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Well I’ve finally made it back…..The holiday season was rough on me but its over now!

To my motivational buddy and all my team mates my appologies for the long absence.

The good news however out of all of this is I have figured out why I have been so sick as of late. I have celiac’s disease. I used to worry about whether what I was eating would make me fat or not, now I wonder if it’s going to make me sick and stuck in bed for a day. I’m coping well and now I’m ready to get back to making myself healthy. Congrats to everyone on their progress and I wish you all well

9am - wake up to the stomping of little feet upstairs, groan and roll over.

915am - wake up again to 2 small eyes staring at me. - “what…” “can I cuddle with you?” “sure crawl up here”

920am - “mommy can we watch cartoons” “yes” - fall back asleep to the sounds of Super Why.

930am - wake back up to 2 more eyes staring at me and poking me. “crawl up here monster and dont kick your sister” Drift back alseep…..

940am - kicked…. “Stop kicking each other mommy’s sleeping”

945am - “mommy we want breakfast get up!!!” grumbling “mommy wants sleep” “no mommy GET UP”

950am - crawl out of bed and stumble to the kitchen….get bowls of fruity pebbles 1 with milk 1 without. Turn on cartoons in living room

10am - Gulp down glass of OJ and add milk to the one bowl of cereal without milk….Get everyones vitamins for the day. (I’d be a bad mom if I didn’t)

1015am - clean up breakfast and start laundry. Oh crap theres a load in the washer still that needs to be rewashed and a load in the dryer to be folded.

1020am - still folding clothes….difuse fight over the big wheel ”It’s your sisters get off it….Sierra stp hitting”

1025 - still trying to fold clothes….”Mommy we want to play with play-doh” “okay let mommy fold these clothes and I will get it out”

1027 - house is strangely quiet, get up from folding clothes to find out why….”WHAT THE HELL!!!” turned back on lil ones for 2 min youngest has steak knife trying to open the play doh box…..Get out the play doh and band-aid for Life Ending poke on the youngests thumb from steak knife. (it wasnt bleeding but she needed a band-aid….oh and we are almost out of barbie bandaids)

1035 - still trying to finsish folding clothes……”Mommy we need to cookies cutters” oookay I’m on it.

1040 - Let the dogs out because they are whining. Explain to oldest the “pissy” is a grown up word. Call Daddy so kids can talk to daddy.

1045 - still trying to fold clothes but notice there are toys in the bedroom, pick those up. Realize the kids made a mess outa the bed, remake bed and tuck sheets back in. Reminds me to make the kids bed. Go up stairs and make their beds turn off their lights, pick up their laundry and gather up juice cups. Oh lord their laundry baskets are full….take them downstairs to be washed.

1100 - go back to folding that load of laundry. FINISH FINALLY!!! Realize the floor needs to be swept. On way to get vaccuum realize kids are done with playdoh. Clean up play-doh toys. Difuse fight over big wheel again. Sweep up bedroom, kitchen play-doh mess, compter room and foyer.

1120 - Hmmm Guniea pig stinks…..clean out guninea pig cage and feed guniea. Dog wants in….only one comes in….call for other but with no luck.

1130 - “mommy we want to play with play-doh again” Drag out play-doh again. Vaccum up mess from guniea pig cage.

1145 - Other dog barks to come in.

1150 - Scrub kitchen counter. Laundry Beeps cage load.

1200 - walk back into bedroom to get more laundry and found dog chewed up something…..drag vaccuum back out to sweep up pieces and put dog in cage. “BAD DOG!”

1215 - “mommy i want and apple sissy wants yogurt” Get snacks…..

1225 - clean up yogurt mess….kids wander upstairs. but one comes back down complaining her polly pocket is in my truck. “trudge outside to retrive the polly pocket.

1230 - bring in polly and realize the garbage needs to be taken out. Fight with the bag break the handle and get another bag to put it in. Difuse fight over polly pockets upstairs.

1240 - drag vaccuum out to clean mess of garbage bag up then scrub hands from the icky garbage.

1250 - clean up bathroom and brush teeth…..difuse fight over polly again.

1255 - color 4 pictures 2 for each kid. They were whining they couldn’t do it themselves.

115 - kids go back upstairs to play princess….mommy gets a break. sit down only to realize there is nothing on TV….turn off tv and chill for a minute trying to get some reading done.

125 - laundry beeps.

127 - “mommy we want lunch” Swap out laundry and start making lunch. one wants PBJ one wants cereal….again….stop making lunch to difuse fight over the playskool spin and puke toy. (AKA sit and spin)

135 - finish lunch and clean up playdoh mess again! Remember I need to dye my hair today and shave……wonder when I’m gonna get that done.

145 - clean up lunch and start folding laundry……

200 - realize I never ate lunch or breakfast. microwave something frozen that resembles food…..end up feeding half of it to kids that wanna try it.

215 - refil juice cups.

220 - clean up odds and ends toys strewn around the house.

240 - dogs want out again.

245 - dishes need to be done…..Empty dishwasher, load dishwasher, scrub sink and then notice stove is dirty. Scrub stove, microwave, front of dishwasher, start cleaning out fridge and wiping down the inside. give yogurt snacks again and clean up the mess that comes with it.

330pm - Rinse out favorite shirt and try to get goober of yogurt out of it. Ask oldest to please go find a new outfit and NO YOU CAN’T RUN AROUND NAKIE!! youngest decides she needs to change too….help her put on snow white costume and gather up the clothes she has shed from one end of the house to the other. Add them to the laundry pile. While picking them up notice that the living room is a mess….pick up living room and find yogurt on the couch…..mix up cleaning solution and clean of the yogurt mess as well as another unidentified spill.

350 - Give in to the whining and put in High School Musical 2. Kids watch for a few minutes and wander off to play princess….

415 - turn off high school musical as the kids are not in the room. Hear from upstairs “MOM I WAS WATCHING THAT!!!!!!!” How the?????

430 - Difuse a fight over wether or not you can snowboard in Hawaii….(I have no idea) and round kids out of my closet (which is in case you didnt know as I didn’t the Hawaii special magic room) — Pick up all the clothes they pulled off the hanger to pile up to make a snowboarding hill.

450 - clean up husbands mess at the foot of his side of the bed. Take kids clothes upstairs to hang up and put away which leads to a 10 minute discussion of who’s pants are who’s.

515 - OH CRAP I need to make dinner…….locate something to make and begin thawing it out DAMN IT shoulda thought of this sooner….and OH CRAP THE DOGS ARE STILL OUTSIDE!!!! Let in 2 frozen dogs…

540 - Husband comes home to a clean house and dinner waiting. He eats and plays with the kids and Mommy finally can sit down.

830 - put the kids to bed and start picking up again from the 3 hours they were playing with dad.

900 - sit down to shave legs, dye hair, fix nails, and wash face.

920 - pay bills while waiting for dye to process…

940 - shower and get ready for bed.

1000 - curl up on the couch to watch a movie.

1230 - go to bed and get ready to start all over…..

Okay well here’s the deal I went to Aldi’s the other day and they had Kashi cookies on sale. Which while I’m on aldi’s I have a point to make…..okay for anyone who has never been there aldi’s is like a super cheap food store. They sometimes carry brand names but usualy not. Some people in our town turned into huge snobs when they built the new store. “Oh I wont shop there I prefer to buy my food at Meijer/Kroger/Farmer Jack etc.” I don’t get that…in all honesty you buy the food, eat the food, digest the food, and poo the food. Soooooo basically you are paying more for poop. Interesting. But I digress back to the cookies. I bought them completely unaware of what flax was. After unpacking the groceries my mom called and wanted me to go shopping with her, not having ate today yet (it was 3pm) I opened the new box of cookies and grabbed 2 to eat on the road. I ate about 1 1/2 and shared the rest with my mom who waited until after I had ate the 2nd one to tell me I shouldn’t eat so much flax in a sitting…. I shrugged and finished my shopping trip. Fast forward to today…. In the ensuing 12 hours I ate a yogurt and raisin bran for breakfast as well as some juicey juice. OHHHH LORD HAVE MERCY!!!

For those of you who dont know let’s explore the side effects of flax shall we?

USES: Flax seed has been used for constipation. It has also been used for controling cholesterol and blood sugar levels in the body.

SIDE EFFECTS: Nausea, bloating or diarrhea may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, contact your doctor promptly.

Sooooooo ya. Needless to say by only eating 1.5 cookies I have spent the better part of my day in the facilites. I now fear the flax cookies although they are so tasty….I have learned a lesson in moderation! Now if I could figure out a way to add flax to all the other junk food I love……

I took my girls to the Light festival and parade last night thats in this tiny town close to where we live. It was soooo pretty it was snowing and they had fireworks. We went to some KIKI girls concert from the Disney Channel. (why in the heck the disney channel was in this back country farm town with a population of like 500 was beyond me)

ANYWAYS so we all sat down and bundled in our blankets with our coco when the parade started for a nice family moment. (okay mind you at this point it’s 23 degrees I have on 2 pairs of sweats and then long johns on the bottom underarmor and 2 sweatshirts and a jacket on the top) We are all sitting there….one float goes by

“wow its cold”

2 floats go by, “ummm this kinda sucks”,

3 floats go by, “OUCH its sleating is that ice pellets falling??? WHAT THE CRAP! Okay kids bundle up tight!”

4 floats go by, “okay this is getting old. I thought it was only supposed to snow! This crap is painful!!”

5 floats go by, “……..my blanket is one big ice chunk.”

6 floats go by, “mommy….my toes are cold”……… “bundle up hunny we are having a family moment”

7 floats go by, “Okay that’s it this sucks come on kids lets go home!!!!”

Over an hour getting ready to go to this and countless layers later we didn’t even make it through 1/4 of the parade. BUT we did have our family “moment”. LOL These are the holidays what are ya gonna do?

Happy Holiday Season to you and yours!!!

:) 

YAY!! I have done 13 miles on my challenge!!! I think its time to throw out those 3 year old nikes and get a new pair of running shoes! WOOOHOO! Like I need an excuse to shop for shoes but hey I’m not complaining!

Hope everyone is doing well and getting closer to their goal!!! YOU ALL ROCK AND INSPIRE ME DAILY!!!!

Okay I’m doing it! I’m getting off my dead arse and going to walk on the treadmill….I know I need to do it! GO GO GO GO….okay I’m still sitting here. okay GO GO GO……okay gone

Yay! I made a challenge for myself! Its not to hard but not to easy anyone’s welcome to join me

Check it out in the forums under fitness challenge!!!

Another person will probably bring much comfort to you today, Melissa. It may be someone well known to you but chances are, it’ll be someone you would least expect to be there for you. With your tendency to keep to yourself and be on the quieter side, you may not always notice those around you. Yet, this doesn’t mean they don’t notice you. Embrace a new friend and the support they offer you when the opportunity arises. 

Yay! I would take that to refer to the new friends I am meeting here. 

On a side note I think someone needs to make a christmas fitness challenge…..I was going to but I don’t know what a good amount of excercise would be! I know I would set the bar low cuz I’m just starting wouldn’t be very challenging… 

Everyone has them. That moment where you look around and think Ooooh I get it. I had one of those recently. I figured out I dont want to be the weight I am right now, I know how to lose it, and I’m the only one who can lose it for me. After all its not like the little garden gnomes are going to drag me outa bed and strap me to the treadmill and let me sleep walk right???? That might be nice though (mental note shop for garden gnome on ebay). So here I am down the path from my Aha moment……anyone else care to join me?

I got a nice workout in tonight with the kidos too! We all had fun! For anyone with kids Giam  makes a video called Yoga kids and its great!