Parade is Saturday

Tonight and tomorrow night after Lilly's game, me and Lilly have a project we need to work on. Her little league parade is Satruday morning and I somehow volunteered myself to do the posters for the 'float.' The coach was telling me that the game for Saturday was canceled due to the parade that she just found out about. I asked her if we were decorating a truck or anything like we did last year. She said she didn't know, that if we wanted to she guessed it was ok. I told her that me and Lilly made some good posters last year for the t-ball team and she nodded her head and said, "Yeah... you can do that. I'll give you all the girls names and jersey numbers so you can make one for everyone." Ok...thanks.... I guess. I have already printed off some pictures that I'm going to use. Here's my idea so far. Its quick and easy. Cut out these pictures, more like clip art and stuff like that, give them a colorful backspash and glue to the middle of the poster board. Write girls name and number in bright marker. TA DA! I'm not going to extremes. I might add some other stuff, but it just depends. We still have the poster we made for t-ball. I think we did a very good job on that poster.
Still doing great on my diet. I kinda wish I had a diet buddy or a workout buddy or both. It would make this journey a bit easier and more fun. Yesterday it was just hard to push myself to keep going. Finally a girl got on the elliptical beside me and I quietly competed against her even though she didn't know it. It helped me finish my workout. I then moved to the treadmill, but I don't find that one too difficult to finish. I was thinking about going to the weight room today, but I can't track that on my app that I'm using. I can, but it doesn't add calories burned for strength training. I haven't been to the weight room just for this purpose. If I can't track it, i really don't want to do it. But I'm in need of a mix up and I need to go to the weight room. I've been lifting some weights at home, but I like the machines they have at the Y. I guess I will depend it all on whether or not there's a lot of people in the weight room. I don't really like to wait for a machine. If its crowded, I'll hit some more cardio. My knees are killing me today though and my feet still go numb on the elliptical. I don't know why.
I've been trying to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and I just can't seem to get into it. Has anyone read this book? I bought the entire series on my Kindle and its just so boring to me. I'm only 3 chapters in though. Does it get better, or is it all this borning? Sometimes I try to read it while I'm on the treadmill. Seriously, though.... does it get better?
My step mom finally texted me last night to thank me for her flowers. I wasn't sure what to say other than she was welcome and that I was sorry I didn't stop to visit her at work, but Zach was crying and wouldn't stop.
I had a dream last night that Lilly was Zach's age. I was trying to potty train her. Weird.
Not much to really say. I got to hang out with my bff yesterday for the first time since she moved back. All we did was walk around the mall during my lunch hour. It felt a little awkward mostly because I didn't have anything to really talk about. Nothing really happens and I'm kind of a boring person. It made me really realize that I need a hobby or something. I work. I go home and tend to the kids, go to ball games, practices, do homework, cook, give baths then its bedtime and I do it all over again the next day. I don't really have time for much else, but I need something else. I don't know. Maybe I'll figure it out later.
What's my awesome thing for today? ** Hugs from kids** I love to get hugs from my kids. Zach is just now getting into it. He'll come running to you with his arms open wide and when he reaches you, he'll wrap his arms around you and lay his head on your shoulder. Lilly's only into night time and goodbye hugs now. She's too grown up to give me a hug just because.

Few pics of kids

I have lost 5 pounds so far. In the two weeks since I have really really been trying, 5 pounds are gone. And it feels great! I know that I'm well on my way to becoming healthier and hopefully soon I'll be able to fit back into some old clothes. I have the My Fitness Pal app to thank for my recent weight loss. I thought I was watching what I as eating but it turns out that I was still over eating. I'm more driven to work out now too since I've seen a few pounds come off. I've started lifting weights at home and i still go to the gym but I'm pushing myself more. When it got to the point where I was a pound heavier than I was when I was nine months pregnant with Zach, I had to get serious about losing weight. It's not always easy but having the app on my phone where it's right there all the time helps. I can look up or scan anything and decide from there if I really want it. I an also look up restaurants to see the best thing to eat. I'm hoping to be 55 pounds lighter by my 5th anniversary which is June 21, 2013.
Things are progressing with the house, I guess. Hubby asked me to see about getting a house appraisal soon. I'm still sort of mad but I think I was just having a bad couple of days. I woke up in a better mood this morning even though I was dead tired. Hopefully after the appraisal we will make an offer and get things going. The hard part is we aren't using a realtor and we don't really know what we are doing. The guy selling the house said he'd take $10,000 off the price if we don't use a realtor. So we aren't. But seeing as how we've never done this, it's a bit confusing.
Here are a few pics of the kids. While at moms, Lilly and Zach both held a baby chick. Well Zach mostly poked it but it's still cute. The pic of them together is one of my favorite pics ever of them. I took it on Mothers Day and tits just so beautiful. The other one is Lilly posing with a hurdle. She had practice on Monday and after practice we walked around the track. she kept saying something about jumping hurdles and then we came up to one. She jumped right in front if it and then went under. It was so funny.

No words

Mother's Day was kind of a bust. It was going to be a busy day anyway, but I didn't get to do the few things that day that I really wanted to do. First, I told hubby all I wanted to do was to get to sleep in. Well... he went out with his friends the night before and didn't get home until after midnight. I was up at 6 am with Zach. I napped about an hour around 9:30 while Zach napped. We were supposed to go look at the house with his uncle, so he can tell us if there's anything horrilbly wrong with the house. Well.... at the last minute, it was announced that hubby's parents are going too. Now, I don't have anyone to watch the kids. We are tyring to surprise Lilly and it would have been hard to look hard at the house with the kids running around. So, I was mad. I was looking forward to going to over a week and then at the last minute, his parents get involved in something that they shouldn't be. This should be between me and him, not his parents. I don't want their involvment, I don't want their approval and the fact that they went when it should have been me is a bunch of crap. I'm still mad about it. They aren't going to live there, its not going to be their house. Its supposed to be mine and his house, but I guess its not. I guess I don't matter when it comes to the place we are going to live. His parent's opinion apprently matters more than mine. They really shouldn't have gone. They didn't need to see the house until after we bought it. Its none of their business, really.
So.. yeah...I was mad for most of the day.
Lilly did give me some cute drawings and she made me a card. I took off with the kids to go see Tony and drop off my step moms flowers. Zach's sippy cup had leaked in his car seat, so when I got there I had to wash and dry the cover and change him. Before the cover was dry, Zach started crying and wouldn't stop. Nothing would calm him down. I tried everything. We were finally able to leave and he fell sleep in the car, but as soon as I pulled into my driveway, he woke up crying.....and kept crying for 3 hours. I finally gave  up and gave him Tylenol and a cup of Pedialyte and he slept for 4 hours. Hubby and Lilly took off to go to a birthday party.
Saturday I went to see my mom. Lilly got 'bit' by a chicken. ................. meh.... I don't feel like typing anymore. I just riled up more anger. No awesome thing today.

Pics of WV

Here's just a couple to start off. The buildings are what surround my workplace. the bridge has been recently painted that color. They even had a contest/poll for residents to pick the color.

So I guess court went ok. I didn't get to see them like I had hoped. The custody of the baby is split 50/50 for 90 days and Josh got the baby today after court. I never saw his wide. I don't know if they are going to get a divorce or what. I don't know anything.
My mom called me to tell me that she finally has running water, a septic tank and a toilet at her house. Now when I go visit her we don't have to go to her boyfriends house just to pee. I'm excited mostly because I'm in the beginning stages of potty training Zach and I can't tell him to wait until we walk up the hill to the other house before he can go.
I picked up the Mothers Day flowers today and they are all so pretty. I should have ordered me one basket.... Or two.

Will the rain ever stop?

Hubby's cousin had a baby boy Monday afternoon. I was going to stop by yesterday and see him, but things got complicated. Lilly was supposed to have practice yesterday but it got canceled becuase of the rain. All the rain. There's been so much rain lately.
I went out to vote yesterday, found out that I'm still listed under my maiden name. I tried to change it the last few times I voted, but I never really noticed that I never got a new card. Maybe now I will. While I was there, this little old lady kept staring at me. She was working there. Then I over heard her tell another lady that she was some boy's elementary school principal. I went over to her and asked her what her last name was, cuz I knew she looked kinda familiar. I thought it was just cuz she looked and even sounded like my grandma. She gave me a good look over and said, "Cisco." My head flew back and my arms went up, "You were MY elementary school principal!!" Her eyes got real big and she said, "BECKY!" And then I freaked out even more because she remembers me. 15 years later, she still knows me. We quickly caught up. She laughed that I didn't marry someone I went to school with but told me at least I kept it within the county. Oh, she made me laugh. It was great! Awesome thing for today **BEING REMEMBERED** I hate walking up to someone who looks familiar and seriously not knowing if I really do know them or not. I love it when it all just clicks and every one remembers every one. It is really awesome.
My step brother is going to court today. His wife left him a couple weeks ago and ran off with the baby. She even went and filed a domestic suit against him. Tony, the brother right under me, was there during this so called fight and all it was was an argument. Josh never touched her. He hasn't gotten to see the baby. The biggest problem is, I know she'll probably win even though she has no proff none of this happened and Josh even has an eye witness. I know this because judges tend to believe a girl when she says she was beat. What if she got someone to punch her and she comes in with a black eye? What if she took a knife and cut herself? Its been known to happen. Since I know I can't go in the court room with them since I'm not involved, I'm having Tony text me as soon as they get there and as soon as its over. Then I'll walk over and see them and see what happened. It just makes me so mad. There are tons of women out there who are beat every day and no one believes them, no one helps them. And then you get these other women who lie about it just to get what they want. Tony told me it all started when Josh said something that embarrassed her and she went off all crazy. Josh would never touch her. He would yell and yell until he was out of breath, but he would never hurt her or the baby. He has a good chance that he will end up in jail. Not because he's guilty, but because a woman cried wolf.... and she was believed. I'll keep ya posted.
Remember to stop by on Friday to check out my pics of good ol' West Virginia. I still don't have any pics ready.... but I still have a couple days.

Monday, Monday, it's Monday!

Hubby did ok in his class. Said he didn't really get any sleep because he was cold and there was loud people. He said he didn't have to eat bugs either, but he didn't tell me what he did end up eating. I was worried about him. I know he was out there with a professional and I know that hubby camps out all the time, but I was still worried. He came him Sunday a little after noon, jumped in the shower then went to bed until 6:00 when I had dinner ready.
Lilly's game got canceled Saturday so we spent most of the day playing Just Dance on the Wii. We played at our place then went next door and played at the neighbors then after dinner, we played again. It's at the point now where Zach gets really excited when he hears the Wii music because he knows he's getting ready to dance. I got a cute video of the kids dancing. Here Zach is jumping and waving his arms when he goes and sits down but keeps waving his arms. He cracks me up!
So I've decided to use every Friday on this blog to share pictures of WV, the beautiful state I live in. A lot of people have the wrong idea of WV, so I'd like to show the real side. Be sure to stop by on Friday for my first pictures. I haven't taken any yet and am debating where I'm going to start.

Some pics

I said I'd post kids pics last night but didn't get a chance, so here they are

More rain!

I want to say I'm sorry for all the misspellings and whatnot in my past postings. I've been posting using the Blogger app and my auto correct kicks in. I like it most of the time, but other times its just annoying. I'm not going to turn it off because it helps me out. Even though it makes me look stupid sometimes, I still like it.
Lilly has ball pictures today. Its been raining today, but I don't see why they wouldnt' have it. As long as its not still raining at the time of the pictures, everything should be ok. I had to wash her uniform at 11:00 last night because I forgot all about it.
Hubby is heading out to be in the woods for a class he's taking for the fire station. If you've ever seen Duel Survivor, then you know the guy that's leading the class. Its not the hippie guy that goes barefoot, its the other guy. Hubby was all excited about the class. He went out and packed his search and rescue backpack full of stuff he can use and eat during those 2 days. But then.. they guy sent out an email saying they can only take a small tarp, a small pot to boil water and something else I can't remember. Now, I don't think hubby is that excited anymore. He keeps saying that he's not going to eat bugs. I just laugh at him.
My bff has made it back home!! They came in last night with a Uhaul full of their stuff. I haven't gotten to talk to her yet since she's been in, though. They are staying at her brother-in-law's house for now. I don't want to call her because I'm sure she's busy with unpacking, resting and whatnot.
Zach is growing up way too fast. He's climbing on stuff and I don't even know how he does it half the time. I walked into my bedroom and found him on my bed the other day. I have no idea how that happened. My bed sits up kinda high. I got some pictures of him when he climbed on top of his toy box. At first he seemed like he didn't know what to do up there then he started playing. He keeps climbing up on Lilly's chair at the dining table. He doens't touch anything, he just sits and looks around. He's also getting a better understaning of words. If I ask him to do something, he'll do it. If I ask him a yes or no question, he'll say, "Uh huh." or "Huh Uh." and either shake or nod his head. He even goes and gets me a diaper to change him when I ask him. I like this age. He's old enough to understand, but not old enough to talk back.
So this weekend since its just me and the kids, I was going to do some catching up with a friend that has a baby about Zach's age. I haven't seen her in about 3 or 4 years. We were going to go to a park and hang out so the kids can play, but I think its going to rain. Lilly also has a game tomorrow. Did I mention that Lilly's team won their last game? It was their first. I took Lilly out for ice cream at Wendy's. She struck out twice. One of the times she did hit the ball, she made it to second base and then that inning was over because another girl stuck out. Lilly did great out on the field. She got to play on second base and that made her day. She was center field to 2 innings, second base for 2, and then left field for 2. I think she sat out a couple. I'm not sure exactly how many innings they have at this age. I have pics from that game, but I'll post them later tonight.
Its been a while since I've updated my flickr. I need to do that. I have some great pics of the kids that I want to share.
I'm leaving work early today. I have some errands to run and then Lilly's got pictures. We have to be at the field at 5:00.
So I'm going to have today's awesome thing as **RAIN** mostly because its been raining so much lately. You can't hate the rain. It helps the plants grow. I do find it difficult to juggle Zach, an umbrella and my purse in the mornings to get into the car, but I make it work. I ended up with my enitre right pant leg soaked where I leaned into the car to put Zach in. Rain.... its fun to play in.
I feel a headache coming on.........

What's up

I downloaded the my fitness pal app and learned that I wasn't really eating all that healthy like I thought. I was going way over my calorie limit and eating loads if carbs. I know better now. Maybe I can finally start losing some weight. For anyone interested, I highly advise you to get the app or you can even do it online at myfitnesspal.com I'm on top of things now. I feel hungry almost all the time now, though. Mostly only because I'm used to overeating. No more.
I know I don't write on here everyday like I used to but nothing is really going on right now. No word on the house yet. We have to wait into after the election on may 8 because the guy who is selling the house is running for something. He will have more time after. There was a lot of stuff still in the basement and he's going to go in and clean it all out Ina couple weeks. We can get the paperwork started while he's cleaning.
My grandma is still camping, so I don't know what her decision is yet. It's a very tough decision. I still don't know the name of the cancer she has or the severity of it.
Weather is hot and humid here. It went from rainy and cool to unbearable heat in a day. It's going to be like this the rest of the week, too.
My BFF will be back in just a few days. I'm going to try to get her a job at the Y.
Uh...... Yeah....see.... Nothing new, really.