Ending of a year
All I have to say is thank goodness this year is over. It was not an extremely bad year but it did have its challenges and those I am glad to end the chapters on.
The year started off normal with the family planning our vacation to the DC area, and into spring things were pretty normal. That is until the tornado ripped everything apart. As everyone knows our town got hit hard with 1/3 pretty much blown to pieces. We were part of the destruction but our house is still standing though a bit bruised and battered. Everyone is rebuilding and as a family we are stronger than every before. I admit to still getting misty eyed and still having nightmares of storms. I am also pretty pissed that having always liked storms I am worried and not looking forward to the spring storms that bring the twisters.
In other news, I went back to college via online courses and have been kicking butt with a 4.0 average. I am going to go for my accounting degree and then get the heck out of this town and get a decent job.
Kids are growing like weeds and my oldest (12) is as tall as me already. Looks like she will be a lot taller than me once she reaches her full growth. My 10 yr old son is right behind her in growth and can now wear Adults clothes! The youngest (2) is still a munchkin at only the 1.5% for her age. She might be the only one in the house that will be small like me!
In my own milestone I lost 40 pounds in the year. I am not as toned as I would like to be but I have the year coming up to do that.I look at pictures and can not believe I let myself go so bad, thank goodness I lost the pounds. I think I will feel my best losing another 10 pounds and be able to keep up with the kids. I am happy that I am at the same weight I was in my early 20's though.
There were ups and downs to the year but I guess it is what we call life. I can at least say I lost a bunch of weight, went back to school, had a great vacation, love my husband more than ever,and lived through a EF5 tornado. Come on who can say they accomplished all those things in a year!
Cheers to everyone and hopefully I will stay in touch better this year.
The year started off normal with the family planning our vacation to the DC area, and into spring things were pretty normal. That is until the tornado ripped everything apart. As everyone knows our town got hit hard with 1/3 pretty much blown to pieces. We were part of the destruction but our house is still standing though a bit bruised and battered. Everyone is rebuilding and as a family we are stronger than every before. I admit to still getting misty eyed and still having nightmares of storms. I am also pretty pissed that having always liked storms I am worried and not looking forward to the spring storms that bring the twisters.
In other news, I went back to college via online courses and have been kicking butt with a 4.0 average. I am going to go for my accounting degree and then get the heck out of this town and get a decent job.
Kids are growing like weeds and my oldest (12) is as tall as me already. Looks like she will be a lot taller than me once she reaches her full growth. My 10 yr old son is right behind her in growth and can now wear Adults clothes! The youngest (2) is still a munchkin at only the 1.5% for her age. She might be the only one in the house that will be small like me!
In my own milestone I lost 40 pounds in the year. I am not as toned as I would like to be but I have the year coming up to do that.I look at pictures and can not believe I let myself go so bad, thank goodness I lost the pounds. I think I will feel my best losing another 10 pounds and be able to keep up with the kids. I am happy that I am at the same weight I was in my early 20's though.
There were ups and downs to the year but I guess it is what we call life. I can at least say I lost a bunch of weight, went back to school, had a great vacation, love my husband more than ever,and lived through a EF5 tornado. Come on who can say they accomplished all those things in a year!
Cheers to everyone and hopefully I will stay in touch better this year.