.....yawn

Well last week was such a bad week I swore this week was going to be better, I was tired, worn out and had a knot in my back that was killing me… I am not going to lie, I was pretty grouchy… I need to snap out of this funk because the holidays are comin!!! I have to get stuff organized and get ready… We have been sad all week because Gino our dog got run over on Monday morning… I think we cried all day Monday and it broke our hearts to have to tell Noah, we told him someone stole him because I just felt like the whole death thing was too much. He still talks about Ernie and always tells us he misses him and that he loves Jesus but he doesn’t want him to take me or dada to heaven. I know it may not have been the right way to handle it but it is what we felt we needed to do. He has been sad off and on but he will be fine, Johnny and I know we will have to get him another dog, but we are going to take our time and find one that will fit in well with our family, no hair shedding, small, an older dog – pups are too hard to train – and house trained… We’re not asking for much right? Physically I am so exhausted, I feel like I am even having trouble keeping my eyes open, we don’t have any plans this weekend other than football on Friday so I think we’ll be able to catch up on some much needed rest. I am still trying to get ready for a garage sale I am having for Mom and Johnny’s mom the weekend of the 23rd and I know they aren’t going to have much stuff so I am cleaning house and going through everything, I need to get rid of Noah’s toys to get ready for Christmas and then his birthday… it will be here before I know it. The diet is going…ummm..alright, I need to get a little umph in attitude and stay on track, I haven’t walked in a week and I actually miss it. I got the Zumba workout DVD’s and it is very sad, that I was out of breath from the instructional video that showed you the moves! WAAAHHHH… jeez, I remember when I used to do jazzercise all the time. I have lost 43 lbs, had a little bitty set back a few weeks ago and gained… damn those funnel cakes to *!@# …. oh well, don’t ask me if it was worth it because I will tell you it sure was!

Noah is all set with his costume for Halloween, that is one thing I HAVE to get early, I don’t care if I pay double the price ordering it on the internet my baby is always going to have a good costume for Halloween. Growing up we didn’t have that, I can remember my sister Doe trying to put a costume together for me to wear to school…I was almost always a gypsy because that was what was easy to put together from what we had…what kid wants to be a gypsy or even knows what that is? We were the kids that IF we got a costume, we were rummaging through what was left at Handy Andy after school on Halloween night… so, Noah is going to be Snake Eyes, the deluxe edition with built in muscles, a sword and the GI Joe bucket to match, the gloves were too big so I am making him gloves… so, out of childhood trauma comes change, a kid with an AWESOME costume – he even thinks I ordered it straight from GI Joe headquarters…