Bummer!

Today was the last day for one of my very favorite people at work.  She is moving on to a great new job, and I am very happy for her.  It also sucks for the rest of us, she left big shoes to fill and we will miss her advice, her friendliness, and her humor.  Best of luck, Margaret!

I walked 12,636 steps today!

Wow it's late....

Emma told me this morning that I looked like I hadn't slept well, and that I had bags under my eyes.  Fantastic.  So what do I do?  Stay up later than normal!  If I looked that great today, just think how fabulous I'll look tomorrow!!!!!!

On the positive side, I walked 12,597 steps today!!!!

Good to be back!

There's nothing like being told how much you were missed by a bunch of cute 5 year olds!  I had a great day back to work today, and seeing all the Kinders again.  It was fun to see their smiling faces!  I'm sad I missed the cool pumpkin patch field trip, but enjoyed hearing all about it from them.

I walked 9916 steps today, and if you count the ones in the morning that I miss before I put the counter on, I'm well over 10k.  Yay me!

It's finally starting to feel like fall around here.  I got the new LL Bean catalog and was looking at jackets.  I need a new one, and being out on yard duty again warrants a good one!

Oh!  I got Emma's 2nd loose tooth out tonight!  I hate pulling teeth, it's so disgusting!  However, I hummed a western tune, and 'lasso'd' that thing and we got it right out.  She did great  Hooray for the tooth fairy!

Too busy! And great fun!

Okay, so I haven't blogged for a while, but I have an excellent excuse!  We've been away for several (Like almost a week) to Fresno for Grand Chapter.  There, my most handsome husband was installed as the Grand Chaplain of California for the Order of Eastern Star.  It's really cool that he was chosen, and it's an enormous honor.  He (we) will have a lot of fun traveling the state this year, visiting chapters and having a great time with the other 2012 Grand Officers.

We had events, breakfasts, sessions, and dinners galore, and were exhausted every time we got back to our room.  Hence, no blogging!  Tomorrow, it's back to real life, walks, and hopefully some elliptical workouts.  The walking doesn't seem to be doing anything, so I need to do something more.  I also need to go get groceries, and a Halloween costume for Emma.  Again, another day were I could use a few more hours!  Wish me luck!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANELLE!!

Happy, Happy Birthday to my Janelle girl!!!  She is 14 today and by all accounts, she had a great day.  Balloons at school, and lots of birthday wishes.  I made a batch of brownies and took them to soccer practice for her to share with her team.  Dinner was an awesome crock pot roast.  Grandma, Grandpa, and Auntie Leslie came over for cake.  We will have having a big Sunday dinner with everyone with more gifts.  I'm really happy she had a great birthday.

Also, I walked 11,801 steps today!!!!  Go me!

What a day!

Crazy!  Full day of school/work, ballet, a soccer game and Eastern Star.  It's after 10pm and I haven't had dinner yet!  I'm thinking the slice of pumpkin pie I enjoyed at the meeting was my dinner tonight.  It was a busy day, but it was also a good day!

Tomorrow is Janelle's birthday.  She is growing up to be a beautiful young lady much too quickly.  All the girls are!  It will be fun to celebrate with her.

Today I walked 11,825 steps.  It was a great day for a walk, not too hot!

Goodnight!

Busy day!

Poor Miss Emma had a long night last night, complete with fever.  David ended up staying home with her today.  Thank goodness for his job's flexibility!  She did so-so today, on and off headache and general yuckiness.  I bought a new thermometer that you just swipe across the forehead.  It's pretty cool, but I hope I don't have to use it tonight!  Tomorrow is fire safety at school, and she'll be bummed if she misses out.  I hope she feels better!

I didn't get a walk in today because I zoomed home to see how Emma was, then went birthday shopping for Miss Janelle.  I can't believe she will be 14 on Thursday!  Time flies by so fast.  Wasn't she my little snuggle bug not that long ago?  Now she's way taller than me, and in High School.  Sigh......

A busy weekend, and a marvelous Monday!

Much soccer playing and construction occured this weekend!  Emma played her little heart out at her game and did really well.  Andrea and Janelle also played hard, and had a good time, even though they didn't win.  We had a water leak at the house that had to be repaired, we finished the siding on the front of the house, and the porches are complete except for some cedar wrapping and skirting!  Whew!  What a weekend!

Today, David had the day off.  Since it was raining, he worked on our shower today.  He did a whole lot of scrubbing of the grout and the showerhead is installed.  That's a lot of work for a day 'off'.  He also took Emma to soccer practice, and I was able to have dinner ready at a decent hour.

I walked 11,580 steps today!

A crazy, odd day!

So today was Friday, and what an insane one it turned out to be!  All kinds of crazy stuff at work today, but I managed to keep my good mood, and get out for my walk right on time.  I walked 11,867 steps today!  I think that's awesome!

Also today, Janelle was elected Homecoming Princess for the Freshman class.  Very cool!  Now I will have to take her shopping for a new dress, attend the Homecoming Parade and the football game.  Should be a lot of fun.  I'm hoping we can spare enough time to teach these kids how to build a real float.  The last parade I went to was just sad!  Congratulations Janelle!  (Or "Princess" as she now likes to be referred to, LOL!!!)

Bleah!

Feels like I'm fighting off a bug of some sort.  My head is foggy like I have a cold, but I don't have a cold.  Last night I was running a fever, and I have no energy.  Let's hope it doesn't last long!

Figured I better keep on walking, exercise wasn't going to hurt, as long as I didn't overdo it.  Sure enough, about 3/4 of the way through I was pooping out.  Lucky for me, my cousin drove by and saw me.  She gave me a ride back to the school.  Whew!  I would have made it, but it probably would have done me in for the day!  Today I walked 9,408 steps.  Not quite the 10k, but better than nothing!

I'm going to bed!

Today is Long Wednesday.  No Running Club (actually there was, but I thought it was canceled so we didn't go) but there was ballet and an extra soccer practice since it rained Monday.  I wasn't even going to make her go, but she WANTED to!  She's very glad she did too, as they had ice cream after!  Big girls played a hard game against Arcata, lost, but had a great time playing in the mud.

I walked 9,584 steps today.  I am tired.  I am going to bed.

Storm is here!

I was so happy the weather held off until all the kids had lunch recess!  It actually WAS raining during the last two groups, but it was light enough to stand out in it.  It did get rather chilly though.  I bailed on my walk today.  I just didn't feel like walking in the wet and cold.  Instead, I volunteered some time in Emma's classroom, so it was time well spent!  I got to hear her sing a song she made up about dinosaurs to her entire class!  It was so cute, and very brave I thought.
By the time I got home I had a humdinger of a headache and didn't feel very well.  Emma was so good and was so quiet so I could lay on the couch and rest.  Ended up taking a nice nap and feeling better when I woke up.  The big girls had a great time at soccer practice in the rain and mud, and I didn't have to bring them home in MY car!  Hooray! 

David made dinner and let me take it easy when he saw I wasn't 100%.  That was really sweet!

A rainy day

We had our first good rain today.  It did rain over the weekend, but pretty much only at night.  Today it rained all day long.  It was a long day for the kids, who didn't get to play outside.  Emma especially dislikes gym recess.  It's just too loud and too crowded for her.   She was irritated because they had to go over all the rules for the new first graders, and it was birthday cake day, and by the time they were done, there was no time to play.  Showers in tomorrow's forecast, but hopefully they'll get to be outside, or at least have time to play inside now that the rules are established.

I still got my walk in today.  I had my umbrella with me.  I'm more than a little frustrated though.  All this walking, walking, walking, and I haven't lost a pound.  Am I wasting my time?  Today I walked less than 4,000 steps.  I guess rainy days will do that to you!  I'm trying very hard to have a positive body image, and some days are better than others.  I hope tomorrow is a better one!

On a much brighter note, my husband gets home after being gone for four days!  Woohoo!  I missed him!

Soccer Saturday

Today Emma's soccer team "The Cheetah's" came back from a 2-0 deficit to win their game 4-2.  Way to go girls!  Emma didn't seem overly interested in actually playing the game, but mostly had a good time.  She of course, got whacked with the ball once, and fell down once.  She only had tears when she was hit, and recovered pretty quick.  Good job, my delicate girl.

Andrea and Janelle played a much more physical game of soccer than their sister, and beat Del Norte 6-3!  Andrea had an assist, and took a great shot that just went over the net.  Janelle played almost the whole game and also took a great shot that didn't quite make it.  Really proud of both of them.  They practice hard, play hard, and do it with great attitudes!


All that sitting at soccer didn't do much for my walking today.  I only have 7,283 steps today.  Oh well, what can you do?  I've still made my goal of over 10k steps for 5 days a week!  Goodnight all!