A Meme from a Fellow Blogger

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?We were moving into our house with our two oldest boys. It was a rough and exciting time, we had also found that Jesse was Autistic finally after lots of testing and in Oct. I was pg for twins and then lost them both by 11 wks. It was tough.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list for today:
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Finish my accounting 2 project
Go to school and turn it in
Laundry
Take my 2 youngest to their meet n greet at school
Go to the bank and grocery store

3. Snacks I enjoy:
Fresh vegs (mushrooms, tomato, carrots etc ) dipped into Hummus
Almonds mixed with a 100 cal snack from Hersheys
Kashi Bars
fresh sliced avocado drizzled with balsalmic
sugar free Philly swirls..0 pts

4. Things I would do if I were a billionare:
Take care of my debts and loved ones
Buy a home big enough for our family and my mother can have a separate carriage house lol
Do more to support charities like the National Marfan Foundation and Autism Research
Take a family vacation and hire a nanny so dh and I can have our time too.

5. Places I have lived:
Athens, Texas
Several places in Michigan…from Wixom to Mackinac Island

And who am I tagging?

Well, if you want to do this meme, please do! Then come back here and tell me.

Check out the blog where I snagged the Meme from as well. Thanks

A girl can change her mind.

I don’t know if I can call yesterday a successful day or not. I began it well by having breakfast before we left to go into town. Dh and I were going to go to work to check on things and then play on the beach since our work is set up on the cliffs of Lake Michigan. It was a beautiful day! We got there and found out there was open swim so we felt guilty, we went home to get whatever munchkins wanted to go. Before we went home we had lunch buffet at our favorite Chinese place called Wok In-Wok Out. They saved me…they didn’t have the stuffed mushrooms I so dearly devour mindlessly. Instead I had fresh salmon with my salad and a small sampling of fried rice, 2 small ragoons, fresh strawberries and a pot sticker. I didn’t go up for 2nds…I was sooo good!

Ron walking the lazy river, hauling Emma

I got lots of sun and some exercise, but I think Ron got more. He not only carries his weight but he usually has 59 lbs of Emma and sometimes double if Gabe wants to hang on him too. Gabe made a friend and was off jumping into the deep end. His accomplishment: Touching Bottom! Emma worked on swimming in the deep too. I love where we work! Next weekend, we have invited my family up to spend the day and then we are going to picnic below on Lake Michigan. My stepbrother and his family will be here from Texas.

We left Geneva about 4 pm and went to the grocery store to get  some produce. We made the kids corn dogs for dinner and Ron grilled a Turkey tenderloin for us with fresh asparagus. I made a grape tomato and avocado salad using Olive oil drizzle and lime juice. It was delicious paired with the tenderloin.

About an hour or two after dinner I had a sugar craving. This is the most dangerous time because 9 times out of 10 my husband won’t stop me. lol We drove into the local grocery and headed where else? The Icecream aisle! I looked everything over including the 100 calories ice cream treats..the whole time thinking they aren’t big enough to satisfy me and I would want another or my 14 yr old would eat them up by Monday. I didn’t want to waste my money. Ron picked out the popcycles for the kids and I was going to get my fave Ben n Jerry Cookies n Mint but I no sooner had it in my hot little hands when I found myself not wanting it anymore. WHO IS THIS WOMAN? My husband asked me what was wrong and I just looked at him and said “Nothing…I just realized that it isn’t what I really wanted!” He reached in for his Dove ice cream and I had walked down away from the temptation and he asked ” You don’t want anything?” I told him again, that I really didn’t. I thought its what I needed and wanted but for once I realized I don’t. I then kind of reminded him of the amount of calories he was about to consume and he too wants to get his body in better shape and lose his buddah belly. lol A gal walking past me kind of chuckled and Ron thought about it a few minutes. Like a little boy his shoulders dropped and walked back to the freezer and put his Ice cream back. I know he was disapointed and I told him that it had to be his decision. He said he knew I was right it was just hard. We came home and the kids asked where our treat was because usually we have something for just US. I didn’t feel deprived…I did have a FF Pudding cup though. lol

This morning the scale went down a little bit more…I  know we made the right decision!

Its kind of nice to be a girl who can change her mind!