The MacLeodZoo

Okay so the only upside to being deathly ill for 5 days? Losing weight! The hardest thing for me with my weightloss, was giving up pop - I just could not do it. I switched to diet pepsi, but still had 3-4 cans a day. So with being sick, I switched to apple juice since it was so much better for me - and I haven't had a pepsi in 7 days!! Even last night while Gary snacked on a bag of chips - I didn't have the urge to test one - so far I'm down 12 pounds from January 1st. My goal, is to lose about 30 (so only 18 more!) before my big girls trip to Vegas in March! I'm heading there for a whole 6 days without hubby and kids, so it will be nice to sleep in a bit - sightsee as well. But the main reason for weightloss is because we'll be going to some fancy events where evening wear is required, and well, I don't fit into any of my nice clothing anymore - and refuse to buy new clothing!

Oh yes, it came to bless our household, no less than 1 week after Christmas the flu welcomed itself into our home. Started with Dylan, I caught it and Gary as well. It's been a fun filled couple of weeks full of medicine, soup and whining (on my part) I admit I'm a horrible sick person. I don't do sick well, I whine, I cry, I beg for someone to rub my head or bring me a drink - it drove Gary crazy however my boys, my super, wonderful compassionate little boys were such sweeties. I haven't had so much love, or backrubs in so long - for 3 days my children were forced to eat pure crap - heated up pizzas, canned zoodles as their main meal. They didn't complain heck, Kevin thought it would be even easier on me just to order pizzas every night, heh. But I think we're all better now, I keep checking the other 3 kids - but knock on wood, they all seem to be fine. Dylan was laid up on the couch for a full week - it was nice to have a clean house, for now I know who cause...