I do not know what to do with these kids anymore. If its not Dawn getting in trouble for refusing to do her work its Gaige. I would have never told a teacher "no" when asked to do something.Did I play stupid quite a bit and pretend to not know the answer so that she wouldn't ask me again? You bet. But I never just flat out refused to do as I was told. Apparently these 2 believe this is OK. Why I don't...
January 30, 2014
January 27, 2014
{ #weightwatchers Week 3}
Omg!! I don't think I have ever been this excited about a number on a scale girls! On Saturday when I weighed myself I was 205 even. I weighed myself again around midnight last night and I was 205.6. I decided that since I hadn't been to bed yet I would go ahead and just wait until morning to record...
January 24, 2014
{Parenting: I'm doing it right!}
My kids have chores. Gaige takes out the garbage and is in charge of keeping his room clean. Owen has to help clean up the toy room and he does just random things around to help me. And Dawn has to do the dishes.
Dawn hates to do anything I want her to.
So she does it badly in the hopes that I'll get pissed off and send her to her room, then do it myself. I have yet to do this. If I have to send...
January 23, 2014
{Throw Back Thursday}
I know that TBT is usually just a couple pictures, but I've been scanning old pictures into my laptop recently and I've got some good ones here.
Well, not really good, but they qualify for TBT lol.
And I posted on twitter (or facebook whichever one you are reading) that I should do a blog post showing...
January 20, 2014
{#weightwatchers Week 2}
Starting Weight: 207.6
Week 1: 206.6
Week 2: 206.0
So this week I learned that some things are not worth the points. Like that fish sandwich from McDonalds or the club I had from McDonald's. I should not have done that. I've also found that sometimes you need to just say no. I did really good the first week with not eating things I shouldn't. And then I got a serious craving for salt the other night....
January 18, 2014
{She's a Clever One!}
So Dawn got grounded again. Yes, after just getting off punishment 24 hours prior to this incident..well not even 24 hours. I don't know what goes through this kids head when she is getting her stuff back. Does she think that "hey, I got my stuff back, I can start acting a fool again." *sigh*
What did she do this time? I got this e-mail from her teacher.
"Dawn had a really rough day today. She should...
January 15, 2014
{A Vacation Dilemma!}
As the cold wind blows outside and my furnace struggles to keep us all from freezing to death, I am setting my focus on our summer vacation. Maybe thinking about the hot summer heat of Florida will keep my toes from getting frost bite *shudders*. So lets talk about that, while I pull my blanket a little closer around me.
We already booked our hotel in Florida for the middle of August. Originally...
January 11, 2014
{#WeightWatchers Week 1}
I don't actually weigh in until Monday morning, but I don't really expect a loss. It has taken me a minute to hit my stride with this whole weight watchers thing. It's different counting points and calories. But as long as I stick to it and measure and don't just guess (which is what I've had to do...
January 9, 2014
{Parenting a Girl is Hard!}
Someone should have warned me that parenting girls is effing hard!! For the last 10yrs I've been struggling with this girl. She has a ridiculous amount of attitude and sometimes I just can not deal with it. The little girl that you see in that picture is just one of her personalities. She can be...
January 5, 2014
{Already Planning for Summer}
Yep that's me. The over planner. But then again we have been saying we could go on a big vacation next year for 3yrs. So I want this to be amazing! I already had a sort of dry run with our trip to St. Louis last summer. I know how much I can fit in the back of my car, what we need to take and what we can leave at home, and what worked and what didn't. Honestly, I'm shocked that we got as much as...
January 2, 2014
{Happy New Year!!}
WELCOME 2014!!!
This year I am going to let go of past grudges. I'm going to live my life as drama free as possible. And I'm not going to care what others think of me (not that I do too much now ;) ).
I know that most people are posting about resolutions and goals for the coming year but let's face it, if I talk about them I'm not going to follow through with them. At least that seems to be my way....