Happy 100th Birthday Great Uncle B!!

Yesterday I went to my first 100th year old birthday party for my Great Uncle. I am very glad I did not miss it. It was filled with family and friends. There are three brothers left and one sister-in-law. I am from a very big family and I would love to know more about that side since we don't see them very often. I think I will have to start quizzing my Grandfather to learn all about them. I want to know everything. =)

Just a test

I think I did it finally have a signature of my name to my posts. Such a big thing for me as I am not very patient when it comes to these things. Now to install the better program on my computer so I can do something real fancy to my name. :-)

Sharing a room for quiet/nap time.

So what happens when your 5yr old (only does quiet time) is begging/crying/arguing with you about letting his little 3yr old (takes naps still) sister take a nap in his room?

Well you say no a bunch of times.

The hubby says what could be so bad? They both nap? A resonable answer if you are going to work and won't be home till they are sleeping.

Then you finally give in.

So I make up a nice bed on the floor, cover them and tell them if they get to loud or don't sleep, Miss Sassy is off to her room.  All is quiet until Mr. Man comes out of the room to go to the bathroom and I see Miss Sassy's head pop up. I tell her to lay back down.

All is quiet again.

They start to play. The noise gets louder. I get up, head upstairs to find them both out of the little bed on the floor, shirts are off because they are both hot and playing. I put them both back in the little nice bed that I made for them, cover them and tell them to close their eyes.

Mr. Man: "But I am not tired"
Mommy: "Well, that is too bad because your sister still takes naps and she needs to close her eyes. I told you  this when you asked her to sleep in your room."

I exit the room and all is quiet again.

Only 15 mins left till nap/quiet time is over.

I can only hope that their evil twins don't come out because of this.

NaBloPoMo

It's that time again NaBloPoMo

Do you like the name you were given? Is there a name that you think would suit you better?

Eh it's alright. My name is very common so it makes it kinda hard to be all excited about it. I think my name fits me. I am pretty sure I couldn't pull off other names like Jessica, Sarah, Mary, Anne. You get the point.

My parents chose my name and if they were happy about it then I am happy about it. I know that beside potty training and all that other jazz that comes along with parenting naming your child is hard. If my parents didn't want me to be _________ then they would of changed it or just not named me that name.

I never understood why parents change their kids names. If you were unsure at the hospital filling out the form then you should of never put the name down. If your kid doesn't come out looking like the name you have chosen then you need to rethink that choice.   

Wordless Wednesday

NaBloPoMo

Lets start the week off with another NaBloPoMo.

Do you use anything to alter your consciousness, like alcohol or drugs?  Why, or why not?

No I don't. Well not on a daily basis. There have been times where I will sit outside and relax with an ice cold beer with my husband. Or I will have one when we go out with friends or we are at a party.  I am too old to be drinking all the time plus I have two kids to look after. Life is hard enough and I would fail even more if I added drinking to my daily diet.

I knew my drinking days were done when right after we got married I sprained my ankle (yes I had one too many but it was one of those half steps and it was dark out, you see where I am going right?) and then another time I got my foot caught on the seat belt as I was getting out to get in the front seat. Ice cold pavement does not feel good the next day. Now both times I walked to the car and knew that it was gonna hurt the next day. Bottom line could I drive a car? No. Could I operate a lawn mower in a straight line? No. Did I know pain? Yes. So pretty much after that I knew that I was getting old (I use that word lightly) and that drinking did not need to be in my life that bad. 

Do I miss it?  Yes and no. I do like knowing that my money is safe and sound in my pocket and that I am not drinking it away. :-)
 

Feels So Good

There is nothing better than bringing your unused clothes and toys (8 bags and 1 large toy) to Goodwill . I am not sure if it’s the relief of it being out of your house or someone else being able to use it or if it’s a little of both. I also have 4 paper shopping bags for some girls in my mommy’s group.

Nothing like a little heat to make you go through bags to see what you should be giving away.

Feels So Good!!

NaBloPoMo

Today I am doing something different. I am trying  NaBloPoMo = National Blog Posting Month for days that I just don’t have much to say and to get in the habit of posting every day. So let’s get the questions started!!

If you could have ANY animal as a pet, what would it be?

Well that is pretty easy, I would love to have a cat again. I grew up with one and then I was given one as a gift from an ex-bf. I miss having a cat around and having my kids grow up with an animal companion. They have fears of animals and I think that it is because we don’t have a cat or dog. Our house is just not made for a kitten because our basement is not finished and he/she could get in the crawl space. I would not want to try and find a tiny kitten down there.

I would also love to have a large dog. I am so not a small dog person. It’s a shame we don’t have a bigger yard. It just wouldn’t be fair to a puppy/dog to not be able to run around without a leash. Not to mention we just don’t have the space in the house. Another down fall is having to board the puppy/dog every time we leave to go on vacation. The cons always outweigh the pro’s. lol

Well that was my first NaBloPoMo and you know what it was kinda fun and not as bad as I thought it might be.

I just can't decide

*ETA* I just can't do it I love Blogger and I don't think I am ready to pay to just something just to have some features. I can have all of that and for free. :-)

What is a girl to do? I love Blogger but in the last two months Google has given problems. The first time I was flagged not quite sure for what. So I fix that easy enough. Today it takes me more than it should of attempts to redo my password. The best part is I was signed in on some Goggle pages. So finally I am able to change my password after they sent me an email.

Grrrrr! That does not make me a happy camper and makes me a bit freaked about using Blogger.  Now I have used WordPress but I am just not sure I like it. I don’t like that it is pretty simple. There are no ways to make it your own unless you pay. I am not made of money and I am pretty sure the Hubby won’t pay for a hosting site. Double Grrrr!

So what is a girl to do. Well I guess I will try WordPress for a bit and see what happens. I guess if I need to transfer my family blog over and the rest of PSA then I will. I really would love to make this my own and I wonder if I could easily make the hosting a Christmas Present. My wheels are turning and they are turning fast.

Sunny Days

Thank goodness today has been warm and sunny. I love seeing the blue skies and feeling the warmth of the sun on my face. I am pretty sure the kids like it also. It's a shame that tomorrow will be crummy out. Oh well that's the way Mother Nature is playing these days.

The sun is such a pick me up and that I definitely need. This past week has had some poop issues. They ended up in the potty but she is still wanting to poop in her pull-up's. She cries for them and then when we don't give in she will sit but she complains. We don't give in though I am pretty sure that is her plan because she knows that Daddy will break. Me not so much and I think she knows this and why she doesn't pull that card with me full force like she does with her Daddy. In the end she ends up going poop in the potty and she gets all excited and then analyzes her poop. Cute for an almost 3 yr old. So I am thinking that the potty is close to wining the poop wars. lol!

Well I have two very whiny kids who are on the verge of fighting so I better go and break it up. Sunny days and warmer weather and they are fighting like they have been stuck in the house all day. Boo!

Two Weeks

After that bad bad day things turned around. The next morning Miss N woke me bright and early to tell me she had to go potty. So off went the pull up and on went the undies. She had no accidents that day or the next or the next or the next. I can fully say that the wow-wow's are here to stay for a bit longer. We now refer Miss N as the Potty Princess.

We are working on the poop and she has pooped a couple of times but today he is having a crying fit over pooping in the potty. She claims that it is too boring. Ugh I am banning that word in this house and treating it like it is a naughty word. Seriously they use that word for anything they don't want to do. Anyways last night she pooped in her night time pull-up and she freaked. I asked her why she didn't come and get me but I couldn't understand what she was saying because she was crying too much. So I figured that was a good thing that she didn't like that she had pooped. I guess not since she has been fighting me to poop on the potty. She is now sitting on the potty bc she didn't want to poop in her pants. *eta she was holding pee no poop.* Being 2.5 yrs old is tough.

She has been peeing outside of the house as well which is a very good thing since she refuses to wear a pull up outside of the house. We even went to the zoo for the day with no accidents. I was worried about this since her brother refused to go in a potty outside of the house even at the grandparents houses. Oh year he was a tough one to train.

I am pretty sure it is safe to say that she is 80% trained with the last 20% being poop and night time. I just need half of that 20% to be completed I want to stop the special treats already!

Good day gone bad

So today was supposed to be Potty Training Day 2. Yeah didn't work out that way. I was woken up with I have to pee only to watch her jump up and down on the potty till she finally went. Gave plenty of praise and we all had a lollipop for breakfast. Everyone is happy, today is going to be a great day, we are on our way to getting rid of pull-up for good.

Screeeeeeeeeehhhhhhh and a big ol' crash!

Today is not a good day, no one is happy, we are not getting on our way to getting rid of the pull-ups. Instead I pretty much threw the potty and underwear down stairs in the basement. Ok I walked them downstairs and they are sitting on the washer. I am spent and it's only the second day.

I have been giving Miss N a choice, either the wow-wow's (pacifiers) go or she starts using the potty. Either way one must be completed or started before she hits 3 yrs of age and that day is coming very fast. A little over 2 months fast.

I only went with the whole potty thing because I am tired of her coming up to me telling me to change her after every single time she pee's. Seriously how many pull-up's can we go through in a day before I have to go to the store and get more. We are not made of money. So I ran with it put her in underwear and she had one accident bit also peed on the potty once. So hey why not really start and take the plunge.

Day 1 pretty much went like this: first thing in the morning she went on her potty, then right before nap time, and then again after dinner. She then sat on the potty after we put her down for the night. She didn't pee but she sat. No biggie I can deal with that. Here is the problem she only went like 3 times in one day. She held it so much that she was bouncing off the walls (her own version of doing the pee pee dance), wouldn't sit still. All sign of I gotta go but don't want to.

Day 2 went like this: Miss N waking me to go and then finally going after I left her to sit and hop up and down on the potty chair. She finally went we had suckers for breakfast all was good in the house. Lunch comes and she still hasn't gone but no accidents. She tells me she has to go and I know she has to go but she refuses. Grrrrr. So I put her in pulls up and pretty much tell her that I am giving away her potty and underwear since she will not use them.

Yes it all ended in anger but I have been through this once before and quite frankly I am ready to give her to someone that had a very easy time at potty training their kid before the age of two. Oh yes I am bitter and wondering why this has to be so damn hard. Wasn't one had kid enough and don't I deserve a break?

I am still angry and the potty has been downstairs for the last 3 hours. I am pretty sure that I will go to bed still angry at the fact that there is nothing that will entice her to potty train. No amount of lollipops, princess underwear, or even m&m's will make her even want to try. Seriously you could hold a big ol' brick of chocolate in front of me and I will do whatever you please.

So now the wow-wow's need to leave the house. It's one or the other I am not doing them at the same time nor does she need it at the age of 3.

I guess I have something else to write about in the next couple of days. 



       

Life

When life gets in the fast lane you better put your seat belt on (although it should already be on) and hold on tight.

Yep life has taken over and I quit typing. So hard to find a minute her or there. The kids run me all day and when I am finally sitting I am beat. Only one kids naps these days and the other well lets just say it's really hard to get him to stay in quiet time for longer than an hour. Thankfully the nicer weather is coming and he can continue his quiet time outside in the sun.

Ahhhh yes the nicer weather is coming and you know what that means the SUN! Oh how I have missed that big bright ball of gas. Yes I looked it up because I almost called it a planet. It has been one heck of a cloudy and gloomy winter this season. Seriously. I am just thankful that it is starting to show itself and bring some warmer weather with it.

Warmer weather means parks, spray parks, beaches, playing at friends houses outside, and our very own sand castle aka sand table. The kids can seriously play with the sand table for hours.

Well it's dinner time and all of this thinking about warmer weather is making me want to go outside and soak up the sun. Too bad it is a bit chilly for that today. There is always tomorrow!

Melting

Not feeling it

I am in a funk and I am not quite sure why. It started on Sunday and has been sticking around. It could possible be from Mr. J and his over tiredness/major meltdown this weekend. My flowers wilting before I even had them for 24hrs. Miss N and her getting up from the table saying she is done with her meal and then coming back 10 mins later wanting to eat. Not losing any weight but staying the same for the last week. I am glad that I didn't gain since we ate out and I did not eat healthy. Being stuck in the house because of winter. Getting into a fight with the hubby over discipline.

So many negatives and only one positive. Is this what my life has become. I need to make a change but I just can't seem to find the open window to jump through. I just need a little help and I don't have a clue where to start or who to ask.

Life is so hard and it really should come with a manual so that way you can open up to a certain page and be like "Oh that's how to do it." or 'Oh that was an easy solution." Seriously, life would be way easier. But since life is not that way I will have to figure it out on my own.

Losing Weight Sucks

Oh yes it does. I am freshly in my 33rd year of life and after one marriage (I am still married) and two kids I have let myself go. I knew this before I got married when my dress was bigger than it should of been. Yes I know they order them bigger. I should not of been in the double digits for a dress size. Heck I shouldn't of been in double digits in regular clothes.

So here I am feeling fat and trying yet again to lose some weight. How much you ask? Well that depends on two things my little goal or my bigger goal. My little goal is 35lbs and my big goal is 58lbs. I know my mouth hit the floor also. So if I really want to do the math I have gained 5.8lbs for the last 10 years that I have been with my dh. That's crazy to have gained that much every year. Now if my calculations are wrong please someone tell me. But only tell me if the number is lower and not higher. lol!

So feeling fat and depressed about all of this weight and knowing that I have a wedding to go to in September. Not standing up but I need to look good. I have a plan and well that plan is going a little rough. I haven't even lost 5lbs in two weeks. Yes I know that is not healthy but when the dang Wii Fit guy is telling you that you are obese 5lbs in two weeks makes some sense.

I have been eating better and trying not to snack unless I have a couple hundred calories to spare. I downloaded Lose It from Itunes. I love it! I can enter in my weight, everything that I eat and my exercises. Seriously I watch what I eat now that I have to pay attention to what I am shoveling in my mouth. If the food isn't in their data base then you can enter it. I have been entering things and wow do I intake a ton of sodium. Probably a bit too much. One things I am working one alsong with portion control. I measure out 2 cups of salad and some carrots (5 little ones) and two tablespoons of salad dressing. Now I never knew how much two tablespoons really was. It was a little too much for two cups of salad unless you like your greens really covered. I do so it was ok.

I also have been using Water but haven't been using it as much as I should. I am trying to drink my water but it is hard. Plus it is frustrating when you are peeing like every 5 minuets. Seriously how much water do I have to drink to have my body used to it. Ugh!

I have also added working out to my everyday tasks. I have been working out on the Wii. I even went out and got the newer Wii Fit Plus. I only needed the disc and it was worth the $19.99. I love that I am challenged to do my best and plus who doesn't like to try beat their best time. We also have a treadmill and one day I might get on that and walk/run. Once the weather gets nicer I see bike rides, walking and maybe a run with the hubby.   

Every day I am trying to eat right, drink my water and work out everyday. I can only hope that the weight I need to lose comes off and stays off.

I want to be skinny, I need to be skinny!!! 

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

I miss Spring

Bouncy Ball Fun

Downstairs in a pile of toys that haven't been touched in quite some time my children found two bouncy balls. Now these aren't the small ones that fit in your hand. These are the big ones that came from a gumball machine in Old Navy for .50. So it wasn't something that they lost or got stuck where they wouldn't be seen.

Mr. J and Miss N had a blast rolling them in the kitchen. The giggles that came out of their mouths made you laugh with them. I had to stop what I was doing just so I could watch them and take the moment in. I watched them for quite some time and wished that we had more moments like this.

Qiuet Time

Not in this house. Miss N goes down for a nap and Big J takes quiet time in his room. You would think that you would be able to hear a pin drop, yeah not in this house. Most of the time it is Big J is so loud that I have to remind him many times that "quiet time" means that you have to play quietly. Other times he just comes out of his room and has to ask me 10,000 questions. It's always the same question too, "Mommy can I come out now?" Now I have no problem telling his yes but when he asks me 30 minuets into quiet time I can not bend the rules. This Mama needs her own quiet time.

This brings me to the loudness of Big J. How the heck can Miss N sleep through all that ruckus??? Their rooms are next to each other and our house is not that big, nor is there a closet to separate the walls. I have tried to take a nap only to be woken up. I can sleep through anything, it's a trait I get from my mom. =]

One day he will be quieter and then it will make me check on him just to make sure he hasn't escaped or snuck out of the house. lol! Until then I will be grateful for the exercise that I get when I walk up and down the stairs to tell him to "Be quieter your sister is sleeping."

Wordless Wenesday

Beautiful isn't it.