Today when I got home from work Pink and I went on our 15 minute run (her in the stroller, of course). Good thing I decided to run in the 90 degree weather, fabulous idea, Les! When we rolled in the garage I got her out of the jogging stroller and we headed straight for the backyard. I turned on the sprinkler and just stood in the middle of it, I was a tad hot!
Pink just sort of stood there on the patio looking at me like, "Um, what are you doing and how can I get in on that?" I told her to come on in. She started walking toward it and I quickly told her to go back to the patio. She was wearing jorts and all I could see were raw legs from the jeans rubbing on her thighs (or lack there of). I threw her jorts inside and we started running around like chickens with our heads cut off. I was definitely in a playful mood tonight, lucky for Pink. On another note, it is amazing at how much more energy you have the more active you are, kind of like a breakfast for dinner weird, a good weird.
When I was ready to go in and eat dinner I waited for her to run the opposite direction and then I ran to the faucet and turned it off. She kind of watched it dwindle down and then looked at me like, "Did I break it?" Then she looked at me and said, "Sorry, Mommy! I breaked it." I explained to her that she did not break it (for once, ha) but that it had to stop so it could rest for all the watering it was going to be doing this weekend. She actually bought it and we came inside for dinner and a bath.
Dinner tonight was "breakfast for dinner." My wonderful husband, Leo, asked me if I wanted him to make me an omelet. It did not take me long to think about the answer to that question, YES! Of course I had special modifications that had to be made but he did not mind. Egg whites only with low fat shredded cheese and tomatoes (AKA a can of rotel). It was so good. Why don't I eat breakfast for dinner more often? Maybe I will. There is nothing better than breakfast for dinner, in my opinion. Would a huge stack of pancakes been better? Not sure and I guess I'll never know. Maybe I should have a designated cheat day...pancakes, YUMMY!
Tomorrow is Friday! Wait, it was just Monday morning like 10 seconds ago. Either way, I'll take it! Have a great night, Toodles!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Not telling....
I have decided not to weigh in this week. I am keeping steady on my change of lifestyle and running so I want to be extra surprised next week. I also don't want to concentrate on the scale so much anymore. If this is, in fact, a change of lifestyle then I need to go about it without counting on seeing those numbers go down weekly, right? I should go by the way my clothes are fitting.
OR, did I really weigh in this morning and gain weight? I will let you be the judge.... Either way, you will see the number next week.
Toodles!
OR, did I really weigh in this morning and gain weight? I will let you be the judge.... Either way, you will see the number next week.
Toodles!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Happy Hump Day!
Today is Wednesday and the week is half over. My weeks have been flying by so quickly lately, I feel like I am weeks behind on everything. I know I have scheduled at least ten things for this weekend and I can't even begin to tell you one of them. Where do I go from here and could someone please press the "pause" button?
Last week I had to do something I have never been powerful enough to do, FIRE someone. I would have given back all the keys, all the power, and all the accomplishments that got me here to have not had to do that. It was inevitable that this persons time was long up with our company but ME, I had to fire her! I had to look her in the eyes and tell her that her services were no longer needed and tell her why. I tell you what, there has never been a moment where I wished I was home frolicking in the leaves with my kids rather than be sitting in that chair.
I had to go through the whole week knowing this was going to happen on Friday at 3:30 pm. I could not sleep the night before, I was up all night with an upset stomach. All I could think about was, how is she going to pay rent, will she bounce back from this, who will hire this girl because she truly has the largest chip on her shoulder than anyone that I have ever met, and I know a lot of people. The good (if you will) thing in my eyes is that she does not have a family and she can always file unemployment until she finds another job, right? Well, you would think but why can't I stop thinking about this poor girl I had to fire? Is it always going to be like this or is this just a "first time" feeling? Hopefully, this is the only time I ever have to do something like this. Am I that naive to really think that, NO!
So, other than that I was also PMSing and I was extra emotional. I would feel myself getting very angry and wanting to scream at her from the top of my lungs when she was only trying to defend herself. Thank God his little voice was coming through loud and clear to stay calm and maintain a professional composure. So, I did it and I think I did a good job, if that is possible. I would definitely hate to hear her side of the story though. Ouch!
So, it is a new week and things in the office are crazy! I am doing things I never thought I would do, but loving it. I am learning all the ins and outs of dealing with Insurance Adjusters, and loving it! I am still billing my brains out too at the same time. Man, I never knew I could be this productive and have fun doing it. I think I have finally, after 7 years post-college, decided I am where I want to be and love what I am doing. Who would have thought? I hate that something so horrible for someone else could be such a defining moment for me. Something that was supposed to only be part-time turned in to my new career. God is Good!
Last week I had to do something I have never been powerful enough to do, FIRE someone. I would have given back all the keys, all the power, and all the accomplishments that got me here to have not had to do that. It was inevitable that this persons time was long up with our company but ME, I had to fire her! I had to look her in the eyes and tell her that her services were no longer needed and tell her why. I tell you what, there has never been a moment where I wished I was home frolicking in the leaves with my kids rather than be sitting in that chair.
I had to go through the whole week knowing this was going to happen on Friday at 3:30 pm. I could not sleep the night before, I was up all night with an upset stomach. All I could think about was, how is she going to pay rent, will she bounce back from this, who will hire this girl because she truly has the largest chip on her shoulder than anyone that I have ever met, and I know a lot of people. The good (if you will) thing in my eyes is that she does not have a family and she can always file unemployment until she finds another job, right? Well, you would think but why can't I stop thinking about this poor girl I had to fire? Is it always going to be like this or is this just a "first time" feeling? Hopefully, this is the only time I ever have to do something like this. Am I that naive to really think that, NO!
So, other than that I was also PMSing and I was extra emotional. I would feel myself getting very angry and wanting to scream at her from the top of my lungs when she was only trying to defend herself. Thank God his little voice was coming through loud and clear to stay calm and maintain a professional composure. So, I did it and I think I did a good job, if that is possible. I would definitely hate to hear her side of the story though. Ouch!
So, it is a new week and things in the office are crazy! I am doing things I never thought I would do, but loving it. I am learning all the ins and outs of dealing with Insurance Adjusters, and loving it! I am still billing my brains out too at the same time. Man, I never knew I could be this productive and have fun doing it. I think I have finally, after 7 years post-college, decided I am where I want to be and love what I am doing. Who would have thought? I hate that something so horrible for someone else could be such a defining moment for me. Something that was supposed to only be part-time turned in to my new career. God is Good!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Is This It, Are We Done?
We have been going through the potty training process with Pink for the last month. We are definitely successful with the pee pee part. She even goes in there on her own, pulls her shorts and panties down, sits down, does her business, and even pulls her shorts and panties back up. Big step, ha!
When she goes to bed we still put an overnight diaper on her because that is a little too long to go between potty breaks. She sleeps a good 11 hours at night and I don't even think I could pull that one off. So, with the nighttime diaper, this is when she would usually decide to go poo poo. Well, there would come a time when she would need to go poo poo during the day so she would just go in her panties. How is the clean up on that, you ask? Oh, Fabulous! It is especially fabulous when she would try and take the panties off and it would smear on her leg, get on the carpet or all over the tile in the bathroom then try and climb back up in her bed to watch a movie. Ugh! Clean up turns in to a 30 minute ordeal, easily!
We start brainstorming from the beginning, what can we bribe this child with? We tried two pieces of candy (contrary to the one piece she got for pee pee), a new toy of her choice, ice cream, Popsicle, a new DVD, a new house, a new car, you name it! She would do it about once a week or so and we would get soooooo excited. Obviously she did not get what all the excitement was about because she would continue to soil her panties and they would end up in the trash. Those panties are not cheap either.
Last Monday we decided to give the new neighborhood pool a try. It was a blast. The splash pad was a major hit with Pink. She also loved the baby pool. She was not diggin' the big pool for more than 5 minutes. Blue just sat back and relaxed in his little boat while Leo pushed him around. Always chill mode with Blue! So, I am sitting in the baby pool with Pink and she says, "Mommy, I need to go potty."
Pink and I walk in to the bathroom and I put her up on the potty. She is sitting there with this determined look on her face and then I hear the "bloop." I started going NUTS! I was screaming and clapping and giving her a high five. She asks, or should I say tells me that we are going to Target (yes, I know it is VERY sad that my 2 year old knows the name of a store) to get a new toy and ice cream. So, indeed, that is what we did later that day.
Another week goes by, another 2 pair of panties ruined until this weekend, Saturday to be exact. Leo's rents were in town and we had my Mom over for dinner as well. We were all sitting around the table after enjoying a fabulous steak dinner. Of course my Mom asks, "What's for dessert?" I look at Pink and I say, "Well, I was kind of banking on Pink going poo poo in the potty because I would LOVE some ice cream tonight." So, after I said this, everyone chimed in. We were all looking at her telling her it would be so nice if she went. Then I asked her if she needed to go poo poo and she answered, "Yes!"
We walk in the bathroom and she sits there. She goes pee pee and continues to sit there. I am thinking to myself, " Is she going? Do I smell poo poo?" I ask her, "what kind of ice cream are you going to get? " She looks up at me and says while grunting, "Pink ice cream with sprinkles." It was the funniest thing I had ever seen/witnessed. She did it, she went poo poo and we all got our ice cream.
She has now done it the last 3 days in a row. We are so hopeful that this is it, we are done. Last night she even grabbed a book and ran in there and took care of business. Like Daddy, Like Daughter :)
When she goes to bed we still put an overnight diaper on her because that is a little too long to go between potty breaks. She sleeps a good 11 hours at night and I don't even think I could pull that one off. So, with the nighttime diaper, this is when she would usually decide to go poo poo. Well, there would come a time when she would need to go poo poo during the day so she would just go in her panties. How is the clean up on that, you ask? Oh, Fabulous! It is especially fabulous when she would try and take the panties off and it would smear on her leg, get on the carpet or all over the tile in the bathroom then try and climb back up in her bed to watch a movie. Ugh! Clean up turns in to a 30 minute ordeal, easily!
We start brainstorming from the beginning, what can we bribe this child with? We tried two pieces of candy (contrary to the one piece she got for pee pee), a new toy of her choice, ice cream, Popsicle, a new DVD, a new house, a new car, you name it! She would do it about once a week or so and we would get soooooo excited. Obviously she did not get what all the excitement was about because she would continue to soil her panties and they would end up in the trash. Those panties are not cheap either.
Last Monday we decided to give the new neighborhood pool a try. It was a blast. The splash pad was a major hit with Pink. She also loved the baby pool. She was not diggin' the big pool for more than 5 minutes. Blue just sat back and relaxed in his little boat while Leo pushed him around. Always chill mode with Blue! So, I am sitting in the baby pool with Pink and she says, "Mommy, I need to go potty."
Pink and I walk in to the bathroom and I put her up on the potty. She is sitting there with this determined look on her face and then I hear the "bloop." I started going NUTS! I was screaming and clapping and giving her a high five. She asks, or should I say tells me that we are going to Target (yes, I know it is VERY sad that my 2 year old knows the name of a store) to get a new toy and ice cream. So, indeed, that is what we did later that day.
Another week goes by, another 2 pair of panties ruined until this weekend, Saturday to be exact. Leo's rents were in town and we had my Mom over for dinner as well. We were all sitting around the table after enjoying a fabulous steak dinner. Of course my Mom asks, "What's for dessert?" I look at Pink and I say, "Well, I was kind of banking on Pink going poo poo in the potty because I would LOVE some ice cream tonight." So, after I said this, everyone chimed in. We were all looking at her telling her it would be so nice if she went. Then I asked her if she needed to go poo poo and she answered, "Yes!"
We walk in the bathroom and she sits there. She goes pee pee and continues to sit there. I am thinking to myself, " Is she going? Do I smell poo poo?" I ask her, "what kind of ice cream are you going to get? " She looks up at me and says while grunting, "Pink ice cream with sprinkles." It was the funniest thing I had ever seen/witnessed. She did it, she went poo poo and we all got our ice cream.
She has now done it the last 3 days in a row. We are so hopeful that this is it, we are done. Last night she even grabbed a book and ran in there and took care of business. Like Daddy, Like Daughter :)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Pictures Coming Soon!
As you all know, Pink broke our camera last week. I am proud to announce we just ordered a new Digital Camera from Best Buy. We are so excited to have a new camera. I feel like just one week going by, I have missed so many important pictures in the kids lives. We should have it between June 4th and the 9th. Get ready for picture overload shortly there after.
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and I will be checking in sometime tomorrow. Lots to catch up on. Toodles!
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend and I will be checking in sometime tomorrow. Lots to catch up on. Toodles!
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