Hi friends!!! I am so excited for Tanji! She placed 6th at the Arnold this weekend. I have been combing the internet tonight for pictures of all the competitors. I was disappointed to see that Heidi Fletcher and Allison Daughtry placed second to last and last place:( Both of these girls are hard workers and deserved to place better than that. I am anxious to see the score sheets when they come out. I know the only reason they placed that poorly was due to being "rookies". I will probably have my fair share of that too......

I have officially started cleaning up my diet. I have done well so far, but it is so hard to remind yourself constantly...wait, you can't have that. I don't realize how much I eat out of boredom and emotions until I start my diet. It takes a couple weeks to transition my brain into that way of thinking. I did have a cheat day yesterday...we went to the Central Oregon Sportsman Show in Redmond. This is always a big family outing for us! The kids love it, my husband loves it, and I actually like it too. (It turns into a day of socializing with all the people I only see once a year:)
We did something SO crazy yesterday.....we actually booked an African hunting safari!!!!!! We will spend 7 days at a 37,000 acre ranch in Namibia Africa (which is located on the south western coast of Africa just above South Africa.) It is the dream vacation for the whole family. I get to see Africa and all the beautiful wildlife, my husband gets to kill things, and the lodge has a huge swimming pool (which is the one thing my kids are totally pumped about!).....what more could a redneck family ask for:) The only bad thing, is the 20 hour flight to get there. We will take a 10 hour flight to Frankfurt Germany, and then another 10 hour flight to Windhoek Namibia. Hopefully my Doctor will give me sedatives for the kids:) I love and adore my children.....but I am also realistic about their ability to sit on a damn plane for 20 hours:)!!! My husband is pretty cute about the whole thing.....we are still in disbelief that we are really going.

I am on baby patrol!!! My 2 best friends are pregnant. They are due 2 days apart, and could go into labor at any minute. The problem is that they both want me at their deliveries.....but they are delivering in different hospitals about an hour apart!! I am praying that this does not happen at the same time. One is scheduled to be induced next Monday. I took the day off work, so hopefully this baby doesn't get a different idea about things:) The other friend is already dilated to 3cm so she could go at any minute....hopefully she does before Monday.

Well that's about all the excitement in my life! I have to work tomorrow, so off to bed I go! I will try to write more....my little DW tells me that I am not writing in my journal enough:) Take care everyone! Train hard- no excuses! Love ya,

Tami