Hadn’t really planned on it, but I think this weekend is going to be busy. Tonight I think we’re going to try to go see the Charlotte Knights and the the NewSong concert with a couple youth. Tomorrow morning we might help with a local block party with the church. Tomorrow is also Heather’s birthday and she wants us all to get so Bourne Ultimatum together. And then Sunday the pastor is taking the youth to some surprise location. So I think today is the calm before the storm. Or at least it seems calm to me…I’m at the office today and it’s so quiet here!
what i did today
busy day
I think today was a pretty busy day. Church, lunch at IL’s, Target for gift shopping, baby shower at church, shuttle kids to parents, choir, church, shuttle kids back to house, grocery shopping. I think I sat down for a total of 20 minutes today. And I’m still up typing here!
I mentioned being concerned about lunch at ILs today but they had corn, carrots, green beans and roast and FIL even made the comment, this should all be good for your points. Which I thought was nice that they thought of me.
Today I’m strictly under my points and I’m hoping to see that loss tomorrow. Although Heather, who has been on the diet on and off before, insisted I shouldn’t be weighing myself every day, but weekly. And she also highly recommended the meetings which I’ve heard from absolutely everyone. So who knows, maybe you’ll find me at the meeting they have at the Y next week. I do have some questions that have come up. Like why in the world I haven’t pooped in 3 days where I’m normally extremely regular? Is my body in shock? Does it think I’m on vacation or something? Who is this woman and where’d all the sweets go?? Ok, just kidding, TMI, I know. I don’t think I could seriously ask that in a group setting. But I’m wondering about these oils you’re supposed to have every day and which count and why.
Tonight at youth group bible study was really good. St pitched the plan of small groups and teams we’ve been working on for several months as a leadership team and if it helped no one else, it helped me. He encouraged them that they really could basically run the youth group on their own on a Wednesday night except for the pastor and it could remain the same and they can step up during small groups and within their teams and make the thing keep running. I needed that because I needed to hear that this isn’t the end. That there’s hope even without him. As I mentioned though, I wasn’t as worried about the youth group as the church. No mention whatsoever was made that St was leaving in church today. Nothing else exciting happened either. St did the song special and honestly, I sat there and soaked it in, so sad that may be the last solo I hear him sing at our church.
exactly as planned…
Today unfolded exactly as planned..slept until 9:30, cleaned until 12, gym for an hour, clean a little more and then shower. Kids showed up and we went shopping for my dad’s birthday present. Then off to Texas Roadhouse for yummy food and then Mom’s for birthday cake, which I will repeat myself and say I had none of. She made her white cake/white icing which was so not worth. If it had been her chocolate cake, chocolate icing, I would have used all 35 flex points just to eat a piece.
shaping up well
Well, it’s shaping up to be a good Friday night/Saturday morning for me. Went swimming with the girls this afternoon after signing off work a little early. When Scott got home, we went to Moe’s where I ate a taco sans the queso and root beer and it was only 4 points. MIL called and had the kids come over to spend the night. Scott and I went and rented Apocolypto and stopped and got Starbuck’s on the way home. Since I did so well at lunch and dinner, I had 8 points left. I think after I finish my white mocha, I still have 2.5 points left but I always like to have a few points left just in case I calculated something wrong.
Tomorrow morning I plan on waking up late, giving my house a thorough cleaning and depending when the kids come home, going to the gym. Yipee!
tonight
Tonight was very busy. Scott’s family came over for cookout/pool party for SIL and nephew’s birthdays this week. At 8:30 J and a graduated youth group member picked me up and we headed to see License to Wed. I’ve been wanting to see that since it came cause “I love Jim”. It was a really funny, cute movie. Not sure it is a must for the theaters, but definitely worth checking out.
Before I fall in bed…one note about Day 2 of the “i’m not really on weight watchers” day. I worked out so I got 3 extra points today but I don’t think I used them. Here’s what I had:
coffee (with splenda this time)
slice of 2% cheese
caesar chicken salad from Wendy’s (uh, big no-no apparently. the dressing was 14!! points..i only ate about 3/4 of the salad though)
Literally 5 grapes for snack
Shrimp and corn for dinner
Handful of grapes for snack tonight
And all water to drink..I even got water at Wendy’s. Wow. I better be down another pound tomorrow, I even skipped on the birthday cake.
July 24, 2007
I think I’m giving up thinking of titles for these things.
L was here today which helped a bunch. The girls are really starting to get attached to her. Today Emma says L, I love you. Lexi got hurt last week sometime and I tried to console her and she said, I want L! Which is great! That means they are trusting her more and she can do her job better. Which means I can do my job better.
After work today I made it to the gym. I ended up only going once last week. But after hitting a new weight gain record this week (excluding pregnancies) I HAVE to get back into working out. And am thinking about doing Weight Watchers for a time. Scott lost 25 lbs on it and I’ve heard from countless people it works if you stick to it. I just have never even entertained the idea of an actual diet plan and I’m clueless. See, turning 29 is bad. Bad, bad, bad. I think my metabolism just knows I turn 30 next year and is preparing itself. I don’t think the birthday cake, candy bars, cookies and ice cream have ANYthing to do with it.
This evening we spent the entire evening at S&S’s house dealing with that drama I keep talking about. I’ll spill everything tomorrow on that. I definitely need to vent about it.
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In case you couldn’t tell, I ended up seeing the movie Hairspray last night. After work, I cleaned up a little, made dinner and then left for Hairspray around 7 with J. Heather met us there. If you couldn’t tell from my little review, it was a fabulous movie. I will definitely want to buy that one when it comes out.
Tonight we have an emergency meeting with our youth council. ‘Member that drama I was talking about? Um yeah. It wasn’t quite what I thought was going to happen but drama is definitely brewing and I can’t go into details until after tomorrow night but suffice it to say I’m super bummed this week and the next few days or even weeks may not be any fun.
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So Sunday went well. We had homecoming at church so we didn’t have Sunday School and we ate a potluck dinner afterwards. Emma was invited to go to a friend’s house. So she played there until about 6:30 last night. Lexi hung out with us. J&J came over about 2:30 and went swimming and then stayed until almost 9 last night. We watched Ghostrider and had Man vs. Wild on while we chatted more. Possible drama brewing at church, so of course we had to talk about that. They’re just a fun couple to be around. Never a shortage of conversation.
This week I think is low-key. Scott is working today and tomorrow and Friday. L will probably be around. I haven’t talked to her mom. 3 family birthdays are this week so I’m guessing we’ll be doing a lot of dinners and cake and ice cream in the evenings.