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February Fun February 29, 2012 Wow it's been so much fun this month at our house. We had trips to the botanical conservatory, Science Central, lots of music and dancing with Beauty & The Beast rehersals, ceramics classes, wrestling practices, and on and on. I love the freedom homeschooling offers and I'm not confined with school hours. I LOVE being able to take my kids throughout the day to differnt places to experience new things. Oh, and swimming, lots of swimming. I somehow forgot how old I was and got in to a canonball competition, and then a few nights later a 1st grader taught me how to do a front flip off the dive. Ouch. I was so sore, but can't wait to go back for more! Olivia and Sophia February 23, 2012 Olivia and Sophia got to get some 6 month pictures last week. I love it when a mom comes and lets me play dress up with her kids :)   As Promised February 18, 2012 I promised to get a new photo of myself when I Was down 20 lbs. When we took a trip to the Botanical Conservatory on Friday Joshua took my picture. It's a head and shoulders pic - but he's 8 and I didn't tell him to get full body. PLus I don't have a full body shot to compare with anyway. BUT, here I am, from December til now. 
But even being just a head and shoulder pic, I'd like to think people will begin to see a difference. Now, twenty more pounds to go. It's getting slower - the process of it coming off. And every day is still hard. I want a fat, greasy, disgusting cheeseburger, with bacon on it. I want chocolate, and carmel, and nuts with ice cream all mixed together. It would be easier if my tummy would just wake up and realize I'm not letting it have these things.  The conservatory was fun as always. I particularly liked seeing the desert had just been watered and droplets had collected so perfect and still. They looked like oddly shaped glass beads and I wasn't even convinced it was actually water until I stuck my finger in it. Can't say I would recommend to anyone else to stick your finger on a cactus bloom to see if its wet. I can only assume that there must be a wax type substance coating the petals that allows for the water to form this way. It would have been a great learning experience for my kids if they weren't on a scavenger hunt and much more concerned about finding a bat. Homeschooling February 13, 2012 The house got a bit nuts. Like, major. I counted 33 large boxes entering our home over 7 days time, and a bazzillion walmart bags. They were filled with booked, printers, chairs, lamps, desks, bookshelves, and on and on. The place was nuts.  This picture was in the mid way point. ACK!  All the kids just LOVE having their own computer, own desk, own bookshelves, etc.  The boys both decorated their desks with lego men. Whatever helps them learn!  I wanted to document their first day with pictures. But Christopher caught me...   I tried to be more sluthy with Nat, but not such a great pic...  Finally, the shot I wanted. 1/3 is better then none! Food February 7, 2012 This isn't the most exciting post. It's just some pics I took today for a food themed photo competition.  Doesn't this just put a smile on your face and remind you of your childhood? I nearly flipped out when I saw these wax drink candies at the store and had to buy them. The photo was taken on my dining room table with natural light, a black sheet and a small piece of plexi.  Gumballs... not that thrilling, but purchased for the intent of trying the next shot...  Funky, huh? Now since I've learned how to do this I want to try again. I have learned I need even size water drops. Using various sizes makes too many out of focus. I also want to do this with flowers below instead. That could be a really fun outcome. My Big Change(s) February 6, 2012 There are so many changes in my life. Where do I begin? I suppose with a very weighty topic. In October I decided I was going to loose a boatload of weight. I started regularly working out at the YMCA and felt like I was getting my butt in gear. However, it turns out that no matter how hard you work out, if you adopt even more bad habits, such as a mid afternoon snickers and evening blizzard, you aren't going to see a difference around the middle. Well that's not true. I saw a difference. I gained another 6lbs between October and mid January. Feeling like a failure and defeated, I also felt more of a drive then ever to get this darn weight off. I made drastic changes. I mean DRASTIC. It turns out, now since I'm eating correct portions, and nothing fun at all, that I was surely killing myself slowly with my bad, bad habits. I'm convinced I was eating enough for two large men now since I know what I was suppose to be eating. It's not fun around here, and I've been whining tons. Grocery shopping stinks. There's so many isles I can't even go near. Now, unfortunately, for our areas standards I haven't ever really gotten big. I could easily look around most rooms and see I'm still the 'fittest' one of them. But I know I wasn't fit, and I knew things needed to change. But that doesn't mean I'm not still whining as I serve my kids food and tell them how lucky they are to have that delicious dinner I made them. And deserts.Awww, deserts. It's not like I'm starving. I eat three meals a day and can snack on as many fruits and veggies as I want. But chips... oh how I could go through a family size bad of ruffled chips with dip. Mmmm.... Oh and chocolate. I'm sure I bought stocking stuffers for my kids with the intent of stealing the bite size candy bars. Twelve bit size candy bars can't do that much damage, right? well it did. :( So it's been almost a month and I am down 16lbs. I'm smaller then I have been in five years. My original goal was 30lbs, but I was going to be happy with 20lbs. Now I'm changing my tune. I'm going to be selfish. I want to go for 40lbs. It will get me to my weight of 10 years ago (well, a non pregnant weight. I was pregnant a lot back then). Now I could have a goal of 12 years ago, but that was a really disgustingly skinny. I don't think it will keep coming off this quickly, but I'd be thrilled if it does. It certainly hasn't been easy at all. A ton of work actually, but I'm lucky that I'm very stubborn. Another 4lbs and I'll be down 20lbs. I'll give yall a new pic then. :) Now in other news.... For anyone who follows the blog, you know I LOVE being with my kids, and we have so much fun with our wild antics. For a million other reasons as well, my kids have all now been enrolled in a vitrual, online, school. Yep, I'm not officially a homeschooling mama of three incredible kids. So for those who I see at the store or restaurant who remark that the blog isn't updating as regularly, my plate is rather full at the moment. And for others who know my more private life, that I don't blog about (SHOCKED aren't you!?) you'll know there are even more reasons that I've been busy recently. :) I make no appologies. I have always put the family first and cannot ever regret this. Blogging comes second (ok, more like blogging comes in around 392 on my list). Botanical Conservatory February 2, 2012 We are HUGE fans of the FW Botanical Conservatory. Nat and I had a girl day and spent house - seriously, HOURS, at the latest gallery garden exhibit. I was borred, but took a bunch of flower pics. The plants with heart leaves made me happy. I saw hearts everywhere. Must be the season. |
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