Active For Life There's a competition going on in our hospital to see who exercises the most, it's called Active For Life. It started this week. There are two teams from the ER. The problem with this is, the staff in the ER are super active. Almost everyone surfs AND windsurfs AND rides bike OR paddles among many other things.
I came to work all excited to report that I did THREE whole HOURS of surfing in one day (my daily goal is 30 minutes of exercise) only to be shot down by the other team reporting one of the nurses surfing for 5 hours and then running for 1 hour in one day. Man, there's no way I can top that. We might as well put up our white flag and surrender.
Today was the kick off party and if you showed up, you got bonus points. So I went even though it was my day off. We got bonus points for joining the demo of hula and aerobics then I came back and took the hula class which is free for us for the whole campaign so total points today came out to 210! (We are learning to dance a song called Po La'i La'i)
The hardest part of this is controlling my overwhelming urges to eat bad stuff all day.
Man, I have 6 more days off...what to do, what to do? READ BLOGS! (while, um, doing lunges, right?)  ¶ 9:11 PM 14Mana'o

  Come on a Safari with me! The twins' birthday party was a blast. All the kids got safari hats to wear
though by the end of the night, almost none of them kept them on!
And I only got a dozen hats for the adults, because I thought no one would want them, but they ran out quick and they wore theirs all night and said they'd use it for the beach. Too bad I didn't get more of those...
The kids had face painting. That was a big hit.Even the twins played the donut on a string game...though you see they didn't really get that you can't use your hands!


They each got a big number 3 candle to blow out. Don't ask me where E's shirt went...


The pinata actually lasted until the last kid.

It was really late but they stayed up to open all their gifts. They got clothes, toys, books, skateboards, bodyboards, and lots of money.Then I had to work the next day....zzzZZZZzzz

(and no, I never got around to making those Diego cupcakes. So much for a Martha Stewart party. )

Today was spent at the beach the whole day. I surfed so much that when I came in for the last time and decided to lay down for a while, I ended up falling asleep in what WAS shade. When I woke up, I was black and crispy.

I love days like today. I wish everyday were so peaceful and fun.

Back to work tomorrow again. ugh.

Have a wonderful week : )

  ¶ 6:44 PM 11Mana'o

  It's Been a While My friend sent my bridesmaid dress. Isn't it purrrty? I feel like a princess in it, with its oh-so-soft and flowy chiffon overlay.
Problem is, I don't LOOK like a princess in it. More like the Pillsbury dough boy with my four-child-bearing belly.
But I have three months.
I. Can. Do. It.
It's Ab crunch time!

I've started a whole new home-renovating debacle. It's all my fault, I just wanted to spruce up before we had guests for the twins 3rd bday party. If there's one thing I can impart to you...just remember this: It is NEVER as easy as it seems. The house is in shambles, but we'll get through it.
Alive, hopefully.
And, oh joy, we have NO toilet in right now due to putting in new flooring. Which means going to MILS to pee even in the middle of the night. See the displaced toilet below? : (

You lik-ee our new vanity? THAT started out as a simple request to fix a small area that was waterlogged. I bought an 11 dollar white board to replace the waterlogged area. Hubby took it out and lo and behold, the whole bottom was waterlogged. Thank you, splishy-splashy kids. It was fixable, but seeing as how the flooring guy was coming and the rest of the house needed painting and other work this week, we couldn't let it hold us down so we just got a new one.

I'm really excited about the twins party. Even though no one has actually RSVP'd yet. (and it's for next Saturday)
I hope SOMEONE shows up!

The twins are potty trained! I thought I'd never see the day.
E also "graduated" from physical therapy. *sniff* The Care coordinator, Speech, and Physical Therapist all came for the last appointment and we had donuts for the final day. It was hard because the twins don't understand "this is the last time" and they loved them.

Someone dented hubbys brand new truck. It was bound to happen. He was sitting inside at a parking lot of our second dwelling (Home Depot) when the little old lady opened her door and *bang* right into his truck. She told her husband, looked back and forth deciding what to do. And they simply got out and walked away. He waited for them to come back though, and said he needed their insurance card. So it's going to be taken care of.

Well, time to sand and paint and get frustrated at my lack of progress!

  ¶ 7:08 AM 12Mana'o