Finding a Diet!!! One that works!

OK so I have been on the net for a good part of the day today trying to research diets that actually work. I am trying to find something that will work for me but something that I know I can/will stick to. I have read up on the South Beach Diet as well as the 1000 calorie diet/1200 calorie diet. This is one of the hardest parts I think is finding something that actually works! I am open for ideas!!!

Pics of Josh's wrist!

This was the gash that wrapped around his wrist! It took 11 stitches.

The little gash at the top cut all the way to the tendon but thank the Lord it didn't actually cut the tendon itself. It took 2 stitches I think. Then the gash on the right the doctor had to do a skin graft on and it took 10 stitches. The gash on the left took 10 staples and the little hole at the top left took 1 stitch. His arm looked aweful and was bleeding like crazy.

Here is the finished product of the gash around the wrist...11stitches later.

Finished product of all the other lacerations. In all there were 24 stitches and 10 staples!!! It was rough. I am about to call and check on him this morning.

An Interesting Night...to say the least!!!

Well what can I say...last night was definitely interesting. Josh and I were sitting outside on the picnic table talking and he came inside and shut the door, well it didn't shut good (the lovely part about an old house) and out of the corner of his eye he saw it coming back open at him. Out of instinct he just put his hand up to push it back closed and his hand went through the glass pane. Now, if you know anything about old houses, you know how thin the glass is and how easy it is to break. I have been concerned about that door for a while b/c you just about have to slam it to shut it. I have been worried that the panes were going to break one time when the kids were shutting it. Anyway he sliced his hand open REALLY bad!!! I will post pics. I had to get his hand wrapped so he could apply pressure and he almost passed out on me. Then I had to get all the glass up so the kids and the dog wouldn't get in it. By the time I got him to the hospital it was aobut 8:40. They came in and looked at it and wrapped it so the bleeding would stop. The doctor was trying to clear out some patients so he could work on Josh but we couldn't understand why. The doctor started stitching him up about 10:45 I think and didn't get finished until about 20 min after 12. Then we realized why he needed to clear everyone else out...it took over an hour. We got home around 1 or so but didn't get to sleep until about 2 something. In the end he had 24 stitches and 10 staples. I will post pics on here.

So much to do...

...and so little time to do it in. Ugh...I feel like I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I have our little get-a-way this weekend, then I have to take care of Eli's tuition next week for school, then we have to go register him on my birthday, then we have VBS later that week. July is going to be a VERY BUSY month for us. In a way I hate that because it just means that it will pass by that much quicker and I just don't want to rush my baby starting school. I really am not sure how I am going to handle this one. I don't want to cry and make a fool of myself but it is just SO emotional. I will tell you just how hard it is, Josh is even struggling with it. He just can't wrap his mind around the fact that Eli is no longer a "baby". He is such a big boy. Like last night he went in the kitchen and poured all of us a glass of tea. He does chores...like making his bed, folding clothes, loading/unloading the dishwasher. It's aweful...and there is absolutely NOTHING I can do about it.

Anyway...enough about that before I cry sitting here at the computer!!! LOL! Work is beginning to pick up so I have been pretty busy there. I love having a job that is full-time but I only work 4dys a week. It is so great to still get those 3dys a week with the kids and still get a full-time paycheck. I sometimes think I would like to go back to being a stay-at-home mom but then I remember how BORED I used to get sitting in the house looking at those same walls day in and day out. My 3dys a week are plenty for me! Sure I could clean...but come on, you can only clean SO much! Trust me I know...lol. That's why I feel I have the best of both worlds...I am still a working mom that gets to spend almost 1/2 the week with my kids. It's great!

My next project is to lose weight!!! Haha...yeah I know I have tried that SO many times before. However this time, for health reasons, I HAVE to be successful. My health is OUT OF CONTROL. I am only 26 (nope not quite 27 yet) and some days I feel like I am 40 something. Not that 40 something is old it's just older than I should feel. Anyway, I am going to start walking in the evenings and eating MUCH healthier. So instead of a New Year's Resolution, I am making a Birthday Resolution since my birthday is less than 3wks away. I am going to lose back down to AT LEAST the size I was when I got married, if not the size I was in highschool. I AM DETERMINED!!! I want to be able to keep up with my kids and at this rate there is no way that is happening.

Well until next time, have a blessed and awesome day!