I feel like I am slowly getting there. "There" is an organized home. Well, I should probably rephrase that...."a better organized home". I don't think I will ever have our house put together like I really want it to. Not as long as we are moving as often as we do, and the kiddos are at home all day.
Lately, I've noticed just little odd jobs around the house that needed to be done and realized "Hey, I bet I could take care of that in 10 minutes or so". And you know what? It usually only took 10-15 minutes! Amazing! ;-) Now, I may get interrupted with a diaper change or a ouchie that needs to be tended. But my little task eventually gets finished and I can then stand back and smile because it is no longer nagging me to get done.
Ten minutes a day (or even every other day) is such a small investment of time. It really helps to make all those little tasks seem less daunting. And lets be honest, it is all those odd jobs that rush through your mind on sleepless nights, right?
I've taken a few pictures, so maybe I'll get around to posting before and afters.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Makes Me Smile Monday
Posting kind of late today because I nearly forgot that today is Monday. Seems like I have something ingrained in my mind that if my husband is home for the day then it must be the weekend.
So today what is making me smile is nothing. As in, I've gained nothing since my last doc appt 2 weeks ago. In fact, Doc told me I actually lost a pound. WooHoo! I was starting to worry that I was going to end up gaining more than I had with our first two kiddos, and the baby would be big, and delivery would be tough, and I'd end up with another c-section, and on and on.
I feel like I still need to watch myself. I've got 8 weeks to go (I think). But tonight I treated myself to some vanilla ice cream with fresh berries and then a handful of Trader Joe's vanilla wafers, yum.
So today what is making me smile is nothing. As in, I've gained nothing since my last doc appt 2 weeks ago. In fact, Doc told me I actually lost a pound. WooHoo! I was starting to worry that I was going to end up gaining more than I had with our first two kiddos, and the baby would be big, and delivery would be tough, and I'd end up with another c-section, and on and on.
I feel like I still need to watch myself. I've got 8 weeks to go (I think). But tonight I treated myself to some vanilla ice cream with fresh berries and then a handful of Trader Joe's vanilla wafers, yum.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The countdown is on....
The countdown is on. The clock is ticking away. Baby Girl will make her arrival into the world in less than 10 weeks.
I'm sure there are many moms out there that can relate to what I'm feeling lately. It is getting harder and harder to manuever this belly of mine around. It seems to be getting noticeably bigger by the day. The kids, especially the Little Guy have a tendency to treat the baby bulge like it is their own personal playgym; romping, wallowing and rolling around my mid-section. That gets old REAL quick. And then there is the issue of trying to get a decent nights' sleep. It is just not happening at this point. I am uncomfortable and just ready for the big day to get here.
But here is where the Catch-22 comes in. I feel like I have a list of projects a mile long and the time is running out to complete them all before the Baby gets here. Most of them are uncompleted projects that I haven't been able to get finished in the past few years. The house we are renting right now has a perfect layout for me to splatter out what I'm working on and not have to pack it away each night. We are set to move again this August and I have no idea what kind of house we'll end up in. It might be so small that everything has to remain packed away. So I feel like I absolutely HAVE TO take advantage of the time and set up I have right now to get some of this crap crossed off my to-do list. And so I wish that the Baby's due date was more than 10 weeks away.
I need to get organized and really buckle down before March comes around. And with that said, now that the kids are down for naptime I'm off to the basement to see what I can get done in the next hour or so.
I'm sure there are many moms out there that can relate to what I'm feeling lately. It is getting harder and harder to manuever this belly of mine around. It seems to be getting noticeably bigger by the day. The kids, especially the Little Guy have a tendency to treat the baby bulge like it is their own personal playgym; romping, wallowing and rolling around my mid-section. That gets old REAL quick. And then there is the issue of trying to get a decent nights' sleep. It is just not happening at this point. I am uncomfortable and just ready for the big day to get here.
But here is where the Catch-22 comes in. I feel like I have a list of projects a mile long and the time is running out to complete them all before the Baby gets here. Most of them are uncompleted projects that I haven't been able to get finished in the past few years. The house we are renting right now has a perfect layout for me to splatter out what I'm working on and not have to pack it away each night. We are set to move again this August and I have no idea what kind of house we'll end up in. It might be so small that everything has to remain packed away. So I feel like I absolutely HAVE TO take advantage of the time and set up I have right now to get some of this crap crossed off my to-do list. And so I wish that the Baby's due date was more than 10 weeks away.
I need to get organized and really buckle down before March comes around. And with that said, now that the kids are down for naptime I'm off to the basement to see what I can get done in the next hour or so.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Sabotaged by the Netbook. Really.
One of my New Year's Resolutions is to try my best to keep this blog updated regularly. I might not always have the time or something to say but I want to make an effort.
Well, last night I sat down to make a post and my netbook sabotaged the effort. Every click I made was excrutiatingly slow and finally around midnight I decided to call it quits. Evidentally, updates need to be installed and that was the culprit of all the sluggishness.
Today with the little guy napping and big sis on her way to dreamland (or so I thought. She never did nod off, ugh) I decided to give it another go. This time around I couldn't even log into Blogger because some error message about a security certificate kept popping up. I tried everything to get around it but to no avail.
Grrr....I hate when I have the motivation and time to get something done and an outside force conspires against me.
Well, last night I sat down to make a post and my netbook sabotaged the effort. Every click I made was excrutiatingly slow and finally around midnight I decided to call it quits. Evidentally, updates need to be installed and that was the culprit of all the sluggishness.
Today with the little guy napping and big sis on her way to dreamland (or so I thought. She never did nod off, ugh) I decided to give it another go. This time around I couldn't even log into Blogger because some error message about a security certificate kept popping up. I tried everything to get around it but to no avail.
Grrr....I hate when I have the motivation and time to get something done and an outside force conspires against me.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Makes Me Smile Monday
Clearing out old expired coupons
+ a 3.5 and 1.5 year old
= Fun, fun, fun for the kids and a big, big, big mess for mom to clean up later.
They had such a good time pretending that the coupons were snow and I was able to cross this job off my to-do list, so in the end it was all worth it. Multi-tasking at it's best!
+ a 3.5 and 1.5 year old
= Fun, fun, fun for the kids and a big, big, big mess for mom to clean up later.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Dance Class? DANCE CLASS!!
Our daughter is FINALLY old enough to participate in some sort of tot class. We could've enrolled her in the fall, but we moved to this area about a week after classes started and with all the hustle and bustles that comes with moving, we decided to just wait until spring registration.
So today I told her we were going to put her name on the list for a dance class and the little gal nearly shot straight up off the potty. She was beyond excited. The whole way to the community center she kept asking me "Is this the dance class place?", "Where's my teacher?" etc. She skipped her way up the sidewalk telling me "I'm so excited, this is going to be so much fun!".
Despite a last minute poopy diaper change before heading out the door and a close call with a policeman (he ended up pulling over the guy in front of me, whew!) we made it just in time to claim the very last space in the class.
I don't know who is more excited about this class....me or my daughter ;-)
So today I told her we were going to put her name on the list for a dance class and the little gal nearly shot straight up off the potty. She was beyond excited. The whole way to the community center she kept asking me "Is this the dance class place?", "Where's my teacher?" etc. She skipped her way up the sidewalk telling me "I'm so excited, this is going to be so much fun!".
Despite a last minute poopy diaper change before heading out the door and a close call with a policeman (he ended up pulling over the guy in front of me, whew!) we made it just in time to claim the very last space in the class.
I don't know who is more excited about this class....me or my daughter ;-)
Thursday, January 6, 2011
No use crying over spilled milk
Last week we left VA at 2:30am to visit our families for a belated Christmas and for New Years. All was going well until we ran into this...
For 4 hours we sat at a complete stop on the Pennsylvania turnpike. Four hours with two little kids who hadn't eaten breakfast yet and were getting restless. Thank goodness we splurged and had a DVD player installed when we got our new car last summer. It was a godsend and and I think that if I were to ever meet the person who invented portable DVD players, I would give them a HUGE hug.
But after a quick Bing search to learn the details of the backup, I feel so blessed that we narrowly missed this tragic accident. We came upon this wreck not long after it happened and I'm sure that if we had been closer my husband would've went to assist those that were injured. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, except that a good samaritan was struck while aiding an injured motorist. How scary to think that could've been my hubby.
But after a quick Bing search to learn the details of the backup, I feel so blessed that we narrowly missed this tragic accident. We came upon this wreck not long after it happened and I'm sure that if we had been closer my husband would've went to assist those that were injured. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, except that a good samaritan was struck while aiding an injured motorist. How scary to think that could've been my hubby.
Pedestrian hit amid series of turnpike crashes
Back-to-back crashes involving three vehicles and a pedestrian on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Penn Township on Thursday morning sent four people to hospitals for treatment and closed the westbound lanes for several hours.
The crashes occurred between the Irwin and Monroeville interchanges at about 5 a.m., state police in New Stanton said.
The chain of events began when Jeremy J. Brunot, 33, of Greensburg, fell asleep while driving a tanker truck carrying milk, and lost control of the truck, police said. Brunot tried to steer the truck back onto the road but overcompensated, rolling the tanker onto its driver's side, police said.
A few minutes later, as traffic slowed because of the crash that had blocked both westbound lanes, the second crash occurred, police said.
Ronald W. Jacquess of Toledo, Ohio, was driving a tractor-trailer and came upon the traffic snarl. Jacquess couldn't stop in time and swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle driven by Wil D. Livengood of Dunbar, pushing the vehicle into the crashed milk tanker, police said.
Jacquess' tractor-trailer continued past the first crash onto the berm and struck Michael W. Walz of Parlin, N.J., who had gotten out of his vehicle to offer assistance at the first crash, police said.
Livengood had to be extricated from his vehicle and was flown to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh because of his injuries and prior medical conditions, police said. His condition was not known late yesterday.
A passenger in Livengood's vehicle, Michelle L. Livengood of Dunbar, was taken to Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville for treatment of minor injuries.
Walz was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh's North Side where he was listed in serious condition yesterday afternoon.
Brunot was taken to Forbes by private vehicle for treatment of minor injuries. Jacquess was not injured, police said.
The westbound lanes of the turnpike were closed until just before 11 a.m. while crews cleared the wreckage.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_716042.html
So after reading about all that transpired there on the turnpike, I won't complain about the fact that we arrived at my parent's house at 6:30pm, long after our initial 12 noon expected arrival time. We made it safely and that is really all that matters.
The crashes occurred between the Irwin and Monroeville interchanges at about 5 a.m., state police in New Stanton said.
The chain of events began when Jeremy J. Brunot, 33, of Greensburg, fell asleep while driving a tanker truck carrying milk, and lost control of the truck, police said. Brunot tried to steer the truck back onto the road but overcompensated, rolling the tanker onto its driver's side, police said.
A few minutes later, as traffic slowed because of the crash that had blocked both westbound lanes, the second crash occurred, police said.
Ronald W. Jacquess of Toledo, Ohio, was driving a tractor-trailer and came upon the traffic snarl. Jacquess couldn't stop in time and swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle driven by Wil D. Livengood of Dunbar, pushing the vehicle into the crashed milk tanker, police said.
Jacquess' tractor-trailer continued past the first crash onto the berm and struck Michael W. Walz of Parlin, N.J., who had gotten out of his vehicle to offer assistance at the first crash, police said.
Livengood had to be extricated from his vehicle and was flown to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh because of his injuries and prior medical conditions, police said. His condition was not known late yesterday.
A passenger in Livengood's vehicle, Michelle L. Livengood of Dunbar, was taken to Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville for treatment of minor injuries.
Walz was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh's North Side where he was listed in serious condition yesterday afternoon.
Brunot was taken to Forbes by private vehicle for treatment of minor injuries. Jacquess was not injured, police said.
The westbound lanes of the turnpike were closed until just before 11 a.m. while crews cleared the wreckage.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_716042.html
So after reading about all that transpired there on the turnpike, I won't complain about the fact that we arrived at my parent's house at 6:30pm, long after our initial 12 noon expected arrival time. We made it safely and that is really all that matters.
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