I might wind up regretting this one.

I have avoided updating you all on how my Healthy Living is going. Yes, there is a reason for that. And, yes, the reason is that I did not do so well last week. The first two weeks were a breeze. I did very well with the dieting, not so well with the exercise, but all in all I was feeling pretty proud of myself. Last week was a completely different story. I did fairly well with the eating, absolutely horrible when it came to drinking ( I had either tea or coke every single day with only a few glasses of water), and I only exercised twice. I was dreading my Friday morning weigh in. I weighed myself every day for the first week, and that was just ridiculous. I was stressed and upset, and I decided I wouldn't weigh myself at all the following week, and that after that I would only weigh once a week, on Friday mornings. Much to my surprise, I had lost 6lbs. Even though I wasn't eating as well as I wanted or exercising much at all, I still had cut my calories drastically. Now that I saw that positive reinforcement, I'm confident that this week will be much better. So far, so good.

How are all of you doing with your resolutions?

Aeralyn has been enjoying her adventures with solid food. So far, she has had rice cereal, green beans, sweet potatoes, bananas, and garden peas. He favorite by far is the sweet potatoes, but unfortunately she can only have them in very small doses. They upset her tummy a good bit, and they give her diaper rash. Today we are going to try butternut squash, and I'm hoping it won't get spit back in my face like the garden peas.

Last week I recieved an email from a reader of this site. I get very few emails, but the ones I've gotten have always been nice and complimentary. This one? Not so much. This person wanted to let me know their opinion of my site, and their opinion was that it is "fluffy, boring, and has no real meaning." Also, no one wants to read about my baby all the time, I intentionally avoid stating my opinions, and I shouldn't have named my blog "Pieces of Me" if I was only going to talk about my baby.

This is the first negative email that I've gotten, so I'm not really concerned. I do want to put this out there though: I started this blog for family a friends. We have several people that we care about that we don't get to see on a regular basis, and this website is for them to come here and keep up with our family going-ons. I talk about Aeralyn, document milestones and other things I otherwise might not remember if I didn't write them down, and sometimes, I talk about me. I'm happy with it, and everyone else seems to be too. If you don't like it, you can stop reading.

It is true that I've never made any entries on this site that portray my political or religious opinions, and it's not that I'm avoiding them, it's just that I'm not a person that talks about those things in general. I do want to give all my readers an opportunity to ask me any questions that you want to know my answers to. You can ask me anything under the sun about politics, religion, world problems, parenting, etc., and I will answer them all with my honest opinion. They don't even have to be "serious" questions, they can be fun too. Anything you want to know. You can leave a question in the comments, and you can even comment anonymously if you want to so I won't know who you are. You can also email me questions at Momtotatertot [at] gmail [dot] com.

This is your chance to find out anything you want to know about me. Have fun with it, and don't be shy. I'll answer anything (within reason). Make me laugh, make me cry, make me answer your questions!