4/22/09 Happy Earth Day!

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 22nd, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 4 Comments

And yay for Wednesday! That means that the week is halfway over and the weekend is closing in on us! *dangles a carrot in front of “the weekend”..Hurry hurry, c’mon, you can do it! * I am feeling a little bit better this morning. TOM arrived a bit unexpectedly this morning sobetween that and just needing to vent out my frustrations, I think that was my main problem yesterday. I sure hope so because yesterday *I* didn’t even want to be around me! Anyone else ever get those types of days? I swear ever since I had Rhianna I have horrible PMS..I don’t know why or what to do about it but geez…

Got the kids off to school this morning..one was dragging but at least not fighting me on getting ready for school. DH was playing on the Wii last night and the kids were watching him…well the next thing I know it is 9:00 and I get ready to go in there (I was hiding in the bedroom watching BL) to tell him good night and the boys were still up! Their bedtime is 7:30!!! And the youngest has a field trip today! GAH! I am hoping DS#2 isn’t going to be in a bad mood when he gets home becuase like I said, he was d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g.

So, I don’t know about the rest of you but I was not happy with who got sent home last night on BL. I felt bad for her, because she still has so far to go, and here the other one was whining “I’m not ready to go home, I still have so much to learn”. Blah blah blah..can we whine a little more? At least that person was STILL LOSING. Not GAINING! Ugh. I also wonder how the people from previous seasons are doing now, especially those in the beginning. Hmm.

Well, it is now after 10:00 and I have a lot of damage control to do here at home and errands to get done before noon so I’d better get moving. I’m hoping to get in another (yes, another) walk in today. I took DD for one yesterday trying to get her to take a nap (no go)…it was sad..we saw a baby bunny that I guess must have been hurt or sick, it was sitting in a puddle of water and just kept flopping around like he couldn’t get his back legs to move right. I’m pretty sure he didn’t make it :( Hopefully today we will see happier things!

4/21/09 Well, at least it’s not Monday…

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 21st, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

WARNING: Pity party ahead!

Feeling a bit down in the dumps this morning. Yesterday was just not a good day for me. It was going alright until the boys came home from school and then the whining and bad attitudes just got the better of me. So I was in a pissy mood all evening, and then DH was yelling at the boys about everything, calling them lazy etc. When he does stuff like that I just want to grab the kids and leave. No matter how rotten they are acting they don’t deserve to be treated like that. I am not sure what got into DH because he normally does not act that way at all, but like I said, I can’t stand it when he does. It just pisses me off and makes me want to get the hell out of here with the kids. And I am totally stressing about money, or our lack thereof and all the things we need it for. Like finishing Rhianna’s room so she can get the heck out of ours, getting the ceiling/roof in the boys room fixed so it can stop leaking, buying a new lawnmower because DH left ours out of the shed all winter so now it probably CAN’T be fixed. I just forked out almost $200 on 2 new tires for his car, $50 for his new glasses. I’m sick of not getting enough sleep, I’m sick of not having any help around here, and sick of being cold..I’m just..UGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! And, DS has been complaining of pain in his heels for a while now, so I’m probably going to have to take him to the doctor about that. I am pretty sure it is a combination of his age/growth and the fact that he, like me, is overweight and I don’t know what to do about it. Everything I have read on the internet says that at the age he is, there is some sort of growth/bone development going on in their feet and that this pain is very common, and even more so in kids that are overweight. He doesn’t really eat that unhealthy but he definitely eats way more than he should portion wise, and he also isn’t very active. I’ve already decided that the video games are going to be for weekends only and only one hour per day at that. When he gets home from school he can do his homework and then either clean his room or go play outside. We have soccer balls and footballs, but I’m looking for some other good “outside” toys/ideas that would be good to have on hand that aren’t $$ (see $ problem above). I’m looking for things I can send with him into the backyard while I’m working on getting dinner going, etc. He is 8 btw.

I can’t wait for this weekend..I have a scrapbooking thing I am doing with a friend on Saturday, so maybe that will cheer me up and help me get out of this funk. I think I just need a break and time to relax and regroup.

Looking ahead and forward to Wednesday, because after that it’s all downhill to the weekend!

4/16/09 Tubby Time Thursday

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 16th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

It is Thursday right? I swear all the days are just blending together anymore. I am sitting here in my bathroom posting while watching DD play in the tub with one of her new toys..Barbie Mermaid Falls. Man, kids sure have so much cool stuff to play with these days! LOL

Got both kids out the door today on time and without a huge chaotic hassle, which is SO nice for a change. I loved not having to fight with the youngest boy to get dressed or rushing to make lunches or breakfast. And DH remembered to lock the dog out in the backyard. So it is shaping up to be a good day lol! Need to do some grocery shopping this morning while DD is in a decent mood and then we are meeting my dad for lunch. It is at a diner here in town, so I’m hoping to find something that isn’t totally unhealthy. I have only been there once so I don’t really remember what is on their menu. I just hope their service is speedy as we are going right around the time that DD tends to have her “I need a nap” meltdown.

Hmm…not much else is going on so I guess I will go ahead and get ready to go! Have a great day Chicks!

A few party pics…

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 12th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

My camera decided to crap out on me, so the pictures aren’t the best, but here are a few from Saturday’s family party :)

Rhianna’s Tinkerbell cake…I could have done better but it was a bit difficult trying to decorate it with a 2 year old trying to “help”.

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Getting ready to blow out the candle…
Getting ready to blow out the candle...

Opening presents…

My Little Pony
 
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Opening presents

4/9/09 Happy 2nd Birthday to my baby girl!

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 9th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

I can’t believe it has been 2 years already!  Ok, so she acts like she is older than 2 a lot of the time, but still…!  It was very weird this morning looking at the clock and realizing that at that time 2 years ago that I had just met her for the 1st time.  And to see how much she has grown and what a “big girl” she is is just mind blowing.  We are not doing much to celebrate today, the “party” will be on Saturday.  Given her age, we are just doing cake, ice cream and presents in the afternoon.  I am making (or attempting to make) a Tinkerbell cake for her, so I hope it turns out well.  If so I will post pictures!  

I have so far survived spring break with the kids, although it has been rather boring minus the fights lol.  I just really cannot seem to make myself want to go anywhere when the weather is this miserably cold and wet.  Less than 2 months till they are out of school for the summer.  I have decided to do a bit of a summer school with them here at home.  Nothing major, but just something to hopefully help keep them from losing what they learned through the year.  I have picked a few themes and we will do art, cooking, math, language activities throughout the week and then one day every week or two I will do a “field trip” of sorts.  There are lots of great museums and parks around here, and they are mostly FREE, so this will be great.  I am hoping there will also be lots of free activities around town again this year like last..last year there were some great programs at the library, free movies at various nearby movie theatres, a hands-on art series and farmers market on Saturdays, etc.  Plus we are members of our local Y and they have an outdoor pool that I plan to visit at least a couple of times a week.  Hopefully with all of that, I will manage to avoid WWIII for another summer at least!

Well, dinner is almost ready, and after that the boys need to go to bed, so I better get this posted while I can.  Sad to see the journals closing but hopefully we can all stay in touch through the blogs.  I do wish they had a way to mark the ones that have new postings, but I guess it could be worse.  At least I am using Safari, so I can just go down the list and open up a new tab for each blog and go through them that way.  Be happy ladies, it’s almost the weekend!!!

4/7/09 Survived day 1 of Spring Break!

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 7th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Yesterday…was not so fun.  Granted I have seen worse days, but the kids are already whining and picking on each other, and the girl was just constantly getting into SOMETHING!  It makes me worried for summer, but I keep telling myself, it will be warm then, so I’ll want to get out more, and there will be more to do (zoo, botanical gardens, swimming, etc).  I’m not sure if I’m buying it though lol.  I guess I better make up some sort of master plan for when that time comes!

Thankfully I also managed to find something in the house for dinner, so we had grilled honey garlic pork chops, some kind of potato thing (bleh) and a veggie.  Not the most exciting but oh well.  HOwever this now means that I HAVE to go out today to pick up some things..and it is still cold :(  I swear I need to move somewhere warmer.  Or it just needs to warm up here ;p

So, that is what I am off to do..get the kids and myself ready (I am still in pjs lol) and drag my sorry butt out to the car to get some food.  Hopefully the girl will fall asleep on the way home and I can take a nap!  Yes, I know it is only 9:30 ;p””

4/6/09 Brrrrr…..

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 6th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

*shivers*  It is supposed to be spring here people!!!  So WHY is it currently 37* and SNOWING???  Ok, no accumulation but seriously, as I type it is snowing fat little fluffy bits of snow past my living room window!  Did I mention that yesterday we had a high of 65*?  No?  There are many things I like about where I live…the weather is NOT one of them.  And the worst part of it is that unless I can find SOMETHING in this house for dinner tonight, I have to go out in this cold yuck to get groceries :(  I am praying for something in the freezer to magically appear.    I guess I should be thankful, at least I’m not one of those poor schmucks who are braving the freezing temps to attend today’s opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals.  I will watch that in the relative comfort of my own home :)

Weekend was busy and definitely not long enough.  Friday night was my Relay for Life team’s Trivia tournament.  I think we had a pretty good turnout and everyone seemed like they had a good time.  We raised over $2,000 and I didn’t get home till after midnight!  Which reminds me..I am 1/3 of the way to my personal goal :)  The only thing I haven’t figured out yet is who has donated to me, because usually it is only my family who donates and I get the $ from them in person.  Supposedly there is a way to find out so I need to see if I can figure it out because the wondering is killing me lol.  I’m wondering if something isn’t showing up on my computer because it is a Mac, maybe I will try DH’s computer and see if I can look that info up.

The boys are on spring break this week…I hope I can keep them entertained and that the fighting is minimal.  I am hopeful but not truly optimistic lol.  Today we are just going to kind of hang out here, maybe tomorrow  I will take them to the library.   One day this week I will take them bowling..I enrolled them in the kidsbowlfree.com program which gives them each 2 free games a day through the summer, and the program started today :)  Other than that, I have no idea…I’d love to go to the zoo but it isn’t supposed to be very warm this week *sigh*.  I wish they’d move Spring Break to later in the month..I bet you anything next week it will be beautiful with warm temps and sunny skies!  

I guess I should get going around here…It is 9;15 a.m and I am still sitting her in my pajamas, and I really do have a lot of (uninteresting) things to do today.  Here’s to a good start of the week ladies!

4/1/09 Wednesday again!

Posted by lizhealthymom on April 1st, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

I like Wednesdays..that means we are just a couple of days away from the weekend :D  Not much going on over here.  Still tired, I haven’t been sleeping well the last couple of weeks for some reason.  It’s one of those things where you lay down, and then you wake up and it’s like you never went to sleep..like your brain was on overdrive all night long.  I rarely take any medicine but it is bad enough that I am thinking of taking some tylenol pm or something tonight..I just feel like I’m running on fumes or something, and I know if I don’t get a decent night’s sleep soon it is going to catch up with me.  

I just spent the last half an hour blowing yolks out of eggs.  Kids’ Spring Break is next week so I thought we’d do a craft and decorate some eggs to look like Easter eggs.  I blew out the yolks, set them in some bleach water, and am now letting them dry for a couple of days.  Then I will cover the holes on the end with tissue paper and next week the kids can decorate them with glue, glitter, beads, etc.  I might put some ribbon on them and label them with some sort of tag, and they can do one each year.  I think they would be pretty hanging on a tree of some sort.  I’m also going to do a couple for their annual Easter egg hunt, except they will have money rolled up and stuck inside of them.  Hopefully they will turn out decent!

Other news, I updated the “My Progress” page here on my blog.  Not a whole lot of change in the last 3 weeks, but I guess it is something?  I haven’t really been trying so I can’t complain about my lack of progress.  However, I am considering joining Curves again.  I had joined once before when my DS #2 was 8 weeks and it is really the last time I can remember ever seeing results or sticking with anything for very long.  I had to quit when I ran out of babysitters and haven’t been back.  I did work out at the Y a lot a few years ago but still never really saw results either, so maybe this is what I need?  Unfortunately I am not sure what to do…if I join this week they will let me tag onto the end of March’s special, which is basically you bring in a bag of food for their food drive and they waive the $99 registration fee and then it is $34 a month.  Money is really tight this month, so I may have to wait a few months and hope a good deal comes around again, but I am really tired of being tired and not having the motivation to do anything about it.  I really need that push that they give you, because there is always someone there working, and they are very involved with you, not just sitting at their desk.  When I called and told them my name they still remembered me even though I haven’t been there in 3+ years! Hmm..what to do what to do…It is also about $10 more than if I upped our membership at the Y to a fitness center membership (but does not include any classes I would take). Which I would do, if DH would go too, like he has been saying he would, but I don’t know if he really will or not.  I KNOW I would go to Curves, and I can fit in a 30 minute session easily.  Gah..I don’t know!  I guess I will talk to DH tonight and see what he thinks.

I am going to go lay down for a little bit before heading out to do more errands.  Hope you are all having a nice week :)

3/30/09 Rough week…

Posted by lizhealthymom on March 30th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

I haven’t been on here in over a week…last week was just a very rough week.  Found out last Tuesday I think it was, that the son of a casual friend of mine had passed away unexpectedly.  He did have some other serious health problem, but he had been doing very well..I’m not sure what happened exactly, all I know is that his mom found him in the morning and he had passed away sometime overnight.  He was almost the same age as Rhianna, and to make the situation even worse, I believe she had also lost a baby not even 6 months ago.  So I was reeling from that, when I found out later that week that a classmate of my oldest sons had been killed in a freak accident.  She and her little brother had been playing on some private property near their home when this concrete culvert they were playing on collapsed.  The girl was killed almost instantly and the brother was airlifted to a local children’s hospital.  He was release on Saturday.  It has hit our community hard..so many of us had kids that went to school with these children, or their siblings (their younger sister is in Nick’s grade).  I grew up not even 2 blocks away from where this happened.  It is just devastating and I cannot even begin to imagine what these families are going through.  And it was so hard to tell my kids what happened, even though they seemed to take it well.  Caden, my oldest, had a lot of questions, and I’m not sure how he will be when he gets to school this morning.   *sigh* 

I’m not sure this week is starting off so well either, as one of my dogs got loose again yesterday afternoon, and when she finally came home last night she reeked of skunk!  So I am off to get the littlest dressed and then we are going to go buy some stuff to hopefully de-stink the skunk.  I couldn’t sleep last night the smell was so bad…I think she got sprayed very near our house because when we started smelling it it was so strong and it happened so fast.  She’s been stuck outside all night and it still stinks in here!

Wish me luck that this week gets better!

3/23/09 Self-sabotage

Posted by lizhealthymom on March 23rd, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 9 Comments

This weekend was not so good.  Well the weekend itself wasn’t bad, as in nothing bad happened, more that my eating, drinking (of soda in my case) and non-exercise was bad.  Friday night I made a homemade pizza…I had a crust recipe I wanted to try and it worked great!  I will be using that from now on instead of buying any type of pizza.  It seriously took me as long to make the crust as it took to preheat the oven!  However, DH “decorated” it, so it was topped by lots of sausage, pepperoni, and cheese.    I think next time I am going to try a BBQ chicken or a Greek salad with feta, spinach, tomatoes, and maybe some olives.  Saturday we had some sort of meatball/rice concoction that DH created..which would have been fine, but the store was out of the turkey meatballs I normally use so I had bought regular ones which are way higher in everything.  And yesterday we had Jack in the Box for dinner and I didn’t even try to make a healthy choice. :(  I am seriously also now suffering from a caffeine overload.  I drank so much soda this weekend that it isn’t even funny and now my stomach is all upset.  I was so tired all weekend so I’m sure this contributed to my caffeine kick and also my not so great food choices.  And of course I’m sure that not drinking enough water is just compounding the problem.

I am still trying to figure out why every time I start to do well, I have to do something to sabotage myself, and screw it all up, so that I have to start back where I was or even farther away.  At this rate I am going to weigh more at the end of the year than I started and it is depressing me.  I don’t know why I can’t just stick with it, even just simple things I can’t seem to keep doing.  I keep trying, I don’t know what else I can do but keep getting up and starting over.  


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