so many things to say....

against my better judgement i stayed up till 1:30 last night (or this morning) watching movies with my husband. i think he was watching them...it seemed like he was really into whatever he was perusing on the internet. i think i am just going to run on and on about all the things i have roaming around in my head.
--once i did go to bed last night, i did not sleep well. i can not stand climbing into an unmade bed. there is something about how the sheets lay on your body and the blankets are not pulled tight that makes me kick my legs all night long. not sure why i did not make the bed yesterday, maybe cause the girls and i did not get out of it until 9:30 or that we laid down right after lunch for a 2.5 hour nap. plus, i have not shaved my legs in a couple of days and no matter how deep a sleep i am in if i accidentally rub them against one another it wakes me up with that gut curling feeling like fingernails down a chalkboard.
--annie's hemangioma on her forehead is making me crazy. i just want to take my nail scissors and clip it off. it is barely hanging on which is driving me more nuts. when the whole thing was attached i did not want to mess with it. we finally get into the dermatologist on thursday......*
--friday night has become the night cade has 3 to 4 friends spend the night. not so bad....we like most of his friends and they are pretty good. they may be at the age where we need to lock up or mark the liquor bottles..it can't be long until they start to experiment with tasting.**
--jeff went to new orleans this past week in a 24 hour round trip to look at a job we have been contemplating taking on. in the past, if he did one of these large hotel remodels it was not so bad, i would spend part of the week in whatever city he was in and part of it here working. well, it has been a while since we did one of these jobs.....now we have guys and four other trucks to keep up with, not to mention, someone here in town always getting mad because he is not able to jump at the last second on a "let me tell you about it at the very last moment possible" project. the positives... the hotel is in the french quarter, much better location than the last new orleans jobs and the girls and i can fly out once or twice and do a road trip when cade has a long weekend, this job may send our revenue over a million dollars this year (this my no means we make any where close to that) and it is always good beyond the stress for jeff to challenge himself, he is incredibly smart and thinks everything through so it runs perfectly smooth. the negative.....jeff likes to make the 10 hour drive after working through the night, i am a total wreck worrying about him, he also likes to make the trip driving between 85 and 100 mph, he and i will probably be at each others throats more than normal due to his extremely overloaded schedule and my need of a break from both girls, but mostly i worry he is going to kill himself by the time he is 40 working himself to death. i say this jokingly but i know if i could actually get him in for a check up his blood pressure would be pushing him into an early heart attack.***
--biggest bonus might be that my do-it-yourself husband may let me contract out some of the kitchen remodel (that is probably pushed back to the first of 2009 now). if you don't know jeff, he has a hard time letting someone else do anything he can do. he completed 90% of the labor on the new 3000sf metal building for the shop on boat club himself. he laughed at me when i got a quote to trim the trees in the backyard. by the way, there are over 60 tress back there.....so as for my kitchen, i was told when we bought the house we can do right away and that changed to after boat club is done is probably pushed back to after this new orleans job. i may let him get started in n.o. and then start getting bids....i bet i can get it started while he is gone one week and then he will just have to accept it. (if you read this husband...i would never do that, oh, yeah i do it every time you leave...sorry) honestly, with all the girls b-day parties, cari's baby shower, thanksgiving and christmas, i don't think we could actually tear out the kitchen until the first of the year.
--i lost two more pounds last week....i know it is my diet. while i don't necessarily eat bad food like fast food (except chick fil a and then i usually eat a salad) it is my emotional eating that is killing me. when i am stressed out like most days, i hit starbucks and grab a toffee almond bar. if they would quit selling these i would lose 20lbs easily. then when it is creeping up to midnight and i know i need to work another hour or so, i hit the snack cabinet and munch on cheez-its (don't even like them), an ice cream bar, handful of chex mex or whatever is handy. i have started trying to not eat any complex carbs after 3pm, i need to grab an apple or orange in those late night hours.
--i am going to start training for the dallas white rock 1/2 marathon in december. i will post the weekly workouts and am inviting all my friends to take the challenge with me! i really did feel great last week after running both saturday and monday.....while the elliptical machine is collecting dust in our room because it seems the only time i can get on it is after the girls are in bed and then i have to work, i can take the girls along with me to run.
--well, i have been telling izzy for two hours we are going to go walkie, walkie....so i better do it before it gets too hot!

*i am going to encourage at least one of my children to become a dermatologist because they must be in high demand. it always takes a good month or longer to get into one. this appt. took 6 weeks and that was with me explaining to the receptionist that she is having to wear a bandaid every day because she rubs it and it bleeds.
**future blog....describing all the different personalities of cade's friends. it is amazing how different they are. one of them is actually buying stuff off the interent and relisting it on ebay to make a profit.
***i almost had him in for a check up until the life insurance blood work came back that he is as healthy as can be and in the best condition for his age.