Weigh In Wednesday - Yuck

Happy Wednesday? Not!
As expected, I am up 1.2lbs.
Pizza, birthday cake, chips, etc, don't do well for your diet. Craig was up as well. Ah well, another week is here and I am hoping for a big loss.
Sorry this is so late in posting. Had a lot going on today and an extra kid here tonight. He showed up at suppertime and I couldn't turn him away.

Down this week but hoping my mood improves tomorrow. Picked up some work this weekend so I will be working 2-10pm on Saturday.

Will post gnome picture tomorrow.

How's your week?

no gnome

Sorry - no gnome picture this morning. Sterling was sick and in bed, so no picture. He got up at about 11am and decided he was ready for school, so I have just dropped him off. I will have to get a picture tomorrow morning.
All is well here. We all pigged out this weekend on Sterling's birthday and so I am nervous getting on the scale. Oh Well, what can you do? It was worth it! Every bite of chocolate sour cream cake. Yum!

I am looking forward to tomorrow and a day off. Craig is working from home tomorrow as we have our assessment at the school tomorrow morning. I am anxious to see what comes out of it. I haven't been sleeping well, so I am hoping it is just this and I will sleep better tomorrow night.

Craig and I have come to the decision that I am going to start working on Sundays whenever possible. We are hoping I can get a 4-midnight shift on Sunday nights. It would work well and provide me with another 8 hours a week. I don't want to work all weekend but Sunday nights would be OK.

I have started wrapping the gifts I have bought for my sweet nieces and nephews. I am getting a little pile going. I bought some Kraft paper and have stamped it with snowflakes. It looks cute. Have you started your holiday shopping? What about your wrapping? Can you believe Christmas is right around the corner? Boy does time fly.

What a day! Wii, shopping, pizza, cake, treats, fun, singing and being together. We all had a great day and Sterling said it was his best birthday yet. Thanks for all the well wishes.

12 already?

How did that happen? Just yesterday I was holding Sterling in my arms as a new baby. That was the day I knew what true love was all about.

So today, to celebrate my first born, I thought I would do a count down of 12 things I love about him:


12 - He is a bundle of energy - always up for anything!
11 - He is smart - so smart!
10 - He is eloquent and can speak about anything - it's amazing!
9 - He's engaging! He pulls you into whatever he is talking about and keeps you enthralled.
8 - He's handsome! Man, is he handsome!
7- He's great with little kids
6 - He's a snazzy dresser
5 - He's a whiz at anything electronic
4 - He has an AMAZING imagination!
3 - He is mature well beyond his years
2 - He is loving and still holds my hand in public
and


the #1 thing I love -

He's mine!



Happy Birthday my sweet boy -I love you more than you will ever know.


xoxo
mom

*** Sterling opened his presents last night as I was leaving for work early this morning and I wanted to see him open them without him having to get up at 7am. He opened them with express instructions that he could not play his wii last night. "Technically" he didn't but that didn't stop him from fiddling around with it. This morning him and Kaedo were up at 4:40am (agh) playing. Needless to say, they both love it. Today we are heading to Costco with his birthday money as he has some games he wants to buy. We will finish up with pizza, cake and treats and a movie marathon. He is thrilled. So happy. Love to see it. Will post pictures of the gift opening later or tomorrow.
Now if only he stays up long enough to blow out his candles!

you know you work at some crazy ass job when...

your employee manual says this:
"standard office environment is provided, but due to the nature of the business, there is a risk of exposure to hold-ups, extortion and bomb threats"

hmmm

weigh in wednesday

242.3
Not great but not too bad. Craig did well this week and I know this kind of accountability is really working for some of you. I know it is working for me. Saturday will be a bit of a write off with what Sterling has planned for his birthday - although I don't have to eat it, do i? I will though - who can resist Pizza Hut pizza and snacks? Not I.
Had a fantastic call with mom this morning 1 hour 55 minutes. It was great. Looking forward to speaking with Jessica in the next couple of days and calling our cutie nephew on Friday for his big 1 birthday. We'll probably scare him with our singing.

weekly gnome picture

Week 10 - shocking. They have been in school for 11 weeks now. Man has it gone fast. It is already November and Christmas is right around the corner. Notice the scrape on Kaedo's nose? While sleeping over at his friends house, he got up in the middle of the night to go to the washroom and walked into the door! Eek!
Sterling looks like he's grown 6 inches in the last month. He's almost as tall as me!