Winter Co-Op

The girls started their co-op today. They were happy and excited to share what they had been doing when I went to pick them up. I'm glad they have the opportunity. I love that they have a 'thing' each week. I'm so very grateful for everyone that has helped to put things together. I think this time around it's pretty much just Emily. Kudos to her for teaching the kids and doing it so well. I'm personally grateful she switched from a public school classroom to doing this. Yea for homeschool.
One of the things they did today was finger knitting. We'll have to try it at home.

Philosophy on Talking

The eleven year old said this during breakfast. "Talking is usually boring unless I'm the one who's doing it." We all laughed. I love eating meals with my kids. They come up with great stuff...sometimes funny...sometimes philosophical.

New Jeans

So excited! I've had issues getting pants that fit lately. As a result I've been wearing more skirts...which is fine. I actually like skirts. There are times lately that I've wondered why I didn't wear them more often before. I used to wear them quite often during the summer because they were comfortable and cooler. So...the winter version is long skirts and tall boots. Fun times. Anyway.
I broke down and purchased some pants online. They came. I tried them on. They fit. They fit really well. I was thrilled. I may or may not have done a little happy dance. I now have more than one pair of jeans. The other pair is old and doesn't go out of the house much.:} Yea for new clothes.

Better Health

I went to Costco on Saturday. I'm excited that because I was able to get a bunch of produce. I love having lots of produce. It's like a challenge to consume all of it while it's still fresh. It feels so healthy. It's like I'm actually doing something positive about taking care of my kids and my own body. It forces me to figure out ways to include them in our meal and even make them our meal. Yummy.
I really do want to be more healthy. I need to be doing more about it. At the same time - I need to make sure I mention every time I am doing something that is healthy. (Well, maybe not every time. Hopefully I do healthy stuff enough that it would be a bit much to mention it every time.) Oh. I've been better about exercising regularly too. Yea.

Today

Today we all slept in. The youngest ended up staying in her pajamas all day. Silly girl. I did some planning today and had a chance to chat with the kids a little. We listened to the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack while eating dinner. I love that my kids like music that I like. I'm surprised by all the old stuff they like that I'm already familiar with from the past. Tonight the oldest said that he didn't really care for some of the trendy music that's on the radio these days. I was fine with that. (I also thought it sounded like their dad.)

Body Conformity

I was thinking today about exercise and my weight. Well, mostly my weight and how to get it to stop increasing. It just seems to keep going. It doesn't seem to matter if I exercise consistently or not the number on the scale just keeps getting bigger. I've decided to exercise because of the other benefits that are apparent. I was doing yoga today and realized there are some poses that are tricky because I have to accommodate for the extra space that my body takes up in certain places. Ugg. I'm not used to that. I'm used to being able to move easier, be more flexible, and have more strength. All things to work on. I'm just going to keep trying to be healthy and eventually my body will conform.

Slow Going

It's been slow going around here for us. Well, at least for me. I feel like I haven't gotten much done the last couple of weeks. I think the holidays have had something to do with it. We haven't had quite as many things scheduled. So, I guess that meant there was more time to just relax and regroup. We'll start with more routines again this coming week. I actually have a seminar I'm going to tomorrow morning - so that will get my day started.