Getting there one step at a time.

The landscape out in front of the house is nearly done...simply awaiting the tree i bought to be put in and mulch to be added then thats done.

I have window trim left to paint still, lots of it and most of it is the high up stuff, but it has rained so much the last 2 weeks I have hardly had a day where i could tackle it.

The kids rooms are on their way as well, we still have 2 rooms to paint, and i am hitting ikea for the boys this week to score some new bedding for them to prep up their new space now that we got them some new bunkbeds (new to us that is ;) ).

The plumbing on my laundry room might get done tomorrow, not sure yet...and weekend after this the whole thing will get finished by Dean and his dad. That weekend is going to be hell in a lot of ways, I might need to get out of here and go find tings for me and the kids that do not require daddy time...they always act up when Daddy has not been around a ton, not their fault of course but I dread those times because its hard on them. Either way that room HAS to get done...we can't start on the kitchen until thats done and I NEED my kitchen done in the next year come hell or high water.

I'm going through a phase right now lol, not really wanting to delve into it as its kind of private but in retrospect the last year (nearly 2) of my life have brought on some really difficult challenges that I feel I've only faced halfheartedly. Anyways my biggest issue with myself right now is losing these last few lbs by summertime. I've worked my UU off to get them off and they are still coming off but its slower than I would like lol, so i think i'm enlisting in a bootcamp in June through the gym. It's only 3 days a week and i figure if i do that and run one other day it ought to push me over the edge to get the last 10-15 lbs off. My upper body actually looks pretty darn good LOL, its my lower half I struggle with and always have all my life. I actually got a size 9/10 jeans on this past week....this is momentous for me as I wasn't even that small when i lost between baby's #4 and 5. (i got down to a size 12 then I believe). Also I have a TON more muscle this time around so the scale has been difficult to understand...I weigh more but am smaller because of the muscle, but you have to build muscle to burn fat...the bigger the muscles, the more fat you burn which is why i don't weight lift like a sissy LOL. I lift as heavy as I can handle and increase whenever I need too versus endless reps on lower weights. You can do it that way, but I don't want a body that's super skinny with tiny muscles, I want muscles you can actually see and that give me better curves ;) (natural curves that is!). I'm also hoping to avoid the long anticipated tummy tuck. I've lost almost all the fat off my waist at this point, only a small portion remains so even if I did need to go there later I could probably go with a mini versus a full (let's face it...after having four , 10 lb babies there is a good chance that the skin might never go back to what it was).

All in all i'm happy with my results. I really need to take updated shots but I'm a total chicken lol...maybe next week, who knows. One day i'll just do them and post them, ha.

My time is now up now, hope everyone is having a good week despite this yuck weather. I can't wait for some real sunny days! :)