Friday, January 9, 2009
Lucy Channels Grannie
The other day Lucy asked me to go pee for her. She told me she really had to go and could I please go and do it for her. I did a double take. I have NEVER EVER asked her that. Took me back to when I was her age and Grannie would ask me the same thing, in the exact same way. weirdness.
Food Friday
I thought I would start a tradition! Food Friday! Here is the menu for next week... if you want a recipe, let me know! (I also add a protein to breakfast, but I don't feed it to the kiddos, so it isn't listed.)
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
- Breakfast - blackberries and pancakes
- Snack, AM & PM - Rice Cakes & Peanut Butter
- Lunch - Taco Soup, Salad, & rolls
- Dinner - Bubble Pizza & Salad
Monday:
- Breakfast - Blueberries & Oatmeal
- Snack, AM & PM - Carrots, Celery & Cheese
- Lunch - Bubble Pizza & Salad
- Dinner - Chicken Nuggets, Peas, Potatoes and Rolls
Tuesday:
- Breakfast - Bananas & Banana Bread
- Snack, AM & PM - Toast with Peanut Butter
- Lunch - Chicken Nuggets, Peas, Potatoes & Rolls
- Dinner - Baked Chicken, Broccoli, Carrots, Bread
Wednesday:
- Breakfast - Strawberries & Waffles
- Snack, AM & PM - Banana Bread & Milk
- Lunch - Baked Chicken, Broccoli, Carrots, Bread
- Dinner - Baked Potato Soup, Celery & Carrot Sticks, Bread
Thursday:
- Breakfast - Oranges & Cereal
- Snack, AM & PM - Apples & String Cheese
- Lunch - Baked Potato Soup, Celery & Carrot Sticks, Bread
- Dinner - Spaghetti & Meatballs, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers
Friday:
- Breakfast - Apples & Pumpkin Muffins
- Snack, AM & PM - Tortilla Chips, Black Bean Dip
- Lunch - Spaghetti & Meatballs, Tomatoes, Bell Peppers
- Dinner - Hot Dogs, French Fries, Mixed Fruit
Saturday:
- Breakfast - Peaches, English Muffins
- Snack, AM & PM - Yogurt, Crackers
- Lunch - Hot Dogs, French Fries, Mixed Fruit
- Dinner - Baked Ziti, Broccoli, Salad
Monday, January 5, 2009
Lucy is an angel
Today Lucy declared that she wished she could be an angel. An angel of Christmas who talks to shepherds, an angel of Fall Break, and an angel of babies, specifically to make babies stop crying.
Awesome pictures
This lady takes some amazing pictures.. Happy Sleepy
I have had her bookmarked for a while because I wanted to do this: Awesome Container Garden
Our new house has a brick front! I think I will contact Pizza Hut tomorrow.
I have had her bookmarked for a while because I wanted to do this: Awesome Container Garden
Our new house has a brick front! I think I will contact Pizza Hut tomorrow.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Weight Loss
It is officially time for me to start working at weightloss. I weight approx. 20 lbs MORE than i did 5 minutes before I gave birth to a 9 lb. baby!! O.M.G. So I am starting Body For Life again. More info can be found at www.bodyforlife.com Adan and I both used this program 7 years ago with great results. I swear the stress of living with my MIL caused me to gain 30 lbs LOL. I have only gained 3 lbs since we moved to KY and that was all since Thanksgiving. Darn Pumpkin Pie and Santa Cookies!! I am going to do an update each week, not that anyone reads this but I pretend i have tons of readers so hopefully that will keep me accountable. Anyway, my stats are as follows:
My body is all out of wack, and I am ready to look good again! I am going to post a truly heinous picture of myself in a bikini tomorrow or so, and then I will be super duper freaking motivated to look better!
- Upper Arms: 14.25 inches
- Thights: 22 inches
- Waist: 31.75 inches
- Belly Button: 38.75 inches
- Hips: 37 inches
My body is all out of wack, and I am ready to look good again! I am going to post a truly heinous picture of myself in a bikini tomorrow or so, and then I will be super duper freaking motivated to look better!
Moving is super fun!
I have not posted hardly anything in the last 2 months.. my life slowly, err, rapidly spun out of control! In October, we put in a request for a bigger house. When AJ turned 10, we became eligible for a 4 bdrm house but of course the waiting list for those was like 162 years. With our adoption coming up, we figured we would write in and ask if we could go ahead and get a 5 bdrm house. The 5 bdrm houses here on post are actually 2 house put together. Soooo that means 2 kitchens, 2 living rooms, 5 bdrms and 3 baths. This would be perfect for the day care because I would have dedicated space... My fingers were triple crossed.
We were told that we had to wait 10 days to find out if we were approved for the 5bdrm. I called back 2 weeks later and found out that they had said yes!! YAY us! Unfortunately we were #15 in line and our anticipated a move in February or March. We were told to call back at the end of November to check on our place in line.
I called back 2 weeks later on November 15th, because I am super patient, as anyone who knows me can tell you. :D They told me that our house would be ready next week. Next week? Whaaa? They won't release any more information, but I should call on Friday (5 days away). So, I call Friday, and they say that the house will be ready on Monday. Monday of Thanksgiving week, we walk into the office to find out what is going on. The lady at the desk tells us that our house will be ready on Friday at the latest. She tells us that we will have 5 days to move, but they won't release the address to us until the day we are to start moving. UMMMM so how to I transfer our phones and cable? How do I forward our mail?? I asked her what street the new house is on and she tells us the same street we already live on. KICK ASS! The houses on our street rock, and that means we would have like 2500 square feet with no stairs!!!!!
On Tuesday we decided to drive down the street and figure out what house will be ours. We found a double house that had construction workers in front and begged them for a tour. They obliged us and we walked through some awesome luxuriousness. The master closet alone was big enough for my kids to live in!
At lunch that afternoon we began to wonder if the lady at the desk was possibly not smart. Maybe she looked at our current address and just told us that street instead of the street the new house was on. We became paranoid and decided to call the housing office again. We spoke to a different lady, and she told us that our house was actually ready right then. She invited us for a tour. I knew at that instant we would not be moving into luxurious awesomeness.
Instead our new house was smack dab in the Army Housing Ghetto, AHG for short. Our little street is fairly quiet but the 2 neighboring buildings are all double houses also. That means 5 other families requiring 5 bdrms. That is a lot of Army brats to have deal with on a daily basis LOL. It seems that each family has at least 1 dog. At least 2 of those dogs are outside daily before 6 AM. Barking dogs are super fun at that hour.
The inside of the house was okay. Nice mocha colored walls. BUT the living rooms are small, and there are basically 2 sets of stairs. YOu have to walk up or down stairs to get anywhere.
Adan really did not want to take the house after seeing the crazy awesome flat house, but if we had turned it down, it would have been 6+ months before we were offered another one. So we took it.
The wanted us to move over Thanksgiving weekend, but we said no... Luckily they gave us some extra time to move. My mom and dad came down from LVille to help us move, and we managed to get everything done in 4 days.
I was able to get the daycare unpacked and looking good with in a week and had my inspections the next monday. On tuesday I started back up. I was glad to be able to get everything going so quickly but it has meant that I have had no time for the rest of the house. We finally got the office mostly unpacked and the sewing room mostly unpacked this weekend. We hung up the paintings and family pictures today. Slowly this house is starting to look like home.
We have moved an average of every 9 months since we got married. The last 2 moves though, have been much closer together. We moved in Nov. 07, in Apr. 08, and then again in Nov. 08. I am ready to stop moving!!!! Hopefully this is our last duty station. Hopefully we can stay in this house(s) until we get out. I would love 7 years of no moving!!!
We were told that we had to wait 10 days to find out if we were approved for the 5bdrm. I called back 2 weeks later and found out that they had said yes!! YAY us! Unfortunately we were #15 in line and our anticipated a move in February or March. We were told to call back at the end of November to check on our place in line.
I called back 2 weeks later on November 15th, because I am super patient, as anyone who knows me can tell you. :D They told me that our house would be ready next week. Next week? Whaaa? They won't release any more information, but I should call on Friday (5 days away). So, I call Friday, and they say that the house will be ready on Monday. Monday of Thanksgiving week, we walk into the office to find out what is going on. The lady at the desk tells us that our house will be ready on Friday at the latest. She tells us that we will have 5 days to move, but they won't release the address to us until the day we are to start moving. UMMMM so how to I transfer our phones and cable? How do I forward our mail?? I asked her what street the new house is on and she tells us the same street we already live on. KICK ASS! The houses on our street rock, and that means we would have like 2500 square feet with no stairs!!!!!
On Tuesday we decided to drive down the street and figure out what house will be ours. We found a double house that had construction workers in front and begged them for a tour. They obliged us and we walked through some awesome luxuriousness. The master closet alone was big enough for my kids to live in!
At lunch that afternoon we began to wonder if the lady at the desk was possibly not smart. Maybe she looked at our current address and just told us that street instead of the street the new house was on. We became paranoid and decided to call the housing office again. We spoke to a different lady, and she told us that our house was actually ready right then. She invited us for a tour. I knew at that instant we would not be moving into luxurious awesomeness.
Instead our new house was smack dab in the Army Housing Ghetto, AHG for short. Our little street is fairly quiet but the 2 neighboring buildings are all double houses also. That means 5 other families requiring 5 bdrms. That is a lot of Army brats to have deal with on a daily basis LOL. It seems that each family has at least 1 dog. At least 2 of those dogs are outside daily before 6 AM. Barking dogs are super fun at that hour.
The inside of the house was okay. Nice mocha colored walls. BUT the living rooms are small, and there are basically 2 sets of stairs. YOu have to walk up or down stairs to get anywhere.
Adan really did not want to take the house after seeing the crazy awesome flat house, but if we had turned it down, it would have been 6+ months before we were offered another one. So we took it.
The wanted us to move over Thanksgiving weekend, but we said no... Luckily they gave us some extra time to move. My mom and dad came down from LVille to help us move, and we managed to get everything done in 4 days.
I was able to get the daycare unpacked and looking good with in a week and had my inspections the next monday. On tuesday I started back up. I was glad to be able to get everything going so quickly but it has meant that I have had no time for the rest of the house. We finally got the office mostly unpacked and the sewing room mostly unpacked this weekend. We hung up the paintings and family pictures today. Slowly this house is starting to look like home.
We have moved an average of every 9 months since we got married. The last 2 moves though, have been much closer together. We moved in Nov. 07, in Apr. 08, and then again in Nov. 08. I am ready to stop moving!!!! Hopefully this is our last duty station. Hopefully we can stay in this house(s) until we get out. I would love 7 years of no moving!!!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Santa is out of touch!
Lucy and I were driving in the car yesterday and discussing Christmas Presents. We talked about the various relatives we have and what we are going to make for them. Out of the blue, Lucy mentions Santa. She decides that we need to get Santa a present also. When asked what she would like to give Santa, she thought for a minute, and then replied, "A cell phone!"
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