat screen TV with DVD (being #64). It definitely was worth the night out. What a great Valentine's gift this night turned out to be. The dance afterward was nice with the live band but after having such a long day I was ready to return home! The kids were still up with the sitter and they to had a fun evening. Today is going to be a day to relax and the fact that I can hardly move will make it all that much easier to do so LOL