Truly Becoming a "Big Boy"

Ok, so I took my little man, Nathan, to the dentist the other day. Nathan kept saying he lost a tooth and has a hole. Ok, now I know I woulda known if he really did lose a tooth, but I played along to get him to want to go to the dentist.

So, we get there and he is gung-ho about it all. He's so excited to tell the dentist he lost his first tooth. The hygenist takes a look and cleans and all that wonderful stuff and she says his 6 year molar is breaking through. At first, I thought, "Oh, ok. Cool." Then I asked, "Wait, is that a permanent tooth?" YUP! It sure is!

His very first big boy tooth is coming in!

And, it's a molar nontheless!

I always thought your front teeth came in first, but I guess not always!

He is totally excited now!!! He even told his classmates and showed them his "Big Boy Tooth."

Santa Shoppe Rocks!!!

Nathan had his first Santa Shoppe experience at school this year. Which, makes sense since he's in Kindergarten this year! Anyway, when he came home he would NOT let me look in his bag like I always do. He had to wrap all the gifts he got first, then I could look in there. I knew he got his dad a coffee mug, his cousin a pencil and his step-brother stickers, but I had no clue what he got me.

I opened up that bag and unwrapped my gift and got teary eyed! He got me a sun windchime and a dragonfly suncatcher. The windchime - because he knows how much I love to hear the windchimes in the wind. The suncatcher - because he knows how much I love the sun. So incredibly thoughtful!

I will treasure these gifts for as long as I live!!! Much like my mom has kept the tiny vase I bought in the third grade. It sill sits on her dresser next to her jewelry box! I know I will always have these two in a very special place as well!!!

"Singing In Love"

PLEASE PRAY

please pray for my little 2nd cousin (4y) - WAYRA - in argentina.
they went to the hospital in a rush yesterday morning by plane (they NEVER take plane - always bus/train). healthcare is not the best over there. They say she has a fast growing tumor in her belly.

I heard this morning that they have not done the surgery (to remove the tumor)yet. They will be doing another test/exam today on her bone marrow where the tumor seems to be more significant and it goes all the way down to the bottom of her kidneys! The doctors have given them no hope. I don’t know what else to say at this point, except PLEASE PRAY!

The End of Week #1

Well, I lost 3 pounds!!!

I'm so happy! I didn't stick to it 100%, but I must've done something right. I need to incorporate more exercizing in my daily routine. I have to find a time and all to do it. I always feel great afterwards, I just can't seem to get motovated enough to get up off my butt!

Weight Loss - 1/6/10

Well, today was my first day on the new "plan." I'm using the Slim Fast plan online. It's free. It's easy and It's functional for me. I'm so finicky, this one is great! I really like this plan and hope to stick with it. It's not like it used to be: "a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch and a sensible dinner." Nope, not at all! I'm actually doing the plan WITHOUT the Slim-Fast products. It's not that I don't like to have chocolate for breakfast, it's that I can't afford to right now.

What did I eat today? You ask. I ate: banana slices w/sugar, tuna salad sandwich, carrot slices, orange, tomato slices, hamburger, green beans, coke zero and water.

I'm full. I stayed full all day.

I didn't exercize today. I wanted to, but with Nathan home in the evenings with me this week, I highly doubt I will get much exercising time in. There's always the weekends and next week.

I hope to be able to keep myself accountable by blogging every day!

179.9 pounds
size 16

Another Sleepy Sunday

Yes, another sleepy sunday is upon us. And what does today hold? A whole lot of nothing!

Let's see, we start the day by getting up at 9am. Nathan wanted to know if it was time to go downstairs. I told him he can go downstairs any time he wants so long as he's dressed and teeth have been brushed. So, I take my shower, head downstairs and make breakfast (left over pizza from movie night the night before). Yeah, he was thrilled!!!

Doing the laundry, gonna vaccuum a little, clean up the kitchen, some more movies and then off to bed.

What a wonderfully boring day it will be. Amazing all the things you can do when you have no money! he he he

Yeah!

Wordless Wednesday, 12/15/09

Wordless Wednesday 12/9/09

Jumping Around

A typical day for us!

New Style!

OMG! I totally love it! I made the mistake of going somewhere else to have my hair cut/styled and it was not good and so difficult to style quickly. So, I decided to go back to where I should have from the beginning, Robin's Hair Salon. And.....She did it!! I love it!! And I LOVE her!! Thanks Susie!

A Sad Day, Indeed!

A movie icon has passed away. Patrick Swayze, you will be sorely missed.

He was known for movies such as Ghost, Dirty Dancing, To Wong Fu, The Outsiders, Point Break and so many, many more!

I remember watching “To Wong Fu” and thinking Patrick Swayze made a beautiful woman; nice legs, small waist, great smile; he had it all. I would have to say, though, I fell in love with him in the movie “Dirty Dancing.” That is probably, by far, my favorite Swayze movie.

He is at peace now and pain free. I pray for his family for peace of mind and the ability to keep going.

You can get more information HERE and HERE you can see a slideshow.

Fall Is Here!

This, right here and right now, is my absolute favorite time of year. Not so much the Fall itself, but the beginning of it.

The last few days have been absolutely perfect! You wake up and it's around 60 degrees. No jacket necessary, but a cool breeze and warm sun. Perfect weather for leaving the windows open.

My favorite things: the smell of wood burning, pumpkin spice candle, crisp leaves, crisp air, cool mornings/evenings and warm days, being able to leave your windows open, candle light, fall sunsets, no jackets.

SIGH....what a wonderful time of year!

Momma+Curling Iron+4y old = ....

I couldn't resist! I had to try! He has such beautiful hair and has such a natural feather to it when it's longer!

WOW! What a Catch!

A friend of mine at Imagine That has this posted on her webiste and it is SO worth sharing!

"The story is this: a girl was out with friends having drinks on King St (in Toronto ). This guy approaches her and won't leave her alone -saying how cute she is. She finally gives in and hands the guy her business card to get rid of him. The attached is an MP3 file of not one, but TWO voicemails this guy left. This goes down in the history books - especially the second voice mail. After hearing them you can clearly see why she didn't call him back - instead she called in to the Z103.5 morning show & had them play this on the air. Ladies: He is out there... :)

Click below to listen; you don't have to download it when you get to 4shared, there's a "play bar", so just click the play button. If you do want to download it (it's so precious, all of your friends need to partake) just download it by clicking on "download now" like you would a cut file.
Dimitri-TheStud.mp3 "

His MY SPACE page!

Dancing Queen

Nathan's version of dancing!

for more dance moves, check THIS out!!

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Another Day Gone By

Another, nothing day!

I worked up in Carmel today.
I surfed the web.
I picked Nathan up from school.
I bought him 4 books at his book fair.
We came home to eat McDonald's.
He played the Wii for a while.
I played online for a while.
I put him to bed.
I played online a bit more.
Going to bed.

That about sums is up.

Teach Him To Teach Her

Background: I taught my other dog to sit, stay, lay, etc. by using words and hand motions. that way if I didn't want to tell him to lay, I would just snap my fingers and do the hand motion. It worked great! also, if I asked him to do something and he did something eles, I would take my hand away and say no. This is what we're trying to do with Kanela.

Nathan is telling kanela to LAY and SIT, showing her the treat she will get and then hurling the treat at her head instead of giving it to her. I hope you can follow.

Another Thursday!

I’d say this is just another dull day at work! Nothing special. Although, I was able to get a lot accomplished! It’s amazing what you can do when you get on the internet and surf around for a bit. Too bad, it’s not for work! No, seriously, I DID get a lot accomplished at work, FOR work.

I usually have a 25 minute drive to our Indy location (which is my “home”), but when I have to go up to our Carmel location (every Thursday and the 1st and 3rd Monday), I have a 45 minute drive and it really, really stinx! The traffic isn’t too bad. There’s a lot of it, but it flows pretty well. It’s just a long drive for me. Luckily, it’s all highway. My gas guzzling Endeavor doesn’t like it much, either!

Let’s hope tomorrow is a better day. After all, it’s payday!