The First Cheat

So I cheated yesterday, I went to the mall without eating lunch and bought a wrap because I was so hungry! I am mad at myself, but it hasn't weakened my resolve to continue for the next seven weeks.

Nothing much has happened in the past week other than having four large spiders in our house...which I am deathly afraid of! I literally have a meltdown if I see a spider, and this morning I woke up and I had to kill a spider that was sitting in the middle of my bathroom floor! I hate when Sam is not here to kill them, because as much as I would like to leave it, I can't be in the house when I know a spider is here. Anyways, I am thinking that we (and by we I mean Sam) need to go around the house and make sure there are not anymore hanging around that can freak me out!

I have had a few weeks off now and I beginning to need more things to do during the day. I am going to haul out my scrapbooking today and use that to occupy my time, and I am going to take up knitting again, which I stopped after I did a marathon at Christmas. Either than those two things, I need to find a few other hobbies because it looks like I will not be employed for another couple months...blah!! I really want to get out into the school world and start MAKING MONEY! I know it will happen, but I am getting increasingly impatient!

Cry-fest!

Last night I went to see the Time Traveller's Wife, and it was a beautiful love story! I basically cried for the last 40 minutes of the movie, but it was so touching. It joins the ranks of other really romantic and sad movies like PS I Love You and the Notebook!

Sam and I are embarking on Day 5 of our challenge. Unfortuanately for me, Sam has been taken out 3 times this week!!!! We agreed that if other people take us out it is fine to eat out, now I am hating that we made that exception. At the movies last night I got creative and brought my own popped popcorn, can of pop and homemade peanut butter cookies. It was a great little snack and I even turned down frozen yogurt, my favourite!! So far I haven't found it too difficult but today I woke up craving a big Starbucks coffee and one of their amazing breakfast sandwiches!

I am a Teacher!

It is official, as of about 2 weeks ago, I am a teacher. I am still praying and waiting for a job, but I know God has something wonderful on the horizon for me! I am so excited that my schooling is finally done! Sam and I were able to get away to the trailer for a week and it was so relaxing! We are also challenging ourselves with a "No Eating Out" Plan for two months. We have found that we tend to go out at least once a week for lunch or dinner, and it is money and calories that we don't need. So this plan will hopefully allow for healthier eating and more money in our savings! I am still allowed to get a Starbucks occassionally...thank goodness. So it is Day 2 of the challenge and we going strong...but then again it has only been 2 days!!

Here are some of the pictures from the trailer. We made delicious food, played 80 games of Sequence, went for a walk to the Nooksack River and had lots of fun!