"we've had one yes, but what about second breakfast?"

i've realized that i'm probably not going to get to see "the hobbit" in theaters, so i've resigned myself to watching the lord of the rings extended editions on blu-ray today. it never pans out that i get out to do anything minus kids with everybody's schedules and the novelty has kind of worn off.

-0: that's my weight loss for this week, at least i didn't gain weight after the christmas debacle of chicken parmesan, lasagna, and ridiculous amounts of desserts. so the total loss so far is 5lbs. i'll try to add to that this week. work is doing a biggest loser challenge, the buy in is only $25 so i'll give it a shot. i'm about the most uncompetitive person with anything, but i came in second last year in our department's competition, and that was after getting pregnant and having a miscarriage, so i guess i have a shot. i'm a slow and steady person with it, and i'm sick of being fat.

today i've been putting the christmas stuff away, just the tree left really and the outside stuff. i hate taking down the tree, absolutely hate it. it's pretty dead at this point though, and i want the house back to normal before i go back to work monday. i have a feeling shit's going to inevitably hit the fan as far as staying clean when i do so i'm trying to get it as good as i can before i go back.

paid some bills today: nothing says "get your butt back to work, maternity leave is over" like looking at the checkbook after paying your biggest bills. we wouldn't have been able to stay afloat without everybody's donations of pto, i'm so thankful for that. it'd have been smart to pay some major bills off, but we were able to dent a few and still enjoy the holidays. tax time is coming, and after we go to disney there's nothing really we're going to be spending on. just getting by.

i have an interview at work on thursday for the night shift version of the position i used to have before i stepped down to come to nightshift, we'll see how that goes. doesn't hurt to apply.

what else. glad olivia's ginger bread house looks absolutely disgusting sitting in front of me right now. mm, 3 year old finger marks from where she scraped off the candy and icing :)

bailey's actually sleeping right now in the swing. yesterday was awful, she was a fuss budget all day. didn't matter if i held her, had her in the swing- anything really. she cried. my aunt and uncle took O to see "monsters, inc." yesterday and then to ice cream, so i had just bailey for most of the afternoon. didn't make anything any easier, i had to go to target and drop off things at kiwanis and she cried the entire time.

olivia's doing good today again with the panties. please God let her be getting it this time. 58 days until Disney- wouldn't it be nice to have her not in pull-ups then? it's hard trying to monitor what she's sitting on and making her pee while dealing with bailey, but it's got to be done.