Happy St. Patricks Day!

Seamus and Liam wish you the best St. Patrick’s Day! Erin Go Bragh!

While I am posting this, Liam is putting Shea’s socks on Shea’s ears. Trickery abounds but no pinches! Well just for Dan as he wore no green to work.

Interview 2: Liam

We never got this far the first time because “Muh-ommmm… this is harrrrrd.” “I don’t think I can do this anymorrre.” “I give UP…. *hard loud sigh*

1. What is your mom really good at? 
Giving me LOVIN’!!

2. What is your mom not very good at?
Uh I don’t KNOW!

3. What does your mom do for her job?
Work around the house I think.

4. What is your mom’s favorite food?
I can’t do it. I am better at the drink question.

5. What makes you proud of your mom?
She gives me hugs and kisses every night.

6. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Big Penguin (from discovery kids, Paz, a penguin and his mom, Big Penguin)

7. What do you and your mom do together?
All kinds of stuff! Like we play together and we love each other and we like looking at eachother and looking at all kinds of things.

8. How are you and your mom the same?
We have the same type of skin.

9. How are you and your mom different?
Because of we, like, have different kinds of hair.

10. How do you know your mom loves you?
Mmmmmm….she gives me hugs.

 

In other news… Dan and I are surviving the diet and Lent. I haven’t slipped and I’ve lost some weight. Dan has lost more but he started 2 weeks before me. This is not a contest. This is not a contest. This is not a contest. Ok… I’m good.

Interview 1: Liam

I have thought of doing this for a while… I mean who doesn’t chuckle over Kids Say the Darndest Things. Ok maybe people without children or people with a big black hole for a heart. But this Interview meme has been going around Facebook so I did it with Liam today. I hope to make it a regular feature.

1. What is something mom always says to you?
“Shhh!”

2. What makes mom happy?
“When I give her kisses and hugs”

3. What makes mom sad?
“When I DON’T give her hugs and kisses.”

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
“Liiiiike…tickling me!!”

5. What was your mom like as a child?
“CRAZY!”

6. How old is your mom?
“Mama this is pretty hard…I can’t catch up. I give up.”

7. How tall is your mom?
“Short”

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
“To have mochas”

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?
“You drink coffee.”

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
“Being a ROCK STAR!”

They Call It

… fat AND happy for a REASON. Mmmm who doesn’t love a little overabundance?

Well today I wish you all a HAPPY FAT TUESDAY! As I write this I am overindulging in some french toast sticks and coffee with a  nice and decadent chocolatey creamer in it. And I’m jubilant. Mmmm a day of eating! Or eating poorly! What an example I am to my children!

Today I am expressing my gratefulness for the following:

1. French Toast sticks (of course)

2. Chocolatey coffee creamer

3. Mardi Gras

4. Chocolate, in general

5. The sweet nectar of my last Starbucks Caffe mocha for 40 days

Eat big today, people! EAT BIG!

Bring on the Sacrifice

Well we have reached that point. It’s the point that Dan and I come to every February where we get completely disgusted with ourselves. Let me be clear… not with each OTHER, but  with our own selves. The endless gluttony of the holidays which wellllll let’s just say gets extended all the way to Valentine’s Day because we like to eat. Mmmm eating.

For Dan – he takes great pride in the fact that when he even thinks about losing weight, he drops 8 lbs. And this is exactly what happened the first week he started “watching” what he eats. This is something I hate about him. Why? Because when *I* think about losing weight – I bloat at the prospect.

For me, well the obligation of Lent is a push in the right direction. Somehow I can say no to stuff for Jesus. But I think even Jesus likes cupcakes and mochas… in fact how could he not? Regardless for Lent I was pondering what my offering would be. My first challenge that I offered in my thought process was Starbucks. My Starbucks stops are something I place high value on but is completely gratuitous. So I started making the switch to regular home brewed coffee… because while I’ll make this offering to the Lord – I’m not crazy… I need some caffeine… this I know about myself. And I don’t think God wants me to make everyone around me COMPLETELY miserable for 40 days.

But then I started thinking… ok I also have sort of a hidden agenda here with stopping Starbucks for 40 days. I want to save some money. So that is sort of self-serving. So I decided to up the ante and go all out.

So for Lent I want to give up the Gluttony. For me, gluttony is eating junk and eating when I’m not hungry, sitting when I could be moving (read: exercise), and procrastinating. I want to step up the decluttering of my home. Too much stuff is also gluttonous and a lot needs to go. I want to espect my house and my things… take better care of what I have and get rid of that which I do not need.

So this is big… but I hope the work helps take my mind off the not-eating of junk (mmmm junk)… and I am going to forgive myself for little mistakes along the way.

I’m not perfect but  – please forgive this Oprah-ism – for Lent I want to try to live my best life. The best version of my life. And see how it goes. Thankfully it DOES include coffee. Light with skim, one Splenda.