Over Half Way There!!!

It has been a month and a half since I decided I needed to DROP AND GIVE YOU 10!!! I am over half way there...having officially lost SIX LBS!! (Some days the scale says 7, some days it says 5, but most of the time it is at 6!) I attribute most of my success to my financial diet, i.e. brown-bagging it to the office! But, I have slowly but surely started to get more active, including putting myself back on the exercise bike. I hesitate to say I will start the 30-day-Shred YET AGAIN this week...because I've started and stopped twice. So, i've done the 8-day shred and the 13-day shred. (I'm almost to 30, right!?!?!?!)

But the cool thing is that my clothes are loose, and...of all things...my BOOTS are loose around my calves. For those of you lucky chicks with bird legs, you wouldn't understand. But to me, this is a nice little PERK!!

GET A GRIP!!!!

Okay, this is "Mommy Brag Time!"

I'm so proud of Sunshine Girl. She started taking tennis lessons at Huber Tennis Ranch in September, just about 4 months ago. She is in the beginner class, along with about 20-25 other kids ranging in age from about 5 to 10 years old. The Ranch started a new program that is similar to the belt program in Karate/Judo. But instead of "belts" it is "Grips", with the lowest being a White Grip...the best being Black Grip. Whatever level you achieve, you get grip tape put on your racket in that color. (The coaches can just look at your racket and know what skills you have achieved and what you need to work on).

The entire class was tested last week. We found out last night that my girl made Orange Grip. She completely skipped over white and gold. She is the only student in her class that achieved that level! I can't believe how she has taken to tennis. She really is a natural! I'm so proud of her.

I love tennis...it is one of the few sports that you can continue actually playing most of your life! And best of all, Joe and I can play tennis with her!! (Unlike when she was in gymnastics! LOL) Here is my girl in action...

Kids are Funny!

I know i'm biased (aren't we all) about how funny our kids are. But just some of the very little things they say when they aren't trying to be funny CRACK me up. These are some of the little tidbits yesterday from the kids. If they aren't funny to you..that is because you are dull and lame! lol

Sunshine:
We were working on plurals and possessives. I got out the dry-erase board and drew a stick figure. I wrote "Girl" under it. Then I asked her to give the girl a name, as we were going to write sentences about her. She named her stick figure "CHARLENE". That just really struck me as funny. I laughed as we wrote sentences about "Charlene's hair".

Ninja:
EW was trying to decide between taking Tai Kwan Do (aka KARATE!!) and playing baseball. He decided he would do Karate.......but he wanted me to find out if he could wear shoes when he broke the boards with his feet!! LMAO He is so ambitious!

The Best Weight-Loss Plan I've Found!!!

Financial Distress! (Or as I like to call it...the "Pauper's Eating Plan"). Just by taking my lunch (sandwich or leftovers) to save money, I've lost a few pounds in just 2 weeks! So, at least one good thing can come of this crisis!