Today was a good day. Rather, this week was a good week. I had hit the non-exercise wall with my head over and over the last month. Not losing weight by dieting alone just didn't want to sink in. FINALLY THIS WEEK, I determined to exercise. I walked with my friend Erin for 45 minutes and all the kids both Wednesday and Thursday nights-even after hectic days and rushed through dinners to get there! Friday I walked around the piano lesson building and to a produce stand for 25 min. On Saturday we got up at 6am and walked sans kids since Marc was home. Monday we had planned to walk, but it was stormy. This morning we did 45 minutes of a WW cardio DVD and were certainly sweatin' by the end! I tracked all my food religiously this week and was a good girl when we went to restaurants. It was a good week and I was praying for good results.
So the good results came in at 2.8 pounds lost this week. Mind you I gained a pound last week and a couple of weeks ago. I sure needed this. Another week with a 2 pound loss and I will be at 40 pounds lost!!! Super exciting. That will be half of my goal!! My current goal is 28 more pounds by July and the full 80 by December(15 months on the program). Lord willing I will reach my goals in time, or else break them(in the good sense)!!!!!!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Lately . . . as seen around the Wragg family
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| That says it all. |
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| I am way too cool for this hat! |
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| HOMESCHOOL |
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| Teeter Totter at Bible Study |
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| Sarah self-portrait in a gas station wind tunnel |
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| Jacob's Hat creation. He taped it to his hair! |
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| Grammy buys matching tankinis! |
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| Life is so hard when you are 3!! (Bloody forehead and Superman Ice Cream) |
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| Sunset at the Jetty |
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| I'm growing up and soon will be a man! |
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| Sister!! Awaiting sunset. |
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| Lizzy with sponge-curler hairdo. |
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| Baby Sarah and Mommy Leah |
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| I think he has something to say! |
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| Lizzy the Head |
So busy!
I was thinking lately how my updates (besides Weight Watchers) are all pictures and little commentary. I think that I have been so much busier since we moved that I have not had the energy to think straight or to write anything worth reading. So in a way I was sparing you :-).
There is so much to say about our move and our new life. This past Thursday passed the 3 month mark in this new stage of life-this move across the state. I am amazed 3 months have passed! The busyness is mostly here at home. Marc is here Thursday night to first light on Tuesday morning. This marks one part of our week. The other part is 60 hours of single mom time. It used to be more when we first moved here, so the 60 hour thing is NICE!!
Starting January 3rd the kids and I hit the school books--HARD! We had done little school for the last 6 weeks of 2010 and had a lot of time to make up for. We have been diligently working to accomplish school every single day and have, except for one week of Papa and Grammy's visit here in February/March. We called that Spring Break! Sarah and Daniel and I are enjoying our studies of an 1805 early American boy, learning all about the work done to take wild woods and turn it into a useful farm/homestead/ We have read through slavery, a Lincoln biography and are in the midst of the Civil War. The kids are reading heavily, but also enjoying the Wii that we purchased back in November.
On Tuesday nights they have a sitter and a movie night while I run to my Weight Watchers meeting. On Thursday mornings we all head out to Bible Study where the kids roam and play on 5 acres with most of the other children from church. We usually catch McDonald's happy-meal special that day before running an errand since we are out and about. Fridays we have piano lessons half and hour away. When we moved here I could only get lessons with a half hour break in between! So one kid would go, then we'd go do something that usually cost me money, then run back for piano lesson #2. Now I can have all 3 kids take 20 minute lessons in a row! This gives me a great chunk to walk laps around the building and since Marc is home on Fridays, it is baby and toddler free time!
Another aspect is the whole "how to order the cleaning of the new house and layout." This is still quite a work-in-progress! We have a ton of carpet here which is already turning a new darker color and tight rooms with lots of beds, dressers and TOYS! There is constant pick up going on!!! At the other house the toys mostly stayed in the playroom. I now realize what an IMMENSE blessing that was! I am not complaining(too loudly), just saying how we are trying to get the hang of this house all the while trying to homeschool like worker bees. Did I mention Gabriel cut out his morning nap when we moved here... yeah, we also have an 18 month old running around, getting into unlatched cupboards and drizzling bubble bath on the carpet. What a joy!
So ends my commentary on being so busy. I even left half of it out. I just realized that I am super tired and sounding it, so I will sign off for now!
There is so much to say about our move and our new life. This past Thursday passed the 3 month mark in this new stage of life-this move across the state. I am amazed 3 months have passed! The busyness is mostly here at home. Marc is here Thursday night to first light on Tuesday morning. This marks one part of our week. The other part is 60 hours of single mom time. It used to be more when we first moved here, so the 60 hour thing is NICE!!
Starting January 3rd the kids and I hit the school books--HARD! We had done little school for the last 6 weeks of 2010 and had a lot of time to make up for. We have been diligently working to accomplish school every single day and have, except for one week of Papa and Grammy's visit here in February/March. We called that Spring Break! Sarah and Daniel and I are enjoying our studies of an 1805 early American boy, learning all about the work done to take wild woods and turn it into a useful farm/homestead/ We have read through slavery, a Lincoln biography and are in the midst of the Civil War. The kids are reading heavily, but also enjoying the Wii that we purchased back in November.
On Tuesday nights they have a sitter and a movie night while I run to my Weight Watchers meeting. On Thursday mornings we all head out to Bible Study where the kids roam and play on 5 acres with most of the other children from church. We usually catch McDonald's happy-meal special that day before running an errand since we are out and about. Fridays we have piano lessons half and hour away. When we moved here I could only get lessons with a half hour break in between! So one kid would go, then we'd go do something that usually cost me money, then run back for piano lesson #2. Now I can have all 3 kids take 20 minute lessons in a row! This gives me a great chunk to walk laps around the building and since Marc is home on Fridays, it is baby and toddler free time!
Another aspect is the whole "how to order the cleaning of the new house and layout." This is still quite a work-in-progress! We have a ton of carpet here which is already turning a new darker color and tight rooms with lots of beds, dressers and TOYS! There is constant pick up going on!!! At the other house the toys mostly stayed in the playroom. I now realize what an IMMENSE blessing that was! I am not complaining(too loudly), just saying how we are trying to get the hang of this house all the while trying to homeschool like worker bees. Did I mention Gabriel cut out his morning nap when we moved here... yeah, we also have an 18 month old running around, getting into unlatched cupboards and drizzling bubble bath on the carpet. What a joy!
So ends my commentary on being so busy. I even left half of it out. I just realized that I am super tired and sounding it, so I will sign off for now!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Highlights of my day:
1. FInding the best sand toys at IKEA for my little girls! Sand cones and bundt cakes, here we come!!!
2. Being on a SKINNY street in my BIG van and whacking a parallel parked car's mirror with my mirror!
3. Having to say goodbye to Dad and Mom (not really a good highlight)
4. Being on the road for 7 hours with 6 kids!!
5. Having a night tonight with NO KIDS IN MY ROOM (or bathroom!)
6. Visiting a new-to-me-Costco and getting the run around about coupons. Funny how different stores have different policies. It all worked out in the end!