It's spring outside!

Omigosh it is SO nice outside! Of course, only in these northern states would we call a forecast of 37 degrees SPRING, but it feels like it. The sun is out and it feels so nice and fresh outside! I love it! I want to walk down the block. Maybe I'll do that at naptime if all 3 are zonked. Probably not, because that feels wrong somehow but I WANT to!

Wanna know what the weird thing about losing weight is? It isn't even weird, it's just true...it's all in your head. You LOOK better the instant you FEEL better. That's why the show "How To Look Good Naked" was so brilliant. People didn't lose weight. They found out that they were beautiful RIGHT THEN, no matter what their body shape. So I've been "at it" for 4 days. Lest you believed me when I said I was going Biggest Loser on my ass, let me tell you what I HAVE NOT done. I have NOT run every day. Nope. Did not. Didn't run the past two days. I have been eating better, and being more active throughout the day, running stairs and using babies as props. The 28 lb one works really well!!!! My abs are sore from using non existent muscles.
So- I have done virtually nothing, but I look and feel better already. I actually look skinnier. It's just ME. It's probably always just me. We're all on crack.

ONE WEEK. In one week from now, I get to bring my kids to the airport, which is one of my all time favorite places to be! I get to bring them on an airplane and watch their sweet faces as the plane goes faster and faster and faster and then whooooshhhh! Into the air we go. i can hear them exclaiming already. I can see the people who hear my excited babies grinning ear to ear at how cute they are.
I get to show them the Philly airport for a minute. They can say they've been there. Then, the old pros get to get on another plane and when they get off, they get to see how cool it is to leave the plane and feel warmth. The forecast is looking good for us in Tampa! Lows in the 50's and highs in the 70's. PERFECT. DREAMY. White sandy beaches, impossibly aqua ocean--my nephew's mom is there right now, and hit me up to say that it's been chilly for them but it hasn't stopped the kids from playing in the ocean, which means that WE will have it MADE. 5 pools, mini golf, ginormous slide on the beach, kids clubs...I CAN'T WAIT! I CAN'T WAIT! I CAN'T WAIT! They deserve this so much. And i LOVE flying, and so does Cullen. It's like a whole other world up there. It doesn't matter if it's cloudy out when you leave, you'll be in the sun soon. and when there are no clouds, to see how symmetrical and beautiful our world actually is when you get a little ways off the ground...WOW. I love seeing all the people buzzing here and there and remembering how SMALL we are, and how we make such a big deal out of things that AREN'T a big deal and we get so focused on ourselves, like we are THE most important thing out there. OH how I love to fly!!!! It's like scuba diving, but opposite. it's so good to get out of your life for awhile.
Today I have Payten all day long. Tonight Chelle is going to hang with the kids and we're going to go out to eat and shopping for some cute spring clothes for Florida. Because we can. WHOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!! I can't wait! Can you tell????
Have I told you how much I love the people in the kidney chain lately? It's been so awesome getting to know all of them. This is so cool. In April the National Kidney Foundation has a thing here in Minneapolis, and they contacted the coordinator in Fargo to see if they can share the story during the event. Which means that I might get to see Shannon and his sister and maybe the whole chain again! YIPPPEEEE!!!!
BTW, Ethan is upright more than not now. SO much fun to see these developments. Thank GOD I don't have to go into work anymore! I'm so proud of me for having the guts to trust that it was going to work out. Go, daring Nicki!
I need to make a list for 2011. I don't know what to dream up next. Okay, I do. I'll share it later.
Happy almost new year!