So when Steve got home from work today we took Madison down to the park.....but she's not the one that needs to be tamed when we go there....here's some pictures of Steve's doing at the park:

It's a little x-rated...thankfully there were no other kids there. Not that they would know what this is but still...THEN here he is trying to ride Madison's tricycle and falling off of it....

What a goofball. Madison got to ride her trike down to the park again. It's fun to watch her. These are the moments in life that are priceless.
Steve took the day off of work tomorrow. We are going down to Jimmy and Alexis's farm for Alexis's going away party (remember she leaves for Iraq in a week or so). I am so sad that she is going. Oh, that reminds me that I bought her some stationary for a little (very little) going away present. I have to remember to wrap that before we go. The party is on Saturday but Jimmy wanted Steve to ride his dirt bike down there for a day. By the way, I have mellowed out alot on Steve owning a dirt bike. Kinda got myself into a little freenzy about that didn't I? Silly girl. I guess it's true when they say that time heals. ha! It should be fun spending a weekend down there. Alexis wants me to go play bingo with her. There is a casino right by their place so I am assuming that's where we are going to go. I thought she said we'd play bingo on Sunday. Not sure what time we are getting back! It should be fun. I don't want Alexis to go to Iraq. It's for such a long time!

I love being on this new creative team that I'm on...here are some layouts I did with their papers/kits...

Aren't those fun? I love, love, love their papers. So cute! This is how I would of loved to design. The lady who designs these works with some of the acutal paper manufactuers of scrapbooking paper (real paper, not digital paper). I think their stuff is pretty cool.

Well, we had such a good day today. We started off the day laughing (okay, I was laughing) at Madison because I was still lying in bed and she wanted me to get up and I said I was still sleeping, so she took all her dollies (all 100 of them) and lined them up next to me because "they were sleeping too". It was so cute. Then later during the day she got to ride her tricycle down to the park (obiviously, not alone). This was the first time that she's taken her trike outside the back yard. She thought she was such a big girl....Oh, that was after we went to the doctors for the sore around her mouth. She does not have impetigo. She has herpes. Don't freak out...not THOSE kind of herpes, but the herpes simplex that is associated with cold sores. She either got the cold sores passed on by me (poor baby) or when she got her fever her body was under stress (stress is what causes me to break out with cold sores). Anyways, they gave her some medication to put on the sores that you can see on her cheeks, but the sores that are in her mouth (owie) will take 5-7 days for open sores to heal. Her little mouth will still break out abit more the doctor thinks. But she says it's not way back in her throat, so that's good. Poor little girl. Do you know that she STILL doesn't yet weigh 30 lbs? She's been at 29 point something pounds for the last year I think. Everytime I weigh her I am suprised that she hasn't gained any weight. And her having cold sores does NOT help the weight matter any because she has hardly eaten anything. I feel so bad for her. The doctors have never said anything about her weight so it must be fine. I don't think her thyroid has effected her weight one way or another wether she is/was on medication or not on medication. Her weight just stays the same.

Speaking of weight...I am back on WW. But I am too afraid to weigh myself after Las Vegas. It was kind of a free-for-all with food while we were out there. I figure I'll just stick to ww for a few weeks and then weigh myself. I don't want to freak myself out too much.

Madison had her first dance class tonight. I couldn't get any good pictures of her but she was sooo fricken cute in her little leotard thingie. All the little 3 and 4 yr olds were really cute. She loved being in dance class. I was actually suprised how much she liked it. I knew she'd like to dance but she was very, very happy to be in this class. I think she feels pretty and special in her little tutu outfit that I bought her. She even let me put her hair up in a ponytail, which is rare these days. I told her that she had to wear her hair up and she said, yes-just like a ballerina. I did take video on my camera but I am not going to post it. It takes too long to post the videos and they cause my computer to crash. I will try to get some pictures of her next week. I won't let her put her outfit on unless it's dance class time. Anyways, out of all her classes (swimming, iceskating, gymnastics) this seems to be her favorite thing to do so far. She will have her dance recitial in May. That gives them 9 months to get a dance together. And you know how fricken cute that is going to be....a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds dancing. I guess this is what I have always dreamed about..having a little girl and watching her in dance. I'll be one of those overly proud parents watching their kid perform. hee hee.

Oh, guess what I made for dinner tonight? TatorTot hotdish. We had that growing up alot. mmmm, it was really good. I couldn't really remember how to make it, but I just winged it. I guess you can't really screw up a hotdish. Just throw a bunch of stuff together and since this is a tator tot hotdish, it just has to have tator tots in it. Not really sure how that fit in with my ww meal planning but I am skipping my nighttime popcorn snack just for safe measures.

Guess I should try to get to bed here pretty soon. I have been having such a hard time falling asleep and then when I do, it's because Madison wakes up and forces me to lie down with her and then I sleep crappy because I have been sleeping in her bed (I know, I know....BAD habit) with her. I have GOT to sleep in my own bed and at a decent hour. But I just am not tired you know? I am a night owl...always have been one I guess. I envy those of you who can go to bed early. Steve is one of those kind of people. Every night excatly at 10pm he goes to bed. And he falls asleep. I guess I can take my pills that I am suppose to take to fall asleep. I kind of gave up on those. Just another pill that I have to take. Don't feel like taking pills....so I don't. I don't know how well they work anyways. Kind of like the placebo effect. In the beginning I feel like they work, but after awhile it just doesn't seem to. If I take something that I KNOW will work, then I can't get up in the morning. Which I can't get up in the morning anyways, but then it's really bad. Kinda like a drugged out feeling where you feel woozy and lightheaded and can really never wake up fully once you are up. I hate that feeling. Hence me not taking those meds. Or any night time meds at that. Okay, I'll shut up about my sleep.

Cool picture of Jennie!~This is from our kickball game 2 weekends ago! We were laughing because of her shirt (I'm an american honey). She went to Vegas the day we came home. That would of been so fun to of met up in Vegas with her. Next time we'll have to plan accordingly!
I am taking Madison to the doctors tomorrow. 1:30 appt. She still has those sores around her mouth. Lynnie and Todd thought impetigo. Then Sharon (daycare) said the same thing so that is probley what it is. I guess it's highly contigious. I wonder why Steve and I haven't caught it. They look like they are healing but I still am bringing her in. Poor little girl. She hasn't eaten much these last few days because it hurts to open her mouth. It should be getting better by now. Poor little one.
Today I am going to go get her tap shoes. She starts dance tomorrow. I am really excited. I just hope she behaves. And doesn't poop her pullup. I told her she definetly needs to be fully potty trained by the time she starts dance class. This morning she said, "I am going to be pottied trained by tomorrow?" She's asking a question, not stating the statement. That's not good. 3 yr olds are definetly harder than 2 year olds. Maybe when they are 4 that's when things start turning around. She finally quit being a naughty little girl yesterday. I think she was acting out with me and Steve being gone. Maybe she feels better too. Last night was pretty cool...I just sat with her in my arms and let her fall asleep on my shoulder. She use to only do that with Steve. Now she could care less about Daddy. She is totally a mommy cling-on. Somewhere down the line that switched from Daddy to Mommy. Anyways, it was nice to have her fall asleep in my arms. I usually am moving around too much to let her just sit in my arms. I have to do that more often. She is just craving me to hold her lately. Which I love!~who wouldn't?

Happy Monday!

It ain't the weekend anymore...

get your butt back to work.

Ha, this is Steve in Vegas soaking up the sun, drinking a beer. The good ole' days.

Yea...I'm a ZenGirl! Not that any of you know what that is. It's a new creative team I am on for digiscrapping with super cool stuff....

It's a website for www.DigiNirvana.com. You should go check out their stuff if you digiscrap. It's alot like MindsEye paper. Unless you're a paper scrapper you won't know what that is. Anyways, it's my little fun thing that I do, being on the creative teams. Expecially for cool places like this. It's kinda like I made it big time in the digi world being on this creative team! Whoo hoo for me. Just means that I will get some cool free stuff to scrap with. I'll be sure to post my layouts in my blog that I do for this place.

Anyone watching the VMA awards? That would be MTV's Video Music Awards. I was so happy that Britney Spears did her little piece in the beginning of the show well. She did really good. I'm rooting for her! Actually the show is still going on but I put the little bugger to bed and now that it's MY time, I'm choosing to spend it in the computer room on my little blog! I told Steve to call me out when the people are on that I like. He's kinda like my assistant for TV tonight. ha! Anyways, I am waiting for Madonna and Justin Timberlake to perform. I'm sure they said they both were performing together tonight. Fun stuff! It's kinda fun watching music stuff. Not that I am a total music nut or anything. Far from it, but I still like my Britney and Madonna! Oh...I just thought of something...what if Britney and Justin Timberlake performed together? ohhhhh, that would be so cool!

Today me and Madison met mom and Kim and Kayla and Haley at Eden Prairie Center. It was pretty fun. We let the kiddies just play around on the kids play thing. I can't wait til Maddie gets a tad older and will actually let me look at clothes and stuff in the malls. But that's not-a-happenin' any time soon.

Here are some pictures from Tyler in Jesus Christ Superstar...

These are pretty good pictures. You can go to http://www.mnstate.edu/strawhat/photoalbum/2008.cfm to see them. I would love to be able to do a book for Ty. You know, those photobooks that I have been doing lately. I just don't have enough photos of him. Anyways, I thought these were pretty good photos!

Oh my beloved blog! Finally I am here to write in it. Well, we got back from Vegas the other day. I slept the entire fricken day on Friday. I mean the entire day. I woke up maybe 2 times. I guess I needed to recover from our Vegas trip. I bet you want to hear all about our trip, huh? Well, I came back from Vegas with 200 bucks. That's 200 more to add to saving up for my camera! Whoo hoo! Here is one of the little jackpots of Steve's... Looks pretty good huh? God, was that fun. We won 1600 quarters, which is 400 something bucks. I didn't take any pictures of my little jackpots. I once won 500 bucks. Then I won 200 bucks a few times. We did pretty good. But I was pretty happy that I came home with some money. We gambled alot. Won alot but gambled alot. We mostly played slots. We both played a bit of roulette and did pretty good on that. Well, maybe even on roulette. Steve played black jack too and pretty much evened out on that.

We stayed at the Golden Nugget which is downtown. You know what is funny? We never even saw the downtown light show. Steve saw 1/2 of one but I was on the roulette tables and couildn't pick up to run outside. Wierd that we never saw the show after being down there. Anyways, the Golden Nugget is pretty nice to stay at. The pool was awesome. Look at some of these pictures of us swimming. We are in the shark tank. Looks like the sharks are swimming right with us...

We took a ton of photos in the pool because it was so cool being in the shark tank. There was also a huge waterslide that went right through the sharks which was pretty cool. And fast. That last picture of us I look pretty busty in. Just a little fyi for ya.

We also went to go see Louie Anderson one night. That was pretty fun. I took a photo of him at the end. Not sure if you can bring cameras in there, but you know me...if it has to do with a camera and breaking the rules, then watch out!

We also went and saw a show called "Defending the Caveman" which was pretty funny. We didn't really go see any "vegasy type of shows" which was fine with me. Maybe next time we go then I'll want to see something vegasyish.

We just spent most of our time out at the pool and gambling. What Vegas is meant to be. The bummer of the trip is that I had a headache the ENTIRE time we went out there. I was hurting most of the time and trying to pretend that I didn't have one. Maybe that's why I slept all day yesterday. It takes a lot out of you to have a headache that long.

Here is my favorite photo of us this trip:

I like that photo....Don't ask me why cuz it doesn't even show we are at Vegas!

Nana, thank you SOOOO much for watching the little munchkin while we were gone! We both appreciate it so much and are greatful that you could spend 4 days (and 3 glorious nights) with Madison. I know Madison was happy to spend some time with her Nana. Sorry that she got sick. Yes, our poor little girl got sick for the first time EVER while we were gone. Meaning throwing up sick. She's never thrown up in her life. Not even as a little baby did she ever get sick. Poor Nana. Poor, Poor Nana who never got even a little break from Madison while we were gone. All I can keep on saying is "Poor Poor Nana". We feel so bad that it was hectic for you.

Oh, they made us a awesome "welcome back" sign that was a great suprise! I'll have to post that soon because I am trying to download my photos and I see that the last 200 were not deleted so it's going to take a ton of time to get them downloaded.

Right now Auntie Lynnie is babysitting Madison. We were going to go down to the Farm (Jimmy and Alexis's) but instead we are babysitting Todd and Maria's doggie Toby. But we are kinda waiting on Lynnie to call us and pick up Madison because she's been sooo crabby since we've been home. She's got a bad cold sore on her mouth and plus she still isn't feeling so great. But it's already 7:30 and she hasn't called yet. We'll just wait. She planned on doing a sleep over but I don't think that it's going to happen. But I am suprised that she hasn't called yet for us to pick her up.

Oh...I got the photos downloaded already so here's the cute sign that they made for us...

Isn't it cute? Nana (and Madison) worked so hard on it! We love it. I am sure we'll keep it up for this whole week!

Today we went to a little church carnival. It was okay. Just okay because Madison was so crabby that we had to go home. Here she is petting one of the animals.

Well, Steve is making us steaks on the grill so I should probley get going. Tomorrow I start back on Weight Watchers to lose what ever weight I gained while on our Vegas trip. That was really fun. Too bad we couldn't of stayed longer but I would of had a hard time staying away from Madison any longer than I did. Same with Steve I am sure. We missed our little girl. Bye for now!

I bought these worn photo overlays and think they are the coolest thing since slice bread...lookie, lookie....they make the photos look old and worn.....I LOVE them!

Aren't those beautiful? I think so! Oh, how exciting! I LOVE them. I am sure I'll be using those on all my photos now! FUN stuff!

So, yesterday we had our kickball game. Only 2 major injuries. One requiring surgery. Not bad for a bunch of late 30/40 yr olds, huh? Seriously, the injuries were bad. One sprained calf muscle...got carried off the field, and one torn achielle's heel tendon who also got carried off the field. Both were in Urgent Care last night. Other than that, we had a blast! Here are some photos...

Here is Team Jennie...

Team Lynnie...

Later on we switched up team and had new captains...Here is Team Kelly. I didn't get a photo of Team Kim.

Below is injury #1. She's the one with the snapped achillies tendon. Can you say ouch? She'll be in surgery soon.

And this is the other injury...a sprained calf. Just like I did mine and then Kim did. We could symthasize with her.

Then we all went back to our house and partied until 10pm. It was really a fun day and night. It's been a long time since we've all gotten together!

And then mine and Kim's self portrait!

Well, I have been up since 5am. I woke up and couldn't fall back asleep. I am going to go meet my mom and Lynnie at Panera Bread in Plymouth this morning for coffee. Should be fun. I love getting up early and going somewhere. Which, I know, is unlike me to do, but that doesn't mean that I don't like getting up. I want to play more with my new overlays but Madison woke up abit ago and wants me to watch cartoons with her so I'll go out there in a minute. Oops, she calling now so I better go! Bye.

Oh..we are waiting for Nana to arrive today to come watch Madison while we go to Vegas. I am super excited to go right now! Mom gave me 30 bucks to try and win her a million in Las Vegas. I'll call her as I am gambling so it'll be fun for her to see if I do anything with her money. I am excited to lay at the pool and go gambling. It'll be fun. I wish I could blog while I was up there. I'd never to go to sleep then, but that's okay cuz it's the town that never sleeps. Kinda like me!

We are just hanging out...STARTED our vacation RIGHT NOW! Whoo hoo! It's Friday and we're ready to par-tay!

Great photo of Steve, huh? Oh...speaking of photos, I took about 200 of them while we were playing outside tonight and I found my moneyshot...here it is:
I love, love, love this photo. I think I like it better in color though. Anyways, awesome photo! Madison got a new princess dress today. We have to throw her other ones away because they are so ratty. The dresses are expensive, but for the amount she wears them, it's worth the money. Here she is in it...Not that you can really see it! Out of the 200 photos I took I didn't get one good one of her standing up in it! Oh well...there's always tomorrow! Speaking of tomorrow...we are getting together with my old softball/broomball team to play a game of kickball and then bbq'ing over at our house. I have to get up early and mow the lawn! eeks...it's alreay 1:00 am. Oh well...I am on vacation and should get used to not sleeping in Vegas. I am in training:)

How do you like the new header that I made? It's a tad too large, but it's going to have to do because I keep trying to shrink it a bit more and then replace it and I've done it about 5 times already and figured it's just fine the way it is. See how I've transfered that saying from my weight to my art? It's just fine the way it is...Maybe I'll make some word art for that saying. Anyways, I love the block letters! Oops, gotta go...the critter just came in and wants to play abit.

Here's another layout I did of Madison and Indio playing. I am ct'ing for a few designers so I get free products but have to scrap layouts using their products.

I think I'll work on some word art and post them here later...

Here's a little layout I did of Indio and Madison blowing bubbles on their little playdate.

I just got back from grocery shopping. Trying to get stocked up a little bit for when Nana is here watching Madison. Of course I forgot the one thing that we go through the most....apple juice.

Did you know I get coldsores when I get stressed out? Well, apparently I do. I didn't think I was getting stressed out going to Las Vegas, but I must be because I got a coldsore. The last time I went to Vegas (our honeymoon) I had the HUGEST coldsore ever. You can totally see it in every picture. This time it's not a huge, but you can still see it. If you get cold sores you should try a product called abreve. The tinest little tube for about 15 bucks, but it works. It's not working so well on this one. Maybe it is working and that's why it's not as huge as my last coldsore. Anyways, I don't know why I am stressing out about Vegas. A little bit about leaving Madison for 3 nights. I am going to make her a little calender for the 4 days we are gone so Madison can visually see when we are leaving and when we are coming back. Maybe it'll make it a little easier on her. I just don't want her to think that we are leaving her and not coming back. I'm sure she'll be just fine in Nana's hands! Hey Nana...remind us that we need to put her carseat in your car before we leave! I guess that's the stuff I am stressing about. Oh, I am sure it'll all be fine.

I put mom and Kim's Fair Hills vacation pictures up on a website. If you would like to see the pictures, you can visit http://fairhills2008.shutterfly.com/ . It's kinda a cool website to post your photos on because it really looks like a website and not just shutterfly's website. Anyways, go check it out. Mom sent me the disc of photos so I might try to do a layout with some of them.

Well, I am going to go on my walk now. I really don't feel like it AGAIN. I have been slacking off abit in that department. I just am discouraged because I am not seeing results really. But I am thinking of it as a lifestyle and that's what I want is a healthy active lifestyle. It's important for me for Madison to see us exercise daily or so. I want her to grow up with us being active. Expecially since we are older parents. If we can keep this up in our 40's then we can keep it up in our 50's. Isn't that scary? Our 50's. I NEVER thought I'd hear myself say that in my life! I think I am getting a little freaked out that 40 is right around the corner. Jeepers...40. Unreal. I need to remember if I don't use it, I will lose it. I need to think for health reasons, not just weight reasons. Still doesn't make me really want to go right now, but I will as soon as I get done blogging. I promise! So, I better go and just do it. Right NOW! Bye!

I am addicted to making these buttons. If you have one you'd like me to make for you, just leave a comment below and I'll post it on the blog soon! How fun!

We are going to run to Target in a bit. God, I HATE their pharmacy. I filled 2 perscriptions yesterday over the phone. They said it was refillable and it would be ready for pick up after 2pm. I went there at 5 and they said I wasn't able to fill one of them until today. I got mad and said, it would be nice if they would of said that in the first place and then I wouldn't of come all the way out here to get my perscription. They don't care. I just hate that place. They can't ever understand what I am saying and I can't understand what they are saying due to lanuange barriers. They always ask for my name and I say Kelly Michaels. Michaels is the last name. Then they go look for the perscription and they say they can't find anything for Michael. I say, "It's KELLY. MICHAELS is the LAST name!" God, it's every time too. I am not exgarraging about that. Steve went and picked up his last week and they said the same thing. That's the first time he's gone to pick it up and I think he finally realized that I am not just complaining and exgarrating about my lovely target pharamacy experience. Anyways, I should just change places. Too bad it's convient because I think that's the only reason they keep their business. I can't be the only one who goes through this each time. I listen to the poor older people stand there and try to be polite to them. They should just be like me and GET TO THE POINT.

All right, I have too much time on my hands. Did I make my point though? Maybe I should hand out the buttons to the elderly to wear.

Do you like my Michaels button? Not much is going on. Today Madison had a playdate with Indio (Kari's son). It was pretty fun but she got really crabby at the end and was screaming when we had to leave. I HATE it when she acts like that. But, she's a 3 yr old and that's how they can act at times.

Steve took the day off of work. He doesn't feel good. He's got a headache. Poor guy.

I think Maddie and I are going to go on a walk in a little bit. I really don't feel like going (again) but these are the last days before I go to Vegas and I really should try to be working out alot before we go. I was suppose to of been down to where I wanted to be, but it didn't happen that way. I still haven't lost anymore. Bummer. It really bums me out because there is no reason that I shouldn't be losing but I am not. My body really doesn't want me to lose the weight. If it were up to me, I'd be losing but my body wants something different. Dang it. Okay, enough of that talk. I am DONE talking about that stuff on my blog. I am fine how I am. There...good enough.

I am getting excited about Vegas. I feel like I have to do so much before we go, but in reality, I don't really. Just gotta get all the laundry done. I can handle that.

Okay...not much to talk about, so I'm going to go. Here's a little layout I did for a creative team that I am on....

Well, the whole gang left yesterday. We had so much fun. Madison sooo loved her cousins being here. Today is kind of a stuggle for her not having anyone other than mom and dad to play with. It was really good to see everyone and we hate to see them leave! Here are some pictures of the last few days...

I can't even remember what we ended up doing! Let's see...we went to the Mall of America one day and then over to Todd and Maria's to hang out. Then the next day we all met at the big park and everyone came over to our house for Steve's famous ribs. It was really, really fun!

Made this layout too...yes, I had/have too much time on my hands. But I love this photo of Steve...it's an old one. One from Chicago. This is my all time favorite picture of him ever. Everything in it is so perfect.

Anyways, today Steve and I took Madison to the beach for about an hour and then we went and met up with the whole gang at camp snoopy at the mall of america. It was really fun but Madison was a horror getting her out of there. She was so crabby right before we left and she decided to get out of her stroller and sit on the floor and wouldn't get up and then at one point she ran down the store isles/hallway thing and Steve had to run to get her and then carry a screaming child out of the store with her kicking and stuff. God, it was bad. I finally felt sorry for her when she said, "mommy, I am having a hard time" and then she said, "do you still love me?" and it broke my heart because we have been talking about how even when she is naughty we love her and will love her no matter what. It was quite cute and sad at the same time.

Anways, she's "resting" on the couch. Suppose to be sleeping but is just "resting". Steve went downstairs to watch tv and I came into the computer room. We all took our corners again.

I'll have a ton of great photos to post later on and also to scrap with! whoo hoo!

Well people, I just pulled an all-nighter. I can't believe that I haven't gone to sleep at all. It's now 6:50 am and I think I have been sitting at this computer for the last 7 hours. Doing what, you ask? Well, I made some layouts. I must be gearing up for our wedding anniversary which is September 4th, because I was looking at wedding photos. How fun. I loved our wedding! It was the perfect wedding that I could ask for! Here are the layouts:

I also organized some stuff on the computer and surfed the web abit. Honestly...7 hours is obsessive, I'd say. BUT, what the hell else am I suppose to do when I can't sleep? Madison got up a few times and I laid back down with her to get her to fall asleep again. I suppose she will be getting her little sleepy head up pretty darn soon. Maybe I'll take her on our walk and get that over with. Oh, yesterday when I did my 4 mile walk (which I sooo didn't want to do) I ended up jogging the furtherst I have ever jogged before! That was awesome. Maybe next time I go, I will try to go just a bit further and push myself. I can't run with the jogger though. That's just way too hard because the jogger doesn't turn. You have to kinda lift it up in it's back wheels and jolt it to where you want to go. It's a pain in the butt.

Today we will go over to Todd and Maria's and hang out with everyone. It should be fun. I love it when everyone gets together. Fun stuff! Madison sure had a good time with the kiddies last night. She really got along with Conner and Tanner. I mean, she got along with all the kids but for some reason I watched her really inneract with the twins. It's funny saying, "the twins" cuz that's how people refered to me and Kim and I actually hated it my whole life. Okay, then why in the world would I say with with Tanner and Conner? I vow to never call them "the twins". I also try really hard to be correct with telling them apart. It's hard because I don't ever get to see them. But I still try because I HATED it with a passion when people couldn't or can't get me and kim straight. That was always our secret to knowing who really cared or not to get to know us because if you get to know us, we don't look anything alike. There's my little tantrum on being a twin. Anyways... Tanner and Conner may not feel the same way and basically probley won't even care because they are boys, but they have a lifetime to come up with their "twin pet peeves". Okay...I got it all out. Next...

There really is no next. I am done with pet peeves. Okay, just have one more...it's when the fricken TRAIN blows it's whistle at 7 in the morning. The railroad tracks are right by us and it is sooo loud. Expecially when you don't want your 3 year old to wake up yet. Goddddddd, there it goes again! It's so loud.

I kinda sound crabby, don't I? I don't feel crabby, wait maybe I do because the damn train horn is going off AGAIN. I give Madison 5 mintues before she's up. Hey...maybe she's immune to that noise because she's heard it her whole life. I remember when she was a newborn and the horn/whistle would go off. I really got mad because I was so sleep deprived and didn't want Madison to wake up. Guess today is no different...I am sleep deprived and don't want Madison to wake up.

Well...I sure did a lot of talking about nothing. Guess I'll go and surf the net more. I made some coffee so I'll pour myself a hot cup of java and look at the headlines on the internet and get caught up in the wordly events. Hee hee...it's usually just the celebrity gossip that I really pay attention to. I haven't heard any good gossip lately on any celeb. I wish someone would get in some trouble or something. Remember the good days when Lindsay Lohan was driving people over and Britney was landing in the hospital? That was kinda fun stuff going on for awhile. Allright, I am not going to keep going on about nothing. If you acutally read this whole post, high five to you. Bye for now! Hey...do you remember these photos of us doing modeling shots in Chicago?

Here's another one of me and Ty doing model shots:Boy, did we have fun doing those pictures! What a blast. That was our Chicago trip 2005. Well....people, no one is up in the Michaels household and it's 8:40. Unreal. I can't believe everyone is still sleeping. What a bunch of sleepyheads. I feel pretty good inspite of being up all night. I can usually do this without a problem. I will be nice and sleepy for bed tonight, that's for sure. I just can't believe that they are not up yet. Shall I make them breakfast when they get up? Yes, of course I'll make them breakfast. Maybe I'll do omlettes. Oh, we don't have any bacon. Bummer. Oh well...it's better for us not to have any. Speaking of health...my weight has stayed the exact same for 2 weeks now. I thought I lost last week, but that was some maricle that the numbers jumped below what it has been the rest of the week. Talk about frustrating. I have followed my plan PERFECTLY. All I can keep doing is try. When we went out to eat the other night, I basically said the hell with it and ordered myself a cheeseburger. To keep true-fashion to myself, it was a boca burger. I couldn't really say the hell with it and just go nuts. But I thought, why not because it hasn't changed one bit. I don't know what else I am going to do to lose it. I can't/won't get off my medication, so I guess I am just going to have to have 1 lb come off every month. I guess as long as it's going down, then that's okay. Not great, mind you...just okay. I am not happy with it. I am used to losing weight when I want and how I want, not something preventing me from doing it. Okay, I am done talking about my weight. I am lovable the way I am, dog gone it. Did ya get that? That was from the Saturday Night Live guy who reads affirmations in the mirror to himself. Well, I think I am going to go on my walk in a few mintues cuz I just can't believe that no one is still up. Oh, I don't feel like going. I'll have to force myself again to do this.