Money, swiming, and more

I've come to the conclusion that we will NEVER have enough money! My hubby just and I mean like 6 hrs ago JUST!! got paid and you know what? after half, let me say that again HALF of our bills getting paid plus grocceries, plus registering the van, we are down to a whopping $100 to last the next 14 days that translates to about $7 a day......blah! they turned off our cable today, can't afford to pay it right now.....summer has kicked our ass, we lost half of our MGIB money for school for the summer and just haven't been able to make up for the $500 loss each month.......oh well I guess the last post about the kids having to much T.V. was solved by a higher power.........the power of BRIGHTHOUSE! LOL..........next pay day we should acutally get to see the rewards of all the extra work that Rob has been doing.....whoo hoo! just gotta make it till the 8th!

The water park was a blast, matthew was having so much fun swiming around and playing in the spray water! and samantha took a bit of coaxing, but she eventually had fun too, they want to go back soon, mabey that is something we will do this week, its only $10 for a group of 4-6 so if the kids and I go we can bring another friend with 2 kids and split it for only $5 a family, anyone up for it? the don't open till 12:30 and are open till 5pm.......I think I may try for the free movies on tues or wed, or mabey the library for a story?

I never did manage to make the ravioli's for dinner, so that is on the agenda for tomarrow since the dough and filling is in the fridge. I guess the kids will help me too, since they can't watch Sprout!

tomarrow morning we go to help decorate the church that a friend goes to for VBS nest week, I'm not overly excited, but at least it is something to do!

My honey leaves tomorrow at the ass crack of dawn, well actually before dawn at 3:30am he's gone again untill monday night.........my mantra: "It WILL be worth it, It WILL be worth it!"
hopefully I don't kill my kids, I think my "aunt flo" is coming to town any time now.....Lucky kids!!! LOL NOT!

Oh I am also gonna be doing a dice cake for a very good friend of mine and her JDRF fundraising for Sat. unfortunatly I won't be going to the fundraiser.......damn work, damn kids, damn responsiablities!!!!

Oh I almost forgot to mention, I went to my weightwatchers meeting today, I was down 3.4 lbs which takes my weightloss to a grand total of 17.2 at week 13! all the more reason to get that bike (Katie, that's a yes for the bike!, just let me get the $$$ together) BTW I will be getting a new pool from another friend when I get back from vacation in mid August, so as soon as we get it I will be selling mine.....its a vinal pool with pump 16ft x46" circular I have shocker and chlorien tablets for it still and we have only had it up for about a month! It's even got a one year warranty on it that i paid for, (I would be more than happy to help if you needed to use it)
we paid a total of $300 + for it all, and I am willing to sell it for $200 OBO, let me know if your interested.........again, it won't be ready to go until mid august, but its easy to store, I'll even throw in the HUGE tarp I bought to go under it!

Ok I'm off to have a captin and sodie and enjoy my last few hours with my hubby before I enter single momdom for the next few days!

life today

its a short one tonight, had such a laid back day, it was nice!
I took the dog to the dog park for about an hr. tonight and she got to play, and I got some much needed mommy alone time while the kids got some much needed daddy alone time!

found out about a really cool thing for all my bakersfield friends its called: abundantharvestorganic.com its a local thing that you can get fresh organic produce that is locally grown and in season for really cheap! you pay the monday in advance and get your stuff on sat. morning. I think we are going to give it a try after payday, I'll let you know how it goes!

In weightloss news: I'm not doing so great! I don't think I've lost much more than a pound this week, after a gain last week, I think I am at a platteu, so I am looking into buying a recumbant exercise bike from walmart........I'm a tad discouraged, but I also recognize that life has been a bit off kilter lately, and so I am not beating myself up to bad, next week is a new week!

going to the water park tomarrow, should be fun!

progress

went to my meeting on thursday, I managed to loose 2.6 lbs so I'm back down to a 13lb loss! I'm working hard this week to stay within points, its easier without company! I even managed to do extreamly well yesterday with the holiday!

The new Love of my diet life: The Hungry Girl Cook Book
totally awsome recipies!
oh and the new Lay's Light potato chips and chedder chips, fat free and half the calories per serving (that's a points value of 1 per serving!!!) they ROCK!

untill next week

arrrrggggg

went to my meeting today, Last week I lost 4.4 lbs.......and this week I gained 3.4 lbs......what kind of crap is that???????
uhg looks like I won't be making my 10 lb goal by the 5th

I'm so frustrated with myself! I can't seem to get out of the 10 lb loss range! so I'm steping it up a notch......no more weekly points allowances, and I'm walking at least 45min 3 days a week even if I have to do it around my yard with the kids playing
I WILL lose this weight!

sheading slowly

went for another weigh in and I am down 0.8 lbs, not as great as I would have liked but at least its something!
11 lbs lighter!! whoo hooo!
I am aiming for a 10 lb loss by july 5th, wish me luck!

weight loss

went to another meeting and weighed in today
another 1.2 lbs gone!!
that's a total of 10.2 lbs in 5 weeks, I can handel that!!!

more weight gone!

went to another weight watchers meeting.......I lost another 4.2 lbs, that is a total of 9 pounds in the last 4 weeks! at this rate I will reach my goal in about 11 months......that is crazy fast!
I am still giving myself the 2 years, but I'll take faster too :)

Journey......again......

I have begun the weight loss journey AGAIN. This time I have a motivator......another BABY!!
I realize that having another baby means that I need to be in good physical health, and that is one thing I am definitely NOT! So the diet demon and I are going head to head again. I have found a great site: www.calorie-count.com I am able to keep track of my calorie intake and a food list, and enter my daily weight. They have a huge list of foods and restaurants to choose from and if its not on the list and you have the info, you can add it!
My goal is to lose 61 lbs by the end of January- so far I've gotten rid of 6 lbs only 54 more to go!
Wish me luck, and I'll let you know how it goes!