Sunday evening, while Jeff was on the computer looking at fun apps we could get for us and the kids, (Macs have apps now that transfer to iPad, iPhone, and iPod-you can share all of them between devices and it is wicked cool!) I was struggling with how to go about losing weight. To be honest, I have tried nearly everything. I had some terrific success with Weight Watchers a few years ago-I lost almost 50 pounds. Then I went through a four month period where I gained and lost the same 5 pounds about fifteen times. And that isn't an exaggeration. No matter what I did (how much extra I exercised, how much less I ate) I could not break through that plateau. Eventually, I ended up gaining all the weight back even though I tried really hard not to. So I had decided Sunday that it was time to get my butt in gear and do something about it. I am not getting any younger and as I get older, I know this struggle is only going to get more difficult. So-I found an app for it! I downloaded the Calorie2 app to my computer (I had to pay for it) and I have been using it to keep track of my diet and exercise. It's really simple. I just type in what food and when I ate it or what exercise and the app tells me: the breakdown of my intake (carbs, protein, fat), how many calories I need to consume, how many calories I burn by the exercise I do. Then it goes even further and has things like weight loss graphs, breakdown of nutrients and vitamins consumed based on the foods you eat, and a lot of other neat things. So I got on the ball with eating healthy and exercising. As it turns out, I was once again eating about half the food I needed to consume. Essentially my body is starving, so it stores everything as fat when I eat. Over the last three days, I have consumed the amount of calories that my body needs and I have lost 6 pounds. I'm sure a lot of that is water weight-but I don't care. I'm just praying that I can continue to do well.
In other news, Sunday night and all through Monday we got a massive snow storm. It was coming down about 2 inches an hour. So of course, there was no school Monday morning. I was supposed to have a house full of daycare kids. We spent the day doing school work and then a couple of hours in the afternoon shoveling. I burned a ton of calories....shoveling is great exercise! We ended up with over two feet of snow.
Tuesday was sort of a nutty day as well. I had daycare kids, which doesn't normally happen. Jeff has One Acts opening this weekend, so the missed day of school and rehearsal messed up his tech week. We signed up for a marriage class at our church which was meeting Tuesday night. So it was a pretty busy day. I had the daycare kids all day, Jeff had school, rehearsal, p/t conferences and then we met up at marriage class. When we got home it was time for bedtime for the kids and we watched a couple of shows before crashing ourselves.
It's been a crazy couple of days and I haven't actually had the time to sit down at the computer. I did finish reading a book on my NOOKcolor yesterday that I borrowed from the library. We also watched "Let Me In" which I actually really liked. I put the book on my NOOKbook wish list because I am positive that since I liked the movie, I will love the book even more.
I don't mind all this snow at all. But for the first time in several years, I am really looking forward to Spring. I love taking my morning cup of coffee out on the deck with a book and enjoying the morning sunshine before anyone else gets up. I love letting my kids play outside for half an hour before we start school. I'm looking forward to puttering around in my flower beds and putting in the new one we planned this year. But for now, there is still snow on the ground and things to be accomplished inside. I guess I should get back to work on accomplishing them! Have a great day!
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
March 4-6 or "The weekend we got everything done....mostly"
We had a very good weekend! Jeff came home Friday afternoon and I was able to get a bunch of my cross-stitching worked on while he and the kids played games. I didn't really feel very much like making so we had some Mickey Mouse Chicken Nuggets and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Not my finest nutritional moment-but I was exhausted and pretty much done for the week. I was so looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday-and of course, Hayden got up at 7:15. I find it perpetually annoying that he sleeps AFTER 8 on the days that I get up at 5:30 and on the days I can sleep until 9 or whenever I want- he is up with the sun. It's just one of nature's cruel jokes, I guess. Jeff and I tell him that we can't wait until he is a teenager and wants to sleep because then we are going to roll him out of bed every morning at 5:30.
Saturday we just hung around the house. I did a bunch of stitching and knitting, the kids got to play their video games, Jeff played with his phone...we all watched "The Wizard of Oz" together because the kids have never seen it. It was really funny because they kept asking what was the matter with the color for the first thirty minutes of the movie. Then when Dorothy arrived in Oz, Hayden said, "Oh, there it is! It finally fixed!" Which of course, we all found pretty funny. Mom decided to make some cinnamon rolls that evening so I made some orange cream cheese frosting to go on them. Then I scrambled some eggs and cooked some bacon and that's what we had for dinner on Saturday.
Jeff and the kids and I got up and went to church Sunday morning. I'm always excited for our Sunday services. Even though the weather was really rainy and nasty. Jeff and I are starting a marriage class through our church and I'm really looking forward to that. It's always nice to spend time with people who help lift you up. After church, we had to make a run to Rutland because Jeff needed some last minute stuff for his one acts this weekend. We picked some stuff up at Wal-Mart. I got a new workout dvd. It was only $6 and it has three 10 minute workouts for abs and cardio. I did one of them after we got home and it was really awesome! We also stopped off at Home Depot and ate lunch at Burger King and filled up the van with gas. All the while, the weather was deteriorating rapidly. The loads of rain started turning into a nasty mix of sleet and freezing rain and snow. The temperature dropped, so the water that was on the roads started to freeze. By the time we got home, there was about an inch of snow and it has kept going all night. We are supposed to have two feet when its all said and done. It's pretty much a mess.
However, because we were home and tucked safely away we were able to get SO much accomplished! The kids cleaned their rooms, we cleaned the whole rest of the house and vacuumed all the rooms, the dogs got dry baths and their teeth brushed, and all the laundry got washed. We even had time to watch a movie at the end of the night. We had "Case 39". It was creepy, but pretty good. Or, I guess, not as awful as I expected it to be! So, despite the nasty weather, we had a really great weekend! I'm hoping that it moves over into the week because Jeff has his shows this weekend, so there are still many things to get done!
Saturday we just hung around the house. I did a bunch of stitching and knitting, the kids got to play their video games, Jeff played with his phone...we all watched "The Wizard of Oz" together because the kids have never seen it. It was really funny because they kept asking what was the matter with the color for the first thirty minutes of the movie. Then when Dorothy arrived in Oz, Hayden said, "Oh, there it is! It finally fixed!" Which of course, we all found pretty funny. Mom decided to make some cinnamon rolls that evening so I made some orange cream cheese frosting to go on them. Then I scrambled some eggs and cooked some bacon and that's what we had for dinner on Saturday.
Jeff and the kids and I got up and went to church Sunday morning. I'm always excited for our Sunday services. Even though the weather was really rainy and nasty. Jeff and I are starting a marriage class through our church and I'm really looking forward to that. It's always nice to spend time with people who help lift you up. After church, we had to make a run to Rutland because Jeff needed some last minute stuff for his one acts this weekend. We picked some stuff up at Wal-Mart. I got a new workout dvd. It was only $6 and it has three 10 minute workouts for abs and cardio. I did one of them after we got home and it was really awesome! We also stopped off at Home Depot and ate lunch at Burger King and filled up the van with gas. All the while, the weather was deteriorating rapidly. The loads of rain started turning into a nasty mix of sleet and freezing rain and snow. The temperature dropped, so the water that was on the roads started to freeze. By the time we got home, there was about an inch of snow and it has kept going all night. We are supposed to have two feet when its all said and done. It's pretty much a mess.
However, because we were home and tucked safely away we were able to get SO much accomplished! The kids cleaned their rooms, we cleaned the whole rest of the house and vacuumed all the rooms, the dogs got dry baths and their teeth brushed, and all the laundry got washed. We even had time to watch a movie at the end of the night. We had "Case 39". It was creepy, but pretty good. Or, I guess, not as awful as I expected it to be! So, despite the nasty weather, we had a really great weekend! I'm hoping that it moves over into the week because Jeff has his shows this weekend, so there are still many things to get done!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March 2 or "The day of the squalling...kids and snow!"
Today was one of my 5:30am wake up days. I really don't mind getting up that early. It's another chance to enjoy blissful quiet and a great time for reading. I actually spent most of the morning watching Disney Junior, as that is what my daycare girl loves to watch. She sings the theme songs from all the shows, which I find totally hysterical. She cracks me up, especially when Special Agent Oso comes on and she sings, "He's Oh So Special!"
Hayden woke up at about 8, after a really restless night. Jeff and I gave him Claritin last night because I think his sinuses have been bothering him. Hayden isn't really terrific at pinpointing a problem when he doesn't feel well, so most of the time it's a guessing game. But he was up three times last night after we put him to bed, so he didn't get a good night's sleep. Cebelle finally got out of bed at about 9:15. I really think she is in the middle of a growth spurt, so sleep is exactly what she needs!
Everybody had breakfast and we started schoolwork. It's actually the first day this week that I haven't had to fight or argue with anyone about school. And...it was the only thing that I didn't have to fight or argue with my children about today.
Lately, my children have been obsessed with a book that Hayden got two years ago for his birthday that shows you how to make all kinds of paper airplanes. So, my house is filled with paper scraps, staples, tape, scissors, and rubber bands. This book also teaches how to make slingshots out of paper and rubber bands. So for the last three days, my kids have been folding, cutting, stapling, taping, flying, flinging, and running all over the house. Normally, this would not bother me. But the airplanes are getting bigger and more dangerous (we have already slammed several into the television and computer and glass cabinets in the kitchen and dining room), the supplies are a total mess everywhere (I stepped on a staple, caught a dog chewing on a rubber band, found a wad of paper in my bra because they had been aiming the slingshots at me, and ran out of tape when I needed it in school because it was used for the 300 various airplanes that are lying around my house), and the kids are fighting and whining constantly. Over paper airplanes. In addition, I have repeated the phrase, "No running in the house!" about five million times because they are barreling through the house at ninety to nothing with the stupid airplanes, thinking that it will make the airplanes go farther and fly faster. We have had several near mishaps involving airplanes and cooking food in hot pans. Needless to say, I am nearing the end of my patience with this latest fixation. I threatened to throw all the airplanes away if Hayden and Cebelle didn't start listening better and they bawled and squalled and threw fits. And now...Hayden is making some MORE airplanes.
The weather today wasn't very helpful, either. We went from having a beautiful, sunny day to experiencing snow squalls on and off. So it's not like I could bundle them up and send them outside to run it off.....though I was seriously considering it at one point, squalls or not.
I was able to finish a book today. "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner. Its the first in a series. I started the second this afternoon while I was showering the kids. It's called, "The Queen of Attolia". I am really enjoying her writing. I borrowed the ebooks from the library and I am waiting for the third one to be available. Barnes & Noble has been offering some great NOOKbook deals. I got a couple of books I had been wanting to read for 99 cents. They feature different authors every once in a while and make their books a little cheaper so people will read them. This is one thing I love about my NOOKcolor. I can always find something interesting to read!
I was also able to get some more of my cross-stitching finished today. I have learned that I can only work on it during the daytime. There is a lot of natural sunlight in our living room during the day, but we don't have a ton of lights in here for evening. If I try to stitch all those tiny squares or read the pattern at night, it makes my eyes cross! So, I work on it during the day and I work on knitting or crocheting in the evening while I am watching television with Jeff.
I put a pork roast in the over for dinner. We are having that and some mashed sweet potatoes and salad. I didn't feel like making too much of an effort and mom and dad and I had big salads, baked potatoes, and garlic bread for lunch so I really am not very hungry still. I thawed out some zucchini bread that I baked this summer with zucchini from our garden and had a slice of that with my coffee this afternoon. I will probably have some with a cup of tea before bedtime tonight and I will very likely eat some for breakfast in the morning. I went through several different recipes of it (our zucchini plants went wild this year!) and this one is definitely my favorite. It's moist and delicious, and not overly sweet.
I am once again looking forward to putting my kids to bed. I assume that all parents get to this point in the day. I know that once my kids hit about 6pm-they are pretty much done for the day. The listening doesn't work, they are crabby, they are just irritated by everyone and everything. I have come to realize that it's probably genetic. Jeff and I hit about 8pm and we are pretty much useless for the rest of the evening. Sometimes I feel awful for being so glad that my kids are in bed and I can enjoy the peace and quiet with Jeff. But on the other hand, it's probably not good trying to interact with them when they are done for the day and my patience is at its limit. So I will put them to bed tonight and I will be glad that I made it through one more day without clotheslining someone for running in the house, or throwing someone outside in the middle of a snow squall, or burning that damn paper airplane book and all the stupid crap that goes along with it. And I will go to bed tonight and get up tomorrow, ready to face all of it again with a little more patience and able to appreciate my children's joy in something so simple before it starts to drive me crazy again. After all, snow squalls don't last forever. And paper airplanes will eventually be recycled. And a child's life never stays simple for very long because they grow so awfully fast.
Hayden woke up at about 8, after a really restless night. Jeff and I gave him Claritin last night because I think his sinuses have been bothering him. Hayden isn't really terrific at pinpointing a problem when he doesn't feel well, so most of the time it's a guessing game. But he was up three times last night after we put him to bed, so he didn't get a good night's sleep. Cebelle finally got out of bed at about 9:15. I really think she is in the middle of a growth spurt, so sleep is exactly what she needs!
Everybody had breakfast and we started schoolwork. It's actually the first day this week that I haven't had to fight or argue with anyone about school. And...it was the only thing that I didn't have to fight or argue with my children about today.
Lately, my children have been obsessed with a book that Hayden got two years ago for his birthday that shows you how to make all kinds of paper airplanes. So, my house is filled with paper scraps, staples, tape, scissors, and rubber bands. This book also teaches how to make slingshots out of paper and rubber bands. So for the last three days, my kids have been folding, cutting, stapling, taping, flying, flinging, and running all over the house. Normally, this would not bother me. But the airplanes are getting bigger and more dangerous (we have already slammed several into the television and computer and glass cabinets in the kitchen and dining room), the supplies are a total mess everywhere (I stepped on a staple, caught a dog chewing on a rubber band, found a wad of paper in my bra because they had been aiming the slingshots at me, and ran out of tape when I needed it in school because it was used for the 300 various airplanes that are lying around my house), and the kids are fighting and whining constantly. Over paper airplanes. In addition, I have repeated the phrase, "No running in the house!" about five million times because they are barreling through the house at ninety to nothing with the stupid airplanes, thinking that it will make the airplanes go farther and fly faster. We have had several near mishaps involving airplanes and cooking food in hot pans. Needless to say, I am nearing the end of my patience with this latest fixation. I threatened to throw all the airplanes away if Hayden and Cebelle didn't start listening better and they bawled and squalled and threw fits. And now...Hayden is making some MORE airplanes.
The weather today wasn't very helpful, either. We went from having a beautiful, sunny day to experiencing snow squalls on and off. So it's not like I could bundle them up and send them outside to run it off.....though I was seriously considering it at one point, squalls or not.
I was able to finish a book today. "The Thief" by Megan Whalen Turner. Its the first in a series. I started the second this afternoon while I was showering the kids. It's called, "The Queen of Attolia". I am really enjoying her writing. I borrowed the ebooks from the library and I am waiting for the third one to be available. Barnes & Noble has been offering some great NOOKbook deals. I got a couple of books I had been wanting to read for 99 cents. They feature different authors every once in a while and make their books a little cheaper so people will read them. This is one thing I love about my NOOKcolor. I can always find something interesting to read!
I was also able to get some more of my cross-stitching finished today. I have learned that I can only work on it during the daytime. There is a lot of natural sunlight in our living room during the day, but we don't have a ton of lights in here for evening. If I try to stitch all those tiny squares or read the pattern at night, it makes my eyes cross! So, I work on it during the day and I work on knitting or crocheting in the evening while I am watching television with Jeff.
I put a pork roast in the over for dinner. We are having that and some mashed sweet potatoes and salad. I didn't feel like making too much of an effort and mom and dad and I had big salads, baked potatoes, and garlic bread for lunch so I really am not very hungry still. I thawed out some zucchini bread that I baked this summer with zucchini from our garden and had a slice of that with my coffee this afternoon. I will probably have some with a cup of tea before bedtime tonight and I will very likely eat some for breakfast in the morning. I went through several different recipes of it (our zucchini plants went wild this year!) and this one is definitely my favorite. It's moist and delicious, and not overly sweet.
I am once again looking forward to putting my kids to bed. I assume that all parents get to this point in the day. I know that once my kids hit about 6pm-they are pretty much done for the day. The listening doesn't work, they are crabby, they are just irritated by everyone and everything. I have come to realize that it's probably genetic. Jeff and I hit about 8pm and we are pretty much useless for the rest of the evening. Sometimes I feel awful for being so glad that my kids are in bed and I can enjoy the peace and quiet with Jeff. But on the other hand, it's probably not good trying to interact with them when they are done for the day and my patience is at its limit. So I will put them to bed tonight and I will be glad that I made it through one more day without clotheslining someone for running in the house, or throwing someone outside in the middle of a snow squall, or burning that damn paper airplane book and all the stupid crap that goes along with it. And I will go to bed tonight and get up tomorrow, ready to face all of it again with a little more patience and able to appreciate my children's joy in something so simple before it starts to drive me crazy again. After all, snow squalls don't last forever. And paper airplanes will eventually be recycled. And a child's life never stays simple for very long because they grow so awfully fast.
Friday, February 25, 2011
February 25
Ahhhh...another Friday, another snow day, another middle eastern country in turmoil, another Charlie Sheen debacle. *sigh* What is the world coming to?
In all seriousness, I think that the things going on in the middle east are something to be concerned about. Not because I believe that the end of days is drawing near or anything like that....but because whenever something like that is happening, innocent people get caught in the middle of the turmoil and as human beings, we should all be concerned about that. Just like Egypt, just like Somalia, just like the public workers in Wisconsin. Things are happening in these peoples lives that they have no control over and they may very likely suffer for it. Ignoring it because it doesn't touch our lives right now is foolish. As for Charlie Sheen, well, he is on my list...(no, not that kind of list, people!). This is my list of:
CELEBRITIES WHO NEED TO LEARN TO KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT BECAUSE WHEN THEY OPEN THEM STUPID IS THE ONLY THING THAT COMES OUT
1. Kanye West
2. Lindsay Lohan (disclaimer***this name includes anyone in the Lohan family)
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Jon & Kate Gosselin (disclaimer***these are not really celebrities!)
5. Michelle Bachman (yeah, I know...not really a celebrity, either. But she certainly makes a public spectacle of herself often enough)
6. Camille Grammar
7. Charlie Sheen (the newest addition.....)
In all fairness, these are only the latest people on my list. Which means that they are the ones annoying me lately. This list is subject to change at any point during the day. Especially if I have occasion to see clips from Fox News.
Jeff had a snow day this morning, so we got a call at 5:15. I had daycare kids coming at 6:30 and I ended up not being able to go back to sleep. The kids only stayed for half a day because the weather was getting bad, but Hayden and Cebelle had a blast playing with them. I gave Hayden and Cebelle the day off school as well since their friends were here to play, with the understanding that we will make the day up next week. We will probably spread it out over a couple of days so it's not so overwhelming.
I got so much accomplished in my cross stitch today. I almost completely finished one whole section. My shoulders and back are killing me now....but it looks awesome!
Hayden and Cebelle have been playing their video games since their friends left. They are only allowed screen time on the weekends. They have a total of 6 hours that can be used on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We have beads in jars and they have to 'pay' me for every 15 minutes of screen time. It's an attempt to teach them time management as well. Apparently, we are going to need to think of a different tactic because they have used up 4 hours this evening. But, it has only been a few weeks, so maybe they will figure it out. Jeff has spent the majority of the day playing with his iPhone. It's a good thing nobody limits his game time.....
Barnes & Noble gave two free NOOKbooks this Friday. I love getting stuff for free! I started reading "Gossip Girl" today. I have never watched the series, but I'm almost finished with the first book and I am really enjoying it. I always planned on watching the series when I get a chance. Maybe over the summer sometime....
It is still snowing outside and we have a good amount. If I had to guess I would say that there is probably half a foot or so out there and as far as I know we are under a warning until midnight tonight. I don't mind it....Roger will plow us out in the morning and we will play and shovel the sidewalks. It's good exercise and always a lot of fun.
We just finished our dinner and are getting ready to settle in for the evening. I'm looking forward to getting a decent nights rest tonight (fingers crossed...I did drink a lot of caffeine today!) and hopefully sleeping past 6 in the morning. I hope all of you have peaceful dreams and a wonderful weekend!
In all seriousness, I think that the things going on in the middle east are something to be concerned about. Not because I believe that the end of days is drawing near or anything like that....but because whenever something like that is happening, innocent people get caught in the middle of the turmoil and as human beings, we should all be concerned about that. Just like Egypt, just like Somalia, just like the public workers in Wisconsin. Things are happening in these peoples lives that they have no control over and they may very likely suffer for it. Ignoring it because it doesn't touch our lives right now is foolish. As for Charlie Sheen, well, he is on my list...(no, not that kind of list, people!). This is my list of:
CELEBRITIES WHO NEED TO LEARN TO KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT BECAUSE WHEN THEY OPEN THEM STUPID IS THE ONLY THING THAT COMES OUT
1. Kanye West
2. Lindsay Lohan (disclaimer***this name includes anyone in the Lohan family)
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Jon & Kate Gosselin (disclaimer***these are not really celebrities!)
5. Michelle Bachman (yeah, I know...not really a celebrity, either. But she certainly makes a public spectacle of herself often enough)
6. Camille Grammar
7. Charlie Sheen (the newest addition.....)
In all fairness, these are only the latest people on my list. Which means that they are the ones annoying me lately. This list is subject to change at any point during the day. Especially if I have occasion to see clips from Fox News.
Jeff had a snow day this morning, so we got a call at 5:15. I had daycare kids coming at 6:30 and I ended up not being able to go back to sleep. The kids only stayed for half a day because the weather was getting bad, but Hayden and Cebelle had a blast playing with them. I gave Hayden and Cebelle the day off school as well since their friends were here to play, with the understanding that we will make the day up next week. We will probably spread it out over a couple of days so it's not so overwhelming.
I got so much accomplished in my cross stitch today. I almost completely finished one whole section. My shoulders and back are killing me now....but it looks awesome!
Hayden and Cebelle have been playing their video games since their friends left. They are only allowed screen time on the weekends. They have a total of 6 hours that can be used on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We have beads in jars and they have to 'pay' me for every 15 minutes of screen time. It's an attempt to teach them time management as well. Apparently, we are going to need to think of a different tactic because they have used up 4 hours this evening. But, it has only been a few weeks, so maybe they will figure it out. Jeff has spent the majority of the day playing with his iPhone. It's a good thing nobody limits his game time.....
Barnes & Noble gave two free NOOKbooks this Friday. I love getting stuff for free! I started reading "Gossip Girl" today. I have never watched the series, but I'm almost finished with the first book and I am really enjoying it. I always planned on watching the series when I get a chance. Maybe over the summer sometime....
It is still snowing outside and we have a good amount. If I had to guess I would say that there is probably half a foot or so out there and as far as I know we are under a warning until midnight tonight. I don't mind it....Roger will plow us out in the morning and we will play and shovel the sidewalks. It's good exercise and always a lot of fun.
We just finished our dinner and are getting ready to settle in for the evening. I'm looking forward to getting a decent nights rest tonight (fingers crossed...I did drink a lot of caffeine today!) and hopefully sleeping past 6 in the morning. I hope all of you have peaceful dreams and a wonderful weekend!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
February 8
So I woke up in the middle of the night last night with some awful acid reflux. Straight out of deep sleep into full on panic mode. I felt it come up into my esophagus. Disgusting, I know. It burned my throat so bad and I couldn't make it stop. Meanwhile, I'm freaking out because I have never had anything like this happen before. I drank a ton of water and took pepto and tums and propped myself up with pillows and finally went back to sleep. It was possibly one of the weirdest things I have ever had happen in my life. I suspect it was due to the fact that I ate poorly yesterday and took ibuprofen, tylenol, and aleve for my headache (not all at the same time....I'm not completely irresponsible!) So-needless to say-thanks to my adventure at 3am I slept later than I normally do. I woke up at about 8:30 and showered. I came downstairs to find that mom had made pancakes and Hayden was already eating. He is such a sweet boy and when he woke up and I was still asleep, he wanted to make a special day for me. So he helped mom take out the recycling, empty the dishwasher, and make breakfast all before I woke up and showered. What a terrific kid. He also got 100% on his spelling trial test which means that he didn't have homework tonight and he doesn't have to take his test tomorrow. He is super excited.
Cebelle got up and ate breakfast with me. She is having a bit of a blonde day today. She goes through these phases periodically. Today she walked up to me with her earphones on, ipod in hand, and very upset. She said, "Mom! I can't hear my ipod and I don't even have it paused!" And she was near tears. I looked at her, picked up the end of the earphones, and plugged them into the ipod. And then I said, "That usually helps." She giggled and then walked away. It was so funny. She did things like that all day. It certainly makes for an interesting day because she is very prone to drama. And for her-everything is dramatic.
The weatherman predicted another 4-6 inches of snow for us last night into today. It started snowing late last night and it wasn't too terrible. But by 1pm-we had about 6 inches and the snow was still coming down at our house. The kids went out and helped shovel and played in it for a while. It was supposed to stop by 11am. It finally quit here about 6pm. We ended up with probably a total of 12.
Cebelle got up and ate breakfast with me. She is having a bit of a blonde day today. She goes through these phases periodically. Today she walked up to me with her earphones on, ipod in hand, and very upset. She said, "Mom! I can't hear my ipod and I don't even have it paused!" And she was near tears. I looked at her, picked up the end of the earphones, and plugged them into the ipod. And then I said, "That usually helps." She giggled and then walked away. It was so funny. She did things like that all day. It certainly makes for an interesting day because she is very prone to drama. And for her-everything is dramatic.
The weatherman predicted another 4-6 inches of snow for us last night into today. It started snowing late last night and it wasn't too terrible. But by 1pm-we had about 6 inches and the snow was still coming down at our house. The kids went out and helped shovel and played in it for a while. It was supposed to stop by 11am. It finally quit here about 6pm. We ended up with probably a total of 12.
Its just so pretty. I think we are due for more at the end of the week. At this point, when I step into the parts that aren't shoveled, the snow comes up over my hips. Almost to my waist. I'm not looking forward to mud season.
I've been working on several projects lately and I thought I would post some pictures of them.
This is a group of handbags I have been working on. They are not quite finished. The black and beige one need sewn together and then all three will need linings and snaps.
This is a counted cross stitch. The completed pattern is about 16 x 18 inches. It is for Christmas. I'm hoping to have it finished by then. The part that is completed took me about 14 hours of work so far.
These I am SUPER excited about because these are for me! They are cabled wristers. They are like really long gloves without fingers. They are made of a gorgeous variegated yarn that is silk/wool/bamboo. Its super soft and I adore the colors.
I'm heading to put the kids to bed. Jeff is in rehearsal until 9 tonight so I'm going to settle down and finish my wristers. I told the kids that they could do a calm quiet activity until I was ready to take them upstairs.
This is what they are doing right now. My sweet little angels. I am so happy that they love each other and like to spend time together. Sweet dreams!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Weekend!
Here's how my weekend went....
On Saturday, we got up and cleaned some house. I read some and then baked some lasagna. My mom made brownies and cherry cobbler. It started snowing here at about 2:45. Big, fat, beautiful flakes that looked so awesome! I tried to upload a video, but it didn't work. Maybe I will figure it out at some point. Anyway, my sister, Roni, her husband, Jim, and their friend, Alicia came over to spend the evening with us. We ate, played a game, and had a really nice visit. Hayden and Cebelle sat at the table with us and told jokes. We laughed so hard that my sides hurt. Not really because the jokes were so funny, but because the kids were. Life gets busy for all of us, and we don't get to see them very often, so it's really nice when we get to spend time with them! As we were all sitting here, there was lightning and thunder from the snow storm. Really beautiful, but kind of scary! It only snowed part of the night, but we ended up with over 6 inches of new snow at our house. There was some sleet mixed in, so it was all kind of slushy. This is what it looked like this morning:
On Saturday, we got up and cleaned some house. I read some and then baked some lasagna. My mom made brownies and cherry cobbler. It started snowing here at about 2:45. Big, fat, beautiful flakes that looked so awesome! I tried to upload a video, but it didn't work. Maybe I will figure it out at some point. Anyway, my sister, Roni, her husband, Jim, and their friend, Alicia came over to spend the evening with us. We ate, played a game, and had a really nice visit. Hayden and Cebelle sat at the table with us and told jokes. We laughed so hard that my sides hurt. Not really because the jokes were so funny, but because the kids were. Life gets busy for all of us, and we don't get to see them very often, so it's really nice when we get to spend time with them! As we were all sitting here, there was lightning and thunder from the snow storm. Really beautiful, but kind of scary! It only snowed part of the night, but we ended up with over 6 inches of new snow at our house. There was some sleet mixed in, so it was all kind of slushy. This is what it looked like this morning:
This morning we got up early to go to church. I got up, showered, put on make-up, fixed my hair, fixed everyone breakfast......I knew at this point that our driveway wasn't plowed, but I figured that we wouldn't have any problems getting out. The road was completely clear. So we piled in the car and took off up the driveway. And then we got stuck. Back and forth and in and out and shoveling and digging......20 minutes later we were late for church and STILL stuck in our driveway. We got out and changed into our snow clothes and implemented our new Sunday plan-shovel and play.
I was really bummed about not making it to church, but we had a really good time. The snow is now up to my hips. I was tossing snow balls to the dogs this afternoon while standing in it. I heard the kids and went to turn around, but my legs were stuck so I fell straight on my back. Suffice to say, Jeff had a really good laugh out of it because he was standing beside me.
We don't really watch football....but we are watching the Superbowl to see the half time show and all the commercials. I used to follow football pretty closely, but quit after the kids were born. I just never really got back into it, though it's one of the few sports I enjoy watching. I guess it's leftover from being in the marching band and being on the stands and field every Friday night. Those are some pretty awesome memories for me.
I would say this weekend also chalks up some pretty terrific memories for me, too! Once again, it wasn't really what I had planned....but that doesn't make it any less wonderful or any less adventurous!
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