week 20

Pink eye, schmink eye

Monday today and my baby boy is home sick. Not sick, per se, but pink eyed. Poor guy. He got it on Friday night and yesterday it spread from one eye to the other. He's been to the clinic and got some drops. His one eye was still pretty bad this morning so he stayed home. I have to say that it was great. He is so fun. We laid in bed and watched all the shows that turn your brain to mush, then went grocery shopping and to the library. I figure he wasn't going to get too close to anyone at the library and Superstore, so I figured it was OK to head out for a while.

We made tacos for supper, Kaedo made Jell-o, Sterling and I made muffins and tonight after supper Kaedo and I made cupcakes. Fancy, eh? He loves to bake so it was fun.

Friday....

..... is just like any other day of the week. At least right now. I'm working another full weekend this weekend and am already looking forward to Wednesday, my next day off. It is worth it though. I have promised the boys that I won't be working next weekend, and they are VERY happy about that. I broke the news to them last night that I would be working 2-10pm on Saturdays starting this weekend. I think they were under the impression that this was a one-off. When I explained to them that this was a permanent shift, they were not thrilled. Sterling's major deal was that there would be no more Movie Night. He was very bummed about that. Craig and I explained that we would have Movie Sundays going forward but that didn't really appease him. Kaedo just likes having me around, so that was his thing. It's hard explaining to your kids that sometimes you have to work when it is not optimal in the hopes of getting better shifts down the road. Right now this is the only thing that works for us with bowling and football. It's hard making decisions like this. Craig and I agree that the extra hours will help but we also agree that Wednesdays at home are very good for the 4 of us. That of course leaves the weekends. I tried for Sundays as I thought this would work perfectly but there were no shifts so I had to settle for Saturday. I have to remember that this is not forever.

One from the archives - The boys with Em (look at those cheeks) - Summer 2005

Weigh In Wednesday (on Thursday)

I was blessed yesterday to spend an extra hour in bed thanks to my awesome husband and the wonderful treat he gave me in taking the boys to school. As such, I forgot to get on the scale. So, this morning I did and am happy to report that I am down 2.8lbs. Hooray! You have no idea how much I needed that! I am over the moon with this little accomplishment and it has renewed my need to be more accountable about what I eat and getting downstairs and doing my yoga every day. I plan to work my ass off over the next couple of weeks and I plan to enjoy myself while I am away. I don't plan to over-indulge but don't plan to eat only grapes for two weeks either. Craig let me know that he is down to his pre-christmas weight - good job, Craig! Things are looking up, people. Things are looking up!

weekly gnome goodness

Some weekly gnome goodness coming your way. Also the outtake for your viewing pleasure. Cute.

Had a comment recently asking about our trip and I thought I would give you some more info on it. We will be staying in one of the Disney Resorts - Pop Century - and have taken a quick dining meal plan for the length of our stay. We also have picked up a 7 day Park Hopper to go along with it. WE ARE SO EXCITED!

Got mail from Disney yesterday and it was our itinerary and luggage tags for each of us. They sure know how to do it right. We are so impressed with the service we have received thus far. We are also lucky enough to get refillable mugs to use at our resort, some arcade passes, and a whole bunch of other stuff. The coolest part is that we got in on a special giving us a $300 gift card upon our arrival that we can use anywhere in Disney. Can you say pin trading lanyards? Be prepared for lots more Disney chatter - feel free to ignore the blog if you are sick of hearing about it!

Purpose

Hello All - Happy Monday!
Medium sized changes here today. I start my new shift today and Craig starts a huge new project as well. I'm looking forward to the extra money my new shift will be providing and am looking forward to hearing all about Craig's "first day". While I will still not be working full time I feel a little bit better about my contribution to the family with the extra 9.5 hours a week. I will be working about 34.5 hours a week now and with the travel time I will be gone about 50 hours a week. That of course is nothing compared to Craig's 60 hours but I guess that is what you get when you commute to your job.

As many of you know, I am a follower of many different blogs - most of them craft related. I enjoy reading about other people's lives and am often inspired to try new things (knitting, crocheting, etc). One of the blogs I have followed for years always does a "one word" post at the beginning of the year. What this means is that she encourages her readers to choose one word that they will use as a jumping off point for their year. A word they will incorporate into how they want their life to be shaped. I think it is an interesting idea and this year have decided to join in and choose a word.

I have a lot of goals this year and think that my word will keep me on task to succeed. I may share some of these goals with you throughout the year, but right now they are just mine. So for now, I will share with you my word, in the hopes that maybe you too will choose a word that may help define your year, your life, you.

My 2010 word is PURPOSE. It is time for me to be living my life with purpose. There is so much of my life that is just muddled through. It is time to tackle my goals and dreams and wishes and do it with PURPOSE.

Would love to hear from you and what you might choose as your word.

Sunday Schmunday and missing mom

Sunday today and I am just getting ready to start work. I am missing my Sunday morning phone call with mom this morning - I would usually be sitting down to enjoy our chat right about now. Boo Hoo. Had a great chat with Jessica yesterday and she gave me tons of great tips for our holidays. I wrote down some of them when I got home so I would remember. CAN'T WAIT! Be forewarned - you will be seeing a lot of CAN'T WAITs in the next few weeks. Jessica gave me a cool idea of how to continue with our weekly gnome pictures so I am going to put that into play this week so that I don't forget.
The boys had a great day yesterday. Sterling had a friend over and Kaedo went to a friend's house. Today Kaedo has another play date with another friend, Sterling will be hanging out at home and Craig will be watching football.
Jessica sent me some great pix of their holidays so I will get her permission and then post some of them here.
Happy Sunday everyone!