I'm IT, again?! Are you sure?!

TOO MUCH INFORMATION, IF YOU ASK ME...and obviously you did...so here is more useless knowledge for you today!

1. I had 6 L’s in my first, middle and last name (maiden) and once won a contest for $100 for having an L in my name on the radio. (I was in college, and so needed money!)
2. I am the baby in my family (there’s just 2 of us!) I am a "Daddy's Girl".
3. I started college wanting to be a Pediatric Nurse- after I failed both math and chemistry first quarter; I decided that major might not suit me! I became a teacher instead! My degree is a B.S. in Human Ecology- Department of Family Relations and Human Development
4. I always wanted to be a teacher when I was little, and would spend all of my allowance at a teacher store, buying supplies, stickers, charts, awards, etc…and that is what my friends and I would play with.
5. I was the fastest runner on my tee-ball team and then the little league team for over 5 years.
6. I began cheering when I was 8 and cheered until I graduated High School- now I just love to watch-my body so can’t do that anymore!
7. I broke both my wrists twice each! (I would have to tape them to do flips in cheering).
8. I was the editor of my Senior Yearbook- it was really fun, and I put lots of pics of me and my circle of friends in it!
9. I initially wanted to go to Penn State, then Kent State during my rebellion year before I decided to go to Ohio State.- Truly my parents said they wouldn’t pay unless I went to OSU- so I lived in a dorm my Freshman Year. See #13 for reference.
10.I met my Best Friend at Orientation the summer before school, and we lived together for the next 3 years. (not part of #13!)
11. I lived in an apartment with a girl who had OCD with germs for nearly a year-she would wash everything in bleach and take showers with her shoes on- she drove us crazy! Oh, the stories I have from those days...She was a nice girl, but had sad problems- I hope she is better now!
12. I lived in an apartment with 5 other girls- my room faced the alley, where they burned our dumpster after an OSU loss.
13. I have lots of regrets.
14. I would love to be able to be an interior designer, though I really long to teach again.
15. I love teaching in Relief Society, though I never know what comments I may get, and I get more out of it than the women do, I am convinced.
16. I was a blonde for a while- scary! Dana loves my hair long, and loved the blonde- I hated both, so I win! I was blonde till I was 5, too. Oh, and I LOVE getting my hair cut!
17. I love to read books about relationships, and I love mysteries. I read from Oprah’s book club for a few years, some of those favorites are, Gap Creek, The Pilot’s Wife, now my reading pretty much stays around the Berenstein Bears, Dora and Diego.
18. I learned to run without getting shin splints. I now run a few times a week, though I don’t run far, and I don’t love it, it keeps me in shape…well, sort of…see the countdown on the far right…
19. I played Varsity Soccer for 2 years in High School- we had to have a girl on the team, so I got to play every game, though I wasn’t really that good! Our team was mediocre.
20. I lost a friendship over $12.
21. I was only 5’2 when I started High School, and finished being 5’7. I had a huge growth spurt between Freshman/Sophomore year- there is hope for my girls!
22. I love to bake- cookies are my favorite, and cakes, too, oh, and brownies, and peanut butter pie, and strawberry pie….oh, and I make a birthday cake everyear for my kid’s birthday- I have done a dinosaur, a King Kong on a building, a mermaid, a fish, a Rocky Balboa, and a few others, though I am an amateur by every sense of the word! Trust me- I have pictures. The treasure is that no matter how hideous it really is, my kids LOVE it!
23. I don’t dress up for Halloween. I love others that do, but I just like not dressing up- even as a kid, I didn’t love it. I love the candy, that’s for sure, and I love dressing up our kids!
24. I love hard and chewy candy better than chocolate candy bars- skittles, starburst, Swedish fish, dots, are a few of my favorites.
25. I have loved Reese’s Pieces since E.T., which was my favorite movie as a child.
26. I had 7 Cabbage Patch Dolls, and I can still name them: Lynette Audry was my first, and I got her for getting straight A’s on my report card! She now belongs to Leah, though I still love her!
27. I have been to Canada, Mexico, California and the East Coast States.
28. I paid to take a shower after 3 days in Mexico on Spring Break while in college- don’t ask questions, I hardly remember it all…long time ago…refer to #13 above.
29. I love to sing when I am driving! As long as no one is in the car with me, I will sing loud and proud! I always wonder what others think when they see this!
30. I once got 3 speeding tickets in 4 months! Two were legitimate, one I fought in court- and lost, but I told the judge that the police officer who ticketed me would have to one day answer for lying! They told me to hurry up and leave the courtroom- it is true, though.
31. I am a principle fighter.
32. I do not respect those who think they have power but don’t, and use it to make people miserable. I happen to know a few.
33. I love the color brown…but yesterday my favorite color was pink…the combo is great too…I am a color girl.
34. I love taking pictures, and wish I could be better, but can’t afford the investment in a new camera, so I just take lots and love them anyway.
35. I love to go on vacation- when I was a kid, we sometimes went on 3 a year- they nearly were always somewhere with a body of water- I love to swim, though I hate fish and hate not being able to see what is in the water with me- I tend to stay at the pool!
36. I love to fish- though not on a boat- on solid ground, casting into a pond.
37. I get motion-sickness all the time. I take medication when I travel or are in a car for any length of time.
38. I never dated a blonde haired guy until I met Dana.
39. I had a dream when I was younger that I died before I was 30- though that didn’t happen, I sadly think I won’t live into my older age…Dana hates that. I always tell him that if I die, he’d better remarry quickly because our kids need a mother, but deep down it breaks my heart to think of that happening. I love our family.
40. I am deeply grateful for understanding parents- they have sacrificed much for their “material girl” and they support me in anything and everything I do and have done.
41. I love picture frames- I have more than I can count, and more in boxes, since this house will not hold all of them on display.
42. I fell off a log into a creek in the 5th grade, couldn’t get up and had to call for help.
43. I used to love camping as a child, and now would pick nearly any other activity to do…maybe when our kids are older…nah, I doubt it!
44. I love to paint- re-decorate-faux paint, explore colors with paint (have you seen the blue in my kitchen?!) I won a painting contest at Lowe’s for the bathroom at our old house and 4th place for the faux painting in Alex’s room at our old house. I got $50 and some more paint- I never used it, and we then moved.
45. I want to live in Arizona someday. I love the climate and I want to see what life is like somewhere other than here.
46. I have a deep love for my Grandparents. I was affectionately called, “Kelly Girl” by my grandfather, who died in 2000- he was so loving and loved me immensely. I get my long fingers and height from my grandmother, who died in 2005- I wear her engagement ring on my right hand and think of her every time I see it. It never comes off. I love my mom’s parents more than I can say, and try to visit them several times a year- they are the most loving, and sweet people. I get my love of chattiness from my grandmother and she is wonderful!
47. I love family history, and recently started indexing and working on my own family tree.
48. I love to sleep in and be lazy in the mornings…sadly that hasn’t happened much since we had our son- nearly 8 years ago…but every once in a while, I get to enjoy the silence of the morning.
49. Spring is my favorite season. Clarification: late spring to early summer, truly.
50. I love this blog! I love the creative outlet it gives me and a break away to enjoy life and remember all the little things that we forget so easily.

Chapter 29

When Dana brought home these tulips for me on Saturday, the first thing I said was, "Is this an early Valentine's Day gift?" I asked him that because I know not to expect flowers on the "expected to receive flowers day". He said, "No, you weren't feeling well last night, so I thought these may help." That was so nice, I thought (feeling bad for assuming they were for some other reason, like, you were mad at me, so I thought these would smooth things over...") they weren't though, and that was really nice of him. Tulips are my favorite flower, and they are in season somewhere, since the flower shop had these gorgeous purple ones just waiting to come to my house. I love them, and I love Dana for getting them for me! When we were married, the tulips around the Temple were so amazing, and so beautiful, that instantly I fell in love with them, and all the different colors, these purple ones are really colorful, and they make me smile whenever I walk into my kitchen- and they last, so I am hoping they stay for a while (since I won't be getting any new ones for Valentine's Day!!)

Couple's Tag

Autumn tagged me to do this Couple's questionnaire, so I am telling all...well, not ALL, but maybe somethings you didn't know about us...here goes...

How long have you and your significant other been together?


Dana and I met in August of 1994, so nearly 14 years now! Wow, when it is put that way, it seems like I have always known him- from 18 till now...you do the math for my age, which is his age, too, (I am 6 weeks OLDER than him!) We were working at Cracker Barrel, he was a server and I was a cashier. I had just started there when my childhood friend, who worked there too, said I should meet this guy...she said he was rather "new-age", since he was going to "Woodstock 1994" and he drove a really beat up car! I saw him, and right away thought he was really cute. This is what we looked like a few months later... Please try to refrain from any "big hair" comments, as I know it was! Check out Dana's glasses, too!! Now, you can laugh! This was right after I joined the Church, in October and we were heading to a dance, a church dance- laugh harder now, -I am!!
Who eats more?
This could go either way...it depends on what it is we are eating- for me, Chinese and Mexican I could so out eat him, but for regular meals, it would be him. A little funny we have at meal time is that whoever makes up the dinner plates with the food, jokingly says to the other, "I gave you more!" Sometimes if we are having a really yummy salad, and I see that his plate has more, I give him a really hard time, and make him add some to my plate!

Who said I love you first?
Dana did, and I didn't say it back that night...we hadn't been dating all that long, and I had been in a series of bad relationships, where I thought I "loved" some of them, so I was being a little leary this time around. We were watching a movie in his house, when out of nowhere, he says, "I love you", and I was just silent. I was just thinking that he was just saying it, and I wanted to be sure he was serious. I really loved him, I just wanted to make sure I really loved him! I think he felt bad when I didn't respond, but it was just a few dates later when I said it back, and then it just became part of our hello's and goodbye's.
Here is what we looked like a year later, our 1 year together at my 20th birthday...

Who is taller? Dana is 6 foot tall, exactly, and I am 5'7, and 5'7.5 on good days. I can wear heels anytime and I still won't tower him- I like that!

Who sings better? We don't sing...neither of us are any good, and sadly, our children are taking after us...but at least we all try to sing, despite it doesn't sound that great! I feel sorry for whoever sits in front of us in Sacrament!

Who is smarter? Well, that is up for debate between us...Dana would say him, since he has a M.E., but I always tell him that my B.S. means more than his B.A. It's just a joke, but truly, he is the smarter one...I won't deny that my common sense is sometimes hindered, and he seems to be better at seeing the big picture in decision making. If it were up to him, he would make all the choices when it came to our life, but since I am the wife that actually says what I want and does what I want, that doesn't always happen for him... which leads to the next question...

Who wears the pants in the family? You decide! Just kidding, we are a joint pant wearing couple!

Who does the laundry? Me- remember I am the control freak...I like to do it, actually, it gives me a sense of accomplishment, just as mowing the lawn does...I can see the results as I am doing it- too often in my job, do I see results, since I am raising little kids, so I take what progress I can get from mowing the lawn and doing the laundry.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? That would be me, too... At our old house, that meant I was closest to the door, ie; the children come to me first, right?! Well, at this house, it is farthest from the door, and the children still come to me first...how did that happen?!

Who pays the bills? Are you seeing a pattern yet? Me, I do, since I like to control things! No, I do it for other reasons, too- I like it, and I am home so I can do it easier than he could, since he isn't at home as much. Ask him how much we pay for something sometime- he has NO idea! Funny.

Who drives when you are together? I would have to say him- if we are alone, or with the kids, he does it, and I don't mind...he drove the entire distance to Myrtle Beach and back last summer, and I was happy about that!

Who is more stubborn? Uh, duh...Me of course!

Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? Dana for sure, I hardly ever admit wrongdoing, since I hardly ever do anything wrong!! He is always the first to apologize and move on, where I could hang on to something for days...and days...and days! This picture is one of my favorites from him in Chile- it was 1997!

Whose parents do you see the most? Mine, since they live in town. Dana's parents live out west, so sadly we only see them a couple times a year- we really miss them! We have dinner nearly every Sunday with my parents and my brother and his family- we cherish those times, since I don't have to cook, and my children get to spend quality time with their cousins and grandparents- fabulous!

Who kissed who first? Dana, for sure...it was our first date...go ahead, gasp, you goody-goody ones! We were at a party, far too late to be out at night, but it was after work, on the night we actually met- probably couldn't even call it a date..gasp more, okay, okay....It was not because he loved me, but just something to do, I guess! I bet he never thought that I would be the one that he would kiss forever...but I was!! Ha ha!

Who proposed? On September 22, 1995, I was living on campus in an apartment with my roommates, when he called to say he was coming over. Nothing out of the ordinary, really, but we had talked about being engaged before he went on his mission, which was coming up quickly. We drove to pick out a ring, bought the one I wanted, and he drove me back to campus to the place mentioned above, where he first kissed me and asked me- I said yes, we went to dinner at Chi'Chi's and he took me home. These were our engagement photos...it was 1998- 10 years, already? My hair just cracks me up!

Who is more sensitive? Me- I get emotional over the "small stuff" which Dana reminds me not to do- he is only sensitive when he gives talks in Church, he did cry when we got married, though...I do remember that!

Who has more friends? Me definetly! I always joke with him that he doesn't have any friends, because he never goes out and does stuff with any guys, whereas I do stuff with my girlfriends frequently. He says guys are just different, and don't need to always be around each other to be friends...he is right, and I am happy to be a girl! (I cherish my friendships, and seriously could not survive without them!)

Well, now that that is over, I tag Abbey, Esther, Jen, and Cassandra, and anyone else that I may have missed!

Initial Frames

So, Autumn wanted to see what the initial frames I have made look like, so I put this together...I have made a few others, but forgot to take the pictures, but you get the idea...

Sleepyville, USA

I couldn't help myself last night- I went to bed, and as I always do, I look in on the sleepyheads...this is what I saw...and I adored their sweet faces so much, that I had to take these. Celeste has her own bed, and until this night, slept solely in it (except for the occasional come to our bed in the middle of the night and wake up mommy!), but when I went to check on her, I found her sound asleep next to Leah...so cute...they do love each other, most of the time, but when they are sleeping, they really love each other! Alex actually covered his eyes from the flash, so I had to attempt another, but he was so asleep that he didn't wake for the second one! They go to bed around 8pm every night, and I bet by 820, they are dead asleep! I have to say, that I have been truly blessed with "go to bed wonderfully" children. They all have always been amazingly good and easy to put to bed children. I give myself a tad credit, since I am sort of neurotic when it comes to nap time and bedtime, but the most goes to Heavenly Father, who knows me so well, and knows that I would be in the "looney bin" if they weren't tremendously good sleepers! (Thank goodness for fans and "white noise" too!) Seriously, I am a bit obsessive about bedtime, and am strict, for if I am not, the next day, we all suffer, and I mean suffer...take for example the day after the night they spend at Grandma's house...up WAY later, no nap or down time...we are having meltdowns by dinner...it is not pretty, though I don't get upset because it is a special time to be with Grandma- I am just grateful for schedules at home! If I didn't get my own down time each day, I would be crazier than I am, and that is a scary thought!

President Hinckley

Sad news this morning when we found out that our beloved Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley had passed away yesterday. Dana told me the news at 7am, and depite my efforts to fall back asleep, I layed awake in a somber state until the children came in at 730- which is earlier than usual for them- I told Alex first, and he hung his head low, and said, "really?" He then said, "well, he gets to be with his wife and Heavenly Father now, and we can see them someday in Heaven, too." He is right. I know that, and I am grateful for the teachings of our Prophet and his love for everyone. You could always see it in his demeanor, and I loved his humor too! His sweet wife is surely smiling today, and through the tears, we are too.

This if from the Church Website:

President Hinckley was known, even at the age of 97, as a tireless leader who always put in a full day at the office and traveled extensively around the world to mix with Church members, now numbering 13 million in 171 nations.
His quick wit and humor, combined with an eloquent style at the pulpit, made him one of the most loved of modern Church leaders. A profoundly spiritual man, he had a great fondness for history and often peppered his sermons with stories from the Church’s pioneer past.
He was a popular interview subject with journalists, appearing on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace and on CNN’s Larry King Live, as well as being quoted and featured in hundreds of newspapers and magazines over the years. During the Salt Lake Olympics of 2002, his request that the Church refrain from proselytizing visitors was credited by media with generating much of the goodwill that flowed to the Church from the international event.
In recent years, a number of major developments in the Church reflected President Hinckley’s personal drive and direction. In calling for 100 temples to be in operation before the end of the year 2000, the Church president committed the Church to a massive temple-building program.
In 1999 — 169 years after the Church was organized by its founder, Joseph Smith — the Church had 56 operating temples. Three years later that number had doubled, largely because of a smaller, highly practical temple architectural plan that delivered these sacred buildings to Church members in far-flung parts of the world. Many more Church members can now experience the sacred ceremonies that occur only in temples, including marriages for eternity and the sealing of families in eternal units.
President Hinckley was the most traveled president in the Church’s history. His duties took him around the world many times to meet with Latter-day Saints in more than 60 countries. He was the first Church president to travel to Spain, where in 1996 he broke ground for a temple in Madrid; and to the African nations of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Cape Verde, where he met with thousands of Latter-day Saints in 1998. In 2005, he traveled nearly 25,000 miles on a seven-nation, nine-day tour to Russia, South Korea, China, Taiwan, India, Kenya, and Nigeria.
At a general conference of Church members in April 2001, President Hinckley initiated the Perpetual Education Fund — an ambitious program to help young members of the Church (mainly returning missionaries from developing countries) receive higher education and work-related training that they would otherwise likely never receive.
Closer to his Salt Lake City home, President Hinckley announced the construction of a new Conference Center in 1996 and dedicated it four years later. Seating 21,000 people, it is believed to be the largest religious and theater auditorium in the world and has become the hub for the Church’s general conference messages to the world, broadcast in 91 languages.
Even before his term as president, President Hinckley’s extensive Church service included 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency, the highest presiding body in the government of the Church, and 20 years before that as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Hinckley was born 23 June 1910 in Salt Lake City, a son of Bryant Stringham and Ada Bitner Hinckley. One of his forebears, Stephen Hopkins, came to America on the Mayflower. Another, Thomas Hinckley, served as governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1692.
President Hinckley’s first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City daily. After attending public schools in Salt Lake City, he earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Utah and then served two years as a full-time missionary for the Church in Great Britain. He served with distinction and ultimately was appointed as an assistant to the Church apostle who presided over all the European missions.
Upon successfully completing his missionary service in the mid-1930s, he was asked by Heber J. Grant, then president of the Church, to organize what has become the Church's Public Affairs Department.
President Hinckley began serving as a member of the Sunday School general board in 1937, two years after returning home from missionary service in Great Britain. For 20 years he directed all Church public communications. In 1951 he was named executive secretary of the General Missionary Committee, managing the entire missionary program of the Church, and served in this capacity for seven years.
On 6 April 1958, while serving as president of the East Millcreek Stake in Salt Lake City (a stake is similar to a diocese), President Hinckley was appointed as a general authority, or senior full-time leader of the Church. In this capacity he served as an assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles before being appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 5 October 1961.
President Hinckley received a number of educational honors, including the Distinguished Citizen Award from Southern Utah University; the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Utah; and honorary doctorates from Westminster College, Utah State University, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Southern Utah University, Utah Valley State College and Salt Lake Community College. The Gordon B. Hinckley Endowment for British Studies, a program focused on the arts, literature and history of the United Kingdom, was established at the University of Utah.
President Hinckley was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the Boy Scouts of America; was honored by the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews) for his contributions to tolerance and understanding in the world; and received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 2004, President Hinckley was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in the White House.
In March 2000 President Hinckley addressed the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. He also addressed the Religion Newswriters Association and the U.S. Conference of Mayors and twice addressed the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
President Hinckley wrote and edited several books and numerous manuals, pamphlets and scripts, including a best-selling book, Standing for Something, aimed at a general audience. In it he championed the virtues of love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness, mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism and faith. He also testified of what he called the “guardians of virtue,” namely traditional marriage and family.
President Hinckley married Marjorie Pay in the Salt Lake Temple in 1937. They have five children and 25 grandchildren. Sister Hinckley passed away 6 April 2004.

Daddy's Girls

As a tradition (3 years now), the girls and I have our pictures taken for Dana for Valentine's Day- I picked these up today. Since Leah can't keep secrets very well, we had to give them to him today- a couple weeks early, but he was happy nonetheless. The girls did really well during the photo shoot, and I was really happy with their individual shots- Leah's school picture wasn't that great, and I never had Celeste's picture when she turned 2, so this worked out as a double win for us! I really like white backgrounds, because the brown is so dark, but I am glad that the photographer chose the dark, because it being winter, we are all a tad pale, and the white would've washed us out! I say she did a pretty good job- judging by the amount I bought, I'd say she did a REALLY good job!

Love, love, love the sisters...

Oh, the posing Leah did...she's a natural, I think! Celeste just wanted to hold this bear...it was better than the football she initially fought for!

Playgroup is not for the kids...

Today we had playgroup, or mom's eating lunch, talking paint colors, cleaning up messes, laughing about whatever group at Delinda's house. It was really great for me- I almost backed out of going this morning, since it was snowing, and I had a stockpile of laundry to do, but I knew I needed to get out of the house, and so Celeste and I headed over...

Thanks to Bonnie, who took pictures, and shared great ideas about projects, and cleaned up Delinda's kitchen, which was a mess, from feeding 8 moms and 13 kids! Wow!! We mom's sure love to get out and chow together! I will post pictures as soon as Bonnie sends me some (I forgot my camera- bad blogger!)

Also during our mom's group, I managed to snag a perfect condition twin headboard with bookcase shelves for Alex's room from Delinda- see, playgroups really are beneficial, for thouse of you who don't think they are! I am excited to paint it white, this spring, probably, and then have it ready for his room! So great! I think I also convinced Delinda to paint some color in her wonderful home- she has all white walls, a decorator's dream canvas! That is one of my secret passions, ya know, to paint and design someone else's home- what fun and what possibilities!! I will let ya know if that secret passion ever becomes reality for me! Don't hold your breath!

As for the scale updates, I decided to not be so obsessive about it, so I will be posting updates on Mondays only, so I can see changes week to week, though I am really still weighing myself daily. And for those of you who think that is obsessive, I have read that women who weigh themselves everyday, tend to keep their weight in better control...control...now that is a word I know well!

Chapter 28

Friend, or foe?

Okay, my meltdown has subsided..thanks to Katie and Amanda for making me feel better- I realize that a scale is not the most important thing in measuring my image of myself, but it is a good gauge in the body fat, wake-up call that I needed so that I do exercise more regularly. Studies show that diet alone is not going to make you healthy, so I will do better at my running, and by the way, I did 20 minutes of core exercises on our "bean", and it must have helped...check out my countdown for today!!
*I failed to mention, we ate CiCi's pizza last night, too*
I don't feel as bad today...but I am going to run this morning...I will keep ya posted!

This I added an hour later...
I weighed myself after my run and exercises and the weight remained the same, but the body fat went to 27.9- okay, I now see the light...
Still, that isn't a great number...

Monday, Monday, Part 2

Okay, I retract my views about Mondays...see last entry from last Monday...today was MUCH better than a week ago today! Thank goodness! I really needed it to be! Oh, I still did laundry, and cleaned from the weekend, that is a given, but today was just better all around, except for one thing...read on....
The kids, including Dana were out of school today, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, so there was a bit of activity in the house that isn't normally here on Mondays...that was okay. I got to go use my 30% off at Kohl's today, so I headed there ALONE around 11:30- I was there a while...well, I was shopping ALONE, remember?! So, I decided that with that kind of discount, on top of the sale, I was going to purchase a new scale...a what?!
Yes, I know, what was I thinking, a SCALE?! A body fat monitoring one at that! Okay, that was the one thing that wasn't better...it was a good deal, I must say, but a rude awakening for me when I stepped on it!! So, I know I'm not in as good of shape as I should be, ( I do hide it well), but still, I was not expecting what showed up- oh, the weight was about what I thought it would be, but the body fat, so NOT what I was expecting it to say!! WOW! Okay, I will share it with you, but promise not to label me the "fat body fat girl", okay?! Remember, I am 5'7, so some weight is acceptable, right?!
Okay, this is hard...you input your height, age and gender, stand on it bare footed, and then this crazy number shows up...31%....yes, you read that correctly....31% Can you believe that?! I am carrying around 31% fat?!! That is disgusting and I am really feeling grossed out at this point! The brochure makes it a point to define good body fat vs lean body fat for you....wow, thanks, but um, 31% puts me in the HIGH category of body fat!! Yuck!! Seriously, I thought 20, maybe 25% max, but 31- come on!! Well, it gives me, fat body fat girl, some tips on how to lower my score...eat less, and exercise more, well, duh! Thanks! I will take that into consideration!!

SO, since I had to slack off on the running, due to my incessant vacuuming, (read last weeks' Monday), it has worked against me, and that is really not good! SO, starting tomorrow, and for the next 8 weeks, I will be running 4 days a week, for 20 minutes, and cutting my caloric intake, (per their suggestion), and then I will report back on the difference...I think I will keep a running tally on the right side of the blog for those of you who care...please care...I need help!!
But, aside from that, the day was fine, like I said, we even got rid of Alex and Leah for the night- they went to Round Town to spend the night with Uncle Steve and Aunt Carmen- whoo hooo-Now, during my Prison Break (new episode) tonight, I will be doing some strength training, to try to tone up this fat body fat and turn it into lean body fat...wish me luck!!