I did it

One week from now, we will be in sunny Florida… Deck is very excited about taking the train (though he calls it a trolley) and is anxious to see grandma, grandpa, and the ocean! As cold as it’s been lately, it will be nice to be in some warmer weather for a few days… This morning, we were greeted by a winter wonderland and some more snow may be coming our way tomorrow… Maybe there will be enough for sledding, we’ll see…

Eric has safety class #2 in the morning and then I have a hair appt, so mom is tagging along so she can help watch Deck… Since I will have extra hands, hitting the grocery store is also on my list for tomorrow – the less I have to do on Sunday, the better, especially since we are going to a friend’s house for brunch…

Another reason for having less to do on Sunday morning is because I’d like to take my first spin class at the gym I joined on Monday… It’s literally right down the street and very convenient (close enough to walk when it gets warm)… Why did I join a gym when I have one at work that’s free and have both a treadmill and elliptical in my basement? Back in the day – I really enjoyed taking spin classes and got an awesome workout – my measly 3-4 cardio workouts a week really aren’t going to get me very far if I want to be serious about losing weight… They also have body pump, body sculpt, yoga, pilates, and a few others – plus a huge weight selection with machines and free weights that would be great for getting an extra workout in over Sat/Sun…

The biggest obstacle that I have to overcome, is feel guilty for going… Sounds stupid, I know, but it’s true… During the week – time with Deck is precious in the evenings since we usually get home around 6:00 and he goes to bed before 8:00… Is it wrong of me to want to go the gym instead of helping him get ready for bed? Am I a bad mom/wife? I suppose in the grand scheme of things – an hour here and an hour there isn’t going to affect my relationship with Deck (but I can’t help but feel that it will)… /sigh/

Do you have plans for the Superbowl? We are staying home and probably routing for the Ravens, though they are huge rivals of the Steelers… Do I care who wins? Not really, but am looking forward to the commercials…

Happy Friday and have a great weekend!

Trolley Museum with Mom and Deck…

Mowing in the snow…

Let it snow (sort of)

We finally got some snow this morning, though not enough to close schools and be stranded at home… Deck was eager to go outside and kept saying, “snow on mama’s car”… We might get more tomorrow afternoon/evening, but am not sure it warrants getting out the sled just yet (Eric seems to think otherwise)… I got a text message from daycare with a pic of him outside – they have the kids out there, regardless of the weather, which I think is great! And he loves it so who’s to complain…

Scale showed a loss this morning – doubt I will reach my 4% goal in 6 days, but the game has been a great motivator… Maybe I will see if there are some new ones starting…

Happy Thursday!

Snow!

Back on the wagon

As you  may have noticed, I redesigned the blog since it was a new year (and it’s good to shake things up once in a while)… I still need to add a few things, but for the most part – I’m pretty satisfied… I like the challenge of installing a new theme and then tearing it apart so I can customize it…

What’s new and exciting? My family had it’s belated Christmas gathering this past Sunday – Deck was the star of the show (duh) and was itching to open ALL the presents instead of just the ones Santa brought… He could’ve cared less about the videos, books, or clothes, and enjoyed his new bulldozer from Uncle Craig… I don’t think I overdid it in the food dept, though I commented that there was nothing green on the table (besides my mom’s cornflake wreath)… Fun was had by all and I’ll post a pic as soon as I get one from my niece, since she had the better camera…

I also started back on WW last week and was happy to see a loss on the scale yesterday… I exercised 6/7 days and have been making better choices in the food dept, though I need to stop snacking in the evenings… I will start back with weight-training today and am not looking forward to being sore… According to DietBet, I have 5.1 more pounds to lose by January 30…

Eric’s parents stayed with us on Tuesday night since they were flying out of BWI (very) early Wednesday morning… Not sure why they picked an 8:30 a.m. flight because that meant they had to be up by 4:30 and out the door by 5:30! Gah! During their short visit, we had a nice dinner and at least they were able to spend some time with Deck before heading to bed… Once Deck heard that they were taking a plane to Florida, that’s all he’s been saying around the house… “Grandpa take plane to Florida?” I think he’s really going to enjoy the auto train this year…

Happy Thursday…

Fun with a stool…

Me and my baby boy…

 

place your bets

Eric and I are enjoying our last day of vacation, sans the kid – 11 days with Deck was wonderful, but I was happy to drop him off this morning at daycare… Getting back into a routine was much needed so I expect him to be pretty pooped when we pick him up later… What did I do on my last day-off? I did 45-minutes on the treadmill, took a shower, and then went to Michaels and Kohls… I know, not that exciting, but I had some things to return and I’m trying to finish up some necklaces for Christmas… Our family holiday dinner was postponed from last weekend to this weekend because of the weather, and I thought I would try to make everyone glass pendant necklaces… We’ll see how they turn out and will take pics if they look decent…

The holidays overall were good, although I went through something pretty personal that I cannot talk about here… Because of this, I didn’t get to do as much as I’d wanted (like paint our bedroom), but we did manage to squeeze-in a visit to the DC Aquarium on New Year’s Eve… Eric and I decided to stay-in this year and I really thought I’d be in bed before midnight, but low and behold – we both managed to see the ball drop… It was strange/sad to not see Dick Clark on tv this year, but I think Seacrest will do okay in the longrun…

In other news – I joined Roni’s New Year’s DietBet… Today is the last day to join and it only cost $20 (more details here)… The bet is that if you lose 4% of your body weight by the end of the month, you split the pot with all the other winners… I have avoided the scale since before Thanksgiving and this was just the incentive I needed to get back on track! I will restart WW tomorrow and with any luck (and lots of hard work), I’ll be 4% lighter by January 31…

Happy Hump Day..

Christmas morning…

Driving mama’s car…

Painting…

Making cookies…

 

TGIF

Christmas is less than 2 weeks away and I don’t feel ready… The house is decorated (I only did half as much compared to last year) and I think we’re done for shopping for Deck… I’m sure I will end up finding more things, like for his stocking, but overall – he can be checked off the list… I have a few things for Eric and told him I can’t think of anything I need besides a new computer – so that’s what I’m getting, and he’ll put some $ towards that (Mac Pro, thank you very much)… Everything else that I can think of, I’ve already bought myself because that’s just how I am…

Today is our holiday party at work – festivities begin at Noon and then things will carry-over into happy hour later this afternoon… When I first started here, our luncheons used to be at the Willard Hotel and were pretty fancy with a sit-down meal, wine, and lots of door prizes… Since then, they’ve cut back and we now have something that’s catered in-house – the food isn’t great, but at least there will be boxed wine and a few prizes (I think)… Happy Holidays indeed~

Weekend plans are pretty open right now – I may drag Deck out with me tomorrow and head to Homegoods and TJMaxx, and then we may attempt to go see Santa at the Trolley Museum on Sunday…

Hope you have a great weekend…

Happy Friday…

Ready to go…

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree…