DO you every have one of those days where you just want to change something about yourself, or house, or etc.....
HAIR
It all started with My New haircut. Remember how I wanted this, well, I'm still trying to style it, get the bangs to hang the direction I Would like and well we're working on that change.
Beside isn't January just a good time to DO something new.
So my closet is clean...L's closet has a "baby boy section". Of course it consists mostly of Erika's discount wipes and Newborn diapers on sale, but it does have a really cute pair of overalls. I am still at a lack to know what you put on a newborn in Texas in the summer...say... nothing? That's what miss L wore too.
FOOD
Since I am not on one of those skinny January diets (never been) or expansive January exercise routines (this one I am guilty of) well I am trying to cook new things. I like all kinds of things, ethnic foods, and today particularly meat... but it seem like week after week... okay it has only been two weeks since Christmas, but I cook the same thing. Doesn't help that L doesn't really care, and would probably prefer PB&J or that Gary now eats at least half of meals provided by drug companies.
Any ideas of yummy HEALTHY dishes with no milk in them (cheese is okay, cream of mushroom soup is not) the woes of living with a very cute, intelligent, lactose-intolerant boy. Any salad recipes, ...I really love a good salad. Too bad I am supposed have to live without bleu cheese for a little longer.
STYLE
In addition, I want to look nicer. I fall guilty of being one of THOSE "pony-tail" girls way too often, but this new haircut has inspired me, in fact my hair is down as I type and styled.....impressive for a Friday, Inspirations also include my new maternity clothes thanks Christmas, and maybe these shoes, thanks Leslie. I also kinda like looking pregnant. Is that so wrong? When I am prego...I feel like I NEED a new wardrobe (which I don't), not thrifty, and very cute when I am pregnant.
I need some new looks, that of course MUST go with a expanding face and expanding belly. At least I have the feet and hair that should stay relatively the same for a while.
Maybe I will splurge and get some knee-length black boots that I have been craving. I have a great maternity dress to wear with them already, although somebody wore it last week at church...don't you HATE that (that is why I did not buy the shoes Leslie, although I was sorely tempted).
So, in short I am in the process of giving my house, myself, my diet a new makeover. Maybe I'll really get wild and give my blog a new makeover too.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Things about me
1) I like to be capable. The possibility of sitting in bed for the next four months made me very, very grumpy. (Luckily that is not the case, all looks well).
2) I don't think I like blood so much. L had to get a lead test at her 2-year check up and they spent about five minute trying to take 1 cc of blood from a poke in her finger. By the time it was done she looked like her finger must have been cut off, and I had to look away. I would have left the room if I wasn't holding L. L actually found it interesting and didn't even cry really. Maybe she is cut out to be a doctor some day.
3) I am on a reading bug. Anybody know any good books to read?....Golden Compass is still on hold for me, and I will be read up on potty training by this weekend, and I need a good "kick back your feet and read" book. If not I'll have to pick another Jane Austin book...again.
4) I am still not a fan of Walmart. It stresses me out when I make a shopping list and they fail to have regular items. The only reason I decided to do my grocery shopping there was because I need mulch....which they didn't have either.
2) I don't think I like blood so much. L had to get a lead test at her 2-year check up and they spent about five minute trying to take 1 cc of blood from a poke in her finger. By the time it was done she looked like her finger must have been cut off, and I had to look away. I would have left the room if I wasn't holding L. L actually found it interesting and didn't even cry really. Maybe she is cut out to be a doctor some day.
3) I am on a reading bug. Anybody know any good books to read?....Golden Compass is still on hold for me, and I will be read up on potty training by this weekend, and I need a good "kick back your feet and read" book. If not I'll have to pick another Jane Austin book...again.
4) I am still not a fan of Walmart. It stresses me out when I make a shopping list and they fail to have regular items. The only reason I decided to do my grocery shopping there was because I need mulch....which they didn't have either.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Yeah for snow!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Random Pictures
Things I love about miss L part 2. Remember how I said she could pretend...well she think has a train set...never mind the track is a piece of my blinds (although it does have the appropriate grooves) and never mind the train is a puzzle piece. I love the ingenuity of it.
2nd she still loves to swing. She call her new swingset "L's park". Newly stained...thanks Daddy.
3rd thing, I love that in the South I actually picked peas yesterday in the winter. Nevermind the rest of my garden is dead, but my peas, oregano, and cilantro are doing great. If only I ate oregano and cilantro.
2nd she still loves to swing. She call her new swingset "L's park". Newly stained...thanks Daddy.
3rd thing, I love that in the South I actually picked peas yesterday in the winter. Nevermind the rest of my garden is dead, but my peas, oregano, and cilantro are doing great. If only I ate oregano and cilantro.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
First Day Back
With all that anxious worrying from yesterday, things went pretty much okay. Miss L and I had a wonderful day today going to the library, Target (for more diapers), and I started piano lessons. She did pretty well, but I still considering getting a babysitter for the evenings, I haven't decided, I guess I'll give Gary's schedule one more week.
Gary had night call last night, but was done around 3:00, and after being informed they would call him around 5-6, he decided to stay at school. This is a downside of living away from the school, (there are very few). 9:00pm rolled around, and he decided to come home. 12:30am came, and he was called, but because he was home they didn't make him come in. I think we need clearer instructions next time, because they aren't supposed to call the med students after 11pm.
I guess we'll just wait it out. I am ready to get back to a schedule, make some new years resolutions, see someone other than my family (too bad too many kids too sick to play), and drop some Christmas weight. Because of a certain little boy growing in my abdomen, I don't think the latter will happen, but at least I can walk Miss L to the park in the mornings. More to come on the New Years resolutions...
Gary had night call last night, but was done around 3:00, and after being informed they would call him around 5-6, he decided to stay at school. This is a downside of living away from the school, (there are very few). 9:00pm rolled around, and he decided to come home. 12:30am came, and he was called, but because he was home they didn't make him come in. I think we need clearer instructions next time, because they aren't supposed to call the med students after 11pm.
I guess we'll just wait it out. I am ready to get back to a schedule, make some new years resolutions, see someone other than my family (too bad too many kids too sick to play), and drop some Christmas weight. Because of a certain little boy growing in my abdomen, I don't think the latter will happen, but at least I can walk Miss L to the park in the mornings. More to come on the New Years resolutions...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Things I like about Miss L
This has been a relaxing weekend. After finishing up a whirlwind of December, too many sicknesses, and a fabulous trip to Indiana, it was nice to take a few days with just my little family. We had a nice relaxing weekend of yardwork, housework, and enjoying each other's company. Gary starts the hard part of med school today, and I have been anxious and nervous for him. I am terrified to be a single mom the next 3 months, but we'll see how it goes. I think fear of the unknown (hopefully) is always the worst.
Meanwhile, L and I have been relaxing at home. Her personality and talents are really starting to come through. Some highlights:
1) She doesn't really like dolls, but she loves animals...especially puppies and horseback riding. She screamed every time we took her off the horse in Indiana.
2) She needs a strict bedtime schedule. She has never been a good sleeper, but the Indiana trip did her in. The day after the big trip was a terrible night sleep, since then we had to be really strict...no movies with mom and dad, major schedule right around bedtime. We don't need anyone waking up at 3 again. I've ordered some books at the library as well.
3) Potty training has begun. We've had a lot of accidents, but it is nice not to have to change those poo diapers. She is pretty good about letting me know when the latter is coming, but #1 still needs some work. Any suggestions? I also have ordered books at the library on this as well.
4) She can pretend. My mom got her some dishes to go with a kitchen one of my piano students gave me. Yesterday (at bedtime) she wisked our mashed potatoes. Set a place for Daddy, Mommy, and herself with forks and cups, and gave us each a scoop. She was sure refill our drinks as well. I wished I had taped it. Maybe this week.
Meanwhile, L and I have been relaxing at home. Her personality and talents are really starting to come through. Some highlights:
1) She doesn't really like dolls, but she loves animals...especially puppies and horseback riding. She screamed every time we took her off the horse in Indiana.
2) She needs a strict bedtime schedule. She has never been a good sleeper, but the Indiana trip did her in. The day after the big trip was a terrible night sleep, since then we had to be really strict...no movies with mom and dad, major schedule right around bedtime. We don't need anyone waking up at 3 again. I've ordered some books at the library as well.
3) Potty training has begun. We've had a lot of accidents, but it is nice not to have to change those poo diapers. She is pretty good about letting me know when the latter is coming, but #1 still needs some work. Any suggestions? I also have ordered books at the library on this as well.
4) She can pretend. My mom got her some dishes to go with a kitchen one of my piano students gave me. Yesterday (at bedtime) she wisked our mashed potatoes. Set a place for Daddy, Mommy, and herself with forks and cups, and gave us each a scoop. She was sure refill our drinks as well. I wished I had taped it. Maybe this week.
Friday, December 7, 2007
This Week...cancelled
Well this week has been interesting. I not only had the usual full schedule of teaching piano lessons, library day, playgroup, etc. But this week I also had a 2-year-checkup for Miss L, a doctor's appt. for me, a husband with finals, visiting teaching lunch scheduled, a song to practice for enrichment, a friend with a birthday lunch, and my M-O-L is coming on Saturday, so my house needs to be immaculate too. But....all that was canceled.
Miss L did way too much partying Sunday night and came down with a case of the stomach flu on Monday. She's never had this before, we've thrown up, but they were single episodes, not this. We thought it was food poisoning, because it was gone by Monday afternoon, but reemerged during enrichment Tuesday night with Gary at hand.
It is mostly terrible to have a little sicko, Wednesday morning she just curled up at 9:30am and wanted to lay in bed, poor little thing. We did a lot of hugging, about 20 loads of laundry (and I am not exaggerating) and because all of her toys were played with Sunday, I bleached them all, as well as her bed, the floors, my kitchen. My piano has been clorox wiped at least 35 times. I guess on the bright side, we've all lost weight (although she and Gary didn't need to lose any) and Gary and I did not get sick which is really a blessing. In addition, I got to cuddle with my little girl all week and make her feel better, which I actually liked, she is not much of a cuddler...unless she is sick, and my house is pretty clean (although at the moment not up to M-O-L standards (which my mother-in-law probably would not care, but I of course create unrealistic expectations for myself). And lastly, it was kinda of nice to have no commitments, I am quite ready for some now (I volunteered myself to play at our neighborhood home tours Saturday, because quite frankly I need to get out of the house).
Fortunately, Miss is L is over it although I have kept her off all dairy (How long are you supposed to monitor diet?) because I can't usually eat normal for a couple weeks following the flu. Poor Miss L is now starving and I don't know quite what to give her. She can not live on bananas, rice, saltines, apple juice, and gatorade. What she wants is cheese, I think that is no go for at least a week.
Today we are getting out of the house, and have about a million errands to run, food to buy, and a house to get spotless.
So two questions:
1) What to feed her?
2) Because I blame every sickness on the devil nursery at church, is it wrong to keep her away from those kids for another week? I don't want her sick again right before Christmas. This week was tough enough on that little body. (I also do not want her to eat the snack... I don't know what they feed them, but I can just picture dirty little hands sharing snacks with each other. We like to refer to it in home as "the den of contamination").
ps. I really like our nursery leaders, it is just the common uncleanliness of the age group and that fact that I am just am sick of her coming home from church weeks in a row with a cold and now this.
Miss L did way too much partying Sunday night and came down with a case of the stomach flu on Monday. She's never had this before, we've thrown up, but they were single episodes, not this. We thought it was food poisoning, because it was gone by Monday afternoon, but reemerged during enrichment Tuesday night with Gary at hand.
It is mostly terrible to have a little sicko, Wednesday morning she just curled up at 9:30am and wanted to lay in bed, poor little thing. We did a lot of hugging, about 20 loads of laundry (and I am not exaggerating) and because all of her toys were played with Sunday, I bleached them all, as well as her bed, the floors, my kitchen. My piano has been clorox wiped at least 35 times. I guess on the bright side, we've all lost weight (although she and Gary didn't need to lose any) and Gary and I did not get sick which is really a blessing. In addition, I got to cuddle with my little girl all week and make her feel better, which I actually liked, she is not much of a cuddler...unless she is sick, and my house is pretty clean (although at the moment not up to M-O-L standards (which my mother-in-law probably would not care, but I of course create unrealistic expectations for myself). And lastly, it was kinda of nice to have no commitments, I am quite ready for some now (I volunteered myself to play at our neighborhood home tours Saturday, because quite frankly I need to get out of the house).
Fortunately, Miss is L is over it although I have kept her off all dairy (How long are you supposed to monitor diet?) because I can't usually eat normal for a couple weeks following the flu. Poor Miss L is now starving and I don't know quite what to give her. She can not live on bananas, rice, saltines, apple juice, and gatorade. What she wants is cheese, I think that is no go for at least a week.
Today we are getting out of the house, and have about a million errands to run, food to buy, and a house to get spotless.
So two questions:
1) What to feed her?
2) Because I blame every sickness on the devil nursery at church, is it wrong to keep her away from those kids for another week? I don't want her sick again right before Christmas. This week was tough enough on that little body. (I also do not want her to eat the snack... I don't know what they feed them, but I can just picture dirty little hands sharing snacks with each other. We like to refer to it in home as "the den of contamination").
ps. I really like our nursery leaders, it is just the common uncleanliness of the age group and that fact that I am just am sick of her coming home from church weeks in a row with a cold and now this.
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