week 9 & just one thing

This is week 9 on Weight Watchers and I've officially lost 10.4 pounds! It's still hard not to get discouraged, but I'm trying not to focus on the 39ish more pounds I want to lose. I don't know why I thought the weight would just fly off as easily as it seems to pack on. I do feel pretty proud of myself and I'm working on accepting the lifetime commitment part of this. This is not a diet. When I reach my goal weight, this is not "over."

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I went into Target for just one thing. My food processor broke and then D fixed it and then it broke again. We got it as a wedding present, so hey, 10 years isn't a bad run! I went to buy a new one today and ended up spending a ridiculous amount on money considering that I went in there for ONE thing that only cost $30.

I also decided to pick up a new rug for C's room and found one that I loved in the rug section. It was $19.99 and I put it in the cart. When I was over in the kids' bedding/decor section I noticed the SAME rug, same size/color, for $21.99. What the heck?! That seems sneaky. 
I did find a few clearance items though. I got Miss L a few things, which were decent deals and she needed them anyway. I got my new nephew a couple cute little outfits, even if white IS impractical for a baby.

L's new hat:

I love this quote and found this for only $2.38! 

I got Miss L this plate. We see an end cap of Mickey Mouse merchandise every time we go to Target, and it's been on sale awhile. Today, they only a few plates left for $1.38 so I picked one up for Miss L who ADORES everything Mickey Mouse. She still eats on plastic plates at dinner while the rest of us use glass so it's nice for her to have a special one. 

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We repainted and decorated C's room and spruced up the play room/school room a bit too. Pictures!

C's room:

My 2 Year Old is Broken, and Other Whines...

My previously sweet two year old is broken. She just screeches and screams and cries and demands and bosses others around all day.
There have been many days when I think she must be sick, and when I mention to D that I'm thinking of taking her to the doctor  -- even though she has NO SYMPTOMS OF ANYTHING -- he says, "You say that every time we have a child this age."
Oh yeah. She's not broken.

She's two.

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I've made plans a lot this week and haven't been able to follow through on many of them at all. It seems like I plan something and someone (or everyone) doesn't cooperate, or I don't manage my time well, or D has to work late or we have something else going on or THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS PLOTTING AGAINST ME.
This is not my week. Also, I miss people besides my children and most of these broken plans were for MY benefit. Urgh.

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Today is one of those days where I feel like everyone is annoyed at me. My imagination runs away with me and I think all sorts of negative things.
This post will annoy everyone. 
My stupid broken plans are making everyone hate me. 
My friends are avoiding me.

I realize this is more than likely not true, but it makes me want to go eat chocolate anyway.
Dear Brain, SHUT UP.

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I'm on week 8 of Weight Watchers. I'm still chugging along but I feel like I should have lost more by now. 
I'm losing weight, and I'm working out more, but goodness is the progress slow! Tomorrow is my weigh in so I'm not sure how much I've lost exactly but I think I'm hovering around 9 pounds*.  Maaaaaaaybe 10, but probably not quite.
(*Otherwise known as the amount of weight my husband can lose in 3 days.)

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I feel like eating a chocolate cake, or a giant candy bar or something else delicious and terrible for me that will induce great amounts of guilt and mental ass kicking when I realize what I've done. Lucky for me, I'm smart enough not to have any of that in the house so I'll end up furiously chewing gum and drinking Crystal Light until dinner time. After dinner I'll go to bed and wake up tomorrow with an attitude that isn't so sh*tty.

*10 years* & TRUE love quotes

I meant to post this on the 1st, which was actually our 10th anniversary but hey... only 5 days late. ha!

Yep, we've been married 10 years (together almost 15!) and it feels like yesterday and a lifetime ago all rolled up into one.

Do you guys use Pinterest? If you do, you probably see as many romantic, mushy, feel-y, love quotes as I do. Don't get me wrong; I love a good quote! Most of the time they just aren't TRUE though!

They blabber about mad, true, passionate, extraordinary love and the moon and stars and blah, blah, blah. I've pinned many of them myself!
However, that is not real life, my friends. True love certainly can be ordinary. How could it NOT be? In life, someone has to take out the trash and change diapers, and pay bills and make dinner and live on a budget. Love is in all those things!
You get sick of each other! You fight and you complain about each others' families and you argue over who was supposed to empty the litter box! And that's OK! Love is rarely glamorous, like all those quotes imply.
Love is in doing the dishes when it's not "your turn" and compromising because they care about a certain issue more than you do. It's about knowing that your dreams and hopes aren't the only ones that matter. It's in renting a movie and drinking wine out of fancy glasses on the couch because you don't have a babysitter. It's in finding common ground when you think there isn't any, and sometimes it's just about knowing when to shut up. It's in knowing that even if there are bad days, and there WILL be, there will be good ones coming too.


This, however, is one quote I can get on board with:

http://pinterest.com/pin/133700682657046851/