Nothing new…really.

Chris works out of town, renovating hotels or something. He’s home mostly on the weekends but sometimes he will work through it and come home early the following weekend.

It’s HARD. I know…I know, I sound like sucky. But seriously. I was YOUNG when Chris and I began our life of living in sin, and we’ve been together for 16 years. I haven’t spent so much time at home alone with our children…EVER.

I mean it’s not like the summer of my discontent where I was kind of willing to sell them to anyone. But…it is…A LOT of work.
And you know what?
Teenagers suck.
A lot.

And they are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS hungry.

And they think you’re stupid.

But you should cook for them ALL THE TIME.

And get them more juice.

And that you’re stupid

And you know what else?

Noah uses entirely too much toilet paper.

Which is how I learned to PLUNGE a toilet.
Seriously I’ve never had to before. And I didn’t really fix the problem…but it stopped the toilet from over flowing and dripping into my DINING ROOM.

ick.

It’s STILL slow to drain…there’s a new one in the garage but….we don’t always have the time on the weekend for him to do that.

down with indoor plumbing.

Anyone this Sophia Lauren is a LITTLE creepy looking now?

Oops…gotta run I can hear the hauntingly familiar growl of an empty teenaged boy’s stomach.

*shivers*

Cute huh? Having let his wings grow for 6 months (!) They were finally long enough for him to fly..only he didn’t know how….SAD right, kinda like not letting a fish swim…right? I mean I understand trimming them so they can’t very much height, but to cut them so they just plummet to the floor when they step off their cage and not them to learn to fly at all? Not nice.

So we taught him to fly.

After such a strenuous work out. Willy had a long hot bath.

So now he’s king of the castle. Eating dinner and he can’t see you? Be prepared for a bird to either land on your head or your plate especially if you are eating rice and vegetables or pasta. It’s kinda neat having a pet that talks to you. Says bye bye when you have your coat on…and says night night when you turn off the lights.

ANYWAY….enough of that shit.

Having issues getting to the gym presently…so I’m going for a run. At least I will get some cardio in today.

Happy Thursday people! I’ve missed you.

And now.

This is today…I have some from 08 but I cannot find them…but you know…moo.

The skirt in first pictures….size 14. The jeans today 6! (SIX!)

AMEN!

Mark (Blog Father) & I Edmonton Airport ‘06

(just for Jon)

Who knew?

Also, 2 inches gone from my waist. TWO INCHES!

And I feel so much stronger.

Love it.

We’ve been doing well. This week seemed harder than the first. Well it seemed like WE worked harder. So I htink that’s a good thing.

My second attempt at Y0! Gah! was…better, even though I twisted my twisted chair a little to much and tweaked my bum a little.

Generally I enjoy it. I feel stronger. I’ve never had a lot of upper body strength other than carrying babies around and now…I HAVE A MUSCLE! Kinda nifty!

So…ONWARD we go.

Phase 2 begins the week after next (next week is a rest week…filled with yo!gah! and stretches).

I understand it’s WAY more of an ass kicker than this phase.

We shall see.

Surprisingly, there are definate changes that have occured in just 1 WEEK!

Suddenly, most of my back pain is gone (not that iwas extreme but I did have a sore back after work etc)

(hmm I feel as though I mentioned this before)

Chris too is have less back problems….he suffered an injury 2 years ago, and is suddenly waking up in the morning virtually pain free.

AND! He can touch his toes!

I can touch the ground in front of mine.

And in yoga I can get pretty close to accomplishing the “plough” position…which looks REALLY REALLY weird.

Tonight is pull up hell.

So we’ll see how that goes…I certainly can’t do 20.

My goal is 2.

Pathetic I know…but I’ve never had a lot of upper body strength.

Last night was stretch. I hour of stretches.

It oddly required a lot of strength but it was very relaxing…and encouraging to see our increased flexibility.

Am home with a slightly ill Noah. His cold is gone but his cough is lingering.

It;s the first bit of school he’s missed this year so he can afford to stay home one more day.

I am totally dragging his butt outside for a walk though!

I haven’t done a lot of Yoga…I’ve done a little pilates but that was years about and I’m not sure how qualified my instructor was.

He provides a beginner version right up to advanced and warns you to not go beyond your comfort zone (I’m sure he meant physical but I like to think the mental was implied)
There was much of it we sat out…mostly cause we we couldn’t follow along all tied up like a pretzel…we went slow…and watched a lot.
We did quite a bit…and it involves WAY MORE strength than I imagined.

BUT with what we did do yesterday….even the beginner moves..my body feels FANTASTIC today.
And for the first time in literally years my back does not hurt after work.

A seriously….WTF?

Mind you, we did 2 dvds that involved different areas of the back.

So maybe the two combined?

Tonight is legs and back.
Pray for me.

Not pretty. But we’re up again now…and I managed to save all of our data.

Due to icy icy like too icy for yaktrax even sidewalks and roads…running has be a minimum…even the snow is too deep on the sidewalks to run….it’s maddening.

So I searched to find an alternative.

Mr Horton seemed to be a good fit.

Today is day four of P90-ohmygodkillme-X.
days 1 -3 have kicked my ass. But in a good way. I’ve been a bit sore the next day…but luckily since you do a different part everyday you are still reasonably functional.

His cardio is good! You actually sweat...like a lot and sometimes cry…. a lot

Tonight is Yo!ga X.

Which I will assume involves very little OHMS and a lot “oh my fucking god I HATE YOU T0NY H0RT0N”s.

Wish me luck! Happy downward dogs.

Bren (above) asked me to put some music on his p$p. I got him to write down his music choices and I downloaded and then uploaded them for him.

First of all…can the P$P be anymore convoluted. I mean, it’s not rocket science but it’s not at all convenient (dude I had to LOOK up how to transfer mp3s to it…LOOK UP!…GAWD!)

Anyway the following is the list of music HE asked for. If my scanner worked I would scan it for you, but it doesn’t and OH YEAH you couldn’t read his handwriting anyway (FYI he is in Grade 7 and claims they have never been taught cursive writing…wtf? Can this be true?? )

Brens Music:

Crazy Train – Ozzy

White Rabbit – Jeffeson Airplane (!)

Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane

Paranoid – Scorpions (?)

Thunderstruck – AC/DC (please kill me)

Welcome to the Jungle – White spandex bicycle shorts and image that is BURNED into my retinas

Seeker – The Who (I think)

Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock.

How is that the playlist of a 13 yr old?

It’s a little ecclectic (at there is not rap!), and not at all current. I mean CHris and I listen to more current music than that.

Seriously!

Oh well…at least he’s sampling a lot before he decides what he likes.

Anyway, Chris is in school today. Brendan is in school today. Noah is in school today.

So I should have a nice relaxing day to myself right?

WRONG!

I have to work!

SOOOO unfair.

Oh well, I’m off tomorrow.

It’s kinda nice to get back to normal.

The kids were getting VERY bored. And Chris was too I think.

Our tree is down, in a box (we use a fake one these days) but not put away…same goes for the decorations.

Lights are NOT turned on outside anymore…but they are stuck until spring.

I cannot even see my tacky light up Santa anymore…we’ve dug him TWICE and now he is buried again.

SO

MUCH

SNOW.

Pretty sick of shoveling it actually.

Taking the boys to school now…but before i leave…I will share with you a pet peeve (I KNOW, me? a pet peeve? NEVER!)

I went to town yesterday specifically to go to the library ( i HATE not having something to read) anyway, I chose a book from a familiar author, and then branched out took one out from someone I didn’t know.

I started that book last night and guess what.

I HAD READ IT BEFORE!

CURSE MY MOTHER AND HER CONDENSED BOOKS!

Back to the library I guess.

grr.