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My husband is trying to lose weight.  I have been making his meals for him to take to work (breakfast and lunch) and I’ve been very careful to keep his calories down.  He lost 30 pounds in the first seven weeks!  All without the help of weight loss pills! It has now occured to me…when he tells people that his wife has helped him to lose all of this weight, they’re going to wonder why I didn’t do it for myself! So…here I go attempting to lose weight.

My problem is that I don’t move as much as I used to. When my kids were little I was always moving, chasing one or more of them, playing with them, etc. Now, they’re all older, my youngest is nine but she doesn’t need chased like they used to. I am going to start walking. Maybe I’ll see if I can put together a walking club at church and use our gym.

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Apr

This picture is so amusing to me.  I took it in Harrison County, IN while out looking through cemeteries with my family.  I told my husband to stop the car and I jumped out to catch some shots of these cute cows.  The one on the ground appears to be laughing about something.  The one standing doesn’t look at all happy!  Very sweet!

My mom is going on a trip…again.  She is finally at a point in her life where she can travel and enjoy herself a little bit.  I’m very happy for her.  She deserves it…after dealing with kids like me and my brothers?!  sheesh…that woman deserves the moon!  ;-)

So now she goes on a vacation at least a few times each year.  Tomorrow she’s leaving for North Carolina.  She’s flying…which is something I won’t do…I never liked flying very much.  I wonder if she thought to get travel insurance…she usually does.

My mom has worked every day of her life…and at a job that was less than easy (much less!) She deserves to go and do what she wants..I’m so happy for her..I’ll be even more so next year when she finally retires!

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So far it’s going ok.  The kids are doing math right now then we’ll break for lunch.  It was much more boring in the beginning than I expected.  I wasn’t fully prepared, that’s for sure!  As much time as I have put in to this, you’d think it would have went a little better.  I really need more help with figuring out the science and social studies….especially for my older ones. 

The kids loved their creative writing assignments.  Even my son, who hates to write anything.  His story was the most creative today (and quite funny!)

Any ideas?? Does anyone have any good links for printing for this first chapter of Volume 1? 

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Apr

I love the clothing they sell for horseback riding.  The outfits are adorable.  I wish I could buy these for my non-riding daughters! ;-)   The little pants and the black helmets are so cute.  I know my girls would look absolutely beautiful in those outfits!  The only question is, am I willing to get them in to horseback riding lessons in order to put them in those clothes??  I don’t know…at any rate, I enjoy looking for equestrian clothing.

Am I the only one who likes the style of these clothes? Write to me if you like them, too!

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