My little girl is not so little anymore!

Cloey & I have one week left before our little girl starts school. She is about to become a"big girl" as she keeps telling us, because she starts kindergarden next Monday. Cloey is already asking me what's the plans for the first day of school. I guess for moms this is a really big deal because I really haven't even thought about it yet. I'm sure it will all hit me at once when we go to the school for the "meet and greet" with her teacher. I was just thinking about how big this is and what a year it's going to be. Wish me luck next week!
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Losing a few pounds....OK I'll try!

I'm sitting here at my desk on a Friday afternoon and noticed I'm trying real hard to lose a few pounds. Cloey & I are hitting the gym with a new trainer and I'm trying to eat right. I'm having a snack that is veggie crunchers and it's not that bad, but my taste buds are srceaming at me for something greasey or sweet. I must control my eating habits and I will end up like my father. Sick, tired, and just ready to give up, but I told Cloey I would try to out live her. I really don't see that happening so I guess I will try anyway.
I'm just glad I never took up smoking, drinking, or doing drugs, because it's got to be worse than losing a few pound. My goal is to always be here for my girls!
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4th of July weekend

This was our 4th of July day, it started in the Mareitta square with the 175th anniversery. It was a very big parade that lasted a least two hours with a festival in the square. We left before lunch and went to the pool for a while before the girls need to take a nap.
After thier nap we went to a cook out at Mike's parents house for about an hour. We left there and went to watch fireworks at the Target in Woodstock. We finally got back home around 11pm.
We were so tired the next day we did nothing on Sunday but lay around the pool and the house. It took me three day to recover from it. Man, kids will make you old quickly.
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Getting closer to 4th of July

The hardest thing about having kids is trying to figure out what they would like to do for the 4th of July weekend.
Today we get our son (from Cloey's first husband) until Wednesday of next week because his Grandmother from Florida had something she needed to do and couldn't get him this weekend. Cloey's ex had a trip planned for the Daytona race with his girl friend so he will be out of town. What's going to be hard on us is that our son will be upset because his dad went to Florida with out him. His very close to his dad and I understand how hard it's going to be so this is one reason we're trying to figure out what to do.
I like to stay close to home so I think we are planning to go to the Square for the festival and then watch fireworks from town.
I remember when I was a kid you could see fireworks from your house and dad would always have some for us to shoot off. Those were the days but I lost that when I got older. I think next year I will try to show my kids how much fun it is to do things old school ways.
As for the rest of today I need to get some work done and keep planning for the weekend.

Happy 4th of July!
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Starting new day

When my day started I learned a few things, "Life is to short" and "You need to pay attention to everything around you before it's gone".
I realized that I have a wonder wife that I've been with for 6 years next month, wonderful kids that are growing faster than I can keep up with and one day they will be teenagers and asking to borrow my car. Scary thought for the day!
I dropped the kids off today and came to work with a new look at life. I have my own business, that even with the way the economy is, it's still increasing. But it should be since I just opened it last year. I'm still not sure if this was the right time or not but I'm still here and new customers are glad they found me.
The one thing that has keep me going is my wife. She is very supportive and helps me in different ways to keep going. If she didn't have a good job I would have to find three more jobs just to support us. Daycare cost is like buy a new car each year and not being able to drive it. Each year when we do our taxes I ask my accountant what car did we buy this year. I always get this funny look from people when I ask that, but if you have kids you understand.
The one thing that made me start this blog today is that I wanted to share my life with everyone. The new adventures, wonderful time, and the sad times that every family has to deal with to make it in this world today.
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