Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Oops I did it again......

Okay so I will be honest...the last week has not been good!!

In fact if you look into our garbage can you will be disgusted by the site of Empty Cafe Rio containers, McDonald's Wrappers, Panda Express boxes and Del Taco Sauce..........and that's just to name a few!

I can admit when I have failed, so I admit it, I have failed!!!

However, I can also pick myself up from the ground, dust off my fat behind and start anew!! I even have a game plan.....Its called Dieting! That's right, I am starting a new diet, and with a new diet brings a new attitude against eating out! (Mostly because on this diet, its impossible to eat out!!)

Regardless...things are going to get a lot more healthy around here, real fast!!

Speaking of Health.....

This past week has SUCKED! A few months back (okay 5 months to be exact) I took my kids into the dentist. I didn't have dental insurance so when they told me how many cavities they all had, I think I started to cry! I decided to get dental insurance and wondered if I should wait out the 6 month waiting period! Unfortunately, being the lousy Mom I am, I never did sign up for the insurance and to top it off, I didn't get their cavities fixed either!! I know, I know, Mother of the Year!!

So anyways.....I hear about this Half Price Dentist office,that is actually a Dental School. I decide, oh what the heck, if it can save me $600.00, Why not?

So....into the dental Clinic we go!! After verifying that they are actual Dentist doing the work, and that its just the hygienists that are the students, I gave them the okay to go ahead with the dental work. After taking new X-rays and examining their mouths, they break the news to me that they have even more cavities then originally thought! I acted surprised since they had just been into the Pediatric dentist and all!! (They didn't need to know it was 5 months ago)

After assessing the new damage, the bill ended up being as much as it would have cost me if I had just went ahead and had them fixed at the Pediatric dentist!! So at this point I'm feeling even lousier then normal.......thinking Oh my goodness....here we are at some dental Clinic.....where there isn't even a TV on the ceiling for my poor little kiddos to look at!! Oh the Pity I was feeling for them!!

I have however decided that even though sometimes as Mom I suck, sometimes I rock!

Just today my oldest, most dramatic, daughter tried to convince me she was dying. Of course I knew she wasn't dying, but right away I knew it was something, in fact I would have bet that it was Strep! So after I let her know how mad I was going to be if I took her in and it was nothing, off we went to the Doctor! Wouldn't you know, I was right! It was strep......and for a few glorious seconds, when the Dr. told me I was right, I felt like the best Mother ever!!!

There is Hope......

Sunday, July 11, 2010

I would have thought.....

that my new found adventure would definitely be easier in the Summer!
No school, no piano, no dance.....NO WAY....I'm finding it harder then ever to keep my goal of no fast food!! Even though we have ate out WAY more then I would like to admit this past week, I do have lots of good excuses like... "We've been on vacation!", "It was my Birthday!" or "Eclipse (nuff said)"

Even though I have had my weak moments, I think I have been doing pretty dang good! Of course it helps when you spend half the week roughing it in the wilderness! Sure we had our fair share of Bear Lake Shakes, Old Ephraim Pizzas and Chocolate Covered Raspberries, but there were tin foil dinners, Weenie roasts and S'mores too!! (I assume they count as home cooked!)

I am really excited to continue on my quest! Especially because I received the BEST birthday gift ever.....



I am so excited to try these recipe books out!! They look so simple and are exactly what I need!!

(Thanks Alison!!)

So besides the few times I was told I was hated this week....things were looking pretty good!!

That was until I rushed home from the Lake (on my birthday mind you) to get my kids into the Dr. before the weekend started! We roll into the Dr's office straight from the lake, I run in with my 2 kids that needed to be seen, looking like complete scrounges, dirty feet, Mosquito bites , the awful smell of camp fire protruding form our clothes.

It was so embarrassing, I couldn't help repeating myself to everyone we saw......

"I am soooooo sorry!! We just came straight form Bear Lake, we really meant to stop at home and take showers, but ran into awful traffic"

I seriously said this over, and over and over....

To the secretary, to the nurse, to the Doctor, to the Pharmacist tech at the store, to at least 4 or 5 complete strangers!!

It wasn't till my oldest daughter said "Mom, why do you keep telling strangers that we just came from Bear Lake? Do you really think they care Mom, they're STRANGERS!! " that I stopped! lol

Of course she thought I stopped apologizing over and over again because she made such a great point! The real reason however, was that I was so stunned when I got the grand total from the Pharmacist that I thought I was going to kill over right there and then.

Seriously?

$230.00??

For what???

Some measly eye drops , nose spray and glorified children's Benadryl??

I was about ready to pull the old....

Oh crap, I must have forgot my wallet" and run, routine and just go on letting my kids face look like a swollen red mess.....but realized that it probably wouldnt be the best thing to do, considering my quest to be a better Mom and all!!

So I took a deep breathe and quietly sang Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me, as I swiped my debit card!

Do you know what I could have bought myself for $230.00???? If this act of sacrafice doesnt show how much I love my kids.....I dont know what does!! lol