What would you do?

When we put the addition on the house, we renovated our kitchen with new counters and knobs and a new floor. We kept the appliances because they were all fine and in working order. Well now it's almost time to get a new dishwasher because all the prongs on the basket are falling off because they are corroded. We have all white appliances now but I'd really like to go with black/stainless. (Actually...I'd love to do the Oiled Bronze from Jenn-Air but that's way too pricey!)

So....would you buy the stainless/black and slowly convert all the appliances as you need to or would you stay with the white and have all the appliances match? (everything is 10 years old except for the fridge which is probably about 6 or 7)

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Men!

"Hey honey...can you put some foil on the cake so it doesn't get stale?"



ummmm....yea....like that's gonna help!!!

Friday Fragments 3.27.09

Have you missed me? Sorry I've been so lax on posting! March is a crazy month for us and there's not enough time in the day for me! But I thought I'd post a quick Friday Fragments!

• I'm almost to my 10lb. goal! A little over a pound to go and I've done it! My goal was 10lbs by my birthday...then I'll move on to a new one!
• Yes...my birthday is Sunday! You still have time to get your gifts mailed to me. ;)
• I have lots of crocuses and daffodils popping up. The crocuses are blooming but they look so sad with everything around them still brown and "winterish". Where's spring??? I'm ready!
• My minivan goes back next Saturday! It's a lease and we're done. I'll be back to driving my Durango and I'm very excited. It's got a Hemi and I've missed the power it had. The minivan couldn't get out of it's own way! lol
• Still working on Potty Training Lucas. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I want to be done with diapers!
• I made some blueberry muffins from the Weight Watchers website. They are yummy. If the link won't work, I can post it.
• We're having a little party tomorrow night.....will be so nice to chill and have fun with our friends! It's not done often enough. I'll have a drink for all of you. =)
  

My thyroid sucks

I've been going the gym for over 2 months now. I've only lost 7lbs. Not that 7lbs isn't a lot but I just thought I'd be down more with all my working out and doing Weight Watchers. The good news is that I am down at least a size and have lost inches. But I want to see it on the scale...is that too much to ask? It's really sorta frustrating!

I'm convinced it's not coming off as fast because of my thyroid issues. I'm hypothyroid. I am on medicine but I still think that it's making it harder for me to lose weight. At least that's my story for now....

Anyone else hypothryroid? Any tips you've found to help with weight issues?

Wordless Wednesday 3.11.09

The first sign of spring!

You can see more pictures at Wordless Wednesday , MomDot and 5 Minutes for Mom.

So excited...

If you remember...one of my Wordless Wednesday's was a picture from back in 2004. It's my goal picture. The one which shows what I want to look like again some day.

Well...I do not look like that quite yet. BUT....

the shorts I'm wearing in that picture fit!

And....when I tried them on today, I found $207 in the pocket! It's my damn lucky day I'd say! That is more money for my Florida trip. Yea...the weekend getaway I'm taking in oh...3 days!

I'm so excited, I could throw up. But I won't. Unless I eat too much of the corned beef dinner I'm preparing for hubby's birthday dinner tonight. But I digress....

Yippee skippee for smaller sizes and found money!

One Week!

Yes, one week!

Til what you ask?

Until my trip to Florida! Woo hoo! And do you know wha the best part is?

No kids. A girls weekend!!!!

Mommay is getting a little break! My friend Michelle is picking me up and we'll be heading to Orlando for the weekend and staying at a nice hotel. Michelle used to live next door to me until she packed up and moved far, far away. We've been talking about getting together for a girls weekend FOREVER and we're finally doing it!

So one week from today...I'll be heading out of this cold weather to some warmth....and having a great time with an good friend.

Wordless Wednesday 3.4.09

Ok, it's not completely wordless.....can you find the kid amongst the toys on the bed? ;) We find Lucas like this almost every night and I have to quietly remove all the toys!

You can see more pictures at Wordless Wednesday , MomDot and 5 Minutes for Mom.

Nightly Chats

Once the kids are in bed, I go up and tuck them in. When my son EJ asks me to lay down for him, I know it's chat time. Our chats range from what we're going to do the next day to how to get girls to like him (oh boy). Tonight's chat was about college.

He's only 8.

At dinner I said something about college to him and he turned his nose up and said how he was not going to college. I told him it was fun and he should really not think that way now. So when I tucked him and asked me to lay down with him, I knew it was chat time. I didn't think it would be about college though! He wanted to know about classes, what the dorms would be like and if he could have a little fridge in it, what you did on the weekends and about the cafeteria. He says he's gonna eat pizza, chips and soda every single day. I told him I think he'd get sick of that fast!

After this chat, I think he's not so against college anymore. Of course, he's got a good 10 years before he needs to worry about it!