I think I have hit a lull with my blog.  I love having it and I like sharing it with friends and family.  But I guess I have been busy and perhaps a little uninspired and I haven't written much.  I think it might be this class I'm taking, the homework is writing intensive.  This class is wrapping up in one week, so I will have 3 new classes to write (complain!) about.  Since I changed my major to Child and Family Development, I am taking some classes that seem interesting and USEFUL:  Introduction to Child Development, Marriage and the Family, and Infant-Toddler Development.  Perhaps I'll learn something that will make me a better mother, or a more patient mother, or a more understanding one.

Bill got me a gym membership.  I have gone 8 consecutive days - and I've lost 4 pounds.  At first i didn't believe it, I think i didn't want to get excited because I was sure it was all water weight or something but the scale keeps saying I'm 4 pounds less.  I hope I can maintain this momentum.  I have been going at 6am and getting back in time to shower and get the kids ready for school.  Somehow getting up at the butt crack of dawn is so much easier for me than dreading it all day and going at night when I am exhausted from work.  So i just get up and go in the morning.  I don't have to feel guilty about going - everyone is still asleep all snug and warm in their beds.  I do 30-40 minutes of cardio on the elliptical and then i do some machines and ab work.  I have absolutely NO ZIP ZILCH ZERO abdominal strength.  The trainer (he was free with my membership) tried to make me feel better about it by saying it's common with mothers that have recently had babies.  Parker is almost 10 months old - i don't think I can use that as an excuse anymore.  I still walk around and feel self conscious about my body and I'm sure no one is even looking my way - but I can't help but see the girl running full blast on the treadmill and I just know i will never get there - mostly because I have no desire to be a runner - but did I mention that girl had nice legs.  lol  So today, I wanted to go in and take the 10:30 step class but I woke up and I was ready to go at 8.  I waited around and tried to kill some time around the house but I went in at 9:15 and did my usual routine.  But i rewarded myself by spending 20 minutes in the dry sauna.  I do prefer a wet sauna - but it felt good all the same.  

This weekend, I think I may have eaten the 4 pounds i lost.  Parker and I ventured out to Winchester to go to Target - and lo and behold there was a Sonic right there!!!!!!  It's not a big deal - unless you are a transplant and now live on the East coast.  Sonic is new out here - and it just hasn't made it to our hometown yet.  But it's close.  20 minutes close.  I wouldn't drive out there just for a chili cheese coney - but it's going to Target I might stop.  I haven't been to Target since Father's Day 2008.  That's right - Over 6 months.  I love Target.  I lived in Target.  Stewart and I went there 3-4 times a week.  We didn't have a Wal-mart in Herndon and I was fine with that.  We liked Target.  So yesterday, when Bill took Stewart to a George Mason basketball game, Parker and I took a trip to Target.  And boy was it fun!  

I need to post some pictures of the "labels" i put on Stewart's buckets in his playroom.  I laminated pictures and used looseleaf rings and put them on the handels of the fabric drawers.  It looks great but it's hard to explain.  Now he knows what goes where and he doesn't have to spend time pulling out the drawers just to see what is in them.  I am hoping it will help him keep his playroom clean because it's easier to clean up.  I've got my fingers crossed.