Baby Harper

Just about 2 weeks ago, I published a post asking people to pray for Baby Harper. If you're at all interested, I recommend checking her story out... all I can say is that it has reminded me that prayer really does work. I have to admit I was a doubter when this all started, but click on te box below and check out where she's at today:

Awesome stuff.

100th Post!

This is my 100th post on this blog! :o)
I just stopped in to report that I lost the required pound this week and am on track for my goal to be 152 by March 16th. This is all despite the fact that my kids have been very sick all week and I've only left the house like 3 times - 2 of them to go to the doctors... weight loss has been hard cuz I haven't been on the treadmill or active at all - I've basically been cuddling sick kids all week. :o( But they are feeling better now, so as soon as I feel better too - I'm back to my walk/jogs.
I can do it!!

My Latest Secret

Okay, I have to share something with you that I feel kinda embarassed about, but at the same time, am excited about.

I'm a ninja.

heehee

okay, maybe not really - but I have decided to start practicing Ninjutsu with Trevor once a week. He is a 2nd degree black belt in Ninjutsu and for a couple of years, taught 2 nights a week - usually he had anywhere between 1 and 3 students - so it was just small. But in the past several months, for varying reasons, his students have all been forced to stop coming (one will come back, but is just out because of an un-related back injury right now).

So, Trev asked me if I'd go out to the "dojo" (which is our renovated garage) with him once a week. At first I did it just for him, but I have to tell you, after 3 or 4 times, I'm starting to have fun... yeah. And I'm starting to think that maybe I'll continue, and try to get better at it and stuff. Cuz its cool. Really cool.

So, here is a picture of me in my gi. They're not the most flattering of outfits, but whatever.

And, for your enjoyment, here is a little video of me practicing my forward rolls (you have to be good at rolls so that if someone throws you down, its not scary, and you can just roll out of it). We're also practicing side rolls and backward rolls (which you will not be seeing a video of for a long, long time).

At first my forward rolls were terribly awful, but Trevor wanted to take this video to show me that they're getting better. Hopefully one day, I'll be able to post a video for you of me actually doing some really good ones. :o)

Anyway, that is my funny confession for today... we'll see what becomes of my new interest... but for now, I'm enjoying it - and I even get 1 AP for it too!

Chocolate Vitamuffins

Um... have you heard of these things??? Yeah - only ONE point for an absolutely DElicious and delectable chocolate muffin that tastes much much more like a cupcake - even with a touch of brownie taste to it. They are AWESOME.

Did I mention they're only ONE point?? So, if you have one with 6 tablespoons of 95% fatfree coolwhip, 1/4 Cup of icecream and 2 TBSP of my carmel sauce - its a totally kickbutt brownie sundae for only...... FOUR points. Yeah... I'm in love.

(you can get them at Safeway in the frozen aisle - right between the frozen fruit and the eggos and stuff... they're expensive, but at this point, I don't even care. I totally thought they'd be disgusting when I heard about a 1 point muffin, but I was very wrong)

Tuesday Weigh In

Yes, I weighed in yesterday, and I lost 0.6 this week! And I'm impressed with that - because this week is my heaviest week of the month, if you know what I mean. Also, I started exercising this week and a lot of people don't show a loss the week that they start exercising, so I was satisfied with my 0.6.
Today I haven't been on the treadmill yet - William is sick - possibly with croup, the doctor thought - and so I've been busy with him and stuff - but I'm hoping to get on again soon cuz I'm actually starting to enjoy it (ahem) (i can't believe i just said that).
So, I now have 8.8 pounds to lose in 8 weeks - but I'm not worried, cuz I know I can do it.

See My Stickers??!!

Look at this!!!! I started this business on the 5th - and since then, 11 days out of 14 were where I wrote down my points and stayed within them (without flexpoints even) and the little stickers are for exercise, so 5 out of the last 7 days, I have also exercised!! Yay. I love stickers. They motivate me. (for now, at least!) So, I'll keep using them until they don't anymore, I guess.

On another note, my friend Shayne did this on her blog this morning, and so I thought I'd copy her:
Copy this list and highlight the things you've done in your life...

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (do perrenial green onions count - ones I didn't plant myself, but did eat?)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (does the one in banff count)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (I think the hutterites might be considered here)
36. Taught yourself a new language (well, i went to lessons, not so much taught myself...)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (i was in an ambulance - but techinically it was William being transported) (it was a 3 block ride...)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (with my husband as the instructor, but it was still a real class)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Squar
e74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life (whether or not I actually SAVED her life is questionable, but I did find my sister passed out in a bubble bath, which could have been really really bad if I hadn't shown up when I did)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

I just have to say that they had like every country on there but Japan! or Thailand for that matter... oh well.
And now that I've wasted enough time for one day - I'm off to go clean up this house while Elan is still napping!

Just a Few Things

Yesterday Kelly at Kelly's Korner gave birth to her first baby - a girl named Harper. But there were unexpected complications and if you are a praying kind of person, please remember this little baby today. You can read more at:

Also, just wanted you to know that I got up again yesterday to do the treadmill and then I've also already been on it today and I'm loving it. I think that maybe - just maybe - I'm losing weight this week! Hooray.