Smoothies
with Sourdough toast
Mmmm!Monday, February 28, 2011
Today's mail treasures
Today I got two packages in the mail. Yes, you did read that right...two!!! (It was a happy day!)
My first package contained 20 pretty cloth diapers. My mom and I are both thrilled over that delivery! (And so is Shylie girl!)
My second package was my long-awaited Sophie the Giraffe so'pure teether!!!!
Isn't it cute???
Even the box it comes in is adorable!
Can you tell I'm excited?!
My first package contained 20 pretty cloth diapers. My mom and I are both thrilled over that delivery! (And so is Shylie girl!)
My second package was my long-awaited Sophie the Giraffe so'pure teether!!!!
Isn't it cute???
Even the box it comes in is adorable!
Can you tell I'm excited?!
TTAP--check!!
As I get bigger, working out gets harder. :-(
I sooo wish I would have kept up on exercising when (and before!) I got pregnant. Next pregnancy, I'll be doing things much differently than I have this time around.
I did TTAP tonight. I made it through about 7 minutes, plus I did "hoe-downs." (So maybe 9 minutes all together?) I'm doing a bit better...right? I didn't even attempt to do it with my weights tonight. I was just proud that I even did it in general!
Today my mom said, "I think you are bigger than me now." (A few weeks ago, we both measured our bellies. She was 2inches bigger than me.) At first I was very disappointed. Then I realized, she's 6 foot tall. Her baby has plenty of room to stretch out up and down. I'm 5' 6'' (on a good day!). My baby has no room to stretch up and down...thus mine goes out. So then I felt better about being bigger around.
But a few minutes later, during a joke, someone mentioned that all my shirts look like they are "painted on" lately. Apparently my shirts are getting rather snug. (And not just in my belly.) There's no way for me to justify that. I'm just becoming quite "plump" these days. :-/
All that to say though, I had pretty good motivation tonight to do my TTAPing. ;-)
Here is tonight's pretty:
Maybe I should start TTAPing twice a day...?
I sooo wish I would have kept up on exercising when (and before!) I got pregnant. Next pregnancy, I'll be doing things much differently than I have this time around.
I did TTAP tonight. I made it through about 7 minutes, plus I did "hoe-downs." (So maybe 9 minutes all together?) I'm doing a bit better...right? I didn't even attempt to do it with my weights tonight. I was just proud that I even did it in general!
Today my mom said, "I think you are bigger than me now." (A few weeks ago, we both measured our bellies. She was 2inches bigger than me.) At first I was very disappointed. Then I realized, she's 6 foot tall. Her baby has plenty of room to stretch out up and down. I'm 5' 6'' (on a good day!). My baby has no room to stretch up and down...thus mine goes out. So then I felt better about being bigger around.
But a few minutes later, during a joke, someone mentioned that all my shirts look like they are "painted on" lately. Apparently my shirts are getting rather snug. (And not just in my belly.) There's no way for me to justify that. I'm just becoming quite "plump" these days. :-/
All that to say though, I had pretty good motivation tonight to do my TTAPing. ;-)
Here is tonight's pretty:
Maybe I should start TTAPing twice a day...?Fun in the sun, er...snow
It was soooo cold today! Even us lodge bunnies were cold!!!
Though the trip started out on the wrong foot--we had our first case of the barfies before we even reached Sonora--a fun time was had by all.
Our trip began this morning at 6:30 when my family showed up to pick me up. Much to my delight, they were all a bit more sleepy looking than they were for our last trip. All went well (regarding the drive) until the city before Sonora, where Shylie kicked off the barfies by puking everywhere. I am so sick of being on barf duty when I go on trips with my family. I'm starting to wonder if that's the only reason they invite me to go along...?
Of course, after Shylie stinks the car up with her curdled milk (why would anyone give a child who gets carsick a cup of milk anyways? Its a mean joke...on me! I get stuck cleaning it!) everyone else starts feeling green. We quickly passed around the peppermint oil (even I had to partake, as I was feeling green smelling the air...) Lolly hugged the garbage can for a while and Shannen leaned out the window gasping like a dog. But after I turned the AC on, the green feeling went away and the rest of the ride was pleasant. Freezing cold, but no more barfies = pleasant.
We got there at 8:30 and promptly ran to find some tables. It was much more crowded today than last time.
First everyone ate breakfast--cereal and delicious coffee cake muffins. (Soooo yummy.) Then my mom braided all the girlies' hair. All the skiers and snowboarders soon disappeared outside, leaving Mama and I in with the littles.
I brought my sewing machine this time--a lifesaver! And sewed all afternoon. I made 18 burp cloths, so I feel pretty accomplished today!
Mama spent the afternoon chasing Shylie girl (who was just terrible today) around. And finally, much to her relief, Shylie fell asleep. We both agreed that for our next ski trip, coming up in March, we are leaving the little girls home. We'll both bring our sewing machines and have a nice relaxing, barf free day.
On our list of "to-brings" for our next trip is: a space heater. A crock pot full of delicious soup or chili. An air up mattress (for a nice nap!). Hot chocolate. And if for some reason we have to bring the little girls...Maycie's big dog run.
Some of my favorite quotes from the day came from Shannen.
Quote number one:
Me: Daddy, how can you tell if the road is ice or dirt? (Regarding some dark patches in the road)
Shannen: Well, that's easy. Speed up really fast and then slam on your breaks. If you skid, it's ice. If you don't, it's probably just dirt."
Quote number two:
(He will kill me if he ever finds out I posted this comment, but it made me laugh so hard, it's worth it...)
Shannen: "I haven't pooped yet today and I have a headache. (From not pooping) When I get home, I'm gonna sit on the toilet til my guts fall out." We barely pulled into the driveway before he was out and running for the bathroom door. Poor little guy, hopefully he had success. (Ick!)
Such a disgusting little creature, he is.
The ride home was worse than the ride there. While at the ski resort, my mom kept insisting that "people don't get carsick on rides home." Hogwash. I think we drained her little bottle of peppermint oil trying to prevent any puking. We had to make several stops on the way home, just to let everyone get some fresh air. Next trip: bring along some peppermint candies. Peppermint does seem to help a bit.
We got home at 7:15. We ate sandwiches for dinner, and as soon as we were done eating, we started preparing the kiddos for bed. I think they were all in bed AND ASLEEP(!!!!) by 7:45. (Oh ya!) They were tired after their long day! I was going to hang out at my parent's house for a while, but I could barely keep my eyes opened. I was dozing off on the couch.
So now, I'm home. I'm finishing up this blog post, gonna go ttap (hopefully! If I'm not too tired!!) and then take a nice hot bath and head to bed! Woot Woot!!!!
I'm looking forward to the next trip, knowing there won't be any barfies on the ride up and no little ones to chase around all day. Instead it'll be me. My mom. Our sewing machines. Our cup of hotchocolate. Our air up mattress. And a crockpot full of yumminess. Yep, I can't wait til that trip!
Snapshots from our day:
Daddy looking super cool in his new "Captain America" helmet
The little girlies watching "Looney Tunes" 
Braiding Lolly's hair
Eating breakfast (Check out her Cindy Lou Who do)
Breakfast--yummm!
Burp cloths!
Highs and Lows
High of the day:
Going to the snow with my family
Low of the day:
The car ride up. I'm tired of being on puke patrol during car rides :-(
Off to the snow!!
I'm off to Dodge Ridge with my family for the day!! Mama and I are gonna be lodge bunnies and keep two eyes (at all times) on the three little girlies, while everyone else goes out and shreds some powder! I'm bringing my sewing machine with me today, I plan on being productive while I'm sitting. ;-)
Hopefully this trip goes better than the last trip...meaning: No car sickness for the kiddos, and for me no "nasty children-syndrome!" ;-) (hehee!)
Pictures and day event details to come later!
Hopefully this trip goes better than the last trip...meaning: No car sickness for the kiddos, and for me no "nasty children-syndrome!" ;-) (hehee!)
Pictures and day event details to come later!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Highs and Lows
High of the day:
Going to Walmart and buying a bunch of cute fabrics
Going to Walmart and buying a bunch of cute fabrics
to make baby burp cloths out of
Low of the day:
Knowing I have to get up so darn early tomorrow :-(
Low of the day:
Knowing I have to get up so darn early tomorrow :-(
Today's devotions: "arrows for God's army"
We made it to church this morning--yay! I didn't even try sitting in the sanctuary, I brought some devotional books and sat in the fellowship hall. I did devotions for a while and then went to help out in the kitchen for a while.
I've been working through the book "Be fruitful and multiply" by Nancy Cambell lately. I haven't picked it up in a while though, so it was wonderful to dive back into it.
Today's chapter was on the subject of children being like "arrows" for God's army.
Psalm 127:4-5
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies at the gate.
The whole chapter talks about how, just as a man who goes off to war wants his quiver full of arrows, so should we as parents. The more "arrows" we have, the more weapons we have to use in our war against Satan and his evil.
So many parents are stopping after just one or two children, and then wonder why the world is so bad. The main point of this chapter is: if every Christian couple has a "quiver full of children" (let's just say even 5 children...) that's over double the number of children we would be raising up for God. How many more evangelists would we have? Missionaries? Godly council men? Teachers? Pastors? The list goes on and on. Our world is just getting worse and worse and worse, and that is party our faults as Christian couples, who limit ourselves to just one or two children.
Today's "highlightables" are:
(this poor book isn't even half way read, yet nearly the entire thing is underlined, highlighted and marked up!!)
"Satan hasn't forgotten God's word. He knows that if he can limit the arrows from the Christian parents, he can limit the light that will expose his darkness."
"Satan, who comes to "steal, kill and destroy," seeks to destroy newly formed life in the womb by abortion. But he has an even better plan than that--and it has been successful. He seeks to limit the godly seed before it is even conceived. By doing this, he limits the army of God. If the Christian church had not listened to the humanistic lies of the enemy and limited their families, the army of God would be more powerful in this hour. The enemy's camp would be trembling. Instead they are laughing. Contraception has limited the army of God even more effectively than abortion."
"Arrows do not just happen. It takes hours and hours of patience to straighten and sharpen an arrow that can effectively hit the mark. This is the task that God has given to parents. We are the "arrow sharpeners," preparing arrows for God's army. The more "straight arrows" we prepare, the more we help God fulfill His plans on earth."
I absolutely love this book. I'm only on chapter 6, but seriously, those 6 chapters are sooo marked up and underlined. There is so much of this book that needs to be shared with other couples. I recommend this book to every married couple.
This book has opened up my eyes and changed my heart so much. Jeff is going through it with me, and we've both decided to re-read it every other year. It's something that we need to be constantly reminded of--Always knowing what God's vision is for the Christian family.
I've been working through the book "Be fruitful and multiply" by Nancy Cambell lately. I haven't picked it up in a while though, so it was wonderful to dive back into it.
Today's chapter was on the subject of children being like "arrows" for God's army.
Psalm 127:4-5
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies at the gate.
The whole chapter talks about how, just as a man who goes off to war wants his quiver full of arrows, so should we as parents. The more "arrows" we have, the more weapons we have to use in our war against Satan and his evil.
So many parents are stopping after just one or two children, and then wonder why the world is so bad. The main point of this chapter is: if every Christian couple has a "quiver full of children" (let's just say even 5 children...) that's over double the number of children we would be raising up for God. How many more evangelists would we have? Missionaries? Godly council men? Teachers? Pastors? The list goes on and on. Our world is just getting worse and worse and worse, and that is party our faults as Christian couples, who limit ourselves to just one or two children.
Today's "highlightables" are:
(this poor book isn't even half way read, yet nearly the entire thing is underlined, highlighted and marked up!!)
"Satan hasn't forgotten God's word. He knows that if he can limit the arrows from the Christian parents, he can limit the light that will expose his darkness."
"Satan, who comes to "steal, kill and destroy," seeks to destroy newly formed life in the womb by abortion. But he has an even better plan than that--and it has been successful. He seeks to limit the godly seed before it is even conceived. By doing this, he limits the army of God. If the Christian church had not listened to the humanistic lies of the enemy and limited their families, the army of God would be more powerful in this hour. The enemy's camp would be trembling. Instead they are laughing. Contraception has limited the army of God even more effectively than abortion."
"Arrows do not just happen. It takes hours and hours of patience to straighten and sharpen an arrow that can effectively hit the mark. This is the task that God has given to parents. We are the "arrow sharpeners," preparing arrows for God's army. The more "straight arrows" we prepare, the more we help God fulfill His plans on earth."
I absolutely love this book. I'm only on chapter 6, but seriously, those 6 chapters are sooo marked up and underlined. There is so much of this book that needs to be shared with other couples. I recommend this book to every married couple.
This book has opened up my eyes and changed my heart so much. Jeff is going through it with me, and we've both decided to re-read it every other year. It's something that we need to be constantly reminded of--Always knowing what God's vision is for the Christian family.
Taking a break tonight...
P.S.
I'm taking a break from TTAPing tonight. I'm incredibly sore and don't want to over exert myself and hurt anything. I shall resume my nightly workouts tomorrow evening. :-)
I'm taking a break from TTAPing tonight. I'm incredibly sore and don't want to over exert myself and hurt anything. I shall resume my nightly workouts tomorrow evening. :-)
Today in a nutshell
Today we had a semi-lazy day. We set our alarm for 10:00am, but of course, slept through it and didn't get up til 1:00. I've been incredibly sore today and very sluggish. Pretty much all I've been able to physically do is...walk to a chair and sit down.
We spent the day listening to Sarah Brightman and some random "feel-good" country songs. Jeff worked on our kitchen cupboards, finishing up putting on our door knobs.
Our kitchen is now finished. (Well, other than the back splashes, but in terms of painting: it's finished!) The red knobs complete our yellow doors/green cupboard country look we've been striving for. We're both very happy with how it all looks.
I made several pairs today. I'm hoping to finish off my stack of pre-cut circles tomorrow and move onto making baby bibs and burp cloths.
Aren't they colorful?? Much better than the ugly pain white scratchy disposable ones.
After the door knobs were done, we headed to my parents. I went upstairs and laid on my parents bed for a long time hanging out with my mom while she cleaned. After her room was cleaned we went downstairs and ate dinner. Later on, I helped bathe Shylie girl and talked cloth diapers with my mom. (Shylie has been our guinea pig and so far, we both love cloth! No leaks so far, super cute and chemical free! Even Shylie likes them!)
P.S. we never made it to the park today to play with Maycie :-( Maybe tomorrow...
We spent the day listening to Sarah Brightman and some random "feel-good" country songs. Jeff worked on our kitchen cupboards, finishing up putting on our door knobs.
Our kitchen is now finished. (Well, other than the back splashes, but in terms of painting: it's finished!) The red knobs complete our yellow doors/green cupboard country look we've been striving for. We're both very happy with how it all looks. Now that it's finished, it's time to start repainting the kitchen. I'm thinking turquoise cupboards and red accents... ;-) Jeff is just thrilled with the idea of repainting the kitchen. (Not! hehehe!)
(Might I add...as I'm typing this, he is reading over my shoulders. He says, "I didn't know we were going to repaint the kitchen." (I giggle) He adds, "Is this the way you are breaking this news to me?") I guess we'd better paint our bedroom and finish the game room before we start on the kitchen again.
While Jeff did the door knobs, I sat at the kitchen table sewing breast pads. Those are fun to make. I have no idea if they're even going to absorb correctly and work, but whether they do or not...they're easy and fun to make!
I made several pairs today. I'm hoping to finish off my stack of pre-cut circles tomorrow and move onto making baby bibs and burp cloths.
Aren't they colorful?? Much better than the ugly pain white scratchy disposable ones.
After the door knobs were done, we headed to my parents. I went upstairs and laid on my parents bed for a long time hanging out with my mom while she cleaned. After her room was cleaned we went downstairs and ate dinner. Later on, I helped bathe Shylie girl and talked cloth diapers with my mom. (Shylie has been our guinea pig and so far, we both love cloth! No leaks so far, super cute and chemical free! Even Shylie likes them!)
Later this evening we called the little girlies up to listen to Mama's baby's "heartbeep." Using a fetal scope we tracked down her little baby's heartbeat and let each of the little girls take a turn listening to it. It's so funny, they kept saying, "Mama's baby's heartbeep is thundering!" Their smiles were adorable, I'm guessing they thought the experience was pretty darn cool. :-) (On a side note, Shylie is so cute to watch! Every few minutes she'd rub Mama's belly (with a lot of force!) and talk about "Mama's baby in her belly." I think it's so neat that even at the young age of 2, she knows that there is a baby in Mama's belly and she already loves it and can't wait to hold it and meet it.) We tried counting the little Ney baby's "heartbeep," but alas, we are untrained, so I'm not sure if we are entirely correct. We counted 160. So if we're correct, the old wives' tales would have it be a girl.
Jeff and I hung out at their house for a few hours. Jeff and my dad played the Wii and then watched "Shark week," while my mom and I looked for a surger pedal replacement and placed bids on more cloth diapers.
We are home now and I am getting ready to crawl into a hot bath and relax. We have church tomorrow and I'm hoping we get up on time. It's not looking so hot right now. :-(
I'm off to soak in a tub of hot water and indulge in another girl scout thin mint cookie...Mmmm!!
P.S. we never made it to the park today to play with Maycie :-( Maybe tomorrow...
Highs and Lows
High of the day:
Jeff buying me 2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies :-)
Low of the day:
Feeling so sore and being so tired today
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Right now:
I am browsing ebay and listening to Frank Sinatra radio on Pandora. Jeff is out and about, driving around town with Maycie, on the hunt for some girl scout cookies. When he gets back (hopefully not empty handed) we are going to fold some laundry, and then take Maycie down to the park to run off some energy.
Today's adventures
Today Jeff and I had our first appointment with Dawn. We had to drive to her house to meet with her. The appointment was at "2ish" and she lives in Merced. We figured leaving at 1:20 would give us plenty of time to get there. We were wrong. We got lost trying to find her house, which added time to an already long drive. We were happy when we finally found her house, and now I think (and hope) we both will remember for the next appointment the right way to get there.
The appointment went great! I really adore Dawn, I'm so excited and blessed and happy that she will be able to be our midwife. She's so sweet and calm, I know that'll be nice when I'm in labor.
We talked about everything under the sun involving pregnancy. She said my current weight gain is "beautiful," which was very encouraging for me, since I feel like a whale or a cow most of the time. She said I can gain up to 35 pounds, which at this rate I "might not hit." (Just because what I've gained--apparently, is a "low" pregnancy weight gain, and to make it to 35 means I have a loooot of packing on to do in the next few weeks.) Hearing that news made me feel pretty darn proud of myself!
My pee strip looked great, even my PH was good today! (My ph is always screwy!) She felt around on my stomach for a while and said that the baby is head down and partially engaged. (That explains the sharp tingling pains I've been feeling. Apparently this little bugger is moving his/hers head around in my pelvic bone...ouch!)
We plan on meeting again in 3 weeks. In about 2 weeks I have another appointment with Shawna, I'm supposed to get all my blood work info for Dawn. (I sure hope Shawna's office is okay with giving to us! Because I am NOT going back in for more blood work!)
My "homework" to do before our next appointment (with Dawn) is: Talk to the baby doctor we want to use, see if he'll take our insurance. And order our birthing kit.
Our appointment (actually, I'd like to call it a "Visit" instead of an appointment...) our "visit" lasted for 2 hours! After we left Jeff was texting his dad about something and mentioned our visit with the midwife and made a joke about how long it was and that our midwife likes to talk. His dad, (who is a PA and VERY medically minded) responded with, "Another reason to use a doctor instead ;-)." That comment ticked me off. I'd rather see a midwife who spends 2 hours with me and actually cares about me...questioning my nutrition, offering suggestions, trying to get to know me...really really caring about me (and Jeff!) rather than a doctor who has 7 more patients to see before the day is out and is just trying to rush along and answer questions and could really give a darn about me. Psh! Jeff's dad has no idea! Bless his soul, but he needs to get his nose out of his medical text books and open his mind up a little bit. (Loren, if you ever read this...know that I do love you!! We'll just never see eye-to-eye on these subjects! ;-))
After we left Dawn's we rushed to get some food. (Because we were STARVING!) The only fast food restaurant tiny little Merced has is a Sonic burger. We had the nastiest driest chicken sandwich I've ever tasted in my life. Yet it was amazing...yes amazing...because I was so darn hungry!
I'm feeling pretty pissed with Jeff today. (I say that with some...but not much...humor.) I've been craving girl scout cookies for weeks and weeks and weeks and have been waiting for "Girl Scout cookie season" for a loonnng time! On our way to Sonic Burger I saw a group of girls selling their cookies. I don't think I've as quick as I did then in a long time! I begged Jeff to stop, but did he? Noooo... "We have to go get real food, Honey." Real food my butt. That was my 1st girl scout cookie sighting of this year. I told him the next stand I saw, he HAD to pull over. I told him I even had a $10 bill in my wallet, that has been sitting there for weeks waiting to be spent on girl scout cookies. So a few minutes later, on the road side, was a group of girls in front of their house selling more cookies! I yelled for Jeff to pull over. But did he? Noooo. "We'll get some back in town, Honey." Back in town my BUTT!
Our drive "back to town" took us 2 stinkin hours! Traffic was terrrrrribble. I pouted the whole way home, because had he had stopped for those cookies, I could have been munching away on them for two hours. But nooo. I had nothing to much on except my fury! By the time we got back into town it was 7:00. We drove around in Turlock for a while looking for anyone selling those delicious little cookies, but I guess girl scout girlies are in bed at 7:00 or something. (Don't they know there are pregnant women who crave these cookies like no other? Selfish little girls.)
Right now, I'm eating my ice cream, pecking away at my keyboard and still fuming at Jeff--who is trying to dump a handful of salt on my head as a test to see whether I'm pregnant with a boy or a girl. Goofy, I know. But we'll try anything. ;-) An Assyrian woman in a store the other day told us that her nationality uses this method to see what they are pregnant with. Someone will sneak some salt onto the pregnant woman's head and watch her to see if she touches her hair (sign of a girl) or touches her face (sign of a boy.) Unfortunately for Jeff, I've caught him each time he's tried this. Hopefully at some point tonight he gets sneaky enough to do it without my knowing so we can see what I do. ;-)
I'm off to finish my bowl of ice cream. Not nearly as tasty as girl scout cookies, but I guess it'll have to do for tonight. Jeff owes me a long and lovely back massage. It might help redeem him a bit, and maybe even move him from the dog house to the garage for the evening. ;-)
(kidding of course...)
The appointment went great! I really adore Dawn, I'm so excited and blessed and happy that she will be able to be our midwife. She's so sweet and calm, I know that'll be nice when I'm in labor.
We talked about everything under the sun involving pregnancy. She said my current weight gain is "beautiful," which was very encouraging for me, since I feel like a whale or a cow most of the time. She said I can gain up to 35 pounds, which at this rate I "might not hit." (Just because what I've gained--apparently, is a "low" pregnancy weight gain, and to make it to 35 means I have a loooot of packing on to do in the next few weeks.) Hearing that news made me feel pretty darn proud of myself!
My pee strip looked great, even my PH was good today! (My ph is always screwy!) She felt around on my stomach for a while and said that the baby is head down and partially engaged. (That explains the sharp tingling pains I've been feeling. Apparently this little bugger is moving his/hers head around in my pelvic bone...ouch!)
We plan on meeting again in 3 weeks. In about 2 weeks I have another appointment with Shawna, I'm supposed to get all my blood work info for Dawn. (I sure hope Shawna's office is okay with giving to us! Because I am NOT going back in for more blood work!)
My "homework" to do before our next appointment (with Dawn) is: Talk to the baby doctor we want to use, see if he'll take our insurance. And order our birthing kit.
Our appointment (actually, I'd like to call it a "Visit" instead of an appointment...) our "visit" lasted for 2 hours! After we left Jeff was texting his dad about something and mentioned our visit with the midwife and made a joke about how long it was and that our midwife likes to talk. His dad, (who is a PA and VERY medically minded) responded with, "Another reason to use a doctor instead ;-)." That comment ticked me off. I'd rather see a midwife who spends 2 hours with me and actually cares about me...questioning my nutrition, offering suggestions, trying to get to know me...really really caring about me (and Jeff!) rather than a doctor who has 7 more patients to see before the day is out and is just trying to rush along and answer questions and could really give a darn about me. Psh! Jeff's dad has no idea! Bless his soul, but he needs to get his nose out of his medical text books and open his mind up a little bit. (Loren, if you ever read this...know that I do love you!! We'll just never see eye-to-eye on these subjects! ;-))
After we left Dawn's we rushed to get some food. (Because we were STARVING!) The only fast food restaurant tiny little Merced has is a Sonic burger. We had the nastiest driest chicken sandwich I've ever tasted in my life. Yet it was amazing...yes amazing...because I was so darn hungry!
I'm feeling pretty pissed with Jeff today. (I say that with some...but not much...humor.) I've been craving girl scout cookies for weeks and weeks and weeks and have been waiting for "Girl Scout cookie season" for a loonnng time! On our way to Sonic Burger I saw a group of girls selling their cookies. I don't think I've as quick as I did then in a long time! I begged Jeff to stop, but did he? Noooo... "We have to go get real food, Honey." Real food my butt. That was my 1st girl scout cookie sighting of this year. I told him the next stand I saw, he HAD to pull over. I told him I even had a $10 bill in my wallet, that has been sitting there for weeks waiting to be spent on girl scout cookies. So a few minutes later, on the road side, was a group of girls in front of their house selling more cookies! I yelled for Jeff to pull over. But did he? Noooo. "We'll get some back in town, Honey." Back in town my BUTT!
Our drive "back to town" took us 2 stinkin hours! Traffic was terrrrrribble. I pouted the whole way home, because had he had stopped for those cookies, I could have been munching away on them for two hours. But nooo. I had nothing to much on except my fury! By the time we got back into town it was 7:00. We drove around in Turlock for a while looking for anyone selling those delicious little cookies, but I guess girl scout girlies are in bed at 7:00 or something. (Don't they know there are pregnant women who crave these cookies like no other? Selfish little girls.)
Right now, I'm eating my ice cream, pecking away at my keyboard and still fuming at Jeff--who is trying to dump a handful of salt on my head as a test to see whether I'm pregnant with a boy or a girl. Goofy, I know. But we'll try anything. ;-) An Assyrian woman in a store the other day told us that her nationality uses this method to see what they are pregnant with. Someone will sneak some salt onto the pregnant woman's head and watch her to see if she touches her hair (sign of a girl) or touches her face (sign of a boy.) Unfortunately for Jeff, I've caught him each time he's tried this. Hopefully at some point tonight he gets sneaky enough to do it without my knowing so we can see what I do. ;-)
I'm off to finish my bowl of ice cream. Not nearly as tasty as girl scout cookies, but I guess it'll have to do for tonight. Jeff owes me a long and lovely back massage. It might help redeem him a bit, and maybe even move him from the dog house to the garage for the evening. ;-)
(kidding of course...)
Today's motivation
Tonight I made it through a bit more than I normally do in TTAP. I didn't have a good day walkwise (mainly because I spent the majority of my day stuck in a car in traffic...) so I'm making it up tonight by also doing a bunch of Pelvic Tips--which are basically backwards crunches. They hurt just like crunches, work just like them, but are easier to do. ;-) I didn't use my 5lb weights for my entire TTAP session. Those weights kill! I'm trying not to push myself too hard, so when it was too exhausting for me, I did it without for a few minutes. I could have probably gone longer with my TTAPing, but I kept feeling something in my stomach popping. Yea, that's right...popping. It didn't hurt, but it creeped me out, so I decided to call it quits for the night. ;-)
Today and tomorrow are my sugar days. I've done so good today...so far I haven't had any! But, I'm about to ruin my streak by rewarding myself with a bowl of ice cream. But it's okay. I'm allowed to indulge today!
Today and tomorrow are my sugar days. I've done so good today...so far I haven't had any! But, I'm about to ruin my streak by rewarding myself with a bowl of ice cream. But it's okay. I'm allowed to indulge today!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Highs and Lows
High of the day:
1) My first shipment of cloth diapers arrived today...very cute! Our live model (Shylie) even approved them!
2) meeting with our midwife
Low of the day:
1) My mean husband passing up TWO girl scout cookie stands...resulting in no girlscout cookies for me :'-(
2) Sitting in traffic for two hours this evening trying to get home from Merced
Pink Diamonds
I love pink diamonds! I think they are so pretty! One of these days, one of these beautiful pink diamond rings will find a new home on my finger.
(P.S. I also love blue diamonds, when they are coupled with a pink one!)
(P.S. I also love blue diamonds, when they are coupled with a pink one!)
Reasons behind weight loss motivation
I did my TTAPing at my parent's house tonight. The family was watching a movie in the living room, and I didn't want to TTAP in the playroom where any of my not-so-funny sisters could see and sneakily video tape me...as has happened before...so I snuck off to the bedroom and did it without the video. Again, I only could go for about 7 minutes. But that is 7 minutes more than I've been doing!
I'm on a roll! 3 days in a row now...woot woot!
In no time at all (or so I hope...) I'm gonna have a smoking hot body! Of course, I'm totally kidding here...my only goal is to lose some weight and get back down to what I use to be! I want to feel healthy and look healthy once again.
I was telling my mom the other day, I've been so exhausted for months and months now. I can go to bed right now (midnight) and easily sleep til 2pm and wake up still tired. My iron levels are fine, my blood sugar is fine, the only thing that has changed for me lately? My weight. Since Jeff and I met, I've gained a whoppin 60 pounds! (20 of that is pregnancy weight, by the way...) But still! Take away a pregnancy, 40 pounds in two years?! Yeeks! I really think that I'm so tired from my added weight. My body wasn't used to it even before I got pregnant, and now, as it's just packing on the pounds like no other, it's really not used to it. I'm tired of feeling sluggish and fat.
I can't wait to start nursing. Apparently with nursing you lose crazy calories. I plan on coupling nursing with TTAPing and hopefully I lose my pregnancy weight super fast, but also take a good dent at my AJ (after Jeff) weight also. ;-) My goal in losing weight isn't just to look good--though that is a wonderful perk, but mainly for health. I don't like how I feel physically lately.
As I blogged a few days ago, I made a new promise to TTAP or work out daily, but a new promise that I made a few days ago is: I'm cutting out sugars Monday-Thursday (and probably Sunday also...) I'll indulge Fridays and Saturdays, but will have self control the other days. This is hard! I honestly think I've trained my body to *need* sugar. I've been starving all day long, yet have been eating like a cow (healthy foods...lots of raw foods). I think the reason I'm so hungry is because I haven't had my dose of sugar yet. My body is addicted to sugar, which I never knew was possible. So I'm glad I made that promise for myself.
**A note on the sugar promise: I'm not going totally phycho on the sugar thing. I'm not stopping drinking juice and eating fruits or anything. I'm mainly cutting out the obvious sugars, such as: ice cream, cookies, candies, ect. I'm still eating all natural sugars (fruits, juices, ect) and not reading the back of pasta packages and panicking when it includes sugar in the ingredient list. I still put a spoon of sugar in the rice this morning, and as I'm typing this, I have a loaf of carrot bread in the oven that I know has sugar in it. I'm basically just cutting back and not having any deserts or sweets Monday-Thursdays (and Sundays). On Friday and Saturday, I will have my much needed ice cream fix, but I'm going to be more moderate and watchful of how much I have of it. As it is now, I eat a lot of sugar. So I'm pretty confident that cutting back on my obvious sugar intake is going to make a difference.**
My weight loss goal is to be down to 130 by my best friend's wedding. I'm one of her bridesmaids, and I don't want to ruin all of her pictures by looking like a large cow. ;-)
I've said so many times over the past year and a half that I was going to get motivated and lose weight, yet after a few days my motivation puckers out and I go back to my normal lazy living. This is the main reason behind why I'm going to be daily posting pictures of a dress when I work out. I'm hoping that everyday after working out, me having to get online and find a picture of a dress I'd love to wear, is going to keep my mind focused and my will motivated. The reason why I think this will work, is because I'm one of those people, who when I gain weight I plan on losing, I will NOT buy a new article of clothing other than the bare necessities. (Such as underwear! lol) But on the other hand, when I look at pictures of dresses and skirts that are gorgeous and I'd love to wear, I get excited and want to go on a shopping spree or a sewing binge and make/buy a bunch of new and pretty clothes. Daily looking at these pictures will keep me excited and wanting to go out and buy a new dress or make a pretty skirt...which like I said, I won't do til I lose weight. ;-) So it'll keep me motivated to lose the weight so that I can go and buy me a new dress. I know, I know...I'm an odd one.
I might even print a few pictures of lovely things to pin on my bedroom walls so that I can constantly be reminded of my goals.
(Maybe I should take a picture of myself in a bridesmaids dress and pin it on my wall...that's good motivation for me!) ;-)
Basically anything that I think will keep my mind focused (It's easy to lose focus on a goal when a bowl of ice cream is set before me...) is something I'm willing to try. Even if that means buying something super pretty and pinning it to my bedroom wall! I'll do it ;-)
Now, for my pretty of the day:
And yes, I would wear this. Including the awesome frilly thing underneath.
I'm on a roll! 3 days in a row now...woot woot!
In no time at all (or so I hope...) I'm gonna have a smoking hot body! Of course, I'm totally kidding here...my only goal is to lose some weight and get back down to what I use to be! I want to feel healthy and look healthy once again.
I was telling my mom the other day, I've been so exhausted for months and months now. I can go to bed right now (midnight) and easily sleep til 2pm and wake up still tired. My iron levels are fine, my blood sugar is fine, the only thing that has changed for me lately? My weight. Since Jeff and I met, I've gained a whoppin 60 pounds! (20 of that is pregnancy weight, by the way...) But still! Take away a pregnancy, 40 pounds in two years?! Yeeks! I really think that I'm so tired from my added weight. My body wasn't used to it even before I got pregnant, and now, as it's just packing on the pounds like no other, it's really not used to it. I'm tired of feeling sluggish and fat.
I can't wait to start nursing. Apparently with nursing you lose crazy calories. I plan on coupling nursing with TTAPing and hopefully I lose my pregnancy weight super fast, but also take a good dent at my AJ (after Jeff) weight also. ;-) My goal in losing weight isn't just to look good--though that is a wonderful perk, but mainly for health. I don't like how I feel physically lately.
As I blogged a few days ago, I made a new promise to TTAP or work out daily, but a new promise that I made a few days ago is: I'm cutting out sugars Monday-Thursday (and probably Sunday also...) I'll indulge Fridays and Saturdays, but will have self control the other days. This is hard! I honestly think I've trained my body to *need* sugar. I've been starving all day long, yet have been eating like a cow (healthy foods...lots of raw foods). I think the reason I'm so hungry is because I haven't had my dose of sugar yet. My body is addicted to sugar, which I never knew was possible. So I'm glad I made that promise for myself.
**A note on the sugar promise: I'm not going totally phycho on the sugar thing. I'm not stopping drinking juice and eating fruits or anything. I'm mainly cutting out the obvious sugars, such as: ice cream, cookies, candies, ect. I'm still eating all natural sugars (fruits, juices, ect) and not reading the back of pasta packages and panicking when it includes sugar in the ingredient list. I still put a spoon of sugar in the rice this morning, and as I'm typing this, I have a loaf of carrot bread in the oven that I know has sugar in it. I'm basically just cutting back and not having any deserts or sweets Monday-Thursdays (and Sundays). On Friday and Saturday, I will have my much needed ice cream fix, but I'm going to be more moderate and watchful of how much I have of it. As it is now, I eat a lot of sugar. So I'm pretty confident that cutting back on my obvious sugar intake is going to make a difference.**
My weight loss goal is to be down to 130 by my best friend's wedding. I'm one of her bridesmaids, and I don't want to ruin all of her pictures by looking like a large cow. ;-)
I've said so many times over the past year and a half that I was going to get motivated and lose weight, yet after a few days my motivation puckers out and I go back to my normal lazy living. This is the main reason behind why I'm going to be daily posting pictures of a dress when I work out. I'm hoping that everyday after working out, me having to get online and find a picture of a dress I'd love to wear, is going to keep my mind focused and my will motivated. The reason why I think this will work, is because I'm one of those people, who when I gain weight I plan on losing, I will NOT buy a new article of clothing other than the bare necessities. (Such as underwear! lol) But on the other hand, when I look at pictures of dresses and skirts that are gorgeous and I'd love to wear, I get excited and want to go on a shopping spree or a sewing binge and make/buy a bunch of new and pretty clothes. Daily looking at these pictures will keep me excited and wanting to go out and buy a new dress or make a pretty skirt...which like I said, I won't do til I lose weight. ;-) So it'll keep me motivated to lose the weight so that I can go and buy me a new dress. I know, I know...I'm an odd one.
I might even print a few pictures of lovely things to pin on my bedroom walls so that I can constantly be reminded of my goals.
(Maybe I should take a picture of myself in a bridesmaids dress and pin it on my wall...that's good motivation for me!) ;-)
Basically anything that I think will keep my mind focused (It's easy to lose focus on a goal when a bowl of ice cream is set before me...) is something I'm willing to try. Even if that means buying something super pretty and pinning it to my bedroom wall! I'll do it ;-)
Now, for my pretty of the day:
And yes, I would wear this. Including the awesome frilly thing underneath.
Highs and Lows
High of the day:
Staying up late watching a movie with my dad and sisters
Low of the day:
having a pinched nerve in my leg...ouch!
Staying up late watching a movie with my dad and sisters
Low of the day:
having a pinched nerve in my leg...ouch!
Cinnamon Sugar Bread
I've been looking for a Cinnamon bread recipe that I can use in my bread machine. I wanted a raisin-less recipe that you start in the machine, and then transfer to a bread pan. This recipe calls for it to be baked in the machine, but I'm sure it'll turn out just fine if I transfer it. I plan on trying it this weekend.Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
1 egg
3 cups bread flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons yeast
I'll have to wing it myself with oven temperatures and baking times. I'll post an update after I try this recipe. I'm blogging about it because I need someplace to save this recipe...and I'm out of ink, so I can't print it ;-)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Flying Saucer Room
I've been trying to decide what to do to a wall in my living room that is very bored and lonely. I saw this picture tonight, and while I'm not going to be as crazy as these guys(!) I do think plates are a good solution to my empty wall syndrome. I already have a mirror on the wall that is feeling lonely, but I'm going to start collecting random plates to go around the mirror and keep it company.
Ankle Breakers
On the hunt for the perfect pair of pumps
I'm on the hunt for a pair of pumps. I don't want a modern pair with the shiny finishes or the super skinny heel. I want an more old fashioned pair with a shorter/thicker heel. I've been searching for the perfect pair for a while, and now have narrowed down my choices...some.
The last two pictures (the red and black pair with the heart buckles) are my favorites. But they're currently on clearance, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to track my size down. I went to the store today to get them and sadly (*sniff sniff*) the red pair is totally sold out--online and in stores. I'm going to check online for the black pair later.
My second favorite (to go along with a Mary Jane style pump) is the Kruise peep toe shoes. But those are a new style, so they will be in the stores for a while. I'll wait til they go on sale! ;-)
Kruise Peep Toe Sling
$24.99
Mid Heel Pump American Eagle
$24.99
Kimberly Mary Jane Lower East Side
$22.99
Bongo Mary Jane Femmy Pump
$19.99
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
A new promise...
I started working out again last night. I've made myself a promise that I'm going to work out nightly. To help me achieve my goal, I've decided to daily look at some beautiful dresses that I would love to add to my wardrobe someday. Seeing all these lovelies keeps me motivated and dedicated, as well as it helps to curb my sweet tooth. (As of twenty minutes ago, my flesh was winning immensely on my fight against eating ice cream tonight...but after seeing these dresses, and imagining my flabbiness inside one, I now am thinking a bowl of nuts sounds delightful...)
To help me keep movitated, I'm going to make a promise also to my imaginitive blog readers: Everyday that I work out, I will post a picture of a dress or skirt that one day...one day soon, I will be able to fit my balloon of a butt back into.
Disney Wedding dresses
A friend of mine just got engaged (yay!). Last night we were texting and she told me she has 3 wedding dress appointments to go to this week. I was surprised, "3!?!" She said she made an appointment at 3 different stores, which makes perfect sense to me! But the place she's most excited about has a line of "Disney" wedding dresses. I didn't believe that there was such a think. Had I have known...my whole wedding would have been Disney themed! I immediately hopped online to look and see if I could find any pictures. Sure enough! There is a Disney line of dresses! I think she should buy one of these and have a Disney themed wedding! That would be the best wedding ever!
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Jasmine
Cinderella
Belle
Ariel
I love weddings :-)
Tiana
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Jasmine
Cinderella
Belle
Ariel
I love weddings :-)
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