Julie, Julia, & Happiness Projects

WELL I'm 29 pages from completing my first book of the year!  I'm currently reading Julie and Julia.  I have to say it's nothing like what I expected, but it's a great book! I've caught myself squirming as she describes some of the things she cooks, but laughing out loud at the same time.  This book really sucked me in!  I can't wait to watch the movie!

The next book I'm going to read is called "The Happiness Project".  I honestly didn't realize it until today, but this is also a book about a woman completing a year long project.  Instead of cooking her way thru a cookbook, she's following every piece of advice about being happy that she can find.  She's testing them out and seeing what works for her.  It's quite interesting!  I can't wait to get started!

If you have a chance, check out The Happiness Project online.  You can check out a few sample pages and that's what kinda got me interested.  I'm all about making myself happier and I felt like I needed something that would help motivate me.  That's why I'm giving this book a try :)

Personal Diet Assistant

I love coming home in the evenings and spending time with my boys. :) This evening we had Fajitas for dinner and watched "The Soloist". Afterwards Tristan talked to his Grammy on iChat - he LOVED it! It's good for him to see his Grammy and Pap :)

We were supposed to start working out today after work and I totally blew it. I just didn't feel like it - and I knew I'd be worthless throughout the WHOLE thing. I am my own worst enemy.. I'm terrible! I'm just trying not to beat myself up about it now. There isn't anything I can do about it, just try to do better tomorrow I guess. Shelby really wants me to lose weight I think. I want to lose it too, I just don't have the motivation or the will power to MAKE myself do it! It sucks! I need someone to tell me what to eat and tell me what exercises to do. I need a personal diet assistant - anyone interested!?! I'm taking applications!!

I'm going to start reading Julie & Julia tonight. I'll let you know tomorrow how I like it so far. Tonight is MY night to get up with Tristan so I don't want to stay up too late... Maybe if I'm "motivated" I can get up and workout in the morning?? Let's HOPE SO!!

Have a great nite everyone!!

I can't believe how FAST the weekend went!

I had a good weekend with my boys. Saturday we ran some errands, went to a birthday party, and I cleaned a little bit. Today we went to church, went to lunch, and then finished up our grocery shopping. I made some sort of apple cobbler type thing this evening - it turned out OK. It was such an off night - I made the biggest mess! I think I need to perfect my recipe a little bit... it wasn't as good as I was hoping. LoL

Tomorrow I think I'm gonna make fajitas for dinner. We haven't had those in a while. I kinda made up my own recipe for them and they are pretty good! We enjoy them!

I got a new book today. I got the Julie and Julia book - I hope it's good! I like to read. It feels good to my brain to read - I know that sounds strange, but it's like my brain enjoys READING instead of watching or listening to something. LoL Once I finish the book I can go see the movie!! Maybe I can start reading more often... I feel smart when I read.. ;)

Tristan was such a sweet boy today! This evening Shelby was holding him on the couch and he was PETTING him (Yes, you read that right.. PETTING Shelby like you pet your cat) It was HILARIOUS!! I took a video of it and I couldn't stop laughing - I'm sure the video is pretty shaky :) If I can figure out how to post the video on here, I'll do it so you can see him. It was so funny but so sweet. He is such a happy baby - I love him SO MUCH!

Is anyone looking forward to FOOTBALL season?! I AM!