Why is it that I am always up before the dawn? Mid came in room at 2 with a nightmare.. which of course is still all my fault as she had NEVER ever EVER done this until the day I gave her such kudos for sleeping. Baby girl crying started at 5. Oldest entered our room at 5:35. While I would never trade my kids for the world, I possibly could be talked into trading them for better sleepers. Perhaps.
Just plopped babygirl in our bed. She turns to me and says "What do you want to do in here now?". Umm. actually I'd like to be sleeping in here now, but I am thinking that is not what you want to be doing darling girl so why don't you just tell me what YOU want to do in here now. I swear she has the language of a teenager.
Had a great Friday night family dinner (just the 5 of us) at The Cowfish last night. That place totally rocks! We love it. Kids love it. Has something for everyone. It is really an amazing concept. They serve burgers and sushi. To my non sushi eating but burger loving friend- I will be dragging you there with me ASAP.
Looking forward to my sons first basketball game today. He is nervous because they told them there are going to be "real judges" there making sure they are playing correctly. Seriously dude, can't you just let my son have fun? Sheesh!!!!!!!
Hmmmmm, what else? My friend Kim does NOT have cancer!! Yippy! What great news that was. Oh, speaking of cancer, I am doing the AVON breast cancer walk again this year. The two day (40) mile walk. I am so excited. Anyone want to join in the walk? Or make a donation?? Let me know!
Must go downstairs now and attend to the little people.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tales of a teenager
SO, I got a new necklace today. Actually, I ordered it before the Holidays and it just arrived in todays mail. Of course I am wearing it already because that is how I am with every new thing I get.
2 1/2 year old wakes up from her nap. Pick her up. Throw her on my hip. Instantly she noticed my new jewerly and said, "I love your new necklace mommy", "It's bootiful", "My wear it?" Seriously, I am going to have to watch my clothes and jewels when my girls turn 13. And by jewels I mean this $20 necklace I just ordered (have mentioned I am slightly obsessed with my children) that has their 3 names written on it.
Hands off little sister!
2 1/2 year old wakes up from her nap. Pick her up. Throw her on my hip. Instantly she noticed my new jewerly and said, "I love your new necklace mommy", "It's bootiful", "My wear it?" Seriously, I am going to have to watch my clothes and jewels when my girls turn 13. And by jewels I mean this $20 necklace I just ordered (have mentioned I am slightly obsessed with my children) that has their 3 names written on it.
Hands off little sister!
Tales of me
I know, I know, I haven't been keeping up with the blog this week. Just one thing I want you all to remember is that I started this blog for me. I know and appreciate so much that you love it and look forward to it, but this is my catharsis of lifes daily nonsense and some days I may not post. It defeats the purpose of this for me to feel like I "have" to post everyday. Besides, its fun to keep you all anticipating if/when I will write again.
Moving on.
Thank goodness it is already Thursday. What a long week it has been. Yesterday I seriously ate myself into oblivion. Ever have one of those days that by 1:45 in the afternoon you have successfully managed to imbibe at least one days worth of your caloric daily requirement? Um, yeah. That was me. It was super cold outside. Like the kind of cold that you just cannot warm up even in your own house. Seriously, my fingertips were on/off numb all day. So, what did I do? I did what anyone in my situation would have done and parked myself in the pantry most of the day. Gosh, I think my 2 year old is rubbing off on me some.
Hubby talked to kids for a few last night for the 1st time since he left. I always like to call right before I say "Its time to go upstairs for bedtime routine", just so he can remind them to be good listeners for me and not to give me a hard time. Cuz honestly, by the that time I have been up for 13 hours and am done. Like really done. One and a half more days of single mommyhood to go. I think I can, I think I can.
Speaking of catharsis. I had such a freakin good cry yesterday. OMG. sometimes you just need to let it all out and you feel soooooooooooooooooo much better. Like all of us, I try to be the best person I can be and some days you win and some days you lose. Life is one giant learving curve, right?
Before I go, I just want my good friend Kim to know that I am thinking of her today. Sending good and warm thoughts. I am so sincere when I say that all that really and truly matters in life is your (and your loved ones) health, because we have no control over that at times. The rest should just fall easily into place. Its a hard thing to step back and just let life flow, but at the end of the day if you know in your heart you are a good person, nothing else should matter.
Moving on.
Thank goodness it is already Thursday. What a long week it has been. Yesterday I seriously ate myself into oblivion. Ever have one of those days that by 1:45 in the afternoon you have successfully managed to imbibe at least one days worth of your caloric daily requirement? Um, yeah. That was me. It was super cold outside. Like the kind of cold that you just cannot warm up even in your own house. Seriously, my fingertips were on/off numb all day. So, what did I do? I did what anyone in my situation would have done and parked myself in the pantry most of the day. Gosh, I think my 2 year old is rubbing off on me some.
Hubby talked to kids for a few last night for the 1st time since he left. I always like to call right before I say "Its time to go upstairs for bedtime routine", just so he can remind them to be good listeners for me and not to give me a hard time. Cuz honestly, by the that time I have been up for 13 hours and am done. Like really done. One and a half more days of single mommyhood to go. I think I can, I think I can.
Speaking of catharsis. I had such a freakin good cry yesterday. OMG. sometimes you just need to let it all out and you feel soooooooooooooooooo much better. Like all of us, I try to be the best person I can be and some days you win and some days you lose. Life is one giant learving curve, right?
Before I go, I just want my good friend Kim to know that I am thinking of her today. Sending good and warm thoughts. I am so sincere when I say that all that really and truly matters in life is your (and your loved ones) health, because we have no control over that at times. The rest should just fall easily into place. Its a hard thing to step back and just let life flow, but at the end of the day if you know in your heart you are a good person, nothing else should matter.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tales of ....
Do they sell muzzles for cats? How about for kids under the age of 3? If so, can someone overnight them both to me? Thanks.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Tales of De ja vu
It started at 4:42 and lasted until 6:24. Ugggggggggggggggggg she's back!!!! I am going to chalk it up to the fact that we were away and she is just getting resettled in. But, I am not happy this AM. She cried and screamed at the top of her lungs that she didn't want to go back to sleep in her crib. Woke up my mid at 5:30. Gonna be a long day.
Dear anyone that encounters me today,
Beware!
love,
me
Dear anyone that encounters me today,
Beware!
love,
me
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Tales of nite-nite
Oh how quickly my body has adjusted back to wanting to go to sleep at 8 PM. I suppose that was due to the 5:10 wake up call of my cat pouncing on my head.
Had a nice quiet family day. My mid (who missed me more than life itself and wanted to be with me all day today without a second apart) got invited to one of her bestest friends houses and jumped on the chance. Ahh, I guess she really likes the idea of me being around more than me actually being around, huh? Nah.. I totally get it. She just loves the comfort of me. The mom. I am the same way with my mom. Which is why I spent the afternoon with her after being ditched by my offspring. And yes, my New Year's resolution is off to a good start! Sushi tonight with Nanny and the fam. One Sunday night down, 51 to go!
I rocked my baby girl to sleep tonight.. and held her a little longer after our singing repitore. I just stroked her hair and smelled her face and looked into her beautiful eyes. Gosh how I missed her. Gosh how I will miss her as she gets bigger and can no longer fit on my lap in the rocking chair. Sigh. Life is going too fast. Way too fast. Can't believe I already have to pack lunches and backpacks again tomorrow. Soon it will be time to wake up. Guess that means it is time for bed.
Had a nice quiet family day. My mid (who missed me more than life itself and wanted to be with me all day today without a second apart) got invited to one of her bestest friends houses and jumped on the chance. Ahh, I guess she really likes the idea of me being around more than me actually being around, huh? Nah.. I totally get it. She just loves the comfort of me. The mom. I am the same way with my mom. Which is why I spent the afternoon with her after being ditched by my offspring. And yes, my New Year's resolution is off to a good start! Sushi tonight with Nanny and the fam. One Sunday night down, 51 to go!
I rocked my baby girl to sleep tonight.. and held her a little longer after our singing repitore. I just stroked her hair and smelled her face and looked into her beautiful eyes. Gosh how I missed her. Gosh how I will miss her as she gets bigger and can no longer fit on my lap in the rocking chair. Sigh. Life is going too fast. Way too fast. Can't believe I already have to pack lunches and backpacks again tomorrow. Soon it will be time to wake up. Guess that means it is time for bed.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Tales of bliss
Just hopped into bed after kissing each of my babies in their sleep. Ahhh, so good to see their tiny faces and smell their warm yummy skin. But what a fantastic vacation we had! Wow! It was so worth all the mind games I was playing on myself prior to our departure. My body feels so tired, but yet it is actually just in this complete state of relaxation.. a state that it has not seen in years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The weather was amazing. The resort was lovely, the food delish and the company could not have been any better! What a fantastic way to ring in the New Year. Played some tennis, drank some drinks, rode a horse on the beach (ok, not my most fav moment), laid by the pool and just chilled out. I actually read an entire book. Interesting one. Decent. Called, "The Little Bee". Heard of it? Many thanks to my darling hubby for working hard enough every day to make this trip possible for us. Many thanks to my mom and my sitter for taking such great care of my little miracles... I mean such great care that I had not a single worry about them. And many thanks to our "just neighbors". The first annual holiday trip was a success. Next stop: Turks and Caicos.
Kitty just climbed on me. Apparently he missed me much too. Gotta say, I am not a medicine taker. I have a super high pain tolerance... always have and hopefully always will. I am the kind of gal who waits til she can no longer stand being sick or achey before taking anything, so getting a prescription for our flight was a HUGE step for me. I even debated forgoing the drugs. But the giant heartache and knot in my stomach last weekend lead me to pop the pill as soon as we arrived in the airport Tues AM. And let me just say, flying on drugs is such a wonderful experience. Mind you, I only took half of the Xanax prescribed to me, as I did not want to completely pass out on day one of our trip, but I really was so relaxed and could have cared less that we were in the air. Could have cared less when the pilot came on and said we were going to experience turburlance for the remainder of the flight. I did not quiz my hubby every 5 seconds during our final descent how many more minutes until we land. It was such a glorious event. And not to sugar coat it, but we both got upgraded to first class. He because he is a "chairman" whatever that means. And I, I got upgraded because the lady at the check in desk saw a first class seat open next to my hubby and wanted me to have the seat. Why you ask? I will tell you. She is a smart woman. She said, "I realize that your husband is a chairman, and you are a chairmans wife. So that means we see your husband more than you do". Wow, she understands. The lovely reddish-brown haired ticket agent totally gets it. The simple fact that the love of my life is a "preferrred flier" lead to her believe that I am, well.. that I am what I have been desperately trying to share with all of you. I am a married single mom. And I truly wouldn't have it any other way.
Happy 2011 my friends.
The weather was amazing. The resort was lovely, the food delish and the company could not have been any better! What a fantastic way to ring in the New Year. Played some tennis, drank some drinks, rode a horse on the beach (ok, not my most fav moment), laid by the pool and just chilled out. I actually read an entire book. Interesting one. Decent. Called, "The Little Bee". Heard of it? Many thanks to my darling hubby for working hard enough every day to make this trip possible for us. Many thanks to my mom and my sitter for taking such great care of my little miracles... I mean such great care that I had not a single worry about them. And many thanks to our "just neighbors". The first annual holiday trip was a success. Next stop: Turks and Caicos.
Kitty just climbed on me. Apparently he missed me much too. Gotta say, I am not a medicine taker. I have a super high pain tolerance... always have and hopefully always will. I am the kind of gal who waits til she can no longer stand being sick or achey before taking anything, so getting a prescription for our flight was a HUGE step for me. I even debated forgoing the drugs. But the giant heartache and knot in my stomach last weekend lead me to pop the pill as soon as we arrived in the airport Tues AM. And let me just say, flying on drugs is such a wonderful experience. Mind you, I only took half of the Xanax prescribed to me, as I did not want to completely pass out on day one of our trip, but I really was so relaxed and could have cared less that we were in the air. Could have cared less when the pilot came on and said we were going to experience turburlance for the remainder of the flight. I did not quiz my hubby every 5 seconds during our final descent how many more minutes until we land. It was such a glorious event. And not to sugar coat it, but we both got upgraded to first class. He because he is a "chairman" whatever that means. And I, I got upgraded because the lady at the check in desk saw a first class seat open next to my hubby and wanted me to have the seat. Why you ask? I will tell you. She is a smart woman. She said, "I realize that your husband is a chairman, and you are a chairmans wife. So that means we see your husband more than you do". Wow, she understands. The lovely reddish-brown haired ticket agent totally gets it. The simple fact that the love of my life is a "preferrred flier" lead to her believe that I am, well.. that I am what I have been desperately trying to share with all of you. I am a married single mom. And I truly wouldn't have it any other way.
Happy 2011 my friends.
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