building castles

We had Luci's cousin Chloe over for for a few hours tonight. The girls had fun playing dress up and building castles over and over again :)

Spelling :)

I left Miss Luci alone for a few minutes with a box of crayons and this was the result :)

Second Life, Second Income?

I cashed out half of my Linden dollars last week from playing Second Life and made some real life dollars. The funds came through into my Paypal account today and by next week will be in my checking account. I wish I had thought about this sooner, but that game just might be the key to my making a little bit of extra money every month without having to leave my home!  My goal for the game is to make $100 RL dollars a week via SL. We'll see how that works out :)

Rocky the rock

Luci's pet rock, Rocky. Grei found him on our walk today and she's been taking care of him all day. She gave him a bath and made him a bed out of a cotton ball and some tissues :)



On an unrelated note, the weather is back to being weird again. It was 45 yesterday and 25 today. It rained all day yesterday and into today, so we had a bit of ice on the sidewalks and streets into the late morning. Otherwise no sign of a normal Winter...

Snow Day!

Finally we see some snow! I was sort of getting a bit freaked out by the lack of normal Winter weather we've been having. Usually we have a blizzard before Thanksgiving but this year we made it to mid January before we saw any of this gorgeous white stuff. Miss Luci didn't much care for the snow falling from the sky onto her face and the freezing temperatures, so I only managed to snap a couple of shots before she was screaming to go back inside. High of 23F .. brrrrr

Zoo School!

We enrolled in the Akron Zoo's homeschooling preschoolers program for the next 3 months. This was our first session and Miss Luci was the only kid to show up. We still had lots of fun with Ms. Nancy though! They also let her sit in on the big kid's animal encounter :)   Here's a bunch of pictures from our visit...

Fashion, School & Monster Food

Our little fashionista decided on a Hello Kitty punk ensemble today. We had our goddaughter Sammy over while her Mom was at an appointment and she helped Luci do some school work. Of course, the Mamarazzi wasn't far away!

I'm dressed and fabulous!


Doing some work before Sammy arrives



Eating cheese curls and doing more worksheets

Sam and Luci being silly at the computer

Little Miss doing her "exercise" ... running back and forth in the living room!

She may have been in the tub too long! hahaha



Monster peanut butter and jelly!



Monster kid! =0


I made us all some beef stir fry but forgot to snap a photo. All in all, quite a nice day :)

Food and Goals

I have gained about 4 pounds since Thanksgiving. This week's weigh in said 260 and I did not EVER want to see that number again. It's time to get back to basics and stop giving into the sugar. Today is a new day and a new start. No more apple pie, cookies, candy, donuts and pop tarts. The holidays are over and I need to keep my body healthy.

I've also been completely slacking off on exercising other than housework and that doesn't really count. I'm going to get back to walking every day unless there's a blizzard or rain storm. Even if it's just a couple of blocks in the freezing weather, it's better than nothing. I also need to start doing that resistance band workout again. I really did love that. I suppose I should start setting alarms to work out, go for walks, etc. so I remember to do it until it becomes a habit.

 This week's goals are to exercise at least once a day (a 30 minute walk, a 20 minute workout or really cleaning the house), journal more and be more mindful of what I am eating.

 That said, today's breakfast was delicious! A serving of hemp hearts with a 1/4 cup of whole milk, a 1/2 cup of blueberries, a banana and an iced coffee. I ate that about 3 hours ago and haven't had hunger pangs yet. I think I am back on the healthy food wagon.

Happy New Year!