Hello Folks,
Well another day in the life of. Things are going pretty good here at Chaos Ranch. I made good on my word and finished my art room, weeeeee. Just in time too because I am totally addicted to Knitting right now and have started to build up a decent supply of yarn and knitting supplies. I have visited a place in Ventura called Anacapa Fine Yarns which was probably a bad idea because now I know what decent yarn feels like. The only problem is its a wee bit pricey. BOOO. So I compromised and found Micheal's...I love that place! Better yarn than crappy Walmart and still somewhat in my price range. We have a trip coming up and I am hoping to find out if I can take my knitting needles with me on the plane. Keep your fingers crossed because it would definitely help pass the down time. I have some knit hand warmers that I have been working on and a blanket that I will start after that. They have lots of workshops and classes at Anacapa all summer so maybe I can get in on one of those. It would be nice to actually get some help from a real person than trying to figure out techniques from youtube videos. :-)Also going on is week three of our Thirty Day Challenge. Dun Dun Dun! We have taken out flour and sugar in our diets. If you really start paying attention to what you eat you will know that that leaves you with fruit, vegetables and protien...that's it. Our refrigerator has NEVER seen so many healthy items in it and I could not be happier. I am sooo proud of my husband for embracing this change that we needed. Without him I don't think I could do it. The first week was hard but fun trying to come up with new foods to eat besides pasta and processed crap filled food. It is so much easier for me to figure out what to make for dinner. Fruit, vegetable, protien...that's it. I forgot how much I LOVE fruit. Strawberries right now are AWESOME down here and they taste like heaven. That's usually our dessert. Gavin and I can eat a whole cantaloupe in a day together and Watermelon has replaced chips. :-) I never feel full and crappy about myself. Yes I am still plenty overweight but I feel so positive that I am on the right track that it does not bother me. I KNOW I will get down there with the changes I have made. In three weeks I have dropped 16 pounds and I am still counting. I get out and play with the boys outside more, and instead of watching them play, I join in. Tag, kickball, cartwheels. I actually did a roundoff yesterday. I have not done one of those for longer than I care to admit. I am teaching Kedrick how to play Volleyball, hoping that if he gets the hang of it I will have someone to pepper with someday. I am trying to talk Jeremy into buying a trampoline. Now that we have grass I would love to get a trampoline to play on. I grew up with trampolines and fully think the boys should too. Great exercise and tons of fun. Plus they come super safe now days with nets and pads so I would have no problem letting little boys go nuts on it. Maybe for Christmas. I can proudly say I have not had any sugary anything for three weeks. I have cravings still for sure. I really want to make homemade ice cream, especially since I found all the parts to our ice cream maker. I think after our thirty days I will try it with raw sugar and see how that does. We are definitely sticking with this way of eating and little treats here and there will be so much more worth it. I also still have my two cups of coffee every morning but as Jared says about his cheese, you can pry my coffee out of my cold dead hands :-)

Lets see, what else do I want to ramble about. The boys are doing good. They are mischievous boys that love to get in trouble when I am not watching. They push the limits of being safe and I am thinking that one or both of them will be stunt guys, daredevils or something similar to that when they grow up. Nothing is too high to climb, or jump off of, which doesn't phase their Dad at all. I on the other hand have a tendency to overreact and I have to watch myself to just let them figure it out as they go. I know I drive everybody crazy with my inability to just chill once in a while. Its a learning process and I am sure by the time they are both teenagers, nothing will bother me...Hopefully

I want to start a movie review on here too. I love watching movies and not that anybody wants to hear my two cents, I decided that I will give it anyway :-)
The last movie I watched was Machete. This movie had a Tarantino feel to it and was over the top bloody. Tons of big names in it, Robert DeNero, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Steven Segal and the awesome Danny Trejo as Machete. The story line is a Federale agent(Danny Trejo) gets double crossed by his boss (Steven Segal) who by the way was funny as crap in this movie and probably the only decent thing he has done. Anyhoo Segal kills Machetes wife and thus lays the revenge plot for the rest of the movie. He goes on to be set up by the same guy to kill a Texas senator but plans go awry and he is able to go on a bloody rapage of revenge also being joined by Jessica Alba who plays a Immigration agent and Michelle Rodriguez who plays Luz or SHE who helps immigrants get on their feet. Danny Trejo gets with almost every female in this movie and hacks at almost every bad guy with his ridiculously awesome Machete. Oh I forgot to mention that Lindsey Lohan was also in this as a drugged out spoiled daughter, which I thought was funny cause it wasn't too far from her real life. This movie is definitely not for everybody but if you like to see shit get blown up, crazy fight scenes and a semi serious plot with comedic relief throughout than this is right up your ally. Be aware there is a few nude scenes.
I did also get to go see the movie Bridesmaids in the theater which was hysterically funny and one I am buying on blue ray when it comes out. I was checking out trailers this morning and there looks like some fun stuff coming out. They remade Footloose which I'm not sure how I feel about and yet another Shrek spin off. This one is called Puss N Boots and compared to Shrek 4 might actually be funny. Also took some interest in 50/50 with Seth Rogen who I LOVE. About his friend who gets cancer. Anyhoo Lots of good stuff coming out.

Well my peeps I suppose I have rambled long enough. Time to get going and get something done around here. Stay sane and play nice! Kelley OUT!!