Fling vs. crazy

Okay Kelli, here goes.....
Things I'd like to fling:
--Spanky pooping on my rug when we are gone or don't take him out quick enough.
--Brooke's constant whining
--That the moment I sit down at the computer EVERYONE needs my attention (can I have just 5 minutes????)
--Chase not thinking before he asks questions sometimes.
--The constant arguing of my children (when does school start?)
--Clutter
--20 pounds of body fat and flab
Things I'm crazy about:
--I really do love my kids even though I want to fling their bad habbits!
--Hugo diet cokes from McDonalds - they ARE the fizziest!
--Driving with the sunroof open and the music LOUD- I love all kinds of different music, from 80's , Christian, Hard rock....
--Chocolate covered strawberries
--Mike's strong arms
--Chase's caring nature and how he likes me to run my fingers through his hair before bed
--Brooke's nose rubs and whispers in my ear before bed

Blah....

Is it the heat; the fact that I worked in the yard in the heat for 5 hours yesterday; the fact that it's summer and the kids are constantly at eachother ( can they not work ANYTHING out on their own?); is it that I gave a ginormous pile of laundry sitting in the hall and in my bedroom and I don't feel like doing it; is it that I just wrote out hundreds of dollars worth of bills; is it that I am STILL OVERWEIGHT and leaving for Florida in less than 6 weeks and just ate cookies; is it the fact that I have been to the vet and doctor too many times in the past 2 months and just realized I forgot to take Brooke in for her 4 year old physical ( she'll be 5 in september). I just can't put my finger on it.....but I feel BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am also thinking of returning to Weight Watchers tomorrow. BLAH!

Please Pray

I worked the night shift last night in the nursery with a nursery tech that I don't really know that well. She is fairly new to the hospital. She was very emotional, so we began to talk and she shared that her son had talked about killing himself the night before. He is 22 yrs old and his name is Rickie................please lift him up in prayer as much as you can the next couple of weeks. He is batteling drug use among other things. She shared that he really is a great kid, who just feels the weight of the world on his shoulders. Pray that he may feel the prescence of the Lord with him at this time and that God only wants good things for his life. I can't help but think of my own son.....years down the line.....I pray that he never feels such overwhelming circumstances and that he too knows that God is with him .....EMANUEL! Let us pray for ALL of our children daily!!!

Spanky update

We went to the vet today for a recheck of Spanky's weight and his feet infections. He weighs 17 pounds!!!!!! Just nine days ago he was only 11 pounds and honestly,I thought he was on death's doorstep. He is back to normal now.....barking at everything, begging for food, wanting to go outside, even getting into the bathrooms to eat toilet paper!!! I tell you, this close call has made me "appreciate his annoying habbits" His feet look soooooo much better too. I love my baby and thank the Lord for such awesome improvements so quickly!!

OOPS!

The fabulous place we went to last night was actually called INCREDIBLE PIZZA (in case you want to check it out).

GREAT!! American Pizza place

Tonight the kids and I went to my nephew Andrew's 11th birthday party at the Great American Pizza Place. Have you all been there before?? It's a pretty cool place. It makes the Chuckster look like "cheese" (okay, that was a poor shot at humor) Anyway, there's a huge buffet for dinner, a go cart track, bumper cars, tons of games and a mini bowling alley.....complete with CHRISTIAN rock music videos on flat screens!!!! Chase's fav was the go Karts and Brooke's was the bowling! The kids collect tickets from the games like at CC and can cash them in for prizes. Brooke got a gold slinky for only 80 tickets and Chase got a shot glass-sized container of goo and 3 tatoos all for the "low" price of 135 tickets!! Oh well, it was a great evening. I have to say, tonight actually felt like a summer night. Remember when you were young, that feeling of no worrries. It was a week night, we were out past our bedtime, we had the windows down,the sunroof wide open and the warm summer breeze felt AWESOME. (YES, the music was loud too). Good times!!

Tennis Lesson #1

Today, after running a few errands, I FINALLY did something with the kids, that I've been talking about since last summer!! We went to Vlassis park and I gave the kids their first of hopefully many, tennis lessons. For those of you who don't know....I was on the tennis team in highschool. My friends and I played tennis almost daily, sometimes multiple times a day growing up. We also took lessons at the club, played on the innerclub team (which means we went as a team representing Forest Hills country club, and played the other clubs in the area). Kind of a cool experience as a teen! Anyway, last summer I hit the ball against the house on the driveway, but most of the balls went over the house, there just wasn't enough room to hit. I want to get back into it sooo bad - maybe I could lose the unwanted weight that way - doing something I love. So there sprang the idea of teaching the kids. It really was a fun time with them. Brooke wore her little tennis dress. They both have their own littly raquets that we bought last yr, so we were ready! I tried to teach them some very basic skills........we just ended up having fun hitting the ball over the net etc. They actually got hot and tired BEFORE ME!!!!WOW!! My nephew, Andrew, and my sister, Kathy joined us near the end, so A and Chase had some fun hitting the ball to eachother (they did pretty good!!!) After about an hour, we played on the playground there at the park. It was again, hopefully the first of many tennis outings this summer!!