What is on my DVR?

Hold onto your seats, folks.  This is going to be one exciting post.

I was trying to come up with a simple topic that I could keep short and sweet, as I am still a little sleep deprived, dealing with sick babies, and getting prepared for a houseful of company this weekend.  Hopefully a lot of photos will be taken this weekend and I will have plenty of fun stuff to share come Monday.

So let's talk about my television watching habits.  And what it is I choose to tape on my DVR.

1.  The Biggest Loser.  (Tuesdays on NBC at 7 Central).
This is the one show I cannot miss and look forward to watching each and every season.  Some seasons I like better than others, and this is a season I'm not particularly liking.  I mean, I know they "need" the drama included to make for a good show, but I get so tired of the crying, and arguing, etc.  I wish that they'd do challenges each week for immunity and then the person without immunity who loses the least amount would get sent home.  A no-drama, make-sure-you-work-out-hard "game" where the loser (of the weigh in) just goes home.  Simple.  But not made for our reality-television-watching society.

2.  Brothers and Sisters.  (Sundays on ABC at 9 Central).
Love it.  It's your typical nighttime soap opera, and sometimes the family dynamics are just ridiculously exaggerated, however it's a feel-good kind of show, and it's also made me come to enjoy Calista Flockhart, as she portrays her character so well.  I didn't care for her as Ally McBeal.

3. The First 48 (Thursdays on A& E at 8 Central). 
This is a show depicting the first 48 hours after a murder.  Kinda disturbing at times, and it's the same old-same old each episode, so I don't always end up watching each one.  But it's nice to have one to watch in the middle of the night when I happen to be up tending to a sick baby or while feeding during the day.

4. The Real World/Road Rules Challenge (Wednesdays on MTV at 9 Central). 
So this is my "guilty pleasure".  Some of my friends watch "Rock of Love with Brett Michels", some watch the Housewives of various counties...I watch MTV. 
There isn't a challenge happening right now, but they usually do a couple a year.  These are the most pathetic, drunken, horny "young adult" ranging in age from early 20's to a couple of has-beens that are in their 30's and still looking for fame.  But I have to tell you that their ridiculous ways make me feel so much better about my life. 
So I still watch.

So now it's your turn...
What's on YOUR DVR?  Betcha it's more exciting than what's on mine!

Just writimg to write...

Babies still sick, little time to come up with a topic, much less type with both hands.

After a very long day with two tired, cranky, miserable boys, I went to bed at 8:45 and now I sit at 1 AM holding a restless, coughing Bronson.  I'm typing with one hand...I've become rather good at this.  So for another day I'll just count this tidbit as my daily post. 

Such is the life with twins...especially when they're sick!

Yes, sick again

I will not be posting anything of extreme excitement for today.  Landon is sick again with an ear infection and a stuffy nose and "noisy" chest.  I took both boys in tonight, as I've learned my lesson over the past 6 months that "Landon gets it first, but Bronson gets it worse". Although Bronson sounded totally fine and his ears were clear at the clinic several hours ago, this mama just put him back down after he woke up coughing...
so I think I know the routine well.

Gage is headed to daycare and I will be spending the day changing diarrhea diapers (damn antibiotic) and nursing sick babies back to good health.

I will then try to come up with a wonderful post for Friday.

Have a good Thursday.

Holy Kettlebells, Batman, My HIPS (and abs,, and butt, and arms) HURT!

So I signed up for this extra fee class at the health club, as I had heard much about it and was interested.  It is a phenomenal workout, and I'm really loving it, however it is a true butt-kicker. 

For all those unsure of what a "kettlebell" is, here is a picture:

My trainer, Jake, describes them as a cannon ball with handles.  They come in all sorts of sizes and weights, ranging from about 8  lbs all the way up into the 50 lbs. or higher.  I tend to work with the 30-50 lbs ones, which seems SO HIGH to me, however when you are working out, you tend not to pay too much attention and just "do it". 

There are very specific ways you need to hold the kettlebell in order not to injure yourself, and there are so many different exercises you can do with them in order to build and strengthen all parts of your body.  The main focus happens to be the core, which is what I really need the extra work on.  However, the arms, lower back, butt cheeks and thighs get a great workout, too.

I really am loving these sessions.  I have never worked regularly with a personal trainer before, so it's kind of nice getting that one-on-one attention and focus in order to get a better workout.  Plus, it's not the same old-same old treadmill/eliptical/aerobics classes that I've always been prone to do when going to the gym.  It's just a nice change of pace, and with how sore I am all over the next day, I know I am working parts of my body that really need it.

Why do I Blog? That is the question.

Do you ever wonder why someone blogs?

When I used to have time to do "blog surfing", I used to be a frequent visitor to several different blogs.  One was of a new father whose wife died 24 hours after giving birth to their daughter, and he blogged about his adjustments to single fatherhood and being a widower.
One that I still pop onto occasionally is the Pioneer Woman, who talks about her life on a cattle ranch and offers photography and cooking advice and lessons (over my head).  One blog that I used to visit was of an East Coast mother of 4  boys, all under the age of three.  Shortly after the birth of her 4th son, she turned her blog into a business and started advertising all sorts of products and giving out fashion advice.  Yeah.  Not so much interested anymore.

So why did I start to blog?  Quite honestly, the reason I started blogging was to keep my sister in the loop of our lives here in the midwest and to allow her to watch Gage grow up from a distance.  When pregnant with Gage, and for almost the entire first year of his life, I paid for a baby website that I would use to take pictures of my belly as it was growing, Gage's first taste of cereal, his first haircut, etc.  Then my friend Leah, (A Day in the Life) let me know of this free "blog" deal.  Although it seemed overwhelming at first, I quickly found out that not only was it much easier than the baby site I was maintaining, but it was FREE!

And thus began my life into the blogging world.  I have found that I am not interested in advertising on my blog, as I really don't feel that I have enough people visiting my site for it to make a difference.  Also, I truly don't WANT a ton of strangers visiting my site.  I try to keep information on the down-low sometimes, as I don't list our address or phone number and I try not to list pertinent details of our location or whereabouts at any given time.  Fortunately, I haven't had many problems in terms of spam or creepy "lurkers", however if I were to find that I was dealing with those issues, as my friend Jaci currently is, I will password protect my site.  And I may just do that eventually anyhow.

If you blog, why do you do so?

If you don't blog, why not?  Do you think it's silly?  Do you think it's too invasive?  Do you just not care to maintain a site?  Do you think your life is boring, or your writing is not good enough?

I find that other than having twins which is a tiny bit out of the ordinary, my life is pretty average compared to most of the people I know.  However, things happen every day around here that I feel are blog-worthy.  Sometimes I want to share them with people and try to make them laugh, or maybe help you to appreciate your day if you're thinking your workday is getting long.

It could always be worse.....you could have poop under your fingernails, or spit up in your hair....

Happy February...It's ON!

Well, here goes my attempt at posting once per day for the entire month of February.  Nothing like picking the shortest month of the year...


Definitely check in from day to day.  I will do my best, but no promises whatsoever that 1) I will be able to post  every day and 2) if I DO end up posting, it will be anything worthwhile.

Girls Night Out-Wedding Style!

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