I keep wanting to start with 'long time, no post.  Again.", but stop myself because it seems like every post starts with that lately.  I'm sure it won't be long before there are more complications (that's a nice word) to my life and I'm here 3 times a day.  For now though, things seem to be leveled out.  Mike and I still have our moments, but overall we are okay.  Not everyday of marriage can be like the honeymoon.  There's got to be bad or else we would have no comparison to recognize when it's good.  Blah, blah, blah :oP.

I sprained my ankle last week.  Went to the ER via ambulance and everything.  Nothing broken, that's the good news.  Blew our attempt to have no health care for the month of June, that's the bad news.  Cobra is $1400 for the month.  Lovely.  So much for being out of debt.  Well that's not totally true, the ILs were the one's who insisted we call 911, so they felt obligated to help out.  And I felt comfortable taking it.

Spencer's language is still progressing.  He says 'car' about 75 bazillion times a day.  Followed closely by truck, airplane, Einsteins, chocolate milk and a few others.  I heard him count (very, very, very clearly) to 10 last night in bed.  I also heard him say thunder (I think anyway, it wasn't so clear) during a storm when it was thundering.

Rachel is growing by leaps and bounds.  She says doll, ball, doggy, puppy, baby, mommy, juice, all done, maybe a couple more.  She's drinking from a straw style sippy which is good.  Now we can switch over to all straw ones and that will help Spencer's mouth muscles and in turn his language. 

Mike likes his new job.  It's busy, but there's a purpose and actual feedback/results to his work.  And he likes the people he works with.  The only person he's complained about so far is his trainer and the complaints are that the guy repeats things too much.  Mike has way above average intelligence, so that's to be expected a bit.

As for me, I'm really getting back into digital scrapbooking.  I took some time off for awhile, not intentionally, just having a creative block.  I did a bunch of layouts.  Actually now I seem to be a little blocked again.  I'm going to try to work on the kids' baby book until it passes.

Also, I'm going to try (again) to lose this weight.  I'm going to set the goal at a flat 100 pounds.  I know that's a lot and probably more than I need to lose, but I'm tired of being fat.  I worked out this morning and I'm going to try really hard - scratch that, I AM GOING TO eat better and stick to a meal plan.  Yogurt and banana for breakfast, 2-3 cups of coffee, Lean Cuisine/Healthy Choice frozen meal for lunch, and half my usual portion at dinner.  At least 2 L of water a day, and nothing else to drink (after morning coffee) until I've had all my water.  I see pics of myself and just cringe.  I go to the pantry for a snack and eat THREE rice krispy treats.  I don't think the kids got any (literally) out of the box I bought for them.  Time to stop using kids as an excuse to buy crap that I end up eating.  Time to regain control.

I'm in the process of taking over the Moms Club presidency.  I'm really looking forward to July 16th when the new board meets by ourselves for the first time.  I think that we need to find out each person's technical responsibilities and then trade as necessary.  Right now the current board is (as they should be) convinced that the way they do it is the best way and we should mimic it exactly.  Ain't gonna happen - not because I determined to change things, but because I'm also not determined to keep them the same.  I'm meeting with the current prez again tomorrow.  She's really nice and just trying to help.  Much like Mike's new trainer though, I really wish she'd just hand over the info so I could figure it out on my own and then ask questions.

Anyway, that's it for now.  Maybe I'll be back before August...