Back from Vacation

I hope everybody had a good weekend.  Ours was great.  We went away on vacation with our kids to visit family.  We all had a great time.  I even had a makeover! 

Now that I've lost 19 pounds, it felt good to squeeze into smaller pants and look good.  Now to get rid of the remaining 13 pounds and I'll be good to go.  I should look into treadmills for indoor exercise or some other type of exercise equipment.  Can I read a book and use a treadmill at the same time?  Maybe I should be looking at an exercise bike instead.  Otherwise, I'd probably be reading the latest bestseller and go flying off the back of the treadmill and land on my backside.  While my kids would think that was funny, I don't bounce as well as I used to!

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Car Transmission Problems

My car might be dropping its transmission on me.  Like I can afford $2,000 to fix it!  All this stress is going to give me an ulcer. At the very least, zits galore.  I'll need the best acne treatment AND a new transmission!

What I would like is a new car actually but that's not going to happen.  I'd love to get a Honda Pilot that seats eight.  That makes it perfect to fit our six kids.  I was dreaming today and looked it up online.  At $700/month, yeah, that is NEVER happening.  It's too expensive but it's nice to dream.

Have a nice weekend everybody!

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Slowly Cutting Apron Strings

My teenaged daughter has tiny bumps across her cheeks.  They don't look like regular pimples to me but it's been a long time since I was a teenager (I still get them...just not to the extent teens do).  I don't know if she needs natural acne treatment or a better facial cleanser that won't irritate.  Perhaps it is just a winter thing and now that spring is here and it's not so dry anymore in the house, the irritation will go away. 

They didn't affect her fun at her school dance this past weekend.  She slow danced with a boy!  Her first slow dance.  I have pictures.  Even though she'd told me she slow-danced, it was still a bit of a shock to see my oldest child actually doing it.  Surprisingly, her dad handled it better than I did. 

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Vacation Plans

We're planning a trip to hit the road for a vacation.  We'll be on the road with four kids for hours.  I dread being cramped up that long in a car but I will buy car sickness medication for the kids so nobody will be sick (and hopefully they'll sleep through part of the trip). 

Maybe if I had a luxury car that had seats that felt more like a massage than a ride that will send me looking for the best hemorrhoids treatment instead, it wouldn't be so bad.  Drive in style!  Then again, with my husband's driving, I probably wouldn't even notice a luxury massage because I'm too busy watching his driving every step of the way.  I call him an ADHD driver...something catches his attention and he's looking at that instead of the road - drives me crazy!

Our dogs will go to the kennel.  I'm going to miss my puppy.  It will be sad leaving her, especially knowing that she is going to be quivering the way her breed does when they get nervous, but she'd be a huge handful to take - more of a handful than the kids.  She'll have her doggy siblings with her so I'm sure she'll be adjust and be happy to see us when we get home.

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