I'm in ADD mode right now, which means that I'm not really focusing on anything. It's a little scary because the last...29 years have been spent focusing on something. And right now...nada. No races. No school. No dreams to fulfill. Just...existing.
It's been kind of nice. I do what I want, when I want. Well, as long as it fits within my employers parameters. Those parameters can be a little stifling too. But I make do.
I finally went in to see a doctor yesterday about this persistant cough I've been dealing with for three weeks. I think he was very excited to see someone hacking up a lung because maybe it would spruce up his otherwise boring Sunday morning full of run-of-the-mill colds, flus, and pink eye. But I was only a disappointment. I could tell in how his voice fell when he said he thought it was only the beginning of either bronchitis or pneumonia.
Yeah, only.
But he gave me some antibiotics, so hopefully that will jumpstart me back on to the road of healthy.
And I'm really excited about this week's What's For Dinner Wednesday entry. I hope it turns out.
Plus I'm back to exercising on my usual routine, minus the swimming and running, so basically not my usual routine. But at least it's something. I've been reving up my punching bag routine and I have definitely felt the burn there. I've also been doing my Insanity DVDs and can almost make it through the warm up without stopping. I've been doing them off and on for about four months, and still haven't made it through the whole 60 day program. I figure once I can do the warm-ups without stopping, then it will be time to move on to the next month's routine. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to make it through the whole dvd without stopping. A few days a week I bike for 30 minutes or walk/run on the treadmill for 30 minutes. I've also been doing kettlebell exercises, which are an incredible way to scorch an insane amount of calories in a short amount of time.
zzzzzzz...huh, oh yeah, I was boring you all with my workout regimen....
Anyways, the point being that even though I haven't been running, I've certainly been filling the bucket with other stuff and it's been nice. Though, I do miss the stress release of running with my posse and venting my frustrations out loud instead of internalizing them.
J. has been sounding out hymns at church and even managed to sound out the word T-A-M-P-A-X on a box in the linen closet. Made my heart swell with pride, you know, after I adequately explained, without explaining, what it meant. I'll catch him reading books out loud when he should be sleeping, but how do you punish that? His creativity knows no bounds when it comes to Legos. This weekend, he and Wade fashioned a zip line that runs from the coat closet door to the food storage door at the bottom of the stairs using fishing line. Then he and his friends have been constructing robots and superheroes and rocket ships to send down the stairs. It's all very nice until I go to walk upstairs and about get my nose sheared off by the nearly invisible line. His teacher thinks he's a delight to have at school. He's becoming more of a delight at home. He's even tried new foods the last few weeks. Nothing that would amount to much nutritionally, but, it's a start. Life is definitely looking up on that front.
A. is a bubbly, happy two year old. She's so smart for someone who hardly talks. I gave her the silverware from the dishwasher the other day to put away, fully expecting to follow behind and rearrange her work, but she had successfully sorted out the forks, spoons and butter knives and put them all where they belonged. What a cutie! She wants to read so badly and whenever she sees the commercial for the product that promises your 3 year old will read, she points at it and says something akin to "mine". She'll sit in her crib and "read" until she falls asleep. I love that she holds full on conversations with us, including hand gestures and voice inflections, and we can't understand a word she's telling us, but she doesn't seem to care. As soon as my energy levels return and I'm over this nasty whateveritis, we're going to start potty training in full force. I figure if you can lead me to your changing table to change your pants, you can lead me to the bathroom so I don't have to wipe your bum. I was hoping that by leaving the potty set up, she would just get the hint like J. did, but so far that method hasn't been working.
I wish the two of them were getting along better, but they aren't. Some days are better than others, but I think once J. is in school full time, it won't be as bad because he won't be taking out his boredom on his little sister. I'm a little nervous about summer. I need to research things to do with them so that we aren't playing host to a multitude of little neighborhood boys who roam the streets during the endless summer months. Oh, and so they don't get bored and take out their frustrations on each other.
Life for Wade and me has been pretty status quo. Wade gets up, goes to work and comes home. I fill the day with cleaning, playing, reading, writing, and exercising. It hardly seems fair, right? But he does it all without complaining much, which is a good quality to have.
And that's what's going on in my neck of the woods.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
- I love a clean house.
- I hate cleaning the house.
- I love my basement. I love the projector and the awesomeness that it is. I love the couches. I love the office with the two computer screens. I love the tv room for the kids.
- I hate cleaning the basement. I hate cleaning the office with the two computer screens. I especially hate cleaning the tv room for the kids.
- I love going for a run outside.
- I hate that, until yesterday, it had been two weeks since I'd been outside running. And I hate that 3 measly miles pretty much put me out of commission for the rest of the day.
- I love taking it easy.
- I hate that the reason why is because of the cough from hell.
- I love long weekends.
- I hate that Wade doesn't get to relish in the long weekend with me.
- I love that Wade is such a good provider.
- I hate that Wade isn't a self-made millionaire and thus home all day working on his next big idea.
- I hate that I have not had very good luck with Bountiful Baskets. I end up throwing away the majority of my produce. Is it me? Is it that you guys don't know what good produce is? Is it where I'm located? What's the deal?
- I love that Sunflower Market, my go-to produce store, is opening a store downtown and will be so much closer than the current one in Murray.
- I love when people have opinions that differ from mine.
- I hate when people are so stuck in their opinions that they can't seem to see other points of view.
- I love that my 30th birthday is approaching fast and there's not really anything I regret not doing.
- I hate that my 30th birthday is approaching so fast because it means that I'm getting old.
- I love hanging with friends.
- I hate that I have to talk myself in to doing it. I'm such a homebody. :/
- I love my low-mainetance friends.
- I hate drama and all of it's associated cousins. Stay away from me, you energy suckers.
- I love book club.
- I hate that I'm in charge of one of the book clubs.
- I love speaking my mind.
- I hate walking on eggshells.
- I love tax refunds.
- I hate that the government is making interest on my money. And I HATE the tax system. But that's for another day.
- I love my Bug.
- I hate that I'm not smart enough to put his Legos together how he wants me to.
- I love my Chipmunk
- I hate that I can't understand anything that she's telling me. Except for "I'm stinky". Which is loud and clear.
- I love soup and bread.
- I hate that I could eat the whole loaf of bread.
- I love to write.
- I hate that I'm so insecure about it.
- I love stand up comedy
- I hate that I'm too chicken to try it myself.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Happiness Money Can Buy
Man, I've kind of fallen off the wagon this week. I'd apologize, but I'm thinking that the only person who really cares is me. So, well...that's it.
There are a few items in my household that are worth their weight in gold. Take for instance, the carpet shampooer. It was a buy that was neither discussed or planned with Wade. I decided one day that my carpets were HIDEOUS and this very thought permeated my brain until I could no longer think about anything else. And so I went to Wally's and bought one. Mainly, so I could start thinking about other things. Then I cleaned the carpets with it, and it brought some relief. But, a few weeks later, it paid for itself when A. figured out how to take her diaper off and then proceeded to smear the contents of said diaper all over my bedroom floor.
I'm pretty sure that purchase was a direct result of divine inspiration.
Another item I can't imagine life without is the spot cleaner. I bought this after A. spilled chocolate on a friend's beige colored carpet and she pulled hers out and it cleaned up so nicely. This thing is heaven-sent. It has helped me in countless scenarios, including kool-aid, tomatoes, vomit, pee, and chocolate milk, just to name a few.
Looking back, I didn't need all these carpet cleaning tools BEFORE I had A. I think I've found my problem...
So our lastest purchase was actually Wade's idea. He took off for Wally's last Saturday, acting somewhat suspicious. I didn't think much of it until he showed up at home with a large piece of plastic. He then proceeded to put it on the table.
I'll admit. I was a little horrified. Say it with me folks: tacky. But it turned out to not look so bad, and it's removable for those rare occasions that we actually have people over for dinner. And at $6 it was super cheap. But the biggest payoff is that I don't have to listen to the daily new scratches total that seemed to dominate our dinner table conversations.
As in, "look, here's another scratch. Where's this one from? Look over there. Another one."
Because that was driving me BANANAS. And I can put up with a plastic covering over my new table if it means I don't have to account for every nick and scratch in the table.
This was definitely, definitely a splendid idea. Who said that money can't buy peace and happiness anyways?
There are a few items in my household that are worth their weight in gold. Take for instance, the carpet shampooer. It was a buy that was neither discussed or planned with Wade. I decided one day that my carpets were HIDEOUS and this very thought permeated my brain until I could no longer think about anything else. And so I went to Wally's and bought one. Mainly, so I could start thinking about other things. Then I cleaned the carpets with it, and it brought some relief. But, a few weeks later, it paid for itself when A. figured out how to take her diaper off and then proceeded to smear the contents of said diaper all over my bedroom floor.
I'm pretty sure that purchase was a direct result of divine inspiration.
Another item I can't imagine life without is the spot cleaner. I bought this after A. spilled chocolate on a friend's beige colored carpet and she pulled hers out and it cleaned up so nicely. This thing is heaven-sent. It has helped me in countless scenarios, including kool-aid, tomatoes, vomit, pee, and chocolate milk, just to name a few.
Looking back, I didn't need all these carpet cleaning tools BEFORE I had A. I think I've found my problem...
So our lastest purchase was actually Wade's idea. He took off for Wally's last Saturday, acting somewhat suspicious. I didn't think much of it until he showed up at home with a large piece of plastic. He then proceeded to put it on the table.
I'll admit. I was a little horrified. Say it with me folks: tacky. But it turned out to not look so bad, and it's removable for those rare occasions that we actually have people over for dinner. And at $6 it was super cheap. But the biggest payoff is that I don't have to listen to the daily new scratches total that seemed to dominate our dinner table conversations.
As in, "look, here's another scratch. Where's this one from? Look over there. Another one."
Because that was driving me BANANAS. And I can put up with a plastic covering over my new table if it means I don't have to account for every nick and scratch in the table.
This was definitely, definitely a splendid idea. Who said that money can't buy peace and happiness anyways?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Droid Fever
Valentines Day is funny at our house. Wade goes all out every year. Like, beyond anything I can compare to. And out of every gift giving holiday in the year--like Christmas and anniversaries and birthdays--he ALWAYS manages to surprise me on Valentines Day. On this arbitrary day in February designated to pay homage to a saint that got imprisoned and stoned to death. And this year was no different, except for one thing:
When Wade is excited about a particular gift, he will bug you and bug you and bug you until you go ballistic. Two weeks (!) ago, I was searching for something in the closet and he casually asked if I was looking for my Valentines present. I wasn't. But I said something like "I bet you hid it here." and lo and behold, there it was. It was all wrapped up of course. So I begged to open it and he wouldn't let me so I made him take it to work the next day so I wouldn't be tempted to open it.
And then I promptly forgot about it.
But Wade didn't. He came home and bugged me about it all night. And then the next day he went to work and I promptly forgot about my present again.
Until...he got home from work. By that point, I knew I wouldn't be able to endure two more weeks of him taunting me. So I went out to the car and brought it inside and opened it. It's his fault really. And there it was, my new toy. A Garminfone, which is an Android phone that also has all the Garmin navigation tools on it. So no more printing off instructions and then dodging traffic while reading them. Step by step directions to get anywhere, read right to me from a pleasant sounding English woman. And my favorite feature is that it will show me the nearest grocery stores and gas stations and restaurants where ever I happen to be, so no more driving around trying to find those things. And the android phone is awesome. Like a little computer where I can update my facebook status and my blog while sitting at the dinner table. And I can read books on it. And count calories. And so many crossword puzzles at my fingertips. And so many more things that I have no idea what they do. It's so cool that I even had a friend go out THAT WEEK and get one.
Like I was telling her, it's something you didn't know you needed until you got one. Then you wonder where it's been all your life.
It was a complete surprise and I'm happy that even after 10 Valentines he can still surprise me. And he still wants to. I surprised him on our first Valentines Day together when I drove 2 hours home from college just to sit in his bedroom and do homework next to each other. Then I've sorta struck out the last 8 years. But this year, I cooked up a good present by surprising him with U2 tickets. He didn't see that coming at all.
Man, I LOVE this guy!
For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
~Rosemonde Gerard
When Wade is excited about a particular gift, he will bug you and bug you and bug you until you go ballistic. Two weeks (!) ago, I was searching for something in the closet and he casually asked if I was looking for my Valentines present. I wasn't. But I said something like "I bet you hid it here." and lo and behold, there it was. It was all wrapped up of course. So I begged to open it and he wouldn't let me so I made him take it to work the next day so I wouldn't be tempted to open it.
And then I promptly forgot about it.
But Wade didn't. He came home and bugged me about it all night. And then the next day he went to work and I promptly forgot about my present again.
Until...he got home from work. By that point, I knew I wouldn't be able to endure two more weeks of him taunting me. So I went out to the car and brought it inside and opened it. It's his fault really. And there it was, my new toy. A Garminfone, which is an Android phone that also has all the Garmin navigation tools on it. So no more printing off instructions and then dodging traffic while reading them. Step by step directions to get anywhere, read right to me from a pleasant sounding English woman. And my favorite feature is that it will show me the nearest grocery stores and gas stations and restaurants where ever I happen to be, so no more driving around trying to find those things. And the android phone is awesome. Like a little computer where I can update my facebook status and my blog while sitting at the dinner table. And I can read books on it. And count calories. And so many crossword puzzles at my fingertips. And so many more things that I have no idea what they do. It's so cool that I even had a friend go out THAT WEEK and get one.
Like I was telling her, it's something you didn't know you needed until you got one. Then you wonder where it's been all your life.
It was a complete surprise and I'm happy that even after 10 Valentines he can still surprise me. And he still wants to. I surprised him on our first Valentines Day together when I drove 2 hours home from college just to sit in his bedroom and do homework next to each other. Then I've sorta struck out the last 8 years. But this year, I cooked up a good present by surprising him with U2 tickets. He didn't see that coming at all.
Man, I LOVE this guy!
For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
~Rosemonde Gerard
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Book Review Sunday
Book: Daughter of Helaman
Author: Misty Moncur
Pages: ??
So this week, I cheated. I'm trying to catch up on novels I need to read for my writing group and I thought I'd give a shout out to the person who got a signed deal. Her book should be out in May. And it's SO good. It's about a young girl who joins the Army of Helaman. Of course, there's love and romance and all that gushy stuff involved too. Plus there are 2 more books from her point of view and another two books from other characters' points of view in the works.
It should be noted that this is not my usual preferred genre. I tend to shy away from "churchy" books. But Misty definitely did her research and the storyline is very compelling. I was hooked from the first chapter.
It's a young adult read and a great girl-power novel set during the Book of Mormon times. It will be a good way to introduce teenage girls to the stories in the Book of Mormon by putting one of them as the lead character.
Awesome job, Misty!
Author: Misty Moncur
Pages: ??
So this week, I cheated. I'm trying to catch up on novels I need to read for my writing group and I thought I'd give a shout out to the person who got a signed deal. Her book should be out in May. And it's SO good. It's about a young girl who joins the Army of Helaman. Of course, there's love and romance and all that gushy stuff involved too. Plus there are 2 more books from her point of view and another two books from other characters' points of view in the works.
It should be noted that this is not my usual preferred genre. I tend to shy away from "churchy" books. But Misty definitely did her research and the storyline is very compelling. I was hooked from the first chapter.
It's a young adult read and a great girl-power novel set during the Book of Mormon times. It will be a good way to introduce teenage girls to the stories in the Book of Mormon by putting one of them as the lead character.
Awesome job, Misty!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thankful Thursday #6
Food. I really like food. And I'm grateful there's plenty of it in my life. Maybe a little too grateful...
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