I Think I Can, I Think I Can....{toot, toot!}

   As you may know, I have been dieting lately in hopes of seeing the old me again. I actually started out on the Losing Weight 4 Idiots Diet, but gave that up for eating an almost vegetarian diet. The strictness of the the Idiot diet was getting on my nerves and I figured as long as I kept the calories low I would end up with fewer pounds, but it didn't work out that way. So, I'm back to the 11 days of you-know-what on the 4 Idiots Diet. I've lost 3 lbs in 4 days. The diet is driving me crazy, but I'm trying to stay encouraged. [I actually took the kids to Cold Stone Creamery yesterday and didn't have one lick of their delectable ice cream :-) ] But I did not exercise yesterday and I think that is why the scale didn't move this morning as it had the previous three mornings-- oops. Well, I just hope I can stay focused on my goal-- looking good for the beach-- long enough to get rid of my chub. I have seriously packed on the pounds since hurting my foot nine years ago, and another five pounds from my slipped disc. I'm off for my walk now. Thank you, Lord, that I can walk again-- yeah! :-)

My Buddy and Schoolwork: a continuing saga

  My honey had a bad day at work today, so we went out for a dinner date. We had to stay pretty close-by in order to pick up our oldest at tumbling class, but one of our favorite haunts is close enough for a two-hour window. Of course, three minutes after we sit down, we get a call from our son saying he can't concentrate on his homework because his sister has the music on. It's always something among our three cherubim. Unfortunately, when I get home an hour later, he is still on the same math sheet. Did he complain when his younger sister turned on YouTube right beside him? nooo. Good grief! I always try to be patient with my son in preparation for homeschooling him in September. But if people could be described with roadsigns, my boy's is posted in Rehoboth, DE, and reads,"TURTLE CROSSING." Yow.

   Praise God, we are all also "UNDER CONSTRUCTION," as it will take a lot of patience to get my buddy through school. I pray that I am up to the task. He needs one-on-one attention due to several learning differences, so we are pulling him out for his middle-school years. He is behind on his language arts skills, but his organization skills are enough to make his teacher want to choke him. He would get all As on science and math, if he would turn in his work...

  

How Do You Get to the Met?

   I feel like I should get a writers' idea book and just write on random stuff. Nobody reads my blog anyway and I could get practice researching and putting words to paper. My own life is rarely worth writing about, but I still have the urge to write. 'Too bad blogging wasn't around when my kids were toddlers; you can't make up that crazy stuff!!