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SCHOOLS OUT!

I cant believe this, but Zachary is going into 7th grade in the fall. When did that happen? 7th grade is where I met all my friends that I hung out with through high school and beyond. 7th grade! Just saying it make me have a panic attack!
Zachary will always be 4 years old to me. That sweet little boy who loved his mommy so much.
That kind hearted little soul who took care of his Gramma. The curious little boy who always wanted to know how things worked and who would (and still does) rip apart his toys to figure it out and then put them back together again. The funny little boy who would tell knock knock jokes that made absolutely no sense just to make people laugh. The wise little boy who wanted to know all about God, and had his own religious beliefs. (there are 3 heavens, one for people like us, one for bad people and one especially for dogs). The little boy who was such a ham, dressing up like Crystal, and prancing around in high heels and a boa. When did my baby grow up so fast?
He is still all of those things, kind, loving, curious, funny, spiritual, wise beyond his years and more. Im very proud of the person he has become. I see him in his Explorer uniform and he is so grown up. Even though sometimes we butt heads because were so much alike, I love that little kid, grown up or not, he will always be my baby.

FATHERS DAY FUN AT MY BROTHERS IN LAW

RYAN LOVES HIS UNCLES!

Jen and I joined Weight Watchers Saturday and were loving it. We both are eating better and were not starving. I really used to think that weight watchers isnt for me because I never wanted to stand up in front of a group and say "hi, Im Sally, and Im a fat ass" or sit around and talk about my weight issues. I didnt want to be weighed in front of everyone and I didnt want to be bothered with weighing, measuring and counting. I got to the point where I said to myself "I dont care what I have to do, but I have to do it". I have to stop making excuses as to why I cant do it. (No time, no money, no motivation, it doesnt work, etc). So we went to the meeting, and I found that no one singled me out or made me stand up in front of everyone. They did weigh me but no one saw it except the lady behind th counter. She wrote it down and I could look at what she wrote IF I wanted to. When I cringed, she said "Dont worry, thats just your starting weight". And she was right. Both of the ladies behind the counter had lost over 100 lbs each! One was a size 28 and now a 10 (I cant even imagine).I was a little overwhelmed with information by the time I left and I felt we had so much to read. But Im really getting the hang of it and now it seems really easy. Im not starving, and I dont have to deprive myself of any foods. Its teaching me to eat smaller portions and eat better. I have 35 points extra a week to cheat with if I so choose. I dont plan on using them unless I want a D&D iced coffee. No way can I cut those out! I plan to not go there everyday and get a large, I will go maybe 2x a week and get a medium. And thats still ok. Im ok with not being a size 2 or ever looking good in a bikini (no one wants to see my stretch marks no matter what size I am). I want to be the weight I was pre baby. And by that I mean pre Zachary, not Ryan. Its funny how back then I thought I was so fat, and now thats the weight Im striving to be. Ya, I was HUGE at a size 12 or 14. PUH-LEEZE. I just want to look and feel better. The numbers dont actually mean that much to me.
Im so excited. Im actually looking forward to getting weighed on Saturday. How crazy is that!
They talk about loosing 1-2 lbs a week, and at first that seemed discouraging to me. I feel like I need to loose a lot more than 2 lbs a week. But thats 50 lbs in 6 months! Or 100 lbs in a year! Once those little things were pointed out to me, Im ok with 2 lbs a week. Yesterday Zachary and I took a walk - well he rode his bike. We walked all the way to Windsor center and back. 3.4 miles. I wont lie, I was ready to quit before we hit the first mile, and the heat and humidity were really getting to me. I was hoping that it would rain or that Steve would call, cuz then I could tell him to pick us up. But he didnt so I had no choice to keep going. I did see people that I knew at Geisslers who asked if we wanted a ride back and really I did, but I said no. Go me! I cant say that I will go that far again, but at least I did it, and Im trying to get myself walking more. Its great to do this with a friend because were really motivating each other. Im not sure I would have the same sucess if I go it alone. And we keep saying that if we can quit smoking, than we can do this!

FOUND MONEY

The weirdest thing happened. I have found a life insurance policy with my name on it, taken out by my grandfather, who died in 1979. A privacy notice was mailed to Sally Buck to an address I lived at until I was 5. Suzie knows the people that live in that house (in a round about sort of way). And they gave her my mail. There was a policy number on it, so I called and sure enough, it was no junk mail! While I'm not a millionaire, it was worth $700.00! He took out the policy in August of 78, and he died in June of 79. So, its been out there for almost 30 years and I had no idea! Thanks Papa!

LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!

I saw a bear on my street this week. Just walking in someones yard. Freaked me out! I thought it was a dog at first as it was walking on all fours. And it took me a second for my brain to catch up and realize that was no dog. I came back home to get Steve and we went back to see it and it was gone. I wish I had stopped and taken a picture on my camera phone. Im not that smart. Ive heard of them being in the neighborhood, but this is the first time Ive ever seen one.

RYAN SCOOTCHING

He was in the upper right corner of his playmat. He scootched this far in less than 5 minutes.
Hes only 5 months old!

STEVE BEING FUNNY WHILE MOMS AT WORK

Obviously this is staged, incase anyone got worried. Click on the pictures to enlarge them and check out Steve's face in each one. Hysterical!

Ps...Zachary built that ramp from scratch!

Hi everyone! Sorry its been a while. Ive had a busy few weeks. My dad and step mom were up from Florida, my uncle died, we had Ryan, Steve and Ally (my niece) baptized, I went back to work, and Zachary has been on all kinds of trips with explorers, Its been just crazy. I survived work Ok. Poor Steve. Ryan was giving him a hard time when I was gone. When I called home he was cleaning carrots out of the babys nose, and (jokingly) said he was looking for my work number to call them and tell them I quit! I said "its not too late! I will find the number for you!!" He did just fine. He is a great dad. He is better than a great dad, he is the best! Im not worried what so ever. Im actually enjoying working nights. I have all day with the kids. Ryan is now 5 months old already. I can hardly believe it! He has grown so much. He is about 19 lbs and already so smart. He reaches and grabs for things (like Steves chest hair, he grabs and twists, sending a grown man to his knees. He also likes to pull my locks from the roots.) and he just started rolling over a few weeks ago. He is a busy kid. Constantly moving or squirming, jumping and bouncing and twisting. Makes it hard to hold him sometimes! We were at the Doc yesterday who called him the energizer bunny. He always has to go go go. Ryan is gonna RUN before he walks! He is already starting to crawl. Not quite a crawl, more like a scoot. Today I put him on the floor in his room, on his playmat and surrounded him by a bunch of toys. I was in the bathroom (right next to his room) drying my hair and he was talking up a storm. I go in there, maybe 3 -5 minutes later and he has scooted himself about 6 feet toward the door of his room! Ive got to be careful, cant do that anymore! I will post a pic of that later. He has started on baby food and cereal. Its fun to have him try new foods. The only thing he doest like so far is peas. Zachary is getting out of school tomorrow. Explorers has kept him busy. picnics, rope obstacle courses, fitness training, shad derby security. Its such a cool program. He went to NYC for the day, saw a ground zero, a police museum and even had free time in Times Square (in groups). I was a wreck all day worrying about him! He has a girlfriend, but now that schools over Im not sure how that works. He doesnt actually communicate with her outside of school. I try to get the 411 but the last thing he wants to talk to me about is a girl!

FROM THE MOUTHES OF BABES......

While at church, kneeling at the alter and receiving communion, the pastor is breaking the bread and serving the doll house size cups of grape juice, my 7 year old niece Ashlee, sees the bread and her eyes get as wise as quarters and she says " Do we get butter with that?" (Apparently its her snack time ) then when she gets up she turns toward the congregation and rubs her belly in a clockwise motion and rolls her eyes back and says 'MMMMMM" The innocence of youth is a beautiful thing.