Something new to try!

I found this cool site on one of my friends blogs that actually has a ticker for weight loss. I put mine up, I figured that would be a cool new booster. Anyone else want to put their's up? Here is the website and all ya have to do is copy the code for the blog, open an element in the side column, paste it and tada!! =0) Love y'all!! I have a long way to go!

http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker/ticker_designer.php

My new exercise regime

Well, instead of 3 walks a day, my new exercise routine consists of sitting down, standing, balancing myself on the toilet, holding my arms out away from my chest because it is so SORE, and cradling little Galina. Isn't that inspiring to all of you!?

Hopefully it won't be long until my swelling is gone - doesn't seem to be disappearing as fast as I had hoped it would - and I never thought my stomach could be so jiggly-wiggly!! Who knew? I'm hoping that won't take forever to disappear either, but I'm a little bit less hopeful about that, the swelling would be nice to lose.

Well, off to eat dinner - I wish I could tell you, Emily, how to make food matter less :) I'm afraid it's pretty important to me right now, I just made chocolate chip cookies!

Love ya'll!

Brian is an exercise freak :)

Ok...so Mom and I said we would be working out with Brian while we were here...who knew that it would mean that every day Brian would guilt us into some kind of exercise :) Anyways...if you have any questions about exercising...ask Brian!!! He knows his stuff...I have gone running with him a few times and who expected lunges to be so hard?!

Well...

I think I have exercised enough thinking about how Galina needs to go ahead and come. =0) I hope she gets there soon so Molly and Mom can have time with all three of them instead of poor Katie being all swollen and really wanting her body back. =0) I haven't been able to get my butt going out the door to exercise in weeks it seems. I did buy the Biggest Looser first season book and it has a lot of great advice. It was on sale at Food Lion. =0) I need to get back into a mind set of food not really mattering and activity being the most important thing ever. Help??!!! I hope everyone hasn't ditched this blog. It seems no one has anything to say anymore. Kerriann, how is the treadmill going? I meant to ask you that yesterday when you guys were up here. How is everyone else doing with their diets (if your on one) and exercising??? Love y'all!!!

Patriotism anyone!

I thought in light of the coming holiday I'd change up our blog. If anyone minds then tell it to the country. =0) He he!! Love y'all!!

Pool Time!!

So the lovely nieces and nephew are in town, right? =0) Well, today Sonja and I got the opportunity to take them to the Gold's gym pool. Sister Valulius at church has a membership there and helped to get us in for free. =0) It was pretty fun too. We got there at noonish and I didn't leave with two of them, Miranda and Dallas until 5pm when I finally asked if they were ready and they said yes. Gabby and I were done in the pool by 3pm, but I didn't want to yank the kids away from the new friends they had made. Sonja took Ariel and Phil home though at 3pm so they both could get ready for tomorrow and for their big dinner tonight. =0) We had fun, but I didn't get in as much exercise as I wanted. Actually all Gabby and I did was sit in the shallow end of the pool and splash a bit. She didn't like the water at first and did her whine, but the water was pretty warm in the shallow so she got used to it after awhile and played in it. =0) Yipee!!! Love y'all. Here are some pictures of us hanging out with Aunt Sonja and Ariel in the pool and after we were done swimming. Unfortunately I haven't quiet learned how to snap pictures with the sun out and as you can see the pool water is white. Ay!!!