Favorite Line from Madea's Big Happy Family

These stretch marks is a road map to heaven, hell if you follow this GPS it's gonna take you some where you ain't never been before!

Why Daddy Should Not Cut Hair

My poor little man!!!

It's Official....I have the plane tickets in my hand!!!

My three oldest babies will be heading to their Grandparents the day after school gets out.  I'm excited for them to experience their Alaskan Adventure.  I'm so thankful that my parents are able to take them and give them a summer of fun and love.  They would have been so bored this summer with Mom and Dad working all day.  I get to fly up with them and then come back.  I've never been to Alaska.  So now I will be able to say I have.  Even if it is only a few hours in Fairbanks.  It will be nice to give my Mom, my Dad, and my baby brother a hug and spend a second with them.  My babies will be so different when they come back.  Kids grow so fast, especially during the summer! 

I miss them already!

My Legs Are Still In Shock & My Kindle Fire

My legs were still in shock yesterday from walking/jogging Greenlake.  I pushed myself through a 2.84 mile walk on lunch yesterday.  I thought that would make my legs feel better.  It did not! :-(  I plan on walking again during lunch today.  My legs are starting to feel normal.  Last night, my new personal trainer (my step daughter AKA Sister) made me a workout plan.  It's pretty intense but I'm pretty sure I can handle it.  I've logged 5.5 miles so far this week.  Hoping to make it to 10 by Sunday.  I think I can do it! 

Today my Kindle Fire arrives.  I'm super excited.  I have been debating on getting one for a while.  I really really wanted an iPad, but I can't really justify the money right now.  I'm looking forward to reading again.  I haven't actually finished a book in a really really long time.  I'm hoping it will encourage me to read more.  Especially since all of my favorite TV shows had season finales this week.  I'm thinking during the nice summer evening I can take the kids to the park and ready while they play.

My Step Daughter Kicked My @$$ at Greenlake

Yesterday morning, I decided that I needed to go to Greenlake.  I told Angelina and Isaiah when I dropped them off in the morning that we would go see the lake after work.  I picked them up ready to go to the lake.  But first we had to swing by the house and pick up Sister.  Angelina had a fit thinking we were going home instead of going to the lake.  She loves walking around Greenlake with me.  Isaiah is okay with it for about 30 minutes than he is done.  We got to the lake and Sister recommended we alternate walking and jogging.  First I hesitated because I had the stroller.  Then Sister said she would push the stroller and I was like no.  I mean you burn more calories jogging and pushing a stroller, right?  Then I was all for it.  BUT....my body was not.  We ended up doing it and I jogged for only a total of 5 minutes during a 45 minute walk.  I was dying after each jogging session.  But at least I tried it.  And even though 5 minutes isn't that long, I have to start somewhere.  Between Sister acting like a ninja every time a fly flew in her face and the earthquake from my butt jiggling, it was an amazing workout.  Today my legs (knees, thighs) and hips are killing me.  So I'm going to take a little walk during lunch.  But I will be getting my @$$ kicked again on Friday.  I'm sure Saturday will be the day from hell!!!  She's a pretty good personal trainer. LOL!!!

This baby weight must disappear....NOW!!!

So I think I'm off to a good start.  It is definitely not helping that I have a Keurig machine and endless Otis Spunkmeyer cookies at work everyday.  Plus I spend about 75% of my day on my butt!!!  This is not a good combo. 

I started walking for 45mins on my lunch everyday (almost 3 miles....yea me) during spring break.  But with the kids back in school, I use my lunch to pick them up from school and get them settle at home.  They have been awesome.  They have been doing their chores and homework before I get home from work.  It's so nice to come home to a clean house and no yelling over homework.  However, it has put a huge crunch in my new found workout routine.  Luckily school gets out in about a month, so I can pick it back up then.  Until them I'm stealing moments to get to Greenlake every chance I can get.  I have a gym membership to LA Fitness.  But it seems cruel to pick up the youngest two from daycare and put them back into daycare for an hour while I workout.  So they are accompanying me on my walks.  Which is great, because I'm sure it's a better workout pushing two toddlers in a stroller and walking.....right???

My big issue is eating at night.  I get so busy during the day that I forget or don't have time to eat.  But when I get home and the babies go to bed, I'm eating anything I can find.  So I'm dedicated to no eating after 7pm.  Which is going to be really hard considering that I don't get dinner done until about that time.  So maybe I'll just make a nothing but salads after 7pm rule.