It's on

Like Donkey Kong.  When I was pregnant I took a scale to work to monitor my weight gain.  HA!  I know right?  So I got on the scale today.  Pre-preg I weighed 144, 2 weeks ago I weighed 162.5, today 158.  By some miraculous way I have lost 4 more lbs.  Anyhow our employee saw the scale and said he felt like he had gained weight and wanted to get on, I said bring it.  A challenge quickly emerged.  I forced John to get on the scale and agree to said challenge.  We wrote down each of our names, weights, and goal weights.  And we have 90 days to get there.  90.  As in May 9, 2011 is the end date.  You see we have Hangout Music Festival at the end of May and I HAVE to be thinner to wear a swimmin' suit, so here goes.  I need to lose 18 lbs. to meet my goal.  John, 20lbs and Adam 20lbs.  The loser has to eat day old cooked shrimp.  Like 20 of them.  I want you all to know that this challenge was spurred by our friend Michelle.  Her & her sister started a blog to lose weight.  Their stakes are a little higher (as in a plane ticket higher) so check out their journey as well!  Their blog is called "Ain't No Size Zero."  Good name huh!!!  Anyway, I made a awesome soup tonight that does not taste "good for you" at all, which is what we are all going for right?  Here is the link and trust me, it is SO worth trying.  It is from Gina's Skinny Recipes.  Try it, you'll like it.  Have fun in the snow :)

Glee

So this post has nothing to do with the show Glee, except that I am IN LOVE with the fact that the hot guy just sang "Fat-Bottom Girls" to the fat chick.  Ahhh young love.  Anyway the real title of this was "Maids."  So let me start by telling you that we have maids.  We also own a restaurant.  We got these "maids" by meeting our guests.  They came in shortly after the birthing of little bit and John scooped em' right up telling them all about my baby blues and how I couldn't possibly mop, vacuum, sweep or change the sheets.  They clean all of the condo's above our restaurant and have references as well as insurance so we signed up.  Now they made a deal with him, a deal to clean our house every 2 weeks for nothing more than lunch once a week.  Deal right?  That is 2 orders of nachos and 2 large drinks every week for a clean house.  Totals up to about $40 a month.  Anyway I am drawing this out, all I ever expected was sweep, mop, vacuum, wash windows and well, that is pretty much it.  The first time I came home I was AMAZED, shocked, excited, blown away, okay I'll stop.  The house was spotless, laundry done, sheets changed, no dust bunnies, just perfect.  (and in exchange for food?)  So I got lazy.  Don't get me wrong, I don't mind cleaning picking up, I just don't like doing the dirty work.  So fast forward to last week, they were supposed to come, didn't show up.  Called said sorry we will come Tuesday, yay I get home, looks clean, then I really check shit out.
1. apparently by clean I meant "stuff shit wherever you want just to get it put away.
2. by "scrub bathtub" I meant spray my childs tub & toys with clorox and LEAVE IT.
3. The white spots I have been questioning on my perfume, babies toys, my toothpaste, Moroccan Oil, silver jewelry holder is CLOROX.
4. It is totally ok to leave my hairballs in the tub and on the floor cause you get paid in food.
So they vacuum around all of our stuff, put dishes where ever, put everything where ever, and leave wet effing clothes in the washer.  Ugh I told John to cut the cord.  We would rather pay someone real money and be happy than pay them queso & chips and be pissed.
In other news, I was excited to get crafts from school, ya know the babies school.  Like ones that she made.  I got my first today :)  They made Valentine's!  Thank god I don't have to wrangle 6 infants in paint and glue but thank god someone does because it made me cry!

Well (thank god) baby

   We had a doc appointment today.  Scarlet's 9 month "well" baby visit.  We have had quite the eventful day, as in I put Scarlet down for her morning nap and she immediately sat up and proceeded to clap and point at the door for an HOUR.  Seriously ya'll, we have to be somewhere at 10:40 and although she naps EVERYDAY from 8:30-9:30 I suppose she decided today was not one of those days.  So I said eff it we will head out early, you can cat nap in the car.  Not so much.  So we go to doc, she is 20lbs. (75th %) 30 Inches (100+%) and doing great.  She got a finger prick and a shot and did not so much as cry!  I was shocked for sure.  So when we got home I knew it was nap time so I took her to her room and put her down and she went right to bed.  Cool, for a good hour & a half.  We played about our day, crawling and chatting, and at about 3:20 (afternoon nap time) I put her down and she played, played hard.  She literally crawled around and moved "lovies" from one corner of the crib to another, sat up, clapped & talked.  I hear quiet and click on the monitor and what is my BABY big girl doing?  STANDING IN HER CRIB.  Ya'll I had no idea she could do this, she pulled up and is just holding on jumping in the bed.  UGH! She finally went to sleep sitting up with her head against the rails, butt crack showing.  The minute she woke up I lowered her crib to the last level and said good bye to our easy days!  John came home and she cruised around from his leg, to the table, to me, to the table and back.  I am terrified, our lives of laying her on the floor and going to get ready are over.  Anyhow I pre-registered for weight watchers today and have to wait til a night meeting to be able to start (Thursday I think) so that John can be home from work.   I'm nervous about it but I HAVE to lose at least 15 lbs by May when I make the beach debut.   What is everyone else up to these days?  Any crazy babies?  Good weight watcher recipes?  Talk to me!

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Stuff your sorries in a sack

I seriously don't have anything to blog about.  We are happy and lovely here.  Baby girl turned 9 months old.  WTF?  We have a mobile, big, cute, even sweeter child.  John and I went on a date to Carrabba's with a Christmas giftcard.  Neither of us were hungry so we ordered a bunch of crap then went to a bar to get a drink.  Came home, had some wine and went to bed!  We made a frittata with my leftover filet, cleaned some and lazied around.  We (maybe I mean me?) have big plans this week!  I am starting weight watchers Monday!  Make fun of me now cause I made Mom's chicken & dumplings and may or may not have topped it off with snickers ice cream for dessert.  Yeah gotta get rid of this shit before I start a diet right?  Anyway we got tickets to Hangout music Festival (can't wait) and plan to go with the "out laws" so not only will we have FUN, we will have built in baby sitters :)  ahhhh dreamy parents, ya'll for real!  I am out like a fat kid in dodge ball but I just wanted to leave a quick blog cause it seems as though I never get here anymore.