Tuesday Tidbits

I have to share this story or little tidbit because it seriously made my day. I know it came from an 8 year old, but still.

A: "Mrs. S. How old are you?"
Mrs. S. "How old do you think I am?"
A: " I think you are in your 20s!"
Mrs. S " A...Thank you so much because you hit it right on the head! You get an A for effort today. You just made my day."

As this is going on a boy in here K really knows how old I am because his Mom use to watch my kids when they were younger. I told him to not to tell my secret. He does anyways and A doesn't believe him. No, K she IS in her 20s I can tell just by looking at her. :) I guess 40 really is only a number.

Update on my sound situation. It is working. I restarted my car and it is working. I have music. I decided to celebrate this occasion and listen to a little Guns and Roses. Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child of Mine, and Paradise City helped me get a rockin' start to my day. This way I know the awful weather we are going to have this week won't get me down.

Silence Not Wanted

Everyday I drive about 25 minutes each way to work. I look forward to listening to the radio, my mp3 player, or a variety of CDs that I have in the car. As I accelerate down the snowy road today. I hear no sound coming from the radio. So I check the power...it is ON, I check the volume, it is On and I even try to make it louder...no luck...no sound on anything that I try. I realize that it is NOT working. This type of silence is not welcome because.....

If I try to sing, I may drive myself crazy because I have a terrible singing voice. I really am not a big fan of talking on my cell phone while driving...plus everyone is at work.

As I drive I am fiddling with this radio trying everything to make it work...nothing. It looks like it should work because you can see all the action going on, but no sound. I get to work and sit in the parking lot reading the manual to find out what am I doing wrong, is there a mute button I missed? What? I realize if I don't get to into work, I will be late and if I am late...yikes! I am on camera and if that happens even once I am warned not to be late. Not sure what the consequence of being 1 minute late, but hear through the grapevine it is not good.

I call my hubby and ask him to call the car dealership because I may sound like a complete idiot...seriously everyone I am not an idiot, but it is not working and driving 25 minutes in silence may drive me nuts! I may start to talk to myself and people driving down the road may think I am a real nut job.

Fun Friday Thoughts

What a beautiful day...it is snowing like mad, the temperatures are hovering around 18 degrees above zero, and there are 100 days left of school before summer break!

On my way to work this morning there were no lanes in sight, the lanes were snowy white, so I made my own lane this morning. Thank goodness for 4-wheel drive.

I am actually wearing a pair of skinny leg jeans with a really cute pair of boots. I look a little like I did in college...only if I were 21 again.

I have no plans this weekend. I love having weekends like that. Soon enough our schedules will be packed with things going on.

I watched Ugly Betty and Grey's last night. I love Ugly Betty...it is one of my favorite shows. Grey's was okay, but I am over the dead guy...out with you.

Just like Confessions posted about yesterday...the gym is packed with wannabe resolutionists! I can't stand it. I know it will thin out, but it is still annoying. I have decided on some fitness goals for myself.

• Instead of doing 1 triathlon this year, I am going to do 2.
• I am going to continue to train to become a better and faster runner. I am still undecided about a half marathon. I am doing another 10K sometime in March.
• I will push myself harder doing "bootcamp" classes and when doing free weights, I will lift a heavier weight to build more muscle.
• I will work harder on my core. When doing the "plank" exercise, I will not give up so easily.
• Along with fitness comes confindence. I will work on that too, because sometimes I am not as confident in my appearance as I should be.
• I have other goals as well, but won't bore anyone with them.

There really is no theme to this post. I have a lot in my head these days and thought I would share some of my thoughts.

Amnesia...just Maybe

Let me start this by saying I think I may have killed one too many brain cells in my days.

The reason I say that is because how is it that I can't remember things from the past???

So, I am at the Y tonight and run across someone from my high school days and he is talking to me blah, blah, blah. Remember when I came to your dorm room when you went to UWW? I am thinking seriously??? Why don't I remember this? I don't even recall even dating this person in college...only high school. Was I on something? Was I drunk? What?

He then continues by reciting everyone I use to hang out with and telling me the skinny on what they are doing now and how time has not been good to them. I then tell him I don't really hang out with anyone from back in the day. The shock of it all to him. Who do you hang out with? Family? I do love my family and do things with them, but I do have other friends. WTF? I am a different person now and have made new friends.

He tells me he has secrets about some family members...like someone I know hitting on him at a local bar and wanting to take him to the nearest hotel room and do a little boom boom. Why is he telling me this? Does he want me to start some cyclone of rumors? WTF?

One thing he did hit right on the head is this girl we knew she didn't age so well. She is someone I went to high school with and I did see her at the Y and she looked terrible. She is a lot bigger and that is okay...I am not judging, but please don't wear shorty shorts with your cheeks hanging out and a tight tank that shows all of your fat rolls....nasty. I am not perfect by any means, but I would never wear stuff like that at 40. Don't know what she was thinking.

Wii Fit is so much FUN!

This is so much fun. The Wii Fit is worth it! Emma running.

Brandon Goal! (I think you forgot about the dinner you left on your face.)

More running....

still more running....

We tried out a lot of things on this. I found I like the hula hoop because I can do it on the Wii, but not in real life. I suck at the skiing, I find myself having no balance...I will get better. I wonder if I will find myself doing this after the kids go to bed.

If you haven't tried it out...it is a must. So glad I went out in the cold this morning to get it.

Wii Madness

Santa brought us the Wii this year. I guess we needed to add to our collection of gaming systems. One thing I didn't expect is that I really like this gadget. I never had much use for the Xbox 360 or the original Xbox. I liked Guitar Hero every once in a while, but never really got into the whole gaming thing.

Once the Wii was hooked up I found myself wanting to try it out. I found that the bowling is fun in groups, boxing is a real work out, and I suck at tennis. I really need to work on my coordination or something. I am becoming better at it, but it is hard to compete with the kids because they always want to play it. I have to put in a number or something just to have my turn. It is madness at our house. The girls are even fighting over the time they get to spend on it. They were much like me that they really didn't care about the Xbox 360 and there really wasn't a fight over it. Until now...I feel like a referee. The 12 year old tries to help the 6 year old and that isn't what the 6 year old wants. She is way to stubborn and then fights break out. That is usually when I take over and then it is my turn. I am glad Brandon can just let them fight it out. Because he realizes if they fight, it will be his turn instead of their turn.

I have heard all this talk about the Wii Fit. I wanted it for Christmas, but no luck. It was the hardest thing to come by. As I am reading my Sunday morning paper and looking at all the ads, I noticed Best Buy was running Wii Fit in their ad. So hubby, kids, and I decided to take our chances and head over to Best Buy when it opens. I went to one and he went to a different one. When I arrived, there was already a line forming at the door. Waiting in line in freezing temps really sucks. At this point I am hoping this is all worth it. I was hoping no one was in line for the Wii Fit, but they were. The sooner it got to the store opening, they started handing out tickets...please please have a ticket for me. Yes! I got #15 out of only 20 available. Hubby called and he got one too.

We came, set it up, tried it out, and I LOVE IT! Now I just have to wait my turn.....

Happy 2009

It was a very fun New Year's this year. I really had no intentions of doing much that night except watch movies and hang out with the family. We got an invitation to head next door for some cocktails and cards. Glad we did and it only took 10 seconds to get there. The kids were RockBand junkies, we played darts, and played cards. In which of course I lost some and won some. So I probally evened out after all said and done.

We said Happy New Year at 11:00 (which is midnight Eastern Time) said cheers and were home in our beds by Midnight our time.

Yesterday was spent lounging all day. Hubby made everyone a wonderful breakfast. We watched football, napped, played hours of Monopoly with the kids ( I won), and watched a movie. It was a great day to spend the day.

This is the the final days before reality is back. Back to school/work on Monday. I think the kids will have a shock when they have to get up at 6:20 am again. They are still in bed as I type this out. So, today I will take down all the Christmas decorations, plus the 3 trees, clean the house, go to boot camp (can't miss that), go grocery shopping ( hate that), and just maybe organize the pantry...we'll see.

Happy New Year!