Awesome start to a new year (very long.. you've been warned!)

On Saturday morning I had a 5k race 30 minutes away that about 15 minutes into my drive I realized I forgot my shoes. Showing signs of old age already?? During the race I came to the conclusion that I don't necessary love running but I sure do love seeing my time. New PR of 30:45! Great first present =) Chick-fil-A was a sponsor so we each got a chicken biscuit. Now, I had already planned my day with my points so I was having a slight dilemma about whether or not I should eat it. I mean it was my birthday weekend, I did just run 3.1 miles with a new PR but did I really want to forgo any really good eats for the points I was about to lose? Luckily, April's daughter didn't ask when were by the biscuits for one but about 20ft later she did. I was able to give it to her and feel good about it!

Once I got home I showered and made my favorite breakfast sandwich (English muffin, egg, laughing cow cheese and bacon crumbles) YUM! Then I played with the kids and relaxed a little. N is now robot crawling, sitting up from laying down, rolling both directions, pulling up, attempting to cruise and waving bye-bye. She's started this all in the last week or so! She's so amazing =)

Around 4:30 S and I got the kids ready and headed over to my MIL's house so we could drop them off and have a kid-free evening. N went happily into her arms and seemed perfectly content. I was worried she would freak out since we hadn't been over there in a couple of weeks but she was wonderful. D was immediately hooked by something on the tv. Gah, such bad parenting.

Dinner was yummy yummy tacos al carbon. I skipped the cheese since I had a smoothie earlier in the day with D. (Dang it! I just realized I didn't get a bubble tea on my birthday weekend. Will fix that tonight!) It was great being able to just feed myself and not me, N and keeping my eye on D. So relaxing!

Next came, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2! It was awesome! I was so happy it was still in theatres. Amazingly, there was a decent amount of people in there so I guess we weren't the only ones slacking unless of course they were seeing it for the second or third time =) I can't wait to get the last two movies on DVD. I hope D and N love them as much as I do. I guess I should read them the books first though.

After the movie we headed back to MIL's house and picked up my still going two year old and my knocked out 9 month old. She's such a good night time sleeper. Barely a peep out of her when I was changing her for bed. D went down well too with a book and kisses goodnight. S and I stayed up and watched Killers and drank some Coke Cherry Zero and Vanilla Vodka. Mmmmm!

Sunday (Birthday-day!)N woke up around her usual time (6:00am) and then slept in the bed with us for a little bit. S and D woke me up with cards and a present =) I got a Baby G watch in a smokey grey color. The cards were cute and S's said something about me being a trophy wife. LOL! I even got breakfast delivered.. from down the street =) It was a nice and lazy birthday for me. S did some yard work and I hung out with the kids and watched Make it or Break it (Thanks April!). Then we got ready and headed over to MIL's house again. Good thing she loves us! She bought me some colorful cupcakes and feed us a yummy dinner. Hamburgers and homemade fries (love!).

Once we got home and had N settled into bed. We put candles into my Italian Wedding Cake and D and I blew out the candles together. Then off to bed with him and half the cake for me! Well, almost half the cake.. I told you I was saving my points for yummy eats! It's my favorite store bought cake. Mmmm I even love the icing! More Make it or Break it and then I started getting stuff ready for the week.

Right before climbing into bed I decided to check to see if they had posted the race times for the 5k. I looked at the overall and saw the fireman I let pass me, beat me by 1.3 seconds =) I felt bad for him and knew his buddies would give him a hard time if I beat him. Then I noticed the 2/10 next to my name. Quickly, checked the age results and I CAME IN SECOND FOR MY AGE GROUP! OUT OF TEN! NOT JUST TWO! Best present ever! (*Edit: I emailed the POC for the race and found out I get a medal and a gift certificate! First medal!)

So overall, I had a pretty great birthday weekend. Relaxing with fun stuff sprinkled through out. Continuing the celebration with a bubble tea later today ;) I think it's going to be a pretty darn good last year of my 20's, don't ya think?

Lifetime!

Yay! I made Lifetime last night and it feels awesome. I was given my key charm and another star charm since I lost the other one. I passed around some pictures one from before I was pregnant, one right after having D and another of me prego with N. Yes, I know, duh, you're pregnant of course you're bigger. BUT, you can see it in my face and arms (3x bigger than my friend's arm!) too. I was not all belly so I think they are legitimate pictures of my "big-ness".

Anywho, I didn't really do anything to celebrate at least not last night. My 29th birthday is this weekend and I figure we can roll it all into one. Dinner and.. Harry Potter! Hopefully. It might already be out of the theatres by this weekend. I was told the times will be out tomorrow (Wed) so I'm crossing my fingers. I mean it's a big movie, right? So it should be in the theatre for more than a month, right?? Please!

I went ahead and changed my ww plan to only include the etools and not the meetings. Yay, money in my pocket! We are looking for the light at the end of the tunnel with this money situation and hoping for the best. Luckily, we have rain check movie tickets from last year and dinner I think will be Mexican so that shouldn't be too much unless I sneak a drink (or two?) =) I was told, "You can have whateva you like!" My reply, "With what money?".. "Don't worry about that!" SMH..

Anyway, mom did give me some money to get my hair done and I scheduled an appointment for tomorrow! It's a new person since my long time (10 years!)hairstylist retired last fall =( I did get a trim from by bff's sister in the Spring who's in cosmetology school and she did a good job but since I don't know exactly what I want I'm going to pay the money to have someone cut a style that compliments my face.

So in closing, Lifetime! New haircut! Tacos al Carbon! Harry Potter? *crosses fingers*

Best birthday week ever!

Things I'm Loving and Not So Much Loving

Love
*Coffee with milk, splenda and chia seeds over ice
*N totally charmed the nurse at her 9 month appointment. The nurse started off grumpy and having a "monday" kind of day (it was Monday so I completely understand) and left smiling and laughing to herself =)
*Lunch salads with lettuce (romaine/iceberg), hard boiled eggs, bacon crumbles, cheese, grapes and normally some type of protein (chicken, black beans, tuna, etc.)
*Only one more week to hopefully making Lifetime!

Not So Much
*Saggy booty pants
*D's meltdowns over NOTHING! Dude it was YOUR booger that was freaking you out..
*Underwears (JK+8 reference) is for covering your ass not for riding up your crack. Trying out different styles as we speak. I'm going to find the perfect style soon!
*Lack of motivation to get my weekly runs in
*Living check to check, MUST GET OUT OF DEBT!

BYO.. Lunch?

Last night I made my salad. Romaine, hard boiled eggs, bacon crumbles, grapes, mexican cheese and there should have been red onion but I forgot. Get to work in the morning and decide to text my friend and ask when am I ever going to see you again. She replies with: TODAY! I was just thinking about you. I want to do weight watchers. Want to meet at the mall? Of course, I said sure and figured I could eat my salad tomorrow. I've been craving spicy chicken sandwiches this past week and thought I could get Chick-fil-a's spicy chicken sandwich. After looking over my points I was having a little dilemma. Would a sandwich really be enough? It's already 13 pts by itself. I don't really have money to eat out. It'll cost about $5 that I don't have. Eghh. I really want my salad. Crap! I will look like a crazy person bringing my lunch into the mall, right? I could always get a chicken salad from Chick-fil-a.. but I ALREADY have a salad. Dammit.

Call bff.

Crisis avoided. She tells me something amazing. BUY CHICKEN NUGGETS and PUT ON SALAD. A-mazing, she is. Also, should be around $3 and I have $3 cash (cash is like invisible money to me, if it's not withdrawn from my account it never existed. MUST LEARN TO BUDGET BETTER!).

Grab my salad and hope my friend isn't too embarrassed by me. Arrive at the mall and do the obligatory squeal and hug, she tells me I look great (never gets old =)thank you ww)and then I notice her bag. A plastic bag.

Me: What's that?

Her: Please don't be embarrassed. I brought my lunch.

Me: Dude! Look at what I brought!

Why do I even worry? I obviously pick my friends because they understand me and apparently think like me too =)

Also, my salad.. was AWESOME!