Walking Backwards

Busy weekend to say the least. Saturday, we went to San Antonio to visit with my dad as well as see Mark, Maria, and Fiona. Visiting my dad is always great because we are never at a loss for anything to talk about. He took us to this wrap sandwich restaurant the rocked. Their vegetarian selections were so wonderful. We spent most of the day with Mark and Maria. The babies played next to each other and Nicholas was constantly trying to kill himself. Maria and I rented Love Actually and bought a ton of junk food while Joe and Mark went to see Spiderman 2. Love Actually was good, but I did have a few problems with the story. I know that not everything could be resolved, but its hard to sit through a movie and have so many unfinished story lines. Also, any story that features the subject of adultery is hard to watch. Joe liked Spiderman 2, but he thought the first one was better. It was good to see him get out by himself. We need to do that more often. Nicholas wouldn't take his nap, but fell asleep in the car about two seconds after we put him in his car seat. He was super cranky for the last hour we were at Maria's. We didn't get home until almost one in the morning. Sunday, we decided to skip church and run errands. We went to the book store, Michael's, and Target (I'm still trying to find a way to stop shopping here, but I can't find a local business that seels most of this stuff). Target had all of its garden stuff on clearance. We bought a gazebo for 70 percent off. Here is a picture (Nicholas felt like sliding in the shade):



I need to be on the look out for backyard furniture now that I have some shade to sit in :).


In other news, I am going to start the South Beach Diet next week. I was originally going to start today, but after getting the book this weekend, I'm discovering that I have a bit more prep work to do than I thought. I feel so guilty about joining the ranks of those who have subjected themselves to a fad diet. I used to lecture people about how horrible these diets are when I worked in the nutrition department at Whole Foods. I have to say that the foundations of this diet (so far as I have read) are principles of eating that I had always thought were a good idea. I also am having problems with uncontrolled blood sugar and uncontrolled blood pressure. These are the main reasons that I have chosen to do this. I just want to get healthier. Losing the weight won't be so bad either. In addition to the exercise I have been doing, I should be able to keep up with my son in no time (I would have thought that the exercise alone would have helped that, but alas). Wish me luck.


Catherine and Riley came over this weekend, as well, to work on the baby shower invitations. We didn't get much done, but are starting to realize that we may be going a little overboard considering the number of people that Annie has on her guest list. We still have quite a bit of time before the big event, but the details are taking us a bit longer than expected. I'm beginning to think that co-hosting this event was a bad idea. I love Annie, but this is a much larger production than I was anticipating. I don't know if I am able to do it. We also spent some time trying to persuade Catherine and Riley to move across the street. I don't think that they were going to go for it, though :). We just need neighbors that we like.


Well, I'm off to get the big, bad Depo shot and put off thinking about more kids for another year. Fun, Fun.