The McCook's

day 1 of 30

2011-05-09T21:52:00.000-07:00

So...I didn't really get a chance to work out today, BUT~ on a good note, I never stopped going! I cleaned carpets and scrubbed the kitchen down good, worked, did groceries, played with kids, pulled weeds~ And on and on! so I guess I can say that in a sense I did get to work out. Tomorrow I will most definetly work out though, I am getting up early if I have to. I need to still take my before picture though, NOT looking forward to that at all. It sucks when you do something like that and have to look at it! especially at the begining of a workout or weight loss plan. It gets discouraging! I may not look like I'm "overweight" and no, I'm not tottaly, but I have never in my life been the weight I am now nor have I have issues with what to wear due to it not fitting. I'm determined to get my life back and get to where I can put on what I want in my closet and not worry, Not think twice about what it looks like or how it will fit, or maybe if I suck in a little more! NO!! NO MORE! I feel ok about today though, I really wish I could have had an actual cardio work out. But like I said, if I have to wake up at 630, then I'll do it~ I'm working out tomorrow and continuing this. 30 days really isn't that much! I can do it! stay focused and stay strong!!! GO GO GO!!!! (guess I better get in bed seeing that it's almst 10 then huh!) :)

30 days

2011-05-07T23:15:00.000-07:00

So I have decided togive myself a challenge. A 30 day challenge. At the point I'm at in my life I should be more comfortable with who I am. I'm not, my self confdence is low~ which doesn't help me to push myself. So I am giving self a 30 day makeover. Starting monday, I will take a before photo, I will start working out, 5 days a week. I am going to get myself back to where I know I feel good about myself, where I want to be. Do I think I"m going to loose 20 pounds in 30 days? No, but do thin I can change and improve myself to see a difference in 30 days. Sugar...gone, soda? no problem, gave it up a while ago. Limit my carbs, ok! I am going to do this for me. I have to! I have never been the weight I am, Never felt the pressure of such low self esteem, It really takes a toll on a person and I'm done with letting it control me. When a person is self concious everything makes them feel bad or is taken differently and any compliments they do get, they dont believe. I know I can do this....Thus the blog. I figure this way I can track my progress...see how I"m doing, look at my self in new light. One full of motivation to change myself. Everyone is responsible for their own destiny, And their own attitude and feelings on themselves. I need mine to be positive. We foud out three days ago that Tristan is Autistic, So I need to be the best me and most ready me to help him progress and develop how he needs. So! STARTING MONDAY! HERE WE GO!

updates pn life

2010-09-05T22:47:00.000-07:00

So I've decided that blogging everyday is just a crazy idea unless it is going to involve drugging my kids at a decent time and having the dish, laundry, clean my house and do everything I need to fairy visit. Right now Things are just so crazy I don't know how I'm even finding time to check my email let alone blog, non the less I'm trying! Lately this is what's been going on. We found a house that we LOVE! just have to wait until tuesday to try and see about putting in an offer on it. Robert should be going out to Los Alamos here in the next week or so for work which is good~ In the mean time he's been doing alot of sidework with a friend of ours. I am trying to find time to work on my photography and I want to start doing cake decorating too. I've been looking for a job like crazy and making phone calls up the wazoo! Kids are getting big and just as fun as ever. Tristan is still not talking but he can get what he needs when he wants it. My grandfather passed away on 8-9-10 so I went up to Utah for that. That was hard, dealing with a death is never easy but some we take more time to get over than others, and my grandpa is the one who I knew and remember. He baptized me when I was eight and I spent every summer as a child at their house. I guess only the lord knows when it's our time, and when it is.....I guess it is. I do know that I will see him again adn blogging is one way to help me relieve some stress, so I should probably do it more often~ ha ha! we'll here's to trying to blog more! GOOD LUCK TO ME!!

Days of a three year old

2010-08-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

So Kamryn yesterday was really in rare form. She told me the truth about her! Which turned out to be that she was infact a princess....Yikes! I find myself thinking "oh boy! what have I got myself into!" She Had Everyone, Robert, Tristan, Me, Grandma and even diesel all in a queen sized bed watching snow white at ten o'clock at night. You tell me who other than a princess could really do that? Earlier that day though I had Gone to Help Robert finish up work on a Bathroom side job. Of course like any good handyman we cleaned everything before we left. Sadly for us, the owner hadn't cleaned in oh....shall we say three years? It was the nastiest bathroom I'd ever been in. Besides some truck stops. So coming home from that to the funny saying and joy of a little girl was just what I needed. Sadly the joy didn't last for this morning all we have done is cry and scream. A lovely three year old morning~ It's mornings like this that I look forward to nap time in the fullest. Grandma's are truely life savers in moments of fits. As I'm just about to snap and end up in a straight jacket from the Constant screaming of NO and I''m not going to be nice, they appear like a lovely Prozac all wrapped up in ribbon to drag the three year old from certain death. Needles to say I love these days but I will be surely happy when our outbursts of being three are over. I suppose now that I've had my 15 min to get my sanity back I better go do some damage control and clean up. It's my turn to save grandma.

Catching up~

2010-08-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's August already and the last time I posted was in May. There has just been so much going on I haven't even had time to breath! So Here's my update! Around mid May robert, the kids and I went on a vacation to Vegas. Roberts parents took the kids for 5 days and Robert and I went to California with a wonderful couple, the Tews. We went to the ocean and picked seashells, hiked and swam for five days. It was a very nice and much needed Vacation. We celebrated both kids birthdays while in vegas and both set of grandparents got to see the kids. Shortly After getting back to chicago We went right back into our everyday life. Kids, work, so on and so forth. I planted a garden with tomatoes, jalapenos, bunch of different bell peppers, Cayenne peppers, cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkins, beets, peas, zucchini, squash, carrots, chard, corn, and a few other misc. peppers. Sadly I had to replant alot of the tomatoes and peppers along with the watermelons and cucumbers a few times due to a small rabbit issue......Those Wascaly Wabitts! So I created a lovely red-neck makeshift fense~ it helped and my plants finally started to grow. I watched them everyday like a mom watches kids and was so excited everytime I saw a new bud coming up. I knew that eventually I would have my first garden. I had worked so hard to get it ready, pulling weeds, tilling, pulling weed paper, fertilizing, killing grubs and potato bugs. So you can only imagine my excitement when I was able to eat my first early pea.
Next comes the crazy........Now this next small chapter in my crazy life is one that I"m happy I'm moving on from. Robert and I were having issues like any married couple and had come to a choice of splitting up. So I called my parents and they drove from Utah to Illinois to come get me. We loaded up everything I could pack in the back of their pickup ntruck and headed to the West. After a few choice conversations, a little temper and a agreement to talk robert got in the car and came to meet upu with me and the kids. Lincoln Nebraska comes and Robert caught up to us. I spent the next day in a car with him trying to figure out if we could figure this out. We came to an agreement we would leave chicago and come to las vegas. We asked my parents to watch the kids so we could go back and sell the house out there and get our stuff. They agreed and luckily my Mom has the summer off being that she is a teacher. So she was able to watch the kids. We drove from las vegas to Chicago again and in two weeks painted an entire five bedroom house cleaned packed, repaired, new carpet. Also had a whole house Garage sale. Made enough to pay the carpet replacement and all the gas to get here along with part of the moving truck cost. So needless to say that's been crazy~
Once we got to Vegas robert contacted some people and applied with company called Epslon solutions. We are waiting for his contract to go through for him to start working. He's doing all the side jobs he can as a handyman. Waiting on a foreclosure to move into and we'll be able to stop living in boxes! Robert and I are looking for things to do as a couple more and more. Trying to make it and getting him on some stablizers. Trying to do this thing called life and marriage! I'm trying to get my photography going but having a hard time when I don't have a portfolio! Getting ready to take some cake decorating classes and trying to do that for extra money on the side. Then to add to the mix. Roberts parents house flooded and robert had to fly out for a week to get it repaired. It sold but wow! what a mess!! And that's not all! on sunday night the 8th as I was talking on the phone with my parents they got a call from my grandma Y. that my grandpa was in the hospital. This is just two days after the house flooding call and robert flying out. Then I find out on 8-9-10 My grandpa had passed away. So I drove up to Utah for a much unexpected funeral. I spent that week going through pictures and helping my mom get everything ready. It was really hard but I think I would have been mad at myself if I didn't go up and get involved in some way. So Needless to say Thursday was the funeral and we layed my grandpa to rest. I think I cried more than any other person in my family. But whatever, it's ok, I'm just more emotional I guess. Anyway......That following day my Crazy cousin decides it's a good idea to hand out their wedding invitations at the funeral dinner.....Really? Wow.....Mine ended up in the garbage. I couldn't believe it, I was so angry that my own family (extended) would do something so innappropriate! Makes you remember why there are certain people in your family you just don't talk to but once a year. If that!
Saturday of that week I made a bunch of raspberry jam and apricot/pineapple. Brought it down to Vegas with me only to find out Robert doesn't even like raspberries.....MORE For ME!!! Anyway.....Robert got back from chicago and some people ihave bought it which is such a blessing. The house is off of us and his parents. But no sooner is the house fiasco under control does another one kick up....Bugs! something unsure of what is eating us alive! Robert's parents had a run in with bed bugs a while back and had the whole house sprayed, robert and I tiled two rooms and they are gone but something else has moved in! Got sprayed again today and hopefully the 24 vegas buffet that is our bodies will end. So that's basically my life and my summer the last few months~ I know I'm missing something but I'm sure I'll remember and have to update more later!

updates....

2010-05-27T04:42:00.000-07:00

Wow so it has been a while since I posted anything and that's sad because when I started this I really wanted to keep it going, but I guess I'll just try to catch it up now and go from here. We went on Vacation to California and Las Vegas just recently and My best Friend got married so I spent some time in Utah. That was really nice, I was able to see my family who I don't see very much. I did get a few things done off of my bucket list. Like take a vacation! WAHOO!!!! and I can't remember anything else! oh wait! I got a bank account of my own. But it doesn't have much money in it because somebody who will remain nameless bought a motorcycle so every spare penny we have is going to pay that thing off.........(MEN~) I've recently decided to pursue my passion for photography but I'm having a hard time getting on my feet, I've got no real training and so I need to find a photographer to let me shadow them. I may have found one but I'm waiting to be able to talk to her in person and hopefully she'll say yes! Working as a CNA is just not what I want to keep doing the rest of my life, and until I can go to nursing school I need to find something else to do. If I can get my photography going then I wouldn't mind doing that the rest of my life either! I'll probably post more update later today or tomorrow but it's 6:50 and the kids have been up for almost 2 hours. I guess we should go eat some breakfast!

my update

2010-02-03T10:14:00.000-08:00

So I promised myself that I would blog everyday. But obviously life has happened and I have not been blogging......SAD SAD SAD.....I really enjoy it too! so here is my update of what's been going on, Kamryn is finally started going poty in the toilet! We have been doing very good and only having a couple small accidents very few and far between. We just have to figure out how to go poop in the potty too~ That's our biggest battle right now. My work outs have been pretty good, I've lost five pounds already and have more to go but atleast I can feel it coming off, and working out is getting not so much easier, but funner? I'm not so huffy and puffy as I was a couple weeks ago. I have my teeth bleaching stuff I just have to remember to put it in at night and that will be done. The house is destroyed on a regular basis from kids but I figure that's going to be a norm for the next ten years so I've given up on cleaning every other day for a spotless house. I just try for deep clean once a week. Robert has applied to a few different places for a job and even out in Nevada so hopefully he will get a bite from soemone. I would like to move closer to my family and if that means vegas then so be it. Tristan has yet to start talking......but he sure can scream! Other than working alot there isn't much to blog about. Maybe after the storm passes and things settle down in the house I'll have more time to blog. But for now....this is it.

catching up~

2010-01-12T06:55:00.000-08:00

So I promised my self I would blog about our family and life everyday, well, I got two sick kids and a disaster of a house and picked up two shifts at work the last few days. So needless to say, I haven't been able to blog. I mean I bet I could have if I really tried but it's just been so buisy here and what I could cut out I did so I could catch some sleep. I have how ever been able to work on some of my new years resolutions. I have been working out at night, putting in my teeth whitening trays and been careful on watching what I say to my kids and around my kids. I have to take my before pictures today so I can see my progress, I've only worked out a handfull of times so far but it's a start and it has felt really good! I took kamryn to get her hair cut this past weekend because she decided to cut it again......She gave herself almost a full mullet! it's not a good thing, the only option I had was to bobb it to kinda blend it and wait for it to grow in. She just thinks it's "so pretty" It's hilarious and frustrating all at the same time. We are working on our potty training this week again and hopefully Kamryn will catch on and we will be done with diapers soon. She's old enough to be out of them, I just need her to find her connection and be out of them! Diapers are too exspensive! Two kids in them is just killing me!!! But the house is destroyed as of yet and my kids are running free, so I guess I better stop blogging and do some damage control!

Frustrations~

2010-01-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

I still have a sick baby boy and so have I worked out? NO! All I was able to do today was hold him until he fell asleep and then fight with his sister to stop screaming and try to keep her from waking him up. I know they say that it's called the terrible two's but I really can't take her somedays! Like today for instance~ She stood in the hall and screamed at me, hit me, threw toys at me, hit her brother, stood outside his room ans screamed at the top of her lungs.....shall I continue?~ I have put her in time out, stuck her nose to the wall paddled her behind, taken toys away. She is so stubborn she just doesn't care, and when I have one that is sick my patience for her doing that wears really thin.....not to mention she cut her hair again~ I mean even worse than it was.....there is no hiding it now. I love my daughter but really? The person that said patience is a virtue, couldn't they say patience is a gift so someone could give me some? I think that once I start working out and I am able to feel better about myself along with having some type of stress exscape I will be better equiped to handle her on days like today. I've been really good with my scripture reading also which I know if I stick to it that will help me out too. Other than going crazy with the kids our little family is doing good. I just need some zanex or prozac and I'll be 100%!

Sick little kids!

2010-01-05T06:53:00.000-08:00

So I still have not been able to start my work outs, which is really frustrating but the reason for not starting helps. I had to work and now i have asick kid that won't let me do anything but hold him. But as soon as he takes a nap today, Eliptical here I come! I have to get these workouts going! I want to do a Partial marathon and the only way I can is if I start now. Also one of the women I work with wants to do a 5K with me so I really need to get going! I didn't blog yesterday because I thought for some reason I had already done it when I got off work that morning, but as I blog today I see I missed the day. It's ok, I'll do better from here on out.
I took Kamryn to see princess and the frog the other day. It was a really cute movie but I think she was more interested in running around the theater and yelling to hear her voice echo. It was funny and not bad because there was only like 8 other people in the entire theater with us. Maybe we'll go see it again so that she can watch it instead of running around the theater. She was so cute walking to our seats carrying her little popcorn and drink. She carried it to her seat all by her self. She even shared it with me! I think that's about the only thing that's happened since my last blog. Other than my mail situation......but that's a different story for another blog. Maybe later today when a certain child takes a nap and I have more time~

Start of the New Year

2010-01-03T18:03:00.000-08:00

So I have started my New Year's resolutions and am trying to be good with my eating and snacking but it's so hard working nights. I just need to make sure I only buy healthy food at the grocery store and don't carry any cash with me to work, then I won't be tempted. As far as good deeds, nothing yet but it's only three days in and working out? yeah.....uh, I am starting tomorrow! I will have to do it first thing in the morning when I get home from work. I'll just do it before I go to bed and probably work out five times a week, just the week days. But that's good I think! Going from nothing to five! We'll see...One last thing to say is that I really am trying to be optimistic about this coming year. I'm hoping I really stick with my goals and plans. I need to succeed to be a better me. To be happy with the person I am. There really is nothing else to it! Hope everyone was safe over the holiday break and Let's get things back to normal!

New Years~

2010-01-01T13:59:00.000-08:00

So we decided to try and go sledding yesterday......Well! The good news is that neither of my kids broke their leg, the bad news is that the four year old daughter of the guy we went with did. We went out to a place called Dellwood Park. When we drovce up I said to robert "there is no way! this is not a hill for kids." Luckily my daredevil was sleeping so robert said he would take tristan so I could stay in the car while she slept. They went down once and got pelted with snow. the hill was a sheet of pure ice. Robert said that he was nervous going down it becuase he had no control what so ever and couldn't slow them down. Well....everyone made it down the hill alright but walking back up the hill our friend was walking by his daughter and slipped, purely an accident and landed on her leg, breaking it in two places. So Robert ran up to me Gave me tristan and went back to help our friend up the hill. We drove to Silver Cross where we sat for almost 4 hours while they did x-rays and found two clean breaks which is good becuase it meant they didn't have to set her leg, They splinted it and she'll get a hard cast in a couple days. What a great way to end the year! In the ER! I'm just grateful that all she did was break it and no-one else was hurt or it wasn't worse. As far as the New years goes.....yeah, I said happy new years and hit the hay! I'm just an old woman I guess! But I'm so stoked to start all my resolutions! I haven't worked out today yet because it's been to hard to get the time! BUT I sure found time to blog! ha ha ha! I'm going to take my before pictures tonight and get my weight and all my stats I can so I can start when I get home in the morning. I have to work tonight. I figure it will probably be easiest to work out after work. The kids will still be sleeping and I'll have the house alone! I can be a fool and not worry! Well!! good luck to me we'll see how it goes!

Adventures at the Aquarium

2009-12-30T19:59:00.000-08:00

Alrighty! Here we go for our lovely adventure today! I woke up with the kids and got them breakfast like a normal day, and started to get ready to go to the Shed Aquarium. About 9 I went and woke up lazy robert who was still asleep and about ten we finally started loading the car. When we made it to the city some crazy lady in a MINI VAN! ( I HATE MINI VANS! AND WILL NEVER DRIVE ONE!!) decided that she would pull half way off the inside lane right before a lane merge and just stop! the car in front of us slammed his brakes we almost hit him and the car behind us almost hit us.....needless to say it would have been really bad if everyone wouldn't have reacted as quickly as they did. She stopped for absolutley no reason! There was not a soul infront of her! Stupid woman driver. Anyway....we finally get to the aquarium and it takes us 15 min to park. Then we start walking up to the doors of the Shed only to see the line weaving its way out the door, down the steps, and on the side walk for a completely annoying lenght. Then GOOD KARMA!! the people in front of us dropped some cash, so I ran and picked it up and returned it to them and then what do my eyes see! A handicap/accessable entrance!!! and a very short line of strollers!! We get in this line and quickly get indoors which is good becuase it was cold outside and starting to snow. We pay and get up the elevator and in the main lobby only to discover that about 5,000 other people had the same idea we did and were all standing in line to go in. When we get through the ticket guy we see that there is no exscaping the crowd, it is packed! Robert had to take Kamryn and I had to take Tristan and hold them on our shoulders to see anything. It was ridiculous! we would wait patiently with the kids to see a tank and some bratty kid or adult would run up in front of kamryn and push her out of the way. I almost lost it. So did Robert. We thought maybe we would eat something and see if we could find a spot it had died down....well....that wasn't happening, also I was pleased to discover I left all the sandwich meat at home! brought everything else for our lunch but the meat! NICE!! We went down to the penguins to try and see the dolphin show from underneath because it's all curtained off now....stupid.....there was no luck. After fighting the crowds more we decided to just leave. The kids weren't haveing fun we were getting pissed off from them being pushed out of the way and stepped in front of so we ventured off to find an exit. Got stuck at some stairs with a double stroller and no elevator in sight. I grabbed one end and Robert the other and hauled it up the flight. When finally at the top we tried one more time to see animals and about 4 stupid people that were all adults walked right up in front of us and completely blocked our way. That was it! we both just said let's go now! grabbed the kids and booked it for the door. Aaahhh....finally an exit! We got to the exit and to the car got home and went to open the door to the house in the garage to see it was locked. Which wouldn't have been a problem but! we had my keys and my keys do not have a working house key on them! LOVELY!! after inspecting all windows we found they were all shut tight, which is good but crappy at the same time! So after some debate of kicking in the door and using a sledge hammer to break the knob, we found a crow bar and popped the lock out. It was scary how easy it came off! but we only have to replace the knob instead of an entire door. So needless to say being locked out of our own house with both kids, one sleeping after a crappy day at a crowded aquarium full of stupid rude people and a waste of $50 was a perfect end to the crappy 2009 year! Wow.....I'm so ready for 2010! becuase really....anything it can throw at me I've been there and done that so unless it turns nuclear I can take it!

New Years is almost here!

2009-12-29T20:14:00.000-08:00

So with New Years right around the corner I'm getting that anxious feeling that you get when you know something is about to happen! Mostly I think because I'm determined to have a good year! I'm going to set some goals and try my darndest to reach them! We are going to the Shed aquarium tomorrow and that will be an adventure I just know it! Kamryn is finally big enough to recognize animals and interact with them (some what). Tristan.....He's just happy to be here! Ha Ha! None the less I'll need to take the camera and the new flip camera we got for christmas to capture all the chaos! I just hope the chaos doesn't involve any stitches! We've been lucky so far I'm just praying it doesn't run out! Oh and about my working out weightloss goals? Well.....I'm going to be a brave soul, I'm going to post before and after pictures and information! You know, a little self motivation! But the Wagon is still rolling slow so if you want to join me (hint hint! anyone!!) let's go!

YUCKY YUCKY!!

2009-12-27T14:19:00.000-08:00

So I woke up this morning with the kids like I usually do, but after being up for about 15 min I started to feel sick so I layed back down. After about another15-20 min I felt like I was going to throw up so I went to the bathroom, which is the appropriate place, and sat on the floor. "assumed the position" and started to feel weird. Dizy and really sick to my stomach but not like I have in the past when I've had a seizure. The last thing I remembered was leaning over the toilet and waking up on the floor. I don't know if I just blacked out or if I had a seizure, I didn't throw up at all like I usually do afterwards nor did I have the wounds like I should. No bruises on my head, no bitten tongue or sore muscles from being bent out of position. But I was so weak and so tired. Also dizzy if I stand for any longer than 10 min and my head and stomach are killing me which makes me think I had a seizure just not a grand maul like before. Needless to say it was a wonderful way to end the christmas break!

My bucket list 2010

2009-12-25T21:11:00.000-08:00

So I decided I'm going to do a "bucket list" but for a year time line instead of before I die. I have posted it on the side and I want to have it ready by the time new years comes so I can start to work on it! I know it's silly but I'm excited! If anyone wants to join the "bucket list" bandwagon, HOP ON!! we can do some of it together!!! I'm anxious and excited all at the same time! 2010 BRING IT ON!!! I'm ready so let's see what you got!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T17:11:00.001-08:00

Starting off MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! today was definitely one for the books! To start the christmas story I will have to begin with yesterday morning. I had to work for a partial shift at work that night and got home and in bed around two am. I had taken some presents with me to wrap so I didn't have as much to wrap the night of Christmas Eve. Well as I'm sitting in the basement with my daughter and son she slowly creeps away. I didn't notice she was even gone! I was too enthrawlled in my Season Finale of Survivor that I was finally able to watch. Don't mess with my survivor! Anyway, all of a sudden she shows up with this toy! and says "MOM!! look I found it!!! open it please!!" so I look at the toy and I realize it is one I know I wrapped that night before at work. So a feeling of UH-OH comes over me, I quickly open the toy to occupy her and run up the stairs. Well, to my wonderful surprise she had discovered the bag of wrapped gifts I so "smartly" left in the wash room when I brought them in from the car after getting off work. She had opened them all. Layed out the gifts in a row and chosen the one she wanted to play with. I mean ALL THE GIFTS! Even ones that weren't hers were open. All over the floor, wrapping paper, toys, clothes! it was like christmas morning on christmas eve and all on her own! All I could do was laugh! needless to say I ended up wrapping until 2 am due to all the re-wrapping I had to do! Everyone may laugh and say it's my fault, and I would have to agree! It is! kamryn is too smart for her own good and I really should have known better.
Now we come to Christmas morning, kamryn had gotten a tri-cycle for christmas and santa even left it out assembled for her! well that was all we saw and played with for the first 15 min. Then we started opening gifts! YAY!!! The big moment was finally here!! Well the "big moment" turned into an ALL DAY project! We would open one present and play with it then another, and another. It took until almost 5pm to get everything unwrapped ! But needless to say it was fun. Tristan thought the wrapping paper was more fun than any toys!
We ate and ate and ate all day, and I think that if I could I would undo the elastic on my pants! That's when you know you have eaten too much!!! There fore I have a list of New years Resolutions I will have to accomplish including loosing my christmas weight! I think I've gained 15 pounds in pure chocolate! If I go tanning I think it may melt the chocolate off!!! I think I'm going to try and see how it works. Look out New years here I come!!!

Ready for Christmas!

2009-12-22T07:22:00.001-08:00

I am so ready to have christmas come and then go, I love the holiday don't get me wrong but I don't like how stressful it turns out to be. I still have to get stuff for stockings for my kids and a present for my husband. Plus wrap everything! wow!!! that's the crappy part, wrapping everything! I like to do it but it takes forever!
Along with that I'm trying to get ready for new years, there is so much I want to put down as a resolution and get done this next year I'm just boggled by what to start with! But I definetly am going to do this blog! I think it will be good for me! something to help me look forward to and maybe keep a small amount of sanity!

The begining

2009-12-18T05:09:00.001-08:00

Alright! Here we go......I'm tottaly new to this blogging thing so I've decided to go all out on it. Begining January First I'm going to start what I call "A year in my shoes". I'm going to post a blog everyday about my life and the events that happen. Then at the end of the year I will be able to look back and see how much I've changed, how much my family has grown and what we have gone through. I think it will be quite the experiment! I'm excited and nervous, hoping that I can stick with it for the full 365 days. Can you imagine if I did! that would really be an accomplishment! I Figure if I start in January then the kids and the craziness of the holidays won't be so bad! just at the of next year but I should be in the habit of doing it by the time next christmas come around! let's just all pray I get this blogging figured out before I need to start or we are all in trouble!!! LOL!!