And I'm not talking about the accumulated mass of my stomach, hips, thighs and buttocks. I'm not talking about carrying Ivy either. I'm talking about more of a mental burden - which is also physical. I have been looking around my home and there is ... stuff ... everywhere.
Things I'm forced to keep due to sentimental value.
Things I'm forced to keep because it's a little piece of information that needs to be kept or filed or shared or whatever.
Things I'm forced to keep because, well, what if I need it.
Things I'm forced to keep because I can't say no. And when I do, my 'no' doesn't get heard or validated.
And living in such a confined space, it gets cramped and cluttered pretty quickly. I've come to realize that maybe all this clutter is keeping me from doing what I need to do. It may seem like I'm placing the blame - but I'm not. It is entirely my fault. It's something that I have to deal with. But when I go to clean up, I get overwhelmed. The task is too daunting. The things evoke memories or plans for their use. I tried this today. There's a box under my bed that has things I don't really need and all I could do was look through the stupid thing and put it back.
Junk - 1; Lena - 0
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Menu Plan Monday (on a Wednesday)
Boo. I've been busy.
Last week's menu was a bit sketchy. Since we made two large crock pot meals, we were stuck eating leftovers the whole week. Glad it's gone!
So here is this week's late menu - Jan 17.
Monday: Fend for yourself. Catered this night. I had Chicken Parmesan.
Tuesday: Lack of planning = no dinner
Wednesday: Fried chicken and mashed potatoes
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Crock pot roast
Sunday: Leftovers
http://orgjunkie.com/2011/01/menu-plan-monday-jan-17th.html
Last week's menu was a bit sketchy. Since we made two large crock pot meals, we were stuck eating leftovers the whole week. Glad it's gone!
So here is this week's late menu - Jan 17.
Monday: Fend for yourself. Catered this night. I had Chicken Parmesan.
Tuesday: Lack of planning = no dinner
Wednesday: Fried chicken and mashed potatoes
Thursday: Leftovers
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Crock pot roast
Sunday: Leftovers
http://orgjunkie.com/2011/01/menu-plan-monday-jan-17th.html
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Ten Reasons
I'd like to lose the baby weight. I'm inspired by another blog, saw this and want to emulate it.
1. I want to feel healthy. Which I currently, obviously, do not.
2. I used to have a lot of energy. I'm tired all the time now. If given the chance, I'd probably sleep for 24 hours straight.
3. Being healthy benefits me psychologically. Not only did I have energy when I was working out, I was happy.
4. Body aches suck. I know that these aches and pains I'm now dealing with is because I'm not active and not eating right.
5. Confidence in myself has plummeted. Not just my confidence with my physical being, but emotionally as well. It's all "lazy, can't do it, don't want to..." all the time.
6. I used to dance. I used to run. I want who I used to be back.
7. I know what I need to do. I need to do it.
8. Feeling better about my body wouldn't hurt.
9. Ryan.
10. IVY.
The plan...
Cut out the sodas. Increase the H2O.
Up the protein and fresh fiber (fruit and veggies).
Decrease junk food and unhealthy snacking and processed foods.
Start off with 20 minutes of physical activity per day then work up to 30+ minutes of heart pumping physical activity.
This has worked before. At that time, I was participating in a job-sponsored "boot-camp" exercise program. I wish it were available to me now. And I know this isn't much of a plan right now, but it is a work in progress and will likely change as time goes on.
To date, I haven't had much soda at all (but I have had one yesterday and today). I've been trying to exercise, but it snowed recently and we aren't used to those kind of temperatures so I wasn't able to walk/jog. However, here is where my lazyness picks up... We have Wii-fit and Just Dance 2 so I know I can be inside and doing active things.
The real problem here is my lack of motivation. I don't really have anyone to keep me in line and to check in with.
1. I want to feel healthy. Which I currently, obviously, do not.
2. I used to have a lot of energy. I'm tired all the time now. If given the chance, I'd probably sleep for 24 hours straight.
3. Being healthy benefits me psychologically. Not only did I have energy when I was working out, I was happy.
4. Body aches suck. I know that these aches and pains I'm now dealing with is because I'm not active and not eating right.
5. Confidence in myself has plummeted. Not just my confidence with my physical being, but emotionally as well. It's all "lazy, can't do it, don't want to..." all the time.
6. I used to dance. I used to run. I want who I used to be back.
7. I know what I need to do. I need to do it.
8. Feeling better about my body wouldn't hurt.
9. Ryan.
10. IVY.
The plan...
Cut out the sodas. Increase the H2O.
Up the protein and fresh fiber (fruit and veggies).
Decrease junk food and unhealthy snacking and processed foods.
Start off with 20 minutes of physical activity per day then work up to 30+ minutes of heart pumping physical activity.
This has worked before. At that time, I was participating in a job-sponsored "boot-camp" exercise program. I wish it were available to me now. And I know this isn't much of a plan right now, but it is a work in progress and will likely change as time goes on.
To date, I haven't had much soda at all (but I have had one yesterday and today). I've been trying to exercise, but it snowed recently and we aren't used to those kind of temperatures so I wasn't able to walk/jog. However, here is where my lazyness picks up... We have Wii-fit and Just Dance 2 so I know I can be inside and doing active things.
The real problem here is my lack of motivation. I don't really have anyone to keep me in line and to check in with.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Menu Plan Monday - Jan 10
We were gifted a crock-pot for christmas this year from my mom. She wasn't sure we'd want it so it wasn't wrapped. We have had a couple of crock-pots in the past but never used them and just gave them away. This was at a point in our lives that we generally had more time on our hands to actually cook a meal on the stove. I made a soup or two in one, but I wasn't impressed and I do a mean soup on the stove anyway. Now with both of us working and having Ivy, we are either too forgetful to pull stuff out in the morning to thaw, too tired or busy to actually cook when we get home or just plain lazy or indecisive. Cooking takes planning. Does it ever!
I wasn't really sure what to make and I hadn't dug around on the internet yet to find any recipes. So my mom suggested pot roast. Okay. Grocery trip later and I had a roast, onions, carrots, red pepper and potatoes (we had the potatoes on hand already). About 5 days go by and we finally decide to do the crock-pot pot roast. I had to call my mom to actually get the dynamics of the whole thing. Here I am, 30 years old, growing up with a mom who religiously used a crock-pot, and I don't know what to do. There's no shame in that. It's just... strange to not know how to do this. I grew up in the kitchen for crying out loud.
The next morning, we have everything ready to go. Prepped the veggies the night before so all we had to do was throw it all together and go. Tried to put the frozen roast in the pot and it wouldn't fit. So I had to quick defrost in the microwave. Once everything was in order, we left for work. Upon arrival, the house smelled gooooooooooood. I was really excited about this!
Ryan made some rice in our new rice cooker. Perfect rice every time! The roast however, turned out mediocre. I forgot to season the darn thing before putting it in the pot. Simple fix though. It was pretty good.
Our following grocery trip, we got another roast. We are determined to get it right. We also got a pre-seasoned pork shoulder that was meant (and we made) for the crock pot. It was labeled as BBQ but smelled and tasted more tex-mex taco-y to me. So we slathered it with BBQ sauce and went on our merry way.
I'm foreseeing a lot of crock-pot use. At least once a week. Speaking of... it's a MENU PLAN MONDAY!!!
Monday: Leftover crock-pot BBQ pork. Er... we need some BBQ sauce STAT!
Tuesday: Possible round of more leftovers.
Wednesday: Skillet grilled chicken and rice of some sort
Thursday: Roast chicken and potatoes (crock-pot? or oven?)
Friday: Pizza
Saturday: Steak and baked potatoes
Sunday: Fried chicken and macaroni and cheese
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Ivy Experiences SNOW
Scoping out the view!
Ivy's new shoes - purple converse. I really think purple is her color! (drat)
Dad made a snow ball and we tried to get Ivy to hold it. She tried it's flavor instead!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Merry Christmas...?
As you can very well tell, I don't update here that often. And today's topic is a bit on the late side. Oh well.
On Christmas Trees.
Growing up, I don't really remember our Christmas trees before 1990. I don't know why. But I do remember the ornaments. I'll get back to that. All I really remember is that my parents purchased an artificial tree one year and that's the only tree I remember. Except for when we lived with my aunt - but that's another story.
As my brother and I got older and spent less time at home, the tree was either replaced with a desk-top 12 inch artificial pipe-cleaner "tree" or we just didn't have one. I started dating Ryan and every year, we had a real tree. The year we started dating or the following christmas, Ryan surprised me with a 3 foot tree. Since then, we'd had a real tree in one of our bedrooms each year. Something I always longed for as a child (not in the bedroom but a real tree). Now I realize just how much of a pain in the booty a real tree is. Needles, watering the darned thing, sap, disposal, and the list goes on.
For a few years, we didn't get a tree because we didn't see the need in getting one to not even enjoy it because we spent christmas with family. Now that Ivy is here, we spend christmas at home. This is her second christmas. Last year, the tree was real. This year, oh-so-enjoyably-fake. And this tree, has a story. A short one, but one I can totally share.
I have a student who used to work at *major retail chain, name withheld*. He and his brother were working a graveyard and unloading the new stock of trees. The following morning, *major retail chain, name withheld*'s tree inventory was short a few. Student and brother decided to make some cash on the side. The trees were selling at $350. Student/brother combo were selling them for $80. Dude told me about this at the end of October. I filed that bit of info for my later use. Husband and I started talking about all the christmas plans right after Thanksgiving. The tree debate came up. I pulled my wildcard. Ryan flip-flopped with the idea. In the end, he said yes and the student dropped it off at the apartment at the beginning of December. We waited a few days to assemble and when we did, we were happy with the decision. Ornaments up, pretty tree, everyone's happy.
But the tree isn't what makes the story. Granted, my tree story is cool. But what really tells the story are the ornaments. Ornaments make my christmas. I get to pull them out and relive the stories, the years, the previous christmases, every year.
My mom packaged up all my childhood ornaments and gave them to me. The ones that I was gifted in elementary school. The ones I made at a Girl Scout holiday party, the free promotional ones my brother and I fought over. The metal one that my mom had engraved for me. Ryan doesn't really like these because my name is on them. I know what really "bothers" him though is that he doesn't have (as m)any ornaments with his name on them.
I also have a small collection of ornaments from my family's reunions. Some are hand-crafted. Some chronicle major family events. We have decorative ornaments that don't really tell a story. They're just ones that Ryan and I thought were pretty or we liked the color of (there's a mess of pink because it was my favorite color for some time).
Then there are ones that chronicle our life. The ones from our first christmas as newlyweds ("Our first..." and the Mickey/Minnie/"Just Married" one we got on our honeymoon). Ryan's fish collection. My ballet shoes. And then there are Ivy's ornaments. Her first christmas, pink baby things, gift box bobbles. My collection of winged creatures (birds and bugs) that I never realized I collected. Our topper is a star. Got it the year we moved away from Southeast Texas. The lights are a variety in color, shape and type. The skirt... I made it - even though in the pictures, it doesn't look good because it's all over the place.
I really love all the different ornaments. Nope, the tree isn't uniform. Nothing matches. But it sure is beautiful. And it tells our story. That's what matters to me.
(no-flash vs flash)
And taking it down, I get to relive the stories again. My mom told me that it was bad luck to take the tree down before the New Year. Even though I'm not superstitious, I think I'll keep this tradition and take it down on new year's day. Ending the year with a story of our life, starting the new year remembering the story and then continuing it.
On Christmas Trees.
Growing up, I don't really remember our Christmas trees before 1990. I don't know why. But I do remember the ornaments. I'll get back to that. All I really remember is that my parents purchased an artificial tree one year and that's the only tree I remember. Except for when we lived with my aunt - but that's another story.
As my brother and I got older and spent less time at home, the tree was either replaced with a desk-top 12 inch artificial pipe-cleaner "tree" or we just didn't have one. I started dating Ryan and every year, we had a real tree. The year we started dating or the following christmas, Ryan surprised me with a 3 foot tree. Since then, we'd had a real tree in one of our bedrooms each year. Something I always longed for as a child (not in the bedroom but a real tree). Now I realize just how much of a pain in the booty a real tree is. Needles, watering the darned thing, sap, disposal, and the list goes on.
For a few years, we didn't get a tree because we didn't see the need in getting one to not even enjoy it because we spent christmas with family. Now that Ivy is here, we spend christmas at home. This is her second christmas. Last year, the tree was real. This year, oh-so-enjoyably-fake. And this tree, has a story. A short one, but one I can totally share.
I have a student who used to work at *major retail chain, name withheld*. He and his brother were working a graveyard and unloading the new stock of trees. The following morning, *major retail chain, name withheld*'s tree inventory was short a few. Student and brother decided to make some cash on the side. The trees were selling at $350. Student/brother combo were selling them for $80. Dude told me about this at the end of October. I filed that bit of info for my later use. Husband and I started talking about all the christmas plans right after Thanksgiving. The tree debate came up. I pulled my wildcard. Ryan flip-flopped with the idea. In the end, he said yes and the student dropped it off at the apartment at the beginning of December. We waited a few days to assemble and when we did, we were happy with the decision. Ornaments up, pretty tree, everyone's happy.
But the tree isn't what makes the story. Granted, my tree story is cool. But what really tells the story are the ornaments. Ornaments make my christmas. I get to pull them out and relive the stories, the years, the previous christmases, every year.
My mom packaged up all my childhood ornaments and gave them to me. The ones that I was gifted in elementary school. The ones I made at a Girl Scout holiday party, the free promotional ones my brother and I fought over. The metal one that my mom had engraved for me. Ryan doesn't really like these because my name is on them. I know what really "bothers" him though is that he doesn't have (as m)any ornaments with his name on them.
I also have a small collection of ornaments from my family's reunions. Some are hand-crafted. Some chronicle major family events. We have decorative ornaments that don't really tell a story. They're just ones that Ryan and I thought were pretty or we liked the color of (there's a mess of pink because it was my favorite color for some time).
Then there are ones that chronicle our life. The ones from our first christmas as newlyweds ("Our first..." and the Mickey/Minnie/"Just Married" one we got on our honeymoon). Ryan's fish collection. My ballet shoes. And then there are Ivy's ornaments. Her first christmas, pink baby things, gift box bobbles. My collection of winged creatures (birds and bugs) that I never realized I collected. Our topper is a star. Got it the year we moved away from Southeast Texas. The lights are a variety in color, shape and type. The skirt... I made it - even though in the pictures, it doesn't look good because it's all over the place.
I really love all the different ornaments. Nope, the tree isn't uniform. Nothing matches. But it sure is beautiful. And it tells our story. That's what matters to me.
(no-flash vs flash)
And taking it down, I get to relive the stories again. My mom told me that it was bad luck to take the tree down before the New Year. Even though I'm not superstitious, I think I'll keep this tradition and take it down on new year's day. Ending the year with a story of our life, starting the new year remembering the story and then continuing it.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
What?!
Ivy's taking steps randomly. Yesterday, she took about 4 steps towards Daddy (who wasn't paying attention). This is the most we have witnessed her walking. We try to "force" her to walk to us like a game, but she just plops right on down.
She can say hey (or 'haie') now. I don't know if she's acknowledging that it's a greeting. But whatever. It's cute. She also waves both ways (waving arm & finger waves). She totally knows what 'byebye' is.
Mah kid is soooooo cute.
Oh and speaking of hey... I have two new followers? Hey!! How are ya?
Have an awesome evening.
She can say hey (or 'haie') now. I don't know if she's acknowledging that it's a greeting. But whatever. It's cute. She also waves both ways (waving arm & finger waves). She totally knows what 'byebye' is.
Mah kid is soooooo cute.
Oh and speaking of hey... I have two new followers? Hey!! How are ya?
Have an awesome evening.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Ivy's Birthday, Round Two: Fort Worth Zoo
I had the idea of taking Ivy to the zoo on her actual birthday several days before the actual day. A nice way to celebrate the day. One problem. The forecast was calling for cold, cloudy, and rainy. So we waited and decided to see what the weather would be like closer to the day. On Wednesday, it was cloudy, cool and certainly not raining. We made a go of it. It sure was windy though. And the sun decided to peek out of the clouds several times. It was the perfect day! This was also her first trip to the zoo. Enjoy some photos!
Friday, November 26, 2010
ONE
We have a one year old.
And she's starting to take steps. She's been standing on her own - sometimes needing assistance up, sometimes not. Given enough temptation, she'll take a step or two and then plop right on down.
Ivy's funny in that she shows you she wants you to pick her up, not stand her up. She'll reach her hands up, out, and back like "Don't touch my hands! Grab my armpits!!" Because you know, I can't always reach her in the crib because I'm short and I coax her into standing by taking her hands.
And she freely give hugs and kisses. And sometimes demands them. All up in yo' face and stuff! She's just starting this funny head bob/shake that's just adorable.
And we've gotten to the point at which you cannot leave the room without her following. We have a small bathroom just off the living room and I'll be darned if she's not one to follow me in there. Funny!
Her first party was nice. Low key-ish. Expected more people to join us, but whatever. She had a smash cake that she didn't really dig. She is apparently one to not get messy. Oh my god, I have a girl. I mean, yeah, duh, she's a girl. But she seems to be a girly girl. Likes shoes and money; Doesn't like to get dirty. Oh help me. I'm so not skilled at being all ... girly. I'll figure it out though.
Anyway. Photos.
And she's starting to take steps. She's been standing on her own - sometimes needing assistance up, sometimes not. Given enough temptation, she'll take a step or two and then plop right on down.
Ivy's funny in that she shows you she wants you to pick her up, not stand her up. She'll reach her hands up, out, and back like "Don't touch my hands! Grab my armpits!!" Because you know, I can't always reach her in the crib because I'm short and I coax her into standing by taking her hands.
And she freely give hugs and kisses. And sometimes demands them. All up in yo' face and stuff! She's just starting this funny head bob/shake that's just adorable.
And we've gotten to the point at which you cannot leave the room without her following. We have a small bathroom just off the living room and I'll be darned if she's not one to follow me in there. Funny!
Her first party was nice. Low key-ish. Expected more people to join us, but whatever. She had a smash cake that she didn't really dig. She is apparently one to not get messy. Oh my god, I have a girl. I mean, yeah, duh, she's a girl. But she seems to be a girly girl. Likes shoes and money; Doesn't like to get dirty. Oh help me. I'm so not skilled at being all ... girly. I'll figure it out though.
Anyway. Photos.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sharing
I'm in a sharing mood. Lack of time and mental capacity has kept me away from writing here.
I'm tired and stressed from work. Did I mention that I now only teach culinary arts? Well, we have had an overwhelming amount of catering "gigs" for a first year pilot program in it's FIRST semester. It's ridiculous. And my supervisor is making me very angry with his barrage of requests and follow ups. HELLO-W... I'm trying to do my job.
ANYWAY... We are gearing up for Ivy's first birthday party. I'm going to make her cake and try my hand at rolling fondant. Can't be too difficult can it? I'm a fan of Cake Boss. I think it's something I can handle. And my crafty side is coming out (yet again) with her invitations. I hope I'll get those done to mail out on Saturday.
I'm angry with my computer. Apparently it's almost full to capacity with images and music. Well, honestly I don't have that many songs on my computer. It's just a ton of photos. And at this moment, I cannot really access any of them for anything!
I made Ivy's Halloween costume - a bumblebee. I really love sewing. If my back could handle it, I'd sew every day. Let's see if I can get a photo:
Everything only took me about 2 hours to make. No pattern. Top and bottom are elasticized. I mean, it was easy. Easier than the patterns at the store. And CUTER. The stinger is stuffed. The wings were rolled hem. And the whole thing did what we wanted it to, without being stuffed and hot. It's a shame though that Ivy wouldn't leave the headband alone.
I'm very thankful that I grew up learning how to sew from my Mom (Thank you Momma!). She made clothes for me for a while and I watched her all the time. I started off hand sewing. And someone (Mommy??) gave me a sewing machine for Christmas one year (2003 I think??). I prefer to sew quilts because straight lines are (obviously) easier. But I can make clothes. I've made a skirt and so many pajama pants... on top of the quilts I've made. I guess it's in my genes because both of my grandma's were sewers ( if I'm not mistaken). I hope Ivy takes to it and enjoys it too when her time comes. Psht... when I took my class at TWU, I was the only home economics major among fashion majors taking the first fashion designing class and my professor deemed me the best in the class.
What was my point? Oh yeah. Hello! Nice to see ya again!
Anyway, what was my point? Probably nothing.
I'm tired and stressed from work. Did I mention that I now only teach culinary arts? Well, we have had an overwhelming amount of catering "gigs" for a first year pilot program in it's FIRST semester. It's ridiculous. And my supervisor is making me very angry with his barrage of requests and follow ups. HELLO-W... I'm trying to do my job.
ANYWAY... We are gearing up for Ivy's first birthday party. I'm going to make her cake and try my hand at rolling fondant. Can't be too difficult can it? I'm a fan of Cake Boss. I think it's something I can handle. And my crafty side is coming out (yet again) with her invitations. I hope I'll get those done to mail out on Saturday.
I'm angry with my computer. Apparently it's almost full to capacity with images and music. Well, honestly I don't have that many songs on my computer. It's just a ton of photos. And at this moment, I cannot really access any of them for anything!
I made Ivy's Halloween costume - a bumblebee. I really love sewing. If my back could handle it, I'd sew every day. Let's see if I can get a photo:
Everything only took me about 2 hours to make. No pattern. Top and bottom are elasticized. I mean, it was easy. Easier than the patterns at the store. And CUTER. The stinger is stuffed. The wings were rolled hem. And the whole thing did what we wanted it to, without being stuffed and hot. It's a shame though that Ivy wouldn't leave the headband alone. I'm very thankful that I grew up learning how to sew from my Mom (Thank you Momma!). She made clothes for me for a while and I watched her all the time. I started off hand sewing. And someone (Mommy??) gave me a sewing machine for Christmas one year (2003 I think??). I prefer to sew quilts because straight lines are (obviously) easier. But I can make clothes. I've made a skirt and so many pajama pants... on top of the quilts I've made. I guess it's in my genes because both of my grandma's were sewers ( if I'm not mistaken). I hope Ivy takes to it and enjoys it too when her time comes. Psht... when I took my class at TWU, I was the only home economics major among fashion majors taking the first fashion designing class and my professor deemed me the best in the class.
What was my point? Oh yeah. Hello! Nice to see ya again!
Anyway, what was my point? Probably nothing.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Checking In
I know no one really checks this out...
We've been back to work and I really don't have much to say. So a somewhat current picture of Ivy will do.
My sitter did her hair. This was Ivy's second pep rally. Another mom/teacher is loaning us this uniform. She's gotten so big!
We've been back to work and I really don't have much to say. So a somewhat current picture of Ivy will do.
My sitter did her hair. This was Ivy's second pep rally. Another mom/teacher is loaning us this uniform. She's gotten so big!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Crafting
What I had originally planned on doing was way more complicated. It involved making something like a picture frame with decorative moulding trim and cutting it all in a mitering box and going absolutely crazy. Then I saw these plaque/mounting boards and said SO SIMPLE! DUH!!
I found a piece of scrapbook paper in the color theme I wanted. I have this crazy obsession with woodland creatures (especially cute owls) right now and the paper I found was really cute! I painted the edge of the plaque and the front and sides of the letters in coordinating brown and pink. I cut the the paper in shape of the plaque and glued it down with Mod Podge. I nailed the letters on, screwed in some eye-screws and threaded the matching ribbon. Voila!
I found a piece of scrapbook paper in the color theme I wanted. I have this crazy obsession with woodland creatures (especially cute owls) right now and the paper I found was really cute! I painted the edge of the plaque and the front and sides of the letters in coordinating brown and pink. I cut the the paper in shape of the plaque and glued it down with Mod Podge. I nailed the letters on, screwed in some eye-screws and threaded the matching ribbon. Voila!
Monday, July 26, 2010
7 Days
It's another Monday. It's time to plan another menu. I'd really like to just do a month's worth instead of doing this every week. Merk! I don't have anything interesting to say except it is...
Monday - Taco pasta salad (since we didn't eat that last week)
Tuesday - Pizza
Wednesday - Nachos
Thursday - Sesame noodles
Friday - Fried rice
Saturday - Fettuccine alfredo
Sunday - Hot links (since we didn't eat that last week either)
We're going to try to go vegetarian. But first, to get the meat out of the freezer - NO WASTING! And then to ease it on out of the diet.
We got Wii Fit Plus. I really like it. I haven't been feeling too great lately so I haven't been on in a few days.
It seems that Ivy is cutting a third tooth.
Memory time! One of my (many) uncles used to cut wood for a living. I mean like little scroll work. I wouldn't know what to call it exactly. Anyway, my generation of grandkids all got wall hangers or door hangers with our names on them. I have my name in a pretty cursive on a star. The colors are blue pink and yellow. It's really cute. I don't know where it is. I think it's at my parent's house? I don't know.
Anyway, I wanted Ivy to have one so I decided to make one for her. It's brown and pink. The front of the main piece of wood has a cure little woodland creature themed piece of scrapbook paper attached to it. I really need to find a way to attach her name to the plate. I'll probably invest in some wood putty, nail it all together, fill the holes and paint over it. Simple. Pics soon.
Monday - Taco pasta salad (since we didn't eat that last week)
Tuesday - Pizza
Wednesday - Nachos
Thursday - Sesame noodles
Friday - Fried rice
Saturday - Fettuccine alfredo
Sunday - Hot links (since we didn't eat that last week either)
We're going to try to go vegetarian. But first, to get the meat out of the freezer - NO WASTING! And then to ease it on out of the diet.
We got Wii Fit Plus. I really like it. I haven't been feeling too great lately so I haven't been on in a few days.
It seems that Ivy is cutting a third tooth.
Memory time! One of my (many) uncles used to cut wood for a living. I mean like little scroll work. I wouldn't know what to call it exactly. Anyway, my generation of grandkids all got wall hangers or door hangers with our names on them. I have my name in a pretty cursive on a star. The colors are blue pink and yellow. It's really cute. I don't know where it is. I think it's at my parent's house? I don't know.
Anyway, I wanted Ivy to have one so I decided to make one for her. It's brown and pink. The front of the main piece of wood has a cure little woodland creature themed piece of scrapbook paper attached to it. I really need to find a way to attach her name to the plate. I'll probably invest in some wood putty, nail it all together, fill the holes and paint over it. Simple. Pics soon.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Menu Plan Monday July 19
Monday
Dinner: Pizza & salad
Tuesday
Breakfast: Egg in a hole, fruit salad
Dinner: Skillet grilled chicken, rice-a-roni, steamed broccoli
Wednesday
Breakfast: Pancakes
Dinner: Fried shrimp & french fries
Thursday
Breakfast: Granola and yogurt
Dinner: Chicken taco pasta salad and garden salad
Friday
Breakfast: Muffins
Dinner: Tuna sandwiches
Saturday
Breakfast: Eat at Chiloso
Dinner: Hot links
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Food
I'm hungry so I'm posting about one of my favorite topics: Food. Specifically, snacks.
I recently found out that I do like celery after all. I made my foods and parenting classes make snacks for kids. Ants on a log was one of them and my way to encourage kids to eat stuff they claim to not like is to try what I don't like. I found out it was pretty good. So I have been thinking, what else can I do with celery?
Here's a list of things you can put on celery sticks:
- Peanut butter and apples or pretzels
- Cheese: Chunks of cheddar, cream cheese, herb cream cheese
- Beans: Re-fried beans with shredded cheese and maybe salsa
- Salad: tuna, chicken, egg, ham salads
Speaking of the world cup: Japan just lost to Paraguay at the penalty kicks :(
Another snack that sound good: Trail mix
- Chex Mix
- Puppy Chow / Dog Food / White Trash
- Put together anything you want: pretzels, candy pieces, nuts, dried fruit, peanut butter, chocolate or butterscotch pieces, really whatever you want.
I'm thinking I'll totally make a youtube channel for making baby food then progress to toddler foods and maybe on down the line to kids foods and snacks. Watch for a new blogger! Buahahaha!!!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Summer Fun
Ryan and I took Ivy swimming for the first time a week ago. Her floaty was/is HUGE. She was okay with everything at first and then figured out that this was meant to be fun and ended up splashing Daddy really good!
My parents and I took Ivy to a local fountain park for some more water fun!
My parents and I took Ivy to a local fountain park for some more water fun!
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