Frugal Friday & J Loosing Weight, and My 5K, Misc.

I am pretty good about being frugal but not necessarily on Friday's.....so today instead of ordering or going to get pizza for our Friday night dinner we are going to have homemade dough and sauce, but not the cheese.

I am organizing a neighborhood block party and I am in charge of crafts, therefore I have to make bean bags, instead of buying material I contacted my sister in law who is an avid seamstress and she has graciously agreed to give me some extras.
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Everyone who has seen hubby lately has asked if he is loosing weight, etc. and they want to know how much he has lost......well after getting on a scale he has lost 27 lbs. to date! He really hasn't tried to loose weight, but he and I both made lifestyle changes and it made ALL the difference in the world for both of us.

His boss yesterday commented to him that he is loosing weight and asking him what kind of a diet he is on......J's response "my wife quit cooking cookies, cupcakes, and quit buying snacky foods, and beverages with sugar." His bosses response "Oh that healthy crap, I am really gonna miss all her goodies she used to bake me." So it is official I am voted the worst wife now! :)
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Well just when I think I should completely give up on the "idea" of running again. Hubby reminded me last night Monday is just a few days away so I can try it out again then. I got up every day this week in time to run but came up with a zillion reasons to not run. I have a neighbor who has a 6 week old and she would like to start running again as well, so we are going to try swapping childcare at least two or three days next week. She will go, come home shower and then I will go, come home and shower. That way we will be able to hold each other accountable. Once more stay tuned to see if I can do this. I have less than 28 days until the race!
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For several months now we have been talking about Claire's birthday and if we really wanted to have a party, etc. when she already has so much. Well we finally made our decision a few weeks ago and we are furthering our decision to Christmas. We will more than likely throw her a birthday party but in leiu of presents we are going to request that unused, new toys and or new baby items be giving to us for us to give to the Children's Shelter. She has so much and there are so many children who really need that. Last year hubby and I adopted a family rather than giving ourselves gifts and we feel that it would be better to teach Claire what Christmas is REALLY about by showing her to give of herself not get receive. We came the agreement last year that we would not be doing Santa Clause because what does that really have to do with Christmas? I know it is fun we had it growing up, but J's parents didn't because they taught him the true meaning of Christmas, and we would like to pass it down to our children. Some are already critics and to those I respond: We will do what we feel is best for our family, all we ask for is respect; just as they will do what they feel is best for their family and we will respect them.