tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40654143324286090922024-03-13T04:31:49.437-05:00The Official Susan Fan PageI am a super mom of 3 fantastic girls and have a super duper husband. I have a dream job and love life!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-34650502091211777512012-05-22T17:00:00.002-05:002012-05-22T17:00:24.073-05:00Getting betterI'm taking the day off from exercising! I have been to the gym three days in a row and I'm worn out. I am in a pretty happy place at the moment though. I weighed in yesterday and I am have lost 7lbs so far! I was hoping to lose a little more after three weeks, but I will take what I can get. They post the names and percentages of the contestants at the gym every week. I am not at the top of the list, but I am not at the bottom either. Over the last couple of weeks a couple of things have happened that really make me aware of my weight and how badly I need to lose a lot of it. One was seeing Leslie try on a tshirt of mine that doesn't fit me. It is a 3X and is really tight. She wanted to wear it to sleep in and when she came out wearing it, I found myself speechless. It was enormous on her. All three of my kids could have easily fit into it and had some room left over. The other thing that really let me know that I was so out of shape was having to chase after Sophie when she ran off from the splashpad the other day. We have been there a couple of times and the kids are usually good and stay right in the area with the water. I went there with my mom, charlotte and Sophie. It was a little crowded but not too bad. We were there about two minutes and I noticed Sophie walking on the sidewalk off to the side of the area. I got up to walk towards her and she just took off down the sidewalk. Once she knew I was after her, she ran even faster and laughed like it was the greatest fun in the world. By this point I am in a dead run and not even close to catching her. She made it all the way down the sidewalk where it turns right before it gets to the street and just followed the corner. Then she ran back towards me in the parking lot. I finally managed to catch her there and let her know that she was not supposed to do that. She just laughed and tried to get down and run some more. No amount of reasoning or disciplining works with her sometimes. She just doesn't understand that she is doing anything wrong. She just thinks we are playing a game when I am chasing her and she is way in front of me.<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-6109401055032259942012-05-08T20:35:00.002-05:002012-05-08T20:35:19.834-05:00First Weigh InI am officially 3lbs lighter!<br />
I had a bit of an unmotivated week. And I really didn't think I had done enough or had eaten well enough to have lost anything. I thought for sure that the number on the scale was going to be higher than when I started. Seeing that I had actually done some good gave me a brand new optimism for this whole project. After weighing in, I actually wanted to get out there and work out. And time flew by. Before I knew it I had been on the treadmill for 30 mins, the elliptical for 15 and then doing some weights. I had been there for and hour and half. And I felt great. I was in a lot of pain, but it was the kind of pain that comes from accomplishing something that requires hard work. I was proud of myself. That isn't something that I say very often. I am trying to get better at congratulating myself for things no matter how small they are. I originally had no intention of going to the gym today, but Charlotte begged for me to go. She just really likes the kids play area and wanted to go hang out there for a while. If she hadn't insisted, then I probably wouldn't have gone. Way to go Charlotte!<br />
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On a fun note, I went to the Bowling for Soup concert on friday and had a blast! I discovered a couple more bands that I am crazy about now. They all put on awesome live shows. And after the show I hung around and got pictures with some of the band members and picked up a couple of new cd's. I am now a huge fan of Patent Pending and Freshman 15. The top picture is Chris from Bowling for Soup, second is Mike from Freshman 15 and third pic is Joe from Patent Pending.<br />
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So, to recap, I am in a super good mood, I saw some rockin' bands and I am going to sleep like a rock tonight. Good night everybody!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-53205279559780958292012-05-03T16:54:00.000-05:002012-05-03T16:54:04.131-05:00Not too shabby!Turns out exercise isn't as awful as I think it is. I made it back to the gym yesterday and I plan on going again this evening. I find that the reason I don't look forward to exercise is that I get bored easily and if I don't have something to watch or read while walking or running, I tend to not do it as long. Thanks to Hulu on my phone, I can watch just about any tv show ever made and that seems to help. I am one those easily distracted people. I can see something shiny and completely forget what I was doing right before that.<br />
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This has been a fun and busy week for me. On tuesday, Michael and I went to see Roger Waters from Pink Floyd. He was playing in Houston at the toyota center. They did the whole Wall album. It was a great show! I haven't heard a lot of those songs since I was younger. My parents have always been big fans of them. I can remember when I was a kid, going to see the laser pink floyd show in the planetarium at the science museum in Houston. Michael and I have gone to see it a couple of times also. I know my dad would have loved to have been there. Hopefully he had a good view of the show from heaven.<br />
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Tomorrow night I get to go watch my absolute favorite band, Bowling For Soup. They are playing at Fitzgerald's in Houston. I have seen them 5 times! They have never dissapointed!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-43278429787722570482012-04-30T16:57:00.001-05:002012-04-30T16:57:05.205-05:00Blah....Yesterday was the day to officially register for the biggest loser contest at the gym. They did a couple little breathing tests that are supposed to tell me body's age vs. my actual age. I didn't do as bad on that as I thought. My real age is 34.4 and my body age is 39.7. Then came time to get on the scale. My starting weight is 327. The contest is over at the end of June, so I have a couple of months to make that number a bit smaller. I stayed there for about an hour for my first work out. I forgot how much I dislike exercise. I hear people all the time saying they had such a good work out. Boooo. To me a good work out is one that doesn't happen. I do not like to sweat and I do that very easily. I am going back to the gym today at some point. I had planned to go after work, but I had zero motivation. I was already hot and sweaty and just couldn't convince myself to go do it some more. But now that I have had time to cool off a little, I think I can be persuaded to go. I am having one of those afternoons where I can't seem to do much right. Tomorrow I will have a peppier attitude! Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-91960741655192054962012-04-28T22:58:00.000-05:002012-04-28T22:58:30.369-05:00Welcome Back!Please forgive my absence from this blog for the last few years. I hadn't realized it had been quite that long until I logged in tonight and saw 2009 as my last posting. I am making a second quarter resolution to get back into it and hopefully entertain people with my never a dull moment life.<br />
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In the last few years things life has had its ups and downs but nothing I can't handle. I have a super duper awesome job that I look forward to going to everyday! I really enjoy what I do, and the people that I work with. Couldn't ask for anything better than that. Michael has changed jobs a couple of times, but is now teaching in a great school district that he really enjoys as well. The kids are all enjoying school. Leslie is about to finish 4th grade. I am not old enough to have a kid that is about to be in intermediate school, am I? Charlotte will be starting Kindergarten next year. And Sophie just started PreK at the same school as Charlotte, but is in the younger class. She has been through a lot this year so far. She is very close to being diagnosed as having Autism, but because she is only 4, they want to wait a little bit longer before they put that label on her. She is super smart and has a big imagination.<br />
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Most people that know me, know that I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. Starting on Sunday, I will try yet again to get that under control. The gym that I go to is having a Biggest Loser contest. I have tried this previously at this gym, but it didn't work out too well for me. This time is going to be different. Not sure just how yet, but I have a really good feeling about it. For the most part, everybody around me is very good at supporting me during my dieting days. After I go tomorrow to get registered for the contest, I will be posting my starting weight and keeping y'all posted on my progress. Putting that out there for everybody to see scares the crap out of me, but I need to do something like that out of my comfort zone. And it will make me even more determined to post a smaller number each week. I have been inspired by a friend's blog about a personal journey and I decided that I wanted to share mine. I can use all the encouraging words that I can get, so if anybody is reading this, please give me a thumbs up every now and then!! Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-30684151213317035182009-10-14T22:07:00.004-05:002009-10-14T22:41:41.034-05:00I'm Falling for Fall!After all the craziness that goes on around here, I feel like I should put a sign that reads, " XX days since the last accident on the job." Similar to signs found in stockrooms at businesses. Not too much stuff has gone on in the last month, but enough that the sign would have a low number of days. The things that I can think of right off of the top of my head are: Charlotte lost the ball to our computer mouse and for a couple of days we were having to stick our fingers inside the mouse to move the little wheels around if we wanted to do anything on the computer; Sophie got stuck in a different chair, but this time she slid right out; and the thing that was most heart wrenching was that a shelf that had about 30 of my coke bottles on it came crashing down and made the kitchen unusable for a short while. Luckily all the kids and I were outside when it happened, but Michael happened to be near when it happened and got a small scratch on his leg. If you have ever seen my coke bottle collection or heard me gush on and on about it, then you know it's a pretty large collection. I had about 75 of the small 8oz coke bottles with different designs on them. I also had some larger ones that had come from different countries. The one that I am most proud of was one that I got in the Czech Repulic. I loved that one because I went there and got it myself instead of somebody bringing it to me. It did survive, but it had a paper label instead of one that was printed on the glass and it got a little dirty. I also had a pretty good shot glass collection that didn't make it. The glass on those are so thin that they just shattered. The floor was so sticky and so full of glass. It was a couple of days before we deemed it completely cleaned. Even now though, we will find a piece of glass that was hidden in a corner somewhere. On to happier thoughts! How about this weather??? Last weekend was so great! Tues-Thu of this week aren't much to talk about, but when we wake up Friday, the temps will be worthy of finally calling them fall weather. I don't know if the reason I love fall so much is because of the weather or because my birthday is in the fall. I think I get more excited for Halloween and Thanksgiving almost more than Christmas! Since my birthday is right around Thanksgiving, we don't usually do much for it. Which I'm cool with. Now that I have passed up 30, I don't feel the need to keep up with the number anymore. This year though, there is something awesome happening on my bday in Houston! Monday Night Football! I really enjoy football and I have a lot of faith in the Texans even though they have let me down a time or two. I don't know if anybody knows this or not, but I worked at Reliant Stadium for a short while during football and rodeo season selling beer at a stand. I loved that job, but it was so far to drive. I met all kinds of interesting people and had a lot of fun doing it. My stand was on the visiting team's side of the stadium. Since that was the side that was usually winning that year, I had a lot of happy people around me. Anyway, other choices for birthday fun are going to see Tracy Morgan, a comic that was on Saturday Night Live for a while. He'll be in Houston the weekend after thanksgiving. He is hilarious! He is now on one of my favorite shows, 30 Rock. I would also love to go see Train, a band that I really like, and they are playing the night before my bday. Also the weekend before my birthday, Leslie and I will be going camping with her girl scout troop. I'm really looking forward to that and Leslie is kind of looking forward to it. I haven't beeen camping in a very long time. Not since before Leslie was born. I can't wait! So November seems like it might be a little busy. I sure hope so anyway! I love to be out and about. And sometimes I even get to take Michael with me. It's so hard to find a babysitter that we often just go do something by ourselves and then come back and tell the other one about it. We have even gone to see the same movie, but separately. I know we'll eventually get around to getting out of the house together, we just have to hang in there!! I didn't realize that it was already 10:45! Time to hit the bed!! Goodnight!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-12616576726275000142009-09-12T21:29:00.006-05:002009-09-12T22:41:15.852-05:00Oops, there went August!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJZRr_eNwc8NYF8GvS0muC5oBvWu0kq7t35IyA_NJ6SQKXzeL9eLXAmb_I_PZ6zTmG1TPDHN738fWV1-JGvqHSN8A5Ytz5oT7dqmHCsECgf1kewyWL3raYqC1KcOojNwTg5tmdK2WdIkc/s1600-h/08-27-09+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJZRr_eNwc8NYF8GvS0muC5oBvWu0kq7t35IyA_NJ6SQKXzeL9eLXAmb_I_PZ6zTmG1TPDHN738fWV1-JGvqHSN8A5Ytz5oT7dqmHCsECgf1kewyWL3raYqC1KcOojNwTg5tmdK2WdIkc/s200/08-27-09+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380791842073246962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfsbXC2p9FHup5Ho_duSzLokI31DsID4GkWtnp94v2XvzIroGCbaWEqR6xzXqqyHDSlsogGWDujNjYb8W-W3M-J3k_vY6M5n3EDEWjhBtZt37-NKq7nt2nMnbm5Uy-ls5uTXJ2vc_4hlR/s1600-h/august2009+024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfsbXC2p9FHup5Ho_duSzLokI31DsID4GkWtnp94v2XvzIroGCbaWEqR6xzXqqyHDSlsogGWDujNjYb8W-W3M-J3k_vY6M5n3EDEWjhBtZt37-NKq7nt2nMnbm5Uy-ls5uTXJ2vc_4hlR/s200/august2009+024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380791240954312514" border="0" /></a><br />Wow. I didn't mean to go a whole month and not post anything. It just sort of happened that way. I get caught up in who knows what and the time gets away from me. August wasn't that exciting except for three events that all happened in the span of 8 days. The first event was that Sophie got her head stuck in one of our dining room chairs. I was only standing two feet away from her, but wasn't facing her so I didn't see exactly how it happened. But to make a long story much shorter, I ended up having to call 911 and the New Waverly Fire Dept and some paramedics came out to help her. They ended up having to use the jaws of life to cut the chair to get her out. I wanted to ask if they could cut all of our chairs so they would match. And so that this wouldn't happen again. I'm guessing all of this wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be for Sophie because she was back up in the chair again that evening. A few days later, Leslie had a friend over and while they were outside, they decided to see if they could throw rocks over the house. Leslie doesn't have the best aim and one of her rocks made it through a window in the front of the house. I wasn't real happy about this, but it was an accident, so she only had to endure a weekend with no tv or computer. The third event was a happy one. Leslie started second grade! I can't imagine where the time went. I remember taking her picture the morning that she was leaving to go to PreK. She seemed so big then, but now looking at the pictures, she was tiny! She's so tall now. The dr estimates her being about 5'10" when she's done growing. And the same for Sophie. He said Charlotte is going to be the short one, but still taller than me. Other good things going on around here....my brother came back through town for about a week. We had a family get together last weekend so everybody could get a chance to see him before he heads out to his next job in Trinidad, which is a country off the coast of Venezuela. He'll be there until sometime in December, I think. I love going to our family parties. I have an awesome extended family. I feel very blessed to have so many aunts/uncles/cousins. Especially ones that are fun to be around. Also, I started selling Avon products. I absolutely love everything that Avon has and I figured why not start trying to earn a little bit of money from that. It's not going to get me rich by any means, but it's fun to do. The real way to make money with Avon is to recruit new representatives, but my main concern was trying to find people to sell to first. Then we'll figure out how to get more people involved. One more thing good that I can think of that happened last month was that we got a dog. I never really have been a dog person, but I couldn't resist this one. Somebody had rescued her from somewhere, but wasn't able to keep her. They put an add on the Montgomery County Freecycle website and that's where I found her. She's probably about 6 months old now. She's part dachshund and collie and she's just beautiful. That's all I can think of to catch everybody up on the latest around here. Good night and Big balls. (we watch a lot of Wipeout)Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-13815569695160481952009-07-25T21:05:00.004-05:002009-07-25T21:41:00.952-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9x4HqfzPwFtafvnNJ_RvExqqAAbYm5ZRnRJ50wBnUMRBREBjXlOhPa_WNuYBvoukQ3QSoh1NFdGumiSxvDo4_lSKOX4a5XNo1g6ZkIAL9FnoTbZB1pZlGIJGrzrtoFrqIS0UAwHLQf1W/s1600-h/colorado.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9x4HqfzPwFtafvnNJ_RvExqqAAbYm5ZRnRJ50wBnUMRBREBjXlOhPa_WNuYBvoukQ3QSoh1NFdGumiSxvDo4_lSKOX4a5XNo1g6ZkIAL9FnoTbZB1pZlGIJGrzrtoFrqIS0UAwHLQf1W/s200/colorado.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362588597036883938" border="0" /></a><br />I made it back from Denver in one piece. About a month ago. It was awesome! The most amazing thing we did was go all the way up to the top of Pike's Peak. Once we got up there, I got kind of woozy and spent most of my time sitting inside the gift shop. I posted the picture of my brother and mom sitting at the photo op place on the summit. I was not satisfied with any of the pictures that were taken of me so don't expect to see any of them anytime soon. Anyway, while we were in Denver, we went to the Molly Brown museum. That is a place that I didn't know existed, but i'm glad I went. I didn't know much about her except that she was a survivor from the Titanic. Now that I have heard about her life and seen her nifty house, I would like to see the movie about her. We were told that the movie did change quite a bit of things about her, including the fact that her name was actually Margaret. They called her Molly in the movie because it was easier to sing. After all of our fun in Colorado, my mom, my brother and I drove back down here. That is the longest I have been away from my kids and I missed them so much! I'm missing them right now actually. Leslie and Charlotte went to spend a few days with Grandpa and Grandma and it has been so quiet here. Sophie is enjoying getting to be an only child for a few days. Here's something else I did that I haven't done in ages! I read a book on Thursday. I haven't had time to do that in so long. I would rather read than watch tv, but I happen to be in high demand these days, it gets put on the back burner. I think i'm going to go read some more now. Ciao!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-74769763958906570162009-06-20T21:59:00.004-05:002009-06-20T22:23:38.629-05:00Go me!Big News! I'm getting to go to Denver in a couple of days! My mom and I are flying up there to see my brother. He was already planning on driving down here later in the week so we will just ride back down here with him. I'm so excited. I don't get to see him very often and I have never been to Colorado before. And I haven't been on a plane since the summer of 2002. I'm not a huge fan of flying, but i'll work around that. After we get there, my brother is going to meet us there and we'll stay in Denver until the next day. At some point while we are there, we are going to Colorado Springs and going to see Pike's Peak. I watched some videos about it and it looks amazing. I had heard of it before, but didn't really know just how huge it was. The summit is at 14,110 feet. And from what I can tell, there are three ways to get to the top: walking, driving and some sort of train. I looked at the weather for the summit. On tuesday the high is going to be 42deg. How awesome is that?! And there is snow on the top!! I have seen a total of about 4 inches of snow in my whole life. And snow in east texas just doesn't seam as authentic as snow on a mountain. My dad would have loved going up there. He would probably have preferred hiking up the mountain, but I just cant' see myself making that whole trek. I can handle walking maybe the last half mile. Being on the top of that mountain will probably be the closest I could get to him up in heaven while standing on earth. I'm not sure what other exciting things we will do while we're up there, but i'll try to give a full report when I get back.<br />I have kids that don't want to go to sleep at the moment. Well, just one kid. Leslie just came in here to tell me that her bed is no longer comfortable and she can't find the right spot to fall asleep in. She is hoping that I will tell her to just go get in my bed. She thinks my bed is the softest bed in the world. I think my bed feels like concrete. And she has the air conditioner in her room. I have thought about going and getting in the empty bunk bed in her room to sleep. Hopefully if everything goes well, our ac will be fixed on Tuesday. I'm off to go sweat my self to sleep and watch saturday night live. Tonight is the rerun of the most recent time Alec Baldwin hosted it. He's a hottie.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-61424771762919740622009-06-19T14:48:00.002-05:002009-06-19T14:51:37.690-05:00He's Back!!Our kitty showed back up this morning! He'd been on another one of this 5 day vacations. Every once in a while he'll disappear for a few days and show up out of the blue. I tell the kids that he's on an adventure so they don't worry about him. When I saw him jump up in the kitchen window, the first thing I did was go take a Zyrtec and then I went and let him in so I could pick him up and hug on him. Zyrtec is a miracle drug for me. If I don't take it and then I just barely pet the cat, I am out of commission for the rest of the day with allergies.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-92215786722326108492009-06-11T22:42:00.004-05:002009-06-11T23:09:08.325-05:00I'm Melting.....I am still trying to be good, but I have noticed when it's really hot in here, it makes me want something cold from the freezer. For lunch the last couple of days I have been sticking with salads. We ate at Sweet Tomatos in the woodlands on monday. It was so good and somewhat healthy. Leslie and I both put some of what we thought was cheese on our salad. At the exact moment it was falling onto the lettuce I actually read what the sign said it was. Jicama. I have vowed that I would never eat that because it looks horrible. But I couldn't even tell it was there. I didn't tell Leslie what it was until after she was done. She was surprised that she ate it and didn't have some sort of attack. I still don't think I will go buy one and use it at home. On monday we also went to have our family pictures taken. We went to the walmart in the woodlands to do them. In the past, I have been pleased with the pictures that come out of the walmart studios. But this time I was amazed with the pictures. They were all so wonderful that I bought a lot more pictures than I had planned to. We all wore nice bright colors and were against a black background. I can't wait for everybody to see them!<br />I have found something else to keep my time occupied lately. I have now been a member of facebook for a while and discovered a game on there called FarmTown. You get to plant your own farms and have livestock and other farm related things. I absolutely love it! It helps me with my desire to plant stuff with out having to deal with outside or the plants dying. We do have a small garden in the back yard though. It has some blackberry plants, watermelon, rosemary and some red and purple flowers. I have been going outside to water it everyday! I try to get Charlotte to help me sometimes, but she just wants to stand there with the hose and point the sprayer straight up in the air. That's fun, but not always what I am in the mood for.<br />Charlotte had a momentous occasion earlier this week. She peed in her little potty finally!! She hasn't gone since. I hope we get that completely taken care of soon. Having two kids in diapers has been an expensive habit for a long time.<br />wow...i have suddenly gotten very sleepy...see ya!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-70393682830991989692009-06-07T21:32:00.003-05:002009-06-07T22:05:36.219-05:00Let's try this again!I have gotten myself in the right frame again for another try at eating right. I have been good all day so far. Here's my eating for today:<br /><br />*2 cups of coffee with lots of creamer and splenda<br />*a bowl of corn flakes with vanilla soy milk and splenda<br />*2 hot dogs with cheese<br />*4 strawberries with splenda<br />*2 graham cracker sandwiches with peanut butter<br />*chicken and rice on a small plate so I wouldn't eat a ton of it<br />*a spoonful of vanilla ice cream<br />*3 bottles of water and 1 bottle of water with a sugar free hawaiian punch flavoring in it.<br /> Does that count as water?<br /><br />I don't have the treadmill anymore, but i'll figure out something to get myself more active. It doesn't help that I don't like summer, or that our airconditioning is broken either. We do have some window units that we are using at the moment until something better comes along. That is the end of my complaining, I promise!<br />I really enjoyed watching "The Biggest Loster" this season. I hadn't seen it before and I got some good eating tips from it. It was very motivational to watch it. The transformations the contestants made were amazing. They did it in such a short time though and it almost seems like that goal would be unreachable to the people watching at home. But I have pictured myself a thousand times doing the thing where I hold up the old pants that I used to wear and dropping them to reveal a new me. It's going to happen someday.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-64200453718784500882009-06-07T01:02:00.003-05:002009-06-07T01:34:52.447-05:00It's Summer.It's summer and there is nothing I can do about it. My ideal day would consist of a high temperature around 75 deg and a low of 55 deg. I am not a big fan of heat or sweating or the sun or sweating. The only thing that I have found that makes summer at all worthwhile is a swimming pool or the beach. I could stay in the water all day(with a gallon of sunscreen of course). I burn pretty easily. Unlike everybody else I know that can spend all day in the sun and come back about 10 shades browner. And even though I don't have the perfect bathing suit body, I still love getting in the water. I make it a person goal to get to the beach every summer if even for just one day. There is another good thing about the summer. Having the whole family home for 2 1/2 months. Leslie is ecstatic about being out of school. She had a great time in first grade and even got straight A's the entire year. I couldn't be prouder. We have a few plans already set up for the next couple of months. On monday, we are going to go take family pictures. The last time we tried this was when Charlotte was a few months old. The photographer had everybody set up and I was the last person to get into place. I hopped up onto the big carpeted cube we were going to sit on and I must have jumped with a little too much momentum and went over the otherside backwards. I ended up tearing down the backdrop and getting my foot stuck in some other backdrops. That was very embarrassing and luckily, the place we were at had a curtain in the doorway to the studio so nobody saw. Though, it would have been pretty great if the lady had snapped a picture right at that moment. Later this month, Leslie is going to San Antonio to stay with a friend of mine to visit with her daughter. And next month, she is going to the Girl Scout Daycamp that is being held here. Michael is going to be doing 3 planetarium shows a week during the summer. There are still only a handful of the people in huntsville that even know it exists. Hopefully doing so many shows will really get the word out. As for me, I'm going to be doing some job hunting. I can't do much of that during the school year because of not having childcare. And then there is the issue of finding a job that makes enough money so that I'm not just working to pay for daycare. There is a Target opening here next month and I have my sights set on them.<br />I'm finally starting to get sleepy so I'm going to try not to fight it. I stayed up watching the movie Marley & Me. It was a good movie, but since it's just about that time of the month, I cried and cried throughout the whole thing.<br />Oh yeah, here is something that also made me ok with summer being here(though technically it doesn't start for a couple of weeks)....I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and they already have an aisle with fall foliage in it! I am one of those people that gets energized by seeing halloween and christmas decorations in july. When I worked at Cracker Barrel we started decorating christmas trees in august. That was one of the best things about summer at that place!<br /><br />Good Night!!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-67649124488680910522009-04-20T21:28:00.003-05:002009-04-20T22:02:35.149-05:00It's Monday!This weekend I received my first massage from a real massage person. And it hurt! Apparently I had a lot of knots and tension that needed to get worked out of my neck and back. The lady told me that it wouldn't hurt so bad the 2nd and 3rd times I came to get one. I'm not sure that there will be a second or third time. A new time killer that I have gotten into is facebook. I like it a trillion times better than myspace. There are all kinds of quizzes to take and lots of flair buttons to look through. I have found some great flair on there. I think my favorite one is the texas shaped waffle. I have a waffle maker that makes texas shaped waffles and it's one of my favorite things on this earth! I got it for christmas from my brother and I was so happy I cried. I don't think I have ever cried over a present before, but that did it! I had wanted it real bad, but guess I didn't realize just how bad until I opened it. Anyways, that piece of flair happens to be titled, "Only in Texas". I forget that other states probably don't have their own waffle maker. Somehow, I just don't think a Florida shaped waffle would taste quite as good.<br />Sleep is starting to take over so I better hit the pillow!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-698306229467111572009-04-07T12:08:00.004-05:002009-04-07T12:18:20.950-05:00MMMM....Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFF0YkIX0zPUlyKq10KpChJeUG49Zi6LHao1UKqYdTLKSNe2t3tyZBUz5NfToLIftQp7ss2-02TYpufW_44teaytSMXjOx6TylGCZQBNyR-iqvfy5E-inV2v6QVFGcCfaKVBs3vnGyWNz3/s1600-h/cake.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFF0YkIX0zPUlyKq10KpChJeUG49Zi6LHao1UKqYdTLKSNe2t3tyZBUz5NfToLIftQp7ss2-02TYpufW_44teaytSMXjOx6TylGCZQBNyR-iqvfy5E-inV2v6QVFGcCfaKVBs3vnGyWNz3/s200/cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321998071824862818" border="0" /></a><br />My last baby finally turned one year old! She is only about 5 inches shorter and 5 lbs lighter than her 2 1/2 yr old sister, Charlotte. I just know she's going to start walking any day now. She can stand up, but hasn't taken any steps yet. She had a blast eating up her little baby cake. I wasn't sure what she was going to think of it, but it was a big hit. Later that evening she had her first trip to the county fair. I don't think she was that impressed with it, but she enjoyed the animals.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-43350087777784631022009-03-24T20:59:00.003-05:002009-03-24T21:45:44.269-05:00Famous AllensWe had a wonderful spring break! Leslie had a friend over for a couple of nights and then we went to visit one of my good friends from Cracker Barrel. After that it was time to head out to San Antonio to see the sights and visit another best friend and her family. This is the first time our kids have been able to get together for an extended amount of time and play. They all had a blast and are counting the days until they get to see each other again. Leslie said her favorite part of the trip was the jumpity jump place and getting to go out to eat. My friend took us driving around in the hill country and it was beautiful up there. I was a little nervous on some of the curvy roads going down through the hills, but I was with a good driver so we had nothing to worry about. One time, we were driving through Arkansas and some of the roads there were very steep and very curvy and I thought I was going to have to sedate myself to be able to ride in the car with out freaking out. Anyways, we really enjoyed getting to spend time with friends and being able to relax. Michael had also took a side trip up to a town called Paint Rock. In that town, there are some rock paintings done by indians. They are all very well preserved. He took a ton of pictures, but i'm not sure what the link is to them at the moment or I would add that on. On our way home, we took a bit of a scenic route. We ended up going through New Braunsfels, then through Austin, then to Brenham and then to Navasota and then to Huntsville. It took a little longer, but we got to see some nifty things. And I had heard that near Brenham was the best place to see bluebonnets. I have never seen so many of them! Fields and fields of them all over the place. It was so pretty. If the children hadn't looked so ragged by that point, I would have pulled over to take their picture by them. I still plan on doing that, but I have a place in Huntsville picked out. I forgot to mention that when we were going past navasota and into Anderson, we made sure to try to take a picture of Chuck Norris' house! Can't forget that! Now we are back to the daily grind. Tomorrow, Leslie is starting her art class at the Wynne Home. I can't wait to see what kind of wonderful things made of clay she will come home with!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-75374434575723303012009-03-16T15:03:00.003-05:002009-03-16T15:34:32.314-05:00Happy Spring Break!I'm glad it's finally here. Michael and Leslie both have needed a break from school. Leslie has done incredibly well this year in school. Not that I doubted she would, but she has has really excelled at everything. She came home with a 100 in math for the six weeks on a recent report card. I am so proud of her! And last week, Michael took his test, and passed, to become certified to teach jr high science. I feel a little left out in the achievements area, but i'll think of something wonderful that I have done lately. We had an awesome time at the rodeo earlier this month. Leslie, my mom and I met up with my sister there. We looked at all the amazing quilts that were there. Leslie went through the fake farm they had where kids learn about what goes on on a real farm. She got to milk a fake cow, feed fake chickens, pet a fake sheep and grow a fake carrot. They had real versions of these animals to look at there too. Leslie enjoyed the rodeo itself. It helped that we had really good seats on the end that the bull riding was on. The concert that day was Trace Adkins. I didn't recognize too many of the songs but I liked it anyway. Leslie was ready to go as soon as he started singing. It was loud and dark in there, but I managed to get her smiling and dancing during some of it. Afterwards, we went to the carnival and had a blast. We rode the tiltawhirl, which is my mom's favorite, and then we went on some kind of ride that goes in a circle over some humps and then goes backwards over the humps. My mom rode that with Leslie first and then I got on it with her. I couldn't stop myself from laughing and screaming the whole time. I hadn't had that much fun in a long time. Leslie also won a pretty good sized stuffed tiger from a game that involved throwing ping pong balls into lillypads. That made her night!<br />Today, she has a friend over for a couple of days and they went to the movies about an hour ago. Michael calls me when they get there and informed me that the movies didn't open until4pm. We had looked at the time that was for the weekends. So they are going to go rent a couple of movies instead. Later this week we are going on a short, but much needed vacation. We are heading to San Antonio! One of my best friends lives there and we are going to spend some time with her and her family and do some touristy stuff. Michael is going to Paint Rock, TX to go see some rocks that were painted on almost a thousand years ago. The things that were painted on them are what people back then were seeing in the sky. Some are of constellations, or astronomy events that were taking place at the time. It sounds pretty neat. He'll spend most of one day doing that. I'm just happy to be out and about. But ecstatic that I get to see my friend because I miss her a lot!<br />I'm going to go in the other room and catch up on some reading while the little ones are taking their nap!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-1088785527602064922009-03-05T21:40:00.006-06:002009-03-05T22:07:28.976-06:00It's Thursday!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvudLdc7uX97wrMrYjELxE1W4dLNp1buNpbgujJgQ4MKajqDukxWU5jwz1-HgB4wvFF2olDuLpwHNt_2i-Rjet15LmOarMH8RNKtQrXJ6XTbopueEpi8kid9848b1LnJ0EMc1re2mhcSB/s1600-h/IMG_1251.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvudLdc7uX97wrMrYjELxE1W4dLNp1buNpbgujJgQ4MKajqDukxWU5jwz1-HgB4wvFF2olDuLpwHNt_2i-Rjet15LmOarMH8RNKtQrXJ6XTbopueEpi8kid9848b1LnJ0EMc1re2mhcSB/s200/IMG_1251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309916686718182850" border="0" /></a><br />I'm a little behind in my blogs. And it's not because I'm extremely busy or writing a book or anything fascinating like that either. When the last kid goes to bed, something in my head suddenly feels sleepier than I ever thought I could feel and all I can think about is going to bed. But, then that doesn't happen and two hours later I'm finally crawling into bed. I have been getting more sleep though. Sophie doesn't wake up as many times a night as she used to and more frequently now, she is sleeping through the night!! And when I say more frequently, I mean once a week instead of once a month. I take it when I can get it.<br />As for fun at the girl scout camp, we had lots of it. It was great!! I don't know who enjoyed it more between the three of us. We got to see a couple of horses that we remember from way back when that still have a little get up and go in them. On Saturday, my mom, my sister, Leslie and I are going to the rodeo to get our fill of livestock smells and ferris wheels. I absolutely love the houston rodeo. The people watching alone is worth going for. I was lucky enough to work in reliant stadium one year during the rodeo and I got to see all the concerts and meet all kinds of interesting people. I was at one of the little plastic stands selling beer. I really enjoyed that job, but it ended up being too far for me to drive.<br />I feel the sleepiness catching up with me. Must....go...to...bed....Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-39534001452062703292009-02-20T21:02:00.003-06:002009-02-20T21:33:47.428-06:00Horses!I can't wait for tomorrow! Leslie finally gets to go see the girl scout horse program in action. I spent so much time involved in this program from the time I was in 6th grade until a little while after high school. There are very few places where you can get such detailed hands on training for little or no money. I learned everything that I ever knew about horses from all the weekends and summers spent at that camp. My parents also spent a great deal of time in this program also, so my mom is going with us to reminisce. I need to locate my camera and my thumbtack that operates my camera so I can get some pictures of this momentous occasion.<br />I keep getting distracted with myspace at the moment, so this little bit has taken me half an hour to type. And now it's time to get some sleep!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-46714242075414192762009-02-16T20:00:00.005-06:002009-02-17T07:48:34.958-06:00again and again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZnuH1oFSGh7rrhIj8mTV3jqy7Cwf5WuGgfr5LdjT2WnK_LZ8HcBsD_yen9ebZiORkXf7VjM8DVjiu83-xU9sOyneqX9900gff6dESYUiU9fnED9XVC_r2OcI2MLqUvi-UV0urNblGPJl/s1600-h/shows+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZnuH1oFSGh7rrhIj8mTV3jqy7Cwf5WuGgfr5LdjT2WnK_LZ8HcBsD_yen9ebZiORkXf7VjM8DVjiu83-xU9sOyneqX9900gff6dESYUiU9fnED9XVC_r2OcI2MLqUvi-UV0urNblGPJl/s200/shows+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303762791346246018" border="0" /></a><br />I haven't blogged in a long while and I promise I have a good reason for it. When I think of it, I will add it in. But there are somethings that have gone on lately that have kept me from the computer. I thought I had the flu last week and it got bad enough that I ended up having to go the hospital by ambulance and had to spend a couple of days there. That wasn't real fun. The best diagnosis that I got was that I had some sort of viral infection that attacked me as hard as possible. During the hospital stay I started having these terrible headaches that made me want to stay in the dark as much as possible. They don't bother me much now except for when I'm at the computer. I have to wear sunglasses in order to sit her for more than five minutes. And I don't have any adult size sunglasses, so right now i'm wearing Sophie's pink butterfly glasses that velcro in the back. It's a great sight to see. And in the last week, we are having trouble keeping all of the children well also. As of this moment, Leslie has a fever and Sophie hopefully will keep her dinner down tonight. Last tuesday, Sophie had a double ear infection and then Charlotte started with the stomach bug.<br />I did manage to get a quick night out last night. I already had a ticket to see a comedy show in houston. I got to go see Joel McHale who hosts The Soup on the E channel. He is hilarious on the show and I thought he was even funnier in person. He had some great stories about his funny kids that I could relate to. And after the show he was signing autographs. I bought a tshirt before the show and had him sign that. And I made friends with the women in front of me in line so they would take a picture of me with him and then email it to me. If it is a decent picture, I might post it on here.<br />I'm heading to be extra early tonight. Gotta grab sleep when I can get it!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-85580381125281320862009-02-06T21:21:00.003-06:002009-02-06T21:48:13.527-06:00Party Time!Tomorrow is going to be a busy day! We are going to a friend's daugther's birthday party at a gymnastics place in Katy. And then, we are going to a friend's husband's birthday party at Dave and Buster's near Katy. It was a coincidence that both parties were in the same area, but I'm glad it worked out that way. I wouldn't have wanted to miss either one. Leslie is super excited about the gymnastics party and I can't wait for the other party. I haven't been to dave and busters in ages, but from what I remember, it is like chuck e cheese for grown ups. It will be awesome. <br />I have found an addicting game that I have been playing. Santa got us an xbox360 for christmas and we recently added rockband2 to our game collection. I love playing that guitar! I haven't gone past the easy level, so that is probably what makes me so good at it. I even did pretty good on the drums the other night. Leslie wants to play it, but she gets frustrated easily and after a couple of mess ups, she is ready to call it quits. And when we play another game that involves the controllers, we give charlotte the extra one and take the battery pack off of it, and she thinks she is the one that is playing the game and is as happy as can be.<br />I did something today that excited me a whole lot! I bought some drug rep clicky pens on ebay. I love pens and those are the best kind. I'm also the high bidder in a couple of more pen auctions, but I'm not sure I'll win those. The ones I bought today will be enough excitement for me for a few days hopefully.<br />Another exciting thing I have been doing on the side is going on a mystery shopping job. I get to go to random places that i'm assigned and report back on the service and employees. Sometimes I get to buy something and then I get reimbursed for it. Today, I went to an apartment community in town and inquired about renting there. A couple of days ago, I had to go a payday loan place and pretend that I needed a loan. I'm having fun with this. We'll see how well it pays in the long run. For the most part it will be just some extra gas money at the end of each month. Though I did get my taxes done for free! That definitely paid off for me!<br /><br />gotta go get some beauty sleep so I can look partyrific tomorrow!!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-3391577526040084942009-02-02T23:27:00.003-06:002009-02-02T23:37:40.758-06:00hello again!More long days, but productive ones! Today we went to get our taxes done and Geannie watched all three of the kids for us. With out the kids, we felt like we were on a date! This weekend I did a lot of running around with my mom. She's house sitting for a friend and it's not near town so I took her to get some stuff done. We went to conroe on sunday to hancock fabrics who was having a good sale on some cute flannel. She makes baby receiving blankets out of them. Saturday was a lot of local errands. And friday consisted of a slow day, but that evening I ended up in a bit of fender bender. And it was my fault. I was turning out on to the highway at the end up my road as another vehicle was about to turn onto my road. I didn't see the small truck that was behind that vehicle and I got hit on the driver side in the back. I also had all the kids with me. Charlotte and Sophie didn't know anything had happened, but Leslie was very shook up over it. The other driver was also fine. We had to wait in a gas station parking lot for about an hour for all the paperwork to be taken care of by the police and then we were on our way home. We were originally headed to town for pizza but figured we should skip that. I kind of saw that as God's way of telling me that I need to be eating better again. I'm trying to do that.<br />I just realized how incredibly late it is...I need to get to bed. I'll update more tomorrow probably.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-70125415521776293082009-01-28T12:35:00.003-06:002009-01-28T12:47:14.980-06:00bleh....Leslie is finally better and went off to school this morning. I took her to the doctor Monday morning and it turned out that she had strep throat. She was all smiles when we left there because she found out she wouldn't be getting a shot. A while back she had a penicillin shot and had a reaction to it. So now they think she might be allergic to penicillin, so we got a healthy dose of antibiotics for her. I have had an exhausting last few days. My toothaches have become more frequent and more painful. Often at night so that's why I haven't really been updating the blog. And my desire for the treadmill or situps has gone away also. I have fallen off the wagon a bit. I think it's time to see the dentist.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-79114308329050974792009-01-25T21:57:00.005-06:002009-01-25T22:05:22.777-06:00The Long DayI've got a sick kiddo on my hands tonight. She's finally getting some rest now, but poor Leslie has been miserable all day. I did manage to talk to the doctor this morning and will be taking her to see him first thing tomorrow morning. Leslie was so upset that she was going to have to miss school. She's had perfect attendance so far this school year. Her fever today has been as high as 102.7, but has gone down from there. I'm worn out now and will be heading to bed quickly.<br /><br />I ate:<br />*bowl of special k cinnamon pecan cereal and silk milk<br />*sausage egg and cheese taquito that michael brought home from whataburger<br />*grilled chicken wrap from sonic<br />*kellogs fiber bar<br />*bowl of spaghetti with meatballs<br />*1 bottle of water<br />*3 cups of coffee with all the extrasSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065414332428609092.post-84442479626421038382009-01-24T21:59:00.002-06:002009-01-24T22:08:40.847-06:00Ladies Night!I had a great saturday! Leslie and I went to the movies to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop. It was hilarious! And tonight, Michael went to see one of his favorite local bands play at a place in Humble. The band is Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys. She sings mostly folk/bluesy music. I went with him a few years ago to see her and really enjoyed it. Her band was even on an episode of Austin City Limits a few weeks ago. Since it's just us girls tonight, we got the little ones to bed and then Leslie and I had fun with nail polish. I now have a nice shade of glittery dark pink on my nails and it looks pretty neat.<br />I was pretty good with my eating today. I had:<br />*bowl of fruit and yogurt special k and silk milk(I put some silk in leslie's cereal today and she didn't even know the difference)<br />*2 bottles of water<br />*2 cups of coffee with the usual extras<br />*grilled chicken sandwich on special wheat bread<br />*small pork chop<br />*med size helping of lasagna hamburger helper<br />*small piece of sugar free angel food cake<br />*kellogs fiber plus bar<br />*1/2 of charlotte's corn dog ( i can't seem to get her to eat a whole one lately)<br /><br />Almost time for saturday night live! tonight is a rerun, but next week Steve Martin is hosting...it's usually pretty fun when he's around!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315874016415278836noreply@blogger.com0