too much to say

i have figured out why i get behind on blogging.  it's because i have too much to say!  i can't just post pictures without explaining the story behind them, and then when i get behind i think, "ugh.  this is gonna take so long to do because i'm so far behind." so i put it off another day and add to the pile!  no more!  i'm going to TRY to blog daily so i don't get behind anymore.  there's just so much to tell!!!!

sunday, april 17 i let smudge go with me to take spencer to a youth activity.  the last time he rode in a car he puked, so i was worried.  but he did great!

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4-17-11

teeny, tiny road trip for smudge

monday, april 18 was my little brother's birthday, and i forgot to call him! i posted a birthday message for him on facebook, though!  does that count?  and the reason i forgot is my picture of the day.  i was consumed by books!

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4-18-11

love stories!

tuesday, april 19 was weigh-in day at weight watchers. i KNEW i was not going to be happy when i stepped on the scales because i hadn't made healthy choices with my food or gone walking the previous week.  it was a stressful week, and i turned to food instead of relying on god and i gained a pound.  all of our meetings end with a quote (i love quotes!) and this one really hit home with me.

 that night we kicked off the ladies' evening bible study group!  we just introduced ourselves by telling our names and our favorite cookie, talked about what to expect from the study and prayed.  then some of the ladies decorated their journals.  it was so fun to see what they created!

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4-19-11

fun stuff!

wednesday i didn't have a picture and nothing exciting happened so i took a screen shot of my weight watchers app showing that i was able to eat a yummy meal and still stay within my point range!  that piece of cake you see is actually deceiving....i only ate 1/4 of that piece because it was so high in points! it took so much strength not to eat it.  in fact i asked my little friend jacob to throw it away for me.  he got to the trash can with it and said, "wait!  you're not gonna eat this?  can i have it?" before i could even answer he had MY fork in his mouth eating a bite of MY cake!  ewwww.... i just couldn't do that!  but thank you, jacob, for rescuing me from that cake! :)

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4-20-11

tracker app

thursday, april 21 started off weird.  as soon as my students came in, one of my quiet boys came up to my desk grinning and said, "mrs. hayes, can i interest you in a pair of cardboard shoes?"  then he turned around and walked off laughing!

i said, "what would you have done if i said yes?"

he said, "i would have given them to you!"

so i said, "yes!"

i think he was shocked!  the kids thought those cardboard and duct tape shoes were so cool that they asked me to put them on!  and of course i did!  they went great with my polka-dot socks!

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4-21-11

custom-made cardboard shoes!