My Life Changed, You Want to Hear About It?

I have absolutely nothing to say.

But for fear of peer pressure from my sister, and a goal to update my blog once a month, I'm here typing for no reason.

However, I did already update my blog once this month, so this entry isn't even necessary.

But since I'm already here, I might as well blog about nothing.  I mean, "nothing" is in the title of my blog.

I'm a stay at home mama!  I have to admit, I'm not very good at it.  You should have seen me at the beginning of the month.  I was a wreck.  I would play with Olivia, then try to do dishes, then I would say to myself, "I've got all day!  I can do them later."  Then as later came, I would think, "Eh, dirty to day, dirty tomorrow.  I can clean them tomorrow."  Then what?

Oh, and don't forget about the part where I had triple chins!  That needed to change.

I was pretty lonely too.  I just moved a whole THIRTY MINUTES from where I use to live.  Where in Idaho Land, that pretty much means I moved to a different state.  I could call my friend (no plural here) in Rexburg to come visit me, but I didn't want to inconvenience anyone.

Look at me now!  Boo Ya!  My sister told me not to say that anymore because it ages me, but I don't know the new cool lingo.  But really, look at me now!  My house is pretty clean.  I vacuum at lease once every day.  The dishes are usually done, but I still slack on that.  I have gotten into a really good schedule now.  I have a calendar written out of things that I need to do and I cross stuff out that I already did.  Then if I did something that wasn't on my calendar, I write it on there anyway so that I can cross it out.  Then at night, I see more things crossed off and feel more accomplished.

"I eat books."  Whoever can name that quote gets a dollar.

I read books now.  I have a goal to read a book every month.  I've read three so far, but one of them was a Goosebumps book that I read in 90 minutes, so I don't think that counts.  If you have any recommendations, I'll take them.

On Sunday when we Skyped my family and John's family, both the fathers said my face looked skinnier.  I'm not sure if John asked them to say that or not, but it certainly felt good.  I would show you a picture, but I never took pictures at my obese state, so you might think I'm still super fat.  I've been running on our treadmill and walking forever.  Then the occasional Pilates for my abs and other large muscles.  I've also been keeping tract of my calories on myfitnesspal.com.  YOU should use it so you can be my friend, see what I eat, and hound me when I don't exercise.

When I first moved here, I would go for walks and talk to people I saw while I was walking because I didn't have much human contact outside of my husband and the people at Sam's Club.  Now I don't have to because I have friends.  It's because of visiting teaching.  I remember once John and I were invited to dinner and I told my sister that we have new friends because they invited us to dinner.  She said, "Just because you're going over for dinner, doesn't mean you're going to like them."  She was right.  I didn't really like them.  But this is different.  I actually LIKE these people and hopefully they can tolerate me.

There.  That's it.  It's like peeking into my journal.