The Nelson Narrative

Friday is the girls' birthday. We are taking them to Great Wolf Lodge Thursday night (Friday is their normal non-school Friday).  And because we are taking them there we weren't going to do a party, but of course they really wanted one, almost bad enough to forego GWL, so we compromised by having a simple slumber party (pizza, cake, popcorn and a movie, done.  No decorations or games or anything).  That will be Saturday night. Meanwhile, the girls were on mid-winter break last week so on Thursday I took them up to MV to visit my mom, and on the way back I took them to Build-a-Bear Workshop.  My dad and stepmom are down in Arizona and sent money for me to shop for them (so much easier than shipping something) so Build-a-Bear was their present from Grandma and Grandpa.  Olivia got Hello Kitty and Kayley got My Little Pony's Twilight Sparkle.  Super cute. On Saturday the in-laws came over for dinner.  I baked a simple cherry chip cake (from a...

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This is late, but last week I mentioned that my goal for the week was to workout at least 3 times.  Here's how it went.  Kayley got sick on Super Bowl Sunday and didn't go to school on Monday (the 3rd).  I can't remember what I did Monday late afternoon/early evening (when I normally would've gone to the gym), but I didn't go to the gym for some reason.  Then Tuesday both girls were sick and stayed home from school, so I ended up grocery shopping Tuesday during my normal gym time.  Wednesday I actually did go to the gym, so that was one out of three.  Thursday evening I volunteered for the book fair at the girls' school, and Friday is our Bible study night but even though we didn't go since the girls were just getting better and we were tired from all the middle of the night wake-ups all week I still didn't go to the gym (because, like I said, I was tired).  I didn't go Saturday either because I had so much I wanted to do that I didn't g...

I meant to do a New Year's Resolution post but never quite finished it.  It's the same every year, though:  lose weight.  I did great the first week and a half and then fell apart, like usual.  But I managed to finish the month just a teeny bit under what I started at, even though I initially lost more.  Anyway, here are my goals for February: 1.  Watch the Seahawks WIN the Superbowl! 2.  Lose 4 pounds. 3.  Set weekly goals (i.e. make it to the gym 3 times) and write about them here. So, to get things started, my goal for this coming week will be to workout a minimum of 3 times.