Hello there... here's another bit of randomness. You don't mind, do you?
Today I was told by some people that I looked GREAT and was asked my secret for losing weight. Well, you all know about my bit of having a properly fitted bra. The other part? You know, besides ACTUALLY LOSING WEIGHT? It's straightening your hair. You laugh but I think there's something to it really. I typically wear my hair curly - not by choice. It's a hit-or-miss thing with that, it's either really cute or it's really frizzy. And more the latter than the former. Anyway - - - I straightened my hair this morning. Hm. Does having straightened hair really help lose those few pounds? Perhaps I'm being silly... but I can't help think....
Anyhoo, moving on. I was not the best example tonight... We were gathered together to hear the kids' prayers and also to have family prayer. Well, Little Man decided to be goofy and Boo isn't helping with making funny faces & talking silly. We had Little Man start his prayer but he said it in SUCH an irreverent way... think Popeye on helium and you'll get the picture. I scolded him and told him that we need to use quiet voices and be respectful and all that. He sobered up for a moment and then catching his sister's eye, he giggles his way through his prayer. *sigh* then it's time for Boo's prayer. What happens? I GET THE GIGGLES! ME. MOM. MOM WHO TOLD OFF LITTLE MAN FOR BEING IRREVERENT! Oh my goodness. I couldn't stop! We all started giggling and I'm quite sure there were a few snorts throw in for good measure. Every time we'd get ourselves quieted down and Boo starts her prayer - I BUST UP AGAIN! WHAT?! It got so bad that my tummy-muscles were hurting and I was having a hard time getting enough breath in, ohhhh man. We finally managed to quiet down by Hero having Little Man turned around so he wouldn't see his sister and me.... by plugging my ear so I wouldn't hear anything. Silly, huh? Of course, then I was asked to say family prayers and got all weepy in it. What's that song? "What goes up... must come down. Spinning wheels... lalallal - whatever." Yikes. (My mood swings the past two days have been sky-high or chasm-deep. And guess why? Because I ate fast-food. Why is it so easy to forget? It not only makes me feel bleh, it also wreaks havoc with my emotions. Stupid fast-food. Anyways, prayers tonight were good. :)
One last thing. You know what I'm looking forward to in the month of May? MEETING some of my blogging buddies! Yep, we've arranged a meeting spot (out of state! lol!) and are hooking up for the weekend. I am SO EXCITED! We're going to have a blast, I just know it!
Alright then, that's all for now. Do enjoy your week!
Ta!
"Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well." ~Vincent Van Gogh~
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
An update on my "For Just One Week" goals....
I spent more time with Little Man. I have really come to appreciate even more the times spent with him reading books. I've a great love for books and he does too, but now it's coming out more and more the types of books he prefers. Really quite cute!
I didn't spend much time with Boo, she spent a lot of her time in the sunny outdoors. That's okay. I'm going to take this particular goal over into next week. Except, I'm going to do creative things with her.
I spent more time with Little Man. I have really come to appreciate even more the times spent with him reading books. I've a great love for books and he does too, but now it's coming out more and more the types of books he prefers. Really quite cute!
I didn't spend much time with Boo, she spent a lot of her time in the sunny outdoors. That's okay. I'm going to take this particular goal over into next week. Except, I'm going to do creative things with her.
I didn't make a menu for dinners, but I managed to come up with something every night... until tonight. Whoops. Ah well, can't expect perfection just yet! ;-)
As for being artsy every day... not too good with this one. The time I have to do anything is at night and there are two things that work against me on this. ONE - being tired. TWO - that's the time I spend with Hero and I would much rather be with him so I can get that adult interaction that is sorely lacking during the day. SO hm.
MY NEW GOALS for just this week: (Okay, the first two aren't "NEW.")
Spend 1-on-1 time with Boo and incorporate some of the artsy stuff I would like to do. And let go of my selfishness with my supplies. They're not getting used by me, so why not share with her?
Continue reading time with Little Man. This is something I really enjoy as it's a little bit of a "down-time" with him. :)
To clean out one box a day. That means, I either consolidate, throw away or donate. (I'm telling you, it's really handy having a "donate" box!)
Re-do remaining skirts that I had picked up for Boo. Can't beat spending a buck for a skirt as opposed to $20+. Plus, I find that (did I already tell you this?) if I buy the 1-2 size in Women's, that they fall longer on the leg which I then hem up to the appropriate length. MUCH better than the minis they have in the kid section. Try as I might, I just can't find girl skirts that come down to the knee.
That's it for now. But you know... as I've been playing along with this one-week goal thing, I've found that I'm much more productive because I've set up other goals that aren't insurmountable. Huh!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
For Just One Week...
*I'm going to read to Little Man every day. He goes to our cabinet and pulls out books and sits there and stares at the pictures for a long time. He also will bring one up and ask me to read to him. When I'm pressed for time (or quite frankly, don't want to) I'll say, "You can read it!" To which he replies, "Nooo! I can't read!" SO - I need to change my attitude because you know what? I'm always going to be tired so I just need to be happy-tired. Or you know - deliriously happy tired.
*I'm going to work on being artsy every day. Whether it's painting, quilting, sewing, photography - just something that produces beauty.
*Plan a dinner menu for the next week and only go to the store ONCE this week. I hate it when I do dinner on the fly. It ends up with the same, "What do you want for dinner?" "I dunno, what do you want?" UGH! I used to be really good with planning and only grocery shopping 2 times a month. But lately, it seems like I'm going every day!!! NOT good.
*Spend 1-on-1 time with Boo. She's having a hard time lately and could use some fun & also quiet times with Mom. I forget to do that because we always have something to do, someplace to go and you know - life is just too short to always be rushing around.
That's it for me! :) What will YOU be working on for JUST ONE WEEK?
*I'm going to read to Little Man every day. He goes to our cabinet and pulls out books and sits there and stares at the pictures for a long time. He also will bring one up and ask me to read to him. When I'm pressed for time (or quite frankly, don't want to) I'll say, "You can read it!" To which he replies, "Nooo! I can't read!" SO - I need to change my attitude because you know what? I'm always going to be tired so I just need to be happy-tired. Or you know - deliriously happy tired.
*I'm going to work on being artsy every day. Whether it's painting, quilting, sewing, photography - just something that produces beauty.
*Plan a dinner menu for the next week and only go to the store ONCE this week. I hate it when I do dinner on the fly. It ends up with the same, "What do you want for dinner?" "I dunno, what do you want?" UGH! I used to be really good with planning and only grocery shopping 2 times a month. But lately, it seems like I'm going every day!!! NOT good.
*Spend 1-on-1 time with Boo. She's having a hard time lately and could use some fun & also quiet times with Mom. I forget to do that because we always have something to do, someplace to go and you know - life is just too short to always be rushing around.
That's it for me! :) What will YOU be working on for JUST ONE WEEK?
We had the women's conference... I only stayed for one class (icecreamdiary's) and left because having little sleep, not eating breakfast soon enough made for a nasty headache. Fortunately it did not turn into a migraine! WOOT! Anyway - I thought I'd tell you what happened that morning. Remember how I told you I was supposed to go out on Friday night to help set up? That's nothing. I get there bright & early Saturday morning with my lovely orange rolls and see some of the ladies there in the kitchen. The head of the food committee wasn't there which was a little odd but hey. We all run late.... (no comment about my fiasco the night before please.) We skewered fruit on kebab, um, sticks. Still no lady-in-charge... We're supposed to start the conference/brunch at 9am and guess what? She didn't get there until 8:45!!! And you know why? A lady in some random ward *coughs* said she would make an egg casserole and in fact, she would make them ALL for the stake. But guess what happened? She called the lady-in-charge on FRIDAY morning and told her she couldn't do it. FRIDAY MORNING PEOPLE! No wonder the lady-in-charge was frazzled & in tears! I was totally aghast when I heard this. I'm still shaking my head.
Just thought I'd share. You know I'm good like that - totally nonsensical things.
BTW - ICD's class was funny, interesting, and I'm using bits of it for my FHE lesson tomorrow. Quite looking forward to it! Thanks Liz!
Just thought I'd share. You know I'm good like that - totally nonsensical things.
BTW - ICD's class was funny, interesting, and I'm using bits of it for my FHE lesson tomorrow. Quite looking forward to it! Thanks Liz!
Friday, April 10, 2009
Another random thought post... c'mon, you love them. Right? Please say yes...
You know, I want to host another giveaway... host another swap. In fact, I thought of a fabulous swap & my baby sis agrees it would be fabulous! But I realize that it's probably not a good time and not just because we're in a recession. Rather, my postings have been far too random and widely spaced apart. Probably to the point that I don't have the readership I used to have... (I checked my sitemeter - it's true. *sigh*) Which means, I wouldn't get to the level of participation as I have with previous giveaways/swaps. Please help. How you may ask? I don't know exactly. You could refer others to this blog but I need to jazz it up some, don't you think? Or you could tell me what you think I should blog about. Hm. I don't know....
I'm supposed to be making orange rolls (think - cinnamon rolls but orange instead.) I'm supposed to be making them for the stake women's conference tomorrow morning. I'm supposed to be doing that because they asked my ward to do so. So what am I doing? BLOGGING! But guess what? Hero is making them for me. RIGHT NOW he's in the kitchen rolling lovely crescent rolls of orangey-goodness in them. YUM. Why is he doing it instead of me? I don't know... other than I suspect he loves me madly and wanted me to enjoy an evening of FB-ing, CM-ing and blogging as I haven't been able to do so in quite some time. I suspect... and so I shall ask.
"Hero? Why are you making the rolls for me?"
"Because I know it would relieve the stress from you... and... are you interviewing me?"
"Yes."
"Oh. It's because I thought it would be a nice thing to do for you."
"Uh - could you tell me that last part you just said?"
"Um... because it would be a nice thing to do for you. And because I've got skillz." (emphasis on the z.)
Yep. Hero loves sariqd.
I had a stressful evening. No, nothing happened per se. I found a lovely girl's desk on craigslist that I wanted to buy for Boo's birthday that's coming up. We made arrangements and Hero had to drive off to Mulkiteo to pay & pick. WELL. I didn't think it would take him so long. He came home early from work... but then he had a chiropractor appointment. Hm. Well, it still gives us an hour before I have to head to the next town to help set up tables for the aforesaid conference. PLUS, it was our date night. We planned on dropping the kids off at the sitter's and then heading out, set up tables and then enjoy an hour or so on a date... or at least enjoying just being together without kids. WELL. It got to be 5:30pm. Where was he? He was still out there. 6pm comes and where was he? He was just getting to his parents' house dropping off the desk to store at their place. 6:30 - he's still not home and I'm stressed to the max. I do NOT like to be late for anything. Even the dentist. It stresses me out to no end and I start getting really snippy to those around me. I was supposed to be at the stake center at 6pm!!! The lady in charge calls me at 6:40 and asked where I was. I told her I was stuck and had been calling her but for some odd reason, the line kept going dead on me. Just then Hero drives up. I tell her we're hopping in the car and heading out if she still needed us. YES - she said.... we get on the freeway (not 5 minutes!) and she calls me back and tells me in a really long-winded way that we weren't needed after all. Other people had shown up and it's okay. NICE. Grrr. I'm not out of sorts with her... but, couldn't she have told me that 5 minutes ago when she was talking to me originally? Good grief.
I need to change topics here because I've got a LOT of gripes about this conference too - with it being on Easter weekend.... (you too Rosanna?) ANYWAY - I'll stop.
My neighbor is having her 2nd baby in about 3 weeks... give or take. Her 1st child is the same age as Boo - which is 6-7ish. I feel badly for her as she doesn't have many friends... and she's doing all the preparation (i.e. buying crib, bedding, bassinette) by herself. I'm making her a couple of flannel receiving blankets and am on the hunt for onesies on sale (you can never have too many onesies!) I just keep being reminded how blessed I am to have an instant "sisterhood" in my church. Dinners being brought in, laundry done, kids tended too - we've really got something good going on here! Yet for her, she doesn't understand that kind of thing. It makes me sad. Wish we could all somehow just *poof!* gather together and form a gentle posse around her. I know she would love having "sisters" gathering her in and supporting her and - why not, giving her sweet little things for her new soon-to-be-born daughter.
I see the batteries are about to run out on this computer so I'll end this. Please keep coming back. I miss reading your comments.
You know, I want to host another giveaway... host another swap. In fact, I thought of a fabulous swap & my baby sis agrees it would be fabulous! But I realize that it's probably not a good time and not just because we're in a recession. Rather, my postings have been far too random and widely spaced apart. Probably to the point that I don't have the readership I used to have... (I checked my sitemeter - it's true. *sigh*) Which means, I wouldn't get to the level of participation as I have with previous giveaways/swaps. Please help. How you may ask? I don't know exactly. You could refer others to this blog but I need to jazz it up some, don't you think? Or you could tell me what you think I should blog about. Hm. I don't know....
I'm supposed to be making orange rolls (think - cinnamon rolls but orange instead.) I'm supposed to be making them for the stake women's conference tomorrow morning. I'm supposed to be doing that because they asked my ward to do so. So what am I doing? BLOGGING! But guess what? Hero is making them for me. RIGHT NOW he's in the kitchen rolling lovely crescent rolls of orangey-goodness in them. YUM. Why is he doing it instead of me? I don't know... other than I suspect he loves me madly and wanted me to enjoy an evening of FB-ing, CM-ing and blogging as I haven't been able to do so in quite some time. I suspect... and so I shall ask.
"Hero? Why are you making the rolls for me?"
"Because I know it would relieve the stress from you... and... are you interviewing me?"
"Yes."
"Oh. It's because I thought it would be a nice thing to do for you."
"Uh - could you tell me that last part you just said?"
"Um... because it would be a nice thing to do for you. And because I've got skillz." (emphasis on the z.)
Yep. Hero loves sariqd.
I had a stressful evening. No, nothing happened per se. I found a lovely girl's desk on craigslist that I wanted to buy for Boo's birthday that's coming up. We made arrangements and Hero had to drive off to Mulkiteo to pay & pick. WELL. I didn't think it would take him so long. He came home early from work... but then he had a chiropractor appointment. Hm. Well, it still gives us an hour before I have to head to the next town to help set up tables for the aforesaid conference. PLUS, it was our date night. We planned on dropping the kids off at the sitter's and then heading out, set up tables and then enjoy an hour or so on a date... or at least enjoying just being together without kids. WELL. It got to be 5:30pm. Where was he? He was still out there. 6pm comes and where was he? He was just getting to his parents' house dropping off the desk to store at their place. 6:30 - he's still not home and I'm stressed to the max. I do NOT like to be late for anything. Even the dentist. It stresses me out to no end and I start getting really snippy to those around me. I was supposed to be at the stake center at 6pm!!! The lady in charge calls me at 6:40 and asked where I was. I told her I was stuck and had been calling her but for some odd reason, the line kept going dead on me. Just then Hero drives up. I tell her we're hopping in the car and heading out if she still needed us. YES - she said.... we get on the freeway (not 5 minutes!) and she calls me back and tells me in a really long-winded way that we weren't needed after all. Other people had shown up and it's okay. NICE. Grrr. I'm not out of sorts with her... but, couldn't she have told me that 5 minutes ago when she was talking to me originally? Good grief.
I need to change topics here because I've got a LOT of gripes about this conference too - with it being on Easter weekend.... (you too Rosanna?) ANYWAY - I'll stop.
My neighbor is having her 2nd baby in about 3 weeks... give or take. Her 1st child is the same age as Boo - which is 6-7ish. I feel badly for her as she doesn't have many friends... and she's doing all the preparation (i.e. buying crib, bedding, bassinette) by herself. I'm making her a couple of flannel receiving blankets and am on the hunt for onesies on sale (you can never have too many onesies!) I just keep being reminded how blessed I am to have an instant "sisterhood" in my church. Dinners being brought in, laundry done, kids tended too - we've really got something good going on here! Yet for her, she doesn't understand that kind of thing. It makes me sad. Wish we could all somehow just *poof!* gather together and form a gentle posse around her. I know she would love having "sisters" gathering her in and supporting her and - why not, giving her sweet little things for her new soon-to-be-born daughter.
I see the batteries are about to run out on this computer so I'll end this. Please keep coming back. I miss reading your comments.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
The Birthday Fairy is coming!!! Have I told you about the "Birthday Fairy" yet? It started a few years ago with Boo. I impulsively decorated the house the night before her birthday. I'll never forget the look in her eyes the next morning when she saw the beginnings of the decorations (crepe paper was strung & twirled in the stairwell by her bedroom.) She tip-toed down the stairs and looked into the living room and her eyes were HUGE! With a hushed voice, she said, "Mom! Who did this?!?" I told her that the "Birthday Fairy must've stopped by!" She fell hook, line & sinker for it. Hence, a new tradition was born!
Mind you, sometimes I just want to forget about doing it because I'm so DANG TIRED. But I don't. And so it comes to this... it's only 9:20ish and I am ready to go to bed! I'm all zapped out of energy & "mother-ness" and need to SLEEP! I do not want to stay up anymore to ensure the kids are soundly asleep for me to decorate. But I need to. Boo wouldn't understand why the birthday fairy didn't come for her little brother and be upset all day long.
Do you ever find yourself running on empty? I do. I try really hard to not let it affect my relationships with my kids & Hero but... it's really hard! More often than not, you'll find me deep into a book and totally oblivious to everything going on around me. I get mad if someone dares interrupt my reading time. Even if it's to say, "Mom! (insert something important)!" GRRR! So when I'm really just running on fumes, I get angry at myself for creating a tradition such as this or even a standard of living because it's ME that has to do the work and I resent myself for such a stupid thing. (It's not a stupid tradition and having a high standard of living is not necessarily a bad thing - I'm venting here.) Then I get angry at myself for escaping into books....
I do believe that it's all compounded by the fact that I have difficulty of shutting my brain off at night. I get so worked up that I am wide awake and ready for some serious karate-chopping. It's just dumb. I try the whole deep-breathing-count-backward-from-a-thousand-relaxing-my-body-starting-with-toes thing but nothing helps. Any suggestions?
Meanwhile, it's now 9:50ish pm and I think I might just relegate this Birthday Fairy to bed and ask Hero to decorate.... but I believe... no, I need to do it. I'll do it happily because I love Little Man and am so excited for him to turn THREE! :)
Mind you, sometimes I just want to forget about doing it because I'm so DANG TIRED. But I don't. And so it comes to this... it's only 9:20ish and I am ready to go to bed! I'm all zapped out of energy & "mother-ness" and need to SLEEP! I do not want to stay up anymore to ensure the kids are soundly asleep for me to decorate. But I need to. Boo wouldn't understand why the birthday fairy didn't come for her little brother and be upset all day long.
Do you ever find yourself running on empty? I do. I try really hard to not let it affect my relationships with my kids & Hero but... it's really hard! More often than not, you'll find me deep into a book and totally oblivious to everything going on around me. I get mad if someone dares interrupt my reading time. Even if it's to say, "Mom! (insert something important)!" GRRR! So when I'm really just running on fumes, I get angry at myself for creating a tradition such as this or even a standard of living because it's ME that has to do the work and I resent myself for such a stupid thing. (It's not a stupid tradition and having a high standard of living is not necessarily a bad thing - I'm venting here.) Then I get angry at myself for escaping into books....
I do believe that it's all compounded by the fact that I have difficulty of shutting my brain off at night. I get so worked up that I am wide awake and ready for some serious karate-chopping. It's just dumb. I try the whole deep-breathing-count-backward-from-a-thousand-relaxing-my-body-starting-with-toes thing but nothing helps. Any suggestions?
Meanwhile, it's now 9:50ish pm and I think I might just relegate this Birthday Fairy to bed and ask Hero to decorate.... but I believe... no, I need to do it. I'll do it happily because I love Little Man and am so excited for him to turn THREE! :)
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