I might be rich right now. You don't know.

Friday was a terrible day at work, which brought the end to a terrible week. To celebrate, my two coworkers and I went in together and bought $30 worth of powerball tickets. The numbers are drawn on Saturday, so we'll already know the winner by the time you read this, but I'm writing this on Friday, so I have no idea if I'm a millionaire yet.

The current jackpot is roughly $600 million. Split 3 ways, that's $200 million. Take out taxes and the penalty for getting it all at once.... let's say my share is only $100 million.

I can live with that.

At dinner that night, I asked The Agent, "Hey Babe, if our take home is $100 million, is that enough money for me to be able to take a giant poop on the boss's desk?"

This is so unlike me to say, that The Agent laughed out loud, nearly choking on his broccoli and beef.

"Please don't do that. I'm guessing that the big boss has some lawyers in his back pocket, and they would be more than happy to take a large portion of our $100 million."

Ok, fine. I wouldn't do that. And I don't like to burn bridges, so I probably wouldn't even walk out. I would put in my two weeks notice, like a good girl.

Would I give my parents a million each? It would only be 2% of my vast fortune, but 2 million seems like such a HUGE amount of money. And I suppose we should give The Agent's family some, too. Maybe. If they're nice.

I bet I would still have to beg The Agent to put in a pool. And I bet he would still want to go camping on family vacations.

Monday Morning Moo

May 12 - May 17

Starting weight: 229

Last week's weight: 207.2
This week's weight: 207.0
Gain/loss this week: -.2
Total weight loss: 22

Ugh, I might as well not have lost any weight at all. Only .2, that's pitiful.

Still, it's better than a gain, and with my poor eating habits this week, that could have happened. I blame the chocolate peanutbutter cookies my stepmother made for us. Those things are like crack.

I really need to incorporate some kinds of exercise into my day. I love french fries and I would like to eat them again someday. And unless I want to weigh 300 pounds, I need to get some form of exercise in.

Goals for next week:
* drink 80 ounces of water a day
* ride the bike at least 3 times in the week
* try on the swim suit to seehow it looks!

Shopping spree at the Gap!

This is not a fashion blog.

I'm not sure what kind of blog this is, but it's definitely not a fashion blog.

But you might have noticed, I've lost a bit of weight (cough~ 23 pounds since January! ~cough). And Gap is having an amazing sale, so I had to take advantage. 40% off the already marked down sale prices! The sale's good until May 19th, so go check out their website. Put all the sale items you want into your bag, and then enter the code GAPSALE when you check out. Awesome. Buy me something pretty.

I wasn't sure what size I was, so I had to guess a bit. Luckily, you can return your online purchases in the store, so it's no big deal if it doesn't fit.

So, here's what I bought:

First, a pair of jeans:

And a shirt to wear with them:

 

A couple of dresses: 

A few pairs of shorts: 

And finally, some t-shirts: 

Are you getting the idea that I'm a pretty casual girl yet?

Now, I bought all of these online, so who knows how they'll look when I get them and actually try them on! If they don't look too hideous, I'll do a fashion show for you in 7-10 business days!

(Gap did not pay me to write this post. But I would love it if they wanted to give me free stuff!)

WWTK-- Back to School

 Join the party with Kenzie and Scriptor!

1.) How were you as a student?

I was a good girl. I never had detention, I always did my homework, and I would study on friday nights. 

2.) What was your favorite subject and did you excel in it?

My favorite subject was English. I was a little bit awesome at it. 

3.) What - if any - is your fondest school years memory?

Hmmm.... in kindergarten, the teacher would put little predictions on each diploma, like "Kimmy will be a star baseball player" or  "Jenny will be a prima ballerina." Mine said "Lovely will be the first woman president." She thought I was a big deal. 

4.) Did you attend college and if so, how was that experience?

Yes, I went to college. I didn't have the typical college experience because I lived close enough to commute, so I never stayed in the dorms. I also paid for college myself, so I worked all through college.  And, being an English Major, I had to read all the time. It's not like you can read all of Moby Dick in one night. There were very few parties for this girl.  

5.) Would you go back to school - be it in person or online - if you could? (Or to earn another degree?)
I can't imagine a scenario where I would go back to school. I am SO done with school. I have a good job, I have a family.... school is done!

The Proof is in the Pin

I was looking for crafts for Mother's Day, and this is what I found:

Here's the pin, but the link is bad. Sad face.

I love to find stuff that both kids can do, and my stepmother loves to cook, so this was perfect.

This was BK's. I'm not sure why he's not in any of the pics. 

Bug was much more detailed in her painting. 

After the paint was dry, I added a coat of modge podge to protect them.

They were cute, but they needed a little something. Back to Pinterest I went, and found this:

original site here

Ooh! What if I glued glass beads like that to a jar to make a utensil holder?

I would put a dab of hot glue on each bead, and then Bug would put the bead in the perfect spot. She was doing great until a bit of hot glue hit her and burned her, and then she was done.

I can't BELIEVE I didn't get a picture of the finished project! But I thought it turned out pretty cute. And then The Agent saw it.

"That is maybe the ugliest thing I've ever seen," The Agent said. "Do not make your stepmother put that out in her kitchen for everyone to see."

"You are such a dream squasher! It's cute and the kids had fun with it."

I'm going to have the kids make something for The Agent for Father's Day.... it's going to be ugly and huge and awesome, since he'll have to wear it out in public!

Monday Morning Moo

May 4 - May 11

Starting weight: 229

Last week's weight: 209.2
This week's weight: 207.2
Gain/loss this week: -2.0
Total loss: 21.8

I was hoping that I would lose more than 2 pounds this week, but two pounds is really good so I'm sure why I'm so bummed about this. Perhaps because I know I gained some over mother's day weekend, so I needed to have a good week to counteract the naughtiness. 

i have been really working hard to eat healthy, and I've been doing a pretty good job at it. I haven't worked out at all since I ran the color run a couple weeks ago, so I need to work on that. 

... And then that's all I wrote, and  I forgot to hit publish! So it's not really morning anymore... it's barely Monday!

Who's right? You make the call!

I have been friends with my bff since high school. She's a great girl who's always been down for me. There is only one problem with her: she's single with no kids. And she simply cannot understand what life is like with kids.

Example: the phone rings at 9 pm.

Me: Hello?

bff: Why are you whispering?

Me: Because the kids are asleep. What can I do for you?

bff: Do you want to run a 5K with me on Memorial Day?

(ugh.... on a holiday???)

Me: Ummmm.... sure. I think I can do that. Bug has been saying she wants to run one, so we'll both go.

(a few nights later)

Me: Hey, I was looking at the website for the run, and it says that every kid who runs the half mile gets a medal. So I'm going to sign Bug up for that, and then we'll meet you at the finish line at the end of the 5K.

bff: Wait, so you're not going to run it?

Me: No, because the two races start at the same time. So I'll just see you at the end.

bff: Why don't you let her run her half mile and we'll run the 5K and we'll all meet at the end.

Me: No, there's going to be thousands of people there. I'm not letting her out of my sight.

bff: Well, how about neither one of us run the 5K and we just cheer Bug on?

Me: Because we're only going because you wanted to run. I don't need to drive an hour so Bug can run for 5 minutes. What's the problem?

bff: Just forget it. I thought this was something we could do together. Now we're just going to be in the same place at the same time, but we won't be together.

Me: That doesn't make any sense. We run at different speeds, so we wouldn't be running together, anyway. And after an hour it will be over and then the three of us can go out to brunch.

bff: No. Forget it.


Whatever. I have roughly 837 things I would rather do on Memorial Day. Run officially cancelled.

But then I had some time to think about it, and got rather riled up. She would have been fine if I didn't want to bring Bug. We don't run at the same speed. I have a much longer stride than she does. She can run farther before having to take a walk break. We usually end the race within a couple minutes of each other, but we don't run together. And it's not like we could talk together while we're running. So the only reason is because I wanted to take Bug. What, she's jealous of a 7 year old? Dude, grow up.

What do you think? Am I overreacting? Is she?