The Nelson Narrative

So the plan has always been for me to go back to work once the girls are in school full-time, which will be this fall (right now they are in half-day Kindergarten).  Then about a month ago a former co-worker who now works for the same company Paul works for contacted me out of the blue with a job opportunity.  They offered the job, I accepted and I start on the 14th (next week is Spring Break for the girls otherwise I'd probably be starting sooner). It is a temporary, part-time contract position, filling in for someone on short-term disability.  Right now it is set to end in August, but if this person ends up not coming back they will probably keep me on, so we'll see.  I'll be working 3 days a week, which I think will be a great transition from not working to eventually working full-time again. I'm excited, but I'm also a little sad about the girls having to go to an after-school program when all they've ever known is being car...

We took the girls to Great Wolf Lodge for their birthday, which was February 28th.  That was a Friday, and they didn't have school that Friday because they rotate Fridays with the afternoon Kindergarten class.  So we left Thursday afternoon, spent one night and came home Friday. It was really fun.  We had a Kid Kamp (or something like that) room, so it had a separate area for the girls made to look like a tent with bunk beds and their own TV.  They were going to share the top bunk but Olivia ended up moving to the bottom one because she was too squished. Peeking over the bunk They had something called Magi Quest or something where you buy these wands for $17.99 each and then go around the whole lodge pointing them at things to make them light up/say stuff.  They loved that more than the waterpark.  They did enjoy the waterpark, though, and late on the 2nd day, right before we left Olivia got up the nerve to go down one of the more intermedia...

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.

Blue Friday is where every Friday during football season Seahawk fans wear Seahawk colors to show their team spirit.  The girls went to a friend's house yesterday to make shirts, necklaces and hair clips to wear to school today for Blue Friday (I returned the shirts I bought them because these were only $5.00 each vs. $18, even though they aren't "official" and don't mention the NFC Championship or the Superbowl, they certainly don't care).     Go Seahawks!    Today they wore them to school   Some classmates and their teacher.  Olivia is 2nd from right and Kayley is 4th from right.    and everyone at school dressed in Seahawks stuff got their picture taken. and this is just a house in the neighborhood I went to the mall today to return stuff and ran some other errands and SO MANY people were wearing Seahawks stuff.  I love how so many people are in the spirit...