Trick or Treat through J-land

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Welcome to my page for Halloween.  .

We celebrated "trick or treating" tonight (Oct 29) here on Stork Barracks.  The kids were out and snatching up candy as fast as their little legs could carry them.  (the neighbor kids that is).  The community had a haunted house set up, which I heard was pretty intense, but I did not attend.  I don't much care for people jumping out at me.

Now that my kids are teens, they tend to celebrate a bit differently.  They dress up ( their costumes are much scantier now) and they go to a few houses to trick or treat and collect up their friends.  This year, they hit the haunted house after the trick or treating and then they went to the movies. The movie was "Skeleton Key", which I thought was a perfect movie for Halloween.

In our stairwell, all of our neighbors sat out on the front stoop and passed out candy from there to keep the kids from having to climb three flights of steps.  We drank mulled wine and ate bratwurst while admiring all the costumes.  All in all, a fun but quiet Halloween.

Irony

My hubby asked for the girls' sizes and measurements so that he can pick up some local fashion for them.  Kendra is very much like her dad, she has a very slender frame and long limbs.  Kimberly, while being much taller, has a similar body build to mine.

I can't count the number of times I have wished to have either of their bodies, but especially Kim's because I think it would be easier to maintain.  Anyway, in taking her measurements last night, I realized her waist and hips measure the same as mine did when I was 17 years old.  The irony comes in knowing that when I was that size I thought I was fat!! and  how much I wish I was that size now.

Why is it that as females, we seldom are satisfied with our bodies?

Counting Down

Weigh in: 219.1

Measurements

Taken 10/4/05

  Chest: (under the boobs) 39.5   Waist: 41.5   Belly Button: 43.5   Hips: 49   Thigh: 28.25   Calf: 19.25   Neck:15.5   Biceps: 16.75   Forearm: 11.75   Wrist: 7.25   First Goal is October 14.

Self Challenge

I've been invited to a promotion party with a theme "Captain Caveman".   We are all supposed to come in Caveman costumes. I have two weeks to do the best I can with my diet and exercise so, here I go.

Starting again- taking up my personal challenges

Well.. here it is Monday again and time to start the ritual first day.

I'm participating in a challenge regarding inches lost, but not sure how long that challenge is going to last.  However sometime today I will need to do my measurements and get them to the "keeper of the measurements".

I have to use a communal laundry room in the basement.  No biggie, except for some reason my key won't open the door this morning.  I'm pretty sure I have the right key, but.. it just won't tumble.  I'm going to need to borrow my neighbor's key in a bit.  I think I may end up having to get new keys made. At any rate, it's sort of annoying to have so much laundry to do today and no way in (at the moment) to the machines.

I'm also working on getting my 90 days of iron supplements in.  I have been anemic for a while and the doc wants me to take supplements for 90 days and test again.  If the test is still low, then he will explore other reasons why I might be anemic.

Well, I guess that is all for this morning.

Birthday Central

September is a busy month for birthdays at our house and within the larger family frame.  Paul's mom's birthday is this month, and my dad's was the 13th. Kimberly, my middle daughter celebrated her 14th birthday on the 15th, Kendra my oldest daughter turned 17 today.  My niece, Tina was 27 on the 11th.

The picture is of Kendra and Kim, during the summer at WaterWorld in Phoenix Arizona.

Kimberly came into this world at 4:30 AM on September 15, 1993.  She weighed 9 lbs and was 22 inches long.  She is now 5ft 6 inches and shows no signs of being done growing vertical yet. :)  She is a beautiful girl, both in body and soul.  I see the potential that lies deep within her still.  And I am enjoying watching her become.

Kendra came into this world at 1:28 AM on September 20, 1988.  She weighed 9 lbs and was 21 inches long.  She is now 5 ft 4 inches and it looks like this may be the final height for her.  I can't believe that my oldest baby is just one year from being a "legal" adult.  She is everything I would hope that she'd grow up to be.  Smart, Independent, trustworthy, loving, and most definitely NOT afraid to stand up for herself. I have great faith that she will achieve her goals.

 

just plain tired

There just aren't enough moods to choose from in this set up.   I am about to die I am so tired.  Once the kids are out the door this morning I am going back to bed.  I spent yesterday getting my kitchen organized again.  Chopped up my veggies and I am good to go to grab and eat healthy foods for a while.

My sleep patterns have become so messed up.  I stay up each night until almost 1 or 2 am and then I have to get up by 6 to get the kids going each morning. Saturday and Sunday mornings without an alarm are starting to look very good.