Archive for July, 2008

A sleepin’ peanut

I’m starting small here. My silverware drawer was a nightmare – there was so much stuff under the tray that it was hard to close the drawer. I would just move things around, so the tray would settle down into the junk. It was embarrassing. I decided I’d start there today!

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I’ve been asking that question for almost 2 weeks now. You might want to grab a cup of coffee and relax for a bit – this one might take a while.

We are required, by contract, to buy a new vehicle every 4 years (my husband is in the company car program – he works for GM). We did what they call a “Drive and Buy”. We order the car we want and it becomes my husband’s company car for 3 months. During this time, we put as many miles on the car as we can – this will help lower the price of the car when it’s our time to “buy” it. Then, we turn it back in to vehicle operations at GM, the dealership we choose to “buy” the car from comes to pick it up, then they call us to seal the deal. Get that?

Some not very nice person put a very deep scratch in the passenger side door of “the car” the day before my husband turned it in. We find out that the scratch must be fixed before I’m able to get the car, so the dealership has to fix it (not with my money, fortunately!).

Here’s what I was told:

July 17th or 18th – I will get the car.

Nope, that won’t happen – need to fix the scratch. It might take up to a week, but we’re hoping it won’t take that long.

July 24th will be THE LATEST you’ll get your car. That day comes and goes – no car.

Then, we hear that the car will be done late Friday and at the latest, Monday (yesterday). My husband had to call the dealership 4 TIMES to talk to the salesperson. Needless to say, I still don’t have my car. We got and are still getting the runaround from the salesperson AND the GM of the dealership.

I JUST WANT MY CAR!!!!!!!!!!! Fortunately, I still have my beloved mini-van that we had detailed a month ago – I’m scared to drive it because I don’t want to mess it up. I’m tired of putting gas in it every few days – I don’t want to fill it up and then turn it back into the dealership with a full tank of gas. But, I HATE putting gas in it every 2 or 3 days.

I JUST WANT MY CAR!!!!!!!!!

A little birdy told me that the Cricut cartridges at Michael’s are on sale for $40.00 today – I. AM. THERE.

If you don’t know what a Cricut is, go here. It’s my new, favorite scrapbooking toy

I need to do a devotional or 7 today – feeling a bit disgruntled with my church and need to reconnect to the word. I also need to tackle the mountain of laundry and bags of stuff from Trader Joe’s sitting on my kitchen floor.

I’m off – have a groovy day

Stacey, over at All Because Two People Fell In Love is having an awesome giveaway for moms! It’s the Ultimate Family Organizer and I would LOVE to have it. Go check it out!

Yes, I cheated. I’ll admit it. I am H*U*N*G*R*Y.

I just don’t know about this diet. I struggled badly when I did it the first time. The first 2 weeks were pure hell. But, I made it.

This time, it’s been MUCH harder. The upside to this diet is that there is nothing processed – everything is fresh and I LOVE that. The downside is that I spend a lot of time in the kitchen prepping, chopping, and cooking all of that fresh stuff. The big boys are fine with it, but the little one….not so much. He’s not a big fan of anything that doesn’t include my arms. That makes prepping and chopping VERY difficult. The other day, I was able to make veggie chili and quiche while Henry was sleeping – it took 3 HOURS. Ask any mom with 3 little boys – heck, ask any mom of small children and I bet she’ll tell you that 3 hours in the kitchen at one time is too much. I had to prep, chop and cook for 3 meals and 2 snacks EVERY DAY. By yesterday, I’d had enough of the prepping and chopping and I just didn’t eat. Yesterday, before my husband got home from work, I’d eaten ONE stalk of celery with a few small bites of Laughing Cow Garlic and Herb cheese. I had a cup of coffee and about 10 oz. of flavored water. I’m sick of eggs and turkey bacon….sick, sick, SICK.

So, we went to Romano’s Macaroni Grille last night. I was at the point where, if I had to eat another salad, I might curl up into the fetal position and cry. The waiter placed a plate of bread with olive oil dipping seasoning in front of us and I could immediately feel my mouth quiver. I looked at my husband, who had already ripped the bread in half and started inhaling it and said, “I have self control”. That self control lasted about 5 minutes. I ate the bread and it was so good. There were 2 loaves on the plate and they were gone quickly, but it wasn’t all eaten by me. He brought out more. I ate more. It felt good.

I ordered whole wheat penne with meat sauce and a side caesar salad with low fat dressing. Might that meal cancel out the insane amount of calories/carbs of the bread? Unlikely, I suppose. The waitress brought out the massive bowl of pasta and it was scrumptious. I only ate half. I was proud of myself. I didn’t touch Will’s fries or Jake’s pizza. But, I did eat dessert. Ugh. They have something called Lemon Passion. OH! MY! GRACIOUS! I almost cried while I ate it – it was divine. B ate a bit of it, but I did eat most of it.

I weighed myself this morning – I’m down another pound – 5 lbs. down to date.

I’m modifying our diet – the SBD is out the window.

B and I are off to a Tigers game tonight – IF I drink a beer, it will be a light one. A far as eating is concerned, I’m pleading the fifth. What on earth could be healthy at a ball park? I’ll look for something, but I’ll admit, I won’t be looking THAT hard.

my new laptop! I lurve this thing. It’s SO much faster than my old one AND it has all its keys…lol Jake pulled 3 keys off my old one and it was really hard to use the letters N, G and O. I’ll be off to bed in a few minutes, but wanted to test it out and play for a few minutes.

Today is the start of week #2 of the SBD. I’ll admit it – I’m struggling. This no carb bit is HARD. I long for some crackers, or some bread sticks or pasta or something. I’m down 4 1/2 lbs. now, so I won’t cheat – I refuse. The boys and I were with friends today and all the kids were eating junk while playing outside – Doritos, Combos, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, Pop-Tarts and while the smell of EVERYTHING was very enticing, I kept my paws off. I sat with my Diet Coke and watched them eat every last crumb. One more week….one more week….I add some good carbs back in my diet in one week.

The removal of my internal girly parts is scheduled and I’m VERY excited about that! I’ve been struggling with very painful periods and related issues since the age of 12 – I’ve had enough. I’m done having children and will need this surgery eventually anyway, so I should just have it done now and relieve myself of the pain and issues that get worse after every baby for me. I do believe I might start a little countdown ticker. My dear husband will be working from home for the 2 weeks that I need to sit on my butt after the surgery. Maybe I’ll learn to knit or something to pass the time….

The schmoog has decided that sleeping through the night is highly overrated and I’ll admit that I’m struggling with this, too. The boy teased me for 2 months – 2 months of beautiful sleep. Now, we’re back to sleeping like a newborn – ICK! Me no like sleep deprivation. I’d probably give birth to 20 children if I had a guarantee that they’d sleep through the night from day 1 on. I can handle the temper tantrums, exploding diapers, etc. etc. I.just.can’t.handle.no.sleep. I really, really like to sleep.

And on that note, I’m going to do just that before little bit wakes up!

Check out the ticker below, my friends! I’m on my way

There you have it. Today, I started the South Beach Diet Supercharged. My husband has also started it, but he probably won’t be hardcore about it like I am. I’m still 2 1/2 lbs. under where I started when I got pregnant with Henry, so I’m happy about that, but I’m NOT happy with how I feel. I just don’t feel good about myself and I cringe when I see pictures. I don’t like what I see, I want to be a good influence on my children and I want to feel good. I’m at 179.5 lbs.

I’ve had numerous temptations today and I didn’t fail and let myself down. A friend and I took our kids to McDonald’s to play today – I ate 2 hamburger patties with NOTHING on them and had a diet coke. I didn’t touch a french fry or chicken nugget, even though they were in my face the entire time. They smelled OH! SO! GOOD!, but I looked the other way and sucked down my diet coke…lol

So, I’m hoping those of you that read my blog will help me stay on the straight and narrow – you see where I am and what I’m working toward. We have a wedding to go to in Cape Cod on August 22nd – I want to look FANTASTIC and feel that way, too!

I’m sitting here, watching the Tigers game on TV and holding the sweet schmoog on my shoulder. He’s trying to devour his hands and drool is dripping all over me. My loving husband and 2 big boys are off to Kroger and Subway. I’ve been cleaning and prepping the yummy fruits and veggies we got yesterday at a local fresh market. The big boys and the hubs are going for a bike ride after lunch. I’m going to do some laundry and scrapbook after schmoog goes down for a nap.

I LOVE Lazy Sundays. I hope you all are enjoying your Sundays, too.