Ugh. Exercising.

Well I hope all of you people who don't have young children or those who have yet to be blessed with them enjoyed fall back time. Ugh. Both of my kids being up before 7:00 is not cool. At least I had plenty of time to get ready for church...positive thinking. I felt like yesterday was such a looong day. I love going to church and being with our church family and worshiping  but oh man are Sundays exhausting...and with my kids getting up way too early for my liking it made for a much longer day. So it was difficult to get out of my nice, warm bed this morning. Monday's are usually my "clean up from the weekend day". I take the weekends off from cleaning/laundry...unless it's completely necessary. So, if you ever come to my house on any day during the weekend, be prepared for it to look a mess. Well, I may clean up for you...depends on who you are. :)

Go back to bed! 

I have officially decided it's time to get back on track with my eating/exercising. I have been a super slacker in that department...and when I say slacker I mean doing nothing or not caring about either one of those. I was actually doing pretty good with running/exercising. It was enjoyable for me. But now I'm just tired of it. I hate that I have to keep up with it in order to not gain a million pounds. But I do want to stay healthy and somewhat fit. I just wish it was more fun. I'm to the point where I'm pretty happy and content with my weight and size. I'm not where I would like to be or what I had set my goal at in the beginning though, so I'd still like to lose about 10 more lbs. Well now it maybe more than that from all the candy I consumed this weekend. Oh well...it was worth it. But I have to either hide the rest of the Halloween candy...or it's going in the trash. So, today it's back to tracking everything I eat (that works best for me), running, and doing some sort of exercise on my days off from running....ugh. I wish I could say I'm excited...but I'm not. I'm joining up with some other people who are doing this #fitforchristmas thing. I saw it on a blog that I follow. It actually started on Friday, but who wants to start something on a Friday? Not me, starting at the beginning of the week works better for me...plus I had all that Halloween candy I needed to eat. I'm going to do the whole taking of my measurements and picture thing to see if I make any changes. But don't worry...I won't post any of that on here. I may give you an update on my measurements...but no pictures! It ends on December 20...right before Christmas. Just in time to eat all the yummy Christmas food without feeling too guilty about it.

We had another busy weekend. Friday, I got my hair done. I went back to a more natural color this time. I'm taking a break from the red. I missed my natural hair. Friday night Justin and I had a date night...out to eat and a grocery run...exciting!  It was still fun. We joke about getting groceries whenever we go out, but honestly (cheesy comment coming up) it doesn't matter what we do, we always make it fun...or at least he's good at doing that.  We also made some other stops. We stopped at Ulta where I got the best curling iron ever. Well for me it is. I can finally curl my hair with a curling iron...yes, I'm 27 and still can't figure out how to curl my hair. Yes, I've watched videos and have had people show me...I still can't figure it out with that clamp thingy...see I don't even know the technical term for it..if there even is one. I've used the same set of rollers that I've had since college. This curling wand gives you more of a wavy, crimp look..which I like. I'm sure I could get it to do more of those big wavy curls I like too...I'll have to practice more. But since I only fix my hair like once or twice a week it may take me some time. 

Bed Head Curling Wand. 

Saturday we got our family pictures done. We have a family friend from Monette who takes pictures as a hobby. The ones I've seen on Facebook that she's done are really good. I can't wait to see ours. The boys cooperated really well. And we got to take a few in a cotton field! I was so happy. There are a ton of cotton fields in that area and almost all of them that we drove by had been picked. But there was one by her house that was still there...worked out perfectly!

He combed his hair for the pictures. He's handsome. 

Well it's off to clean up my messy house...oh Mondays. Yes, even stay at home Mom's dislike Mondays...or at least I do. :) Hope you all have a great week!

P.S. I'm wanting to give this blog a makeover...make it look  not so cheesy (that's the second time I've used that word). Anyway, I'm not very smart when it comes to computer design stuff...I guess all those years of being on Annual Staff did nothing for me. So, if you know how to do it...then let me know! I need help.