Reality TV

Okay, so I have actually watched TV this summer. We (Zach,Amelia and myself) have been watching The baby borrowers on Wednesday nights. Yes, it could be considered glorified babysitting however the frustrations that these teens are having are real and rather humorous at times. This past weekend we went to the area of Eagle where the show was filmed and toured 3 of the houses. Okay so 1 of them was 5 different colors of pink and not lite pink but screaming pink--1 of them was 5 different colors of green and I am talking Lime green, the wood floor was really nice I liked that--the 3rd house was 5 different blues. AUGH!! I don't remember the colors being so uh bright on TV and maybe they didn't and that was the point. Anyway..they were selling all the furnishings in the houses and by the time we got there pretty much everything was gone, I did find a platform bed, I have been looking for one for Ben's room for a couple of years. It was marked 40.00 and Jim talked them down to 20. So now Mr. Benjamin can't clean his room by shoving it all under his bed. He only has 4 dresser drawers so that leaves the only place to hide things in is his closet. Should make the cleaning of his room a little easier--I hope--Amelia talked the guy into selling her the pink elephant lamp for 15.00 it was marked 30.00. It was really cute but not 30.00 worth of cute!! The money was donated to the salvation army for the high school they run for pregnant teens. Good cause.

Major projects going on. I took down half the bead board in the kitchen and we are almost ready to paint it. Jim has to do a little more sanding and then it will be ready. Today I started tackling the garage. I have inventoried all the stuff we are going to donate to good will and it is quite a pile. Made another pile of boxes that need to come inside for further inspection and I am sure will eventually end up in the good will pile.

It has been so hard to stick to a proper eating plan this summer with the kids home everyday. They have lunch everyday and I find myself picking at there food. I try to make somewhat healthy stuff but..... I did find this website www.vitalicious.com that has really good muffins, brownies they are fairly healthy for you..wheat flour, sugar alcohol instead of artificial ingredients and the brownies are soooooo good!!

more later!!