Toystoryduo’s Journal: Baby Steps are the Key... Celebrate Each Victory!

[toystoryduo]

Thanks everyone for stopping by! We have had a great couple of days here. The musical went well, the BBQ went well, we had a great time at the zoo, and we saw Ratatouille (sp?) today. I am exhausted though and right now, I have a pretty bad headache. I will try and get to journals tomorrow and update on my year to date goals and my goals for June. Have a great evening!

 

[hockeygirl]

Hey Tracy--Glad to hear you had a great couple of days! Hope the headache goes away soon!

 

[toystoryduo]

Good morning WISH friends,

Here is my monthly update on my goals for the year... I'm sad to say that not much positive progress has been made, but I only have myself to blame for that.

1. Lose 20-25 pounds before we go to WDW in September.... I am at my highest weight since 2004. Change must happen.

2. Add money to savings.... Yep, we added about $300 to the account last month.

3. Pay off debt.... Still wokring on card #3.

4. Become a better cook.... Nope!

5. Organize my time better.... Work in progress here...

Rewards Programs:

MP: $25 Gift Card to RFC
SR: $50 Red Lobster Gift Card, $10 Wendys Gift Card
QR: $100 Disney Gift Card, 2 Disney Dollars, $10 Olive Garden Gift Card
Test Drive: $25 Visa Gift Card
Change Jar: $42

July's Goals:

1. Exercise Daily: 3/31 (Sunday: Windsor Pilates; Monday: FIRM Super Body Sculpt Arms/ Abs and 2hours of walking at the zoo; Today: FIRM Lower Body Sculpt 2... Total minutes so far: 210

2. Eat a Healthy Breakfast: 2/31

3. No Eating Two Hours Before Bed: 1/31 (I tried to do this last night, but fell asleep earlier than I planned to go to bed. )

July is going to be a planning and preparing month.... I'd like to re-visit our household budget, get started on the girls' Epcot unit and game, get the homeschooling schedule blocked out for the fall, eBay, plan DD4's birthday party, and try and get an idea of what the rest of the year will look like with birthday parties, vacation plans, e.t.c.

Today's Plan:

* eBay

* Laundry

* Dinner with a friend

That's about all from here... Have a safe and Happy 4th!

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Tracy
Glad you had a great couple of days with family
How was the movie??
Have a great 4th of July

 

[kmp1191]

Hey Tracy!
Just getting caught up with you from the past week...or more...
Hang in there with the diet/exercise....you will get back into it and the 20 lbs will fall off...you've done it before right....you can do it again!! I don't like the term "yo-yo" diet...I think it's more like a roller coaster.....up, down, upside down, sideways...lots of screaming involved!
We all do it, it's who we are!!

Have a great 4th of July....and if you can get #4 or #5 accomplished, let me know the secret!!!

marie

 

[Blueeyes101817]

HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hey Wish Sis, I missed you! Sounds like you have been keeping busy as usual. Don't give up on your goals, the answer is there and will reveal itself in good time for all of us. This is a long and hard journey and I know you will do it! I need to get my Bob Greene book out again too, I need some serious motivation. Actually I need Bob Greene to come and work out with me, that would be quite nice!

 

[toystoryduo]

Good morning friends,

Yesterday was a great day! We stayed home, played some volleyball and frisbee with the kids, and went to see fireworks last night. Today looks to be a busy day as DH has 3 jobs to complete and we have a wedding rehearsal to go to. I need to eBay some stuff too, but I think I will wait until tomorrow morning to do that.

My DH has been having some issues with his e-mail. He uses Yahoo and it says that he has 22 new messages, but they are nowhere to be found in his inbox. We are waiting on a couple of important ones so I am hoping that we either get them soon or Yahoo helps us retrieve the e-mails that are supposed to be there, but are not.

Today's Plan:

* Workout (DONE!)

* eBay (most likely tomorrow)

* homeschool plans for next year/ Epcot unit

* Wedding rehearsal

* Fix Yahoo issue

July Goals:

1. Exercise Daily: 5/31 (Super Charged Sculpting FIRM 40 mins)
2. Healthy Breakfast:4/31 (Kashi Crunch)
3. Eating Stops 2 Hours Before Bed: 3/31 (Last food eaten yesterday @ 6:30 p.m.)

Have a great day!

 

[hockeygirl]

Hey Tracy--Glad to hear you have a had a great couple of days! I hope your DH gets his email issue solved, I hate when that stuff happens.

What types of activities are you thinking about doing with your DD's for your Epcot unit?? My sister would like to do some things with my two niece's and nephew before our December trip and I am trying to come up with some ideas.

Enjoy the rest of the day!

 

[goldcupmom]

Glad you're getting some down time & some Tracy time in! Sounds like you had a good 4th.

I haven't been on Ebay since early May. How's it going? After DS17's party I have to really hit it.

Have a GREAT weekend!

Goals are lookin' good!!

 

[myhandd]

Hey,

Hope you had a great 4th! Hope you get the yahoo issue fixed! You know, when I read your posts about how busy you are and I know how busy my life is, I am amazed at the comparison of today versus my grandparents life. I can remember my grandmother grew up in rural Western Kentucky. She never went more than 5 miles from her house until she was in her 20's. She told me that one of the most exciting moments in her life, was when her older brothers would come home and bring her a Coke! You said on my post that you were planning you WDW trip as we are in Nov-Dec. What would our grand and great grandparents thing of all of this?!

After you ponder that, lets get back to our busy lives!

Later,

Dax

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Tracy! So glad you had a family day on the 4th. It sounds wonderful. What did you think of Ratatouille? We loved it! The story was cute and the animation was amazing!
Have you gotten the yahoo mail issue resolved? I'd be so worried that people would be thinking I'd received a communication and not responded to it. Good luck with that!
I'm glad you have your WDW trips to look forward to and plan. That always helps to motivate me.
Have a great weekend, sweetie!

 

[ScoJo15]

Hello Tracy!

Just wanted to pop in and say good job with the workouts and it sounds like you guys had a nice 4th of July celebration

I wanted to try and assist with the Yahoo issue too...have you tried this?

Click on the Inbox, then look to the top of the page, just above the delete tab, and see the link "View--all messages". Click the down arrow next to messages, and choose "unread messages". IF there are any in there---it will bring them right up.

Hope this helps!!

Have a good weekend and thanks for your support

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Hey lady
HAPPY WEEKEND!! i know you have a lot going on, but try to RELAX and REST a bit

 

[hockeygirl]

Hey Tracy--Hope you are having a great weekend!!! Just wanted to drop by and say "Hi" and see how things were going!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks everyone for stopping by! I'm sorry I probably won't be able to get to journals this weekend.....We are super busy!

I have to say.... I am plum exhausted and we haven't been to the reception yet. This morning, I did laundry, cleaned the garage, sorted stuff out for charity, and finally eBayed a few items that have been sitting around the house. I also set up lesson plans for the first week of homeschool and set a general plan for the year. I also have my Epcot unit planned (no game) and ready to go except for a few things I need to get online and at the library. Whew!

What will tomorrow bring?

I have to get ready for the reception, but here is my update for July:
July Goals:

1. Exercise Daily: 7/31 (Cleaning, Sorting, and Dancing at the Reception)
2. Healthy Breakfast: 6/31
3. Eating Stops 2 Hours Before Bed:5/31

Have a great weekend!

 

[CACruisin']

Sounds like you had a wonderful 4th and a really busy weekend. I hope the dancing at the reception was fun!

Thanks again for so faithfully stopping by my journal. You are always so positive and helpful.

 

[traceycooper]

Hi Tracy
Hope you had a fun weekend
Cant wait to hear all about it!

 

[toystoryduo]

Good morning friends,

We had a good weekend, but it seemed way too short! With all of the busyness of the next few weeks, I was kind of hoping to get more rest and relaxation in than we did.

Yesterday, we got school supplies at Staples for $.50/ each/per girl. They each got (3) 8 packs of pencils, (3) pencil sharpeners, (3) pencil boxes,(10) folders, and (3) bottles of Elmer's glue for $.50! We are hoping to get to Walmart today for crayons, markers, paint, and notebooks and we should be done for now.

I am currently looking for art and music curriculums for the girls. I found a few I am interested in, but the price is kind of high.

Speaking of school, I am almost finished with the Epcot unit! Here's what I have so far:

* The girls will learn about their trip to all of the countries of Epcot on their first day of homeschooling. They will apply for their passports, check airfare, and read books about airplanes.

* A few days later, we will visit an airport and see how things work.

* We will have a mailbox (shoebox) in the front room where they will receive their passports. They will have to check daily and see if they have arrived, just like in real life. (We found pretend passports at Holcombs to use.)

* On the day they leave, they will pack their suitcase (a manilla folder) with the clothes and toiletries they need (pictures from a magazine) along with money and their passports.

* Over the course of 3 weeks, they will visit each of the Epcot countries starting with the USA (as a starting point of reference), then to Norway, the other countries, and then they will end up back in the USA. Along the way, they will color and label maps, color the country's flag, read about the country, learn to say hello and goodbye, and then get a stamp in their passport. I may also have them make a postcard of each country to send "home".

* Once they "arrive home", we will have an Epcot celebration where we will have food from the different countries and maybe have grandma and grandpa come over to hear about their trip. Then, if I time it correctly, I can tell them that for all of their hard work and effort, they have one a trip to WDW, and we'll leave for Orlando the next day.

I still have to work on worksheets and things like that, but I am so happy to have the structure of the unit done.

July Goals:

1. Exercise Daily: 9/31 (FIRM Ultimate Calorie Burner...455 minutes so far)
2. Healthy Breakfast: 8/31
3. Eating Stops 2 Hours Before Bed:6/31**

I haven't made my to do list yet, so I'm not sure exactly what I am doing today yet. The next few weeks leading up to DD4's birthday (July 27th) are going to be super busy with work and planning for 3 parties.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[CACruisin']

Wow! I love your lessons for your girls and Epcot. That is such a neat way to teach and it will really make it "stick" for them I'm sure! I went to Staples this morning too! Supposedly a few new things will be on the 1cent sale each week. Also Office Depot has binder filler paper for 15 cents (150 sheets?) this week. I'm stocking up on that too. What I really need is a good sale on sturdy binders and spiral bound notebooks!