excuses

Please forgive my blogger absence. I am just going to ramble a bit about my ignoring of my blog. The spring weather brings us outside as much as possible and chasing Claire into the neighbors yard. She is much more difficult to contain when she sees the big girls running from yard to yard. Fortunately, this year she understands not to go into the road, but I will still be doing lots of chasing. I have also downloaded tons of new pictures and music to my computer so it is REALLY slow right now and I haven't had time to move everything to my external hard drive. I also hate doing all of that moving so I think that I am putting it off. I have taken on some new projects including lots of scrap booking at home (trying to use the supplies that I already have) and losing weight. Yes, I call this a project as I never understood how much time and energy goes in to meal planning, meal preparation, and making time to exercise. I have already lost some, but I have been stuck at my current weight for a long time and felt that I needed to step it up a little so I started a bran new meal plan and exercise program. Because I generally exercise after the kids are in bed, I do not have lots of time to get on the computer. I also find that while Claire is napping, I use that time to bake and cook premade meals. I have also needed to spend extra time planning menus that both fit into my diet and that my kids like. I find my self at the grocery store more often for fresher ingredients and I still need to stay aware of my grocery budget. All of this takes up a lot of time for me. Anyway, I will try to post some more pictures when I finally sit down to organize my pics.