Time to get it into gear..

How many times do we start out with great intentions, then fail.. horribly?? For me..this happens all the time. I almost hate to tell anyone that I am trying to lose weight because.. i know.. i am just going to fail. Why is it that I can't stay on the right path?? I am good for a week, sometimes a month.. a few times, six months. .. but gradually I quit, go back to bad habits and no exercise.
*** WHY can't I be at a healthy weight?? WHY can't I be happy with myself?? Thinking of putting on shorts.. well, it's not a pretty sight. Here I am.. I live in FLORIDA.. and my "shorts" are Capris. I just want to go into a store, and wear whatever I want... I'm sick of fat people clothes.. they are like drapes... to cover the massive bulges hanging out everywhere. I just want to be happy. I'm a productive person, I work a 40 hour work week, I manage a household with four boys and an awesome husband, I TRY and do my church calling to the best of my ability, it's not like I sit on my big ol' butt all day and cram food in my face. I've got to find a happy medium. Stop thinking I've got to be "treated" everytime I go to the gym, or NOT eat a sugary snack. I'm not a teenager anymore.. I've got to grow up. .. I hope "blogging" this won't be in vain.. but rather a springboard to my success. I can look back on this as a new beginning..::shudder:: my luck, it will end up deleted... here I go again.. This time, I want to win! Can I do it?????????

Wow, What a trip!!!

We had such a great time!! First stop was Savannah, GA.. just to get out of town and get a head start. Williamsburg, Va was next.. What a gorgeous town. Roll down the windows and it smells like bath and body works! The trees were all in full bloom, just so pretty! Our hotel was great, got two rooms to spread out. Spent two days there.. took in all the sights and ate some authentic Virginian BBQ, I'll keep the south's anyday.. it was alright, but they don't have anything on us!! Then it was off to Natalies! We all went to Washington DC there, believe it or not, we brought the hot Florida sun with us.. it was 90 degrees!! There was a cool breeze though, but it made it hard with all the walking we did! Our dogs were barkin' thats for sure! Tuesday we made our way to Philly.. that was a cool town. Not expecting much but to see the liberty bell.. But we saw so much more than that! Lots of museums, shops and tons of monuments. We took a double decker bus (the only way to go) Got lots of great pictures from there... really neat! Wednesday it was off to Pennsylvania.. we stayed in a small town called Strasburg and stayed at a neat little hotel that made the rooms out of old train cabooses! Fun :) Met up with my parents and went out to eat.. Left Thursday and headed home. Stayed over in Virgina .. Friday we were on our way home.. boy what a long ride.. stopped off in pensacola to get our dogs, then went home, didn't get there until after midnight.. it took us a while to get rested.. we are still tired!! It was such a huge blessing and a wonderful trip.. lifetime of memories.. SO very glad we did it!!

Getting ready for our trip over Spring Break!

Oh my goodness, we are so excited about our trip. We are leaving Thursday as soon as Tim gets off work. Our first stop will be Savannah, GA. We will spend the night there and be on our way to Williamsburg, VA. We will be visiting Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown.. catchin' all the sights, taking the ferry, shopping.. should be alot of fun! We will leave Sunday and head to Dover, DE to see my best friend Natalie! We've known each other since middle school and she is one of my very dear friends. She is letting us (all six of us) stay with her for a week.. now, that's what I call friendship!! Monday and Tuesday we will be traveling back and forth to Washington DC to see the Smithsonian and the monuments. Wednesday we are going to Strasburg, PA to visit a local train museum .. spending the night at the Red Caboose Motel, check out this link:
http://www.redcaboosemotel.com/
Should be a once in a lifetime experience! lol.. Then off to Gettysburg.. where Tim has a few late ancestors who have died in the Revolutionary War!! How cool would that be to find them?? :)
We also want to "drive thru" New York, don't think we are brave enough to get out.. lol We'll see. The boys are so excited, and so are we! I will be posting BUNCHES of pictures when I get back!!

Spring...

I am ready for spring.. it has been a hard start of the new year. But, it looks like we are coming out of it alright afterall. Cobie is back to normal, still have a ton of bills, but that's why they have monthly payments. Life goes on.
Everyday I thank God for my health, it really weighs on me how important it is. I've got to start getting back to exercising, even if I don't see an immediate result. All the boys are doing well in school.. we've hit a couple of bumps along the way, but for the most part, they are doing great. We are really looking forward to our Spring Break and visiting my parents and my best friend!! She is kind(crazy) enough to let all of us stay with her up in Dover, DE. Then we will meet my folks and get to visit them as well. The boys are so excited to be going somewhere they've never seen before. It should be pretty awesome, my goal is to arrive back home with all 4 boys. :)

takes care...

Life is full of surprises. Some are so unbelievable ..it's like a dream. While I was running errands on campus at work, someone left an greeting card with money to help with medical expenses for Cobie. I was so overwhelmed, I started boo-hoo'ing like a baby. Of course, they didn't sign their name, but if that someone reads this blog I wanted to tell you..so much.. Thank You. I know God loves me because he has special people on this earth who look after me.. those near, those far away. That amount of money will go a long way .. paying off copays...
No words can express the gratitude I feel.. so whomever left that for me, .. a huge burden has been lifted.. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! xoxoxoxxoo

Stress... going down.. :)

Well it's getting more back to normal at home.. The boys had Jr. Deputies w/ Tim and I had a meeting at church. When I left the house, I started a anti virus spyware removal tool on the home computer, when I came back it was finally complete. Re-booted and all looks good. So glad it's not done for.. at least not yet. Still don't feel 100% today.. stomach still unsettled and my throat is bothering me. Hopefully all that will pass soon. Still on my path to reading the Book of Mormon in 100 days. Trying to stay on track. Work is going good. We are so blessed. I recently found some old photos and scanned them.. I am enjoying the trip down memory lane. :) Wish I still had the size 4 body I once had!

Yay, It's out!!!!

I am very pleased to announce that the IV port was taken out this morning!! No more antibiotics, and life gets to go back to normal!!! Cobie will be able to go to school in the morning ( Tuesday ). I am so happy!! I think we may go out to celebrate.. (hey, mickey d's has a dollar menu!!)
He will still need to go to physical therapy.. hopefully, not for long. He doesn't have full range of motion on that arm (his right arm).
Gosh, what a relief!!!
Thanks for all the prayers that were said on our behalf!
Now, if I could get my home computer to work again, life would be great!!