we finally slipped up

yes, it's true. david and i finally slipped up. i am the one who turns in our points each week and i forgot to turn them in for last week. there have been several times that i have almost messed up. the week of christmas and new year's was hard. one night we went out to eat around 6:30 to a barbecue restaurant. i still had a half of a fruit serving to eat. (my diet plan has me eating 3 fruits and 4 veggies a day and not eating after 8pm) i was pretty sure that barbecue restaurants didn't have fruit on the menu, and i was right. so, in order to get my points for that day, i asked for a bowl of lemons (which are sliced and used for 'water with lemon')... and ate them all!! it was sooo gross! but i got my points for that day. a few days later we were over at the potts' house and mom and dad were there too... it must have been new year's eve. anyway, mom was talking to krista and mentioned something about excercise. it was 11:28pm. i yelled to david "did you excercise yet?!" he said no, so we threw on our shoes and went for a brisk walk. while we were walking, it occurred to me that i didn't drink all my water for the day yet, and neither had david. so, we picked up the pace and got back at about 10 minutes 'til midnight and filled up our glasses of water and downed them while we walked around the house for the last bit of our 30 minute cardio. then, on the next saturday, it was 11:58pm and i almost missed the deadline for turning in points. so, i hurried and got online and emailed carrie with only seconds to spare. last week, i was over at mom and dad's and the boys were having a hard time going to sleep, so i layed down with them. i got up at 11:05pm and still had my excercise to do. i went in living room and sat down to put my shoes on and dad was watching the presidential debate stuff and i asked if he did his cardio for the day. he said no, of course. i asked what he was going to do, and he said 'ride the bike' (mom and dad got a recumbent bike, which is great!! you don't have to go outside in the cold.... i know, it's not as cold as utah or idaho, but it's still cold to me) anyway, i was planning on riding the bike too. i asked dad when he was going to ride, and he said 11:30pm. so, i hopped on the bike and rode until he kicked me off. then i went outside and braved the cold. at least it wasn't the whole 30 minutes! so now to missing our points.... i just plain forgot to turn in our points. i should put a sticky note on the computer so i don't forget anymore. wyatt is right there with us in first place. we can't slip up or we'll get bumped. all-in-all i've really liked this challenge. i hope to keep up my diet plan of eating more fruits and veggies and not eating after 8, and excercising at least 5 days a week. i'm really feeling great! i hope all of you are accomplishing your goals. good luck and have fun, hayley