Not much to say; lost another 2% body fat but no weight in August. So that's like, 3 lbs of fat, replaced by water/muscle. Hey, at least it's progress ( Read more... )

The girls and I totally had fun making shrinkey dinks today!! :D *grin* I LOVE working from home, esp. when I get told they can stay home w/me *(my boss & co-workers mostly had a half day today anyway, and pto nxt week, makes my friday so nice!: then the portal boss said everyone could stop work at 2 - woo hoo! I Love summer and weekends - it's the ( Read more... )

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All the girls arrived for Aurora's 9th bday sleepover. They were playing outside & then this wind blows in & lightning/thunder, in pure sunny skies it seems: the girls all scream & run inside to me saying "girls inside" just as the boom sounded ( Read more... )

This afternoon Athena was looking at a cup full of lilac blossoms she'd picked apart & put in a cup and brought inside (or her sister had picked apart:not sure) anyhows; she says ( Read more... )

Friday I saved a family of 1 mama & 15 confused fuzzy ducklings as they walked out onto Hwy 55 admid lots of traffic - in front of my car (making me stop) then they hovered there unable to move as cars passed on the left & right until it cleared ... then they were in the 2nd lane I followed them over playing "car sheep-dog/blockade" from distant ( Read more... )

Yesterday I woke up at 6 am per usual, but since it was Saturday & the kids were at their dad's I just went back to sleep & slept in until 10am! what a luxury ( Read more... )

Athena: "mommie! mommie! watch this noise!" (I turn & look, and she flips over & closed this puzzle block thing w/aspiration sayings & cool photos on it, I had gotten for the girls, over into a new shape and it's like watching a transformer robot she does it so fast... ) Making a neat clacking noise as it transforms: so it really is worth watching ( Read more... )

Had a nice BBQ yesterday w/the kids & their good friends Lily & Julian - and of course the kids dad Ian his fiance Sara, Ian had put together a new grill & he did the grillin' while Sara & I got to chat & of course wandered to talk of work (we work for the same company now) Anyhows... woot! BBQ. :D :P ( Read more... )

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