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Tuesday, 13 October 2009

advice

     It occurred to me today that few people think like me. Okay, so I've known that for a long time, but today it really hit me. I was talking with someone and they asked me if I would go to a certain person for advice on a specific topic. Without even thinking I dismissed the thought. It wasn't until later that I was pondering my reasoning behind it.

   I realized that I don't have one person who I seek advice from. There are several people who I frequent in that respect, but I almost always seek the advice of at least three people. I usually at least ask one "mature" person who has experience in the matter, one person my age who I feel is very knowledgeable on the topic and one person who I feel I currently line up with on the matter. Few times are those three people the same.

   I've done this as long as I can remember, but I had never noticed a pattern. I also never noticed that most people don't confide in many people like that. I don't mind being open with people. I think transparency is a good thing. I also see no reason to hide my flaws from people. That's not to say there aren't things I would rather have kept to myself, but if everyone finds out oh well, what can you do?

At the heart of it, I guess it's just that none of us are perfect. We all will have our strengths and weaknesses. Why waste our energy on trying to hide who we are when people will usually find out anyway? That's not even mentioning the help we're missing out on by dealing with things behind closed doors. Plus, problems can so easily be left to snowball without the daylight.

     I feel like people are intimidated by this attitude in me and I really don't understand why. What is so wrong with it? Am I totally off base?

Monday, 07 September 2009

Abby's Ears <3

     For the last month or so Abby has been telling me she wanted to get her ears pierced. I told her if she wanted it, I would get it done for her birthday. Every time I would ask her what she wanted she would tell me she wanted her ears pierced. Well yesterday I took her to get them done.

     I decided to get them done at Walmart. Our local Walmart doesn't do them, but the one near my parents does. I was going to go to Claires, but the prices were like triple there. They did a good job and whole thing ended up being $10.76

   After much debating we ended up doing one ear at a time. The lady who was piercing recommended this and when I asked Abby, she said that she wanted them done one at a time. If I had to do it again, I would have held my ground and had them pierce both at the same time. On the second ear Abs ended up flinching in anticipation of the pain and so it's a tiny bit off now. Also she tells everyone the second ear hurt and the first one didn't. I feel like knowing the pain was coming was worse.

   She wanted these cute flowers, but I wanted something easy to maintain for her first pair. She also liked pink stones, but I didn't like the idea of prongs on the first pair. We ended up getting gold hearts with *diamonds* in the centers. I figured the hearts will be easier to twist (you know for sure when a heart goes 360), harder to get caught on things, and match everything.

I took these pix with my camera on my computer... I'll replace them soon, but for now :)

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

South Beach

Last Monday I embarked on a journey into the world of Phase1 of the South Beach diet. It's been a trying journey at points, but alas I've held strong. In the 9 days I have been on it, I've lost 11 pounds so far and I've taken a day off. I've gotten used to the diet and have begun to notice what foods I really like and which ones I just eat. I'll leave all those details for my other blog.

I just wanted to share a recipe I've come to really like. I really didn't want to eat salad with chicken on top every day so I decided I had better come up with another alternative. What has evolved is delightful. Even when I can eat carbs, I think I will continue with this meal regularly. Yes, I'm boring and pretty much eat the same thing every day.

To make combine:
1/2 medium cucumber diced
2-3 stalks of celery diced
1/3 yellow onion diced
1/2 tomato diced
1 tsp dill relish
2 tbsp Miracle Whip Light
1 breast of boneless skinless (cooked) chicken diced (I use my food chopper for this)

It's a decent amount of prep work, but it's worth it

Monday, 27 July 2009

Five Things I am Thankful for this Week
1. Exercise... when I don't do it I can feel the crankiness and anxieties build.
2. Hannah pooped on the potty today. She's also peed on the potty about 10 times by herself. It's really starting to click :)
3. Work out buddies. Keeping me motivated :)
4. Nap time. When it ends I'm really going to miss it
5. Having more time with Eric over the last few weeks.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Five Things I am Thankful for this Week

1) Hannah is finally healthy. After a week of temps hovering around 104 it's so relieving to have her feeling better.

2) Inline Skating. I really forgot how much I love to skate. It's been so nice to get back into a routine of doing it.

3) My mental health. I take for granted that I can form coherent thoughts, most of the time.

4) Seeing smiles on my kids faces.

5) Air conditioning