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Alright, so I realise that it's been a while since I've been on here. I had all these big plans of sitting down and blogging every day. I even made a list of ideas to blog about, I'm totally not even kidding.
Blog Ideas:
SUV of strollers
The Simple Things
Hair Bows
A Day in the Life
Hannah and her Shoes
Reading
And it went on just about like that. But unfortunatly I've been feeling a little swamped the past several months. David has started preschool, which is huge! It's only 2 days a week, but it litterally takes ALL day. We have to get up, scramble around all morning making lunch finding "school shoes" making sure his rain pants are not muddy. Then I have to wrestle him to the floor as I brush his teeth, like every other day I might add, not once but twice. Yes twice. I realise this is rediculous, but I feel that if I were going to school, I would want to have nice fresh minty breath. So it's twice. Then we have a fight about what he's going to wear. Yes, David actually cares! Really this revolves around him insisting on only wearing shirts with animals, dogs, or robots, but still, he cares. And then, I have to get Hannah ready. And that, although far more simple that with David, is still a challange. Rising up to her consistantly growing princess needs is becoming more and more, well honestly, fun. I can't help it, she's completely and totally my dolly. She also has a love for shoes. Shoe happend to be her first word, and now, she picks her own. I've got her down to 4 pairs of shoes, rain boots which are pink and purple with butterflys, church shoes, running shoes, and everything else shoes. I personally am a huge fan of Pediped, just to throw that out there. Both my kids wear Pediped, accept for the rain boots. Those we bought from Scallywags on 60% off, woot go me!
Also! I am doing Nano Wrimo, National Novel Writting Month. You can check them out and nanowrimo.org. It is 50 000 words written in 30 days. I am doing well so far, but it's an every day experiance at the moment. And as you can see, I am blogging instead of activly writting. I get an A+ in procrastination.
So those are the 2 BIG things on my list. Written out they feel small, but really they're huge. Writting upwards of 1600 words/day plus preschool, and park dates, and trying to diet and lose weight and be active (which is going well btw but slow *groan*), and try to fit in time to watch Grays Anatomy and make Hannahs bows, and pretend I know what I'm doing with photoshop is kinda alot. I keep thinking I should take up baking, but then I think, mmm I'll just drive to Demitasse :)
Posting a link to the most recent facebook photos, take a look. PS I love comments!!!
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Blog Changes
Yes I changed my blog around, just a little bit. I know that to many of you this might seem silly, or slightly unncessary. But I have my reasons.
#1. Safety. I'm a stickler for safety. Before I had children, I was never afraid of anything. I could jump off a diving board (just the 1meter but still!), ride in a car without a seatbelt, speed, eat burning hot food, even jay walk! Yes I used to be a jay walker, that's one more thing you now know about me. However, ever since I took on the worlds greatest job of being a mom, I've been seeing danger in everything! I just can't help it. I look at a stair well and I see my children plummeting to their deaths. I see a pool and I imagine them drowning. Speeding cars, crashes, even open windows! Yes I may seem a little extreme, dramatic, over imaginiative, or what-have-you, but I'm stuck on the old saying "better safe than sorry". We have the safest car seats on the market, the safest car, the safest sippy cups, the safest flame retardant pajamas. You name it, we have it. Kids running with scissors, that doesn't happen at our house. Even the talk of something sharp sends me the image of vast quantities of blood squirting everywhere.
#2. Change. I needed a change. I love change. Well, let's be fair, some change. Big change I don't mind, moving, renovations, big hair cuts. But my kids, they're a little less flexible. For small children, safety comes in the framiliar. So in our family, big changes, like new babies, have found us with vastly regressing toddlers. Baby talk, re-diapering, not sleeping, weight loss and often illness. So when our family deals with a big change, I get the short end of the stick and have to pick up the pieces in the every day. So no, big change with kids, not fun. But this, my blog, something just for me, I can change.
#3. I wanted to do something more. I started this blog so that I could start writting again. Well I didn't really get the results that I was hoping for. I live a great life, and I have a great network of famiy and friends, and good people all around me. I want to write more! More about me, my life, the things that I love the most (I'll give you a guess as to who and what they are), and my experiances in the day to day with them. So I've decided to step it up a notch, take a new spin on things and actually start writting in my blog. I know, craaaaazy!! But I'm excited. So here's to a fresh start, at least within the boundaries of my blog. Who knows, exciting things might happen :)
#1. Safety. I'm a stickler for safety. Before I had children, I was never afraid of anything. I could jump off a diving board (just the 1meter but still!), ride in a car without a seatbelt, speed, eat burning hot food, even jay walk! Yes I used to be a jay walker, that's one more thing you now know about me. However, ever since I took on the worlds greatest job of being a mom, I've been seeing danger in everything! I just can't help it. I look at a stair well and I see my children plummeting to their deaths. I see a pool and I imagine them drowning. Speeding cars, crashes, even open windows! Yes I may seem a little extreme, dramatic, over imaginiative, or what-have-you, but I'm stuck on the old saying "better safe than sorry". We have the safest car seats on the market, the safest car, the safest sippy cups, the safest flame retardant pajamas. You name it, we have it. Kids running with scissors, that doesn't happen at our house. Even the talk of something sharp sends me the image of vast quantities of blood squirting everywhere.
#2. Change. I needed a change. I love change. Well, let's be fair, some change. Big change I don't mind, moving, renovations, big hair cuts. But my kids, they're a little less flexible. For small children, safety comes in the framiliar. So in our family, big changes, like new babies, have found us with vastly regressing toddlers. Baby talk, re-diapering, not sleeping, weight loss and often illness. So when our family deals with a big change, I get the short end of the stick and have to pick up the pieces in the every day. So no, big change with kids, not fun. But this, my blog, something just for me, I can change.
#3. I wanted to do something more. I started this blog so that I could start writting again. Well I didn't really get the results that I was hoping for. I live a great life, and I have a great network of famiy and friends, and good people all around me. I want to write more! More about me, my life, the things that I love the most (I'll give you a guess as to who and what they are), and my experiances in the day to day with them. So I've decided to step it up a notch, take a new spin on things and actually start writting in my blog. I know, craaaaazy!! But I'm excited. So here's to a fresh start, at least within the boundaries of my blog. Who knows, exciting things might happen :)
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Baby it's HOT Outside!! :)
I LOVE summer! With two crazy little toddlers, sunshine and fresh air are the only two things that make life bearable. We've been heading to the beach, the park, the backyard. You name it, we've been there! We pack a picnick lunch, play all afternoon, and have dinner as we head home. The best part, by the time we're at the door, both of these babes are asleep. HEAVEN! :)
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Some of the best gifts come in teeny tiny packages...
Tuesday James and I went to the new Langley Temple. It was the first time for both of us heading over there, and we didn't know quite what to expect. Both of us have only ever been inside the Seattle Temple, and we knew that it would be very different, but we still didn't have a good idea of what it would be like.
The temple itself is very small. The plot that it's on is also very small, so the gardens aren't very big and there isn't much sight seeing to be done there, unlike the much larger temple in Seattle, Bellview, I think? Anyhoo...
We had gotten there rather early, hoping that there would be a nice place to sit outside, think, walk around. There really wasn't much to see, or do, or walk on. We toured the grounds for about 10 minutes and that completed the entirety, and at this point we were feeling a little let down in all honesty. The temple was just a baby little temple, and the grounds being newly planted were nothing to write home about (yet).
Once we were inside, our opinion immediatly changed. It is one of the most beautiful buildings that I have ever seen. The teeny tinyness is completely outweighed by the amount of detail that went into it's design. From the floors, to the ceilings, to the walls, even the door handles are designed with stunning details.
I can only say, that I am very much so looking forward to going back to OUR temple, our beatiful, amazing, little temple. And that I am so very blessed to now have one that is so close we were able to take a day trip and be home for bed time.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Fathers Day
Ok so slightly out of order, but I wanted to say something anyway.
I love fathers day. Growing up, I never had the chance to celebrate this special day with only a mom. Now that I have my own family, and a husband who is a wonderful father to my little babies, I am so very thrilled to celebrate this very special day.
Fathers are such a wonderful and amazing gift, that sometimes we take for grantid. They are loving, hard workers, who put themselvs at the bottom of the list, always. The dad in our family is very much loved and awed by our kiddies, and on this day especially, treasured.
Thankyou James for all that you do. We love you!
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I love to see the temple
What is tomorrow?? Well, besides Tuesday, it's Temple day!! I have been waiting for this day for months and months. James and I are going to the Langly temple for the first time :)
I am so thrilled to finally have a temple that is close enough for a day trip. We have been anxiously awaiting this oportunity for a long time now, and are so thrilled to have this time to go.
Of course we're leaving Menace and Monkey behind. They are wonderful as can be, but as we all know, CRAZY!! So they're staying with Grandma and Grandpa while we ferry across to our new, beautiful temple.
I will of course be taking the camera, so do expect lots of pics in my next post.
And ps...down to 137 woohoo!!
I am so thrilled to finally have a temple that is close enough for a day trip. We have been anxiously awaiting this oportunity for a long time now, and are so thrilled to have this time to go.
Of course we're leaving Menace and Monkey behind. They are wonderful as can be, but as we all know, CRAZY!! So they're staying with Grandma and Grandpa while we ferry across to our new, beautiful temple.
I will of course be taking the camera, so do expect lots of pics in my next post.
And ps...down to 137 woohoo!!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Lifestyle Change....yikes!
Ok, so I did it. I finally got over my stereotype and joined Jenny Craig. I was scared because in my mind I had thought that Jenny was only for seriously over weight, or obese people. And walking in there the other day, I felt bad. I really did. There were people with well over 100 lbs sitting in the waiting room, and I thought how can this really be the place for me?
Currently I am sitting at (yikes) 142lbs. That may not sound like a huge number, but for my height that is 2 lbs away from top of the "normal" range. So it's time to not only shed some pounds, but be healthy again. You'd think that chasing my kidlets everywhere would help me stay thin, but aparantly, according to a good friend of mine, it's definatly more what you eat that what you do, 80/20.
I am going for the goal of 120lbs, which means I have 22lbs to lose. My half way point is approx 31lbs, and if I can stay on plan that might not be too far away with an average loss of 1-2lbs/week on this program. And to me, right now, that is sounding fantastic! I have been working so hard for so long that to finally find something that won't fail, even if it's at a snail pace, is amazing! My mole hill of 20lbs over the past 3 years and 2 babies has truly been a mountain. And a big one.
So here's to a new lease on life, a huge life style change (as in wow that's what a healthy portion looks like? whoopsy), and *fingers crossed* a 22lb lighter me!
Currently I am sitting at (yikes) 142lbs. That may not sound like a huge number, but for my height that is 2 lbs away from top of the "normal" range. So it's time to not only shed some pounds, but be healthy again. You'd think that chasing my kidlets everywhere would help me stay thin, but aparantly, according to a good friend of mine, it's definatly more what you eat that what you do, 80/20.
I am going for the goal of 120lbs, which means I have 22lbs to lose. My half way point is approx 31lbs, and if I can stay on plan that might not be too far away with an average loss of 1-2lbs/week on this program. And to me, right now, that is sounding fantastic! I have been working so hard for so long that to finally find something that won't fail, even if it's at a snail pace, is amazing! My mole hill of 20lbs over the past 3 years and 2 babies has truly been a mountain. And a big one.
So here's to a new lease on life, a huge life style change (as in wow that's what a healthy portion looks like? whoopsy), and *fingers crossed* a 22lb lighter me!
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