Hand caught in the cookie jar

Although I am on a sugar break, apparently not everyone else in the house shares my belief:

How'd she get to those you ask? She took a lesson from big sis and scooted over the kitchen chair.

Here's another mad scavaging skill she learned from big sis:

When mom and dad turn on the tv go for the brown bag.

Confessing

I have recently shared one of my obsessions. Now its time to get another one off my chest, and my waist, and my hiney. I find it cathartic, sharing my deepest darkest secrets among my closest intraweb buddies. I know I'm among friends here, so don't judge.

I eat and eat and eat:

At any point of the day, you could find me consuming an undisclosed amount of sugar. Lets just say that my food pyramid is inverted and sugar is the base.

So my reason for spilling my guts? I am thinking about, no attempting to, no I AM going to go on a sugar fast for twelve days. Why the indecisiveness? Well last time I decided to go on a sugar fast it was 24 hours of see-sawing mind self-talk, "you want some candy, just go in the cupboard and get some", "no you don't need it, you can do without, you will be stronger in the race without it". All of this going on while I would walk into the kitchen then will myself to go back into the living room flinging my arms out and falling on Dan's lap all Scarlet O'Hara-esque, and asking Dan to stop me from eating our kitchen like the VeRy HunGrY CaTePiLLaR ate through its own book. And that was only for 12 hours.

If I don't die while doing this "sugar strike" or buy myself a hoop skirt and move to the south, I am hoping to be more energized and lose a little waist and hiney and have a big sprint to the end of this weight loss/runningahalfmarathon training in less than two weeks.

Please subject yourselves to this same type of deprivation with me so that I can have a support system.

Confessing and pleading,

Kyla

What does this add up to?

A COOL AND PEST FREE HOME

AND

ONE VERY VERY HAPPY HOUSE WIFE.

Hmmm

What does it feel like to run 11 miles? Feels like running six, only longer. It is theraputic and empowering. Because if you told me even six months ago that I would be able to run that long I would have asked if I could help fill your prescription for your crazy pills.

It looks like I'm the crazy one now. I've just registered online for the Top Of Utah Half Marathon. And I am excited for it. I ran 11 miles on Tuesday so I'm confident now that I can run 13mi.

I'm not excited for the super sore muscles and tight knee for two days following, like this week, but sometimes pain feels so good.

That's gonna take another kind of pill...

No Spoiler, I promise.

I just finished Breaking Dawn. And all I'm going to say is my recommendation: re- read the other three first so you are reinvested in the characters. If you are reading BD right now, then STOP and go re read the first three. Even if you just skim through all the books. Evoke all of the feelings that you felt Bella go through that made you root for her.

I did not take my own advice and I feel like I just rushed through it to find out the story line. To say that was a mistake is an understatement.

If any one has finished then email me to let me know what you think.

Updates

Yea, Yea, Yea!!!! Ashton has gone every night with a dry underwear! She only had one accident yesterday and one accident today. She even made it all the way down to Orem and back without an accident (2 hours both ways) Oh I am very happy. I didn't believe anyone when they said that one day they would just figure it out and go for it. But it is true, I did just have to wait until she was ready. I still can't believe this is happening. I have hidden the pullups but I still have them just in case. So thank you for the prayers, and keep them coming please.

Also, as for Breaking Dawn, I read the first 240 pages the first night, but have been way to busy to read since then.. So I have some time right now while the girls are napping! Yeah!!!!

Kedra I am a fan of the person you said you are a fan of too. I really really want it to go that way.

Can't wait to talk to everyone about it when you all are finished. If anyone wants to borrow my copy when I am done, just drop me a line.

I did it!

So here I am 12:11 am, my heart is pounding, my mind is racing, I feel almost Giddy. What could cause me to feel this way?





Good old-fashioned waiting in line for the most anticipated book of the year:

And I was first in line (I only had to wait in line for 20 min, thanks smiths groceries) and got it for 40% OFF! You can't beat that.

So as much as you love hearing me ramble about love and vampires, I've got to let you go so I can start reading!

**I apologize to my family in advance for neglecting you for the next few days and not feeding you anything but cereal and for not washing your favorite underwear. You can just turn it inside out the second day...

Thankful Thursday

I have about 56 minutes before thursday is over, so I felt a rush to get this in.
Here are some things I am thankful for today:
1. Sun dried clothes
2. My sister, who will listen to me blubber over the phone, over completely ridiculous things. And she empathizes too, you should try her out sometime.....
3. My friend Malissa, who makes me laugh, no matter the circumstances.
4. Clean, organized office closet - because I avoid any type of structure, this took me about 2 months to complete. I'm good like that.
5. Little children growing, growing, growing, despite my efforts to stop them. They are hardy little things.

Thank you.