Long time no post

Did I say I would not be good at posting? Well, summer has come and gone and things have changed.

We took the first fosters to their forever home on Father's Day. It was bittersweet. We miss them, but are glad they are where they are supposed to be. They are doing great. We decided to take the summer off and recover from the chaos of W & R. Well, that lasted three days. We took the new fosters (8 month old twins - a boy and a girl) on June 19 "just for the weekend"........It is now September 10th and the twins are about to turn 11 months old and are quite settled into our home.

Let me give a word of advise to anyone thinking that they want to start over after 6 years. OMG! Really think about it before taking that leap! I forgot what it was like to not sleep through the night. M on the other hand has not. In fact, the other morning he woke up and said to me, "It sure is nice when all of your kids sleep through the night, isn't it?" My reply, "It sure will be." M in his best surprised voice, "They didn't sleep through the night?" Me in my most sarcastic matter of fact voice, "No, but you sure did." M in his 'should have stopped while he was behind' voice, "Well, I never heard any of them." Me in my 'you REALLY should have stopped while you were behind' voice, "Well, I barely heard them over your snoring!" M then just utters, "oh" They did both sleep through the night last night. We will see tonight if it was just a freak happening.

M is on a kick to drop some weight before our trip to Mexico in October. He came home from work on Sunday and had decided that he was now on a diet that resembles South Beach. I say resembles because it is his own version he calls the no white food diet. White food being mostly starches...bread, potatoes, pasta, etc. This could be a great idea except for the fact that every meal we eat has contained these items as staples for years. He starts "modifying" his food Sunday night and on Monday tells me, "Don't be mad at me, but I have lost 3 pounds." I reply flatly, "You can loose 3 pounds going to the bathroom." He's unimpressed with my "support". I like most women can fluctuate at least 5 or more pounds a day. So on Tuesday, I weigh and tell him "Don't be mad at me, but I have lost 4 pounds and I had house fried rice for lunch and pizza for dinner." He being ready to show me up weighs and has gained 1 of the lost 3 pounds back after eating salad and no bread or other good "white" foods. Woo Hoo! There is a God! I'm sure he will drop weight and I will probably gain it, but at least for the moment I am winning and still eating bread.

I believe C man has helped push the weight issue. The other day we are in the living room and he says, "Dad, do you have excess body fat?" M ignores the question, so C repeats it with more assertion, "DAD, do you have excess body fat?" M finally replies in a put out tone "YES, I have excess body fat" Then C tells him, "Don't get Lipozene because I like your excess body fat where it is." Almost a good save son! Mental note to self...Reduce the amount of time C spends watching t.v.

Well, maybe it won't be so long before the next post and MAYBE it will be more interesting. Until next time, love and hug your babies.......they will be the ones who choose your nursing home one day.