Change for Thought.

This very minute, as I sit here trying to think of what to title this blog, Garrett walks over to me with a frog keyring light all soaking wet and half hanging out of his mouth! It felt like the perfect way to start of this blog!

I feel like I have to catch a lot of people up to speed with what has been going on in my life. We moved into my in-laws house in early Sept. We thought that moving in here would allow us to pay off any remaining debt we have and to save money. This was the thinking when we thought we would be going to Japan (which could still be happening). We aren't doing as well as we thought and it turns out that we could be doing all that we are doing now if we'd had stayed in our old house. So that makes staying here just a hassle for everyone.
You can tell that Ellie and Ray don't want us here. They aren't appreciative of the things we do around the house, they hate having to watch our kids or even have them around at night when they get off work, and they make snide comments to us or while we are in hearing-distance.

I think that I have pretty wonderful kids and quite frankly I really wish that we were ready to move so I can get back to having my family normal again. John is having a hard time at work and then to come home it's just as bad for him. The kids don't get to see their friends often enough and I am stuck in the country not getting to see all the people I love to see.

On a different note, I have been keeping up with my resolutions. I made a list of about 8-10 +/- and I have been doing what I can on most of them. I figure if I get a few taken care of and maintained than I can finish the rest a little later. My first and main resolution was to start taking better care of myself. That could mean anything from getting haircuts every 6 weeks to doing an at home facial once a month! So I have started off with getting myself back to the shape I want to be instead of focusing on how gross it is.
I heard that Rachel was getting this DVD called 30 day Shred and I figured that we would get in shape together even if we couldn't be close enough to workout together! So I got the DVD too. She is about 4 days ahead of me since she bought her movie in the store and I had to order mine off line.

Well you'll never guess what happened to me......after doing this workout, to what I thought was a more modified pace, I get a shin splint. For those of you who don't really know what a shin splint is comprised of, it's an inflammation of the muscle in your shin that causes a pain while working out, walking, climbing stairs, etc. I have a hard decision now because I have to pick between finishing up the last 3 days of my first circut and then rest or rest now and possibly blow all the hard work I have accomplished thus far. I don't want to risk having to start over but I also don't want to further "inflame" my already sore little leg.

** Pause for sidenote - Garrett was so whiney while I was writing that now I am sitting back like a gangster in my caddy with him sleeping on me!**

Anyway. That is my biggest dilemma for today. That's sad when that is really all I have to worry about. Although I am sure some moms would say that I'm lucky that is the only thing I have to worry about today! I guess it takes those special rose-colored glasses....