http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal.asp?id=FLYDRAGON6 FLYDRAGON6's Blog on SparkPeople, home of free diet plans and a healthy living community http://assets2.sparkpeople.com/assets/nav/logo_spark.gif http://www.sparkpeople.com/ http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4288627 When I was a child I would stand on the covered porch of my parent’s house, take my flute and play to the thunderstorms. I absolutely LOVED thunderstorms!!! I was Thia the Thunder child, and the storms came to me as I played for them on my flute made of silver!!! Okay well yea, I know it seems a little strange, and yes I was the girl who saw mermaids in the ocean, fairy’s in the woods and saw Rudolph on Christmas eve despite my friends telling me it wasn’t so. <BR> This past two months ... Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:11:06 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4256330 Got Family Meeting? As in everyone sit down and figure things out and work things? I ran home right after guest speaker Susan Tordella visited, started to read her book Raising Able and by Sunday I was ready to have out first every family meeting. Here’s the cool part, it really did make a difference, and we are still doing family meetings several months later. For us family meetings are working to keep busy schedules in focus, give our 7 year old (going onto 13) a chance to know he’s h... Wed, 25 May 2011 20:07:03 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4240520 Sometimes I am supper mom, sometimes I get in my mile walk in the morning and strength training, the kitchen and all common areas are clean, swept and cobweb free, the toys are pickup inside and out, breakfast was healthy, colorful and filling, getting out the door in the morning went with everyone knowing where their clothes and shoes are, healthy lunches made, no one fighting and everyone on time with hugs and 'I love you's galore, and the errands go perfectly with funny and educational son... Wed, 18 May 2011 09:15:01 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4235502 So yesterday I ran away, but I came back. My friend from forever long ago called, Her- single and has no kids so her weekends are open and free. Me- 4 kids with sports, cub scouts and all the rest and this weekend I decided on taking all the kids clothes and sorting out old sizes and moving things around and cleaning out closets (note- never try to do this much again in one weekend even if you have almost nothing else to do at the same time-WHAT WAS I THINKING?P) mid afternoon on Sunday ... Mon, 16 May 2011 08:15:13 EST http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=4233367 You get to a point where you put your foot down and say "enough" and then you throw out all the junk food from your kitchen and you buy all fresh fruit and veggies and never another cookie unless it's homemade spinach brownies, and you drink your water and you excise everyday and you slowly loose the weight. <BR> Yea- this has happened to me, several times in fact. not the changing food habits because we really dont have junk food in our house, I made the decision when my first son was b... Sun, 15 May 2011 05:17:01 EST