MamaArcher's Blog

Life Goes On

This morning I came to the realization that I had not been to my blog in several days.  In fact, I have barely even been on my computer.  Here is the shocker….. Life does go on without the internet, believe it or not.  That is where I have been, just living life.  My hubby came home late last Friday evening.  It is good to have him home.  We have about seven weeks left until he is gone for more training and on to his deployment. We spent a little time working on getting supplies for a project we are going to use to get the family through this deployment and have a  bit of daddy at home. It is something the Lord brought to my mind in the middle of the night.  I will share more later on that.

The weekend was spent shopping for supplies for the basement bathroom.  If you remember, a while back we had three leaks in our basement that caused some damage.  There are a few walls still torn out.  One of those walls is a bathroom wall.  We had talked about putting a shower in that half bath but decided it was a project we were not going to tackle.  Well, with the wall already torn out and the plumbing exposed we decided we might as well take advantage of it.  So, the basement bathroom remodel is now underway.  Hubby is hoping to have everything finished before he deploys.

I have also begun a new exercise plan.  Typically, I just speed walk at the ice arena when the children are at figure skating but I have added to that.  I bought myself a Jillian Michael’s DVD.  You know who that is right?  She is the mean trainer on the Biggest Loser.  I must say that she is much nicer and encouraging on her DVD but the workout, well, I am SORE!!  I am attempting to do the DVD 5 times a week and am still speed walking twice a week.  Throw in shoveling a foot of snow yesterday……I am aching.  I just keep wondering when loosing inches translates into a loss of poundage!

Hubby and I did go out on a date this weekend too.  We went to the Bear’s Tooth.  It is a movie theater with tables and they bring your dinner to you.  They have great food….they are associated with the Moose’s Tooth restaurant in Anchorage. Yum!  So I enjoyed a yummy halibut burrito and topped it off by sharing some ice cream with the hubs.  We watched the movie Invictus.  It was a great movie!  It is about Nelson Mandela and how he used the South African rugby team to help unite his country.  I recommend it!

Other than that, well, school is still ongoing.  The children are waiting on me to get our school day underway….Life is calling….Here I come!