Whose idea was this whole T-Ball thing anyway????

So through the YMCA, since we are members, the boys can play several sports for free, one of which is t-ball. So for some reason I signed up both boys, Kaleb for blast ball and Zac for t-ball. We had a parent's meeting last Tuesday and the day before that got a call from the Y saying that Zac's team didn't have a coach and would we be willing since they cannot play if they do not have one. We stalled hoping someone else would volunteer but the day of the meeting came and no one had so Jerry said he'd do it. We found out that game days were Tuesday and Thursday, Zac plays every Tuesday at either 5:30, 6:30 or 7:30 and Kaleb will play on either Tuesday or Thursday at 5:30 or 6:30. When Jerry signed up his team for practice I noticed that Kaleb's coach had not yet signed up for a practice time, we could not sign up for Tuesday since that is their game day and the only other times left were Wednesday at 7:30, Thursday at 7:30 or 2 Friday spots for 5:30 and 1 for 7:30. Not wanting to be out all night we chose a Friday 5:30 time, so we're already up to 3 days a week we have to be at the ball field. I cannot get a hold of Kaleb's coach and have a feeling he forgot he signed up or something so I still have no idea when he practices but since there were so few choices left I have a gut feeling he chose Wednesday which will mean we have to be at the ball field 4 days a week every week starting next week until the last week of July. Why did I do this??? I'm sort of hoping the boys decide they don't want to play after this season (even during this season!) so we can stop this madness!

Why is May always so busy?

It seems like the moment May begins my days get hectic, always has seemed that way. Maybe because the weather is warmer and nicer and we can do more outside so I plan more? I don't know but I'm tired and it's only May 12th!

We had the first severe storm/tornado in our area for the year on Monday and round two is supposed to come in this evening.

Zachary has 9 more days of PreK left. We went to his end of the year slide show today and I'm so glad he had Mrs. Rakett for a teacher, so much so that I will try to request her for Kaleb in 2011.




Next week I have a parent's meeting for incoming T-Ball players for the YMCA. I'm not really sure what to expect, I'm hoping they don't do snack at each practice/game. I'm also hoping they will be understanding of Zac and Kaleb missing one week for vacation, I mean really, they have a short season which doesn't start until the end of May and goes to mid July, school starts again in mid August; people have to take vacation sometime, don't they?

Jerry's birthday lands when he will be in Fort Worth, Tx for training, that day is also Zac's last day of school (and payday!) so we will be heading down to Texas to share Jerry's company paid for HOTEL SUITE until Thursday then we will take the boys to Sea World and be back some time Friday. It'll be fun but hectic.

Zac's birthday is coming up quickly. I've decided that he will have a small birthday party, he's inviting 8 boys from school and I would be ecstatic if 3 or 4 showed up. The day after that we are taking the boys to a Red hawks game and may take one of Zac's friends with us. Then a few days later the boys and I leave for Colorado for a week. About 2 weeks after we get back it's 4th of July (and my birthday!) and finally a break until school starts on August 19th.

Part of our seemingly busy life in the spring comes from me wanting to take the boys to the zoo as much as possible. How many people live within 15 minutes of a zoo and have the opportunity to go more than once a week? I think the boys should go a lot and enjoy it often. It's also nice now that we can invite Zac's friend and his mom so I can enjoy a little adult conversation.

Oh, and by the way, my new camera takes AWESOME pictures! Or should I say, I take AWESOME pictures with my new camera ;)

Early Mother's Day present...

I got a brand spanking new Nikon L110 camera. 12.1 megapixels, 15X zoom lens, 8GB HD memory card and HD video. I've been looking at this particular Nikon for months and the price always got in my way. My other camera is on it's last leg so I had to get something. We went to Best Buy to LOOK, I tested several different cameras that were on display, as I've done a couple times since last summer, and always come back to this Nikon. I came |_| close to settling for a Kodak camera that Best Buy was willing to price match Target for $99 (Best Buy's sale price was $129), I finally decided to go with what I really wanted and bought the Nikon and even though I really didn't like parting with the money, in the long run I'm happy and wouldn't change my choice.

Pictures of the 3 year old...

So a month after, well, almost a month after Kaleb turned 3 I've finally uploaded the pictures from his Scooby Doo birthday party...

It's the destination, not the journey...

All through life, in all different situations and usually when there is a bump in the road, someone will say "Life is about the journey, not the destination." Well, I've come to the conclusion that losing weight is completely about the destination and not the journey. If I thought of the countless hours I've spent on an elliptical or stationary bike or the countless repetitions on the weight machines I'd go nuts and quit right now...BUT, since January 7th 2010 I've lost 17 pounds and nearly 15 total inches. I'd still like to lose another 30 pounds and I'm not totally sure how many inches I want to lose, I'd like to lose another 2-3 pants sizes and not have a gut hanging over my seat belt whenever I get into a car. So I'll continue riding my bike to nowhere and peddling the elliptical and try to get 10,000 strides in an hour and lifting weights until I don't think I can lift anymore and hopefully when 2011 starts I'll have reached my goals and can begin to work out to maintain where I am.

2011 all new Kia Sorento...

made 100% right here in the US, well, not right here but in Georgia! Last night for our date night we decided to test drive the new Sorento which was at the top of my list of new cars I want when we're ready to trade in the van. I'm in love, I've decided my must have options are 3rd row seat, smart key and Jerry prefers the V6 to the 4 cylinder. I would have loved to leave the dealership with one last night but we were just there for a test drive...I'm not sure when we'll buy but it will be some time before the end of the year.

New Friends...

Zac has a friend in school, Maddox, who invited him over for a play date a couple weeks ago. I met with Maddox's mom, Jill, who I was surprised to find has a lot in common with me! Zac and Maddox are pretty good about including Kaleb in their play so we all decided to go to the zoo last week, it was a lot of fun to have someone to talk to who also stays at home and has an almost 5 year old and is in her 30's (I thought I was the oldest mom in the class, I still may be but it's nice to know there is at least 1 mom not even a year younger!) To hear another person say that their goal when they were younger was to be a wife and mother just shocked me, I thought I was the last throw back to the 50's out there.
Jill and I were talking about Kindergarten and realized that the boys will go to different elementary schools, granted Mustang is only about 7 miles across and 3 miles N/S but I fear that will put a damper on the boys' friendship and thus ours. I plan to try to stay in touch and get the boys together at least once or twice a month.
It's funny, I always wondered how all these moms of school aged kids were friends and now I know. Hopefully my circle of friends will grow as the boys go to school and make more friends and have more play dates because I've truly missed adult interaction even though I don't miss working one single bit.