All I can say is.....

MOMMY TRIED!!!!

Michael has been working some very long hours....typically 15 hours or more a day...

And today is Christopher's "Cross-Over" ceremony with the Boy Scouts...

While the patches didn't HAVE TO BE on his uniform shirt, I just KNEW he would be the only one without them on there...

So I get on the sewing machine....bribe the boys to play outside and set out with the directions on how to load a bobbin, how to thread the sewing machine, and how to put the bobbin back in place....

After about 30-45 minutes I'm finally ready to start sewing.....

Pin the first patch so it doesn't move.....who was I kidding it moved, but not to much....

Get it on, and then I'm finally able to convince Nana to come play....

While Nana is there I get the 2 sewn on for his pack number 320...figure putting the 2 on first would be easier, just center it then the others should go with no problem....

WRONG!!!

Get ready to put the 3 on and it gets stuck.....finally get it off the machine and there is a small hole in the sleeve....

Luckily for Christopher, PopPop knows how to sew...after he closed the store he came by and tried, but the bobbin got stuck for him as well...

I showed him where the numbers went, and he pinned them on and took them home!!

This morning, Caryn brings me a shirt that is all sewed!!! Can't see the hole or anything!!!

So with all that we will be ready for the Cross-over ceremony this afternoon!!!

So 60 days has passed....

And I'm consistantly still going to the gym 5 days a week.

With my 30 day "graduation" certificate Michael and I choose to purchase an additional 24 training sessons...the savings was to much to pass up, and I will be starting the 50 pound meltdown on Thursday.

I've updated the treadmill to level 15, and my max incline is now 11.8, but I automatically start out at an incline level of 5.5 versus 0...so I guess it all evens out. I did 1.5 miles today, and burned almost 500 calories, so needless to say I'm thrilled...just waiting for the results to catch up with all my hardwork.

So today I go through the process of being weighed and getting measured...

The results are....

Down 5 more pounds!!!!
Lost 2 1/2 inches in my waist!!
Lost small amounts in both my arms and thighs!

I was less than thrilled with having my trainer (since he's a guy) do my measurements..but if I trust him to not let me drop 225 pounds of weight on myself I should be able to let him do this.

He sees really good progress, and is going to focus more on my thighs/arms in getting them more toned. Apparently the more I get them toned, the smaller they will become!

I'm finally starting to get excited that my hardwork is paying off!!

It's been a long 60 days, but I finally feel that at close to 10 pounds I finally have something to show for it!!

Let the expenses begin....

So we decided to take the plunge and sign Christopher up for Boy Scouts.

He meets every other Monday night from 7-8, hopefully Michael will be able to join him for most of the meetings.

They are having their first awards ceremony on Saturday, and Christopher will get some kind of new comers thing....(what do I know I was a Girl Scout). But to be at this awards ceremony we have to be in uniform...so off to the uniform store we go....

Then the last weekend of May (the 30th I think) they are doing their first camping trip. It's a family trip, and Michael has to work that weekend, so WONDERFUL Tia will be taking him camping. Since it's a family trip, she offered to see if Johnathan wanted to go as well...

Come to find out we need a tent....and eating utentsils and other fun things....

Off to make a shopping list, and see what we can afford to purchase....

Can I just quit now??

It's Trophy time!!

We had the awards ceremony for Christopher's soccer team tonight.

Pizza was FABULOUS as always, and we got to do the coaches gifts and kids trophys!!

I got a crystal vase for all my hard work as team manager, and I think all the kids had a great time!!

We had everyone there this season, with one exception. A death in the family left us short one player!!

The final game is tomorrow, and MOMMY is very ready for soccer season to be over, as it's finally starting to get hot!!!

I tried to get decent pictures of the kids trophy, but it seems they were either to dark on blurry...

The above is the best I could do!

My children are going to cost me a fortune!!!

How is it that between gymnastics, swimming, soccer camp and the regular soccer season I'm quickly broke again???

Johnathan's summer session for gymnastics is $145. Christopher's week of soccer camp is $95, and the fall season is $90, swimming is $85, and Johnathan's teacher suggested a repeat of the current level he is at right now, so his is doing a second set, and Alexander's lesson were the same, and they've come and gone, and I've still got Christopher to go....

And Christopher is asking to attend a week long Golf camp....

I'm going broke with children's activities! Luckily Tia helps with the running so that saves gas money so I can't complain to loudly....just seems I do nothing but run with my 3 boys...

I've decided that whatever Xander wants to do it has to be cheap!!! Either that or the next president had better do something about the price of gas!!!

So I'm down another 5 pounds....

Had to finally breakdown and go to the doctor's yesterday cause my headaches have been so severe...

Have a mild touch of vertigo and hopefully once my headache goes away fully that will clear up, but on the upside when I stepped on the scale I was down 5 more pounds.

I have my 60 day review at the gym on the 6th...Hard to believe it's been 60 days already.

Looking forward to seeing what that has to say...hopefully I'm still gaining muscle....and I'll take the loss of inches versus the pounds for now...

Dry Dry

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