Renewed Determination!

I know in my last posting that I said that i was doing good with TurboJam but since brud left I've been in a rut......But NO more. Today is the start of a new month and I've decided this is it. I'm going to do TurboJam everyday even if I have to kick myself to get started. That's my problem.... Getting started. Once i actually start Turbo Jam i'm fine and am full of energy but it's the getting up and getting started that kills me. Another strick rule that I decided to stick to and that will help wonders with my diet is no, and I mean NOTHING, goes in my mouth after 7pm ( except water but you know what i mean). You would be surpise about how much difference that makes. Well i must go and get started on my Turbo Jam for today. Not going to get anywhere sitting here writing, LOL.

Another Holiday season over!

I can't believe the holiday season is over and another year has started. We had a wonderful Christmas with a lot of presents of course. Riley and Hillary has so many new toys that they haven't touch many of there old toys since which means that it will soon be time to sort through the toys and send some to the storage unit. I don't think that they will miss any. Riley's birthday was two days after which meant even more presents. In a way it's to bad for riley because he get all kinds of presents with in a matter of a couple of days and then he has to wait a full year for more. I don't think that it bothers him to much though. He had his birthday party at the bowling ally and he loved it. Everyone had a wonderful time and Jason was lucky enough to be off that day. Actually Jason was lucky because he was suppose to be working through Christmas but he got home late on the 23rd and didn't have to go back to work until after Riley's birthday. He ended up working new year's but we can't complain. It was the second new year's that I spent without him but at least this year I wasn't alone because mom, dad, and brud was here with me.

Usually during christmas i always gain weight but i'm happy to say that this year I actually lost. I got back into doing turbojam and I'm glad to say that I have two inches lost of my waist. I also got a new turbojam partner when he's here. I got brud into doing it with me and he loved it to. Of course jason decided to try it to and now he does it with me when he is not working. I must say it's so much easier to do it when you have someone to do it with. It also makes it a lot harder to say "I don't want to do it today." When there is someone with you it motivates you. Even when brud leaves I'm going to keep doing it because I know how hard it is to get back into it once you stop so the best thing to do is not to stop. It's almost time for everyone to leave again. Brud is going to edmonton on friday and mom and dad is leaving on the 16th which means I'll have more time to write.

Can't believe it!

I can't believe it's the 10th of november already. It's crazy. My birthday is in 6 day, mom and dad will be here in a month, and of course brud will be here three days after them. The time won't be long going. The kids had fun at halloween. We went trick or treating at the mall and they got so much candy that they didn't really need to go anywhere else. We went to some friends houses but it was way to cold to go really far.

Christmas shopping update........ I now have brud's and hillary's christmas gifts which means that I only have dad's and jason's left to get. I'm way ahead of myself this year. I'm so excited about Christmas this year. It's going to be so much fun. Both hillary and riley are old enough to know what is going on. Hillary gets excited already and she's tells us what she wants santa to bring her. We went to see The Santa Clause 3 the other day and of course that made her more excited. She even came home after and watched the second Santa Clause movie. They love going to walmart and seeing all of the christmas stuff that is out. Hillary especially likes the big globes that go outside that moves. I would get one to put outside but we don't have any room for it. They are going to be so excited when i start taking out the christmas stuff but it's another couple of weeks before i do that.

Snow, Snow, and More Snow!

What snow we had over the last few days. I'd say it's a good 30+ cms. Of course Hillary and Riley was out in it yesterday but it was still snowing so they couldn't do that much. You should of seen Hillary I don't think she knew what to do. She just stood in one spot of a couple of minutes just staring at it. She went outside in the snow last year but we never had much. I'd say we had more in the last two days then we did all of last year. Usually it's too cold for snow that's why we probably won't have any for Christmas. We never had any last year but I'm praying that we will have a little this year. Anyone who knows me know that the first snow fall get me in the Christmas mood. Everything looks like Christmas now. I would fill out my Christmas cards but I don't have them yet. Maybe I'll just go start wrapping up all of the gifts that I have in there. I have them stashed everywhere so the kids can't find them. I did do a little Christmas shopping yesterday, online of course. I now know what to get mom and dad. Brud and Jason is still up in the air. I need a Christmas list from both.

I'm reading a really good book that I just can't put down. It's called Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule. It's a true crime book and it's awesome. It talks about the green river murders that happened in the eighties. She has a lot of true crime books out and I'm going to start collecting them all. ( hint,hint. LOL) I have one coming from the book club but I'm can't remember what it is called. I'll post the name when I get it. Like I told shauna lee....It's like reading CSI only it really happened. Scaring when you think about it but interesting to read how they caught him.

Finally!

I finally got a snow suit and boots for Hillary. After my last posting I went shopping and found them. I got warm boots at sears for only $5.....What a deal and I found a snow suit at zellers after all. You won't think that one day would make a difference at what a store has. Speaking of deals. I went shopping with Debbie again today and found 2 pairs of jeans for $15 and they are nice jeans too. I found a great little suit for Hillary for $12 and a shirt for Riley for $3. Gotta love shopping when you catch the sales.

I've been buying stuff off and on for Christmas and finally decided to sit down and sort through what I have. I must say I surprised myself. I have most of my Christmas shopping done. All I have to get is a few big things for the kids and jason's. Well I have brud's and dad's left to get also but that's only minor compared to the shopping that I would have to do if I never had it started.

Riley was to Monster trucks last night and what a time he had. He was so excited when he got home and all he done today was talk about it. He really wants to go to a hockey game so I figured that when mom, dad, and brud comes up we will all go to one. The only home games is on the 22nd and 23rd of December so I'll have to see what one they want to go to. It's pretty cheap tickets to so I'll get them as soon as we decide what one to go to. There is so much to do that time of year so we'll have lots of fun stuff to do when brud gets here and of course we can't forget shopping....LOL.

So Hard!

When is it so hard to find anything when shopping. I went looking for snow suits and boots for Hillary and Riley and what a hard time I had. Were it gets so cold up here in the winter I can't by just anything. After hours of shopping I finally got Riley a warm jacket at walmart. I was trying to get boots for him that is good in -40 or -50 but you know my luck. The only ones I could find was always miles too big. I finally had to settle for a pair that was good for -30. When you think about it, it don't get much colder than that in the day time and Riley won't be outside in the night time when it gets really cold. Hillary is a different story. I checked almost every store and can't find anything. I have one more place to go and if I can't find anything I'll have to buy her a really gross one. Maybe I'll just order one from sears.

I ordered a tranformer for Riley for Christmas last week because it was what he was asking for and I couldn't find it anywhere. I went on the toys r us site one day and there it was. I figured that I would get it just in case I couldn't find it before Christmas and he would be disappointed. Just my luck......I had it come yesterday and I seen it at the superstore yesterday. There was only one there so it is a good thing that I did order it. Hillary wants a baby alive but I can't find that one anywhere either. The only place I can find it is on the toys r us site. I guess toys r us will be getting a lot of my business this Christmas season because Hillary also wants the my little pony castle and I can't find that anywhere but the toy r us site too. Oh well we'll have to wait and see what happens.

Made it after all!

An update to my last posting is that Debbie and Gary did make it these days off. Boy was Riley excited. Now he's trying to guilt them into staying longer. You got to laugh at him. He know just what to say to get his own way. Anyone who thinks that kids don't know what they are doing is wrong. Hillary is only two and she even knows to put on the little puppy dog look and say please. It's so cute it's funny.

Can you believe it......it's actually snowing. It's so cold. I have to go shopping later for snow suits for the kids. We're having turkey for supper so we're all going to be asleep later. lol. Mitchell has a remote control car bought so now of course jason wants one and it's not a cheap one either. Maybe I'll get it for him for christmas. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

Mom and Dad are coming on December 11th and brud is coming on the 14th. It is going to be so exciting for hillary and riley they probably won't sleep for a week. I can't wait. I'll have someone to go shopping with. We'll have to get mom and dad to babysit so me and brud can go christmas shopping. Don't worry brud with me helping you we'll have your shopping done in 20 minutes..lol. You know what i'm like for shopping.