Well, my dad told me today that all the "trendy" people who write for the internet are shortening valetines day to V-day. I have one observation to make about that.

The only people who make up languages to sound cool are kids. It only really works for kids. some of the slang i heard in high school that was made up to sound cool, sounded absurd to me. It just seemed like abbreviating something or makeing up words that were shorter or run together just made a person sound lazy and stupid. I didn't even understand half the words some people used because i didn't bother using them.

It's true that there are many laguages in our country, and different ethnicities will have different slang words in there culture., But we shouldn't lose what is left of our base language (which is acuired standard english) to being trendy or cool, or lazy. It is a part of our culture in the united states that needs to be kept and not lost to fahionistas, trend setters or anyone else.

Exercise works good.



well, when you start you are sore for a week. litterally. then its all good. but you have to keep making it harder. that's the tough part. but its worth it. i can almost get into my jeans from high school. when the weather warms up walking ought to take off the last bit so i can. they are important because they are the only jeans i have that aren't stretch. yes i looked for new ones, but nearly all of them have spandex in them now. i wouldn't mind feeling good about getting into a pair of "skinny jeans" either. I have nice legs, i could pull them off.


for those people who want motivation to exercise. here is what motivates me:

• Clothes i have that i know is realistic to get back into( my high school jeans were my healthy weight level for height and bone stucture
• When it's nap time i'm bored anyway
• yoga around kids is intersting and possibly harmful to your health nap time is important.
• i can fing quick workouts that work and don't take more than 30 minutes
• the mcdonalds work outs are what i started with and i noticed the difference after that first week of soreness, if you know someone who has them borrow like crazy, or do them together

I do mean it about the yoga. SD almost pushed me into the christmas tree. And not olnly did the excercises work, i was able to buy a size 8 pair of jeans instead of 11. But i still need to work to get into the high school jeans. I havent lost weight yet, just toned up. But the toning up means that i can now lay down to fasten those jeans instead of being nowhere close to getting into them.

Next step after walking is eating better. And i have a love of junk food. Willpower is escential to getting into shape. Keep in mind height and bone structure are key to the right weight you should be. If it helps, i have a small bone sctructure and am aroun 5'6" and the healthy weight is 125-135lbs for that one. That's why getting into the jeans and having a flat tummy (or close to) are my goals for it. realistic and not scary skinny. Guys like boobs, not ribs. I repeat:

GUYS LIKE BOOBS-NOT RIBS

The only ribs men like come from pigs and cows and are sreved with bbq sauce. Keep that in mind.

Kids are so cool!



Well, it has been a while. merry christmas, happy new year, happy honukuh(hope i spelled that right J).

The little ones are growing like weeds. Grinnin' Bouncer is starting to talk a lot. She took the phone from mee a couple weeks ago at visiting and jabberred at her father, also throwing in "no mine" when i tried to take it back. He thought it was hilarious. He doesn/t understand why shes was always so much better behaved for him than for me. I don't think he'll ever fully understand. She also has all her teeth save the very back molars.
The super drooler is getting her teeth in right along. She still drools a lot. tantrums are bad from her, and my sister still thinks it's odd that she still won't eat or sleep here like she does at home. at least she doesn't bite like the other one does. I hope she bites her back soon, that's how it stopped last time.

The two little ones are so cool! It sounded like GB said "i'm mad" after she bit SD. I also told SD no on something last wed and she started crying and something that sound like "katy said no. i'm sad" I'm hearing actual stuff from them. They aren't even 2 yet and they are almost doing full sentences. GB even says "from poppo' , or mommo or dan. She actually sayd it. She is doing alphabet flash cards and can say R, Q, W, B, F, S, A(of course), H, X, T (she recognizes this one). I mean they are just so cool! I know i'm going to wish at some point that they would just stop talking. Like I do with the uber kid(she's not a toddler anymore), i'm not happy about that, but she constantly talks about nothing, or characters from movies or just jabbers incesently like the other two do. Jabbering is cute, when they're little but at her age it's anoying, especially since she can talk. BUt i've worked out an incentive for her. She talks through all her movies, so i told her when she can be quiet for a whole movie i'll take her to the theater again. She's only been once. "ratatouille", she loved it. next time i hope the seat doens't try and swallow her.

The two little ones are so close to potty training i can wave at it in the distance, and it might just wave back. They say "go potty" and they try to puul thier clothes off. things just get cooler and cooler. And The UK can now play UNO. She loves it. She even remembers the rules. We quiz her on numbers while we play. and it helps her with some colors. Maybe I shoul bet another deck and finish the colors off. Hey that's not a bad idea.