Lucyisms

January 31, 2008 at 8:30 pm | In A Day in Our Life | Leave a Comment

This morning, as I was drying my hair, Lucy came to my bathroom. I could see her mouth moving but couldn’t hear her. So I turned off the hairdryer and asked her to repeat herself.

She had this to say to me, “Stop making all that noise!”

Uh- ok…

Things I did this weekend…

January 28, 2008 at 8:58 pm | In A Day in Our Life | 1 Comment

Because all I have the energy for today is a list. Hope you don’t mind bullets.

  • Watched 20/20.
  • Baby sat my nephew for my sister-in-law and her husband to Mardi Gras.
  • Got in a fight with Eric over hanging curtain rods.
  • Exercised and, um,  exercised.
  • Had a blast getting chased by four dogs on two separate occasions while exercising.
  • Went to church.
  • Got in a fight with Eric over not being able to find a seat in church.
  • Worried that Lucy broke her wrist.
  • Attended a meeting to begin planning our class 10 year reunion. (aah)
  • Went to our good friends house to eat supper and had a wonderful time.

All in all, it was a really good weekend. I got to hang out with the ones I love and catch up with people that I haven’t seen in almost 10 years.

And to hold you over…

a picture of the most adorable child ever!

Fat Loss Friday!!!

January 25, 2008 at 10:03 pm | In Fat Loss Friday | 1 Comment
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Welcome to the introductory post of Fat Loss Friday! For those of you who know me, you know that I have been battling my weight for about five years now. That is way to long. I am tired of loosing and then gaining it back only to be right where I originally started. Time to make some changes and what better blog material than to document it all here for me to be accountable.

I will set a goal and each Fat Loss Friday I will post an update for you all to see. My goal is to loose 30 of these. That is a lovely pound of fat for those of you who don’t know.

GOAL :              30 pounds

1/25/08:             .6 pounds lost

TO GOAL:       29.4 pounds

I had really been pulling these big numbers the last two weeks (well, big for me). The first week back on track I had lost 3.8 pounds and the following week I had lost two. 5.8 pounds in two weeks for me is unheard of. So when I borrowed the idea for this blog entry, I was pretty pumped to be able to showcase all of my hard work in black and white. Much to my disappointment, I got on the scale this morning and only saw  ↓ .6.  Sigh.

Things will get better and the fat willbegin to melt away. My gym has a cardio challenge going on right now. 100  thirty minute sessions of cardio in 100 days. I wasn’t all for it at first and signed up really not wanting to do it. Now that I am in the midst of it, it has been pretty fun so far. It makes me get out and do something when otherwise I would have made an excuse.

Well, wish me luck! I will invite you all over for a party when I reach my goal!

Reason # 3,643 why I love my daughter

January 23, 2008 at 2:26 am | In Parenting | 2 Comments
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Tonight was a rough one. We had only been home for 15 minutes and Lucy spent four of those in time out. One of which she put herself in. It was just one of those nights that nothing seems to go right and things just kept going downhill. So, I put my two year old to bed without supper. (OK, before you call the authorities on me, that was a joke) It was me who had to force her to eat the meal I cooked tonight.

I remember those days when she was an infant and I would feel so drained from sitting and nursing all day. This stage, toddler-hood, is a breeze compared to that. At least now I can reason with her and she can verbalize her needs to me (well sort of).

It is times like we had tonight that I get wrapped up in the moment and forget that this to is just a stage. When I am rocking her at night is when the guilt starts flooding me. Guilt for getting upset with her or not being the best momma that she deserves. I put her to bed and wish that I still had her company. Then I go about my business of getting all of our things packed for tomorrow. I got my water cup out to fill up and this is what I saw…

So reason # 3,643 why I love my daughter is because she can make me giggle even when she doesn’t mean to. (For those of you who aren’t sure what that is, it is a crayon that you can wear on your finger) (Lucy calls them party hats)

Sleep tight little girl, tomorrow is a new day.

That is what I am trying to do…

January 18, 2008 at 8:52 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Love a mockingbird, of course. These days that is what I have on my hands. A 30 pound, 34 inch tall mockingbird, that follows me around repeating everything that comes out of my mouth. How about that for having to watch what you say.

However, I do realize that one day she will hatenot appreciate me the way that she does right now. I am trying TRYING to laugh it off every time I hear that little voice saying the words that I just said. Just the other night I told her to sit down so that I could cut her fingernails, to which she says, ” You going to cut my fingertails”. I thought I was about to lose it. How cute that she thinks her fingernails are called fingertails.

Now, onto other things. I’ve tried this blogging thing once before and really, the four times that I posted I really, really enjoyed it ( evidently I really enjoy the word really). So anyway, I think that I didn’t stick with it was because I was embarrassed. Why you ask, well because I thought who would want to read what I have to say. The answer to that is it doesn’t matter. I am doing this for me. I want to be able to look back and remember what life was like for our family back in 2008. What funny things Mockingbird was saying or doing or hopefully what life was like back before we had two children or three or four. So if you are here and you are interested in how To Love a Mockingbird than stick around and you might just find out.

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