Late Nights At The Richard House (ie. Boogers and Bedtime Stories)

Just thought I'd post a funny video of Ethan and Erin from this week. Oh, they make me laugh so hard! :o) There are 4 sections to the video: 1.Erin gives Daddy a haircut. Erin got her haircut for the first time last week. The stylist kept reassuring her that it wasn't going to hurt and that everything would be ok. She tries to give John a haircut in this one. And parts 2-4 are the kids telling bedtime stories. Yes, boogers are involved.

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Classical Muppets

Since it's my birthday, I'm choosing to celebrate with two of my favorite things: classical music and muppets (as well as my wonderful family and friends!). I can't tell you how excited I am that they have come together (Thanks, Matt!) lol Enjoy!








Ok, and this is totally not classical or muppets but it's the video that started this all:

Anyone know a good place to get a dryer repaired?

So, I'm doing a late night of laundry tonight and I put the clothes in the dryer, turn it on and go to head upstairs. The dryer shut off after about 3 minutes and then had a burning smell. The breaker wasn't tripped. Now the darn thing won't turn on at all. Grr... Anyone know of 1. A good place to get a dryer repaired? And 2. A fair price to pay for a repair? It's not under warranty anymore.

Cross-posts from my SparkPeople blog

The beginning blogs from my SparkPeople page...

Friday, July 11, 2008
Let’s See How This Thing Works

Well, let's see how this thing works. I'm so frustrated with my weight right now and have to make a change. I absolutely REFUSE to go up another size. This has to be the end. So, today is all about change. I'm hoping that this is the kind of support that I need to make a healthier lifestyle chance. I know that the good days and bad days are both going to come. Let's just hope that the good out weigh the bad. lol I'm also hoping that less weight and more movement will help my Fibromyalgia. I've been going to a water aerobics class (not consistently) that has helped so much. Maybe I should get back on that...Ha!

Saturday, July 12, 2008
First Official Day

So today went pretty well as far as eating goes. I didn't exercise in the regular sense unless you count running up and down our staircase a billion times and chasing our children. But, I did reach a goal today by drinking all 8 glasses of water! WHOO HOOO!!! And I think my husband is joining as I type this. I am so excited that we can all do this as a family. My aunt (NANNAN6) and cousin (MARCIESNIDER) got me started on SparkPeople and I am excited to have us all help each other. GO TEAM!


Sunday, July 13, 2008
The Word “Buffet” Is From The Devil

Today was a fantastic day spent with friends but was really terrible in the counting calories department! After church, we had a Dream Team meeting. The Dream Team is what Pastor Shane calls the volunteers of the church. We had a big pitch-in. I have to admit that I just didn't know what to do in that case. Since it was all homemade stuff, I tried to pick and choose things that I knew were healthier -- in fact we even brought fresh fruit as our contribution to the meal. I had no idea what cost what points. I was so confused. At the end of the day, I don't even remember half of what I ate. I think I just subconsciously threw in the towel. I guess the most important thing is to pick myself back up tomorrow and start again. That's what this is about. Daily deciding to eat better and to exercise. Taking small steps and trying not to lose heart when I have a bad food day.

Monday, July 14, 2008
I Am WAY Too Old (and out of shape!) To Slip ‘N Slide.

My husband found a Slip 'n Slide on clearance this week and brought it home. The kids and I took it out back today and tried it out. It's been years since I've been on one. I now remember why. My abs hurt so bad! lol Tomorrow is going to be fun! lol

Today was a good day. My mom signed up for Spark People. I'm feeling better and better about doing this as a family. I think that's a great way to share with each other and keep each other accountable. On a side note, at Wal-mart tonight, I found these really good ice-cream bars that are REALLY low in calories and actually taste good! They are called PhillySwirl Swirl Stix. The chocolate version is 57 calories and the fruit version is 48. They even have a sugar free version. Whoo hooo! I know it's silly but I'm excited about them.

SparkPeople

In an effort to get healthier, nearly half of our family has joined SparkPeople.com. It’s a wonderful (and free!) website for monitoring exercise and calorie intake. We all have goals to make our lives healthier and we’ve decided to try to achieve them together. So far, so good. In the last few months, my aunt has already lost 20 lbs and my cousin has already lost 10 lbs. John and I are new to this since we just joined this week. Periodically, you’ll see me write a few blogs about food and weight that I’ll cross-post here. You can check out my own SparkPage here: http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=PIXILATED0725

Who Wants To Buy Our House? :o)

I feel like I’ve fallen off of the face of the earth in the blogging world. This summer has been exceptionally busy with getting Ethan ready for Kindergarten and with selling our house. Oh, yeah…by the way, we are selling our house. Lol We are looking to move to Zionsville as soon as we can get someone to buy our house. Anyone looking for a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath on the Westside? 1800 square feet, only 5 years old. We are hoping to have a quick sale so someone could get a fantastic deal on a house that is worth WAY more than what we are asking.

Anyway, enough about the house... I’ve got lots of blogs to post sometime as soon as I get them all out of my head. There are so many things I want to write about when I get a free moment including some insights from a new book I’m reading.

Take care,
Rachel