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I have avoided taking down Christmas. One week without that worry seemed worthwhile. At the time… except now I have to do it this week. Not as fun. It’s all in piles in my house as I type.
We headed out to the orthodontist. Jan 7th last year I got my braces. It’s been one year. Did I tell your my orthodontist that was five minutes away moved like 40 minutes away? The new office has no kids room either. It stinks. But what can you do? After our appointment to reward ourselves we have been stopping at “in and out”. The franchise recently opened up here and its been a nice reminder of my home California life.
Have a I told you lately how life changing my playroom has been for me? Honestly the twins can play house down there for hours, I have to check and make sure they are still okay. I didn’t notice it as much in the summer because we hadn’t loaded all the toys in there yet and it was warm outside. A few weeks ago I cleaned and organized the room before Christmas and bam my life changed. Just in time to survive Christmas Vacation. It isn’t decorated all cute yet but it is serving me quite nicely right now! Alan got an xbox 360 for Christmas which can now play movies down there too.
On girls night we took the mom’s out or tried to. We aimed to see Avatar. Unfortunately it was sold out to a company and we saw, “Meet the Morgan’s instead”. I’ll admit I didn’t want to see that one and found it a pleasant surprise. It won’t win any awards and the chemistry between Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker wasn’t really there for me but I really enjoyed the movie. Once a week (if we go to earlier movie, which is rare) we get a chocolate shake at the theatre, we have learned to love our shakes. Last week, however, all of us agreed the shakes were off tasting so I went and complained. The teen at the shake booth told us that they only clean the shake machine once a week and it probably tasted a little sour (yeah that was the taste I couldn’t identify). Anyway, with new years etc… they got behind and so it worse than normal. Uh hem. I think I won’t ever be getting a shake there again. Just lost five pounds, thank you!
I’m reading DreamQuake book #2 in the series. For some reason I can’t get through the book. I guess its bad to start a book around the holidays. I am also listening to Shannon Hale’s Enna Burning at the gym. Did I tell you I was surprised and gifted a new Purple 16gb Ipod for Christmas. Now I have all my music and books on one thing. Since I need music for cardio I had removed books from my small ipod a long time ago. I was missing it. So bigger ipod, I am loving it. Speaking of the gym…
New years resolutioners have ruined my gym. I can’t use the kids club and all the machines are really crowded. Sadly (and happily) it won’t last long. It’s such a weird phenomenon. I wonder how many last every year? You see I have to admit to being one of them 3 yrs ago. I lost a lot of weight, kept it off, and here I am still going. So some will last.
We’ll let’s hope this week is less busy. I am trying to get caught up on my blog and to begin staying mostly in the present. We’ll see…
3 comments:
That playroom sounds perfect. I can imagine how much easier that is.
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I am so jealous of your playroom!! Show off pictures when its complete. I feel like I am dragging toys our of my living room all hours of the day. It would be lovely to just keep all the toys in one huge room. Love that!!
So gross about the shakes. I am so sorry. That is just sick.
Yeah!! 1 year of braces done. Awesome.
You know it seems like everyone that "went home" (utah) for Christmas is raving about having the In & Out open. hah hah
CA misses you!
Gym - I NEED to be one of those back at the gym. I just started going again after Cal was born. He has just been a fussy guy in the evenings, its hard to escape. (like that excuse?) You look fantastic btw! And YEAH to books on mp3. That is how I get any fun reading in these days. Awesome Christmas surprise!
That is too bad about the shakes. They were really good, but now I am afraid to have another one.
I love having a toy room. I am so glad you got yours done. Kids love having a place where they can let their imaginations go.
As for the gym. It's good to know that January is not a good month to join. I would probably get too discouraged with all of the people there. hopefully it slows down again soon for you.
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