This past Friday night, I broke a rule of mine…

We went out to dinner on Friday night with my in-laws to StirCrazy, which is located on the outside of one of the malls here. StirCrazy is a mix of stir-fry options or traditional Chinese (well, American style Chinese). To which I wore my jeans and one of my newer tee-shirts, but I was barely able to keep my pants up even with the belt that I “borrowed” from Josh (though I don’t think he knows, but he will now). I told Josh that after dinner, we were going to walk around the mall with the boys, since I did not go to the gym. After dinner, we loaded the boys up in the double stroller, said good bye to the in-laws and headed into the mall. Please note that we have not been in a mall in close to a year, let alone on a Friday night…let’s just say that it was interesting. As well as, I don’t remember teenagers being so rude or impatient. But that is another rant for a different time. We walked through a couple stores, some were just not contusive to have the double stroller in. I decided while we were there, I was going to look at buying a pair of jeans and I did after 4 stores. Finally at Macy’s (where I have never shopped), I found a pair of Levi jeans (yes, plus size Levi jeans, not some store plus size brand) and the best part…they are 2, yes 2, sizes smaller than the jeans that I had on. Yippee!! So to say that I was excited, is an understatement. I had broken my rule of not buying brand-new clothes before I settled on a weight, but my “fat” jeans were…well just say too fat for me. As you can see today, by my ticker at the top of the page, I am officially 50 pounds smaller in 10 weeks. I actually am 2 pounds heavier than I was as a junior in high school…those two pounds will be gone soon.

At the end of April, Auntie J came to visit for a week. The boys absolutely love it when she comes, especially bear. She arrived late Saturday night, but she did not get to see the boys until Monday. Since Auntie J and Mamu Shu went to Iowa for a wedding shower and we went to Louisville on Sunday. But they got to spend a lot of time with Auntie over the week. I actually think they were at Mamu’s every day she was. They even spent the night on Tuesday night, since Auntie was going to watch them on Wednesday. Thursday, the boys went with J and Auntie J to the zoo. For what I hear it was a blast for them. Bubba came home with a “The Gas We Pass: A Story of Farts” book


yes they did get it for him and yes there is a story behind this, but we are not going there. Bear received the tube of cars he has been drooling over for the past two years. Friday, Bear decided the evening activities. We had Spaghetti and Meatballs, then watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Saturday, Auntie, Mamu, the boys and I went to the Children’s museum for the day to see Bob the Builder. Which it was Bob the Builder day at the museum, so there were other activities spread out around the museum to do. The boys got to meet Bob the Builder and have their picture taken with him, which I think Bear is still talking about. Then before we knew it, the week was over and Auntie was leaving on a jet plane…until next time.