TGIF

I am so happy it's Friday! Sort of. It's generations weekend so that bites a little. Mark's leaving to go out of town tomorrow morning. That bites a lot. I have a terrible time sleeping when he's gone along with missing him a lot. FE is going on a camping trip with his grandpa as well and since the Teenager doesn't spend much weekend time here, it looks like just me and the girls! We're going to go to the movies tomorrow and take one of SB's friends. I'm sure there will be shopping involved as well!

I'm so tired today. Mark is the president of the board for our school and they had their monthly meeting last night. It was 1 AM before he got home. The 6:00 alarm comes awfully early when you don't get to sleep on time. Add this to the fact that he has to be at the airport at 6:30 tomorrow morning. I hope I can sleep in on Sunday!

Have a great weekend!

Random Princess-isms

Last night The Princess and I were getting ready to take a shower when her dad said something silly that I can't even remember. I said to the Princess,"Isn't your daddy goofy?" and she said,
"Yep, he's Goofy and I'm Minnie".


Today driving in the car:

Princess:"Mommy, what kind of bats don't fly?"
Me:(thinking she's asking a serious question) "I don't know honey, I think all bats fly. Oh,
except baseball bats!"
Princess: "What?"
Me: "Baseball bats. The bats they use to hit baseballs with? Do you know what I mean?"
Princess: "No, mommy. I meant ACRObats!"

Silly me...

Heartbreak

The hardest, very hardest, part of being a mom is seeing your kids in pain, especially when you can't do one thing about it. My boy's heart is hurting. Through some mixed up wacky crap with her family, his girlfriend is moving. Today. She was supposed to be here through the end of the summer, but her parents took her out to dinner LAST NIGHT and said they were leaving TODAY. My boy woke me up at 11:15 crying his heart out and asked me if I would take him over to her house to say goodbye. I couldn't refuse him. I haven't seen this boy cry in at least 3 years. It broke my heart. I want to be able to make it all better for him, but there's no way to do that. It's one of those things you have to suffer through, but I remember being 15 and how painful these kind of things were. This sucks.

Fat Free Cool-Whip must contain vital nutrients, right?

Rainy Days and Mondays...

The weather is suitable to my gloomy mood today. The kids are back at school and it is raining. I just keep repeating...It's almost summer...
I know there are moms who do not enjoy the school breaks as much as I do. I hear them, I read them. But, even when my kids are fighting there's no place I would rather have them be then right here with me.

SB had a migraine last night. My poor sweet girl. I could see it in her face when I was singing near the end of Mass and the only thing I wanted to do was get to her as fast as I could. You can see the pain in her eyes when she gets these headaches. She hasn't had one in months and I cannot for the life of me figure out what triggered this one. We are having some difficulty in getting her to swallow medicine. I've worked with her as has the nurse at school. She can't seem to get it. Any suggestions?

The teenager has a girlfriend. She's pretty cute and TALL! She's 5'10" which is perfect for a boy of 6'4"!LOL! I met her for the first time last night but I must say she's got some hold on my boy. He went with her and her family (7 kids!) to watch her older sister compete in a beauty pageant. 2 days in a row! Seeing as how I practically have to bribe him to go watch his sisters dance, I am stunned! On a rather humorous note, her older sisters name is the same as the Teens only other girlfriend, the one he had in 8th grade. He accidentally called new girlfriend by old girlfriend/sister's name this weekend and new girlfriend has been harassing him about it endlessly. A girl after my own heart. I told him he deserved it!

The teenager

told me what he thought was a funny story about a conversation with his girlfriend who he was sitting with at church tonight.

Apparently the girlfriend said "Your mom has a really pretty voice. Don't you think she has a pretty voice?"

To which the teenager replied : "That's the same voice that yells at me."

I blew it...

the ban on refined sugar that is...

I broke down and ate a browine last night and boy was it good!lol!and I feel so much less guilty for having confessed!

Good day

Yesterday was a lovely day. I had the daycare kids until noon, but Mark took the day off and let me sleep in while he got up to let the kids in! Woohoo! After I got up,I went shopping to find an Easter dress. The girls and I are all going to be in something with lavender. I just need to find shirts for the boys now, except the teen since he'll be wearing black I'm sure! After I finished shopping, I stopped in for an eyebrow wax. It had been a couple of months and I really needed it. I absolutely LOVE getting my brows waxed, really I do! It's amazing what a difference it makes!

We had planned to take the kids bowling yesterday,but when we got to the alley we were chastised for not making a reservation(who knew?) so we went to play miniature golf instead. It was so much fun! Mark and I then took the kids to my SIL's house for my nephew's 13th birthday party and we went to see The Importance of Being Earnest, at Mark's work, starring Lynn Redgrave! And also the actress who plays Professor Sprout in Harry Potter! The perks of his job!! I love live theater and I especially love rarely having to pay for it!LOL! I had been in this particular show in college so it was fun to see it done again! I truly miss acting. I think that maybe doing some community theater might be on my to do list in a couple of years!
The show was really long and we didn't get back to pick up the kids until 11:30. They were all still awake and bouncing all over Janet's house! Needless to say, today has been a mostly do nothing day as everyone is really tired. The kids did decode it was warm enough to turn on the sprinklers and play in the water while they jumped on the trampoline though!
Tomorrow will be similar to today. My uncle is coming over early in the morning to look at our back patio. He and Mark are getting ready to cover it! Hooray!! School is back in session on Monday which is a total bummer, but only 9 weeks left and we're planning a getaway the instant the kids get out of school on May 25th so that is definitely something to look forward to!

Moving On

My friend Karin sent me an email the other day with a link to this post. The subject of the email said "here's one to make you cry". Karin knows me very well. She knows what will make me cry. She knows how much I love being a mom and how sad I've been about my children growing up. But this post didn't make me cry. I've been thinking for days about why this is (and no, it's not just because it's Spring Break!). And I think I've had a change of thinking about my life...

I've been a mom for almost 16 years. That's 43% of my life. I love being a mom, I really do, and I have many more years of hands-on mothering as I still have little ones. I have desperately wanted another baby for a couple of years now. But you know what? I'm over that. I would like to be pregnant again. I would like to give birth again. But I do not want another child attached to me 20 hours a day while nursing. I do not want to get up and do middle of the night feedings. My babies never slept through the night the first year and while I did not mind it then, I don't want to do it again. I don't want to potty train again. Mainly though, I want to enjoy what I have right now and not wish something else was happening. I love the ages my kids are at. Even the teenager! Life is fun. We can go anywhere, do anything. I don't want to go back.

And another thing? I really like my husband! We have maintained and worked on our relationship and are in a good place right now. And really, while I'm not looking forward to my kids moving out? I am looking forward to alone time with my hubby! We have NEVER had that! I'm also looking forward to being a person! A grown up individual human being. I had my first baby at 21. I was very young and I would never change that. I like that I had my kids at a young age, but when The Princess goes to 1st grade? I'm going back to school! The teenager and I can go to college at the same time!lol!

I am embracing and rejoicing in this new phase of my life. I think I have to. I think we all do. I think to do otherwise dishonors God and the life that He has given us.

Dear Lady in the Costco Parking Lot,

How dare you. I do not know what you were thinking,but I don't believe that I've ever seen such an act of parental negligence with my own eyes. I don't get why you would leave a child alone in the car in the Costco parking lot in the first place, but to actually take the time to take your 2 year old out of the car and take him in all the while leaving your precious 4 year old girl in the car? What's up with that. Actually, I didn't even notice that you had done it even though you were parked right next to me, but 3 of my children did notice. My 4 year old precious girl tried to give you the benefit of the doubt by saying that maybe your daughter didn't want to go in with you. I asked her if she thought that I would ever leave her in the car even if she didn't want to go in. All 3 kids immediately said no.
I don't get it. I really don't. How much longer would it have taken for you to unbuckle this child and bring her in with you. What were you thinking? What makes you so careless with the life of your baby? Shame on you.

This Morning

On the local news website I read a headline that basically said "Hope you enjoyed the rain because it may be months before we get any more". Hmmm...Wonder what that stuff falling from the sky is?

Great Movie

The kids and I were at Target this morning and bought Dreamer. We had seen it in the theater, but I forgot what a wonderful family movie it is. We watched it this afternoon. We all love it. If you get the chance, check it out!

Stop Yapping and Watch your kid!

That's what I wanted to yell to this egg donor at the park today. She and a friend were walking from one piece of equipment to another talking and ignoring their kids while they played. At one point, The Princess was swinging, I was standing behind her (not pushing because Mama, I can do it myself!)and she was swinging fast. This little girl, must have been 3 years old, just walks right in front of the swing. I mean, she nearly got knocked down. I jumped in front of Princess to stop her swing so the little girl didn't get hurt and her mother didn't even pause her conversation, came over and took her little girl by the hand and gave the Princess and I a dirty look! Excuse me if I thought the park was actually for playing!

Spring BREAK

SB just came up to me and said "Mom, can I make lunch today?" YES!!! I LOVE that girl!lol!

Monday Randomness

Not like any of my blog entries are anything but a jumble of random information, but...

It's Spring Break! That means only 9 weeks left until summer vacation! woohoo!! Today will be a lazy day to which we already have a wonderful start. The kids slept late and then we watched last night's Extreme Makeover:Home Edition. That show makes me cry. Every. single. time. It also makes me feel extraordinarily blessed. We all are.

The Cats lost yesterday, but they tried really hard. Villanova was ranked number 3 in the country and UA only lost by 4. Valiant effort boys! And hats off to Lute Olson. He's 71 years old and just signed an extension to his contract through 2011. In his 23 seasons at UA he's taken the cats to the tourney 22 times. Bravo!

I'm taking the two oldest kids shopping tonight. The Teenager because he won't. Stop. Growing! He needs some new clothes. And SB needs an Easter dress. You all should be praying for me as those two have direct opposite shopping styles. His: Buy what I need only and leave. Hers: look at everything I might ever possibly want to buy for myself or anyone else on the planet and even the stuff I don't want to buy just to make sure. Should be fun...

Last night I found no sugar added Rocky Road Ice cream. It is fabulous. Tastes better than the normal stuff. I am a happy girl again!

Srapbooking Friday night was fun. I got a bunch done and then yesterday finished up what I had been working on. SB's dance album is up to date. This week I want to get one started for The Princess and get the three older kids school albums up to date. And then...I'm going to work on the stupid quilt I was supposed to finish for Christmas!

Cats by 19!

Great Job to the Arizona Wildcats who defeated Wisconsin in the 1st round by 19 points!! Woohoo!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Here's my little leprechaun looking ever so cute in her new dress! That girl...She is my sunshine...

In other completely random information...

The Wildcats play this morning. I'll be watching nervously. They have not been so good this year, so we'll see what happens. Some interesting games yesterday. I always choose my brackets with my heart, not my head, which means I rarely do very well. Every person in our house picks, including the Princess. She's the only one I'm beating right now, and only by one game. The three oldest kids are tied for first place with 11 of the 16 games right yesterday.

While I watch the Wildcats, I'll be eating corned beef and cabbage! YUM! I love this meal and this is the only day of the year I make it since no one else in my house will touch it. Oh well, more for me!

Tonight is scrapbooking fun. I'm making 7 layer dip and SUGAR-FREE Pillsbury cinnamon rolls I found yesterday. Hope they are good.

I got the news today that the baby I watch will be coming full time starting in April. This is both good and bad. I love the baby, but really liked just doing the part time thing. But, since I want to only work for one more year, I'm going to put the extra money towards paying off one of our cars so that'll be one less bill when I quit working. We could definitely make it on Mark's income, but we like to play a lot and getting rid of that payment will help. Also, the mom of the baby has agreed to give me one Friday a month off so that I can do the things I won't be getting done with the baby in tow. So, it'll be an adjustment but I think it will work out fine.

Spring Break for the elementary kids next week. Woohoo! I still have to get up as I'll still have daycare kids, but NO DRIVING!!!

Yesterday was a trying day, as in I was trying to clean the house and everyone was conspiring against me. I mopped the floor only to have The Princess spill a half full Jamba juice on it. Then the baby threw her milk cup which decided to leak, then I dropped a cup full of soda. So, if the floor is a little sticky tonight? I did my best!lol!

Hehehe

Many thanks to my good friend who, against the every fiber of her being, made me a Wildcat button.

Blah

Sick. Want to go back to bed. Praying for my head not to explode.

Lovely Weekend...

One more week until Spring Break.Yahoo! Actually, the Teenager is on break this week but since this is only his pit stop to shovel food down his throat and sleep, I'm not sure I'll be seeing him much.

Friday night we all met my mom and brother at Red Lobster. It's Friday, It's Lent, must be Lobsterfest! Yummo! We had a great dinner and lots of laughs! We came home and watched National Treasure with the kiddos. We've seen it a million times, it's really a great movie, but we hadn't watched it since our trip to DC last summer. It was so fun to listen to the kids remember all the places we had been that they showed in the movie.

Saturday was a glorious rainy day! FE had the Pinewood Derby. He came in third place for racing and second place for craftmanship! He now gets to go to the district derby on April 29th. Very cool!

We took the kids to see The Shaggy Dog on Saturday afternoon. Ummm...The kids thought it was funny. Me? Not so much! Mark and I brought the kids home and my mom came over to watch them while we went to dinner atTagliani's. Karin introduced me to this restaurant when I was pregnant with the Princess and it's been a favorite ever since. The only bummer was that they have the BEST dessert ever, a chocolate marscarpone cake that is to DIE for, but since sugar is off limits right now, I had to abstain. But, it was lovely to sit and talk with my husband. We had a nearly three hour dinner. I think the server was about to have us evicted, but we couldn't stop talking. I love that I've been with this man for over half of my life and we still never run out of conversation.
We came home and watched this movie, which I love. The fight scene just kills me every time! If you have the DVD, watch the extra footage about the fight scene. The interviews with Hugh Grant and Colin Firth will have you laughing hysterically.
Yesterday was relaxing. I think God was preparing us for the Longest. Mass. Ever. Nearly 2 hours. I do have to say though, my kids were AWESOME. That is a mighty long boring time for a 4 year old and a 7 year old, but they were quite and mostly still and incredibly well behaved.

Back to the grind today. I'm trying to work up the motivation to work out, but it hasn't happened yet. Hopefully soon!

Are you ready

For some BASKETBALL??? That's right folks, it's March Madness!! I love me some college basketball and especially love the tournament. My Arizona Wildcats are a number 8 seed and they've had a pretty miserable year, but I'm faithful. I'll be watching on Friday. (I hope they don't play during our scrapbooking party, I may not get much done!lol!) Go WILDCATS!!!

Prayers Please

For some friends who are going through a pretty rough time. You can read about it here.

Flashback Friday: Spreading the News

Go over to Karin's to play. You know you want to!


The Princess was a surprise. To everyone but me. We had one night without proper precaution and I knew from the moment it happened that I was pregnant. I just felt it. I waited until the day before my birthday, which was the day before my period was due to take the test. It was immediately positive. as I knew this would be the last pregnancy, I wanted to tell Mark in a really special way, but keeping stuff from my husband is so not easy for me. We were planning to go to dinner with his family that night for my birthday, so I wanted to wait until after dinner when I could tell him alone. I wrote a really cheesy poem about our family expanding and attached the HPT to it. We went alone to our room when we got home and I let him read the poem, while I took pictures. I have a picture of my husband finding out about our final baby. The expression on his face is priceless and wonderful! The next day we told the kids and I also had the camera ready. The kids told my mom and Mark's parents and we got pictures of them hearing the news for the first time as well. I have a whole scrapbook page of everyone's expressions the instant we told them the news. It is wonderful and so special to be able to see that again and again! She will have a concrete example of everyone's joy at the announcement of her being!

Random Stuff

So no rain yesterday. I really can't believe it. It really seemed like it was going to rain yesterday afternoon. They say we'll get some this weekend, but I'm not holding my breath.

I've been taking my medication for my thyroid condition for two weeks now and boy do I feel good. Really amazing. I have more energy than I have had in years. I am in a better mood. Even this week with PMS I've been a little irritable, but nothing like I used to be. Things that would have set me off a month ago really were like a blip on my radar screen. I have energy!! Really, it's been difficult for me to sit still for any length of time. My house is cleaner. Praise God. It feels good to feel good again!!!

Today is my 4th day in a row of exercise. Karin and I walked two days this week and I've been doing the same video workout she is doing as well. I feel wonderful! If only the scale would move a little faster!

No sugar for over a week and you know what? I don't miss it. How bizarre is that? I mean I was a sugar fiend. I am not eating in the evening anymore either. Nothing after dinner. A couple of days that has been difficult but not nearly as hard as I was anticipating.

Pray for the teen this weekend as he's on retreat. Pray he'll be warm!lol! Karin told me today that they are expecting it to snow up at the retreat site!

Pinewood derby this weekend. FE doesn't stand a chance of winning, but he and his daddy have had FUN making this car!

Tonight FE has his First Reconciliation class. Something he has to do to get ready for First Communion next year. He's a little pissy about missing Scouts tonight as they are building bookends, but that's they way it goes. Of all my kids though, he needs to go to these sessions the least. He said to me this morning "But Mommy, I already pray to Jesus to say I'm sorry." I want to gobble this kid up!

The Princess threw a fit this morning when I got her dressed. (She normally does it herself, but she couldn't seem to wake up this morning and we needed to go) She did not like what I picked for her to wear. It was :::gasp::::PANTS!!! The horror, the injustice. It was COLD outside and we were walking! She changed the MINUTE we walked in the house from our walk. She is now happily dancing around in a skort. What is it about my girls? Diva Fashionistas. They so did not get that from me, the queen of jeans and t-shirts!

Will it or won't it?

Rain that is. The clouds are rolling in, dark and heavy with rain. The trees are swaying in the wind. We watch with hopeful eyes and hearts. It's been 143 days without measurable rain in this corner of the desert. We've been teased before. We're not holding our breath.

What the Princess said...

Yesterday the Princess was singing, as usual. She was using a paint brush as a microphone and dancing around, so i grabbed the camera and started taking picutres. She stopped dead in her tracks and said, "Mommy, there is no flash picturing during songs!"

Peer Pressure

The teenager does not give in to peer pressure. Really, he's quite happy doing things just because everyone else is doing the opposite. This is not a bad thing. I want him to be his own person, I really do. But here's the problem. The teen has really been on the fence about getting confirmed this year. Since our stupid bishop (I refuse to capitalize) changed the rules for Confirmation, the teen is expected to get confirmed this year, a year earlier than we/he had been thinking he would for his whole life! I think, given another year, the teen would have decided to go ahead. He's really close. Last night at Youth Group, the teen found out that only himself and one girl in his class are still on the fence about being confirmed. During the closing prayer, one of the kids who is being confirmed said that those who are holding out just need to "get it"that they just need to figure out that this is what they need to do. Well, as you can imagine, this did not sit well with my teenager. He doesn't want to follow the crowd. He doesn't want to do what his peers tell him he should do. And really? It's very difficult for me to tell my kid that I think he should be confirmed into a church that is being led down such a slippery slope I'm not certain it can recover.
Really, what I need to do is get over whatever feelings I have about him being confirmed and let him figure it out on his own. I'm trying, but it's so hard...

Oscar Night

This year's Oscar's were an almost complete disappointment to me. I LOVE the AAcademy Awards. I typically make it my mission to see every picture nominated for Best Picture. Not this year. I didn't see one of them. Really, not one of them looked appealing to me.
I was disappointed by all the awards for King Kong. Have you seen the clips? The fact that this movie was even nominated in a special effects category is mind boggling. It harkins to the Godzilla era of special effects. I don't know if it was just kiss Peter Jackson's butt night or what, but I did not think the King Kong awards were warranted. And, how on earth could Star Wars NOT win for makeup??? Please!
Best Award of the night by far and the one I was really rooting for?Best actress for Reese Witherspoon! I was so shocked she won even though I desperately wanted her to. She is phenomenal in Walk the Line! If she had lost to Kiera Knightly I might have thrown something at the TV. The only one I was prepared for her to lose to was Felicity Huffman, whom I adore not for Desperate Housewives(which I've never seen more than 5 minutes of), but for her role on a little known, but critically adored and loved by Mark and myself, show called Sports Night. Anyone ever see that show? It was great. Great writing, great acting. Funny!
I was glad to see Crash beat Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture. I would have been glad to see anything beat that movie. Maybe even King Kong!

Telephone

So, I hauling in the weeks worth of groceries, by myself mind you, when the phone rings. I rush to answer it as I have several calls out about a function I am organizing that is happening tomorrow and the caller ID shows someone I've been waiting to hear from. Our conversation goes something like this:

Her: (sounding surprised)"Oh, hi Marlene. Ummm...Well I got your message and yes, that's fine so okay we'll see you tomorrow, or we won't see you tomorrow, but we'll be there tomorrow. Okay, bye."

Me: "Hello?"

I don't know if she thought she got the answering machine or what, but I'm beginning to get a complex. Why, you may ask? (You may not, but humor me). My FIL, bless his soul, never seems to remember that I live here. EVERY TIME he calls and I answer the phone, it goes like this

Me: "Hello"
Him: (sounding very surprised) "Oh.........Hi Marlene........ummm..Is Mark home?"
Now, I've known my FIL for 21 years, been dating or married to his son for most of that time and he is surprised when I answer the phone?

It's just bizarre. I may need to just stop answering since no one really wants to talk to me anyway!

Blah!

It's Friday, which usually tickles me to no end, but not today since it's Generations weekend. This means I don't get to spend any time with my husband and it's been a really busy week already and next week looks even worse!
SB has to cheer at two basketball games tonight. Good news because our girls and boys both are in the championship games, bad news because it means SB will be cheering from 5-9 and I'll be there with the younger two. Fun!
We're also trying to get ready for the Pinewood derby next weekend. This year in Tiger Cubs has been challenging to say the least because, as any mom with children in activities will tell you, we live and die by the calendar. The den leaders do not. It's not unusual to find out the day before a meeting that 1)there is a meeting and 2) you need an empty coffee can and cookie tin. We don't drink coffee! It's been really stressful for me. Anyway, just so you get an idea of the people we're dealing with? The guy part of the den leader couple? He does side jobs of handy man type stuff? He constantly talks about all the times he's fainted in attics, fallen off of roofs, hit his head. The hitting of the head is beyond evident.

Laughter

My two youngest are playing Perfection. Remember that game? You have to put the shapes in the right place before the timer goes off or else all the pieces pop out. Well, their twist is to put all the pieces in and then start the times and wait for it to explode. They are laughing so hard. The Princess just laughs so hysterically I think she's crying. What a joy these kiddos are. I'm a lucky mom.

Hmmm...

I've always loved Meg Ryan. She's just cute, sweet, funny, you know? Well, she was on Oprah yesterday? Oh Meg, hasn't anyone warned you of the danger of too much collagen? Her lips were seriously the size of Texas. Ewww

So sad...

I was picking my niece up from school today and while I was waiting in the office, this mom came in to sign out her daughter. The daughter was probably 4th grade, maybe 5th. The receptionist asked why the mom was taking her out (it was 10:45 AM) and the mom said "I need to go to work and there's no one to pick her up later."

I am desperately sad that we live in a country where our working poor would have to do something like this. I'm sure this mom had no other options, but I am sad for that mom and for that little girl. The little girl who should, like my little girl, be running and playing at recess and having lunch with her friends and learning about something amazing, not going home to watch her brother while her mama works or going to a daycare center that won't pick up at the school.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 6,1-6.16-18.

(But) take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.

does it strike anyone else as odd that the Gospel for Ash Wednesday, the day you can recognize a Catholic a mile away, talks about not praying or fasting in public...

Big Thanks!

To Karin for my new banner! Didn't she do a great job??

Mark took pity on me and is waiting in the preschool line to register the Princess. Seems like she'll get in as there are only about 9 people ahead of him.

I'm going with SB and her class on their field trip today. We're supposed to be having lunch at the park before the play we're seeing, but I guess we'll see if the rain stays away.

Today is day one of the no sugar torture. It's only 7:26, but so far so good!lol!

Off to get these kiddos to school! Have a great day!