Scraps of My Life

I love the Olympics. They only come around every 2 years and there is something so special about watching all the countries of the world come together to compete against either other. Having the best athletes in the world in one place. But I think what I love more than the sports are the personal stories of triumph and learning about the place where the Olympics are held. Even if the stories are sappy and emotional, they are inspiring. Makes me feel like I can do anything I want if I put my mind to it. And I always get motivated to go for the 6 pack abs.

However, I’m not getting any sleep. My favorite sports are the swimming, gymnastics and track and of course none of these end until almost 1:00 am. I keep trying to turn it off and just listen and then the announcers get all excited and I have to put my glasses back on and see what is going on.

Fortunately it’s summer and I drag myself out of bed the next morning and drag myself through the day accomplishing nothing because I can’t focus. At least it’s only for a few weeks every 2 years.

So, are you getting any sleep? Are you mesmerized each night by the Olympics? Or am I the only one?

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I love this show and I’ve really missed it. I have all the episodes on my iPod (except last 4 cuz that’s when NBC pulled them from iTunes) and I watch them all the time. I can’t wait until the new season starts in Sept.

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I would really like a girl to win tonight. I’m hoping for Ali. She looks awesome…
Here is her website..
Go Pink Team

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going to try to be good an blog at least a few times a week. If nothing else…I’ll post some pictures. Where to start…..I slept for 12 hours and 45 min last night. I wasn’t feeling that great yesterday so I went to bed early. I think I’m fighting something. I just can’t get sick or at least I need to be done with it early this week. I’m going to MO to visit Shelly on Friday.

Here is a new

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This is the kids playing Life. That is the most recent picture I took of them.

Here are my 2 babies pretending to go to Prom which my 8 yr old set up….

Me and my sisters (I’m the oldest, youngest on the far left and middle sis in the middle).

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I’m down 4.4 lbs. YEAH! I really stuck to my eating plan and worked out with a bit more intensity this week. I feel really good too. I don’t feel as jiggly and that is just from doing 2 stength workouts/week for 3 weeks. Makes a big difference. Now…I need to work hard on the abs….Pilates!!! Did it for me last time.

What else is new? Not much. LOL! Anyone tried the new game of Life, Twists & Turns? You know the one we played as a kid, but they’ve made it electronic with a Lifepod that you put your credit card into instead of play money. I bought it at Xmas time and we just got around to playing it this weekend. We had a blast. My kids loved it. ALL of them (ages 3, 4, 8 & 11.5). The 2 youngest needed help, but they still got the idea of the game. My oldest was strategizing with the best way to earn more money and get a degree so he could get a better job and to get married at the right time to earn more life points. My 8 yr old DD just thought it was fun to play…not a lot of strategy on her part. If you come across it…buy it…you’ll have a blast!!!

That’s my daughter, Megan (3.5 yrs) with goggles on her head. She found them in a bag and decided it was now time to go to the pool so she got out a towel, swim diaper, swimsuit, pool shoes and put the goggles on her head and said, “ok, let’s go.” Mind you..it was about 20 degrees outside, but she didn’t care. She wanted the pool to open cuz she’s ready and she said it won’t be cold in the water.

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What progress? none…Up 2.8 lbs. I guess I could blame all the soup and crackers I ate. I had a tooth pulled and a bone graph on thursday. Oral surgery…YUCK! My mouth feels like someone hit me. I didn’t get to work out as much either. But back to work this week. I want to lose 10 lbs in 10 weeks. I can do that, right???

I’ll post some layouts later. I have to get my 2 big kids to a friends house. No school today.. Martin Luther King Day!

New blog….Let’s see if I can keep it up. Last night we took some family Xmas pics. Here is one of me in the Santa hat…

And here is one of the kids….

Quote of the Day:
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
–Anonymous

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