Don't give up!

I haven't posted in about 20 days......don't give up on me yet! :) Life has just been sooooo overwhelmingly busy that I haven't had the time to upload photos or sit and really write. Zach turned 5 on Valentine's Day -insert pics here- and everyone and their family thought it would be a good idea to go to Downtown Disney that day! See we celebrated with a Build a Bear party.
I worked the Scrapbook Expo on Friday and attended on Saturday & Sunday with my girlfriend. (before the bday party!) My Grandma was back in the hospital that weekend and it was really scary. She needed a blood transfusion of 3 units and is having problems with her colon. She's having a colonoscopy this week.
We went to Big Bear Friday-Monday. What a wonderful time we had! Austin learned to snowboard, Zach took ski lessons and I was the shuttle! We had the best cabin and so much fun! -insert snow pics here!-
This week is crazy busy because I have a big crop at work on Saturday and now it's crunch time. Gotta kit, get food, order food and many more things to do for it. If you're coming I'm really excited for our meals! Yummy stuff!
Ryan is going to a Lakers game tomorrow night and Friday night I'm doing a little shopping and then going to go see Confessions of a Shopoholic! I'm not a reader......but when that series originally came out, I read three of the books! Now with some encouragement I'm going to take a stab at reading Twilight again. I tried while in Maui, but I just couldn't get into it. Sorry....lost my train of thought! Any ways......gotta run. So much to do and I have my workout class in 2hrs! I promise I'll post some pics soon!

Willpower

I wanted to share that this new year is going to be a test of my willpower. I started back on the exercise routine the 1st of January and every time I either go to my class or the gym it takes all my willpower to go and not cop out. I'm always glad when it's done and it's been so worth it with the results! I weighed myself the beginning of January and then just the other day and I lost 5 pounds! Plus I've been losing inches. With the working out I decided I really need to change certain aspects of my eating, another willpower challenge. I love carbs! Pasta, bread, potatoes.....anything starchy I'll eat it. But as I've gotten older (especially this last year) I've noticed that the weight doesn't drop off like it used to. So I've been cutting back on the carbs and when I have been shopping or going to eat some, I'm choosing whole wheat/grain or brown rice or skipping the bread and going straight for a salad. Really hard for me.
Another test of my willpower came from an idea from a friend of mine in my MOMS club. She mentioned that a friend of hers went a WHOLE YEAR without buying any clothes for herself and her family! She's challenging herself do it and I hopped right on board. I LOVE to shop, shop, shop. But truth of the matter.....I own a ton of clothes and so did my kids. So I'm vowing not to buy anything unless it's absolutely a necessity. I'm going to do this for 6 months and see how I do. I did buy Austin new tennis shoes and a pack of new socks, but those are a necessity! When the warmer months come I know the boys will need shorts because they have grown since I last bought them shorts. Yesterday I went to Target and that tested my willpower big time. I had to walk through the clothing area......it felt really good not to just grab something just because it was on sale.
Now the next area of my will power needs some tweaking. My scrapbook shopping. Last year I put myself on a budget and did awesome. That is until about October. I bought the Cricut and went to the Scrapbook Expo all in the same day. Bad, bad, bad. Ever since then I've been waaaaaay off my budget and can't seem to get back on my game. I already spent my WHOLE MONTHS BUDGET on Feb. 1st at an all day crop. Which I wasn't planning on doing. So how am I going to bounce back the rest of this month? The Scrapbook Expo is in a week and I'm helping work it on Friday. Ugh. I need a serious intervention. :)

So those are my tests of my will power. If you see me and I look wound up, you'll know why!

Tuesday

I can't believe it's already February! This year is going by so quick and it's only been one month! Last week Ryan was in Arizona, and I was juggling going to CHA and the kids schedules. So glad Austin had Friday off so I could relax a bit. But that didn't happen because I crammed our day with things to do! First I got my nails done and then we went to Disneyland, but I think so did everyone else in Orange County. Our school district was out, who else? I heard about 4 others were too. Needless to say, the lines were long and with it being so HOT it wasn't as enjoyable as I had hoped.

Saturday I taught the Mommy & Me class at work. 50 people came!!! And I brought Zachary. Boy did I have my hands full, but it was a lot of fun. Austin had his football banquet at the same exact time so I totally missed that. Sunday I met up with a couple of girlfriends at a different scrapbook store for a Superbowl themed crop. It was a lot fun not having to be the hostess and I picked up some great ideas! I didn't get much accomplished, but here are some layouts from Sunday and from another time. (I'm almost 2yrs behind, so these shots are from July 2007!)

Zach is still snoozing!!! Kind of weird and quiet, so I think I'll go get dressed now :)