Janellybellys World

I have felt like the worlds worst blogger because after I lost my cool zoot layout, I have been so lost in limbo. I finally decided to quit messing around and put my links back up (with LOTS of new ones!) because it looks like this will be my template for a while. I did manage to customize it just a little bit. I hope all of Marks cousins don't mind me linking them, but I was just so excited to have a whole new group of people to blog-stalk! LOL Thanks for the tip-off, Elizabeth! I hope I didn't forget anybody, if I did post me a comment and I'll link you up, and on the flip side-if you want me to take you off just let me know.

Thats it for today, I am tired and ready to have a F-U-N week with my kids.

SO I'm over at Deseret Book store looking for stuff for primary, and a lady I know who used to be in my old ward is there working (I know some of the people who work there, its fun) And she say "I didn't know you were expecting" and I laugh and say "oh, I'm not, I'm just fat right now" and she laughs and says "Oh, get outta here, no really, when are you due?" Can a big hole in the floor swallow me now please?? So yeah, pretty horrifying. I don't hold it against her at ALL, First of all I was wearing a long tunic-style top, which looks totally maternity, and then I'm sure I was slouching really bad and my gut was just all relaxed and hanging out. I feel worse for her, because I'm know she felt terrible. SO anyway, funny story, but kind of not at the same time. To make myself feel better I bought a half dozen Lion House Rolls (HEAVEN!!!) and dove in. Then went straight to Ross and bought some clothes that don't make me look pregnant. Well hopefully not AS pregnant.

Then yesterday I got some POSITIVE motivation :D. I was at school and I ran into Becky Babcock (many blog readers know her). I hadn't seen her close up in a few months...Holy moley, she is ripped! She has always been very fit but she looked amazing, veins poppin on her biceps and all. So of course I had to say something and ask her a zillion question. Apparently she is about 15% body fat right now. She and her husband drank 6 protein shakes a day for 6 weeks and got ripped. I guess she has an awesome home gym and lifts 3 days a week (all different types of lifting) and she dropped 10 pounds and 5% body fat in the 6 weeks. At her starting stats that is really impressive. If I did that I'd probably drop 20 because I have so much fat to lose. It is extreme, but oh so tempting. I may have to call her and get more details. Anyway, WOW.

My mom e-mailed me and wants to fly me to Montana for a weekend trip, I am so excited. My MIL is going to fill in for me while I'm gone so I think I will be going the first week of November. I cant' wait!

I am starting to Super-dread school vacation. We have the next 2 weeks off and I have to babysit both girls the whole time. I am going to go to Thatcher for Conference weekend and into monday or mabye even tuesday and that might be my only vaca, but we have to go somewhere!! I just have to keep telling myself.....I will have Christmas money this holiday season, it is really worth it and I have to look at it as a huge blessing! I really am blessed to be able to work from home. REALLY blessed!

Sunday was really great. At church we had our childrens primary program. My job at church is to teach the kids specific songs and then we present them in an organized way with a spiritual message in a 45 minute long program once a year. It turned out really good. It is a big job to keep 60 or so kids focused, singing, and saying their parts for that long, but with some stellar teamwork we made it happen. Luckily, we were the first ones in our stake (area) to do ours, so now everyone has to live up to the bar WE set! HA! Jill did such a pro job writing it all up and making up the parts, it was great. I was so proud of my own kids, they did an awesome job, memorized their parts (except Dayton, because I didn't have time to help him very much) but they were so proud of themselves. In fact Wyatt told me Sunday morning "Mom, tell sister Rogers NOT to help me, I can do it" and even though he stumbled on a couple words, he said it all correctly. Cade said his own talk that he put together even with a scripture reference, and Sadie and Coop memorized theirs too. Cade also played the violin with 2 of the songs and sounded awesome. I was so proud of him!!! This is a big milestone for the year to have crossed, and we did it , YAY!!

Yesterday was also our 13th wedding anniversary. Not really the most romantic, for sure but quite a picture of where we are in our life right now, so it was good. I have to say that we have had an awesome time being married. Really awesome. We are a good team, and still best friends. Plus I still think he's a hottie ;) Today we went to the Olive Garden (the OG as it will now be called) and they are building one right by our house which we are so excited. Then we got flowers for Marks moms b-day then Cold Stone creamery, and called it good. Now its time for family night and NIGHT NIGHT!

We got our air fixed yesterday (tuesday) afternoon, YAY! It was so nice to be back to normal. Nothing much new going on, my arms hurt from my monday weight workout, I could hardly move them yesterday. I didn't make it yet today, I wanted to get a little shopping done this morning a the big Mervyns sale, I needed a new dress and I found one for 10 bucks, so that was fun. I'm going to go do my HIIT tonight after the girls get picked up. I had a hair appointment to do and now I have to babysit, so my morning got all messed up.

How awesome was the biggest loser last night?? I loved it. I really love Phil. I Really REALLY love Kim. I think I just want to be her twin, really. Mabye I just want to be her because Mark is in love with her, and I'm jealous, who knows! LOL I'm betting on Phil to win but I'm keeping my eye on the guy on the blue team who is huge but is going to look like a male model at the end, he's a latin guy. I think we have a potential heartthrob going on there. Speaking of that, I usually boycott the Bachelor because I think it is so stupid and fake and ridiculous, but have you seen the new bachelor?? Holy HOTness. I still probably wont watch it.lol And on another TV note, I am 10 degrees past excited about the new episode of the Office next thursday. SO excited. That is my all time number one favorite show ever. We really need to figure out our new TV situation, the season is almost here!!!! :D

EDIT:
Chelsea made me remember that I was going to post about the TV situation. We have been a month with out it in the family room, which has been interesting. The kids have been reading a TON (Cade has over 1,000 pages this quarter and Sadie has read 4 Judy Blume books) and 2 sundays ago the kids decided on the way home from church to have "Lego Day" (yes, it was officially declared) and then last weekend they all sat together and played real monopoly for almost 3 hours without fighting. I am LOVING this no TV thing. It is VERY tempting to not replace it, but impractical for Mark and I. I really am not in a hurry. Depending on how things go, mabye we won't :D

Its a real bummer turning 33. I truly don't care about the getting older part, that dosen't bug me (not yet anyway) But it is just another day, at this stage. It was cute this morning my MIL got the kids who were awake to come wake me up by singing happy birthday, that was sweet. Then I went to the gym, then Mark took me to lunch at Firebirds. I think that will pretty much be it. My mom has some stuff for me on friday she says, and my other mom sent me something, probably a Target card, so that will be fun. So thats it. Woo.

The AC guy is supposed to be here between 2 and 4 today, that is good. I REALLY hope he can fix it today. Mark does not want to go to his moms. He is sleeping fine in the hot house, and I do agreee that it is a lot more fun to be at home. My MIL only has regular TV and dial-up internet, and we would have to try to squish onto a queen size bed, and it is really hard to try to remember and pack everything for so many of us, plus pack food, becuase my MIL has no food, not even milk. So even if it doesn't get fixed today, we may just stay here and be a little warm. It really isn't too bad, especially if you are just sitting around. I wouldn't try to vacuum or make beds or anything strenuous, then it would get unbearable, so we all may be sitting around vegging out all night, and go to the park and eat dinner or something. At least we could watch TV and play on the computer and sleep in our own warm beds. I think Mark just has so few nights at home that he can't bear to give one up just for a few extra degrees of coolness. Anyway, thats it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Last night our air conditioning in the house died.......YIKES!! This is one of the rare times, however that I am SO glad we rent!! All I have to do is make a phone call. LOL Thankfully it was at night and last night was really nice (about 80 degrees) so we were able to sleep here and it was really fine with all the fans going. We won't be able to stay home all day, though. Mark worked all night and I told him to just go to his moms this morning to sleep but he needs clean clothes so I don't know what he is going to do. So when it starts to get too hot we will just pack up stuff for school tomorrow and some food and head over to my MIL's to hang out. Then monday I will back home to hang out and wait for the AC guy. There was a really loud motor noise coming from the hallway ceiling and then it sputtered out and died, so who knows what the problem is. Hopefully it is easily and quickly fixable. If not, we are really lucky that we have a relativley close place to stay and dont have to be too inconvenienced. So now I have to get my house in ship shape in case the landlord decides to come over and I wont be embarrased.LOL

Football has been going great, Cades team has won both of their games and he is playing great. His coach told them at he beginning when they started practice that he didnt want them drinking any more soda for the rest of the season, and Cade has obeyed and stopped completely. I'm so proud of him. There are times he wants a Mountain Dew SO bad but he picks a Gatorade or lemonade instead. He played the whole game yesterday in over 100 degrees (and he really hustled and ran a lot) and said afterward that he felt great, barely even tired. He is such a good kid! He and his football buddies go to school together so they have been wearing their jerseys to school on fridays. It is against dress code, so they just wear them to school and take them off in the classroom, then put them back on right after school. It is like high school, it is the cutest thing ever. I took a pic of Cade last week, I'll post it here when I have more time.

SO thats it, I gotta go get things packed up and situated for our migration west for the rest of the weekend, if it stays cool for another couple hours we will head out to Stake conference then outta here.

I hate it when my errands bomb out. Don't you think that I should be able to pull in to any tire place and get a quick rotation within a half hour?? Well, apparently not in Chandler today.LOL Since I was dragging a 3 and 4 year old around, which didn't help. No way was I waiting in a tire place for more than a half hour with those 2. We went by the school to put $$ in the lunch accounts and Mr. Mario gave them each a lunch bag with a cookie and chocolate milk, and a breakfast for lunch tray to share. He is so nice. I can't imagine Dayton there on his own buying school lunch in just less than a year, but I couldn't imagine Wyatt either and he does it just fine. Anyway they loved getting school lunch, and now I don't have to feed them! HAHA We went to the eye doctor to have Daytons eye checked. Backstory: tuesday afternoon he and Wyatt were fighting and Wyatt poked him in the eyeball really hard, and it has looked a little funny since. He has some eye drops now, its fine, but the cool thing is that at the eye dr office I met a lady that knows my MIL and she used to be one of Sunny's clients and she and her whole family have not found a replacement, so I'm on the job, starting with a color friday. WOO! One of my few regrets in life were not calling Sunny when she was moving and telling her to refer her people to me. I'd have a sweet business right about now. What is wrong with me??? Well, I was nervous that it would be too many people, which it might have been. Anyway, I'm glad I got some more people. I'm really hoping to phase out babysitting and phase in more hair. That would be nice.

Well my b-day is on tuesday the 17th. So far I have no plans. Mark usually does something, so I'm sure I'll like whatever it is. My mom is taking me to time out for women fri. nite for my b-day, thats the only plans I have. I'll probably get to do some shopping of some sort. Nothing major, since they probably don't make clothes big enough to fit my ginormous body :P

BUT on a goood fitness note: I have been getting to the gym 4 or more days a week for the last few weeks or so. I haven't lost any pounds really, but I feel a lot better and have been eating a bit better too. I tried on my jeans that have been packed away all summer, and thought it would be fun to do a jeans progress pic like Amyella, but then I tried on the pants and about barfed, no way. Well, for one it would be totally indecent, since I can't really get 2 of my 3 pairs over areas that should not be showing! LOL So if I tell you that my jeans are starting to fit, you will just have to take my word for it, at least till I can pull them up about another 12 inches. I am ready to take it up another notch commitment wise, I think. I got my prescription fat-loss drugs from the DR and I am ready to rock and roll.

I have NO clue why I would even be feeling the least bit fall-ish because it is a flippin OVEN up in here, I was about to die doing my grocery trips and errands this afternoon. Ok, well, thats just poor planning on my part not to be done with that crap earlier in the day, but I have reasons :D I wanted to be home with Mark for a little bit this morning after my dentist appt. We had to hash and rehash the shift bid coming up tomorrow, and what we would be able to handle schedule wise. It looks like it won't be much of a change. Its SO funny, these guys are like kids on the last day of school, "which teacher did you get?? I'm with so and so" "well this person is in my group, oh yeah, I want that one too" Its so cute. Calling each other all night last night, going over it all again and again. He's at work now, and thats all the buzz is about, I'm sure. Too funny.

SO back to the Fall thing, I think its because it is my birthday coming up and thats when things kind of turn. I LOVE having a September birthday. Its my very favorite time of year. Its when I completely clean out my house and yard,(lists for that being made now) Its planting season, the weather cools off (theoretically), Its my wedding anniversary, and there is the anticipation of the upcoming holidays without any of the stress yet. My house gets decorated and stays decorated until after the first. I have been loving the stuff coming out at the stores, the halloween candy displays, and seeing how excited the kids are to see that stuff. I love it.

Oh boy, I was going through and seeing pics I hadn't seen in a looooong time! Good times (and some sad pics too :( But it was all fun. I have to start with Chelsea first, SO cute!! And just to be clear...I was a very YOUNG Mia Maid advisor!!! :D

Can you spot Chelsea?? Yeah, its pretty easy. I had no clue I was in this but on further inspection I noticed my ghetto-fabulous long nails and bleached to death BH 90210 hair. So HAWT! I guess I was taking a walk on the trashy side!! LOL




I jut had to put this here first, to give you an idea of my origins. Those are my PARENTS!!! They are CHILDREN!! I guess its true that high school kids run out of ways to stay warm during long cold Minnesota winters. My parents were still battling puberty when I was born. Well, not quite, they were 19, but close. Nice specs, dad!




OK here I am at age 7 (that would be 1981 or so) rockin my totally rad perm. I LOVED my perm. I would wet it, gel it, then if it felt like it didn't seem ringlet-y enough I'd wet it again. I can also see that my current slouching problem is more deep-rooted than I thought.



Then I must have gotten bored and tried the poofy disco look.



Heres my kickin 1983 Flashdance look. My dad was so mad when my mom bought this little number for me. It must have been one of those divorce things.



SO now that I have embarassed myself with all my goofy 80's pictures, I demand every reader of this blog to post at least one silly childhood photo on their blog so we can all mock you too. DO IT!!!

I finally started one of my many projects that I wanted done during the school year and I remember why I put off big projects. It started small, wanting to put all of Marks child/teen pictures together in order to make a cool music video thing. BUT..the pics were in 3 different groups in diffferent places in the closet, so in order to make sure I got everything together and didn't miss any I ended up completely cleaning out the scrapbook half of the closet, and also putting all the other pics (fromm 1993 to current) in file folders all organized. Then I went thorugh and put all of Marks in chronological order as best I could in a folder on my computer. The drawback is that now my office is trashed. DANG! LOL but my closet is straightened up and the pics are safe and sound and in order. YAY! Here are a few funny ones:






Hew was a skinny little island boy, growing up in Hawaii. And how cute is he with his Cabbage Patch doll when he broke his arm! LOL He was like 10 or 11! The portrait is how he looked when I met him, this was taken just a couple months before. He looks so different with hair!

Yeah I saw Hairspray last night. It was so great! I'm realize I'm probably the only person left on the planet who hasn't seen it at least once. Yeah, there was me and 1 other lonely girl in the theater last night :D I went by myself because I had the whooooole night to myself. Marks cousin took the kids overnight and he had to work, so it was me myself and I. It was nice though, I need to do that sort of thing more often, reconnect with my self. Like Fergie LOL. Be with myself and center...clarity....:D It is definetly out of my comfort zone to be all alone, so its good for me. I need to find ways to be ME, not just mom, wife, friend, all the other stuff. It was nice to really recharge and have some peace in my ears, instead of constant jabber and clatter. I also went to TJ Maxx to check it out (it just opened) and I was like a kid in a candy store with the home section. I wanted just about every dish and platter and cake stand...it was all fall themed and I was just drooling over everything. I was a good girl and didn't buy stuff. Then I went TV pricing at Wally world because the TV in our bedroom crashed and MUST be replaced. I am already going through withdrawls and I was very dissapointed that I couldn't lay in bed and watch TV last night. And tonight. With Mark gone at night, I MUST have TV in my room. So I did some looking for that. Then today I went and got a mani/pedi, but she did a crappy job on my nails and I should have made her do it better but I was too tired to go through the whole thing, at least my toes got done and I got pampered for a whole 40 minutes.

Cooper is still sick and Sadie was today, but is better now. Coop is really miserable. Poor kid, he slept all day and had no trouble falling back to sleep, he is fighting something fierce.

AND I took the kids to the gym today and did a great 20 min HIIT and then went to the pool. I was so proud of myself for making it there and killing it on a saturday. WOO!