housekeeping & lightsabers

Not two things that usually go together, I know. But today, they do.

Joined Weight Watchers (ugh) yesterday with my friend Beth. It’s always easier when you do it with a friend. I haven’t been this fat in a looooong time- like maybe when I was pregnant, and that number from the scale was just GROSS. So I am going to work hard to stick with the program and lose 45 pounds. I did it before and lost over 30 pounds, so I know I CAN do it. The first two weeks just SUCK and I am not enjoying it. But, the weight watchers thing brings me to the housekeeping part…

I cleaned, and I mean CLEANED out the fridge- every bottle, can, container, shelf and drawer came out and was washed, dried and put back. Not a fun job at all and not something I look forward to doing, but it really had to be done. And now it looks so pretty. Plus I went to the fruit/veggie market in town and got some good stuff. I’m trying really hard to eat some fruit or salad everyday. Ewww- much rather have tons of carbs and chocolate. But I gotta. Eating that other stuff is how I got this way in the first place.

Today I took down and put away ALL of Christmas. All the outside decorations and lights, everything inside too- the tree, the boys trees, all ornaments, all stockings, all decor. After walking up and down two flights of stairs carrying that crap, I am officially exhausted. That tree is heavy! Plus, I walked to school to pick up the boys this afternoon. I haven’t been walking cause of the bunion/tendonitis thing, but I figure if I’m going to be walking every day for a week in Disney (and that is a lot of walking), I had better start now and see how it goes. And I got one whopping activity point for all of that on WW. Whoopee.

As for the lightsaber, Timmy’s Wednesday class was cancelled, so we now have Wednesdays off. Our one day without an activity (during the weekdays) so we spent the morning painting, playing, puzzeling, and having a lightsaber duel- all while I tried to finish the unpacking from Florida. The pictures aren’t great as I was trying to keep up my end of the duel with the green lightsaber so I was holding the camera with one hand, on an angle.

And today, Timmy told me "you’re my beeeeest friend". Gotta love that kid!