A sigh of relief!!!

Ok so Dayne and I are way new to the pine wood derby world. Dayne took charge like every father does. HE worked long and hard on a car for both Parker and Talon. He decided to go with the super hero theme. Parker was the Black bolt car and Talon was Flash. It was so much fun! My boys were such good sports as thier cars went down the tracks pretty slowly. Next time we wont have all the weights put on the very front so it doesn't weight down just the front end (you live and learn lol!). I was so proud of their sportmanship and Dayne did a great job on the cars.

Parker won two awards, the most unusual paint job, and the best award of the night in my opinion which was the most courteous driver. That award was given to him by the track owners after watching him be such a good sport and being kind to everyone.

Talon won the Greese Lightning award! He was so excited about the whole ordeal!

The ups and Downs of this path!!

Ok, I have to admitt I'm a little discouraged. I know that weight loss is going to be a long, long, lifelong path, but I swear my body just loves my fat so much it holds onto it with everything it has. I have been kicking butt and taking names on my diet (for the most part), however I only lost 1lb last week and 1lb this week. Dang! 1lb? After counting every point and exercising about 1hr 6days a week. I have lost a total of about 9lbs in four weeks. I very proud of that 9lbs and its better then loosing nothing or gaining weight for four weeks. Its just my body has always done this. I have been on so many diets, and each and everytime I do I crawl along. I usually give up on a diet after about 2month of working my butt off and loosing hardly anything. This time is different though, and here's why. Every diet I have ever done I did for some one else. I would get into competitions with family to start loosing weight and I would only do it because those family members were counting on me. This time I started this on my own, and im doing this for no one but me. I have complete motivation that this time there is no turning back. I dont care if it takes me 10 years to loose it, I feel great. Just 9lbs off and I feel wonderful already. Also I love doing Weight Watchers! There program is wonderful! So although im a little discouraged I will pick myself up and continue forward with a feeling of hope that this one way road im traveling on has an amazing ending.

Today is going to be really fun (sort of)! As you all know I am a very busy mom with a schedule that starts at 4am. I work a full-time job and two part-time jobs, raise and home school three boys. So I bet you can guess what gets put on the back burner. Yup, my house. So today is a serious spring cleaning day. In effort to get my family motivated to help, I wrote small jobs down on ping pong balls. Each person will grab a ball and do the task. Once the task is done they put that ball in there pile. Whoever has the most ping pong balls at the end of the day gets to choose the fun thing we get to do as family tonight. Yay! I get my house cleaned in a way that motivates my whole family. I let you know how it goes.

Just my two cents!!!

I heard the saddest thing on Dr. Phil yesterday. It really made me thankful for my situation. Bullying in schools is hitting an all time high. No one is doing anything about it, in large part because no one knows what to do about it. Its like a mother watching her children bicker and be cruel to each other day in and day out. You work hard and pray hard for them to stop and they still do it. The difference for the mom is she is around her children all day and can give her kids more one on one. therefore she can put a stop to cruelty quickly before it gets out of hand. In schools that isn't the case. There is no one on one and in fact there are 30 kids to one teacher in a lot of cases. Even Child Care laws state limits on kids vs. adults yet we continue to pack school children in class rooms like sardines. How can one adult watch and keep on eye on 30 kids? How can that teacher make sure the cruelness doesn't escalate and get worse? The answer is they cant. This girl on Dr. Phil was a drug addict, had a destroyed relationship with her mom and brother, and was completely lost in her life. All due to bullying she endured for two years. She didn't tell her mother about it that often and the few times she told her the mom would still make her go to school and was at a loss as to what to do about it. The school officials knew as well and in her words stood by and did nothing about it. She had things thrown at her, she was laughed at on a daily basis, and she was made fun of. Due to her pain and no one understanding her she turned to drugs as a way to numb the reality of her life. This is so sad to me. What are we doing to our children? I was harshly bullied myself all through school and we still don't have programs or answers to stop it. For all those out there who say kids need to go through this in order to grow, pardon my language, but that is crap. Kids who go through this halt growth. It fosters low self esteems, loneliness, distance from adults, and a high risk of turning to drugs or sex to medicate their wounds. I am so thankful I home school my kids. I'm grateful for the daily opportunities to be apart of their lives and wonderful education they receive. I'm so glad they can focus on education and not what should I wear today so I can be accepted. I'm so thankful for the chance to be close to them and be someone they can come talk to. I know a lot of mom's cant home school due to time, but if you can don't hesitate. It is wonderful, and who is more qualified then the mother?