Addicted to Iphone

I have come to the realization that I would be hopelessly lost without my Iphone.  My husband decided that we would try a different carrier to lower the monthly expense of our cell phone bill.  I agreed to give it a try as Iphone is costing us nearly $220 a month for just two phones.  After walking around making calls on my blackberry and using my unconnected Iphone for the apps my husband agreed that I was unable to disconnect from my phone.  He hated that I carried both and I felt like I was missing something if I left my unconnected Iphone at home.  After a week of this behavior and a frustrated spouse, I was once again a connected Iphone user.  I did my best to give it a try but will from this point on consider that my guilty pleasure.

Incase you were wondering the Apps on my top 10 list:
Watch Disney Junior
PBS Kids
LoseIt
Smurfs (Don't judge me, its addicting)
DrawSomething
WordsWithFriends
All my many banking Apps
Blogger
Hotels.com App
Cheapoair.com App

Weight loss Update...I have a terrible scale but estimated to have lost .4lbs!! Yeah

The Fixer Upper

My home is definitely a fixer upper.  I have a list of projects including: gutter installation, exterior painting, landscaping, jungle gym for the kids, resurface all cabinets, upgrade all counter tops, redo all flooring, purchase area rugs, and find pirate furniture for my son's bedroom.  I am open for any and all suggestions that you may have as I am obviously feeling overwhelmed and my husband is now reminding me that he did not want this home he bought it for me.  I love you dear. XOXOXO

I feel like I need a place to begin so my plan is curb appeal first.  I have found a lovely company to install gutters and hopefully will be able to afford the install sometime in August.  We will see if I can wait this long or if I find additional projects to add to my list.  Like my house, I am a work in progress or simple a piece of work.

Summer Time Fun

If I have not mentioned before I am an educator and being that it is currently summer vacation I am constantly on the lookout for fun, free, exciting, educational activities to do with my family.  Thus far I have managed to locate parks that are not too far away (minimal parking fee), summer movies for the kids (Regal only charges $1), and playing outside my home.  After this afternoon I feel all 29 years of my life.  My daughter loves Tennis, my son loves the playground, and mommy gets to walk or pull them in the kid trailer on the back of my bike.  I am not sure who is exhausting more energy me or them.  With this in mind I am loving every second of this time together and cherishing it as it is already going by so quickly.  My daughter will be entering kindergarten this year and it is bitter sweet.  I am thrilled and excited for this new path in her life but also mourning that my first born, my baby is all grown up.  She impresses me every day with her wit, vocabulary, and imagination.  She is truly ready to begin kindergarten.

As a side note my weight loss is nonexistent so I have crazily tried to amp it up by adding a few extra supplements.  I am now including 7-keto, Green Coffee Bean, and Green Tea Extract (thank you Dr. Oz).  I am hoping as is everyone I am sure to loose that hideous baby fat in the tummy area.  I do not have the jitters but I do have energy to keep up with my kiddos.  Stay posted :)

Human Guinea Pig

My husband and I will be traveling to California for a wedding in 2 weeks and I have decided to loose those "last 10 pounds".  It is difficult because I am a self-titled foodie and struggle with giving up desserts.  When I go to work my co-workers have much more self-control than I do in that they are all size 0.  I am not huge but have remained a size 6 since the birth of my second child. I am as active as I can be and exercise when time allows.  So I went searching for a little assistance.  One of my size 0 friends informed me that she was seeing a doctor for weight loss and that she has been taking calcium pyruvate to help her. She looks fantastic so I decided to give it a try.  I am on day three now and have remained the same weight so far.  However, what has been impressive is that without working out I have managed to maintain with one of those three days included an all you can eat buffet and another day containing Father's Day festivities.  I indulged, so maybe there is some truth to this supplements claims.  I'll keep you posted.

Balancing Act

As my title implies I am the mother of two. I live for them and try to constantly do right by them.  I find myself in the same daily struggles as most in that I work, try to keep house, monitor finances, make all sports practices on time, and try to have QUALITY time with the family.  Currently I find myself in a situation where when I am at work all I want is to be at home with the kids but when work is complete and I head home I have no energy.  I want to feed them, bathe them, and tuck them in so that I can get some ME time.  I feel guilty about having these feelings and thus have mommy guilt.  On weekends when I have all the time I want with them I feel that I must find fun and creative outings for us to go on.    Unfortunately, most of these outings cost money therefore not satisfying my budget ie husband.  I also (forced as my husband recalls) persuaded my husband to buy a home so that we could leave the world of renting behind us.  We found a great bank owned fixer upper that I new would be perfect but now realizing that neither myself or husband actually know how to fix anything am finding myself calling contractors to get estimates on repairs only to irritate my husband more as to how much this house is actually costing us.  I almost forgot...I have this passion for travel.  As soon as I have two cents to rub together I feel the need to make reservations.  This desire instills an instant need for my husband to work overtime to feed my reservation habit.  I love him for doing whatever is necessary to provide for our family but find myself resenting him at times for not spending more time with us when deep down I know that it is my need for travel that is pushing him out of the house and into work. This blog will explore our highs and lows as we work on our family, jobs, house, and fabulous vacations.