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Sorry, I've been so horrible about blogging this week. School started back up on Monday and I'm still getting back into the groove of things. I promise I'm gonna get back into a routine and keep more of my fabulousness headed your way.

Also, I want to say a big THANK YOU! to all the SITStas who have been stopping by from SITS to welcome me to the mix. I'm really enjoying being a part of such a wonderful group of bloggers. Keep the comments coming (they make me feel pretty) and I am getting around to each of your blogs to comment, it just takes me a minute :)

Dieting Dos and Don'ts

I, like so many others I know, am attempting to lose a few pounds. During my recent pregnancy I gained *gasp* 60 pounds. (Yeah, yeah, insert fat joke here. But I'll remind you that Kate Hudson gained that much and she's a freakin' stick figure these days, so ha...) Anyhoo, the first 25 pounds just kind of fell off after I got home, but those remaining pounds are holding tight to whatever they can find and I'm getting a bit irritated about it. So, I am buckling down and committing to kicking those pounds out of my life. Because I know so many others who are currently fighting the battle of the bulge, I thought my little list of do's and don'ts would be appreciated :)

DO:
*Get mad at the fat lurking around your body
*Make a plan and stick to it
*Realize that you aren't perfect and will slip on occasion
*Tell someone that will ride your ass about your diet/exercise plan

DON'T:
*Eat ice cream for breakfast, even if you tell yourself that you have all day to burn it off
*Weigh yourself before you've done the two Ps: pee and pump....Ok, pumping (or nursing) only applies to those of us with active mammory glands
*Weigh yourself after 8 pm because you weigh more at night
*Give up!

Yep, so there is my diet/exercise advice. That'll be $150. (What a good nutrionist would charge you an arm and a leg for that advice...but I guess that is one way of losing some weight...not a smart one in my opinion but nevertheless...)

Bye-bye Blackberry?

Lately, I have been paying a lot more attention to how I spend our money. Who hasn't with the economy the way it is? I have noticed that the little things are adding up way too quickly for my liking. Eight years ago when we first got married, we very rarely spent money on the little things. We spent our money on the necessities. And, to be honest, we were a lot better off back then. (Geez, I wish I'd realized that back then!) So, anyways, I got to thinking about my blackberry and how much I pay for the plan that goes along with it. Every month, I pay $30 for the plan and I don't think I use it enough to justify that much. Yes, it is nice to get my email wherever I am. Yes, it is fun to be able to update MySpace on whatever I'm doing. But...is it really worth $30? So I bring this up to hubby (who came as close to jumping with joy as he will ever do when I mentioned saving money) and he says that he had been thinking about turning the internet plan on his phone off as well. We realized that we could save $45 every month just by doing these two things. Over the course of the year, that is more than $500! We both agreed that it sounds great. Plus, I have two perfectly good flippy phones, one of which I actually loved before the blackberry came along and stole it's thunder. So every day since this conversation, he comes home from work and asks me if I've made a decision. Yes, I have made a decision. I really do want to get rid of the blackberry and return to a normal phone because I don't honestly use the internet on my phone that often. But I have become accustomed to having that safety net there. Logically, I know that I survived for years without toting the internet around with me and I can do it again. But for some reason, I just can't bring myself to actually call the cell phone people and cancel the plan. I also am having this same problem with calling the cable company to cancel our subscription to HBO. We don't even watch HBO! It came as part of our promo package when we first moved in last summer. I think the problem is that I don't want to upset anyone. Logically, I know that they could care less because they'll just sign up some other sucker. So, until I get over this odd, irrational thing I've got going on here, I'll continue to watch nearly $60 just fly out of my pocket every month. What exactly is wrong with me?!

Falling Behind

I know, I know...I have been a horrible blogger this past week. I do not have a really good excuse for this...I have five :)

1. I am nearly 38 weeks pregnant and have been busy taking a nap.

2. We have a new puppy which is basically like having a newborn and requires a lot of time.

3. It's March Madness, baby! Have you filled out your bracket?! So much basketball, so little time...

4. These fabulous 1 Bag, 5 Dinner menus over at the Kraft website have been distracting me with their fantastically easy recipes and the lure of very little time spent in the grocery store...not to mention the cheap factor, which, let's face it, is a major draw these days.

5. I recently became obsessed with cleaning my house from top to bottom...some call it nesting, and I would agree if I thought this baby has any plans of actually leaving her current locale but as I believe that she is going to stay in there forever then I'm calling it spring cleaning :)

Oh, by the way...HAPPY SPRING!!