Been a while since I last posted, so I’ll use this time to just play a little catch-up. Over the last couple of weeks work has been the most occupying event.
Last Saturday Maryanne, Tabitha, and I went to our friend and coworker Katie’s house. We arrived just before everyone else and got the grand tour of Katie’s beautiful house, as well as an idea of just how crazy she is in regard to the Toy Story alien collection obsession.
We had a great time with the fun and games. I brought Guitar Hero I and II with me for additional entertainment. Katie also had Karaoke Revolution. At first most wouldn’t play… in fact I didn’t know they were going to till I came upstairs and I was handed a microphone in the middle of a song and told “Sing!”. Ok, so I did. After that, just about everyone gave it a go. Now, you might think that this would not be fun, but interestingly enough it is quite addicting; addicting enough for me to go out and buy one myself the next day! After the games we went on to the main attraction: Rocky Horror Picture Show. With Katie doing the audience prompts, everyone singing the songs, and Tim and I doing the Time Warp, it turned out to be a great success.
Sunday we took my girls out to lunch at Applebee’s. It was interesting because I told Aaliyah that she couldn’t have fries with her chicken strips, and that she should try apple sauce as it is a little better for you. She actually started crying. “I don’t WANT applesauce”. But, in the end, I am the parent, and won that argument. And guess what? She likes the applesauce. :)
We then took them school supply shopping. Taylor is starting the 2nd grade and needs a horde of supplies. Poor Aaliyah wanted to buy supplies too, but since Shannon wasn’t sure if she’d get into pre-K this year we decided to hold off on that. So now Taylor is all school supplied up, including a much non-needed girly backpack and lunch box.
In other news I watched a couple of movies these last two weeks. Went to the theater and saw Transformers. One word to describe it all: Awesome! That has to be the most fun I’ve had a movie in a long while. Funny, action packed, with plenty of throwbacks to the original cartoons. Rock and roll!
Also saw 300 finally. I have to say that I did like it. Very stylistic in the artistry, especially in the computer enhanced scenery. They spent a bit too much time trying to introduce you to, or explain as the case may be, the Spartan mentality of culture, strength, and weakness. But overall, a pretty good action flick.
To top it all off Maryanne and I have started on the Weight Watchers program last week. Today actually makes my first week, and I weigh in tonight to see if there is any progress. The meeting is also tonight. I find the meetings to be very “RA RA!”, but they offer good support and accountability, which I certainly need seeing that I have not NEARLY enough self control when it comes to food. So I remain hopeful and fairly confident that I can do this, especially with Maryanne at my side. :)