We have mice!

I woke up several mornings ago at 6 AM to a faint rustling sound in the kitchen.
Slowly stumbling to the kitchen I realized we had a critter on the counter eating through a bag of chips.
Now I knew why I found food in the morning that was half eaten and left on the counter.
I'd seen the sneaky little critters first hand.
It's time to lock away the snacks so they don't get them anymore.
After all, these ravenous critters can get up on the counters, on top of the fridge and even IN the fridge.
I finally caught one of the unsuspecting munch mouths in the act.
It was on a Saturday and the whole family was supposed to be sleeping in.
He was perched precariously on top of a chair sneaking bread and Easter chocolates.
Here's a representative picture of just how sneaky and quick these little mice are:







"But Mom- I just couldn't wait for breakfast. I'm hungry!" he says. This one and the other brother are going to eat us out of the house when puberty hits.












TJ cracking a hard-boiled egg over the garbage. I have to label the cooked eggs with a sharpie or he will get in the fridge and crack a 'squishy' egg all over himself. It sure beats waking up to a slimey mess all over the kitchen.

As much as I dislike Martha Stewart, her 'good thing' phrase runs through my head a lot. Todays good thing is On Demand TV. Sounds trivial, I know, but I love it for one big reason. I can play Exercise TV whenever I want without shelling out extra $$ to buy videos I might not like. On my journey to lose some weight while raising 3 young chillies at home this is a big deal.

Take yesterday for instance- I woke up at 6:45 AM to a quiet house. Such a thing rarely occurs so I took advantage by jotting down a list of to-do's in my head before everyone woke up.

1. get up.
2. lace up my sneakers.
3. throw some laundry from the overflowing hamper in the washer before the tenants monopolized the laundry room
4. start the Turbo Sculpt (my current fav) segment and hopefully finish up while the kids stumble out of bed one by one

Well, all 3 rugrats were already up before I got laundry started and by the time Turbo Sculpt was playing they were wrestling around my feet. Here's the best part- I hit the pause button to scuttle all the kids to their room for 30 minutes with a promise of something fun if they stay there while I finish. Back to arms and shoulders. I pause my workout during inner thighs to rescue the piano from my 2 year-old with sidewalk chalk in hand. So much for staying in their room. I can't miss squats and lunges ya know, so I pause it 15 minutes later to save all 3 chillies from sugar overload after they find the leftover jelly beans from Easter. Heck, it's all extra cardio in between the actual workout right?

And that, my friends, is why On Demand TV is my good thing for the day.