Happy 2013

So, it's been a while since my last post. Lots of things have gone on, too many to recall or recount. The boys had a great Christmas. We went to the in-laws' for the week, so at least the kids weren't wrecking my house. You'd think, with all those adults, it would have been easier to keep Brendan out of trouble and to keep Ian entertained, but we all still struggled. Anyway, the kids had a great time and got lots of presents. We did leave the boys overnight so my husband, my brother-in-law, and I could go skiing. I wish I could say that I got tons of uninterrupted sleep, but motel pillows, snoring, and various other factors kept me from getting a great rest. Oh well.

Anyway, the main purpose of this post is my New Year's resolutions, or whatever you want to call them. As far as parenting goes, I need to be more patient with the boys. Of course, Brendan has already tested that sorely today. I also need to be better with my husband and pay more attention to him.

Then there's organization: I need to be better about it at home and at school. At school, I also need to do a better job of classroom management and rule enforcement. And financial organization needs some work; we've gotten ourselves in some credit card debt again and we need to work our way out of it.

The biggest thing (ha ha, you'll get the joke in a minute) I need to work on is weight loss. Today's weigh-in (albeit after breakfast and lunch) was 231.4, a far cry from the 220ish I should have been. I didn't lose any weight at all the first half of the school year. So I really need to get on it. I don't remember what my "starting" weight at the beginning of the school year was, but I'm still going to try to lost 20 lbs by the end of the school year (end of May). I'd also like to fit into my cute size 14 ski pants by next ski season (I'm about a size 20 right now).

I have posted a few post-shower pictures in a sports bra and shorts in the hopes that they will shame me into working out, since nothing else has worked. Believe me, I have never been as horrified and embarrassed as I am now, having posted those pictures. Yikes.

So we're gonna give it another shot. Happy 2013, and here we go...

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Here is a pic from the front. Note the arm flab as well.

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Here is a side shot. I am not pushing my tummy out, not am I trying to suck it in.

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Here is a shot of my back.