Healthy Me

I had my bank card number stolen once and used all over the UK.  Since I hadn't lost my card and am never without it, I'm thinking they stole the number from somewhere I had used it or they used advanced technology to scan the rfid chip that my bank card uses to get the number. Whatever it was, they caused me a whole lot of problems getting it all cleaned up.

Break out the insurance from Wholesaleinsurance.net, this blogging mom is turning 40 in a few weeks!  I think I should just say I am 34 and see how many years I can get away with doing that.

I am about 3-1/2 weeks from my 40th birthday and my goal is to be at my target weight by then.  That means I need to get my backside in gear and get working on it but I've not been too motivated yet.  I need to motivate, motivate, motivate!

I am turning 40 in October.  I can't believe that.  When I was a kid, 40 seemed so OLD.  It's not SOOOO old to me now but still, it's the point where people can start saying I am "over the hill" right? Somebody told me last week that they thought I was only 34.  That was cool.  I didn't mind that at all.

A friend of mine wants to celebrate my 40th birthday like it's 1999 (she said) but I'd have to take a cash advance out pay for it. With school starting, we're financially depleted and the outlook over the next few months doesn't look any better - homecoming, sports, band trip.  I plan to cry on my 40th anyway so why spend a lot of money to sob at a party when I can do it at home for free, right?

My six-year-old has been asking for a swing set for the last two years now.  It's important for kids to spend time actually playing as opposed to zoning out in front of a computer or video games.

I've been looking at the type of swing sets in the picture above, but just looking. We can't afford one of these right now. By the time child support is done and we can, she'll be too old to care anymore.  I'd love to have one of these in our backyard!

Do you know what I did recently all by myself?  I actually fixed the toilet.  Me - who has never been handy around the house!  I was so proud of myself.  The flapper chain was broke and the handle broke off (guess kids thought pushing harder on the handle would make the toilet flush but it doesn't work that way when the chain isn't there).  My husband would wait months for his dad to come and fix it and with all these kids in the house, I was not willing to wait months and reduce us to one bathroom with eight people in the house.

I looked it up on YouTube, went to the store for a new flapper and handle and did it all myself!  I was quite proud of myself.

I wonder if I can lay floor in the family room and install a blu ray home theatre system all by myself?  I think I better aim smaller to start and replace the tub spout (kids broke that too).

Seeing a theme here with kids and things breaking?