Enjoyed a busy, full weekend. Stopped off at our friend Zane's book signing on the way out to Rod's family's house. Spent the bulk of Saturday visiting, making music, eating, and playing Catch Phrase with the Emmons. Sunday we enjoyed a great morning in Toon Town at church. Had fun playing Uno with a nice circle of kids. Finished off the series "God Is" with God is love. Love seeing the kids grow in Christ and love seeing Rod using his talents to make God and principles of God real and understandable to the kids there. The weather was nice, but rainy and overcast. Resulting in pressure headaches for both Rod and I. Came home to recouperate a little bit and enjoy some leftover pizza and Duck Dynasty. Baked bread and finally roasted a chicken I'd been putting off doing. Yay for having food prepped for the week ahead. In spite of headaches and cranky children, we spent the last part of our day at Revolve Church with our Family Regroup discussing the first chapter of "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell. Fantastic book so far and even better discussion. Questions are good and needed for a growing faith. Came home and felt horrible, woke up this morning and the nausea is overwhelming. I forget how bad my allergies and reaction to weather changes used to be until such days as this. Doing what I can when I can, but right now that means feeding children, encouraging them to do nice things on Minecraft, and staying as immobile as possible. If it's not one thing, it's another. Hate this back and forth. Trying not to be discouraged by it....not always succeeding.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 cup of coffee with milk and sugar
Lunch: cheese chips
Dinner: veggie spaghetti and bread
Water intake: -8oz. glasses
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
January 25th, 2013
Great start to the morning. Advantages of waking up without feeling sick. Enjoyed a nice breakfast with the kids and caught up on our "God Is" reading plan. Loved these verses we read from Isaiah:
Verse 28-31 in the NIRV:
Don't you know who made everything? Haven't you heard about him? The Lord is the God who lives forever. He created everything on earth. He won't become worn out or get tired. No one will ever know how great his understanding is. He gives strength to those who are tired. He gives power to those who are weak. Even young people become worn out and get tired. Even the best of them trip and fall. But those who trust in the Lord will receive new strength. They will fly as high as eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will talk and not grow weak.
Great verses to memorize/remember/have in a visible place. No matter what happens in life, I love knowing that this is the God I choose to trust. It liberates me.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 piece of orange, 1 cup of milk
Lunch: 1 bowl beef stew with shredded cheese
Water intake: -8oz. glasses
Verse 28-31 in the NIRV:
Don't you know who made everything? Haven't you heard about him? The Lord is the God who lives forever. He created everything on earth. He won't become worn out or get tired. No one will ever know how great his understanding is. He gives strength to those who are tired. He gives power to those who are weak. Even young people become worn out and get tired. Even the best of them trip and fall. But those who trust in the Lord will receive new strength. They will fly as high as eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will talk and not grow weak.
Great verses to memorize/remember/have in a visible place. No matter what happens in life, I love knowing that this is the God I choose to trust. It liberates me.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 piece of orange, 1 cup of milk
Lunch: 1 bowl beef stew with shredded cheese
Water intake: -8oz. glasses
Friday, January 25, 2013
January 24th, 2013
Woke up late this morning. Amazed my kids let me sleep in until 9:30am. My body definitely needed it. Started feeling yucky yesterday afternoon and it is full blown today. Congestion and intense nausea culminating in an overall blah feeling. Taking it easy today. Bookwork and reading with the kids, giving them plenty of opportunity to play Minecraft. Not loving this rollercoaster of illness. Seems like once everyone is well, another person goes down. Over it!
Great part about today: reading "Treasure Island" to my son and having plenty of time to read "7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess". Had a nice relaxing day, finished off with a few rounds of Uno with the family before bedtime.
Food Journal
Breakfast: banana with peanut butter, small orange, 1 mug of hot tea, 1 mug of coffee with milk and sugar
Lunch: 1 bowl of beef stew with shredded colby jack
Snack: celery, radishes, carrots & dip with popcorn
Dinner: rice with chicken broth gravy, steamed zucchini
Water intake: 8 -8 oz. glasses
2 glasses of tea
Great part about today: reading "Treasure Island" to my son and having plenty of time to read "7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess". Had a nice relaxing day, finished off with a few rounds of Uno with the family before bedtime.
Food Journal
Breakfast: banana with peanut butter, small orange, 1 mug of hot tea, 1 mug of coffee with milk and sugar
Lunch: 1 bowl of beef stew with shredded colby jack
Snack: celery, radishes, carrots & dip with popcorn
Dinner: rice with chicken broth gravy, steamed zucchini
Water intake: 8 -8 oz. glasses
2 glasses of tea
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
January 23rd, 2013
Today is definitely hump day. Feel like I have lots of energy at the beginning of the week and Wednesday is usually my "slow down or I'll die" day. Relaxed quite a bit this morning and let the kids do their thing. Which, oddly enough, was a limited amount of computer time. Worked with Zoe to clean out the bunny cage and had the kids clean up toys while I worked on laundry. Lunch came way too soon and I hadn't made my strawberry spread early enough, so they had homemade bread & peanut butter with strawberry soup sandwiches. Hoping it thickens up nicely as it cools. *fingers crossed* Naps will be an absolute must today. At least for me and Toby. He's got something going on as he says he's sleepy almost constantly. I feel chest and nasal congestion coming on, so there's that. Skipping out on Konnect tonight originally because Rod wouldn't be home to keep Tobyn, but now kind of thankful it worked out that way as my body is in need of some immunity boosting. Eating oranges, drinking water, and napping. Little treats.
Felt better after a long rest and relaxation. Made yummy beef stew for dinner and finished up my homemade bread. Baking is on the agenda for tomorrow. Had a nice surprise that Rod came home earlier than expected and got to join us for dinner and Duck Dynasty (seriously, I'm addicted). After a filling dinner, we played Gideon's new Lego Pirate game and Lord of the Rings Monopoly. Lots of great math learning going on tonight. Rod and Zoe finished off the night playing Minecraft learning about square feet. Soon the kids will be in bed and we will reach the best part of the day: couple time.
Food Journal
Breakfast: banana with 1 tblsp homemade peanut butter, 2 mugs of coffee with sugar and milk
(yes, I said 2. It's hump day people!)
Lunch: 1 1/2 cup of hash (beef, potatoes, veggies, and cheese)
Snack: 4 almonds
Dinner: 2 bowls of beef stew, 4 small slices of bread, 1 glass of tea
Water Intake: -8oz. glasses
Felt better after a long rest and relaxation. Made yummy beef stew for dinner and finished up my homemade bread. Baking is on the agenda for tomorrow. Had a nice surprise that Rod came home earlier than expected and got to join us for dinner and Duck Dynasty (seriously, I'm addicted). After a filling dinner, we played Gideon's new Lego Pirate game and Lord of the Rings Monopoly. Lots of great math learning going on tonight. Rod and Zoe finished off the night playing Minecraft learning about square feet. Soon the kids will be in bed and we will reach the best part of the day: couple time.
Food Journal
Breakfast: banana with 1 tblsp homemade peanut butter, 2 mugs of coffee with sugar and milk
(yes, I said 2. It's hump day people!)
Lunch: 1 1/2 cup of hash (beef, potatoes, veggies, and cheese)
Snack: 4 almonds
Dinner: 2 bowls of beef stew, 4 small slices of bread, 1 glass of tea
Water Intake: -8oz. glasses
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
January 22nd, 2013
Today's plans: cleaning & organizing, teaching the kids to work, potty training.
Got more done on my room, cheered the kids on through their cleaning of toys, and gave up on potty training efforts for today. Toby seems to not be feeling well or in a growth spurt and acts like the addition of potty training is just too much. We'll try again next week. For my part, hopefully I can get more work done without adding that into it.
Zoe was excited to help me prep our afternoon snack and learned how to peel carrots and cucumbers. It was fun to see her so excited about accomplishing something in the kitchen. Tomorrow we will tackle homemade graham crackers.
This evening, Zoe and I went to the hospital to visit her friend who's there with pneumonia. We had an amazing conversation on the way home about the mystery and questions of life concerning bad things happening to people and God's control. We had just finished talking about it when "Your Loves Never Fails" came on the radio...which helped cement that conversation. Relating it to how as a parent I will let Zoe feel pain or be upset at me in order to do what's best for her (not letting her eat candy all day was the illustration) and it's because of my deep love for her, not a lack of love for her. Love these organic opportunities to talk about truth.
Enjoyed some Duck Dynasty and yummy dinner before tucking my sweet kids in to bed. So thankful for this life I get to live.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 mug of coffee with sugar and milk, banana with 1 tblsp. homemade peanut butter
Lunch: 1 cup hash (potatoes, beef, veggies, cheese)
Snack: veggies (radish, carrots, cucumber, celery), pretzels and sour cream dill dip
Dinner: 4 egg rolls, 1 piece of cheesecake
Water intake: 11 -8oz. cups
Workout: R.I.P. and back exercises
Got more done on my room, cheered the kids on through their cleaning of toys, and gave up on potty training efforts for today. Toby seems to not be feeling well or in a growth spurt and acts like the addition of potty training is just too much. We'll try again next week. For my part, hopefully I can get more work done without adding that into it.
Zoe was excited to help me prep our afternoon snack and learned how to peel carrots and cucumbers. It was fun to see her so excited about accomplishing something in the kitchen. Tomorrow we will tackle homemade graham crackers.
This evening, Zoe and I went to the hospital to visit her friend who's there with pneumonia. We had an amazing conversation on the way home about the mystery and questions of life concerning bad things happening to people and God's control. We had just finished talking about it when "Your Loves Never Fails" came on the radio...which helped cement that conversation. Relating it to how as a parent I will let Zoe feel pain or be upset at me in order to do what's best for her (not letting her eat candy all day was the illustration) and it's because of my deep love for her, not a lack of love for her. Love these organic opportunities to talk about truth.
Enjoyed some Duck Dynasty and yummy dinner before tucking my sweet kids in to bed. So thankful for this life I get to live.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 mug of coffee with sugar and milk, banana with 1 tblsp. homemade peanut butter
Lunch: 1 cup hash (potatoes, beef, veggies, cheese)
Snack: veggies (radish, carrots, cucumber, celery), pretzels and sour cream dill dip
Dinner: 4 egg rolls, 1 piece of cheesecake
Water intake: 11 -8oz. cups
Workout: R.I.P. and back exercises
January 21st, 2013
Tried my hand at making homemade dishwashing detergent today. Great except that I forgot to get lemonade Kool-Aid packets so will be finishing it this evening. Hopeful that it will be a better and cheaper solution to my weekly purchase.
Spent time helping Zoe extract her paper dolls and accessories from her Josefina set. Made some headway in cleaning out my bedroom. All of this may not seem like much to have done in a morning, but I will include potty training efforts to that list. I feel like a crazy woman. A happy, albeit crazy woman.
Enjoyed a nice quiet lunch with my boys while Zoe was over playing at her friend's house. The rest of the afternoon agenda: finish bedroom, laundry, and work out. Let's see how this goes. Got a lot of paper shredding done. I keep reminding myself it's part of the process of cleaning out, but it just takes so much longer than I feel it should.
Zoe was an emotional mess for the afternoon/evening. Not sure what that's connected to. Had good conversation and gave her quiet time to reflect and recenter herself.
Gideon was sweet and enjoyed getting to play Minecraft and playing pretend with Toby and Zoe and Lexi when they were at the house. Having issues with the older two feeling entitled to "stuff" or to not have to work. Change is a coming. Part of the problem, I feel, is that our staying alive doesn't depend on everyone being super involved in keeping the household going.
Potty training with Tobyn was crazy. Seemed like he decided he was just not going to do it. He knew where he should go, but he didn't care to. So, we will try again tomorrow.
Went to my sister's for the evening and ate her delicious chicken pesto pizza. Enjoyed watching "Pitch Perfect" for the fourth time. Nice to get out and have adult conversation and company after a relatively difficult day at home.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg, 1 mug coffee with sugar and milk, 1/3 of a banana
Lunch: Philly cheesesteak sandwich, 1/2 cup oven baked potatoes
Dinner: chicken pesto pizza, 2 slices of cheesecake
Water intake: 16- 8oz. glasses
Spent time helping Zoe extract her paper dolls and accessories from her Josefina set. Made some headway in cleaning out my bedroom. All of this may not seem like much to have done in a morning, but I will include potty training efforts to that list. I feel like a crazy woman. A happy, albeit crazy woman.
Enjoyed a nice quiet lunch with my boys while Zoe was over playing at her friend's house. The rest of the afternoon agenda: finish bedroom, laundry, and work out. Let's see how this goes. Got a lot of paper shredding done. I keep reminding myself it's part of the process of cleaning out, but it just takes so much longer than I feel it should.
Zoe was an emotional mess for the afternoon/evening. Not sure what that's connected to. Had good conversation and gave her quiet time to reflect and recenter herself.
Gideon was sweet and enjoyed getting to play Minecraft and playing pretend with Toby and Zoe and Lexi when they were at the house. Having issues with the older two feeling entitled to "stuff" or to not have to work. Change is a coming. Part of the problem, I feel, is that our staying alive doesn't depend on everyone being super involved in keeping the household going.
Potty training with Tobyn was crazy. Seemed like he decided he was just not going to do it. He knew where he should go, but he didn't care to. So, we will try again tomorrow.
Went to my sister's for the evening and ate her delicious chicken pesto pizza. Enjoyed watching "Pitch Perfect" for the fourth time. Nice to get out and have adult conversation and company after a relatively difficult day at home.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg, 1 mug coffee with sugar and milk, 1/3 of a banana
Lunch: Philly cheesesteak sandwich, 1/2 cup oven baked potatoes
Dinner: chicken pesto pizza, 2 slices of cheesecake
Water intake: 16- 8oz. glasses
Sunday, January 20, 2013
January 20th, 2013
Woke up to the dreaded alarm clock, albiet at a generally nice time of 8am. New resolution: be in bed with nothing else to do (watching shows, etc.) by 11pm. Mornings are just too painful when you don't fall asleep until 1am. Especially mornings that require an 8am wake up call and preparing a family for church.
Made it out of the door and had a great time in Toon Town leading 1st-4th graders to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Love watching my husband work his magic and keep 40+ kids excited and interested in learning and growing in Christ.
After church, we spent the rest of our day with Jon & Rachel and baby Jocelyn. Enjoyed delicious homemade Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, oven potatoes, and steamed broccoli. We had been trying to get together for 3 weeks. Ah the joys of family growth and sick season. It was refreshing and much needed. Holding sweet Jocelyn is an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Finishing off the day with Minecraft and guitar. Tomorrow: house cleaning and organization. On another down-sizing hunt and getting the house primed to make it rent-ready.
Made it out of the door and had a great time in Toon Town leading 1st-4th graders to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Love watching my husband work his magic and keep 40+ kids excited and interested in learning and growing in Christ.
After church, we spent the rest of our day with Jon & Rachel and baby Jocelyn. Enjoyed delicious homemade Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, oven potatoes, and steamed broccoli. We had been trying to get together for 3 weeks. Ah the joys of family growth and sick season. It was refreshing and much needed. Holding sweet Jocelyn is an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Finishing off the day with Minecraft and guitar. Tomorrow: house cleaning and organization. On another down-sizing hunt and getting the house primed to make it rent-ready.
January 19th, 2013
Woke up at 10am this morning.
Yes, you read that correctly. 10. A. M.
It was glorious. Enjoyed a leisurely morning sipping coffee, catching up on my Scramble games, and chatting with my sister while Rod and the kids played Minecraft. Such peace can only last for so long and so we deparated our separate ways.
I headed out for the two week grocery acquisition trip. Let me just say, I was incredibly disheartened after one unnamed grocery store full of processed crap. Yes, I mean crap. No one should be eating that stuff. Put my cart away and headed to Braum's to get my dairy, free of hormones. Lifted my spirits enough that I pulled up my bootstraps and headed to Reasor's to finish my list. I am incredibly proud that I used cash (making me stick to my list and be aware of how much I was getting) and feel like my food budget for the next two weeks was spent well.
Today I have been sickened by America's food sources. They make what we are willing to purchase. For now. Even that may not be possible as the economy continues to change. I have been making a mental list all day of the things I need to research: raising goats, bunnies, and chickens for meat and dairy; well and water sources; gardening and composting; what grows in Oklahoma; canning and preserving. And that's just today's list.
We are working toward making our current home rental-ready so that we can buy land on the outskirts of Tulsa. We want to build a simple home (most likely a steel building) and begin cultivating our land and self-preservation abilities. Not out of nervousness or fear of anything, but because we want to be as healthy as we possibly can. I dream of having plenty to share. Giving jobs and/or food as much as we are able. Excited for the work that will come. I know it won't be easy, but much more worthwhile.
Food Journal
Breakfast: eggs & potatoes, coffee with sugar and milk
Snack: three mini Hershey bars
Lunch/Dinner: leftover garlic chicken pizza
Snack: cheese & crackers, hummus
Water intake: 2- 8oz. glasses
Yes, you read that correctly. 10. A. M.
It was glorious. Enjoyed a leisurely morning sipping coffee, catching up on my Scramble games, and chatting with my sister while Rod and the kids played Minecraft. Such peace can only last for so long and so we deparated our separate ways.
I headed out for the two week grocery acquisition trip. Let me just say, I was incredibly disheartened after one unnamed grocery store full of processed crap. Yes, I mean crap. No one should be eating that stuff. Put my cart away and headed to Braum's to get my dairy, free of hormones. Lifted my spirits enough that I pulled up my bootstraps and headed to Reasor's to finish my list. I am incredibly proud that I used cash (making me stick to my list and be aware of how much I was getting) and feel like my food budget for the next two weeks was spent well.
Today I have been sickened by America's food sources. They make what we are willing to purchase. For now. Even that may not be possible as the economy continues to change. I have been making a mental list all day of the things I need to research: raising goats, bunnies, and chickens for meat and dairy; well and water sources; gardening and composting; what grows in Oklahoma; canning and preserving. And that's just today's list.
We are working toward making our current home rental-ready so that we can buy land on the outskirts of Tulsa. We want to build a simple home (most likely a steel building) and begin cultivating our land and self-preservation abilities. Not out of nervousness or fear of anything, but because we want to be as healthy as we possibly can. I dream of having plenty to share. Giving jobs and/or food as much as we are able. Excited for the work that will come. I know it won't be easy, but much more worthwhile.
Food Journal
Breakfast: eggs & potatoes, coffee with sugar and milk
Snack: three mini Hershey bars
Lunch/Dinner: leftover garlic chicken pizza
Snack: cheese & crackers, hummus
Water intake: 2- 8oz. glasses
Saturday, January 19, 2013
January 18th, 2013
It's a brand new day. The sun is high. All the birds are singing..... But I digress. It is a beautiful day today. Nice break from the winter chill, some sun and higher temps (50s/60s) for the weekend. Enjoyed a low key morning of planning and relaxed breakfast with the kids. Planning a big errand trip this afternoon with a stop at the park for Vitamin D and good measure. The grocery shopping idea makes me think I'm going crazy, but I probably should've known that by now. Made the kids their own separate lists of items with estimated prices. They'll see the difference between the estimated and actual cost, then total their "purchases". Interested to see how it goes. Yippee!
Didn't happen. Got sidetracked by my sister, Melanie, coming to visit. We had a great time, made a Wal-Mart run, then she stayed home with the kids so Rod and I could go see "The Hobbit" finally. Beautiful movie. Absolutely loved it. Made me want to finish the LotR book I'm currently on. After we got home, it was time for girlie movies and snacks with Meg. Watched "Dear Frankie" -hideously sad and poignant- and "Jane Austen Book Club". Fun night with my girl.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 mug hot tea, 1 mug coffee, 1 egg scrambled, 1/2 an orange
Lunch: 1 bowl potato soup with 1/4 cup shredded cheese
Dinner: 1 slice garlic chicken pizza, popcorn, large cherry coke
Snacks: hummus, alouette cheese, crackers, mini hershey bars
Water intake: 8- 8oz. glasses
Didn't happen. Got sidetracked by my sister, Melanie, coming to visit. We had a great time, made a Wal-Mart run, then she stayed home with the kids so Rod and I could go see "The Hobbit" finally. Beautiful movie. Absolutely loved it. Made me want to finish the LotR book I'm currently on. After we got home, it was time for girlie movies and snacks with Meg. Watched "Dear Frankie" -hideously sad and poignant- and "Jane Austen Book Club". Fun night with my girl.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 mug hot tea, 1 mug coffee, 1 egg scrambled, 1/2 an orange
Lunch: 1 bowl potato soup with 1/4 cup shredded cheese
Dinner: 1 slice garlic chicken pizza, popcorn, large cherry coke
Snacks: hummus, alouette cheese, crackers, mini hershey bars
Water intake: 8- 8oz. glasses
Thursday, January 17, 2013
January 17th, 2012
Doing well on my workout plan. Had to replace the Pilates Bootcamp, though, after the first try. Concerned it could aggrivate my already separated abdominal muscles. So, my new workout schedule is: 10 minute Cardio and Just Dance 3 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Back strengthening exercises and R.I.P. (rest in plank: abs and arms) along with a family walk on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Definitely feel stronger and my posture is much improved.
Amazing feat of the day: finishing school with the kids. Some days are easy....today was not one of them. But, they learned, so success for all. Thinking about reworking my weekly schedule. Organized learning activities Monday through Thursday, Friday for errands and Life Skills (i.e. cleaning/projects), Saturday: day of complete rest, Sunday: church and prep for the week/family time.
Had a productive afternoon of laundry and organization. Not even a dent made, but such is life. Dinner and Duck Dynasty relief. Had a nice Facebook chat with my sister in Colorado. Thankful for technology! Off to put kids to bed, enjoy time with my husband, then my first night back at Church Online for the 11pm. Nervous and excited.
Loved my new Church Online team. Learned a lot of behind the scenes info on how it works. Love hearing how many people have come to Christ through such a thing as the Internet. Excited to be back! Love seeing people from so many different countries and walks of life come to know Jesus and be loved, accepted, and challenged to grow.
Food Journal
Breakfast: small waffle with peanut butter & syrup, coffee with sugar and milk
Lunch: 1 slice of frittata with ketchup
Dinner: 1 1/2 cup of stew with rice, 2 glasses of tea, 2 pieces of cornbread with 2 slices of colby jack cheese
Water intake: 12- 8oz glasses
Amazing feat of the day: finishing school with the kids. Some days are easy....today was not one of them. But, they learned, so success for all. Thinking about reworking my weekly schedule. Organized learning activities Monday through Thursday, Friday for errands and Life Skills (i.e. cleaning/projects), Saturday: day of complete rest, Sunday: church and prep for the week/family time.
Had a productive afternoon of laundry and organization. Not even a dent made, but such is life. Dinner and Duck Dynasty relief. Had a nice Facebook chat with my sister in Colorado. Thankful for technology! Off to put kids to bed, enjoy time with my husband, then my first night back at Church Online for the 11pm. Nervous and excited.
Loved my new Church Online team. Learned a lot of behind the scenes info on how it works. Love hearing how many people have come to Christ through such a thing as the Internet. Excited to be back! Love seeing people from so many different countries and walks of life come to know Jesus and be loved, accepted, and challenged to grow.
Food Journal
Breakfast: small waffle with peanut butter & syrup, coffee with sugar and milk
Lunch: 1 slice of frittata with ketchup
Dinner: 1 1/2 cup of stew with rice, 2 glasses of tea, 2 pieces of cornbread with 2 slices of colby jack cheese
Water intake: 12- 8oz glasses
January 16th, 2013
Woke up feeling sore and nauseated. Possibly from the shock to my body of exercise and eating well. Gave myself the gift of a slow morning. Fed the kids and let them play Minecraft, then read my Historical reading plan on Youversion, caught up on Facebook and e-mail, then surfed Pinterest. Enjoying a slower morning of school work with the kids. Did our "God Is" reading plan and practiced their challenge cards for church. Book work is the agenda for the rest of the morning.
Got all of our book work done. Enjoyed a fun lunch watching another "How It's Made" episode about beer, bathtubs, helicopters, and hearing aids. Did my 10 minute cardio video again today. Tough stuff, but the good kind.
First night back at Konnect after the Christmas break tonight. Felt good to be back. Love seeing the leaders connecting with their circle group kids and even pushing through the craziness that comes with large amounts of children. Looking forward to next week.
Food Journal
Breakfast: two cups of coffee with sugar and milk
Lunch: 1 slice fritatta (egg, potato, green pepper, tomato, cheese), 4 orange slices
Snack: 1 cup milk, 1 rounded tablespoon of homemade peanut butter
Dinner: popcorn, apple pie & ice cream, 1 mug of hot tea
Water intake: 6- 8oz. glasses
Got all of our book work done. Enjoyed a fun lunch watching another "How It's Made" episode about beer, bathtubs, helicopters, and hearing aids. Did my 10 minute cardio video again today. Tough stuff, but the good kind.
First night back at Konnect after the Christmas break tonight. Felt good to be back. Love seeing the leaders connecting with their circle group kids and even pushing through the craziness that comes with large amounts of children. Looking forward to next week.
Food Journal
Breakfast: two cups of coffee with sugar and milk
Lunch: 1 slice fritatta (egg, potato, green pepper, tomato, cheese), 4 orange slices
Snack: 1 cup milk, 1 rounded tablespoon of homemade peanut butter
Dinner: popcorn, apple pie & ice cream, 1 mug of hot tea
Water intake: 6- 8oz. glasses
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
January 15th, 2013
Another slower day due to kids feeling sick. Tried a new workout today, unsure if I'll continue. Pilates bootcamp might be a little harsh on my torn abdomen muscles. Ya think?
Made my first batch of oven cooked hard-"boiled" eggs. Kids were excited to have such an accessible snack. Love all of the good things they like to eat....especially when that's the only option. Catching up on laundry today. Full body workout. Toby decided to start potty training today. Right now he's in real undies and has used the potty once already. Here's hoping it sticks. Been dreading the work (i.e. accidents) involved, but ready for this next step. Enjoyed a nice lunch with the kids and watching "How It's Made" episodes about mozarella cheese, toothpicks, fluorescent lightbulbs, and bathtubs.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 mug of hot tea, 1 1/2 banana, 2 tbsp homemade peanut butter, 1 cup of milk
Lunch: 1 1/2 cups chicken stew, 1 slice Revolve bread
Snack: handful almonds, 1 mug of hot tea
Dinner: 1 slice Revolve bread, 2 eggs, 1 slice Swiss cheese, 1 slice pepperjack cheese, 6-7 spinach leaves, glass of tea, slice of apple pie, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream, 1 mug of hot tea
Water intake: 6- 8oz. glasses
Made my first batch of oven cooked hard-"boiled" eggs. Kids were excited to have such an accessible snack. Love all of the good things they like to eat....especially when that's the only option. Catching up on laundry today. Full body workout. Toby decided to start potty training today. Right now he's in real undies and has used the potty once already. Here's hoping it sticks. Been dreading the work (i.e. accidents) involved, but ready for this next step. Enjoyed a nice lunch with the kids and watching "How It's Made" episodes about mozarella cheese, toothpicks, fluorescent lightbulbs, and bathtubs.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 mug of hot tea, 1 1/2 banana, 2 tbsp homemade peanut butter, 1 cup of milk
Lunch: 1 1/2 cups chicken stew, 1 slice Revolve bread
Snack: handful almonds, 1 mug of hot tea
Dinner: 1 slice Revolve bread, 2 eggs, 1 slice Swiss cheese, 1 slice pepperjack cheese, 6-7 spinach leaves, glass of tea, slice of apple pie, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream, 1 mug of hot tea
Water intake: 6- 8oz. glasses
Monday, January 14, 2013
January 14th, 2013
Weekend Review:
Had a nice, relaxing weekend. Will be even more restful with better planning. Unexpected night in on Saturday night complete with homemade egg rolls, Just Dance 3 fun with the family, and alone time with my man complete with Skip-Bo and our current t.v. addiction "Rules of Engagement". Sunday was our usual Toon Town experience fun for the morning. Came home to everyone needing naps and Gideon not feeling good. Enjoyed a relaxed afternoon before heading to Revolve Church for the new regroup we're participating in with our friends Zane and Jenny. The kids had fun playing while we discussed what we want to do in this Family Regroup. Looking forward to starting "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell. Finished off with a fun evening of playing music, watching t.v., and hot apple pie.
Today:
Heaven on earth: sleeping in until 8:30am. Although, the reason for that is sick children. Gideon feels horrible and the others aren't far behind him. Planning to have a relaxed school day of learning games and reading, while Zoe will do her full school load while she is still mostly healthy. Lots of planning on my part since I'm free to do so. Looked up hotels for our possible trip to San Antonio and/or Austin while we're visiting my parents. Ordered a history curriculum from the library to peruse. Moved "important" files to our external hard drive so that *fingers crossed* Rod can reformat the laptop and it will actually work better. Yay me!
Updated my blogger profile. It had been two years since receiving any attention. Made homemade peanut butter for the second time and I must say, the food processor makes the difference. I am in a committed relationship with said food processor until the end of time.
Delicious, chemical free peanuty goodness. Made yummy pb & jelly sandwiches with this and homemade bread we recieved from Revolve Church yesterday. Next on my agenda: homemade fruit spread.
Started my new fitness/exercise plan. Today I fell in love with this workout. 10 minutes. No props. Perfecto!
Finished off the evening relaxing with the family. Made delicious chicken stew to have with our Revolve bread. Ended the night doing three songs on Just Dance 3 and trying some other Kinect games.
Food Journal (weighed in at 135)
Breakfast: 3/4 cup honey roasted peanuts, 2 mugs of hot tea, banana
Lunch: 1/2 pb & jelly sandwich, 4 apple slices, 1 cup milk
Snack: 1 mug hot tea
Dinner: two bowls chicken stew, 1 whole piece of bread, apple pie slice w/ 1/2 cup ice cream
Water intake: 12- 8oz glasses
Had a nice, relaxing weekend. Will be even more restful with better planning. Unexpected night in on Saturday night complete with homemade egg rolls, Just Dance 3 fun with the family, and alone time with my man complete with Skip-Bo and our current t.v. addiction "Rules of Engagement". Sunday was our usual Toon Town experience fun for the morning. Came home to everyone needing naps and Gideon not feeling good. Enjoyed a relaxed afternoon before heading to Revolve Church for the new regroup we're participating in with our friends Zane and Jenny. The kids had fun playing while we discussed what we want to do in this Family Regroup. Looking forward to starting "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell. Finished off with a fun evening of playing music, watching t.v., and hot apple pie.
Today:
Heaven on earth: sleeping in until 8:30am. Although, the reason for that is sick children. Gideon feels horrible and the others aren't far behind him. Planning to have a relaxed school day of learning games and reading, while Zoe will do her full school load while she is still mostly healthy. Lots of planning on my part since I'm free to do so. Looked up hotels for our possible trip to San Antonio and/or Austin while we're visiting my parents. Ordered a history curriculum from the library to peruse. Moved "important" files to our external hard drive so that *fingers crossed* Rod can reformat the laptop and it will actually work better. Yay me!
Updated my blogger profile. It had been two years since receiving any attention. Made homemade peanut butter for the second time and I must say, the food processor makes the difference. I am in a committed relationship with said food processor until the end of time.
Delicious, chemical free peanuty goodness. Made yummy pb & jelly sandwiches with this and homemade bread we recieved from Revolve Church yesterday. Next on my agenda: homemade fruit spread.
Started my new fitness/exercise plan. Today I fell in love with this workout. 10 minutes. No props. Perfecto!
Finished off the evening relaxing with the family. Made delicious chicken stew to have with our Revolve bread. Ended the night doing three songs on Just Dance 3 and trying some other Kinect games.
Food Journal (weighed in at 135)
Breakfast: 3/4 cup honey roasted peanuts, 2 mugs of hot tea, banana
Lunch: 1/2 pb & jelly sandwich, 4 apple slices, 1 cup milk
Snack: 1 mug hot tea
Dinner: two bowls chicken stew, 1 whole piece of bread, apple pie slice w/ 1/2 cup ice cream
Water intake: 12- 8oz glasses
January 12th, 2013
Today is (or was supposed to be) our first day of fulfilling our new family "time budget" with a day of complete rest. Lack of planning and a difficult week on my part, means it's not going the way I was hoping. "Had" to do a load of clothes, had chicken leftovers waiting to be made into chicken stock, meals to be made. Doing the least that I can, but know that if I will be taking Saturday as a complete day of rest, I will need to have meals/leftovers ready for the day and be caught up on essential housework.
So, I've got my chicken stock simmering, two loads of laundry in the process, and just finished a yummy brunch of oven potatoes and farm-style scrambled eggs. Another of the things I didn't plan for: the need to run out and get baby wipes and bunny littler/food. Live and learn. I will be heading off to do that shortly. When I come home, my plan is to read and relax until 4pm-ish when we will (again, lack of planning) tidy up the house and get ready for Jon, Rachel, baby Jocelyn, and Renee to come visit. As it stands, my plan is to make homemade egg rolls and rice. We shall see.
Food Journal
1 1/2 scrambled eggs, 3/4 cup roasted potatoes, 3 cups hot tea (yes, 3)
Screw my food journal. Took a break for the weekend....untintentionally.
So, I've got my chicken stock simmering, two loads of laundry in the process, and just finished a yummy brunch of oven potatoes and farm-style scrambled eggs. Another of the things I didn't plan for: the need to run out and get baby wipes and bunny littler/food. Live and learn. I will be heading off to do that shortly. When I come home, my plan is to read and relax until 4pm-ish when we will (again, lack of planning) tidy up the house and get ready for Jon, Rachel, baby Jocelyn, and Renee to come visit. As it stands, my plan is to make homemade egg rolls and rice. We shall see.
Food Journal
1 1/2 scrambled eggs, 3/4 cup roasted potatoes, 3 cups hot tea (yes, 3)
Screw my food journal. Took a break for the weekend....untintentionally.
Friday, January 11, 2013
January 11th, 2013
Oops! I skipped a few days. I've been doing better about being busy living life instead of gravitating toward the Internet. That gaping black hole of Internet. What has happened in the last few days? We've done great at being consistent with school in the mornings. Been playing guitar and ukulele more. Discovered the hated "F Chord" in guitar. I feel relatively well during the day, but after going, going, going for most of the day, I crash and feel awful in the evening. Before I seek medical help, I am determined to straighten my diet out, increasing my protein and lessening my sugars. I will also be exercising daily and taking a nap every afternoon. It will not be easy. Every fiber of my being desires to fight this will, and yet it will be done. Something has got to change. I can't be the wife and mother that I want to be this way.
Today will be full of working on those aspects (diet, exercise, sleep) as well as school and the never ending cleaning. Although, now I have drive to clean things out so that we can clean the house out, do whatever renovations needed, and sell it this spring. Praying we will be able to buy land and build a house on it and transplant our living.
School was a challenge today. Good points: Gideon did *amazing* reading his words in his Phonics book. Started out painful, but he was getting the hang of it and reading with less help by the end. Hooray! Zoe was incredibly focused on getting her bookwork done. In the midst of all of this great learning, Toby was throwing a major fit about not being allowed to play with the iPad (another big push to not use tv/electronics until the afternoon). After finishing Phonics with Gideon, I read books with Toby and reconnected our relationship. Since then, no fits of screaming and crying. Wonder of wonders.
Closed the day out with Papa Murphy's pizza and watching "Hotel Transylvania" with the kids. Fun ending to a week and great beginning for the weekend.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 egg with spinach & Italian cheese, cup of hot tea, orange slices
Snack: handful honey roasted peanuts
Lunch: 1 egg & swiss omelet, 3/4 cup roasted sweet potatoes
Dinner: 1 piece Chicago stuffed pizza, 1 cheese bread piece, 2 S'mores pizza pieces
Water: 8- 8oz. glasses of water
1 glass Dr. Pepper
Today will be full of working on those aspects (diet, exercise, sleep) as well as school and the never ending cleaning. Although, now I have drive to clean things out so that we can clean the house out, do whatever renovations needed, and sell it this spring. Praying we will be able to buy land and build a house on it and transplant our living.
School was a challenge today. Good points: Gideon did *amazing* reading his words in his Phonics book. Started out painful, but he was getting the hang of it and reading with less help by the end. Hooray! Zoe was incredibly focused on getting her bookwork done. In the midst of all of this great learning, Toby was throwing a major fit about not being allowed to play with the iPad (another big push to not use tv/electronics until the afternoon). After finishing Phonics with Gideon, I read books with Toby and reconnected our relationship. Since then, no fits of screaming and crying. Wonder of wonders.
Closed the day out with Papa Murphy's pizza and watching "Hotel Transylvania" with the kids. Fun ending to a week and great beginning for the weekend.
Food Journal
Breakfast: 1 egg with spinach & Italian cheese, cup of hot tea, orange slices
Snack: handful honey roasted peanuts
Lunch: 1 egg & swiss omelet, 3/4 cup roasted sweet potatoes
Dinner: 1 piece Chicago stuffed pizza, 1 cheese bread piece, 2 S'mores pizza pieces
Water: 8- 8oz. glasses of water
1 glass Dr. Pepper
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
January 8th, 2013
A day like any other. Full of life and business. Felt very proud of myself for staying busy with things that needed done and taking little needed rests, but no extensive Internet time. Catching up on housework after the holidays and being sick feels like crawling out from underneath a pile of boulders. Dramatic much?
Had a great morning of school with the kids. Loving their excitement at practicing their piano and learning music theory. Nothing incredibly out of the ordinary for that portion of my day. Spent the rest of my day catching up on laundry and cleaning out rooms until my sister came to hang out and babysit.
*Sigh of relief* It was amazing to be able to leave my kids in my sister's capable hands for a fun movie night out with my husband. We went and saw Les Miserables. Amazing. I wasn't sure what I would think of it. The constant singing did take a moment to get into, but it was absolutely gorgeous. Loved the cinematography, the depth of feeling and emotion in each actor's/actress' performance, and the overall theme of the story of great depravity, yet forgiveness and redemption. Made me want to read the book and enjoyed a nice little history search and read on Victor Hugo.
Ended the day in bed feeling nauseated and yucky nasal issues. Hoping it isn't foreboding of sickness to come.
Had a great morning of school with the kids. Loving their excitement at practicing their piano and learning music theory. Nothing incredibly out of the ordinary for that portion of my day. Spent the rest of my day catching up on laundry and cleaning out rooms until my sister came to hang out and babysit.
*Sigh of relief* It was amazing to be able to leave my kids in my sister's capable hands for a fun movie night out with my husband. We went and saw Les Miserables. Amazing. I wasn't sure what I would think of it. The constant singing did take a moment to get into, but it was absolutely gorgeous. Loved the cinematography, the depth of feeling and emotion in each actor's/actress' performance, and the overall theme of the story of great depravity, yet forgiveness and redemption. Made me want to read the book and enjoyed a nice little history search and read on Victor Hugo.
Ended the day in bed feeling nauseated and yucky nasal issues. Hoping it isn't foreboding of sickness to come.
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