She's the greatest!

Ok..so not only does she have 5 kids to worry about, sports to run to, laundry to do, mouths to feed and studying her own homework but she was so kind to help me, ok not "help me"..... but set up my new layout for me in her "spare" time, it's the one, the only Becky!!!

Thanks Bec and it looks great!

Where oh where can my hubby Dan be?

So, let me tell you playing the single parent roll this week has not been very fun or should I say not been as fun since both kids have practice, homework, showers, etc and my laundry is growing by the moment.

Dan is a god-send he is unlike most husbands and actually helps with house work, kids, homework, dinners, laundry, bills etc. We actually do most of that stuff together and with him being up north this week I've been lost and running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

I sure appreciate all he does and he better never die while my kids are little because I'd kill him.

One more day..he'll be home tomorrow.

:-)

1.8 and counting

So it's Thursday again...weigh in day. Down another 1.8#...that would be a total of 9.6# since September 6th. Slow but sure.

Slow but sure

So..our weekly weight watchers meeting was last night...down 1.4#....which of course does not sound like much but the instructor said the slower you loose the more likey you are to keep it off so that makes a total of 7.8#....now I need to start exercising...week three was the movement discussion. She said start slow if you are not used to seriously working out...take the stairs, walk in place for 5 minutes, etc...so, we'll see how this goes.

:-)

Weight Watchers

So I joined Weight Watchers with my mom and a few friends on September 6th. We had our first weigh in last night after being on the program a week and I have been really watching what I was eating and putting in my body...guess what the weigh in was successful...I know it was mostly water weight I have lost but I lost 6.4 pounds the first week. I know it's just because my body was in shock over not eating fast food, eating better and less so I don't expect it to be very much next week but now I'm more motivated than ever....GO ME!

I don't get technology

So..I must have skipped the gene that allows your brain to retain technology. I look at everyone else's blog and cute layouts and their photos but I don't know how to do that. I am sure it's very easy and right in front of my face but I just don't get it. I need my friend Bec to come over and sit with me and show me how to work all this stuff. AHHHHHH

8 jobs

1. Budd's Restaurant: This was my very first job ever. I washed dishes on Saturday & Sunday mornings during breakfast. I was 15 years old and worked from 7:00 am –11:00 am
2. Burger King: This was my first "real" job that I could actually drive to. I worked there for 4 years. From the time I was 16 to 20. There was tons of fun had here by the closing staff. Once I became a "manager" I let everyone else do the work and I dorked around. It was cool
3. Goff Stores: I worked here for a few months before I got married and moved to ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Texas. When I got home from Texas I worked here again for a few more months. Being a cashier in a grocery store is quite boring.
4. Mitchell's: Clothing store, very expensive but good discount and "credit plan" if you worked there. Plus you got to check out everything on Main Street and always look out the front window to see who was headed into the "Free Clinic"
5. O'Henry's An Irish Pub I worked at while living in Texas. That was an ok job. I remember they had the best Philly Cheese steak sandwiches ever. Working a 22 hour shift on St. Patty's day was HELL.
6. Chicago Title I was an escrow mortgage & real estate closer. I HATED this job. I will never in my life be a closer again. I hated dealing with the bitchy people whose interest rate was too high or payment wasn't what the lender told them. They acted like it was my fault and I was just the middle man.
7. Michigan Bankers Association: I work in the Employee Benefits Division assisting banks with medical, dental, life & disability benefits. The people I work with are awesome and I semi-enjoy it. The only reason I don't totally enjoy it is because work is work no matter how you look at it. 8. Mom: This is the craziest job I've had. So much joy yet so much frustration at the same time. I know I need to enjoy it more now because soon my kids will "hate" me because it's those lovely pre-teen to teenage years and they will want nothing to do with mom but right now it's good. They make me laugh like no other.