My Very First Time *wink, wink*

Final Score!











































I drafted to the Treasure Valley Rollergirls on April 11. That morning I was put on the Capital Punishers team!! My very first bout was April 26. I had amazing support from friends and family. None of which took pictures. :*( Lucky for us there were a couple photographers there! They took about a million amazing pictures. I'm only going to show you a few with me in them; because, as we already have established this is all ABOUT ME! I can't tell you how crazy nervous I was for the very first line up! I was blocking outside. Standing there waiting for the whistle I had complete control over most my body except my right leg was shaking uncontrollably! Finally whistle blew and we were off! I made one big mistake when I skated out of bounds to avoid a hit. Ooops. After that jam Kat came over and scolded me like I was the naughty puppy that just pissed on the new rug. Lesson learned. I was excited/thrilled/scared to death when I was told I was going to Jam less then 6 jams into the first half. My very first time jamming in a bout and I got lead jammer! That didn't happen again after that. All of the following jams that I jammed, I was hit hard, and was unable to move fast enough into the holes the blockers were creating for me. I am thrilled for the experiences gained.

Big Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! To Mike at Despot Photos and Min at NguyenImagesPhotography

I'm Sorry

It's been a while. I'm going to try to blog more often. I've missed it. I miss being able to publicly journal my life and misadventures! :) So here I am, please forgive me and start reading again!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Yesterday I started training with the Treasure Valley Roller Girls! http://www.treasurevalleyrollergirls.net/ I had so much fun. I'm going again tomorrow and this weekend. My biggest weakness is slowing down and stopping. I need to learn to control my speed. I only fell twice! The first time I was pulled down by another fresh meat girl and landed on my butt. The 2nd time was totally my fault, but I fell like I was supposed to, on my knees, I had my hands in the wrong place, I bruised my knuckles. Dang. I'm still bruise free on my backside, but it's a little tender. Wish me luck! I really like this. It's not as scary as I thought it would be.

It's All About Me!

1. What is the last thing you put in your mouth? Diet Cherry Pepsi

2. Where was your profile picture taken? Zoo Boise, right after stealing some blue cotton candy from my children. That's right, I took candy from babies! You got a problem with that?

3. Can you play Guitar Hero? Psh, no.

4. Name someone who made you laugh today. CJ and Brian after I told them how bees make the paper nests.

5. How late did you stay up last night and why? 11pm. We were watching Family Guy.

6. If you could move somewhere else, would you? Sure, why not?

7. Ever been kissed under fireworks? Oh yeah. chica bow chica bow chica bow wow wow

8. Which of your friends lives closest to you? Jen

9. Do you believe Ex's can be friends? I'm sure it may work out for others. I'm not interested in it.

10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper? I'm fine, as long as the doc doesn't ask me to put on one of those paper gowns! I'm not sure Dr Pepper is a licenced and board certified Doctor.

11. When was the last time you cried really hard? When was the last time I didn't? Dude, I'm a crier! Everything makes me cry.

12. Who took your profile picture? Me! I'm an awesome photographer! I'm like a pro!

14. What happened to question 13? Went for a coffee break.

15. Who was the last person you took a picture of? CJ and Brian asleep together in the same bed last night.

16. Was today better than yesterday? About the same, so far. Today isn't over yet.

17. Can you live a day without TV? Yes. Absolutely. No problem. Computer? NO Phone? NO

18. Are you upset about anything? I don't think so. Should I be? Possibly the state of world hunger. I do feel guilty when I throw food away.

19. Do you think relationships are worth it? I think this is a lame question.

20. Are you a bad influence? No.

21. Night out or night in? Out. I'm in enough as it is.

22. What items could you not go without during the day? Iphone and water.

23. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? Cody

24. What does the last txt message in your inbox say? "OK, I'm excited!" wouldn't you like to know who said that and about what?

25. How do you feel about your life right now? Great. You?

26. Do you hate anyone? No, I don't like a whole lot of people, and hate a whole lot of things.

27. If we were to look in your facebook inbox what would we see? Nothing, I delete after I read. It's clean and tidy. Shocking, right?

28. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass? Have you got one? Lets try it out!

29. Has anyone ever called you perfect? ha ha ha ha ha!! NO!

30. What song is stuck in your head? The song that's playing when Bambi's mom is shot by the hunter. Don't ask why, we haven't watched Bambi in a long time.

31. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be? Tree branch blowing in the wind? I don't want anyone knocking at my window at 2am! I'm sleeping, text me in the morning @$$hole$

32. Want to have grandkids by the time your 50? I want my children to be happy, educated adults by the time I'm 50. If grandkids are included, that would be cool too. CJ will only be 26 and Brian 25, no need to rush kids!

33. Name something you have to do tomorrow? Live another day!

34. Do you think too much or too little? Too much. When you're a SAHM, you have a head full of thoughts.

35. Do you smile a lot? Yes, I have a lot to smile about!

You've been tagged, do it on your blog, or as a comment, just do it!

Hives

Yesterday morning CJ woke up with hives on the back of her legs. I gave her a little benedryl and she appeared to be getting better. I checked her legs again at 2pm and they were just a little red. I thought we were done with whatever caused them. Then at bath time, it was hard not to cry when I was helping her take off her clothes, her body was covered in them. I gave her more benedryl and put her to bed.

She woke up this morning with more coverage and bigger hives. They are also on her cheek. I called the doc, got in pretty early. He said that he's pretty sure that they are an allergic reaction to the cold virus. They have been seeing a lot of that recently. They can last up to THREE weeks. Good news is that she is not contagious. The bad news is that they can last up to three weeks and benedryl is our best option to control her comfort level. Currently the hives travel from the back of her neck down to her ankles, front and back, and she has just a few on her left cheek. It's so sad to look at. I feel terrible for her.

Sick Day

Yesterday at lunch time Kyle came home sick. He promptly went to the couch with a blanket and pillow. He put in a movie and relaxed. While I was making lunch I realized the kiddos were exceptionally quiet. Usually they are all over the kitchen telling me what to make and how to make it, and is it done yet?! I went to investigate and this is what I found:

Everyone enjoying a midday movie!

Talking In His Sleep

When I went to check on Brian last night I found him like this

When I was moving him to the center of his bed Brian started to talk. He was saying "Lets do this one, lets do this one, lets do this one, lets do this one. Dad said, lets do this one, lets do this one". He finally stopped when I said, "Ok." He relaxed and settled into his pillows and stopped talking. Too dang cute. I love my kiddos.
CJ has not had anymore monster dreams waking her. We talk at bed time about what to dream about. I give her ideas like riding unicorns through the clouds and riding them to the ice cream store. I hope putting her to bed thinking about fun things will help, so far so good! She does still ask to sleep in our bed. She didn't put up as much of a fight last night. I hope we're at the end of this phase.

Update

Still going down! I'm down another 1.6 for a total of 38.8 pounds!! I'm this close to my goal, that is, if I don't change my goal. I'm about 5 pounds from my first real goal. I'm not sure that's where I want to settle, so I may keep going. I guess we'll see in five. I feel great. New gym is big, but good. I'm still trying to figure out a good schedule. I did take a core fit class. It was challenging but fun. I think I will go again.

Surprise!

This afternoon I went to the gym, I know what's new? CJ and Brian loooooove the new gym. They love the new big kids room. They love that they do art projects, I love that they do art projects. When I dropped off my children I dropped off a Son and a Daughter. I picked up and took home a...














Butterfly!

and a...

Pirate!


Who knew Tuesday was face painting day at the gym? I totally didn't expect that when I went to pick them up! It looked awesome. I was sad to wash it off tonight. CJ and Brian wanted to go for a walk around the neighborhood to show off their faces. They smiled ear to ear when someone mentioned how cute they were. Brian kept looking in the mirror saying "ahr, I'm a pirate!" CJ flapped her wings when she was walking. So funny.

Bad Night

Last night CJ woke up several times very worried about monsters. I checked under her bed, behind the toy box, and out the window multiple times. We even sprayed the anti-monster spray. She would never tell me what her bad dreams were about. Finally this morning I got it out of her. We were in my bad talking about real monsters and fake monsters. It went like this.

ME: What were your bad dreams about?
CJ: Monster
ME: Can you tell me about it?
CJ: No. (Lots and lots of tears)
ME: Did you know if you tell someone about your bad dream you won't have it again?
CJ: NO!!!! (many many more tears)
ME: Please CJ, I want to help you so you don't have more bad dreams
CJ: In my dream, there was the tickle monster!!! (more tears)
ME: Did it hurt you?
CJ: NO!!! (tears)
ME: Did he stop when you said "Stop please?"
CJ: Yes (more tears)
ME: (perplexed) Did it tickle?
CJ: Yes (more tears)
ME: Lets try to think of monsters that are not scary. Is Elmo scary?
CJ: No (no more tears)
ME: Are the monsters on Monsters Inc scary?
CJ: No
ME: Ok. Now lets try to think of real monsters we've seen before.

long silence

ME: Can you think of any?
CJ: No
ME: Do you know why?
CJ: No
ME: Because they are not real. The monsters on Seasame Street are puppets. The monsters on Monsters Inc are something someone drew on paper and computers. Artists made them up for fun, not to be scary.
CJ: OK.

Now, two questions:

1. Why would the tickle monster be so scary that she would cry that much about it and stay up all night worried and scared?

2. How do I teach her that monsters are only pretend?