Where does the time go?????

Oh my!!!!! I can't believe its been over a month since my last blog but things have been pretty crazy here for us lately. Along with the usual day to day things we have had a birthday party sleepover (my daughter turned 13....YIKES), a Super Bowl party and other things going on at church as well as bouts of colds and other illnesses. To top it all off the last 2 weeks I have been dealing with pain in my neck and upper back (don't know what I did to cause this but it has been a hassle non-the-less). Needless to say my exercise routine that I had started in January (and was doing pretty well with) has fallen by the wayside for now. However I do hope to get back into that by the beginning of March. For now I am just taking things one day at a time, getting ready for physical therapy for my back (doctor recommended) and trying to enjoy the remainder of the winter break that the kids have had this week.

It has been interesting though since Mike and I decided we were going to get rid of tv. No we did not literally throw out our tv, we merely got rid of the satelite so no regular tv viewing for us (it didn't seem like there was much worth watching anymore anyway). Instead the kids use the tv for their game cube games and we watch videos/dvd's if we want to watch anything. Otherwise the plan is to play board games or just general family time in the evenings. The satelite was cut off on Valentines day and we really haven't missed it so far and it has been just over a week now. I will say that it has been extremely quiet in the house lately (except for when MJ isn't doing as well as he thinks he should on the GC games and starts screaming at the tv). We have also been listening to a lot of music this last week as well.

As for me, I grew up glued to the TV and can't believe I am saying this but the relative quiet is a welcome change of pace.

T.G.I.F (Finally)

Oh brother!!!! This has been one heck of a week. Even though the weather was great (started the week off in the 50's and 60's) because of the January thaw everyone in this house was sick this week. On Tuesday I woke up with my sinus's killing me, the Dr. thinks I am starting to have allergies. Then Wednesday and Thursday Thomas was sick so we couldn't do any school those two days. Mike came down sick Thursday and was home from work both yesterday and today. Then to top it all off Bethanie came down sick today. The only one who hasn't missed any work or school is MJ who toughed it out this week because he had mid-terms.

All I can say is Thank God its Friday, hopefully everyone will be better by Monday for work or school. Although I heard on the news tonight that we may be getting another snow storm Sunday night into Monday....so much for the warm weather:-(

A New Year, A New Me

Well, here it is January 2nd and I am starting something new. I've never been one who does the blog thing (that's more my dear hubby) but I have a feeling this is going to be a year of changes and what better way than to have it documented here. I'm not saying I will be posting every day but at least once a week. Please be patient with me as I learn the in's and out's of posting on here, I am sure my hubby will help out if I have any questions. But for now let me just say Good morning and Happy New Year to those of you that I will be calling my blog friends before too long.