This is the day that the Lord has made, I guess

This is the kind of day we've had



Snickerdoodle is cutting a molar and he's not taking it very well. He's been very distraught much of the day and prone to dramatic meltdowns. I gave in and let him have his pacifier and stuffed meerkat even though we usually just let him have them during naps and bedtime.
So I have a splitting headache and decided to send Snickerdoodle to bed an hour early. When TheOldMan gets home from job #2, we'll wake him up and give him a bath and some milk.
For now I'm going to sit and relax with my diet coke and boyscout kettle corn. Which, by the way, I've had atleast once a day for the last week. I'm hopelessly addicted.
That's all for now. I've got a lot of shows on Monday that need my undivided attention.

Oh by the way. Praise Jesus....I'm going to start babysitting in a few weeks. (Money yay!)

Best Money I Ever Spent

I no longer have to pay to go to weight watchers. That's right!
6 weeks ago I got to my goal weight. My BMI is no longer classified as overweight or obese (like it was.) It is classified as Healthy.
Today I received my Weight Watchers Lifetime membership.
As long as I stay at goal weight (or up to 2lbs over) I do not have to pay.

When I got pregnant with Snickerdoodle two years ago, I was at my highest weight. I was devestated and thought that I was doomed to be fat forever.
Weight Watchers has been so easy. Well, it's not easy but it's like childbirth; the outcome makes you forget how hard it was. I know myself and I know that if it was too hard and didn't work, I would have given up. I do not like to work hard.

If you need to lose weight, go to a meeting. It is worth the time and money.

I won't forward emails but I can't resist a survey

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Depends on the gift but I take pride in my wrapping abilities
2. Real tree or Artificial? always artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? usually first week of December but whenever I make room for the tree
4. When do you take the tree down? asap after Christmas
5. Do you like eggnog? no never tried it
6. Favorite gift received as a child? I'll agree with Sissa. The rollarblades were a great Christmas.
7. Hardest person to buy for? TheOldMan
8. Easiest person to buy for? Snickerdoodle
9. Do you have a nativity scene? yes it's one of the few things in life that I'm sentimental about
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? mail the photo postcards
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? maternity underwear that was too small (no offense if the giver reads this)
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? White Christmas or A Christmas Story
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? when we get the money together sometime close to Christmas
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? yes
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? pumpkin pie (yes it's a Thanksgiving food but there is never a wrong time for pumpkin pie)
16. Lights on the tree? must be white and non-blinking
17. Favorite Christmas song? several
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? travel
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? yes
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? angel growing up but a star on my own tree
21. Open presents on Christmas Eve or morning? whenever I'm with family
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? WalMart
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I bought a lot of blue ornaments when I got my tree a few years a go. I wish I would have gone with red.
24. Favorite dessert for Christmas dinner? angel food cake or pumpkin pie
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Victoria Beckham perfume, Goodys/Old Navy/iTunes giftcards

Again, with the nonblog

I still have nothing to blog about so here are some pictures.

what's happening

TheOldMan pointed out that despite the title of the last blog "why don't i ever blog anymore", I didn't really blog. I just posted a picture.
So here you go. I am not leading a very exciting life so I will just sum up what's up.
I've not been sleeping well. Bouts of insomnia are uncool.
I'm trying contacts again and getting some fancy new glasses. I'm going to have my tear ducts plugged because I have dry eyes. (Thanks mom!)
We rearranged the living room. My house needs cleaning fairies.
Speaking of the fancy new glasses, let me explain our medical spending situation.
TheOldMan has a benefits card that we use as a credit card for medical expenses (copays etc.)
It automatically comes out of his pay and is tax free and all that.
We accidentally used it improperly at the beginning of the year and they suspended us from using it until we paid them back. That just happened this week. So, we have a years worth of money to spend in a short amount of time. So we've made eye doctor appointments and may make some dentist appointments. We are going nuts on the medical care. It is a good thing TheOldMan is going to the eye doctor. His glasses (which he never wears) are round and big and ugly. Plus, the squinting at the tv is killing me. He's driving me nuts. So, I am going with him to make sure he gets nice glasses that he will wear. And since we have an slightly excessive amount of money to spend, I picked out some stupidly expensive frames for myself. He couldnt believe it when I told him how much they were. Needlesstosay, I will have no problem spending this money. If we don't spend it, we lose it forever so I don't feel bad about treating myself.
What else. Oh, Snickerdoodle is going to be a Frog Prince for Halloween. Gramma made his costume and it is adorable. Tomorrow night he's going trick or treating for the first time. He's going with his girlfriends who are dressing like princesses. It'll be supercute. I'll post lots of pictures. And YAY! I get to leave town this weekend. (This town is painfully dull so even if I have to sit in the car for hours, which I hate, it is better than sitting around here all weekend)
Well there is a blog. I am hungry now which is too bad because we have not shopped for groceries and I have no idea what to feed myself.
THE END

Smiles on Sunday (Why don't I blog anymore?)

Here is the family celebrating Hermano's Birthday. MJ, Mom, Hermano, Dad in the back. Snickerdoodle, Sissa, Me, RayRay, TheOldMan in the front.

Smiles on Sunday

Haven't posted in a while. Not sure why. Haven't been busy.
Here are some pics.