So, I went running with my bestie...she is now in Mexico. I will try not to utter means words about how jealous I am. :o)
I've been doing wii fit with my mom on Mon & Weds, and running with my bestie Tues & Thursday's so far the wii is telling me that I've lost 13 pounds, in 2 weeks! Yay! Except I messed up the other weekend when I was setting my 'goal' and it's telling me I need to gain 13 pounds....so I'm trying to laugh every time I see the number go up :) Yesterday was my sister's birthday, so we all got together and had her birthday dinner at a German restaurant. The food was great, but I'm sure I've gained a solid 2 pounds from dinner. We are now waiting to have a scavenger hunt for my sister's birthday event - woowhoo! I've organized it, so it should be fun.
Friday, was my sister's birthday and it was also the last day of daycare for my kids before hallowe'en. We dressed up, made spiders and then carved pumpkins!! Sooo much fun! Thursday was a loooooong day, the kids have been insane. My daughter has been coming with me to my parents to do wii fit, but that means that she is up wayyyyy later than she's supposed to be. So, she has been a disaster. Then one of my other d/c kids has been sprouting teeth and just miserable and not sleeping....making me go a little kookie! On top of this my brother-in-law has been over since Thursday....ahhhhh. Anyway enough whiny me. Today is gonna be awesome!!! Tomorrow will be trick-or-treating with my loverly daughter <3
Happy hallowe'en everyone!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
I'm starting to think my holidays are tauting me more than I'd like to think
As the title says, it dawned on me yesterday that I have holidays coming up - the first week of November. Yesterday felt like hell. It poured soo hard all day that myself and the kids were just soaked anytime we went outside. I was rushing around all day I felt like my anxiety could jump out and smack someone. Anxiety about work, school work and the ever increasing pressure about weight loss and weddings.
Anywho, worked out last night with my mom, came home and had a good evening....lets go Tuesday!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Saturday, dot, dot, dot
Wow, so epic Friday....was...non-epic. On the plus side I have managed to lose 3 pounds in the last week. Oh, yeah I mentioned before wedding coming...weight loss plan is coming into effect. Lets carry on with Friday before I get too off topic.
I didn't end up doing anything special with my d/c kids. It has been a pretty busy week, and they all started to look a little haggard. We did our usual morning routine, breakfast then walk the pooch. We came back and they were content to play with puzzles and draw, this isn't normal. We did the rest of our normal day, finished lunch, started the clean up/wind down part of the day when my hubby's brother showed up for a surprise visit. Which is cool with me, the kids love him and he seems to enjoy the time he spends with them. Turns out that he was headed to a haunted house with my sister later that night. When he left to have a cigarette the kids passed out, thankfully. So I got some time to chit chat with the bro-in-law. I love the guy, very sweet, funny and kind. He's been going through a rough time, I don't go into detail, but know that he is making leaps of improvement. So hubby got home, he was surprised by the visitor at our house. We all started to talk about haunted houses, and what they are like. I told him that the last one I went to (I don't do scary stuff well - I have an overactive imagination) I told him that there was a long room with a strobe light and people grabbing at me...freaked the HELL out of me. Bro-in-law is epileptic, so we scattered to try and contact the haunted house to find out. So, after all that...yep, there were strobe lights, so it was a no go for him :*(
Bro-in-law went and talked with my sister with our little one, in the mean time....the hubby and I....digressed. We are both passionate people, and our disagreements are nasty. Anyway, bro-in-law came back and we asked him to stay with our little one while we took the pooch out for a walk. For the record, I am in my jammys with our pooch who is a Shar-pei X Pitbull.....LOVE her to pieces, but people do and will cross the street to get away from us. So, here we are arguing, walking our pooch, while I'm in my jammys. The next thing we know, we're FINALLY done arguing, we come home......2 HOURS!!!! 2 HOURS we were gone. We come home to bro-in-law sleeping and our little one playing - LOL! I got the little one teeth brushed, etc and time for bed. Me and the hubby head off to bed...our tenants are up still partying and it takes us forever to fall asleep....LAMMME.
By the time we actually get up, hubby is NOT a happy camper! He has to work all weekend, which is not common, just a sucky circumstance. So, my morning is grump, being grumpy, he begins to fume because he doesn't know where to park, and he hasn't had breakfast and he's nearly late. So, I drive him to work to help with the parking issue and to get him there on time - ya me!
I got home, brought the bro-in-law a coffee and a muffin as a thanks for watching the munchkin. We chit chat some more, and he shows us his sketch book. My bestie calls, we had a plan to meet up this morning to go see the fabric store for wedding stuff. She heads over and she's had a crap morning. She vents about that and we head out with the little one, and bro-in-law heads back home. The great news is I got wedding stuff! Ribbons for dresses and flower and some toule? Twill? I don't know what you call it. It's for decoration. We came back, bestie went home with her new man. Little one and I folded laundry then headed out on a hay ride to get our selves a pumpkin..or three :o)
I can only imagine what tomorrow holds in store for me. Hope everyone is having a rockin' Saturday night!
I didn't end up doing anything special with my d/c kids. It has been a pretty busy week, and they all started to look a little haggard. We did our usual morning routine, breakfast then walk the pooch. We came back and they were content to play with puzzles and draw, this isn't normal. We did the rest of our normal day, finished lunch, started the clean up/wind down part of the day when my hubby's brother showed up for a surprise visit. Which is cool with me, the kids love him and he seems to enjoy the time he spends with them. Turns out that he was headed to a haunted house with my sister later that night. When he left to have a cigarette the kids passed out, thankfully. So I got some time to chit chat with the bro-in-law. I love the guy, very sweet, funny and kind. He's been going through a rough time, I don't go into detail, but know that he is making leaps of improvement. So hubby got home, he was surprised by the visitor at our house. We all started to talk about haunted houses, and what they are like. I told him that the last one I went to (I don't do scary stuff well - I have an overactive imagination) I told him that there was a long room with a strobe light and people grabbing at me...freaked the HELL out of me. Bro-in-law is epileptic, so we scattered to try and contact the haunted house to find out. So, after all that...yep, there were strobe lights, so it was a no go for him :*(
Bro-in-law went and talked with my sister with our little one, in the mean time....the hubby and I....digressed. We are both passionate people, and our disagreements are nasty. Anyway, bro-in-law came back and we asked him to stay with our little one while we took the pooch out for a walk. For the record, I am in my jammys with our pooch who is a Shar-pei X Pitbull.....LOVE her to pieces, but people do and will cross the street to get away from us. So, here we are arguing, walking our pooch, while I'm in my jammys. The next thing we know, we're FINALLY done arguing, we come home......2 HOURS!!!! 2 HOURS we were gone. We come home to bro-in-law sleeping and our little one playing - LOL! I got the little one teeth brushed, etc and time for bed. Me and the hubby head off to bed...our tenants are up still partying and it takes us forever to fall asleep....LAMMME.
By the time we actually get up, hubby is NOT a happy camper! He has to work all weekend, which is not common, just a sucky circumstance. So, my morning is grump, being grumpy, he begins to fume because he doesn't know where to park, and he hasn't had breakfast and he's nearly late. So, I drive him to work to help with the parking issue and to get him there on time - ya me!
I got home, brought the bro-in-law a coffee and a muffin as a thanks for watching the munchkin. We chit chat some more, and he shows us his sketch book. My bestie calls, we had a plan to meet up this morning to go see the fabric store for wedding stuff. She heads over and she's had a crap morning. She vents about that and we head out with the little one, and bro-in-law heads back home. The great news is I got wedding stuff! Ribbons for dresses and flower and some toule? Twill? I don't know what you call it. It's for decoration. We came back, bestie went home with her new man. Little one and I folded laundry then headed out on a hay ride to get our selves a pumpkin..or three :o)
I can only imagine what tomorrow holds in store for me. Hope everyone is having a rockin' Saturday night!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Friday morning....surprisingly well rested
Now that I have done my intro, so-to-speak lets get on with it eh? Oh yeah, I'm Canadian, but that should be pretty clear by my 'eh' drops, hehehe.
So yesterday, was a good day I'm a care provider by day and I've been making strides to meet more care providers as it's a pretty isolating job. I got to hang out with 3 other providers yesterday. I'm sure it sounds a little silly, but this is a lady who hasn't had a co-worker, well in a year since I sold my families business. Before that - pre-baby times. Which, I guess I will get into someday, but not today....it's a good morning, we don't need to go there. So I got to hang with some like minded people, I got to ask some questions to them about one of my kids.
I some how managed to finish another unit of school on Weds, so I got my grade yesterday - I got an A!!! w00t! To be fair, I've gotten A's all through my course so far. I'm to the point where I hate mentioning it because it feels like I'm rubbing it in or trying to show I'm being great. I am working and pushing hard and I want to be as great as I can be, but I'm not used to pointing so much attention to myself. It's a thing for me...I am working on becoming an Early Childhood Educator, and it's made me dig up some of my childhood emotions (lets go with that) anywhoooo, I've noticed that whenever I have a big event...I just cram it down and don't feel I'm worth having this moment or event. Sooo, this hopefully will help me have a place where I can be proud of my grades and what I do.
So, my d/c kids have gone home and school work is done...and yesterday was Thursday so that means MOMMA TIME!!!! I took my pooch along for a nice jog/walk with my best friend. So nice, well...it rained so I was all dressed for rain and packed a towel for the dog. Weather aside, it was a great jog, we did 4 minutes walk 30 - 45 second run. I know it's not great but it's good for me, and it gives us enough time catch up and vent. My bestie wasn't available this Tuesday for our usual Tues/Thursday rendezvous, so this Thursday was extra full of content and as a special bonus a patient gave her a bottle of OUR FAVORITE WINE!! HELLO!!!! So, post exercise we each had a glass and got a little giggly and chatted some more. I ransacked her place for something to munch on, I got an orange and a mini bagel. Anyway I had to beat feet from her place to get home...the good news is she moved quite close to me - YAY!! So, it didn't take long for me to get home. I got home and my daughter woke up and wanted me to stay with her for a little while, so I did...I just can't help but want to make my muffin happy. Sang her twinkle twinkle and got to hang with my fiance. Wow, does it sound strange throwing that word around. I usually just default to hubby, as we've been together nearly 10 years, we are getting married this May....just another thing to add to my ginormous pile of things to do. Moving on, we hung out for a bit and I passed out on the couch and we made our way to bed and got up earlier than usual today. Hubby has to be at work earlier than usual right now, so why not. Now we're here.....sipping my morning coffee and writing, feeling good - hopefully it's a great day!
So yesterday, was a good day I'm a care provider by day and I've been making strides to meet more care providers as it's a pretty isolating job. I got to hang out with 3 other providers yesterday. I'm sure it sounds a little silly, but this is a lady who hasn't had a co-worker, well in a year since I sold my families business. Before that - pre-baby times. Which, I guess I will get into someday, but not today....it's a good morning, we don't need to go there. So I got to hang with some like minded people, I got to ask some questions to them about one of my kids.
I some how managed to finish another unit of school on Weds, so I got my grade yesterday - I got an A!!! w00t! To be fair, I've gotten A's all through my course so far. I'm to the point where I hate mentioning it because it feels like I'm rubbing it in or trying to show I'm being great. I am working and pushing hard and I want to be as great as I can be, but I'm not used to pointing so much attention to myself. It's a thing for me...I am working on becoming an Early Childhood Educator, and it's made me dig up some of my childhood emotions (lets go with that) anywhoooo, I've noticed that whenever I have a big event...I just cram it down and don't feel I'm worth having this moment or event. Sooo, this hopefully will help me have a place where I can be proud of my grades and what I do.
So, my d/c kids have gone home and school work is done...and yesterday was Thursday so that means MOMMA TIME!!!! I took my pooch along for a nice jog/walk with my best friend. So nice, well...it rained so I was all dressed for rain and packed a towel for the dog. Weather aside, it was a great jog, we did 4 minutes walk 30 - 45 second run. I know it's not great but it's good for me, and it gives us enough time catch up and vent. My bestie wasn't available this Tuesday for our usual Tues/Thursday rendezvous, so this Thursday was extra full of content and as a special bonus a patient gave her a bottle of OUR FAVORITE WINE!! HELLO!!!! So, post exercise we each had a glass and got a little giggly and chatted some more. I ransacked her place for something to munch on, I got an orange and a mini bagel. Anyway I had to beat feet from her place to get home...the good news is she moved quite close to me - YAY!! So, it didn't take long for me to get home. I got home and my daughter woke up and wanted me to stay with her for a little while, so I did...I just can't help but want to make my muffin happy. Sang her twinkle twinkle and got to hang with my fiance. Wow, does it sound strange throwing that word around. I usually just default to hubby, as we've been together nearly 10 years, we are getting married this May....just another thing to add to my ginormous pile of things to do. Moving on, we hung out for a bit and I passed out on the couch and we made our way to bed and got up earlier than usual today. Hubby has to be at work earlier than usual right now, so why not. Now we're here.....sipping my morning coffee and writing, feeling good - hopefully it's a great day!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
First post
This is my first post - w00t! I guess I will start with talking a little bit about myself and hopefully we can move forward from there.
So...ME. I am a woman who tries to be superwoman, or at least it feels like it. I stress TRIES, because it doesn't feel like I make the mark most of the time, but that will be another story.
In a nutshell I am
- under 30
- mother
- business woman
- student
You know when I take the time and write it down, it really does look like I am superwoman. I'm hoping to use this space to help me through my daily life. Since the birth of my daughter I have put myself on the back burner. It's time to bring momma back on the fire. As I trudge through school work, it makes me reflect about myself as a child, my child and the person I am, and the person I want to be. This is my life, it will not be glorious, but it's what I do. I am looking forward to having an outlet to let all of these feelings and thoughts out and hopefully they wont feel so dark once they are out.
So...ME. I am a woman who tries to be superwoman, or at least it feels like it. I stress TRIES, because it doesn't feel like I make the mark most of the time, but that will be another story.
In a nutshell I am
- under 30
- mother
- business woman
- student
You know when I take the time and write it down, it really does look like I am superwoman. I'm hoping to use this space to help me through my daily life. Since the birth of my daughter I have put myself on the back burner. It's time to bring momma back on the fire. As I trudge through school work, it makes me reflect about myself as a child, my child and the person I am, and the person I want to be. This is my life, it will not be glorious, but it's what I do. I am looking forward to having an outlet to let all of these feelings and thoughts out and hopefully they wont feel so dark once they are out.
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