Starting off my New Year

sorry in advance for my punctuation, i'm typing with only one hand. read on to find out why


so i had all these fun plans for today since my husband is gone hunting with my dad. we were going to go to first night that is a family fun thing to do in old town fort collins. we may still go depending on how i am later.
but the start of my day so far went well until i went to the mailbox. when walking back to he house i slipped and fell on the ice. granted of course i didn't have good shoes on. i put my left hand down to catch myself and once i did knew that i had hurt my wrist. walked into the house now in complete pain and told my husband that i needed to go to the emergency room. got to the hospital and waited to be seen. once i was seen they asked what happened and then told me that i was going to have an x-ray done. the doctor came back and told me that i have a fractured wrist.

so now i'm in a splint/cast until i go to see the bone doctor and they can tell me what i will need, whether it be a real cast or whatever. either way i wll have to have something on for 4 to 6 weeks.

anyways i'm resting right now until i will have to get lexi up from her nap and then get ready to go and still have a fun night.

Cooking...My New Year's Resolution

Okay so like in a previous post I said that I was wanting to cook my way through a cookbook like Julie did in Julie and Julia. I am not going to do it like she did though I am giving myself a whole year to complete my way through and it is A LOT smaller of a book then the one she did too.
I have decided to cook my way through Rosemary Brown's Big Kitchen Instruction Book. The recipes seem to be easy and with giving myself a year I won't have to be stressed about getting it all finished in time. So with my blogs in the upcoming year they will mostly be about what recipes I cooked and my experiences with cooking them and eating them. So I hope that you all will keep me accountable with my new journey.

BB Guns

Okay, so it's interesting that here in the city of Fort Collins you are allowed to carry around a BB gun but once you decide to have a bit of fun and heck shoot it you have now broken a law. Within the city limits of Fort Collins it is illegal to shoot a BB gun since it is then considered a firearm.

My opinion is that if you are not endangering anyone else then heck by all means shoot your BB gun. Have fun with your "toy" in the privacy and safety of your own 6 foot fenced in back yard. It should be your freedom to do what you want.

Now however if it was a REAL gun then yes as a mother I would have a problem with that, BUT a BB gun doesn't do harm to things like a REAL gun does. A BB gun may sting or you may get bruised but it doesn't kill like that REAL gun would!

Post Christmas

Holy cow was it ever a busy household here. We had 13 people total, including us who live here (my mom, Bryan, my daughter and me). Surprisingly though it wasn't all that crowded like I thought that it was going to be. It was fun having all of the family around though.

Everyone arrived by Christmas Eve, we just hung out until we went to the Vineyard for the Christmas Eve service. For myself since I am not much of a church person anymore it didn't really do much for me but it is a tradition none the less. Next year though I think that it would be neat to go to a church that had a bell choir. I love hearing the songs that they play.

On Christmas morning it was good. The younger kids didn't wake everyone up at the crack of dawn wanting to open gifts. We all started to open gifts at around 9am. It was a bit crazy at first but then we got a system under control. I received a new camcorder. I have been wanting one for quite a while and I finally am a proud owner of the new Flip camcorder. It is so tiny. My daughter got what she asked Santa for... "A bike, please." She absolutely loves her new princess trike.

It is now 3 days after Christmas, everyone has gone back to their homes. We are back to our normal routines and it is quiet here once more. Don't get me wrong it was nice having everyone here but peace and quiet is nice to have too. We already took the tree down. It was nice having it up but it is also nice taking it down too. I guess maybe it is the feeling of Christmas is now over and the new year can start to begin.

With the new year I am not wanting to make those stupid resolutions of wanting to lose all this weight or something that I know I will never accomplish. So instead I am going to say that it would be nice to work on getting my tummy flatter this upcoming year, work on getting A's and B's in school, try to cook my way through a cookbook like Julie did in the movie Julie and Julia, and just to accept people for who they are.

So with that bein said I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and hope that you all have a good week with bringing in the new year!!

There's a Giveaway Going on

Hey,

There is a giveaway going on!! Just go to Courtney's blog to learn more about it! Her sister does blog designs and is going to be giving one of her designs away in a drawing. So check it out and try to win!!

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas...

So I guess it's going to be a white Christmas after all this year. I have mixed feelings about the weather though right now. One being I wish that it would go away so that family won't have to drive through this and so that Lexi can try out her new bike on Christmas morning. And the other I like it since with any new fallen snow it just seems so magical, like any dream that you have could come true that very moment. (I know I am a sucker when it comes to dreaming)

So here's to it being a white Christmas and let the Christmas music keep playing in my head while I drift off to dreamland. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Updated Goals

Okay, so I am going to update my goals to start now and try to continue into the new year. And here they are!

To workout on the days that I am not going to school. The workouts can be anything from doing yoga at home or gym, running around the block, or anything else that comes to mind.

Go to school everyday unless I or some one else in the family is sick. I want to try to have a perfect attendance.
Along with going to school I want to try to get A's and B's in my classes. I know that it will take a lot of determination on my part along with lots of studying but I think that if I have you ladies to help keep me accountable and with me doing my part trying to make it happen I can do it!!

I would also like to start a new hobby that involves some sort of craftiness or something. If any of you have any ideas let me know.

Cooking Up a Storm

So as of today I am officially enrolled for classes for Spring of 2010!! Went shopping and bought ingredients to make lots of yummy holiday treats....fudge, chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies with 4 different types of sprinkles to put on top and monkey munch!! Can you say yum??

So I started cooking at 2pm it is now close to 4pm. Finished the fudge, check. Working on finishing the chocolate chip cookies, check. And then it is off to make the sugar cookie dough and make the monkey munch! Can I finish all of this before dinner time?? I sure hope so.

And to top all of that off, I am doing the laundry as well. BUT....I am looking forward to Christmas once again after having my two major meltdowns. Cooking all of these treats is definitely helping to get back into the holiday spirit. I LOVE the smell of all of the cookies that is in the air!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Confession

So my goal of working out today did not happen, but the night is still early. After I put Lexi down for bed I will do my workout while watching The Ugly Truth that I got from netflix. I am looking forward to watching it after seeing the previews. I hope that it is as good as they say.

On another note...I got together with a friend after 5 or 6 years of not seeing each other. It was nice to see her and to remember memories from when we went to Korea together. I hope that we will be able to get together again while she is still on her break and before I go to school. Yes, I am finally signed up for classes for Spring semester of 2010! No turning back now. I will be taking 9 credits for the semester which I know isn't a lot but heck I have the job of taking care of Lexi too. It will be a slow process of finishing all of the credits before transferring to UNC but I know that with hard work I will get there.

I watched Julie & Julia while Lexi took her nap. It was a good movie and has motivated me to cook more. Heck I think that it would be fun to do what Julie did in the movie and cook my way through a cookbook. Maybe that will be something to start with the coming new year. I don't know which cookbook I would choose though so if anyone has any suggestions I will take them.

Got a Kick in the Butt.....

I got a good kick in the butt by the hard core yoga this afternoon. I was going to go running but I am thinking that I may not be the runner after all. I know that I was doing so well and I may go back out there and start again but with the icy sidewalks and with not liking to go out by myself to run I may put it off until Spring.
So today I decided to put in the hard core yoga DVD and start at it. I am not that good at doing yoga but I do my best. Let me just say like the title says that it kicked me in the butt. I wasn't able to finish the whole workout before my body started to tell me, "Please Stop!" But that just lets me know that it is working and if I keep it up than I eventually I will be able to get through the entire workout.
So tomorrow's goal is to do some sit-ups again and push-ups. I am wanting to do at least 15 to 20 push-ups. I know lame that the number is my goal but I am not strong and doing just that many makes my arms shake a whole bunch.
I also want to steal from Kaity's blog of waking up in the morning and saying to myself, "It's going to be a great day!" So thanks Kaity!!

Lazy

I need to get my butt into gear and just start working out again. The only problem with that is I have been so dang tired all the time. My mom says that I should to see the doctor to see if I am anemic (low iron). But that shouldn't be my excuse for not doing any thing to feel better about my body.
Every time I look in the mirror I just see the parts of my body that could use some help. So my goal for this week is to call the doctor and make that appointment for testing to see if I have low iron, do the hard body yoga workout, and if the weather/sidewalks are not too icy to go running. So for you gals who are reading, keep me accountable with doing these please.

My family and I put up our Christmas tree today and put on the ornaments. Man, I don't think that I have realized how many we actually have. I think that I end up forgetting which ones we have until opening up the box that they were all in. But it's fun cherishing the memories they all bring back. I have a pink Christmas tree ornament, it's not the original that my dad made for me but I still love it. It's pink because it has been my favorite color since I was 2. There is also an Oscar the Grouch wreath ornament. It fits my mood perfectly at times since I can be just that, a grouch. Those are just two that I have named but there are many more that bring back lots of memories for me. I can't wait for Bryan, Lexi and I to have our own place to decorate for Christmas. For now though with living with my mom it is nice to just cherish our traditons.

3 Hours Later

Holy cow! This afternoon I decided that I would go to Walmart to get my parent's Christmas presents done. I get there at 5pm to make photo books. I go up to the machine to figure out which pictures and layout that I want. I get done with the first book and am waiting around to ask if they bind the pages together to make the book. NO ONE IS AROUND TO HELP! I stand around for about 20 to 30 minutes and then go over to the electronics section because sometimes they end up helping when no one is in the photo department to help. NO ONE IS AROUND TO HELP! So I decide to finish the other photo book. While finishing up with the second book along comes the person who works in the photo department back from his break. We both make eye contact with one another. But he comes and then he goes. By this time it is already 6:30pm and I have finished both pages to have the books be bound. I stand around waiting for the guy to return, it is getting onto 7pm. He finally comes back and says, "Sorry". SORRY???!!! Are you insane??!!! He obviously was done with his lunch break 30 minutes ago and half an hour later decides to grace me with his presence again??!!
I tell him that I would like the pages to be bound. He tells me that they don't do that there. By this time I am getting upset. Of course they do it there other wise the store wouldn't be advertising that it did. So another 10 minutes goes by while he goes to check that they do indeed bind the pages. It then takes him 25 minutes to figure out how to bind the pages and finsh both books for me.
He goes to get the price for me....$49. I am not paying that amount for those two books when I have been waiting for so long. I talk to the manager and tell him my complaints of waiting for so long......AND......happily 3 hours later only pay the price of $20 for both!!!!!

Are You Kidding Me???!!!

When my family and I were at the graduation for our family friend they sang a song at the end called "The Eye's of Texas". It is the alma mater song for University of Texas. Here are the words, it is to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad".

The eyes of Texas are upon you,

All the live long day.

The eyes of Texas are upon you,

You cannot get away.

Do not think you can escape them,

At night, or early in the morn'.

The eyes of Texas are upon you,

Till Gabriel blows his horn!

I thought that it was kinda a freaky song. It's like Texas is now a god or something. Anyways, I just thought that I would post this since it was weird and freaky for me along with my family.

Texas

My family and I are down in Texas for a friend's graduation from college!! We drove down Thursday night and arrived here in Austin on Friday. It was a long drive and VERY uncomfortable with trying to sleep.
Okay so what I think about Austin so far.....

• The drivers need to get a life-- You will still get to where you need to go whether you ride our tails or not. You don't need to get so angry that you almost start a fist fight at a gas station because of road rage. Also, when you see someone from a different state with their turning signal on be curtious and let them into the lane they are trying to get into!
• The interstate road signs should be better. They point the way to go somewhere but once you turn to go there how the heck is someone supposed to know where to go from there???!!!

All I have to say is, "Texas you are not making a very good impression on me right now."

Happy Holidays!

Getting more and more excited...only 23 more days until Christmas. Is it too early to start the count down??
I love looking at the Christmas lights on the houses and the spirit of Christmas in the air. The 25 day countdown of Christmas movies on ABC Family is also a major plus for me because I get to watch a lot of holiday favorites.
This year is even more exciting since my daughter is at the age where she can kinda understand what is going on. I can't wait to see the excitement on her face as she opens her presents!!

This year we will be surrounded by tons of family and I can't wait to share it with all of them!!!