Toystoryduo's Journal....Moving Forward From Here

[Amy&Dan]

Hey Wish Sis, hope you had a nice Easter and that you and the family are doing okay.

 

[Lesli54]

Hope your Easter weekend went well and hoping even more that you didn't get the cold weather we had here.

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks for stopping by ladies.

Easter went well, but was a very busy day. We were up from 7:30 a.m. until midnight and it was pretty much go, go go! The girls got quite a bit of money from the Easter Egg Hunts ( 4 of 'em!) and got some movies, Bendaroos, a small amount of candy, and some clothes.

The past few days have been rather stressful as my mom is not doing well. She has not been taking her medicine and that is causing some problems right now. Please pray for her and my dad.

Today's Plan:

* SR.. I need $14 to make my goal of $50 per month. Since the kids are on Spring Break, now is a good time to make as much money as I can.

* FPU.. I still need to do the homework for FPU. We didn't have class last week so I'll have to go back over all of the materials again.

* Workout Power 90.. Fat Burning Express ( set in Hawaii!)

After FPU tonight, we'll grab a quick bite to eat at Wendys or Chipotle and then we'll come home and have a Disney meeting and watch Bolt.

I forgot to mention that we took the girls to see the Hannah Montana movie on Monday. It was pretty good...Even my DH thought so. I'm glad there have been several movies released lately that we can see as a family.

I hope everyone has a wonderful, water filled Wednesday!

 

[Lesli54]

Sounds like your Easter went well. Sorry to hear that things aren't well with your mom. I am sending you prayers that you can get her into the dr. soon. My grandmother has done that before and it is very tough.

A water filled Wednesday sounds like a great plan after the Easter nibbles.

 

[goldcupmom]

Enjoy your Spring Break, Tracy!

I'll be praying for your mom & dad. Hopefully all will be well soon.

You are really doing good with SR. One of these days I need to get time to really explore the possibilities there.

have a GREAT rest of the week!

 

[lovinaz]

Here's some that everything works out with your mom!

Sounds like the girls hit the jackpot on Easter!

Enjoy your Spring Break!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, I will keep your mom in my prayers, keep us posted. I used to go through this with my mom and I know firsthand how stressful and frustrating it is and how helpless it makes you feel. Just hang in there.

I'd say your girls had a good Easter!

Hope FPU went well. If you ate Chipotle, that's funny, that's what we had!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies.

Yesterday was a good day. I added to my balance at SR, my DH had a lot of work, we had a nice (but brief) visit with my mom, FPU was good, and we came home and watched Bolt which the girls loved. (I fell asleep! : faint: )

Today started off well...The sun is out! It's supposed to be sunny and 60 today which means the girls can get outside and play and that we can take our evening walk tonight.

Today's Plan:

* SR

* Online survey this evening for $20 (More Disney $$$$)

* Work for DH

* Curriculum research

* Blog

* Enjoy the weather

* Disney Meeting (didn't happen yesterday; I have been saving money for fuel cards for our trip and DH didn't get a chance to buy them yesterday. I want to wait until after he buys then today so I can update the total before having the meeting.)

Tomorrow is weigh-in. I'm not sure what to expect. I have been working out this week which is a good thing, but I haven't been as careful with food as I should have been.....

Since the weather is supposed to be super nice tomorrow, we may go to the zoo. I'll have to see if my DH is working or not.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

edited to add...

Since we may go to the zoo tomorrow, I decided to get my 3rd workout in today. I did FIRM Super Body Sculpt and I feel pretty good. I had to modify some of the leg exercises due to knee issues, but I really feel like I worked out anyhow.

I also noticed that we are under the 150 day mark for our trip. That means that two months from yesterday, we can make our ADRs!!!!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Tracy, it sounds like you had a great day yesterday and are off to a very great start today! You have done some serious exercise this week, good for you!

Definitely call on that 90 day mark, now that its back to 90 the ADR's seem to fill up faster. Back when it was 180, only nutheads like you and me called so I always felt like I had plenty of time to get it done before the masses started calling! I didn't get Le Cellier or Chefs de France like I had hoped even with calling on my 90 mark. But I waited until late morning my time (early afternoon FL time) so that probably was what did it.

I am glad you are having a nice day today weather wise. All that winter you got earlier in the year, is now roosting in my neck of the woods! Do you want that snow and cold back?? I'll gladly give it to.

 

[Lesli54]

Great job on getting in the work out! You also reminded me that the warmer weather is a chance to get back out and do the family walks. I think we will do that tonight as well.

Have a great day!

 

[lovinaz]

Good job on getting that workout out of the way!

I'm glad to hear Bolt is good, since DD got it in her Easter basket and we haven't watched it yet...

Have fun at the zoo tomorrow!

 

[traceycooper]

hi Tracy
have a fun time at the zoo
well done for fitting the work out in
have a great weekend
pleeeease send me some sun - i think i have that lack of sun difficiant (sp??) thingy!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies.

Weigh-in was very aggravating today. I gained 2.2 pounds!After all the exercising I have done and all the water I have been drinking, I figured I would either remain the same or show a small loss. Food hasn't been perfect, but come on! A 2.2 pound gain?!?!? UGH! I firmly believe that scales belong on fish only!

Okay, rant over.

I'm not sure if we are going to the Zoo or not. My DH may have to head our to Pittsburgh later on today and if he does, there won't be enough time to go to the zoo. We'll have to wait and see.

Plan for now:

* Finish laundry

* SR

* Work for DH

* Disney meeting (still didn't happen yet)

That's about all from here....Have a great day ahead and a wonderful weekend!

 

[lovinaz]

Don't get too discouraged about the gain. Scales are the worst! If you know you are eating OK and working out, you are making your body healthy and that is the most important thing. The weight loss will come eventually, just keep doing what you need to do - exercise and eat right.

Have a great Friday!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks Amy. I weighed myself this morning and showed a loss of almost 1.5 pounds. We did a lot of walking yesterday, but enough to lose a pound and a half? Hmmm....

We have a busy day ahead of us....Here's today's plan:

* SR

* Meeting at church

* Enjoy the weather after meeting

* Go to Sam's Club...Payoff bill

* Have Disney Meeting

* Watch Movies

That's about all from here....Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[lovinaz]

My weight fluctuates like that too. I've given up trying to figure out why!

Have fun at your Disney meeting!

 

[Lesli54]

Congrats on getting some of those increased lbs off. I think there are many reasons why weight can fluctuate. If you have too much salt one day, maybe quite a few heavier foods even though proportioned well, mysterious water weight......the list goes on.

The plus side is that you are still staying active and getting in plenty of water, so eventually things will balance back out. Not too mention, that you are keeping an eye on things and doing what you can to get those increases back under control.

WISHing the rest of your lbs away and then some.

 

[toystoryduo]

Thanks ladies.

Yesterday was a good day. My DH worked, we cleaned the car, went out for Chinese food, went for walk, and relaxed a bit as well.

Today is a busy day. We have 2 CVS trips to make (maybe more if I can find some good deals!), we'll head out to the mall to walk around a bit, and then we'll be going to my parents' house for dinner. I will also be making a payment on our Disney trip since we got our DSL rebate in the mail yesterday.

The plan is to have our Disney meeting tonight as well. We've talked about the possibility of adding a couple of days to our September trip so we'll work on the pros and cons of that and we'll discuss where we are at in terms of paying the trip off. I think it's important for our girls to understand how much these trips cost and what we can do as a family to save/earn the money for them. We'll probably work on ADRs and schedules too.

That's about all from here...Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

P.S. We paid off a credit card yesterday and I almost have enough money at SR to get a $50 Disney gift card!

 

[lovinaz]

You are doing great on all your trip planning and earning extra money!

Enjoy your time with your parents. How is your mom doing? Hopefully she is doing better.

 

[eyor44]

Thanks ladies.

Yesterday was a good day. My DH worked, we cleaned the car, went out for Chinese food, went for walk, and relaxed a bit as well.

Today is a busy day. We have 2 CVS trips to make (maybe more if I can find some good deals!), we'll head out to the mall to walk around a bit, and then we'll be going to my parents' house for dinner. I will also be making a payment on our Disney trip since we got our DSL rebate in the mail yesterday.

The plan is to have our Disney meeting tonight as well. We've talked about the possibility of adding a couple of days to our September trip so we'll work on the pros and cons of that and we'll discuss where we are at in terms of paying the trip off. I think it's important for our girls to understand how much these trips cost and what we can do as a family to save/earn the money for them. We'll probably work on ADRs and schedules too.

That's about all from here...Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

P.S. We paid off a credit card yesterday and I almost have enough money at SR to get a $50 Disney gift card!

Hello! I just found your thread and am all caught up. Congrats on paying off the CC. I am working on two.
Question: How do you make so much on SR? I have tried but don't qualify for hardly any surveys. Is there something I'm missing? I do the clicks, but that is very slow.